Chapter 17: Decision-making
"Hehe, congratulations to Brother Yuan Ming for cultivating the Draping Technique and successfully surviving the first month." Ulu didn't leave immediately, looked at Yuan Ming, and said with a smile.
"Each other, each other. Speaking of Brother Uru, why don't you see that Largo? Yuan Ming said sharply.
"Brother Lagor went out hunting alone some time ago, but unfortunately he lost his life." Uru said with a flat expression.
"That's a shame." Yuan Ming nodded, didn't speak again, and turned to leave.
Ulu watched Yuan Ming walk away, his eyes flickering, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Yuan Ming did not go to the other side of the canyon to continue hunting beasts, but returned to the hiding cave.
There is no need to rush to hunt fierce beasts, what he needs most now is to improve his strength.
He blocked the entrance of the cave, sat cross-legged on the ground, and ran the Nine Yuan Jue, and the aura of heaven and earth suddenly rolled and gathered.
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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, twenty days have passed.
On a hundred-year-old giant tree outside the green fox's lair, a tall white ape stood quietly, which was Yuan Ming, who had performed the coat technique.
Compared with Twenty Days, the white ape is much taller, and the muscles on his body are more powerful and powerful.
It didn't take long for five or six green foxes to run out of the col's nest and soon split up.
After several previous lures and hunts, Yuan Ming was already very aware of the habits of these green foxes, and they were scattered out to forage for food.
He followed one of the green foxes with ease and came to a black pine forest.
It's four or five miles away from the col's lair, and even if there is any movement, it won't reach the col's lair.
Yuan Ming sped up, and in a few breaths he overtook the green fox, jumped down from the tree, and stopped in front.
The green fox was startled at first, and then found that it was just a white ape, and the fox's eyes loosened and pounced fiercely.
This green fox was a few points bigger than the few he had hunted before, and the speed was also faster, only to see a vague green shadow flash, and the green fox arrived in front of Yuan Ming in the blink of an eye, and the dark cyan claws grabbed it!
However, with a slight shake of Yuan Ming's body, the person had already disappeared in place, making the green fox pounce.
The green fox was startled and hurriedly stabilized his figure.
However, before it could be completely stabilized, Yuan Ming descended from the sky, carrying a terrifying strong wind with his right foot, and kicked the back of the green fox.
A terrifying force poured into the green fox's body, and with a "click", the spine snapped.
Its body collapsed directly to the ground, and blood gushed wildly from its mouth.
Without waiting for him to struggle to get up, Yuan Ming's other foot fell from the sky and stepped on the head of the green fox.
In the crisp sound of bone cracking, the green fox's head was trampled alive, and the white brain overflowed, and the fox was completely out of breath.
Yuan Ming withdrew the soles of his feet and looked at the dead green fox, stunned.
He chose to continue hunting green foxes, on the one hand, because he already knew the habits of this group of green foxes, and felt that even if he was defeated, he would not be in danger, and more importantly, in order to test his strength.
Twenty days ago, the green fox was still a powerful beast that was difficult for him to beat, but twenty days later, this fox couldn't make two moves under his hands.
Unconsciously, his strength has surged to this point!
Yuan Ming suppressed the excitement in his eyes, took out the blood storage bag to collect the blood of the green fox, and returned to the vicinity of the green fox's lair to guard the other green foxes.
One day passed, and he successfully hunted three green foxes.
The next day, he continued to the outside of the col and hunted two more green foxes without much effort.
The task that was barely completed last month is now easily achieved.
"Now that I haven't completed the cultivation of the first layer of the Nine Yuan Formula, I have such power when I use the Hair Technique, if I continue to cultivate according to this trend, once I have achieved some cultivation in the first layer of the formula, and even break through to the second layer, wouldn't I be able to walk sideways in this jungle?"
Yuan Ming touched the ape skin on his body, the more he thought about it, the more excited he became, the farther he thought, and he felt as if he had found a shortcut to becoming stronger.
But he suddenly thought of something again, and there was a deep groan in his eyes.
