Chapter Ninety-six: Blocking the Road and Robbing

  Later on, there will be another way (_--). Lu Shaoyou thought to himself.

  "Try the Fire Shadow Finger again." Lu Shaoyou said lightly, his true energy surging out of his body. His hand changed into a hand seal, and immediately five red finger prints burst out from his right hand. The five red finger prints had a scorching aura, bringing with them a powerful and fierce energy that pierced through the air, causing the space to produce a sharp breaking wind sound.

  "Hsss... Hsss..."

  On the stone wall, debris flew everywhere, and five finger prints thundered onto the steep rock wall, instantly forming five one-meter-deep holes, with shallow cracks appearing around the surrounding rock wall.

  Huoying Finger, the fire-type star-level primary martial skill that Lu Shao had obtained from Huoyin Guai's hands. At that time, when Huoyin Guai was fighting against Baimaow Longlao, this Huoying Finger also showed extraordinary power.

  Lu Shao opened the jade slip and found out that it was Huo Yin's Fire Shadow Finger technique. Lu Shao had personally witnessed this technique before, its power was not ordinary, and he happened to need a fire-type martial skill, so he cultivated it.

  Cultivating the star-level martial skill was much easier than cultivating the Knife Soul Technique. In this one month, Lu Shaoyou only cultivated the Fire Shadow Finger in his spare time while cultivating the Knife Soul Technique and had already made some small achievements.

  Although the Fire Shadow Finger and Knife Soul Technique have achieved some success, Lu Shaoyou knew that truly mastering a martial skill was not as simple as just successfully cultivating it. Every strong practitioner had spent decades or even their entire lifetime studying their martial skills in order to fully unleash its power.

  For example, among peers of the same cultivation level, a person who has just cultivated a Xuan-level martial skill and a person who has been cultivating a star-level martial skill for decades are compared. The winning probability is actually higher for the star-level martial skill. The same martial skill, when performed by different people, also has varying degrees of power, with some being stronger or weaker, which entirely depends on the control of the martial skill.

  "It's been a month, they should have arrived at Yunyang Sect by now." Lu Shaoyou gazed up at the mountain valley above, if he hadn't fallen off this cliff, he would have also arrived at Yunyang Sect by now.

  However, thinking about it, Lu Shao had to admit that he was somewhat grateful for falling off the cliff. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to meet Sheng Shou Ling Zun, this cheap master, and even more so, obtain the Tian Ling Record.

  Lu Shao was calculating in his heart, now he could only think of a way to get to Yunyang Sect. Nan Shu wanted him to obtain the Ten Thousand Year Red Copper and the Floating Light Shadow Body Technique martial skill, and he naturally had to get it, but all this also required him to first leave the mountain valley.

  Within this month, apart from successfully refining the Knife Soul Technique and Flame Shadow Finger, Lu Shao had an unexpected gain. With the help of the Lingyu Bed, his spiritual energy also reached the peak of a Second-Order Spiritual Master within this month. As for his True Qi, it was always on the verge of breaking through at any moment.

  At the same time this month, Lu Shaoyou also pondered the Tianling Record. The puppet refining, array methods and beast controlling techniques loaded in the Tianling Record were all extremely profound and couldn't be learned in a short period of time. They required slow and careful study, which was something Lu Shaoyou had patience for.

  As long as he had time, Lu Shao would carefully study the Heavenly Spirit Record. The more he understood it, the more he felt that this Heavenly Spirit Record was vast and profound beyond compare.

  "It's gone." Lu Shaoyou said softly, and then returned to the stone room, putting the Lingyu bed into his own storage ring. This important thing was stored in Lu Shaoyou's hidden storage ring, while the outer storage bag contained some unimportant items. As for the storage ring obtained from Master Shi's hands, it was clearly not an ordinary item. In terms of space, it was more than twice as large as the one given by Nansheng, with an area of over 200 square meters. Its value was absolutely not trivial, but it could not be hidden in his body.

  Lu Shao-yu didn't plan to use the storage ring, so he put it away in his own storage ring. When leaving the stone room, Lu Shao-yu also pulled out all the night pearls from the stone room. These were also valuable items that would sell well another day. Lu Shao-yu wouldn't let them go to waste. There were over a thousand night pearls, which added up to a substantial income.

