As the sun sets, a man and a brown bear are walking quickly in a desolate area in the west of Ruzhou.
The man is strong, wearing an unknown animal skin, with messy hair, covering half of his face. He has two axes on his waist, one of which is composed of a dark black ax blade and a brown wooden handle, with an axe wrapped around the middle.
Roots of dark yellow cane.
The other one was entirely silver, only the size of a palm, and seemed to be forged from some unique metal.
The brown bear next to him was five feet tall at the shoulders and one foot long. Four bear paws with sharp black claws stepped on the ground alternately. He tilted his head to look at the man from time to time, slowed down intermittently, and walked with the man.
"Ahem..."
The strong man suddenly stopped, covered his mouth and coughed. The brown bear immediately turned around, with a look of worry in its dark eyes. It arched the man's shoulders and let out a whimper.
"Don't worry, we've been doing things a lot lately, but if we can hold on, let's speed up..."
The man waved his hand and quickened his pace. His left palm was opened, and there was a thick dark red blood clot on it.
"Woooo..."
A helpless smile appeared on the corner of the man's mouth: "You don't have to carry me on your back. Your physical condition is similar to mine. It's best to save your energy. As long as we get to the Warrior Holy City, the senior martial saints there will definitely be able to help us."
The brown bear nodded slightly, leaned closer to the strong man, and stepped a little longer.
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This man wearing animal skins is called Xiong Shan. He chose the name himself. He does not remember who his parents are at all. In his childhood memory, he has been begging outside.
It wasn't until he was fifteen years old that a martial artist discovered Xiong Shan's martial arts aptitude and brought him into the Jin Kingdom's famous sect, Ten Thousand Beasts Villa.
In addition to him, there are hundreds of children of similar age, all orphans found by Ten Thousand Beasts Villa from all over the place.
Originally, Xiong Shan was supposed to do odd jobs and practice basic skills, but unexpectedly, after being inspected by an old woman, he moved into a luxurious manor.
In the manor, there were people who took care of Xiong Shan's diet, and a one-to-one teacher. The only thing the old lady asked him to do was to practice a skill.
If you practice the exercises, you can have something to eat. For Xiong Shan at that time, it was like a fairy life, so he agreed wholeheartedly.
It took him two years to practice this technique to the third level, but what greeted him next was hellish torture.
Xiong Shan later found out that the old woman was over ninety years old and was the great-grandmother of the village owner. She was also an immortal cultivator who practiced the art of immortality.
Due to insufficient qualifications, the old woman was unable to break through the realm and increase her longevity, so she put her hope in an incomplete secret technique.
Immortal cultivators have the method of seizing a body. Seizing a body cannot increase lifespan, nor can it take away monsters.
This secret technique is whimsical, transforming the bodies of humans and monsters into each other, so that the two bodies are connected, so that the souls can be exchanged, and the monster's body can be used to extend one's life. Later, one can even actively cultivate the power of the monster.
The old woman spent the rest of her time perfecting the secret technique, and Ten Thousand Beasts Villa was her cover. Unfortunately, the experiments between ordinary people and beasts did not inspire her much.
Fortunately, she had a good chance. Not only did she catch a first-level high-level demon bear, but she also took a litter of bear cubs with her.
So the old woman looked for children with spiritual roots and let them cultivate to the third level so that she could conduct experiments.
There is only one person in a million who possesses spiritual roots. Including Xiong Shan, there are only three found. The first two have been killed. Xiong Shan is her last hope.
In the following years, in the underground stone chamber filled with the smell of blood, the bodies of Xiong Shan and a bear cub were dissected by the old woman every day, and the bones of one and the other were replaced.
With the help of the immortal cultivator's recovery spells and some strange elixirs, the replaced bones gradually merged with their respective bodies.
Xiong Shan was bound by a powerful restriction, and even if he wanted to commit suicide, the feeling of having his marrow ripped out and his bones replaced was simply worse than death.
He spent three years in such pain. If he hadn't been accompanied by a bear cub, he would have gone crazy.
