Immortality: Starting with Plundering the Talents of Monsters

"As expected of an evil cultivator, their methods are truly unpredictable and elusive. They're impossible to fathom."

Xu Mo stared intently at the sinister and evil old man in front of him, and for a moment he couldn't quite figure out his cultivation level.

"But judging from the words of this sinister old cultivator, his cultivation level is not as good as mine."

Few cultivators, whether skilled in calamity cultivation or evil cultivation, realize this. I just don't know how much difference there is between my strength and that of this evil cultivator.

Although Xu Mo is currently holding Luo Lingyue, he could do the same thing with Luo Mingfeng, who had comprehended the sword intent of death, if he wanted to.

It is possible to unleash the essence of the Meridian Sword with one's hand.

But the methods of this sinister and evil old cultivator were too strange, even though he knew he was no match for Xu Mo.

They still dared to show themselves and provoke him, which made Xu Mo feel a little wary and he didn't dare to make a move for the time being.

"Haha, don't look at me like that. Since I dare to show myself, it means I can at least guarantee that I won't die at your hands."

Based on my observations over the past few days, what you've grasped is probably more than just sword energy.

The sinister old cultivator curled a cold smile at the corner of his mouth, a hint of smugness flashing in his eyes.

It seemed as if he was extremely confident and proud of his intelligence gathering.

Upon hearing this, Xu Mo's expression changed, and a long-lost sense of insecurity welled up in his heart.

"This sinister old cultivator's methods are truly extraordinary; he even understands my understanding of sword energy so well."

He saw right through my carefully hidden trump card!

At the same time, a sense of urgency, anxiety, and a hint of fear were poured over Xu Mo like a bucket of cold water.

"It seems that with my current strength, I am still far from being able to compete with truly knowledgeable and capable cultivators."

Improving one's cultivation level is of paramount importance.

"Furthermore, it is also very necessary to update my own methods of concealment."

Seeing that the sinister old cultivator had no intention of making a move, Xu Mo also stared at the old cultivator's face.

He kept in mind the sinister old cultivator who had injured Luo Lingyue and coveted his body.

Then, Xu Mo casually pointed, and the [Midnight Sword Intent] was activated, with cold and icy Midnight Sword threads appearing in his hand.

"Hey, hey, hey, although I did have my eye on your body, at least I didn't make a move on you."

"Oh, I see. You acted out of anger because I injured your partner, right? You're truly a man of strong emotions."

"Unlike me, I can only stare blankly at a bunch of cold, lifeless puppets every day."

The sinister old cultivator showed no fear as he watched the Meridian Sword Intent slowly taking shape at Xu Mo's fingertips.

Instead, they marveled at it.

"As expected, what you've comprehended is not just as simple as sword energy."

If I'm not mistaken, this is sword intent.

The sinister old cultivator took out a black cloth bag from his storage pouch, from which emerged a sinister puppet shrouded in black energy, which was extremely eerie.

"I can't defeat a cultivator who has comprehended sword intent. I can only sacrifice a Yin puppet to test the power of sword intent."

The sinister old cultivator felt no remorse whatsoever for the Yin Puppet he had painstakingly crafted.

With a thought, the sinister old cultivator manipulated his Yin puppet to block Xu Mo's Meridian Sword Intent.

"I have long coveted cultivators like you who have comprehended sword intent. I really wish my Yin Puppet could also possess such powerful sword intent."

Unfortunately, my Yin puppets are ultimately just inanimate objects; they will never be able to comprehend the essence of swordsmanship.

"It would be better to simply refine you sword cultivators who have grasped the Meridian Sword Intent into my Yin Puppets."

Unfortunately, the sinister old cultivator himself knew that he was no match for a sword cultivator who had comprehended sword intent.

No matter what he did, things couldn't go as he wished.

Having no other choice, they secretly laid an ambush on Xu Mo's way back to the Luo family's territory and launched a sneak attack.

