The road is vague

Chapter 403 The Shadow Mask
When Li Mo returned to the Sun Ship, the Thousand-Faced King, Princess Dai, Liao Qunan, Zhao Ping'an, and the Golden Turtle Master had all regained their memories.

"elder brother!"

Liao Qunan was the most distressed. He let out hysterical howls and pounded his fists on the floor, clearly heartbroken.

Jin Gui Shangren and Zhao Ping'an were stunned, incredulous, and full of regret.

The fortune teller Mu Qianying and the spirit medium Pang Yi died in this way.

They had spent years together, developing a strong bond, and had agreed to work together and dream about the future after arriving in Middle-earth. Now, they were just one step away from achieving their goal.

"The Temple of the Year God".

He felt both resentment and fear towards the Temple of the Year. Fortunately, at that moment, Li Mo walked out of his dilapidated room.

Those who regained their memories realized that this Fellow Daoist Li seemed to have a far greater understanding of evil spirits than ordinary people.

He saved everyone on the ship.

Even the proud and arrogant Thousand-Faced King revealed a deep shock in his eyes when he saw Li Mo behind his silver mask.

The recovery from his two bouts of amnesia made him clearly aware of the crises he had experienced.

This is not a battle surrounded by powerful enemies, but a desperate situation of order.

"Thank you so much, Fellow Daoist Li, for saving my life!"

The Golden Turtle Master and Zhao Ping'an looked solemn and clasped their hands in unison, saying the same thing.

A hint of sadness lingered in Li Mo's eyes as he nodded to the two of them.

"In the Central Continent, although there are evil spirits everywhere, they are just minor evil spirits. Compared to the Temple of the Year God, they are insignificant. At least I have never heard of any evil spirit that can threaten Golden Core or Nascent Soul cultivators. It was really lucky that I was able to defeat it this time."

The evil spirits in Middle-earth primarily target the common people; their existence is a result of quantitative change leading to qualitative change, a phenomenon that has persisted from ancient times to the present.

After exchanging a glance, the Thousand-Faced King and Princess Dai also clasped their hands in greeting to Li Mo.

"As expected of a cultivator from the Great Qian Dynasty, we are deeply grateful and cannot express our thanks. Fellow Daoist Li, you previously invited my wife and me to carry out a secret mission with you, and promised to recommend us to the Great Qian Dynasty in return for our service. Today, my wife and I have accepted your invitation!"

The two men did this not only because of the life-saving grace, but because they saw the extraordinary potential that Li Mo possessed and that he would surely rise above others and attain an extraordinary status in the Great Qian Kingdom. It was only after this that they made such a decision.

It should be noted that the Thousand-Faced Bird clan had previously been hiding in the Chaos Forest of the Lost Continent, living a life of seclusion.

Even so, they could not escape the clutches of the Chaoge tribe. This made the Thousand-Faced King and Princess Dai realize that passively hiding would only lead to their death when they faced real disaster.

To truly fly wing to wing and live a carefree and happy life, one must find a powerful backer.

Since the goal is to find a powerful backer, the strongest one is naturally the best choice.

In their view, Li Mo was backed by the Holy Monarch Qian Yuan, a legendary late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator and the pinnacle of this realm, making him one of the best choices.

Upon hearing this, Li Mo showed a hint of relief.

"Please rest assured, gentlemen. As long as you assist me in completing the mission and make great contributions to the Great Qian Dynasty, I will definitely recommend you. With the protection of the Great Qian Kingdom, you can live a carefree life in the Eastern Ridge Wasteland."

He paused.

"However, there are some things I must explain in advance. For certain reasons, I have a formidable enemy in the Great Qian Dynasty. This person, like the two of you, is a descendant of an ancient demon who defected to the Great Qian Dynasty from the Eastern Ridge a thousand years ago. He is a chameleon with unbelievable assassination skills. Before I advance to the Nascent Soul stage, he will always be a threat."

Princess Dai smiled softly upon hearing this.

"Now that my husband and I have pledged our allegiance to you, we will naturally do everything in our power to protect you. Moreover, with your talent and character, and the protection of your Nascent Soul stage avatar, I believe that advancing to the Nascent Soul stage is only a matter of time!"

After Li Mo chuckled, he couldn't help but reveal a hint of arrogance.

After experiencing many events on the Lost Continent, especially after witnessing the Evil Grass Order and imitating it by embedding the Dual Chaos Thunder Path, he was indeed quite confident in advancing to the Nascent Soul stage.

With careful preparation after returning to the Central Plains, advancing to the Nascent Soul stage will surely be a piece of cake.

"That being said, I still need to make proper preparations. After all, that chameleon is not only powerful in itself, but it is also a high-ranking official of the Great Qian Kingdom, wielding immense power. Therefore... I wish to use your feathers to forge a magical artifact. I wonder if you two are willing?"

