Chapter 7

The magical ape, enraged, leaped up and pursued Qin Mu, running a few steps. Unfortunately, its body was too heavy, and its speed was far inferior to Qin Mu’s. The magical ape, extremely angry, reached out and pulled up a large tree, stripped the branches and leaves off with a swipe of its hand, and threw it like a massive spear!

"Little brat, die!"

This attack was powerful and domineering, with astonishing speed, but it lacked accuracy, passing more than ten yards away from Qin Mu.

The magical ape became even more enraged, stripped another tree, and tried to launch another attack, but Qin Mu had already run far away, leaving the ape to beat its chest in frustration.

Brother Qu whispered, "That little demon’s cultivation and strength are far inferior to ours. His injuries must be more severe than mine. He won’t be able to go far."

He forced himself to stand up but groaned, as his chest was in excruciating pain. He feared that many of his ribs had been shattered by the magical ape. However, if even a little demon like Qin Mu could withstand the ape’s fierce attack, he could certainly endure it as well.

What he didn’t expect was that Qin Mu’s cultivation was not weak at all. His cultivation was actually quite strong; it was just that his primordial energy had no attributes, so its power couldn’t be fully unleashed.

If they were to truly compare cultivation, despite his young age, Qin Mu’s cultivation was no weaker than any of theirs, including Brother Qu’s!

The five of them circled around the magical ape’s territory and found Qin Mu’s trail again. As Brother Qu had predicted, Qin Mu was injured by the magical ape, and his injuries were severe. After escaping the ape’s territory, his speed had to slow down, giving them the chance to catch up.

However, as they continued to pursue him, they noticed that Qin Mu’s speed was increasing, and his injuries seemed to be healing.

"This little demon must have some excellent healing medicine!"

The five of them felt a mix of excitement and envy. Brother Qu had already taken the healing medicine from his sect, but its effects were not as good as Qin Mu’s “medicine.” Judging by the speed at which Qin Mu’s injuries were healing, it was clear that his injuries were recovering at an astonishing rate!

Such a healing medicine made all five of them eager.

"The healing medicine from our sect is not top-notch. If we can obtain the formula for a superior healing medicine from this little demon, our masters will surely be pleased and reward us greatly!"

At this moment, Qin Mu was not taking any healing medicine as they had assumed. Instead, he was running and practicing the so-called “Three Dan Body Dominance Technique” taught by the village chief, which was actually just a basic guiding technique, though he didn’t know it.

This time, while running and fleeing, Qin Mu made a new discovery: his primordial energy was more active and moved faster when he ran!

However, this was different from what the village chief had taught. The village chief had always instructed him to sit quietly, adjust his breathing, and slowly guide the primordial energy to nourish and move through his body.

Qin Mu had practiced the “Three Dan Body Dominance Technique” for over ten years according to the village chief’s method, but only now did he realize that practicing it while running might be more effective.

When running at high speed, the “Three Dan Body Dominance Technique” moved faster, nourishing the primordial energy and rejuvenating the body at a much higher rate!

Not only that, but the primordial energy was continuously washing over his internal organs, limbs, and even the fascia between his bones and muscles, over and over again.

He had been injured by the magical ape’s palm, with internal injuries and bone fractures, but under the influence of the primordial energy, these injuries were gradually healing.

Brother Qu and the others thought he was relying on superior healing medicine, but they didn’t realize he was relying on the unreliable “Three Dan Body Dominance Technique.”

Gradually, Qin Mu discovered that there was a place in his body where the primordial energy couldn’t reach, and that place was between his eyebrows.

Between his eyebrows, there was a space about the width of a finger.

In this area, the primordial energy couldn’t reach. It could wash over his scalp and strengthen his skull, but whenever it reached the area between his eyebrows, it encountered a significant barrier, as if an invisible wall was blocking its path.

When he urged the primordial energy to impact this invisible wall, something strange happened. He heard a mysterious voice.

This voice seemed to come from beyond the heavens, high and distant, with a fluctuating pitch, melodious and sacred, like a divine proclamation from a high and mighty deity.

Whenever this voice sounded, his primordial energy would retreat uncontrollably, like a tide, bypassing the area between his eyebrows.

"Is this the Lingtai Wall?"