Only in this way can there be a glimmer of hope to kill Xu Mo, a sword cultivator who has comprehended the sword intent.

Thus, he crafted his Yin Puppet.

"This sinister and evil old cultivator is truly psychologically twisted and morbid to the extreme."

Xu Mo looked at Luo Lingyue, who was still bleeding in his arms, and the sinister old cultivator with a sickly look of enjoyment.

He couldn't help but secretly complain to himself.

"I had heard before that the evil cultivators in the cultivation world are all psychologically twisted and perverted people."

Today, having witnessed true heretical practitioners, I have truly come to understand their twisted and morbid psychology.

In the world of cultivation, evil cultivators are even more disgusting than tribulation cultivators, and are beings that people avoid at all costs.

Those who practice heresy often have extremely morbid and twisted psychology. They will stop at nothing to achieve their goals and will not care about others at all.

Although the cultivation world Xu Mo transmigrated to was a "gangster" cultivation world where strength was paramount.

As long as your fist is big enough and your power and cultivation are strong enough, you can call the shots.

Murder, robbery, and acts of treason are things that, once committed, are simply done and no one will hold them accountable.

Unless the person you killed or provoked has powerful connections, death is death.

Nobody cares at all.

Similarly, in this world of cultivation, I am a weak cultivator.

If you encounter difficulties from a powerful cultivator, or if you are bullied by a cultivator of superior strength.

They even faced direct threats to their lives, as long as they didn't have any connections.

You were killed by the upper cultivator, and probably no one even knows where your body is.

But at least these normal cultivators still have some conscience, as long as they are not provoked or have conflicts of interest with other cultivators.

They won't bother with you.

The incident between Xu Mo and the manager of Zhenbaolou is a typical example of a conflict of interest.

One of them must make concessions, otherwise the conflict of interest between Xu Mo and the manager of Zhenbaolou will not be resolved.

Just now, the long-standing conflict of interest between Xu Mo and the manager of Zhenbaolou finally erupted.

Finally, the conflict of interest between Xu Mo and the manager of Zhenbaolou was resolved through force.

The only people who would attack others without any reason are evil cultivators like the one Xu Mo encountered today.

"I never imagined that I, who had subdued the evil cultivators, would have been outmaneuvered by these wicked cultivators.

However, the recent frequent occurrences of treacherous cultivators in the Liuyun Market area have distracted me, causing me to overlook the possibility of evil cultivators lurking around.

"Of course, it is precisely because of the recent frequent robberies of cultivators in Liuyun Market, which is a mixed bag, that these evil cultivators, who are hated by everyone, have seized the opportunity to take advantage of the situation."

They infiltrated the Liuyunfang area.

In the blink of an eye, the Meridian Sword Intent that had been gathering strength at Xu Mo's fingertips finally coalesced.

Xu Mo's gaze was like lightning as he raised his entire arm high, the chilling and icy Meridian Sword Intent clinging to his fingertips.

It was a deep blue color, and a cold, sharp, and icy aura emanated from it. The feeling of death coiled around the sinister old cultivator standing opposite Xu Mo like a python.

The sinister old cultivator felt a long-lost sense of death, and in a trance-like state, he took a deep breath, his eyes glazed over as he gazed at the Yin puppet that had come to protect him.

"My good Yin puppet, can you feel it? This is the feeling of death."

I haven't enjoyed this feeling for a long time since I perfected my stealth techniques.

It's been such a long time...

"All of this is thanks to you, the sword cultivator who has comprehended the sword intent. If I hadn't shown up today, I probably wouldn't have been able to feel this."

The sinister old cultivator said this, but he wasn't stupid; he knew that if he didn't make preparations...

It's highly likely that he'll die directly from Xu Mo's cold, sharp, and desolate Meridian Sword Intent.

He made a hand seal, and his clothes fluttered and billowed without any wind.

