3: You seem to be useless.

Lin Mu was being aggressive.

The Bearded Big Man did not show any fear.

He spoke with a cold tone.

"What if I say no?"

"Then both the person and the item stay."

The Bearded Big Man frowned and sneered:

"Just you? A good-for-nothing without even a trace of spiritual power."

Although the Bearded Big Man disparaged Lin Mu with his words, his actions were swift.

He subtly conjured a bronze mirror and suddenly launched a sneak attack on Lin Mu.

The two were only a few steps apart.

The bronze mirror struck Lin Mu without incident.

Having succeeded in his attack, the Bearded Big Man's face, however, did not show joy.

Instead, he retreated backward in horror, cautiously putting a safe distance between himself and Lin Mu.

The bronze mirror that attacked Lin Mu not only failed to harm him in the slightest but was instead shattered into pieces by Lin Mu's powerful Physical Body.

He looked at Lin Mu with a grim gaze, a look of horror in his eyes.

"Who exactly are you?"

Lin Mu felt only a slight tingling sensation in the spot where the bronze mirror had struck him.

He couldn't help but laugh.

"I don't need to introduce my name to a dead man."

The Bearded Big Man's heart trembled at these words.

He said, putting on a brave front: "You dare to kill me? My Revered Master is a Spirit Roaming Realm expert of the Qingyang Sect."

"If he finds out, he will surely avenge me, and all of you present will die."

Lin Mu pondered for a moment upon hearing this.

The Bearded Big Man, seeing that Lin Mu didn't speak, thought he was intimidated by his words.

He laughed wildly.

"It's good that you know the power of the Qingyang Sect, then I'll be on my way. Farewell!"

In reality, the Bearded Big Man was just bluffing.

His Master was merely an Outer Sect Disciple of Qingyang and had only just broken through to the Spirit Roaming Realm.

Even if Lin Mu truly killed him here, his Master would likely not come to avenge him.

Lin Mu's silence just now wasn't because he feared the Qingyang Sect.

Not to mention he didn't even know about the Qingyang Sect; even if he did, so what?

He was merely considering whether to kill all four people present to prevent any unforeseen circumstances.

Seeing the Bearded Big Man had already run far away, he was about to bend down to give chase.

Suddenly.

The fleeing figure of the Bearded Big Man stopped.

He clutched his chest with force, then fell to the ground, dead.

Lin Mu had seen it very clearly just now.

What killed the Bearded Big Man was a palm-sized bronze mirror.

He turned his head to look at Lao Mo.

At this moment, Lao Mo held the still-spinning bronze mirror in one hand, while looking unpleasantly at Tao Rong and the other two.

Lin Mu was not overly surprised that Lao Mo could easily kill the Bearded Big Man.

He pushed off with his feet and, with a few leaps, reached the Bearded Big Man's corpse.

The Bearded Big Man's corpse lay in a pool of blood, with a fist-sized blood-hole pierced through his back.

Blood was continuously seeping out at this moment.

Lin Mu reached out and flipped his body over.

The Bearded Big Man's expression was filled with shock and unwillingness.

His eyes were wide open in anger, clearly unwilling to die in peace.

Lin Mu casually pulled out the heavenly dao stone from the Bearded Big Man's embrace.

His eyes slightly cold, he spoke mockingly.

"This is the consequence of not knowing your place."

On the other side.

The three Tao Family siblings were stared at by Lao Mo's sharp gaze.

They froze in place, not daring to move.

The Bearded Big Man, who could easily crush them, was actually instantly killed by the person in front of them.

The three exchanged glances, seeing deep despair in each other's eyes.

Lin Mu, holding the heavenly dao stone, with a few flashes, returned to his original spot.

He casually handed the heavenly dao stone to Lao Mo.

He said.

"This is the heavenly dao stone that the System mentioned, but I haven't found anything special about it."

Lao Mo put away his form-shifting whip and took the heavenly dao stone with one hand.

He pondered for a moment, then tried to channel his spiritual power into the heavenly dao stone.

As spiritual power continuously flowed in, the heavenly dao stone's hard black outer shell slowly peeled off.

