Mortal: Even with a Heavenly Spiritual Root, I still have to try and get my hands on the Little Gree

Kunwu Mountain is a place that almost all the old monsters in the Nascent Soul stage of the Great Jin Dynasty know.

But why does no one dare to mess with him? Naturally, it's because there's someone inside who they can't afford to offend.

Upon hearing the words "Kunwu Mountain," Xiang Zhili's excitement subsided considerably. Although he was somewhat inclined to go, he truly did not want to go and die.

"Fellow Daoist Mu, do you know what Mount Kunwu represents?"

In the end, Xiang Zhili did not refuse outright, but instead asked.

In response, Mu Yu calmly replied:

"I know better than you what's in there, and I know how much you fear it."

"Alright, let me give you a brief introduction first."

"What is sealed in Kunwu Mountain is mainly a passage to the Demon Realm, a wisp of the soul of Yuan Sha, the Demon Realm Saint Ancestor in the Mahayana stage, and half of the soul and body of a demon cultivator at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage from the Spirit Realm."

"In short, there was a demon cultivator at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage who was possessed by a wisp of the soul of the Yuan Sha Saint Ancestor. The soul of this Nascent Soul stage demon cultivator was split in two, and one part of it competed with the sealed Yuan Sha Saint Ancestor's wisp of soul for his own body."

"And the other half...is with me."

As Mu Yu spoke, he took out the body of the Silver Moon fox from the spirit beast bag.

A streak of light shot out from Mu Yu's right wrist and entered the body of the four-eyed spirit fox. The light transformed into a beautiful young girl and appeared beside Mu Yu.

"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Xiang. I am Yin Yue, and also half of the divine soul of that demon cultivator at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage who was sealed in Kunwu Mountain."

Yin Yue winked mischievously at Xiang Zhili, releasing her divine sense, which had recovered considerably and was now at the same Nascent Soul stage.

Xiang Zhili stared in disbelief at the scene before him, unable to comprehend what was about to unfold.

It took Mu Yu some time to finally make Xiang Zhili fully understand the current situation.

And they successfully persuaded the other party to invite other Nascent Soul stage cultivators to participate in Kunwu Mountain.

The reason Xiang Zhili was unwilling to go to Kunwu Mountain before was naturally because both sides sealed in Kunwu Mountain were beings that a human cultivator like Xiang Zhili could not deal with.

Going there would only be courting death.

But now that he has a good chance of winning, how could he possibly give up?

These old monsters in the Nascent Soul stage have been eyeing places like Kunwu Mountain for a long time.

Mu Yu naturally didn't intend to directly step in to help Yin Yue regain her body and expel the ancient demon's divided soul; instead, she wanted someone more capable to handle it.

It can't be that he fights to the death here while those old monsters in the Nascent Soul stage reap all the benefits.

Those spatial nodes and the like are the ultimate temptation for these Nascent Soul stage cultivators who have spent their entire lives in the mortal realm.

Therefore, Mu Yu was not worried at all that they wouldn't come.

……

After discussing with Xiang Zhili, Mu Yu returned to Tianfu Sect, helped them resolve a minor problem, and obtained a Spirit Transformation Talisman, which originally belonged to the founder of Tianfu Sect.

Tianfu Sect was a large sect when it was first established, and its founder, Tianfu Zhenren, even had the cultivation level of the late Nascent Soul stage.

This spirit-transforming talisman also happens to be of the wood element. If it is refined again, it will naturally be able to unleash its full power.

But after thinking it over, Mu Yu decided to sell the item to Han Li, who would then use the Spirit Transformation Talisman he had crafted himself.

With his skills, combined with his talent for seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune, he could naturally create talismans that were even stronger than the originals.

The Six Ding Heavenly Armor Talisman of the Heavenly Talisman Sect has long been lost, and almost no one can refine the Spirit Subduing Talisman anymore, but the secret technique of the Spirit Transformation Talisman has been passed down all along.

Although this talisman is only an auxiliary type of talisman, at crucial moments, this supernatural power, similar to the "dissolving technique" of demonic arts, can play a role no less than a second life.

First came the substitute death talisman, comparable to the "dissolution technique"—the spirit-transforming talisman.

There is also the Spirit Summoning Talisman, which can rival the "Spirit Possession Technique".

And finally, the Six Ding Heavenly Armor Talisman, which has been lost and is suspected of being able to simulate the divine abilities of the Nascent Soul stage and call upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for defense.

