Chapter 87: Refining the Flying Sword and Trying to Build a Foundation

Man Jin's self-touching made Xu He speechless.

He actually didn't do anything, just gave back some pills as an exchange, which was far from an equal exchange.

But just this little bit of kindness touched Man Jin greatly.

It can be seen what the Xiang clan had experienced before.

"You don't have to call me benefactor, just call me Xu Hei."

"Well, if you have the chance, you must come to my Xiang clan as a guest, and my whole clan will welcome you."

"..."

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After seeing off Man Jin, Xu Hei returned to the cave.

Xu Hei has always been cautious in his life. Even if Man Jin said that he wanted to repay him that day, he did not show up.

Although most cultivators are cunning by nature, there are also some honest, kind and simple people, and Man Jin is one of them.

In the final analysis, it's all for survival.

For example, the old ape lived for more than a hundred years. He had a foundation-building cultivation base before and was seriously injured before falling. His experience was much richer than Xu Hei's, which can be seen from his storage magic tools.

Xu Hei began to count the old ape's treasures.

Longbow, bone arrows, soul-swallowing ivory, iron pot, refining furnace, stick, medicinal herbs...

All the low-level things were taken away, leaving only four treasures.

Soul-swallowing ivory, iron pot, a parchment roll, and a key.

On the parchment roll, there was a map with very detailed textures, and the veins could be seen clearly even if it was magnified a thousand times.

"This is... a map of the Wushan Mountains!" Xu Hei said with concentration.

This map is very large, almost covering most of the areas outside Wushan. Where there are monsters, it is all clear at a glance.

Xu Hei's location is a valley with a red dot and two snakes drawn on it.

One hundred miles to the north, there is a bear drawn with a big red dot. It is the Ice Soul Giant Bear mentioned by Hei Huang, in the late stage of foundation-building.

The mongoose is just two hundred miles away, and the red dot is slightly smaller than the Ice Soul Giant Bear.

The elephant herd is in the corner of the map, located in a hot spring plain thousands of miles away, with a river village next to it, and the red dot marked is the largest.

And deep in the Wushan Mountains, there are some black dots, with some strange monsters drawn, a three-headed wolf, a four-winged bird... Xu Hei knows without looking that this must be a big monster in the demon pill period.

Animals will undergo a series of changes when they become monsters, and it is not surprising to see anything.

Of course, he has never seen a long-legged fish.

In addition, there are some areas with crosses drawn, and Xu Hei does not understand what they mean.

However, there is a place with a cross drawn, which Xu Hei has been to, and it is the abandoned mine.

"Does this place with a cross represent extreme danger?" Xu Hei looked thoughtful.

With the ability of the old ape, this map is definitely not so complete. It should be inherited from others, and he has also made updates.

Although this thing is not a magic weapon, it is extremely valuable. Xu Hei took out the jade slip, copied a copy, and carefully kept it.

As for the iron pot, after Xu Hei probed into it with his spiritual sense, he found that it was a mid-grade spiritual treasure, that is, a magical tool used in the middle stage of foundation building.

No wonder the earth nail could not penetrate it.

Xu Hei quickly refined it and put it into the storage bag.

In the end, only a key and half an ivory were left.

The key was made of unknown material, and there were countless complex patterns on it, like the deconstruction array that Hei Huang had given him.

Xu Hei tried to scrape it with scales and found that it was not damaged at all, which surprised Xu Hei a little. It was the first time he encountered something that scales could not damage.

"This material is better than the flying sword of the Jindan stage. I don't know what the key is."

Xu Hei pondered for a moment and carefully put the key away.

Xu Hei rolled up the ivory and began to cut it with scales.

Ivory has its own spiritual charm. It does not require superb refining technology. It only needs to be polished into shape to play its role.

It took a day to make a flying sword by Xu Hei.

This sword is one meter long, white as jade, and the blade is curved like a snake, with only the blade and no hilt. This is purely Xu Hei's personal hobby.

Generally speaking, only when you reach the foundation-building stage can you control the flying sword and fly with it.

However, Xu Hei is born with a strong spiritual consciousness, and now he can control the flying sword freely without the blessing of gravity.

The ivory residues that were polished were also collected by Xu Hei. When the time comes, he can use the refining furnace to melt and make some scraps to avoid waste.

Xu Hei also tried to polish the other two ivory tusks, but the process was extremely difficult. He tried his best and could only cut a little bit of the scales.

According to this progress, it may take half a year to form. Xu Hei doesn't have so much time to waste, so he might as well wait until he builds his foundation before considering it.

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The cave next door.

"Ahhh!!!"

Xiao Chou screamed hysterically, staring at his grown arm, his voice was shrill and high.

