Chapter Thirty-two: Fang Yi Jian's Helplessness

  (Correcting a mistake, Mingxin College is in Pingzhou, not Huazhou, I made an error earlier.)

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  "Soul soldier?" Ning City was stunned for a moment, the meaning of soul soldier was obviously composed of lifeless souls. But what about the vigorous hoofbeats just now? How could that be a soul soldier? Besides, were there really soul soldiers?

  Jing Ning Cheng's eyes widened, and Fang Yi Jian's voice came again, "What's so strange about this? Over the years, countless cultivators have died in the Manggo Sea, and their souls are incredibly powerful. Many even have a nascent primordial spirit, forming soul soldiers isn't unusual at all. Soul soldiers may look terrifying, but with your cultivation and vigilance, they're not worth mentioning."

  Ning Cheng looked clearly this time and found that Fang Yijian's voice came from a relatively intact round wood on the side of the boat.

  He understood Fang Yijian's hiding place and felt a little relieved in his heart. He took An Yi into the cabin.

  "You're hiding your true self in this wooden log, isn't there something special about it?" Ning Cheng knew that Fang Yixian's primordial spirit was hidden in the log, and immediately realized that this log must be extraordinary. Otherwise, Fang Yixian would have left long ago, even if he had burned his own ship, Fang Yixian shouldn't have been concerned.

  "There's nothing special, I just like this ship, and I'm used to it." Fang Yijian said nonchalantly.

  Ning Cheng glanced around and found several more logs of the same material. He said, "So that's how it is. I recognize this log, it can be used to make a chair that invigorates the spirit. There are still a few on this boat, I'll dig them out and take them away. Don't worry, I definitely won't dismantle this boat casually."

  Seeing Ning City really preparing to dismantle the remaining few Soul Nourishing Trees, Fang Yijian's voice was somewhat panicked. "Don't dismantle it, I told you it's not okay, this is a Soul Nourishing Tree, every single Soul Nourishing Tree has a Soul Nourishing Heart, I need these Soul Nourishing Hearts to survive, if you dismantle these trees, I'm done for."

  "It's a Nourishing Soul Tree..." Ning Cheng's heart was filled with great joy when he heard this, as he had seen the Nourishing Soul Tree in the book given to him by An Yi.

  What people usually refer to as the Soul Nurturing Wood is actually just the Soul Nurturing Wood Heart. For every Soul Nurturing Wood, only that inch or so of wood heart is truly useful. Here, adding on the place where Fang Yi stored his body, there are four roots. Even if you count one root for Fang Yi, he would still be able to get three more. Of course, he wouldn't take all three logs away; as long as he could dig out the wood hearts of the Soul Nurturing Wood, that would be enough.

  Seeing Ning Cheng's shining eyes, Fang Yixing secretly thought that something was off. This guy is greedy, he hastily said, "Those shipbuilders are blind, they actually cut down the Soul Nurturing Wood to build ships. If it wasn't for me running into you, this would be a complete waste of heavenly materials. By the way, I haven't asked your friend's name yet?"

  Where in Ning City doesn't know the meaning of Fang Yijian? Fang Yijian is reminding himself that all these Soul Nourishing Woods were discovered by him, this is his thing. However, Ning City directly ignored the meaning of Fang Yijian, he and Fang Yijian have no relationship, just now almost got killed by this guy, how can he be polite? Immediately afterwards, he chuckled and said, "My name is Ning City, meeting you today is also considered fate. I think you're quite pleasing to the eye, these four inches of Soul Nourishing Wood, I've decided to leave one inch for you, the remaining three inches, I'll take away."

  "Brother Ning, you can't do this..." Fang Yijian was shocked to see Ning Cheng wanting to dig away the remaining three inches of Nurturing Soul Wood. He had stayed here just for the Nurturing Soul Wood; without it, he would be finished, and staying here would have no meaning at all.

  Ning Cheng's face turned cold as he said, "Brother Fang, people say that on the main road to heaven, everyone walks their own half. Once someone strays from the path, if there's wealth involved, we should split it equally. Now I've accidentally strayed, are you planning to disregard the rules and not give me a share?"

  Fang Yijian lived for countless years and still couldn't recall where he had heard such a phrase before. What kind of disregard for rules was this? This was simply robbery.

  "It's not what you think, I'm a Yuan Shen body, you have a physical body. If you take the Yangshengmu away, it would be a disaster for me. Put yourself in my shoes, Brother Ning, if you were in my situation, you'd probably think the same way." Fang Yijian suppressed his anger and said, without the Yangshengmu, staying here was pointless. He regretted doing business with this little ghost, originally thinking he would gain two pure souls of cultivators, but instead he brought trouble upon himself.

  Unexpectedly, Ning Cheng nodded heavily and said, "Brother Fang's words are extremely right, thank you for reminding me. This person must have near worries if he has no long-term plans. I dug up the Soul Nourishing Wood today, maybe I'll use it in the future, thanks a lot."

  Fang Yijian was on the verge of tears, he wanted to persuade Ning Cheng not to dig, but unexpectedly had the opposite effect. When he saw Ning Cheng take out a flying sword, just spinning it around a Soul Nurturing Wood once, brought out a black Soul Nurturing Wood core, his heart almost bleeding.

  Ning Cheng continued to dig out the second Soul Nurturing Wood core. Seeing Ning Cheng wanting to dig out a third Soul Nurturing Wood core, Fang Yi Jian couldn't help but speak up, "Brother Ning, please stop. Brother Ning has just reached the fourth layer of Qi gathering and must have many things he doesn't understand. If Brother Ning is willing to leave this section of Soul Nurturing Wood core behind, I am willing to teach him everything I know. I don't dare say anything else, but I guarantee that Brother Ning will be able to gather his Qi perfectly in the shortest amount of time."

