Mortals: The Daily Life of Hidden Moon Sect

"Although the time was short and I was unable to obtain much information, I did collect some basic information. Among them was a person named 'Lin Mo' who served as the Qingming Guard of Tianyuan City hundreds of years ago. I wonder if he is you?"

Fairy Xiaofeng spoke softly.

The old man in green robe was shocked when he heard this.

Whether it was the fact that Lin Mo was a member of Tianyuan City in his early years, or the miracle that a Qingming Guard was promoted to a fusion stage cultivator in just a few hundred years, the elder of Tianyuan City was extremely shocked.

"Haha, the reputation of the Zhenling family is well-deserved. It only took a few short years to find out Lin's background. Indeed, I was once a Tianyuan Guard in Tianyuan City, but after completing a mission, I regained my freedom and left Tianyuan City." Lin Mo's face changed slightly, but then he returned to normal and replied.

"Then the person being pursued by both the Long and Ye families is you, Senior Lin." The young woman asked doubtfully.

"The Ye family, the Long family? What do they want me to do?" Lin Mo's eyes were sharp and his face was cold.

"The Ye family searched for you for more than a hundred years and finally gave up. However, the Long family, as the number one family of True Spirit, has not yet withdrawn its search order for you. In recent years, the relationship between the Ye family and the Long family has been tense. Although there have been no large-scale conflicts, there have been constant frictions. It was from that time that the two families began to look for you." The young woman explained meaningfully.

Lin Mo frowned and thought, but did not respond.

"You have served as the Qingming Guard of Tianyuan City? This is quite unexpected. However, it is precisely because of this that I, Qi, will tell you frankly. This time, Qi came here to invite you to return to Tianyuan City." The old man in green robe coughed and said frankly.

"Brother Qi, are you inviting me to join Tianyuan City again?" Lin Mo raised his eyebrows and answered calmly.

"That's right. Entrusted by the Elder Council, Qi sincerely invites you to join our city. With your cultivation level in the Fusion Stage, you can immediately become a member of the Elder Council. As for the treatment, you should have known about it when you were in Tianyuan City. There is no need for Qi to elaborate." Qi Xubing said seriously.

"This matter..."

Lin Mo fell into deep thought and did not express his opinion immediately.

Seeing this, the young woman rolled her eyes and said softly:
"Senior Qi has already spoken, and as the head of the Gu family, I also have the same wish. I would like to invite you to join the Gu family as a supreme guest elder. In addition to generous treatment, the Gu family will never interfere with your daily behavior."

Fairy Xiaofeng's words were shocking and her conditions were even more tempting.

The green-robed old man's expression changed slightly, but he was not in a position to blame him.

After all, although the young woman has only reached the Void Refining Realm, as the head of the Zhong Zhenling family, her status is high and no one dares to look down on her.

The old man hesitated for a moment, and still sincerely advised Lin Mo:

"The number of cultivators at the Fusion Stage of both the human and demon races is extremely scarce. Apart from this city, it is unlikely that there are many places where cultivators at the Fusion Stage can live together in the Three Emperors and Seven Lands. The members of the Elder Council of this city often exchange their cultivation experiences with each other. If you join, you will definitely benefit a lot. In addition, the Elder Council often joins forces to go to the wild world to hunt ancient beasts. Such opportunities are hard to match elsewhere. Please consider carefully. Qi sincerely hopes that you will join this city."

There was a slight shock on Lin Mo's face, and he was actually a little moved.

"Although there is only one supreme elder in the fusion stage guarding our Gu family, as one of the True Spirit families, we have mastered the unique method of applying and driving the True Spirit blood. It is reported that Senior Lin showed the transformation of the Mountain Giant Ape when he broke through the bottleneck of fusion. It is known that no human True Spirit family has inherited the blood of the Mountain Giant Ape. Therefore, it is speculated that the senior obtained the True Spirit blood from the non-human world. If the senior is willing to join the Gu family, I can teach you the art of refining and driving the True Spirit blood, and promise that ten thousand years later, if the senior wants to establish another True Spirit family, the Gu family will have no objection and will fully support it." The young woman spoke earnestly, and this was also the biggest bargaining chip for her action.

The old man in green robe was quite shocked when he learned that Lin Mo possessed true spiritual blood; and his face suddenly changed when he heard the conditions proposed by the young woman.

"A new True Spirit Family!" Lin Mo's eyes flickered, and he was also surprised in his heart.

"That's right. With your magical powers and inherited true spirit bloodline, how could the Gu family dare to let you serve as a nominal supreme elder. You only need to serve as the Gu family's supreme elder for ten thousand years. After ten thousand years, the Gu family will help you establish another true spirit family. Otherwise, although you are extremely powerful and it is not difficult for you to create a family on your own, you will definitely face many obstacles. The major families have already divided up the profits, and adding a new family will inevitably affect the distribution of interests among all parties. Other families may not be willing to accept it." The young woman explained with a smile.

