On the way, he turned to Zhenwu Pavilion and bought a talisman. Lin Shen then went straight home.
Although he has now moved into the Taoist temple, the villa has not yet been rented out.
On the one hand, it is to give myself a foothold outside the Taoist temple.
On the other hand, it is also to give Xiao Ai a place to live.
Although Jiuyang Taoist Temple does not prohibit disciples from bringing in monsters, they must be kept in equipment such as beast control pouches and are not allowed to be placed outside at will.
With Xiao Ai's personality, it's okay to stay for a few days, but she probably won't be able to bear it all the time.
"When you have more money, you can consider buying your own house so you don't have to rent."
Lin Shen thought to himself.
After returning home, Xiao Ai slept on the sofa as usual, and there were several empty canned cats on the coffee table.
Until Lin Shen walked closer to the sofa, Xiao Ai still didn't feel anything and continued to sleep soundly.
"This silly cat, if there was a thief in the house, he could probably just capture her and sell her."
Lin Shen helplessly grabbed Xiao Ai's neck and lifted her up from the sofa.
It was only then that Xiao Ai opened his eyes in a daze, and when he saw it was Lin Shen, he suddenly started mumbling.
"Did I dream again?"
Lin Shen knocked her head angrily.
"What are you dreaming about in broad daylight?"
Xiao Ai screamed in pain, and then realized that she was not dreaming, and immediately opened her eyes wide.
"Lin Shen, you are back!"
"Where have you been these days? I haven't seen you come back."
"By the way, I've finished eating the canned cat, do you still have it with you?"
After waking up, the little guy instantly turned into a chatterbox, and a series of chattering words burst out from his mouth one after another.
"Didn't I tell you that I'm going to the Taoist Temple to stay for a while?"
Lin Shen put her down and interrupted her.
"Did anything happen at home during my absence?"
"No, there is no one else at home except me."
"That's good." Lin Shen nodded slightly, looked at Xiao Ai, and suddenly asked, "How have you been practicing recently?"
When Xiao Ai mentioned this, he immediately became energetic and raised his head proudly.
"I just had a breakthrough a few days ago!"
Breakthrough?
Lin Shen raised his eyebrows, a little surprised.
During this period of time in the Taoist temple, although he was busy practicing, he also took time to visit the Taoist library.
The collection of books in Jiuyang Daoyuan Library surpasses the largest public library in Linlong City in terms of both quantity and quality.
Lin Shen gained a lot of knowledge in the library, including information on the monster cultivation system.
Similar to the three mortal realms of the human race, the cultivation system of monsters before they transform is roughly divided into three realms.
The first is the Enlightenment Realm.
As the name suggests, monsters in this realm have generally just opened their spiritual intelligence and are in the initial stages of cultivation, and generally do not have much combat effectiveness.
Wild beasts such as ligers, tigers, wolves, and leopards can still protect themselves somewhat by relying on their sharp claws and claws.
But monsters like civet cats have almost no power to resist human practitioners.
It was only because of Xiao Ai's special blood that he was able to escape from Ye Mo God's roundup.
Even so, if it hadn't been for Lin Shen's help, she probably wouldn't have been able to escape the fate of being caught by Ye Mo Shen.
Therefore, monsters in the Enlightenment Realm usually do not pose much of a threat.
Most of the monsters allowed to be raised in Linlong City are of this level.
However, after breaking through the spiritual realm, the power of the monster will undergo earth-shaking changes.
The beast's strength and speed are originally superior to ordinary people, but its physical strength will increase to an astonishing degree.
The sharp claws and fangs alone are as sharp and hard as sophisticated weapons, capable of splitting rocks and breaking wood.
Although monsters such as civet cats and demon foxes do not have strong physical abilities, their abilities in illusion will be greatly improved.
Whether it is survival ability or combat ability, they are not the same as those in the Spirit Enlightenment Realm.
For this reason, this realm is also called the Feathering realm.
It means breaking out of a cocoon and becoming a butterfly, emerging and metamorphosing.
