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Chapter 100, Li Longxuan Blood Shield, Obtaining the Family's Spiritual Land
"Yes, thank you for your guidance, Senior Xiaoli. Yun Sheng understands."

After pondering for a moment, Mu Yunsheng finally spoke up to thank Xiao Li for her kindness in instructing him on what to do after being chased by a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

“Yun Sheng, since you have chosen to follow your master to cultivate the art of spiritual cooking, you should be prepared for this. Your cultivation level is too low.”

Xiao Li glanced at Mu Yun Sheng and said that the seven or eight-year-old Taoist boy had a serious and solemn expression on his face, without his usual playful and mischievous demeanor.

"Does Senior Little Fox mean that Senior Zhu has an enemy?" Mu Yunsheng asked, his heart sinking upon hearing Little Fox's words.

Xiao Li did not answer and withdrew her gaze from Mu Yun Sheng.

Mu Yunsheng pondered for a moment. Seeing that Xiao Li remained silent, he did not ask any further questions. In just a short while, he came to a realization: which cultivator does not have enemies?

Being able to follow Zhu Daochang in cultivating the art of spiritual cooking is already an immense blessing, not to mention that he also receives Zhu Daochang's care, helps kill the Heavenly Demon Child, and enjoys the remaining benefits of his status as a Foundation Establishment cultivator and a second-tier low-grade spiritual chef.

Therefore, it was only natural that he came into the sights of Zhu Daochang's enemies.

"Senior Little Fox, Yun Sheng understands. I will cultivate diligently." Mu Yun Sheng bowed to Little Fox and said solemnly.

"Hmm~" Little Tanuki smiled and nodded.

"Please spare my life, seniors! I was coerced by Tian Yaozi. I can be your concubine. I know a lot."

Inside the cave, the young woman who had been seriously injured and unconscious woke up. She hurriedly and frightenedly begged Mu Yunsheng and Xiao Li for mercy, tearing her already revealing clothes to expose her naked body.

She did not die with Tian Yaozi, but her cultivation foundation was damaged and she suffered severe internal injuries.

If treatment is not administered quickly, he will die soon.

"Why did you wake up?" Mu Yunsheng sighed softly as he looked at the young female cultivator who had just awakened. He walked towards her and took out the crane-beak hoe used for planting spirit fields.

"Relax, it'll be quick, take a deep breath!"

"Pfft!" Blood stained the pickaxe of the crane-beak mound, and the young female cultivator entered eternal slumber.

"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!" Mu Yunsheng didn't stop. He raised his hoe and struck Xie Guanjing and the other two on the head, before he felt at ease.

Although he will later use Tian Yaozi's head to exchange for the seven bounties on spiritual land, the fewer people who know about this, the better.

Xiao Li, perched on Mu Yun Sheng's shoulder, watched this scene without intervening. After he finished his work, she remotely retrieved the spiritual items and storage bags from the corpses of Tian Yao Zi and Xie Guan Jing.

Then, in an instant, everything was refined, erasing the true essence imprints of Tian Yaozi and the others, and then the spiritual items contained in their storage bags were taken out.

"Garbage~, it doesn't taste good, garbage, it doesn't taste good..."

Every time Tian Yaozi, Xie Guanjing, and the other three took out a spiritual item from their storage bags, Xiao Li would wave her little hand, beckon it to her for a moment, and then, with a look of disdain, toss it aside.

Looking at these spirit creatures that Xiao Li had disdainfully discarded to the side, Mu Yunsheng couldn't help but feel a stirring in his heart.

Looking at these spiritual objects, not one of them was lower than a mid-grade first rank, and there were even mid-grade magic artifacts used by Xie Guanjing and the other two.

And first-grade high-quality spiritual pills and first-grade high-quality spiritual talismans used for cultivation.

"This magical artifact is quite good!"

"If I had used this magical artifact back then, I could have exchanged three blows with you."

At this moment, Xiao Li took out a magical artifact from Tian Yaozi's storage bag.

Upon hearing the sound, Mu Yunsheng looked over and saw a spherical magic weapon composed of twenty-eight Xuanxue wood spikes. The wooden spikes were dagger-shaped and had two sharp barbs of different lengths.

It is engraved with mysterious and profound magical artifact inscriptions.

