The mountain road was rugged, and a stream flowed along the side of the road. The crisp chirping of birds could be heard. The blue sky was clear, and a faint cloud was floating in the sky. Towering ancient trees could be seen along the road, with vines twining around them. The fresh air blew on their faces, bringing with it the scent of the forest.
Guo Shier and Falconer climbed up a mountain ridge and looked down at the land through the forest. Guo Shier said, "Uncle Falconer, I might have to leave this place in the future and go to the unknown galaxy with Sister Zhen. Are you coming with me, or staying?"
Falconer smiled. "I'll go wherever you go. I don't have a home anyway. The team is my home."
Guo Shier was silent. He looked at the cloud in the sky and sighed. "Killing is hard to solve the problem … unless we kill them all. But … I can't do that."
Falconer comforted him. "We don't have to kill everyone in the Gumi family, and we can't kill them all. Hehe, we just need to make the Gumi family collapse. It's hard, but it's possible. Actually … the Gumi family is also a whetstone for us to improve and rank up quickly."
Guo Shier said, "I'm thinking … what will the Gumi family do now that the Altar of Inheritance in Qing Praying City is destroyed?"
Falconer said, "It's hard to take revenge. Hehe, we don't have enough power to fight them. If they want to come over and take revenge … it's hard too. If they're not careful, we'll bite off a piece of their flesh!"
Falconer could be said to be Guo Shier's hardcore brother, even though Guo Shier called him uncle. The two of them had forged a deep friendship through the long battle. Therefore, Falconer said without hesitation that he would follow Guo Shier. Even if he had to climb a mountain of swords or plunge into a sea of flames, he would not back down.
Guo Shier said, "It's a stalemate now. It's not easy to break." He walked down the mountain ridge. He hadn't walked like this for a long time. He felt refreshed after walking one round. He wondered if he should find a quiet place to stay for a while. He longed for this kind of peace.
The two of them talked and laughed as they walked back to the courtyard.
…
For more than ten days, Guo Shier chanted twice a day for three hours each time. Then, everyone else consolidated their soul power and tidied up the altar. Other than Guo Shier and Luo Jie, everyone else had an important task, which was to train their own guardian spirit. Their guardian spirit had its mind erased, so it had to pass on some memories.
The Guardian Spirit's usefulness was very great. An autonomous Guardian Spirit was like an intelligent person. It could arrange everything in the altar properly and save its master a lot of time. Regardless of whether it was managing offerings or refining sacrificial treasures, the Guardian Spirit was very useful.
Luo Jie was the one who gained the most from the battle of Qing Praying City, followed by Chen Tianyao. He had truly integrated into Guo Shi 'er's team. Based on the fluctuations of Guo Shi 'er's soul, he would follow this team with all his heart.
Guo Shier's harvest was not small either. In addition to a large number of materials, he also obtained many soul beads. After more than ten days of purification, he obtained many high-quality soul beads.
The more Soul Beads he swallowed, the more Guo Shier understood. Soul beads collected from ordinary battlefields were of the lowest quality, and they were also very difficult to purify. They had to use soul scriptures to purify them over and over again, which was time-consuming and laborious. They had long since abandoned them, only using them to repair altars or refine sacrificial treasures.
The slightly better quality souls were extracted directly, but they could not compare to the souls of Altar level experts. The soul of an Altar Profession could be easily refined into a Fine Quality Soul Bead, and its quality was quite good.
The best soul beads were the souls obtained from the inheritance altar. This kind of soul had settled for countless years, and its quality was extremely good. It was suitable to be a Guardian Spirit, and it was also suitable to be a high level sacrificial offering. If it was made into a Soul Bead, it would be the best item to upgrade one's soul. A Handsome Old Man had never been willing to take out this kind of Soul Pearl, but he had kept it secretly.
After more than ten days of adjustment and A Handsome Old Man's hard work, Guo Shier's four-tiered altar was completely stabilized. He also took some time to refine his own sacrificial treasure, and at the same time, raised the Crescent Edge to the level of a Grade 6 sacrificial treasure. This was his Life Sacrificial Treasure. A Handsome Old Man had been helping him refine it, using a lot of materials.
A Handsome Old Man said: "Shier, the Soul Beads you've swallowed these past few days should be enough to make your soul soar again. For the time being, don't use Soul Beads anymore, let your soul calm down a bit"
Guo Shier laughed: "I can't help it, haha, the quality of the Soul Beads this time seems to be very good, there aren't any messy impurities, it's very easy for my soul to fuse with it"
A Handsome Old Man did not answer. He also had his own selfish motives, he left the best Soul Beads for Guo Shier to use, because if his master's strength increased, his strength would also increase. He and his master were one. If his soul dissipated, Guo Shier would also be heavily injured. If Guo Shier died, then he wouldn't be able to live either.
Aside from sensing the soul waves twice a day, Chen Tianyao spent most of his time with women, the two of them flirting with each other without a care. Mi Ruohua understood that once Chen Tianyao left, who knows when he would return, so she kept pestering him. She really wanted to conceive a child, that way, even if Chen Tianyao left, she wouldn't be afraid.
The group was very relaxed in the small village, after a tense battle, they could relax their soul, it was very good.
