"Congratulations, Brother Shi. I didn't expect that you have such a profound knowledge of making talismans. If you have free time in the future, I hope you can give me more advice." Feng Li walked over at this moment and said with a smile.
"Brother Feng, thank you very much. We will just ask each other for advice from now on." Shi Mu said a few polite words, and Feng Li also said goodbye and left.
"Junior Brother Shi, please come with me. I also need to tell you about the stone chamber named Kun." After everyone left, Qingfeng turned around and said to Shi Mu, and at the same time stepped towards the open stone chamber.
Walk in the direction.
Shi Mu responded and followed Qingfeng to the door of the stone room.
Shi Mu looked up and saw a green word "Kun" engraved in the center of the stone door.
The two pushed open the door of Kun's room, and inside was a stone room about ten feet in size. In addition to stone beds and other items, it was equipped with all kinds of talisman-making equipment.
There are runes carved on the four walls, which seem to be the Guiyuan Array that Qingfeng mentioned.
"This is the identity token of the Rat's Nest Stronghold. You should keep it. In addition, it is also needed to activate the Guiyuan Array here." Qingfeng said, taking out a white jade pendant-like thing from his arms and handing it to Shi
Shepherd.
Shi Mu nodded, took it, poured mana into it, and shook it slightly in the air.
Suddenly, a white light spurted out from the jade pendant and spread in all directions.
The runes on the four walls lit up slightly, and a cool air flow faintly appeared in the air of the room, as if a breeze was blowing against your face.
Shi Mu only felt this flow of air reaching his body. The moment he felt it, he was refreshed. Both his mana and physical strength recovered at a speed one-third faster than usual.
Shi Mu nodded, very satisfied with the environment here.
"Okay, junior brother, I have traveled a long distance and had another competition. You can recuperate your energy today. Someone will assign tasks to you tomorrow." After Qingfeng finished explaining, he said goodbye and left.
Shi Mu looked around in the stone room, then opened the door and walked out.
He happened to have time today and planned to take a good look around first.
…
It's night, in the stone room named Kun.
Shi Mu sat cross-legged on the bed, silently circulating the heavenly energy in his body. After a long time, he slowly opened his eyes.
He walked around the stronghold today and had a general understanding of the situation here.
This place is well connected in all directions. There is actually an entrance and exit in the four directions: east, west, south, and north. It is somewhat similar to a burrow made by a mouse, and it is worthy of the name of "rat's nest".
On weekdays, all the talisman masters only need to complete the alliance talisman-making tasks assigned by Master Fang, and they are quite free at ordinary times.
In their free time, some Talisman Masters, in addition to practicing, will go to the jade wall in the Talisman Making Hall to take on some small tasks and earn merit points.
In addition, Lan City, not far from this stronghold, is a large stronghold of the alliance. In addition to purchasing supplies and sundries, you can also use your accumulated merits to exchange for many training resources, which is quite convenient.
This kind of environment is just what Shi Mu wants. His Prajna Celestial Skill has now reached the fourth level of bottleneck, and he needs a stable period of time to concentrate on his practice.
only……
Shi Mu frowned slightly, and the figure of Jin Xiaochai appeared in front of his eyes. When he thought of the strange look this woman looked at him, he always felt a little scared in his heart.
Fortunately, he had learned that Jin Xiaochai was not the elder assigned by the alliance to this stronghold, so he felt a little more at ease.
But he really couldn't figure out how he could attract the attention of this innate strong man.
While Shi Mu was thinking about it, there was a knock on the door outside the stone door.
His eyes moved, he stood up and opened the door. Standing outside was a young man in blue robe, it was Feng Li.
"It turns out to be Brother Feng, please come in." Shi Mu stepped aside with a faint smile on his face, without showing any emotion at all.
"I came here without disturbing Brother Shi, right?"
"How could it be? I just came here and I happen to have a lot of things to ask Brother Feng."
After some pleasantries, the two sat down at the stone table politely.
"Oh, I didn't expect that we, who were still apprentices in the martial arts school, would meet here again today. Speaking of which, you killed Jin Tian of the Jin family and offended the Wu family. Not only did the two families offer a large reward, but I heard that they also sent members of the clan to
The warriors are hunting you down the day after tomorrow... I didn't expect that Brother Shi not only escaped successfully, but also joined the Black Demon Sect." Feng Li seemed to have thought of what happened in Fengcheng and said with some emotion.
"Everything is just a coincidence, fate plays tricks on people." Shi Mu also recalled what happened that year, sighed lightly, and a handsome figure flashed in his mind.
Speaking of which, he joined the Black Demon Sect by mistake and has an inseparable relationship with Zhong Xiu.
According to Ke'er, after Zhong Xiu was brought back to Miaoyin Sect by Ye Hongyao, he received great attention because of his bloodline power, and has been in seclusion since then. This barbarian war will not happen.
In this way, he doesn't have to worry about this girl's safety, but he won't be able to meet her easily.
With these thoughts swirling in Shi Mu's mind, he chatted with Feng Li and roughly recounted the process of both parties joining the sect.
According to Feng Li, one year after Shi Mu left Fengcheng, the Black Fox Society was destroyed by another gang. Most of the members of the Black Fox Society were eliminated, and only a few people escaped with their lives.
