Chapter 554: The Lost Realm

"No……"

At this moment, Shi Mu suddenly raised his head to the sky, and let out an unwilling roar.

Immediately afterwards, flames shrouded his body, and the flames were dazzling, as if wearing a layer of flame armor.

As soon as this layer of flame came out, the blood plasma around it immediately burned one after another, and instantly burned into a sea of ​​flames.

His eyes were still bloodshot, obviously he hadn't fully regained consciousness, and he only managed to get out of the plasma swamp with the remaining sliver of rationality.

"kill……"

I saw him flying up, the whole body bent into a strong bow in mid-air, dragging a long stick of Zhang Xu behind him, swung it forward suddenly, and danced a black stick shadow in the air, with the momentum of Mount Tai, suddenly towards the big bearded man Smash it.

The bearded man seemed not expecting Shi Mu to make such a move, his face showed surprise, he held the Yanyue long knife tightly in his horizontal hand, and immediately swung it violently to block it.

"click"

There was a sound of breaking, and the long knife in the bearded man's hand was split in half under the attack of the long stick.

And half of his shoulders were completely sunken, and his body seemed to be folded together, and it was suddenly shortened by half.

"puff"

The big bearded man spat out a mouthful of blood, and then he laughed strangely.

Shi Mu only felt a blur in front of his eyes, and saw that the big man's helmet fell off, revealing a clean, beardless young man's cheek.

It was fine if he didn't look at it, but when he looked at it, he was suddenly startled, the person in front of him was actually Wang Tianhao.

"Haha... Shi Mu, you were born with a waste vein, and you will always be a waste material. In this life, you will not achieve any greater achievements..." Wang Tianhao was already dying, but he still roared at Shi Mu hoarsely.

"I'm not a cripple, I'm not a cripple, I'm not..." Hearing that, Shi Mu raised his head to the sky and roared out of control again, his hands froze.

"This is an ironclad fact known to everyone in the world, so what if you deny it, hahaha..."

When Wang Tianhao saw this, a sly look flashed in his eyes, and he stepped back. At the same time, black mist appeared in his eyes, and he slowly spun.

"wrong!"

At this moment, Shi Mu suddenly realized something, a gleam of clarity flashed across his originally confused eyes, and after raising his head and roaring, he swung his arms down with a stick.

Immediately, an extremely huge black stick shadow hit Wang Tianhao's body with a shockingly powerful power, crushing him into a piece of flesh in an instant.

Immediately afterwards, the surroundings suddenly became silent, and all sounds seemed to disappear except for himself.

Shi Mu's head was in severe pain, and he let out a roar for a while before calming down a little.

When he suddenly lowered his head, he found that the surrounding battlefield, corpses, and plasma were all gone.

But at this moment, he was standing alone on the black crystal path, still at the original first step.

He was in a trance for a while, and then a little dazed.

A long time has passed in the illusion, but in the real world, it seems that only a moment has passed.

Shi Mu wiped his forehead, and found that the palms of his hands were dripping with sweat, and his body also felt sticky. The blue gown he was wearing was completely soaked in sweat.

Shi Mu recalled the scene just now over and over again in his mind, was silent for a long time, took a deep breath, then raised his foot again, and took a second step forward.

The scenery in front of him changed, and he appeared on a prairie.

Looking around, there are green grass everywhere, and some cattle and sheep can be seen grazing in the distance.

The warm sun shone on him, the breeze blew slowly, and there was only the fragrance of soil and grass in his mouth and nose, a peaceful and peaceful feeling, which made people involuntarily intoxicated.

"Where is this place?" Shi Mu looked around and muttered to himself.

He looked at it for a moment, shook his head, and was about to cast a spell and fly away.

But the next moment, his face changed drastically.

His dantian and spiritual sea were actually empty, and the true qi mana that he had cultivated so hard for so many years disappeared completely.

"How could this happen? What about my cultivation!" Shi Mu roared with shock all over his face.

His face was cloudy and uncertain for a while, and after a while, he suddenly thought of something, sat down cross-legged on the spot, and searched all over his body desperately.

But no matter how he searched and searched, he still couldn't find any trace of true energy and magic power.

It feels like I have never practiced before!

"No, is this the effect of the illusion?" Shi Mu took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down.

Now there seems to be only one explanation, but can illusion really reach this level?

In the previous illusion, although he was temporarily dazzled by killing thoughts, when he woke up, his own cultivation was still there.

Shi Mu clasped his head with both hands and scratched it hard, stood up slowly, and looked around again.

If this is really the effect of the illusion, then somewhere in this grassland, there must be a key to breaking the illusion.

He calmed down a bit, looked for a direction, and stepped forward.

As a result, he walked for a full hour, and only when the sun was about to set, he came to a hillside.

Standing on the hillside and looking down, there is a small village. It seems that there are more than a dozen families living in it. At this moment, smoke is rising from the chimneys of every family.

In the village, a group of children were chasing and fighting, and there was the sound of poultry and dogs barking.

Shi Mu looked at everything below, a trace of confusion appeared in his eyes.