On this day, Luo Jie sat in the small courtyard and said: "Let's depart today, we'll first test the cities around Ancient Mi City, see what kind of reaction they have. If we can't win, then we'll go to another city."
Guo Shier nodded: "Yes, we'll test them first, think of a way to kill some of their Altars. Master, we still need to use the strategy of nibbling away, we can't fight too many Altars at once."
Luo Jie said: "Yes, there are too many Altars. Nan Shan and I are fine, but you guys will have a hard time." He was worried about Falconer, Luo Zhan, and Nan You. The three of them only had one altar, they wouldn't be able to take care of them in a chaotic battle. If they got hurt, it would be unbearable. They didn't have many people, they couldn't accept losing even one.
Guo Shier said: "Uncle Falconer, Uncle Luo, Nan You, you guys fight on the periphery, the three of you form a small group, I think even a three-altar Altars can't do anything in a short time."
Falconer sighed and said: "I'm about to level up, but I don't have the time. If I can reach two-altar, maybe I can help. Right now, our strength is still a bit lacking." He was also very depressed. When he was a Great Talisman Martial Master, he used to think that he was a rare expert. Later, he followed Guo Shier and went out to explore, step by step advancing to a solid altar, but he found that he still couldn't do it.
Luo Zhan comforted him: "Old Eagle, you are already very powerful, hehe, but our enemy is different from before. They have gathered the experts of an Ancient Clan. In the past, we didn't even dare to think that we could fight against an Ancient Clan expert."
Nan You said: "It's not us, it's Old Man Luo and Old Man Nan Shan. They are the ones who can really challenge the Ancient Clan." He really wanted to say "we are just here to join in the fun," but saying it would be a bit of a blow.
Luo Jie said: "When we are ready, we will leave." He glanced at Chen Tianyao.
Chen Tianyao said: "I will be back in a bit." Of course, he understood Luo Jie's meaning, which was for him to say goodbye to the women.
Luo Jie said: "We will wait for you in the air."
As soon as they flew into the air, they heard the sound of crying. Luo Jie said: "I knew … that woman would not let him off so easily. Hehe, let's wait for a while and let them say their goodbyes." He seemed unwilling to see or hear the two people say their goodbyes. The altar once again flew up into the sky.
Guo Shier and the others followed behind him. Along with the sound of the wind, Mi Ruohua's cursing and crying could be faintly heard. Falconer shook his head: "A professional should still find a professional as a partner, with an ordinary person … Sigh, this is really not a good thing."
Guo Shier sat quietly on the altar, feeling a bit lost. In this life, did he really have to find a partner? He shook his head vigorously, thinking: I will wait for fate to come, I will not deliberately look for one anyway.
Nan You, however, had a disapproving look. He said: "Troublesome, Chen Tianyao is looking for trouble. He should not find an ordinary person at all. If he has feelings for her, he will be harming himself and others."
After a while, Chen Tianyao flew up, his expression was not very good. Luo Jie did not ask and said: "Let's go!" The group flew into the distance.
Guo Shier looked down and saw a very small figure standing in the small courtyard, his head raised high up into the sky.
In an instant, the seven people disappeared into the horizon.
… …
Mi Yong City.
Mi Yong City was one of the eight surrounding cities of Gu Mi City, situated on the west side of Gu Mi City. This was a very large plain, with millions of hectares of fertile land, crisscrossing paths, and intersecting roads. Every once in a while, one could see a village or small town where people gathered.
This kind of layout was very rare in the continent, it was obvious that this place had been developed for a long time. Guo Shier was very envious of the continent of this world. The most worthless thing here was land, it was rare to see large tracts of fertile land, most of it was barren mountains. Even if it was a plain, it was mostly covered with dense forests, there were very few cultivated fields.
Guo Shier said: "This place should be very rich, there are so many fertile lands."
Chen Tianyao said: "This is the richest place of the Gu Mi family, because they use a large number of slaves to grow food."
Guo Shier could not bear to hear the word "slave", he couldn't help but curse: "Damn Gu Mi family!"
Luo Jie and the others did not look good either. They all knew that in the continent where the Northern Fu Men were located, all the people were taken away and turned into slaves, the Gu Mi family's wealth was obtained by plundering.
Falconer asked: "That is Mi Yong City?"
Chen Tianyao nodded: "Yes, that is Mi Yong City … Uh, they have already activated the defense?"
A layer of green talisman shadow covered the whole city, it was a defensive talisman shield, to prevent people from falling from the sky. There were no flying cars or hunting vehicles in the sky, and no one was flying in the sky, it seemed that flying in the sky was completely forbidden. When Guo Shier and the others flew above the city, the whole city fell into panic.
The defensive talisman shield rose layer by layer, Guo Shier counted: "One layer, two layers, three layers … Damn, a total of four layers of defense, this is too crazy!"
Groups of Professionists were scurrying around the city. There were also defensive talisman towers in Mi Yong City, but there were not many, only about a dozen. Facing the direction where Guo Shier and the others came from, there were only four defensive talisman towers, they had already started to shine.
Luo Jie observed for a while, then said: "We can't attack by force, the defense is very strong, four layers … we can't break through."
