Immortal and Martial Dual Cultivation

by Fiery Moon

  The intense light faded away, and the dark night sky returned to normal. That bolt of lightning, which had appeared then disappeared in an instant, gave everyone an ethereal feeling. However, Tang Feng’s charred and smoked body, proved that the lightning bolt was real.

  “Do it!” the First Elder, Xiao Qiang, took the initiative and reacted to this unexpected change in situation. He smashed a palm towards Tang Feng’s body as the two other men quickly made a move. They both struck another two strong blows onto Tang Feng’s body.

  Xiao Qiang turned his head to look at the calm Xiao Chen. There was a puzzled looked in his eyes, but he soon retracted his gaze, “Go help!”

  The status of this battle had suddenly changed in their favor with Xiao Chen’s help. Liu Fengyin led the three Martial Grand Masters in surrounding and attacking the blue-clothed man. The blue-clothed man looked hatefully at Tang Feng’s corpse, feeling dissatisfaction in his heart.

  At this moment, there was no longer any hope for him to win. The blue-clothed man was a decisive person. After blocking the attacks of the four people, he immediately turned around and fled.

  Liu Fengyin looked at the unconscious Six-Tailed Spirit Fox on the ground, then looked at Xiao Chen, who was not far away. He faced the First Elder and said, “We should chase after him; he is currently uninjured and could sneak attack us at any time.”

  Liu Fengyin’s concerns were valid. The sneak attack of a Medial Grade Martial Saint could instantly cause the three Martial Grand Masters to lose their battle capabilities. Now that they were at this point, Liu Fengyin did not dare to be careless.

  After all, the body of the Six-Tailed Spirit Fox was humongous. There was no way Xiao Chen could move it away. Killing it would be even more impossible for him. Furthermore, he was the only person here. Even if the Six-Tailed Spirit Fox died by some miracle, it would obviously be by Xiao Chen’s hands because he was the only person there.

  Liu Fengyin was not worried about this, as he unhesitatingly led the three men to chase after the blue-clothed man. They did not expect to be able to kill him, but he wanted to ensure that the blue-clothed man had no opportunity to attack them again.

  As Xiao Chen watched the four men leave, he slowly made his way to the Six-Tailed Fox, which lay on the ground. Before Liu Fengyin left, his gaze was obviously full of menace and threat.

  Thinking of Liu Fengyin’s earlier attitude, Xiao Chen felt indignant in his heart. Raising gently, he snorted, “Just an Inferior Grade Martial Saint that can’t progress any further. He is just a Special Consecrate of my Xiao Clan, yet he does not even see me. The moment he opened his mouth, he immediately demanded the Spirit Blood Jade. Since you threatened me like that, I shall play along with you.”

  Casting his gaze upon the body of the Six-Tailed Spirit Fox, Xiao Chen saw a gaping wound. The wound was horrifying, to the point where its bones could be seen in some places. This was the moment where it was the weakest. When it fought with the blue-clothed man, it must have been injured. After it went berserk, it over-drafted its life force, causing its injuries to worsen.

  A Rank 6 Spirit Beast, equivalent to an Inferior Grade Martial King, was actually in such a state. Xiao Chen felt this was pitiful. Even if it was an animal, the feelings a mother had for her child was truly sincere and pure.

  Thinking of the lovely little fellow in the Spirit Blood Jade… If it were not for this little thing, this absolute king of Seven Horn Mountain would not have rampaged like that.

  Xiao Chen made an estimate of the size of the Six-Tailed Spirit Fox. After making the measurements, he aimed his Universe Ring at the Six-Tailed Spirit Fox on the ground, and with a ‘sou’ sound, the Six-Tailed Spirit Fox was stored in the Universe Ring.

  The Spatial Rings of this world were not able to contain any living things. However, the Universe Ring was different. If a Spirit Beast was willing or unconscious, as long as it was able to fit into it, there were no problems.

  Liu Fengyin, who had left, did not expect that Xiao Chen was capable of bringing the Six-Tailed Spirit Fox away using the otherworldly Universe Ring. Otherwise, even if he was beaten to death, he would not have allowed Xiao Chen to stay there while he left.

  Xiao Chen used his Spiritual Sense to investigate his surroundings. He quickly discovered that the berserk Spirit Beasts had already dispersed. This was related to the fact that the Six-Tailed Spirit Fox had fainted.

