Wangyu has to go out to do errands during the day, so I’ll update a chapter in advance!
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Everyone in the Jin family was already trembling with fear. After hearing Shi Mu's words, they could only regret that their parents had lost two legs. They scrambled to escape from the hall. Even Jin Jiu's body was sent by the head of the Jin family.
People carried it out.
The ancestor of the Jin family also left the hall with the support of the head of the Jin family. He stood in the courtyard, looking in the direction of the hall with an ugly face, and a trace of fear flashed in his eyes.
Seeing that neither the Jin family ancestor nor the head of the clan had left, the rest of the clan looked at each other and had no choice but to wait in the yard.
Shi Mu sat alone in the hall, closing his eyes and relaxing.
A moment later, a burst of light footsteps came from outside. Shi Mu opened his eyes, and Aunt Zhen's figure appeared at the door of the hall.
After not seeing each other for several years, Aunt Zhen's appearance has not changed much. Perhaps because of being under house arrest, her expression looks a little haggard, and she no longer has the aura of a heroine she had when we first met her.
"Aunt Zhen." Shi Mu quickly stood up.
"Are you really Shi Mu?" Aunt Zhen took a few steps closer and looked Shi Mu up and down. She still couldn't believe it and asked hesitantly.
Shi Mu was only fourteen or fifteen years old when he left, but now he is around twenty. In addition, his appearance, body shape and even skin color have changed a lot due to his experience in the sect and in the wilderness over the years. It is no wonder that Aunt Zhen is a little uncomfortable.
Dare to recognize each other.
"Aunt Zhen, of course it's me. I've caused you to suffer in the past few years because of me, and I feel really bad about it." Shi Mu grinned and said apologetically.
"Silly boy, when something like that happened back then, I failed to protect you. It must be because I owe you something in my heart. Fortunately, you turned the bad luck into something good. Otherwise, how could I have the face to see your father in the future?" Aunt Zhen.
He shook his head and sighed.
The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and their relationship immediately became much closer.
When Aunt Zhen asked about Shi Mu's situation over the years, Shi Mu did not hide anything and simply talked about his experiences over the years.
The more Aunt Zhen listened, the more surprised she became. Unexpectedly, in just a few years, Shi Mu had experienced so many things. Although he was only a late-stage acquired cultivation, his strength was already far beyond the level of her acquired perfection.
"By the way. Is Sister Yuhuan at home now?" Shi Mu asked after a moment.
"Yuhuan was admitted to the Kaiyuan Martial Arts Academy shortly after you left that year. Due to the barbarian invasion, she has not been home for two or three years." Aunt Zhen said with a look of longing in her eyes.
"Aunt Zhen, you don't know something. The human and barbarian tribes have now formed an alliance. There will be no more wars between the two sides in the short term. Maybe sister Yuhuan will be able to come back to see you soon." Shi Mu said after thinking for a while.
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The news of the alliance between the human and barbarian tribes has not yet been officially made public. When Aunt Zhen heard this, she was first surprised, and then she showed a little bit of relief on her face.
Shi Mu then took out a stack of talismans, a jade bottle, and a long green whip from his arms, and handed them to Aunt Zhen.
Aunt Zhen was slightly startled when she saw this.
"Aunt Zhen. I'm just passing through Fengcheng this time and won't stop here any longer. In the bottle are some Zengyuan Pills, which can help you improve your cultivation. There are also some talismans and magic weapons. You can keep them for use.
." Shi Mu chuckled.
The Yuan-Zeng Dan is a type of elixir that he obtained from the barbarian tribe to strengthen the body and strengthen the body. It is quite useful for acquired warriors, and is similar to the Bone-Tempering Dan.
A complicated look appeared on Aunt Zhen's face. She hesitated for a moment, picked up the medicine bottle, and opened the cap. A faint fragrance hit her face, causing the true energy in her body to ripple slightly, and her expression changed slightly.
Then she picked up the talismans and the green whip and looked at them, and was shocked again.
Although the talismans that Shi Mu took out were all low-level talismans, they were also expensive. Although the Jin family was relatively wealthy, they would never be able to produce so many low-level talismans at once.
As for the blue long whip, it is a magical weapon carefully refined by the Serpent Tribe, and its grade is almost equivalent to that of a mid-level magical weapon.
The entire Jin family probably doesn't even have a few low-grade magic weapons, let alone mid-level magic weapons.
"These things are too precious, you should take them back, Aunt Zhen can't take them." Upon hearing this, Aunt Zhen immediately handed these things back to Shi Mu and refused.
"Aunt Zhen, there is no need to be polite to me. Although these things are precious, they are of no great use to me now, so you can accept them without any worries." Shi Mu said with a smile.
"In that case, I accepted it shamelessly." Aunt Zhen hesitated for a moment and put these things away.
Shi Mu smiled faintly, then thought of something again, and said with a gloomy expression:
"Aunt Zhen, I need your help with something."
"Just tell me, as long as Aunt Zhen can do it, she will naturally help you handle it."
"Can Aunt Zhen please help me distribute these belongings to the families of the Golden Dragon Gang members?" Shi Mu took out a stack of silver notes and a handful of gold leaves from his arms, handed them over, and mentioned to Aunt Zhen at the same time.
The affairs of the Wu family and the Golden Dragon Gang.
He caused so many murders this time. Although he was controlled by the evil spirit in that necklace, those people were all killed by his own hands after all.
The people of the Wu family deserved what they deserved. Although the Golden Dragon Gang was usually tyrannical, its ordinary gang members were not guilty enough to die. He decided to do his best to compensate the orphaned families of these people. After thinking about it, he could only find Aunt Zhen.
