Chapter Thirty-Eight Half a Year

  Before he knew it, Kong Fang had been a disciple of the Inner Hall for half a year. In this half year, apart from going to the Transmission Hall every five days to listen to Qing Fan's explanation on equipment refinement and cultivation methods, Kong Fang spent all his other time cultivating in his own small courtyard.

  In the past six months, Kong Fang's progress has been incredibly rapid. The Earthly Soul in the Zi Fu is now nearly four zhang tall, and as the soul grows stronger, Kong Fang's absorption of the heavens' and earth's powers also accelerates rapidly.

  Luckily, Kong Fang had the Thousand Star Cultivation Method bestowed by the Secret Pavilion's master, which allowed him to refine all the heavenly and earthly energy he absorbed every day into magical power. If not for the opportunity in the Secret Pavilion, with the pitiful Five Star Cultivation Method given by Qizong, Kong Fang didn't dare imagine how many days it would take to refine the heavenly and earthly energy he absorbed each day into magical power.

  In the bedroom, Kong Fang sat cross-legged on the bed wearing a brand new white robe, eyes closed in meditation. Kong Fang's consciousness was in the Purple Mansion, watching the endless stars in the high sky and experiencing the mysterious and profound meaning contained within.

  Although it is said that even if you don't watch the Starlight True Shadow, your divine soul will still gain power and gradually become stronger. However, if you actively watch it, the speed at which your divine soul becomes stronger will be faster. Therefore, for the past half year, Kong Fang's consciousness has often entered the Purple Mansion to watch the endless starry sky. He did this not only because his divine soul could become stronger faster, but also for another reason.

  That's when Kong Fang discovered that every time he gained a little more insight into the mysterious and profound meaning of the endless stars, his research on array techniques and cultivation of earth-based Taoist methods would become slightly easier.

  Since watching the endless stars can not only make the soul stronger, but also benefit from cultivation and alchemy, Kong Fang naturally enjoyed it, and as soon as he had a spare consciousness, he would enter the Purple Mansion.

  Actually, something else happened during this half year that left Kong Fang speechless. Half a year ago, Qing Fan Lao gave him and Ge Sheng the method of soul refining, but Kong Fang forcibly delayed the time to refine his power by two months. This wasn't because other things had interfered, but rather because it took Ge Sheng nearly two months to condense his divine soul.

  Although Kong Fang's soul refining method was extremely high-level, on the surface he only obtained a two-star soul refining method. It didn't make sense that Ge Sheng spent nearly two months to successfully condense his divine soul, while Kong Fang achieved this in just two or three days. If Kong Fang really dared to do so, he would absolutely not be considered a genius, but instead would be directly suppressed by the strong practitioners of the Qizong sect and forced to reveal his secrets.

  In order not to shock the world and also not to attract too much attention, Kong Fangbian waited until Ge Sheng had refined his divine soul before pretending that he had succeeded as well.

  Suddenly, Kong Fang, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, opened his eyes.

  "It's been five days again, time to go to the preaching hall." Kong Fang got out of bed and opened the door of his bedroom to walk out.

  Kong Fang's residence was located on the halfway up the mountain behind Huoyun Hall, and in fact, the residences of several other inner disciples were also located in this area, but each courtyard was at least a mile or two apart.

  In the courtyard, Fang Tou, who was practicing under the cool shed, heard the sound of the door opening and immediately stopped practicing, quickly standing up from the ground.

  "Big Brother." Fang Tou called out with a silly grin.

  Kong Fang's face revealed a wry smile, "Fang Tou, how many times have I told you? When you cultivate, go to your own room, don't stay in the courtyard... why..." Kong Fang shook his head helplessly.

  Fang Tou rubbed his head, grinning foolishly and said: "As Shifu's follower, I must ensure that Shifu is not disturbed while cultivating. Otherwise, what would be the point of having a follower like me?"

  Suddenly, Fang's expression turned serious. "Master can let me become your follower and set foot on the path of cultivation from now on. This is a great kindness that changes my fate. I have no way to repay Master's great kindness, I can only do some things within my power, and only in this way do I feel that this follower has some use, otherwise..." Fang's expression was slightly dim.