Although he is new to the path of cultivating immortals, he also feels a little weird, this drape technique is too easy to use, as long as he cultivates mana, he can use it, and the power is so easy to increase.
Of course, the Nine Yuan Jue played a big role in this, but he still felt a little uneasy.
In addition, this is quite different from the kind of immortal cultivator who moves mountains and reclaims the sea and calls for wind and rain as he imagined, could it be that he has cultivated a body of mana, but can only show his strength by turning into a half-human and half-beast monster, this immortal should be too aggrieved.
As soon as this thought came to his heart, Yuan Ming couldn't help but feel that it was wrong the more he thought about it, but he couldn't say what was wrong.
He barely held his mind, thought about it again for a while, and felt that he really couldn't think of a reason for a while, so he simply put the matter behind him, walked towards the cave, and soon came to the vicinity of the canyon.
Yuan Ming was about to go down, when a low moan suddenly sounded in his ears.
He looked surprised, how could there be anyone here?
Following the sound, a black-robed figure was lying in the grass, his body trembling, and his exposed skin was blood-red.
Yuan Ming didn't rush closer, and after observing this person for a few moments, he suddenly sighed, broke a small tree in the nearby jungle, and turned the body of the black-robed man over.
The man's face was revealed, and it was Ulu.
Yuan Ming had already found some clues from the back, and he was not surprised.
Uru's face was also as red as blood, his lips trembled, his eyes rolled, and he was no longer sane.
"Is this some kind of disease?" Yuan Ming secretly guessed.
At this moment, Ulu's nostrils, ear holes, eyes and other places were all bleeding, and his breathing suddenly became rapid, but his breath was rapidly weakening.
Yuan Ming hesitated for a while, but still squatted down to check the situation in Ulu, and soon found something: "It seems that there is something wrong with the heart." ”
Ulu's heart was beating violently, ten times faster than ordinary people, the meridians near his chest were disordered, his muscles spasmed, and the flow of qi and blood was greatly hindered.
Yuan Ming used his mana, bent his fingers and quickly clicked on Ulu's chest more than a dozen times, and finally pressed his palm on his chest, and the mana surged out, channeling the meridians.
A quarter of an hour later, he withdrew his hand, sweating slightly on his forehead.
There are no medicinal materials and utensils in this place, he can only do this, whether Ulu is dead or alive depends on his own creation.
It may be that Ulu's life should not be extinguished, the qi and blood in his body slowly returned to smoothness, the blood red on his cheeks subsided a lot, and the person also sobered up.
Yuan Ming...... It's you? Uru spoke with difficulty.
"Your condition is very serious, and the qi and blood in your whole body are flowing backwards in your heart, how can this be?" Yuan Ming asked.
Uru opened his mouth, but stopped talking.
"It doesn't matter if you don't want to say it, it's just that your condition is very serious, I can only help you alleviate it a little, there is no cure at all, it will relapse soon, do you have the right medicine?" Yuan Ming waved his hand and asked.
Uru looked hesitant, but quickly became determined, looking to his waist.
"Medicine here?" Yuan Ming asked.
"Yes...... Trouble Brother Yuan Ming...... Fetch ...... for me," Uru said with difficulty.
Yuan Ming didn't say a word, and took out a cloth bag from there, which contained a lot of miscellaneous items, including four sealed bamboo tubes, two dark red stones, a white jade pendant, and a black jade bottle.
"But this jade bottle?" He picked up the black jade bottle.
Uru looked happy and nodded immediately.
Yuan Ming opened the jade bottle and poured out a dark red pill from it, and there was no medicinal smell, so he couldn't tell what kind of pill it was.
He didn't bother to pay attention to it and put the pill into Uru's mouth.
Uru swallowed the elixir with difficulty, his face soon turned blood red again, redder than before, the green tendons on his forehead burst out, squirming like a living thing, and there was an extremely suppressed low roar in his throat, as if he was suffering from extreme pain.
Yuan Ming frowned, looking at Ulu like this, it didn't look like a disease.