Three years later, under the influence of the old woman's secret technique, the alien bones in Xiong Shan's body became human-sized. His meridians and Dantian were not affected, and all the basic skills entered the fourth level.
He even felt a spiritual connection with the brown bear.
Despite this, Xiong Shan's body became increasingly weak, his internal organs gradually failed, and his complexion became worse day by day. The cub was slightly better and did not show any special symptoms.
After observing it, the old woman was extremely excited. This secret technique seemed to be successful. As for Xiong Shan's physical condition, she didn't care, as long as the monster's physical body was normal.
After she was ready, she couldn't wait to enter the secret room to retreat and brought the cub inside.
I don't know what happened after that, but there were bursts of pitiful roars from the secret room, a terrifying power erupted, and even the walls of the secret room were exploded.
Xiong Shan was knocked unconscious by the air wave. When he woke up, he found that the old woman was gone. The body of a huge brown bear was lying on the ground, and the cub was whimpering beside him.
Finally, he learned all this through the old lady's relics. Xiong Shan, who had regained his freedom, was furious in his heart. He and the equally angry little brown bear slaughtered the Ten Thousand Beasts Villa.
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Xiong Shan recalled everything that happened more than ten years ago, and couldn't help but touch his waist. There was a storage bag hanging there, feeling the twenty tokens inside, and he looked happy.
"If it weren't for the Holy Martial Order, I might have died long ago."
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After killing the owner of Ten Thousand Beasts Villa, he accidentally discovered the Holy Martial Order.
This seems to be a magic weapon for immortal cultivators, but the strange thing is that it does not require magic or spiritual consciousness, but can be opened with blood.
After the blood and the Holy Martial Order were fused, a strange restriction appeared, which acted on the soul, making it impossible to reveal its contents to others.
Inside is a skill called "Canglan Jue".
This technique specializes in physical training and has only five levels, corresponding to level one to level five warriors respectively. The level four warriors described in it are equivalent to super-first-class masters, and the complete technique seems to have sixth and seventh levels.
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At the seventh level of Dacheng, one has entered the realm of martial saints. Warriors in this realm can even kill immortal cultivators who fly to the sky and escape to the earth.
Xiong Shan was shocked. He destroyed Ten Thousand Beasts Villa and knew how huge the gap was between cultivators and warriors. Even if he was only at the fourth level of the Qi Refining stage, he could destroy a sect with just the help of a talisman. The martial saint could actually kill the cultivators.
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With his physical body severely collapsed, he could no longer continue cultivating immortality. Without any hesitation, he began to practice Canglan Jue. He was pleasantly surprised to find that the symptoms of physical collapse were actually alleviated.
Later, Xiong Shan spent ten years cultivating to the fifth level of Dzogchen. Unfortunately, Canglan Jue could only slow down the speed. In another ten years, the physical body would still collapse.
Frustrated, Xiong Shan took the brown bear around and his reputation as the Beast King gradually spread in the martial arts world.
Until one day, the Holy Martial Order suddenly sent a message to his soul.
We must rush to the Hengduan Mountains west of Ruzhou and enter the Warriors Holy City within a year, otherwise our soul will be destroyed.
The Holy Martial Token can sense other tokens within a hundred miles range. If the holder can capture twenty of them, he will be able to worship in the Holy City of Warriors and even have the opportunity to practice the method of immortality in a mortal body.
After Xiong Shan received this news, he immediately ignited hope in his heart and regarded it as the last straw.
As far as he knew, it was impossible to cultivate immortality without spiritual roots. If this holy city of warriors could actually do this, then the problem of his body's collapse would definitely be easily solved.
So he set out for Ruzhou. On the way, he met the owner of the Holy Martial Order and killed him without hesitation.
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One person and one bear walked for half an hour, and a cloud of mist gradually appeared in front of them, and the Holy Martial Order in Xiong Shan's hand became hot.
Xiong Shan patted the brown bear beside him, coughed and said: "It's the magic circle for cultivating immortals, old man, we are almost there."
In the afterglow of the setting sun, a man and a bear relied on each other and walked into the vast mist.