This Celestial Talisman Immortal is also a genius no less than the Great Evolution Divine Lord.

Unfortunately, even such a genius did not leave behind any Nascent Soul stage attack talisman inheritances.

If Mu Yu could obtain several Nascent Soul stage level attack talismans, he would definitely be able to draw them.

That will be when we are truly invincible in the human world.

Even a Nascent Soul stage cultivator wouldn't dare to directly withstand a dozen or so Nascent Soul stage level spell attacks.

Unfortunately, Mu Yu had been searching for a long time but had not found an attack talisman of that level.

Currently, Mu Yu only has a large number of talismans in his storage bag, the power of which is comparable to a full-force attack from a late-stage Core Formation cultivator.

While such talismans are somewhat useful for those in the Nascent Soul stage, their overall effect is not very significant.

After agreeing on a time with Xiang Zhili, Mu Yu left Tianfu Sect alone, found an open space, and began refining the Spirit Transformation Talisman.

The Spirit Transformation Talisman is not too difficult to make; even Core Formation stage cultivators of the Heavenly Talisman Sect can make it. The real trouble is the cultivation process.

Although this thing avoids the physical damage caused by the Dissolving Great Law, its principle is still quite similar to that of the Dissolving Great Law, and it requires a certain amount of time to cultivate.

Therefore, it is best to refine this spirit-transforming talisman as early as possible.

After it is refined, it needs to be nurtured for another ten years or so before it can replace the real antidote.

However, Mu Yu did not intend to follow the original method of making the Spirit Transformation Talisman, but rather to make some slight adjustments.

The first thing to adjust is the quantity.

Mu Yu currently has six nascent souls within her body, including her main body. If we follow the rule of one spirit transformation talisman per nascent soul, she should be able to refine six.

However, this spirit-transforming talisman needs a period of time to be nurtured before it can exert its effect.

The more you refine, the slower it will grow.

Therefore, Mu Yu needs to reduce the time required for cultivation, which is not too difficult for Mu Yu now.

Relying on the guidance of her innate ability to avoid misfortune and attract good fortune, Mu Yu spent more than a month readjusting the formula for the Spirit Transformation Talisman.

First, the materials used to refine the spirit-transforming talismans were optimized. The materials that were originally made from thousand-year-old spiritual materials were all replaced with those that were made from materials that were ten thousand or even hundreds of thousands of years old.

All other auxiliary materials were also replaced with the highest-spec configuration.

With Mu Yu's current level of weapon crafting, optimizing this Spirit Transformation Talisman is naturally unrealistic, but if it's just a matter of replacing some materials, it's naturally very easy.

Next, Mu Yu took out six Nascent Souls, set up the Nine Nether Soul-Seizing Array, extracted their essence and souls, and threw them into the Myriad Soul Banner.

Mu Yu's Ten Thousand Souls Banner only needs spirit essence. The nascent souls that were thrown in have nothing to do with the demonic spirits in the Ten Thousand Souls Banner. They were just used as materials to enhance the banner's appearance.

After all, the main material Mu Yu used to refine the Ten Thousand Souls Banner was a cultivator's nascent soul.

The souls that have been separated from the nascent soul are the main materials for the demon spirit.

This is why demons possess a certain degree of immortality.

In this way, Mu Yu refined these six Nascent Souls, which had lost their essence, into the purest Nascent Soul essence using the method of refining treasures, and then used them as materials to refine the Spirit Transformation Talisman.

In this way, once the Spirit Transformation Talisman is crafted, it immediately possesses a spirituality no weaker than that of a fully cultivated talisman.

Having this level of spirituality, even if it hasn't been fully cultivated, should be enough to be useful in crucial moments.

Having crafted six different talismans in one go, and feeling that each Nascent Soul possessed a Spirit Transformation Talisman, Mu Yu smiled with satisfaction.

In this way, Mu Yu had six opportunities to use the Substitute Tribulation Technique, and he was more confident in facing the Yuan Sha split soul in Kunwu Mountain.

After finishing with the Spirit Transformation Talisman, Mu Yu began to refine the late-stage Nascent Soul puppet designed by the Great Evolution Divine Lord.

This was also the first time Mu Yu had ever created a puppet in the true sense of the word.

The ones Mu Yu refined before basically focused all their functions on attack; they were more like turret-like magical artifacts than puppets.