It is more appropriate to do this.
Aunt Zhen looked slightly moved and nodded in agreement.
"Thank you so much, Aunt Zhen." Shi Mu felt a little relieved, smiled gratefully, and stood up.
"Shi Mu, are you leaving now?" Aunt Zhen said, seemingly reluctant to leave.
"Yes, Aunt Zhen, see you soon, take care!" Shi Mu nodded, cupped his hand towards Aunt Zhen, and then walked out of the hall.
Everyone in the Jin family was still gathering in the courtyard at the entrance. When they saw Shi Mu coming out, their expressions changed.
"Today, for the sake of Aunt Zhen, I will spare you. If Shi knows that you dare to target Aunt Zhen and Yuhuan, even if I am far away, I will definitely come back. By then, things will not be like today.
I let you go so easily." Shi Mu glanced at everyone present with a cold gaze, and finally turned his gaze to the ancestor of the Jin family and said in a cold voice.
The head of the Jin family quickly agreed with some fear. The ancestor of the Jin family did not say anything. When the others saw this, they also agreed obediently.
Shi Mu turned around and nodded to Aunt Zhen who had walked to the door. In a flash, he jumped onto the wall and disappeared into the distance after a few ups and downs.
Half an hour later, a black carriage drove out of Fengcheng.
Shi Mu looked back at the towering city. It was almost dusk now, and the afterglow of the setting sun cast a faint golden light over the entire city.
He looked a little melancholy, and after a moment he stopped looking back and turned to look ahead.
On the road of pursuing martial arts, he has gone further and further, and his interactions with people in Fengcheng will become less and less.
The carriage was sparkling, and Shi Mu suddenly felt a sense of loneliness that he had never felt before.
He suddenly raised his eyebrows and looked at a barren mountain near the road. From here, he could faintly see a dilapidated ancient temple on the top of the mountain.
A strange color appeared in Shi Mu's eyes. That ancient temple was the place where he first met Zhong Xiu and his father.
Zhong Xiu's figure emerged in his mind, and he had never seen her again since they parted ways on the way to escape.
Shi Mu was silent for a moment, then suddenly shook the reins, and the carriage changed direction, heading towards the southwest where the Miaoyin Sect was.
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At night, the carriage stopped in a wilderness, and two black horses were tied to an ancient tree nearby.
Shi Mu had a tired look on his face and sat down on a big rock.
With his current level of cultivation, it was naturally not because he was tired after a long journey. It was because the evil spirit invaded his body during the day, and his body was a little overdrafted.
Shi Mu took out a pill and was about to take it when he suddenly looked towards the surrounding wilderness and frowned slightly.
Although this is a remote place, there is no guarantee that there will be no danger.
For some reason, Shi Mu suddenly thought of Yan Luo, and felt a little guilty in his heart.
That day in the forbidden area of the barbarian warriors, Yanluo was seriously injured by three black pythons in order to block a fatal blow for him.
After he left the forbidden area, he was in a hurry to lift the curse, and then ran for his life in the wilderness, but he actually forgot about Yan Luo.
When Shi Mu thought of this, he muttered something. Then he waved his hand.
A piece of black mist appeared in the open space in front of him, and in the mist, a skeleton figure slowly emerged.
The skeleton is wearing bone-white armor, holding a bone gun, and two groups of light blue flames are flickering in its eye sockets.
Shi Mu's face was startled. The skeleton in front of him is very different from the Yan Luo in his memory. It's just that the imprint of his divine consciousness will never go wrong, and the positive seal is engraved in the body of the skeleton in front of him.
"Yanluo?"
Shi Mu called out with some uncertainty.
Yanluo seemed to understand what Shi Mu was doing. He tilted his head and looked at him for a while, then suddenly his figure swayed and disappeared from sight.
The next moment, Yan Luo appeared in front of Shi Mu, and his bony arms suddenly hugged Shi Mu.
Shi Mu's face was startled, all the energy in his body was stirring, and he was about to shake Yan Luo away.
But at this moment, his tense body suddenly became firm. Although Yan Luo hugged his body, he had no intention of attacking, just groping for his body with two bone arms.
Shi Mu had doubts in his heart. The previous Yanluo would never be in this situation, and even he couldn't react to its speed just now. Could it be that something happened to Yanluo after the battle with the three ferocious pythons?
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He was about to push Yanluo away and prepare to take a closer look.
At this moment, his waist suddenly loosened, and Yanluo quickly retreated and appeared several feet away.
Shi Mu touched his waist and saw that the beast soul bag hanging on his waist had disappeared and appeared in Yan Luo's hand.
The soul fire in Yanluo's eyes flickered a few times, he opened the beast soul bag, opened his mouth and let out a suction force.
One after another, the beast soul light spheres flew out of the bag and flew into Yanluo's mouth one by one.
As he swallowed the beast soul, the blue soul fire in Yanluo's eyes faintly changed, and the color seemed to be a little darker than before.
After swallowing half of it, Yanluo suddenly raised his head to the sky and roared silently, and a powerful aura suddenly emitted from his body, spreading towards the surroundings, arousing a powerful airflow, and rolled up countless dust and flying rocks on the surrounding ground.
Shi Mu looked shocked. The aura was so huge that it had reached the innate level.
Could it be that without his knowledge, Yan Luo, a little skeleton, had advanced to the innate realm in the undead interface?
Shi Mu could hardly believe it, but Yan Luo, who exuded a powerful aura, was actually standing in front of him. (To be continued.)