Chapter 14: Curse? Or Favor?
The sun sets behind the western mountains, the time is dusk.
With Big Girl animatedly recounting her encounter with Er Tu, news regarding the "spirit migration" also spread throughout the village.
When it comes to the words of children, the adults initially did not believe them.
However, some elders in the village showed some doubts upon hearing the name "Deceit Beast."
Until evening, when Li Yu returned from the hunter’s lodge in the mountains.
After confirming that the mountains have indeed been unsettled lately, a silent panic began to spread in the village.
If it were only Big Girl’s account, the village could choose whether to believe it or not.
But upon receiving Li Yu’s confirmation.
Even if there’s only a one in ten thousand chance, it still suffices to cause concern.
After all, few people in the village have savings, let alone seek a living elsewhere.
If this year’s spring plowing is disrupted, even if they do not die at the hands of those migrating beasts and spirit monsters, they are destined not to survive this winter.
"I am going into the mountains again tomorrow, and this time I want to go deeper."
Li Yu explained softly to Chen Yun while eating at the dinner table.
"Don’t go!"
"Didn’t you hear what Big Girl said?"
"Er Tu specifically warned you not to go into the mountains again."
With a worried look at her husband, Chen Yun rarely showed a dissenting attitude.
"You are the head of the family, if anything happens to you, it will be very difficult for us to survive."
Chen Yun knew this truth, and Li Yu understood it even more.
But precisely because he understood this, Li Yu was even more determined to enter the mountains tomorrow.
"I know, but haven’t we spent all our savings?"
"If this year’s harvest is poor, we simply won’t survive this winter."
To safely give birth to Li Boyang, Li Yu and Chen Yun had spent almost all their savings.
Even without the incident of spirit migration, Li Yu had to find a way to save more money, let alone now faced with this situation.
"But..."
Chen Yun opened her mouth repeatedly but ultimately couldn’t persuade Li Yu otherwise.
"Yun’er, don’t worry, I will be careful."
"Don’t forget, I am the best hunter within a hundred miles!"
"Just some vengeful spirit monsters!"
"If they dare to give me trouble, the bow and arrow in my hands are not just for show!"
Looking at Chen Yun silently serving him food, Li Yu grinned foolishly as usual, seemingly trying to comfort his wife in such a manner.
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In the room, Li Boyang quietly listened to the conversation from outside, but a trace of guilt inevitably emerged in his heart.
If not for spending too much money on his birth...
With the savings of Li Yu and Chen Yun, a poor harvest for one or two years would not affect their normal life.
What’s more, Li Yu was targeted by those spirit monsters in the mountains because of him.
Li Boyang was unsure how long Xiluo’s deterrence over the spirit monsters would last.
But from Li Boyang’s character, sitting back and watching things happen was clearly not his style.
[That Mountain Cat... seems to have not come for a while.]
Thinking like this, Li Boyang’s Celestial Eye on his brow quietly opened, looking toward the Mountain God Temple on Feilai Peak.
Yet just like every previous scan, Li Boyang did not see Xiluo’s figure in the Mountain God Temple.
But this time, Li Boyang did not stop there.
He continued using the ability of his brow’s Celestial Eye to conduct a meticulous search within a hundred miles around.
All places frequented by spirit monsters were specially marked by Li Boyang.
Using this carpet-style searching method.
Li Boyang quickly captured the residual flame footprints of Xiluo at a place shrouded in black mist.
After transforming into the Red Leopard form, flames would arise from Xiluo’s feet.
These flames not only granted Xiluo the ability to fly.
When she walked on the ground, she also left unique flame-scorched footprints.
Needless to say, whenever Xiluo transforms into the Red Leopard form, it signifies that she has entered battle mode.
Judging from those chaotic flame footprints.
It was apparent that Xiluo had fought in this place, and it was a fierce battle.
[An opponent that poses a challenge for that Mountain Cat?]
Recalling the confrontation between Red Leopard and Nai Fu in his mind, Li Boyang felt a subtle sense of crisis arising inside him.
Following the trail of those flame footprints, Li Boyang discovered that Xiluo seemed to have entered a realm of black mist.
Unfortunately, Li Boyang could only trace it up to this point.
When Li Boyang tried to see through the black mist, he was astonished to find his Celestial Eye could not penetrate through.
The black mist covers everything, within the mist lies only darkness.
[Interesting, is this black mist originating from Black Cloud Marsh?]
Thinking like this, Li Boyang did not yet notice that his body seemed to be undergoing some form of change.
Zizizi...
Since Li Boyang had killed Nai Fu, the Evil Qi from the depths of the earth had been continuously surging into his body, twenty-four hours non-stop.
To prevent the Evil Qi from damaging his small body.
Li Boyang opted for the Evil Qi to circulate one complete cycle within his body, then lead it separately into the Dantian, brow, and Celestial Spirit.
Theoretically, Life Essence Qi is most suitable for living beings.
External ominous Evil Qi naturally brings varieties of transformations and impacts to Li Boyang.
The Sword Pill in the lower Dantian is not a biological organ, thus is least affected.
Not only that, but Li Boyang even vaguely sensed the Sword Pill had a high compatibility with Evil Qi.
The Sword Pill favored the Evil Qi even more than his own Life Essence Qi.
The brow’s Celestial Eye is secondly impacted.
It only showed signs of secondary development, currently with no visible signs.
The remaining Evil Qi that couldn’t be digested by Li Boyang would eventually be expelled through the Celestial Spirit.
However, this does not mean that Li Boyang completely eliminated the Evil Qi’s impact on him.
On the contrary, as the meridians and body bearing and circulating the Evil Qi.
They underwent the most significant changes.
The most apparent point was Li Boyang’s physical body constantly breaking and regenerating under the influence of Evil Qi, gradually transcending the realm of mortal flesh.
The bones became harder, the meridians more resilient, and even the muscle tissues gained exceptional regenerative capacity...
By comparison, merely having outer skin redder than average infants already seemed the most trivial part of these changes.
Especially when Li Boyang exerted effort to penetrate the black mist.
The Life Essence Qi and Earth Evil Qi within his body inevitably accelerated their circulation.
Thus, a novel and unique transformation never before seen in this world quietly occurred within Li Boyang.
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