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

"Evil-repelling divine thunder? How could there still be...?"

"Aren't you afraid of the backlash from that Azure Ice Flame?"

Xuan Gu was startled by the huge golden arc of lightning that struck him, but with the Asura Sacred Flame that he had just refined, blocking the attack was not a big problem.

The Asura Sacred Flame, known as the Holy Flame of the Ghost Path, was not significantly restrained when facing the Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder; in fact, it could even subtly devour some of the Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder.

Such power was quite satisfactory to Mu Yu.

"It's almost time, we should go."

"Xuan Gu, I'm not going to waste my time with you."

Mu Yu took out a Azure Needle Talisman from his storage bag and unhesitatingly activated its full power.

A sky full of azure light attacked Xuan Gu, who struggled to defend himself using the Asura Sacred Fire.

The power of this fire was indeed extraordinary; it was able to incinerate some of the illusory Azure Needles that were attacking him.

But... that's all.

As a faint, extremely hidden green sword light flashed by, Xuan Gu's figure instantly froze.

A fist-sized hole suddenly appeared in Xuan Gu's chest, and the next moment, golden arcs of electricity burst out from Xuan Gu's body.

Xuan Gu never understood how Mu Yu, whose magic power was already more than half depleted, could unleash such a powerful sword light, even until his death.

It was even more incomprehensible how such a massive amount of warding-off divine lightning could be mixed within the sword's edge.

The Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder is the nemesis of demonic and ghostly paths. Although Xuan Gu was able to temporarily withstand it with the help of the Asura Sacred Fire.

However, the Asura Sacred Flame had only been refined recently, and the Xuan Bone had not yet absorbed it into its body for cultivation. Therefore, it had no chance of blocking the Evil-Repelling Divine Lightning that erupted from within its body.

Playing with the sword pellet that had long since returned to his palm, Mu Yu was in a fairly good mood.

"Xuan Gu, although you were once a master at the mid-Nascent Soul stage."

"But even after specializing in the Ghost Path, he would only be a Core Formation stage cultivator."

"My sword pellet has a success rate of nearly 30% to 40% even when used to ambush a true Nascent Soul cultivator, let alone a mere Core Formation cultivator like you."

"What makes you so confident that you can betray me again with just a mere Asura Sacred Flame?"

"If I hadn't been unwilling to spend the extra time synthesizing this so-called Asura Sacred Flame, you would have been dead long ago."

After Mu Yu finished speaking, he used magic to summon the newly formed Asura Sacred Flame. Although the flame had only been formed recently, Xuan Gu had already died.

However, even without Mu Yu's intervention, the fire managed to barely maintain the appearance of the Asura Sacred Flame.

Next, all Mu Yu needs to do is refine it completely, and then he will have mastered the Ghostly Sacred Flame.

Since he didn't have time to refine it, Mu Yu used the Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder to bind the Asura Sacred Flame into a small sphere with electric arcs, then attached a restriction talisman, put it into the jade box, and stored it in his storage bag.

Next, he used a fireball spell to burn away the corpse that originally belonged to Wu Chou, then enveloped his hands in a layer of warding-off divine lightning, and picked up the Golden Thunder Bamboo Flying Sword from the ground.

Shaking the small golden thunder bamboo arrow that he had retrieved from Wu Chou's ashes, Mu Yu spoke:

"Still hiding?"

"What are you so arrogant about? Just obediently hand over a piece of fire to me, and that will be enough!"

Sensing the protective divine thunder enveloping the golden thunder bamboo arrow, the Xuan Gu split soul, which had been hiding inside, knew that his split soul had already been discovered.

Helplessly, he revealed a slightly ethereal figure and spoke:

"If I were to bestow the Sacred Flame of Asura upon you, would you truly be willing to spare my life?"

The Xuan Gu split soul that emerged from the Golden Thunder Bamboo Arrow clearly did not believe Mu Yu's previous promise.

Or rather, Xuan Gu never believed any of Mu Yu's promises.

"Of course, do you think I'm like you?"

"Don't think I don't know that before you entered the Void Heaven Palace, you must have left a fragment of your soul somewhere, so even if I kill you now, it won't be considered a complete kill."

Mu Yu's words left Xuan Gu silent for a moment.

It was unclear whether the silence stemmed from Mu Yu's offer to spare his life or from the fact that the other party still had a divided soul outside.

"The victor is king, the loser is villain, there's nothing more to say. Fellow Daoist, if you wish to search my soul, please do so."

"A ghost cultivator's body is not subject to reincarnation. I have cultivated for so many years, and naturally I am unwilling to have my soul scattered."

"However, I am content to have heard the news of Ji Yin's death before I die."

The fragment of my soul that remained was no longer truly me.