Dark, gloomy energy emanated from the sinister old cultivator, slowly gathering into a ball in the air.

Subsequently, the dark, gloomy yin energy that had gathered in the air surged like a river into the yin puppet that had protected the sinister old cultivator in front of him.

"roar!"

As the Yin Puppet was continuously fed with clumps of Yin energy, a thin, semi-transparent black membrane appeared on its body, and it roared.

"My Yin Puppet, when I set my sights on you and lay in ambush until nightfall, did you also feel the same terrifying aura of death emanating from me and from this sword cultivator who has comprehended the sword intent?"

Now, I'm lying in ambush with this sword cultivator who has grasped the essence of swordsmanship, but the outcome has been reversed.

This time, I truly felt the chilling aura of death that sent shivers down my spine.

"Ultimately, is it because my strength and cultivation are too low, or...?"

As the sinister old cultivator spoke, he rapidly made hand gestures, forming a series of hand seals.

"Or is it that you, my Yin Puppet, are a bad child, a disobedient child, who hasn't cultivated properly!"

Is it my problem, or yours, my Yin puppet's problem?

Faced with a sword cultivator who had comprehended sword intent and had long coveted the creation of a new Yin Puppet, I had no confidence whatsoever in defeating him.

Instead, they felt an immense threat; a single misstep could mean death!

The sinister old cultivator kept talking and making hand gestures to cast spells.

The Yin puppet protecting the sinister old cultivator was also being continuously strengthened.

Gradually, layers of black membranes emanating yin energy reappeared on the Yin Puppet's body.

Finally, the currents flowed and converged on the surface of the body, forming a river, and after a period of transformation, they condensed into a jet-black suit of armor.

The black membrane armor finally took shape on the surface of the Yin puppet that was protecting him, thanks to the sinister old cultivator's series of hand seals and spells.

"Haha, my Yin Puppet's black membrane armor has finally been formed. With such an amazingly defensive black membrane armor protecting me..."

"I won't die, but as for you and my good Yin puppets, that's another story."

"However, my good Yin Puppet, your mission is to protect me, fight for me, sacrifice for me, offer your loyalty to me, and give your heart to me!"

The sinister old cultivator's face was contorted, his eyes filled with fanaticism as he stared at the Yin puppet in front of him, which was covered by a black membrane armor.

Knowing full well that this Yin puppet was just an inanimate object, he continued talking to himself, completely ignoring Xu Mo's strange expression.

"Anyway, my good Yin puppet was made by my own hands. I tell you what to do, and you have to do it. You can't disobey my orders."

I just happened to meet a sword cultivator who had comprehended sword intent today, and my interest was piqued. It just so happens that my Yin Puppet was also intrigued.

My interest is the interest of my puppet.

"After all, we are of one mind."

We are one, you are in me, and I am in you.

As the sinister old cultivator spoke, he shifted his fanatical gaze from the Yin puppet that was protecting his forehead, which was covered by a black membrane of Yin energy armor.

He then turned his gaze toward Xu Mo, the madman.

"Come on, sword cultivator who has comprehended sword intent, let me properly feel your sword intent."

"Don't hold back, let's see if my Yin puppet, covered in a black membrane of Yin energy armor, can withstand it."

As soon as he finished speaking, the sinister old cultivator quickly made a hand gesture, forming a magic seal.

"As for me, I'll watch from the shadows and see whether your sword intent is more powerful, or whether my Yin puppet, covered in a black membrane of Yin energy armor, is more defensively robust."

Having completed the incantation, the sinister old cultivator vanished into the shadows in a flash.

"Hehehe... Well then, let the show begin!"

With an extremely excited voice echoing in the air, the sinister old cultivator laughed heartily and completely disappeared from Xu Mo's sight.

"What happened? This sinister old cultivator just vanished into thin air?"

Xu Mo released his divine sense, which continued to spread and probe.

