Mortals: Take Mo Juren at the start

Chapter 943 Skeleton and Symbiosis

A white light flashed, and Mo Juren's figure emerged. He then raised his hand and summoned the small golden bell into his palm.

After carefully examining it, he couldn't help but smile. He took out a golden talisman and stuck it directly on it. Then he put it into the prepared wooden box and put it away.

Turning his head to look at the golden inner elixir still floating in the air, Mo Juren immediately said:

"Thank you very much for helping me kill this beast, Brother Feng, but I have a great need for this inner elixir, I wonder..."

  "It's just an inner elixir at the end of the transformation stage. I don't want it. If you want it, just take it." Bing Feng snorted coldly, and suddenly added deliberately,

"Also, I took action because he overestimated his own capabilities and took the initiative to provoke me. It has nothing to do with you."

"Yes, yes, you are right." Mo Juren would not argue with the other party. He waved his hand again and took the Golden Dragon King's inner elixir into his hand.

He has no use for this thing, so he will give it to Han Li when he returns. In addition, there is also the body of the Golden Dragon King, which is also full of treasures, but it is still frozen in white ice.

Bing Feng obviously realized this and directly withdrew Feng Li Bing Yan, but she put the Golden Dragon Spear that she had just seized into her storage bag.

From this, it can be seen that she is not indifferent to everything, but the pride in her heart makes her unable to bring herself to "bargain" with someone.

Mo Juren could naturally see it, but he seemed to know nothing. He immediately took out several sealing talismans, sealed the body of the Golden Dragon King, and put it into the space.

After finishing all this, he looked around for a while, and seeing the simple surroundings and the lonely octagonal altar in the center, he also felt puzzled.

"The situation here..." Mo Juren frowned. He didn't believe that the core of the so-called secret realm was just this. There must be something strange, but he just didn't notice it for a while.

Then he looked at Bing Feng. The other party had come first and might know something.

Bing Feng naturally understood what the other party meant. She glared at him reluctantly and then snorted coldly.

She did not say anything, but turned her head to look at the altar next to her, then moved her hands and cast a series of spells into the eight corners of the altar.

In an instant, the originally peaceful altar was instantly activated, and all the dense patterns on its surface were lit up.

A magical scene appeared. As rays of spiritual light lit up, a black and white vortex gradually condensed above the altar.

"This..." The moment he saw the whirlpool, Mo Juren couldn't help but be surprised. Isn't this exactly the same whirlpool as the one he encountered when he entered the secret realm?

"Come with me." Bing Feng reminded coldly, and then she flashed directly into the whirlpool. Seeing this, Mo Juren did not hesitate and followed in.

The next moment, the vortex disappeared and everything returned to calm.

……

"It's really a different world!" On a similar octagonal altar, Mo Juren looked around carefully and found that this was actually the location of a long-forgotten monk's cave.

With a quick sweep of his spiritual sense, he could take in almost the entire layout of the cave. In addition to the hall in front of him, there were also alchemy rooms, refining rooms, medicine gardens, and so on.

There is a special area deep in the cave, which his spiritual sense cannot detect. However, ever since entering the mountain, the strange energy that can affect the mind seems to come from there.

The entire cave was also filled with a large amount of demonic energy, which was much denser than outside.

"I've been here once before, and everything inside is intact. You can go and collect them. We'll meet in the back garden later." Bing Feng reminded again, and then disappeared in a flash.

"This woman!" Mo Juren shook his head helplessly, but he became more and more curious about the mysterious area deep in the cave.

Thinking of this, he did not delay any longer and started the treasure hunt immediately.

Bing Feng did not lie about this. Whether it was the alchemy room, the refining room, the medicine garden, or even the secret vault, everything inside was left untouched.

This was a great bargain for him. As the founder of this secret realm, he must have been preceded by a powerful being, so his wealth was naturally considerable.

In addition, the other party seemed to be an all-rounder, proficient in almost everything including alchemy, formations and refining. Moreover, he did not follow the purely human path, but integrated the theories related to the demon race and the human race. The many ancient elixirs, precious ancient treasures, and even related books he left behind were beyond imagination.

Mo Juren immediately thought of Dayan God, who was even more capable than the other one.

The only pity was that there was nothing to harvest in the medicine garden. He could vaguely see some traces of the existence of spiritual medicines, but the strong demonic energy had already penetrated into this place, causing these spiritual medicines to wither and die for who knows how many years.

