Chapter 415: Chapter 245: Snow Fox Race (Part 2)

“It’s me, Xiaoxue, don’t worry, this grand array can’t trap me for long. Once I’m out, I’ll help you regain your freedom!” The white-clad man inside the array confirmed.

Uncle?

Li Mu, who was feeling troubled, was stunned and fixed his gaze on the white-clad man. His Innate Divine Power – Recognition of Ten Thousand Spirits activated, and he instantly obtained its attribute information.

[Seven-tailed Snow Fox (Transformed)]

[Grade: Tier Seven Demon Spirit]

[Attributes: Fox Breath Illusion Soul, Perfect Transformation, Tail-breaking Escape, Bright Illusion Realm, Soul-devouring Spirit-Stealing.]

[Status: Deeply trapped in the Five Elements Array, continuously injured, …]

…

This guy is actually Xue’Er’s elder!

Li Mu couldn’t help but feel delighted; perhaps there was a chance to turn hostility into friendship.

He listened to Xue’Er’s words!

Xiaojin and Xiaowa simultaneously looked towards Xue’Er, faces full of disbelief, then turned to Li Mu, awaiting his instructions.

“Oh dear, Uncle, it’s a misunderstanding! Lord Li didn’t enslave me! I’m not his Spirit Pet!” Xue’Er quickly waved her hands, responding to Bai Tianya.

Inside the Five Elements Array, Bai Tianya showed a hint of surprise, suspiciously asking, “Is this true? What is he plotting?”

“Senior, I’m afraid you’ve misunderstood. I came here just to escort Xue’Er home, with no other intentions!” Li Mu conveyed through Divine Thought, instructing the beast tamers to lessen the Five Elements Array’s power, and quickly explained.

The white-clad man didn’t trust Li Mu’s words, turning to ask Xue’Er, “Is what he said true?”

Xue’Er pouted and said resentfully, “Yes, Lord Li is really nice. He insisted on sending me home, and he even saved my life. He’s a good person. I wanted to follow him, but he wouldn’t let me!”

Receiving a “nice person” card out of the blue, Li Mu chuckled silently.

“Senior, I mean no offense. I’m withdrawing the array now, leaving Xue’Er with you, and I’ll leave on my own. Please don’t come looking for trouble with me, alright?” Li Mu said with a smile, gesturing towards the white-clad man in the Five Elements Array.

“Uncle, Lord Li really came just to send me back, with no other motives, and besides, it was you who attacked first. I didn’t have time to stop you!” Xue’Er quickly supported Li Mu’s words, gesturing.

Upon hearing this, Bai Tianya, trapped in the Five Elements Array, looked distressed and somewhat unwilling.

He, a dignified Tier Seven Demon Emperor, adept in concealment and transformation, proficient in illusion techniques, had attempted a surprise attack on a Nascent Soul Cultivator, only to have him escape and, furthermore, trap him in the Five Elements Array with the help of the beast tamers.

This Five Elements Array, composed of six Tier Six Spiritual Treasures, was incredibly powerful and troublesome. With his cultivation, he certainly couldn’t find a way to break the array in a short time.

Yet, the array had some flaws, and the few demon beasts controlling the Spiritual Treasures weren’t particularly strong, so Bai Tianya wasn’t overly worried. With his cultivation, he could endure.

The embarrassed Bai Tianya planned to teach the Human Race cultivator a brutal lesson once out of the array, to save face. Hearing Xue’Er’s words, he found himself unable to pursue further.

“Senior, since you are Xue’Er’s uncle, I should leave Xue’Er with you. Farewell, and if I’ve offended, please forgive me!” Li Mu cupped his hands in a salute and instructed Xiaojin and Xiaowa to dismantle the Five Elements Array.

Xiaojin and Xiaowa exchanged glances and, following Li Mu’s instructions, recalled their Lifebound Spiritual Artifacts, causing the Five Elements Array to collapse.

Five Tier Six Spiritual Treasures quickly flew back to Li Mu’s group.

A white shadow flickered, and Bai Tianya appeared before Li Mu and Xue’Er.

The beast tamers surrounded Li Mu, each holding a Piece Tier Six Lifebound Spiritual Treasure, vigilantly watching him, fearing he would suddenly turn hostile against Li Mu.

Bai Tianya’s gaze swept over the Spiritual Treasures on the beast tamers, a trace of envy and jealousy flashing in his eyes without a trace.

So luxurious!

Everyone has a Tier Six Spiritual Treasure!

When did Tier Six Spiritual Treasures become so common?

It’s important to know that he, as one of the Tier Seven Demon Emperors, only has one Tier Six Spiritual Treasure, inherited from the clan, which has endured for ages and is barely serviceable.

“Uncle!” Xue’Er joyfully flew into Bai Tianya’s embrace.

Bai Tianya extended a hand to catch her, then raised his palm to rest on Xue’Er’s head, channeling demon power to examine her.

After a series of checks, Bai Tianya discovered that Xue’Er’s divine soul indeed bore no traces of an enslavement imprint. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

“Senior, the misunderstanding has been cleared up, I bid you farewell!” Li Mu looked at Bai Tianya and gestured with a cupped hand.

