Chapter 184: Chapter 142: Mountain and River Fire Order

[Mountain and River Fire Order]

[Grade: Tier Five Spiritual Artifact]

[Attributes: Fire Manipulation, Soul Lodging Swift, Spirit Awakening Array]

[Status: Soul Lodging]

[This Mountain and River Fire Order, refined from Tier Five Fire God Stone, Tier Five Red Lotus Fire Crystal, and Tier Five Red Flame Spirit Flame, is one of the Nine Saints Orders of the Mountain and River Immortal Sect. It allows entry and exit to the sect’s core Mountain and River Array and contains a split soul.]

Under the Innate Divine Power – Recognition of Ten Thousand Spirits, the detailed attributes of the red token were displayed in the character’s virtual frame.

After reading, Li Mu was startled.

Strange Soul?

In the next moment, a powerful force of the divine soul surged from the Mountain and River Fire Order, a strong soul pressure was released, and without thinking, Li Mu directly released Xiaobai from the Spirit Beast Bag, forcibly awakening the sleeping Xiaobai with the Summoning Spirit Seal.

“Chirp!” Xiaobai called out in confusion, then its bright little eyes fixed on the Mountain and River Fire Order as if discovering a rare delicacy, drooling.

“How dare you steal the Fire Phoenix I stored!” An elder’s split soul phantom appeared in the Mountain and River Fire Order, angrily questioning.

“Chirp!” Xiaobai opened its mouth and inhaled toward the elder.

“What! What kind of ghostly creature is this?” Shocked, the elder’s split soul residing in the Mountain and River Fire Order looked at Xiaobai in terror.

“Xiaobai, don’t rush to eat, let me interrogate him first!” Li Mu quickly halted Xiaobai, signaling.

“Chirp!” Xiaobai glanced at its master, obediently responded, then shut its mouth, the terrifying soul energy disappeared without a trace.

However, Xiaobai’s bright little eyes were fixed on the soul-like elder, filled with eager yearning.

Locked onto Xiaobai’s gaze, the elder residing in the soul was flustered.

What kind of alien insect is this? Why does it have such a massive suppressive force on the soul form? In its presence, I can’t even release soul power.

Now, he was targeted by a horrifying soul-stealing force. As long as that young man gave an order, the little insect could devour him. Even hiding inside the Mountain and River Fire Order had no chance of escape.

The Mountain and River Fire Order was also suppressed by a powerful spiritual power and divine sense, unable to function.

How could this happen?

What kind of creature is this? So terrifying?

Who is this young man? Just at the Golden Core Realm with such powerful divine sense and cultivation?

The newly awakened elder’s split soul quickly understood the situation, and a ton of questions popped into his mind.

“Who are you?” Li Mu used his divine sense to ’grab’ the Mountain and River Fire Order, curiously asking the soul body elder.

“I am the Venerable Huo Tian, Divinity Transformation Cultivator of the Mountain and River Sect. Quickly put away that alien insect, if you dare to harm my split soul, I will never let you escape.” The soul body elder introduced himself, sternly warning as he looked at Li Mu.

The soul power emitted by the soul body elder was extremely powerful. It was not surprising for Li Mu to learn that the true body had Divinity Transformation cultivation.

Fortunately, Xiaobai’s ability firmly restrained the opponent. Otherwise, the situation would have been dangerous!

Li Mu couldn’t help but feel a trace of fear.

Previously, when taking the Mountain and River Fire Order, the elder’s split soul residing in the order was probably still asleep, so Li Mu easily took the Mountain and River Fire Order.

He never expected that there would be a Divinity Transformation cultivator’s split soul residing in the Mountain and River Fire Order, waiting to watch over that Fire Phoenix Demon Egg, waiting for it to hatch!

Now, the problem became a bit troublesome!

Li Mu didn’t expect that the Fire Phoenix Egg already belonged to someone, and moreover, it was stored by a Divinity Transformation cultivator.

“Chirp chirp!” Seeing Li Mu suddenly zone out, Xiaobai eagerly urged.

This soul state elder’s soul power was extremely strong, containing a trace of law power that allowed it to continue evolving. Xiaobai was eager to devour it.

“Youngster, ignorance can be forgiven. Return the Fire Phoenix Egg and the Mountain and River Fire Order to their original place, and I won’t hold your theft against you, how about it?” Venerable Huo Tian’s split soul was secretly anxious. In its current state, the little insect restrained it, and many methods couldn’t be used. He could only watch Li Mu, trying to persuade with good words.

Li Mu frowned, weighing the pros and cons.

Who knows if this guy’s words can be trusted? What if he goes back on his word, and the true body comes in person? Will I still be alive?

