First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 21: Body Forging Realm Eighth Stage Heaven

"I sincerely apologize, Immortal Master. The Zhao family truly did not intend to conceal anything."

"We truly did not know that there were high-rank Demonic Beasts hidden in this spiritual field."

"Why would high-rank Demonic Beasts come to disturb our spiritual field?"

Zhao Bing was completely puzzled.

But Shen Mo understood in his heart that the reason the Double-Headed Silver Patterned Python was attracted here was most likely because of that strange purple fruit.

Judging from the attitude of the Zhao family, it seemed that they were unaware of the existence of that strange fruit.

Zhao Bing, leading his son Zhao Jiachang, sincerely apologized, "It was my negligence that almost caused harm to Immortal Master. Please forgive me, Immortal Master."

Shen Mo remained silent, only quietly looking at the father and son from the Zhao family.

What he wanted was not an apology.

But a compensation.

"As for Immortal Master's loss, my Zhao family is willing to bear it to the best of our ability." Zhao Bing gritted his teeth and said, "I can double the ten fruits that I previously promised to Immortal Master."

He also knew that mere apologies were not enough.

He had to show his sincerity with real actions.

"Immortal Master, what do you think?"

"That will do." Shen Mo nodded slightly and chose to accept.

Ten fruits were roughly equivalent in value to fifteen low-grade Spirit Stones in the market.

Although it was still not enough to make up for the loss of his two talismans.

But at least the Zhao family showed some sincerity, which could somewhat compensate for his loss.

Nightfall shrouded the heavens.

Inside the guest room of the Zhao family.

Shen Mo sat in the Lotus Position, entering a state of meditation and cultivation.

Originally, he had planned to leave directly tonight, but Zhao Bing said that it was already late and asked him to stay for the night and return to the sect tomorrow.

After thinking for a moment, Shen Mo agreed.

He could tell that the old patriarch of the Zhao family was extremely unwilling to see him leave without resolving the disaster in the spiritual field.

After the compensation earlier, both the father and son from the Zhao family implied that they hoped Shen Mo, their senior immortal master, could be a good person to the end.

It would be best if he could send a message to the sect, gather friends, and come together to completely resolve the disaster in the spiritual field for the Zhao family.

At the very least, he could give some suggestions and come up with ideas to prevent the spiritual field from being abandoned.

Shen Mo felt that he had no obligation to do so.

The reward he received was originally for killing small demons. Dealing with the Double-Headed Silver Patterned Python was a separate matter and required a different price.

Of course, even if the head of the Zhao family was willing to pay him more, he would not accept it.

Simply put, he was not capable enough.

"This trip may not have been smooth, but there were still gains!"

After a day of practical combat experience, Shen Mo felt that the bottleneck of his realm, which was originally solid, showed signs of loosening.

"It seems that what Chen Mengze said is true. Only through practical experience and battles can I find a breakthrough opportunity!"

He flipped his palm and took out a plump and round red fruit from his Qiankun bag.

The Zhu Guo fruit.

"Now that my realm is loosening, I will use this Zhu Guo fruit to try and see if I can break through to the next level!"

With that in mind, he swallowed the fruit.

The juice of the fruit slowly flowed on his tongue, making Shen Mo salivate.

It had to be said that the taste of this Zhu Guo fruit was quite good, with a refreshing and pleasant fragrance.

It was much tastier than the aphrodisiac he usually took.

"You have swallowed a Zhu Guo fruit and activated the Heavenly Origin Technique. The medicinal power of the Zhu Guo fruit gradually spreads within your body. After being digested by the Heavenly Origin Technique, your cultivation base has increased."

Half an hour later, he opened his eyes again and saw the information prompt that appeared.

"The medicinal power of one Zhu Guo fruit is far from enough for me to break through!"

Shen Mo shook his head. Although it had only been half an hour, he had already completely refined the energy of the Vermilion Fruit.

However, in terms of self-perception, there was still a gap to the Eighth Stage of the Body Forging Realm.

Afterwards, he took out two more Vermilion Fruits from his Qiankun Bag.

"Gulu!"

These two Vermilion Fruits were quickly swallowed by Shen Mo one after another, stimulating the medicinal power and increasing his Cultivation Base.

【You have swallowed a Vermilion Fruit and activated the Heavenly Origin Technique. The medicinal power of the Vermilion Fruit gradually spreads within your body. After being digested by the Heavenly Origin Technique, your Cultivation Base has increased.】

Another hour passed, and at this moment, Shen Mo's aura had clearly increased compared to before.

But it still wasn't enough.

"Two more."

Shen Mo took out two more Vermilion Fruits from his storage bag and swallowed them according to the same method.

Under normal circumstances, he wouldn't consume so many spiritual medicines in such a short period of time.

Because this would be harmful and not beneficial. It would not only waste many medicinal powers that couldn't be absorbed in time, but also cause an unstable foundation.

But at this moment, he was at a critical stage of breaking through the Cultivation Base.

If he couldn't make a breakthrough to the Eighth Stage of the Body Forging Realm tonight, he didn't know how long he would have to wait to find a new opportunity for a breakthrough.

"Breakthrough to the Eighth Stage of the Body Forging Realm!"

The surging Spirit Power within his body continuously impacted the barrier of the Realm.

Like waves crashing against the shore, it was endless.

"It's done."

After an unknown amount of time, Shen Mo trembled all over, and his bones, blood, and qi in his body underwent another sublimation.

A faint sense of joy surged up in his heart.

"I have advanced another step towards the Qi Gathering Realm!"

He clenched his fists, feeling a surge of power throughout his body, as if he could punch a mountain and shatter it.

This made him want to rush to the Zhao family's spiritual field and kill the dual-headed silver-striped python that had forced him to flee in embarrassment during the day.

But as soon as this thought arose, Shen Mo immediately suppressed it.

"Illusion, illusion."

He murmured to himself, soothing the restless thought.

When a practitioner just broke through, the tremendous increase in power often brought about a sense of extreme sublimation.

It was inevitable to have some floating thoughts.

But this feeling was just an illusion and not real.

Although Shen Mo had broken through to the Eighth Stage of the Body Forging Realm, he still didn't have the power to fight back against the dual-headed silver-striped python that had almost reached the Second Stage.

"However, even though I don't have the ability to kill that python..."

"But my combat power among peers is still quite strong."

Shen Mo thought for a moment, then opened his own attribute status to take a look.

His Pure Sword Technique, after gaining experience from slaying demons during the day, had almost reached the stage of breakthrough.

And the Heavenly Origin Technique had also made great progress, approaching the level of integration.

The extremely high level of insight he had achieved in these two basic Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills brought about a significant boost in his combat power on the battlefield.

In addition, he had mastered the Light Body Technique "Thunderous Steps". Coupled with the special destiny of being as strong as a bull, Shen Mo estimated that his true combat power was not inferior to a cultivator at the Ninth Stage of Body Tempering.

"Right, when I killed the demon in the spiritual field, I obtained destiny points!"

He suddenly remembered something and opened the balance of his destiny points to take a look.

【Destiny Points: 5】

"Five points!"

Seeing this number, a faint smile appeared on Shen Mo's face. "This is much faster than accumulating through daily boring cultivation!"

He had been worried that as his various basic destinies improved, the cost of each subsequent promotion would increase exponentially, and the efficiency of accumulating destiny points would be too slow, which would hinder his cultivation.

But now it seemed that this worry was unnecessary.

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