At this moment, his right arm was covered with fluffy red hair, and his arm was long and thick, just like a long-armed ape.

"Ah! Help, help!"

Xiao Chou ran to Xu Bai and cried, "Senior Bai, save me, save me! What happened to my arm?"

He shook his arm, and it was the same as the red-haired monkey.

Xu Bai looked at him and smiled, "Don't panic, this is my latest research on flesh and blood transplantation technology. I transplanted the flesh and blood of the gibbon monster to you, which can help you recover quickly! Not only that, your arm can also be like the gibbon, stretching freely and with infinite strength!"

Xiao Chou's face turned pale.

His arm turned into a monkey hand?

Oh my God, how can he face people? How can he get married again?

"Can I... change back?" Xiao Chou asked tentatively.

"Why should I change back? Aren't humans just monkeys? Besides, isn't it good to become stronger?" Xu Bai didn't quite understand and asked back.

Xiao Chou was stunned.

He waved his strange arm, and there were bursts of wind breaking sounds. His strength seemed to have really increased a lot.

He punched the wall, and the formation shook violently and trembled non-stop.

"It really became stronger!"

But immediately, Xiao Chou shook his head violently, "No, this is too ugly, can you remove this hair? And this size, it's too long!"

In fact, if it can enhance strength, it is not unacceptable to be ugly. As a cultivator, this trade-off is still there.

Xu Bai frowned and said, "Do you want to change your look?"

"Yes, just close to normal humans." Xiao Chou nodded quickly.

"It's not impossible."

Xu Bai pondered for a moment, took out a bottle of snake venom, and handed it over, "Use this to suppress the blood of the gibbon."

Xiao Chou took it and drank it all in one gulp.

"Hey! It really works..."

Xiao Chou saw the red hair on his arm falling off piece by piece, and the size returned to normal.

But soon, he felt a hot current rushing straight to his brain, and his eyes went black and he lost consciousness.

"This is for external application." Xu Bai said.

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Time passed, and winter came.

Snow fell in the deep mountains and old forests, covering the earth with white frost. Most of the animals in the mountains chose to hibernate or migrate to warm places. Only a few could live in the cold winter.

Xu He looked at the silver-white world outside, exhaled a breath of hot air, and returned to the cave.

Now, his cultivation has reached the peak of the ninth level of the spiritual stage, which is the great perfection of the spiritual stage.

He can already maintain his body temperature like a warm-blooded animal, but it will continue to consume true energy.

This makes it unsuitable for snake demons to go out, and most of them will choose to hibernate and retreat.

"It's time to build the foundation."

Xu Hei took out the foundation-building pill and placed it next to him. Recalling the experience taught by Hei Huang, he took a deep breath and calmed his mind.

An hour later, Xu Hei was sure that his condition had reached the best.

He no longer hesitated, first took out the golden eagle meat prepared in advance, swallowed it in one gulp, and his body immediately swelled into a small mountain.

The whole golden eagle entered his body, Xu Hei operated the demon god cauldron, and quickly refined it. The majestic blood and qi gushed out, turning into thin lines, rushing out of Xu Hei's meridians.

Xu Hei's breath was growing at a terrifying speed, and black and gold scales also appeared, spreading from the tail to the middle of the body, and continued to spread upwards.

The layer of obstruction that seemed to be there was also gradually broken.

When Xu Hei's blood and qi reached its peak a week later, Xu Hei no longer hesitated, opened his mouth and took a breath, and swallowed the foundation-building pill.

"Boom!!"

There was a loud noise in the body, and the spiritual liquid in the demon god cauldron was undergoing a shocking change.

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In the southern part of Chu State, at the border with Qin State, there was Yanluo River.

A huge official ship was sailing in the Yanluo River. This place was the upper reaches, and the strong wind was so strong that even the cultivators in the foundation-building period did not dare to fly at will.

In the hall of the official ship, there sat a middle-aged cultivator. This person had a plain appearance and a weak breath, just like an ordinary person. But no one present dared to underestimate him. This person was the great elder of the Tiangui Sect, the Thousand Puppet King, Qin Xuanji.

He alone was equivalent to a large army.

On both sides of the hall, a group of cultivators sat on the ground. They came from various sects in the southern part of Chu State.

Mountain Moving Sect, Xiaoyao Sect, Zixia Sect, Taixuan Sect...even the Snake Catching Sect was there.

Elder Zhou and the Qin nobles whom Xu He had met last time were also among them.

If this scene was seen by the Chu State Astronomical Supervisor, it would definitely cause anger.

It was a big taboo for the Chu clan to meet with high-ranking officials of the Qin State.