  After hearing Fang Yijian's words, Ning Cheng stopped the movement in his hand. "Brother Fang, now that you mention it, I do have a few questions to ask you. Let this Soul Nurturing Wood be the reward."

  If he had teeth, Fang's teeth would have been chattering by now. These Soul Nourishing Woods are clearly mine, aren't they? Despite this, he could only dryly laugh and say, "Brother Ning, please ask, Fang is definitely not one to speak without knowing."

  "By the way, Brother Fang, I heard that Yuanshen can seize and occupy a body. Will you do that to me?" Ning Cheng asked suddenly as he pulled An Yi down to sit with him, asking an unrelated question.

  "Brother Ning, you're joking, how could I possibly want to snatch from you?" Fang Yijian said with a forced smile, while inwardly cursing loudly. Having cultivated for so many years and only reaching the fourth layer of Qi gathering, it's obvious that your spiritual root is trash, no one would be willing to snatch from you, only an idiot would do that.

  Ning Cheng nodded cautiously, "Then I can rest assured. I've heard that only when one cultivates to the Yuanyuan realm and their divine sense transforms into divine consciousness can they release it externally. During the Condensing Reality realm, there's a way to control magical instruments with divine sense. Just now, Brother Fang said that gathering qi can also release divine sense?"

  As soon as he mentioned cultivation, Fang Yijian's tone immediately became disdainful. "The person who says this is just an idiot. The true gathering of Qi can indeed be released externally, but it's limited by the insufficiency of Gongfa and Lingqi. Even so, the Gathering Qi realm can control flying swords to attack enemies. In Leizhou, using Gathering Qi cultivation to launch flying swords at enemies is a common sight."

  "What's going on?" Ning Cheng hastily asked.

  Fang Yijian did not conceal the truth, "The spiritual energy of Yue Zhou is rich and abundant, and there are many sects. The level of cultivation techniques is obviously not comparable to that of a low-level continent. In fact, in mid-level continents, many Qi-gathering cultivators can control flying swords with their divine thoughts. Low-level continents have scarce spiritual energy, so in order to speed up the cultivation process, some techniques weaken the role of divine thoughts, which is why it's only possible to drive artifacts at the Condensing Reality stage and project one's divine sense at the Building Foundation stage."

  "It was the simplified version of the cultivation method." Ning Cheng suddenly realized that his cultivation method, after being corrected by the Xuan Huang Pearl, should be the complete version. He would try to control the flying sword later.

  "You brought the boat to the sea, are you going fishing? Cheating people on board? And what about the original people on this boat?" Ning Cheng thought of his own experience getting on the boat and already had some understanding.

  Fang Yijian didn't understand what fishing meant, but after hearing Ning Cheng's words, he suddenly understood and immediately replied, "That's right, I'm indeed fishing. As a Yuan Shen body, apart from having to nurture the Soul Wood, due to my cultivation method, I also need to devour some souls to grow stronger. This ship had some problems earlier, so those souls were just used up by me."

  Ning Cheng sneered inwardly and thought of some questions, it must be that Fang Yijian did it himself.

  "Get me a few cultivation manuals, ones with high levels would be good. You tricked me onto this boat, you should at least show some goodwill?" Ning Cheng was certain that Fang Yi Jian's background wasn't ordinary, perhaps he had many good things on him.

  Fang Yijian heard Ning Cheng ask him about his cultivation method and hastily waved his hand, saying, "I really don't have any cultivation method, I'm just a primordial spirit body."

  "Really not?" Ning Cheng asked with a chuckle.

  Fang Yijian suddenly felt a chill run down his spine, and he couldn't help but regret bringing Ning Cheng into this. This was the first time he had encountered someone whose Qi accumulation reached the fourth layer that his Shadowless Arrow couldn't kill.

  "It's not that I don't have it, but I can help you get it, so I want to make a deal with you. Not far from here, there is an island called Jiaoshou Island. You help me spread a message in Mangcheng City that a large number of low-level sea spirits have appeared on Jiaoshou Island. At that time, I will give you a map, and as long as you can do this for me, I will definitely help you get the cultivation method." Fang Yijian felt that his words were somewhat lacking in confidence after he finished speaking.

  Ning Cheng immediately understood Fang Yijian's idea. The Jiaoshou Island has a large number of low-level sea spirits, which will definitely attract many adventurers to come over. Moreover, it will also attract many low-level cultivators to come over. Fang Yijian wants to hide on the Jiaoshou Island and harm people, then slowly devour their souls.

  Ning Cheng's expressionless face said, "I'm afraid that's not possible. I just offended the Wolf King's Manor and the Lu Hou Hai Zhuang in Mang City. Now you want me to go to Mang City, aren't you sending me to my death?"

  Fang Yijian cursed inwardly after hearing this, thinking that this kid was indeed not a good thing. With only four layers of Qi gathering, he had caused trouble everywhere and had offended two major powers in Mang City. Having swallowed many souls, he naturally understood what Ning Cheng said about Lang Wang Fu and Lu Hou Hai Zhuang.

  "It seems you really don't want to give me the method, that's a pity. I also can't bother you anymore. Hmm, there's still a small boat here, why don't my cousin and I just take this small boat?" Ning Cheng slowly stood up.

  "Don't be in a hurry, I'll think of another way..." Fang Yijian heard that Ning Cheng was about to leave and suddenly became flustered. Although he hadn't known Ning Cheng for long, he felt that Ning Cheng was an extremely shameless person. If he didn't satisfy Ning Cheng, it was possible that as soon as Ning Cheng left the ship, countless fireballs would be thrown onto his own large ship.