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

After exiting the gate of Fengbao Pavilion, all the casual cultivators coming and going looked this way. Gu Xiu's murderous appearance a few days ago left quite an impression on people.

Gu Xiu was dressed in a black robe. He lowered his wide hood to cover the upper half of his face and walked towards the outside in a swagger.

"Tsk, tsk, we have another ruthless person here!"

A few low-level casual cultivators gathered together looked at Gu Xiu's back and whispered.

"The Medicine King's Secret Realm is about to open. I guess there will be more coming later. It's a pity that we little monks can only pick up some leftovers."

"What's up, fellow Taoist, are you planning to enter the Medicine King's Secret Realm?"

"Ah? Otherwise? Give it a try!"

"You are only at the fifth level of Qi Refining. Every time the Medicine King's secret realm is opened, countless people will die, including many of the geniuses of the big sects and big families. Are you going to be cannon fodder?"

Hearing this, the casual cultivator at the fifth level of Qi Refining was not annoyed, and said helplessly: "I don't want to, but the bottleneck is difficult to break. Life and death are destiny, wealth and honor are in the sky, so give it a try."

"Okay, then I wish fellow Taoist to break through as soon as possible."

"Thank you!"

…

It was imminent to open up the cave. Gu Xiu was thinking about it all the way. It was not feasible to live in such troubled times without a safe place to live.

The major mountain ranges in the periphery are all occupied by some old guys who are unable to build a foundation at the tenth level of Qi Refining. The ones Xu Ziqi marked were from decades ago. I wonder if there are new monks occupying those ownerless mountain ranges now.

As Gu Xiu walked out of Linmofang, he saw lush mountains and forests, full of spiritual energy.

After all, Mount Hemo is a spiritual land and its environment is better than that of the outside world.

Along the way, there were no unscrupulous casual cultivators to cause trouble. Once we communicated with the cicada, we left the mountain hunting to it.

Cicada is particularly sensitive to spiritual energy and can use it better than Gu Xiu's spiritual consciousness.

The Shuimu Qianhuan Formation needs to be close to mountains and rivers to be maintained with the help of mountain roots and water veins. The advantage is that it does not require spiritual stones. Of course, if you want the formation to be more stable, you will need to arrange a large number of spiritual stones.

After searching for most of the day, Gu Xiu stopped at an extremely dangerous place. He looked up and saw two peaks towering into the clouds, a canyon several feet in between, and a rushing river passing by like an army of thousands of horses.

Qi refining is not yet able to fly for a long time, and it can only stay in mid-air for a short time with the help of wind control. These two mountains are so dangerous that a monk at the tenth level of qi refining may die if he is not careful.

"Yes, the spiritual energy is very strong. No wonder no one has opened up here. It's really a bit difficult to deal with."

Gu Xiu stood on a stone cliff extending from a dense forest and looked at it from a distance. The ground was surrounded by mountains, with jagged rocks, thunderous rocks, and dangerous peaks standing tall in various postures.

Calculating the distance, Gu Xiu used all his magic power to shake the wind-controlling coat in his black robe. The next moment, he chanted the wind-controlling spell and floated up.

Walking against the wind, his magic power was consumed very quickly. Fortunately, Gu Xiu landed firmly, and a mountain stream at his feet made a loud sound as rocks rolled and melons splashed.

Expanding his consciousness, Gu Xiu walked along the mountain stream. After about an hour, Gu Xiu stopped and said with a smile, "That's it."

After carefully exploring the nearby terrain, Gu Xiu finally found a satisfactory site.

There is a steep slope between two mountains, and the mountain stream suddenly drops into a natural waterfall. The cliffs on both sides are lush and misty, like a deep valley. Beyond that, there is a thin line of sky, only a very narrow gap is exposed, and no one can pass through.

After biting off a pill of recovery, Gu Xiu ordered Cicada to be on alert. He jumped into the rushing water, but even if he used magic power to stabilize his body, he was shaken from side to side.

Approaching the several-foot waterfall, Gu Xiu used the secular martial arts "Qianjin Pendant" to freeze his body and take out the wooden box containing the magic circle.

