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Chapter 313 The Mountain Lord Returns to His Position, the White Deer Offers Fruit

After assigning the 'Orc Warrior' to the trio, Yuan Zhu gradually shifted his focus back to the [Mountain Lord's Domain].

When the new week began, he handed Yuan Tang over to Nie Yin early in the morning, asking the two of them to stay in the Frog Factory and take turns looking after the 'frog seedlings' in the five factories.

During this period, Yuan Zhu made two more trips to [Rain Academy] to replenish the 'frog seedlings' shortage in the new factory. The earliest batch of frog seedlings, under the continuous supply of high-grade feed, had completed their metamorphosis and grown into 'muscular monster frogs' with clearly defined muscle contours.

Each one was as big as a fist, croaking loudly. Only then did Yuan Zhu realize why such a large, long, and deep rectangular tank in the breeding area only housed about a hundred tadpoles. What a waste!

Looking back now, it was definitely a wise move.

More than ninety fist-sized 'muscle monster frogs' spend their days, besides eating, hopping around energetically in their breeding tanks. When they have nothing to do, they start fighting, attacking each other, and sometimes, when they get really angry, they can stand up straight and swing their forelegs to deliver a deliberate punch.

He exclaimed in disbelief, "This is incredible!"

These frogs are still in their adolescence. According to Nie Yin, if raised properly, each 'muscle monster frog' can grow to the size of a small dog, about the size of a football.

Furthermore, the larger the experimental frogs are, the greater their potential, making them more popular with colleges and commanding higher prices.

Imagine a hundred or so energetic 'soccer balls' bouncing around in a breeding tank, fighting wildly, squealing and squealing, huddled together eating and defecating. In their rage, they might even pick up a lump of poop and smear it on their forelegs to enchant them…

Looking at it this way, it's not an exaggeration to say that a hundred frog fry are being carefully cultivated in the breeding tank; in fact, it's a bit too crowded.

...

After handing over the chaotic "Frog Farm" to the two women, one older and one younger, Yuan Zhu, the only man in the family, acted like a hands-off manager, disappearing without a trace as he burrowed into the lush mountain swamp.

He has more important things to do than the repetitive task of raising frogs.

After a week of settling, the 36 Heavenly Gang Formation remaining inside the Yinshan Mountain has completely completed its fine-tuning process and has deeply integrated with most of the Yinshan Mountain.

Now, Yuan Zhu doesn't even need to enter the cave carved into the mountain. Simply stepping into the very edge of the 'Yin Sha Land' is enough to put him in the 'Mountain Lord's' rightful place.

It can unconditionally control everything within most of Yinshan Mountain, including mobilizing the shadow power within the constantly developing, spreading, and diffusing [stone blood vessel channels] inside the mountain.

In a traditional cultivation world, he successfully created and endowed an ordinary mountain peak with upgrade potential with a meridian system at the 'mountain' level. This could also be a 'spiritual vein' or a nascent 'spiritual stone vein'.

Even if he is unable to expand the 'spiritual vein' further, he can still upgrade this [Yin Mountain] that belongs to him in a focused manner, step by step, into a 'spiritual mountain' that can be called by name.

As the saying goes, a mountain is not valued for its height, but for the immortals dwelling there; water is not valued for its depth, but for the dragons residing within. He has already completed the finishing touch on the description of Yinshan.

Furthermore, the entire Yinshan Mountain can be seen as the external shell of the Tiger Demon. Through its internal stone blood vessels, it breathes in and out the pollution in the Shadow Layer, cultivating immortality through pollution, refining pure Shadow Spiritual Energy that flows and is stored within the mountain, allowing it to marinate itself.

Ultimately, it can not only solidify and crystallize to give birth to the [Shadow Spirit Stone Vein], but also use the 'mountain' as a base to open up a [Blessed Land] and embark on a path to becoming an Earth Immortal, similar to [Huangtian and Kunlun].

