Mysterious Eagle Ten Great Sages!

Mysterious Eagle Ten Great Sages!

Eighteen hundred li from Gu Family Village stood Mysterious Eagle Mountain, a gathering place for countless hardened outlaws.

Mysterious Eagle Mountain lay on the northwestern edge of the Great Ming Mountain Range, surrounded by peaks rising straight from the earth. Its terrain was steep and treacherous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It was also a vital route connecting three provinces, and throughout the ages, powerful outlaws had always stationed themselves there.

The Mysterious Eagle Gang was the largest force entrenched here. Its ten leaders were all Establish Fate Realm martial artists, known as the "Mysterious Eagle Ten Great Sages"! They commanded two thousand desperate criminals. Passing merchants and caravans all had to hand over half their "life-buying money"! At the slightest displeasure, the gang would slaughter the men and abduct the women to the mountain.

Merchant associations from various regions could no longer bear the harassment and repeatedly submitted joint complaints to the authorities. The Youzhou Tiger Roar Army, Jinzhou Elite Armor Cavalry, and Jizhou Long Wind Army had all launched suppression campaigns! But the terrain here was steep and complex, while the chief leader, Qi Gang, was exceptionally cunning. At the slightest sign of trouble, he would immediately split his forces apart and vanish into the mountains and forests!

After several attempts yielded nothing, and Qi Gang slightly restrained his conduct, the matter was ultimately dropped.

Mysterious Eagle Mountain rose a thousand zhang high, filled with strange rocks and dangerous peaks. On a flat stretch halfway up the mountain stood a mountain stronghold covering several hundred mu. Its gates were made from century-old ironwood, five zhang high and four chi thick, guarding the only path to the summit!

In the enormous training ground at the center of the stronghold, over a thousand sturdy men with bare upper bodies were practicing saber techniques.

"Hey!" "Ha!" "Kill!"

More than a thousand men stood in neat ranks, their bare torsos gleaming with oil.

"Step forward and cleave!"

"Reverse grip, slash upward!"

"Turn and sweep flat!"

The Basic Saber Technique had only three moves, yet practiced by thousands, it made for a magnificent sight!

If any military commander had been present, he would have been horrified to discover that these outlaws' training carried a trace of military discipline. They had already begun to shed the disorganized nature of a rabble!

On the raised platform beside the training ground lay a red carpet. Two rows of weapon racks displayed sabers, swords, axes, spears, and all manner of weapons. Each one gleamed with a cold light and radiated a chilling aura—they were all high-grade weapons!

"Chief! Sun Hailong defied your order! He led more than a dozen brothers down the mountain!" A short, fat middle-aged man lowered his head, staring at the enormous Meteor Hammer on the ground, which weighed a thousand jin, as he reported in a trembling voice.

"Half a year ago, I sent his brother to guard a Golden-Eyed Eagle nest on a cliff a thousand li away. By coincidence, the Tiger Roar Army was attacking Mysterious Eagle Mountain then! So I never sent anyone to meet him. It is only natural that he would be anxious!" A booming voice spread through the air. The short, fat man felt his ears buzzing and his vision darken! Alarmed, he could not help but look up.

He saw a tall, rugged middle-aged man built like a demonic beast. His solid golden-yellow muscles bulged all over his body, while thick iron chains wrapped around his right arm, which was thicker than an ordinary man's thigh. His roar was like thunder!

"But! Those who defy me must die!" With a light swing of his arm, the massive Meteor Hammer tore through the air with a shriek like wailing ghosts and howling wolves, whipping up a rolling gale! It filled the heart with terror!

"How strange! There are unusually few wild animals this year! Could they all have frozen to death during winter?" The young man called Qingzi muttered softly.

The Hunting Team had already ventured dozens of li into the mountains, yet they had come close to finding nothing! Their greatest haul was only a muntjac and a few gray rabbits!

"Captain, something's wrong! Every spring, wild beasts that survived the winter hunger come out frantically searching for food. Some even attack human villages! Yet we've been in the mountains for half a day and haven't found a single ferocious beast! It's as though..." A young man carrying a spear approached Gu Hao, his expression grave.

