Chapter 138

At this moment, the Mutant Force in Yan Buji's left eye was no longer suppressed; after repeatedly using Spirit Explosion just now, the Mutant Force had surged wildly, and a tentacle actually grew in his left eyeball, viciously stabbing into his temple, piercing into Yan Buji's meridians in the brain and heading toward the Mud Marrow Palace.

However, Yan Buji's Nine Revolutions mana was quite profound, as he circulated the last bit of his mana to wear down the surging Mutant Force.

But at this moment he had to divide his attention, not only because the threat of the mountain ghost Hei Liang remained, but also because the scene ahead was truly horrifying.

What met the eye was a structure like a pointed-roof house built from countless piled-up limbs and white bones, in which sat a creature not resembling a human form!

No strange smell emanated from the surroundings, yet it was astonishing that no one else had noticed this scene beforehand.

Yan Buji then saw that the tattered clothes around him bore the mark of the Wang family cultivators, and he thought the Wang family's experts had probably become the building material for that pointed-roof house.

That non-human-shaped creature was even stranger: it had a slender body but no limbs; in the center of its torso was a large closed eye, with eyebrows hanging down along both sides of its body, while elsewhere only red flesh and skin could be seen constantly writhing, and at the bottom grew two round, green meatballs like spheres, with fly-like insects constantly crawling over them.

"Abnormal Beast?!"

Hei Liang stood at the side roaring, yet felt an indescribable fear, trembling constantly.

What's going on?

How could there be an Abnormal Beast here?!

Before Yan Buji could react, the strange creature from behind actually stretched out a hand as white as jade and began writing on the ground.

【Fellow Daoist, I am not an Abnormal Beast. This Hei Liang is my spirit pet; as long as you leave this place, I will not do anything to you.】

Yan Buji's expression changed: "A cultivator undergoing mutation?"

What to do?

Whether to leave or not was not up to him; he did not know whether the other party genuinely wanted him to go or was deliberately setting a trap, so Yan Buji dared not leave lightly no matter what.

【You also have Abnormal Material, and you have begun to mutate. If you still dare to stay here, aren't you afraid my Mutant Force will affect you?】

Yan Buji took a deep breath: "How should I address you, Fellow Daoist?"

The white hand paused, hesitated for a moment, then wrote:

【Just call me Fellow Daoist Li.】

"So it's Fellow Daoist Li; to be honest, this is the first time I've seen such a... rare situation, perhaps it could help me later, so Fellow Daoist Li..."

【Don't come over!!!】

Yan Buji said as he approached, but the other party immediately wrote on the ground.

Indeed, something was off.

Although I don't know whether it's because a cultivator undergoing mutation cannot approach other Abnormal Materials, or because he currently has no strength to resist at all, either way this is also the key to breaking my situation.

Yan Buji knew he could not threaten the other party for now, so he said: "What's wrong, Fellow Daoist Li?"

【Hmph, you didn't see what I wrote earlier; aren't you afraid the Mutant Force will affect you?】

"I think it's possible that you're afraid I'll affect you," Yan Buji chuckled.

【Do you want to die?】

"I'm not afraid of death." Yan Buji stepped forward, and indeed felt a boiling sensation from the Mutant Force in his left eye.

And the white hand before him suddenly elongated, its five fingers growing longer and thicker, like five radishes sinking into the ground.

【You.... retreat!】

Now I understand.

The other party's current situation could not be a deception of oneself, and moreover it's not certain they could truly control Hei Liang's actions; otherwise Hei Liang would have come up and slapped him to death.

Moreover, they obtained a relatively crucial piece of information.

A cultivator undergoing mutation cannot approach other Abnormal Materials, otherwise the two Mutant Forces will influence each other and become even more uncontrollable.

Yan Buji stepped back and said lightly: "Fellow Daoist Li, you lack sincerity; this Hei Liang almost took my life, and I am still suppressing serious injuries—I might collapse before you at any moment—aren't you worried I might really die here?"

The white hand gradually returned to normal due to Yan Buji's retreat, shrank back into the bony flesh pointed-roof house, and threw out several Storage Accumulation Devices.

【The spiritual medicines here are enough to heal your injuries; now, get out!】

"If you want me to leave, Fellow Daoist Li, how can you guarantee that Hei Liang won't come after me to kill me once I'm gone?" Yan Buji retorted.

【There's no way to guarantee it; there is no trust whatsoever between us.】

"Hmph, then I won't leave."

