(Damn it, Wangyu was too pressed for time and uploaded it in a hurry. This chapter was uploaded incorrectly earlier. Now, as a book friend reminds me, it has been corrected!)
In just a few breaths, all the beast souls Shi Mu snatched from the Wujiao tribe were swallowed up by Yanluo.
The blue soul fire in Yanluo's eyes flickered for a while, and soon stabilized. It was slightly stronger than before, and its color also turned into a deep blue.
A faint light appeared on the bone gun in its hand, and the head of the gun shone with cold light, looking sharper and sharper, with some earthworm-like runes faintly appearing on it.
At this moment, how could Shi Mu still not understand that Yan Luo, this skeleton that he had always ignored, had advanced to an innate realm higher than himself at some point, and now, after devouring so many beast souls, he was far away from the innate realm.
The mid-term doesn't look too far away.
From this point of view, the disappearance of the beast soul in the beast soul bag on his body at the entrance of the Three Fierce Pythons' Cave that day was also Yanluo's fault.
The soul fire in Yan Luo's eyes had calmed down at this moment. He walked up to Shi Mu and hung up the beast soul bag. Then he continued to fumble around Shi Mu's waist, as if he wanted to find another one.
"No more, all the beast souls have been taken away by you." Shi Mu quickly stopped Yanluo's next move and said somewhat dumbfounded.
After pushing several times, Yanluo gave up and stood aside shaking his head.
Speaking of which, the reason why he kept those beast souls was because the advancement of the totem secret technique itself required refining the beast souls and converting them into energy that the totem on his body could absorb.
I originally wanted to use it to increase the power of the three fierce python totems on my body after my cultivation level improved, but now they were completely swallowed up by Yan Luo.
Shi Mu sighed, but then his eyes flashed with a look of surprise.
Yanluo can advance to the innate realm, which means that he has become a powerful helper for him. After all, the power of the contract still exists firmly.
Judging from the current situation, Yanluo's strength has improved quite quickly by absorbing beast souls, and it seems that he has even omitted the process of refining the beast souls into energy balls.
In this way, he can quickly increase Yanluo's strength by hunting ferocious beasts and collecting beast souls in the future.
Shi Mu thought this, walked up to Yan Luo, and communicated with Yan Luo through his mind.
Although Yan Luo already possesses the early stage of innate strength, his intelligence does not seem to have progressed much, which is equivalent to that of a six or seven-year-old child. However, from some fragmented information, he gradually pieced together some information about Yan Luo's advanced innate ability.
Of course, the most important thing seems to be through sucking souls.
After some mental exchanges, Shi Mu felt a little tired, so he sat down cross-legged, and after asking Yan Luo to protect him nearby, he began to practice.
With Yanluo as his innate bodyguard, he didn't have any worries this time.
The night passed quickly.
When the sky was getting brighter, Shi Mu slowly opened his eyes, and two rays of cold light shot out.
After meditating and adjusting his breath for most of the night, his body's overdraft caused by the erosion of evil spirits has been fully compensated, and there is still some progress in his cultivation.
Yanluo still stood quietly aside, holding a gun.
Just as Shi Mu was about to stand up, his head suddenly fainted, and his consciousness felt dizzy.
He smiled bitterly. After Yanluo advanced to Innate, the mental energy consumption required to summon him to this world also increased a lot. Even if he let it go, after a few hours, it was too much for his mental energy.
He waved Yan Luo back to the realm of the dead, rested cross-legged for a while, and then continued on his way towards the Wonderful Sound Sect.
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More than half a month later, in Chenzhou, Daqi, deep in the Ziling Mountains.
Shi Mu looked at the two purple mountain peaks shrouded in purple mist in front of him, and his heart fluctuated.
After a moment, Shi Mu withdrew his gaze and strode towards a purple mountain range on the left.
The mountain road was narrow and difficult to navigate. Before entering the Ziling Mountains, Shi Mu had abandoned the carriage and carried the cowhide parcel behind his back, with the meteorite iron tied to his left arm.
