Chapter 1: Brother and Sister

  "Boom!"

  Dark clouds shrouded the sky above the desolate land, making the already mysterious and murderous ancient forest even more ominous and terrifying; in the dense forest, several deep blue to purple lightning bolts tore through the sky, as if bringing heavenly fire, shattering giant trees and igniting endless flames...

  Heavy rain poured down with dense dark clouds, shocking thunder rolled and rumbled...

  Under the torrential rain, a loud shout came from somewhere in the vast wilderness. With the flash of lightning, two figures, one in green and one in black, were seen fluttering like butterflies in the wind and rain...

  Two figures moved with incredible speed, even when facing the four fire wolves around them, they had never been slow for a moment. One of them was even more agile, moving like a cloud and flying up to turn towards the ghostly figure, this kind of movement alone was already extraordinary...

  "Jinxiu, throw another one over..."

  A loud and excited cheer burst forth as the sword flashed through the air.

  Not far away, a figure wrapped in a black cloak, with only two cold lights flashing out, made a crisp sound "Ka Ka", and then stretched out a golden light foot bone from the black cloak, and kicked it heavily on the buttocks of a fire wolf...

  "Hmm..."

  "Wah wah wah~"

  ……

  Two people in the forest were naturally Lu Chen and Jingu Xiu Shi Jin Xiu. At this time, one master and one servant were fighting to the death with seven single-horned fire wolves... It had been more than two months since Lu Chen refused the kindness of Xue surname Xiu Shi.

  For more than two months, Lu Chen has been cautious from the start, only daring to fight with three or four single-horned fire wolves, and has evolved into today, where the two can hunt and kill six single-horned fire wolves at the same time.

  No way, Jinxiu's strength far exceeded Lucheng's imagination. This treasure... uh, maybe it can't be called a treasure, Jinxiu's entire body seemed to be made of indestructible material, although he could only wield the golden sword like an ordinary Qi Refining Seventh Layer cultivator, his other martial arts were all chaotic and disorderly, but compared to Lucheng, Jinxiu was not afraid of the lone wolf's sharp claws.

  It was precisely because of this that Lu Chen dared to boldly kill towards the six or so lone horned wolf bodies.

  Lu Chen's plan was simple, he would face the two of them alone, temper his Kong Yuan swordsmanship and San Men Taoist techniques, and use the Golden Symbol to protect himself as a precaution. As long as he felt that his strength had improved and his understanding of swordsmanship had also increased, he would let Jin Xiu release one of the fire wolves to come over, increase his own pressure, and cultivate with all his might...

  Within two months, with Jin Xiu's cooperation, Lu Chen killed over a thousand lone-horned fire wolves. Such an achievement would be impossible even for a small team of five to six Qi-refining seventh-layer cultivators... And his courage grew bigger and bigger, sometimes he even dared to provoke seven or eight fire wolf packs...

  ……

  The fire wolf howled, its long mouth suddenly opening wide, and a ball of flame shot out, targeting the person who had just spoken.

  This was Lu Chen's first encounter with four single-horned fire wolves...

  The Unicorn Fire Wolf has two deadly attack methods: one is the sharp horn on its head, which can easily pierce through the body of a Seventh-Order Cultivator; the other is the fireball that it can accumulate for a long time and spit out only once, this fireball is much more powerful than the fireball released by the Fireball Talisman.

  However, the face under the fireball mapping clearly had no fear, on the contrary, at the moment the fireball appeared, the other's mouth corner curved, and a smile was revealed...

  "Fireball, do you think I'm still the same me from three months ago? Get out of here..."

  "Kongyuan Sword Fifth Style, give me... Break!"

  A loud whooshing sound erupted, and a figure's hand grasped a long sword that emitted a brilliant white glow. As the sword flower bloomed, a white ray shot out from the tip of the sword, its powerful energy directly striking the fireball in an instant, shattering it like withered wood, transforming into a scattering of starlight that dispersed in all directions. Meanwhile, the fireball, which even heavy rain couldn't extinguish, was instantly engulfed by the torrential downpour as it shattered and dissipated, as if it had never existed at all...

  "Whoosh..."

  "Hmph..."

  One sword struck down the lone wolf's attack, and Lu Chen took a swipe of sharp claws to his back. The golden talisman that had just been stuck to his body ignited and turned into flying ash, blocking another painful blow for Lu Chen. At this time, the other wolf's bloody mouth also bit towards his head.

  Lu Chen didn't need to turn his head, he could feel the pungent wind rushing towards him. He saw that he was not panicked or busy, and his body shape was strange, sliding to the right side, and actually floated to the back of the lone wolf like a ghost...

  Dark charm ghost shadow... The exquisite body method of the Gui Sect, mixed with the Wuluo Liu Yun step, can temporarily float in the air for a few seconds without falling to the ground, like a flying swallow.

  "Kill me..."

  A long sword burst out with a flash of light, Lu Chen fiercely chopped down...

  "Hmmph..."

  The unicorn of the lone wolf that had just attacked him was suddenly cut off by Lu Chen's sword, and the lone wolf let out a painful howl, its body shape lost its center of gravity in mid-air and heavily crashed down.

