In the camp, Yellow Dog rushed out of the secret room carrying Du Long. He didn't look embarrassed at all, as if what he had just entered was not a secret passage densely packed with traps, but a boring corridor.
"How... how is it possible!!"
Seeing that the secret room that he had carefully prepared was just broken into by the other party, Du Long's face was full of disbelief.
This secret room was specially built by him to kill enemies who were stronger than himself. The poisons and mechanisms inside cost him a lot, and the brick walls used in the secret room were also made of special materials. Even Blood Circulation Practitioner would never be able to break through it for a while, and sooner or later he would be injured by the mechanism and trapped inside.
Originally, he wanted to trap and kill the powerful old man in front of him, but he didn't expect that the other party came out like this without any damage.
"It seems that you are very dishonest. The trick is over. Now take me to find what I want, otherwise..."
Yellow Dog Move your neck slightly. He said calmly, but when his eyes fell on the Du Long he was holding in his hand, he was stunned.
Because at this time, Du Long's eyes were wide open, and wisps of black Blood Flow were flowing out of his ears, nose, and mouth. His mouth was wide open as if he wanted to say something, but no sound came out.
Yellow Dog reacted immediately after seeing this scene.
"Thousand-Knife Killer, don't die like this..."
He raised Du Long, trying to think of a way to save him, but it was too late. Du Long's body suddenly twitched, and then the light in his eyes disappeared, and it was obvious that he had completely lost his life.
Yellow Dog sullenly threw Du Long's body out, crashing into the wall of the nearby camp like a cannonball, collapsing several walls in succession before stopping, and finally being completely buried by the ruins of the collapsed house.
"Bah, what a bad luck, wasting my time..."
Yellow Dog quickly searched around the camp, but didn't get anything. In the end, he could only take a sip of water and leave cursing.
Two carriages sped away on the official road.
"This time there are more than 800 taels of silver and three bottles of pills."
Old Zhou He Wang Dehai reported the harvest of this corpse touch to Lin Sheng.
After taking the three bottles of elixir and sniffing them gently, Lin Sheng recognized that they were just ordinary Blood Nourishing Pill.
"You guys share the elixir. Remember to give Xiao Shi one bottle."
He only accepted the treasure banknotes, and gave the scattered silver coins and elixirs to a few people.
"Thank you sir!!"
Old Zhou When the two of them heard this, their faces showed joy and they immediately bowed.
Lin Sheng just waved his hand, but his eyes fell behind the carriage.
"There are quite a few bandits in this group, but the harvest is a bit small. It seems that the old guy Yellow Dog took away most of them. You don't know how much that old guy made this time."
He murmured in his heart, and soon noticed a thin figure behind him, shooting out from the bushes, and arriving on the carriage in just a few breaths, it was not Yellow Dog or someone else.
It's just that Yellow Dog's face looked a little gloomy at this time, and it looked like the result was obviously not good.
Lin Sheng didn't ask any more questions, just nodded and began to practice with his eyes closed.
Yellow Dog had a sullen face and said nothing. When the two old Zhou He Wang Dehai saw each other's appearance, they did not go up to ask for trouble.
The rapid sound of horse hooves quickly faded away, and soon disappeared into the night.
I don't know how much time had passed, but at the bandit camp on the mountainside, several frightened bandits ran up from the bottom of the mountain, their steps hurried and panicked.
"Go quickly... go quickly, that ghost is catching up soon!!"
Several bandits shouted, using their hands and feet to climb up the mountain.
These people were originally the bandits who stayed behind in the camp. After learning that Du Long had encountered a serious problem and almost the entire army was wiped out, they took away the property in the camp and scattered like birds and beasts. Unexpectedly, not long after they left, they encountered something that frightened them even more.
A group of black mist was approaching quickly behind them. A Black Python was looming in the mist. The python's eyes were dark, and it spat out snake messages from time to time. It looked at the fleeing bandits without any emotion.
The next moment, a few wisps of black mist broke away from his body and quickly disappeared towards the bandits, but disappeared into the bodies of the bandits in the blink of an eye.
The bandits immediately stiffened, then turned around uncontrollably and walked towards Black Python.
Their eyes were wide open, and they were obviously extremely frightened, but their bodies were walking downwards uncontrollably. Even if they used all their strength, it had no effect at all, as if this body no longer belonged to them.
