He originally thought that harvesting half a head would be enough to make a profit.
And now...
The stalactite spirit milk is placed in front of you...
Chu Mu was very confused.
The stalactite spirit milk is located in an underground cave, and you need to enter a pool and go through an underground undercurrent channel to reach it.
Being able to condense stalactite spiritual milk, it is obvious that the material of the cave must also be stalactite with spiritual material properties.
In a short period of time, it is impossible to break open. Even if it were to be broken open, it would inevitably cause a huge noise.
As for the emerald green dragonfly, beyond the limit of his spiritual control, it was just a dead thing that acted according to logical commands, and it was impossible to perform too detailed operations.
Even if he was standing on the edge of the pool, the distance from the cave was far beyond the coverage limit of his consciousness, and it was impossible to use bamboo dragonflies to achieve his goal like just now.
Obviously, if he wanted to obtain the stalactite spirit milk, he had only one way to go.
That is to enter the pool or cave in person...
Chu Mu silently stared at the ferocious two-headed giant snake, feeling the billowing spiritual energy gathering towards the two-headed giant snake. Reason and greed seemed to be entangled again.
Moreover, this time, greed has clearly gained the upper hand.
After so many years on the path to immortality, one fact is undoubtedly very clear.
As a casual cultivator, without power or influence, it is difficult to move forward.
What others can easily get, he... must go through countless hardships and dangers.
In the Qi training realm, he has opened up financial resources, and the things he can obtain, or what he can buy with spiritual stones after opening up financial resources, and everything he can access, are undoubtedly extremely limited.
Under the strict class order of this world of immortality, everything has a threshold.
The Qi training realm belongs to the lowest level of the world of immortality. This threshold is not too obvious yet.
After all, there are many, many, many immortal cultivators in the Qi-training realm, and the huge base is destined to mean that no matter how monopolized and restricted this realm of cultivation is, there will be no way out.
But what if we reach the foundation building realm?
The higher the cultivation level, the rarer the resources and knowledge required.
Decades-old elixirs and first-class spiritual materials can be found everywhere in the black market.
What about the second-level spiritual materials, the elixir that lasts hundreds of years?
That is a rare sight!
The threshold of invisibility will only get higher and higher, and the monopoly and scarcity of resources and knowledge will only become more severe.
Just like...the countless immortal cultivators he saw in Lotus Lake.
Why, as soon as he showed up and leaked his spiritual aura, he was pursued one after another?
Why, even though they knew that all the major forces were clearing and blocking the area, there were still so many immortal cultivators who rushed forward without fear of death, just to fight for an unknown possibility?
Because the opportunity is in front of you, and no one wants to miss it.
He, too, doesn't want to miss it.
Keep a low profile when you should be low-key, and be aggressive when you should be aggressive!
There is no way to cultivate immortality without experiencing danger...
Chu Mu walked decisively down the mountain. He was not walking fast, and the mask of the phantom god had completely covered him.
But obviously, this is just deceiving others.
Based on his current understanding of weapon refining, this high-grade magic weapon, the Phantom God Face, is far from perfect in the Qi training realm. There are too many ways to break through the disguise and get a glimpse of the reality.
Not to mention, in front of a mid- to late-stage second-level monster, which is equivalent to the mid-to-late stage of foundation building, as long as it is awake, it is useless.
"Before the two-headed snake transformed, it seemed to be extremely clever at holding its breath..."
While being cautious, Chu Mu suddenly remembered the half head he had just obtained.
When he came to the valley, he saw a second-level monster, but he didn't find any abnormality. Wangcai was a monster and should have been extremely sensitive to bloodline pressure, but he didn't notice anything abnormal.
The appearance of this two-headed snake undoubtedly proved that it stayed in this pool and never left.
Obviously, the two-headed snake before its transformation definitely had some talent in concentrating its breath and hiding it.
With that half of the head, it seems that a high-quality, breath-containing and hidden weapon-refining creation can be made...
Thinking in his heart, Chu Mu did not stop and sneaked into the valley, only a few hundred meters away from the sleeping two-headed giant snake.
The aura of the two-headed giant snake almost made him breathless, and the scale patterns on its monster body were clearly visible.
Chu Mu breathed slowly, suppressed the tension in his heart, and moved forward very slowly.
All the way to the pool, the two-headed giant snake was still sleeping.
He stood by the pool, pondered for a moment, and without any further hesitation, he quietly submerged into the pool.
Although he is not proficient in water-attribute magic techniques, he can still be extremely fast in the water with the help of his powerful body functions.
In almost just a few breaths, he had already entered the underground undercurrent channel, speeding along the channel, picking up the bamboo dragonfly that seemed to have been crashed, and finally emerged from the water, which was already a different world.
It seemed that due to the lack of air circulation, an extremely unpleasant stench filled the cave.
Chu Mu jumped up without any scruples. He moved around and appeared in front of the stone trough in the corner.
With a slight movement of his spiritual thoughts, the stalactite spiritual milk accumulated in the stone trough flowed back into the jade bottle he had taken out, like running water.