Although the Thousand-Faced King had given Li Mo seven life essence feathers, the more feathers there were, the better when it came to crafting the Thousand Shadow Mask.

"can!"

After Princess Dai readily agreed, she made another request.

"However, my wife and I would like to participate in the process of refining magical artifacts together, and learn some of the artifact refining techniques of the human race in the Central Plains. I wonder if you would agree?"

"it is good."

"Fellow Daoist Li!"

Zhao Ping'an quickly bowed and said, "I am also a weapon refiner. I have long heard that the weapon refiners in the Central Plains are of extremely high skill, far surpassing us. May I observe their work?"

Upon seeing this, Venerable Golden Turtle also hurriedly expressed his desire to see it for himself.

These two were able to advance to the Golden Core stage in such a harsh place as the Lost Continent, which shows they have great potential. They will surely achieve great things when they arrive in the Central Continent. Li Mo naturally wanted to win them over and express his goodwill, so he agreed.

Liao Qu Nan, however, remained immersed in grief over his brother's death.

"Fellow Daoist Li, is my brother truly beyond saving?"

"Ugh."

Li Mo sighed and offered words of comfort.

three days later.

The once calm forbidden sea was suddenly swept by a fierce storm, and darkness, as if it were a tangible force, kept rushing into the sun boat. Fortunately, the shipwright Liao Qunan reinforced and protected it.

Even so, the solar boat suffered considerable damage.

Seven days later.

A meteorite fell from the sky, leaving a long trail of flame, and crashed into the forbidden sea.

The Forbidden Sea, which was originally as smooth as a mirror, rippled slightly. Then, as if these meteorites had struck an incomparably hard diamond, they exploded and dispersed the black mist.

The solar boat was about twenty miles away from the explosion site. Everyone was stunned and secretly felt lucky.

"what is that!?"

The Thousand-Faced King seemed to notice something and asked in horror.

Everyone looked over and saw a huge face, hundreds of feet long, appearing beneath the forbidden sea that reflected the starry sky.

It looked incredibly distorted and somewhat blurry, as if it wanted to leap out of the sea, but due to some unknown constraint, it quickly disappeared, just a fleeting moment.

Because Li Mo had witnessed the Jianmu tree causing high-level beings from other worlds to invade the Lu Kingdom's Heavenly Realm, he knew that the Mountain and Sea Realm was an extremely dangerous and unavoidable death world for other worlds, belonging to the center of the dark vortex. Therefore, he was somewhat mentally prepared.

But for the Thousand-Faced King, Princess Dai, Venerable Golden Turtle, Zhao Ping'an, and Liao Qu'nan, it was quite a shock.

"Could this be an ancient demon hiding here?"

Princess Dai guessed.

Li Mo shook his head, unable to give an answer.

This is the Forbidden Sea, a fragment of the former Misty Realm, transformed from a dream into reality by the Nine-Tailed Fox. It is the legendary primordial land of chaos brought by Xi and Nian, and it is probably not so simple.

half a month later.

A huge island appeared in the distance, with flickering lights on it, suggesting that it was inhabited.

"An island?" "Don't get close, go around it!"

Princess Dai's expression was extremely serious as she gestured to the Thousand-Faced King, "Have you forgotten about the cannibal island?"

One of the four great calamities of the Lost Continent is the so-called Cannibal Island, which is said to be a wild island that drifted out of the Forbidden Sea. If anyone lands on it, they will disappear completely overnight along with the island.

Upon hearing this, the Thousand-Faced King's expression changed immediately, and he hurriedly maneuvered his dilapidated Sun Ship to take a detour.

But at this moment.

Several blurry figures of light approached from the direction of the island, and after looking at the solar boat, they showed surprise.

"what?"

"Mirage?"

The group consisted of two men and two women, who stopped a dozen or so feet away from the solar boat, their voices clearly audible.

They actually mistook Li Mo and the others for a mirage.

Although these figures are in human form, their appearance is far from flattering. Their heads are extremely small, like a normal human with an apple on their back, and their head-to-body ratio is exaggerated to more than 1:20.

"We're really lucky to have encountered a mirage. But these people are all so ugly, they all have big heads like dolls. Strange, strange."

These people were openly discussing Li Mo and the others.

"Hehe, I think they look cute with their big heads."

"With such big heads and big mouths, they must eat a lot..."

Before the female cultivator could finish speaking, the lights and shadows vanished along with the distant island.

The Thousand-Faced King, Princess Dai, Venerable Golden Turtle, Zhao Ping'an, and Liao Qu'nan were still stunned, their eyelids twitching wildly. They had actually been told they were ugly by those strange humans.
Li Mo seemed to be thinking about something.

Could this also be a shadow world pioneered by some higher-level creature, where they hide and eke out a living?
However, now that the accident had passed, Li Mo hurriedly returned to his room and continued to work on refining the Thousand Shadow Mask.

