Half a month later.
Yuan Ming returned to Wangyue City, waited and watched for a while, and received news that the team that captured Pu Zhengqing from Changchun Guan had returned to Dajin. The Shahao incident had calmed down, and then he, Hu Tu, and Mu Yang reopened the Lingxiang Shop in Wangyue City.
After he took care of the matters related to the store, he returned to the cave alone.
The new store opened, and the business was much quieter than before. However, now Yuan Ming has no shortage of spiritual stones and elixirs, and the store is just for the sake of a steady flow of water. Therefore, in terms of operation and publicity, Hu Tu and the two are only allowed to do what they can, without any
I used to be so attentive.
If nothing unexpected happens with Sha Hao's legacy, it should be able to support his cultivation to the late stage of foundation building. In the future, if nothing major happens, he will continue to practice in seclusion here.
His past experiences have made him more eager to improve his strength. Whether it is in Southern Xinjiang or Dajin, only absolute strength can have the absolute right to speak. The so-called fairness is based on equal strength.
Word.
If he had been trapped in the early stage of foundation building, he might not be low among ordinary monks, but facing the strong men now, he would not be enough. He didn't want to have to leave his hometown again after killing Taoist Priest Yuhu and throwing a rat weapon.
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The incense needed in the store will only be delivered by Leiyu after it is made, and he will not leave the cave easily.
While Yuan Ming was thinking about future plans, he took out another stick of black incense.
A few days ago, he had used Heixiang to possess him to confirm that his parents were okay, but now he used Heixiang again because he wanted to know about Xiying's situation.
Whether it was the news of Sha Hao's death or the fact that he had accepted all the great elder's inheritance, Yuan Ming had a lot of words to say to Xiying, but it was a pity that the mountains and roads were far away and his words could not reach him after all.
Xiying's ear.
The black incense on the Stealing Heaven Cauldron slowly burned, and as the smoke drifted, Yuan Ming's field of vision gradually changed, switching to Guo Guo.
puff!
The possession had just been completed, and before Yuan Ming could react, a wave of waves hit his face. The salty and wet sea water slapped Guo Guo's face, drenching it from head to tail. Not a single hair on his body was dry.
also!
Guoguo screamed and seemed to be complaining, but the waves still washed away mercilessly on its body, forcing it to unable to open its eyes. It could only pathetically pick at the scales of the giant beast under it with its claws, and remove the traces of the giant beast.
The hair shrunk when wet and the body became smaller and pressed against it.
Although it had its eyes closed, after Yuan Ming calmed down, he began to observe the surroundings with the help of his spiritual consciousness.
Not far in front of Guoguo, Xiying stood on the back of the giant beast, shrouded in pale white light, blocking out the incoming sea water.
But every time waves hit her body, Xiying would shout excitedly, her eyes full of excitement and anticipation.
And under her and Guoguo's feet, there was actually a giant strange fish several feet long, covered with solid blue scales. Its back was flat, like a long table, with eight pairs of fish on each side.
Like a thin fan.
Strange fish jumped and shuttled on the sea, and the powerful fish and crabs rolled up clusters of waves. The huge body sometimes dived into the water and sometimes jumped out of the sea, which gave the passengers on its back a refreshing experience.
Seeing the blue sea and sky all around, Yuan Ming speculated that Xiying might have left Southern Xinjiang and arrived somewhere in the East China Sea. Unfortunately, the Wangyue Mountains were still far away from the East China Sea, so the transmission talismans should still not be used.
After an unknown amount of time, the strange fish tumbling in the sea seemed to attract other people's attention. A green stream of light suddenly flashed across the sky and hovered in front of the strange fish's head.
However, in this situation, Xiying didn't seem to care and just slapped the magic formula, causing the strange fish under his feet to stop.
"Senior Xiao, Master Xiao is already waiting impatiently. You'd better get there quickly."
In front of the strange fish, a female pedicurist wearing light green clothes stepped on a magical instrument and raised her hands towards Xiying.
"Anyway, there is still time, so it doesn't hurt to let her wait a little longer." Xiying waved her hands with an emotionless look on her face.
"Senior Xiao..."
The female cultivator in green shirt smiled bitterly and opened her mouth as if she still wanted to persuade.
"Meow!" At this moment, Guoguo suddenly called out weakly.
Xiyingliu frowned, turned around and picked up Guoguo, and said angrily: "I usually can't walk when I see a fish, but this time I can't stand it because I'm so good at lying on the fish's back? When I get back, I'll punish you by not being allowed to do it for a month.
Eat fish!”
Hearing this, Guoguo screamed again, but obviously had no intention of getting out of Xiying's arms.
Yuan Ming, who was possessed by it, felt the vague thoughts in its heart. Apparently, Guoguo hated getting wet even more than not being able to eat fish.
Xiying carried Guoguo in her arms, drove away the strange fish, and then flew straight into the sky.
"Okay, I'm going over there, you should catch up quickly."
After saying that, she dodged her body, took out a gourd magical weapon, stepped on it, and flew towards the east, without any intention of waiting for the female cultivator in green shirt.
When the female cultivator in green shirt saw this, she had no choice but to hurriedly move her magic weapon and follow him.
The place Xiying wanted to go was not close, and she did not arrive until Yuan Ming's black incense burned out and the possession ended.
However, Yuan Ming originally wanted to confirm her condition. Now that he saw that she was safe and sound, he had nothing to worry about.
After Yuan Ming recovered his thoughts, he calmed down his mind, put aside distracting thoughts, and devoted himself to cultivation.
Five years have passed in the blink of an eye.
