Chapter Thirty Thousand Year Elixir

  "Ah-ha!" Li Muran smiled slightly, it seemed that Zhao Wuming and the Guo family had a deep connection.

  "As for the cancellation of the marriage," Old Man Guo continued, "it happened just before you left the village. At that time, you had already decided to leave the village and took the initiative to write a letter of separation, breaking off your engagement with Yanwu."

  Li Muran nodded, and from the sequence of events, it could be inferred that after Zhao Wuming left the village, he soon became an outer disciple of Yuanfu Sect. Two years later, for some unknown reason, he became "Li Muran".

  Li Muran thought to himself: "These people should all be considered Zhao Wuming's relatives, since I've become Zhao Wuming, I'll do some things for him."

  On the second day at dawn, Old Guo took Li Muran to Ya Jiao Peak. Li Muran asked Old Guo not to make a fuss about this matter and not to mention it to other villagers.

  In fact, this is also the requirement of the sect's mission "Lieduan Fanchen". If the disciples who handle affairs in the secular world are too high-profile, it will make more ordinary people know about the existence of cultivators. At that time, even if the four sects' disciples go to "Lieduan Fanchen" every day, they may not be able to satisfy all kinds of demands from ordinary people.

  After walking for over ten miles, the two of them arrived in front of a steep and majestic mountain peak. Looking around, this mountain rose straight into the clouds, as if it were a pillar holding up the sky.

  "Look, that's Cliff Peak, the nest of that strange bird. It should be at the top of the peak. But as herb collectors, we can only climb halfway up the mountain and can't reach such a high place."

  Li Muran curiously asked, "The mountains and rocks here are steep, and there is no mountain road. How did the herb collectors climb to the top to collect herbs?"

  Guo old man hehe smiled, took out a rope from the package on his back, a pair of hooks, and a bunch of tools such as stone hammer and iron-toothed shoes.

  "It's all about this outfit!" Old Guo said, tying the rope around his waist, ready to climb the mountain.

  Li Muran waved his hand to stop him: "Old Man Guo, please go back. In a short time of one day or at most three days, I will bring the head of that demon bird back to the village."

  "Alright then," said Old Guo after a moment's thought. "We ordinary people can't help anyway, and staying behind would only cause trouble. I'll just wait in the village for good news."

  After Guo left, Li Muren took out the talisman crane left by the monk from his storage bag and cast a spell to break the seal on the talisman crane.

  With a "whoosh", the paper crane suddenly transformed into a size of several feet, quietly floating beside Li Muran.

  Li Muran jumped onto the paper crane, and another wave of magical power was released. The paper crane immediately flapped its wings and took off with a whoosh, flying to a height of over ten zhang in an instant.

  Li Muran hastily hugged the paper crane, afraid that if he wasn't careful it would fall.

  At first, the paper crane flew too quickly, continuously rolling in mid-air. Later, he followed the method described in the classics, constantly striking out with his magical powers to manipulate the paper crane, and gradually became familiar with this feeling. The paper crane also flew more steadily.

  Paper cranes flew around the peak of Ya Jiao, gradually rising higher. Li Mu Ran rode on a paper crane, looking down and taking in all the scenery below at once. The mountains stretched out endlessly, the river waters surged turbulently, with several villages scattered among them, breathtakingly beautiful.

  Riding a crane and flying freely, looking down at the earth, this kind of freedom allowed Li Muran to experience a few points of unprecedented fun in cultivating immortality.

  "Far and wide I search for the immortal path, leisurely inquiring about the mind of the Tao. What day will I become an immortal, roaming freely between heaven and earth?"

  Before long, the paper crane carried Li Muran through the fog-like cloud layer, and the wind suddenly became more urgent.

  At this time, Li Muran also saw the top of the mountain peak.

  "What a vast area! I wonder where that monster's nest is!" Li Muran landed on the mountain top and looked around in all directions.

  Looking down from here, all you can see is a layer of cloud and mist under the mountain peaks, and you can't see the colors of the mountains and rivers. However, the rare sight of the sun shining on the dark surging clouds is also breathtaking.

  The top of the mountain is almost entirely bare rock, with very little grass or trees.

  This is for exorcising evil spirits, not sightseeing. Li Muran only took a glance before carefully searching around for any signs of the demonic bird's trail.

  Not long after, he saw a crack several feet long and an inch wide on a huge rock.

  Li Muran gently stroked the crack, which was quite neat and more than a foot deep, clearly not a natural stone seam.

  "Wind Blade Technique!" Li Muran immediately judged that this should be a Wind Blade Technique slash on the rock, leaving behind this crack.

  "It seems that the strange bird is indeed on the mountain peak." Li Muran thought to himself, continuing to search for clues.

  Before long, he found several such traces left by Feng Blade Technique, and they were getting denser.

  Following these marks, Li Muran gradually walked to a stone cave and even saw some bird droppings.

  "The nest of the demon bird is right here, it's not hard to find!" Li Muran took out the Golden Token and slapped it on his chest, immediately a layer of golden light enveloped his body.

  At the same time, Li Muran also held a few explosive talismans in his hand before he dared to step closer to the stone cave.

  Li Muran had been lurking near Shidongkou for a long time and still didn't feel any movement inside the stone cave.

  "Is the monster bird not in its nest?" Li Muran cautiously stepped into the stone cave.

  The ground beneath his feet was soft, covered with branches and leaves. The air was filled with the stench of bird droppings, causing Li Muran's brow to furrow slightly.

  "Huh!" Amidst the foul odor, Li Muran surprisingly caught a whiff of fragrance, a refreshing scent that invigorated one's spirits.