"But I still can't be considered completely dead."

At this moment, Xuan Gu actually admitted that he had left behind a fragment of his soul before entering the Void Heaven Palace.

"Whatever, I don't care!"

"Actually, you're not as important as you think, and I have no interest in doing anything like eliminating the root of the problem."

Mu Yu spoke calmly, and a divine lightning bolt struck down, shattering Xuan Gu's remnant soul.

Mu Yu could not confirm whether Xuan Gu had left behind a wisp of his remnant soul before entering the Void Heaven Palace.

In any case, if he were a Xuan Gu, he would definitely leave behind a wisp.

After the Xuan Bone disappeared, Mu Yu picked up the white rib fragment that belonged to the Xuan Bone.

First, he summoned the somewhat drowsy Crying Soul Beast to check on it, then probed the white rib magic treasure with his divine sense to see the harvest of the Xuan Bone, and then tried to put it into his storage bag.

Fortunately, this white rib artifact isn't a special kind of spatial treasure; it can still be stored in a storage bag.

After all, a storage bag only shrinks the items inside and cannot be considered a spatial artifact.

Therefore, storage bags can store spatial magical items, but some have special restrictions and cannot.

But it's not actually impossible; it's just that some special spatial artifacts can cancel out the restrictions that shrink items in the storage bag.

Here's a little-known fact: there are actually quite a few magical artifacts in the human world that can store items.

Whether it's the white bone magic weapon right in front of us, or the bamboo tube-type magic weapon in the ruins of Master Cangkun, or even the Void Heaven Cauldron and the Black Wind Flag, they can all be considered spatial magic weapons of the human realm.

But if spatial magical artifacts exist, why do cultivators in the human realm prefer to use storage bags?

Naturally, it's because... the spatial magic treasures of the human realm aren't very useful!

First of all, spatial magic treasures are extremely difficult to refine, and no one cares if they are scarce.

The real problem is that most of the spatial magical artifacts in the human realm have extremely small storage spaces, which often cannot hold much.

Occasionally, some special spatial magical artifacts cannot even be put into a storage bag after storage; they can only be carried on one's person like a storage bag.

Secondly, most spatial magical artifacts in the human world are not used for storage, but rather for unleashing certain spatial attribute supernatural powers.

Of course, there is an even more crucial point: compared to storage bags, it is much slower for cultivators in the human realm to retrieve items using spatial magic treasures.

This is crucial; if you're slow to retrieve items during combat, it could be fatal.

The reasons for this phenomenon include issues related to cultivation level, as well as the quality of the spatial magic treasure itself and the refining method.

With so many drawbacks, cultivators in the human realm naturally don't like using spatial magic items for storage.

In short, although spatial magical artifacts exist in the human realm, few people use them. Even some Nascent Soul stage cultivators use storage bags.

It's simply for convenience.

……

"Han Li, it's time to go!"

"However, this place needs to be renovated before we leave."

Mu Yu took out a large number of array plates and array flags, and set up several illusion arrays and two or three ice attribute attack arrays near the altar.

If one doesn't look closely, it should be able to fool these Nascent Soul stage cultivators.

But if someone looks closely or tries to take the treasure, then there's nothing that can be done.

After finishing all that, Han Li successfully retrieved the array plate and array flags of the Reversed Five Elements Array.

Before stepping out of the Heavenly Gang Cover, Mu Yu briefly sensed his ability to avoid misfortune and confirmed that there was no danger.

So, the two of them stepped out of the area covered by the Heavenly Barrier.

However, what appeared before Mu Yu was not an empty scene, but a somewhat familiar figure—Qingyi Jushi.

Upon seeing this, Mu Yu couldn't help but furrow his brow slightly.

At this moment, he really didn't have much magic power left.

"Senior Qingyi, are you waiting for us brothers?"

Although Mu Yu was not too afraid of Qingyi Jushi at the moment, his magical power had not yet recovered, and he only had a little over a hundred talismans left.

"Alas~~~ I don't think I can compete with that barbarian and Wan Tianming. Rather than pursuing that elusive Heaven-Mending Pill, I might as well stay and trade with Fellow Daoist Mu."

"Fellow Daoist Mu, rest assured, I have no ill intentions!"

Master Qingyi raised his palm as if making a vow, but made no mention of any related vows.

Clearly, this old fox was just putting on an act.

"I don't have time to waste here with you. Quickly tell me what you want and what we're trading."

"I'll give it to you if you want, otherwise I'll leave immediately."

"Don't waste my time. I don't want to be surrounded and attacked by a few Nascent Soul stage monsters."

Mu Yu spoke quickly, with an air of unquestionable authority.

Upon seeing this, Qingyi Jushi had a few other thoughts, but ultimately chose to give them up.

