[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-borrowing-the-sword":3,"chapter-borrowing-the-sword-borrowing-the-sword-chapter-58":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Borrowing the Sword",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2214623,3888,"Chapter 58: Nine-Infant Demon Snake","borrowing-the-sword-chapter-58",58,"\u003Cp>Nine-Infant Demon Snake\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fellow Senior Brothers, this way!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the bamboo sea at the foot of the mountain, a wind blew, and the bamboo leaves rustled. On the giant bamboo that seemed to reach the sky, several escape lights stopped and went from time to time, as if they were one with the bamboo leaves. Even from the momentum, there was no difference. One of the girls transmitted her voice, \"We just injured the snake’s ground-gazing eyes. At this time, we must not fly away. Hide in the low altitude and wait for its injuries to become more serious before killing it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cultivators agreed one after another, each attaching themselves to the bamboo. They only heard the rustling wind in the distance, as if it were the wind blowing the bamboo leaves, but it was much more regular than the wind, constantly moving through the forest. Not long after, a large snake swam out of the forest. The snake’s upper body was high. The giant bamboo was already hundreds of feet high, but the snake’s upper body was half the height of the bamboo. Its tail swam in the bamboo forest, a mile long. The upper body had already arrived, but the tail tip had not been seen. The part that was originally the snake head was overlapped with three human heads from top to bottom, one looking at the sky, one looking at the ground, and one looking straight ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, the head looking at the ground had its eyes closed, its face was covered with scars, and its nose tip was cut off, still dripping blood. This side had great pain, but the other two heads were still grinning, looking left and right in the forest, their noses twitching, obviously sniffing for the scent of living people. However, the cultivators were all hiding near the ground under its waist. The three-headed snake circled around in the forest, with hidden irritability on its face, obviously having noticed the clues, but the head it usually used was seriously injured, and it was ultimately unable to accurately locate the enemy, which made it very unhappy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After fighting, the cultivators knew the monster was powerful. At this time, they were all holding their breath, not daring to transmit sound to talk, each driving the magic treasure given by the sect to hide their tracks. The three-headed snake also had great patience, tossing and turning in the bamboo forest. The head turned to one side, and the snake body was still surging and rolling, circling in the forest, as if treating this place as its nest, rolling into a snake formation. The colorful patterns rolled and moved in the snake formation, which made people feel disgusted after watching for a long time, as if it could disrupt the operation of magic power in the inner-landscape world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three-headed snake circled for a while, suddenly rolled onto a cluster of giant bamboo, forcibly bundled this bamboo, which was as thick as giant wood and as hard as refined steel, into a bundle, and the snake body circled up along the giant bamboo to explore. Naturally, if there were cultivators hiding in this cluster of giant bamboo, most of them would be finished if they were rolled like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The snake blood was fishy and smelly, dripping all over the forest, and was blown to the branches by the wind. Everyone felt dizzy, but this monster had extraordinary strength, and the snake skin was extremely tough. Ordinary magic treasures were hard to hurt it. It had at least the cultivation of the upper layer of Foundation Establishment. Most of these dozen disciples had just reached Foundation Establishment, and they really didn't know how to fight this snake. Being able to seriously injure one head was relying on Senior Brother Li’s full-strength strike, but Senior Brother Li could only strike this one sword. In the rush, his magic power had not recovered, and he could not strike again to kill this monster. After striking this sword, he drove the sect’s magic treasure and fled, losing contact with everyone. Everyone took advantage of the time he struck the sword and fled here together. Knowing that if they fled further, they would be chased by the snake demon, they had to hide first, hoping that the snake demon could not find the enemy’s tracks and return to the nest to heal, and then they would find an opportunity to kill the monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if the snake demon didn't act as they expected and fought here, wouldn't they have to sacrifice a few lives to end it? The girl’s heart was also beating wildly. She hurriedly held the Body-Cleansing Mantra so as not to let the sound of her heartbeat leak out, thinking, \"Since I started cultivating the Dao, ten of my fellow disciples have died. I didn't expect that today, I might become one of those who fell halfway on the Dao path.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who the snake demon found and killed, and how the situation would develop, everyone didn't know at this time. They could only hide and wait in fear. If a cultivator couldn't hold back and wanted to flee, if discovered, they would become the target of the snake demon’s hunting, but it could also give the others a chance to escape. However, everyone was extremely patient. Even if the snake demon circled upward and the faces were far away from the height they were hiding, no one acted rashly. The girl also smiled bitterly in secret, thinking, \"They are all old foxes who have fought in the sea of swords and fire, so how could they not understand the truth? Sigh, there are too few fools. By now, there are not many left.