A month later.

As a terracotta mask with feathers all around it took shape.

In an instant, the faces of everyone on the ship, including Li Mo, seemed to flip through a book.

From their childhood appearance to their adult appearance, it was as if everyone had flashed by in an instant.

"The Thousand Shadow Mask, a magic treasure of the True Nature type, is complete!"

The Thousand Shadow Mask is made of divine clay and combined with the feathers of a thousand birds. It is an orthodox magic weapon passed down from ancient cultivators. Wearing it allows one to have a thousand faces and a thousand shadows, and to enter and exit various occasions.

However, since the Returning to Truth type magic treasures have the characteristic of not being able to be contained, the Thousand Shadow Mask can transform a cultivator into any body shape and appearance. Therefore, the Returning to Truth characteristic will be covered by its own transformative characteristics.

"So powerful! This is definitely a top-tier magic weapon!"

After a brief moment of distraction, Zhao Ping'an said excitedly.

He had witnessed Li Mo's process of firing the terracotta figurine masks, working day and night on the thousand bird feathers, and his various weapon-refining techniques were miraculous. At this moment, his eyes were filled with reverence as he looked at Li Mo.

"It's finally done."

Li Mo smiled with satisfaction and gestured to the crowd.

"congratulations!"

"Congratulations!"

"With this Thousand Shadows Mask, you may go anywhere in the world!"

After offering their congratulations, King Qianmian, Princess Dai, Zhao Ping'an, and Venerable Jin Gui left. It had been so many days, they deserved a good rest.

After everyone left, Li Mo quickly entered the Misty Box.

"It's done!"

Almost the instant Li Mo spoke, a blob of colored ink rushed over and quickly merged with the Thousand Shadows Mask.

The true demon clone seemed to have been struggling for a long time, but could no longer hold on.

"Quickly use that drop of the evil herb great witch's blood!"

Upon hearing this, Li Mo immediately took out a jade bottle containing a drop of the essence blood of the Evil Grass Great Witch.

When the Evil Grass Great Witch descended with two projections, he only managed to collect two drops of essence blood. One drop was used up by the Deputy Commander of the Filthy Town's natal flying sword, and this is the last drop.

As the true demon avatar was replenished with the essence blood of the evil grass great witch, it let out a roar. Immediately, the originally gray terracotta mask was covered with colorful patterns, and various human faces appeared.

"There's no need to be sad. We were one from the beginning, and from now on, we will be one again."

The masked man murmured in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, Li Mo nodded, slowly picked up the mask, and put it on his face.

next moment.

Li Mo could clearly sense the filth of the evil grass's order.

The demonic blood of the true demon clone will form a demonic shell on Li Mo along with this mask. Not only will it be able to transfer all unfavorable factors to itself, but it will also attach its demonic body, insights, and the power of the evil grass order to Li Mo along with the mask, and the two will be integrated into one from then on.

influenced by.

Li Mo's understanding of the power of filth increased dramatically in an instant.

Li Mo almost immediately comprehended the evil grass and the Yin Thunder.

The characteristic of this Yin Thunder is its surprise attack.

Once the target is hit, it will be pulled into the mask space and confront the true demon clone. However, Li Mo will also temporarily lose the protection of the mask shell. It is a magic weapon sealing technique that does not require consideration of backlash.

He suddenly felt that the Daoist title of Thunder Tribulation True Man he had previously chosen might no longer be applicable, because this title was more inclined towards his Yang Thunder aspect and did not include his Yin Thunder insights.

With the Thousand Shadow Mask and the aid of the Dark Thunder Book, his Yin Thunder power will surely be continuously enhanced in the future.

If Yang lightning tends towards speed, violence, and destruction, then Yin lightning tends towards secrecy, continuity, and filth.

"No, this can no longer be considered the Thousand Shadow Mask. Perhaps... the Demon Shadow Mask would be more appropriate."

The moment Li Mo put on the mask, he not only instantly gained a shell of Nascent Soul stage spiritual pressure, but also transcended the realm of divination.

All divinations performed on him will be absorbed by the mask space.

Immediately afterward, Li Mo seemed to sense something. He slowly pulled his right hand back, and a dark gold spine-shaped greatsword appeared in his hand, with raging black flames rising into the air.

The mask, which created the true demon's avatar, actually brought this demonic weapon with it.

This surprised and amazed Li Mo, but it also gave him other ideas about the Flowing Gold Flying Sword.

Although this greatsword made of the spine is not of the highest yang nature, the original demon race possessed a kind of filth that could fuse all characteristics and transform them into divine characteristics, and this greatsword made of the spine was no exception.

Think of this.

Li Mo gently blew through the Shadow Mask, and a layer of pale fire quickly covered the spine greatsword, giving it some yin and yang qualities, but this was clearly not enough.

(End of this chapter)