And above the Feathering Realm is the Tongxuan Realm.
A monster that has reached this level is only one step away from transforming into another form.
At this time, the monster beast has basically awakened the bloodline inheritance in its body. While its power has become more powerful, it will also awaken various mysterious abilities based on its own bloodline inheritance.
Or control water and call fire.
Or escape to the ground and ride the wind.
The types are all kinds of strange and mysterious.
All in all, the spirit enlightenment realm, feather transformation realm and Tongxuan realm of monster beasts roughly correspond to the Qi Dynamic realm, long breath realm and Mingqiao realm of human practitioners.
And when the transformation is successful, the monster can transcend the limitations of the body, and like the powerful human monks, it has the qualifications to embark on the path of spiritual cultivation and truth seeking.
For monsters in this realm, practitioners often no longer call them monsters, but instead call them monster cultivators.
It is worth mentioning that the specific levels of the three realms before the demon beast transforms are not as detailed as those of human practitioners. Each realm is only roughly divided into three small realms: the early, middle and late stages.
According to Lin Shen's observations, Xiao Ai should have been in the middle stage of the Spiritual Enlightenment Realm when she first made the contract with him.
During this period, he made a breakthrough once, which was in the late stage of Qiling Realm.
Now if we break through again, wouldn't it mean we have reached the Feathering Stage?
Lin Shen was a little surprised for a moment. There were not many feathered monsters in Linlong City, let alone spiritual beasts like civets, which had a hard time surviving.
If it were true, then Xiao Ai's cultivation speed would be astonishing.
He is almost catching up with this cheater!
"Have you really broken through to the Feathering Realm?"
"Ascension Realm?"
Xiao Ai tilted his head in confusion, obviously not very clear about the divisions of the monster training system.
Lin Shen had no choice but to patiently explain it to her.
After hearing this, Xiao Ai suddenly understood and showed excited eyes.
"No wonder I feel like my ability to manipulate illusions has become better. It turns out this is the Feathering Realm!"
Lin Shen suddenly became interested when he heard this and said:
"Xiao Ai, cast an illusion on me!"
"Ah?" Xiao Ai was stunned.
"Just do as I say, don't worry, it'll be fine."
Seeing Lin Shen insisting, Xiao Ai nodded slowly.
The next second, Lin Shen's eyes suddenly distorted, and the scene in the living room disappeared in an instant, replaced by a dark and wide open space, surrounded by countless cylindrical metal objects the size of millstones.
These cylindrical metal objects were stacked one on top of another, forming pillars nearly 100 meters high like Optimus Prime. They were arranged in random order, surrounding Lin Shen like a maze.
Lin Shen looked around and raised his eyebrows in surprise.
This situation seemed a little different from the illusion he imagined.
Taking a closer look, Lin Shen's face suddenly darkened.
Those cylindrical metal objects are clearly cat cans magnified countless times!
“This foodie”
Lin Shen was speechless for a while, shook his head, and began to observe the surrounding environment attentively.
I have to admit that the scenes created by illusion are very realistic.
When you touch the can, you can feel the unique coolness of the metal.
The smell of meat filling the air is also very real.
Lin Shen then used Shadow Shadow and ran for thousands of meters, but found that he was always in a maze formed by canned cats and could not get out.
Seeing this, Lin Shen stopped, thought for a few seconds, and suddenly opened his mouth and screamed.
The roar like a dragon's roar turned into a surge of sound waves and spread out.
Wherever you pass, the surrounding scenery is like throwing a stone into a calm lake, causing large ripples.
Seeing this scene, Lin Shen already had some thoughts in his mind and decisively stopped using the Cloud-piercing Dragon Song.
Once the illusion was broken, the monster itself would suffer some backlash, and he didn't want to hurt Xiao Ai.
"Okay, Xiao Ai, put away the illusion."
The surrounding scenes instantly distorted and dissipated.
In the blink of an eye, Lin Shen found himself back in the living room.
But he still stood there without moving a step, as if the previous sprint was just an illusion.
