Celestial being

Yuan Ming sighed and put down the green incense burner. It happened that one of the ears of the burner touched the white ape skin wrapped around his waist.

The surface of the incense burner flashed with green light, and a stream of warm air escaped from it and quickly integrated into the white ape's skin.

The white ape skin trembled, and a faint golden light appeared on the surface. Then it unfolded with a hula and was draped on Yuan Ming's body.

Before Yuan Ming understood what was happening, there was a sudden surge of mana in his dantian, and it began to flow out, continuously pouring into the white ape's skin, and the white ape's skin began to merge with his body.

This feeling was just like the first time Elder Huo Huo used the fur technique to cover his body with fur.

The white ape's skin was squirming like a living thing, with bumps bulging out on the surface, as if there were countless mice crawling inside.

Yuan Ming was shocked, and without thinking, he quickly used his kung fu to try to stabilize the magic power in his dantian and prevent it from continuing to flow out, but it was to no avail.

Not only the mana in his body, but also the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the surrounding air seemed to be attracted by some invisible force and converged towards the white ape's skin.

A scene that stunned Yuan Ming appeared.

As spiritual energy was continuously injected into the white ape skin, the originally gray and dry hair became white and smooth at a speed visible to the naked eye. Some bald areas re-grew white hair, which quickly became thicker and longer.

At the same time, a phantom of the white ape appeared within the white ape's skin, covering his body.

"What is this?" Yuan Ming was startled, and his hands and feet began to scratch his ears and cheeks uncontrollably, as if the cry of a squeaking ape was echoing in his ears.

Before he could react, a cold aura suddenly rose in his head, causing a sudden pain between his eyebrows, as if a dagger had been thrust in and penetrated his head!

Yuan Ming couldn't help but open his mouth wide, but he couldn't make any sound. He just felt like the world was spinning and he almost lost his consciousness.

Even though his mind had always been firm and he could withstand this inhuman torture, his consciousness was almost collapsed. His ears could not hear any sound, and his eyes could not see any light.

In a daze, Yuan Ming's mind pictured a tall and burly white ape standing proudly on a giant peak in the wind. In the violent storm, he clenched his fists and beat his chest, looking up to the sky and roaring in anger.

Then his eyes went dark and he lost track of who was going on.

After an unknown amount of time, Yuan Ming's consciousness slowly returned and his five senses gradually recovered.

He shook his somewhat swollen head and felt that the ape skin on his body had stopped squirming and no longer absorbed his mana. However, his dantian was somewhat empty and all his mana had been sucked out.

But the originally gray-colored ape skin was now completely white and moist, with a shiny surface. It looked as if it had just been peeled off, and there was even a trace of golden light on it.

"What happened just now? Why does this white ape skin seem to come to life? By the way, that white ape, could it be..." Yuan Ming frowned and thought silently in his heart.

Although there was no basis for it, he subconsciously felt that the white ape that had appeared in his mind was the owner of the ape skin.

"Bang" "Bang" "Bang"

A very powerful heartbeat suddenly sounded in his ears, which shocked Yuan Ming's heart and woke him up from his complicated thoughts.

"ah!"

The next moment, he felt a sharp pain coming from the tips of his fingers. Bloody white sharp claws pierced the flesh and drove out, causing his whole body to tremble and he fell to the ground, holding his hands and groaning miserably.

It took a full quarter of an hour before the sharp claws stopped growing, and the excruciating pain subsided.

Yuan Ming took a breath, his whole body was almost soaked with sweat, his head was rumbling, and he was about to faint.

It's just that the noise he just made was quite loud. I wonder if some wild beast will hear the noise and come over, so he mustered up the energy to sit up cross-legged and use the Nine Yuan Jue to adjust his breath.

Half an hour later, Yuan Ming opened his eyes, his expression softened slightly, and his body's mana also recovered a little.

He looked at his hands and saw that the sharp claws on his fingers were half a foot long, curved like dragon claws, as if they were made of steel, and looked indestructible.

"Although I don't know what happened, it seems that the white ape skin has evolved in some way because of the mysterious incense burner? This incense burner is really a rare treasure!" Yuan Ming thought to himself.

He cast a spell to put away the incense burner, moved his arm, and grabbed a handful randomly on the wall of the cave.

Five deep marks were easily scratched on the cave wall. The solid earth wall was like tofu in front of the sharp claws, and there was almost no resistance.

"So sharp!" Yuan Ming praised.

The original white ape was relatively good at arm strength, and could freely shuttle through the mountains and forests with its flexible body. Compared with jackals, tigers and leopards, it had no advantage in offense. However, now with this pair of sharp claws, it is naturally very different.

For example, the ferocious armadillo beast is not afraid of the attack of the green fox. It is often invincible with its extremely tough armor. With its current strength, although it is reliable to defeat it with brute force, it will be very difficult. If With this pair of sharp claws complementing each other, it is natural to easily break through the opponent's defense and get twice the result with half the effort.

"No matter how much you improve your strength, as long as you don't get the real antidote for the Corrupt Heart Pill, you will not be able to leave this area, and your return to the Central Plains will be far away." When Yuan Ming thought of the poison poisoned by Bi Luo Cave, he couldn't help but I feel a little disheartened.

"Since the incense burner cannot be lit for the time being, maybe we can try to get some news from there?" He changed his mind and looked towards the south.

In the past few months, he had taken advantage of every opportunity to hand over the essence and blood of ferocious beasts to have some communication with Elder Huhuo.

