Chapter 375
"Are you two looking for me?" Bai Jixue asked as he sat down next to Mu Chen and Ye Shi.
"Yes, ancestor, do you know what immortal and demonic energy is?" Ye Shi stepped forward and asked.
"Is the curse really the energy of immortals and demons?" Bai Jixue frowned and asked with a serious face.
Mu Chen looked at Bai Jixue in surprise and said, "Grandfather, do you know?
Bai Jixue sighed softly and said, "Sixty thousand years ago, there was a mid-level ninth-level alchemist in the secret realm. He was possessed by the devil at that time. In order to understand the curse, he risked his life and went deep into the place where the curse was most prevalent to remove it for research."
"Did the research on that place yield any results?" Ye Shi asked after a moment of surprise.
Bai Jixue gave a bitter smile and said, "There is a little bit of results. Some people said that the curse is similar to Yuan Qi in many ways. Some people said that it might be a mutated Yuan Qi. Later, many people guessed that it was demonic energy."
"You may not know that tens of thousands of years ago, the demons invaded. At that time, the demons brought magic stones. The cultivators were very resistant to the breath of magic energy, but the magic energy was not so violent. Now I think about it, the magic energy and curses are similar in many ways." Bai Jixue said.
"Is there no way?" Ye Shi muttered.
Bai Jixue smiled bitterly and said, "If there is a way, do you think there will still be so many Martial Saints staying in this ghost place? The demons are a race with a strong desire for conquest. If they cannot be assimilated, they will be killed." The properties of the immortal demon energy are very similar to those of the demons!
Mu Chen: “…”
"Ancestor, how is the alchemist?" Ye Shi asked cautiously.
Bai Jixue shook his head and said with some empathy: "Dead, cursed into the body, madness to death."
"Ancestor, if we go to the curse center, is there any way?" Ye Sheng asked.
Bai Jixue's face suddenly darkened, and he said firmly, "You can't go."
Ye Shi looked at Bai Jixue's gloomy face and asked, "Why?
Bai Jixue clenched his fists. "In the past, we might have been able to explore that place, but now, there are many demonic beasts affected by the curse."
"It's just a monster!" Ye Shi breathed a sigh of relief.
Bai Jixue looked at Ye Shi's expression and explained, "You have no idea how terrifying those demon beasts are. They are more adaptable than cultivators. Some of them have adapted to the immortal and demonic energy after tens of thousands of years. If they successfully transform into demon beasts, they can absorb the immortal and demonic energy and reach the divine realm."
"If there really comes a day when the people in the restricted area are unable to stop these monsters, perhaps by then no one in the restricted area will be able to survive."
Ye Shi's face turned pale, "How could this happen?"
Bai Jixue shook his head and said, "It's just a guess. If that day really comes, it will probably be hundreds of thousands of years later. There's no need to worry too much now." Bai Jixue changed the subject and said seriously, "However, it is true that some demonic beasts have begun to assimilate the curse. And, Mu Chen, I see that your Sky-Swallowing Worm seems to be very adaptable to the immortal demon energy!"
Mu Chen nodded and said, "Yes." They avoided the immortal and demonic energy like the plague, but the Sky-Swallowing Worms were different. The vital energy in the bodies of some of the Sky-Swallowing Worms seemed to have gradually transformed into demonic energy.
"Too much is as bad as too little. You have to control it well. The Sky-Swallowing Worm that has absorbed the demonic energy may become violent and may even escape the control of you as its master. You have to be careful of backlash." Bai Jixue reminded.
Mu Chen nodded and said, "I know." He had already put away the Sky-Devouring Worm. In this place, these things grew too fast.
Bai Jixue looked at Ye Shi and said, "People from the Ling family have come here several times. Before, you were busy all the time. I blocked them a few times. If I block them a few more times, I'm afraid that old ghost from the Ling family will rush over."
Ye Shi: “…”
"Find some time and go see that old guy Lingchuan." Bai Jixue paused and said.
Ye Shi nodded and said, "Okay."
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Not long after Muchen and Ye Shi walked out of Bai Jixue's palace, they unfortunately met Zhuang Yifeng.
Zhuang Yifeng looked at Mu Chen and Ye Shi, his eyes full of sinister intent.
Zhuang Yifeng stared at the ground for a long time and left angrily.
Ye Shi looked at Zhuang Yifeng and said, "That old fellow is old and frail. If the curse takes over, he'll be dead soon."
Mu Chen smiled helplessly and said, "How can it be that easy!" After all, he is a Nine-Star Martial Saint! However, judging by the old man's appearance, he might really be doomed.
Ye Shi frowned in frustration, "They've brought disaster to our family. Mu Chen, if you have a way to get out in the future, don't take them with you."
"Of course I won't take them with me, but it's too early to tell anyone now." Mu Chen said helplessly.
Ye Shi sighed a little disappointedly, "That's right."
Mu Chen glanced at Ye Shi and said, "Alright, forget about us, let's go."
Ye Shi nodded and said, "Okay."
Mu Chen frowned and thought: Perhaps, he should spend more time on the Spirit Tower. The Fate Clan attaches so much importance to the Spirit Tower, the Spirit Tower must have more unknown functions. With his current ability, he should be able to try to upgrade the Spirit Tower. According to his observation, the Spirit Tower seems to be able to block curses.
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Ling Cang's palace.
"You are finally here. I went to Bai Jixue's palace to look for you several times, but Bai Jixue always said that you two were in seclusion. Is it Bai Jixue who is holding you captive?" Ling Qi asked somewhat displeasedly.
