378: Master, my name is Youruo

Because he was secretly following the other party, Mu Feng did not release the Puppet Lizard and the Flying Purple Patterned Scorpion.

Anyway, with his current strength, as long as he wasn't suddenly ambushed, even a Late Stage Nascent Soul old monster wouldn't be able to instantly kill him.

There was no need to worry about being unable to release them.

Just like that.

Mu Feng walked and stopped.

And this grand hall was even larger than he had imagined.

He had already traveled for nearly an hour, yet he still hadn't reached the end of the hall.

Correspondingly, the Ancient Demon had not reappeared within Mu Feng's detection range.

"Forget it, I think it's about time. Let's speed up."

He had deliberately dragged out the process earlier.

However, so much time had passed; if he wasn't on the same path as the Ancient Demon, the other party should have already left.

If their destinations were the same.

Then, presumably, the other party would have almost reached the treasure-taking location and begun taking the treasure.

Although it was said that this treasure was not so easy to retrieve, he couldn't just leave it alone.

What if the other party had some special means to quickly retrieve the treasure? That would not be good.

Thinking this.

Mu Feng began to take out his Gale Boat and accelerate towards the direction indicated by the mysterious heaven stone tablet.

Just like that.

After another half an hour, within Mu Feng's detection range, he finally saw the end of this grand hall.

Strangely.

The Ancient Demon's figure was not seen there.

This made Mu Feng secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

It seemed their destinations were not the same.

Although his combat power had increased somewhat since their last encounter.

He now had the Flying Purple Patterned Scorpion as an additional helper compared to last time.

However, Mu Feng was not sure if Little Purple's strange cry talent would be effective against this Devil Head.

So, it was better not to encounter him if possible.

After not finding any trace of the Devil Head, Mu Feng boldly moved quickly towards the direction indicated by the mysterious heaven stone tablet.

At the same time, he also put his Divine Sense into his spirit beast bag, allowing his Spirit Beasts to come out and get some air.

As soon as he entered the spirit beast bag, Mu Feng found that Little Lizard's aura had become very heavy.

Upon closer inspection of its body.

He found that the Flood Dragon pattern and the firebird pattern on its abdomen had become lifelike, as if they were about to emerge from its body.

What surprised him even more was that all the silver runes that were originally scattered across Little Lizard's body had gathered around those patterns.

Silver and red continuously intertwined and supplemented each other.

It looked as if they were about to merge into one.

"Hmm?"

"This is it, it has completely succeeded in refining the Sun Essence Fire and the Crimson Serpent Fire Dragon's blood!"

Seeing this scene.

Mu Feng couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Little Lizard was his absolute main force.

He had just been thinking that his combat power might be insufficient if he encountered the Ancient Demon.

He didn't expect that in such a short time, the Little Lizard had given him such a big surprise!

In his joy.

Mu Feng directly opened Little Lizard's attribute page.

He began to investigate its changes.

[Name]: Puppet Lizard (Ancient Variant Puppet)

[Introduction]: Due to the admixture of mithril, the Puppet Lizard's body has mutated, and its body hardness is ten times that of an ordinary Puppet Lizard. (New 1: The Puppet Lizard has absorbed a large amount of Materials, and its body performance has been enhanced, increasing speed, attack, and defense. New 2: The Puppet Lizard has absorbed the Blood Python Jiao's innate horn and learned a new innate skill. New 3: The Puppet Lizard has absorbed an Advanced Puppet core, and its body performance has been further enhanced, increasing speed, Cultivation Technique, and defense. New 4: The Puppet Lizard has fused with millennial willow wood, increasing its durability. New 5: The Puppet Lizard has absorbed the Double-Headed Flood Dragon's innate horn and learned a new skill. New 6: The Puppet Lizard has absorbed the crimson fire golden lotus, greatly increasing the intensity of the flames within its body. New 7: The Puppet Lizard has absorbed a large amount of soul stone, greatly increasing its Divine Soul strength, and its mental control skill has evolved into powerful mental control. New 8: The Puppet Lizard has absorbed the Ancient Puppet Upgrade Scroll, successfully Advanced to a Core Formation Puppet, greatly increasing speed, defense, and strength, and its berserk skill has evolved into Super Berserk. New 9: The Puppet Lizard's body has fused with ten thousand year iron wood, greatly increasing defense and durability, and it has learned the passive skill Self-Healing. New 10: The Puppet Lizard's body has become flexible, and its movements are no longer stiff. New 11: The Puppet Lizard has absorbed the Unicorn Rhino's horn, further enhancing its elemental abilities. New 12: The Puppet Lizard has absorbed the Silver-Winged Yaksha's wings, learned a new innate skill, and can fly freely. New 13: The Puppet Lizard has consumed Earth Demon Dragon flesh and blood, enhancing its blood Qi. New 14: After the Puppet Lizard fused with the Sun Essence Fire, the power of the Golden Flame within its body greatly increased, and it developed self-awareness. The Golden Flame skill upgraded to Spirit-Awakened Flame. New 15: The Puppet Lizard has completely refined the Sun Essence Fire and fused it with the silver runes in its body, its strength skyrocketing to Early Stage Nascent Soul, and all its attributes have greatly increased.)

