Chapter 176 Secrets

The three flew all the way and left Linwufang.

After a thousand miles of travel, all they could see were barren rocks and gravel, no grass, no life, and a desolate scene.

Lin Mu used his Cloud-Stepping Boots, but he did not speed up. Like Yunmeng and Jingu, the three flew slowly.

One day later, the scene in front of them suddenly changed, and a faint white mist filled the air in front of them.

Jingu exclaimed in surprise, with a look of confusion on his face, as if he remembered something.

Lin Mu led the two of them and plunged into the mist.

Yunmeng asked, "Is this the Misty Forest?"

Lin Mu smiled and shook his head and said, "No, this place is a thousand miles away from the Misty Forest, and they are completely unrelated. This is the Misty Lake, and there is an island in the middle of the Misty Lake, which is exactly what I said about the Three-Grade Cave Heaven Blessed Land."

"Not necessarily!" Jingu looked at the faint white mist and suddenly said, "This might be the Misty Forest!"

Misty Forest?

Misty Lake?

Are you kidding me!

Lin Mu was confused, and he looked at Jin Gu.

Jin Gu looked at the fog, and his expression kept changing. The deeper the three looked, the thicker the fog became.

The fog was surging and changing.

This fog seemed to be no different from the foggy forest!

This thought flashed through Lin Mu's mind, and he was shocked.

Could this really be the foggy forest?

Jin Gu looked at the thick fog, and his eyes became more and more determined. He said decisively: "This is definitely the foggy forest!"

"But it's not the foggy forest anymore!" He said again, with a hint of regret in his words.

Lin Mu asked hurriedly, "What do you mean by that?"

Jin Gu looked at the misty white fog and said slowly, "I once saw a jade slip. It was an ancient slip from a thousand years ago. Many of the contents recorded in it are no longer applicable today. One of them was about the general situation of the Misty Forest. Although I was young at the time, the contents in the ancient slip were fascinating and I still remember them vividly."

Lin Mu and Yun Meng couldn't help but slow down their flight speed. They looked at Jin Gu, both wanting to know the secret.

Jin Gu looked at the white mist with a dazed look in his eyes: "A thousand years ago, the Misty Forest was much larger than it is now. At that time, in the Tianxiao Realm, cultivators had not yet risen and monster hunting was not popular. The relationship between cultivators and monster hunters was very harmonious. When cultivators walked into the Misty Forest to look for spiritual medicines, the monsters were not afraid of people. Some psychic monsters even formed a deep friendship with cultivators and helped cultivators find spiritual medicines. Monsters were born and raised in the Misty Forest and were far more familiar with the Misty Forest than cultivators. Many thousand-year-old spiritual medicines, even ten-thousand-year-old spiritual medicines, were found by some cultivators with the help of monsters. Many cultivators' cultivation bases were rapidly improved and their strengths became stronger. Later, they in turn made pills to help monsters improve their cultivation bases. The relationship between cultivators and monsters became closer and closer and they became close friends. Sometimes when cultivators were in trouble, monsters would run out of the Misty Forest to help. When cultivators were in danger, they would arrive in time to save the cultivators. This was a good story at the time."

Jin Gu said this with a smile on his face, his eyes were bright and he was fascinated.

Lin Mu and Yun Meng asked, "What happened next?"

Jin Gu's expression turned gloomy, and he sighed, "Then everything changed. Thousand-year-old and ten-thousand-year-old spiritual medicines are limited in number after all. After the spiritual medicines were collected, the cultivators' cultivation could not be improved quickly, and they stagnated for a time. Later, some people set their sights on monsters and decided to hunt monsters to improve their cultivation. At that time, many cultivators opposed it because they had a good relationship with monsters and had received help from monsters, so they did not want to see this scene. However, there were more cultivators who could not get spiritual medicines, and their cultivation stagnated. After all, a few people could not defeat the majority, and many took risks and started hunting monsters. Although hunting monsters is high-risk, it brings high returns. This group of people quickly benefited from hunting monsters, and their cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds, surpassing those cultivators who took spiritual medicines to practice. Many people were inspired and devoted themselves to hunting monsters. Former friends suddenly became enemies, and many monsters were caught off guard and died tragically at the hands of cultivators. Under the sword, the number of monsters in the misty forest decreased day by day. The number of monsters decreased sharply at one time. Some monsters had intelligence and reacted quickly. They led their tribes and retreated to the depths of the mist. But the cultivators pressed on step by step and refused to let go. After tasting the benefits of hunting monsters, they became dependent on it and could no longer stop. The number of monsters decreased sharply, the trees were destroyed, the misty forest was constantly eroded, and many places became desolate and lifeless. "

Jin Gu said sadly: "The good story has been shattered since then. Monsters and cultivators have been irreconcilable. When they meet, it is a fight, and there is no more affection. Some monsters have even turned to eating people. The flesh and blood of cultivators are the most nourishing to them. Many monsters have continuously advanced their cultivation and then devoured cultivators with higher cultivation. Now cultivators enter the misty forest to hunt monsters. Ten people go in, and only five or six can come out. The rest die in the misty forest. "

After telling this story, Lin Mu and Yun Meng were silent for a while.

Nowadays, monster hunting has become a trend in Tianxiao Realm, and sects that don't hunt monsters simply cannot survive.

The cultivators and monsters have become mortal enemies, and they will fight to the death when they meet.

