In the Ma family's mansion.

Li Mu walked forward quietly, and no one came out along the way. Along the way, the grass and trees are messy, the houses are broken, there is almost no intact existence, and in some places, there are many dark red blood stains, telling people about the tragedy that happened here yesterday.

With such a tall family, the buildings inside it are so dense that if he hadn't been able to hear sounds far away with his hearing far beyond ordinary people, I'm afraid he would have lost his way at this time.

Along the way, he also met some people from the Ma family who were in a hurry, but they were all detected by him in advance and hid in time, and no one discovered his existence.

Li Mu didn't want people to know his whereabouts, because at this time, he should be "chased and killed by the Yuan Demon, panicked, and strayed into the mountains". If someone detects his whereabouts, it is easy to find out that he is lying, and if that is the case, it will inevitably cause trouble.

The early morning sun began to shine, bathing the dead and silent Ma Mansion and the entire small town with a layer of yellow light veil, bringing a bit of vitality. As Li Mu walked forward, the place where the voices gathered was close in front of him.

Li Mu carefully hid his figure, and controlled his breath, trying to make his voice as low as possible. He climbed a large, leafy tree and looked that way.

The place where everyone gathers is a small square, in which the yellow sand is paved, there are stone locks, weapon racks and other things placed aside, it seems that this should be the Ma family's martial arts arena.

At this time, in the center of this martial arts arena, there were more than a dozen people sitting side by side. Among these dozen people, five of them were wearing white magic robes that only the disciples of the Xuanming Sect could wear. And the appearance of those people, Li Mu also vaguely remembers that they are the members of this expedition to slay demons. Moreover, behind these white-clothed disciples, there were also more than a dozen Xuanming Sect disciples in gray robes, Li Mu took a closer look and found that Xue Chucai and Guo Hongming were also among them.

The other people sitting were all middle-aged men dressed in black, and Li Mu guessed that they should be the surviving principals of the Ma family.

Behind these people, many people stood in a circle, silently. Li Mu looked carefully, but did not find Ma Qiyang and Ma Feiyue, brother and sister.

Li Mu tilted his ears and listened to their conversation with some curiosity.

One of the disciples of the Xuanming Sect in white said: "This time, the first demon was raging, the three cities were destroyed, more than 200,000 people were killed and injured, and the official mansion was also breached, and no one was spared. In the three cities of Tieyu, Xuefeng, and Qiushan, the three of you in the Xiuzhen family were all spared, but your Ma family's formation was broken, so the losses were greater. But in terms of ordinary people, it is your Iron Jade City that has survived the most, with tens of thousands of people, and in the other two cities, almost no ordinary people have survived, which is a pity. ”

He paused, and then continued: "In order to avoid the remnants of the demon beasts from causing chaos, the elders of my Xuanming sect specially ordered us to stay in this city for ten days to help you restore order, calm people's hearts, and eliminate the fleeing and hidden demon beasts. ”

Then he stood up, looked at the people around him, and said loudly: "The First Demon Clan has always been the great enemy of our human race. This unprovoked invasion of the three cities is actually the reason why it has a ferocious attack and cannot be restrained. Through the joint efforts of my disciples, all the first demons and demons who came to commit crimes have been ambushed, and you will later disperse from the Ma Mansion to spread this matter for me, so as to calm people's hearts, and remember not to incite the people's emotions and cause panic. ”

Everyone, including the few people in charge of the Ma family, said respectfully, and the white-robed disciple said, "Let's go into the house and discuss the rest of the matter." Then he turned his head and said to the dozen or so innate disciples: "Bother a few teachers and nephews, lead these Ma family disciples to burn the corpses outside the city, and read out the words I just said, calm people's hearts, and remember to let those ordinary people feel at ease and continue to live in this city." ”

Those disciples respectfully replied, led by several people in charge of the Ma family, these white-robed disciples entered one of the rooms, not knowing what to discuss.

Li Mu jumped off the treetops, avoided the crowd, recognized the direction, walked to the wall of the Ma family, and jumped out.

For the time being, he didn't plan to look for the brothers and sisters of the Nama family in exchange for silver and other things. Since he saw that Xue Chucai was still here, and he would stay in this city for at least ten days, then his plan would have to be slightly flexible, after all, this Xue Chucai was difficult to come out of the sect, and he should not be able to help but go to Quanzhou to get the treasure, but he didn't know where the disciple who had agreed with him was, if he wanted to follow Xue Chucai, he had to be extra vigilant against that person.

He suddenly realized that he didn't have to use the same rhetoric as before to confuse himself about leaving the team without permission. Judging from the current situation, those who are in charge of the foundation building true cultivators should have left here, either to return to the sect, or to appease the Great Qi royal family. The rest of the Huafan disciples, although their cultivation was far superior to him, in terms of status, they were completely equal to them.

