Chapter 76

Lu Buqi shook his head: "A person must know their limits. My strength is not enough to even fill someone's teeth, let alone go and kill a mystic beast."

"If you were strong enough?" Long Buli continued to ask.

Lu Buqi shrugged: "I wouldn't do it deliberately. Like now, I know the value of the heart core and have the ability to kill a spirit beast, but I would only fight when threatened or when it's necessary. If that mystic beast provoked me, it would be a matter of life or death, and I would naturally have to kill it."

The corner of Long Buli's mouth curled up: "You're a straightforward person. I think the same way. After all, mystic beasts have already developed intelligence, unlike spirit beasts, which can be killed without much thought..."

"Miss Long, you seem to have a good impression of mystic beasts. Could it be because a mystic beast once spared you?"

Long Buli replied: "That's right. In comparison, humans sometimes lack mercy. Of course, I also know that there are vicious mystic beasts, and they can't be generalized. If they provoke us, we must find a way to eliminate them."

"You have some interesting thoughts!" Lu Buqi nodded in agreement: "As the saying goes, 'If others do not offend me, I will not offend them.' This applies to both humans and beasts. After all, this world is one of the strong preying on the weak, and the fittest survive."

"Weak preying on the weak, the fittest survive..." Long Buli chewed on Lu Buqi's words, her eyes fixed on the fire, silent for a long time.

Lu Buqi didn't say anything more; he also fell into deep thought. Long Buli's introduction brought him to a clearer world. It turned out that the mysterious things like Xuantong and Fawen were actually like this. It turned out that in this world, besides warriors, there were also more powerful Xuan cultivators who could use mystic techniques.

Yuan Qi, Qijue, Xuanfa...

Fawen, Faqi, Xuanqi...

Heart core, Xuanzhu, spirit beasts, mystic beasts...

Fawen refinement, alchemy, weapon forging...

Body refinement, Xuantong... Qi Yin, Niaodu, Fucheng, three stages with twenty-seven levels...

And the magical storage tools, powerful mechanisms, and many other wondrous things that Lu Buqi had encountered or had yet to encounter, all formed a world completely different from Earth's technological civilization.

That night, Lu Buqi hung up the newly stripped black-jawed tiger skin to dry, and set up the water bag and other things in the old way to collect water. Although he occasionally encountered mountain springs in the Dahuang Mountains, Lu Buqi never found this task troublesome and always prepared in advance, as precaution had become a part of his nature.

Long Buli's surprise and admiration undoubtedly restored some balance to Lu Buqi. Although he seemed ignorant in some areas, in the field of wilderness survival, others could only admire him.

However, thinking of Long Buli's magical Jiehuan, Lu Buqi lost interest. After all, with a Jiehuan, one could carry enough water. Long Buli's Jiehuan had a space of twelve cubic meters.

In this desolate mountain, a man and a woman sleeping under the sky and on the ground was a rather romantic encounter. However, neither Lu Buqi nor Long Buli had such thoughts. The former prepared everything and found a comfortable tree trunk to lean against and sleep. The latter, although a stunning beauty, seemed to have no particular requirements for resting in the wild and quickly fell asleep in a patch of dry grass.

That night was very quiet, possibly because the death of the black-jawed tiger earlier had intimidated the other beasts, and no wild animals came to disturb them. The next morning, Long Buli, who had slept quite soundly, woke up to find herself sleeping on a soft animal skin, which looked like a leopard skin and had been carefully treated to be dry and comfortable.

Blinking her eyes, Long Buli vaguely remembered that someone had covered her with an animal skin when she was half-asleep. It was obvious that the person was Lu Buqi. Looking around, she didn't see Lu Buqi, but heard a mountain-shaking tiger roar from not far away.

The sound was powerful and fierce, more intimidating than the black-jawed ghost tiger they had killed a few days ago. Long Buli was startled and, like an arrow released from a bow, shot out from under the animal skin.

However, when she turned the corner and came to a mountain hollow, what Long Buli saw was not a spirit beast but Lu Buqi, who was practicing the Five Animal Imitation Fist like a fierce tiger.

