Leng Mushi could almost feel the coldness of the bone sword. The sword pierced through Xiao Mian's chest and seemed to be going down all the way, almost splitting him in half.
She guessed that the illusion of holding a bone sword and killing Xiao Mian was woven for her by the Huansheng Fox to disturb her mind, but the illusion was too real. She could even smell the blood on Xiao Mian's body and sense the shock in her heart at that moment.
However, as Leng Mushi gradually extracted the magic of the phantom fox, the illusion quickly fell apart. And as the cries of the phantom fox in the alchemy furnace became weaker and weaker, the phantom stones in the entire phantom fox's lair also began to gradually dim.
The extremely pure spiritual power in Leng Mushi's alchemy furnace became more and more concentrated. It was the spiritual power of the Fantasy Stone extracted from the nest of the Fantasy Fox through the Fantasy Fox.
After these spiritual powers overflowed from the mustard seed furnace, they were fed back to Leng Mushi. Her torn meridians were repaired, and her soul, which was bitten through by the tender but sharp teeth of the illusion fox, was also restored to its original state with this abundant spiritual power.
More and more disciples began to wake up, and the entire phantom fox lair began to crack and even vibrate and fall off the walls due to the extraction of spiritual energy.
Soon the whole nest began to shake, and the walls of the illusionary stone that had lost their spiritual light began to crack like a spider web. Almost all the disciples woke up, but Xiao Mian was still blocking the entrance of the cave, holding a long sword and not allowing anyone to approach the cave. Facing all the disciples, including his own master Leng Tianyin and Yi Tu Xingzhou, his face was solemn.
Xiao Mian never looked back. He didn't know that Leng Mushi no longer needed his protection. Not to mention that the disciples who were controlled by the magic fox had already woken up from the illusion because of the magic power they had left. Even if they were still bewitched, no one could get close to Leng Mushi.
Pure spiritual power that is comparable to an entire spiritual vein is pouring into her meridians frantically. The meridians cannot withstand the tearing, but are instantly healed by the abundant spiritual power. Leng Mushi suffers repeatedly in pain, and her meridians become wider and wider until they can accommodate all the spiritual power flowing.
Soon, these spiritual powers overflowed from Leng Mushi's body and began to form a strong wind around her that was enough to crush everything, swirling around Leng Mushi.
She is about to advance. No cultivator can attack another person when he is advancing. Even when the lowest-level disciple is advancing, a powerful cultivator cannot hurt him.
Therefore, at this moment, she did not need Xiao Mian to fight for her anymore. She was in an invincible state, and the spiritual energy gusts rotating around her body could smash any spiritual weapon.
The shattered and chaotic illusion fox barrier finally shattered. At the same time, the spiritual light around Leng Mushi finally shot straight into the sky.
In the demon clan's ruins, there were no birds representing auspiciousness that could come and surround them. Instead, after the cave they were in completely collapsed, the demon birds flew up and were completely crushed by the spiritual light. They turned into wisps of black smoke in the air and were blown away by the wind.
The disciples were exposed to the rising light of dawn. They looked up in astonishment and saw the Yin-Rhinoceros Demon Birds rushing towards the spiritual light like moths attracted to the light, but were all turned into ashes by the advanced spiritual light.
After one wave passed, the disciples picked up their weapons and were preparing to fight, when a second wave of spiritual power burst out from Leng Mushi's body.
"Advanced two levels in a row..." Ni Hanyan from the Joy Sect looked at Leng Mushi with a complicated expression, with doubt in her eyes, and murmured, "Are all alchemists so powerful now?"
The Buddhist practitioners of Zhenwu Temple, led by Bu Jin, also offered their magical weapons one by one, but they were unable to use them at all. They just stared at Leng Mushi in a daze.
She faced the alchemy furnace and advanced two levels without even opening her eyes. The pure spiritual energy surrounding her reached the level of white mist visible to the naked eye. She was unable to absorb all of it, so it all rushed towards the sky.
What a waste! But at this moment, no one dared to step forward to rub against this spiritual power, fearing that they would fail and be injured by Jinba's spiritual power.
On the other hand, the disciples of Taichu Sect, although they also showed expressions of envy, did not look overly surprised. They had seen people advance to the next level before, so advancing to the next level was not a surprise at all.