"It's as though they've all been killed by someone!" Gu Hao's expression was not much better. Their first hunt of the year had already run into trouble, so naturally he was in a poor mood.

"Whoosh!"

A gray shadow streaked through the forest and vanished.

"Chase!"

"It's a muntjac!"

"Watch me!"

The Hunting Team sprang into action. Several men leaped after it, then returned after a few bounds with the muntjac in hand.

"Heh, this muntjac is pretty fat! It weighs over thirty jin!" Qingzi chuckled. Everyone who joined the Hunting Team had at least reached the second stage of Foundation Establishment and possessed the strength of a thousand jin. After only a few leaps, Qingzi had snapped its neck with one hand.

"Stay alert. Getting nothing isn't necessarily bad! At least there won't be any village raids this year." Gu Hao sighed and said listlessly, "Pick up the pace. Sweep everything within a hundred li. If we find nothing, we'll head back to the village!"

"Ah! No way!"

"We're going back to the village without any haul at all? That's too embarrassing!"

"You should worry about your stomachs instead! This little bit isn't enough to feed us!"

Everyone looked at one another. There were twenty adults at the second stage of Foundation Establishment—how could such a small amount of prey possibly be enough to feed them?

Beside a pool dozens of li away from the Hunting Team.

Gu Shaoshang had lit a bonfire and was roasting the huge hind leg of an unknown beast, sprinkling it with various seasonings from time to time. Naturally, he had no idea that because of him, the Hunting Team had fallen into such an awkward situation.

After the Annual Sacrifice, Gu Shaoshang had constantly roamed the outskirts of the Great Ming Mountain, hunting all kinds of ferocious beasts. Not only had he harvested Source Power, but his cultivation of the Flying Dagger Technique and the Primordial Python Star Devourer Record had greatly accelerated. The reserves within his body had also grown increasingly deep. Although he had not broken through in realm, his once somewhat thin body had gradually filled out.

The human body generally entered its growth period at around the age of ten. During this stage, the bones, muscles, and everything else underwent an explosive and astonishing improvement.

Along with this growth period came the body's need for vast amounts of energy. If a youth failed to obtain enough energy, it would be extremely difficult to make up for it after reaching adulthood.

In just over two months, Gu Shaoshang had changed enormously!

Not only had he shot up in height, but the skin membranes of his second stage of Foundation Establishment had become increasingly taut. His slightly dark little face had turned fair with a rosy glow, lustrous as jade! The fine pores on his face had become smaller, his lips a healthy pink, and his black eyes shone brightly with spirit! His whole body radiated vigorous youthfulness and vitality!

Anyone who saw him would secretly praise, "What a handsome young man!"

"Just a little more! The Myriad Heavens Projection Mirror will soon be restored to one star! Today is just right for running through the projections once!" Gu Shaoshang lifted the beast leg, unafraid of the heat, and chewed skin, meat, and bone into pieces before swallowing them. The Primordial Python Star Devourer Record circulated, transforming it into energy that accumulated deep within him.

"Mm, not bad!" After eating and drinking his fill, Gu Shaoshang patted his stomach in satisfaction, closed his eyes, focused his mind, and entered the Mirror World.

As the number of times he entered increased and his martial cultivation improved, Gu Shaoshang's training time in the Mirror World had risen from sixteen hours a day to twenty-four hours, while the time needed to enter had shortened considerably.

As usual, Gu Shaoshang finished running the Myriad Heavens Projection, then chose to challenge Gu Ji.

"Challenge Gu Ji!"

As violet light flickered, Gu Shaoshang appeared once more in the familiar scene.

Watching Gu Ji stride forward, Gu Shaoshang took a deep breath and suppressed both his fear of the aftereffects of the supernatural ability Tail-Feathered Mantis Shrimp and the death experience that had felt so real.

"Gu Ji!"

Gu Shaoshang shouted!

He activated the supernatural ability Tail-Feathered Mantis Shrimp once more. The air exploded violently, and endless light burst forth! A Xingyi Cannon Fist blew apart Gu Ji's projection again! Its power was even far greater than when he had first used the supernatural ability!

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