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Wu Tian cultivated the Tongyou Spell once in the morning and once in the evening. During the day, he followed the Hunting Team on hunts, while at night, he hid in Chili Mu's embrace to rest.

Although his cultivation efficiency was now far inferior to Chili Mu's, he did not slack off in the slightest. He had originally been nothing more than a White Dog with only the talent to swallow poison, but now he possessed four major talents.

As time passed, with the help of the System Panel, his talents would inevitably grow more numerous and increasingly wondrous.

One day, he would catch up to those gifted spirit children and monsters.

Before he knew it, more than a month had passed. Chili Mu's cultivation progress had advanced by leaps and bounds. She could now cultivate continuously for an hour. Whenever she cultivated, crimson clouds coiled around her body, flames roared, and the extraordinary sight was astonishing.

Wu Tian's progress with the Tongyou Spell, however, was extremely slow. After more than a month, he had only reached 8%. It was easy to foresee that the farther he progressed, the slower his cultivation of the Tongyou Spell would become.

I'm afraid I'll need at least a year, perhaps even two, before I can barely cultivate the Tongyou Spell to perfection and awaken a new talent.

He sighed inwardly, increasingly sensing the enormous gap between talents. Ever since Chili Mu had entered the path, her cultivation progress had been astonishingly fast.

He could roughly sense that Chili Mu's progress was now at least above fifty percent.

In another month, she would probably be able to cultivate this spell to perfection and refine Tongyou Qi.

Wu Tian glanced at Chili Mu, who was still cultivating beside him, and slowly stopped his own movements. After more than a month of training, he had extended the duration of each cultivation session by only a dozen breaths or so.

"Thankfully, my progress in other areas hasn't stagnated. In fact, because of the Tongyou Spell, the progress of my Qi Eater talent has sped up considerably."

With a thought, he opened the System Panel.

Name: Wu Tian

Age: 3

Bloodline: Southern Border White Dog

Talents: Immunity to All Poisons 3% (Intermediate) Thousand Mile Divine Speed 5% (Intermediate) Spirit of Wind 72% (Beginner) Qi Eater 96% (Beginner)

Skills: Hunting 100%, Listening to the Wind 100%, Nine Forms of Snake Slaying 100%, Tongyou Spell 8%

To improve the Spirit of Wind talent, he needed to roam through the jungle, using the wind to sense the information that existed everywhere and detect danger ahead of time.

This was also one of the reasons Wu Tian insisted on entering the jungle to hunt with the Hunting Team every day. It was not merely to help the settlement obtain food—the perilous Savage Jungle was also of great benefit to his growth.

"Once a talent reaches the intermediate level, its progress becomes slower and slower. Immunity to All Poisons is especially troublesome. Ordinary poisons are completely useless against me. Only the poison of the Jade Centipede can allow my talent to continue growing."

"Fortunately, the Divine Speed of a Thousand Miles talent only needs running to improve. I expend my stamina every day, roaming through the mountains and forests, and at least I've gained something from it."

Wu Tian sorted through his many talents. "The farther I cultivate the Spirit of Wind, the harder it becomes. These final increments will probably take several more months to complete."

Yet he faintly sensed that once the Spirit of Wind reached perfection, a legendary talent like Auspiciousness and Avoidance of Disaster might very well appear. Even if it took more time and effort, it would still be worth it.

"The Qi Eater talent was originally improving very slowly too, but cultivating it alongside the Tongyou Spell has instead accelerated its progress."

"In a few more days, this talent should be able to advance."

Wu Tian looked at Chili Mu, who was cultivating beside him. Although he had exited the Qi Eater state and could no longer sense the wondrous phenomena surrounding the girl during cultivation, his keen senses and Spirit of Wind still allowed him to detect the searing aura emanating from her.

"I wonder how many tenths as strong as Chili Mu I'll be after Qi Eater advances?"

He did not believe that Qi Eater would be able to match Chili Mu's talent immediately upon advancing. The progress she displayed was simply too terrifying—this was absolutely not an aptitude an ordinary person could possess.

"I wonder whether everyone with Immortal root aptitude is this terrifying, or whether Chili Mu's talent is exceptionally outstanding?"

Chili Mu sat cross-legged. A faint, lustrous glow covered her exquisite, fair little face. She chanted the Tongyou Spell, and as the spell grew more profound through cultivation, the rumbling sound it produced instead became quieter and quieter.

Once cultivated to perfection, its sound would vanish completely, like the muttering of ghosts and gods, unheard by ordinary mortals. It could communicate between yin and yang and converse with ghosts and gods.

Wu Tian shook the fur on his body and did not disturb the girl's cultivation. He slowly walked toward the doorway.

However, when he stepped out of the Bamboo building, he saw a black wind streak across the sky at an utterly terrifying speed.

"Man Xiongmu is back."

His movements involuntarily paused. "This time, Man Xiongmu has probably returned to take Chili Mu up the mountain."

Thoughts flashed through Wu Tian's mind. He wanted to accompany Chili Mu up the mountain. The resources the settlement could provide him were becoming fewer and fewer. Only by going to Skull Mountain could he obtain more opportunities.

"With Chili Mu's feelings for and dependence on me, she definitely wants to take me up the mountain with her. But will Man Xiongmu agree?"

He was somewhat uncertain. He had considered this matter during this period. Whether he could go up the mountain did not depend on him, nor did it depend on Chili Mu. It would only be possible if Man Xiongmu gave his approval.

"I hope I can successfully go up the mountain..."

Wu Tian was also slightly nervous. Although he could continue improving by staying in the settlement—after all, the Tongyou Spell still needed one or two years to reach perfection—once Chili Mu went up the mountain, his hopes of going there later would become exceedingly slim.

Even if Chili Mu's feelings for him were excellent now, people always grew up. After she cultivated on the mountain for several decades, who could say what the future would bring?

Wu Tian did not want to abandon the opportunity before him that had the greatest chance of success.

He quickly ran toward the center of the settlement. With the Thousand Mile Divine Speed talent, he moved extremely fast, flashing past like a streak of white light. Soon, he reached the Bronze Ancient Cauldron.

The members of the Hunting Team had all arrived and were waiting for him.

Wu Tian held a special position in the Hunting Team. Because of his presence, the team faced far fewer dangers in the mountains and forests, and the amount of prey they could hunt had also steadily increased.

Even Dog King Silver Frost was now far inferior to him!

"Haha, White Dragon has arrived. We should set out," Guxiong Mu said with a hearty laugh.

"Woof, woof, woof!"

Wu Tian barked several times at Silver Frost, then raised his head and barked wildly at the sky.

Guxiong Mu looked up and saw black wind descending from the heavens, landing right inside the settlement. The location appeared to be the Chieftain's Bamboo building.

He glanced at the restless Wu Tian and roughly understood what White Dragon meant. He could not help laughing. "You little fellow, do you want to go see the envoy, don't you? You're quite clever."

After a brief moment of thought, he said, "The Man Xiong Envoy has probably returned this time to take Chili Mu away. You'll likely have a hard time seeing each other in the future."

"Don't come hunting with us today. Go back and see Chili Mu off!"

Guxiong Mu knew that White Dragon possessed Spiritual Communication and could understand his words. After giving the order, he immediately called for the other members of the Hunting Team to set out.

Wu Tian barked twice at Silver Frost, reminding it to be careful, then ran swiftly toward the Bamboo building where Chili Mu was staying.

I must seize this chance to climb Skull Mountain!