Now, to create this real puppet, Mu Yu has to follow the instructions of the Great Evolution God and adjust it little by little.

The Great Evolution Divine Lord had been researching for ten thousand years and had considered almost every possibility. Even a cultivator who was not good at crafting artifacts could craft this puppet under the Great Evolution Divine Lord's command.

As for Mu Yu, who was currently reading Chapter 128, "Refining Spirit Transformation Talismans, Late Nascent Soul Puppet, Slaying a Flood Dragon," the latest chapter was available at [website address missing]. Naturally, he wasn't satisfied with just that.

Therefore, Mu Yu instructed the Great Yan Divine Lord to use his imagination to enhance the puppet's power as much as possible.

Guided by his innate talent for seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune, Mu Yu was able to seize any seemingly impossible task proposed by the Great Evolution God, as long as there was even the slightest chance of success.

Finally, after several months, a puppet resembling an ordinary person appeared before Mu Yu's eyes.

"Is this what you looked like when you were alive? Are you sure you didn't embellish it?"

Looking at the refined-looking man before him, whose entire being seemed to possess the aura of a god, the Great Evolution God was quite moved.

"Hmph! I was much more handsome when I was alive. This looks a bit like the idols my disciples and followers erected for me."

Mu Yu recalled the appearance of the statues of gods she had seen, smiled, and did not answer.

As if he had expected this, the Great Evolution God explained, "I was referring to the statue from ten thousand years ago."

"The current Thousand Bamboo Sect is not the legacy I left behind at all; it is just a bunch of usurpers."

Mu Yu still didn't reply. Instead, he took out the array materials from his storage bag again and began to set up the Nine Nether Soul-Capturing Array.

This time, the Nine Nether Soul-Seizing Array is exceptionally large in scale.

Immediately afterwards, Mu Yu took out the nascent soul of the cultivator surnamed Hu and slowly untied the evil-repelling divine lightning binding his body.

When only a thin layer of the Evil-Repelling Divine Lightning remained, Mu Yu activated the enhanced version of the Nine Nether Soul-Seizing Array, extracting the essence of the Hu surname cultivator from his nascent soul.

In stark contrast to the process not long ago, the soul and essence were left behind, while the empty nascent soul was thrown into the Ten Thousand Souls Banner as a nourishing material for the banner's surface.

Next, the essence of this cultivator surnamed Hu needs to be purified, and the remaining will of this cultivator surnamed Hu must be completely eliminated.

This process took more than ten days.

Once the essence is purified, the final step in crafting the puppet is reached.

The fusion of the purified nascent soul essence with the humanoid puppet went very smoothly. Mu Yu spat out a wisp of grayish-white flame and began to complete the final refining process.

After several months of work, the late-stage Nascent Soul puppet was finally completed.

After the puppet was completed, the Great Evolution God Lord couldn't wait to urge Mu Yu to find a place to test its power.

After thinking it over, Mu Yu ultimately decided not to persecute the old man from the Bitter Bamboo Grove, but instead prepared to go to the seaside to slay the dragon!

Just in time, I've almost used up my level 8 monster materials, so I can go and replenish them.

……

"This Great Jin Sea is indeed impressive. I wonder if the evil dragon that appeared here is related to the Golden Dragon King of the Chaotic Star Sea."

On the empty sea surface, Mu Yu spoke casually.

Several months ago, the "Dragon-Slaying Conference," mainly held at the South Sea Gate, had just concluded.

It wasn't that the dragons that were causing trouble everywhere were killed, but rather that their hiding place simply couldn't be found.

After several months of intense activity, most of the cultivators couldn't wait any longer and left.

After all, a cultivator's time cannot be wasted at will.

Finding a dragon at or above the Transformation stage on such a vast sea is naturally an extremely difficult task.

But for Mu Yu, as long as there is clear information about this matter, and it is considered an auspicious sign for him, then he will be able to find his target quickly.

On the third day after Mu Yu arrived in this sea area, while traveling in the direction of the auspicious omen, Mu Yu ran into two dragons.

Seeing that Mu Yu was alone, the two dragons launched an attack without hesitation.

This level eight demonic beast posed no challenge to Mu Yu at all, but the main purpose of this trip was to test the puppet's abilities, so a quick victory was not an option.

"Bang!"

A fiery dragon's claws slammed into Mu Yu's face, but a scholar-like man appeared out of thin air and blocked the attack with his bare body.

"Body cultivation?"