  Lu Shao Yu tidied up everything, left the cave and went to pay his respects at the tomb of his master, Sheng Shou Ling Zun. After a moment's thought, he suddenly began searching for Xiao Long.

  Xiao Long has become a nightmare for all the animals in the valley over the past month. Since Xiao Long arrived at the valley, the original animals in the valley no longer dare to appear, and those who do appear have become a delicious meal in Xiao Long's mouth.

  As for Xiao Long, Lu Shao didn't know much about him either. He didn't know what level Xiao Long had reached. According to Lu Shao's estimation, the last time Xiao Long shed his skin, he estimated that Xiao Long might have reached the second-tier spiritual beast level. However, Xiao Long's defensive power seemed too unbelievable, even the Fire Shadow couldn't hurt him, which made Lu Shao somewhat doubt Xiao Long's level. A second-tier spiritual beast with such a powerful defense? That was just too abnormal.

  "Whoosh...whoosh..."

  In the woods, a yellow millet-like lightning flashed through space and landed in Lu Shaoyou's hand, which was actually Xiaolong.

  "You've eaten your fill, we should get going." Lu Shaoyou said affectionately as he stroked the little dragon's head.

  Xiao Long's round and shiny little eyes seemed to be speaking as they looked at Lu Shao Yu, his tail wagging slightly before nodding, as if he could understand what Lu Shao Yu was saying, looking extremely adorable.

  "We'll make a wooden raft first," said Lu Shao-yu, and then he went into the forest, pulled out the green long sword that was used to dig holes in the ground, cut down eight straight tree branches as thick as a bowl, and then found some rattans in the forest, made them into a wooden raft. Without a raft, it would be impossible to drift downstream.

  "Little Dragon, let's go." After finishing all this, Lu Shaoyou said, Little Dragon understood and immediately circled around to land on Lu Shaoyou's shoulder. Without Lu Shaoyou's command, Little Dragon wouldn't think of going into his sleeve, it still liked being outside a bit more.

  Lu Shiyong pushed the wooden raft to the middle of the water, jumped up and grabbed a long wooden stick the size of an infant's arm, and gently pushed it. The wooden raft immediately flowed downstream.

  "Master, I'm leaving. Tianling Record, I'll find a way to send it to the Duanmu family in Moyun City." Lu Shaoyou said as he gazed at the valley, and the wooden raft drifted down with the current, slowly moving downstream.

  Controlling the raft, following the river flow, watching the valley disappear gradually, on both sides, it has become a long and endless canyon. The speed of the river water is not very fast, Lu Shao-yu must rely on the wooden stick to slide down to the lower reaches.

  Above the canyon was a thick layer of fog, and it was impossible to see clearly above. Lu Shao thought that this should be the bottom of the cliff where he had fallen from.

  The two sides of the canyon are thick and hard stone walls, with uneven stone walls. In the canyon above the rocky stream, Lu Shao-yu can still faintly hear a few animal calls, this is indeed a pure land.

  Two days later, the river had become narrower and narrower, and finally, even a wooden raft could not pass through. Lu Shiyong had no choice but to dismantle the raft and proceed on foot.

  After several hours, the original eight wooden logs tied together had been reduced to three, and this gorge could barely tolerate one person passing through.

  "Is the exit just here?" A moment later, there was no road ahead, a stone wall blocked the front of the wooden raft, but on the water surface, if you looked carefully, you could vaguely see that there was a flow of water swaying, and the inside of the water surface was flowing, which made this swaying possible.

  "It's here." Lu Shaoyou said softly, then turned to the little dragon on his shoulder and said: "Little Dragon, are you ready? We're going diving now."

  "Heh heh."

  The little dragon spat out the seeds and with its round eyes glanced at Lu Shao, then immediately dove into the water, seemingly not afraid of it.

  Lu Shaoyou took a deep breath, and a faint halo appeared around his body. He then jumped into the water, which was still relatively clear. He sank to a depth of about ten meters before seeing a one-meter-wide whirlpool in front of him, with water flowing outward from it.

  Lu Shao didn't hesitate, this was the exit, and he immediately plunged into the whirlpool. The force of the water flow instantly pulled Lu Shao forward, while Xiao Long curiously followed behind him.

  It was about twenty minutes later, Lu Shaoyou felt that he was already a bit suffocated, holding his breath in the water. His current cultivation could only reach this point, unlike those martial generals and strong warriors who could stay underwater for several days without any problem.