Qin Mu was puzzled. The village chief and Aunt Si had mentioned “walls” and “breaking walls,” where walls were seals on the treasure houses within the body, and breaking walls meant opening these seals to obtain the treasures.

However, the village chief and Aunt Si had never told him where the Lingtai Wall was located in the body or how to break it.

What Qin Mu didn’t know was that it wasn’t that the village chief and Aunt Si didn’t want to tell him, but rather that there was no method or technique in the world to break the Lingtai Wall!

Ordinary people and spirit bodies were fundamentally different, belonging to different classes.

As a spirit body, the Lingtai Wall was naturally open, making them superior. For ordinary people, the Lingtai Wall was sealed, making them inferior. The high and mighty spirit bodies rarely cared about the needs of ordinary people.

There were few martial artists among ordinary people, and those who had opened the Lingtai Wall were unheard of by the village chief and Aunt Si, so they didn’t know how to break it.

Qin Mu continued to run, urging the primordial energy to repeatedly impact the invisible wall between his eyebrows. The mysterious voice kept sounding, causing the primordial energy to automatically retreat. Although he couldn’t break the wall each time, he was patient and believed he would eventually succeed.

He didn’t plan to tell the village chief and the others about his discovery with the “Three Dan Body Dominance Technique.” He intended to surprise them after he successfully broke the wall.

However, whether it would be a pleasant surprise or a shock for the village chief and the others was hard to say.

Brother Qu and the other five became increasingly anxious as they pursued the “little demon.” Not only were his injuries healing, but his speed had actually increased!

This was terrifying, indicating that Qin Mu’s cultivation was increasing during his escape!

Although the increase was slow, it was still very frightening!

Anyone who practiced cultivation did so step by step. Even after breaking a wall, the increase in cultivation had to be gradual. No one could become strong overnight. Who didn’t spend dozens of days, months, or even years practicing consistently to improve their cultivation?

Yet, this “little demon” could clearly feel his cultivation increasing while fleeing, which was extremely terrifying!

Fortunately, Qin Mu was originally weaker than them. Although he was improving, he still had a gap compared to them.

However, it wasn’t easy for them to catch up with Qin Mu. After being tricked once, he became much more cautious, avoiding the territories of strange beasts while running.

When the herbalist took him out to gather herbs, he had told him that the strange beasts in the Great Ruins were very intelligent, each with their own territory. These beasts would leave marks, such as trees with stripped bark, white bones stuck in the ground, and animal heads hung on wooden stakes, as well as urine marks. As long as he saw any unusual marks and avoided them, he would be safe.

Earlier, there were fist marks on the cliff next to the magical ape’s territory, indicating it was the ape’s territory. Qin Mu hadn’t seen the marks and mistakenly entered it. Now, he was more cautious and wouldn’t mistakenly enter other beasts’ territories.

However, even if he didn’t enter them, many strange beasts still left their territories to hunt, making the Great Ruins dangerous.

When Qin Mu ran through a swamp, he encountered two lord-level strange beasts fighting: a rooster-crested, snake-necked snow crane and a swamp venomous python. One massive creature attacked from the air, its wings creating a strong wind, while the other coiled in the swamp, causing waves and chaos, making the earth shake.

Qin Mu hadn’t even entered the swamp when he was blown away by the hurricane created by the two massive creatures. When he landed, he encountered a group of frightened wild bulls and nearly got trampled to death.

"The village is getting farther away..."

Qin Mu’s heart sank. The five pursuers were still chasing him relentlessly, making it impossible for him to return to the village. Moreover, the most terrifying thing was...

The sun was about to set!

He and Aunt Si had left the village in the afternoon, and now the sun was setting, and darkness would soon fall. If he couldn’t return to the village before then, he would face great danger!

"Brother Qu, it’s getting dark!"

Behind Qin Mu, Brother Qu and the other five also noticed the setting sun. The young man who had been kicked by Qin Mu showed signs of unease and said, "Our master once said that the Great Ruins are a cursed land. After dark, it becomes a forbidden zone. We must return to the villages protected by stone statues, or we will be dead!"

Brother Qu shook his head and said, "It’s too late to return now. We’ve gone too far and can’t make it back to the original village before dark. The darkness is dangerous for us, but it’s equally dangerous for the little demon. There’s only one way: see where the little demon hides!"