The Portal of Wonderland - Chapter 221

Chapter 221
"Where am I?"




Shi Mu thought something as he looked around . He then murmured to himself .
Suddenly, there was a surge in the surrounding mist . Then, virtual shadows of two other pythons broke into this chaotic world .
The body of one of the pythons was wrapped in a mass of white light . There was a pair of wings on its back . Its overwhelming strength couldn’t be considered inferior to that of the three-headed python .
The other one was an even bigger python . Its body was covered with green scales . It was twice as big as the three-headed python . There was an extremely formidable aura around its body . It seemed to be far above a Xian Tian level beast soul . Surprisingly, it was an Earth-ranked ominous beast soul .
"It’s not good . These two are Zha Gu's beast souls . " Shi Mu was flabbergasted . He then recalled the moments before he had lost his consciousness . But, he could only vaguely remember that scene .
However, the shadows of the two pythons didn’t give him time to ponder over this matter . And, they pounced towards him in a threatening manner . They then opened their mouths, and bit at Shi Mu, who was in the form of a mass of white light .
‘Roar!’
The three-headed python standing beside Shi Mu issued a loud roar . The size of its body was relatively smaller than the red and green pythons’ . But, it was courageous-enough to swoop down towards them . It rushed forward, and blocked the two ominous pythons .
The shadows of the three pythons coiled around each other, and started to bite each other .
The built of the three-headed python looked relatively smaller . But, it didn’t show any sign of weakness in the battle since it was blessed with three heads . However, it didn’t take long before it fell into a disadvantageous situation because it had to deal with two enemies at the same time . The radiance of its body dimmed at a very fast speed; so much so that it could be seen with naked eyes .
Shi Mu became anxious as he witnessed this scene . But, he couldn’t come forward to extend his help owing to his state .
‘Roar!’
The green-scaled python swayed, and whipped its tail severely on the three-headed python’s body . The three-headed python was sent flying along with the red python .
The green-scaled python turned its head . An ominous gleam streaked across its eyes . Then, it swooped towards the mass of white light that was the incarnated form of Shi Mu .
It seemed that the three-headed python wanted to rush back to Shi Mu’s side . But, its body was tightly bound by the red python . So, it was unable to break itself free .
The green-scaled python opened its mouth, and bit towards the mass of white light . In fact, it exerted its full might to tear him apart .
Suddenly, Shi Mu’s heart was struck by a sense of apprehension . He had a bad premonition of an imminent danger . He was frightened that he would surely lose his sanity if the mass of white light was gobbled-up by the python .
Shi Mu’s spirit shuddered with a fit of terror . An extremely vicious aura spread from the depth of his spirit .
Then, a streak of white light darted out from the depths of the mass of white light, and got condensed into a fuzzy shadow of a white ape .
The green-scaled python’s eyes were smeared with an extremely frightened look as its eyes fell on the white ape . It immediately turned around, and dashed away .
The white ape’s shadow raised its head, and issued a loud roar . Then, it pounded its fist towards the green-scaled python in a ferocious manner .
The green-scaled python felt a little fluctuation behind its body . Then, a mass of misty-white whirlpool emerged behind it . The python whirled around, and issued a frightened scream . But, its body shattered into pieces, and transformed into a group of green fireflies . Those fireflies began to spin along with the white whirlpool .
The red python wasn’t far from the white ape . It seemed to have sensed the pressure of the white ape’s domineering aura . So, its body turned stiff .




