Chapter Fifteen: Submission and Emergence from the Mountain

  As he charged towards Gu Yun, the giant bear's mouth corners slightly curled up, if Gu Yun saw this scene, he would definitely be frightened.

  A smiling giant bear, no, it should be a coldly smiling giant bear. In its eyes, Gu Yun is not even its opponent, yet he still wants to rush over and deliver himself to death, just in time to use him as an experiment for the spells it has mastered after its promotion.

  All of this was unknown to the ancient cloud, he rushed halfway and felt that something was wrong, why did this bear still stand still on the spot, had it been scared stiff by itself?

  He soon found out he was wrong, when he was still three meters away from the giant bear, a huge stone cone suddenly emerged from the ground, and Gu Yun, who was caught off guard, was knocked flying by this stone cone without any resistance. The tremendous force made him crash into and break dozens of large trees before stopping.

  If it weren't for Gu Yun having the strong physique of the fourth turn of the "Nine Turns Golden Body Technique", he might not have flown out, but instead been pierced directly by that stone cone. Even so, Gu Yun was still in a lot of pain now, his chest hurting severely.

  The True Qi of Hui Chun turned around for a few circles before recovering, Gu Yun patted his butt and stood up. He knew he had underestimated the enemy. All along, he thought this Ling Xiong wouldn't use attacking Dao Fa, but unexpectedly it came at him with one from the start.

  It turns out that Gu Yun didn't know that this Ling Xiong wasn't what he thought it was, but rather a spiritual beast on the verge of entering the Huaiyin period from the Lingdan period.

  He last fought this spirit bear when it had just escaped from a group of cultivators who were chasing after it, and was at its weakest. That's why he was able to beat it without the bear being able to fight back at first, which also made the spirit bear extremely angry.

  Anyone who is pressed down and beaten by someone with lower cultivation than themselves when they are at their weakest will have this feeling.

  So it was sleeping for over a decade, and the danger that was supposed to be found by others transformed into a bloodthirsty bear that wanted to kill Gu Yun. Unexpectedly, this guy couldn't be killed no matter what, and in the end, he even managed to escape.

  This time, after more than a dozen days of sleep, recovering from the weakness after two transformations, his spiritual energy had once again broken through and entered the Embryonic Breath stage.

  Now Gu Yun has brought it to the door again, Ling Xiong decided to teach this ignorant and arrogant little boy a lesson, but he didn't expect that this person's body was even stronger than last time, not even such a large stone cone could pierce his body.

  As the old saying goes, after eating a loss once, he got up and didn't dare to be reckless again. He carefully walked towards this big fellow.

  But this time it was met with an even more fierce attack. Seeing that small human standing up again and walking towards him.

  The divine bear was enraged and let out a long roar towards the sky, one of its massive hind legs stomped heavily on the ground, causing the earth to shake violently.

  Dozens of stone cones, slightly smaller than the previous one, burst out from the ground and shot towards Gǔ Yún. If hit, even if Gǔ Yún's body was strong, it would still strip off a layer of skin.

  Gǔ Yún took a deep breath, flashed once, and appeared five meters away under a large tree. After three consecutive flashes, Gǔ Yún appeared beside Líng Xióng, his massive fist heavily striking towards Líng Xióng, the enormous force sending the completely unguarded Líng Xióng flying back over three meters.

  As the saying goes, "Take advantage of the momentum and strike again." He flashed to the side of the Ling Xiong once more, throwing another punch. After six consecutive flashes, he had already beaten the Ling Xiong into a daze.

  Gong Yun stood still again, facing off against the giant bear a few feet away.

  As the saying goes, although he didn't know any Taoist skills, relying on his speed and powerful physique, he was still able to beat this spirit bear into a state of helplessness.

  Ling Xiong was also shocked, not expecting that after a period of time, this human had actually become so strong. Without saying another word, it let out a loud roar and its body began to swell like a balloon, growing until it reached about 10 meters in height before stopping. Its pure white fur also turned as red as blood.

  Seeing the transformed giant bear, Gu Yun slightly furrowed his brow, he knew that after transformation, the giant bear's strength had at least doubled.

  As expected, this time, more than a hundred sharp stone cones with a diameter of one meter and a length of over two meters flew out from the ground. Moreover, they shot towards Gu Yun from all eight directions, if he was hit by them, he would probably become minced meat.

  This time, Gu Yun didn't dodge again. He took out "Mo Yan" and swung it forward, unleashing a massive blade that swept across the front, shattering the stone cone in its path. Gu Yun burst out from within, standing once more face to face with the giant bear.

  Looking at the giant bear about ten meters high, Gu Yun rolled his eyes and said, "You can transform?" Then a golden light appeared behind Gu Yun, reaching a height of fifteen meters. Gu Yun disappeared and merged with the golden light.

  Looking at this golden giant who was even taller than himself, Ling Xiong subconsciously took a step back, his heart filled with fear.

  It couldn't understand how a human, who was still very weak and small in its own eyes, just like an ant, suddenly became a giant that was even taller and more dazzling than itself.

  When the Spirit Bear took a step back, the Golden Giant took a step forward and arrived in front of it. A huge palm slapped down towards its head, and the Spirit Bear raised its massive bear paw to meet it. With a loud crash, the giant bear, over 9 meters tall, was smashed into the ground more than 3 meters deep.

  Then a huge golden palm grasped the spirit bear's paw, which was still raised above its head, and pulled it out. The palm spun around twice before slamming the bear to the ground. Before the bear could react, it was spun around again and slammed into the ground, and so on in a frenzy of spinning and smashing.

  Just a moment ago, the majestic red giant bear over nine meters tall has transformed back into a white spirit bear of more than four meters tall, crouching on the ground. Its once pristine white fur no longer exists, now covered in mud, grass clippings, and mixed with fresh blood oozing from the wounds on its body, looking extremely disheveled.

