Mortal: Even with a Heavenly Spiritual Root, I still have to try and get my hands on the Little Gree

A wisp of his soul entered the puppet, and Mu Yu tried his best to control the trace of dry blue ice flame on the Core Formation stage puppet.

The cold air it releases should not be too strong, nor should it be too weak.

If it's too strong, it might damage the puppet; if it's too weak, it will be ignored by the ancient fire toad beast.

Upon entering the cave, what came into view was a lava lake hundreds of feet wide. This lava was like a real lake, with the crimson magma constantly churning and releasing a large amount of heat.

Besides, this lava lake is just like a real lake, with a small island-like protruding rock in the center, where the ancient fire toad beast sleeps soundly.

Looking around, I noticed a stone platform opposite the lava lake. In the center of the platform was a striking blue robe, inside which was wrapped the dried remains of a cultivator.

Ignoring the cultivator's remains, Mu Yu's divided soul controlled the layer of dry blue ice flames covering the Core Formation stage puppet's body, gradually releasing wisps of cold air.

Soon, the ancient fire toad beast, which had been sleeping soundly on the giant rock, shivered and subconsciously looked towards the cave entrance.

Upon seeing this, Mu Yu's divided soul immediately withdrew the aura of the Azure Ice Flame, and then the Core Formation stage puppet instantly transformed into a white light and flew out of the cave.

At the same time, the fire toad, which appeared to be huge and bulky, leaped with remarkable agility and transformed into a streak of red light as it chased after the creature.

This speed was no less than that of an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator; the Core Formation stage puppet controlled by Mu Yu's divided soul couldn't outrun it at all.

Seeing this, Mu Yu cast a spell and immediately recalled that wisp of dry blue ice flame, while the puppet was simply thrown aside.

The gamble is on the fact that the fire toad only has eyes for the Azure Ice Flame.

Sure enough, this move was very effective. Although the ancient fire toad beast was very powerful, it was still a type of ancient beast.

This beast has not yet undergone the transformation tribulation, nor has it developed intelligence; it is simply more intelligent than ordinary wild animals.

It's easy to be tricked into the trap set by Mu Yu.

After all, this beast should not have any powerful enemies in its life, so there is naturally no need to be cautious.

However, although it has not yet developed intelligence, it is still quite sensitive to danger.

When the ancient fire toad beast entered the array's range, it immediately realized what was happening and cleverly turned and fled.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

"Thump!!!"

A dull thud rang out as the massive body of the ancient fire toad beast was knocked out of the crimson glow, landing on the ground in a disheveled state, unable to recover for a long time.

This attack clearly dealt a heavy blow to the ancient fire toad beast.

Upon seeing this, Mu Yu couldn't help but chuckle softly and calmly said:

"Although you are an ancient beast, judging from your behavior, your intelligence is still not too low..."

"Then you should be able to understand what I'm saying."

"Hand over your inner core, and I may spare your life."

Upon hearing Mu Yu's words, the ancient fire toad beast was slightly taken aback, then a hint of excitement flashed in its eyes, and it rushed over without thinking.

Clearly, Mu Yu overestimated the intelligence of this fire toad beast. It didn't understand at all and was only happy because it had discovered an enemy.

Shaking his head, Mu Yu immediately activated the Azure Origin Sword Formation.

Gazing at the dense array of sword lights, a hint of fear flashed in the eyes of the ancient fire toad beast, and it frantically clawed at the ground with its four claws as if trying to escape.

Clearly, the ancient fire toad recognized Mu Yu's threat, but it still couldn't understand the meaning behind Mu Yu's words.

Ancient beasts that have not undergone the transformation tribulation, even if they are slightly more intelligent than ordinary demon beasts, are only slightly more intelligent and mostly rely on instinct to act.

If it were an ordinary demon cultivator, there would be a chance they would choose to surrender in this situation.

After all, although a monster's inner core is very important, it won't kill it immediately if it's lost; there's still a chance it can be restored.

If someone is beheaded, then they are truly dead.

"This time, we can't drag it out too long, lest you become too exhausted."

Mu Yu stood in the Qingyuan Sword Formation, slowly extending a finger. In front of the finger was a green bead the size of a soybean, which was endlessly absorbing the sword light within the Qingyuan Sword Formation.