  "Could it be an illusion?" Li Muran was amazed, in this stinky and eerie nest of a strange bird, how could there be such a peculiar fragrance!

  The cave is not very deep, and after walking out for about ten yards, you can see the end - which is also a stone wall. The cave is just that big.

  However, under the stone wall, there was something that immediately caught Li Muran's attention.

  It was a black Ganoderma lucidum, swirling like a jade umbrella, about the size of a foot, and the fragrance came from this Ganoderma.

  "Mo Lingzhi!" Li Muran immediately thought of a kind of spiritual medicine recorded in the classics, and exclaimed with extreme excitement: "Mo Lingzhi was originally a rare and precious spiritual medicine, and this Mo Lingzhi, with its ink-like luster flowing like water on its surface, should already have a medicinal age of over a thousand years!"

  This is a thousand-year-old spiritual medicine, an extremely rare treasure! Its value is immense and impossible to estimate!

  The spiritual medicine is not like the spiritual tree. Generally, spiritual medicines can only survive for a few years, decades, or hundreds of years before withering and dying. However, there are also extremely rare spiritual medicines that can continuously absorb the heaven and earth's primordial energy, surviving for thousands of years without decay, and their medicinal properties become extremely high.

  If you use the Millennium Spirit Medicine to refine the elixir, you may get a high-quality spirit elixir with an extraordinary effect that can change your fate!

  Unfortunately, Li Muran didn't know much about the art of alchemy, but as someone who had read extensively in various classics, he also knew the value of this rare and precious Black Spirit Mushroom.

  Li Muran's heart was greatly moved, and he really wanted to put this ink spirit mushroom into his storage bag. But after thinking twice: "The classics say that the Lingzhi is a kind of spiritual medicine, which is particularly difficult to pick. If it is not handled properly, it will lead to the loss of medicinal properties, or even destroy this ink spirit mushroom!"

  Thinking of this, he didn't dare to take action, but instead approached the lingzhi and sniffed its fragrance.

  "Just smelling it for a moment is like meditating for an hour, and the whole body feels refreshed. This thousand-year-old spiritual medicine is indeed famous for its name!"

  Li Muran also wanted to reach out and touch the ink spirit mushroom to see if it was as smooth as jade on the surface, as described in the classics.

  At this moment, a sharp and clear whistle pierced through the air, coming from outside the stone cave.

  "The demon bird is back!" Li Muran's heart skipped a beat, if he were to be trapped in this stone cave and fight the demon bird, it would be very disadvantageous for him.

  Li Muran hastily rushed towards the outside of the cave, and as soon as he escaped from the cave, a strong gust of wind came sweeping in his face.

  "Rustle rustle!" With a few soft sounds, several deep cracks suddenly appeared on the rocks beside Li Muran.

  Li Muran had a golden amulet protecting his body, so he was unscathed. He focused and looked ahead to see a giant eagle with a leg as big as two zhang hovering in the air before him, its entire plumage black as iron, its talons gleaming like silver hooks with a cold light.

  "Second-level demonic bird, Iron Winged Eagle!" Li Muran's heart skipped a beat.

  In ancient books, according to the strength and cultivation of yaoqin and yaoshou, they are also divided into levels, just like the qi mo period and shen you period of human xian practitioners.

  Among them, the first-class demon is equivalent to the initial stage of human Qi Mo Xian, the second-class demon is equivalent to the middle stage of Qi Mo Xian, and so on.

  The eagle demon in front of me is a common type of demon bird, and there are records of it in the classics. It's a second-level demon bird, and its cultivation power is slightly higher than Li Muran's.

  Li Muran didn't think much, and with a flick of his hand, seven or eight Flame Exploding Talismans flew out. These talismans immediately transformed into streaks of firelight, charging towards the Iron Winged Eagle in the air.

  The strange eagle let out a long cry, its two wings flapping violently at the same time. Suddenly, a strong gust of wind blew, huge rocks rolled, and the sky and earth changed color.

  Around the body of the giant eagle, a thick layer of hurricane was formed by the rolling rocks and strong winds. Those explosive symbols that encountered this hurricane burst open one after another, forming fireballs of several meters in size, making the scene look quite magnificent.

  However, the explosive force was unable to penetrate that layer of hurricane winds and thus could not harm the Iron Winged Eagle Demon.

  "Hurricane Technique!" Li Muran was secretly shocked in his heart, this is a mid-level wind attribute spell, for human cultivators, only the late-stage disciples of the wind attribute meridian can cast such a spell. Unexpectedly, this second-level demon eagle easily cast it out with just a flap of its wings!

  Rumor has it that demons have a natural talent for certain magical techniques, surpassing even human cultivators. Indeed, this is true!

  The Hurricane Technique not only rendered Li Muran's few Flame Exploding Symbols useless, but also produced two extremely sharp wind blades that flew out from within and slashed towards Li Muran with an astonishing speed.

  Li Muran had seen in the classics that wind-attribute spells were the fastest among all spells, and today he personally experienced it, and indeed it was so!

  "Bang! Bang!" Two loud noises. Li Muran knew he couldn't dodge in time, so he relied on the Golden Vajra Seal to resist stubbornly while also sticking several Stone Armor Seals on his body.

  The stone armor instantly burst out with powerful energy, and outside Li Muran's golden light shield, two more layers of transparent stone armor emerged.

  This stone armor can withstand knives and guns, water and fire, but under the two wind blades, it was easily cut open like thin paper. At the same time, the stone armor symbol on Li Muran's body also disappeared into a wisp of green smoke after being forcibly broken by the wind blade.

  "Whoosh!" The wind blade slashed onto the Golden Shield, instantly tearing open two cracks!

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