Long Buli first frowned, her eyes filled with confusion, but soon her eyes brightened as she began to understand the technique. She didn't disturb Lu Buqi but quietly leaned against a nearby tree and watched him.

Lu Buqi had already noticed Long Buli but didn't stop. He had never thought of keeping the Five Animal Imitation Fist a secret and didn't mind if someone learned it.

After Lu Buqi completed his training for the day, he stopped and stood still: "Actually, I hoped to see that you had already dealt with the wild boar, rather than standing here waiting for me."

"What wild boar?" Long Buli was puzzled.

"Our breakfast!" Lu Buqi secretly sighed. Long Buli seemed to have considerable experience, but in terms of wilderness survival, she looked like a beginner. He wondered how she could travel so smoothly, perhaps she was one of those lucky people favored by heaven?

"Oh, that should be your job. Unless you want to eat charcoal, don't let me cook the meat!" She had run over as soon as she woke up and hadn't seen any wild boar.

Lu Buqi didn't say anything, walked past Long Buli, and headed back to where they had spent the night. However, he was stopped by Long Buli, who looked puzzled: "What's wrong?"

"You were just injured yesterday, and you're practicing so early in the morning. Even if the Ice Jade Ointment is very effective, you can't keep pushing yourself like this!" As she spoke, Long Buli magically produced a porcelain bottle and reapplied the medicine to Lu Buqi.

Seeing the slightly reproachful and angry expression on Long Buli's face, Lu Buqi felt a strange sensation. When Long Buli's delicate hand touched his wound again, his heart suddenly trembled: "Damn teenage reaction..."

In the following days, Lu Buqi and Long Buli got along very harmoniously. Walking back the same path with a super beautiful woman, without any strong spirit beasts to disturb them, was quite pleasant.

Their relationship gradually evolved from a strange partnership to a friendship based on mutual respect, which surprised Lu Buqi, who had been initially cautious.

Through these days, Lu Buqi learned a lot about Xuan cultivators from Long Buli, gradually moving away from his state of ignorance.

In the afternoon, the two arrived at their destination. As they turned the corner of the mountain, a gentle breeze carried the fragrance of summer flowers, making their spirits soar. Long Buli took a deep breath and smiled brightly: "Wow... After running through half of the Dahuang Mountains, this place is still pretty nice..."

Lu Buqi realized that on a sunny day, this small valley had a unique charm, with green grass, lush trees, green moss on the stone cliffs, and shimmering water, dotted with flowers, creating a scene of birds singing and flowers blooming, and grass growing lushly.

"You really think this is a trip..." Lu Buqi was quite helpless with Long Buli, who lacked the professional level of a treasure hunter.

She didn't even do the basic task of throwing a stone to test the path and directly ran over here, completely disregarding the giant snake that Lu Buqi had mentioned multiple times.

"Snakes are very cautious. If they are disturbed during shedding, they will stay away from that place." Long Buli replied indifferently: "I just confirmed that this cave is definitely free of the giant snake's threat now."

"Are you sure?" Lu Buqi looked at Long Buli with doubt: "Aren't you afraid of special cases? What if the giant snake is very attached to its home?"

Long Buli shook her head: "Unless it's a female snake and this is where it lays its eggs... Why are we talking about this? Let's go and see for ourselves."

Lu Buqi was not convinced but didn't hesitate. He cautiously watched the cave and ran to the pond. At the pond, the chaos from the lightning strike on the giant snake a few days ago was still visible. Only a few of the crushed plants were still alive, but what surprised Lu Buqi was that there was no sign of the snake's shed skin.

"Miss Long, have you ever heard of a snake cleaning up after shedding its skin?" Lu Buqi looked at Long Buli, thinking she was quite knowledgeable about snakes.

"Uh... I'm not sure." Long Buli blinked her eyes and replied: "I told you, call me Buli, not Miss Long."

Long Buli had reminded him of this several times over the past few days, but Lu Buqi didn't pay much attention. He wanted to find some clues to determine if the giant snake was still around.