I just wanted to cultivate immortality, but I was forced to open a harem

"How can you bully others like this?" Yukino blushed and looked at the person in front of her angrily.

"When did I bully you? Isn't the choice in your hands? Besides, you should have more trust in my character."

"Oh, it's true," Yukino dropped her shoulders in resignation, "Although you talk nonsense all the time, you are not a frivolous person by nature."

"It seems that you have a very positive opinion of me."

Yukino smiled and said, "I just trust my own vision."

Lin Hezhen praised: "The greatest advantage of you is your good vision."

"Should I thank you for the compliment as well?"

"If you insist, I'll be happy to accept it."

It was a familiar conversation, except that the two sides exchanged lines. They looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

"However, there is a place I want to go tonight. Would you like to accompany me?" Lin Hezhen asked.

"What place is it?"

Lin Hezhen looked indifferently towards the southwest: "The highest peak of the island nation, the place where the dragon vein of national destiny is - Mount Fugaku!"

If you practice in this step-by-step manner, you will be able to advance to the Foundation Establishment Stage after one or two months, but it is still not fast enough.

Today's events made Lin Hezhen very annoyed. The feeling of being messed with from time to time was extremely uncomfortable. He had to break through the realm as soon as possible and completely eradicate the Kamo family before he could sleep peacefully.

He has decided to go to Mount Fugaku tonight to plunder spiritual energy and dragon energy for cultivation. This way, he will be able to achieve a breakthrough in just one or two weeks.

As for the destiny of the island nation, what does it have to do with him?

"It's decided. Follow me."

Without saying anything, he grabbed Yukino's wrist and walked towards the entrance.

"Hey, wait for me."

The two went downstairs and came to the carport. Lin Hezhen raised his right hand and snapped his fingers.

"Tu tu tu tu tu—"

A cool black motorcycle started on its own and drove in front of the two people.

The car body is streamlined and has a rugged appearance, like a cheetah ready to pounce, full of mechanical beauty.

When Xueno saw this, her eyes widened: "The motorcycle can actually drive itself!"

Lin Hezhen made a “please” gesture: “This is the latest model of self-driving motorcycle, at your service.”

"Human technology isn't capable of this yet." Yukino said calmly.

Lin Hezhen explained: "In fact, I used the method of refining equipment to give it some low-end functions, such as automatic driving, automatic navigation, automatic avoidance, ultra-high-speed driving, stealth mode, etc."

Yukino complained: "Is this a low-end function? You don't even dare to write science fiction."

Lin Hezhen shrugged and said, "You can't compare the means of transportation for cultivators to industrial products manufactured on an assembly line. You should think of it like a Western wizard riding a broom. Mine is just a broom that looks like a motorcycle."

"Your metaphor is really unique. Are you inviting me to ride a broom now?" Yukino winked playfully.

"I believe this will give you a different experience." Lin Hezhen took the lead in riding.

"Then I'll respectfully obey your command." Yukino sat sideways.

"Boom boom boom——"

The motorcycle engine roared loudly, and the taillights swung, disappearing into the sunset like a flash of black lightning.

Sitting on the motorcycle, feeling the strong wind blowing beside her ears, Yukino tightly grasped Lin Kazuma's clothes, feeling unprecedented security.

She didn't know when it started, but she began to care about this boy who always argued with her.

Maybe it started from the time we attended a dance together, maybe it started from the time we were cursed and bound, or maybe it started from the first time we met, but his image has been left in my heart...

The more you understand each other, the more attracted you are; the more you get along with each other, the harder it is to suppress the emotions in your heart.

What is this increasingly strong feeling?

It was the first time that Yukino had such an emotion, just like at this moment, she was gently surrounded by the sunset, the moment her hearts met, and the gentle scenery overflowed from her heart.

My beating heart plucked the strings of the zither. It was really unlike me to be looking forward to spending time alone with him.

A blush quietly appeared on Yukino's face, just like the Jade Maiden Peak where the snow never melts all year round, and is coated with a layer of red by the setting sun in the evening.