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, everyone was a disciple of a famous sect, and they finally had a bottom line. Although they knew where each other was hiding, at this critical moment, everyone was just relying on their own fate, and there were no cultivators who framed their peers and secretly led the way for the snake demon. At this time, they were also hiding silently. The snake demon was old and cunning. Everyone had fought with it for a while and saw through this point. At this time, it climbed upward, but it was a trick to lure the enemy. It was very likely that it would slide to the ground in the next second to search for the enemy’s tracks. If someone was scared by its unpredictability and couldn't keep their mind steady, and was smelled by it, they wouldn't be able to escape its sharp mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this time, everyone’s worries didn't come true. The snake demon seemed to have discovered something high up. Two hoarse cries suddenly came from the air, like sharp tools rubbing, which was extremely harsh. I saw the snake body rolling upward, extremely fast, much faster than when it was searching for everyone just now. It can be seen that the snake was still hiding some strength just now. At this time, it was excited to meet the enemy and showed it all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The top of the bamboo forest rustled, and the bamboo leaves kept falling like rain. The leaves were also mixed with blood beads the size of a bowl. The snake demon didn't take long to go far, actually swimming over from the top of the bamboo sea. Someone among the cultivators excitedly transmitted, \"Everyone, we are out of danger! It’s such a coincidence, it climbed up just now and bumped into someone else?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not good.\" The girl’s expression changed, \"This place is rarely visited, where are there any other people? Don't tell me it found Senior Brother Li!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Senior Brother Li’s full-strength sword seriously injured this monster, and the snake demon naturally hated him to the bone. If it found his tracks, it was natural to ignore the enemies in front of it. The girl hurriedly transmitted, \"Everyone, Senior Brother Li just said clearly that after one sword strike, he must rest for at least two hours. We must not retreat now. We must protect Senior Brother Li, otherwise there is no way to live!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was out of morality or weighing the pros and cons, scattering and fleeing at this time was the worst decision. Everyone understood the truth and hid their escape lights, following the snake demon’s tracks. Before long, they encountered a high cliff. Only then did the girl understand, \"That’s right, this person must be on the cliff top, so the snake demon flew over from the bamboo sea, but... Senior Brother Li knew that the snake demon’s ground-gazing head was injured, so he wouldn't choose the cliff top to hide and heal, right? Could it be that the person who came is really not Senior Brother Li?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it was a cultivator passing by, she naturally couldn't sacrifice her life to save him, but she was worried and confused. Although she was suspicious, she still wanted to see it with her own eyes. She bit her lip in secret, held the protective magic treasure given by the sect in her hand, and injected magic power, so she could activate it at any time. Only then did she use the Earth Escape technique along the cliff wall, turning into a dark yellow light, and sneaked up along the cliff wall. Soon she reached the top edge of the bamboo sea, and bravely looked up. She saw the snake demon circling the bamboo tips in the distance. Although the distance was far, the body was huge, and it could be seen at a glance. The girl had tried her best to hide her breath, but this exposure, looking straight at that human head, still turned toward her direction, and a trace of extremely human-like sneer appeared on its face. The girl was frightened and almost fled, but she knew that her breath had probably been locked by the snake demon, so she hardened her heart, turned over and flew to the cliff top, shouting, \"Fellow Daoist, I’m here to help you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She escaped to this place, and she could distinguish that the breath on the cliff top was not Senior Brother Li, but a strange breath, but this breath was vast and continuous, obviously not shallow in magic power, and confronting the snake demon, without any intention of fleeing. Hearing this sound, the man smiled, \"Oh? You are quite kind.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the two were talking, the girl had already jumped onto the cliff top. She saw a white-clothed female cultivator standing in front of the cliff. In the rush, she couldn't see her face clearly, only that her figure was thin and graceful, and her voice was sweet and crisp, but full of arrogance and disdain. At this time, she held the long sword on her back with her backhand and slowly drew it out. Although she answered her, she didn't look over, and her breath was released forward, already locking the demon snake above the bamboo sea in the cliff, saying indifferently, \"But there is no need for this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon snake had a fierce nature. At this time, it was provoked to ferocity. All three heads opened their mouths and let out sharp whistles, actually blasting out rolling ripples forward, as if even the air was shaken by its whistling sound. The girl hurriedly shouted, \"The supernatural power is terrible, Fellow Daoist, be careful to avoid its edge!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke, she had already activated the magic treasure, forming a light yellow earth-line true light protective cover in front of her, which barely blocked the sound waves. The female cultivator was not afraid at all, shouted 'Well come!', pulled out the cliff with her sword, but the sword light was like a needle, piercing the sound waves, the sword momentum was like a rainbow, flashing in the air, and slashed at the demon snake!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon snake saw the sound waves broken, and was even more angry. Its tail flicked, and it jumped into the high sky, actually much higher than the cliff top. A giant snake covered the sky and the sun in the air. In the strange whistling sound, poison liquid sprayed down like rain, covering the giant snake and rushing toward the girl! The girl watched nervously from the side and shouted, \"Fellow Daoist, be careful! This snake is best at pouncing and biting! It has poison in its mouth, and its scales are tough, you can only cut its head!