Although there was only a thin layer of spiritual milk in the stone trough, it seemed to be much more than he imagined.
After two full jade bottles were filled, the stone trough completely revealed its true appearance. Chu Mu lifted up the jade bottle and inserted the drop of spiritual milk that had just fallen into the jade bottle. Immediately, his spiritual consciousness covered the entire cave.
He jumped up and broke the stalactites hanging from the top of the cave, which were shining with a faint aura.
The two jade bottles and the five stalactites, which were second-level spiritual minerals, fell into the storage talisman.
Under the cover of his spiritual consciousness, after confirming that nothing was missing, he did not linger any longer and jumped into the pool again.
When it surfaced, the two-headed giant snake, which was almost within easy reach, was still sleeping, and its surging spiritual energy was almost condensing into substance under its seemingly unconscious breathing.
It was obvious that this two-headed giant snake was definitely a blessing in disguise.
Chu Mu took a deep look at the huge two-headed snake, paused for a while, and then returned as cautiously as he had come.
Peaceful journey.
Many monsters in the surrounding mountains seemed to be intimidated by the transformed two-headed snake and fled one after another.
Entering the mountain, it was already silent, except for the mess left by many monster beasts fleeing in all directions.
"Woooooooo..."
Seeing Chu Mu approaching, Wangcai rushed over excitedly, holding a huge mouse in his mouth.
Chu Mu took a closer look and found that this mouse was also a monster, but it only had the cultivation level of the early stage of the first level. However, it had been bitten to death by Wangcai, leaving only a corpse.
Chu Mu patted Wangcai and motioned for it to eat. He looked around and saw several jade slips appearing in his hand.
The three jade slips, which were the tokens of the secret realm, showed no abnormalities after entering the secret realm.
It seems that it is really just a simple access voucher.
With a flick of his hand, Chu Mu put the three jade slips into the storage talisman. Then Chu Mu looked at the two jade slips left by Zhao Shuang to introduce information about the secret realm.
Zhao Shuang didn't leave much information, only an extremely vague topographic map and an equally vague introduction. The clearest one was the so-called ancient monk's cave.
Location………
Chu Mu looked around again, but there was hardly any discernible trace.
The only clue so far is that the ancient monk's cave is at the bottom of a large lake in the northwest, under Sword Blade Peak.
The specific scene appearance is also recorded in the jade slips. If you go to that area, it will undoubtedly be easy to identify.
"Northwest direction..."
Chu Mu looked up and saw the mountains and the sea of clouds stretching out, showing the vastness.
His thoughts moved slightly, the divine wind boots under his feet were moving, and a faint spiritual light shone around his feet. His body looked like a ghost, and in a flash, he disappeared into the mountains and forests...
…
Two days later.
Among the mountains and forests, there was a white tiger with two wings on its back. It was covered in bloodstains all over its body, and there was a bloody gash several feet long on its waist. Blood drops were flying everywhere, and it was flying and jumping in the mountains and forests, trying to escape.
Behind him, there was a black shadow chasing closely. Between chasing and escaping, the two of them had already run several miles away in the forest.
"Roar!"
There was a sudden loud roar, and the black shadow behind him rushed forward. The huge body was clearly visible, and the ferocious claws pierced the body of the white tiger in front of him.
With a tearing sound, a large piece of flesh and blood was torn off by the sharp claws. Then, the sharp claws reappeared and bit the white tiger's neck with great accuracy.
The fangs pierced, blood spattered, and with a scream and roar, the white tiger had lost its life.
"Eat it."
Chu Mu fell from the sky lightly, retracted the white tiger's wings that he had deliberately left unharmed, and uttered a sentence.
"Roar!"
Excited by the wealth, with a few bites, the white tiger's huge body shrank in size visible to the naked eye.
Chu Mu's face was expressionless. Looking at the white tiger wings in his hands, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
A tiger has two wings, and his bloodline is obviously good. At least, if Wangcai faced him alone, he would probably end up being eaten.
However, it is only a first-order monster. No matter how good it is, the value of these wings is only in the first-order category, and it is of little use to him.
He glanced at Wangcai, who was still biting and devouring the white tiger, and then looked at the surrounding mountains, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes.
The vastness of the secret realm was far greater than he imagined, and the dangers of the secret realm were much more real and cruel than those recorded on the jade slips.
In two days of traveling, he didn't meet a single immortal cultivator, but he encountered many monsters.
Various low-level monsters emerge in endlessly, and there seem to be several second-level monsters.
However, the territory of second-level monsters is generally extremely conspicuous. After all, low-level monsters do not dare to enter the territory of second-level monsters, so it is not difficult to avoid them.
It's just... that no one is around, which is obviously uncomfortable.
Judging from the Xie family monks I saw in the valley before, there are definitely many monks from various families and the Changsheng Sect who have entered this secret realm.
He traveled for two days, but there was no sign of anyone.
None of the topography and landforms recorded in the jade slips matched.
After two days of traveling, I was like a headless fly, unable to find my destination...
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(End of chapter)
