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"No wonder even Gu Changkong said that practicing this martial art was extremely painful; damn, it really is painful!"

Mu Yang rubbed his temples and slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

It should be noted that even when the Xuanwu ethereal spirit was divided, its total divine soul still exceeded thirty cups.

It's hard to imagine how painful it would be for someone with only twenty cups of soul remaining to have their soul divided in half.

Shaking his head, Mu Yang withdrew his thoughts and looked at the four illusory spirits in his mind.

These four little things account for nearly two-thirds of the divine soul power.

Fortunately, the martial art "Four Spirits and Four Symbols Demon-Suppressing Body" is quite special. Although the four illusory spirits seem to have been separated from his soul, they are actually still closely connected in an invisible way.

It will not affect the range of Mu Yang's soul power.

In fact, because of the four additional ethereal spirits, it was able to observe five directions simultaneously.

It can only be said that it is indeed a top-level martial art.

Aside from the high difficulty of cultivation, high entry threshold, and somewhat high level of pain, it has all the advantages.

After examining the illusory spirit, Mu Yang then introspectively examined the life aperture he had just opened.

It is different from the body's acupoints that can store true qi.

The life aperture itself is not very large, only slightly larger than the spiritual aperture.

Even when fully opened up, the interior remains hazy, like a mountain peak shrouded in a thin mist, making it difficult to see clearly.

The reason for this is that the innate martial arts technique has not yet been inscribed inside.

Only after completing the inscription of one's innate martial skill will the life aperture transform into a form related to the martial skill.

For example, if you inscribe sword techniques, a sword shadow will appear in your life aperture; if you inscribe saber techniques, a saber light will appear.

However, there's no rush to imprint martial arts techniques.

Ordinary martial artists imprint their innate martial skills either because they fear they won't have a suitable method after breaking through to the seventh rank, or for the sake of comprehending the martial will.

He doesn't need to worry about the former; it's just a matter of getting some equipment.

The latter already possesses the "Record of the Destruction of All Laws," so there's nothing to worry about.

Unfortunately, the "Record of the Destruction of All Laws" is not considered a martial art and therefore cannot be inscribed.

Therefore, Mu Yang planned to directly imprint the meaning of breaking the law into his life aperture after successfully activating it.

That's right, the life aperture can not only be used to imprint martial arts skills, but also to imprint martial arts will.

In fact, when a martial artist comprehends the martial will from their innate martial skill, the imprint within it will transform into the corresponding martial will.

However, while others imprint martial arts techniques to comprehend the martial arts will, Mu Yang takes it a step further and directly imprints the martial arts will.

After observing the life aperture, Mu Yang regained his composure and focused his attention on the acupoint opening method in his sleeve pocket.

He still has four empty equipment slots.

After thinking for a moment, Mu Yang took out the "Sparkling Gold Meridian Opening Method", "Sparkling Gold Orifice Opening Method", "Raging Wave Meridian Opening Method", and "Raging Wave Orifice Opening Method" from his sleeve pocket space.

He had already solidified the "Sparkling Golden Dantian Construction Method" and the "Raging Waves Dantian Construction Method," and now he could equip these four martial arts techniques.

[Ding! The following techniques have been equipped: "Sparkling Gold Meridian Opening Method," "Sparkling Gold Acupoint Opening Method," "Raging Wave Meridian Opening Method," and "Raging Wave Acupoint Opening Method"!]

Soon, a considerable amount of true energy surged out from Mu Yang's main dantian.

Under his control, the true energy flowed along his meridians and reached his forehead.

That is the location where the soul's aperture opens.

The biggest challenge in opening the soul's aperture is finding it.

Once you find the location, developing it is just a matter of time and effort.

Soon, an hour had passed.

The opening of the soul aperture has progressed by a little over one-tenth.

"The soul aperture is indeed harder to open than the life aperture."

Mu Yang silently estimated in his mind.

