Professionals of the Starry Skies - Chapter 36

[36. Chapter 36 Purple Winged Scorpion (Please collect)]

The man who came was not young, and more importantly, Fang Xing knew him. He was the leader of the Five Righteous Men of Cangshan – Chen Yi.

He couldn’t help but feel a little surprised when he saw Master Wan Dan’s expression.

The Alchemist surnamed Wan snorted and said, “Today you saw that kid looking for the tranquilizing pills in the market and informed me. I followed your instructions and sent him an invitation, but he ignored me and made me lose face. Tell me, how should I make up for this?”

Chen Yi was speechless, but he also knew that Master Wan Fenglin, the great alchemist, was stingy by nature and loved to take advantage of others.

The key point is… he really can’t afford to offend an alchemist, so he smiled bitterly and bowed: “It’s my fault, I will definitely apologize to Brother Wan in the future…”

“You’ll have to apologize, but the proportion of spiritual medicines for this operation has to be changed…” Wan Fenglin’s true intentions were revealed.

“This… I need to discuss this carefully with my four sworn brothers.”

Chen Yi showed a hint of hesitation.

“Hmph, I still don’t understand why you want to win over a post-natal warrior… He doesn’t look like a genius in cultivating immortals…”

Wan Fenglin was a little curious.

“Alas… This person’s origin is mysterious. I originally didn’t want to provoke him, but he recently moved in next to my fourth brother and fifth sister. I can only test him. Brother Wan, don’t underestimate this person. He has at least one blood-refined magic weapon!” Chen Yi sighed, “That’s why I think he can be of great use in this operation, but I didn’t expect… He doesn’t seem to care much about the Tranquilizing Pill…”

“Blood-refined magic weapon?” Wan Fenglin’s heart was filled with greed, and then he said, “That’s a pity. This person should be of great help in dealing with the purple-winged scorpion.”

As to whether he wanted to make some friends or kill people for money, it was unknown.

Even Wan Fenglin believed that Chen Yi now shared the same idea as him.

Anyone who can survive as a casual cultivator until now is not a fool.

If that kid really has a great background, then they will worship him and try to please him… hoping that something good will slip out from between his fingers.

If you have no scruples and fall into danger while hunting monsters, there is no need to hesitate at all to add insult to injury!

“It seems that Brother Wan is ready to take action soon?”

When Chen Yi heard this, his eyes lit up.

“Of course, not to mention that the ‘Illusion Orchid’ will soon be over, even if it’s just the ‘Purple Wing Scorpion’, the scorpion venom it produces is also a top-notch material for alchemy. How could Wan give it up?”

Wan Fenglin glanced at Chen Yi and said, “I have heard of the great name of the Five Righteous Men of Cangshan for a long time. This time, I will rely on you.”

“Okay, okay…”

Chen Yi agreed and turned to leave.

Wan Fenglin watched Chen Yi leave, then slowly sat down and tasted the spiritual tea.

The beetle was motionless, as if dead.

Anyway, Fang Xing was not afraid of losses, so he directly ordered to lie in ambush.

Half an hour later, another figure pushed the door open and walked in: “Master Wanxian…”

When Wan Fenglin saw the person coming, a smile suddenly flashed across his face.

…

“This group of monks, six of them have seven minds…”

Inside the shed.

basement.

Fang Xing looked at the surveillance videos and a speechless expression appeared on his face.

Because in addition to the alchemist Wan Fenglin who was plotting, Chen Yi immediately rushed to another place after leaving Wan Fenglin’s residence, and was surprisingly plotting with other immortal cultivators!
Although Fang Xing ordered the monitoring hummingbird not to get close to him for fear of being discovered by the immortal cultivators, he knew what they were plotting after thinking about it!
“Fortunately, I didn’t agree to go, otherwise I might not be able to play tricks with such a group of old masters!”

“As for now? Give me gold coins one by one!”

Fang Xing felt that he had always acted prudently, and the most important thing was to have self-knowledge.

At least there is still a certain order in the market town. With the golden finger that can shuttle between the two worlds, you can always get ahead if you persevere!

It would be stupid to risk going out of the market just for a bottle of medicine.

The son of a rich family should not sit in the hall!
Bai Longyu’s surrender is asking for trouble!

Therefore, he was not moved at all.

For Fang Xing, the worst case scenario is that he cannot get the elixir and cannot learn to use the Ghost Sword.

If so, he could just slow down his plans and wait until the next semester to learn Crazy 18 Strikes from Teacher Xia Long, which was still an A-level martial art!
At most, it would delay his training, but he could still get into a good university in the future, which was enough!

If I run into danger this time, or even die, that would be the worst!
“This alchemist, the Five Righteous Men of Cangshan, and the people behind them are really interesting… For a little bit of monster materials and a few Magic Heart Orchids, they can calculate to this extent. The cultivators in this world are really hard-working…”

Fang Xing sighed and prepared to watch the show.

Although he did not leave the market, he still had the courage to arrange a few drones to follow him secretly.

…

The next day.

Fang Xing stood in the fenced courtyard, silently practicing the twelve moves of military boxing.

At some point, a little kid came up next to him, his eyes sparkling, and asked, “Uncle… are you practicing martial arts?”

“Zi Jin, why are you so rude?”

