A small casual cultivator!

Chapter 161 A New Beginning (The Casual Cultivator Chapter Begins)

late at night.

Lu Luan sat alone on a thick branch, his back leaning against the trunk, his legs swaying lightly and listlessly, looking at the white full moon in the sky with a heavy heart.

"Woo..."

“Puff… Dove…”

All around were the sounds of monkeys climbing, moving, and roaring.

This was a deep mountain forest, and they had never seen a human being in their lives. After seeing Lu Luan, some of the braver ones gathered around him and looked at him curiously, as if they were trying to figure out something.

They are quite intelligent and not afraid of strangers. They are all scratching their ears and cheeks.

Perhaps because it saw that he didn't move, a little monkey even slowly crawled over along the tree trunk.

However, when the mother monkey saw this, she quickly grabbed the little one's tail, pulled it over, and held it in her arms, causing the little guy to protest continuously.

Finally, Lu Luan moved. After turning his head to look around, he gently released a breath.

"Well……"

“Roar… Snap…”

There was a sudden commotion of panic all around, and the monkeys ran away in a few breaths as if they had seen something scary.

There was silence.

Lu Luan exhaled lightly and stood up slowly, holding the Zhengyang Order in his hand, and said to Mo: "If there is no response, we will meet again if we are destined to meet in the martial arts world. Next, I have to think carefully about my future path."

After he finished muttering, he put away the Zhengyang Order, looked up at the moon in the deep sky, and after thinking for a while, he said to himself: "The world of independent cultivators is very dangerous. If you don't want to make progress, you can just find a place to live in peace. But you have already embarked on this path. I, Lu Luan, want to see how high the sky is!"

He no longer wants to just seek peace, but he also knows that with his ordinary spiritual roots, if he wants to continue moving forward, he will definitely suffer a lot. Once he takes a step forward, he will embark on a road of no return.

After all, cultivating immortals is no joke. It is not something you can just do every day. Without background, talent, hardships, and bitter experiences, how can you be reborn from the ashes and change your fate in this dangerous world?

After checking himself, Lu Luan pondered and said, "Although there is no sect to provide training resources, I still have the drop of rare beast blood left by my master in my body to support my rapid progress. I also have the spirit fetus aura left by my master. I will close the door to death first and improve my strength to the strongest before going out. No one should come to disturb me in this deep forest."

Having cultivated to his level, he could already clearly feel how powerful that drop of blood essence that had merged into his bone marrow was.

If he could make good use of it, it would surely enable him to advance steadily in his cultivation.

He was not in a hurry to venture out now, he wanted to improve his strength to the strongest first. The world of independent cultivators was not as stable as that of a sect. If you were not careful, you would be harmed by others. The more strength you had, the more chances you had of survival.

After looking at the vast galaxy, he soared into the sky, looking for a suitable place to retreat.

After a while.

Lu Luan stopped in front of a majestic waterfall. It was a waterfall hanging on a cliff a hundred feet high and thirty feet wide. It looked very magnificent.

So he nodded with satisfaction and said softly, "This is it."

Then he dove in.

I chose a spacious place among the cliffs and sat down.

"let's start."

After taking a deep breath, Lu Luan said something silently and quickly entered a state of cultivation.

He began to practice his skills, absorbing the energy from that drop of strange beast's blood.

That essence and blood was refined by the demon cultivators with great difficulty collecting materials. It was a rare treasure, otherwise He Fengtian would not have risked his life to get it back.

As the essence and blood were absorbed and digested bit by bit, Lu Luan's cultivation was also slowly improving.

Time just passed.

There is no time in the mountains, and the cold and heat do not know the year.

I only remember that there have been several times when the autumn wind has been bleak, frost and snow have been everywhere, and the mountains have been constantly changing colors.

Lu Luan didn't care about the passage of time. His cultivation level kept breaking through. He reached the peak of the early ninth level of Qi Refining, the middle stage, and the late ninth level of Qi Refining...

……

……

And just like that, five years later.

"boom!"

Suddenly, the sound of fierce fighting was heard in the quiet sky, and finally two figures fell from the clouds, an eagle and a man, who were fighting each other among the mountains.

The eagle was about three meters long, with evil wind swirling around its body. It was a top-level intermediate monster. As for the man, he looked middle-aged, but his face was extremely ugly at this moment. He was being chased by the eagle and was completely at a disadvantage and was in danger.

