The Earth Escape Spider showed signs of disturbance, triggered by an instinctive reaction to its approach to Fuxing Town.
Though Multiple Limb Syndro had ravaged the region for several years, the origin of the illness remained elusive, casting an eerie shadow over Fuxing Town.
In the nearby layers of soil, the concentration of tal ore was also noticeably increasing.
Li Mo did not halt his cultivation; as soon as his liver rged with the toxins, he eagerly proceeded with the First Refinent of Breath Fog.
A Mid-grade Magical Artifact can undergo up to twenty refinents—the first five using Low Grade Spirit Materials, and the subsequent fifteen requiring Mid-grade Spirit Materials of considerably higher difficulty.
Li Mo released Breath Fog, conjuring a dense swarm of insects before him.
The Poison Bees flapped their wings, their stingers glinting with a chilling brilliance that promised unrelenting pursuit upon locking onto a target.
He briefly controlled the swarm in its flight before reverting the Breath Fog back into its cloud-like form.
Li Mo’s expression grew increasingly focused, as his Magic Finger extended into thin threads, each tipped with a particle of Flying Wind Sand. His next step was fusing the spirit materials into the Magic Artifact Embryo.
The Flying Wind Sand strengthens the Breath Fog without causing any noticeable increase in weight.
The key to the First Refinent is patience. Even with Mid-grade Magical Artifacts, the essential practice does not differ, and the consumption of Spiritual Power is less taxing compared to creating the Magic Artifact Embryo.
Li Mo showed no trace of tension in his deanor.
The ridge on the Earth Escape Spider’s back remained still. Han Cai, too, imrsed in his cultivation, with the master and disciple focused on their individual tasks.
When the First Refinent of the Breath Fog concluded, the cloud tinged with a faint yellow hue.
After the Breath Fog underwent insectification, the Poison Bees grew noticeably larger, developed hardened external Insect Armor, and their tail stingers seed capable of secreting venom.
Just as Li Mo regained his senses, he was assaulted by an indescribable stench, blending pungent acidity and the overwhelming odor of rust, evoking nausea.
The Earth Escape Spider had already begun digging into the ground, signaling the proximity of Fuxing Town.
Li Mo retracted his Breath Fog, the Desert Map once again enveloping his body. Standing atop the Earth Escape Spider’s head, he scrutinized the gray-black soil layers.
To his astonishnt, the tallic toxins attaching to his brain had beco more active.
Li Mo intentionally suppressed the Tea Poison while simultaneously releasing the constraints on his Leakless Body, causing sweat to bead on his forehead.
In a single shudder, the tallic toxins were expelled from his body.
As his sweat evaporated, the tallic toxins dispersed into the air.
"No wonder..."
Li Mo recalled how Jin Li had suffered severe tal poisoning, yet inexplicably, the toxins vanished shortly after Jin Li’s arrival in Fuxing Town.
It seed that within the boundaries of Fuxing Town, tallic toxins dissipated entirely.
Boom! Boom! Boom...
The Earth Escape Spider burrowed through the surface, and moonlight stread through the opening, illuminating the subterranean darkness.
Seeing Han Cai imrsed in the Taishang Thousand Feet Technique, Li Mo leapt forward without hesitation.
He surveyed the surroundings, where an ancient Jiangnan-style town revealed itself, with the Earth Escape Spider positioned by a riverbank.
Li Mo instinctively covered his nose.
The skies cloaked in night, the waning moon veiled by thick clouds; a gale carrying an unbearable stench of rust swept across him.
Blue stone bricks paved the ground, and the architecture of Fuxing Town remained surprisingly intact.
The exposed walls displayed pervasive streaks of corroded tal textures, evidence of widespread tallification.
Only cultivators who had forfeited their Five Senses could survive in such hostile conditions. For mortals like children, a single breath could lead to instant lung infection and death.
Far off, the multi-limbed at Mountain lood.