There was nothing he could do; he was the only one left behind. The rest of the Nascent Soul cultivators were chasing after the Heaven-Mending Pill, running around everywhere.

After some thought, Qingyi Jushi realized that he wasn't very confident in defeating a late-stage Core Formation cultivator who was currently expending too much of his magical energy.

After a very short period of bargaining, Mu Yu used twenty talismans and five Core Formation stage puppets to obtain some relatively rare materials from Qingyi Jushi, as well as the method for refining the Qingming Needle.

It wasn't that Mu Yu cared much about the crafting method of the Azure Needle, but rather that Qingyi Jushi no longer had anything that Mu Yu found appealing.

After the transaction was completed, Mu Yu transformed into a streak of light and disappeared without saying a word.

Upon discovering that Qingyi Jushi truly had no intention of pursuing, Mu Yu transmitted his voice just before leaving:

"It's actually a good thing that you didn't go after the Heaven-Mending Pill."

"That thing has absolutely no effect on Nascent Soul stage cultivators; it can only increase the probability of Core Formation stage cultivators forming their Nascent Soul and enhance their spiritual roots."

When Qingyi Jushi heard the telepathic message, he looked somewhat taken aback.

But when he looked up in the direction Mu Yu had left, he found that Mu Yu's figure had already disappeared from his sight.

A sense of foreboding flashed through his mind. Qingyi Jushi re-entered the Heavenly Gang Cover, but did not see the Xuan Bone at first glance.

Qingyi Jushi understood immediately; Xuan Gu had indeed been killed by Mu Yu.

At his second glance, Qingyi Jushi saw the azure ice flames, and his unease subsided somewhat.

Next, Qingyi Jushi reached for the spirit beast pouch at his waist, seemingly wanting to take something out, but suddenly noticed something was amiss.

It's not so cold here anymore...

……

After receiving the map of the Void Heaven Palace from Han Li, Mu Yu proceeded according to the markings on it, and the journey went smoothly without encountering any trouble.

After breaking through a stone wall that was blocking their way and had no restrictions whatsoever, Mu Yu and Han Li arrived at a secret room. From the teleportation array in the secret room, they arrived at another treasure trove.

Unfortunately, the place is now deserted, and there is no sign of a beautiful woman emerging from her bath.

After unleashing a burst of Azure Origin Sword Light that destroyed the teleportation array, Mu Yu turned to look at Han Li, who seemed lost in thought, and said:

"What, are you lamenting the lack of a beautiful woman emerging from her bath to witness?"

Upon hearing this, Han Li was somewhat bewildered.

"What?"

Hearing Mu Yu's teasing, Han Li didn't react for a moment, but he quickly understood the meaning behind Mu Yu's words.

Without a doubt, it must be the future that Mu Yu had once seen!

"Even if Brother Mu wants to tease me, he should at least let me understand what happened."

Having finally gotten rid of those Nascent Soul stage old monsters, Han Li felt much more at ease and even had the leisure to chat with Mu Yu.

"If the future remains unchanged, Han Li, you'll be witnessing Yuan Yao bathing right here. Tsk tsk... I really admire your good fortune with women."

Mu Yu spoke casually, while simultaneously raising his hand and firing a sword pellet at the puppet hidden near the Spirit Eye Spring.

This puppet should be the trial here, and its overall strength is only around the Core Formation stage, so Mu Yu naturally looks down on it.

This stone chamber is probably one of the secret rooms on the first to fifth floors of the Void Heaven Palace. I didn't expect it to have a teleportation array leading to the top floor.

With a group of Nascent Soul stage old monsters by his side, Mu Yu had neither the time nor the need to take such a shortcut.

At this moment, Han Li had just gleaned the general plot from Mu Yu's words.

"So, I should blame Brother Mu for making me miss that sensual scene, right?"

Upon hearing this, Mu Yu, while collecting the ten-thousand-year-old spiritual milk near the Spirit Eye Spring, spoke to Han Li:

"It's alright. If you're interested, I can have Yuan Yao show you around when we go to Tianxing City later. It's no problem."

"And now... how about I share half of the ten-thousand-year-old spiritual milk with you?"

Upon hearing the words "Ten Thousand Year Spirit Milk," Han Li immediately lost all interest in continuing his jokes.

"Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk, is that the legendary wonder that a single drop can restore all the spiritual power in one's body?"

Mu Yu split the millennium-old spiritual milk in her hand in two and threw one half over without hesitation.

"Don't worry, I promised that I would share some of the opportunities you get in the future with you, and I would try my best to split them 50/50."

Han Li subconsciously accepted the ten-thousand-year-old spiritual milk, a smile playing on his lips.