At worst, the entire Yinshan Mountain can be transformed through endless tempering. The mountain can be directly refined into the natal magic weapon of the Mountain Lord, ascending to heaven and becoming a 'floating mountain' or 'flying peak' in the world of cultivation.

Even without following the "Yellow Heaven Law" and the "Kunlun Earth Immortal Law," this "Super Yin Mountain" would most likely be able to "ascend" on its own, taking the surrounding scenic spots (cold pools, waterfalls, etc.) with it into the "Spirit Realm" to plunder the spiritual energy of heaven and earth (pollution) and continue to develop and grow.

If the range of the [Mountain Lord's Domain] can be further expanded, and the subsequent [72 Earthly Fiends Array] can be installed, the 13 mountain peaks surrounding the cold pool inside the 'Yin Fiend Land' can be brought under absolute control, and [Stone Vein Spiritual Veins] can spread and grow inside the mountains.

Therefore, the Tiger Demon is no longer a Land God who controls a solitary peak; but a Mountain Lord who controls a small mountain range and influences a local ecosystem.

The 'spiritual veins' nurtured by the Yinshan Mountains can be considered the smallest units of 'dragon veins'. This perfectly matches the advancement requirements for 'Kunlun Earth Immortals', who govern a 'small ecosystem' of a region.

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At this moment, Yuan Zhu, who had returned to the mountain like a tiger, had already crossed the river on a single reed, traversed the cold pool, and arrived at the stone path of Yinshan, where he felt an unparalleled connection to his bloodline.

The demonic insects lurking in the shadows became active, awakening from their slumber, and continued to excavate the outermost parts of the mountain, digging out the array nodes to bury the insect pillars, according to the Earthly Fiend Array Diagram tailored for the Yinshan terrain in the Great Wilderness Immortal Scripture.

Continuing up the steps, he saw a large number of awakened [Shadow Eggplant Spirits].

These corrupted goblins look no different from ordinary goblins, except that their bodies are more heavily tainted with 'Shadow Pollution' and their flesh is filled with a large number of 'Shadow Eggplant Roots', with obvious traces of root parasitism visible through their skin.

These Shadow Eggplant plants have now taken root in Yinshan Mountain. Their roots have merged with the 'Shadow Spiritual Veins' within the mountain, receiving a continuous supply of spiritual energy. They climb and grow wildly on the shady side of the mountain, their purplish-black leaves covered with blood-red veins. Each Shadow Eggplant fruit hangs on the steep cliff face, adding a touch of vibrant life force to the scene.

Today, hundreds of eggplant spirits with empty, numb eyes hunch over, some holding brooms and meticulously sweeping the stone steps; others holding chisels, either continuing to widen the 'stone path' or carving shrines and murals on the mountainsides on both sides of the stone steps.

The tops of these "Eggplant Spirits" were pierced and emerged by seemingly delicate "Shadow Eggplant Seedlings," each unfurling one or two leaves. At the tailbone, a thicker, longer, and more resilient "black vine" pierced through them.

These 'vines' are like the cables behind EVA, one end connected to the mountainside of 'Shadowflame', the other end piercing through the goblin's body, completing 'Flameflame parasitism'. Even without food or water, they can maintain minimum vital signs through the nourishment provided by the 'Shadowflame'.

However, this 'semi-vegetative, parasitic state' does not provide the living goblins with a sense of satiety. The endless 'hunger' constantly bombards their nerves, bringing them endless suffering.

The eggplant spirits were eager to take initiative and search for food in the mountains. However, the 'charging vines' behind them were of limited length, and the entire 'Yinshan Mountain Range' was a 'land of yin and evil,' with only plants nourished by a faint death aura and not a single animal in sight.

There were no birds in the sky, no wild animals in the mountains, no fish in the pool... On the damp, moss-covered cliffs, there wasn't even a single slug.

Unless one is so hungry that they want to die, but are forcibly interrupted by the parasitic eggplant sprouts inside their body, they will reluctantly pluck a [Shadow Eggplant] and put it into their stomach, further aggravating the contamination and making them even more monstrous.