After a full meal, Ulu's condition began to improve, the blood on his face gradually subsided, and the bruised tendons slowly returned to their original state.
He looked extremely tired, and he sat cross-legged and breathed.
Yuan Ming jumped onto a nearby tree, sat down on a thick trunk several feet above the ground, and recovered the mana he had just consumed.
After a long time, Ulu's complexion completely recovered, the red light flashed on his body, the tiger skin on his waist rolled upside down, stuck to his body, and in the blink of an eye, he completed the transformation of the fur technique, turning into a spotted tiger with a height of a few feet.
Yuan Ming's pupils shrank slightly, and Ulu's body was much larger than the last time he saw it by the stream.
His cultivation continued to improve, and the height of the white ape's transformation was also increasing, but the magnitude of his growth seemed to be slightly inferior to Ulu.
Ulu looked at Yuan Ming on the tree, and the cold light in his eyes shone.
"I just saved your life, why is Brother Ulu looking at me like this? Could it be that the people of southern Xinjiang treat their life-savers like this? Yuan Ming said with a smile.
"Why did you save me?" Uru asked in a deep voice.
"You and I entered Biluo Cave at the same time, no matter how good or bad the relationship is, they can be regarded as companions, these are all gestures for me, why not save them." Yuan Ming said lightly.
When Ulu heard this, his face softened a little, and the cold light in his eyes still did not subside.
"It seems that Yuan is nosy, don't worry, I won't tell anyone about today's events, there will be a period later." Yuan Ming got up and patted his buttocks, and wanted to leave.
"Wait a minute." Ulu suddenly opened his mouth and stopped Yuan Ming.
Yuan Ming stopped and turned his head to look.
"No matter what, thank you Brother Yuan Ming for coming to the rescue this time, I don't thank you for my great kindness, this piece of fire pattern iron can be regarded as a reward below." Uru took a dark red stone from the sack and threw it at it.
Yuan Ming raised his eyebrows, and when he had just opened the Ulu cloth bag, he noticed that these two stones were not mortal things, exuding a trace of spiritual power fluctuations, and they should be the items needed by immortal cultivators.
However, he didn't catch the fire iron, and reached out and threw it back.
"I didn't covet your possessions when I came to your rescue." Yuan Ming said calmly.
Ulu caught the fire pattern iron, and after being stunned for a moment, he said: "Since Brother Yuan Ming refuses to accept this fire pattern iron, he owes you a favor, and if you need help in the future, as long as I can, I will never refuse." ”
"You're polite, we'll see you later." Yuan Ming smiled faintly, walked away, and disappeared into the mountains and forests in a few breaths.
Ulu stood silently in place, looking rather depressed for some reason.
After a few moments, he turned and descended the canyon, and his figure quickly disappeared into the mist at the bottom of the valley.
Yuan Ming didn't go far at the moment, hiding in a big tree on the edge of the cliff more than a dozen zhang away, watching Ulu leave.
He is not a bad person, the reason why he rescued Ulu just now is that on the one hand, the two of them are good companions, since he can save Ulu with his hands, he will not be cold-blooded enough to sit back and watch Ulu die.
On the other hand, Yuan Ming was also very curious about the speed of Ulu's cultivation, and wanted to use this to bring the two closer and find out about Ulu's situation.
It's just that Ulu's reaction was a bit unexpected for him, and this person seemed to be very mindful of his illness being known by others.
"There's something wrong with that onset." Yuan Ming muttered.
However, he didn't dig deeper, jumped down from the tree, and soon crossed the canyon, returned to the cave, and continued to practice behind closed doors.
The matter of Ulu is just a small episode, for Yuan Ming, to improve his strength as soon as possible, there may be a chance to return to the Central Plains.
Anyway, his intuition told him that it was always right to cultivate the Nine Yuan Technique.
Three months went by in a flash.
During this period, except for one or two days a month to hunt the green fox, complete the Biluo Cave task, and replenish the food by the way, Yuan Ming did not go out for half a step the rest of the time, and devoted himself to cultivating the Nine Yuan Technique.