In the cave, the spiritual power fluctuations in Yuan Ming's body have reached the level of the middle stage of foundation building, and are still some distance away from the peak.
Relying on the elixir left by Sha Hao, the Zi Xuan Xiang he refined, and the Spirit Gathering Array Yuan Mingyou obtained in exchange for spiritual stones by chance, he had achieved mid-term success more than four years ago.
, and with the continuous blessing of elixirs, the mana has increased by leaps and bounds, constantly moving towards the peak of the middle stage of foundation building.
In addition, with the nourishment of the soul by the accumulated moon of Stealing Heaven Cauldron, coupled with the practice of Ming Yue Jue every night, Yuan Ming's soul has also been greatly improved, and today, he finally came to "Ming Yue Jue"
》The edge of the fourth layer.
He was about to break through, so he didn't dare to show any signs of neglect, so he deliberately took out another incense stick from the storage ring.
In the past few years, he often read the great elder's cultivation experience and learned a lot from it.
The experience mentioned a kind of elixir that can help break through the bottleneck of soul cultivation. Although Yuan Ming is not good at elixir training, through analysis and research, he has produced a spiritual incense with similar effects.
This incense can stabilize the monk's state of mind. While dispelling distracting thoughts, it can also slightly enhance the strength of the soul. It can not only assist in breakthroughs in soul cultivation, but is also of great benefit to the cultivation of ordinary monks.
Yuan Ming named this incense "soul-nourishing incense". Youhou can also put it on the shelves of Lingxiang Incense Shop, but there is no rush now.
He lit the soul-nourishing incense, and as the smoke entered his nose, he suddenly felt a cool feeling in his mind. All trivial matters were forgotten, and the nervousness of facing a breakthrough gradually calmed down.
Immediately afterwards, Yuan Ming began to silently run the Ming Yue Jue. The soul power in the sea of consciousness surged bit by bit and soon washed away Yuan Ming's sea of consciousness like a stormy wave. At the same time, they all surged towards the phantom of the soul in the center of the sea of consciousness.
passed.
As the soul power entered, Yuan Ming's soul was gradually filled up, and soon reached the upper limit. The soul power in the sea of consciousness was still surging, with no intention of stopping.
Soon, Yuan Ming's soul began to swell, and its appearance became unnaturally distorted.
Yuan Ming noticed that there seemed to be some inexplicable and unexplained constraints outside his soul, which hindered its further growth and development.
But this is not caused by external things, but the natural constraints of every monk.
The Great Elder mentioned this in his experience. He called it the Soul Willow Lock, which is the key to truly distinguishing soul cultivation from ordinary monks. From the moment you break through this willow lock, the practice of soul cultivation will also be different from that of ordinary monks.
The practice gradually moved further and further away, and finally the distance was completely distanced.
In the sea of consciousness, Yuan Ming's soul can no longer see its original appearance. However, the mechanical lock that binds him still exists. No matter how Yuan Ming operates the "Ming Yue Jue", he can never break free.
Gradually, the soul power in the sea of consciousness was exhausted, and the turbulent waves gradually subsided. A trace of anxiety flashed in Yuan Ming's heart. Although it gradually subsided under the comfort of the soul-nourishing smoke, it still failed to change the impending breakthrough.
The fact of failure.
But at this moment, the mark of the Stealing Heaven Cauldron on Yuan Ming's arm lit up in vain, and the familiar heat appeared again, rushing towards Yuan Ming's sea of consciousness.
However, this time, when the warm current reached the sea of consciousness, Yuan Ming discovered that there was a shadow of the Heaven-Stealing Cauldron suddenly appearing in front of the shadow of his soul.
Before he could figure out what was going on, he saw the shadow of the Heaven Stealing Cauldron slam into Yuan Ming's soul.
Yuan Ming felt a stinging pain in the middle of his eyebrows, causing him to be in a trance. Before he could recover, he heard another loud noise in the sea, and it turned out that the phantom of the Thieving Heaven Cauldron hit his soul again.
Under the violent impact, there were tiny cracks on both the Heaven-stealing Cauldron phantom and the Divine Soul phantom.
The soul was damaged, and Yuan Ming became dizzy as a result. The "Mingyue Jue" that was running continuously stopped for a moment. However, at this moment, the phantom of the Heaven Stealing Cauldron hit the soul for the third time, completely destroying it.
Both were smashed into pieces.
Yuan Ming suddenly felt his vision go dark, and he fainted. Although he lost consciousness, he had completed the final steps to break through the willow lock.
The soul power that had previously poured into the soul did not collapse without the external restraint. Instead, it started to operate independently, sucking in the fragments of the Heaven-stealing Cauldron and the soul fragments, and then quickly condensed and deformed, gradually turning into a human form again.
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The whole process is like breaking a clay figure into pieces and then mixing it with mud to shape it. The newly born soul phantom is more solid than before. Although it is still far from being fully formed, it is already.
There are some signs of becoming a physical entity.
In the cave, I don't know how much time passed, Yuan Ming quietly turned around and sat up, holding his head. As soon as he recalled the experience just now, he immediately anxiously looked inside the sea of consciousness, trying to check the current situation.
When he saw the slightly solidified light yellow shadow in the center of the sea of consciousness, he was stunned for a moment, and then he became happy again.
He immediately released the soul crows, and sure enough, the number of soul crows he could control increased by two, and the range of the far journey was also increased, reaching a distance of forty miles.
In addition, his soul crow has also awakened a new ability called "Crow Cry", which can emit soul sound waves to attack enemies.
This chapter has been completed!