“I didn’t realize you were so strong before, little guy.”
Mu Chen gently stroked the small white fox curled up beside him, smiling and murmuring.
The little fox, under his touch, flicked its fox ears, turned over to reveal its belly, and slept even more soundly...
Half a month passed quickly.
During this time, Mu Chen traveled through the Ten Thousand Great Mountains with the little fox, reaping a great harvest.
Mu Chen dug up more than twenty medicinal herbs with a thousand-year potency.
Mu Chen also obtained five or six types of precious medicines with ten thousand-year potency.
Those with hundreds or even a hundred years of potency were too numerous to count.
The little fox began to question its existence. It had followed its great-grandmother to the Qin Mountains for three years.
In those three years, it hadn’t seen as many rare and precious medicinal herbs as it had in this half a month!
They were in the deeper, more spiritual and less traveled areas, while Mu Chen was mostly hanging around the outskirts!
It didn’t make sense, not at all!
To this, Mu Chen wasn’t surprised in the least.
Although he was hanging around the outskirts, he had the BUFF of merit protection.
Besides the harvest of precious medicines, in the past half month, Mu Chen had also recruited a batch of evil spirits and vengeful spirits in a Ming Dynasty tomb.
And the ghost slaves who had been enjoying luxurious cultivation conditions within the Ghost Emperor Seal since Renjia Town had also undergone a drastic transformation.
Thirty-six of them, mostly wandering spirits, at most Evil Spirit Realm Triple Heaven, now no longer wandered, all Evil Spirits, the highest cultivation level reaching Evil Spirit Realm Seventh Heaven.
Add to that the thirteen Evil Spirits he recruited, at Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Heaven, and a Vengeful Spirit Realm Triple Heaven Ming Dynasty ghost general.
Unbeknownst to him, Mu Chen’s ghost slaves could rival some small and medium-sized cultivator families and lineages!
If you include Vengeful Spirit Realm Ninth Heaven Dong Xiaoyu and Red Robe Realm Second Heaven, the “changed fate” Wang Wangwang, also known as Lucky, they could wipe out even some weaker second-rate families and lineages!
If he continued to develop for a while, Mu Chen felt he could rival some of the ancient mountain rivers and great sects of Shenzhou!
Besides the ghostly beings, Mu Chen also encountered some monsters in the past half month.
However, the number was small, only three.
Two of them were minor monsters who hadn't done any evil, Mu Chen captured them, took a look, and then released them.
The other, a major demon who repeatedly seduced and drained men’s vitality in the mortal world, with hundreds of lives on its hands, was deeply burdened with evil karma. Mu Chen disposed of it, giving its demon core to the little fox as a snack.
Compared to corpses and ghosts, the birth and cultivation of monsters are much more difficult.
In the mountains and wilds, less than one in ten billion wild beasts can awaken their spiritual intelligence. Of these beasts, less than one in ten can develop a crude method of cultivation before their death.
For plant-type demons, it’s even harder!
However, everything in the world has its pros and cons. Although demon cultivation is difficult, their combat strength is also strong, and their long lifespans are the envy of countless cultivators!
Not to mention ghostly beings, they have a negative lifespan, and once it’s up, they die, and when ghosts die, they become Yin.
As for zombies, these things don’t even have lives, forget lifespans.
“Master, when are you going to feed me something good again?”
In the deep mountains, the JK girl looked innocent, her pink tongue licking the corner of her mouth, as if savoring something.
This would normally take at least three years!
Mu Chen shook his head and laughed, “You think demon cores are like cabbages? You can eat them whenever you want? This kind of thing is rare.”
Ever since he last fed Tu Shan He a demon core, she had fallen in love with it.
It not only helped her cultivate and helped her break through two realms, reaching Great Demon Realm Triple Heaven,
It tasted great too.
Chicken flavor, crispy and delicious!
“Master is the best master in the world, as long as Master wants to, Master will definitely feed me!”
Tu Shan He smiled with her eyes curved, her face full of trust and confidence.
“Let’s go, it’s about time to go back.”
Mu Chen didn’t fall for that, he walked forward expressionlessly.
As he walked, a round, jade-like, transparent bead fell from his body.
This was a reward dropped by the demon he exorcised, one of the ten demon cores of the great demon, for some reason it had fallen out.
“Master, I’m head over heels for you!”
…
Four Eyes Daoist Temple.
Today, over a hundred soldiers in armor carried a coffin past, breaking the usual tranquility.
“Senior brother, Master Yixiu!”
“Junior brother!”
“Master Qianhe!”
A Daoist with sharp eyes and brows exchanged greetings with Four Eyes and Yixiu.
It was the direct descendant of Maoshan, Nine Uncle and Four Eyes’ fellow disciple, Master Qianhe.
“Hexagonal copper coffin, covered in black netting, this is…?”
It seemed like a question, but it was actually a statement. Four Eyes looked at the coffin in the distance, his brows furrowed.
Qianhe nodded and said, “Senior brother is insightful, it’s exactly that!”
Yixiu looked worried, wondering, “Why such an ominous thing, why not just burn it on the spot?”
“Master, it can’t be burned…”
Qianhe shook his head and chuckled bitterly, “The owner of this coffin is a former royal prince, a general who led troops in battle all his life. Now that he is dead, his body must be transported to the Imperial City on the border, sealed, and then buried.”
Four Eyes and Yixiu heard this, the former’s brows furrowed even tighter, the latter’s worry deepened.
“Junior brother, why would you get involved in this mess? If something were to happen…”
Four Eyes glanced at the four disciples behind Qianhe and glared at Qianhe, his face filled with disapproval.
Throughout the dynasties, the royal family had been favored by the dragon energy of Heaven and Earth, even though the current dynasty had collapsed, the former royal prince still bore the broken dragon energy.
Not to mention that this prince was also a general, a man who had killed countless people in his life, carrying with him the killing aura of war and the slaughter of soldiers!
If he were to accidentally reanimate on the way, it would be extremely dangerous, and the five of them might be wiped out!
Qianhe knew the risks, but he chuckled bitterly, “Senior brother, I have no choice. I owed the princess a favor in the past, favors received a thousand years ago should be remembered. Now, the princess’ son has come to me, I can’t ignore him…”
Four Eyes pursed his lips and said, “Are you getting along well with those escorting him?”
His junior brother had a strict personality, but when it came to exorcising and suppressing evil, he was afraid of team players.
Qianhe didn’t want to worry his senior brother, so he forced a smile and said, “They’re easy to get along with, senior brother, don’t worry.”
As soon as the words left his mouth, a sharp, sarcastic voice came from a distance.
“Stinking Daoist, you think you’re on a picnic? If you delay the royal affairs, can a lowly sorcerer like you bear the responsibility?”
Qianhe paused, and said loudly, “Steward, calm down. I just need some sticky rice with my senior brother.”
“Then hurry up! Don’t act like a woman and dawdle!”
The man with rouge on his face rolled his eyes at Qianhe and returned to the bridge, holding his hand in a delicate gesture as he bowed, “Young prince, I urged the lowly servants, we can leave now.”
Four Eyes told Jia Le to get some sticky rice, his gaze fixed on the sedan chair.
Through the thin gauze curtain, he saw a child dressed in a 蟒袍.
The child also saw him, his eyes filled with arrogance, full of disdain and contempt…
Watching Qianhe and his group leave, Four Eyes’ worry reached its peak.
“I hope my junior brother will be safe…”