But, the three-headed python seemed to be unaffected . An ominous glint flashed through its eyes . Then, its three heads began to nip at the body of the red python . It exerted its full might to rip the red python apart . The red python’s body was soon torn into three pieces .
The white ape’s shadow waved its arms . It seemed as if it wanted to do something . But then, its stature turned fuzzy, and began to sway from side-to-side . It gradually dissipated along with the white whirlpool that was near its body . Only the green fireflies remained floating in the air .
Shi Mu was struck dumb as he witnessed this scene . He felt that he had grasped a little clue . But, he couldn’t figure out what it was .
‘Roar! Roar!’
The three-headed python issued a few cheerful roars in excitement . Then, it swallowed down all the severed pieces of the red python . After that, its middle head issued a suction force in order to absorb that floating group of green fireflies . These fireflies had emerged from the shattered pieces of the green-scaled python . Its three heads had soon gobbled-up that group of fireflies .
A layer of black light gleamed on the surface of the three-headed python’s body as it absorbed two beast souls in succession . Then, a black light flashed beside one of its heads . After that, the fourth head of the python emerged .
But, it wasn’t the end . Then, the fifth head also began to emerge .
A meatball could be seen bulging on its neck . It seemed as if the fifth head would sprout out at any moment .
Shi Mu’s heart brimmed with happiness as he saw this .
But then, a cloud of darkness spread before his eyes, and he lost his consciousness once again .
Shi Mu regained his consciousness after an unknown period of time . A burst of boisterous voices fell into his ears as he sobered-up . The clamorous sounds made his brows crease into a frown .
" . . . You’re indeed a formidable incarnation . I’m also Master Shi Tou’s spirit pet . But, I’m like a light of a firefly before the magnificent radiance of the bright moon if compared with you . . .
"I’m just a small and ugly parrot in front of your dazzling brilliance . . . But, my inconsequential existence is a tiny bit useful to my master .
"So, can you take the soul-flame in your hand a little bit away from me… Otherwise, my fragile body will be roasted . . . ah!"
Parrot Cai was the obvious source of this clamorous voice . Its voice was permeated with a touch of flattery . But, it was also issuing mournful screams from time-to-time .
Shi Mu opened his eyes . But, a fit of exhaustion raided him, and made his body extremely heavy .
He mustered his energy, and turned his head . He then looked around, and found himself lying on the ground . Zha Gu's headless body lay on the ground near him .
Yan Luo stood to one side .
It seemed to have restored its body by now . Even the aura around its body seemed much more formidable than before .
Yan Luo’s shattered left arm also seemed to have made a full recovery since it held Cai’s feet with it . A small cluster of white flames could be seen in its right hand . It was swinging the parrot’s body… as if it playing with him . But, Cai looked scared, and was shouting in fear . It could neither flutter its wings, nor could he try to fly away since its feet had been caught by Yan Luo .
Yan Luo noticed that Shi Mu had woken-up . It put away the soul-flame from its right hand, and threw Cai away . Then, its stature flashed, and appeared in front of Shi Mu .
Shi Mu was dumbfounded . Yan Luo had its back towards him . So, it was obvious that it couldn’t have seen him awake .
The soul-flames in Yan Luo’s eye-sockets looked dark-blue in color . Moreover, there was a touch of purple amid the blue color .




"Yan Luo, you . . . " Shi Mu was familiar with the changing color of Yan Luo’s soul-flames . So, he had realized that Yan Luo had stepped into a new realm .
Yan Luo was now at the consummate stage of the Xian Tian realm . Moreover, it seemed that it might proceed further, and step into the realm of an Earth-ranked warrior soon enough .
This was a good thing for Shi Mu . But, the speed of Yan Luo’s attainment was too frightening to believe . He couldn’t help but feel a little anxious about it .
Yan Luo’s soul-flames flickered as it looked at Shi Mu from top to bottom . It seemed as if it was feeling a little relieved .
Then, it nodded towards Shi Mu . It didn’t wait for Shi Mu to speak anything, and a burst of black smoke emerged on the surface of its body . Then, its stature turned fuzzy, and it vanished into thin air . It seemed to have returned to the Dead Spirit World .

Shi Mu was taken aback .
"Shi Tou, you woke-up . I was extremely worried about you . " Cai swooped over, and landed on Shi Mu’s shoulder as he saw that Yan Luo had disappeared .
"Well, there’s nothing to be worried about . But, I want to take rest . You go, and keep a watch on me," Shi Mu said .
Cai wanted to say something . But, it saw that Shi Mu’s entire body was drenched in blood, and his face looked exhausted . So, it had no other option but to comply . It fluttered its wings, and flew high up in the sky .
Shi Mu sat down cross-legged . Then, he started to practice his cultivation art . He had suffered severe damages on many places in his body . Moreover, the consumption of his Real Qi seemed quite severe . He also felt an acute pain in his head due to excessive loss of his spirit power . Fortunately, none of his injuries was fatal .
Shi Mu took a deep breath, and continued to sit with his legs crossed for a while . Then, he stood-up, and walked over to Zha Gu’s corpse .
He then picked-up the green whip that lay nearby . His heart brimmed with happiness as he examined it .
The magic formula engraved on the surface of the green whip seemed a lot more complicated than his own meteoric iron black blade’s formula . Surprisingly, it was a high-grade magic tool .
Zha Gu’s knife also seemed to be a rare magic weapon .
Shi Mu didn’t need this knife for his own use . But, he still took it so that he could exchange it for a considerable amount of money .
There was also a beast soul bag lying on the ground . But, it was completely empty .
Shi Mu was dumbfounded . He associated this incident to the sudden advancement of Yan Luo’s cultivation, and understood the whole story .
He collected the three magic tools . Then, he continued to fumble with Zha Gu’s body . Suddenly, his eyes got pulled towards Zha Gu’s left hand .
There was a greyish-black ring on Zha Gu’s finger . It was emitting faint rays of light .
Shi Mu’s eyes lit-up . He took the ring off his hand . He then poured a drop of his blood on it . After that, he poured his spirit into the ring in order to explore it .
This ring was a storage magic tool like he had expected . However, the space inside it was a lot smaller than his own storage ring . But, it was still a rare treasure .
Shi Mu’s face beamed with an ecstatic look . Almost fifty percent of this storage ring was already filled with various kinds of things .
He waved his hand, and several things appeared on the ground with a crashing sound .