After Feng Li escaped by chance, he joined a bandit gang and became a small leader due to his outstanding strength. Once, he cut off a road and intercepted an escort team, and unexpectedly recovered from one of the young men.
I got an entry token from the Xuanwu Sect and joined the Xuanwu Sect in a daze.
Shi Mu was a little skeptical about Feng Li's experience, especially the part about joining the Xuanwu Sect in the end was a bit vague, but he didn't have the intention to get to the bottom of it.
"Brother Shi has changed a lot over the years. I almost didn't recognize him when we first met," Feng Li said with a smile.
"The same goes for Brother Feng! Xuanwu Sect is indeed one of the seven sects, and the martial arts within the sect are so mysterious that they can make people rejuvenate." Shi Mu asked seemingly casually.
"Haha, this is the effect of a technique I practiced called the Rising Sun Technique. Apart from keeping my appearance young, it doesn't have much other effect." Feng Li said with a wry smile after hearing this.
"I see... By the way, Brother Feng, does he know how Aunt Zhen and my sister are doing now? I was in great trouble back then. I wonder if they were affected?" Shi Mu nodded, then hesitated for a moment.
, asked.
Back then, Aunt Zhen was pretty good to him, and Shi Yuhuan was the only person he had a blood relationship with now, so she naturally cared about him very much.
"Junior Brother Shi killed Jintian back then, which was considered a huge event in Fengcheng. Even the ancestors of the Jin family were alarmed. I heard that your Aunt Zhen was also implicated, but it was not serious. She was just punished within the clan.
It's just a grounding. And your sister Shi Yuhuan was admitted to Kaiyuan Martial Arts Academy, and now I don't know why." Feng Li said after thinking for a while.
After hearing this, Shi Mu naturally breathed a sigh of relief.
After the two casually chatted for a few more words, Feng Li said goodbye and left.
…
Late at night, everything is silent, and the bright moon hangs high in the sky.
At this moment, at the western exit of the Rat Nest stronghold, a figure quietly escaped and walked quickly through the mountains. It was Shi Mu.
After burning incense, he found a flat place halfway up a mountain peak and sat down cross-legged.
The moonlight swayed down and shone on his body, and Shi Mu quickly fell into a dream.
…
Necronomicon interface.
There is a flat land near a tall and tall mountain. It looks bumpy and bumpy. There is a pool about ten feet in size near the foot of the mountain.
Beside the pool, scattered skeletons of different sizes were lying on the ground, but judging from the number, at least six complete skeletons could be assembled.
Bubbles appear from time to time on the surface of the pool. Apart from the water quality and the abnormal blood red color, there is really nothing strange about it.
Yanluo was lying under the pool at this moment, his mouth slowly opening and closing, as if he was constantly sucking in the blood here, and then spitting it out.
After the skeleton swallowed once, the red color in the pool dimmed a bit.
After an unknown amount of time, the color of this small piece of water turned transparent, and the red substance in it completely disappeared.
There was a "crash" sound.
The fire of soul flashed in Yanluo's eye sockets, and he suddenly stood up from the pool.
More than two years have passed since the contract was signed by Shi Mu.
Yanluo didn't look much different from before, but his body was much stronger than before, and the soul fire in his eyes was much stronger than before.
Compared with before, in addition to having an extra bone knife on the skeleton, the skeleton also had some simple bone armor covering its arms, pelvis and other important joints.
At this moment, the skeleton looked down at the pool at his feet.
Above the water, the moonlight poured by the twelve blood moons shines on it.
The originally transparent water turned slightly red, but it was very slow and I don't know how long it would take for it to return to its original color.
Yanluo withdrew his gaze, no longer paying attention to the water, turned around and walked towards the distance.
…
The sky will be bright.
On the mountainside near the Rat's Nest stronghold, Shi Mu's body shook and he woke up from his dream.
A month later, in the Kun-shaped stone chamber.
Shi Mu was sitting on the stone bed, holding a white jade porcelain bottle in his hand, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
During this period, he relied on his excellent talisman-making skills to help the stronghold complete emergency tasks for the alliance many times, and gradually gained recognition from the local talisman masters and Master Fang.
Under the instruction of Master Fang, he can now go to the stronghold warehouse to get materials for making talismans at will like the other two spiritual level talisman masters. However, if he uses them for his own use, he needs to exchange them with merit points.
And just a few days ago, during a red-letter mission assigned by the alliance, he completed the task in a record-breaking manner, and received an exceptional award from the alliance with a Wall-Breaking Pill.
As the name suggests, the Wall-Breaking Pill is a pill that helps break through the bottleneck of cultivation. It is particularly effective for acquired warriors. However, because it is extremely difficult to refine, it is usually not available at all.
With this medicine, it is naturally expected to break through the bottleneck of the fourth level of Prajna Celestial Phantasm in one fell swoop.
Having made up his mind, Shi Mu casually placed the white jade porcelain bottle beside him, and then he closed his eyes on the bed and began to regulate his breathing.
(Sweat, I haven’t taken a step out for several days in a row. Wangyu feels like he’s in a trance!) (To be continued.)