CHAPTER 1578: CHAPTER 1578: THREE YEARS

At Fan Luoying’s invitation, Fang Bai temporarily stayed at the Flower Pavilion, and ended up staying for an entire month.

During this month, Fang Bai used the Yin Yang Spring Water within the Space Ring to nourish the piece of Dark Deadwood. To his immense joy, the Dark Deadwood finally sprouted a tender green shoot, rejuvenating with life energy, and it was growing robustly.

In his spare time, Fang Bai explained the Martial Dao and taught formations to the disciples of the Flower Pavilion, and he specifically took time to instruct his newly accepted disciples, Lu Dong and Shui Mo, causing their cultivation levels to skyrocket and successfully reach Core Formation, becoming Golden Pill Experts within just one month.

One could say that during this month, the overall strength of the Flower Pavilion improved significantly, especially with the few offensive and defensive formations Fang Bai taught, which had an immeasurable impact on the future development and expansion of the Flower Pavilion.

The disciples of the Flower Pavilion were also full of confidence, thinking that even if a Nascent Soul Perfection expert were to invade in the future, their side could withstand by setting up formations, making the Flower Pavilion impregnable and difficult to break.

Every late night, Fang Bai roasted the two Roc Eggs he got from Elder Duan Donghai of Zixia Manor using Fire Primordial Qi to accelerate the hatching process.

One month later, the Wind Rocs, each the size of a fist, finally broke out of their shells, chirping adorably.

Fang Bai quietly gave one of the hatched Wind Rocs to Lu Liyu, letting her slowly tame it to use as a mount in the future.

A Wind Roc raised from childhood has extremely high loyalty, even a regular Beast Taming Scripture would find it difficult to control it. This was why Fang Bai decided to tame the Wind Roc.

The Wind Rocs grow rapidly, changing almost daily. From the time they hatched to being able to carry people in flight, it only took three to five months.

And when the Wind Roc matures, its power rivals that of a Nascent Soul expert. With wings spreading over ten zhang wide, it can fly over a hundred li with a flap, stirring up gusts of strong wind, very fierce indeed.

"You brat, didn’t you say you only got two Wind Roc eggs? What about Lu Family girl’s Wind Roc?"

The matter of Lu Liyu taming a Wind Roc couldn’t be hidden from He Wujie. When he noticed the Wind Roc following Lu Liyu, he managed to extract the origins of that Wind Roc from her with just a few words and immediately found Fang Bai to "settle accounts."

Fang Bai looked innocent and said, "Master, I did get two Wind Roc eggs! That one of Li Yu’s... she probably got it on her own."

He Wujie replied, not pleased, "Stop with the nonsense! I asked the Lu Family girl, and she said you gave it to her. Humph, deceiving even your master is an affront, you know? That’s punishable, you know?"

Fang Bai noticed He Wujie wasn’t truly angry, sensing he wanted something from him, and smiled, "Alright, I was wrong about this! Master, how do you plan to punish me?"

With a serious expression, He Wujie said, "With your current strength, those two Nascent Soul Realm Puppet Corpses are probably useless, right?"

Upon hearing He Wujie bring this up, Fang Bai immediately understood his intentions, laughed heartily, and asked, "Does Master want me to give those two corpses to the Mistress?"

He Wujie, embarrassed at being exposed, blushed, and then kept a solemn face, "So what if I do? Just tell me if you’re giving them or not!"

Before Fang Bai could reply, he sighed and softened his tone, saying, "Disciple, it’s not easy for your mistress to be with me, and I’ve always wanted to give her a surprise to make her happy... But I only have one Roc egg, a bit reluctant to give it away... Those two puppet corpses of yours are of no use anyway, why not give them to her, alright?"

If He Wujie had not mentioned it, Fang Bai intended to give the puppet corpses to Lu Liyu later, to provide her with a stronger means of self-protection.

But since He Wujie brought it up, Fang Bai was reluctant to refuse, and besides, Lu Liyu would be with Fang Bai in the future, with him for protection, the presence or absence of puppet corpses was inconsequential.