With a flick of her tiny hand, the little fox instantly refined the Xuanxue Wood Thorn magic weapon, erasing the true essence imprint of the Heavenly Demon character, and then with a wave of her tiny hand...

"disease!"

"Whoosh~ Whoosh~" The spherical magic weapon composed of twenty-eight Xuanxue wood spikes instantly disintegrated, sweeping away like a blood dragon towards the corpses of the young female cultivator, Xie Guanjing, and the other three in the cave.

"Whoosh!" The bodies of Xie Guanjing and the other three were pierced by twenty-eight Xuanxue wood thorns, and blood flowed out rapidly from their bodies.

Absorbed by the twenty-eight Xuanxue Wood Thorns, in less than a short time, the corpses of Xie Guanjing and the other three were all turned into withered corpses.

At the same time, the spiritual aura and blood light emitted by the twenty-eight Xuanxue wood thorns became even stronger and more dangerous.

"Guard!" With another wave of its little hand, the little fox sent twenty-eight Xuanxue wood thorns flying back to its side and Mu Yunsheng, forming a sphere that enveloped the two of them.

Between the gaps, the inscriptions of the magical artifacts were tightly connected, forming a defensive and protective shield without any blind spots.

"A superior-grade magic weapon, the Li Long Xuan Blood Shield, with ninety-two magic weapon inscriptions, capable of both offense and defense."

"It can break through all kinds of magical shields, absorb the essence and blood of cultivators, and temporarily increase the power of the Xuan Thorn. Once the attacked cultivator is hit by the Xuan Thorn and the flesh is pierced, he will bleed continuously."

"Defend! The twenty-eight mystic thorns are tightly linked as one, and can constantly change shape, making it difficult for even a Qi Refining Perfection stage cultivator to break through!"

Xiao Li paused here, looked at Mu Yun Sheng with a smile, and then asked with a smile.

"Yun Sheng, what do you think of this Li Long Xuan Blood Shield magic weapon?"

"Replying to Senior Little Fox, yes! Very good!"

Mu Yunsheng nodded repeatedly in response, his eyes shining as he looked at the superior-grade magic weapon, the Li Long Xuan Blood Shield, which formed a defensive magic shield in front of him and had bright magic weapon inscriptions.

Listening to Xiao Li's description, one could only feel that he was truly extraordinary.

"If you think it's good, then you can have it. However, you can't control it with your current cultivation level. You need at least the mid-stage of Qi Refining to be able to control it at a basic level."

"High-grade magic artifacts are quite attractive to some down-on-their-luck Foundation Establishment cultivators. Be careful when using them in the future, and don't use them lightly. Once you do use them, it's best not to leave any survivors."

Xiao Li chuckled and retrieved the superior-grade magic weapon, the Li Long Xuan Blood Shield, which had transformed into a magic shield, restoring it to its original spherical size before tossing it to Mu Yun Sheng.

"Senior Little Fox, don't you want it?" Mu Yunsheng stared blankly at the Li Long Xuan Blood Shield in his hand, its spiritual light now gone, and asked Little Fox.

"Useless to me, and my master has no use for it either," Xiao Li replied casually, not caring about the gain or loss of the high-grade magic weapon, the Li Long Xuan Blood Shield. After speaking, she excitedly took out Tian Yaozi's storage bag.

"Thank you, Senior Little Fox." Mu Yunsheng pondered for a moment, then bowed to Little Fox in gratitude without refusing.

He does indeed need some means to protect himself now, whether it's the old man with the withered snake spying on Mu Qinghu, or the personal grudges with Tai Hongfei and the Tai family.

Or perhaps, by using the head of the Heavenly Demon Child, one could obtain the bounty offered by the seven families for the sacred land, and then witness all the events that would unfold.

These all require Mu Yun Sheng to possess considerable strength to deal with, and the Li Long Xuan Blood Shield is a superior magic weapon with ninety-two magic weapon inscriptions.

This is undoubtedly the most effective and fastest way to enhance his strength and protect himself.

Xiao Li remained silent, engrossed in retrieving spiritual items from Tian Yaozi's storage bag.

It disdains these retrieved spiritual items, yet seems to quite like the process of taking them out of its storage bag.

Each time he took out a spiritual item, he would look at it for a moment, and then discard it to the side.

However, Tian Yaozi's storage bag contained very few spiritual items, not even a single spirit stone or a single elixir for cultivation or healing.

