Chapter 54

The young man in black did not notice that someone was secretly watching him. Ning Yue, after all, was a seasoned veteran and would never act rashly. He had Bai Luolu hide and also concealed himself in the thick foliage, making it hard to spot them even up close, let alone from a distance.

The young man in black gathered the pack of wolves and began to count them. After one round of counting, he frowned deeply, the crease between his brows forming a deep furrow. He muttered to himself, "Why are over a hundred Moonlight Demon Wolves missing? Especially the white demon wolf I was paying attention to is also gone? I spent months gathering this pack of demon wolves. Only this demon wolf had凝聚了寒光！少了这团命魂，我的幽月天狼剑至少也要推迟三年才能修成。”

Since the young man in black thought no one was around, he did not suppress his voice, speaking quite loudly.

Ning Yue did not want to provoke this person, but when he heard the words "Moonlight Heavenly Wolf Sword," he could not help but show a look of joy.

"This person actually knows the secret techniques of the Moonlight Heavenly Wolf, and must have the various life souls needed to condense the Moonlight Demon Wolf's virtual image within his body. If I can obtain these from him, I can get the resources for Bai Luolu to cultivate the Moonlight Heavenly Wolf Sword. The only obstacle is whether he is a good person or not."

Although the young man in black exuded a strong aura of evil, Ning Yue would not judge his character based on this. If this young man in black was not a good person, Ning Yue would not hesitate to act. If there was something commendable about him, Ning Yue would naturally refrain from acting.

Ning Yue quietly activated the fragment of the divine crystal, glanced at the three crystal screens that flew out, and could not help but sigh. The evil value of the young man in black exceeded his good value by several times, with his good value being a pitiful single-digit number. Clearly, this person was not only not a good person but also had a full measure of evil.

Since Ning Yue had decided to act, he made Bai Luolu practice on her own in the forest, telling her not to worry about this matter. He then followed the young man in black from a distance.

After gathering the pack of wolves, the young man in black no longer galloped wildly. Instead, he drove the wild horses and the Moonlight Demon Wolves to a nearby mountain hollow and stopped there. The place he chose was quite hidden, and anyone who tried to approach would be exposed to the pack of wolves. Among the hundreds of Moonlight Demon Wolves, at least twenty had life souls, acting like the most formidable guards.

Without any hesitation, Ning Yue walked boldly into the mountain hollow. Under the influence of the Ten Directions Annihilation Technique, the pack of Moonlight Demon Wolves "did not see" a human enter the hollow but instead saw a large male wolf with pure green fur, twice the size of its peers, slowly walking into the hollow.

This green-furred demon wolf exuded a fierce aura, making the pack of wolves only dare to whimper softly, not daring to howl loudly.

"There he is!"

Ning Yue saw the young man in black from a distance. He was practicing martial arts, maintaining a posture of a hungry wolf pouncing, unmoving for a long time.

While practicing, the young man in black was completely focused and seemed unable to sense any changes in the outside world. After a long time, he changed to another posture, simulating a wolf howling to the sky. He continuously changed eighteen postures, his true qi surging, forming the image of a fierce and brutal giant wolf.

Ning Yue quietly extended the Ten Directions Annihilation Technique, taking twenty breaths to adjust his mental energy to synchronize with the young man in black's. An image of a fierce wolf howling at the moon immediately appeared in his mind.

In this image of the fierce wolf howling at the moon, there were fourteen nodes where the energy of heaven and earth converged, clearly representing fourteen life souls.

These fourteen life souls were interconnected, with the Moon Swallowing Life Soul at the core, allowing the moonlight energy to flow throughout the body. The sixteen life souls connected to form a whole, enabling the transformation into the fierce and unparalleled Moonlight Heavenly Wolf.

Ning Yue activated the Ten Directions Annihilation Technique, and a moment later, a roar like that of a fierce wolf echoed from the mountain hollow. A figure shot out like lightning, and with a wave of his hands, two energy whips flew out, lashing the surrounding grass hundreds of times.

However, although the young man in black's attack was powerful, he did not find the true target. Under Ning Yue's guidance, the direction of his attack was completely empty.

After the young man in black unleashed a powerful move, his eyes suddenly flowed with "blood tears," his hands dropped, and he remained motionless, dying on the spot.

Ning Yue sighed, played with the fourteen life souls in his hand for a while, and then casually stored them in the fragment of the divine crystal. Bai Luolu did not need so many life souls to condense the first-stage Moonlight Heavenly Wolf Sword virtual image, so the rest could be saved for later use.

Ning Yue looked around; it was nearly dawn. Although he did not know the young man in black's method of controlling beasts, the subtlety and profundity of the Ten Directions Annihilation Technique far exceeded the young man's secret techniques. He easily controlled the hundreds of wolves and found a slightly higher hill nearby to settle them.

Ning Yue had no power base in the Nine Heavens Realm and had no immediate opportunity to gather a group of capable subordinates. Therefore, these Moonlight Demon Wolves, though not particularly strong, could be temporarily gathered and used for temporary tasks that he did not want to do personally.

After settling the pack of Moonlight Demon Wolves, Ning Yue returned to find Bai Luolu and continued to live in the Huo Family Village.

Bai Luolu had already cultivated the Softness Technique to about two-thirds completion. Although she was eager to improve her martial arts, she knew that such things could not be rushed. She gradually understood why Ning Yue wanted to stay here, as only a relatively stable environment was suitable for her to cultivate martial arts. If they were constantly fleeing and living a life of hardship, with new situations arising every day, she would not be able to practice.

After discovering the young man in black, more than ten days passed. Ning Yue occasionally left the Huo Family Village to take care of the pack of Moonlight Demon Wolves and secretly brought out the silver giant wolf. What puzzled Ning Yue the most was that over the past ten days, another two to three hundred Moonlight Demon Wolves had joined the pack, as if lone wolves and small packs were coming to join every day.

This situation was clearly abnormal, but Ning Yue could not figure out what was happening. After all, he was not a native of the Nine Heavens Realm and was not familiar with the geography, customs, and creatures of this divine domain.

During these ten days, Bai Luolu worked hard to practice, dedicating herself to daily cultivation. Although the Great Pagoda Technique had not yet broken through the third level to form the Python Pagoda, her major tendons were already about 60-70% cultivated, allowing her muscles to twist and perform various incredible movements. Her figure had become slightly slimmer, but her strength had increased by a third.

In addition to cultivating the Great Pagoda Technique, Bai Luolu, with Ning Yue's help, had fully opened the life souls needed to condense the first-stage Moonlight Heavenly Wolf Sword and could manipulate each life soul freely. She could transform the moonlight energy into a cold, piercing light, freezing to the bone, and the cold energy could often make the enemy's internal energy stagnate, often causing a moment of hesitation that could be the difference between life and death.