[Skills]: Bite, Charge, Super Berserk, Powerful Mental Control, Spirit-Awakened Flame, Puppet Repair, Phantom Clone.

[Durability 200000 / 200000]

....

"Nascent... Nascent Soul!"

"Holy crap!"

Mu Feng stared at the two words 'Nascent Soul' described in New 15, completely stunned.

This upgrade speed was too incredible.

He, the master, had fought tooth and nail, encountering countless fortuitous opportunities, and was only at the Nascent Soul Late Stage now. He never expected that the Little Lizard, without a sound, would fuse the silver runes within its body and directly upgrade to Nascent Soul.

"Good, good, good!"

"Well done!"

After a brief shock, Mu Feng was filled with boundless ecstasy!

Although he didn't understand why the Little Lizard had suddenly evolved from a Core Formation Puppet to a Nascent Soul Puppet.

But Mu Feng knew this was definitely a good thing.

The Little Lizard was cultivated by him from a young age, and their bond was deep.

The stronger it was, the more it would help his own combat power.

"Attributes greatly increased? I wonder by how much?"

"It shouldn't be worse than when it Advanced to Core Formation, right?"

"Its durability, however, has nearly doubled."

Knowing that the Little Lizard had Advanced to Nascent Soul, Mu Feng once again released his Divine Sense to examine the Little Lizard's information.

Putting aside everything else.

Its durability had increased from 110,000 to 200,000.

At this strength.

Even a Great Cultivator at the Late Stage Nascent Soul would likely be unable to break through its defense in a short time.

"Ma-master!"

Just as Mu Feng was engrossed in his observation, a weak voice suddenly reached his ears.

"Gah?!"

The sudden sound startled Mu Feng greatly.

"Little Lizard, you, you can speak!"

After a brief shock, Mu Feng also realized that the source of the voice was indeed coming from his Puppet Lizard.

Mu Feng never expected that after evolving to Nascent Soul, the Little Lizard would actually be able to communicate with him directly.

Although its voice was still a bit childish.

It was indeed speaking human language, and not through their mind link via the contract imprint.

"Um, I don't know how, but Little Lizard just learned it."

When asked by Mu Feng, the Little Lizard seemed a little embarrassed.

Its intelligence had actually been continuously improving.

Especially when it absorbed the Sun Essence Fire, it had already developed self-awareness.

However, that self-awareness was still very nascent, until it had just completely combined the Sun Essence Fire with the silver runes in its body, allowing it to evolve from a Core Formation Puppet to a Nascent Soul Puppet.

Suddenly, many new things appeared in its self-awareness.

Speaking human language was one of them.

"Don't know how it learned? Alright."

"It seems it's due to evolving to Nascent Soul?"

Nascent Soul and before Nascent Soul was a major threshold.

Ordinary Yao Beasts generally had little intelligence before Nascent Soul, but after enduring the form-transforming Lightning Tribulation and reaching Nascent Soul, they could transform into human form and speak human language.

Presumably, his Puppet Lizard was also due to this reason.

"By the way, Little Lizard, can you transform into a human form?"

Mu Feng looked at the Little Lizard with burning eyes.

He was quite curious about this.

This Puppet should be a genderless object, right?

He wondered what it would look like after transforming into a human form.

Just as Mu Feng was eagerly anticipating seeing what the Little Lizard's human form would look like, a childish voice, slightly flustered, said to him: "Master, Little Lizard itself doesn't seem to know how to transform yet..."

The Little Lizard had just tried, but found that it had not mastered this transformation technique.

"Can't transform?"

"Uh, alright."

Mu Feng waited for a long time, but unexpectedly received this answer, feeling a bit disappointed.

Perhaps sensing Mu Feng's disappointed tone, the Little Lizard continued, "Master, um, maybe Little, Little Lizard will only be able to transform after it has absorbed all the information in its Sea of Consciousness."

"That's true."

"I was too impatient."

Mu Feng stroked his chin, pondering slightly.

The Little Lizard had just broken through to Nascent Soul, and it probably hadn't fully grasped many things yet; he didn't need to be so impatient.

"It's not Master's fault, Little Lizard itself is too clumsy."