On the contrary, You Zishu's usually expressionless face revealed a hint of surprise. Only cultivators who have cultivated to the Moon Level and above would know how difficult it is to advance to the Moon Level. It is simply not comparable to the advancement from the Sun Level to the Moon Level. The higher a cultivator advances, the higher they are, step by step.
Leng Mushi's cultivation level has advanced two levels in a row, which is rare in the entire world of cultivation, even in ancient records.
But it was not over yet. Before the alchemy furnace was opened, an extremely powerful spiritual light burst out from Leng Mushi's body again. In the rising morning light, it dazzled the eyes of all the disciples. He actually advanced to another level.
"Advanced three levels in a row!" Disciples of Taichu Sect exclaimed continuously and shouted loudly with pride.
Xiao Mian stood closest to Leng Mushi. He looked at Leng Mushi intently. Amidst the ruins, he did not close his eyes or cover his eyes with his arms like other disciples. His eyes were dazzled by the strong spiritual light and tears came out of his eyes, but he did not look away.
For a moment, he couldn't tell which one was more dazzling, Leng Mushi or the rising sun between the sky and the earth.
He was looking directly at his sun with tears in his eyes.
Leng Mushi advanced directly from the upper grade of Moon Level to the peak of Moon Level. He was only one step away from entering the ranks of Sun Level powers.
After three waves of spiritual power exploded from her body, the Yin-Rhino Demon Birds that originally covered the sky were almost all turned into smoke and dust by the spiritual light. The remaining small waves gathered together, and it was very easy for the disciples to clean them up.
The entire cave collapsed, but fortunately the disciples opened the barrier and there were no casualties. The phantom fox that had bewitched all the disciples had lost its voice in Leng Mushi's alchemy furnace.
She could have simply drained its demonic power and killed it, but when it only had its last tail left, Leng Mushi opened her eyes and stopped.
The sound of the furnace opening was even more earth-shaking than the thunder caused by Bu Jin, but Leng Mushi would not be blown away by the furnace again. She stood firmly in front of the furnace and injected the remaining demonic power and spiritual power in the furnace into the pills emitting red-gold light.
The pills are ready, sixty-three in total.
Leng Mushi smiled and opened her storage bag. All the red-gold pills flew into her storage bag.
Finally, she reached out her hand and pulled the dying fox, whose fur had been burned by the spirit fire and stuck to its skin, out from the bottom of the automatically shrinking alchemy furnace by its neck skin. She sneered softly, "It's so ugly, like a dead mouse."
The phantom fox still had some consciousness. After hearing Leng Mushi's words, it kicked its legs and almost died of anger.
Its only remaining tail was hooked tightly between its legs, like a frightened stray dog. It clamped its tail tightly between its legs and dared not make a sound, shivering like a burnt ball.
"Since you didn't actually eat any of my disciples, I'll spare your life." Leng Mushi said, "But you must avenge the bite on me."
Leng Mushi turned around and saw Leng Tianyin, who was supported by Yi Tu and Xing Zhou, with a pale and miserable face. She didn't dare to look Leng Mushi in the eye. After waking up from the illusion, she remembered clearly what she had done. She actually strangled her sister's neck and tried to kill her! My sister would never forgive her in her life...
Leng Tianyin was also shaking with fear, and to some extent, he was exactly the same as the little thing that Leng Mushi was holding with two fingers.
Leng Mushi walked to Leng Tianyin's side, glanced at her, and threw the little fox directly to her.
"You want me to give it back to you, right?"
Leng Mushi threw the phantom fox, which looked like a little gray mouse, to Leng Tianyin. Leng Tianyin caught it subconsciously, and then tears began to flow out as if a floodgate had been opened.
She practiced so hard and vowed that no matter what kind of danger she encountered in the future, she would never let her sister take it again. But in the end, the ability she had worked so hard to cultivate was used against Leng Mushi. This made her wish she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into. She was so ashamed that her eyes almost bled.
"Sister... I'm sorry!" Leng Tianyin lowered her head and said, "I'm useless, I... ah!"
Leng Mushi was too lazy to talk nonsense with her. The other disciples were dealing with the remaining Yinxi Demon Birds. Leng Mushi grabbed Leng Tianyin's pale fingers, pulled out the small animal bone knife from her boots, and slashed directly at Leng Tianyin's fingertips.