  At this time, the suction force was getting stronger and stronger. Suddenly, there was a faint sound, and Lu Shaoyou felt that he had left the whirlpool and arrived at a deep pool. He turned his head to look at the place where he had just come out, which was also a stone wall. On the edge of this exit, there were dozens or even hundreds of stone caves. Even if someone came here, it would be very difficult to find the entrance.

  Xiao Long also followed and came out of the whirlpool. Lu Shao Yu quickly floated upwards, but he was having a hard time holding his breath.

  "Bang......"

  In a calm stretch of water, a figure suddenly emerged from the surface with a splash, and it was Lu Shaoyou.

  "I can't take it anymore, I'm going to suffocate!" Lu Shaoyou said lightly, opening his mouth to gasp for air. At the same time, the whirlpool disappeared, and Lu Shaoyou's body was soaked in water. Fortunately, he knew how to swim, and after catching his breath, he quickly swam towards the shore.

  But in water, it's a different story, and the little dragon is having a great time swimming around.

  After climbing up to the shore, Lu Shaoyou looked around and found himself in a mountain range. He estimated that he was not far from the cliff where he had fallen off, but for now, he couldn't figure out the direction.

  In the mountains, there is no one, all around is quiet and still. In the depths of those towering trees, when the wind blows through, a low humming noise starts, which seems somewhat frightening.

  "Splash." The little dragon climbed up onto the shore and arrived at Lu Shao's side, its small eyes curiously looking at the dripping wet Lu Shao.

  Looking around, Lu Shao Yu smiled slightly, the true energy in his body circulated, mobilizing the fire attribute, and just a moment later, his body was dry and comfortable. Now that he was at least a spiritual martial artist, he still had this small trick.

  "Let's search slowly." Lu Shaoyou said to the small dragon in front of him, gazing at the direction where the sunlight was shining through the clouds, and then flew southeast, which was exactly the direction where Fog City was located. He himself had to go to Yunyang Sect, but he couldn't just walk there directly. Even flying spirit beasts needed a month's time to fly there, let alone him having to rely on his feet; it would probably take him a year to get there even if he walked non-stop.

  Now, Lu Shaoyou could only try his luck in Fog City again. Fog City was the territory of Yunyang Sect, and who knows, maybe he could arrange for a demon beast to send him to Yunyang Sect, after all, he was still a new disciple of Yunyang Sect.

  After making up his mind, Lu Shao-yu began to head in a southeast direction. He had also heard Bai Mei say that the Wudang Mountains were not lacking in demonic beasts, so Lu Shao-yu was now even more cautious.

  A small dragon hovered around Lu Shao's shoulder, and if you didn't look closely, you couldn't see it. The small eyes stared at the surroundings, sizing them up, and occasionally swallowed saliva.

  "There was a medicinal smell, it was the medicine." Half an hour later, Lu Shaoyou's nose picked up a faint scent of medicine, and in Nan Shu's jade slip, there were detailed introductions to various medicines. Lu Shaoyou quickly judged that this was the scent emitted by the medicine.

  "Whoosh..."

  The little dragon slid down Lu Shao's shoulder and slid away in the direction of the medicine, before Lu Shao.

  Just a moment later, the fragrance of the divine medicine had become increasingly rich. Under a hillside, a golden-yellow three-leafed grass with a height of fifteen centimeters and as thick as a thumb appeared before Lu Shao's eyes.

  "Three-leaf Soul Grass." Lu Shaoyou was somewhat surprised in his heart, unexpectedly seeing a Three-leaf Soul Grass so easily. This was actually the main material for refining a second-grade elixir that enhanced spiritual energy, and it wasn't easy to find this kind of material usually.

  The little dragon circled around the Three-Leaf Soul Grass, its saliva almost dripping out, its small eyes staring at Lu Shao Yu as if it wanted to devour him.

  "Endure it, this three-leaf soul grass I have taken will be useful." Lu Shaoyou said, he himself was in need of some elixirs to enhance his spiritual energy, and these three-leaf soul grass were just suitable.

  Lu Shao Yu immediately put the Three Leaf Soul Grass into his spatial bag, and at this time, two figures appeared behind Lu Shao Yu.

  "The three-leaf soul grass has appeared, this is what we saw first." The two who came were both wearing yellow robes, around twenty-five or six years old, and from their auras, they were both warriors of the martial artist level.

