108: Deng Qingyang

"Cultivator Deng Ping, wait for me outside the door."

Deng Qingyang's voice was somewhat hoarse, completely mismatched with his Foundation Establishment Peak cultivation.

After Cultivator Deng Ping left, Deng Qingyang's withered finger pointed at Fang Huai: "Little friend Fang, please come in!"

Fang Huai wasn't afraid of Deng Qingyang suddenly attacking him; instead, he was curious about the other party's intention in inviting him.

If Deng Qingyang wanted to kill him, he wouldn't have made a big fuss by sending Cultivator Deng Ping to the outer city to invite him; he would have directly and secretly captured him.

Fang Huai pondered, then lifted the curtain and walked in.

He saw Deng Qingyang dressed in a loose green robe, with white hair and eyebrows, wrinkled skin, appearing ancient and frail, yet possessing a certain immortal-like demeanor.

"Immortal Master Qingyang!" Fang Huai cupped his hands and said.

"Come closer, I'm not some man-eating demon."

Deng Qingyang's tone was calm, with a hint of playfulness, saying:

"I heard that a new Genius arrived in Sanxian City, already at Qi Refining Perfection before forty, and possesses excellent Skinning Technique for removing bones and extracting poison. I've long wanted to meet you."

"Immortal Master overpraises me. This Fang is just an ordinary Cultivator!" Fang Huai cupped his hands and said.

"Little friend, I heard you process the hides of Foundation Establishment Stage Demon Beasts with great fluidity. I wonder if you can process the hides of Foundation Establishment Cultivators?" Deng Qingyang asked directly.

Fang Huai immediately became alert. This old man couldn't have noticed something, could he? He said, "This Fang has never used a knife on a Cultivator."

Deng Qingyang's eyes flickered: "Cultivators and Yao Beasts are actually not much different; both are composed of flesh, skin, bones, and organs. If you can use a knife on a Yao Beast, you can use a knife on a Cultivator."

Then he lifted his robe and said, "Can you handle these poisonous sacs and rotten flesh under my skin?"

Fang Huai saw large and small black poisonous sacs bulging under Deng Qingyang's skin, with faintly visible wriggling poisonous threads around them.

The poisonous sacs and threads were connected to his muscles and bones, corroding Deng Qingyang's already aging body.

"When I was young, I was too eager for advancement, blindly rushing through the Realms, which caused fiendish energy and poison to accumulate within me," Deng Qingyang sighed. "Later, I often fought with Yao Beasts and demonic Cultivators, becoming saturated with evil Qi.

These hidden dangers accumulated for half a lifetime, and in my old age, they finally erupted. I wonder if little friend has a way to remove these poisonous sacs and threads?"

Fang Huai frowned slightly. If he used the Four Elephant Shattering Body Evil Qi, combined with his Perfection Skinning Technique, he was confident he could remove the poisonous sacs and threads.

But Deng Qingyang had fought countless demonic Cultivators, so he would naturally recognize demonic Cultivator methods.

As he hesitated, Deng Qingyang said, "In Sanxian City, I, Deng Qingyang, am the heavens. Whether it's a righteous or demonic Cultivator, as long as I approve, no one can touch them. Conversely..."

With that, he met Fang Huai's gaze, his eyes holding an indescribable meaning.

Old fox!

Fang Huai tugged at his fox fur coat. The other party had long seen that he was a demonic Cultivator, and his words were full of menace.

Since that was the case, he didn't need to hide anything anymore: "Immortal Master, the poisonous fiendish energy in your body is deep. Removing it all at once would severely damage your Physical Body. It needs to be done in parts and stages. What do you think?"

Deng Qingyang nodded slightly: "I like talking to smart people."

Fang Huai took a deep breath, his fingertips moving as he injected Four Elephant Shattering Body Evil Qi into Deng Qingyang's arm, saying, "Immortal Master, please wait a moment."

Deng Qingyang's eyes slightly closed, his heart shaken.

He could clearly perceive a peculiar force in his arm, creating an imperceptible gap between the poisonous sacs, poisonous threads, bones, and flesh.

An hour later, Fang Huai took out his skinning knife, said, "Immortal Master, please withdraw your Protective Aura," and then cut open Deng Qingyang's skin.

