Mortal: Starting on the Yin Island, his physical body defies the starry sea

Chapter 8 Success or failure hinges on this one move

"It's done! Let's go take a look!"

Luo Qing's face lit up with joy. She rolled out of bed and pushed open the door in a few steps.

But as soon as he looked up, his body stiffened.

Black smoke could be seen rising from the peaks in the distance, with the central peak being the most powerful.

This is exactly what the "Avoiding Evil Spirit Eyes" says: the strange phenomena only occur when there is a great evil spirit hidden in the mountains.

Logically speaking, Luo Qing should not approach any of these mountains; he should stay away from them as soon as he sees them!

"Don't panic, don't panic, it's the Extreme Yin Island, it's normal!"

Luo Qing gritted her teeth and comforted herself, but suddenly felt her stomach was empty. Just as she was about to go to the canteen for a meal, she saw a group of fellow disciples coming from outside the village.

Clearly, they had finished their morning lessons and returned to practice their magic.

Luo Qing immediately used his spiritual eyes again to look at these fellow disciples, and saw that their bodies were covered with black energy to varying degrees.

Some appeared to be stained with smoke, but most had formed a thin layer of flame.

"Huh? It's actually Senior Sister Xiaoqi!"

Luo Qing stared intently at the group of fellow disciples who were the most numerous among them, and was surprised to find that it was his senior sister who had taken good care of him.

"So, Senior Sister Xiaoqi is this wicked? That's wonderful!"

"Meng Bao, is there a dual cultivation method that can steal the other person's malevolent energy?"

Luo Qing suddenly realized that although the original owner was so poor that he was urinating blood, he was not entirely useless; at least he had a wife!

Originally, Luo Qing was prepared to take risks in order to obtain the evil energy, but unexpectedly, there was a possibility of a breakthrough!

"Hehe, Master is thinking of something naughty. Of course, there is. It's called the [Drawing Away Evil Technique]. It can be used during dual cultivation, or on a corpse whose evil aura has not yet dissipated."

"Alright, alright, get ready to analyze!"

As Luo Qing thought to herself that her luck was starting to change, she quickly walked up to her senior sister, Xiao Qi.

Before she could react, he nodded solemnly to her and said:

"Senior sister, wait for me!"

"Huh? Oh... Oh..."

Senior Sister Xiaoqi responded blankly, and was about to say something when she saw Luo Qing quickly leave.

"Is this... being driven mad?"

Unable to understand, Senior Sister Xiaoqi shook her head and stopped thinking about it.

The analysis time for the Demon-Attracting Technique was still 3 days, so Luo Qing spent another 3 days as a tree-chopping machine.

When he regained consciousness, it was exactly the day of his elixir exchange, which occurred every seven days.

The result of working non-stop for seven days was that Luo Qing produced more than 250 pieces of Demon Bone Wood.

According to the rules, 100 pieces of demon bone wood can be exchanged for 1 bone strengthening pill.

To be honest, the most damned thing about Jiyin Island is that it still operates on a piece-rate system!

Strangely, the manager was also at the Qi Refining stage, yet he didn't engage in any of the deductions or restrictions.

"Could it be that the extremely dark island has strict laws and punishments, and is very strict in this regard?"

Luo Qing put the two Bone Strengthening Pills he had just received into his storage bag, turned around and went outside. He saw that the fellow disciples who had exchanged for Bone Strengthening Pills earlier had not left and were gathered outside, with a somewhat tense atmosphere.

"That's right, that's more like it."

Luo Qing had a sudden thought and guessed what would happen next.

Sure enough, twelve fellow disciples at the fifth level of Qi Refining quickly stepped forward, and one of them said:

"Alright, the same old rule applies: only those who make us move are entitled to take all the Bone Strengthening Pills; otherwise, they must leave one behind."

"Those numbered 1 to 10, come to me!"

"Numbers 11 through 20 are mine!"

...

