First achieve immortality, then cultivate immortality.

Xu Mu seized the opportunity to escape and quickly moved away from the Thunder Mountain Range.

"Wow, this guy is amazing!"

I thought that with all my years of experience, I would have few rivals in the same realm.

After all, it has the "multiplier bonus" of "Red Sun Nine Luminaries" and the bonus of "Samadhi True Fire Technique", making it the genuine fire of the sun.

Unexpectedly, they ran into a tough opponent right away.

At this moment, he was grimacing, his clothes were charred black, and he had sustained some injuries.

The main problem was the lack of speed.

The lightning ball flew in front of him. Although the combination of the Crimson Sun Nine Luminaries and the Samadhi True Fire could withstand it, it could not stop the aftershocks of the explosion.

Fortunately, he ran fast enough that the surrounding spiritual energy was chaotic, so that guy should not be able to track him.

Just as he was looking for a place to heal his wounds, his gaze suddenly sharpened, and he said in a deep voice, "What brings you back, sir?"

The surroundings quieted down for a moment.

Only when his gaze fell upon him did a middle-aged man finally appear; it was the very cultivator who had just escaped.

The other party, with a thick skin, chuckled and said, "Fellow Daoist, your strength is extraordinary; you even know the art of observing qi."

"What do you want?" Xu Mu looked at him coldly.

The man smiled, cupped his hands, and said, "My name is Sun Zhijie. I was blind to your greatness just now. I never expected you to be so capable, fellow Daoist. You were able to fight against the Tiger Clan's little princess all by yourself. I am truly impressed. This is not something an ordinary rogue cultivator could do."

Xu Mu sneered: "You brought that little princess here, and you expect me to thank you? I'm injured now, but I can still kill someone."

Sun Zhijie remained calm and said with a light smile, "Killing one person is no problem, but what about the other three?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the other two revealed themselves and surrounded Xu Mu.

Xu Mu glanced at it and then let out a breath.

The cruelty of the cultivation world is such that wherever he goes, people kindly remind him of it.

"Come at me if you dare," he said coldly, six flying swords swirling around him.

The three men looked at each other, and were indeed somewhat wary.

But Xu Mu, as a rogue cultivator, was so powerful that they saw him as a fat sheep, perhaps possessing some treasure or powerful cultivation technique.

Taking advantage of his injury, the hyenas swarmed around him.

After exchanging glances, Sun Zhijie shouted, "Go!"

The three launched an attack simultaneously, one of whom used a rope as a weapon, which seemed to be specifically designed for control.

Xu Mu tried to cut his ropes, but failed. Instead, he was tied up with his sword and dragged away, losing control of the situation.

If he only had one sword, he would probably be in serious trouble now.

Xu Mu remained calm, descending from the air and wielding the other five swords, fighting and retreating simultaneously to adjust his posture and avoid being attacked from both sides.

The opponents were flying in the air, two of them wielding swords, but their swordsmanship was mediocre, lacking any sword intent. I'm afraid they might have some hidden sword techniques.

The man using the rope used water magic to conjure ice spikes for his attack.

Xu Mu also has two defensive magic treasures, which should be enough to block the attack.

"Use your ultimate move! Finish this quickly!" Sun Zhijie shouted.

The three of them made hand seals together, and in a short time, they missed the opportunity to suppress Xu Mu.

This was the moment Xu Mu had been waiting for.

The sword light flashed instantly, fast and sharp, as if it could cut through any obstacle in its path!

Sun Zhijie was the first to be hit. He was sliced ​​diagonally from the waist to the shoulder in an instant. His expression turned to astonishment and he froze completely.

The other two panicked upon seeing this.

Seeing Xu Mu make another starting stance, the two hurriedly withdrew and retreated. After exchanging a glance, they turned and ran.

When a pack of hyenas loses its leader, it loses its courage and can only scatter and flee.

Xu Mu breathed a sigh of relief, forced himself to move forward and touch the corpse, then quickly fled the scene.

Soon, the tiger woman followed the commotion and chased after him. Fortunately, Xu Mu ran fast, otherwise he would have been killed.

