Chapter Seventeen Night Journey

  Not long after sunset, on a narrow mountain path, a young man in a Taoist robe was running hastily.

  This young man was Li Muran, who had heard that in the continuous peaks of Kuanglu Mountains, there were still a few remaining demonic beasts. These demonic beasts usually hid very well and generally only appeared at night.

  Travelers who fall behind at night often become the target of those monsters' attacks.

  "In less than half a watch, I'll be able to reach the mountain gate. Once inside the mountain gate, there are disciples guarding each peak's entrance, so it's safe and worry-free." Li Muran thought to himself.

  The night grew darker, and the mountain road was rugged and steep, but Li Muran had been back and forth in the village many times, and he was quite familiar with this small road. Moreover, his eyesight was not bad, and even if it was only by the faint moonlight, he could see the road clearly.

  Li Muran passed through a mountain ridge with rugged rocks, and suddenly his heart was racing for no reason. He stopped in shock and carefully looked around.

  Under the moonlight, Li Muran only saw that everywhere was dark and rocky, without large trees or huge boulders, basically no place for monsters to hide.

  Li Muran's heart was slightly settled, just about to let out a breath of relief, when suddenly a mournful howl pierced the night air.

  "It is said in the classics that wolf-like demonic beasts always appear in groups. If encountered alone, they are extremely frightening. However, judging from this sound, the wolf pack should still be ten miles away! Let's hurry and we can make it back to the sect!"

  Li Muran thought of this and quickened his pace, walking and running at the same time.

  Suddenly, a black shadow emerged from the pile of rocks and rushed towards Li Muran at an extremely fast speed.

  Li Muran was shocked and hastily dodged to the side, while the internal force in his body circulated, preparing to cast the "Inferno Blast" he had just learned yesterday.

  A white light flashed in the dark shadow, and a light group of several inches flew towards Li Muran at an incredible speed, leaving him no room to dodge.

  The light ball immediately hit Li Muran, and Li Muran suddenly felt that his whole body's magic power was condensed, and the Flame Explosion Technique he was about to cast was also abruptly interrupted.

  "Who is it?" Li Muran exclaimed, having already judged that the black shadow was not some kind of monster, but a person.

  A dark figure suddenly appeared in front of Li Muran, wearing a black night-traveling suit and a mask that made it impossible to identify him.

  "Haha, Zhao Shidi, it's been a long time!" The man in black laughed loudly and pulled down his mask.

  "It's you, Qing Yuanshi!" Li Muran was shocked. He had a nodding acquaintance with this Qing Yuanzi, who was also a fellow disciple of the same sect, but now he was ambushing him in this desolate wilderness, clearly not harboring good intentions!

  "How did he hide his figure? Why didn't I discover anything even after carefully looking around?!" Li Muran's heart was racing, he wanted to urge his magic again, but found that the true yuan in his body had solidified like gold soup, and couldn't be mobilized at all; not only that, his body was also stiff as iron, standing still on the spot.

  "You've fallen for my talisman, so don't bother trying to struggle!" Qingyuanzi sneered: "The seal on your magic is just a mid-grade talisman, the Sealing Spirit Talisman! Heh heh, this Sealing Spirit Talisman costs 50 spirit stones per piece and can only be used 7 or 8 times. After each use, I need to use a 2-star Yuanqi Talisman to refill my yuanqi. Calculating it out, this time I've made a move, the cost is over 10 spirit stones. I hope Zhao brother's wealth won't disappoint me, haha!"

  "Seal Spirit Symbol!" Li Muran's heart sank, the classics mentioned that using this symbol could cast a Seal Spirit Spell, which could seal a cultivator's body and internal energy. Although it was not very effective on higher-level disciples, for someone like Li Muran who was still in the initial stages of his cultivation, it would be absolutely impossible to break through the seal within a short period of time.

  Li Muran angrily shouted: "Qingyuan Shixiong, we're not far from the sect here. Are you not afraid of being discovered by the sect if you make a move here? Plotting against fellow disciples is a capital offense!"

  Qingyuanzi sneered and said with a pleased tone, "Hmph, do you think I'm new to being a thief? Young disciples like you who don't know life from death have already been taken care of by me several times!"

  "Heh heh, these guys are from different sects. As long as I, the senior brother, do a clean job and leave no traces, who can investigate further?"

  Qing Yuanzi apparently did not want to drag it out any longer, he said with a sly smile as he walked towards Li Muran.

  "Zhao, you'd better pray that your family can satisfy me, or I'll at least give you a quick death! Otherwise, I'll torture you to death!"

  Qing Yuanzi walked up to Li Muran, and with a few practiced pats on his waist and chest, immediately found the location of the storage bag. Then, she reached out to take the treasure from Li Muran's bosom.

  Qing Yuansu did not immediately use magic to kill Li Muran, just because he was afraid of destroying the treasure on his body; when he got the storage bag, next step, most likely is to kill Li Muran!

  Li Muran naturally knew this, in the desperate situation, he did not give up, still desperately trying to mobilize the sealed power within his body, and with great effort trying to lift his arm. Because of overexertion, his face had turned bright red like blood, and large drops of sweat emerged from his forehead.

