Mortal: Starting by looting Han Laomo's entire herb garden

Back in his cave, Lu Yan staggered a step before regaining his balance.

"Holy crap! That was close!"

Lu Yan's back was soaked with cold sweat. Those two people were definitely the strongest beings he had ever encountered since he entered the world of cultivation.

Just then, a hissing sound rang out.

Lu Yan looked up. He saw wisps of blood-red lightning coiled around the silver light shield, showing no sign of dissipating.

"What the hell?! What is this thing?!"

The crimson lightning not only did not dissipate, but also tightly bound the silver light shield, like a crimson net.

Seeing this, Lu Yan's expression shifted between light and dark. Even the Six Ding Heavenly Armor Talisman couldn't withstand this blood lightning; if it continued like this, he would also suffer.

"Oh, right." He suddenly remembered something, and his eyes lit up.

The Great Wilderness Thunder Scripture records a Thunder Fusion Technique that can fuse various types of lightning for one's own use.

Although I don't know if it will work on this blood lightning, I can only try it as a last resort.

Thinking of this, Lu Yan sat down cross-legged and circulated his spiritual power according to the incantation recorded in the Thunder Fusion Technique.

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Time flies, and three years have passed.

The door to Lu Yan's cave opened with a rumble, and he walked out looking exhausted.

"Three years have passed, and finally, hard work has paid off."

A wisp of crimson lightning was visible in Lu Yan's palm.

It took him three years to finally refine a tiny bit of the lightning. With this tiny bit of blood lightning, he successfully guided the blood lightning on the silver light shield into the lightning gathering bottle.

Looking back, it was really dangerous. The Thunder Gathering Bottle was only a top-grade magic artifact, and the blood lightning almost blew it up as soon as it entered.

Fortunately, Lu Yan reacted quickly and applied several restrictions, which barely managed to seal the blood lightning.

Although it almost failed, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as he successfully refined the blood lightning into his own supernatural power.

Even though its power is currently less than a fraction of the crimson-robed giant's blood lightning, its power can be further enhanced by refining the remaining lightning and fusing it with one's own.

The essence of the Thunder Fusion Technique is to fuse various types of lightning to enhance its power, somewhat like a lightning version of the Burning Technique.

As for the Six Ding Heavenly Armor Talisman, it can only be repaired slowly by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Unfortunately, I had planned to use these few years to cultivate to the point of obtaining a false core, but now it's too late. There's only one year left before the demonic invasion, so I should go and study the ancient teleportation array.

"what?"

Just as Lu Yan was about to leave, he let out a surprised exclamation.

Just then, a ball of white light flew out from his storage bracelet.

The white light transformed into a handsome dog, and Lu Yan recognized it as Yin Yue.

Yin Yue's black eyes darted around, staring intently at Lu Yan without moving.

Lu Yan went up and petted the dog's head. He was surprised to find that being single for so long made even a dog look handsome.

"Finally, you're willing to talk to me? A Mahayana stage cultivator of the Silver Moon Wolf Clan in the Spirit Realm, granddaughter of Ancestor Ao Xiao, who lost all her memories due to being betrayed by her fiancé..."

Ling, Long, Yao, Fei.

Lu Yan looked directly into her eyes and said her name slowly and deliberately.

Yin Yue's eyes widened instantly, and all the words she had prepared beforehand were swallowed back down.

A clear, crisp female voice rang out: "You know about me?"

She never imagined that she had initially thought this pretty boy had some ability and wanted to cooperate with him to regain her memories, but it turned out that he seemed to understand her better than she understood herself.

Lu Yan smiled and said, "Your face is practically screaming 'accident'."

Silver Moon: ?

"Ahem." Lu Yan coughed twice, then said with a serious expression, "Alright, enough with the jokes. I know what you want—to regain your memories, right?"

"You're saying that as long as you return to the spirit world, you can regain your memories, and I'm the person with the best chance of taking you there, which is why you showed yourself."