Once all the black receded, a pillar of light shot straight into the sky.

At this moment, the heavenly dao stone was bright and lustrous, emitting a yellow glow.

As Lao Mo stopped channeling spiritual power, the dazzling pillar of light also slowly dissipated.

After the pillar of light completely disappeared, Lao Mo returned the heavenly dao stone to Lin Mu.

Lin Mu, holding the heavenly dao stone, could not hide his excitement.

"So this is its true appearance."

Next, Lin Mu found himself in a predicament.

The System said to integrate the heavenly dao stone into his Sea of Consciousness.

He didn't even have spiritual power right now, so where would he get a Sea of Consciousness?

Thinking of this, he looked at the three members of the Tao Family.

"You three, come over here."

Tao Rong and the other two, hearing Lin Mu's words, nervously walked forward.

"Senior, what are your instructions?"

"Let me ask you, have you three Cultivated your Divine Sense?"

Tao Rong and the other two looked at each other with a wry smile upon hearing this.

They hadn't even reached the Spirit Building Realm, so how could they have Divine Sense?

"Reporting, Senior, none of us have reached the Spirit Roaming Realm, so naturally, we haven't Cultivated a Sea of Consciousness."

Tao Rong said truthfully.

Lin Mu muttered to himself.

"Spirit Roaming Realm? Is that the Cultivation System of this world?"

He pretended to be profound and said.

"I've been in seclusion in the deep mountains for many years, so I don't know much about you secular Martial Artists."

"You tell me about the Realms of these secular Martial Artists and how they are distinguished."

Tao Rong was a little confused as to why Lin Mu didn't even know such common knowledge.

But he didn't dare to ask.

He organized his thoughts in his mind, then spoke slowly.

"The Nine Nether Continent's Cultivation Realms are divided into Body Refining Martial Artist, Spirit Building Martial Artist, Spirit Roaming Realm, and Flying Heaven Realm."

"We Juniors are just Body Refining Martial Artists, while the person Senior killed just now was in the Spirit Building Realm."

"A Martial Artist can only open up a Sea of Consciousness after Cultivating to the Spirit Roaming Realm."

"Upon reaching the Flying Heaven Realm, one can fly through the sky and escape underground, becoming omnipotent."

Lin Mu secretly clicked his tongue upon hearing this.

"Is this Spirit Roaming Realm difficult to Cultivate?"

Tao Rong smiled awkwardly.

"It's both difficult and simple."

"Those with extraordinary talent, or those supplied with a large amount of Spirit Stones, might only need a few years to Cultivate to the Spirit Roaming Realm."

Lin Mu, puzzled, pulled out a few crystals; these were just obtained from the Bearded Big Man.

"Is it this kind of crystal?"

Lin Mu casually took out a crystal he had just taken from the Bearded Big Man's corpse.

Tao Rong looked up at the crystal in Lin Mu's hand.

Then he said with certainty.

"It is precisely this kind of crystal."

"How many such Spirit Stones are needed to Cultivate to the Spirit Roaming Realm?" Lin Mu put away the Spirit Stones and asked again.

Tao Rong said with some difficulty: "This varies from person to person; those with extraordinary talent might only need a few thousand."

"Those with poorer talent might need tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands."

Lin Mu frowned slightly.

"Extraordinary talent?"

"The Eternal Undying Divine Body should also be considered extraordinary talent, right?"

"But where can I get tens of thousands of Spirit Stones?"

Lin Mu pondered to himself.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he stared intently at Tao Rong.

"My killing of this person just now also saved your lives."

"Asking you to take out tens of thousands of Spirit Stones to thank me, that's not too much, is it?"

Tao Rong was already feeling uneasy under Lin Mu's gaze.

Hearing Lin Mu immediately ask for tens of thousands of Spirit Stones, he was so shocked that he fell onto the ground.

"Senior, even if you sold me, I wouldn't be worth tens of thousands of Spirit Stones!"

Lin Mu's tone turned cold upon hearing this.

"So, it seems you are no longer useful."