"This illusion is indeed wonderful!"
Lin Shen clicked his tongue in surprise and glanced at Xiao Ai in admiration.
It seems that the little guy has really broken through to the Feathering Stage.
Otherwise, the illusions cast by his cultivation base in the Spiritual Enlightenment Realm alone would not be able to trap him, a practitioner in the Long Breath Realm.
That's fine. In this way, Xiao Ai will at least have enough power to protect himself.
The illusion just now, if it were replaced by another practitioner on the first or second level of the Long Breath Realm, it would be a problem whether he could get rid of the illusion.
But this is also because the illusion that Xiao Ai just cast was mainly aimed at trapping.
If the effect of killing the enemy is added, the trapping effect of the illusion may not be so strong.
Thoughts were racing in his mind, but Lin Shen didn't show it on his face. He smiled and touched Xiao Ai's head.
"Not bad, very impressive."
Xiao Ai's eyes suddenly narrowed with joy.
After a few compliments, Lin Shen got down to business.
"Xiao Ai, get ready and come with me to the outside of the city later."
"Go outside the city? Why, I heard the general said that it is very dangerous outside."
"Go and practice, and hunt for treasures. Aren't you very keen on natural spiritual energy? You may be able to find some natural and earthly treasures. Then you can sell them and exchange them for spiritual coins to buy you many canned cats."
After hearing the last sentence, Xiao Ai immediately threw all doubts away and nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at rice.
"I know, I will definitely work hard to find the treasure!"
With the canned cat as a target, Xiao Ai was very motivated and cooperated very well with Lin Shen when he asked her to enter the beast control bag.
Putting away the beast-control pouch, Lin Shenfeng left the villa and rushed out of the city.
At the beginning of the establishment of Linlong City, the monks from the three major sects gathered together and jointly established a city defense formation, which has lasted for thousands of years.
For thousands of years, this formation has been protecting the security of Linlong City.
There are rumors of monsters appearing in the surrounding cities from time to time, but there are almost no similar incidents in Linlong City.
Even the demon tribes in the Longyuan Mountains never dared to attack this heavily guarded city when the conflict with Linlong City was at its most intense. At most, they harassed the surrounding cities.
Linlong City has been able to maintain stability and peace for a long time, and the city defense formation can be said to have contributed most to it.
Therefore, Linlong City has quite strict regulations on entry and exit.
Anyone must hold the talisman issued by the three major sects to enter and exit Linlong City.
Moreover, different talismans have different entry and exit restrictions. Once you get the talisman wrong, it will be a trivial matter to be trapped in the city defense formation. You may even be questioned and arrested by the defenders of the three major sects.
Fortunately, Lin Shen's departure from the city went very smoothly.
More than half an hour later, he had appeared in the wilderness outside Linlong City.
The nearest entrance to the Longyuan Mountains was more than thirty miles away from Linlong City. Lin Shen had no demonic beasts to raise and ride, so he had to rely on his feet to travel.
"It will be great when I can fly with a sword."
Lin Shen thought of the sword light flying through the sky he saw on the day of the exam, and a trace of yearning arose in his heart.
Unfortunately, the realm of monks is still too far away from him, so he can only think about it now.
"After returning from this trip, I have to buy a rideable monster. It seems that the Academy of Merit has this exchange program."
Fortunately, it was a little harder to walk on both feet, but Lin Shen listened to Jiao Yu's advice and bought some talismans in advance, including magic talismans specifically for traveling, so the speed was not slow.
In less than half an hour, Lin Shen arrived at the outskirts of the Longyuan Mountains.
"The closest one is Huohe Mountain. Let's deal with the scorpion monsters there first!"
After comparing the map, Lin Shen quickly decided on the destination of his first stop.
Among the several tasks he selected, the reward for clearing out the mountain sprites was the highest, requiring three small efforts.
Just because according to the mission description, there are thirty or forty mountain sprites in Huohe Mountain, and most of them are at the early stage of the Ascension Realm.
The leader's strength is in the middle stage of the Feathering Realm.