No matter how Xu Mo searched and probed, he couldn't find any trace of the sinister old cultivator.

"Forget it, let's kill this Yin Puppet that's covered in a black membrane of Yin energy armor blocking my way, and then hurry back."

Xu Mo lowered his head and glanced at the weak Luo Lingyue before ignoring the trail of the sinister old cultivator.

Normally, Xu Mo would never let go of someone who could pose a threat to him.

We will definitely eliminate them completely.

However, the current situation is different; Luo Lingyue is still oozing black blood.

Perhaps he has already been poisoned and is in critical condition.

Without timely treatment, Luo Lingyue is very likely to die.

Therefore.

Xu Mo could only temporarily ignore the sinister old cultivator hiding in the shadows and instead gently changed the direction of his finger.

It aimed at the Yin puppet in front of him, which was covered with a black membrane of Yin energy armor.

"Just you wait, you sinister old cultivator. Now that you've already set your sights on me, I can't just stay passive like this forever."

Although the enemy is in the shadows while I am in the open, I possess the innate ability to plunder demonic beasts. After resolving this matter and returning, I will carefully investigate which demonic beast possesses tracking abilities, and then I will be able to find and kill you!

With this thought in mind, Xu Mo stopped worrying about the old, sinister cultivator's escape and disappearance.

"I have to say, that sinister old cultivator's mentality is really perverted. He was able to talk so much to a puppet all by himself."

"His mind was probably warped the moment he stepped into the evil path of cultivating and creating Yin puppets."

"Talking to this kind of psychologically twisted evil cultivator makes me feel uncomfortable and disgusted all over. I should hurry up and deal with this Yin puppet covered in a black membrane of Yin energy armor."

Then let's leave this uncomfortable place as soon as possible, and Luo Lingyue also needs timely medical attention.

Xu Mo shook off his jumbled thoughts and looked at Luo Lingyue, who was still bleeding black blood in his arms.

Xu Mo knew that this could not be delayed any longer.

It should be noted that even in the world of cultivation, the blood that normally flows from the human body should be red.

Instead of this abnormal black blood, even though the sinister old cultivator didn't mention it.

Xu Mo could guess that Luo Lingyue was clearly wary of the deadly poison and could not delay any longer.

Furthermore, the poison that Luo Lingyue was poisoned with was clearly the same poison she received during her battle with that sinister and evil old cultivator.

If it were poison administered by an ordinary cultivator, Xu Mo would not be so vigilant and tense.

However, this poison was administered by that unpredictable and sinister old cultivator.

The evil cultivator's poisoning was undoubtedly aimed at killing the victim, and Luo Lingyue was in imminent danger.

Out of concern for Luo Lingyue, Xu Mo once again released his divine sense to carefully observe Luo Lingyue's aura.

It was discovered that although Luo Lingyue was indeed poisoned, her vital energy was waning slowly, and her life was also fading away relatively slowly.

"Fortunately, the poison administered by this sinister old cultivator doesn't take effect that quickly. Perhaps it only renders the opponent unable to fight, thus allowing the old man to win?"

But I can't be reckless and gamble Luo Lingyue's life on a possibility.

"We can't afford to waste any more time; we need to kill this Yin puppet covered in a black, yin-energy armor as soon as possible."

"The Meridian Sword Intent is complete, now's the time!"

call out!

The Meridian Sword Intent that had been lingering at Xu Mo's fingertips finally shot towards the Yin Puppet, which stood motionless in front of Xu Mo and was covered in a black membrane of Yin energy armor.

A cold, sharp, and deathly aura enveloped the Yin Puppet, which was covered by a black, yin-energy armor.

Beneath the lingering sunset, the azure Meridian Sword Intent, like a rift tearing through the sky, struck straight at the Yin Puppet covered by a black, yin-energy armor.

Instantly, the cold and sharp Meridian Sword Intent struck the black membrane of Yin Qi armor on the surface of the Yin Puppet's body.