Yet, Fang Bai didn’t want He Wujie taking advantage without reason. He glanced at the treasure gourd hanging at He Wujie’s waist and cheekily asked, "Master, your Thousand Spirits Elixir, you still have quite a bit, right?"

"What are you planning, boy? Let me tell you, I have at most ten pounds left of my Thousand Spirits Elixir, I can’t give any more away."

He Wujie tightly held the treasure gourd at his waist, looking at Fang Bai warily.

Holding up two fingers, Fang Bai said, "Two pounds of Thousand Spirits Elixir, in exchange for two puppet corpses."

He Wujie’s eyes rolled, "You want the elixir to give it to the Lu Family girl?"

Fang Bai replied, "Correct. You use puppet corpses to surprise the Mistress, I also use the Thousand Spirits Elixir to win Li Yu’s favor! Fair!"

"You kid... alright, it’s a deal!"

After the master and disciple reached a verbal agreement, the exchange was made immediately.

He Wujie gave Fang Bai two pounds of the Thousand Spirits Elixir and got two puppet corpses from Fang Bai.

Those two puppet corpses had already been forcefully stripped of Divine Sense by Fang Bai. Once Zhao Wanqing learned the Corpse Refinement Art from He Wujie, she could control the puppet corpses.

Four months later, the three Wind Rocs had grown to a length of a zhang, with wings nearly ten zhang wide, capable of easily carrying people in flight.

Thus, Fang Bai, Lu Liyu, He Wujie, Zhao Wanqing, Lu Dong, and Shui Mo, a group of six, bid farewell to the leaders of the Flower Pavilion, rode on the three Wind Rocs, and began exploring the three thousand great worlds in search of cultivation opportunities.

Time flies like an arrow, and three years passed in a flash.

During these three years, the six of Fang Bai traveled to many dangerous mountains and rivers of the three thousand great worlds, visiting many cities and countries, also admiring many famous cultivation holy lands, and gained countless cultivation resources.

In these three years, Fang Bai and the others practiced diligently, and both their cultivation level and strength had greatly improved, which could even be described as a leap.

Currently, Fang Bai’s Golden Core within his Qi Sea had transformed into a Nascent Soul, officially stepping into the Nascent Soul Realm. With his ability to challenge across levels, he could defeat any opponent in the Nascent Soul Realm.

Lu Liyu, with her Innate Wood Spirit Root, under Fang Bai’s close guidance and the accumulation of countless cultivation resources, advanced from mid-stage Golden Core to Golden Pill Perfection.

And the Green Bamboo Sword, the Spiritual Artifact in her hand, was repeatedly refined by Fang Bai to reach the King Grade Spiritual Artifact level, allowing her to hold her own against early Nascent Soul experts in battle.

Fang Bai’s newly accepted disciples, Lu Dong and Shui Mo, although not possessing Innate Spiritual Roots, had good qualifications. Their cultivation levels reached Golden Core High Rank, and with the assistance of two Superior Grade Holy Grade Spiritual Artifacts crafted by Fang Bai, they could contend with Golden Pill Perfection experts.

As for He Wujie and Zhao Wanqing, this Martial Dao couple also benefited from Fang Bai’s guidance, advancing from the early Nascent Soul stage to the mid-stage, thereby extending their own lifespan by another sixty years.

The puppet corpses in their Spatial Rings were repeatedly refined using the Corpse Refinement Art, and their strength also improved to the mid-stage Nascent Soul, becoming a powerful aid to them.

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In the Xuanyang Realm, in front of a huge teleportation array passed down from ancient times inside Xuankong Mountain.

Hundreds of elders or stewards from various sects of the Xuanyang Realm gathered, waiting for the teleportation array to open automatically every three years. Then they would scramble to recruit some Foundation Establishment martial artists from the thousands of minor worlds to bolster their sect’s strength and select those with outstanding qualifications for cultivation.