Professionals of the Starry Skies - Chapter 602

Chapter 602: Beauty fades

The Five Friends of Floating Cloud were once just minor characters in Yunlaifang.

Five independent cultivators with low qualifications will never be able to touch the corner of building the foundation of Taoism in their entire lives.

But one of them seemed to have some hidden physical talents. After his death, he was refined into a Taoist zombie, which was considered lucky.

Fang Xing followed the gray light slowly, his mind racing:

“Lin Xu’s body should have fallen into the hands of the Shanyin Xie family… They belong to the Corpse Driving Sect, but now they are using it as a trap to lure me… Could it be that the Corpse Driving Sect has joined forces with the Blood Shadow Sect?”

“This is not good news for Qingmuling…”

“Isn’t the Corpse Driving Sect fighting the Flying Sword Sect? It seems that they have a certain advantage and can also make moves at the corners?”

“The Feijian Sect’s top ten ranking is a little exaggerated…”

He laughed inwardly.

If it weren’t for his amazing perception, he wouldn’t have been able to discover that Lin Xu was a refined corpse.

The opponent’s trap was obviously intended to lure Fang Xing out of the Poison Dragon Slope through Lin Xu before taking action.

As for why they wanted to lead out to the Poison Dragon Slope before taking action?
It must be because they suffered in the Poison Dragon Slope.

He even felt that since Poison Dragon Hill was so dangerous, it must contain some secrets, which was why he couldn’t wait to capture Fang Xing.

‘Wait… there’s another point here. How did they take advantage of the brief opportunity when I came back?’

Fang Xing’s eyes turned cold and said, “Unless… the Blood Shadow Sect has spies in Qingmu Ridge, or there are monks from Qingmu Ridge who deliberately betrayed me!”

This is actually normal.

While others were fighting on the front lines, he was peacefully farming in the rear and even gained a lot of merits. This was really eye-catching and easily aroused resentment.

Although the disciples and nephews of Yinshen Zhenren and Yangshen Zhenjun also received the same treatment, ordinary Taoist cultivators did not dare to resent these second-generation immortals, and only dared to resent people of similar level to them.

Fang Xing, who has no background or connections but still makes a lot of contributions and exchanges them for maps of magical powers, naturally stands out.

‘It is human nature to bully the weak and fear the strong.’

“I hope that the traitor will come along this time, so that I can kill him openly…”

After all, colluding with the Blood Shadow Sect and besieging the Qingmu Ridge Dao Foundation is a clear betrayal!
‘Although I am devoted to farming, I am often bullied by my kindness… I still have to show some fighting ability to avoid being coveted.’

“The best fighting force is, of course, origami!”

After all, those who practice origami are all crazy!

Monks are just like ordinary people. The arrogant ones are afraid of the stupid ones, and the stupid ones are afraid of the desperate ones.

…

‘Lin Xu’ flew over a swamp and stopped moving.

Fang Xing looked at him and suddenly smiled: “Should I call you Lin Xu or ‘Xie Songshan’?”

“Oh? You actually recognize me?”

Xie Songshan was slightly stunned.

“Of course… After all, Lin Xu died in the battle with the Xie family, and you also possessed a Taoist corpse and plotted against the ancestor of the Fei family.”

Fang Xing said: “I guess your Taoist magical power is something like ‘Twins’ or ‘Corpse Guardian Ghost’, which allows you to split your mind and possess a Taoist corpse?”

“As expected of a casual cultivator, he is indeed smart.”

Xie Songshan chuckled: “I am most satisfied with this corpse. I have completely concealed the corpse qi. I didn’t expect you to find out… But since you know it’s a trap, why are you seeking death yourself?”

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Before he finished speaking, beams of light appeared and blocked Fang Xing on all sides.

One of them, wearing a scarlet robe and looking old, should be Xie Songshan from the Xie family.

The other three were disciples of the Blood Shadow Sect.

The leader was a big man with red eyebrows, and his cultivation seemed to have reached the peak of the middle stage of Taoism.

In addition, there was another Blood Shadow Sect monk who was at the middle level of the Dao Foundation and was a pale old man.

As for the old woman who was at the initial stage of Taoism, she actually gave Fang Xing a familiar feeling.

“Huh?”

He looked at the old woman, and barely found a sense of familiarity in her facial features and expression.

But the old woman had a cold expression on her face, as if she had met a stranger.

“The Blood Shadow Sect’s shadow puppetry lineage, the Red Eyebrow Master.”

Fang Xing nodded and looked at the other two Dao bases: “These two should be from the Origami lineage, right?”

“That’s right… Fang Xing, I never thought that a mere escaped slave from the Paper Slave Valley could be promoted to Dao Foundation.”

The old man in the middle stage of Dao Foundation chuckled and said, “If I was not originally the disciple in charge of Paper Slave Valley, and you had not changed your name, I might not have recognized you.”

“I see. What is the name of this fellow Taoist?”

Fang Xing looked at the old woman again.

“Hey, this is my Taoist partner, Tao Hong. She was also a paper slave. Do you know her?”

The old man smiled complacently.

“Five major avenues of combat power…really give me face.”

Fang Xing nodded, and his aura suddenly burst out.

It is no longer the initial stage of Taoism, but the middle stage of Taoism!

“Middle stage of Dao foundation?”

The Red Eyebrow Master’s expression changed, and he saw the shadows of the trees around him were broken and hazy.

It is the best foundation for the Tao – lush and verdant!

He tore open his robe, revealing a tattoo of a strange monster on his chest.

But before the shadow puppet could possess him, a sharp wooden thorn pierced his dantian.