"Damn it! If I can't get rid of it, I'm going to die here today."

Looking at the angry giant eagle that was chasing him relentlessly, the middle-aged man couldn't help but reveal a hint of despair in his eyes.

After slashing out a flash of sword light, he continued to flee forward at a high speed.

The battle between the two swept past the waterfall.

"Ok?"

When Lu Luan, who was in retreat, felt this, his brows furrowed and his face looked a little angry, but then he relaxed.

Then he slowly opened his deep eyes.

Five years have passed, and he looks much more mature and taller. These are the traces left on him by the passing of time.

"Five years?"

Lu Luan muttered to himself softly, with a sigh in his eyes. This was the longest time he had been in seclusion, but five years had passed and he was already twenty-six years old.

After feeling it for a while, he chuckled and said, "I have reached the tenth level of Qi Refining. That drop of blood essence has almost been used up. It's time to go out and see the outside world."

Without that drop of essence and blood, with his spiritual roots, he would hardly make much progress if he continued to practice in seclusion. If he wanted to continue to break through, he would have to keep looking for opportunities.

Then he slowly stood up and looked outside. His eyes passed through the dense waterfall and saw the figure fighting with the giant eagle. He thought for a while and said, "There are independent cultivators here. I guess there must be a gathering place for independent cultivators nearby. Well, let's go with him and take a look later."

Next, he looked to the side again, then squatted down and gently wiped away the moss on the surface of a bump with his hand, revealing the color inside. This was the Zhengyang Order.

In order to feel it more clearly, he inserted the Zhengyang Order into the stone beside him. However, five years later, there was still no reaction. Instead, moss had grown and completely covered it.

Lu Luan looked at the Zhengyang Order with disappointment, sighed softly, and put it away. After all, there might be a reaction someday.

"I wonder how she has been doing in the past five years?"

Lu Luan's eyes revealed thoughts, and in his mind there was always a green dress that he had never forgotten.

……

outside.

"Damn bastard, how dare you plot against me."

The middle-aged man's body was already covered in blood, and when he saw the giant eagle's attack becoming more and more fierce, his face turned extremely pale and he cursed in his heart.

He had originally come here with others to hunt monsters and earn spirit stones, but he never expected to be tricked by his companions, and he had to fight the giant eagle alone.

The eagle's eyes were filled with madness and anger, as if it wanted to eat the middle-aged man in front of it alive.

There were originally a pair of giant eagles, but the middle-aged man had used up his only two talismans for self-defense to kill one, which was why the giant eagle was chasing him so frantically.

After a while.

"boom!"

The middle-aged man was hit by a blast and crashed against the mountain wall.

The giant eagle flew closer and attacked with its sharp claws.

"Liuyun Sword!"

The middle-aged man roared, being forced into a corner, and then angrily slashed at the eagle with his sword.

The sharp sword energy struck straight towards the eagle's wings.

Unexpectedly, the opponent did not dodge or evade, and did not pay attention to the attack, but still rushed straight forward.

The sword energy slashed on the wing feathers, and large amounts of blood and feathers fell down. The eagle ignored the pain and injury and continued to charge forward.

"not good!"

The middle-aged man obviously didn't expect this to happen. His face changed drastically and he wanted to hide.

But it was too late. A demonic aura emanated from the eagle's eyebrows. Finally, the demonic aura gathered and turned into a green needle, flying straight towards the middle-aged man.

"puff!"

"what!"

With a scream, a hole appeared on the middle-aged man's shoulder, pierced by the green needle.

Seeing the giant eagle approaching, he was hit by its wings and fell down immediately.

Fortunately, the injury was not too serious, and the middle-aged man could still barely maintain the ability to fly. Otherwise, he would have surely died after falling from such a high place.

After staggering to the ground, the giant eagle swooped down and stretched out its sharp claws to grab him.

If we get caught, there will be a lot of blood.

"puff!"

But just when the middle-aged man was in despair, a figure appeared in the air. He moved his fingers slightly, and then a long sword appeared.

The sword flew past and instantly pierced the giant eagle's throat.

"Woo..."

Blood rushed back and flooded the eagle's throat. After a whimpering sound, the huge figure fell to the ground, vomiting blood from its mouth. Its wings and claws were still struggling hard, but its eyes were quickly turning gray and white. It was no longer alive.