If Xiaobai devours him, it’s done in secret. Even if Venerable Huo Tian’s true body finds out, as long as I hide, he can’t do anything to me. Meanwhile, I can also gain a Tier Seven Fire Phoenix Demon Egg and high-tier Spirit Plants like the Nine Yang Spirit Grass.

Li Mu didn’t want to place his fate in the hands of another’s whim.

“Chirp chirp!” Afraid his master might be persuaded, Xiaobai suddenly became anxious, urgently calling out to Li Mu.

“Got it! You can eat it now!” Li Mu smiled slightly, having made his choice, signaling.

Xiaobai was overjoyed, opened its small mouth, and vigorously inhaled toward Venerable Huo Tian’s split soul.

“You audacious youngster, you’ll regret this, …, no, no, ….” Venerable Huo Tian’s split soul was both shocked and angry. Before he could finish his words, his split soul flew into Xiaobai’s mouth, disappearing instantly without a sound.

“Burp!” Xiaobai devoured Venerable Huo Tian’s entire split soul, let out a satisfied belch, its smooth body glowing with a hint of pink.

“Chirp chirp!” Xiaobai shifted its tiny body, called out to Li Mu, indicating it wanted to return to the Spirit Beast Bag to sleep.

Having devoured the split soul of a Divinity Transformation cultivator, Xiaobai gained considerable benefits and intended to sleep longer this time.

“Okay, go to sleep!” Li Mu nodded with a smile, promptly storing Xiaobai back in the Spirit Beast Bag.

Then, Li Mu stored the Mountain and River Fire Order into the Storage Compartment. In the future, it could only be kept long-term within the storage compartment, relying on the compartment’s ability to isolate all forces, preventing any power’s positioning and tracking.

Li Mu pondered a bit and also stored the Celestial Void Tripod into the Storage Compartment. Ideally, he wouldn’t use it shortly.

This is the Cultivation World, where Divinity Transformation cultivators might use techniques like deduction, fortune-telling, or divination to gather clues from the Celestial Void Tripod.

To prevent unexpected situations, Li Mu decided not to use the Celestial Void Tripod lightly.

Next, Li Mu changed the flying direction of the Celestial Shuttle Spirit Ship, heading straight for Qing Xuan Sect, deciding against visiting Huanlang Spirit Mountain or capturing Water and Wood Elemental Spirit Beasts.

After being chased by a Tier Six Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion and eliminating Venerable Huo Tian’s Divinity Transformation split soul, Li Mu didn’t dare continue wandering outside and decided to return to Qing Xuan Sect to lay low until he broke through to the Nascent Soul stage.

Just cultivate Spirit Plants for another ten or twenty years, and the cultivation will break through to Nascent Soul True Monarch. Venturing out with just Golden Core Realm’s cultivation was still too risky.

Controlling the core Array Token of the cave mansion, the Ancient Cultivator’s Cave Mansion at Huanlang Spirit Mountain won’t go anywhere, so there is no rush to visit.

Soon, Li Mu maneuvered the Celestial Shuttle Spirit Ship, speeding away from the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Range.

What Li Mu didn’t know was, just as Xiaobai devoured Venerable Huo Tian’s split soul, in a distant mountain cave mansion, there was a loud “boom,” and a red flaming shadow appeared, suspended in mid-air emitting a painful wail.

“Who! Who on earth!”

Venerable Huo Tian roared angrily, releasing spiritual pressure from his Divinity Transformation cultivation, making the four Nascent Soul True Monarchs present pale with fright.

“Master Huo, what happened? What is going on?” A beautiful female cultivator in a blue palace dress hurried forward, concernedly asking.

“My split soul at Celestial Phoenix Mountain was destroyed, and the Fire Phoenix Egg hidden there was stolen.” Venerable Huo Tian retracted his aura, explained with an unpleasant expression.

“What! Who made the move? Master uncle, do you know?” The palace dressed female cultivator’s face changed dramatically, worriedly asking.

The Fire Phoenix Egg was supposed to be Venerable Huo Tian’s Lifebound Beast for breaking through to the next tier. If it was stolen, that would be a significant loss!

“I don’t know. The opponent’s methods were too advanced. Not a shred of soul power information was transmitted from the split soul.” Venerable Huo Tian’s face was as dark as ink, angrily saying.

“What about the guardian Spiritual Sparrow? Didn’t it detect the enemy?” The palace dressed female cultivator continued to ask.

“It was tricked and engaged in a fight with a Thunder Lion. I’m going to check!” Venerable Huo Tian said angrily. As soon as he finished speaking, his figure transformed into a streak of firelight, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Venerable Huo Tian intends to first capture that Tier Six Thunder Lion to interrogate, determining exactly who was so adept as to break his protective array, eradicate his split soul so cleanly, leaving no trace whatsoever.

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