As the skinning knife pierced his flesh, Deng Qingyang felt a subtle pulling sensation in his arm.

He could clearly feel the poisonous sacs being slowly peeled from the muscle tissue, and even the poisonous threads entangled in the bones and flesh were gently straightened and pulled out, bit by bit.

Three hours later, Fang Huai stopped. The jade plate beside him was filled with the removed poisonous sacs and threads.

"I have fulfilled my mission."

Fang Huai put away his skinning knife and looked up at Deng Qingyang: "The poisonous sacs in the left arm have been removed. The remaining parts should be removed once a month, lest the Immortal Master's Physical Body cannot bear it."

"Comfortable!" Deng Qingyang let out a long cry.

He waved his hand, and the poisonous sacs and threads on the jade plate were enveloped by his Spiritual Qi and thrown into the bronze cauldron beside him.

Spiritual Fire immediately flared up inside the cauldron, accompanied by sizzling sounds, burning the poisonous fiendish energy to ashes.

"Does little friend recognize this item?"

Deng Qingyang was in a good mood. He flipped his palm, and a round Medicinal Pill overflowing with Spiritual Qi appeared in his hand.

Fang Huai stared intently, his gaze slightly focused:

[foundation establishment pill]

[Pill Dao Foundation Establishment]

[Pill Dao Foundation Establishment: Using the power of Medicinal Pills to condense the Qi Sea as a foundation. The better the Spiritual Root, the higher the probability of Foundation Establishment.]

He steadied his mind and feigned confusion, saying, "This Medicinal Pill has Abundant Spiritual Power and is by no means inferior, but unfortunately, This Fang does not know its function."

Deng Qingyang said, "This is a foundation establishment pill!"

Fang Huai pretended to be fervent, his gaze fixed directly on the foundation establishment pill.

Seeing his expression, Deng Qingyang said with satisfaction, "I feel like old friends with little friend at first sight, and I want to give this pill to you.

But before that, I need little friend to do two things for me.

The first is to remove all these poisonous sacs and threads from my body. The second, I need little friend to help me deal with a Longevity Ghoul."

"Longevity Ghoul? What is a Longevity Ghoul?"

Fang Huai asked in confusion. He had been in the Corpse Fiend Sect for eighteen years and had never heard of any Senior Brother hunting such a Yao Beast.

Deng Qingyang said seriously, "Little friend doesn't need to ask. I will arrange for a Deng clan Foundation Establishment Cultivator to accompany you.

Please, little friend, make sure to extract the ghoul pill immediately after this Yao Beast is killed, ensuring the ghoul pill is not damaged."

...Purification Bureau, at the blood jade tree.

Fang Huai, while roasting Feng Wuwang in the soul sealing bottle with Spiritual Fire, asked Li Zhu:

"Do you know about Longevity Ghouls?"

Li Zhu said, "I've heard of this ghoul. It's said that some Sects raise this ghoul in Mortal towns."

Fang Huai: "It sounds like it's related to lifespan?"

Li Zhu: "This ghoul can indeed collect lifespan to form a ghoul pill. Using a ghoul pill can refine a Longevity Pill, increasing one's lifespan."

Fang Huai wanted to ask further, but Li Zhu's knowledge stopped there.

"Fang Huai, kill me, kill me!"

Feng Wuwang in the soul sealing bottle let out a painful wail, begging Fang Huai to kill him completely.

Fang Huai sighed, "I gave you a chance back in the Corpse Fiend Sect, but you didn't cherish it.

I said, as long as I live, I won't let you die. Now, just enjoy it."

With that, he took out a compass-shaped Magical Artifact and injected Spiritual Qi into it.

"Bang!"

With a crisp sound, Fang Huai's figure instantly teleported ten zhang away.

"This old man gave me such a good item just to keep me from dying."

This Spiritual Artifact was called the Leap Plate, a protective Magical Artifact given to him by Deng Qingyang, who instructed him that if he encountered danger during the battle with the Longevity Ghoul, he could use this item to save his life.

Although the Magical Artifact was good, it consumed a huge amount of Spiritual Qi; using it just twice would drain all of Fang Huai's Spiritual Qi.

But what did that matter?

For Fang Huai, who could swap tags, this minor flaw of the Magical Artifact was equivalent to nothing; he could use tags to achieve infinite leaps.