Blood immediately flowed out. Leng Mushi grabbed Leng Tianyin's hand and quickly drew a formation to conclude a mount contract in the air. Then, he pinched the head of the Huansheng Fox that was heading towards Leng Tianyin's arms and tapped it directly on the forehead.
With a flash of inspiration, the runes disappeared and the contract was established.
Leng Tianyin's eyes quickly flashed across the original fur color of the Huansheng Fox. The Huansheng Fox's burnt fur quickly grew back and it turned into a fluffy little thing, and it crawled into Leng Tianyin's arms.
"Don't you like it? Then keep it for fun." Leng Mushi put away the dagger after saying that, but he lowered his head to look at the animal bone dagger and paused. He couldn't help but think of the scene he saw in the illusion of the Huansheng Fox.
The bone sword pierced Xiao Mian's chest, but he still looked at her with that gentle gaze.
Leng Mushi put away the dagger and then looked for Xiao Mian among the crowd.
She didn't know how to face him. If he was destined to disappear after the devil awakened, then what would be the outcome between them
She could extract dead souls, she could extract life force and dead energy, and she should be able to extract human souls, but she just didn't know how to extract a wisp of intangible consciousness. Maybe... she couldn't keep him at all.
Xiao Mian was working with other disciples to kill the last circling Yinxi Demon Bird. The disciples were temporarily safe, but in this barrier where demons were rampant, the big commotion just now would soon attract other demons and beasts.
"We have to leave here as soon as possible," You Zishu looked around, then stood on a high rock and said to everyone, "I'm trying to contact the outside world. Rescue disciples from various sects are on their way, but even if they arrive soon, it will take some time to activate the formation from the outside."
You Zishu stated a cruel fact with his expressionless face, "Next, we will have to stay in this barrier for a few more days until the Demon Clan Ruins are opened from the outside, and then we can go out."
"But since we can't let the demon beasts in this secret realm get out and cause trouble for the human race, the rescue disciples may have to go in batches, first capturing most of the demon beasts that are likely to escape after the secret realm is opened, and then imprisoning them with formations. We must also do our best to help, so that we can get out faster."
After You Zishu finished speaking, the disciples of Huanxi Sect and Zhenwu Temple discussed it with each other and finally decided to go together so that their military forces would not be dispersed and it would also help protect the low-level new disciples.
After discussing the decision, everyone quickly got ready. This time they were going to head towards the high-level training ground. After all, that was the nearest exit that could be opened from the outside.
Now that demons and beasts are running around, it’s hard to tell where is safe...
While they were talking, the disciples suddenly felt the ground shaking. They turned around and saw a unicorn as tall as a room running towards them.
The disciples of the three sects quickly formed a formation and retreated, but they couldn't help but feel deeply panicked. This thing was too big, and it was obvious that it was not a monster that the beginner disciples could deal with.
It had scales on its back, and half of the mountain shook as it ran. The force of a single collision could cause the mountain to collapse. They didn't have enough high-level disciples, and the one who had just advanced was an alchemist who wasn't good at fighting. What could they do
You Zishu and the other two sect leaders took the lead, the snow spirit trembled slightly in his hand, and the low-level disciples hid behind a large row of fantasy fox caves that had not yet completely collapsed, seeing that the unicorn monster was about to rush towards them!
A protective formation was formed, emitting the light red of the Huanxi Sect, the red gold of the Zhenwu Temple, and the pure white of the Taichu Sect, forming a shield in mid-air. It was unknown whether it could withstand the powerful impact of the unicorn monster.
After all, they couldn't run. If so many low-level disciples started running, who knows how many would be trampled to death. If they really ran away, they might not survive in this secret realm.
So I can only try my best to fight it.
However, just when the unicorn was about to hit the protective shield, an earth-shaking roar came from the bushes not far away. Some of the disciples with low cultivation levels were so shocked that their ears started buzzing and bleeding.
The next moment, a landslide-like vibration was heard. The disciples closed their eyes one after another, but the imagined scene of two monsters attacking together did not appear. Instead, the monster that rushed out from the bushes rushed straight towards the unicorn monster.
The two monsters soon fought each other, rolling further and further away from their protective shield. The disciples were grateful for surviving a calamity, but they couldn't help but feel confused.