“You…are not an ordinary middle-level Dao Foundation!”

The Red Eyebrow Master wanted to speak again, but was swallowed by the shadows of the trees.

In the blink of an eye, this ferocious and powerful madman was dead and disappeared.

It was really unlucky for him. He had the highest cultivation level and was not from the Origami lineage, so he was the first one targeted by Fang Xing.

After gaining the upper hand, Fang Xing used countless tree shadows to block his view, forcing each cultivator to fight on their own.

Puff!

The old man who was born in Paper Slave Valley was wearing paper armor and holding a paper knife in his hand. He was guarded by two paper figures in front of him. After tearing through the tree shadows, he saw a scene that made his eyes burst with anger.

“ah!”

A paper general in the late Daoist realm appeared on the battlefield at some point. His horse trampled on the Taoist corpse of Master Lin Xu, and with a thrust of his spear, he lifted up Xie Songshan.

Crash!
The paper shook the spear, and Xie Songshan’s body was torn into pieces.

“Paper General at the late Dao Foundation stage? To reach this level of cultivation, one needs to sacrifice at least 60 years of lifespan?”

“You actually sacrificed and refined such a murderous creature? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!”

The old man’s expression changed drastically.

“Oh? Do you need a life span of sixty years?”

Fang Xing did not comment.

It seemed that it was either because of his master-level origami skills and the All-Powerful Hand, or because he had been promoted to Druid Level 15, the amount of energy he consumed in sacrificing his lifespan through origami was actually much less than that of the Blood Shadow Sect’s origami lineage.

“go!”

He stretched out his hand and pointed, and the paper general immediately rode forward, moving in and out without interruption, shooting down one paper figure at a time.

The old man was about to run away when his face was suddenly covered by a piece of white paper. He froze and said, “Bitch…”

Fang Xing saw clearly that Tao Hong used her secret technique to plot against the old man after the two paper figures of the old man were beheaded.

“Fang Xing… haven’t seen you for many years.”

After doing all this, Taohong looked up at Fang Xing, the wrinkles and age spots on his face were extremely clear.

“Yeah, I haven’t seen you for many years. You have grown old.”

Fang Xing sighed: “But I don’t think that our friendship would allow you to plot against your Taoist partner.”

“Daoist companion?” Tao Hong’s expression was distorted. “Rather than being a Taoist companion, I’d rather say that I’m his cauldron… This damned man has cultivated the ‘Yin Yang Grudge’ Dao foundation, and can rob me of my lifespan through dual cultivation…”

“I see.”

Fang Xing looked indifferent, as if he had already guessed the truth.

After asking a few more questions, he learned that Tao Hong was able to obtain a large sum of funding from him in the past, and was also a bit lucky. In the end, she was successfully noticed by a disciple in charge and escaped from the Paper Slave Valley.

Unfortunately, after joining the Blood Shadow Sect, she, a disciple who was promoted from a slave, was still discriminated against.

Later, it was with the help of this old man that he was able to practice and finally establish the foundation of Taoism.

However, this old man also had bad intentions, and asked Taohong to practice the corresponding Taoist practice of “Yin Yang Grudge”, “Turning the Jade Wheel”.

It turns out that when this old man was still the disciple of the Paper Slave Valley, he had already made a secret plan to select some outstanding female slaves and train them one by one to become the cauldron of the “Turning Jade Wheel”.

Because although his ‘Yin Yang Grudge’ can absorb lifespan through dual cultivation, it requires a specific female cultivator with a Taoist foundation.

Among those female disciples who were chosen, only Taohong achieved the foundation of Taoism in the end.

“He regards my life span as his own… He even forbade me to practice the art of making paper figures, because he was afraid of shortening my life span…”

Tao Hong’s face was filled with resentment: “If it weren’t for the fact that absorbing life energy needs to be done slowly, I might have died of old age long ago…”

“So the foundation of the Blood Shadow Sect’s Origami lineage is similar to this? The type that can increase lifespan or reduce lifespan consumption?”

“Even so, the Origami lineage is so short-lived…”

Fang Xing was quite emotional.

But he thought Taohong was pretty lucky.

The bones of those paper slaves who were in the same batch as them have probably turned to ashes by now.

I am lucky to be alive till now!

“Fang Xing…”

At this time, Taohong seemed a little embarrassed: “For the sake of our friendship in the past, can you give this person to me?”

“Oh? What do you want him for?”

Fang Xing looked at the old man whose facial features were covered with paper and who seemed to have turned into a walking corpse, and felt a little curious.

“I have been practicing a secret technique in secret, which should be able to reverse the yin and yang and take back his lifespan… Unfortunately, this method of taking away lifespan will inevitably cause loss. The loss of lifespan is too much. Even if I take away all of his lifespan, my lifespan cannot be compared with that of an ordinary Taoist cultivator.”

Taohong gritted her teeth and said, it was obvious that this woman, as strong as a weed, had been waiting for an opportunity to turn the tables.

“Is that so? That’s fine… But I’m going to interrogate this person with the spell of hypnosis first, and interrogate him for the origami book while I’m at it.”

Fang Xing nodded.

“Of course you can. After this person had mastered the Dao foundation, he worshipped a Yinshen Zhenren as his master and was taught the “Blood Paper Secret Code”…”

There was a hint of interest on Taohong’s face, and she seemed to be very interested in this secret.

“Well, besides that, there must be someone in Qingmu Ridge cooperating with this trap. Do you know the inside story?”

Fang Xing asked.

“I don’t know, but it was this old man who contacted that person. He must know!”

Taohong pointed at the old man, a happy smile flashing across her face.

(End of this chapter)