Seeing hundreds of [Eggplant Spirits] covering the mountains and fields, moving up and down the Yin Mountain like nimble macaques, some carving cliffs and collecting stones; some trimming eggplant vines; and some following behind the [Shadow Demon Insects], constantly picking up the rubble produced by digging holes... the originally gloomy and desolate [Yin Mountain] has come alive.

Seeing everyone so full of energy, Yuan Zhu felt extremely gratified. While the [Eggplant Spirit's] physical abilities, strength, endurance, and physical resilience were far inferior to the [Earth Spirit Warrior's], under the influence of extraordinary pollution, they already far surpassed ordinary people. Having so many 007 laborers, who neither eat nor drink, excavate Yinshan Mountain to build the [Mountain Lord Temple] was a perfect fit for their profession!

"Perfect!"

Kicking aside a lifeless eggplant spirit blocking the way, the eggplant spirit screamed and fell off the cliff in terror. It was then caught by vines extending from behind it, swaying back and forth, still shaken.

Before even reaching the cave halfway up the mountain, the auspicious white deer, sensing its master's return through the "Reversal Law," came running quickly up the stone steps, calling out joyfully.

It moves very fast, not entirely following the winding 'stone steps and mountain path', but instead, it will suddenly leap off the cliff, sprinting wildly along the steep rock face, much like a nimble ibex. It is a rock climbing champion with even more beautiful (snow-white) fur and more elegant movements.

After sensing the white deer's movements through [Anti-Law], Yuan Zhu looked up and clearly saw that the white deer, after a week of recuperation, had fully recovered its vitality and adapted to the 'spiritual energy (shadow pollution)' environment of [Yinshan]. The two wounds on its neck that had once housed the [Deer-Head Sword] had now completely healed.

At the same time, the [Sword Qi Contamination] within its body still exists, but its proportion has dropped significantly, and after being refined a second time by [Anti-Law. Shadow], it has now become purer.

It can be clearly seen that when the white deer was running wildly down the cliff, its four hooves would always burst out with 'sword energy' when they touched the rock face. This was used to reduce the impact of the fall and to temporarily create a foothold that it could use.

Therefore, no matter how steep the mountain is or how physics-defying its movement may be, it can temporarily cut and create a point of leverage to ensure that it does not lose its center of gravity and actually fall off the cliff.

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This white deer, once without roots or knowledge of sword cultivation, was raised as a 'mount and sword case' in the Misty Mountains. To survive and avoid being corrupted and distorted, it instinctively found the 'Deer-Head Sword,' which then possessed it, causing it to secrete special hormones and become a submissive male father figure, thereby suppressing its abnormality and distortion.

By nurturing two 'Good Son Flying Swords', he managed to suppress the sword energy pollution within his body. Fortunately, he lacked the proper method, and after many years of wasting time, his 'sword path pollution' remained unsystematic and had not yet reached the standard of a [seed], thus preventing him from becoming a sword immortal.

Now, with the 'parasitic flying sword' removed from its body, it has received a more systematic and standardized blessing from the [Anti-Law]. It is now resting and recuperating in the [Mountain Lord's Cave], which is rich in 'shadow spiritual energy', under the control of its master.

So, Bai Lu, relying on the external [Brain Eggplant CPU] to awaken her intelligence, very proactively and obediently accepted the [Anti-Law]. She quickly and naturally learned how to use the [Anti-Law] to restrain the 'sword energy pollution' within her body and add 'shadow power' to refine it a second time.

The current Bai Lu can be seen as a 'private version' of the [Law-type Extraordinary].

Zhou Chu uses the Pale Law as his backing, weaving a set of laws to bind Knight-type Ability Users through daily self-discipline. He can capture and refine a 'Summoned Knight' of his own, which can even be worn as armor.

