Taoist cultivation begins with being a miner

She had long, icy-crystal-colored hair, snow-white skin, and wore a grayish-white dress, though it looked somewhat worn.

She had delicate features, with slender willow-leaf eyebrows, but her eyes were bluish-purple.

Even though her hair and eye colors are somewhat different, she is still a living, breathing human girl.

"You're human?" Lu Yan couldn't believe it. In the memories of that horned demon, he had never encountered a human, nor had he ever even heard of one.

The same applies to Star River Fortress; no demons have ever discussed the human race, nor are there any records related to the human race, as if they were completely unaware of the human race's existence.

"A person? What is that?" the girl asked when she saw that Lu Yan had stopped attacking.

"Where are you from?" Seeing that she had never heard of him, he asked in the language of the cultivation world.

But this time she didn't understand at all.

"Hand over the magic stone." The girl ignored Lu Yan and asked for the magic stone again.

"Not human? Could she be a special demon?" Lu Yan pondered to himself, unable to figure out her identity for a moment.

Her strength wasn't very high; Lu Yan could determine from their brief exchange that her strength was around a level six magic soldier, but her special abilities were quite good.

The released white mist can not only conceal her, making her undetectable, but also, when necessary, disrupt the enemy's senses and obscure her location.

If my divine sense hadn't been strong enough, I wouldn't have been able to sense the magical fluctuations the moment she made her move.

It's practically the best skill for an assassin.

"Since that's the case, let's take them down first and then ask questions." Right now, the other party is an enemy, not a friend, so I won't be soft-hearted.

Lu Yan quickly swung the Pickaxe of the Mining God and charged towards the girl.

Knowing she was no match for Lu Yan in close combat, the girl quickly rushed out of the house and conjured countless ice spikes to attack him.

"Clang clang clang~" But this little attack had little effect on Lu Yan, and the ice spikes were knocked down in a few swings of the pickaxe.

"They're fighting! They're fighting!" Such a commotion naturally attracted the attention of the surrounding demons, who all rushed out to watch the excitement.

"Holy crap! Why is it so cold?" The demons watching shivered instantly when they were touched by the white mist.

"What kind of demon is this? Why is it so strange?" Most of the demons were also dumbfounded when they saw this scene.

"It can release white mist, and it's so cold... I seem to remember it." An older winged demon looked at the girl thoughtfully.

"How do you know him?" the demon beside him asked.

"I've heard other demons talk about this before. They say these demons are frost demons from the far north, but we're so far from the far north, they shouldn't be here like this." The old winged demon was still a little unsure.

At this moment, Lu Yan encountered a new obstacle: the girl suddenly increased the concentration of the white mist.

The chill seemed to penetrate everywhere, attempting to freeze one's blood.

"How bizarre!" Lu Yan quickly mobilized all his qi and blood to resist.

I used to always challenge others who were above my level, but I never expected that today I would be challenged by someone who was above my level.

"Freeze!" The girl clenched her jade hand, and the surrounding white mist instantly gathered around Lu Yan, freezing him inside.

Seeing that Lu Yan was frozen in place, the girl breathed a sigh of relief and used her remaining magic to condense a large ice spike, aiming it at Lu Yan to end the battle.

"Boom!"

Before the girl could launch an attack, Lu Yan had already broken free of the ice seal with his own powerful strength.

"go!"

With a flick of her delicate hand, the girl sent a large ice spike hurtling straight toward Lu Yan.

"Clang~"

With a single swing of the Mine God's Pickaxe, the ice spike was shattered.

Seeing that she couldn't do anything to Lu Yan, the girl decisively retreated.

Lu Yan intended to give chase, but then he noticed several winged demons flying rapidly toward him from the sky. He had no choice but to turn around and run out of the fortress.

"Chase!" The winged demons ignored the girl after she fled and instead chased straight after Lu Yan.

This Star Moon Fortress can't compare to Worry-Free City. The patrolling guards are only level four or five magic soldiers, and there are no formations on the city walls.

Lu Yan quickly reached the outside of Star Moon Fortress, taking advantage of his speed.

However, the winged demons continued their relentless pursuit, even after they were more than ten miles away from Starmoon Fortress.

Seeing this, Lu Yan realized that he wouldn't be able to leave today if he didn't kill them.

So Lu Yan began to slow down, letting the winged demons get closer to him.

"Kill him!" Seeing their target slow down, several winged demons began to swoop down, their short swords ready.

"Shadow Overlay!" Seeing that they had been tricked, Lu Yan turned around and swung the Mining God's Pickaxe repeatedly. In an instant, several pickaxe energies were generated out of thin air and then scattered to attack the flying Winged Demons.

"Oh no! We've fallen for their trap!"

The winged demon in the air was shocked to see this. It wasn't that it was running out of magic power and couldn't move; it was clearly being plotted against.

"Ah!" As the pickaxe energy collided with the winged demon, the air was filled with severed limbs and broken arms.

"This isn't magic! What did you use?" The two winged demons narrowly escaped with their lives, but they couldn't sense any magic in the attack they had just received.

"This is spiritual power!" After answering, Lu Yan immediately exerted his power again and killed the remaining winged demons.

After killing them, Lu Yan started looting the corpses. The most valuable thing they had were a few magical weapons, and besides that, they only had a dozen or so low-grade magic stones. They were dirt poor.

After looting the corpse, Lu Yan continued to flee. He could only deal with level eight demonic soldiers at most, but with the help of items, he could deal with level nine or ten demonic soldiers.

However, the win rate against the Demon General is too low, and if the opponent launches a sneak attack, you are very likely to be killed instantly.

Although a third-tier talisman can be used to kill a demon general, third-tier talismans are too precious, and life-saving items should not be wasted in such a situation.

Lu Yanren ran non-stop, not knowing how far he had gone, until he could no longer see any trace of the demons' activities before he stopped.

They found a secluded mountain stream, dug out a cave, crawled inside, and sealed the cave off.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Yan took out the more than one hundred magic stones and began to absorb them.

……

Time flies, and March has already passed.

During this time, Lu Yan returned to the cultivation world, but found that Tie Xiangxiang still hadn't let him go and was still sending people to inquire about his address.

Lu Yan was truly intimidated by that female cultivator who resembled a rock demon.

Moreover, Zheng Qu also told him that someone was asking around with Qingyin's (Qing Hualian's) portrait and had already traced it back to him, so Lu Yan should be careful.

At this point, Lu Yan realized that staying in Wuyou City any longer would be life-threatening, so he decisively returned to the Demon Realm to lie low and absorb the demon stones.

After three months of continuous absorption, Lu Yan's strength also increased to level six magic weapon.

He's considered a fairly skilled expert in Starmoon Fortress, but he can't be complacent. He needs to find a way to acquire more magic stones to upgrade his strength to level eight magic soldier.

As he opened the cave, the long-awaited sunlight shone on his face, and Lu Yan felt a sense of comfort.

Unable to use his original identity any longer, Lu Yan donned a mask of pretense, disguising himself as a Green Demon.