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Amon's current cultivation method can be basically summarized as:
The volume of the clone reaches its maximum - the main body eats part of the clone - the main body's cultivation level increases, and at the same time the upper limit of the clone's volume increases - the number of avatars continues to grow - the volume of the clone reaches its maximum again...
This cycle repeats itself endlessly.
Not all of Amon's avatars can participate in this cycle. The Worms of Spirit parasitizing the host cannot cultivate.
Currently, this proportion is about 50%.
These Amons undertake tasks such as controlling magical beasts to protect the main body, providing vigilance, searching for herbs in the forest, investigating more distant areas, and searching for the cave containing the remnant map of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame that appeared in the original work.
Amon divided the Amons into five categories.
These are the cultivation Amons who are the main body and the main body's reserve force;
The battle Amons who parasitize magical beasts and specialize in combat;
The reconnaissance Amons who conduct investigations, searches, and vigilance;
The reserve Amons who are the key to the Amon cultivation cycle and are also responsible for replenishing the missing parts of other types of Amons; and
The independent Amons who wander outside and temporarily move freely away from the main body.
For the current Amon, planning and scheming are still too early. Without a certain amount of strength, no matter how much you plan, it will be in vain.
The most important thing for him at this time is to improve the main body, whether it is Dou Qi cultivation or soul strength. The growth of his own strength is the core of everything.
Therefore, after initially constructing his own cultivation system, he immediately set about optimizing it.
He adjusted the proportion of each part of the Amons, reduced the proportion of combat Amons and reconnaissance Amons, and increased the number of cultivation Amons and logistics Amons. As for independent Amons, there are still only the Worms of Spirit that parasitize mercenaries.
After adjusting the proportion of different types of Amons, Amon's development speed suddenly rose to a new level.
Reconnaissance Amons and combat Amons hunt and bring back the food and medicinal materials that the Worms of Spirit need to digest and absorb. Their hunting gains happen to meet the needs of the reserve Amons.
The reserve Amons consume these foods and medicinal materials to increase their numbers. The number they increase happens to meet the consumption needs of the cultivation Amons.
Amon entered a low-key farming mode.
All types of Amons cooperate with each other, giving full play to the role of each Amon, and no Amon is idle.
In addition, Amon did not waste those medicines that the Worms of Spirit could not completely digest and absorb, and forced swallowing would bring temporary improvement, but would affect future cultivation, but made full use of them.
He let the avatars eat these medicinal materials to quickly improve in a short period of time. In most cases, the growth of the Amon avatar's soul increases proportionally with the improvement of cultivation.
Eating unsuitable medicinal materials, the side effects will only be reflected in the body, but will not act on the soul. These subsequently enhanced souls are still high-quality food for the main body.
As for the clone corpses that have accumulated medicinal toxins and cannot be used, they are wasted if they are wasted. Amon doesn't mind. In order to speed up the development of the main body, it doesn't matter if some loss-making conversions are made.
...
At noon, the scorching sun pierced through the sky above the courtyard, fiercely plunging into this small world. The stone slabs in the courtyard seemed to be burning, exuding a scalding breath, and the air seemed a little distorted and churning.
Mu She finished his cultivation, stood on the corridor with his hands behind his back, gazing at a flower in the courtyard that had been withered by the sun, silent for a long time.
He exuded a strong Dou Qi fluctuation, which was a manifestation of just breaking through and not being able to freely control Dou Qi.
He had just successfully broken through from a nine-star Dou Practitioner to become a Dou Master!
It has been a long time since he encountered the talking ape in the Monster Mountain Range, and Mu She has gradually emerged from that scare.
The Monster Mountain Range does not seem to have become more dangerous. Mercenaries come in and out, just like before.
The ape seemed to have disappeared, and was never mentioned in anyone's mouth.
A man in his thirties, wearing the coarse cloth short shirt that mercenaries often wear, walked in. Seeing Mu She, he seemed a little surprised and immediately congratulated:
"Congratulations, Vice-Captain, on successfully breaking through to the Dou Master realm."