  Its whole body was trembling, and its mouth was making a low humming noise. It had been intimidated by the beating it received. Until now, it had always used such ferocity to deal with its prey, but today it had a taste of what it's like to be the prey itself. Even the group of humans that chased it last time didn't make it feel as wretched as this.

  Looking at the 15-meter-tall golden giant in front of him, his heart was filled with fear. This was a guy even more brutal than him.

  At this time, a majestic voice sounded above its head.

  "Are you convinced?"

  Looking at the giant bear nodding continuously, Gu Yun knew that he had now gained its recognition. As long as there was something to make it stay, he should be able to tame it.

  "Then I want you to be my mount, are you willing?" Hong Liang's voice rang out again. The giant bear did not nod directly this time, but instead raised its head and looked at the golden giant in front of it. It knew what a nod meant, and it hesitated for a moment.

  At this time, a giant golden giant squatted down. Just when the Ling Xiong thought he was going to abuse himself again, a yellow fruit appeared in his palm.

  "As long as you agree to be my mount, this will be yours." A voice full of temptation echoed in its ear.

  Although the small fruit looked too insignificant in the giant palm, the fragrance it emitted made the Ling Xiong swallow hard.

  Although he didn't know the name of this spiritual fruit, it didn't prevent him from knowing its effects. The spiritual fruits he had eaten before couldn't compare to this one.

  If he could really get this spiritual fruit, his cultivation would definitely be raised again.

  This time it nodded without hesitation, if it could eat this kind of spiritual fruit again in the future, then being its mount would be nothing.

  This person is also stronger than himself, if he doesn't agree, he might be abused again and may even lose his life. Between life and death, he chose life.

  Don't think that beasts are not wise. When it comes to the realm of spiritual bears, their wisdom is no less than that of humans, they just can't speak yet.

  Looking at the giant bear nodding again, Gu Yun smiled happily. The method taught by his master was indeed effective. First, use the most violent way to subdue it, and then lure it with Lingguo.

  The spirit fruit in his hand was called the Earth Spirit Fruit, which had been growing for over a thousand years. In the Dragon God Ring's garden, it wasn't considered anything special, but taking it outside would be different. Such a spirit fruit couldn't directly promote this spirit bear to the next rank, but increasing its cultivation by a notch wouldn't be a problem.

  Looking at Ling Xiong's shining eyes and swallowing hard, Gu Yun knew that he would have a mount from now on.

  Seeing Ling Xiong nodding, Gu Yun changed back, "The transformation time of 'Golden Body Transformation' has arrived."

  A drop of fresh blood flew out from his fingertips and landed on the Ling Xiong's brow, then merged into it. Suddenly, a mysterious connection appeared in his heart, as if he could control the Ling Xiong now.

  In his mind, there seemed to be a voice shouting "Eat, eat, eat", staring at the Ling Xiong in front of him in surprise, Gu Yun knew that this voice was emitted by this guy, it's just not clear enough yet, unexpectedly this Ling Xiong can do it.

  Ancient Cloud handed over the spiritual fruit, and the spirit bear that was just lying on the ground immediately sat up. Under Ancient Cloud's astonished expression, it slowly shrank down until it became a miniature bear less than a foot in size. It took the spiritual fruit from Ancient Cloud's hand and began to gnaw at it.

  Looking at the blood-stained little bear, Gu Yun's hand emitted a white Rejuvenating True Qi that enveloped it. In an instant, the bleeding wounds on its body quickly healed. After a few breaths, a pure white little bear appeared in front of Gu Yun.

  "From now on, you'll be called 'Bai Shi'." Gu Yun said to Little Bear.

  Seeing the little bear nodding, Gyun turned his head to look at the forest behind him, which was already devastated by their fight. The area of over 30 meters in diameter was destroyed, with broken trees everywhere and the ground was uneven.

  "Let's go, we're going back." After saying that, Gu Yun took the little bear and left the wolf-infested forest, heading towards the town.

  Now that everything here is done, it's also time for him to leave. Thinking of the outside world, Gu Yun couldn't suppress his inner excitement and walked faster towards the town. Before he left, he still wanted to see one more patient in this town.

  As he walked down the main street of the town, everyone who saw him smiled and greeted him.

  "Old doctor, good."

  "Old doctor, I picked some medicinal herbs a few days ago, and I'll send them over to you later."

  And Gu Yun also smiled and nodded in agreement, looking at everything in the small town, he was still reluctant to leave, after all, he had been here for over a decade and had developed feelings for this place.

  But as soon as he thought of his parents and Master's entrustment, Gu Yun's heart firmed up again.

  Arrived at his small clinic and opened the door.

  The people in the town heard that Dr. Gu had arrived and quickly gathered in front of his clinic. When Gu Yun said that he was going to venture out and this would be the last time he treated them, there was a moment of silence among the crowd.

  After a while, an old man said: "Dr. Gu, we all know that you shouldn't be trapped in this place, the outside world is yours, go with peace of mind and come back to visit when you have time."

  The people around were also in agreement, and for Gu Yun's departure, they did not try to persuade her to stay, but only bid her farewell. Because everyone knew that here, except for just getting by and waiting for death, there would be no other outcome, and it was only possible to have everything when you went out into the outside world.

  Quietly, he finished treating them and brought with him all the medicinal herbs they had given him. Gu Yun and Bai Shi left the small town where he had lived for over a decade under the gaze of the townspeople, heading east towards the nearest county city, which would be his first stop.

  He took a last look at the people seeing him off on the road, then turned his head and slipped into the small path in the woods. In his heart, he secretly decided that from now on, he would definitely come back here often to take a look.