This sword pellet is also very strange. Other magical treasures are only an inch or so in size, but they will enlarge when they are used.

However, the sword pellet itself is actually the size of an infant's fist, but when Mu Yu uses it, it shrinks smaller and smaller.

Counterintuitively, the smaller the sword pellet shrinks, the more sword energy it can store inside, and the stronger its power becomes.

Although somewhat puzzled, Mu Yu gradually stopped caring about such matters since the talent for seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune had not given any warnings and there were no abnormalities when using it.

After a total of 1,944 sword lights merged into the soybean-sized sword pellet at Mu Yu's fingertip, the Qingyuan Sword Formation automatically dissipated.

The seventy-two Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords returned to Mu Yu's body on their own, leaving only the bean-sized sword pellet in front of Mu Yu's finger, ready to be unleashed.

Mu Yu originally wanted to wait a while to see how long this technique could last before it became uncontrollable, but the fire toad beast, seeing that its physical body could not break through the formation, was actually preparing to use magic.

How dare they arbitrarily consume the demonic power within my inner core? This is unacceptable.

"This move combines the full power of the entire sword formation."

"At the same time, this is also the first time I've used it at full power."

Mu Yu immediately shot out the sword pellet the size of a soybean in his hand. Although the sword pellet seemed insignificant at the moment, it contained all the power of the entire Qingyuan Sword Formation.

If this move could be used in battle, there would be at least a 50% chance of instantly killing a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

Unfortunately, this technique is rarely used.

After all, no one is foolish enough to just sit back and wait for the enemy to unleash their ultimate move.

As an extremely thin green thread streaked through the air, an inconspicuous pit appeared on the fire toad's head.

The next moment, the ancient fire toad beast collapsed to the ground with a thud, and there was no longer any trace of life.

The opponent's supposedly indestructible body had absolutely no effect.

After Mu Yu unleashed that attack, he also felt a sense of emptiness within his body.

Although the other four Nascent Souls continuously relied on the Five Elements Cycle to convert their own magical power into wood-attribute magical power to replenish Mu Yu's main Nascent Soul, it was still difficult to resolve Mu Yu's current sense of emptiness.

That attack just now actually consumed eighty percent of Mu Yu's nascent soul's mana.

This extreme release consumes far more mana than the normal use of the Azure Origin Sword Formation.

If it weren't for the other four Nascent Souls helping the main Nascent Soul recover its magical power through the Five Elements Cycle, Mu Yu would probably only be able to consume the Ten Thousand Year Spirit Milk right now.

"We should still use this technique with caution. At the very least, it's not suitable for those in the mid-Nascent Soul stage. Only those in the late-Nascent Soul stage will not experience such side effects."

"This didn't happen last time. Is it because the Azure Origin Sword Formation is now much more powerful?"

With some emotion, Mu Yu walked to the side of the ancient fire toad beast and summoned back the sword pellet, whose spiritual light had dimmed and whose size had returned to the original size of an infant's fist.

Next, a glint of sword light reappeared in Mu Yu's hand, and he slashed down without hesitation. After the sword strike, a large amount of viscous, flesh-colored liquid gushed out.

At this moment, the body of this ancient fire toad beast was in complete chaos. The endless sword energy contained in the sword pellet directly shredded everything inside the ancient fire toad beast except for its demon core into mincemeat.

In fact, if Mu Yu hadn't needed the demon core of this ancient fire toad beast, that attack would have been enough to slice the entire fire toad beast into mincemeat.

It was precisely because of the need for precise control, and the care not to damage the inner core of the fire toad beast, that Mu Yu consumed so much of his magical power.

If released normally, it would probably reduce mana consumption by about 10% to 20%.

After using magic to clean it up, Mu Yu successfully obtained a piece of ancient fire toad skin.

That's all? Nothing else...

After examining the inner core in his hand, Mu Yu awakened the demonic puppet, preparing to break the Soul-Sealing Curse within it.

"The inner core of an ancient fire toad, huh? That's quite a good item. How was the result of breaking the curse?"

The demonic nascent soul opened its eyes and saw the inner core of the ancient fire toad. Before even starting, it inquired about the result.

The reason is that a split soul that has been completely severed from its original body does not possess the talent to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune.