【You!】

Yan Buji sat down on his own, thinking, at worst I'll die today right in front of him.

Opening the Storage Accumulation Device, Yan Buji's eyes lit up.

Although there were no Spiritual Stones inside, some jade slips and Spiritual Materials, plus the medicinal herbs, constituted a great harvest.

I don't know why Fellow Daoist Li suddenly underwent mutation here, but for Yan Buji it might also be precisely because he possesses Abnormal Material that he could keep his life.

Coincidence?

Perhaps so.

But if it weren't for this Fellow Daoist Li, Wang Jie would have died here today, the Wang family members wouldn't all have died, and I myself wouldn't have nearly lost my life!

These gains, aren't they also what he deserves to take?

Yan Buji smelled the fragrance of the Spirit Pill, found nothing amiss, immediately took it, and began to recuperate.

The scene instantly fell silent.

Hei Liang stood at the side without moving, seemingly also resisting being in this place.

And the Fellow Daoist Li undergoing mutation, unable to speak, also did not know his current condition.

Thus, Yan Buji practiced breath regulation for a full five days, and with the Spirit Pill barely brought his injuries under control; he still needed nourishment for a period of time.

As for the mutation in his left eye, even if his mana were restored, it could only wear down the excess Mutant Force, but the tentacle that had grown in his left eye could not be resolved.

This made Yan Buji very worried, for he felt the mutation in his left eye was developing toward an uncontrollable direction; the tentacle that had pierced his temple seemed like an organ of his own body, almost reaching his brain.

Wanting to solve this problem, perhaps....

"Fellow Daoist Li, do you have any way to resolve the mutation?"

Hmph, if you leave, I'll tell you.

Do you think I'll believe you? How about this, Daoist friend: tell me a method, and on the condition that you resolve my abnormal changes, we can both have a chance to trust each other.

Just a Lianqi Phase cultivator, and yet your tone is not small. If it were before, I could kill you with just a glance!

The past is the past; Daoist friend, if you want to kill me now, it's not too late—just control the Black Ling and you could easily take my life?" Yan Buji narrowed his eyes and laughed.

Hehe, you figured it out?

Yan Buji said lightly: "The Black Ling isn't your spirit pet, is it? I'm afraid you can only give it simple commands, but you, who are undergoing abnormal changes, have already begun to gradually lose control over it."

Heh, not bad eyesight for a mere Lianqi Phase cultivator. Indeed, this Black Ling was originally something I prepared to refine an Accumulation Device, came to find it; just after I placed the master recognition mark it suddenly underwent abnormal change—otherwise, how could you stand here so arrogantly?

Yan Buji blinked: "The Black Ling can also be used to refine an Accumulation Device?"

Hahaha, I thought you knew everything! Frankly speaking, if I can gather the Four Fiends of Wangliang, I can successfully enter the Nascent Soul stage!

Turns out you're still a Golden Core senior? To end up like this is truly sigh-inducing." Yan Buji muttered sarcastically.

Don't wail at me here, you brat; you're only able to speak like this because I'm currently immobile, otherwise you wouldn't dare talk to me like that.

Before I didn't dare, but now I do. Senior, why don't you consider my proposal? I know you need the Black Ling to protect you, but I also don't want to just die here; how can we reach a mutual agreement?" Yan Buji asked.

Bai Shou paused, then wrote a line: "I'll teach you how to deal with the most basic abnormal changes, and I can also give you plenty of resources—would that be enough? But it's not me begging you; it's me asking you to do something for me. Once it's done, I will personally hand over the method to resolve the abnormal changes completely. You surely don't want to one day lose control and turn into an abnormal beast, right?"

Sure enough, it's this proposal!

Yan Buji chuckled: "Sure, but I also want some very basic things; I don't know if the senior is willing to agree."

What things?

The method to refine an Accumulation Device.

Hahaha, you brat... you dare to use Abnormal Material directly to cultivate the pupil technique, yet you don't know how to refine it into an Accumulation Device? Quite bold!

Forget it, everything you want is here; I can even throw in some news that will help you refine an Accumulation Device. However, the task I want you to do—if you can't complete it within two years, then don't bother coming to me; by then I'll come find you!

Yan Buji narrowed his eyes, clasped his hands, and said: "Please, senior, instruct me."

I want you to go to the Gen Dao Imperial Dynasty and obtain a Six Aperture Linglong Heart. That heart is located on the body of the Third Princess in the imperial palace.