……

Reiki is like water, it flows to wherever the low place is.

Therefore, there are places where spiritual energy gathers, like the abyss under the sea. This is a blessed place, a spiritual place.

The spiritual energy in some places is shallow, like small streams or rivers, which is not conducive to cultivation.

But no matter what, Mount Fugaku, as the highest peak of the island country and the dragon vein of national destiny, is definitely a treasure land full of spiritual energy.

By the time the two arrived at the foot of Mount Fugaku, the sun had already set below the horizon and the tourists had long since dispersed.

After parking the car, Lin Hezhen took Yukino directly into the Aokigahara Forest at the foot of the mountain.

Aokigahara Forest is a primeval forest with unique terrain and dense trees, mainly conifers and broad-leaved trees, similar to the primeval forest of the Amazon River.

As the tree grows on lava, its roots cannot extend deep into the ground, so it can only be intertwined on the surface. In the forest, you can also see the lava landforms formed more than 100 years ago, and the mosses that have been untrodden for thousands of years have formed its unique landforms.

Yukino looked at the dark forest and felt fearful.

"Hey, are we really going in? Because the terrain here distorts the magnetic field, the compass can't be used in the forest. What if we get lost and can't get out?"

"It's okay. I'll take care of everything." Lin Hezhen held her hand and said, "Just follow closely and everything will be fine."

In the forest, towering beech trees, zelkova trees, and yew trees intertwined their roots in the cracks of the lava. Trees that had fallen sideways revealed their pale skin, and the ground was covered with dead branches and leaves.

With a "crack", Yukino stepped on something.

She took a look with the help of the light from her cell phone and saw that it was actually a white human bone!

"ah!"

Yukino was so frightened that she hugged Lin Hezhen's arm and hid behind him, trembling.

"Here...why are there bones here?!"

Lin Hezhen took a casual glance and found that they were indeed human bones, but they had been trampled to pieces by wild beasts. It must have been quite some time since the person died.

He said calmly, "Didn't you see the sign before you came here? This is a 'suicide resort', and the compass can't be used. If you can't get out of the forest, you can only die here."

Xue Noi closed her eyes, grabbed the corner of his clothes tightly, and said, "That's a dead person, why are you so calm?"

"Death is so common, you just get used to it."

"How can I get used to this kind of thing?"

Yes, for young people living in modern society, they may have never even seen a dead chicken, so suddenly seeing the remains of a human being is indeed too shocking.

"How about this, we take the flying sword to the top of the mountain. Walking is really too slow and wastes time."

After Lin Hezhen finished speaking, he made a sword-like gesture with his finger, and the Fuyao sword came out of its sheath with a clang. It grew in the wind and became as big as a four-person racing boat.

In fact, it can be bigger, but it is not necessary.

"Come up." He was the first to stand on the sword and sit cross-legged.

Xue Nai looked at this scene curiously and exclaimed: "You cultivators' methods are truly miraculous."

"It's just an ordinary flying sword." Lin Hezhen said with a smile.

The two of them got on the flying swords, and with a flash of light, the flying swords flew towards the top of the mountain like lightning.

While Lin Hezhen was controlling the flying sword, he was sensing the changes in the spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

The spiritual energy in each place is not constant. Even in a blessed place with abundant spiritual energy, the spiritual energy is not evenly distributed.

At the southwestern foot of Mount Fugaku are the famous Shiraito Falls and Otoshi Falls.

A flat depression between the two waterfalls is the place with the richest spiritual energy in this area.

Lin Hezhen commanded the flying sword to fall, looked at the surrounding links, and nodded with satisfaction.

He put away the Fuyao Sword and said to Xue Nai, "Stand away. I need to set up a formation to practice."

When Xueno stood four meters away, Lin Hezhen restrained his expression, and as he waved his hands, array patterns appeared in the sky and condensed into a strange magic circle.

"Soul-stealing formation, start!"

A complex and mysterious formation suddenly appeared on the ground.

The Soul-Snatching Formation, as the name suggests, is a formation that forcibly seizes spiritual energy.