  Qingyuanzi also noticed this scene, but he didn't think much of it. After all, no disciple in the early stages of Qi Mai had ever escaped from being sealed by a Fengling symbol!

  Moreover, he is well aware of Li Muran's "inside story", and he knows that Li Muran has only been practicing for a few months, so how much ability can he possibly have!

  "Hmm, affordable storage bags, should still have some assets!" Qing Yuansu pulled out the storage bag from Li Muran's arms, pinched it a few times, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

  At this time, Li Muran closed his eyes, he felt that the law power in his body was gradually loosening due to his full force drive, and the stars and moon in the ancestral aperture divine light were also shining with extreme light.

  "Goodbye, Zhao! I'll take this gift from you!" Qing Yuansu said with a smile, waving the storage bag in his hand, then he was about to cast a spell to attack Li Muran.

  He is also decisive, as soon as he gets the treasure bag, he doesn't even bother to check what's inside, and immediately wants to kill people to silence them! Being able to be so decisive, it's clearly not his first time killing people and stealing treasures!

  At this moment, Li Muran suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze was like fire, full of hatred, as if he wanted to peel off Qing Yuanshi alive.

  Qingyuanzi had seen the dying gaze of several disciples before, all of which were either a pitiful and pleading expression or an extremely fearful and desperate look. But such a ferocious gaze was something he saw for the first time, and he couldn't help but pause for a moment in slight astonishment.

  At some point, Li Muran's right thumb and index finger had already been clasped together, and with a light pop!

  A flash of flames, and a fist-sized fireball suddenly exploded on Qing Yuansu's chest.

  "Ah!" Qing Yuansu exclaimed, the explosive flames flashed and disappeared in an instant, but on his chest, there was an additional bowl-sized hole!

  In this hollow place, there should have been a heart originally, but at this time, the heart has completely disappeared, leaving only a charred wound around!

  "How is this possible..." Qing Yuanzi's face was filled with shock and confusion, and he immediately fell to the ground.

  Li Muran subconsciously kicked Qing Yuanshi's corpse heavily, making sure he was completely out of breath.

  After all, the other party is just a mid-term disciple of the Qi Mai sect, not some immortal, and his heart is gone, so he can't survive at all.

  "Fortunately it was at night! Fortunately it was at night!" He narrowly escaped death, and Li Muran suddenly collapsed onto the rocky ground, his whole body feeling weak and numb, his clothes soaked with cold sweat. His expression was somewhat dazed, and he could only mutter this sentence repeatedly.

  Luckily it was at night! At night, Li Muran is like a different person from daytime. Not only does he cultivate extremely fast, but the efficiency of absorbing and expelling the heaven and earth's original energy is also extremely high. Moreover, his magical powers are extremely smooth to operate. Learning beginner magic spells takes only an instant!

  If it were daytime, Li Muran would have absolutely no chance of breaking the seal of the Fengling Symbol; but at night, with his enormous potential bursting forth in desperate circumstances, he actually succeeded on the line between life and death!

  Li Muran had his own lucky side, and Qingyuanzi was also somewhat too light on his guard. If he didn't know Li Muran, if he didn't know that Li Muran was a new disciple who had just started practicing, perhaps he would have killed him with a swift hand at the first moment, which wouldn't have left Li Muran that precious little time to break through the seal; nor would he have used even a defensive spell, allowing Li Muran to reverse life and death with just one Flame Explosion Technique!

  "The explosion just now was quite loud, if it attracts the attention of the sect's disciples, that would be bad!" Li Muran quickly came to his senses from the rapidly changing situation and hurriedly cleaned up the current mess.

  "Qing Yuanshen's corpse must be destroyed!" Li Muran thought to himself, otherwise if this matter were to be exposed, even if he could claim self-defense, what evidence would he have? He feared that it would only lead to more trouble and might even be punished by the sect for "killing a fellow disciple".

  Li Muran didn't dare to risk his own life, so he immediately activated his magic power and conjured up a small flame the size of an inch at his fingertips, ready to burn Qing Yuansu's spirit.

  Suddenly, Li Muran saw the storage bag in Qing Yuans hand - it was his own storage bag. All of his possessions, which he had worked hard to accumulate over the past few months by making talismans, were inside.

  Li Muran first retrieved the storage bag, then had an idea and searched the body of Qing Yuansu. He found two more storage bags, one at his waist and one in his sleeve.

  Li Muran unceremoniously pocketed the treasures, then ignited Qing Yuanshen's corpse - which immediately turned into a blaze of flames, burning fiercely.

  In an instant, the corpse turned into ashes. Li Muran kicked a few times and mixed the remaining ashes with the surrounding rubble, then slightly tidied up the burning marks before hastily leaving the place.

  All the way, Li Muran appeared calm on the surface, but his heart was racing wildly. It wasn't until he reached the library, opened the door and went in, then closed it behind him that he finally let out a deep breath.

  "Almost took a trip to the Ghost Gate!"

  Li Muran couldn't calm down, after all, he had killed someone. At this moment, his heart was too chaotic to cultivate.

  He lay on a bamboo bed on the third floor of the library, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep for a long time...