  Lu Shaoyou turned his head to glance at the two, both of whose auras were that of fifth-rank warriors. His expression unchanged, he said, "The Three-Leafed Soulgrass was something I saw first, and it's also something I obtained first. Are you two thinking of snatching it?"

  Those two burly men gazed at Lu Shao's back, then turned their heads to scan the surroundings, as if looking for anyone else. The one on the left, holding a curved knife with a cold glint, said: "You, kid, which mercenary group are you from?"

  "Does this have anything to do with you?" Lu Shaoyou asked, having heard that in the Wudang Mountains, there were large mercenary groups that often robbed smaller teams. Murder and robbery weren't uncommon, and if he said it was just him, he'd probably get into trouble right away.

  "Ma Zi, judging from his appearance, he doesn't seem to be from any mercenary group. He looks unfamiliar, let's take action." The big man holding a black long stick on the right side said to the heavily armed big man, with a sinister gaze in his eyes, feeling that Lu Shao Yu had no aura and was still young, so he didn't take him seriously at all.

  "Come on, Iron Ball, we have something important to attend to. Let's hurry up and go see Big Brother, lest something goes wrong." the big man with a knife said.

  "No big deal, this kid has a spatial pouch on him, the harvest shouldn't be too small." The big man with the stick said with a smile, just one spatial pouch is worth over a thousand gold coins.

  "Hand over the spatial pouch, kid. Otherwise, you're dead." The robust man with a knife gazed at Lu Shaoyou for a moment, seemingly puzzled by him. A young boy alone in the Misty Mountains was quite unusual. As someone who had spent time in these mountains himself, he should have known better.

  "Give you the space bag, don't kill me." Lu Shaoyou was slightly stunned, and his face immediately turned pale with fear, cold sweat dripping down, and he hastily untied the space bag from his waist and handed it over with a trembling hand.

  "It was just an abscess, bring it over. Today, I'm in a good mood, so I'll spare your life." The big man with the stick laughed and walked forward to take the space bag from Lu Shaoyou's hand. Looking at Lu Shaoyou's timid and sweaty face, the knife-wielding man also relaxed his guard. He was just a young man, probably a young master from some small family who had come to play in the Misty Mountains.

  "Give it, don't kill me." Lu Shaoyou handed over the spatial bag in his hand, cold sweat continuously dripping down. The big man with the stick received the spatial bag from Lu Shaoyou with a pleased expression.

  At this moment, a sharp gleam of light suddenly shot out from Lu Shaoyou's downcast eyes, and his body was instantly shaken by a powerful surge of true energy.

  "Open Mountain Palm, die!" A pale yellow palm print carrying a strong and fierce aura swept out horizontally, just inches away from the big man holding the stick. The sharp momentum rolled out, and the surrounding space responded with a sharp breaking wind sound.

  Bang!

  The palm print landed directly on the small abdomen of the big man holding the stick, causing a spatial shockwave. A dull explosive sound rang out, and the black long stick in the big man's hand fell to the ground. His body flew backward for several meters, and a mouthful of fresh blood spurted out of his mouth.

  "Be careful..."

  The big Han with a knife changed his face, the words were not finished, and his face suddenly turned into a dark green color, just like edema. The curved knife in his hand fell to the ground, and both hands covered his neck painfully, as if he couldn't breathe. His pupils dilated, and then became dull.

  "Boom!"

  The big man with a knife fell to the ground in an instant, less than two seconds, and at this time, on his neck, Xiaolong was satisfyingly swallowing blood.

  "You two are still a bit short of robbing me." Lu Shaoyou gazed at the big man who was knocked to the ground, saying that he would take the initiative and catch them off guard. With Xiao Long's help, it wouldn't be difficult to kill these two people. If not for fear of drawing attention, he could have handled them alone.

  "Spare my life, I dare not, let me go." The big man was injured by Lu Shao's palm strike, his face pale, with blood flowing from the corner of his mouth. In terms of strength, he was only a five-level warrior, while Lu Shao had already reached the peak of a five-level warrior. Moreover, under unexpected circumstances, he had suffered serious injuries. Seeing that his companion had fallen to the ground, he was filled with fear in his heart. He thought he had encountered a weakling, but unexpectedly, he had met a fierce star.