The Counterattack of the Villains

Without much effort, Duan Lang found the Fire Scale Sword after pulling away a pile of floating soil in front of the corpse.

The Fire Spirit Sword is three feet and one inch long, about two fingers wide, and is entirely red.

As soon as it was held in Duanlang's hand, it emitted an extremely hot aura, making the cave where the temperature was already high become even more stuffy.

Duan Lang caressed the sword with joy. Nie Feng, who was beside him, was also happy for his good friend and said with a smile: "Duan Lang, congratulations."

Duan Lang nodded happily to him, then held the Fire Scale Sword upside down, knelt in front of the corpse again, and solemnly said: "Dad, if I find the Fire Scale Sword, I will definitely revive the reputation of Nanlin Sword Head. Your soul in heaven, please rest in peace."

Bar!"

After saying this, he kowtowed three times, then did not stand up. He turned around to face Li Mu, kowtowed again and said, "The gang leader owes Duan Lang as much kindness as a mountain. Duan Lang is willing to go through fire and water for the gang leader, even if he has to die."

Li Mu stepped forward to help him up, and said happily: "Get up, you can regain the Fire Scale Sword, and there is hope that the Duan family will rise again. I am also happy for you."

"But I have some words that you still need to keep in mind."

Duan Lang lowered his head and clasped his fists and said, "Please help the bishop teach me."

Li Muzheng said seriously: "You must also know that this fire scale sword has a close relationship with the fire demon. The so-called fire demon is actually an ancient fire unicorn."

"The Fire Scale Sword is named after the scale of a fire unicorn inlaid on the blade. Therefore, this sword contains strong magical properties."

"The scales of the fire unicorn can generate a strange force on their own, which can increase the skill of the person holding the sword. When combined with the family-breaking sun eclipse sword technique, it is even more powerful."

"But if you hold the sword for a long time, it will appear that the sword controls the human heart, causing people to have evil thoughts and find it difficult to extricate themselves. If you cannot keep your mind clear, it is not the person who controls the sword, but the sword that controls the person."

"So in the future, the Fire Scale Sword cannot be easily unsheathed, let alone used as a conventional weapon. It is best to use it as a trump card at the bottom of the box."

After listening to Li Mu's words, Duan Lang looked solemn, and Nie Feng at the side suddenly said: "Master, my Nie family's Bingxin Jue can keep people's minds clear."

"My disciple is willing to pass on the Ice Heart Technique to Duan Lang to help him control the Fire Scale Sword. However, the Ice Heart Technique my disciple has learned is incomplete. The effect may not be that strong, but it should have some effect."

Hearing this, Duan Lang looked at Nie Feng gratefully and nodded to him.

Li Mu happily said: "Yes, the Nie family's Bingxin Jue is the best way to fight against the demonic nature of the fire unicorn. I am very pleased that you are willing to take the initiative to use it, Feng'er."

"Duanlang, you should practice diligently in the future and always keep your mind clear. When your skills get deeper and reach the level of your father, you will be able to perfectly control the Fire Scale Sword."

Duanlang clasped his fists and bowed, "I will obey the instructions of the gang leader."

Li Mu took off his cloak and handed it to Duan Lang, saying: "Wrap your father's bones first, then take them out for burial when you leave, and let the others rest."

Duanlang said gratefully: "Thank you, leader."

Duan Lang took the cloak, first pulled out the sword he had put aside, and then inserted the fire scale sword into its sheath.

As soon as the Fire Scale Sword left Duan Lang's hand, the fiery aura immediately subsided.

His portable sword was originally made according to the specifications of the Fire Scale Sword, and the scabbard fit perfectly with the Fire Scale Sword.

He asked the gang for a rope, cut two pieces, and tied one to the upper and lower ends of the scabbard. Then he put the Fire Scale Sword on his back and tied the two rope ends in a knot on his chest.

With the Fire Scale Sword on his back, he inserted the long steel sword in the shape of the Fire Scale Sword aside, and then stepped forward to wrap his father's bones with Li Mu's cloak and beat it into a bundle.

Everyone found a place to sit down, drink water and eat dry food. Nie Feng took a portion of dry food and water, handed it to Li Mu, and said: "Master, eat something!"

Li Mu waved his hand and said, "No need."

Nie Feng said in surprise: "Master, you haven't eaten a grain of rice since morning, haven't touched a drop of water, are you neither thirsty nor hungry?"

Li Mu smiled slightly and said: "Not just today, from the time you left the Tianxiahui to today, have any of you seen my gang leader eating or drinking?"

"ah!?"

Nie Feng and Duan Lang, who finished their business and walked back to Li Mu, were both shocked. The "Ah" was filled with great surprise and confusion.

The gang members were also discussing in low voices. After asking each other, they found that no one had seen the gang leader eating or drinking in the past twenty days, and they couldn't help but be shocked.

Li Mu smiled and said: "Don't be surprised. When martial arts practice reaches a certain level, you can live without grain. You can also do it in the future. You can eat it yourself! Don't worry about being a teacher."