The Little Lizard's timid voice once again reached Mu Feng's ears.

"Haha, it's alright."

"By the way, why don't I give you a name?"

Before, when the Little Lizard couldn't speak, Mu Feng felt that calling it "Little Lizard" was fine.

Now that it could speak, it kept saying "Little Lizard itself" this and that.

Mu Feng felt it would be better to give it a formal name.

"You are my trump card, how about I call you Little King?"

"Uh, that doesn't sound good."

"That's an insult."

Mu Feng repeated it and realized it didn't sound very good.

Not only was it unpleasant to hear, but it also sounded somewhat like an insult.

Actually, he was a bit bad at naming things himself.

"Hmm, Little Xi? Little Xi?"

"Little Yi, Little Yi?"

Mu Feng tried to break down the name Little Lizard and then extend it with homophones.

It felt alright.

"Master, can Little Lizard give itself a name?"

Seeing Mu Feng a bit indecisive, the Little Lizard asked timidly.

"Give yourself a name?"

"Of course you can!"

"What name do you want to take? Tell me."

Mu Feng didn't expect the Little Lizard's self-awareness to be quite strong; it could even name itself.

But this was perfect, as it meant he, being bad at naming, wouldn't have to rack his brains.

"Call me, You Ruo."

After a while, the Little Lizard's childish voice sounded in Mu Feng's ear.

"You Ruo, You Ruo? Eh, that name sounds quite nice!"

"I didn't expect you, Little Lizard, who looks so dull, to come up with such a beautiful name."

Mu Feng repeated the name the Puppet Lizard had chosen for itself twice and felt it sounded much better than the "Little Yue" or "Little Zi" he had considered earlier.

However, thinking of the Little Lizard's dull and foolish appearance during its Qi Condensation stage, Mu Feng felt a huge contrast.

"Master also thinks it sounds good? Little Lizard itself doesn't know how it came up with it, it just feels that Little Lizard itself should be called this name."

Hearing Mu Feng's words of praise, the Little Lizard's voice carried excitement.

"It sounds very good, you're better than me!"

"From now on, I'll call you You Ruo."

Mu Feng said with a smile.

Actually, Mu Feng felt this name was somewhat feminine.

However, after thinking about it, since the Little Lizard had chosen it itself.

He decided not to change it. After all, a name was just a code.

The Little Lizard had just managed to develop self-awareness, so he should give it some respect.

Even as its master, he couldn't exploit it too harshly.

With the name chosen.

Mu Feng exchanged a few more words with it.

Then he withdrew his Divine Sense from the spirit beast bag.

Originally, Mu Feng had intended to release all of them.

However, after discovering that the Little Lizard had evolved to Nascent Soul and developed self-awareness.

He was no longer in such a hurry.

The Little Lizard had just evolved to Nascent Soul.

So, he would let it continue to digest the information in its mind within the spirit beast bag for a bit longer.

Anyway, there was nothing to do if he called it out now.

He could take it out during battle, which would also allow for a surprise attack.

Thinking this.

Mu Feng also abandoned his previous idea.

He Advanced alone, quickly moving towards the designated location on the mysterious heaven stone tablet.

After flying for about ten minutes.

Mu Feng arrived in front of a Restriction Formation.

It seemed.

The item indicated by the mysterious heaven stone tablet should be inside the Formation.

Clang!

Seeing the Formation, Mu Feng tried to test it.

However, after a barrage of attacks, the Formation remained completely unmoved.

"What a sturdy Formation."

"It seems I can't break the Formation by force."

After a simple test, Mu Feng abandoned the option of violently breaking open the Formation.

"Hmm, let's first see what kind of Formation this is."

Thinking to himself.

Mu Feng took out the "Array Secrets" stored in his Storage Ring and began to examine it.

However, after a thorough search, he found no relevant description of this Formation in it.

"It's not recorded in here, so this must be an Ancient Formation!"

Mu Feng stroked his chin, guessing.

The book "Array Secrets" basically recorded all the Formations currently in the Cave World.

If it wasn't in there, then the only possibility was that it was an Ancient Formation.

"I wonder if the System can detect the information of this Formation. Ugh, let's try it first."

Mu Feng remembered that the System didn't usually provide much description for these Formations.

However, since it wasn't recorded in the Array Secrets.

And he wanted to break open this Formation, he had no choice but to try anything.

Thinking to himself.

Mu Feng focused his eyes.

Soon.

The Formation's information appeared before him.

[Celestial Wind Mysterious Wave Formation: Ancient Formation, extending outwards from the center of the Formation eye. If one enters rashly without finding a way to break it, they will be directly eliminated by the fierce winds within.]