Yun Meng suddenly realized: "You mean, this foggy lake was also in the misty forest before?"

Jin Gu nodded and affirmed: "Indeed. As we walked along, we saw desolate scenes. Those desolate places are all the remains of the misty forest."

Lin Mu understood now and believed what Jin Gu said.

He thought of the group of green cloud beasts on the island in the middle of the lake. They hadn't even met each other yet, but they had already attacked him head on, wanting to kill him.

It turned out that all this had a reason.

The cause a thousand years ago led to the result today.

All this has been determined and cannot be changed.

Lin Mu suddenly thought of the blue bull he had saved in the misty forest. The blue bull was quite human and not like ordinary monsters at all.

Although monsters and cultivators have completely broken off, it is not absolute.

At least, the blue bull did not kill people when it saw them like other monsters.

Lin Mu was not like other cultivators who killed monsters when they saw them. Instead, he made friends with the blue bull.

The situation may turn around.

When Lin Mu thought of this, his heart warmed up and a faint smile appeared on his face.

Jin Gu looked at the Fog Lake and said affirmatively: "This Fog Lake should have been in the Misty Forest before, but now it has become a lonely lake, and there is no one living in it for thousands of miles."

Lin Mu smiled and said: "Now this paradise is inhabited by people, so it is not deserted."

Jin Gu reacted immediately and laughed: "Indeed, there is no one in this area for thousands of miles, it is a quiet place, most suitable for meditation without being disturbed."

Lin Mu nodded: "I think so too, but I am afraid that someone will covet this paradise and come to attack, which will cause trouble. So I ask you to come and set up the formation. Please help me."

Jin Gu smiled and said: "I will do my best."

The three of them accelerated and flew to the island in the middle of the lake together.

As soon as they arrived on the island, Yunmeng and Jin Gu were shocked and praised: "What a rich spiritual energy!"

The 43 acres of spiritual fields on the island are growing well, and the spiritual grass is green as far as the eye can see.

The vast white mist and the green spiritual grass complement each other.

As soon as the three landed on the island, a figure flew over on a sword, shining with golden light.

It was Shitou!

Shitou stepped on the Jinwu Sword, fully alert, with a nervous face.

When he saw who was coming, Shitou's face relaxed and said in surprise: "Master!"

"You're back!" Shitou flew forward happily.

Master?

Jin Gu and Yun Meng were both puzzled. They looked at Lin Mu, then turned to look at Shitou, their eyes full of confusion.

The two looked at each other for a long time, but could not see the difference between Lin Mu and Shitou.

Lin Mu and Shitou are both exactly the same, in the middle stage of foundation building!

Many years have passed, and Shitou has grown up and become a young man.

From the appearance, nothing can be seen. Lin Mu looks as young as Shitou.

Yunmeng asked Lin Mu with a smile: "When did you accept a disciple whose cultivation level is as high as yours?"

Lin Mu was embarrassed. Shitou's advancement was fast, far surpassing many geniuses. It was not surprising that he caught up with him, right?

However, Yunmeng and Jingu had never seen Shitou before, and they were both surprised.

Lin Mu had to praise Shitou: "Shitou has outstanding talent, one in a million, and his cultivation progress is so fast that I am very pleased. This is what people say, the disciple is better than the master."

A discerning person could see the flaw in Lin Mu's praise. Shitou has four spiritual roots, which is also called outstanding talent, one in a million?

Yunmeng and Jingu both smiled but said nothing.

Shitou stood opposite, blushing with shame.

Lin Mu changed the subject and asked Shitou with a smile: "During the months when I was away, has everything been fine on the island? Has anyone come to disturb us?"

Shitou's face flushed, and he replied: "Everything is fine, and no one has come to disturb us. The spiritual field is also well taken care of, and there have been no mistakes."

Lin Mu looked at the green spiritual field and nodded with satisfaction: "In the past few months, the elixir should have been refined almost completely."

Shitou answered truthfully: "There are more than 7,000 materials, and there are more than 4,000 left. After consuming more than 3,000 materials, I have only refined 1,500 bottles of Guiling Pills, and the success rate is barely over 50%."

Guiling Pills!

50%!

1,500 bottles!

Jin Gu and Yun Meng looked at Shitou and were both shocked.

This man is so young, but he has reached such a level of elixir refining.

They both understand how rare Guiling Pills are.

Each bottle of Guiling Pills can only be bought with dozens of low-grade spirit stones.

The two usually practiced by themselves, and they didn't have too many spirit stones to buy the Guiling Pill.

But the young man in front of them said something shocking, and he would often ask for thousands of materials and thousands of bottles of Guiling Pill, which was really unexpected.

It's true that you can't judge a person by appearance.

But from the tone of Lin Mu and Shitou's conversation, such things seemed to be commonplace for them. They said it lightly and their faces were calm.

What made the two feel even more helpless was that there was a hint of self-blame in Shitou's tone.

Self-blame!

An alchemist who had a success rate of more than 50% in refining the second-grade Guiling Pill and refined 1,500 bottles of Guiling Pill in just a few months, would actually blame himself when talking about this.

The two looked at Shitou and were silent for a while.

Lin Mu was leisurely and contented, turned around and smiled at Yunmeng and Jingu, "Am I wrong? Is my apprentice a genius, one in a million?"

Yun Meng and Jingu were both convinced and nodded in approval, "That's it!"