Chapter 212 Returning
"I have known about Wulu's identity for a long time. Since you, a Jin national, became a beast slave, your cultivation has improved so fast. It is probably related to Poxiao. It is because I know this that I look at you differently. I have covered up for you many times when other elders asked about it." Ling Songhua continued.
"Thank you for your care, Senior Ling." Yuan Ming said.
Huo Chan'er jumped onto Yuan Ming's shoulder and rubbed his head. Yuan Ming gently stroked him.
"Biluo Cave, led by Chen Cangqiong, has been doing things that hurt the heavens and the earth. It has long been resented by the heavens and the people. It is only a matter of time before it is destroyed. Although I don't want to help Poxiao destroy Biluo Cave, I am happy to see it happen." Ling Songhua said coldly.
Yuan Ming suddenly realized that Ling Songhua thought he was a person sent by Poxiao to lurk. He had taken care of him before. It was really a coincidence.
"Do you know why I kept you here?" Ling Songhua asked.
"Please let Senior Ling know." Yuan Ming said without daring to guess.
"You found the White Flame Refined Gold for me that day, but I have never repaid you for this favor. I originally planned to refine a flying magic weapon for you. Now that the Dawn Breaking Alliance has destroyed the Biluo Cave, all the materials I stored in the warehouse of Huolian Peak have been taken away. I am afraid that this cannot be accomplished." Ling Songhua said.
"Thank you for your trouble, Senior Ling. I already have a flying spirit beast. It doesn't matter if there is a flying magic weapon or not. I also got the White Flame Refined Gold by chance. It didn't take much effort. Senior Ling, don't worry about the return." Yuan Ming declined.
"Haha, Yuan Ming, you don't know that Song Hua's cultivation method is peculiar and has extremely strict requirements on the state of mind. The White Flame Refined Gold you brought helped her a lot. If you don't repay her, there may be hidden dangers. Don't refuse this matter anymore." A voice came, and it was the fisherman Li Zhui who walked in.
"Senior Li." Yuan Ming stood up to greet him.
"You and I are friends regardless of age. There is no need to be so polite. Sit down quickly." Li Zhui laughed.
"I have two ways to repay you. One is to give you a sum of spirit stones, which is equivalent to the market price of white flame refined gold. The other is to refine a different type of magic weapon for you." Ling Songhua said.
When Yuan Ming heard this, an idea suddenly came to his mind.
"Since Senior Ling said so, I will dare to make a request. You don't need to refine a magic weapon for me. Just upgrade this thing to a top-grade magic weapon." He took out the black needle magic weapon and said.
This needle is a mid-grade magic weapon with amazing power. The material used is extremely superior, even better than the Cold Star Sword. According to his estimation, it can be upgraded to a top-grade magic weapon.
Ling Songhua took the black needle, used his spiritual sense to explore it, and showed a look of surprise on his face.
"This needle is made of meteorite iron! Meteorite iron is enough to refine magic weapons, and it is naturally more than enough to upgrade to a top-grade magic weapon. But the two runes on this needle, do you plan to keep them?" she asked.
"These two runes are very compatible with the black needle magic weapon. If you want to keep it, Senior Ling can just add a 'wind' rune." Yuan Ming said.
"Okay, I'll go and refine it now. It will be completed in one day." Ling Songhua stood up and walked out.
Yuan Ming was about to say that he was not in a hurry, but Ling Songhua's figure had disappeared outside the door, and only he and Yu Weng were left in the room.
"I used to think that you and the three cave masters had a close relationship. I didn't expect that you would become Taoist couples. It's really a cause for celebration." Yuan Ming laughed.
"I have no other thoughts now, I just want to stay with Song Hua." Li Zhui said slowly.
"Now that Chen Cangqiong is dead and Biluo Cave has been destroyed, don't you plan to rebuild Sanxing Mountain? With you and Senior Ling, two Jindan stage cultivators, rebuilding Sanxing Mountain is not difficult." Yuan Ming asked.