Silver Moon: "………………"

You've already said it all for me, what else can I say?

"Since Fellow Daoist Lu has already spoken for me, may I ask if you could tell me more about my situation, and my fiancé?" Yin Yue blinked, her tone revealing a hint of allure.

As Lu Yan gently stroked the jade ruyi, he said, "All I know is that the Heavenly Kui Wolf King is the most promising among the demons of the Spirit Realm to advance to the Mahayana stage, which is why Ancestor Ao Xiao betrothed you to him. As for the discord between you, I don't know much about it."

As he spoke, he observed Yinyue's expression, noticing that her expression grew increasingly disappointed as she listened.

Silver Moon pouted: "So, even if I go back to the Spirit Realm, I'll be forced to marry a demon I don't like?"

Lu Yan nodded: "That's right, exactly."

This girl's script is even more tragic than Mu Peiling's and Senior Sister Chen's; at least their husbands' families don't drive their wives to the brink of schizophrenia.

Yin Yue drooped her ears and rolled her eyes dramatically: "Honestly, Fellow Daoist Lu really doesn't know how to comfort people."

Lu Yan narrowed his eyes. He didn't think this guy who had lived for tens of thousands of years would give up so easily.

"Fellow Daoist Linglong, please stop with the pretense. I can agree to cooperate, but there are conditions."

Seeing that he wouldn't budge despite her gentle persuasion and threats, Yin Yue abandoned her girlish demeanor: "Fellow Daoist Lu~ I already know your biggest secret, do you still dare to cooperate with me? You should know that in the cultivation world, those who easily trust others don't usually end up well. What if they…"

Lu Yan listened without commenting: "Since you know my secret, you should also know that I have no control over this thing. Who knows where it will be sent? Even if I wanted to hide it, I couldn't."

This cheat system is indeed a bit ridiculous in a certain sense; it's incredibly overpowered.

If he could, he'd also like a more stealthy cheat, like the workaholic cheat, where he could hide and accelerate the ripening of the elixir.

Then get a Star Shift Alphabet Disc and an Impermanence Alliance Mask, and sell the Ten Thousand Year Soul Flower online every day. You won't even need to leave your cave dwelling; you can cultivate all the way to True Immortal.

He didn't hide it from Yin Yue, and he also had another plan: when he traveled through time in the future, he could let Yin Yue steal things. Two people would be more efficient than one, right?

Lu Yan glanced at Yin Yue: "Fellow Daoist, you'd better refrain from making threats. Otherwise, if I'm in a bad mood, I might just throw you in front of the Demon Realm's progenitor."

Silver Moon shuddered upon hearing this. Thrown in front of the Demon Realm's progenitor? Wouldn't she be beaten to death?

She chuckled awkwardly, "Hehehe... I was just kidding."

Then, with a serious expression, he said, "It's a pity. If Fellow Daoist Lu had a natal magic weapon, it could act as your weapon spirit. Wouldn't that make you feel more at ease with it?"

Lu Yan said expressionlessly, "Forget it. Your true form is still sealed in Kunwu Mountain in the human realm. What kind of artifact spirit are you?"

"Hmm?" Upon hearing this, Silver Moon's ears immediately perked up:

"What did you say? My true form is in the human realm?"

"Yes, you, along with the avatar of the Demon Ancestor Yuan Sha and a wisp of true demonic energy, are sealed together and guarded by several Nascent Soul cultivators from the human realm."

Silver Moon blinked, somewhat incredulous that the information she had been searching for so desperately had been obtained so easily.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, are you telling people all this without reservation because you want something in return?"

Lu Yan nodded. "Nonsense, why would I do something without benefit? For her looks?"

Yin Yue's curiosity was piqued: "May I ask what Fellow Daoist Lu desires? If I can make it happen."

"The Eight Spirit Ruler and the Black Wind Flag."