The question that the demonic nascent soul asked was naturally about the fortune of the talent for seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune.

"Xiao Ji, there's probably no way to completely break the Soul-Sealing Curse."

"Even if it can't be completely cracked, it should be able to buy us several decades. At the very least, memory sharing should be unimpeded."

Mu Yu didn't explain much. After most of the Soul-Sealing Curse was broken, he and the Demonic Nascent Soul would be able to synchronize their memories.

This kind of dialogue between oneself is actually meaningless.

While it is possible for a second nascent soul to develop self-awareness, this is only possible if it is separated from the original body by at least twenty or thirty years.

As long as the second nascent soul doesn't leave the body for decades and the memories are synchronized in time, the probability of the second nascent soul betraying the body is almost zero.

If it really comes to the point where the second nascent soul needs to escape, whether the second nascent soul betrays them or not becomes irrelevant.

As for the demonic nascent souls like those refined by Mu Yu, they inherently contain multiple restrictions within their bodies. After being separated from their original bodies for a period of time, the divided souls within the nascent souls' consciousness will be sealed away on their own.

Unless Mu Yu's true form is dead, he will never touch this restriction.

It can be said that Mu Yu has minimized the risks.

Not to mention those little tricks that allow for real-time memory synchronization.

"As expected, it still doesn't work. If the main body were afflicted by this Soul-Sealing Curse, it would probably be possible to forcibly break it."

After saying a few words of emotion, the Nascent Soul cultivator swallowed the still-warm inner core of the ancient fire toad. With the help of the massive amount of essence and demonic energy contained within, he began to break the Soul-Sealing Curse within his body.

The entire process of breaking the spell lasted for several hours. The demonic nascent soul showed an expression of great pain on its face several times, and most of the magical power within the nascent soul was also consumed.

"Let's synchronize the memories. The Soul-Sealing Curse wasn't completely broken, but it's not a big problem. We still have at least one or two hundred years to find the real way to break the curse."

After hearing the explanation from the Demonic Nascent Soul, Mu Yu sensed her auspicious and inauspicious talent. Only after no ominous signs appeared did she choose to synchronize her memories.

After the memories were synchronized, Mu Yu experienced the pain of forcibly breaking the Soul-Sealing Curse.

At the same time, they also understood why the demonic nascent soul said that if it were the original body, it could forcibly break the soul-sealing curse.

The effect of this Soul-Sealing Curse is truly insidious; if not handled properly, it could cause a shock to the entire soul.

Without the correct method to break it, it can be said that the more you try to break the Soul Sealing Curse, the more severe the damage to the soul will become.

Mu Yu's ability to try and learn from mistakes, seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune, might lead him to the correct method to break the Soul-Sealing Curse.

But Mu Yu clearly wouldn't take such a risk for a wisp of soul fragment.

He took out the Myriad Soul Banner, which had been sealed inside the demonic nascent soul after it was crafted, and played with it for a while.

Before Mu Yu could even test the banner's power, Xin Ruyin, who was outside the formation, informed him that someone had arrived.

After stepping out of the formation, Mu Yu saw Nanlong Hou and Lu Weiying standing not far away.

Capturing the eighteen flying purple-striped scorpions and breaking the soul-sealing curse for the demonic nascent soul did indeed take a considerable amount of time, so it's normal for these two to catch up now.

"So you two still came!"

"Forget it, you can't reason with a damned ghost. I still have an ancient cultivator's corpse in that cave that I haven't examined yet. After I've taken my spoils and left, remember to wait an hour or two before trying to break through the Blood Curse Gate again."

Mu Yu spoke, then instructed Xin Ruyin to dispel the formation, while he himself walked into the cave where the ancient fire toad beast had been.

On the stone platform, the remains of the ancient cultivator still lay in the same place. After scanning with his divine sense, Mu Yu extracted all the items from the body, including the blue silkworm robe and the storage bag.

The robe wasn't anything special; it just had a map of the Fallen Demon Valley inside.

Inside the storage bag, besides some pills, there was a large pile of reddish spiritual materials and several magical treasures.

The so-called spiritual materials are the materials used by ancient cultivators to refine spiritual treasures, and some of the related techniques have been passed down to this day.

However, due to the abnormal changes in the spiritual energy of the human realm, some of the original refining methods became less effective, which is why they were gradually lost.

