What appeared in front of Shi Mu was a casting hammer only the size of an ordinary person's thumb.
This small hammer is completely black and seems to be made of some kind of special metal. It is engraved with circles of complicated and mysterious patterns. It is more like a special formation from which it exudes a unique fire-attribute aura.
"This is the keepsake handed down from my grandfather. I have always carried it close to me and never left it." After Cui Huan arranged her clothes, she handed over the small casting hammer.
Shi Mu just took one look and was sure that this was the token. The unique aura exuding from it was something that a person of Cui Huan's strength could not reproduce or forge.
He was not polite and reached out to take the small hammer. There was a little body heat in his tentacles, and he could smell the unique fragrance of a girl between his nose.
He looked through it carefully and found that there was a Chinese character "町" engraved on the bottom of the hammer body.
"My grandfather's surname is Leng, and his last name is the word cicada. Before he died, he said that the master of the weapon refinement was named Yongzhu. It is said that as long as he carries this token of his, no matter who he is, he can take it from him.
That spiritual weapon." Cui Huan didn't notice the change in Shi Mu's expression and said calmly.
"I understand. Go and call Qi Feng and others to the main room. I have something to announce." Shi Mu said to Cui Huan.
"Yes, Palace Master." Cui Huan responded, then turned around and went out.
After a cup of tea, Shi Mu came to the main room and saw all the servants and stewards from his house gathered here.
Led by Qi Feng, everyone looked at him with a bit of anxiety on their faces.
"Qi Feng, you did a good job in not handing over Cui Huan today." Shi Mu's eyes swept over everyone and finally landed on Qi Feng and said.
"We are all servants of the palace lord. Without the palace lord's order, we definitely dare not deal with the people in the palace at will." Qi Feng waved his hand quickly and said.
"Very good! From now on, no one is allowed to take away the attendants of this cave spiritual land without my permission. In addition, Qi Feng, please tell me to set up a separate quiet room for Cui Huan from tomorrow on."
There is no need for her to do the ordinary chores in the house, such as cultivation." Shi Mu ordered.
"Yes, Palace Master." When Qi Feng and others heard this, their faces suddenly showed surprise, but they still responded immediately.
Some other attendants and stewards couldn't help but raise their eyes and secretly look at Cui Huan. Some of the more courageous ones still flickered their eyes back and forth between Shi Mu and Cui Huan, secretly sizing them up a few times.
Shi Mu was very aware of the suspicions in these people's minds, but he was too lazy to explain anything. After giving the order, he waved his hand to signal everyone to leave, and then turned back towards the secret room in the back mountain.
Halfway through the journey, a small figure swooped down in mid-air and landed on Shi Mu's shoulder with great skill.
"You know you're back now." Shi Mu said without stopping.
"Shitou, what an injustice! Those people were all so vicious. I was afraid that Qi Feng and the others would suffer a loss, so I hurried to find you, but I didn't expect you to come back." Cai'er muttered in a low voice.
"Okay, don't explain. I don't blame you. After all, you can't beat them." Shi Mu said with a dumb smile.
"Shitou, it seems that you have gained a lot from this retreat and your strength has improved greatly!" Cai'er said.
"It's not bad, the environment here is good and suitable for cultivation." Shi Mu said.
"Then are you going to go out and take on some tasks next? I happen to be a little bored right now and want to go out and play!" Cai'er said.
"I still have some things to deal with, let's take care of them in a while. You go and watch them for me. If those people come again, tell me." Shi Mu glanced at the secret room door not far away and ordered.
"Okay!" Cai'er agreed listlessly, spread her wings and flew into the air.
After closing the secret room door, Shi Mu sat down on the futon, took out the small hammer, gently rubbed it in his hand and started playing with it. He was thinking in his heart that he would go to Master Yongzhu in a few days and exchange it for the piece.
Top grade spiritual weapon.
Suddenly, he raised his eyebrows and couldn't help but think of the Heaven-shaking Stick hidden in his sea of consciousness.
Speaking of which, he has been busy with trials since he reached the Eastern Sacred Star, and later he was busy with cultivation, and he has not studied this thing for a long time.
As soon as he thought of this, the storage ring on Shi Mu's hand lit up and he put away the casting hammer.
Immediately, he closed his eyes and sank his consciousness into the sea of consciousness.
Above his sea of consciousness, a small and delicate golden mini-stick shadow was still floating quietly as before.
The fine runes on the golden stick were slightly emitting a light golden halo, flickering and looking very gentle.
Shi Mu was no stranger to this scene.
During the three years of rushing to the Eastern Saint Star, he had observed and tested this magical weapon in the sea of consciousness countless times.
Although he already knew a lot about this divine object and was able to establish a certain connection with it on a spiritual level, for some reason, he was still unable to find the second secret that the old ape in green robes said was contained in the Heaven-turning Staff.