Most of the things were various kinds of top-grade ores .
Shi Mu had a very deep understanding of ores . He knew that there were all kinds of rare and precious ores inside this ring that could be used to cast magic weapons . Moreover, the value of these ores was considerably high .
There were also some other things apart from the ores .
There was a stack of gold leaves, a few bottles of pills, some ancient books, and a jade slip . Dozens of spirit stones were also present therein .
Shi Mu picked-up a few books along with the jade slip, and put them aside . He wanted to inspect something else first .
The monetary worth of those gold leaves was perhaps not less than three million . Moreover, a few bottles were loaded with some precious restoration pills . There was also a bottle that was loaded with detoxifying pills .
Shi Mu knew only a little about the pills that belonged to the barbarian race . In fact, he could differentiate them in a very vague manner…
There were two middle-ranked spirit stones amid a dozen or more spirit stones . One of them was a water-attribute, and the other one was a fire-attribute spirit stone .
Shi Mu stacked-up these things into his own storage ring . Then, he picked-up a few ancient books, and glanced through them .
The content of these ancient books didn’t seem to be special . These books were basically about geography, the unofficial history of the continent, and so on…
Shi Mu finally picked-up the jade slip, and poured his spirit into it . His face soon sparkled with joy .
The jade slip was a map – the map of the barbarian Wasteland . It was an extremely detailed map that illustrated the minute details about the Black Rock Mountains .
Shi Mu recovered his spirit after a moment .
It would be much easier for him to pass through the barbarian Wasteland with the help of this map .
He exhaled a deep breath, and calmed his mind down . Then, he waved his hand, and received the remaining things .
After that, he burnt down Zha Gu’s body to ashes . He then looked for a secure place, and sat down cross-legged .
He took out a jade bottle and a healing pill from his clothes . He then stuck two rejuvenation charms on his chest’s wound . After that, he sat down cross-legged once again .
*** ***
In the Dead Spirit World…
Yan Luo stood still in the center of a small basin . It held a bone-spear in its hand . The soul-flames were flickering within its eye sockets .
Several piles of bones could be seen all over the place . In fact, there were two-hundred or more heaps in the surroundings .
Most of these bones still looked complete . Moreover, each pile could form a complete human skeleton . These skeletons didn’t seem to have been defeated in a battle .
A row of blood-moons were suspended in the dark sky . The number of the blood moons was still eleven . But, one of the moons looked a little bleak in comparison with the others .
*** ***
An hour later…
Shi Mu stood on a slope of the hill . He was gazing far into the western horizon .
The golden setting-sun hung low on the horizon – like a disc . It was sprinkling its soft and warm golden luster across the world .
There were black-colored rolling hills behind him . They seemed to be bathing in the afterglow of the setting sun . It looked as if they were clad in a layer of bright-golden radiance .
"Master, you’re awesome . You exterminated the Earth-ranked powerhouse . You’re ten times more formidable than the obese man Ju . Oh… no . In fact, you’re hundred times more formidable . . . " Cai said while fluttering its wings on Shi Mu’s shoulder .
"It wasn’t me who killed that man . I’ve told you this several times . "
"I know that the human-skeleton has killed him . But, it’s the same thing . I think I’m following the right person . "
"It has a name . It’s called Yan Luo . " Shi Mu retracted his vision from the distance . He then started to walk down the slope .
"I saw that the skeleton was holding you when I first arrived . It really scared the hell out of me . "
"Be careful . It might chide you in the future . "
" . . . Yan Luo, belongs to the Dark Territory, right?"
"What’s this Dark Territory? Oh, by the way, Zha Gu once spoke the words – ‘Dark Moon Disciple’ . What is this thing?"
"What reward will I get if I tell you about it?" The parrot moved, and took a more comfortable position on Shi Mu’s shoulder .
"There’s no reward . But, I know that you can’t control yourself from spitting it out . " Shi Mu stamped his foot on the ground, and jumped in the air .
"I’ll certainly refrain myself," the parrot replied .
Shi Mu didn’t say anything further . He continued with his journey in a silent manner .
A little time passed . The parrot opened his mouth . It seemed as if it wanted to say something, but it remained silent . It continued to do this for some time . And, it swallowed its words every time it opened its mouth .
"Cai, was Young Master Ju a Deep Moon Believer?" Shi Mu asked while passing through the pieces of rocks .
"Uh . . . I’m not telling you . "
"Fine . Forget about it . "
*** ***
The color of the sky was darkening . The setting sun gradually turned into a pale-yellow ball of light . The half-red and half-yellow afterglow of the setting sun could be seen across the horizon . A bird and a man could be seen advancing towards a west-ward direction while quarrelling along the way .

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