“Can I say no?” Mu Jiuxiao asked.
“What do you think?”
The woman’s eyes swept over him, as if saying that if he dared to refuse, she would flick her finger and exterminate him.
“In that case, I’m happy to serve Senior, but if I’m doing work for Senior, what benefits can I get?”
“Benefits? You still dare to ask me for benefits?” The woman’s voice turned cold.
“If Senior compels me by force, I naturally wouldn’t dare disobey. But if Senior offers me some benefits, I’ll work all the more willingly.” Mu Jiuxiao replied, neither servile nor overbearing.
“Then what benefits do you want? Let me say this first, I’m also lacking cultivation resources, I can’t give you any.”
So she was a penniless senior. Mu Jiuxiao had never expected to obtain cultivation resources from her anyway, so he said, “I want defensive talismans or Magical Artifacts!”
“You’re really asking for too much, I don’t have any!” The woman refused.
“I haven’t finished. If there are no defensive Magical Artifacts, I’m also willing to learn talisman-drawing methods, pill formulas, or techniques.” This time, Mu Jiuxiao spoke with much greater sincerity.
A few minor techniques meant nothing to her, so she said, “I haven’t studied alchemy or talisman drawing, but teaching you a few techniques is no problem.”
“Please instruct me, Fairy!”
Mu Jiuxiao was overjoyed, cupping his hands and bowing deeply to her.
The woman accepted his bow before asking, “What Spirit Root do you primarily use?”
“Earth Spirit Root.” Mu Jiuxiao quickly answered.
“Then I’ll teach you the Earth Wall technique. Used properly, it can protect you.”
“Thank you, Fairy.”
Mu Jiuxiao thanked her again. The woman whispered a few sentences, telling him the incantation. The Earth Wall technique and Earth Spirit Spike were originally low-level techniques from the same lineage. With his experience learning Earth Spirit Spike, Mu Jiuxiao quickly mastered the Earth Wall technique.
“Can you teach me two more?”
After learning the Earth Wall technique, he shamelessly asked again. Seeing the woman’s cold face sweep toward him, he fearfully lowered his head and muttered softly, “Fairy said she could teach me several techniques.”
“Then I’ll teach you one more Earth Splitting technique. If you dare to push your luck again, I’ll exterminate you right now!”
After speaking, the woman sternly told him the Earth Splitting technique incantation. Mu Jiuxiao firmly memorized the incantation, feeling ecstatic in his heart. He had finally learned all the low-level Earth Spirit Root techniques he saw earlier in the Sect exchange booklet.
He strongly suspected these techniques had originally accompanied the Everlasting Spring Technique, only to be removed by the stingy Sect. This chapter was taken from g.com without permission.
This woman in front of him must be from the Seven Stars Sect, otherwise she couldn’t appear here.
He just didn’t know which peak this woman was from, but for himself, this wasn’t important. As long as they were mountain people, he couldn’t deal with any of them, he could only submit.
“Now I’ve taught you the techniques, come with me.”
The woman stood up and said to Mu Jiuxiao.
“Now? Where to?”
Mu Jiuxiao looked through the small window at the night outside. It was pitch black, only the snow reflecting faint light.
“Stop wasting words.”
The woman’s previous tolerance was just a facade. She grabbed his shoulder and took him out the door.
Under the vast night sky, the woman carried him deeper and deeper into the Qilian Mountain Range.
Mu Jiuxiao didn’t know how long he had been following her, only that his shoulder was about to split open. The various Demon Beast cries by his ears went from terrifying to numb.
He only intended to be a good tenant farmer, never thinking about going out to take risks. He never expected that just one trip out would bring such a big trouble.
The sky gradually brightened.
Sunlight filtered through gaps in the canopy, casting faint shafts of light across the path beneath their feet.
Qu Yunyao carried Mu Jiuxiao with one hand and wielded her sword with the other, killing the many snakes and insects that blocked their path.
Finally, Qu Yunyao stopped.
Mu Jiuxiao looked around. All around were jagged strange rocks. In front was a cave. This cave seemed ordinary, but faintly made people feel very uncomfortable, with a sense of dread, making them want to flee immediately.
Unfortunately, his shoulder was pressed by Qu Yunyao. Her fair palm didn’t seem to use much force, just lightly resting on his shoulder, making him unable to move.
“Fa… Fairy, what exactly do you want to do?” Mu Jiuxiao couldn’t help but panic.
“What are you afraid of? I won’t take your life, just want you to help me with a little favor.”
Qu Yunyao said, taking two incense sticks from her Storage Bag. She lit one stick and inserted it at the cave entrance. Immediately, a rich fragrance spread with the curling smoke.
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As the smoke grew thicker, Mu Jiuxiao seemed to hear something. His heart pounded violently. At this moment, Qu Yunyao lit another incense stick and handed it to Mu Jiuxiao, “Hold it well.”
Mu Jiuxiao wanted to throw it away, but the incense seemed stuck to his hand. Qu Yunyao took another talisman from her Storage Bag and stuck it to his foot, “This is called a Divine Movement Talisman. When that Profound Water Snake comes out later, you run.”
“What if I can’t escape?”
Mu Jiuxiao currently only wanted to throw away this incense, but he seemed controlled by Qu Yunyao’s technique and couldn’t throw it away.
“If you can’t escape, you die!”
After speaking, Qu Yunyao flashed aside, her figure gradually disappearing.
“Run!”
With her final lingering syllable, Mu Jiuxiao only saw a huge white snake head emerge from the cave. The snake head slightly opened, a forked tongue extending from it.
Mu Jiuxiao just glanced at it, immediately turned and ran wildly!
Damn it!
Qu Yunyao, if I die, I won’t let you off even as a ghost!
Mu Jiuxiao cursed wildly in his heart while running desperately. He used Meteor Steps, plus the Divine Movement Talisman on his foot, his speed unprecedented, so fast he could hardly see the road ahead.
The scenery on both sides passed like a curtain from the corner of his eyes. The incense stick in his hand still emitted that strange fragrance. The sound of the snake tongue behind him closely followed, as if something was relentlessly chasing him.
He guessed there must be a giant snake chasing behind him, but he didn’t dare look back, just charged forward desperately.
He didn’t know how long it had been. The incense stick in his hand had burned out, the faint fragrance at his nose had completely disappeared. The Divine Movement Talisman lost its power, exhaustion forcing him to stop.
The surroundings were very quiet, no sounds could be heard, as if everything was silent. He turned his head to look. Unknowingly, the giant snake that had been following him like attached bones had long since left.
Looking around, all he could see were jagged strange rocks. These strange rocks were large and small, some over three zhang tall, some only about three chi. These variously sized strange rocks formed a stone forest.
The wind passed through the high and low stone forest, making “wuwu” strange sounds, making people shudder.
What kind of damned place is this?