  After he determined the direction where Liu Fengyin and the others had gone, Xiao Chen withdrew his Spiritual Sense. He swallowed a Qi Returning Pill and headed in the opposite direction, continuously executing Lightning Evasion. After about ten thunderclaps, Xiao Chen was already a thousand meters away.

  Seven Horn Mountain was only about 3000 meters tall. Xiao Chen stopped in the middle section of the mountain. After resting for awhile and letting his Essence recover, Xiao Chen searched for a hidden cave before he stopped moving further.

  He released the Six-Tailed Spirit Fox from the Universe Ring and muttered to himself, “Consider this as compensation. After snatching your kid away, I can’t watch you die like this.”

  “Nor would I let Liu Fengyin take you away. If that happens, your fate would be even more miserable.”

  Chapter 42: Sword Spirit—Ao Jiao

  Liu Fengyin led the First Elder and the others, chasing after the blue-clothed man anxiously. However, the speed of the blue-clothed man was strangely fast. The rocks on his feet continuously circled them, allowing him to move extremely fast on the flat ground.

  Not long after the chase, he managed to escape from the group’s view. Liu Fengyin had no choice but to helplessly give up the chase. So under the lead of Liu Fengyin, they quickly rushed back.

  “What’s going on? Why is the Six-Tailed Spirit Fox missing?” Liu Fengyin said in shock after looking at the empty ground. “Where’s Xiao Chen? Where did he go to? He must have secretly taken it.”

  The Six-Tailed Spirit Fox was gone, and Xiao Chen was missing. Liu Fengyin immediately made the connection, Could Xiao Chen have taken away the Six-Tailed Spirit Fox? Yet, it did not make sense to him.

  The Six-Tailed Spirit Fox was ten meters tall. Xiao Chen was only an Inferior Grade Martial Disciple; it was impossible for him to take it away without leaving any trace.

  Hearing Liu Fengyin’s words, Xiao Qiang felt his voice carried an obvious tone of reproach. Anger flashed in Xiao Qiang’s eyes; this Liu Fengyin was too condescending. No matter what, Xiao Chen was still the Clan Head’s son. He had no right to speak about Xiao Chen in such a manner.

  Controlling his emotions, the First Elder carefully observed his surroundings. He found no trace of the Six-Tailed Spirit Fox being moved. It was as though the Six-Tailed Spirit Fox had vanished into thin air.

  After muttering to himself for awhile, Xiao Qiang said, “Elder Liu, from what I can tell, the way the Six-Tailed Spirit Fox disappeared is too strange. It is too early to determine that Xiao Chen took it away.”

  The other two Martial Grand Masters observed their surroundings as well and also found it odd. This situation was too impossible. One of them said, “Could it be that the Six-Tailed Spirit Fox recovered from its injuries and took Xiao Chen away?”

  “How ridiculous! That Six-Tailed Spirit Fox was already severely injured. After that, it went berserk, expending a large amount of its lifeforce. How could it recover so fast?” Liu Fengyin retorted fiercely in a loud voice.

  Xiao Qiang held his hands behind his back and carefully investigated the surroundings once more. However, he did not manage to find any more clues. It seemed that only Xiao Chen would know the reason for the Six-Tailed Spirit Fox’s disappearance.

  After thinking for awhile, Xiao Qiang replied, “The most important thing now is to find Xiao Chen. Regardless of the situation, he is the son of the Clan Head. If anything happens to him, we will be held responsible.”

  “Now that the Spirit Beast uproar has stopped, I have decided that we will immediately seal the m
ountain. There is no need to wait until tomorrow. If we meet any members of the Tang Clan, kill them on the spot.”

  With regards to this arrangement, Liu Fengyin had no opinion. He also had no ideas as to how the Six-Tailed Spirit Fox disappeared. He could only look for Xiao Chen first and decide what to do from there.

  …...

  In another place at that same moment, Xiao Chen was in a secret cave spreading Golden Salve on the Six-Tailed Spirit Fox. This Golden Salve was given to him by Xiao Yulan. He had never gotten around to using it before. Good thing that it was not used, so he had enough to use now.

  He carefully spread the Golden Salve on all of its wounds, and the white colored, medicinal powder gave off a sizzling sound as it seeped into the wounds. The unconscious Six-Tailed Spirit Fox still trembled.

