Chapter 101: Seven Kills
"The reason is complicated, but if the master knows, he will definitely guess it. You don't have to worry, Master Sister!" Mu Yuan explained a few words, and although Qi Wei wanted to continue asking, seeing that Mu Yuan didn't want to say more, she also gave up!
It's fortunate that Qī Wēi was able to accompany Mù Yuán on his journey, as it allowed her to obtain the Huǒ Lú Zhēn (Furnace True Essence) and merge the three major true energies. Although her true energy is still not as rich as Mù Yuán's, it's much thicker than that of their fellow sect members. Moreover, she also obtained the Tàiyǐ Wǔ Yān Huàn Cǎi Shén Guāng (Taiyi Five Smoke Fantasy Divine Light), which is a rare and powerful divine technique from the Chángshēng Gōng (Longevity Palace).
Qī Wēi is the kind of steady and steady cultivation, although future achievements may not be astonishing, but it's not impossible to ask for the original spirit. The vast majority of people in the cultivation world are like this. And there are many people like Mù Yuán who have continuous opportunities, but such people either achieve great things in the end, surpassing their peers, or die halfway and lose their way!
After bidding farewell to Qi Wei, Mu Yuan released a brocade deer from the black gourd and rushed southward. He traveled by day and hid at night, practicing his breathing in the morning and cultivating his spirit in the evening. Although he was carefree, the true energy that had been condensed after the calamity was somewhat restless. After a period of consolidation, however, his true energy gradually settled down, and his spirit became even more harmonious!
There is a border between Tiandu and the Sky Country, which is the Nanman Wilderness. Most of the Nanman Wilderness is within the borders of Tiandu, but there is also a small part in the Sky Country, and another small part in the Tianyu Country. The direction that Mu Yuan is heading towards happens to be right through the Nanman Wilderness between the two countries!
The journey to Tiandu was uneventful, and Mu Yuan continued on his way, cultivating in a leisurely manner. He saw many things and gained much experience along the way. On this day, he entered Nanhuang, and his speed slowed down!
The southern wilderness is home to many snakes and insects, as well as numerous spirits and ghosts. Many wandering Taoist cultivators also like to hide away in the southern wilderness to cultivate, for this place not only has an abundance of spiritual energy, but is also far removed from the hustle and bustle of the world. In the central lands, there are so many cultivation sects that the places with abundant spiritual energy have all been occupied, let alone the precious treasures of heaven and earth, which these wandering cultivators do not have a share in. They would rather cultivate in this desolate and remote wilderness, who knows, perhaps they will even encounter their own destiny!
In the southern wilderness, there are also some sects, mostly founded by scattered cultivators who have achieved success in their practice or occupied by evil sects. After all, this place is more suitable for cultivating evil arts. Even if there are strange phenomena, they will not attract a group of righteous cultivators to surround and kill them!
The brocade deer originally produced in the southern wilderness, even in this mountainous area with winding streams and valleys, was still walking on flat ground, not seeing any slowness. One person and one deer slowly ran along the mountain ridge, watching the sunset glow, the forest shadows like night, and the mountain peaks were covered with a layer of pale gold, shining brightly like tin foil. Mu Yuan also stopped, found a raised mountain ridge, stirred up the tide of true energy, brushed his body clean, and took a short rest!
A cultivator is also a flesh-and-blood body, after running for a day, they are somewhat mentally and physically exhausted, slightly showing fatigue. Mu Yuan mobilized the Long Life True Qi, ran the Heavenly Cycle, the spirit went out to wander, the essence guarded within, and in a short while, they were refreshed and recovered!
At this time, the sunset had already fallen, the mountains and forests were quiet, occasionally there was a night bird chirping, Mu Yuan had no sleepiness at all, he jumped up to the treetop with a leap, swaying left and right with the mountain wind, feeling very carefree!
"Huh?" Mu Yuan's gaze swept across, and he saw a black air rising straight up from the distant mountain pass like a wolf smoke. At this moment, it was just the dark moon and strong wind, if not for Mu Yuan being high above, it would have been really hard to discover!
"What's the point of getting involved with others, it's better not to stir up trouble. Now I'm alone, and can't compare to being with Chu Ge'er who has someone to rely on. One can't be too reckless in life!" Mu Yuan saw that the wolf smoke was straight as a peak, dense and unmatched, at that time the mountain wind was strong, but couldn't disperse it in the slightest. He shook his head, just about to leave when he saw two cold lights flashing like electricity within the wolf smoke, causing Mu Yuan's heart to feel a few strands of familiarity!
"Isn't this the Frostbite Cold Light Hook? Could it be Cha Yun'er?" Mu Yuan had originally left the Frostbite Divine Light's mantra with Cha Yun'er, and also left behind those two Cold Light Hooks. Thinking of this, his body suddenly darted out, sliding down like a shooting star!
Flying close, it was a humid mountain valley, with black air filling the air. A man in gray clothes sat on a protruding rock, and the wolf smoke and black air came from a silver-white gourd beside him, rolling up to the sky, rising to mid-air, and then falling back down, like an inverted giant pot, sealing off this mountain valley!
These scattered black auras, in the mountain valley, transformed into countless ghosts and monsters, baring their teeth and brandishing their claws, roaming freely. In the center of the black aura, there was a figure wearing a pale green skirt, with pearls and jade hanging all over her body. Two icy hooks flashed up and down, dancing wildly, as cold air emanated from them, like a ball of frost rolling back and forth, resisting the invasion of the black aura!