As the wooden box opened, five cyan formation flags flew out and hovered around Gu Xiu. He took out the formation disk and injected it with mana. The formation disk had its own power of digging.

He stretched out his hand and thrust forward to explore the formation disk, which quickly rotated and expanded three feet in an instant, like a sharp cone piercing through a waterfall and touching the rock, making a deafening roar.

With Gu Xiu's continuous infusion of mana, the array was unstoppable, grinding rocks along the way to create a passage.

Gu Xiu flew into it and continued to inject mana. A quarter of an hour later, there was no obstruction in front of the array. Gu Xiu turned around and whipped up a strong wind that pushed all the rubble into the water below.

A blue formation flag with water patterns fell under Gu Xiu's feet and disappeared into it.

Then Gu Xiu continued to move forward, and after walking dozens of steps, the originally narrow passage suddenly became clear.

Gu Xiu controlled the array to continue to penetrate the rocks on both sides. There was a large mountain on both sides. The area in the middle was about ten feet in diameter, and it was pitch black inside.

The formation disk opened up the mountains on both sides. Gu Xiu walked to the left mountain formation disk with sparks and lightning all the way, and finally stopped when it hit a harder rock layer.

It was the same on the right. After doing this, Gu Xiu's mana had bottomed out. He returned the two formation flags engraved with wood patterns to their left and right positions.

He took out two recovery pills and put them into his belly, then controlled the formation disk to fire forward from it again.

After a quick operation, Gu Xiu opened several escape routes.

As for the Three Cunning Rabbits, a good cave must have several exits.

The embryonic form of the cave abode was beginning to appear. Gu Xiu took back the array disk, and the other two array flags fell on the top and exit of the cave respectively.

All five formation flags returned to their positions, and the densely packed text on the formation disk rotated rapidly.

As a result, the entire cave suddenly trembled, water and wood were continuously absorbed, and a total of five layers of cyan light curtains were layered into the cave to fit in.

The Shuimu Qianhuan Formation formed a magic word. As Gu Xiu moved the formation plate, the mist within a radius of three hundred feet instantly became thicker, and after several changes, the waterfall was hidden.

After doing this, Gu Xiu finally breathed a sigh of relief. He slumped on the ground and closed his eyes to adjust his breathing.

…

Two hours later, Gu slowly opened his eyes. He was about to start arranging the facilities in the cave.

The cave on the left is relatively small and can be used as an alchemy room. The cave on the right is closest to the exit and can be used for daily meditation.

There is a large area in the middle with moist soil, which is very suitable for growing spiritual herbs. Although there is no sunlight, it is enough as long as the spiritual energy is sufficient.

Take out a dozen crystal stones for lighting and stick them to various places in the cave. In an instant, the dark cave is as bright as day.

After working for a long time, the cave repair industry is completed. Gu Xiu sits on a simple stone bench with a stone table in front of him. He takes out the storage bag and classifies the things inside.

There are only 20 spiritual stones left, two low-level magic tools of Xu Ziqi, beads and long swords, and Zhao Wen's Qixia Sect standard long sword, two mid-level magic tools, white jade bone fan and black bow.

The top-level magic tool Death Curse lies quietly in another storage bag. This is his trump card now.

Gu Xiu carried with him a medium-grade flying sword talisman and a primary upper-grade ordinary talisman, the Golden Bell Talisman, as well as some spiritual materials, some elixirs, a stack of low-grade talismans, and a low-level alchemy furnace.

There were also several Qi-refining methods. The twin brothers practiced the same method, which was not much better than the basic Qi-refining method he practiced.

As for the "Blood Evil Art", Gu Xiu had not yet made a move. He would wait until he found a black market merchant, and then he would make a move together with the white jade bone fan and the standard long sword, and exchange the spiritual stones for the upper-grade talisman, the Qingteng Qiulong. That treasure was so fragrant that Gu Xiu could not help but covet it.

After everything was arranged, Gu Xiu picked up the alchemy furnace and walked towards the alchemy room. He wanted to try to refine the Yangjing Pill first. With the reputation of being a disciple of Gu He, his alchemy skills had to be improved first.