Chapter 259 New Buddy

As soon as Yuan Ming thought of this, he dispersed the fire cloud in the air and landed near the flower branch to protect it.

However, as soon as Yuan Ming landed, his legs suddenly became weak and his whole body was in pain, as if there was a flame burning in his body. He wanted to tear his skin and flesh with his fingers to dissipate the burning power.

"Poisoned? Is there an enemy lurking around?" He was shocked and angry. He endured the severe pain and concentrated his magic power, and his consciousness swept around.

However, the surroundings were quiet and no enemies appeared.

Yuan Ming was slightly startled, and then he thought of something. He suddenly looked at the spiritual flower on the purple-black cocoon. The fragrance lingered in his nostrils, and he finally understood where the poison came from.

He tried his best to mobilize the remaining strength in his body and move outside.

After an unknown period of time, Yuan Ming finally could not smell the fragrance of the purple-black spiritual flower. He practiced the Nine Yuan Jue, and his weak body slowly recovered, and the burning pain in his body gradually subsided.

After a long time, Yuan Ming returned to normal.

"The spiritual flowers that Huazhi bloomed are actually poisonous, and so powerful that even I almost got poisoned." He secretly felt lucky.

Yuan Ming looked at the purple-black spiritual flowers, his eyes sparkling, and I don't know what he was thinking.

Three days passed quickly.

The purple-black cocoon suddenly shook, and the purple-black demon vines seemed to wake up from a long sleep and danced slowly.

After a few breaths, all the demon vines woke up completely, and the purple-black cocoon slowly dispersed, revealing Huazhi's body. It looked much bigger than before, with more delicate facial features, and the aura had completely reached the second-level middle level.

Yuan Ming thought of the previous underground palace in the Snake King Valley, when Huazhi tried to attack him after his strength improved, and subconsciously became alert in his heart.

However, contrary to his expectation, Huazhi immediately flew over and rubbed against his body, looking flattering: "Master, your Fire Cloud Secret Technique is so powerful that it can even shatter the scales of the Black Lizard Beast. Only then can I break through the second-level intermediate level!"

Yuan Ming sensed the beast-controlling runes in Huazhi's body and knew that the flattery of this monster was not false, so he was relieved.

"You have recovered a lot of small demon beasts in recent days. Are you planning to be a local tyrant in this Yuxu Swamp?" He said lightly, and then looked into the distance.

The small demon beasts looked at this side from afar, but did not approach.

"Life in this Yuxu Swamp is really too happy. I can only have some fun like this! And I do this for you, the master." Huazhi said.

"Tell me, how are you catching so many small demon beasts for me?" Yuan Ming looked at Huazhi and asked.

"Of course, I am expanding my territory here and gathering my men. If you encounter strong enemies in the future, you can lead them here. When I give an order, these monsters will attack together. With our strength, even a Jindan-stage cultivator may be killed." Huazhi boasted shamelessly, crossing his arms.

"If you little monsters can deal with Jindan-stage cultivators, then Jindan-stage cultivators are too easy to deal with." Yuan Ming secretly complained in his heart, but did not speak directly.

After a change of mind, he said: "Your men should pay attention to collecting various spiritual materials in the swamp, especially spiritual objects such as flowers and plants, and give them to me when the time comes."

"Okay, no problem, I'll take care of this little thing." Huazhi patted his chest with one arm and agreed.

"Is the purple-black spiritual flower on you poisonous?" Yuan Ming asked again.

"I absorbed the life essence of the black toad, and I can devour all kinds of poisons. With its own characteristics, I can bloom a spiritual flower containing poison." Huazhi replied.

"This flower is very poisonous. I want to use it to refine poisonous incense." Yuan Ming said so.

"No problem, this flower is easy to get. Master, you plant these seeds in the soil and water them with clean water every day. Soon they will take root and sprout, and bloom this poisonous flower." Huazhi stretched out his arm, and a green light flashed on it, and many purple seeds quickly formed.

Yuan Ming didn't expect that the poisonous spiritual flower was so easy to get. He was delighted and put away these seeds. He planned to plant them in the garden of the courtyard after returning.

But this flower is poisonous, so he needs to buy a set of restrictions to isolate the poisonous incense.

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In the following days, Yuan Ming practiced hard in his room in Xiaohu City. At the same time, he lit black incense every seven days, possessed other foundation-building cultivators he saw at the succession ceremony, and tried to steal the secrets of various sects.

Of course, due to various reasons, the learning process was not very smooth, but Yuan Ming had the experience of possessing the old emperor before, so he was mentally prepared for the expectation and did not intend to force it.

Three months passed quickly.

Yuan Ming also learned several spells from other sects in Dajin one after another, including some spells of high grade and powerful.

During this period of time, the reputation of Xuanhua Lingxiang Shop gradually spread, and the number of customers increased. Mu Yang was a little difficult to deal with, so Yuan Ming had to stop practicing and receive them in person.

That day, a person walked into Xuanhua Lingxiang Shop, and the dark face was Hu Tu.

"Excuse me, who is the boss here?" Hu Tu asked hesitantly.

Mu Yang stepped forward and was about to greet him.

"Mu Yang, this is an old acquaintance of mine, Hu Tu, come into the inner room." Yuan Ming, who was in the inner room, said.