But even so, we have gained a lot.

Mo Juren couldn't help but feel a little emotional. There were so many treasures, the value of which was almost inestimable, but Bing Feng was able to hold back and not move at all, which really showed her great courage.

Or maybe there are other reasons, but no matter what, these things are now in his pocket.

After looting everything, Mo Juren finally arrived at the back garden of the cave.

The area here is not small, it is several thousand feet wide. It is called a garden, but it is similar to the medicine garden. There are no flowers or plants growing here. Everywhere you look is barren.

However, there is a special place. In the most central area of ​​the garden, there is a lake. The water in the lake is as black as ink, and there are countless lotus flowers growing densely in it.

These lotuses are full of vitality and grow extremely luxuriantly. They are generally black and white in color, and each occupies almost half of the entire lake surface. From a distance, they vaguely form a Tai Chi pattern.

Among all the lotuses, there are two that are the most special. They are more than ten feet high, giving people the illusion that they are blocking out the sky and the sun at first glance. The locations of the two lotuses are also quite special, happening to be located at the two poles.

In the center of the lake, there is a circular altar with countless mysterious spiritual patterns engraved on its surface. At this moment, a skeleton is sitting cross-legged on the altar.

What's strange is that from the outside one can only see the skull's head and its hands making a mysterious seal. As for its body, it is tightly entangled by densely packed black and white branches.

"No..." Appearing by the lake, Mo Juren narrowed his eyes slightly after careful observation. Only then did he notice that the black and white branches did not simply wrap around the skeleton, but seemed to grow together.

"Symbiosis!" This thought flashed through his mind instantly, and at this moment, Bing Feng beside him also said with bright eyes,

"If my guess is correct, the skeleton should be the owner of this secret realm. He may not be completely dead, but he has used some powerful secret method to merge with the 'Life-Devouring Lotus' in this lake to achieve the purpose of symbiosis."

"Life-Devouring Lotus?" Mo Juren was stunned. He had of course heard of this legendary ancient treasure, but it seemed to have been extinct long ago. He didn't expect that it still existed here, and in such large numbers.

  This was only one of the reasons. The more important thing was that, according to his understanding, this 'Life Devouring Lotus' was blood red in color, not the black and white in front of him. "This is indeed the Life Devouring Lotus, but it has mutated." Bing Feng took the initiative to explain, obviously guessing the other party's doubts.

"According to records, the Life-Devouring Lotus, whether its rhizome or flower, is blood red in color, and has an extremely terrifying ability to devour life. Any demon beast or even cultivator who is entangled and unable to escape will be completely devoured in a moment.

I don’t know what kind of secret technique this skeleton used to be able to coexist with the Life-Devouring Lotus, and even caused the lotus to mutate. It’s really a bit weird.”

"I see." Mo Juren nodded slightly, looked at the skeleton again, and suddenly said,

"You must have seen everything when you first came in, and yet you did nothing. But what do you think?"

  "I'm a little unsure." Bing Feng did not hide it and continued,

“That skeleton must be the creator of this secret realm without a doubt. His realm in the past was definitely in the middle or even late stage of the Spiritualization Realm. Such an existence, even if it has been coexisting with the Life-Devouring Lotus, its strength and means cannot be underestimated.

I think you have also sensed that since entering this mountain, the strange energy that has been emanating all the time has its source from this skeleton.

At this point, even I can be affected mentally, which shows that it is definitely not simple.

I don't know why he is still asleep at this moment. If he is awakened forcibly, I can't be sure what the final result will be."

  "So, you think there will be no problem if I take action?" Mo Juren raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile. Bing Feng did not deny it after hearing this.

"You are too mysterious, and your methods are endless. Although I have already broken through to the early stage of the Spiritualization, I still have some self-knowledge, which is far inferior to you."

"I didn't expect that in the eyes of Fellow Daoist Feng, I still have some good points." Mo Juren laughed, but stopped teasing him and turned to look at the situation in the lake again.

Just as Bing Feng said, he really had no fear. In addition, with the countless trump cards in his hand, he thought that there were very few people in this world who could threaten him.

What’s more crucial is that the demonic energy in this place is very strong, especially on the skeleton. To be precise, it is the source of all the demonic energy.

In this situation, he naturally became more confident.

Suddenly, he realized something, and his eyes instantly became meaningful.