  After finishing, Xiao Chen began sending the Essence in his body into the body of the Six-Tailed Spirit Fox. A stream of warm and gentle Essence quietly healed the severely injured internal organs of the Six-Tailed Spirit Fox.

  Due to the fact that Xiao Chen was focused on treating the Six-Tailed Spirit Fox, he failed to notice its eyes open slightly, looking at Xiao Chen and remembering his appearance in its heart.

  The Essence circulated for a cycle in the body of the Six-Tailed Spirit Fox. Xiao Chen discovered that the meridians of this Spirit Beast were very suitable for use with the Demonic Beast cultivation method in the Compendium of Cultivation.

  According to the Compendium of Cultivation, any being that had spirituality could cultivate it. In the legends of ancient China, there were many demons that were quite famous.

  After hesitating for a while, Xiao Chen decided to teach the Spirit Fox the Mysterious Nine Heavenly Revolution Transformation that was recorded in the Compendium of Cultivation. There was very little information about Demonic Beast cultivation in the Compendium of Cultivation, with only this set of Mysterious Nine Heavenly Revolution Transformation.

  Following the circulation method of the Mysterious Nine Heavenly Revolution Transformation, Xiao Chen controlled his Essence and made it circulate within the Six-Tailed Spirit Fox’s body. After an hour, this stream of Essence had undergone one cycle of the circulation method.

  This way, it would leave behind a trace of this circulation method in the Six-Tailed Spirit Fox. After it woke up, it could just follow that pathway and cultivate by itself.

  Consider this as your compensation, Xiao Chen thought and withdrew his Essence. This Mysterious Nine Heavenly Revolution Transformation was actually a mysterious cultivation method left behind by the legendary Demonic World.

  “You idiot! Still not leaving yet? The fox is about to wake up.”

  Suddenly a clear voice appeared in that empty cave. Xiao Chen, who was deep in thought, was startled. He immediately expanded his Spiritual Sense and searched in all directions.

  However, aside from himself and the ‘unconscious’ Six-Tailed Spirit Fox, there was no one else. Even when focusing his Spiritual Sense into a beam, there was no one else within a thousand meters of him.

  A hallucination? It did not seem like it. Xiao Chen was bewildered.

  “You idiot! Stop searching, I am here.” a somewhat illusory image of a girl slowly floated out of the Universe Ring, appearing in front of Xiao Chen’s shocked gaze.

  This girl did not seem older than fourteen or fifteen years old. She was dressed in red clothes and was very cute. However, her body had an ethereal feel to it.

  Xiao Chen was stunned for a long time before he reacted to it, “Are you a human or a ghost? How did you come out?”

  Hearing Xiao Chen’s questions, the girl became angry. However, when the angry expression appeared on that cute face, it would not cause one to sense any anger.

  “I am neither human nor ghost. I am only a Sword Spirit. You don’t have to make such a big fuss. My name is Ao Jiao.”

  Sword Spirit?

  Could it be that broken sword from the Thunder Emperor’s cave? Xiao Chen suddenly recalled that when he dripped his blood onto the Universe Ring, he heard the voice of a girl. Back then, he thought he was imagining things.

  Xiao Chen was about to ask her a question when the infant Spirit Fox suddenly came out of the Spirit Blood Jade and ran over to the unconscious Six-Tailed Spirit Fox. He was startled and was about to try and capture it.

  “Don’t chase it. This fellow already signed a blood pact with you. It won’t run away,” Ao Jiao said after she saw Xiao Chen preparing to chase after it. After she finished saying it, she flew out of the cave.

  Although Xiao Chen’s head was full of thoughts about the young Spirit Fox, he also had many questions for this girl who had appeared from the Universe Ring. Thus, he had no other choice but to follow her.

  Outside the cave, the girl named Ao Jiao... (no, not a girl... to be precise, a Sword Spirit) had a grave expression on her face. She raised her head to look at the starry sky, as though there was something that she wanted from it.

  Xiao Chen organized his thoughts and managed to come out with a clear question, “Who exactly are you? How are you related to me? Can you help me understand?”

  Ao Jiao, who was floating in the air looking at the stars, turned her head. She did not answer Xiao Chen’s question. Instead, she looked Xiao Chen up and down, as though she were determining the quality of something in a shop. Her eyes had a look of dissatisfaction.