"After going through the ups and downs of life, I have looked down upon the common people and also fallen into the mortal world. What is an immortal like? Why be an immortal? Although I am an immortal, I have no intention of asking about immortality. The past is like a prisoner in the smoke, all gone, the rest of my life is like a dream, but I just want to be free from worries." Li Zhui leaned back on the chair, stretched his waist, and his eyes showed a look of relief.
"What a free heart! Although I have not been on the immortal path for long, I have never felt that immortals are much happier than mortals. There are too many intrigues, human feelings, and running around for a little resource treasure all day long. It is not as free and happy as a wandering knight in the mortal world!" Yuan Ming heard this and said with emotion.
"Haha, friend Yuan can figure this out, and be free and unrestrained. His state of mind is not comparable to that of ordinary cultivators. The so-called immortals, those who are close to them cultivate their bodies, and those who are far away cultivate their hearts. Immortals come from the mortal world, and they seek immortality with their original intentions. Returning to the self, the great road is expected." Li Zhui laughed.
"From now on, there is one less immortal Li Zhui in the world, and one more idle fisherman." Yuan Ming also laughed.
The two of them were born to be compatible, and they talked until the evening before they dispersed.
Yuan Ming did not find another place to live, and meditated and rested in the side hall of this thatched cottage for a night.
Early the next morning, Ling Songhua came to the thatched cottage with a slightly tired look.
"It's done, take a look, are you satisfied?"
Yuan Ming opened his eyes, and felt a black shadow flashing in front of him, and the black needle appeared in front of him out of thin air.
With his current consciousness, he couldn't even see the movement trajectory of the needle.
"Thank you, Senior Ling!" Yuan Ming was surprised and thanked him, then took it and looked at it carefully.
The appearance of this needle has not changed much, it is still a thin black needle, but he can sense that the spiritual power contained in it has increased greatly.
The more runes engraved, the more spiritual power of the material itself can be stimulated.
After the black needle is upgraded to a top-grade magic weapon, its power is no longer comparable to before.
He used his magic power to inject it into the black needle, and the three runes in the black needle were all activated. It disappeared with a "whoosh", and appeared more than ten feet away in the next moment like teleportation.
His consciousness could hardly keep up, and the black needle shook slightly before it stabilized again.
"This black needle is small in size and has a very fast speed. Now it is engraved with the wind rune, and the speed has been improved. But it is precisely because of this that it is a little difficult to control. It is better to wait until you advance to the foundation-building stage and your consciousness is strong enough before using this magic weapon. Otherwise, if you control it improperly, it is easy to hurt others by mistake." Ling Songhua reminded.
"Thank you for your reminder, Senior Ling. I will remember it." Yuan Ming replied, but he was very happy in his heart.
In terms of magic power, he still has a big gap with the cultivators in the foundation-building stage, but in terms of soul power, after breaking through the third level of the Dark Moon Art, he is confident that the strength of his soul is enough to compare with any cultivator in the foundation-building stage.
The matter has been completed, and Yuan Ming said goodbye and left.
Ling Songhua and Yu Weng Li Zhui did not try to stop him, and personally sent him out of the valley.
What surprised Yuan Ming was that all the disciples of the Fire Refining Hall who were still in the valley yesterday were now gone. The whole valley was empty and quiet, as if it had returned to the past.
"Where are Brother Fang Ge and the others?" Yuan Ming asked.
"We two have no intention of rebuilding Sanxing Mountain. I have dismissed Fang Ge and the others. They have their own way to go. The world is so big that they should not hide in this valley all their lives." Fishing Man Li Zhui said with a smile.
Yuan Ming agreed with this.
"Yuan Ming, if you meet Fang Ge and the others in the future, please take care of them." Ling Songhua said.
Yuan Ming naturally agreed, took out the beast-controlling talisman stone and held it in his hand, then patted the white spirit beast bag on his waist, and a spirit crane with a green neck and white wings flew out.
"Yuan Mou will say goodbye for now. I will have a chance to visit you two again in the future. I hope that when we meet again next time, the two seniors will have successors!" He jumped on the Qingyun Crane and said goodbye with a smile.