Such a scene is so familiar, it was like this in his childhood life by the sea.

The relationship between villagers and neighbors is simple. Although life is poor, they are carefree. There are no powerful enemies who deliberately want to take their lives. They don't have to fight bloody battles, but only in exchange for a chance to improve their cultivation. .

"Brother Shi, is that you?" At this moment, a gentle female voice trembled from behind.

Shi Mu was startled, turned around and looked behind, his body froze suddenly.

Two or three feet behind him stood a young girl in a long white linen dress, holding a wooden barrel filled with clear water in her hand.

This woman has a graceful appearance, like a lotus emerging from water. Although she is wearing rough cloth, she still cannot hide her spirit.

This woman is none other than Zhong Xiu.

"Xiu'er!" Shi Mu shouted in surprise and joy.

"Brother Shi, it's really you!" Big tears welled up in Zhong Xiu's eyes, and the pear blossoms were raining.

She loosened her hand, the barrel fell to the ground, and the clear water in it spilled all over the floor, but she ignored it and threw herself into Shi Mu's arms.

"Brother Shi, where have you been all these years? Xiu'er misses you so much..." Zhong Xiu hugged Shi Mu, sobbing.

The expression on Shi Mu's face changed, his hands wanted to hug the person in his arms, but he suddenly thought of something and stopped.

He kept telling himself in his heart that this place is an illusion, who knows if the person in his arms is transformed by an illusion?

"Brother Shi, what's wrong with you?" Zhong Xiu buried his head on Shi Mu's chest, as if he felt something, looked up at Shi Mu, and saw the scruples and hesitation in Shi Mu's eyes.

Zhong Xiu's delicate body trembled, and she slowly stood up from Shi Mu's arms, with a look of sadness and despair in her eyes.

"Brother Shi, it's been decades since we separated in Xihe mainland, do you have a new love outside, don't you want Xiu'er?" Zhong Xiu's face was extremely pale, and at the end, the circles of his eyes were red.

Seeing Zhong Xiu's expression, Shi Mu felt great pain in his heart, and immediately threw away all doubts in his heart, and grabbed Zhong Xiu's hands.

"Absolutely not! Xiu'er, you disappeared that day for no reason. I have been looking for you all these years. How could there be other women!" Shi Mu explained anxiously.

"Really?" There was a glint of hope in Zhong Xiu's eyes.

"On that day, I can swear to the sky that if I have a change of heart, I will let..." Shi Mu raised his palm and pointed to the sky. Just as he was about to swear, a white palm covered his mouth.

"Brother Shi, Xiu'er believes in you." Zhong Xiu said softly with a face full of love and compassion.

"Xiuer..." Shi Mu heaved a sigh of relief, looked at Zhong Xiu with love in his eyes, and reached out to hold the little hand covering his mouth in his palm.

"Why did Brother Shi look at Xiu'er like that just now?" Zhong Xiu asked a little aggrieved.

Shi Mu hesitated for a moment, and expressed his scruples just now.

"Illusory Demon Dao? Brother Shi, have you joined the Qinglan Holy Land?" Zhong Xiu said with a startled face.

"Xiu'er, do you also know the Dao of Illusory Demons?" Shi Mu asked in surprise.

"Naturally, I know that this lost secret realm was jointly created by the patriarchs of the three holy places to exile the abandoned disciples of various sects. Since I am here, I naturally know something about it." Zhong Xiu said.

"The Lost Secret Realm? Isn't this the fantasy world of the Dao of Phantom Demon?" Shi Mu was shocked.

"Brother Shi, although I don't know what you have experienced in the Dao of Illusory Demons before, do you now find that you have lost all your magic power, just like a mortal?" Zhong Xiu asked.

"This...not bad...could it be..." Shi Mu's expression darkened upon hearing this.

"As expected, Brother Shi, this is not an illusion. I was the same back then. The blood in my body was drained, and then I was exiled here. I have been here for several years." Zhong Xiu said with a wry smile, looking a little desolate.

"What!" Shi Mu was shocked when he heard this.

"Brother Shi, I understand how you feel now. I was just like you back then, unwilling to believe all of this, but this is reality. We have all been abandoned by the sect, and we can only spend the rest of our lives here .” Zhong Xiu said.

The expression on Shi Mu's face changed drastically, he shook his head desperately, his body shook, and he sat down on the ground, not believing it all.

Seeing this, Zhong Xiu leaned against Shi Mu and sat down, didn't say anything, just held Shi Mu's hand tightly and accompanied him silently.

The setting sun in the sky finally gradually sank, only a ray of pale golden afterglow remained, bringing the last ray of afterglow to the whole world.

Shi Mu slowly raised his head and looked at Zhong Xiu.

"Xiu'er, you just said that you were also abandoned here? Why is that? Could it be that you also joined Qinglan Holy Land?" Shi Mu asked.

"No, I joined the Lichen Sect, another great cultivation site in the Miyang galaxy. Later, some accidents happened, and I was exiled here by the sect." Zhong Xiu said.

"What happened? Can you tell me about it?" Shi Mu asked. (To be continued.)