Most of them were various poisonous spiritual objects looted from the poisonous Wanze Ridge. Mu Yunsheng even saw that some first-grade mid-level spiritual materials, such as Heavenly Centipede Fruit and Black Heart Grass, were taken out of Tian Yaozi's storage bag by Xiao Li and then casually thrown aside.

"found it!"

Before long, Little Fox seemed to have finally found what it wanted. With a happy laugh, it took out a jade lotus from Tian Yaozi's storage bag. The lotus was emerald green in color and looked like it was carved from jade.

"Senior Little Tanuki, what is this?"

Mu Yunsheng sensed a subtle spiritual aura emanating from the green lotus. It wasn't powerful, but it possessed a vitality akin to that of a spiritual plant. Curious, he asked Xiao Li about it.

"A top-grade spell, 'A Green Lotus Transforms into a Azure Sea,' along with a cultivation secret technique and a cultivation ingredient," Xiao Li replied with a smile. She scanned the green lotus in her hand with her divine sense, and after finding no problems, she tossed it to Mu Yunsheng as well.

"A cultivation ingredient?" Mu Yunsheng quickly reached out and took it, a look of doubt in his eyes.

"Yun Sheng, you don't actually think that high-grade spells, like low-grade spells, can be mastered simply through hard work, do you?"

Xiao Li looked at Mu Yun Sheng and said, and then, without waiting for his reply, continued.

"Mid-grade and above spells, and some strange spells, require the collection and refinement of the essence of various spiritual objects in order to be mastered. And the essence of these various spiritual objects is the medicinal guide."

"It is made by high-level cultivators who collect the essence of various spiritual objects and refine it to facilitate their cultivation."

"The cultivation ingredient for the Green Lotus Transformation into Azure Sea spell in your hand is made by collecting the spiritual essence of eighteen kinds of spiritual lotuses, which is why it can transform into different spiritual lotuses and bewitch the mind."

"Some special cultivation techniques also require medicinal ingredients in order to be successfully practiced."

Upon hearing Xiao Li's words, Mu Yun Sheng fell silent for a long time before whispering something.

"Senior Little Fox, wouldn't this mean that low-level cultivators would never have a chance to rise up, and all kinds of spiritual resources would be occupied by the major cultivator forces?"

"Is there a cultivation method that allows one to reach the advanced level of a cultivator without using spiritual ingredients or medicinal catalysts?"

“Yes, but very few, and the mysteries of cultivation are far inferior to those of cultivation methods that involve collecting the essence of various spiritual objects,” Xiao Li replied, then looked at Mu Yun Sheng and continued.

"It is indeed very difficult for low-level cultivators to rise to prominence unless they encounter a great opportunity, receive the blessings of their ancestors, or join various cultivation forces."

"However, in this cultivation world, where can one truly transcend? Everyone says that cultivators are transcendent people, but they don't know that once they step into cultivation, they are already trapped in so many constraints."

Even the Golden Core cultivators who sit high above, overlooking the rise and fall of the world over thousands of years, have their own constraints.

"Perhaps only a Nascent Soul True Ancestor who can roam the starry sky can ignore the myriad causes and effects that afflict him in this world."

After Xiao Li finished speaking, she transformed into the face of a seven or eight-year-old Taoist boy, sighed softly, and shook her head as if remembering something, saying to Mu Yun Sheng.

"Alright, these are not things that a mere early-stage Qi Refining cultivator like you should be thinking about. Sometimes, even if you know it's a dead end, you still have to keep going."

“Let’s gather these spiritual objects and leave.”

"Whoosh~" The little fox dispelled its illusion and returned to its palm-sized Star Moon Spirit Light Weasel form. It left Mu Yun Sheng's shoulder and headed outside the cave.

"Yes, Senior Xiaoli." Mu Yunsheng could tell that Xiaoli was in a bad mood, so he didn't say anything more. After bowing and seeing Xiaoli off, he collected the spiritual objects in the cave, as well as the corpses of Tian Yaozi and the others.

"Flame Curse!"

After a short while, Xie Guanjing and his three companions, along with the headless corpse of Tian Yaozi, were engulfed in flames in the dark cave.

"It's a pity that I left Tianlong in the Jade Void Spirit Field to protect Xiaolin'er and the others."

Mu Yunsheng watched as the bodies of Tian Yaozi and the others turned to ashes in the flames, sighed inwardly, and then turned and walked out of the cave.