The Crimson Fire Dragon was taken aback, and then immediately spat out a stream of crimson liquid that looked like magma, which... was rather disgusting.

"Transforming fire into liquid is quite a remarkable supernatural ability, but it looks a bit like vomit!"

Mu Yu casually joked, then moved his body freely with the breeze, dodging the blue dragon's attacks.

"The defensive capabilities are quite good. This Chiling Soft Jade truly lives up to its name as divine mud."

"Next, let's test the attack power."

From the left wrist, the urgent voice of the Great Evolution God Lord came.

Upon hearing this, Mu Yu's mind stirred. A long, black-red blade appeared in the puppet's hand, and the next moment it slashed straight at the Crimson Fire Dragon.

With a single strike, the Crimson Fire Dragon's head was severed, and its life essence was completely drained by the Demonic Dragon Blade.

"Stop! Who told you to use the Dragon Blade? What can that thing even test?"

The Great Evolution Divine Lord within the Soul Nourishing and Spirit Condensing Pearl spoke with some dissatisfaction.

Mu Yu didn't seem to care, saying, "What's there to be afraid of? There's still one left."

"What I just tested was the maximum attack power, and I also tested the puppet's speed. After incorporating the Invisible Escape Technique, its speed is really impressive."

"Speaking of which, I wonder if that old monster Qiong has broken through to the Nascent Soul stage yet. I'll ask him about his development strategy later. This Invisible Escape Technique is really useful."

Mu Yu spoke casually, and then sent out a demonic nascent soul to collect the corpse of the Crimson Fire Dragon.

Skinning, pulling out tendons, stealing souls, dismantling bones.

As for the flesh and essence... since they were killed by the Demon Dragon Blade, these two things are considered useless.

In fact, the Demon Dragon Blade can even absorb souls to serve as nourishment, but Mu Yu still needed the Crimson Fire Flood Dragon's soul, so he left it behind.

The blue dragon beside him had already sensed something was wrong when Mu Yu easily merged into the wind escape to dodge his attack.

But before he could even begin to flee, the Crimson Fire Dragon was killed in a single blow.

At this moment, it was too late for him to run away. No matter what supernatural powers he used, that scholar-like fellow could block his way.

"That's about enough. If we drag this out any longer, the demonic power within the demon core will run out. When we kill more demonic beasts, we should finish them off as quickly as possible."

"Otherwise, the value of the demon core might be slightly affected."

Mu Yu spoke to the Great Evolution Divine Lord.

"Alright, although it hasn't unleashed its full power yet, there will be opportunities to see it at its full strength in the future."

As the Great Evolution Divine Lord spoke, the blue dragon was instantly killed by the late-stage Nascent Soul puppet.

This time, Mu Yu did not use the Demon Dragon Blade, so the essence and flesh of this blue dragon still had some effect.

After collecting the blue dragon's corpse, Mu Yu heard the Great Evolution Divine Lord speak:

"Now, I have passed on all my skills and the art of puppetry to you."

Now that my wish has been fulfilled, I must struggle to survive.

"Next, I will fall into a deep sleep, to prolong the time my soul remains here as much as possible."

"The next time we meet will probably be when I try to possess someone else's body."

There was relief and anticipation in the words of the Great Evolution God.

"Okay, that day won't be long."

As Mu Yu spoke, the spiritual light of the Soul-Nourishing Pearl, which carried the soul of the Great Yan Divine Lord, dimmed considerably, proving that the Great Yan Divine Lord had fallen into a deep slumber.

Mu Yu took out a jade box covered with restrictive talismans from her storage bag, removed the Soul Nourishing and Spirit Enriching Pearl from her left wrist, and put it into the box.

The next time we meet should be after Mu Yu has refined the Rejuvenating True Water.

At this time, there was still some time before Fu Cheng went to capture the Yinzhi Horse, so Mu Yu casually found a place and began to study the refining method of the Heavenly Secrets Palace.

Mu Yu originally wanted to use the crafting methods of the Heavenly Secrets Mansion to research how to craft a treasure that could contain a completed array.

In the end, Mu Yu only managed to create a high-end version of the Heavenly Mystery Mansion, and the restrictions on this portable cave dwelling still did not satisfy Mu Yu.

This thing is useful for occasionally stopping to rest, or for refining magical artifacts or elixirs.

It wouldn't be very safe to use it for cultivation.

The formation is so vulnerable that any late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator could break it in an hour or two.