SWDnovel Chapter 45: Setting Off
Chapter 45: Setting Off
Zhao Ju nodded slightly and said:
"Sect Leader Li, you may choose one."
Currently, there are still about ten Silverback Rays in the Beast Taming Sect, so Li Wu still has room for selection.
Just as he was about to make his choice, a silverback ray approached him.
Seeing this, Zhao Ju, who was standing to the side, immediately laughed:
"It seems this silverbacked manta ray really likes Sect Leader Li."
Li Wu was also somewhat surprised by the silver-backed ray's actions, so he immediately said:
"Then let's choose this one."
Zhao Ju nodded slightly, then took out another jade slip and handed it to Li Wudao:
"This document details the care and management procedures for the silverback ray. If you still have any questions, please come back to us."
Li Wu accepted the jade slip and handed the other party fifty spirit stones.
"I'll see Sect Leader Li out."
This is in the heart of the mountains, where monsters roam freely. If you weren't accompanied by disciples of the Beast Taming Sect, you might be attacked by them if you went out.
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After returning to Sanlukou Market, Li Wu found Zhang Zai and the others.
Upon seeing the sect leader return, Zhang Zai rushed over, taking three steps at a time, and said worriedly:
"Sect Leader, you're finally back."
They all knew that Li Wu was going to the Beast Taming Sect.
That is why Zhang Zai was so worried, since the Beast Taming Sect was a Foundation Establishment sect in Guang'an County.
Nowadays, the relationship between Youyang County and Guang'an County is quite tense.
If something were to happen to Li Wuzai at the Beast Taming Sect, the Qing Shi Sect, which had been established for less than ten years, would disappear into the annals of history.
Li Wuwei nodded slightly and looked at everyone, saying:
"Let's go back."
Upon hearing that they were going back, Niu Er and the others happily began packing their things.
After all, once they arrived at this three-way intersection market, they had to be careful in everything they did, and they could only stay in the courtyard most of the time.
There are very few opportunities to stroll around the market.
It's not nearly as comfortable as being in Pukou Market.
As soon as the group left the market, they saw a monster they had never seen before parked at its mooring spot.
"What is this?" someone asked curiously.
Li Wu looked at Zhang Zai and said:
"This is a silverback ray, a kind of pack animal. From now on, you can ride it when you travel as a merchant."
Having said that, he tossed the jade slip to Zhang Zai and said:
"Here are the feeding instructions. Take them back to He Yu."
Zhang Zai withdrew his gleaming eyes, accepted the jade slip, and looked at the sect leader with a puzzled expression, saying:
"Sect Leader, aren't you coming back with us?"
"I still have some things to take care of, so I won't be going back yet," Li Wu said, shaking his head.
"Be careful on your way back. With this silverback ray, three days should be enough to get you back to Qingshi Mountain."
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Gas extraction area.
Li Wuqing tapped the storage bag, which contained spiritual items, pills, talismans, and numerous life-saving methods.
"Next, we'll head to the land of witchcraft."
Unlike Buddhist cultivators, witchcraft practitioners also follow the path of the Golden Core in the Purple Mansion, and their lineages are sinister and evil, such as [poisonous calamity], [cursed calamity], [evil energy], and [blood energy].
It is said that sorcerers are also extremely skilled at cursing and killing, as long as they obtain your blood, hair, or other substances.
Then, at a small price, I can curse you to death from a thousand miles away.
Therefore, one must be extremely careful when dealing with sorcerers.
"I just didn't expect that Ning Que would also go to the Land of Witchcraft and Gu." Li Wu frowned slightly.
He had just received news from Qi Yu that Ning Que had gone to the Land of Witchcraft and Gu in order to become stronger.
"He's only at the first level of Qi Refining, yet he dares to run that way. He's fearless."
Li Wu shook his head and sighed.
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Although there is a royal court in the land of witchcraft, its binding force is very weak.
Most people still lived in tribal society.
Li Wu flew low, occasionally catching glimpses of the barbarians hiding in the forest.
"Where is the enchanting willow tree?"
Li Wu followed the water veins, constantly monitoring his surroundings with his spiritual sense.
Suddenly, a small tribe appeared ahead.
There were about six or seven hundred people.
There were more than a dozen cultivators who had reached the Enlightenment Realm, and one cultivator who had reached the early stage of Qi Refining.
"Go ask them."
Having finally encountered a local, Li Wu decided to ask for directions.
After thinking it over, he flew above the tribe and unleashed a bolt of lightning into it.
boom!
The silvery-white lightning roared like the might of heaven, and the mortals and barbarians were so frightened that they knelt down and cried out, "Great Heaven, spare our lives!"
The next moment, several cultivators at the Qi Opening Realm rushed out of the tent. Upon seeing Li Wu riding the wind in mid-air, their expressions immediately changed:
"He's a Qi Refining cultivator!"
"Quickly, go and inform the commander-in-chief!"
Seeing the group of barbarians running around in a panic, Li Wu knew they were going to deliver a message, so he did not stop them. A moment later, a person with various bone ornaments around his neck and a pottery jar and bone knife at his waist flew over on the wind.
Looking at the late-stage Qi Refining cultivator before him, surrounded by silver-white lightning, Amanmu spoke cautiously to the Eastern Man, as if facing a formidable enemy:
"Who are you, and why have you come to my land of witchcraft?"
Li Wu remained calm and asked:
Do you know where one can find the wondrous willow tree?
"The enchanting willow tree?"
Amanmu frowned slightly. He had never heard of this before and pondered in his heart:
"Regardless, let's get this person out of here as soon as possible."
Then he spoke:
"Go north for twenty miles, and you will see Wuxi Mountain, where there may be magical willows."
Wuxi Mountain is where his royal court is located. There are sorcerers there who are skilled in curses and can surely curse and kill cultivators with lightning attributes.
"Wuxi Mountain".
Li Wu muttered to himself a few times, then looked at the barbarian in front of him and asked:
"This place is quite close to my Yue Kingdom. May you advance eastward and plunder my border people?"
"This..." Aman was taken aback, unsure how to answer.
"It seems they skipped over it."
Li Wu's gaze sharpened, and a halberd appeared in his hand, lightning coiling around its blade. He coldly said:
"Go to hell over there."
"No...no!"
Ah Man was merely a Qi Refining Stage 1 cultivator; how could he possibly be a match for someone at the late Qi Refining Stage, especially since this person cultivated the [Divine Thunder] path?
He had barely taken half a step when the silver-white lightning snake caught up with him, coiled around him tightly, and swallowed him whole.
After killing him, Li Wu did not linger and immediately headed towards Wuxi Mountain, which the other party had mentioned.
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After flying for a while, they came to see a towering mountain peak that reached into the clouds.
The mountainside is shrouded in mist, and several stone temples can be vaguely seen built against the mountain, surrounded by densely packed wooden stakes, on which hang colorful strips of cloth and animal bones.
Li Wu took out the [Life Concealment Talisman] and [Qi Concealment Talisman] to completely cover his aura, and then quietly sneaked into the houses at the foot of the mountain.
Inside a stone house.
A man and a woman were having sex vigorously on the bed.
It was making random, incoherent noises, and I couldn't understand what it was saying.
But judging from the woman's expression, she didn't seem satisfied.
Li Wu picked up a few pebbles and launched them from a distance.
Puff!
The stones struck two at a time, and the two men didn't even let out a wail.
Then, Li Wu quietly slipped inside.
Turn the man over, revealing his face.
Then, he took out a sheet of dough as thin as a cicada's wing from his storage bag.