The auspicious white deer of today uses [Anti-Law.Shadow] as its private server backend. Without needing to weave [Laws] through self-restraint, it can directly sell its soul to its master and mobilize [Anti-Law Power] to capture and restrain the 'Sword Dao Contamination' within its body.

Before it completely erodes the soul and forms a [seed] (becoming a [Sword Immortal]), it is first incorporated into one's own [Law System] and refined into a [Natural Shadow Sword Qi!]

Yuan Zhu judged that this [Shadow Sword Qi] was a 'composite pollution' jointly created by [Anti-Law, Shadow] and [Sword Dao]. Furthermore, [Anti-Law] held absolute control, followed by the [Tiger Demon.Shadow System], while [Sword Dao] had the least presence.

Therefore, Bai Lu is not a 'demon cultivator sword immortal', but rather an 'anti-law user' whose 'contamination system' is not yet clearly defined.

If Yuan Zhu perfects the 'Shadow System' of the 'Boss Template', he can teach it to Bai Lu, making it a disciple of the 'Tiger Demon' and subject to the control and constraints of the 'Anti-Law'; he can also teach it a more systematic and complete 'Sword Cultivation Method' to continue the path of 'Anti-Law. Shadow Sword Immortal' and be controlled by the 'Anti-Law'.

In addition, more extraordinary systems can be selected and advanced under the investment and control of [Anti-Law].

"YoYo!"

Seemingly quite satisfied with its current state, the white deer, with a string of 'Shadow Eggplant Fruits' in its mouth, jumped in front of Yuan Zhu, rubbing against his body with its antlers. Then it placed the Shadow Eggplants in front of him, gesturing for him to eat them quickly.

“Good dog!”

Seeing Xiangrui's fawning and ingratiating side, Yuan Zhu couldn't help but smile happily and reached out to stroke its soft fur. It felt really nice! It was just a little dirty though.

Without making a sound, he withdrew his arm and rubbed his grime-covered palms against his lower back. This thing only looked pretty; upon closer inspection, it had a strange smell, a mixture of dust and dampness, probably from living in the cave for so long.

Hearing its master's praise, the white deer tilted its head, revealing a shocked expression: "!??"

What the hell is this "good dog" nonsense? Have you thought I've been completely clueless these past few days?!

Yuan Zhu understood its gaze and said in surprise, "You understand what I mean? I mean, you know what a 'dog' is?!"

To prove she truly understood, Bai Lu even set aside her pride and looked up at him, barking, "Woof! Woof! Woof!"

At this moment, Yuan Zhu was stunned! This thing's intelligence was so high that it could perfectly express just how high its intelligence was with only three syllables! Its expressive ability was too concise and clear!

As far as he knew, while some of the animal races of the Spirit Realm had indeed been distorted and deformed by 'contamination,' growing into powerful [extraordinary monsters] with considerable intelligence, they were still ultimately beasts, far less intelligent than humans.

Animals can transform into monsters with extraordinary powers, but it's difficult for them to cross the chasm and become 'intelligent beings'. The concept of 'monsters' doesn't exist in this world.

Those seemingly sentient "monsters," or even beast-headed humanoids, are actually products of reverse bestialization and mutation resulting from human exposure to different types of pollution. If these "monsters" and "intelligent beasts" originating from humans were to multiply and thrive, they would give the illusion of animals transforming into spirits.

Therefore, Bai Lu's displayed extraordinary intelligence is quite outrageous.

Snake: "It's all thanks to the [Brain Eggplant CPU] + [Anti-law]! You can also see it as you forcibly endowing it with 'goblin-level' intelligence, which falls into the category of intelligent species degenerating into beasts and demons."

"Yo-yo!" The white deer urged Yuan Zhu again, signaling its master to quickly eat the shadow eggplant and accept its kindness.

"I appreciate the thought, but this stuff is for goblins. I'm not eating it."

"???" Bai Lu tilted her head, her eyes filled with confusion. She couldn't understand it at all!
This time, the white deer displayed an intelligence befitting its status.

(End of this chapter)