With Lu Luan's current cultivation level, killing a mid-level monster is too easy.

The middle-aged man was stunned. He didn't expect that the monster that had forced him into a desperate situation could be killed so easily. Then he looked into the distance and found that it was a young man with a long sword circling around. After a whoosh, the sword pierced into the other person's body.

After seeing Lu Luan flying over, he knew that the person coming was a strong man, so he bowed respectfully and said, "Thank you for your help, senior."

At the same time, he began to wonder, which powerful family is this genius from? How could he have such a high level of cultivation at such a young age?

To be able to kill an intermediate monster of this level in the blink of an eye, one's strength must at least be at the eighth level of Qi Refining. For a casual cultivator at this age, the eighth level of Qi Refining is already very high.

Lu Luan shook his head and replied softly: "It's just a piece of cake."

He didn't want to waste time talking, so he asked directly: "Fellow Daoist, is there a place for independent cultivators to trade around here?"

The middle-aged man was still curious about what level of expert this was and how young he was. After hearing the voice, he quickly replied, "Yes, yes, senior. There is a city of independent cultivators one thousand miles to the southeast. Senior, you are new here, right? I can take you there."

After Lu Luan thought about it for a while, he nodded and said, "Okay."

After all, you have just arrived and don't know much about it. You can just ask on the way and find out clearly.

"Senior, this eagle..."

The middle-aged man looked at the dead giant eagle with a strange look.

Lu Luan replied: "You can take it."

He took a look and found that the eagle was only worth about fifty low-level spirit stones. He was not very interested in it, so he gave it to him. After all, he would need to ask him about some things in the city later.

"Thank you, senior."

The middle-aged man was instantly overjoyed, his heart surging, and he quickly bowed respectfully and said, "Senior, wait for me for a moment."

Lu Luan nodded, and after getting his permission, the middle-aged man began to perform his moves quickly on the giant eagle.

After all, some things, like the blood of the heart, have to be collected while the body is still warm, otherwise they will be worthless.

At the same time, he also felt very lucky. Fortunately, this senior was so easy to talk to. He had used all means to save his life after suffering such an injury today. If he had not obtained this monster, he might not even have spirit stones to buy elixirs to heal his wounds.

It is like this for a casual cultivator hunting monsters. Either you return with a full load, or you lose everything or even your life. There is no one to provide them with the resources to recover from their injuries.

"Senior, let's go."

Soon, the middle-aged man easily dealt with the giant eagle and looked at him respectfully.

Lu Luan nodded and prepared to leave.

But he frowned and did not take any action.

"forward……"

The middle-aged man was about to call him, but seemed to sense something and looked up into the sky.

I saw two figures flying towards here.

"Senior, I was tricked by them."

After seeing the person coming, the middle-aged man immediately spoke, his tone full of hatred.

Indeed, I almost died, how could I not hate him?

"Huh? Why are there helpers?"

In the air, the two men stopped after seeing Lu Luan in the distance.

Another sturdy man who was more stable and fierce in his eyes took a closer look and said in surprise: "Not good, the aura is very strong, it's a strong man, hurry up!"

After saying that, the two of them quickly turned around and left.

Because Lu Luan did not hide his aura.

The other person also felt it vaguely, and said with a gloomy face: "Damn it, how could that guy know such a strong man?"

"Fortunately, they didn't catch up, otherwise we would be in trouble."

The sturdy man looked back and saw that no one was chasing him, and a look of fear appeared in his eyes.

"At this age, brother, do you think he is just bluffing?" another person said suspiciously.

"Don't be careless."

The sturdy man shook his head, looking rough but delicate, and obviously very cautious.

"Escaped?"

There was some disappointment in the eyes of the middle-aged man next to him. He had wanted to use Lu Luan to kill the two men.

"That's quite clever."

Lu Luan was also a little surprised. He was really cautious enough. If he was a disciple of a sect, he would probably still rush over aggressively.

Lu Luan looked sideways at the middle-aged man's respectful eyes, then felt his own cultivation level, frowned, and began to hide his aura.

After all, his cultivation is too high, and at his age, it is too conspicuous. Anyone with a discerning eye can tell that he is either extremely talented or has some secret.

The two of them gave him a wake-up call.

"I wonder if I can find out the current situation of Zhengyang Gate in the city," Lu Luan thought to himself.