The sword intent of the Meridian Sword clashed with it, and a long, resounding clang of metal striking metal rang out.

Xu Moyou's azure Meridian Sword Intent clashed with and neutralized the black membrane of Yin Qi armor covering the Yin Puppet summoned by the sinister old cultivator.

A moment later, streaks of black, dark armor covering the Yin puppet appeared and continued to spread.

"Sigh, as expected... The defensive power of my Yin Puppet's black membrane Yin Qi armor is still insignificant in the face of the attack power of the sword intent unleashed by a sword cultivator who has comprehended sword intent."

"Still too weak!"

A suppressed, deep voice came from the shadows not far away; it was clearly the voice of the sinister old cultivator.

But the sinister old cultivator simply watched everything unfold before him, helplessly observing the black membrane of yin energy armor that he had personally created through countless hand seals and spells crumble.

He watched as the Yin Puppet, which he had painstakingly crafted over many days, was destroyed by Xu Mo's domineering and extremely fierce attack of the Meridian Sword Intent.

It was as if the sinister old cultivator was an outsider, remaining calm as if it had nothing to do with him.

As Xu Mo unleashed a powerful attack from his fingertip, a powerful attack imbued with the chilling stillness, death, and sharp edge of midnight, the black membrane of Yin energy armor covering the Yin Puppet's body completely cracked and dissipated.

Then, the Meridian Sword Intent pierced straight through the entire body of the Yin Puppet, destroying it.

As the Yin energy on the Yin puppet dissipated, the puppet was completely destroyed.

The sinister old cultivator, hidden far away in the shadows, watched as the Yin puppet he had crafted over many years was destroyed by the sword intent that Xu Mo had unleashed.

Disappointment, regret, and helplessness welled up in my heart.

However, these feelings quickly turned into lust for Xu Mo.

More accurately, it was their covetousness for the sword intent that Xu Mo had comprehended.

At this moment, the sinister old cultivator was staring at Xu Mo with intense fervor, scrutinizing him from head to toe, and lingering on the lingering Meridian Sword Intent, unwilling to look away.

Despite the undisguised gaze of the sinister old cultivator, Xu Mo remained completely oblivious.

This is why the sinister and evil old cultivator dared to show himself and provoke Xu Mo earlier.

"My Yin Puppet is really too weak; it's time to replace it."

First, we need to find another cultivator with relatively strong cultivation to refine into a Yin Puppet.

Then, we'll proceed slowly and methodically to subdue this swordsman who has grasped the essence of swordsmanship.

Yin Zhi, who had been hiding in the shadows and had not yet revealed himself, watched as the sword intent that Xu Mo had unleashed dissipated.

"By the way, isn't this sword cultivator who has comprehended sword intent going on with the manager of the Treasure Pavilion lately? Why don't we turn the manager of the Treasure Pavilion into my Yin Puppet?"

Upon realizing this idea, the sinister old cultivator's eyes lit up, and he felt a surge of excitement and anticipation.

"That's how it is. In this way, the sword cultivator who has comprehended the sword intent sees this scene, and the Treasure Pavilion manager he personally killed appears before him in the form of a Yin puppet."

It must be very interesting.

The sinister old cultivator suddenly became interested again and reminded Xu Mo in a loud voice:

"By the way, sword cultivator who has comprehended sword intent, haven't you always been at odds with the people from the Treasure Pavilion?"

To be honest, your information was leaked to me by the manager and staff of Treasure Pavilion.

The information was so detailed that it even included when you closed the talisman shop and the time you returned to the Luo family's territory. It seems they have quite a grudge against you.

Having said all he could say, the sinister old cultivator did not tell Xu Mo about his plan to turn the manager of the Treasure Pavilion into a Yin puppet.

She kept this plan to herself, secretly anticipating Xu Mo's reaction when he saw the manager of the Treasure Pavilion again.