After the two people divided the things, and under Liu Mufeng's suggestion, the two dug a pit beside the cave and buried the bones of the old senior.
Taking out the spiky-thorn boar that Jiang Xu had hunted, Liu Mufeng set up a fire outside the cave and made barbecue for Jiang Xu.
"Xiao Xu, I think it will get dark soon. Why don't we spend the night in this cave tonight, and we will be on our way tomorrow, what do you think?" Liu Mufeng discussed with Jiang Xu while he was roasting the meat. He felt that it was not safe to walk at night, and they could stay here for the night. Anyway, this is the outer part of the forest, and there are not too many dangerous demonic beasts.
Hearing this, Jiang Xu thought for a while. "Mu Feng, I want to stay here and retreat for a while."
"Retreats?" Raising an eyebrow, Liu Mufeng looked surprised.
"Yes, I have so much on my hands and I thought about carefully. I have 150,000 spiritual stones in my hand, and I also have some good things from those bandits. If I went to seclusion and breakthrough to the Spiritual Mortal Realm, it should be time for me to advance."
"How sure are you?" Liu Mufeng asked seriously, looking at him.
"80%." Before, the spiritual stones in his hand were not enough, Jiang Xu had never dared to try to advance, worried that he would fail, but now there is no need to worry.
"Well, Xiao Yuan and I will protect you. You can advance right here. Otherwise, it is not safe for you to be carrying so much spirit stones." After thinking about it, Liu Mufeng agreed, because he remembers in the original novel was said, that the villain a was promoted to the Spiritual Mortal Realm at the age of thirteen. At this moment, Xiao Xu's retreat time just matches.
"Okay, I'm retreating in the cave inside, and I will place protection barrier at both the entrances of the caves inside and outside, so you don't have to worry about monsters coming in." After thinking about it, Jiang Xu decided to arrange several enchantments for protection measures.
"Okay, take a good rest tonight, we will start preparations tomorrow. Arrange some restrictions and traps outside the cave to ensure safety." Since he is going to retreat, precautions is indispensable and I'm just way too weak to protect him if a strong demonic beast try to come in.
"Yeah!" Nodding, Jiang Xu agreed.
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The next day, Jiang Xu and Liu Mufeng were busy inside and out. After arranging the restrictions and the traps, Jiang Xu went to the cave inside to retreat.
Looking at Jiang Xu sitting on the stone bed meditating, Liu Mufeng slightly raised the corner of his mouth. His sweetheart is about to advance to the Spiritual Mortal Realm. This makes Liu Mufeng very happy, but thinking of his four-star strength in the Spiritual Realm, Liu Mufeng is a little frustrated. It seems that he has to practice hard too.
Opening the animal breeding bag, Liu Mufeng released Xiao Yuan's and her subordinates. "Xiao Yuan, you take your men and stay in this cave to ensure Xiao Xu's safety. If a monster comes over, you must tell me as soon as possible."
"I know master." Xiao Yuan nodded and expressed her understanding.
"Okay." glanced at Jiang Xu who was sitting in the cave inside. Liu Mufeng turned and went to the corner of the cave. He took off the bracelet on his wrist, and directly bit his finger and dripped his blood on the bracelet. The contract with this magical artifact has formed.
Once the contract was completed, Liu Mufeng disappeared from the cave.
Looking at her master who disappeared without a trace, Xiao Yuan blinked and felt with the master-servant contract, confirming that her rookie master was alive and not dead, she no longer cared. Boss Jiang is advancing in the cave inside. The master asked me to protect Boss Jiang in this cave outside, and I must do it at best and protect him. Boss Jiang said that when he was promoted to the Spiritual Mortal Realm, he would get us another spiky-thorn as food.
"Buzz..." Xiao Yuan called several times to her subordinates. All the spirit worms flew to the entrance of the cave, lying on the wall one by one, earnestly standing guard for Jiang Xu.