At this time, the protective shield formed by the three sects was put away, and Bu Jin stepped forward to explain to everyone, "The one who helped us drive away the unicorn beast just now should be the puppet beast."
You Zishu nodded, "That should be the case. When I contacted the sect, they immediately sent people to rescue us. At the same time, they also turned the puppet beasts controlled by the sect into our guardian beasts."
You Zishu said: "In this Demon Clan Relics, there are countless puppet beasts used by various sects for trials. We are not fighting alone."
Upon hearing this, the panic in the disciples' hearts was immediately alleviated to a great extent. If these puppet beasts were transformed into guardian beasts, then they would not be without chance of survival when crossing the intermediate and high-level training grounds.
The sound of fighting gradually disappeared, the unicorn beast ran away, and the puppet beast was seriously injured in the battle and soon disappeared not far away. The disciples got ready to set off again. They planned to cross the woods first and head towards the intermediate training ground.
"The forest can at least alleviate the attacks of large demon beasts and birds, but we still need to be extra careful," Ni Hanyan from the Joyful Sect opened the scent bags of the Joyful Sect disciples and sprinkled them on the disciples walking on the periphery. "These can drive away some snakes, insects, rats and ants, but they have a confusing effect. Everyone should just stop thinking about their lovers."
The disciples couldn't help but laugh when they heard this. After all, they were really lucky. After entering the Demon Clan's ruins, they encountered so many dangers, but they were all just escaped unharmed.
After experiencing the incident with the Illusion Fox, the Illusion Stones even healed their wounds, so they were neither killed nor injured. It was impossible for them not to have a sense of luck. Even though they were still panicked and scared, they were in the mood to smile at such a time.
"I thought that what Huanxi Zong brought were just sachets, but it turns out that they can also repel snakes, insects, rats and ants... I just can't help thinking about my sweetheart. What will happen if I really think about it?"
Ni Hanyan smiled and said, "It won't be a big deal. It will be hard at best. You've already experienced the illusion of the Huansheng Fox. Are you still afraid of walking with a spear in hand?"
There was another round of laughter, and even Bu Jin showed a helpless look.
Sharing adversity together is indeed the best bridge to bring people closer together. The disciples of the three sects talked and laughed in low voices as they walked. They were truly grateful and were also trying to ease the uneasiness in each other's hearts. For a moment, they seemed to be from the same school. Even the obvious discord between the Joyful Sect and the Buddhist practitioners was drowned in this great disaster.
This patch of woods leads directly to the intermediate and advanced training grounds, and there is a cliff on the side of the woods.
Leng Mushi's cultivation was considered high among the disciples, but she was an alchemy practitioner and not good at fighting, and she was the one who saved everyone's lives. Although none of the cultivators came forward to say anything, as the saying goes, great favors do not require thanks, and they tacitly wrapped Leng Mushi in the middle of the team, with an obvious intention of protecting her.
Leng Mushi was not polite either. This was better. Staying away from Xiao Mian would help her sort out the chaotic thoughts in her mind.
If you find yourself in love with someone, and have even just made up your mind that you are willing to fight for his so-called destiny, you think that you are in love with each other, but you find that he is not even a person, without soul and vitality, just a wisp of remaining consciousness, what will you do
No one is not confused.
Especially Leng Mushi knew something was destined: Xiao Mian was destined to awaken the demon in this secret realm. In other words, the person she liked would soon disappear with the awakening of the demon.
Leng Mushi didn't know what to do. She even began to doubt the existence of the so-called rules, the so-called stories, and the so-called fate.
Xiao Mian was helping the disciples clear the way at the periphery, with the scented powder of the Joyful Sect sprinkled on his body. He kept looking at Leng Mushi vaguely, but Leng Mushi did not meet his gaze. She didn't know how to face him.
The more affectionate Xiao Mian was, and the more he tried to hide his confusion and deep love for her for suddenly ignoring him, the more Leng Mushi wanted to escape.
She is protecting herself.
She was afraid of the end and the loss, so she chose not to start.
As long as she doesn't start, she hasn't lost.