"Let's go!"

The little fox leaped back onto Mu Yunsheng's shoulder from the wind-swept rocks outside the cave and spoke in human language.

"Yes, Senior Little Tanuki."

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Yuqian Mountain Range, Qihefang City.

"It really is Tian Yaozi's head. Did Master Zhu make a move?"

In the elegant room of the Xiankeju General Affairs Building, Liu Jiangxuan looked at the head of the Heavenly Demon Child in the brocade box, reached out and carefully felt the blood hole that had been pierced through the brain for a moment, and asked Mu Yunsheng with a look of shock in his eyes.

"It was Senior Little Fox who did it."

Mu Yunsheng bowed with his hands clasped in a gesture of respect towards the sky and addressed Liu Jiangxuan.

Little Li was no longer by his side. It took three days to get to Louyan Cave, but only half an hour to return to Qihefang City in the Yuqian Mountains.

It was Xiao Li who flew back with Mu Yun Sheng. After delivering him to Qihefang City, Xiao Li left alone and disappeared without a trace.

“Senior Little Fox…” Liu Jiangxuan’s aged eyes narrowed slightly, and his attitude toward Mu Yunsheng became much more serious.

Knowing a Foundation Establishment cultivator and being able to ask a Foundation Establishment cultivator for help are two different things. Although it wasn't Zhu Daochang who personally intervened, in Liu Jiangxuan's mind, Xiao Li represented Zhu Daochang.

"Young friend Mu, do you want that spiritual land from the Yun family?" Liu Jiangxuan asked Mu Yunsheng.

"Replying to Senior Liu, Yun Sheng is a low-level rogue cultivator in Qian Yuan Prefecture. Without spiritual land to help with cultivation, he does indeed want to find a spiritual land to assist his cultivation."

"This should have been done at the Qihefang Market, to the General Affairs Building of your family's Qihefang Market, Senior Liu, to collect the bounty offered by Tian Yaozi."

"But unfortunately, Yun Sheng's cultivation level was too low, and she had to follow Master Zhu to cultivate the Way of the Spirit Chef, so she didn't want to attract attention from others."

"That's why I've come to trouble Senior Liu, hoping to receive the bounty offered by Tian Yaozi from you," Mu Yunsheng said with a smile as he bowed to Liu Jiangxuan.

"Haha~ That's easy. The bounty on Tian Yaozi was originally issued by my Lingdan Liu family. I just need to send a message to Xuan Ruo, the clanswoman on duty at the General Affairs Building of Qihefang City."

"Then we can send the spirit contract of the Yun family's spiritual land to young friend Mu."

Liu Jiangxuan smiled and spoke warmly and gently to Mu Yunsheng, then took the token from his waist and sent a message.

"Yun Sheng thanks Senior Liu." Mu Yun Sheng was overjoyed and bowed to Liu Jiang Xuan again to express his gratitude.

Although after he takes over the Yun family's sacred land, the cultivators of Qianyuan Prefecture will also know that the Yun family's sacred land has changed hands.

However, as long as the information about the spiritual land is not leaked after Tian Yaozi is killed by him, Mu Yunsheng and the Mu family will be in a much safer situation.

As for how the Mu family acquired the Yun family's spiritual land, another reason can be found to confuse the cultivators of Qianyuan Prefecture.

"It's nothing serious, young friend Mu, no need for such formalities." Liu Jiangxuan smiled and waved his hand, then stood up and personally helped Mu Yunsheng, who was bowing. After a moment of contemplation, he spoke to Mu Yunsheng.

"Young friend Mu may not know that the Yun family is a subordinate force of my Lingdan Liu family. In principle, the cultivators who inherit the Yun family's spiritual land will also be under the jurisdiction of my Lingdan Liu family."

“Every year, you need to offer a certain amount of spirit stones or spirit resources to my Lingdan Liu family, or help my Lingdan Liu family with some general affairs, in order to offset this.”

"However, I think it is already difficult for my young friend Mu to be a low-level rogue cultivator in Qian Yuan Prefecture. Therefore, I plan to apply to the clan to see if we can exempt some of your salary."

"Young friend Mu, there's no need to rush this matter. You can first handle the various affairs after receiving the Yun family's spiritual land. I will definitely give you an answer within three to five days."

(End of this chapter)