  Lu Chen's heart moved freely, his mouth reciting the incantation, and the Earth Piercing Technique was casually swung out. On the ground, a small arm-thick, five-foot-tall yellow earth condensed stone stake suddenly shot up with a "pu" sound, directly piercing the abdomen of that lone horned fire wolf...

  "One down, next...!" Lu Chen's eyes gleamed with a fierce light as he charged towards another lone Fire Wolf.

  Destroy the withered and rotten...

  With Jin Xiu's powerful assistance, in the blink of an eye, all seven lone-horned fire wolves were killed. Except for one whose head was beheaded in a hurry, the fur of the other six was intact...

  Only a complete pelt can be sold for spirit stones, so Lu Chen and Jin Xiu were extra careful every time they hunted the solitary flame wolf. Otherwise, it would have been even easier for them.

  The fur, single horn and beast blood were all stored in the Qian Kun bag. Lu Chen sat on the ground with a satisfied expression...

  Lu Chen smiled and said to Jin Xiu: "Jin Xiu, help me guard it. Once I've recovered, we'll head back to the Immortal Alliance City."

  "Caw...caw..."

  Jinxiu seemed to understand Lucheng's words, and his small skull nodded slightly on top of his slender spine.

  Lu Chen smiled slightly and activated the Great Evolution of the Immortal Technique.

  For more than two months, Lu Chen has not only cultivated the Kongyuan Swordsmanship and the two body-refining mystic skills to perfection but also gained a very thorough understanding of the Taiyi Immortal Classic.

  The first two layers of the Dahuan Xian Jue are based on the Qingxin Jue, emphasizing the expansion of the Zifu and the accumulation of Fa Li. The amount of Fa Li that could originally raise Lu Chen to the sixth level boundary, after using the Qingxin Jue in the Dahuan Xian Jue, continuously expands, just like a cultivator suppressing himself, not allowing advancement, until it can no longer expand, then he can naturally advance successfully.

  Lao Jun said before, cultivating Taiyi Jinxian is extremely difficult, and it's precisely because of this.

  Of course, Lü Chen had not practiced before, he just subjectively speculated about the difficulty of the Great Evolution Scripture. But Lü Chen was different, these days, every day he would face the morning sun and quietly cultivate under the night sky. He knew that the current Great Evolution Scripture's cultivation in the two layers of heart methods, practicing Qi and building foundation, was only preparing for the future to condense two Golden Dans at the same time. It's said to be difficult, but it's not too difficult, the truly difficult and dangerous time is when condensing the Dan.

  "The more profound the Fa power, the larger the Zifu space, and the higher the success rate of condensing the elixir." Lucheng had long understood the key to the Great Evolution Sutra.

  After sitting for a whole hour, Lu Chen finally absorbed the spiritual energy from the low-grade spirit stone and his physical strength recovered a lot. Even the wound he accidentally got from being scratched by the Lone Flame Wolf three months ago began to heal...

  For more than two months, there were over fifty scars on his body. This was the price that Lu Chen had to pay for successfully leading Jin Xiu to hunt down seven lone Fire Wolves.

  "This price, alas... it seems that after returning to Xianmeng City, I'll need to prepare a set of talisman armor again..." Lu Chen thought to himself.

  Fu Jia, one of the most common treasures in the Xiuzhen world, is a defensive treasure that engraves golden talismans on well-made light armor, making it much more solid than ordinary armor. This kind of Fu Jia cannot be considered a magic weapon, so it cannot be called Xian Jia, only Fu Jia.

  The hardness of the talisman is extremely high, and it can withstand the attack of a low-level demon beast like the Unicorn Fire Wolf. Even mid-level demon beasts find it difficult to break through its defense, making it very valuable. According to Lu Chen's information, even the lowest-quality talismans require at least a thousand pieces of lower-grade spirit stones to purchase, making them a luxury item. Ordinary Qi-refining seventh-layer cultivators would have to work hard for several years before they could afford such an item.

  If it were three months ago, Lu Chen would not have dared to think that he would go buy a symbol armor for self-protection because it was too expensive. However, now it's different, the materials of one thousand single-horned fire wolves are enough to allow him to exchange for more than four thousand pieces of low-grade spirit stones, buying a symbol armor is no longer a problem.

  "Heh heh, if I had a Symbol of Jia, I could save some paper and ink for making Golden Symbols in the future..."

  Thinking of this, Lu Chen stood up from the ground and looked at Jin Xiu, who was shrouded in a tattered cloak. The cloak was also worn out, and inside, a brilliant golden light flashed out.

  Lu Chen took out another cloak and handed it to Jin Xiu, saying with a smile: "You've also worked hard for the past three months. Hehe, I didn't expect you to be so formidable. If it weren't for you, my progress might not have been so rapid. Hmm...I don't know what you need, and there's no way to reward you. Just remember this, in the future, this Daoist master won't treat you unfairly."

  "Cluck cluck......" Hearing his master's praise, Jinxiu's little head bobbed up and down a few times, making Lu Chen laugh.

  "What an interesting skull with spiritual awareness..."

  He moistened his dry lips, put away the golden needle, and muttered to himself: "Hmph, it's time to go find that Lin Hongjin guy, I wonder if he can stomach the materials for over a thousand Golden Horned Wolves..."