Several bandits walked up to the giant python, and then their bodies suddenly shattered and turned into clouds of blood mist. Then the blood mist gathered and disappeared into the mouth of the giant python.
The black mist lingering on the python's body became obviously thicker. The python's head turned as if it had noticed something. With a turn of its body, it came to a ruins on the side of the camp in a breath.
The python's tail flung out and sank directly into the ruins, and soon a broken body that was already lifeless was pulled out from inside.
Although the corpse was in pieces, the muscles on its body were tangled and extremely strong. It was obvious that its bones were different from those of ordinary people.
The owner of this corpse is none other than Du Long.
The black python rolled the body in front of his eyes, seeming to be sensing something carefully, but quickly started the next move.
Black mist surged around the black python, then detached from its body, and quickly got in along the ears, nose and mouth of Du Long's corpse.
When all the black mist was submerged, the black python's body immediately shriveled up and fell to the ground, breaking into several pieces.
Du Long's body was suspended in mid-air. Suddenly, its eyes suddenly opened, and the pupils that had long since dispersed turned into pitch black in the blink of an eye.
His good deeds landed steadily on his body, and the original broken wounds had completely recovered. On the exposed skin, intertwined black lines appeared, like Black Little Snake that were constantly twisting.
'Du Long' simply moved his body. The movements at first were quite mechanical and slow, but soon became smooth and comfortable, just like normal people.
Soon he frowned slightly, and the next moment he opened his mouth and spat out a ball of foul-smelling black sewage.
Then he lowered his head and took a look at his body. Although the injuries had been completely recovered and the toxins had been cleaned away, it still seemed that he was not satisfied.
The black lines on his body were tangled together, and in the next moment, black holes the size of coins appeared on his skin, and strands of black mucus flowed out of the holes.
In just the blink of an eye, the black mucus hardened and turned into a layer of fine black scales that almost covered the entire body.
The two arms also turned into black claws, and a little cold light shone on the tips of the feet-long claws. It is not difficult to imagine how sharp they are.
At this time, Du Long was just a little satisfied with his body. Then he glanced around, determined a direction, and swept away at a very fast speed. He ran tens of meters away in just the blink of an eye.
It's just that when running, it doesn't walk on two legs like a normal person. Instead, it is on all fours, more like a wild beast.
The next day it was bright.
"It's almost here. It's almost Linjiang Prefecture. It will take another two or three days."
On the carriage, Yellow Dog's body's unhappiness from yesterday had long since dissipated, and it had returned to its original carefree appearance.
"But in the afternoon, we can reach a large town, which is just right. We can do some repairs in the town. I have used a lot of seasonings in the past few days, so it's time to replenish them."
He was talking to himself, then looked back at Lin Sheng who was sitting cross-legged in the carriage practicing Qigong, and curled his lips.
"Little friend Lin, you have to take time to practice. If you keep practicing hard like this, sometimes it's not a good thing. Especially when you reach the High Realm world, it's not just about your body and bones, it's also very demanding on your mind..."
"Mind?"
At this time, Lin Sheng also broke away from the state of cultivation.
Now he basically doesn't rest at night, but relies on Ape Fetus Technique's meditation skills to replace sleep. Although it can't really restore energy like sleep, Stamina Boost has the effect of entering the body, and his energy is quite abundant. Even if he doesn't sleep for several days, it will not be affected at all.
At this moment, hearing the so-called mind from Yellow Dog made him think of the spiritual attributes on his panel that he had never had before.
From the literal meaning, it is easy to understand spirit, which is nothing more than a person's consciousness, thinking, mind, will, etc.
But after all, he hasn't owned one yet, so he can't be sure what the spirit of the panel attribute specifically represents.
So when he heard Yellow Dog's words, his heart moved, and he asked directly.
"Brother Huang, I don't know what you mean by mind, and what does it have to do with practice?"
"Mind? Why do you ask? This is something that is still early for you and is not something you should consider now."
Hearing Lin Sheng's words, Yellow Dog was obviously a little surprised. Originally, he just said it casually, but he didn't expect that the other party was really interested.
Although he said that he was still far away from the other party, seeing that the other party was interested, he immediately shook his head and continued talking.
"The three realms of Martial Way, Body Tempering, forging muscles, and Blood Circulation, are basically the stages of strengthening one's own body. Body Tempering initially activates one's Vital Blood to integrate with the body. Forging muscles is to fully mobilize the strength of one's own muscles and bones. In the Blood Circulation stage, it is to greatly strengthen one's own Vital Blood and improve the degree of integration of Vital Blood with the body, muscles and bones, bursting out strength far beyond the Muscle Forging realm realm."