  Xiao Chen, on the receiving end, felt very uncomfortable under her gaze and said impatiently, “Hey, brat! Stop looking at me like that. Answer my question, where in the world did you come from?”

  Ao Jiao frowned and clenched her right fist, waving it around. She said fiercely, “Who are you calling brat?! You trashy master! Don’t think I won’t throw you into a sea of skeletons to feed zombies.”

  Trashy Master? When Xiao Chen heard this, he finally got a clue. This fellow came out of his Universe Ring.

  His Universe Ring was made using the broken sword from the Thunder Emperor’s cave, and this fellow had said earlier that it was a Sword Spirit. According to the legends of Tianwu Continent, in every divine weapon, there was e a Weapon Spirit. Sabers would have a Saber Spirit; swords would have a Sword Spirit; spears would have a Spear Spirit.

  A Weapon Spirit had intelligence that was on par with humans. However, they each had their own individual personalities. When a divine weapon had a Weapon Spirit, it could be said that it achieved true spirituality, and its might in battle would become even greater.

  Looked like that broken sword in the Thunder Emperor’s cave was a divine weapon. It was broken into halves, but for some unknown reason, the Sword Spirit in it did not disappear.

  When he thought about it this way, it seemed very possible. When he forged the broken sword into the Universe Ring, turning it into a spatial treasure, he unintentionally subdued this Sword Spirit, becoming its master.

  Thinking of this, Xiao Chen smiled. Having a loli Sword Spirit for a servant was a pretty good thing. However, this character’s attitude was slightly off.

  “Hey, idiot! Why are you laughing for no reason? Are you having a seizure?” Ao Jiao looked at Xiao Chen, suddenly bursting out in laughter as she said bewilderedly.

  Idiot? Seizure?

  Xiao Chen almost vomited out blood as he said angrily, “I am your master, right? Is this the attitude you show to your master?”

  Ao Jiao’s mouth curled up in a cold smile, “Master? I was about to tell you. Although I do not know how you became my master while I was unconscious... With your current strength, you are not even comparable to an ant.”

  “You can imagine, the attitude of an elephant towards an ant. That is the logic…”

  Ant? Xiao Chen felt infuriated. However, when he saw Ao Jiao’s expression, he could no longer feel angry. This girl was like a venomous snake. With her cute face, there was no way to be angry with her.

  Xiao Chen smiled bitterly, “Then Miss Ao Jiao, what is your purpose in coming out? To look down on this t
rashy master?”

  “Just to remind you to get out quickly. The Six-Tailed Spirit Fox is close to recovering and waking up. After sealing her infant, if you don’t leave, only death awaits you. If you die, I will be injured.”

  “Therefore, hurry up and become strong, you trashy master. Stop making a Sword Spirit lead a life of worry. It is very shameful.”

  After Ao Jiao said that, she took one last look at the starry sky before going back into the Universe Ring. Regardless of what Xiao Chen did, she would not come out again.

  Chapter 43: Advancing to Medial Grade Martial Disciple

  He could guess that his Sword Spirit, which appeared out of nowhere, was not as simple as she claimed. From her attitude, it was clear that she was not completely honest with Xiao Chen.

  Also, no matter how much he called out for her, she refused to come out again. Xiao Chen could only suppress the confusion in his heart. At that moment, the infant Spirit Fox came running and bounding out of the cave, going back into the Spirit Blood Jade.

  Xiao Chen cast his gaze into the cave, sending his Spiritual Sense into it. He saw the Six-Tailed Spirit Fox trying to get up. It should be getting ready to leave the cave soon.

  Quickly withdrawing his Spiritual Sense, Xiao Chen used the Gravity Spell and flew away. After a long period of time, he searched for a huge tree and landed right on top of it. Sitting there, cross-legged, he calmed himself down.

  After swallowing an Essence Nurturing Pill, Xiao Chen calmly cultivated at the top of the huge tree. He had already broken through to the 2nd layer of the Purple Thunder Divine Incantation. The Purple Thunder Divine Incantation circulated in his body faster than it had ever done before. The surrounding Spiritual Energy frantically rushed into Xiao Chen’s body.

  The thick Spiritual Energy became very dense in his body as he slowly circulated through in his meridians. After it completed a cycle, it entered into his Dantian. Under the effects of the Essence Nurturing Pill, the amount of Spiritual Energy he received after just one cycle was at least double of what most regular Martial Disciples would get.