Leng Mushi thought coldly, I am destined not to retain even a trace of consciousness, so why should I torture myself
But love is the only thing that cannot be hidden in this world. Even though she was determined not to suffer herself, she couldn't help but keep looking at Xiao Mian. She couldn't help but look at his lonely and sad back as he didn't get a response from her.
Leng Mushi couldn't help but feel a tearing pain in her heart, wondering why such a good person was not even a human being, nor a demon. Even if he was a demon, a devil destined to harm the human world, she would still risk her life to try to accompany him for a while.
But he was as beautiful as an illusion, and equally fragile as a bubble. He was beautiful and colorful under the calm sunshine, but would be shattered into nothing in an instant once he encountered a violent storm. She couldn't even call back his soul and trace his reincarnation.
So, while the disciples were walking together, the two people's hearts were not connected, but they were pulled and stung in the same way. Leng Mushi's pain was because she had seen things that she shouldn't have seen, while Xiao Mian's pain was not because of the unbearable fragrance of the Huanxi Sect's powder, but because of the tearing pain in his heart.
The person he loved was not far away, but for some reason she refused to look at him again. He couldn't help thinking about her, couldn't help feeling emotional and sad, and her heart was tearing at him, causing him to walk with difficulty and his face turned pale.
"Junior brother, what's wrong with you?" Yi Tu supported Xiao Mian, who was stumbling while holding his chest, and asked him, "Are you injured?"
The corners of Xiao Mian's eyes were red, that was because he was suppressing his heartache. He did not deny it and nodded.
Yi Tu said, "Then you go to the inner circle. Xingzhou and I will take care of this place."
Xiao Mian was pushed to the inner circle and bumped into Leng Tianyin.
Leng Tianyin was holding the phantom fox in his arms, his face also full of worry. Xiao Mian was the one who knew the phantom fox best among these people. When he saw the little thing in Leng Tianyin's arms that had recovered a lot, he knew the condition of the phantom fox.
Seeing the melancholy between Leng Tianyin's brows, Xiao Mian didn't want her to misunderstand Leng Mushi, so he said: "The Huansheng Fox was born with a strong cultivation base. Even if its magic power was extracted and only one tail was left, it is still very powerful after recovery. Your sister made a contract with it for you because she wanted it to be able to protect you in times of crisis. It still has one tail left. After it recognizes you as its master, it can sacrifice its life for you and save you from danger."
After Xiao Mian finished speaking, Leng Tianyin stared at him stupidly, tears falling down her face, sobbing rapidly, and she didn't know how to react.
She had treated her sister like that, and her sister still did this for her. Leng Tianyin didn't dare to look for Leng Mushi's figure, fearing that she would lose her composure, so she just hugged Huanshenghu tightly and choked softly.
Upon hearing the voice, Yi Tu hurried over to comfort him, but Xiao Mian turned to look at Leng Mushi.
Coincidentally, this time he happened to meet Leng Mushi's gaze, because from Leng Mushi's perspective just now, it was Xiao Mian who spoke tenderly to Leng Tianyin, and Leng Tianyin looked so pitiful with tears in her eyes.
Leng Mushi turned her eyes away coldly. Xiao Mian was startled and realized that she had misunderstood, but then he was happy again, because she still cared!
Xiao Mian squeezed in between the disciples and wanted to explain to Leng Mushi. At this moment, the team in front suddenly stopped, and there were continuous gasps. A disciple said, "I stepped on something... Oh my God, run... Run!"
"Everyone calm down and follow me to form a formation—" You Zishu suddenly infused the snow spirit in his hand with spiritual power and drew runes in the air at a very fast speed.
However, the formation had not yet been formed. It was almost like a dead tree. At first glance, it was impossible to tell whether it was a tree trunk or something else. It began to sway under the disciples' feet.
Then, a huge monster slowly emerged among the trees that were originally empty.
It slowly raised its upper body in front of the disciples, casting a shadow that blocked out the sky and the sun.
It has five tails, spiked wings on its back, and a dragon head on its long neck. It roars like a dragon. The low-level disciples are directly shocked by the dragon roar, and their inner spiritual power is violent, and they spurt out blood.
"This is... the five-tailed demon dragon that destroyed the barrier array of the training ground!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone went crazy and panicked, running away in all directions like ants in a pot of fried rice.
The author has something to say: Leng Mushi: Ha, are you in such a hurry to hook up before the demon awakens