Immortality: Starting with Plundering the Talents of Monsters

"It's not your place to question members of the Luo family!"

A cold, domineering shout forcefully rejected Xu Mo's question.

A deep blue longsword stood upright in front of Xu Mo, its blade radiating a chilling light and flowing like water.

Luo Lingyue slowly walked to Xu Mo's side, her dark blue longsword tightly gripped in her hand.

"Fairy Luo, what do you mean by this?"

Manager Zhou's face was ashen, and his body trembled slightly.

Today, he was merely a little late due to some business, and then he questioned a lowly commoner who came from a humble background and worked as a hermit in a shantytown.

Luo Lingyue repeatedly gave him the cold shoulder in public.

Where is his authority then?

Manager Zhou, who was used to greeting people with a smile, finally stopped wearing a smile.

Instead, a fiery aura gradually emanated from his body, and the spiritual pressure of the fourth level of Qi Refining struck Xu Mo directly.

At the same time, several talismans flew up and hovered in the air.

Manager Zhou has been running a talisman shop in Liuyun Market for many years and has seen all sorts of people over the years.

It's not worth getting angry over something like this.

He now seems to be blinded by rage and wants to take action in public.

In reality, Manager Zhou's actions were merely a test of Xu Mo's abilities.

Let's confirm whether Steward Sun's mysterious disappearance is related to Xu Mo.

After all, it was the day after Steward Sun disappeared without a trace.

Xu Mo then moved away from the shantytown and went to the Luo family's house.

It's really quite suspicious.

"It was clearly Luo Lingyue who offended him, yet he took it out on me."

Xu Mo was also at the fourth level of Qi Refining, so naturally he was not afraid of the spiritual pressure of cultivators at the same level.

He stood calmly in place, a slight flow of sharp and fierce Geng metal energy emanating from him.

In an instant, the spiritual pressure was shattered.

"Ha! This old man is testing me."

While dissipating the spiritual pressure, Xu Mo combined it with the previous questioning.

I quickly figured out the reason.

  

But he no longer intended to hide it; instead, he released his aura without any restraint.

"I've been with the Luo family for a month now... What's done is done, and it's useless to suspect me about Steward Sun's matter!"

The Zhou and Luo families have had numerous conflicts and frictions for many years.

It's common for cultivators to die in fights.

Even if Xu Mo admits that he killed Steward Sun, Manager Zhou can't do anything to him.

"Manager Zhou, I have no idea why Manager Sun suddenly disappeared."

The energy of Geng metal was no longer restricted and spread out completely.

A powerful, domineering, and chilling feeling welled up in Manager Zhou's heart.

Xu Mo showed no fear whatsoever; instead, he frowned and feigned displeasure.

"Manager Sun has always treated me well and has given me many extensions on the time to hand over the Xianju fee."

And you... you actually suspect me?

Feeling the sharp, surging metal energy rushing towards him like a raging torrent, he aggressively suppressed his own fiery energy.

Manager Zhou was immediately shocked.

However, he quickly accepted this fact.

Xu Mo has been cultivating for quite some time, so it's not surprising that he suddenly broke through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

Moreover, the metal magic he cultivated was inherently skilled in killing and warfare, and its power was the strongest among the five elements.

It's understandable that the Zhou family's fire magic lost in terms of momentum.

"Manager Sun is a friend of mine for many years, and I pay close attention to everything concerning him."

At the height of the tension, Manager Zhou offered an explanation, taking the initiative to show weakness:

"Haha, I was just asking casually... I believe this was definitely not the work of Master Xu."

Let's leave it at that and start cleaning.

Seeing that Manager Zhou didn't pursue the matter further, Xu Mo went along with it.

"I apologize for any offense I may have caused earlier, and my words may have been slightly inappropriate. I hope Manager Zhou will forgive me."

Luo Lingyue, who was standing next to Xu Mo, snorted coldly and walked away quickly with her dark blue longsword in hand.

With the conflict temporarily set aside, both sides immediately began wiping out the Golden Scale Lizard clan.

Everyone released their divine senses to search for the golden-scaled lizard.

Because Xu Mo and the other two had all released their auras earlier.

This frightened many golden-scaled lizards, who dared not show their faces and, driven by their instinct to escape, hid in secluded corners where divine sense could not penetrate.

After searching carefully for a while, the group only managed to kill some juvenile golden lizards.

Only Xu Mo secretly rejoiced.

"Luckily, I've already fought with Manager Zhou, otherwise... I'd probably be too busy killing adult golden lizards to even think about it."

Xu Mo encountered this problem when he first went up Liuyun Mountain to hunt golden lizards.

Having learned from his previous experience, Xu Mo handled this situation with ease.

Xu Mo slowed his pace and quietly fell behind the group.

He went off on his own to the corner where the adult golden lizards might be hiding.

They were all found one by one.

When the others' divine senses swept over the adult golden-scaled lizard, Xu Mo had already made his move and killed it.

There was absolutely no chance for others to reap the benefits.

"Hehe, another one!"

The Sharp Metal Finger is covered by [Sharp Metal Breath].

It killed the adult golden lizard with a single, swift blow.

Xu Mo, who kept the contribution points in mind, did not discard the corpse of the golden lizard.

Instead, he carefully placed it into his storage bag as if it were a precious treasure.

[Plunderable Talents: Golden Light (Green), Sharp Metal Breath (Green), choose one to refine.]

[Looting Successful]

[Talent: Sharp Metal Breath (Green 2/10)]

……

This repetitive prompt appeared again and again as Xu Mo continued to kill adult golden lizards.

Xu Mo only stopped after killing the tenth adult golden lizard.

[Talent: Sharp Metal Breath (Green, Tier 2, at its maximum)]

"【Sharp Gold Breath】has finally advanced."

Then, two more prompts appeared on the gilded jade talisman.

[Golden Spiritual Root Purity +1]

[Spiritual Root: Metal (18/100)]

Xu Mo looked at the tiny characters before him, which resembled tadpoles swimming in the water, and felt a surge of joy in his heart.

But in order not to arouse the suspicion of others present, he maintained a normal expression.

"My talent has reached its limit, and there's no way to improve it further... However, my metal spiritual root has been enhanced once again."

"I'm almost at the 20th mark, reaching the mid-grade aptitude!"

With a thought, Xu Mo concealed the jade talisman in front of him.

"While the cleanup isn't over yet, let's continue hunting golden lizards and try to earn more contribution points."

He swiftly found another adult golden-scaled lizard and struck it with a Sharp Metal Finger technique enhanced with [Sharp Metal Breath].

Pfft!

The adult golden-scaled lizard's entire body exploded with a roar, turning into a bloody mist that drifted away.

"Uh... the power of the upgraded [Sharp Metal Breath] has doubled again, and it's so terrifying when combined with Sharp Metal Finger."

"It was my oversight that led me to this; I should have controlled the intensity."

Xu Mo felt a little regretful.

Two perfectly good contribution points, just like that, gone.

He repeated the experiment several times until he found the right amount of force before he went out to hunt the golden lizard again.

Xu Mo traversed the dense jungle, not missing a single golden lizard.

Whether it is a juvenile or an adult.

Their cold corpses were transformed into Xu Mo's warm contribution points.