……

After finding a place to hide, Xu Mu quickly began to heal his wounds.

"Damn, the mortal realm is definitely a comfort zone. I went out and found it was raining all the time."

Now that he's home, he doesn't want to go out so easily again; he needs to accumulate more and more experience!

The sword I honed for six years has vanished again, and I have to start sharpening it all over again.

Finally, he looked at the spoils of war. There were two storage bags in total. One contained materials from the demon beasts, and the other contained Sun Zhijie's entire fortune for daily use.

There are a total of four magical treasures, including a magical treasure-level flying sword to compensate for the one that was taken away by the rope.

The two defensive magical artifacts were still relatively intact, replacing the two somewhat damaged defensive magical artifacts he had.

The last item is the Spirit Beast Ring, which is worn around the neck of a demon beast. It can contract and tighten around the neck, and can also explode, thus controlling the demon beast. At the same time, it allows the wearer to communicate with the demon beast's mind, which is beneficial for taming and commanding it.

"Interesting." Xu Mu examined and played with it carefully for a while.

He had seen this thing in a spirit beast shop before, and it seemed more like something for keeping pets.

The threat of strangulation and explosions is no longer a concern for powerful monsters.

Its most useful function is simply telepathy, which is beneficial for raising young animals.

If a bond can be cultivated from childhood, that's fine; otherwise, it's very easy for the child to turn against its master.

In the cultivation world, every year there are cultivators who are bitten to death by their own spirit beasts, which seriously affects the business of the spirit beast industry.

Otherwise, if it were absolutely safe, everyone in the cultivation world would have a pet beast long ago, and it would have become a game of beast taming.

Sun Zhijie probably fantasizes about taming a demon beast, which is why he wears this spirit beast ring.

Xu Mu felt it wasn't very useful, but it was interesting, so he kept it for now, thinking he might need it someday.

Then he emptied his storage bag and took out four spirit stones and some spiritual herbs for refining the Spirit Gathering Pill; all that was missing was the Spirit Gathering Fruit.

There is also a paper book that records the experience of alchemy.

It's clear that Sun Zhijie is an alchemist. He doesn't have a jade slip or other document-type magic item, so he can only write on paper.

After looking through it, Xu Mu burned the alchemy notes along with his clothes.

The harvest was only so-so.

After all, he was just an ordinary rogue cultivator, so it was hard to expect him to have any treasures.

"Sigh, overall, this trip was a loss. It's far less valuable than the 'Thousand Miles of Smoke and Clouds' that Lu Yiming gave us."

Looking back on the trip, I received a bottle of Spirit Gathering Pill from my senior sister, half a precious Golden Saint Mushroom, a high-level spell, and the rare friendship I formed with Lu Yiming.

Having come all the way to Wulei City, all I learned about was the market town.

After returning to the city, he sold the materials, bought two Youth Preservation Pills to take home, and that was it. He lost a six-year-old move, "Swordsmanship Before My Eyes."

After letting out a helpless sigh, Xu Mu got up and patted his butt.

"Let's go home first and discuss this further."

……

Upon returning to Wulei City, they paid the city entrance fee again, seemingly treating it as a tax.

After selling the monster materials and the two damaged defensive magic items, and adding the previous 288 talisman coins, minus the 10 city entry fee, I finally got 412 talisman coins.

I went to the Treasure Pavilion of the Qinglan Sect to buy two Youth Preservation Pills, which cost 360 coins. I had 52 coins left, not even enough to buy a low-grade spirit stone. I could only use that as my next city entrance fee.

In any case, the result is satisfactory.

The purpose of this trip was simply to find the market town, and I was prepared to take risks to make money.

It didn't take too long; only a little over seven months have passed since I left home.

"Alright, go home and continue farming. You should be able to break through to the seventh level of Qi Refining. Learn 'Thousand Miles of Clouds and Mist' again. Although you won't have the 'Swordsmanship Before My Eyes' skill, it's still a pure upgrade."

With that, Xu Mu embarked on his journey home, returning to his comfort zone.