Three levels of exercises and techniques.
In the sea of consciousness, Shi Mu Yuanshen transformed into a small golden figure, slowly walking towards the golden stick standing in the center of his sea of consciousness.
When he came closer, the little golden man looked up and down, and then his hands suddenly started to change like wheels.
Immediately, strands of spiritual consciousness turned into wisps of fine silk threads, extending from the palm of the hand, wrapping the golden stick shadow layer by layer.
As the layer of silk threads became denser and denser, the talisman patterns on the surface of the golden stick also lit up one after another, and began to flicker on and off rhythmically, and the stick body also began to tremble slightly.
The little Yuan Shen transformed by Shi Mu looked at the scene in front of him, his expression did not change at all, but his brows furrowed, seeming to have some disappointment.
Because of this situation in front of him, he has seen it several times in the past three years.
He knew that after a while, the golden light on the stick would completely disappear, the trembling of the stick would gradually stop, and everything would become calm again, as if nothing had happened.
Shi Mu sighed secretly and planned to leave the sea of consciousness.
However, at this moment, a sudden change occurred!
The light on the golden stick did not converge as expected, but began to flow rapidly clockwise, forming a golden vortex in the center of the golden stick in the blink of an eye.
When Shi Mu Yuanshen saw this, he couldn't help being startled and stared at the scene in front of him.
I saw the golden vortex spinning faster and faster, and a gray shadow appeared in the center, like a gray mist, slowly overflowing from it and spreading towards the surroundings.
Shi Mu's heart stirred, and before he could make any move, he felt his eyes blurry for a while, and then a huge force of attraction flowed out from the whirlpool, and soon enveloped his entire soul.
He only felt the world spinning for a while, then his vision went dark and he lost consciousness.
When he woke up again and saw everything in front of him, he was suddenly confused.
What appeared in front of him at this moment was a gray mist space, and all around him was a slowly rolling gray mist.
The gray mist didn't look very thick, but it not only blocked his sight, but also sealed his consciousness in it, preventing it from being released too far.
Shi Mu only remembered that the villain he transformed from his soul seemed to be sucked into the Heaven-Flirting Stick, and then he lost consciousness and didn't know anything anymore.
"Could this be the Heaven-turning Stick?" Shi Mu got up from the ground, looked at his hands, and thought to himself.
While he was at a loss, a soft sound suddenly came from ahead.
Shi Mu raised his head and looked forward, only to see the gray fog in front of him suddenly surge and roll rapidly, and after a while, it condensed into a wall of fog.
On the wall of fog, characters common to the Miyang Star Domain emerged one after another, neatly arranged.
Shi Mu was startled, and with a glance, he suddenly felt a little enlightened.
It turns out that the location he is in is really a space in the Heaven-turning Stick, and the words in front of him are all left by the White Ape Ancestor using a secret method to record a bet between him and someone.
According to the description of the content recorded in it, as long as that person can complete a test left by the White Ape Ancestor in the Fantian Stick, he will be able to obtain the formula for the second level of the Nine Turns Mysterious Technique hidden in the Fantian Stick by the ancestor. .
This gray fog space and the words on the fog wall obviously belong to some kind of restriction, which will only be triggered when certain conditions are met.
In the past three years, he has never been able to trigger the successful restriction and enter this space. However, he was able to enter this place after just one try. I am afraid that it is probably because he has completed the first stage of the Nine Revolutions Xuan Gong practice at this time. .
However, seeing these forbidden contents at this moment made Shi Mu even more confused.
Because according to the text description, the restricted space here should disappear immediately after being triggered, regardless of whether the person who triggered it completes the bet or not.
But at this moment, this restricted space is still here and can be triggered again, which is really strange.
Could it be said that the person who made the bet with the ancestor had not entered here before for some reason?
Shi Mu thought about it and felt that it was impossible. Since the White Ape Ancestor had made a bet for this person, how could that person not enter this place?
He scratched his head. Since he couldn't figure it out, he didn't want to dwell on it.
In any case, it is a good thing for him that the restriction here has not disappeared, because in this way, he will have the opportunity to obtain the second-level skill formula.
When he thought that as long as he could pass the test, he would be able to obtain the secret formula for the second stage of the Nine Turns Mysterious Skill, Shi Mu felt his heart heat up and his eyes also lit up.
While Shi Mu was thinking about it, the wall of fog in front of him suddenly rolled down, showing a tendency to collapse.
In the blink of an eye, the fog wall dispersed into a cloud of mist, and the gray fog words written on it also dissipated.
I saw the gray mist quickly retreating and rolling down, directly rushing into the wider and thicker ocean of gray mist behind.
In an instant, the sea of fog began to boil.
I saw several lines of solid gray fog, rolling and surging like waves, impacting everywhere in the sea of fog. After a while, several gray fog passages broke out in the gray fog around Shi Mu.