Therefore, as long as he comes back after being missing for a few days, he will be chased and killed by the Yuan Demon, and then join the team. When these people reach the time limit of stationing and are about to return to the sect, as long as they make an excuse and say that they are going to return to their hometown, these people will not be able to come up with an excuse to stop him. Wouldn't it be safer to leave this place openly when the time comes?

And it is expected that Xue Chucai will also make this request, and when the time comes, it will be more convenient to monitor him. As for what he used to do in the past few days of disappearance, Li Mu also had a plan in his heart.

He walked to an empty house, summoned Jin Chongji, and asked, "Master Jin, how long will it take for the first layer of the Demon Transformation Technique to succeed in cultivation?"

Jin Chongji looked him up and down a few times, and said with a smile: "Slow is decades, fast is three or five days, success or failure, it all depends on your qualifications." ”

Li Mu clenched his fists: "Then let's go, I'm not bad at cultivating, as for the qualifications, I haven't tried it, how do I know if I have it? I don't believe that Linggen himself can't do it, and it's so unbearable in cultivating demons." ”

"The Demon Transformation Technique is not such a simple thing, and the difficulties involved in it cannot be explained clearly in a few words. Forget it, since you're not afraid of hardship, I won't stop you. When you find a safe place, I will teach you this method, and then I will tell you about it slowly. ”

Jin Chongji has always admired Li Mu's daring temperament, but the matter of cultivating demons has not been stumped by many geniuses throughout the ages. Although he is optimistic about Li Mu, he does not think that he can succeed at one time. Li Mu insisted on cultivating the first layer of the simulated demon in a few days, so that while he smiled bitterly, he could only take one step at a time.

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Li Mu climbed the Iron Ruler Mountain, and from this mountain, he slowly entered the deserted wilderness. There are more and more trees along the way, but after all, this place is in the north of Daqi, and the climate is not as warm as the 100,000 mountains, so although the trees here are dense, they are still enough for people to pass without hindrance.

Li Mu walked all the way, surrounded by insects and birds, but it was very lively, not as lonely as the Xuanming faction. He has lived alone for a long time, and his residence is the most lacking in vitality and vitality, and this time he went out to kill demons, everywhere he went, there were dead corpses everywhere, which could almost be said to be ghosts in the world. Although he got used to it, he was still a little uncomfortable. At this time, the vigorous trees and noisy bird chirping around him slightly dispelled some of the gloom in his heart.

In the woods, Li Mu's figure sometimes ran on the flat ground, sometimes jumped between the trees, sometimes climbed the rock with both hands, sometimes drifted into the water, and after a few hours, after confirming that the place he was in had gone deep into the wilderness, ordinary people would not wade enough, he found a fairly empty place to sit down, and summoned Jin Chong out.

Jin Chongji looked at the surrounding environment and nodded slightly. He didn't say much, and said directly to Li Mu: "Take out that demon heart." ”

Li Mu's heart moved, took out the transparent stone bead from the storage bag, held it in his hand, and waited for Jin Chong's next step.

Jin Chongji put his eyes on the heart of the demon that flashed seven colors from time to time, his eyes showed a trance, and said to Li Mu: "The heart of the demon, the existence of this thing can be said to be the great fortune of the demon clan, and it can also be said to be the great misfortune of the demon clan. For example, in the practice of demons over the years, because there is no dantian, there will be a part of the yuan power in his body that is not absorbed by the body, but is free from the meridians. The existence of these Yuan Forces, in the slow cultivation of the Demon Clan, will gradually gather together, accelerating the speed at which the Demon Clan absorbs the spiritual energy, but also bringing them great trouble. ”

"This kind of trouble won't have any effect before the demon clan transforms, but once the demon clan survives the transformation thunder tribulation and recasts the demon body. These Yuan forces in his body will also be affected by it, gathering under the heavenly thunder, absorbing the essence of the body that leaks out when the demon cultivator transforms, so as to slowly have an independent consciousness. Originally, this consciousness was inclined to give birth to demon cultivators with this consciousness, so the heart of the demon at that time was still conducive to the cultivation of the demon race. ”

"But when the demon clan cultivates to the peak of transformation and goes to survive the catastrophe of the Xuan Demon, the heart of the Xuan Demon will experience another thunder tribulation, and after accumulating more demon cultivation essence, its spiritual wisdom will be greatly increased, and in the end, more than half of the Demon Soul will be in trouble during the demon cultivation tribulation, resulting in the failure of its tribulation, and it has never taken advantage of the void to gain the dominance of that body. ”

"This kind of demon clan dominated by the heart of the demon is generally difficult to find, throughout the ages, I don't know how many demon clan's talents have been occupied by the heart of the demon and become mediocre and achieve nothing. The strength of my demon clan's low-level demon cultivators is much stronger than that of you humans, but when it comes to high-level cultivators, it is really more than a step weaker. The existence of this demon heart, I don't know how many geniuses of my demon clan have been harmed, and the overall strength of my demon clan has not been able to improve for a long time. ”