Although the other party came and went like the wind every time and did not want to say anything more, one of them, whether intentionally or unintentionally, mentioned that there were a large number of furry beast slaves under the jurisdiction of Biluo Cave, and they were released into various areas of Shiwan Mountain. Under the management of different elders, he is responsible for as many as twenty or thirty.

Yuan Ming believes that these beast slaves can be called "predecessors" to him. They must know more about Biluo Cave or this Hundred Thousand Mountains than he does. Maybe he can get some information by looking for and contacting them. You may not even know the information you need.

After making the plan in his mind, Yuan Ming did not immediately set off to find other beast slaves. There were only two days until the next payment of blood essence and blood. After handing in this month's blood essence and blood of the ferocious beasts, it would not be too late to set off again.

Two days later, Yuan Ming came to the huge stone boundary monument with the blood essence he had prepared.

Elder Huhuo had been waiting there for a long time this time, but Wulu did not appear.

"Elder Huhuo, please count the ferocious beast essence and blood this month." Yuan Ming took out the blood storage bag and handed it over.

"These five blood essences have similar colors and scents. Were they collected in one day?" Elder Huhuo took the blood storage bag and glanced at it. He moved his brows, looked up at Yuan Ming, and asked.

"The elder is so sharp-eyed! The disciple accidentally discovered a nest of ferocious green fox beasts, and was lucky enough to collect five blood essences in one day." Yuan Ming didn't understand what Elder Huhuo meant by his words, but he didn't lie.

"Killing five green foxes in a row in one day is good. Can your cultivation reach the first level of Qi refining?" Elder Huhuo looked at Yuan Ming and asked.

"I had an epiphany a few days ago and got a breakthrough by luck." Yuan Ming hesitated and said.

"Being able to break through the first level of Qi Refining within half a year is pretty good, just barely qualified." Elder Huhuo nodded.

"I wonder what the elder means by this?" Yuan Ming looked surprised.

"You furry beast slaves basically have the qualifications of the Four Spiritual Roots. According to the evaluation of the world of immortal cultivation, you are "pseudo-spiritual roots." Without special opportunities or perseverance, it is generally difficult for us to achieve great things. Our Biluodong has always been Talent, setting up a furry beast slave is a kind of trial. For those who can break through the first level of Qi refining stage within half a year, it can provide an upward path, but whether you succeed or not depends on whether you have the perseverance." Elder Huhuo raised his chin and said pleasantly.

"Elder, please make it clear." Yuan Ming vaguely guessed something, and a hint of excitement flashed across his face.

"As long as you can turn in a certain amount of ferocious beast essence and blood within three years, you can break away from your identity as a furry beast slave and be accepted as a registered disciple by Biluo Cave to learn the true secrets of immortal magic." Elder Huhuo seemed to be very interested in Yuan Ming. The reaction was quite satisfactory and he continued.

"Welcome to Biluo Cave! Are you serious?" Yuan Ming's expression perked up and he blurted out.

"I, Hu Huo, am considered a person of some status in Biluo Cave. When have I ever made such false promises?" Elder Hu Huo's face darkened.

"Elder, I apologize. I was agitated in the moment and made a mistake with my words. But I don't know how many volumes of essence and blood need to be handed over in three years?" Yuan Ming apologized hurriedly and asked in a different direction.

"A thousand copies."

When Yuan Ming heard this, his eyes widened, as if he couldn't believe what he heard.

"If you can't collect even a thousand blood essences, then I advise you to give up the idea of ​​cultivating immortals as soon as possible. I think you are quite pleasing to the eye, but I want to remind you that if you want to complete the mission, it is best to hunt for higher According to regulations, one first-level intermediate-level vicious beast essence blood is equivalent to ten lower-level vicious beast essence blood, and one upper-level vicious beast essence blood is equal to one hundred lower-level vicious beast essence blood. ." Elder Huhuo glanced at Yuan Ming and said.

"Thank you, elder, for your advice. I understand." Yuan Ming felt a chill in his heart and replied respectfully.

Last month when the Huhuo elder was collecting essence and blood, he mentioned this matter to him and Ulu. The so-called first-level lower level is the definition of the strength of the first-level ferocious beast. There is also a first-level intermediate level above it. , one level and two levels above.

The green foxes and armadillos he had encountered before were all first-level low-level ferocious beasts. In terms of strength, they were almost equivalent to monks on the first to fourth levels of the Qi Refining Stage, while the first-level mid-level ferocious beasts entrenched deeper in the Shiwan Mountain were Equivalent to monks at the fifth to eighth levels of the Qi Refining Stage, their strength is naturally different.

As for the first-level upper-level ferocious beasts, they are even more terrifying, far superior to the mid-level ferocious beasts. If they are not strong enough, they will be killed instantly when they encounter them.

Of course, due to the low intelligence of ferocious beasts, ordinary monks can use some means to try to hunt beyond the level even if their actual cultivation level is not as good as it is. Of course, this cannot be generalized.

In short, with his current level of Qi refining, he has no confidence that he can escape unscathed from a first- to mid-level ferocious beast.

In other words, if you want to gather a thousand pieces of ferocious beast essence and blood, unless your cultivation level can be further improved, you can only continue to hunt a thousand first-level and lower-level ferocious beasts honestly.

Just when Yuan Ming was about to ask Elder Huhuo for the antidote and say goodbye, there was a strange movement in the jungle not far behind him, and there were faint footsteps approaching.

Yuan Ming turned around and looked around, only to see Wulu limping towards here.