Judging from this, these Qi Refining Level 5 cultivators had already secretly planned ahead, and Luo Qing and the others were just fish on their chopping board.

"It's still the Tianjin way. I want to see what's going on."

As soon as Luo Qing squeezed to the front of the crowd, he saw the heroic young man he had met before angrily stepping out from the crowd and standing in front of a gloomy young man.

Without any exchange, the valiant young man shouted and unleashed a powerful Blood Bone Fist.

A blood-white fist imprint flew out, heading straight for the head of the gloomy youth.

Compared to seven days ago, the power of this punch was clearly increased, and the speed of the punch was also faster.

If nothing unexpected happens, the gloomy boy's head will definitely not be able to withstand this blow and will explode like a watermelon!

Just then, a layer of bone-white light, with rib-like patterns, condensed around the shadowy boy.

The blood-white fist imprint struck it, causing it to shake twice before disintegrating.

"【Iron Bone Shield】!"

Luo Qing's gaze sharpened as he recognized this as a first-tier, mid-grade spell that could only be practiced by those who had cultivated Iron Bone Technique to the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

"Mengbao, collect data!"

"Meng Bao is spying..."

Iron Bone Shield (Tier 1, Mid-Grade)

Skill restrictions: None

基础威能：金灵3（50%），土灵2（20%），精纯4（30%）

额外加成：血气1（30%），煞气1（20%），戾气1（20%），法力5（40%）」

"Master, please note that for each small increase in spell grade, the spell's power will increase by 300%."

"So, his Iron Bone Shield with 40% power can block the Blood Bone Fist with 120% power?"

Luo Qing's gaze shifted, and she instantly understood.

"That's it!"

"No wonder Senior Sister Xiaoqi told me to chop down 200 trees. It turns out that one of the Bone Strengthening Pills was destined to be taken away."

Luo Qing understood Xiao Qi's good intentions, but she didn't feel much anger.

After all, this bone-strengthening pill wasn't part of his plan to become stronger; having it would be best, but not having it wouldn't matter.

Immediately, he stepped out of the crowd, ignoring his fellow disciples at the fifth level of Qi Refining, took out a Bone Strengthening Pill, tossed it aside, and headed towards his residence.

He doesn't have time to waste today; once he's figured out the magic, he'll focus all his efforts on acquiring the evil energy!

Luo Qing's move naturally attracted a lot of contemptuous and mocking glances, but little did they know that Luo Qing had long since given up on competing with them on the same track.

As soon as the door closed, Luo Qing sat down on the bed and resolutely shouted:

"Meng Bao, help me circulate my energy! I must master this demon-summoning technique before nightfall!"

The technique of drawing in evil spirits is not easy to master, but its difficulty lies in controlling the magical power.

For these kinds of technical issues, leaving them to Meng Bao is definitely the right thing to do.

However, Luo Qing wouldn't rely on Meng Bao for everything, since all her actions required the computational power of her primordial spirit.

If Luo Qing accumulates too many of these auxiliary tasks, he might really become an idiot in the future.

Several hours passed in the blink of an eye, the moon rose above the treetops, and the stars twinkled.

"Life or death, success or failure, hinges on this one battle!"

Luo Qing clenched his right fist, pushed open the door, and strode towards the No. 7 wooden house.

"Who's outside?!"

As soon as they approached, they heard Xiao Qi's wary voice coming from inside the house.

"It's me, senior sister."

Luo Qing replied with a solemn expression.

I'm sorry, original owner, I was just trying to survive!

"Oh, it's my junior brother! Come in quickly!"

Senior Sister Xiaoqi seemed to be too happy, and her voice was too loud, disturbing the nearby wooden house number eight.

Without much thought, Luo Qing immediately stepped through the wooden door that her senior sister, Xiao Qi, had personally pushed open.

They didn't see the door of the wooden house number eight being angrily pushed open, and the round-faced girl staring intently at the spot where Luo Qing had disappeared, her teeth clenched in anger:

"Damn it! That slut really got her!"