With such penance, coupled with the subtlety of the Nine Yuan Jue, his mana increased rapidly.
On this day, Yuan Ming was meditating and cultivating, and the mana that was getting thicker and thicker suddenly rolled like boiling water, flowing out of the dantian on its own and pouring into the meridians of the whole body.
His body trembled, and there was a sudden clicking sound like bones colliding in his body, and he couldn't help but open his mouth and spit out.
A burst of blue light erupted, turning into a cyan glow that swirled around his body.
There was a spell sound in the glow, and the swirling blue light quickly dissipated, and Yuan Ming's figure had already stood up.
"The first layer of the Nine Yuan Jue has finally been cultivated!" Yuan Ming looked at his hands and muttered.
Now that he has become a first-level cultivator in the Qi refining period, he can be regarded as officially stepping into the ranks of immortal cultivators.
Yuan Ming's mana had surged several times compared to three months ago, and he couldn't wait to know what level the draping technique had reached, so he got up and came to the outside of the cave to pinch the trick and cast the spell.
The white ape skin on his waist swept up, wrapping his body, and countless blood streaks appeared on the inside of the white ape skin, piercing into the depths of his body.
Yuan Ming was used to this pain, and gritted his teeth to endure it.
The sharp pain in the heart quickly passed, and a white ape with a height of a foot appeared.
"The height is still about the same as before, and it seems that we have reached the limit." He gestured to a nearby tree and muttered.
In the past few months, as Yuan Ming's mana has continued to increase, the size of the white ape has been getting bigger, reaching its current height two months ago.
Since then, no matter how his mana has grown, the height and size of the white ape have not changed much, and he has obviously reached the limit of the coat technique.
The height has not increased, but the muscle density of the white ape's body has increased greatly, and the huge and strong muscles have bulged, showing the amazing power contained in it, which is far from being comparable to before.
He clenched his fist with his right hand, and it made a dull and terrifying fist whistle and hit a big tree.
Click!
The big tree with the thickness of the bucket was directly broken, and the half-cut tree smashed to the ground, the dust was flying, and the birds and beasts were frightened!
Yuan Ming withdrew his fist, a look of satisfaction on his face.
With his current strength, it is naturally easy to deal with the green fox, even the yellow armadillo that is known for its defense, I believe that he will not dare to face his full blow.
"With today's strength, I don't know if I can cross the 100,000 mountains and return to the Central Plains?" While he was excited, he couldn't help but think of fleeing.
can think of the poison in the rotten heart pill in his body, and his blood has become cold again.
"What's the use of staying in this forest where there are furry beasts except for fierce beasts, no matter how strong you are! No, we have to find a way to really get out of here! Yuan Ming clenched his fists.
His current identity is a furry beast slave in Biluo Cave, and he has no chance of contacting the outside world at all, and the only channel to contact the outside world is Elder Huhuo, and how could Elder Huo give him the true antidote to the Rotten Heart Pill?
"By the way, now that a few months have passed, I wonder if the incense burner can light incense again? Maybe you can connect with the outside world through the incense burner? Yuan Ming patted his head, how could he forget that treasure.
He immediately lifted his transformation and returned to the cave, where he summoned the incense burner with his mana.
Yuan Ming held the incense burner in both hands, only to feel a stream of heat penetrate into his mind with his palms, and suddenly felt refreshed.
It's just that at this moment, he didn't care about feeling the pleasure of being uplifted, and his eyes were fixed on the cyan incense burner in front of him.
Compared with the previous thoughts, the incense burner seems to have undergone a lot of changes, a small part of the Tai Chi pattern on it has become shiny, while the other areas are still in a gray state.
"It seems that after a certain period of time, this Tai Chi pattern will automatically return to brightness, I wonder if it will be able to cross it again at that time?" He secretly speculated.
Just looking at the speed of recovery of this Tai Chi pattern, it will take quite a long time before it can be completely brightened.