A moment later, Shi Mu arrived at the foot of the mountain. When he looked up, he saw a bluestone mountain road about ten feet wide in the purple mist, winding straight to the top of the mountain.
Not far from the front of the mountain road, there is a wooden pavilion on the roadside. Two green figures are meditating in the pavilion. They can't see clearly because of the fog.
Shi Mu kept walking and walked directly up the mountain road. He was getting closer and closer to the pavilion. Two green figures in the pavilion jumped up and stood in front of him.
Blocking the road were two girls wearing Miaoyin sect costumes. One of them was fifteen or sixteen years old and quite beautiful. The other was tall and pretty, but her lips were a little thin.
The auras of the two of them are not strong, and they both appear to be in the early stages of acquired cultivation.
"Comers, stop here. The Miaoyin Sect is here. No one is allowed to go up the mountain without permission." The beautiful girl stretched out her left hand and ordered Shi Mu.
"I'm Shi Mu from the Black Demon Sect. I'm visiting your sect this time to find a female disciple named Zhong Xiu. Please let the two junior sisters know." Shi Mu stopped and said with a slight smile.
"Isn't it possible for you to call Uncle Zhong's name casually? It's not something anyone can see if they want to!" Before the beautiful girl could say anything, the thin-lipped girl on the side snorted coldly and said proudly.
When Shi Mu heard "Uncle Zhong", he was startled for a moment, and then he vaguely remembered that Ye Hongyao had vaguely mentioned about accepting apprentices on behalf of his master, and he felt relieved.
"This is the Purple Gold Token of the Seven Sects Alliance. I have something important to ask your Uncle Zhong." Shi Mu calmly took out a seven-pointed Purple Gold Token from his arms and said calmly.
"It turns out that Senior Brother Shi is the alliance envoy, then... please follow me into the mountain first." The thin-lipped girl raised her eyebrows slightly, and just as she was about to say something, the eyes of the beautiful girl on the side lit up, and she hurriedly shouted at the thin-lipped girl.
With a wink, he spoke first.
The beautiful girl pulled the thin-lipped girl aside and whispered a few words, then she turned around, smiled at Shi Mu, and led the way up the mountain.
The thin-lipped girl smiled awkwardly at Shi Mu, and then returned to the pavilion.
Shi Mu put the Purple Gold Order back into his arms with an expressionless expression, and followed the beautiful girl up the mountain.
Not long after, an antique welcome pavilion appeared on the roadside.
"Brother Pastor Shi, my junior sister was ignorant and neglected you just now. I hope you won't be offended. Please rest here for a moment. Uncle Zhong has a distinguished status and allows the young lady to go and report it first." The beautiful girl took Shi
Mu walked towards the welcoming pavilion, and at the same time turned around and explained to Shi Mu apologetically.
"It doesn't matter." Shi Mu said with a slight smile.
While they were talking, the two of them had arrived at the pavilion. The beautiful girl smiled at Shi Mu and hurriedly said goodbye and left.
After the beautiful girl left, Shi Mu sat calmly in the pavilion and looked towards the mountain leisurely. He could faintly see the purple palace on the top of the mountain and numerous attic flying bridges.
After a stick of incense, a green figure swooped down from the top of the mountain, heading towards the welcoming pavilion where Shi Mu was.
Soon, a beautiful girl with fair skin and extraordinary beauty stopped outside the welcome pavilion and looked at Shi Mu with a happy face.
I saw that this woman's black hair was blowing in the wind, and under her dark eyebrows of suitable shades, she had a pair of bright eyes like autumn water, a straight nose, a face as white as snow, and a face as delicate and beautiful as a willow. In addition, her figure was as slender as a willow, as if
Like a fairy descending to earth.
"Are you... Zhong Xiu? Where's the birthmark on your forehead?" Shi Mu was dumbfounded and said subconsciously.
If it weren't for the faint shadow of Zhong Xiu between the girl's eyebrows, he wouldn't be able to believe that the stunning girl in front of him was the shy and weak little sister beside him back then.
