I feed the worms with my body, I am the evil demon

"It's friendly."

A monk, shrouded in black robes and wearing a bronze mask on his face, came to a stop three feet in front of Gu Xiu.

Gu Xiu didn't find it strange to see the man dressed like this. There were countless people in Heimo Mountain who didn't show their true colors to others.

The mask on that man's face surprised Gu Xiu. It was able to block the detection of the Sky Eye Technique. As for whether it could block his spiritual consciousness, Gu Xiu didn't try.

Gu Xiu had known very early on that it was very impolite among monks to use their spiritual consciousness to spy on others. Those with bad tempers might get angry on the spot. What's more, this is Mount Blacko, and using one's spiritual consciousness to spy on others is a declaration of war.

"It's friendly." Gu Xiu returned the greeting.

The man's voice was a little old, "Did Fellow Taoist receive the sign?"

"Of course, I wonder what you are looking for and how dangerous it is?" Gu Xiu asked.

The man nodded and said, "Look for some rare spiritual plants. Fellow Taoist Huan Xin Guo should know about it. There are dangers everywhere in Hemo Mountain, but with my nine-level Qi refining cultivation and another one at the tenth level, I My fellow Taoists on the ninth level, we and the four of us can handle the danger if we find it in Xunshan."

Gu Xiu, the Huanxin Fruit, naturally knows that it is one of the three main materials for refining the Foundation Building Pill.

"That's true." Gu Xiu chuckled.

"I'm Xu Er, don't you know your friend's name?" Xu Er raised his head slightly, only two eyes were exposed under the bronze mask.

When he heard that it was a fake name, Gu Xiu cursed and said with a smile, "I'm Gu Mu."

"Okay, everyone has been gathered. In three days' time, the entrance to the Wanxue Mountain Range will be waiting for you, the ancient Taoist friend. Apart from the fifty low-grade spiritual stones, except for what I am looking for, the three of you will share the rest equally."

"Easy to say."

Watching Xu Er's figure go away, Gu Xiu put away his contempt. He carefully analyzed that it was common for casual cultivators to search for foundation elixir materials on their own; after all, the main spiritual materials were monopolized and could rarely be purchased. It’s okay if you don’t know how to make alchemy. There are alchemists from the Chamber of Commerce who will charge expensive fees to help you make it, but the premise is that you have to provide the materials.

But if this person dares to find a casual cultivator who is also at the tenth level, isn't he afraid of being robbed?

The raw materials of the Foundation Building Pill are valuable, and when they reach the tenth level, they are eager to build the Foundation, which increases the value of the Magic Heart Fruit and other materials again.

"Or is the other tenth-level monk his companion?"

Gu Xiu murmured to himself, and said it nicely, except for the Fantasy Heart Fruit, the rest were equally divided, but once there were traces of the Fantasy Heart Fruit, Gu Xiu believed that no one present would be unmoved.

"Or are the other two his companions?"

Thinking of this, Gu Xiu chuckled, "Interesting."

Regardless of whether it was true or not, Gu Xiu returned to the cave and took out all the essence-nourishing pills. He held a green spirit stone in each hand. He wanted to use this to reach the tenth level in one fell swoop.

The elixir entered their stomachs, and the thirteen cicadas chirped in unison. They quickly climbed up along Gu Xiu's wood spirit roots. The entire cave was full of spiritual energy, and the magic circle was operating at full strength.

About half an hour later, Gu Xiu suddenly opened his eyes. A halo of green mana almost solidified around him.

Under inner observation, the fog in the Dantian Qi sea was hazy, and the pure essence seemed to be about to turn into liquid.

"My mana when I first entered the tenth level is probably deeper than those who were immortal at the tenth level. No wonder it is difficult to break through."

Feeling the majestic magic power in his body, Gu Xiu understood in his heart that monks fought not only with magical weapons, talismans, etc., but also with deep magic power. Two monks of similar realms would fight for a long time to see whose magic power could hold up. live.