Judging from the progress just now, the true energy required to open the Soul Aperture is about three times that of the Life Aperture, which means it would require about fifteen Aperture Opening Techniques, or ten rare-blooded demons, or thirty ordinary-blooded demons.

That sounds like a lot.

But for Mu Yang, it was only a matter of time.

After all, he already has nine books on enlightenment techniques, which is more than enough.

Even without continuing to exchange, just with these nine books, plus the demon corpses obtained when slaying demons to solidify, I estimate I can collect the full set.

"No wonder ordinary people can't open their soul apertures. They're hard to find to begin with, and even after you find them, you still have to spend a lot of time accumulating true energy. It's really difficult."

Mu Yang sighed.

Then, he spread his wings, and the flowing golden feathers that flashed with purple lightning shook, and flew out of Thunder Valley.

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At the mouth of the valley.

Little Black was listlessly munching on the withered grass on the ground.

Suddenly, a thunderous sound reached his ears, and he immediately looked up.

Upon seeing Mu Yang emerge, Xiao Hei immediately became excited, pawing the ground with its four hooves and snorting.

"I'm gone."

Mu Yang mounted his horse and patted Xiao Hei's neck.

With a neigh, Little Black galloped off towards Wind and Cloud Cliff, its four hooves pounding the wind.

On the way, Mu Yang took out some of the purple lightning bat demon's blood from his sleeve pocket, and then took out a piece of black bear demon's thigh meat. He mixed the demon blood and the scraps of meat evenly and fed them to Xiao Hei.

The black bear demon was a fourth-tier demon he had killed before, so it wasn't of much use to Mu Yang. It was perfect for feeding Xiao Hei.

Nourished by sixth-order demon blood and fourth-order demon flesh, Xiao Hei's cultivation level did not break through, but his aura clearly increased significantly.

After it has finished digesting, feed it again, and it should be able to break through to the third stage of perfection.

And so, Mu Yang and Xiao Hei, one person and one horse, traveled day and night towards Fengyun Cliff.

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Five days later.

Tender green grassland.

This is a vast plain located between Thunder Valley and Wind and Cloud Cliff.

The flat grassland was covered with fresh, tender grass taller than a person, a lush green expanse that looked like a giant's carpet.

The sky was a clear, tranquil blue.

A gentle breeze blows, causing the grass to ripple and carrying a faint scent of fresh grass.

At that moment, a demon was lowering its head and using its mouthful of sharp teeth to gnaw on the tender grass on the ground.

It looks similar to a blue sheep, but it is several times larger than a regular blue sheep, standing up to three zhang tall.

The hair on its body is short and sparse, lying close to the skin and barely covering the muscles underneath.

Its forelegs are thick and strong, and its hind legs are even more exaggeratedly muscular, with each muscle group looking like it was carved from granite, with distinct lines.

The most striking feature is the pair of large horns on its head.

The two horns grew from the top of its head, first expanding outwards, then spiraling and bending backwards, much thicker than the muscles of its hind legs, and covered with uneven textures, like two intertwined old tree stumps.

The sharp tips of the horns resembled spearheads, gleaming faintly with a cold light in the sunlight.

This is none other than the sixth-tier demon that roams the northwest region of Anling Prefecture—the Jumping Sheep Demon!

Because it missed the tender grass of the Nenqing Grassland, it traveled thousands of miles, day and night, to come here.

"The grass here is definitely the best. It's juicy and tender, unlike the grass from Fengyun Cliff, which is old, tough, and awful."

While eating, the jumping sheep demon muttered to itself.

"Rumble~~~"

Just as it was enjoying its meal, the previously cloudless sky suddenly darkened.

Suddenly, a thick rain cloud drifted in from the horizon and enveloped the entire tender green grassland.

The rain clouds were dark gray, like thick black ink, with occasional pale purple arcs of electricity dancing within them, like countless rolling lightning snakes.