Lin Mo stroked his beard and fell into deep thought.

Elder Qi was helpless upon seeing this.

Lin Mo has not responded yet, but it is obvious that he will not choose to join Tianyuan City.

The young woman from the Gu family appeared calm on the surface, but she was actually full of worries in her heart, wondering whether Lin Mo could accept her generous conditions.

Many high-level monks are not keen on establishing families or forces.

Some ascetics focus on their practice and are unwilling to be bound by anything.

Otherwise, after losing the cultivators in the fusion stage, it would not have been so difficult for Tianyuan City to recruit new people in the Three Emperors and Seven Realms.

"I heard that one of the Three Emperors, Tianmiao Linghuang, passed away recently, and the new Linghuang will be selected in the Saint Cultivation Competition a hundred years later. Is this true?" Lin Mo thought for a long time and suddenly asked, surprising both Qi Xubing and Fairy Xiaofeng.

"Indeed. The new Spirit Emperor will select a fellow Daoist in the Fusion Stage to serve in the Saint Cultivation Competition a hundred years later. Is Fellow Daoist Lin interested in this?" The green-robed old man responded after a long while, with a strange look on his face.

"Don't I have the right to participate in the selection of the Spirit Emperor?" Lin Mo smiled faintly and answered easily.

“All human cultivators above the Fusion Stage have the right to compete for the position of Spirit Emperor, but the position of Spirit Emperor has basically been obtained by cultivators in the late Fusion Stage. Occasionally, a cultivator in the middle stage will obtain it, and they must possess extraordinary magical powers. However, there has been no example of an early stage cultivator taking on the position of Holy Emperor since the human race established itself in the spiritual world.” The old man’s complexion returned to normal, and he replied with a helpless smile.

“Senior Lin possesses the blood of a true spirit, so his magical powers are naturally powerful. However, it may be a little too hasty for you to covet the position of Spirit Emperor. A hundred years or so will only allow you to adapt to the new realm and magical powers, and it may be difficult for you to compete with the strong men in the middle and late stages.” The young woman took a deep breath and persuaded in a gentle tone.

"How dare I, Lin, be so arrogant as to think that I can seize the position of Spirit Emperor just after entering the fusion stage. The Spirit Emperor competition will surely gather many cultivators of the same level. I, Lin, participate in it in order to make friends and learn from each other. It is really difficult for me to accept the kind invitation from the two fellow Taoists. I do not like to stay in one place for a long time, nor do I want to be too involved in cause and effect, so I decline. However, I am quite interested in the techniques of refining and driving the True Spirit bloodline of the True Spirit family. If Fairy Xiaofeng is willing, I am willing to exchange treasures or techniques. What do you think, Fairy?" Lin Mo's eyes flashed and his words were shocking.

Gu Xiaofeng was quite surprised to hear Lin Mo's request. She stared at Lin Mo, with doubt and hesitation in her eyes. After a while, she shook her head slightly and answered firmly: "Senior Lin, the Gu family's true spirit blood refining technique is a family secret, and I am sorry that it is difficult to teach you. Even if you offer more tempting conditions, I can't agree. Unless..." Lin Mo smiled indifferently and interrupted her words: "In this case, there is no need to mention the Gu family. As for other forces, Lin has no intention of joining. I am afraid that the two Taoist friends will return disappointed this time."

Gu Xiaofeng sighed helplessly and said no more. Qi Xubing frowned and did not mention the invitation again. In the following time, the three of them focused on discussing the way of cultivation, and the awkward atmosphere gradually dissipated.

After a few hours, the two said goodbye. Although Lin Mo tried his best to keep them, they had made up their minds, so he had to personally send them out of the mansion.

Soon after, two beams of light cut through the sea of ​​fog, and the figures of the green-robed old man and Gu Xiaofeng appeared. Gu Xiaofeng smiled at the old man and asked, "Senior Qi, should we return?"

The old man pondered for a moment and replied, "Fellow Daoist Xiaofeng, please do as you please. I have other things to do and will not return to Tianyuan City for the time being. It is said that there is a cultivator who has just advanced to the Fusion Stage in Xuanwu Territory. Although he has been invited by the Overlord, I still want to go and visit him."

Gu Xiaofeng nodded slightly, saluted to the old man, and turned into a silver rainbow and flew away. The old man watched him go away, then summoned a green flying boat and drove away.

In a moment, the place returned to peace. However, only half an hour later, a silver rainbow appeared in the sky again, and Gu Xiaofeng turned back. She looked calm and whispered a few words, and the sea of ​​fog opened up a passage. Gu Xiaofeng entered it without hesitation, and the sea of ​​fog closed again.

