Chapter 353 - 353: Breakthrough
Before heading to the Flame Demon Mountain Range for experience, Fang Hong planned to continue his secluded cultivation in his Immortal Cave for a period.
He would refine all the remaining Immortal Pills on him, increasing his cultivation as much as possible.
The Flame Demon Mountain Range was extremely dangerous, and only with sufficient personal strength could he handle various emergencies, seek opportunity, and ensure his safety.
Fang Hong remembered that among the basic pill formulas passed down by the Eastern Luo Sect, some were specifically suitable for True Immortal Cultivators.
Among them was a pill formula called Tongxian Pill.
Fang Hong carefully inventoried the stock of Immortal Herbs in his years pearl, finding it completely sufficient to refine a batch of Tongxian Pills.
The Tongxian Pill was a third-grade Immortal Pill, on the same rank as the Xuanjin Pill he had previously consumed, and its medicinal effects were roughly similar.
After refining it, his cultivation would undoubtedly increase significantly, making it perfectly suitable for his current stage.
Having made up his mind, Fang Hong went to the secret chamber in his years pearl Immortal Cave and began his secluded cultivation.
Refining Immortal Pills, refining Immortal Pills, drawing talismans, Cultivating Immortal Arts. As Fang Hong was in secluded cultivation, a black bat quietly appeared on an ancient tree at the entrance of his Immortal Cave.
This bat stared intently at the entrance of Fang Hong's Immortal Cave, unmoving, constantly monitoring Fang Hong's comings and goings.
Time passed quietly, and in the blink of an eye, a year went by.
On this day, Fang Hong slowly emerged from the secret chamber, a joyful expression on his face, and his aura was several times stronger than a year ago.
After a year of dedicated secluded cultivation, Fang Hong's gains were extremely rich.
He not only successfully refined the six remaining demon gourd Immortal Pills but also refined all one hundred Tongxian Pills he had made himself.
With the help of these Immortal Pills, his cultivation greatly improved, and the Immortal Qi in his body became increasingly profound and condensed.
At this moment, Fang Hong had successfully opened ten complete Immortal Apertures, smoothly Breaking through to the True Immortal Perfection realm.
He was only one step away from the Golden Immortal realm.
As long as Fang Hong could successfully condense a Law meridian and smoothly pass the Yin Wind Tribulation, he would instantly become a true Golden Immortal Cultivator.
The first thing Fang Hong did after coming out of seclusion was to go to the Medicine Valley to check the growth of the Immortal Herbs.
Under the careful care of the puppets, the Immortal Herbs in the Medicine Valley were growing well.
The Immortal Herbs needed to refine the Crimson Fire Pill had all matured; each plant a thousand years, and their quality was excellent.
Now, all the Immortal Herbs required to refine the Crimson Fire Pill were ready, lacking only a fire-attribute Demon Beast core at the True Immortal Perfection realm.
As long as he could collect the Demon Beast core, he could immediately begin refining the Crimson Fire Pill.
And with the aid of the Crimson Fire Pill, his success rate in passing the Yin Wind Tribulation would greatly increase, and his confidence in challenging the Golden Immortal realm would also be greater.
Fang Hong stood in the Medicine Valley, pondering for a moment; it was time to go out for experience.
The location for experience, Fang Hong had already determined, was the Flame Demon Mountain Range mentioned by that inner sect Senior Brother.
The Flame Demon Mountain Range was also an ancient forest; there was a super fire-attribute Immortal Vein there, so fire-attribute Demon Beasts must be numerous, making it an excellent place to collect fire-attribute Demon Beast cores.
Moreover, the Flame Demon Mountain Range could also produce the precious fire bodhi fruit; if he could find the fire bodhi fruit, advancing to Golden Immortal would be just around the corner.
Fang Hong immediately exited the years pearl space and withdrew it into his body.
During this year, Wang Hu's older brother had surprisingly not sent anyone to bother him.
This abnormal calm was by no means a good thing; the only explanation was that the other party had already laid out a hidden move and was using some secret method to monitor his every move.