It can be small enough to extract some spiritual energy from spiritual objects themselves, or large enough to absorb spiritual energy from the spiritual veins of mountains and rivers.

This method is a bit like a water pump, simple and crude. As long as your body can accommodate it, this is the fastest way to improve your cultivation.

This was originally a secret formation of Lin Hezhen's sect, and the requirements for its deployment were extremely high. Without a formation master, it would be impossible to set up this formation to seize the spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

Lin Hezhen stood in the center of the formation, practicing his skills with all his strength.

Within a radius of hundreds of miles, all the spiritual energy in the air was plundered by the formation.

The ground near the formation turned completely charred and cracked, and the surrounding flowers, plants and trees withered and dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye, until they turned into a pile of black residue.

What's more, a faint yellow gas emerged from deep underground. It was the dragon energy of Mount Fugaku, which was absorbed by the extremely domineering Soul-Snatching Formation.

Of course, the island country is a small country, so it is impossible for it to have a real dragon, at most it can be a dragon.

All of this spiritual energy and dragon energy was infused into Lin Hezhen's body by the Soul-Snatching Formation.

The internal energy in his body was running wildly, his Nascent Soul was opening like a black hole, swallowing up the ocean, and his cultivation was advancing by leaps and bounds like riding a rocket.

However, the noise he made soon alerted the demon tribe hiding deep underground in Mount Fugaku.

"What happened?"

An earthquake suddenly occurred in the huge underground city, and the monsters were so frightened that they fled in all directions.

In the luxurious palace, Shuten-doji flew out in an instant, followed by Aoandon.

"General, what is happening?" Qingfangzhu was speechless as he looked at the chaos in the city.

Shuten-doji's face was as gloomy as water, and he said, "There are masters who are stealing spiritual energy and earth energy for cultivation, and they are stealing it in a destructive way, especially the earth energy. It is estimated that it will take hundreds of years to recover."

Qingfangzhu was horrified: "Could it be the Yin Yang Master who did this? They want to force us out in this way?"

"No," Shuten-doji shook his head. "How can an Onmyoji have such means? And no matter how cruel they are, they will not treat Mount Fugaku, the core of the island nation's dragon vein, like this. After all, they are also islanders."

Qingfangzhu pondered: "If it's not Yin Yang Master, then who is it?"

"No matter who it is, we can find out by going and taking a look."

After saying that, Shuten-doji turned into a streak of black light and flew out, followed closely by Aoandon.

On the surface, Lin Hezhen's sea of ​​​​spiritual energy was already filled, and his body could no longer accommodate any more spiritual energy, so he slowly finished his work and stopped the formation.

"Is it over? Are you okay?" Yukino asked with concern.

Lin Hezhen smiled and said, "What can happen to me? I just ate too much and felt a little bloated. Today's training ends here, let's go."

He waved his hand to create a gust of wind that blew away the traces of the Soul-Snatching Array on the ground, and summoned a flying sword, ready to fly directly back home.

"Fellow Daoist, please stay!" A shout suddenly came from behind.

Lin Hezhen turned around vigilantly and found that the people coming were actually two monsters, one of which was Aoandon, whom he and Yukino had both seen before.

"It's him!"

Of course, Yukino would never forget the monster who almost kidnapped her. Her face turned pale instantly and her lips trembled slightly.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Lin Hezhen quietly held her hand.

His hands were large, warm, and firm, as if they were passing his strength to Yukino, giving her courage again.

The two men stood there calmly, waiting for the two monsters to approach.

"General, these are the descendants of the Snow Queen, and the Celestial Empire monks who are with her." Qingfangzhu examined them while reporting to Shuten-doji.

"Oh, you are the Heavenly Dynasty monk who injured Qingfangzhu?"

Shuten-doji looked intently at Lin Hezhen. Even with his level of cultivation, he was unable to see through this man's depth.

At first glance, this young man seemed to be only in the late stage of Qi training, but his soul was dim and difficult to discern, and he gave people an even more unfathomable feeling.

"Who are you?" Lin Hezhen asked.