Just like Gu Xiu's activation of the talisman, the middle-grade flying sword talisman was unable to unleash its full power with his six or seven-level cultivation at the time.

Because at that time, his own mana was too low to fully activate the talisman. Before each activation, it would take a period of time to pour mana into it to obtain the activated state.

It's different now. With the tenth level of mana cultivation, the flying sword talisman can be activated instantly and the full power of the flying sword talisman can be exerted.

It's a pity that the spiritual energy stored in the flying sword talisman is only enough to activate it once.

As for the top-grade green vine horned dragon talisman, Gu Xiu's current cultivation level can only inspire 40 to 50% of its power at most. Unless Gu Xiu poured all his magic power into it regardless of the consequences, and obtained 70% of the power of the talisman.

But this will cause Gu Xiu to lose his mana for a period of time after activating the talisman. This is a very unwise choice.

Before foundation building, high-grade talismans and high-end magic weapons can actually only exert half of their power at most.

After calming down the spiritual energy in his body, Gu Xiu sat cross-legged on the stone bed and took out the intermediate spell book.

The Immortal Cultivation World Law only teaches cultivation methods. These middle and low-level spells are still common, but spells also require innate understanding.

What do you mean by understanding? A popular saying in the market is, "This kid has a really good brain and is destined to be named on the gold medal list."

To put it bluntly, it's just that the brains are too bright but not smart. Some monks have very good spiritual roots but very poor understanding. It may take a long time to ponder even a small spell.

Some monks have excellent understanding even if they have useless spiritual roots, but their weak spiritual roots and weak magic power are destined to be unable to keep up with the demand for casting spells.

There are also monks who have both natural talent and understanding. These are what people call the proud ones of heaven.

Gu Xiulinggen still had excellent understanding, so he first found a spell to conceal his breath and escape.

Attacking spells requires a period of time to formulate and recite the spells, and then mobilize the mana to condense, which takes a lot of time. Generally, when fighting alone, everyone chooses the faster and more effective one.

At this time, the role of the spiritual talisman is great. Various spells are sealed in the spiritual talisman. Even if there is no corresponding spiritual root, it can be cast, and it is faster than the time it takes to condense the spells yourself.

Of course, if you practice a spell to the pinnacle and form a spell imprint in your body, you can naturally cast it quickly, but this requires a lot of time to accumulate.

And what cultivators often lack is time. You have to learn one of the hundred arts of cultivating immortals to avoid starving to death. You have to meditate and absorb often to cultivate, and you have to earn spirit stones, etc., all of which take time.

Or you can use the most brutal method to inject mana into magic tools to hit people, which has been tried and tested.

But this method must consider the depth of your own mana storage, otherwise if you are blocked by others, your mana will be depleted, which will be a disaster.

So this is why magic tools and spirit talismans are expensive.

Now Gu Xiu has many offensive means, and he doesn't need to spend time learning offensive spells for the time being, so he has set his sights on the intermediate-level breath-holding technique.

This technique will not emit a breath when it is hidden, and is specifically used to deal with exploration spells such as the intermediate-level sky eye technique and the delusion-breaking technique. Unless you have a more advanced exploration technique or a strong spiritual consciousness, you can find it.

Gu Xiu chose the Earth Escape Technique. There are two types of escape techniques in the magic collection, water escape and earth escape. The intermediate earth escape can go two meters underground, and the speed is twice as fast as the low-level one. Unfortunately, this technique is extremely difficult to learn.

Even if Gu Xiu has excellent comprehension, he has to practice diligently for at least half a year to master it.

The Five Elements Escape Technique is the most difficult to learn among the escape techniques. For example, the three types of gold escape, fire escape and wood escape are not in this intermediate magic collection, let alone learning.

After choosing the technique, Gu Xiu began to close his eyes. He had to understand the operation of the intermediate breath-holding technique in two days.