A smile appeared in Mu She's eyes: "Gan Mu, didn't you say you were going to Utan City to take care of some personal matters? You're back so soon?"
"Well... it's not a big deal, just helping a relative of mine deal with a conflict with someone else. It's been taken care of," Gan Mu replied.
"It's good that you're back. Recently, the captain took on a mission to help a first-grade alchemist find a second-grade herb. The team is short of manpower," Mu She said.
"Looking for herbs? Going into the Monster Mountain Range again?" Gan Mu's face turned pale, seeming very afraid of the Monster Mountain Range.
Mu She comforted: "Don't worry, I've been paying attention to the situation of the other mercenaries recently. I haven't heard of any abnormal situations in the Monster Mountain Range... that time was just our bad luck.
"The alchemist is in urgent need, so the reward is very generous. Even if we don't find it, we will each get a hard-earned fee."
"Okay," Gan Mu nodded heavily.
"Vice-Captain, the captain invites you over. We're leaving soon," a mercenary came to pass the message.
"I know," Mu She nodded slightly.
Gan Mu and Mu She went to the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's hall together.
Walking into the spacious hall, Mu She nodded to the old man sitting in the center wearing a gray gown: "Captain."
Feeling the Dou Qi fluctuations on Mu She's body, the old man raised his eyebrows and nodded in agreement.
This is the current captain of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, Xiong San.
The great losses suffered in the previous mission have eased the struggle between him and Mu She a lot.
Green Mountain Town is not their only dominant force. If they continue to fight internally in this situation, it will only benefit others.
Beside Xiong San, there was a man wearing a black robe with slightly gray hair. Obviously, he was the employer this time, the first-grade alchemist.
Xiong San respectfully said to the black-robed man: "Master Gu Feng, let me introduce you. This is Mu She, the vice-captain of our Wolf Head Mercenary Group, who recently broke through to the Dou Master realm...
"With our two Dou Shis protecting you, if we only operate in the outer periphery of the Monster Mountain Range, safety is absolutely no problem."
"I won't talk too much nonsense. Help me find the Snake Strength Fruit, and I will refine the pills you want for you... Of course, if you don't find it, I won't let you run for nothing. I will give you a hard-earned fee, but not too much," alchemist Gu Feng stroked his beard and said calmly.
"Thank you, Master... Snake Strength Fruit is not too rare. Snake Strength Fruit often grows where Crimson Ice Snakes live. We happen to know the habitat of two second-tier Crimson Ice Snakes... I believe there will be gains," Xiong San responded.
A satisfied smile appeared on Gu Feng's face. "As expected of one of the two major mercenary groups in Green Mountain Town... It seems that choosing to entrust you was the right decision."
"You flatter us," Xiong San's face showed a slight complacency.
He Meng and Gan Mu stood behind Mu She, looking at the Na Ring worn on Gu Feng's right index finger, with interested expressions on their faces.
"Well... the main body should like this thing, right? He complained before that there was no place to put many things," He Meng communicated with Gan Mu using soul power. "How was your trip to Utan City?"
"Xiao Yan is currently just a six or seven-year-old child. We still have time," Gan Mu responded.
...
A group of people walked in the dense forest, and the sunlight passed through the leaves, casting mottled shadows.
Mu She and Xiong San followed closely behind Gu Feng, everyone holding weapons, their eyes vigilantly staring at the directions they were responsible for.
Only He Meng and Gan Mu looked relaxed, without any sense of tension, as if they had returned home.
"Why do I feel that the number of attacks in the Monster Mountain Range has decreased recently?" a mercenary muttered.
"Do you have that feeling too? I think so too. Before, we would encounter a magical beast every few hundred meters, but now we have walked so far, and we haven't even seen a ghost shadow," another person responded.
Mu She's pupils shrank. The Monster Mountain Range becoming safer is also an abnormality! Instead of being happy, he was worried.