Fishing Man Li Zhui still looked smiling, Ling Songhua's pretty face flushed, and he waved his palm: "Get out, you are talking nonsense, you deserve a beating!"
Yuan Ming laughed and controlled the Qingyun Crane to flap its wings and fly away from Ling Songhua's palm wind. He waved to the two and quickly left the valley.
The Qingyun Crane flew very fast, and soon left the Biluo Cave Mountain Gate behind.
Huo Chan'er jumped on the roof and called "squeak, squeak" in the direction of Yuan Ming's departure, as if he knew that Yuan Ming was going far away and said goodbye to him.
Yuan Ming sat cross-legged on the back of the white crane facing the wind, looking at the vast mountains below. The answer of the Third Cave Master cleared his last doubts, and he felt a sense of relief that he had not felt for a long time.
He took a deep breath, took out the black needle magic weapon again, and injected a strong spiritual consciousness into the needle body.
The black needle magic weapon emitted a thick black light, slowly floated up, and flew around, speeding from slow to fast.
The spiritual power injected by Yuan Ming at this moment was enough to control the black needle magic weapon, without the previous reluctance, the speed was getting faster and faster, and there was no instability at all.
I saw a slender black shadow flashing and flying in the nearby void, and at first glance it seemed like there were four or five flying needles.
Yuan Ming's eyes moved, and he raised his hand to stop the black needle.
Although the black needle was as fast as lightning at this moment, he could sense that the power of this needle had not yet been activated to its maximum, and the soul power he injected was still not enough.
Yuan Ming silently practiced the Dark Moon Art, and a soul crow shot out from his forehead and sank into the black magic weapon.
The black needle magic weapon suddenly lit up with a strong black light, and the needle body was completely integrated into it.
Yuan Ming's eyes showed surprise, and he pinched the art and pointed it out.
The black needle magic weapon disappeared in a flash, and almost at the same time, a shrill scream sounded in the jungle below.
A half-human-high black pig beast ran out, with a slender needle hole in the middle of its forehead, and blood slowly seeped out.
The black pig beast only ran a few steps, and its body shook and fell to the ground with a bang. The black needle magic weapon floated behind the black pig beast, and the needle body was as smooth as new, without a trace of blood.
Yuan Ming's smile became brighter and brighter, and he pinched the art and pointed it out, and the black needle magic weapon disappeared in a flash.
After a few breaths, a green wolf beast a few miles away howled miserably and also fell over.
Yuan Ming was delighted and raised his hand.
A black shadow flashed across his palm, and the black needle magic weapon flashed out.
The soul crow directly entered the black needle magic weapon to control it, and the effect was better than he expected.
The soul crow's soul power was both abundant and condensed, which was very suitable for activating the black needle, a high-quality magic weapon with many runes.
Moreover, this was the first time Yuan Ming used the soul crow to control the magic weapon, and he made an unexpected discovery, that is, the attack range of the black needle magic weapon has also been greatly expanded.
The attack range of a magic weapon is constrained by two conditions: spiritual consciousness and mana.
Mana can be attached to the magic weapon, and the two are closely connected. It will not overflow even if it flies a long distance, but spiritual consciousness cannot be combined with the magic weapon. It will overflow if it exceeds the coverage range.
Generally speaking, the farther the cultivator's spiritual consciousness can spread, the greater the attack range of the magic weapon.
For ordinary cultivators, even those in the foundation-building stage, the spiritual consciousness coverage range is only a hundred feet, while the soul crow's long-range range has reached a terrifying thirty miles.
For Yuan Ming, the attack range of the black needle magic weapon is no longer the limit of his spiritual consciousness, but the limit of his magic power.
The meteorite material is special and is closely integrated with his magic power. It will not spread within a range of 300 feet. Therefore, the attack range of the black needle magic weapon has reached an astonishing 300 feet!
With the concealment effect of the black needle magic weapon, even a cultivator in the foundation-building stage may not be able to escape from a sneak attack from 300 feet away.
Thinking of this, Yuan Ming was excited and controlled the Qingyun Crane to fly towards the depths of the Ten Thousand Mountains.