Two hours later, a passage appeared again in the sea of ​​fog, and a silver rainbow flew out of it and disappeared into the distance.

At the same time, Lin Mo sat quietly in the hall of the cave, holding a silver-white jade plate in his hand, stroking the delicate surface of the jade plate with concentration, his brows furrowed.

The jade plaque is crystal clear, with the word "Gu" engraved on one side and a lifelike image of a three-headed red monster on the other side, which resembles the legendary true spirit - Li Hou.

It is said that although Li Hou has a medium status among the true spirits, his three heads can control three completely different powers, and each power contains amazing magical powers.

These magical powers are not only extremely powerful in battle, but also have many wonderful uses in life and practice.

This jade token was given to Lin Mo by Fairy Xiaofeng after she visited him again.

The Gu family inherited the bloodline of the true spirit Li Hou.

Lin Mo was quite surprised at Fairy Xiaofeng's visit again, and kept replaying her words in his mind.

As soon as they met, the fairy handed the jade token to Lin Mo and offered an attractive deal.

As long as Lin Mo temporarily joins the Gu family and fights in the True Spirit Ceremony more than ten years later, he can be taught some of the Gu family's bloodline secrets.

As long as Lin Mo wins enough benefits for the Gu family, the fairy will promise to teach him these secret techniques.

However, the fairy also made it clear that these secret techniques were not the core secrets of the Gu family, but they were rare in the outside world, so she was willing to use them in exchange for Lin Mo's help.

Lin Mo couldn't help but be tempted when he learned that he only needed to join the Gu family for a short period of time and take action only once.

Although he has mastered the blood refining technique in the Jingzhe Jue, this technique was designed specifically for the Feiling tribe and is still insufficient for humans.

Before he was promoted to the fusion stage, he did not notice anything unusual. However, during the nearly one year of steady cultivation, he unexpectedly discovered that the blood of the true spirit, which he thought had been completely refined, still had many mysterious traces left, quietly hidden in his body.

This discovery shocked him so much that he immediately began to conduct in-depth research.

The results showed that with his current strength, he could still suppress these remnants of true blood, but if he continued to absorb the blood of other true spirits, it might cause an unknown crisis.

Either the remaining true blood would backfire on the body, or he would no longer be able to perform the transformation techniques of the Jingzhe Jue.

Therefore, in the near future, he will consolidate his cultivation in the fusion stage while seeking a solution.

Because of this, when Fairy Xiaofeng mentioned the Gu family's technique of refining true spirit blood, Lin Mo became very interested.

Although the refining techniques of the major families could not directly help him completely refine the remaining true blood, they undoubtedly had extremely high reference value.

If he had not learned the Jingzhe Jue, it would be useless to rely on simple refining techniques. However, with the Jingzhe Jue as a reference, he only needed to find the difference between the human race's refining technique and the Jingzhe Jue refining technique to resolve this hidden danger.

Even so, as mentioned before, he would not force himself to be tied to the Gu family and accept the bondage for ten thousand years. And even if he could not obtain the Gu family's refining technique, he would still look for other ways to obtain similar refining techniques. However, doing so would inevitably bring certain troubles and might even cause conflicts with some True Spirit families.

When he heard the young woman's explanation of the True Spirit Ceremony, that he only needed to exchange skills with other True Spirit family monks at the ceremony to gain benefits for the Gu family, he readily agreed. Fairy Xiaofeng left with great joy.

The jade token in his hand was a symbol of his temporary status as the elder of the Gu family. After careful consideration and confirmation that there was nothing wrong, he put the matter behind him and returned to the secret room to continue to consolidate his own fusion realm.

During this period, several major forces came to visit, including the envoy of Emperor Tianyuan. Lin Mo knew it well, so he politely rejected them one by one. Time passed quickly, and several years had passed in the blink of an eye.

One day three years later, Lin Mo walked out of the secret room and disappeared into the cave as a green rainbow. After a short period of retreat, he was confident that he had completely mastered his physical power, so he began to deal with the things that were on his mind. Tianyuan City, which was the closest to him, naturally became his first choice.

The journey was safe and sound. Two months later, Lin Mo's figure appeared on the wall of Tianyuan City. After a little thought, he rushed straight in a certain direction. The many pavilions and buildings located between the two giant stone towers deep in Tianyuan City are well-known places for temporary accommodation for foreign monks.

The Jindan cultivators with lower cultivation and limited financial resources usually have to share a loft with others, while the powerful Lianxu cultivators can occupy a loft alone. One of the lofts is occupied by four Jindan cultivators who came together.

It is said that these four people are very powerful and have lived here for more than a hundred years. They have been in and out of the wild area many times without any harm, so they are well-known in Tianyuan City. However, in recent years, they rarely go out and spend most of their time practicing in the attic. (End of this chapter)