71: Lizard's Talents

Mu Feng was also shocked by this announcement.

He didn't expect the novice protection period to end in three days.

When he explored the Immortal Cave, it prompted that it was someone else's Immortal Cave and could not be entered during the novice protection period.

At that time, he thought it would be a month.

But he didn't expect the novice protection to be lifted on the seventh day.

Players and Yao Beasts can freely enter other people's Immortal Caves from the teleportation gate.

This was not good news for him.

He was not afraid of encountering danger.

Instead, he was worried about being raided while he was out exploring Immortal Caves.

After all, he had stored many resources in his Immortal Cave.

Whether it was the Materials in the box or the spiritual plant in the medicinal field.

They were all very important Cultivation resources for him.

He would be distressed if he lost any of them.

Thus, upgrading the Intermediate Immortal Cave became urgent.

Because the announcement stated that only by upgrading one's initial Immortal Cave to Intermediate or above would there be a protective Magical Array.

Previously, he felt that upgrading the Immortal Cave required too many Materials.

There was no need to upgrade so quickly.

Now it seemed this upgrade plan had to be brought forward.

However, Materials were a problem.

He had seen the Immortal Cave upgrade scroll, and it contained a lot of Materials.

He felt that it would be difficult to gather them all in a short time.

However, just as this thought emerged, the second announcement arrived.

After hearing it, Mu Feng's eyes lit up.

“Limited-time Nationwide Great Secret Realm?”

“Can obtain Immortal Cave upgrade Materials, various rare treasures, Magical Artifacts, and Cultivation Techniques?”

“Good, good, good!”

If the first announcement was bad news for him, the second one was absolutely good news!

Others might be afraid of encountering danger inside.

But for him, whose strength had greatly increased, this limited-time Nationwide Great Secret Realm was an excellent opportunity to show his abilities.

Moreover, as long as he gathered all the Immortal Cave upgrade Materials in this Great Secret Realm and activated the protective Magical Array, the first announcement would no longer be bad news for him.

“There are still three days, no, two days. To be safe, I need to make more preparations!”

The announcement said that the novice protection period would end in three days.

Before the protection was lifted, the limited-time Nationwide Great Secret Realm would begin first.

That meant the Great Secret Realm would open three days from now.

So, he only had two days to prepare.

To be safe, he had to quickly improve everything he could within two days.

Armed to the teeth.

Although he was already far ahead of others, in the Secret Realm, he would face not just players, or rather, not just one player.

If he encountered a good treasure, multiple people might fight for it.

Or he might encounter players in teams.

There were also powerful Yao Beasts and formidable Restrictions.

These all needed to be considered.

But consideration was for later.

Now, his most urgent task was to finish all the Star Light Pills!

To maximize the improvement of his Realm.

With this thought, Mu Feng closed his eyes to rest and recover his mood to its optimal state.

He then continued his journey of pill-popping and upgrading.

To quickly improve his Realm, this time he directly took out the best quality Star Light Pills.

After a fine quality Star Light Pill entered his stomach, it immediately transformed into a large surge of pure spiritual power.

The spiritual power from a fine quality Star Light Pill was purer and more abundant than that from ordinary Star Light Pills.

After Mu Feng refined it all, his Realm greatly improved.

“As expected of a fine quality Medicinal Pill!”

Mu Feng's eyes lit up.

He estimated that he could advance to Qi Refining eleventh layer by refining ten more such fine quality Star Light Pills.

Ordinary Medicinal Pills would require fifteen or more.

In other words, the efficacy of fine quality Medicinal Pills was about one-third more than ordinary Medicinal Pills.

Another Medicinal Pill entered his stomach.

Mu Feng began to fully operate his Cultivation Technique, absorbing and refining the medicinal power of the Star Light Pill to the greatest extent possible.

Cultivation knows no time.

Thus, a hundred years passed…

Cough, cough, that's wrong.

A day passed.

When the first ray of sunlight on the second day shone into the Immortal Cave, Mu Feng opened his eyes.

At this time, his Realm had already broken through to the Peak of Qi Refining eleventh layer.

During this day, he successively refined twenty-six Star Light Pills.

Among them, eight were fine quality Star Light Pills and eighteen were ordinary Star Light Pills.

After consuming twenty-five Star Light Pills, Mu Feng's Realm had already reached the Peak of Qi Refining eleventh layer.

When he wanted to continue refining the remaining Star Light Pills in one go to Breakthrough his Realm to Qi Refining twelfth layer, he found that the medicinal power of the Star Light Pills had suddenly weakened a lot.

The medicinal power of the twenty-sixth Star Light Pill was almost negligible.

At first, he was a bit puzzled.

Later, a red prompt appeared, stating that it was because he had consumed too many Star Light Pills in a short period, leading to drug resistance.

Upon seeing this, Mu Feng exclaimed, “Good heavens.”

You can even develop drug resistance from taking medicine, huh?

There was nothing he could do, so he gave up.

At this point, there were still one or two hours until dawn.

Mu Feng was not in a hurry to get up.

Instead, he continued to operate his Cultivation Technique to consolidate his Realm.

His strength had increased too quickly.

If he didn't consolidate it, he would feel uncomfortable when using his magical power.

Thus, he consolidated for two hours.

When the sunlight from outside the Immortal Cave shone in, Mu Feng finally opened his eyes.

“So hungry…”

When he was Cultivating, he was focused, so he didn't feel anything.

Once he relaxed, he immediately felt a wave of hunger.

Before Foundation Establishment, one couldn't go without food.

He had already sold all his Bigu Pills.

Fortunately, there were still some hongxiang fruits left in his Storage Pouch from when he was doing Alchemy.

Mu Feng picked one up and began to devour it.

After finishing one, Mu Feng immediately felt much better.

“Swish, swish…”

As soon as he got off the stone bed, the Little Lizard next to him immediately scurried excitedly to his feet.

The Little Lizard had woken up early.

However, seeing that Mu Feng was always Cultivating, it hadn't disturbed him.

Now that it saw him get down, it couldn't help but go over to play with him.

“You Little Lizard!”

Mu Feng squatted down and vigorously stroked the Little Lizard's head.

The Little Lizard also had a look of enjoyment on its face.

It didn't treat itself as a Puppet at all.

Speaking of which, the Puppet Lizard indeed didn't resemble an ordinary Puppet.

Its intelligence was so high that Mu Feng would even believe it was a spiritual pet.

This might be because Mu Feng added the Magic Treasure Material, refined silver, during its refining, which caused it to mutate.

It became a unique variant among Puppets.

Later, it upgraded again when it soaked in that spiritual spring.

During the Altar Secret Realm, it also actively absorbed the Blood Python Jiao's innate horn.

Basically, it and an ordinary low-level Puppet Lizard were no longer the same thing.

“Let me see what changes you've undergone!”

After vigorously stroking the Little Lizard a few more times, Mu Feng opened the Little Lizard's panel.

【Name】: Puppet Lizard (Variant Upgrade)

【Description】: Due to the inclusion of refined silver, the Puppet Lizard's body mutated, and its body's hardness is ten times that of an ordinary Puppet Lizard. (New 1: The Puppet Lizard absorbed a large amount of Materials, strengthening its body's performance, increasing its speed, attack, and defense. New 2: The Puppet Lizard learned a new innate skill after absorbing the Blood Python Jiao's innate horn.)

【Skills】: Bite, Charge, Berserk, Mental Control.

【Durability 1000/1000】

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【Mental Control: The Puppet Lizard's horn can emit purple electrical waves, which, when they hit an enemy, can control the enemy for a short time. The stronger the Divine Sense, the shorter the control effect.】