"Yes." Nie Feng responded blankly, and sat aside with the equally confused Duan Lang.

Li Mu walked through the caves one by one, secretly practicing the Tianshuang Fist technique, and carefully sensed the intensity of firepower emitted by each passage.

Duanlang drank some water and ate dry food, and said softly: "I really don't know how far the gang leader's martial arts has reached."

"Bigu, isn't that what the rumors say only Taoist cultivators can do if their cultivation reaches an extremely high level?"

Nie Feng also said softly: "Even the Taoist practitioners who are rumored to be able to live without grains need at least a glass of water every day, but Master doesn't even drink water."

The more the two of them discussed, the more they became in awe of Li Mu, let alone those who helped him.

After Li Mu turned around, he suddenly thought of a brilliant idea. Instead of looking for the fire unicorn everywhere, it would be better to let it come to the door on its own.

After scanning the crowd, he did not take action immediately, but waited for the gang to finish eating and rest for a while before walking to the center of the cave.

"Everyone, sit where you are and don't move. Use your inner strength to resist the cold."

After Li Mu gave the order, he clenched his hands into fists and crossed them on his chest. A cold breath instantly spread out, causing the temperature in the cave to drop.

Li Mu's fists showed an icy blue color, and infinite cold air continued to rise. The next moment, Li Mu's fists alternately blasted out in all directions.

There was no loud noise or splashing of earth and rocks, but every time Li Mu punched out, a thick layer of ice appeared out of thin air on the cave wall.

In an instant, the entire cave wall was covered with several feet of ice, making the space of the cave several times smaller.

Even the passages inside the cave entrances have ice spreading into them.

If the temperature in the cave was no less than fifty degrees before, then the temperature in the cave at this moment is no higher than twenty degrees, and is even dropping rapidly.

Only then did Nie Feng Duanlang and his gang understand the meaning of Li Mu's words, and they quickly used their internal strength to resist the huge temperature change.

If an ordinary person were to suddenly switch from extreme heat to extreme cold, his body would probably have problems in a matter of seconds.

After Li Mu made this cave into an ice cave, he slapped soft palm winds at the entrances of the caves.

This palm wind will not cause any destructive power, but will blow the cold air far away along the passages everywhere.

At first, everyone didn't understand why Li Mu did this. It wasn't until a moment later that a beast roar could be heard faintly from the depths of the cave that everyone finally understood.

Nie Feng suddenly said: "It turns out that the fire unicorn is surrounded by flames all year round, so it is naturally disgusted with water. This is also the reason why water flooded the knees of the Great Buddha and burned Lingyun Cave."

"Since you hate water so much, you are even more disgusted with the cold air. Master's move is to actively draw out the Fire Qilin."

Li Mu said in a deep voice: "That's it. The Fire Qilin is coming. Everyone, be careful and go to the back. You can't deal with this beast."

All the members of the gang ran behind Li Mu as instructed. Only Nie Feng and Duan Lang, who was holding the stainless steel sword, were half a step behind, standing beside Li Mu.

"Roar……"

In a moment, the roar of the beast came much closer, and a strong burst of fire blew in, causing the ice in the passage and cave to begin to melt.

This also let Li Mu know which passage the Fire Qilin came out from.

The cold aura on Li Mu's fists became stronger and stronger, and his eyes were fixed on one of the cave entrances on the mountain wall.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Accompanied by the heavy sound of hoofbeats, the passage was ablaze with flames. Before the Fire Qilin arrived, the flames had already surged out along the passage.

Li Mu did not hesitate, and punched out with both fists quickly and continuously, blasting the Tianshuang fist force continuously into the passage.

The flames pouring out of the channel were immediately suppressed and extinguished at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the ice in the channel became thicker and thicker.

"Roar……"

This beast's roar was so close that it was quite deafening, and the whole cave was shaking slightly.

After a few breaths, everyone finally saw a red, huge alien beast appear in their sights.

The lion's head, antlers, tiger's eyes, elk's body, dragon scales, and ox's tail are exactly the image of the legendary Kirin.

Nie Feng and Duan Lang met once more than ten years ago, but that time the Fire Qilin was completely enveloped in flames, and they did not see clearly what the so-called Fire Demon actually looked like.

This time, they used Li Mu's Tianshuang Fist to suppress the flames all over the Fire Qilin, and they finally saw the Fire Qilin's appearance clearly.

"Roar……"

Although the Tianshuang Fist can suppress the flames on Fire Qilin's body, it cannot completely extinguish it, nor can it cause any substantial harm to it.

The fire unicorn's physical combat power is also not weak, and Li Mu cannot let it get close to him.

Although he himself possesses the immense power of fifteen levels of dragon-elephant prajna skill, others cannot compete with the fire unicorn.

So Li Mu dispersed the strength of Tianshuang Fist, drew a circle with his palms on his chest, and met them in his abdomen.

A ball of air, which was highly condensed and took on the shape of a transparent water ball, the size of a basketball, condensed between his palms.

It is the three-point return of vitality.