Bai Tianya glanced coldly at Li Mu, silently giving his approval.

“Miss Xue’Er, until we meet again!” Li Mu breathed a sigh of relief and bid farewell to Xue’Er.

“Ah! Lord Li, wait for me! Let me tell my mother and let me continue to travel with you, I don’t want to stay in the clan!” Upon seeing that Li Mu was really leaving, Xue’Er panicked and rushed towards him.

Unexpectedly, halfway through her flight towards Li Mu, Xue’Er was grabbed by the neck by Bai Tianya.

“Don’t make a fuss. Do you know your mother was injured looking for you and is now bedridden with illness? Instead of taking care of her, you want to run away?” Bai Tianya reprimanded Xue’Er sternly, filled with anger.

What!

Hearing that her mother had been severely injured, Xue’Er panicked and anxiously asked, “Third Uncle, how is my mother?”

“Hmph, only now do you remember your mother. She was hurt by a villain, poisoned, her cultivation is gone, and she can’t even transform. Aren’t you coming back with me!” Bai Tianya snorted in anger, his words like a bucket of cold water dousing Xue’Er’s heart.

Xue’Er, who was about to throw a tantrum, now worried about her mother, turned her attention away from Li Mu and hurriedly followed Bai Tianya up the mountain.

Not wanting to meddle, Li Mu watched as Xue’Er left with her uncle, then quickly flew away from ’Snow Cloud Ridge’ with his beast companions.

…

With a new route planned, the Two-Horned Cyan Moon Flood Dragon, under Li Mu’s guidance, led the team towards Ten Thousand Peach Mountain, to see if they could subdue the Peach Wood Old Demon.

The journey to Ten Thousand Peach Mountain was one hundred thousand miles. Assuming not using the Spiritual Ship, at the speed of the Two-Horned Cyan Moon Flood Dragon, they could arrive in two days.

Meanwhile, Li Mu stayed temporarily within the Painting Realm Treasure Mansion, continuing to tally his gains.

In the Painting Realm Treasure Mansion, Li Mu had already counted the artifact refining spiritual materials, and now began tallying the alchemy spirit medicine, with abundant gains. In the Purgatory Violent Bear’s territory, he harvested a large amount of spirit grass, a vast quantity, and importantly, there were numerous spirit plant seeds.

During the intense battle, Li Mu collected the spirit grass without careful sorting, piling them up like a mountain of spirit grass and spirit seeds. With his divine sense, he enveloped them, starting to sort them one by one.

Among them, there were a vast number of Tier One and Tier Two Spirit Plants, numbering in the hundreds of thousands, with over five hundred different types.

Tier Three Spirit Grass, sixteen thousand plants, Tier Four Spirit Grass, about three thousand plants,

Tier Five Spirit Grass, nine hundred and sixty-five plants, comprising seventeen types,

…

Those vibrant enough to transplant and cultivate, Li Mu planted them in the spirit soil, waiting for them to mature and harvest spirit seeds. Those whose vitality had ceased were processed, dried, and stored in the storage warehouse for future refinement into spirit pills.

While Li Mu was focused on managing the Spirit Field, he suddenly received a contract seal message from the Two-Horned Cyan Moon Flood Dragon.

Li Mu’s mind shifted, immediately escaping from the Painting Realm Treasure Mansion, summoning his beast companions to see a white silhouette rushing towards them.

A white-clad man returned unexpectedly with a crying Xue’Er, blocking their path.

The Chi Lian Fire Phoenix soared through the sky, revealing its true form, the Two-Horned Cyan Moon Flood Dragon, Xiaojin, and other spirit pets, all showing ferocity, ready for battle, creating an atmosphere tense as a drawn bowstring, just waiting to snap.

Seeing Xue’Er crying and the white-clad man without a murderous aura,

Li Mu quickly instructed his beast companions to restrain their hostility, speaking up to ask, “Senior, may I know why you are stopping us?”

“Are you an Alchemist?!”

Bai Tianya’s scrutinizing gaze fell on Li Mu, immediately asking pointedly.

Li Mu was taken aback, soon understanding everything from Xue’Er.

“Your mother is very ill?” Li Mu asked Xue’Er.

Upon hearing this, Xue’Er instantly broke down, looking at Li Mu with tearful eyes, pleading, “Lord Li, please, save my mother! My mother is heavily poisoned, now without cultivation, and the clan’s physicians cannot heal her. Please, save my mother, …!”

As expected!

Li Mu sighed, having anticipated trouble once he heard of Xue’Er’s mother’s severe injuries.

The demon race’s cultivation differs from human cultivators, specializing in body refinement and less concerned with artifact refining, alchemy, divination, and planting. Even those who cross tribulation to take human form find it hard to master these Hundred Cultivation Arts even if they try.

Typically, seriously injured demon beasts either seize pills from human cultivators to take randomly or seek out medicinal herbs. If common medicines can’t treat their ailments, they can only rely on their fate to survive.

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