Chapter 008: The appearance of adzuki beans

The leaves were swaying, and suddenly a huge golden leopard leaped out in front, its green eyes greedily and ferociously staring at the blood-covered Mu Yan.

However, when its gaze met Mu Yan's bloodshot eyes, the massive body inexplicably shuddered.

An indescribable fear spread through its body, and the instinct of wild beasts to fear danger made its first thought in its mind—escape.

The leopard crouched down, baring its teeth, and let out a threatening roar.

Then, step by step, it retreated out of Mu Yan's sight.

Mu Yan straightened her back, protecting her increasingly painful abdomen, and continued to walk forward slowly.

"Baby, just hold on a little longer, just a little longer."

Step by step, hour after hour.

When it was completely dark, she finally found the cave she remembered.

A rare spiritual vein of the Yanwu Continent was located in this cave.

Cultivating Xuanqi next to the spiritual vein would advance three to four times faster than usual.

In her previous life, she had accidentally discovered this spiritual vein but foolishly gave it to Gong Qianxue.

In this life, this would be the place where her baby would be born.

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Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, several years had passed hurriedly.

During these years, many significant events occurred in the Yanwu Continent.

For example, in the Huangyao Kingdom of the Upper Grade Country, a pill refiner named Jian Feng appeared, who could refine a third-grade Ice Heart Pill. The Ice Heart Pill caused a sensation throughout the Yanwu Continent, and Jian Feng became a sought-after master pill refiner.

For example, news spread in the Jingcheng Kingdom of the Middle Grade Country that their princess, Gong Qianxue, at the young age of twenty-two, broke through to the Earth Grade, becoming the youngest Heavenly Grade powerhouse.

And then, in the Lower Grade Country of Chiyang, a meteor fell, a sign that a rare treasure was about to appear, causing many cultivators to gather in Chiyang.

However, all of this had nothing to do with Jun Mu Yan, who was deep in the mountains and forests.

...

Four years later, in the Nameless Forest.

"Ahhhh!" A deafening roar echoed through the sky, and a powerful pressure instantly filled the air.

The small animals that had been leisurely wandering in the jungle immediately trembled with fear and scattered in all directions upon hearing this roar.

Soon, a huge ancient tree swayed, and a giant black bear leaped down from below.

Its eyes were a strange red, and it held a long-dead animal in its hand, chewing on it mouthful by mouthful.

If there were humans here, they would be horrified to discover that this black bear was a mutant beast.

And its level had reached the terrifying Earth Grade.

The cultivation levels of the martial artists in the Yanwu Continent were divided into Entry, Yellow Grade, Earth Grade, and Heavenly Grade.

After the Heavenly Grade, there were the Innate powerhouses.

Only a handful of cultivators had reached the Innate realm after the Heavenly Grade, showing how rare they were.

Most martial artists' cultivation levels remained at the Entry and Yellow Grades.

This was enough to show how terrifying this Earth Grade black bear was.

Suddenly, the black bear stopped chewing and looked down below.

There, a little boy of only four or five years old was standing, even shorter than the bear's short legs.