"Brother Shi, of course I am Zhong Xiu. Ever since I learned Biyin Wanbo Kung Fu from my master, the birthmark on my forehead has gradually disappeared. Why, doesn't it look good?" Seeing Shi Mu's expression, Zhong Xiu's beautiful eyes lit up with joy.
In a flash, he walked into the pavilion in three or two steps and sat down next to Shi Mu, smiling playfully.
"No, Miss Zhong was very beautiful before, and now she is so beautiful that she is almost unrecognizable! I didn't expect that after several years of seeing you, your cultivation has already reached the perfection of the day after tomorrow. It's really beyond my reach!"
After Shi Mu came back to his senses, he realized that this woman's cultivation had actually reached the state of the Great Perfection, and he couldn't help but touch his nose and said.
"Gee, I'm not as powerful as Brother Shi! You assisted Princess Huowu and the Barbarian Alliance in the Barbarian Forbidden Land to resolve a major crisis for our human race, but you made a great contribution. Now you are a famous person among the seven sects!"
Zhong Xiu chuckled and looked at Shi Mu's beautiful eyes with brilliance.
"Haha, that was just a lucky move out of helplessness." Shi Mu smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Zhong Xiu was stunned and wanted to ask for more information, but when Shi Mu looked like he didn't want to say more, she finally didn't speak. Suddenly, she seemed to have discovered something and wanted to reach out and pick up a leaf that fell from Shi Mu's shoulder.
go.
Shi Mu subconsciously stepped back, the leaves on his shoulders fell, but Zhong Xiu's hand stopped in mid-air.
The atmosphere in the pavilion became slightly awkward.
"Miss Zhong, I..."
"By the way, Brother Shi, in fact, I went to Xuanwu Sect to look for you, but I learned that those disciples were kidnapped by the Black Demon Sect from a neighboring country..." Zhong Xiu withdrew his hand as if nothing had happened and smiled slightly.
road.
When Shi Mu heard the words, he was also quite touched. The two chatted about some old memories. The unfamiliarity caused by being separated for a long time also naturally melted away the ice and snow. From time to time, bursts of noise could be heard in the welcoming pavilion halfway up the mountain.
The sound of laughter.
"...Brother Shi, although you and I have both entered the sect and officially entered the martial arts path, speaking of it, my happiest time was actually the time I spent with you at the Jin Family Manor... By the way,
What are your plans next?" Zhong Xiu's beautiful eyes suddenly turned and she said quietly.
"To tell you the truth, I have a girl I like. Although I don't know her name yet, she said that as long as I reach the innate realm before I am thirty years old, I can go to her, so I will go on.
I will return to the sect and practice hard." Shi Mu scratched his head and said.
"So that's it... Then I wish Brother Shi in advance to enter the innate realm as soon as possible and hold the beauty back! Speaking of which, I will also go into seclusion to attack the innate realm... We say goodbye today, and I don't know when we can see each other again.
"An imperceptible dimness flashed through Zhong Xiu's delicate eyes, but she still said with a smile.
"By the way, Miss Zhong, I almost forgot about this. This is for you. It will help a lot to break through the innate bottleneck." Shi Mu suddenly slapped his head, took out a cyan fruit the size of a fist from his arms, and handed it to Zhong.
Show way.
"Brother Shi, this...could this be the Qingming Fruit? You can keep such a valuable thing, I don't need it." Zhong Xiu was startled and quickly postponed.
"Miss Zhong, just accept it. I still have one here." Shi Mu smiled slightly and took out another Qingming Fruit from his arms.
"This...Brother Shi, thank you." Seeing this, Zhong Xiu took it back with a blushing face.
At this time, Shi Mu finally felt relieved. Zhong Xiu was doing better in Miaoyin Sect than he had imagined. After the two chatted for a few more words, Shi Mu stood up and left.
In the pavilion, Zhong Xiu hugged the Qingming Fruit in his hand to his chest and looked at Shi Mu's tall figure walking away, his beautiful eyes gradually becoming misty...