  It was the first time Fang Tou had said so much, and Kong Fang was taken aback for a moment. However, when he saw Fang Tou's slightly melancholy expression, Kong Fang suddenly understood his emotions.

  "It's okay, if he doesn't let him do something with this kind of personality, he won't be able to pass his own heart. Kong Fang smiled and shook his head, walked over and patted Fang Tou's shoulder, saying: "From now on, do what you like, I won't stop you again."

  Fang's eyes lit up instantly, "Is what Shixiong said really true?"

  "When did Brother Shi deceive you?" Kong Fang asked back with a smile.

  "Thank you, Brother Fang." Fang Tou was suddenly so excited that he couldn't speak.

  Kong Fang walked straight ahead and waved his hand, saying: "I'm going out for a trip, you continue to cultivate."

  Kong Fang walked out of the small courtyard in a great mood and headed slowly towards Huoyun Hall below.

  When Kong Fang entered the Huoyun Hall, whether it was an apprentice or a miscellaneous servant behind the counter, both eyes suddenly lit up, and one by one shouted "Brother Kong" in their mouths, enthusiastically greeting Kong Fang. Among these people, Changsheng's voice was the loudest at the middle counter.

  Kong Fang smiled and nodded, then quickly walked through the hall towards the Transmission Hall behind Huoyun Hall.

  In the transmission hall, the other five inner disciples had already arrived and were sitting cross-legged on their meditation mats. Upon hearing the sound, all five of them turned around to take a look, and seeing that it was Kong Fang, Sun Hao and Ge Sheng couldn't help but smile and greet him. Qu Han merely nodded slightly. As for Li Sen and Yin Wanshui, they directly closed their eyes to meditate, completely ignoring Kong Fang.

  Kong Fang didn't mind either and found a bamboo mat to sit down on his own.

  Before long, the green elder in fiery red armor also arrived at the preaching hall. The six people from Kong Fang hastily stood up and paid their respects to the elder.

  The old man Qingfan smiled and nodded, then his gaze shifted to Kong Fang.

  "Kong Fang, half a year ago you didn't get the Huo Xing Dao Fa, I said I would compensate you with a pair of True Fire Rings. However, two of the materials were quite hard to find, so it's been delayed until now, you're not blaming me, are you?" Qing Fan elder said with a smile.

  "My disciple definitely doesn't have it. If the elder doesn't believe me, you can ask Sun Hao Shixiong, he can vouch for my disciple." Kong Fang very rudely pulled Sun Hao into the water.

  Sun Hao stared at Kong Fang with his eyes wide open, and couldn't help but scold in his heart, "Shameless Kong Fang, how can I know what you're thinking?"

  "Hahaha." Elder Qingfan burst out laughing, his bright and clear voice echoing throughout the entire Preaching Hall, obviously in a very good mood.

  "Here, this is what I promised you." Qing Fan stretched out his hand and the two red bracelets flew towards Kong Fang.

  Kong Fangyi grasped both wristlets in one hand and said, "Thank you, Elder."

  The old man Qingfan waved his hand lightly in a cloud-like manner.

  Sun Hao, Li Sen and five others stared at the red bracelet in Kong Fang's hand, their eyes burning with excitement.

  "This true fire ring is not well-refined due to a slight shortage of one of the materials, and it only reached the middle-grade level of a postnatal treasure. However, for you at present, it's already more than enough." Elder Qingfan's rugged face couldn't help but reveal a hint of embarrassment.

  Just hearing the words of Qingfan Zhanglao, Kong Fang, Sun Hao, Li Sen, Qu Han, Yin Wanshui and Ge Sheng six people were directly stunned. The six people directly ignored other words of Qingfan Zhanglao, and only six words kept jumping in their minds.

  "Mid-grade Heaven's True Treasure?" Gulp, all six of them swallowed their saliva at once.

  The real treasure of the post-heaven is above the post-heaven spirit treasure, and the post-heaven spirit treasure can be divided into four levels. Only by completely crossing these four levels, which are like high mountains, is it possible to refine a treasure of the level of the post-heaven true treasure. But what needs to be known is that Qingfan Elder sent not the lower-level post-heaven true treasure, but the middle-level post-heaven true treasure. At this moment, whether it was Kong Fang or Sun Hao and his five people, they were all shocked by Qingfan Elder's grand gesture.