Cultivation begins with the Druid panel

The sleeping senior brother smacked his lips, twisting and turning from side to side, seemingly not only not having nightmares, but actually sleeping very soundly. But this was a real hardship for Lu Lin and Shen Luo.

Their whereabouts were exposed when they were at Wangyue Pavilion. Now Wangyue Pavilion has organized people to search under the cover of night. They should be found soon.

Just as he was thinking this, he turned his head and looked at the night outside the courtyard. He saw the Moon Gazing Pavilion cultivators at the first and second levels of Qi Refining, holding torches in their hands, quickly passing by in the night.

Amidst the echoing noise, Lu Lin and Shen Luo exchanged a glance, their expressions both somewhat grave.

They knew that with their current strength, if the Moon Gazing Pavilion found them, they would be doomed.

"Linzi, what do you think we should do? You're smarter than me, we need to find a way to get away, or we'll be in trouble."

Shen Luo arrived at the back of the dilapidated house and looked out through the crack in the door toward the streets of Peacock City. The ball of fire that was disturbing the night was rapidly approaching and would arrive near their old house in less than half an incense stick's time.

Lu Lin remained silent for a moment after hearing this, and finally made up his mind: "The most dangerous place is the safest place. We'll turn into crows and stand on the roof. With the night still dark, they shouldn't be able to find us."

After saying that, Lu Lin put his words into action, forming hand seals and activating the Natural Transformation.

[You used Nature's Transformation, transforming two targets into the Celestial Bird—the Raven. Nature's Transformation Proficiency +6, Heart of Nature Experience +6]

Shen Luo and his sleeping senior brother turned into crows, and Lu Lin followed suit, activating his transformation enhancement and also turning into a crow.

They then climbed onto the roof of the dilapidated house and hid behind a tile.

Lu Lin and Shen Luo stared intently at the firelight under the night sky. Sure enough, a moment later, someone kicked open the gate of the dilapidated mansion. The people in the gate were dressed in long robes from Wangyue Pavilion and were holding torches.

The leader was a young master with a cold expression. He was the last to enter. He carried no torch, only a palm-sized golden compass. The compass needle was spinning, releasing a mysterious energy.

Lu Lin and Shen Luo, who had transformed into crows, could clearly feel this energy sweeping over them.

"Those two petty thieves can transform, so we must search them carefully. If we encounter anything like rats, we should kill them with magic."

After the leader finished speaking, he looked at the compass in his hand, raised his other hand, and muttered some incantations.

They were too far away to hear what the guy was saying.

But the two saw that the compass in the man's hand emitted a golden light that was no less bright than the firelight. The golden light entered the man's pupils, and his pupils immediately turned golden as he scanned the courtyard.

"Is this a reconnaissance method?" Shen Luo and Lu Lin were extremely nervous.

It seems that Wangyue Pavilion came prepared this time.

"No?" The leader frowned slightly.

Clearly, his investigative methods were somewhat inadequate in the face of Lu Lin's unpredictable nature.

This time, Lu Lin and Shen Luo heard what this guy said clearly and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

However, at that moment...

The eldest brother, who had been sleeping soundly the whole way, woke up.

"Huh? Where am I?" The eldest brother had only been transformed into a crow by an illusion, but his human abilities remained. He had just woken up and was speaking human language.

The sound wasn't loud, but it was enough to attract attention under the cover of night.

The group of people from Wangyue Pavilion in the courtyard were about to leave, but upon hearing this question, they immediately stopped in their tracks.

But the night was deep, and although cultivators had much better eyesight than mortals, they still couldn't pinpoint the source of the sound in an instant.

Lu Lin and Shen Luo breathed a sigh of relief.

But then...

"Click—"

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Lu Lin and Shen Luo exchanged a glance and looked down at their feet. They saw that the once solid roof tiles had cracked open.

The two reacted quickly, realizing they were about to fall, and immediately used their wind manipulation technique to try to escape.

Unfortunately, the Wind Control Technique failed on the spot.

[You used the Wind Control Technique, but due to an inexplicable force, the wind force is only level one, insufficient to ride the wind. Wind Control Technique Proficiency +1, Heart of Nature Experience +1]

Now the people at Wangyue Pavilion saw things clearly.

The leader was a ruthless person who was also far beyond the first level of Qi Refining. He was not someone that Lu Lin and Shen Luo could deal with. He then threw the compass in his hand into the air.

"Bright and clear daylight, dark and gloomy night, suppress and kill!"

The compass suddenly grew larger in mid-air, reaching a diameter of ten feet, completely enveloping Lu Lin and Shen Luo.

The compass emitted a blinding golden light, which stung my flesh and blood, as if I were being baked by the scorching sun, causing me immense pain.

But Lu Lin reacted faster. He immediately transformed back into human form, grabbed his senior brother's crow feet, swung his sword to the full moon, and threw his senior brother directly into the compass in the sky.

The senior brother, who had just woken up, was unaware of what was happening when he suddenly felt himself fly up and then crash into a 'wall'.

"Thump!"

The compass in mid-air, after that sound, suddenly lost all its color for some unknown reason, shrank rapidly, and fell from the sky like an ordinary object.

With a clatter, it rolled down the slope of the roof and landed on the ground, spinning a few times before lying still.

"So Senior Brother can be used like this?" Shen Luo was surprised. He had thought they had nowhere to escape.

"What are you still standing there for? Why aren't you running?" Lu Lin reminded him, pulling Shen Luo away from the place.

But Shen Luo was unwilling at this moment. After Lu Lin used his senior brother to knock down the compass, it was as if his Ren and Du meridians had been opened directly. His fire spirit root began to release spiritual power, and even the air felt hot.

"I understand!" Shen Luo's eyes suddenly became sharp and bright.

Lu Lin was stunned for a moment. Even with his memories from both lifetimes combined, he still couldn't understand what Shen Luo was trying to do. But then, he heard Shen Luo's request:

"Give me your senior brother."

Lu Lin did as instructed.

Shen Luo held his senior brother, who had turned into a crow, in his hand. In the darkness of the night, at first glance, it really looked like he was holding a black short blade, except that the blade was somewhat weak.

Then, Lu Lin saw Shen Luo dispel the natural illusion and leap off the roof.

"Huh?" The senior brother was already dizzy from the impact, and suddenly felt himself being thrown around again. He was confused and looked down to see Shen Luo holding his legs and using him as a weapon.

Wherever the senior brother went, all things fell silent. At first, the disciples of Wangyue Pavilion did not take it seriously, but when the crow approached them, they could not use any of the spiritual power they had accumulated in their bodies, and almost suffocated on the spot.

They could only watch helplessly as the crow swung at their faces, sending them flying.

The strange thing is...

After being knocked away, his spiritual energy miraculously recovered.

Shen Luo, carrying the crow, laughed heartily in the night: "With my senior brother here, who among you dares to act recklessly here!"

However, after laughing, Shen Luo suddenly felt weak and powerless.

Senior Brother is truly a demonic weapon that harms both himself and others!

The leader of Wangyue Pavilion looked grim: "Although I don't know what kind of evil magic you used to prevent us from using our spiritual power, even without it, I can still take your life with my physical skills alone!"

Shen Luo chuckled and, holding his senior brother's arm, reminded him, "Let me warn you, the disciples of Wangyue Pavilion aren't good at physical combat."

"Then killing you would be more than enough!"

The leader snorted coldly, and with a stomp of his foot, dust rose from the ground, even startling the moonlight. In the blink of an eye, he had already rushed to Shen Luo's side.

"Well done. Let me see what you've got, how does it compare to the one you had in the ring back then!"