Its mass, estimated over 1,500 ters, was shrouded by the mist generated from a massive Array, rendering its details indistinct.
Li Mo perceived an astonishing concentration of smog spiritual energy, alongside various earth-tal spiritual energies saturating Fuxing Town—a veritable treasure trove for him.
The cultivators within Fuxing Town were few, mainly consisting of surviving ordinary citizens.
Once Loose Cultivators began to arrive, the town would swiftly transform into a bustling market rivaling the scale of the Heart Beast Black Market, to which Li Mo’s shop would undoubtedly benefit greatly.
"Who’s there?!"
The Earth Escape Spider’s commotion had attracted several figures.
Holding lanterns, their attire resembled the constables from Rong Town, their waists adorned with two-to-three-refinent Low Grade Magical Artifact long sabers, their cultivation levels commonly at Second Stage Childhood.
Li Mo froze montarily.
He was not surprised to see the governnt office constables—after all, Rong Town had taken control of Fuxing Town. What drew his attention was the bloated, pallid skin of the approaching cultivators.
The human body contains over a dozen trace tal elents, and the appearance of these Fuxing Town cultivators clearly indicated a deficiency in such tals.
Li Mo suddenly realized that so enigmatic force within the Multi-limb Mountain seed to draw tal away from a radius of hundreds of miles.
Even cultivators were not exempt from losing the tallic elents within their bodies.
Of course, for those pursuing immortality, the absence of trace elents was neither fatal nor did it hinder their magic cultivation.
The leading constable noted Li Mo’s silent, threatening aura.
Without hesitation, his chest and abdon pierced through his skin and flesh with twenty-four ribs, transforming into arm-thick pythons.
The pythons lunged at Li Mo’s head, moving too fast for the naked eye to follow.
Li Mo twisted and turned, narrowly avoiding each strike.
Two other constables then transford their arms into snake tails, collaborating seamlessly—evidence of the governnt office’s serpent-based magic heritage.
Li Mo had no intention of making enemies; Han Cai should be waking up soon.
Yet, considerable ti passed, and the pit where the Earth Escape Spider had dug remained eerily silent.
"Sigh."
He exhaled deeply.
As the constables’ attacks intersected, the shadow behind Li Mo began to writhe.
All the constables froze in place as a seven-ter-long Ghost Tiger erged from the shadows, surrounded by a dust-like aura of purplish-red Poison Qi.
The Ghost Tiger’s most distinct feature was its pair of saber-tooth-like fangs continually dripping with putrid venom.
Ma Weigong never imagined the disparity between himself and a fellow cultivator of the sa realm could be so imnse, despite him being considered one of the elites within the governnt office.
"Ge-ge-ge..."
Han Cai erged from the pit, further immobilizing the constables.
"I notified Hei Yu in advance; the governnt office should already know that my disciple and I recently arrived in Fuxing Town, right?"
Ma Weigong trembled as he hastened to reply, "No, the governnt..."
Han Cai lowered his head, squinting his eyes as he asked, "Has sothing gone wrong in Fuxing Town?"
Ma Weigong cautiously answered, "Lord Han, you’re aware that Fuxing Town is covered by an Array. The governnt office uses this Array to monitor the number of cultivators and mortals in town."
"But several months ago, an additional person inexplicably appeared in Fuxing Town. No matter how we verify the population, we cannot locate this individual."
"Over ti, the population count has grown increasingly irregular. To this day, we can no longer control the situation. Twenty-three unidentified entities currently reside in town..."
Han Cai furrowed his brows and tossed a Bone Scroll to Li Mo.
"Li Mo, my disciple, the shops listed in this Bone Scroll are yours to take care of. I’ll be heading to the governnt office and will not return for a while."
Han Cai departed by crawling on his eight arms, clearly aware of the severity of the matter.
Before Ma Weigong could process the situation, Li Mo likewise disappeared into the darkness.
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