It stands to reason that even for disciples on the third and fourth levels of the Long Breath Realm, many people would not dare to take on a task of this level, let alone the first and second level disciples of the Long Breath Realm.
Only Lin Shen has the confidence to take on such a task.
With his clones around, he alone is equivalent to six others!
"After climbing over the first two mountains, you will reach Huohe Mountain."
Lin Shen Tong glanced at it, and without delay, strode towards the mountain.
The number of monsters on the outermost edge of the Longyuan Mountains is relatively small, but more than 80% of them have the strength level of the Ascension Realm. Even for practitioners of the Long Breath Realm, the danger is not low.
This is also the reason why all subjugation missions related to the Longyuan Mountains must be disciples of the Long Breath Realm.
Along the way, Lin Shen was cautious and put an amulet and a flying feather talisman on his chest, ready to be activated at any time.
Not far away, Lin Shen was keenly aware that a nauseating stench suddenly came from upwind.
His heart suddenly shivered, and he immediately stopped and looked around intently.
Sure enough, the next moment, there was a rustling sound coming from the front, and four giant wolves, which were as big as buffaloes and had dark hair, slowly walked out from behind the tree.
As soon as they appeared, they immediately spread out and blocked Lin Shen's retreat from all four directions. They then opened their mouths wide and let out a low squealing sound. Their exposed fangs were dripping with sticky saliva, and they looked extremely ferocious.
Fierce and fierce.
"Demon wolf?"
Lin Shen narrowed his eyes.
These four wolf demons are obviously from the Feathering Stage.
Only monsters in the Feathering Realm can have such obvious changes in their appearance.
Just as Lin Shen was looking at the four wolf monsters, the latter was also looking at Lin Shen, and the four pairs of beast eyes flashed with human cruelty and ridicule.
It seemed that the human cultivator in front of him could not escape and was destined to become their food.
The confrontation didn't last long before the four demonic wolves suddenly roared, flashed forward in unison, bared their fangs and charged at Lin Shen fiercely.
If it were anyone else, facing four demonic wolves attacking from different directions, their first reaction would definitely be to dodge.
But Lin Shen stood still and did not dodge. Instead, he struck the demon wolf in front of him with his backhand.
Be honest!
The extremely sharp fangs of the demon wolves viciously bit Lin Shen's shoulders, waist, abdomen and thighs, but they made a muffled sound like hitting a defeated leather. Not only did they fail to cause any damage to Lin Shen, but they were shaken by the huge reaction force.
My teeth hurt and my head was shaking.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lin Shen placed his palm on the head of one of the demon wolves.
In an instant, a shrill howl was heard, and the demonic wolf twitched violently as if it had been electrocuted, and its head emitted a burning smell like barbecue.
In just a few seconds, its body went limp.
When Lin Shen let go of his hand, the demon wolf immediately fell to the ground and turned into a corpse!
The remaining three demon wolves were stunned by the unexpected scene before them.
Before he could react, Lin Shen turned around and fired another weapon-melting hand, killing another demonic wolf with lightning speed.
It was only then that the two remaining demon wolves woke up from a dream, with humanized horror appearing in their eyes.
They finally understood that the human cultivator in front of them was much more powerful than the humans they had encountered before!
Unfortunately, it was too late when he realized that Lin Shen would not let his prey escape.
With the Forbidden Golden Armor on him, Lin Shen didn't have to worry about the attacks of the two demonic wolves.
On the other hand, his Weapon Melting Hand can destroy even hundred-refined weapons with one strike. The only thing in the demon wolf's body that can withstand a blow from the Weapon Melting Hand is its pair of fangs.
Once the other places are close to each other, they will be seriously injured even if they are not dead.
In just two or three breaths, the two remaining demon wolves followed in the footsteps of their companions.
And at the moment when he killed the last demon wolf, Lin Shen felt his mind tremble slightly, as if he was enlightened, and a lot of enlightenment suddenly emerged in his mind.
The talent effect of killing Zhengdao is triggered!
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