"Interesting!" Mo Juren's originally calm expression suddenly turned cold, and then he said with a hint of meaning,

"You may have guessed wrong. This senior may not be asleep, but has already woken up."

"Not asleep! How is this possible!" Bing Feng was startled, and then his heart was terrified.

"If that's true, then why didn't he do anything when I came in just now?"

"Who knows? Maybe he didn't wake up before, but he is awake now." Mo Juren sneered and looked at the skeleton in the middle of the lake again.

"Senior, I wonder if what Mo said is correct?"

After these words were spoken, the skeleton remained very calm and did not react.

This made Bing Feng look doubtful again, wondering if she had guessed wrong. However, Mo Juren was not moved at all.

He did not hesitate. After reminding Bingfeng to be careful, he directly shot out a white blade of light and slashed straight towards the skeleton.

A surprising scene followed. The light blade condensed by magic power had not yet approached the skeleton. It was about three feet away from the skeleton and was suddenly blocked by an invisible light curtain, then disappeared in an instant.

"It was swallowed!" Mo Juren was slightly surprised. After thinking about it, he flipped his hand again, and an ancient jade talisman emerged.

This item was one of the trophies he obtained in the past. It has been used several times by the original owner and only a small part of its spiritual power remains, but its power has not diminished at all.

Naturally, he didn't care about this kind of consumable. He immediately used some secret method to stimulate all the remaining spiritual power at once, and then directly sent it forward.

The jade talisman turned into a beam of white light and collided with the protective light curtain three feet away from the skeleton. A dazzling ball of light burst out, followed by an earth-shaking explosion.

At this moment, a loud roar came from the ball of light, like endless anger, and a powerful pressure spread out directly, sweeping away the energy burst out of the jade talisman.

On the altar, two balls of flame suddenly lit up in the skeleton's eye sockets, one black and one white, which looked extremely strange.

Obviously, the power of the jade talisman was not weak. It directly "woken up" the other party, or forced the other party to "wake up".

Just looking at the situation in front of him, it seemed that apart from 'waking up', it did not cause any harm to it.

However, this was also within Mo Juren's expectations. It was just a jade talisman. A cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage might still be afraid of it, but for a cultivator in the Spiritual Transformation stage, it posed no threat at all.

"Two ignorant youngsters, I clearly didn't want to pay any attention to me, but you two came to provoke me anyway. Are you looking for death?" A deep masculine voice suddenly came out from the skeleton, with undisguised anger and murderous intent.

"Senior, why do you have to be so pretentious? Do you think I didn't notice your little actions just now?" Mo Juren didn't feel guilty at all. Instead, he sneered and questioned the other party.

He was not talking nonsense, but he really noticed something unusual. The other party had just secretly done something to him and Bing Feng's body. If his spiritual sense had not been strong enough to be comparable to that of a mid-stage Spirit Transformation expert, he would not have been able to detect it.

"Huh, you actually knew that!" Obviously Mo Juren's answer surprised the skeleton, especially since the other party was only in the late Nascent Soul stage, which surprised him even more.

Mo Juren's guess was very accurate. The skeleton had indeed been in a deep sleep because it had performed some secret technique, and it had lasted for tens of thousands of years without ever waking up.

It was the fluctuations from the previous battle outside that woke him up by chance.

It was also true that the mark was secretly planted. To be precise, it was some kind of unique curse. As for the purpose, it was simple. It was to make it easier for him to take action later.

Whether it is the two in front of them, the dragon before, or the other big monsters that are still gathering in the mountains at this moment.

These are all rare cultivators with enormous vitality. If they can be devoured completely by the 'Life-Devouring Lotus', then there is a great possibility that they can recover their former state and escape this state of being neither human nor ghost.

"This mark is interesting, but unfortunately, it is useless to me." Mo Juren snorted coldly, and his powerful spiritual sense swept across a certain part of the body, directly erasing the mark, followed by Bingfeng.

Naturally, the skeleton could not be concealed, which meant that the other party could not show any expression, otherwise his face would definitely be extremely ugly at this moment.

"Very good, you have impressed me even more. Unfortunately, this is my territory. Even if the mark is gone, you can't escape."

Before he finished speaking, tremendous momentum suddenly burst out from the skeleton's body, and at the same time, the entire cave began to tremble slightly, as if there were endless formations hidden inside, all of which were activated at this moment.

Almost in an instant, the entire cave was completely sealed, and at this moment Mo Juren and Bing Feng suddenly felt a flash before their eyes, and the world changed.