"But Bone Tempering and Divine Form after Blood Circulation are not like that. Although they also have extremely high requirements for their own Vital Blood bones, the mental aspect is also a top priority, especially Divine Form realm. If the mental and physical attainments are not enough, hehe, let alone a breakthrough, I am afraid he will go crazy and become a madman."
When he said this, Yellow Dog paused and smacked his lips. He seemed to feel a little empty in his mouth. He took out his cigarette bag and lit it. He took a big sip and exhaled a large cloud of white smoke before continuing.
"Didn't I tell you before? For people who don't have the power of Bloodline, basically Blood Circulation has come to an end. Therefore, for most ordinary people, Blood Circulation is their limit, so the reason why the subsequent Bone Transformation realm is called Bone Tempering is to fundamentally change their bones and tendons, or simply put, their bones."
"Fundamentally change your very core!?"
Lin Sheng had a look of surprise on his face, but he soon realized something.
"Changing one's own bones, do you mean..."
"Yes, it is to change one's own roots and bring those powerful Strange Beast closer to one's own roots."
As if he understood what the other party was going to say, Yellow Dog nodded in agreement without waiting for him to finish speaking.
"But it's not a complete replica of those Strange Beasts. After all, the gap between humans and Strange Beasts is too big. What I mean by moving closer to those tyrannical Strange Beasts is to change one's own fundamentals and learn the innate advantages of those tyrannical Strange Beasts."
"Compared to the innate weakness of human beings, those powerful Strange Beast are basically born powerful. They do not need to practice, and they can possess terrifying power after adulthood. After countless observations and experiments by our ancestors, the body structure of those powerful Strange Beast is more adapted to the world from birth, and they can fully absorb Heaven and Earth Vital Energy for their own use and use it to strengthen themselves."
Lin Sheng nodded slightly as if he had some understanding.
"So Bone Transformation realm is changing his own bones. Rather than moving closer to Strange Beast, it should be said that it is to better absorb the power of heaven and earth for his own use."
"Yes, that's it. Sure enough, talking to smart people saves your worries." Yellow Dog nodded with a smile on his face.
"Since the purpose is to better absorb Heaven and Earth Vital Energy, do we have to move closer to Strange Beast? Can we find our own way?" Lin Sheng seemed to have thought of something and asked.
"Of course you can, but it's just impossible to do."
Yellow Dog sneered.
"The power of heaven and earth is so mysterious, how can it be so easy to understand? There have been many people throughout the ages who thought like you, but without exception, they all died miserably."
"Moving closer to Strange Beast is because its internal structure itself is existing and conforms to Rules. The fact that Strange Beast is alive just shows that it is feasible. Therefore, practicing in this direction, although it is also dangerous, is much better than the former."
"Of course, everything is not absolute. The former does have some rare examples of success, but it's just luck. Moreover, the Bone Tempering path deduced is completely incomparable with the latter, and it is impossible to truly break through Bone Tempering. It's just a matter of luck that it can be achieved by some slightly stronger Blood Circulation Practitioner."
The two kept talking for more than half an hour before they stopped.
Lin Sheng only feels that I have benefited a lot.
I have a certain understanding of the realm above Blood Circulation.
"No wonder the power of Bloodline is so important. With the power of Bloodline, the difficulty of Bone Tempering will undoubtedly be reduced a lot."
"As for the so-called mind, it is used to suppress animal nature."
Bone Transformation realm, when learning those tyrannical Strange Beast, it can also make the practitioner's mind unstable and breed evil thoughts and animal nature. Therefore, if the mind is unstable, the breakthrough will fail at first, and at worst, it will become obsessive, and even Perfected Person nature will be annihilated and turned into a half-man, half-beast monster.
"It seems that the road to spiritual practice is far more bumpy than I imagined."
Lin Sheng sighed in his heart, becoming more and more curious about the spiritual attributes in his Attribute Panel.
"I don't know when it will be able to enter the body and have spiritual attributes. Thinking about the spiritual attributes, it should have a big increase in the mental aspect."
Soon, he suppressed the messy thoughts in his heart. Bone Transformation realm was still a little far away from him, so he had better break through to Blood Circulation first.