As soon as he stepped out of his Immortal Cave, a fatal assassination would be launched.
To be on the safe side, Fang Hong naturally wouldn't leave his Immortal Cave openly.
He immediately performed the Void Secret Technique, his figure subtly shifting, and he disappeared from the Immortal Cave.
Meanwhile, on the ancient tree outside the Immortal Cave, that bat was still foolishly hanging from the branch, its eyes fixed on the Immortal Cave entrance, completely unaware of Fang Hong's quiet departure.
How could it know that Fang Hong had already, with the exquisite Void Secret Technique, escaped a thousand li away, completely out of the monitoring range.
After leaving the Immortal Cave area, Fang Hong did not relax his vigilance.
He performed the Transformation Technique, changing his appearance into that of an old man with white hair.
Subsequently, Fang Hong continuously activated the Void Secret Technique, his figure constantly flickering in the void, rushing southward all the way.
The Flame Demon Mountain Range was located at the border between the Eastern Luo Immortal Territory and the Nanli Immortal Territory, very far from the Eastern Luo Sect.
Even with Fang Hong traveling at full speed, constantly traversing with the Void Secret Technique, it still took him nearly three months to reach the edge of the mountain range.
At this moment, Fang Hong stood high in the sky, looking out.
He saw continuous towering mountains piercing the clouds, ancient trees reaching for the sky in the mountains, with thick trunks.
Red mist entanglement among the mountains and forests, and a scorching heat assailed him.
This was the Flame Demon Mountain Range; as rumored, the fire-attribute Immortal Qi here was indeed incomparably dense.
Fang Hong did not linger in the air; in an unfamiliar dangerous place, staying in the air for too long was too conspicuous.
If he attracted the attention of a Golden Immortal expert cultivating here, unnecessary trouble could arise.
Fang Hong's figure flickered, and he descended into the mountain forest, deciding to proceed cautiously on the ground.
Furthermore, it was rumored that Golden Immortal Rank Demon Beasts roamed the depths of the Flame Demon Mountain Range; those Demon Beasts were immensely powerful, so it was better to act carefully.
The purpose of this trip was to collect fire-attribute Demon Beast cores and search for the fire bodhi fruit.
At this point, Fang Hong took out a dark, round plate.
This plate was the spirit sensing disk he hadn't used for a long time.
The spirit sensing disk was originally just an ordinary spiritual artifact from the Lower Realm.
Before Fang Hong's Ascension, he re-refined it, upgrading it to a first-grade Immortal Artifact, and it was now renamed Dingxian Plate.
The Dingxian Plate could locate Immortal Herbs; Fang Hong had already tested this, and the higher the years of the Immortal Herb, the more violently the needle in the plate reacted.
Moreover, after refining and upgrading, the Dingxian Plate's positioning range had greatly increased from the original one hundred li to one thousand li, and its Divine Power power far surpassed before.
Fang Hong injected Immortal Qi into the Dingxian Plate, and the needle in the plate slowly moved.
While activating the Dingxian Plate to sense the aura of the fire bodhi fruit, he cautiously traversed the mountain forest.
If there was a fire bodhi fruit within a thousand li, the Dingxian Plate should be able to sense its location.
However, Fang Hong searched in the mountain forest for a long time, but the Dingxian Plate's needle did not move.
Let alone the fire bodhi fruit, he didn't even find ordinary Immortal Herbs.
Instead, he encountered five fire-attribute Demon Beasts at True Immortal seventh layer, which Fang Hong easily killed, feeding all their corpses to his demon gourd, refining them into five good-quality Immortal Pills.
As Fang Hong continued forward, a sudden bang of violent rumbling came from afar, accompanied by intense Immortal Qi fluctuations, clearly indicating a fight.
The aura was not very strong, so Fang Hong immediately suppressed his aura and used the Void Secret Technique to escape towards the source of the battle.
A few breaths later, Fang Hong arrived at the battle scene, hiding behind a thick ancient tree.
He saw two massive figures fiercely fighting in front; they were not human Cultivators, but two Demon Beasts.