"It's indeed Cha Yun'er, her cultivation has already reached the peak of the first layer!" Mu Yuan was also amazed at Cha Yun'er's progress. They had only parted ways for a year, and yet she had already achieved full circulation of her meridians throughout her body. It had taken him many years to reach the first layer when he was cultivating!
This is because Cha Yun'er was already older when she started cultivating, and her meridians had already taken shape, so she could fill them up without any reservations. However, it also shows that her comprehension and innate talent are not bad! Nevertheless, for someone like her who didn't start cultivating from a young age, her meridians, whether in terms of toughness or capacity, can't compare to those who started practicing from childhood. Their foundation is not solid enough, and if they hadn't encountered a Heaven and Earth Spirit Treasure that could transform their body, the obstacles to their future achievements would be immeasurable!
Muyuan naturally knew this, he had spent ten years cultivating the first layer of Qi refining, and yet he didn't envy Chayun'er for taking a full ten times less time than himself! The Yuan Shen high-ranking officials of various major sects were all brought into their respective sects to cultivate from a young age, and the realm of the first layer of Tongmai had also taken them about the same amount of time as Muyuan.
At first glance, Mu Yuan couldn't tell where this gray-clothed person came from. Although the black energy was fierce, compared to Chu Yunfei's Xuan Yin Black Energy, it was a world of difference. Nevertheless, this gray-clothed person's cultivation was higher than Cha Yun'er's. Cha Yun'er's Ice Soul Divine Light seemed like nothing special in Mu Yuan's eyes, but compared to this gray-clothed person, it was quite profound. So although he struggled, he could still hold on!
That grey-clothed man just sneered, Cha Yun'er also resisted with all her might. Mu Yuan didn't know the ins and outs of it, but she didn't stop either. She intentionally tried to test the power of the Black Water Gourd. With a move of her spell, the Black Water Gourd appeared, and countless icy cold thunderbolts formed by the Yin Qi flowed out like a river, colliding with the black air without even stopping for a moment, directly dispersing the black air, then circling around that grey-clothed man once, making a loud explosive sound, blasting the true energy around the grey-clothed man into fragments!
The man in grey was originally confident of winning, but unexpectedly halfway through, a Cheng Yaoguang appeared and was struck by lightning, dispersing the dark energy and blasting open the true energy. In his haste, he leapt onto the wooden platform, but Mu Yuan had not anticipated that the concentrated lightning would be so formidable. He hastily retrieved his gourd and saw that the man wanted to escape, so he sent out his Pre-Heavenly One Qi Grasping Hand, capturing him firmly!
The wooden element fell on the rock where the gray-clothed man was, and the silver-white gourd was still placed on top of it. The black air continued to emerge from it, and with a casual gesture, he sealed the mouth of the gourd with the Taiyi Five Smoke Fantasy Light, and then dispersed the dark air that filled the sky with his true energy!
Zha Yun'er originally relied on her two cold light hooks to protect herself. Although she had cultivated her Qi to the first level of perfection and her meridians were unblocked, after all, she was still a novice in her cultivation, and her magical powers were no match for her opponent's. This time, it could be said that she narrowly escaped death. When she looked up again, she saw a figure in green robes, not Mu Yuan, but someone else. The treacherous environment suddenly turned into an unexpected reunion, and her heart was filled with joy. She quickly jumped onto the rock and exclaimed, "Mu Big Brother, what are you doing here?"
Mu Yuan saw her energetic appearance and felt a few points of joy in his heart, "You're making progress very quickly, your whole body's meridians are already unblocked, which is beyond my expectations. How did you end up here fighting with this demon? I remember that Fei Long Zhai is very far from here."
Yun'er listened to Mu Yuan's praise and was overjoyed, her emotions overflowing from her words. Later, when Mu Yuan asked again, she slowly began to explain, "I also just came out recently, my father arranged a marriage for me, but I didn't want it, so I ran away. When I passed through a village, I heard that there was an evil person stealing babies, so I tracked him down and found him using the baby to practice dark magic. In a fit of rage, I fought with him, if you hadn't appeared, Mu brother, I'm afraid I wouldn't have seen you again!"
Mu Yuan's eyes scanned the surroundings, and only then did he realize that around this rock, there were several strange stone pillars with fresh blood on them, as well as a series of iron chains, but no sign of the baby. With a swift motion, Mu Yuan seized the grey-robed man and slammed him to the ground. The mountain valley was filled with rocks, uneven and rough, and even though the grey-robed man had achieved some level of spiritual power, he couldn't help but cry out in pain!
"This Taoist friend showed mercy, I am a disciple of the Seven Kills Sect in the southern wilderness, and I hope to see it on behalf of our sect leader, let's make an exception!"
The man in grey saw Mu Yuan easily destroy the Seven Killings Devil Smoke he had spent great effort to cultivate, and his heart was already racing with fear. Later, when Mu Yuan captured him effortlessly, he was even more terrified, only hoping to survive. Mu Yuan heard that he was from the Seven Killings Sect, but also asked about the reason, and finally understood the truth!
This grey-robed man was named Hu Jia, who came down the mountain with many fellow disciples to search for infants to cultivate the Seven Killing Demon Smoke. There were four others, but it's unknown where they went. Now, Hu Jia had already slaughtered more than 50 infants and needed to complete the number of 99 to fully achieve his goal. Mu Yuan heard this and his heart burned with anger, directly sealing off his meridians and throwing him into the Seven Killing Gourd. A moment later, a mournful scream was heard, but in an instant, Hu Jia had already been refined by the demon smoke into blood water!