Meng Yi pulled his son aside. The kid was very timid at first, but ever since he ate someone else’s barbecue, he wanted to run to the neighbor’s house every day. It was really frustrating.

He looked at Fang Xing and gave an apologetic smile.

Fang Xing turned a deaf ear to it, and kept circulating the energy and blood throughout his body, with every move he made seeming to carry tremendous power.

His qi and blood circulated throughout his body, gradually from his skin and flesh to his tendons and bones.

After finishing a set of moves, he looked at the attribute column:

[Twelve Military Boxing Styles: 61/100 (Proficient)]

“My proficiency has improved again, not bad…”

Ever since it became difficult to get started with the Ghost Sword, Fang Xing still focused most of his energy on Military Boxing.

Nowadays, this martial art has made rapid progress.

This may be because he has advanced to the second level of martial arts. Many obscure aspects of military boxing now seem clear.

The higher the realm, the easier it will be to practice martial arts.

As for the problem of being seen?
Not to mention the fact that the warriors here look down upon martial arts, if the Blue Star Federation’s martial arts could be mastered by watching and practicing a few times, then teachers like Xia Long would have been out of work long ago…

“Brother Meng!”

Fang Xing saw Meng Yi and greeted him: “Are you ready to go out?”

“No, I just went out to set up a stall…”

Meng Yi waved his hand and said casually: “My wife is taking Zi Jin with her, so I, as the head of the family, have to go out and get some spiritual sand…”

“I see. I wish your business will prosper.”

Fang Xing wished sincerely, but in his heart he was complaining that the other party was lying!

According to the surveillance footage outside his house, Shen Yuxin sneaked out in the middle of the night.

Obviously, the Five Heroes of Cangshan and the alchemist were preparing to go out and pick the “Illusionary Orchid”!
But Meng Yi deliberately acted to deceive him, obviously he was worried about his neighbor!
“But it’s normal. In this world where everyone is a cunning old man, if you don’t pay attention, you will die without even a skeleton left…”

Fang Xing expressed his understanding and watched Meng Yi go away.

Meng Zijin returned home, closed the doors and windows, and looked unusually well-behaved.

‘You are so sensible that it makes people feel sorry for you!’

Fang Xing sighed in his heart, returned to his basement and looked at the surveillance screen.

In the wilderness, drones in the shape of beetles, lizards, and hummingbirds are ready to take off.

“Although I won’t be there, I will watch the whole game and cheer for you…”

…

Deep in the wilderness.

A few hummingbirds flew through the jungle.

Through their small eyes, one can vaguely see a team of cultivators advancing ahead.

Fang Xing looked at the images on the surveillance screen and nodded silently: “They are all a bunch of noobs. They can’t even detect my Hummingbird drone… But I can’t blame them. After all, this is a reconnaissance method beyond our cognition!”

People cannot make money beyond their cognitive scope, and naturally they cannot find enemies beyond their cognitive scope!
According to his experiences in the Xiuxian Market, he now has a better understanding of Xiuxian practitioners.

Most of the cultivators in the Qi training stage do not have “spiritual consciousness” and are unable to project their spiritual consciousness to lock onto the enemy.

What they possess is ‘spiritual consciousness’, which allows them to look inwards at themselves and read jade slips.

Although this kind of “spiritual awareness” ability has made poor warriors like Fang Xing envious to the point of tears.

Being able to look inward within oneself and see everything clearly represents absolute control over one’s body.

For a warrior, it is the appearance of an unrivaled genius!

Even so, if spiritual awareness cannot be released, it will be difficult to detect tiny enemies in the distance.

Not to mention, in the concept of immortal cultivators, even the smallest puppet should be controlled by magic power and carry the fluctuations of magic power.

However, the simulators of the interstellar era obviously would not have any fluctuations in mana, or even the slightest aura, so they could easily be overlooked.

“Their destination…”

Fang Xing ordered a falcon-shaped drone to fly high, and he saw a valley about ten miles ahead.

The valley is extremely steep, and the black stones on the cliffs emit a golden and iron luster, as if they were cut by a knife or an axe. There is only one rugged path to enter.

It is called a “path”, but in fact it is just a gap in a canyon, and there are many dangers and strange things.

“This should be it…”

A falcon landed and saw that the valley was covered with mist.

Just as it was about to get closer, it suddenly heard a rustling sound.

Then…

A purple shadow flashed, and the hawk-like drone fell from mid-air.

Hiss!

The wreckage of the drone fell to the ground and immediately made a hissing sound of corrosion.

All the simulated bird feathers fell off, and even the mechanical skeleton began to dissolve with tiny sparks…

The last image transmitted to the screen was only a purple scorpion shadow!

“Purple-winged scorpion? Such a powerful poison!”

Fang Xing mobilized the computer’s computing power to restore the blurry image, and saw a purple scorpion the size of a washbasin.

It has wings on its back and its body seems to be covered with a layer of purple armor. It has disappeared without a trace.

“The purple-winged scorpion is a first-level, mid-grade demon beast. Its adult form can rival a cultivator in the middle stage of Qi training. It is extremely poisonous and likes to live in groups. Once encountered, even cultivators in the late stage of Qi training would not dare to provoke it easily…”

Fang Xing silently recited the basic information of the Purple Winged Scorpion, with a hint of anticipation on his face: “Master Wan Dan, the Five Righteous Men of Cangshan…come on.”

(End of this chapter)