The moment the Fire Qilin rushed out of the passage, Li Mu pushed forward with both palms without hesitation, and the air ball flashed past.

"Bang"

With a muffled sound, the air ball hit the Fire Qilin's head impartially, causing it to lean backwards. It fell back into the passage with its belly facing up, hit the ground heavily, and slid back a certain distance.

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But the next moment, Huo Qilin turned over and got up.

It shook and staggered its lion-like head, and there was only a thin layer of flames left on its body, less than three inches.

At this time, its eyes looked at Li Mu, filled with a mixture of anger and fear.

When it finally stood firm, it took a deep look at Li Mu, then turned around and fled deeper into the cave.

Li Muchen shouted: "Follow it, Feng'er, and make sure to note down the route along the way."

"yes."

As he spoke, Li Mu was already the first to use his body skills to rush into the cave and tightly attached himself to the Fire Qilin. However, he always kept a distance from the Fire Qilin and did not completely catch up.

His purpose was not to kill the Fire Qilin, but to find its usual habitat.

There are not only the bones of Blood Bodhi and Nie Ying, but also the complete Bingxin Jue and Aohan Six Jue, as well as the Dragon Vein and Xuanyuan Sword.

Finally, there is the stone chamber where Wu Wudi left behind his true Xuanwu skills and top ten martial arts, which should be nearby.

As long as you focus on the place where the fire unicorn lives, you will be able to find these things sooner or later.

Li Mu has no intention of moving the dragon vein. This is the destiny of the land of China. Once there is a problem with the dragon vein, the land of China will surely suffer a huge disaster.

The "Thousand-Year Catastrophe" in the original plot is inseparable from the destruction of the Dragon Vein, so Li Mu will not only not touch the Dragon Vein, but will protect it with all his strength and prevent anyone from touching it.

As for the Xuanyuan Sword, it is a royal sword and is inherently incompatible with Li Mu.

Although Li Mu's current governing policy is to give equal weight to kings and hegemons, Xiong Ba's martial arts is purely hegemonic.

He is a tyrant, and if he wants to exert the power of his martial arts, he can only adopt the domineering way, which is also the way that Li Mu prefers.

Changing your path just for the sake of a magic weapon is definitely not worth the gain, and you are destined to not go far in the future.

The "Tao" must be firm. Only when the road reaches the darkest point can you have a chance to see the scenery at the end.

It is difficult to enter the Tao with half-heartedness, and at the same time it also casts doubt on the path you are following. How can you talk about entering the Tao?

Since the system allows him to be replaced by Xiong Ba as soon as he comes into contact with the world of high-level martial arts, it means that Li Mu is destined to be Ba Dao, and he should just follow this path.

The royal way is based on morality, but it is easy to be kidnapped by morality and restrained.

Domination seeks strength. While using strength to overwhelm the world, you also use strength to prove the Tao.

This is the path Li Mu intends to take, and he will not change his path just for the sake of a magic weapon.

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Because Huo Qilin had been seriously injured by Li Mu's three-point recovery energy, his running speed was not very fast, and even the gang members could easily keep up.

Li Mu still left a palm print and a number every time he passed through a cave entrance.

Although Nie Feng had no time to draw a picture at this time, he had a good memory and the route he had taken along the way was firmly remembered in his mind.

After running forward with Huo Qilin for a long time, the gang members' clothes were soaked with sweat, and finally they arrived at a large cave.

At this time, the fire unicorn seemed to have reached its limit. The flames on its body had completely disappeared, and the scales on its body could be clearly seen.

It staggered to a corner of the cave near the cave wall, took one last look at Li Mu and his entourage, and let out a sad roar, then collapsed against the cave wall.

After Huo Qilin fell, his skin quickly changed from bright red to dark red, giving him a lifeless feeling.

Duanlang asked: "Is it dead?"

Li Mu nodded and said: "With death, the feud between your two families can be considered avenged."

Duan Lang said solemnly: "I will cut it into eight pieces and use its head to pay tribute to my father and Uncle Nie."

Li Mu stretched out his hand to stop him and sighed: "Forget it, no matter what, Qilin is also one of the auspicious beasts of my land in China."

"Although I don't know why, this fire unicorn possesses such strong demonic nature, but since it is dead, all grudges should be wiped out! Leave its whole body."

Duanlang saw that and then gave up. He cupped his fists and bowed, "Yes, the leader is merciful."

Li Mu didn't let Duan Lang cut the Fire Qilin into pieces because he knew that the four auspicious beasts could be resurrected as long as their essence was not taken away and their bodies were not damaged.

In fact, the fire unicorn is not a fire demon. The meaning of its existence is to protect the dragon vein. The reason why it attacks people near Lingyun Cave is to prevent outsiders from approaching the dragon vein.

As for the scales and blood on its body that make people become possessed, that’s because humans don’t have enough life levels to control the flesh and blood of mythical beasts. What does it have to do with it?

－－－－－－Digression－－－－－

There's been a lot going on lately, and I can't keep up with the amount of updates. I'll wait until I'm done with this section, and I'll try my best to type. Sorry.