Just then, a scream rang out. A huge red python hung down from the branches, biting a mercenary in one bite and rolling him onto the branches.
The other mercenaries took action one after another, and various Dou Skills erupted, quickly turning the giant python into minced meat.
A mercenary rummaged through the giant python's corpse with a dagger for a while, but found no magic core, and couldn't help but spit, "Bad luck."
In the following journey, one magical beast after another continuously attacked the team, causing a large number of casualties.
"Who said the number of magical beasts has decreased just now? Damn, is this called few?" Xiong San's face was ugly.
Gu Feng frowned: "How far are we? Will we still be able to solve the second-tier Crimson Ice Snake and pick the herbs by then?"
"Don't worry, there's no problem. It's just a second-tier magical beast..." Xiong San patted his chest and responded very confidently.
But soon, he couldn't be confident anymore. A Snowstorm Demonic Ape and several magical beasts of various shapes walked over, staring at them with either hostile or teasing eyes.
Gu Feng's face changed. This scene of multiple types of magical beasts acting together made him very uneasy.
Seeing the familiar Snowstorm Demonic Ape, looking at this familiar scene, Mu She's face twitched.
Suddenly, an abnormality occurred. Two strong winds attacked from behind. Gu Feng did not expect such a change and was hit in the body by a palm, vomiting blood from his mouth.
"Boss Mu She, attack quickly," Gan Mu shouted while continuing to attack Gu Feng fearlessly.
Gu Feng, as an alchemist, although he is also a Dou Master, does not have rich combat experience. In addition, he was seriously injured by a sneak attack at the beginning. Under the desperate attacks of Gan Mu and He Meng, he was quickly killed by them together.
Xiong San was the first to guard against Mu She because of Gan Mu's words, and did not rescue Gu Feng in time. His eyes were full of anger, and he asked in confusion: "Are you crazy?"
Mu She was dazed for a moment, and explained with a gloomy face: "It wasn't me."
Then he looked at Gan Mu and He Meng and asked, "Why?"
"Roar..."
The Snowstorm Demonic Ape let out a roar, crossed Mu She, crossed Gan Mu and He Meng, and launched an attack on Xiong San.
This scene made Mu She's face uncertain, and he didn't know what to do for a while.
The remaining mercenaries looked at each other, thinking that Mu She wanted to rebel and kill the captain to take over. The situation on the scene was obviously that Mu She firmly occupied the upper hand, so none of them took action.
They thought that Mu She used some secret method to drive the magical beasts to fight for him!
Xiong San was killed... Mu She did not take action.
It was the turn of the remaining mercenaries, and Mu She still did not take action.
His mind was occupied by an ugly monkey face... Gan Mu and He Meng have defected to the magical beasts? This is all arranged by the Ape Lord?
He couldn't help but ask: "What exactly does the Ape Lord want to do?"
Gan Mu took out a monocle made of crystal from his pocket and embedded it in his right eye socket, with a faint smile on his face:
"You guess!"
The magical beasts with strange circles on their right eyes smiled at Mu She at the same time.
The strange scene made people feel cold.
Mu She originally thought that the Ape Lord wanted him to do things for it, and killing Xiong San was also to push him to the top... After all, it is a magical beast, and it is always inconvenient to deal with people. He Meng and Gan Mu's strength is also a bit poor, and he is the best candidate to take over the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.
In addition, because of his fear of the Ape Lord who was likely staring here, he did not take action, nor did he run away, but just watched from the side.
But seeing this scene now, he realized that Gan Mu and He Meng were probably controlled by something... What he encountered was probably not a fifth-tier ape, but some kind of strange and sinister race!
He wanted to run away, but he was surrounded by magical beasts.
The battle broke out and ended quickly.
A hunchbacked ape wearing a bamboo hat and a straw raincoat walked to the unconscious Mu She and muttered:
"There's no conspiracy, just want to grab a Na Ring. Consider yourselves unlucky... As for you, you are an actor in the script, so I will try not to replace people, so I only attacked you after you reached Dou Master."
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