Hu Tu came to the inner room after hearing this.

"Hu Tu, long time no see." Yuan Ming turned around and showed his face.

"Master, it's really you! This is the Immortal City, right?" Hu Tu said in surprise.

"Call me boss from now on. You don't need to call me Master here. Everyone here is a Master." Yuan Ming said.

"So that's it. The shop mentioned in the letter is this store?" Hu Tu nodded suddenly and looked around.

"That's right. If you are willing, you can help me look after the shop here. If you don't understand something, ask the shopkeeper Mu Yang." Yuan Ming blinked and said.

After deciding to open this spiritual incense shop that day, he didn't plan to look after it himself. It would be a waste of time. Hiring Mu Yang alone was just a stopgap measure. He must have someone familiar to help manage and supervise each other. It's not appropriate to ask the family to send someone over. Yuan Ming thought about it and thought of Hu Tu, so the shop was originally rented in his name.

So he used the black incense to possess his body to find out his whereabouts, and then hired a small scattered alliance in the market, asking them to go to Zhuozhou in the south of Dajin and bring Hu Tu to Xiaohu City.

"Of course, I live a mediocre life in Zhuozhou. I thought I could live a good life in Dajin, but although the people of Jin didn't say it, they were discriminatory in their eyes. In Xiaohu City, no one looked at me with discrimination, so I was willing. As for the remuneration, I don't need it. I only have one request, and I hope the boss will agree." Hu Tu said.

"Hu Tu, you can speak directly." Yuan Ming roughly guessed Hu Tu's thoughts and said with a smile.

"Hu has seen the methods of the immortals these days and I am very envious. I really want to practice the immortal way. I hope the boss can accept me as a disciple. Hu Tu will definitely be devoted and repay the great kindness!" Hu Tu took a deep breath, bent down and bowed, and bowed according to the etiquette of southern Xinjiang.

"Please stand up. It is common to admire the immortal way, but practicing immortality requires certain qualifications, which is not possible for everyone." Yuan Ming helped Hu Tu up and said slowly.

"I have learned a little about this. Please check me. If I don't have the qualifications, I will accept my fate and take over the job of looking after the store." Hu Tu said so.

Yuan Ming nodded, held Hu Tu's wrist, and injected a trace of magic power into his body.

After advancing to the foundation-building stage, the spiritual roots of others can be tested by magic power alone, without borrowing magic tools.

Hu Tu seemed a little nervous at this time, holding his breath, not even daring to breathe, as if he was afraid that he would lose his spiritual roots if he was not careful.

"Hey, you really have spiritual roots, and you are lucky. You have four spiritual roots of water, fire, wood and earth." After a while, Yuan Ming said with a slightly surprised look.

"Really?" Hu Tu was overjoyed and had already knelt on the ground and cried.

"Of course it is true. Since you have spiritual roots, you can practice immortal methods. I have a method here. You can take it to comprehend it first. If you have any questions, come and ask me." Yuan Ming took out a piece of white paper, wrote down the formula of "Biluo Gong" and handed it over.

"Thank you, Master, for giving me the immortal skills!" Hu Tu took the white paper with trembling hands and knelt down.

"Don't! I have no intention of accepting you as a disciple. You still call me boss. I will call you Hu Tu." Yuan Ming held Hu Tu and said seriously.

Seeing Yuan Ming's serious expression, Hu Tu did not dare to disobey and agreed. He was more grateful to Yuan Ming in his heart.

"Hu Tu, you should take good care of my shop in the future. If you do well, I still have some Qi Refining elixirs and magic tools here, which can be rewarded to you." Yuan Ming encouraged.

Hu Tu had previously followed Fu Qing and others to Dajin, and this time he came to Xiaohu City with the members of the Sanmeng. He had already learned a little about the world of cultivation and knew the significance of elixirs and magic tools, so he agreed happily.

"Boss, don't worry. I have done business in Nanjiang and Zhuozhou. I will definitely live up to the trust and take good care of this shop." He patted his chest and promised.

Yuan Ming knew Hu Tu's personality and character. This person was a bit smooth by nature. He was indeed suitable for doing business because he specialized in speculation. Otherwise, he would not have invited him to come.

Yuan Ming then took Hu Tu around the store, introduced Mu Yang to him, and asked them to discuss things with him. He also told him some common sense of the world of cultivation and the key points of selling spiritual incense, and then became a hands-off shopkeeper.

He did not return to the residence next door, but meditated in the backyard and practiced, while monitoring Hu Tu's management of the store.

Hu Tu was very smart in doing business. He completely understood the tricks of selling spiritual incense in just half a day. He was also very good at attracting customers. No matter how many questions the customers had, he could patiently explain them to the customers. The store was always in order and there was no sense of chaos. If he didn't understand something, he would ask Mu Yang. The two of them were also coordinated, so Yuan Ming simply let Mu Yang live in the store.

Yuan Ming watched for three days and felt that there was no problem. He explained the Biluo Gong to Hu Tu twice, gave a few pointers, and then returned to No. 86 to practice with peace of mind.

Of course, he would often summon a soul crow to guard the nearby tree to see the situation of the two people in the store.