Ye Shi shook his head and said, "No! I really am in seclusion."
"Come in quickly," Ling Qi said.
"Ancestor, I heard that you were all lying in coffins." Ye Shi asked in a low voice.
"Ancestor Ling Cang discovered a kind of refining material that can block the curse, but there is not enough of that material, so we can only make a smaller one, which is not considered a coffin." Ling Qi explained.
Ye Shi nodded and said, "So that's how it is!"
"Have you learned how to refine weapons?" Ling Qi asked Ye Shi.
Ye Shi shook his head and said, "No."
"What a pity! Judging from your appearance, you should be a good candidate for learning weapon refining." Ling Qi said somewhat dejectedly.
"Mu Chen, I have learned it before." Ye Shi pulled Mu Chen in front of Ling Qi and said with a treasure.
Ling Qi looked at Mu Chen and said, "I heard from Ling Xian that you saved the land. Thank you very much."
"You're welcome, senior." Mu Chen bowed.
Ye Shi followed Ling Qi into the palace, and looked around curiously.
When Ye Shi saw an idle coffin in a room, he couldn't help but squint his eyes and thought: The space is too narrow. Although it can isolate the curse, it is not easy to roll in bed in such a small space. Mu Chen likes to play tricks in bed!
He didn't want to lie in this damn thing. I heard that several ancestors of the Ling family in the secret realm were bachelors who liked to lie in coffins. No wonder they were bachelors.
Ling Qi looked at Ye Shi and said, "That coffin is mine. Do you like it? I have two more unused ones. If you want them, you can take them back."
Ye Shi quickly shook his head and said, "No, no."
Ling Cang walked out. Ye Shi looked at the newcomer and immediately felt a sense of familiarity in his heart. "Please sit down."
Ye Shi and Muchen were surrounded by several people from the Ling family, and they were having a pleasant conversation.
Mu Chen asked Ling Cang many questions about refining equipment. Ling Cang didn't take it seriously at first, but gradually became cautious.
Mu Chen's weapon refining skills have reached the ninth level. In addition, Mu Chen is proficient in four arts and has a deep understanding of the fields related to weapon refining and the other four arts. Some of the questions he raised were so difficult that Ling Cang could not answer them for a while.
Ling Cang has always been obsessed with refining equipment. Even after entering the restricted area, his interest in refining equipment remained unabated. The more he and Mu Cheng talked, the more common language they found. Soon, Ye Shi, his grandson, was left aside by Ling Cang, while Mu Chen chatted enthusiastically with Ling Cang.
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Next, Mu Chen lived a fairly regular life, practicing, helping the Bai and Ling families to detoxify, learning formations from Bai Jixue, and learning weapon refining from Ling Cang.
Perhaps because they felt that they could not get out, the ninth-level formation and weapon refining techniques were nothing to them. Bai Jixue and Ling Cang treated Mu Chen without any reservation. With the help of two masters of ninth-level advanced techniques, Mu Chen's formation and weapon refining techniques made rapid progress.
Ye Shi looked at Mu Chen and muttered, "Are your formations and weapon refining skills about to reach the middle stage of the ninth level?
"Yes!" Mu Chen nodded.
Although the curse made the restricted area like a cage, on the other hand, it was a good cage. The magic knowledge that the major families cherished as their lives outside was garbage here. If it were outside, his five magic skills would definitely not have improved so quickly.
"I don't know if the inscriptions and talismans can be used in this place." Ye Shi muttered.
Mu Chen smiled and said, "It never hurts to learn more."
He not only learned formations and weapon refining, he also bought a batch of books on alchemy, inscriptions, and talismans. Although Bai Xiongtao and others felt that what Mu Chen studied all day long was unorthodox, they did not stop him.
"What a pity, we are now in the restricted area. If we were outside, you could try to conquer the Five Towers of Zhongzhou." Ye Shi muttered.
Mu Chen smiled and said, "There's no rush for this."
The most urgent task now is to improve one's strength. Although Bai Jixue said that the curse center is very dangerous and should not be easily set foot in, but one cannot get a tiger cub without learning the tiger's acupoints. Mu Chen always thinks about when to go and explore it. Of course, now is not the time yet.
His current level is at the three-star Martial Emperor realm, and Mu Chen is afraid that his foundation is unstable, so he has not used those elixirs that increase his energy.
Muchen felt that if he took some elixirs and spent a year practicing in the Spirit Tower, it shouldn't be a problem for him to raise his cultivation to the level of a six-star Martial Emperor.
To explore that place, one must have a high level of cultivation and sufficient talismans. No matter how powerful the monsters are, he can kill them with just a few hundred Nine Extreme Talismans.
The tower spirit was beside Muchen, flapping its wings constantly.
Ye Shi looked at Ta Ling and said, "Mu Chen, why do I feel like this guy has become much more solid?"
Mu Chen nodded and said, "Of course, I've upgraded it quite a few times recently."
Muchen's magic skills have already reached a high level. With the improvement of various skills, the Spirit Tower, which was originally extremely mysterious to Muchen, gradually became ordinary.
"Why do I seem to have gained weight again!" Ye Shi couldn't help but mutter.
"Who's fat? You're the one who's fat." Ta Ling shouted.
"What nonsense are you talking about? I've lost a lot of weight recently." Ye Shi said dissatisfiedly.
The tower spirit circled around Ye Shi and said, "You've gotten fatter, you've gotten fatter."
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Mu Chen: “…”
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