If we wanted to replicate it now, it would be possible to do so with a bit of difficulty, since the most difficult part, the spiritual materials, is already more than halfway done.

"Let's talk about it another time!"

"The materials for refining spiritual treasures are not easy to find in Tiannan, as there are too many Nascent Soul cultivators here."

After taking inventory of the contents of the storage bag, Mu Yu casually hung it on her waist.

This ancient storage bag has a fairly large capacity; we can't just throw it away.

Afterwards, Mu Yu picked some "Golden Sun Ganoderma" spiritual herbs from the lava lake.

He then released his divine sense to search the vicinity of the lava lake again, and only left after confirming that there was nothing of value there.

All these actions were performed smoothly and effortlessly, completely ignoring the nearby Marquis of Nanlong and Lu Weiying.

After watching Mu Yu leave with Xin Ruyin and Zi Ling, the two of them subconsciously exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with envy and confusion.

"He... he actually didn't go behind that Blood Curse Gate."

"Could it be... what happens next...?"

Lu Weiying swallowed subconsciously, her expression showing some tension.

After all, according to Cangkun Shangren's records, the treasures hidden behind the Blood Curse Gate are definitely not a temptation that a Nascent Soul stage cultivator can resist.

A struggle flashed in the eyes of the Marquis of Nanlong, but then a resolute look appeared.

"Brother Lu, our lifespans are both running out. If we dare not take risks even now, are we going to wait until our lifespans are completely exhausted before regretting it?"

"Even if an ancient demon is indeed sealed behind the Blood Curse Gate, the treasure used to seal it must be incredibly valuable."

"even……"

Upon hearing the words of the Marquis of Nanlong, all hesitation in Lu Weiying's eyes vanished.

Yes, they didn't have much lifespan left anyway. Even if they perished while searching for treasure, it would be better than running out of lifespan and dying in endless regret.

"Alright, let's go treasure hunting!"

"Fortunately, Mu Yu did not destroy the cultivator's remains, otherwise the Blood Curse Gate would have been very difficult to open."

After collecting the ancient cultivator's remains, a hint of wariness flashed in Nanlonghou's eyes.

At the same time, Lu Weiying also had some unpleasant thoughts.

What if the two of them open the Blood Curse Gate, only to have someone else take advantage of the situation?

Although they both thought of this possibility at the same time, neither of them voiced it.

After all, what's the point of saying it?

Back then, the matter of the Blood Curse Gate in Cangkun Cave was known to everyone.

Even without Mu Yu, there would definitely be people from the Ghost Spirit Sect coming to spy on us.

If it weren't for the more detailed intelligence passed down from the ancestors of the Marquis of Nanlong, he probably would have chosen to follow along and pick up the scraps.

"Let's go, we have to go no matter what."

Marquis Nanlong sighed and took the lead in continuing forward in one direction.

This place is merely where we obtain the key to open the Blood Curse Gate. Although the location of the Blood Curse Gate isn't too far away, it's still quite a distance.

After walking for a while, the two arrived at an underground passage, which was dark, damp, and had an extremely harsh environment.

After passing through the underground passage, they arrived at a stalactite cave. Looking at the emerald green pool in the cave, the two felt somewhat uneasy.

They exchanged a glance, and the Marquis of Nanlong took out the Water-Dividing Flag to part the pool, allowing the two to enter.

Once they reached the bottom of the pool, Marquis Nanlong broke the restrictions left inside, revealing a stone door that shimmered with a scarlet blood-red light.

Seeing this, Lu Ruying thought of what Mu Yu had said and hesitated.

"Is this the Gate of the Blood Curse?"

"The aura of blood on this door is a bit too strong..."

"How about we make some preparations first?"

Lu Weiying made the suggestion.

Upon hearing this, Marquis Nanlong, who had been somewhat hesitant because of Mu Yu's words, immediately agreed after hearing Lu Weiying speak.

Next, the two of them worked together to prepare many layers of formations in front of the Blood Curse Gate. It can be said that they had used all their skills.

Next, it is time to open the Blood Curse Gate.

After successfully opening the Blood Curse Gate using the ancient cultivator's relics, a deep staircase appeared, with a faint, pungent stench permeating the air.

"Let's go down and see what we find!"

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