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had already spoken extremely fast, but the giant snake’s falling momentum was so swift that before the words fell, it had already fallen above the female cultivator. The female cultivator dodged in the poison rain, her figure was so fast, like a cold light. In the momentum field, her momentum changed so fast that it was hard to lock. Only heard her light chant, the treasure sword turned into cold light, and she slashed upward with her body. The giant snake was several times larger than her, and the sword light looked very small in its arms. For a moment, the girl simply thought the female cultivator was sending a sheep into the tiger’s mouth, and would be strangled by the giant snake in the next moment. She almost turned back and closed her eyes, unable to bear to look again. But only saw the sword light slash down, emitting a bright light, the giant snake’s upper body was rushed by this sword light, and flew out horizontally backward, but the second half was still strangled on the bamboo tips, but with one sword, this female cultivator cut off its upper body!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sharpness of the sword light even sealed both sides of the wound. After a while, the snake blood spilled down like a waterfall. The air was suddenly extremely fishy and smelly. The snake blood dripped on the bamboo leaves, constantly making a burning 'hissing' sound. The upper body fell backward, smashed into the bamboo forest, made a loud noise, and stirred up countless smoke and dust. The female cultivator shook off the dirty blood on the sword tip, returned the sword to the sheath, jumped back to the cliff, and still checked her sleeves, frowning, \"It’s really too smelly, I didn't get any on me, did I?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl was already dazzled. If she hadn't felt the Golden Core pressure, she almost thought it was a senior expert. She bit her tongue lightly, collected her mind, hurriedly stepped forward to pay respects, first thanked the female cultivator for her help, and apologized for attracting the snake monster but failing to kill it. Only then did she exchange names, saying, \"Little sister is Meng Lingyue, a disciple of the Pinghai Sect. This time, thanks to sister’s rescue, I will keep this great kindness in my heart. I don't know where sister is from? Where are you going this time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The female cultivator saw that she hadn't been stained with dirty blood, and she was happy again. She flew toward the place where the snake demon fell. Meng Lingyue hurriedly followed, listening to her say casually, \"I am a disciple of a nearby sect, traveling out. The elders in the sect all call me Little Ci. You can call me that too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was unwilling to reveal her surname, but Meng Lingyue was not angry, but convinced, and secretly weighed Little Ci’s background, while sending a signal to let her companions come here to meet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, she was willing to fight against the enemy with Little Ci in a dangerous situation, so Little Ci looked at her highly. After everyone met, Meng Lingyue let her companions go to decompose the snake demon’s corpse, and discussed with Little Ci, \"Senior Martial Sister Ci, this monster was killed by you alone, and you saved us from the dangerous situation. According to reason, all the produce should be divided to Senior Martial Sister, but we have a senior martial brother who also injured the snake demon’s head before—why not let Senior Martial Sister take 80%, and divide him 20%, Senior Martial Sister, what do you think of this arrangement?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Senior Martial Sister Ci frowned first, \"Don't call me old, I must be younger than you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And said, \"When this monster was killed by me, its magic power was not at its peak. Your senior martial brother’s sword injured its foundation, and the sword technique has quite a mystery. The sword Qi in the snake demon’s body is constantly injuring its foundation. If not for this, it wouldn't be so unwise to come to provoke even knowing it was not an opponent. His credit is greater than you think. Let’s do this, I will only take 50%, and you can distribute the rest yourself. It’s hard for you to dismantle the flesh and blood, so it’s right to share some.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Lingyue secretly measured, seeing that this Junior Martial Sister Ci was quite innocent in her laughter, she knew that she was indeed not old, and she dared not underestimate her. She just thought she was a disciple of a flourishing sect, didn't want to reveal her identity, and attracted everyone to climb, and saw that she understood things, was kind and generous, and didn't care about the gains from killing the enemy at all, and had the intention of making friends. Just as she was about to flatter a few more words, an escape light flashed in the forest, and a green-shirted cultivator fell into the crowd, saying loudly, \"Fellow Daoist is polite, I think I can't cut off this monster with one sword. If Fellow Daoist takes 50%, I only dare to take 10%, which is fair.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Junior Martial Sister Ci looked at it when she heard the words, and smiled, \"Oh, you are the one who struck the sword.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Lingyue’s face was still smiling, but her thoughts couldn't help but pause. She followed and looked at Senior Brother Li. Senior Brother Li clasped his fists and said, \"I am Li Pingyan of the Golden Wave Sect, I have met Fellow Daoist. May I ask Fellow Daoist’s name?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Junior Martial Sister Ci pondered slightly, and said, \"My name is Little Ci. Your sword is not bad.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still not mentioning the sect background. Li Pingyan pondered slightly, looked at Meng Lingyue, Meng Lingyue’s heart was bitter, but her face didn't show it at all, shook her head slightly, indicating that Little Ci hadn't revealed her sect background to her either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Pingyan didn't pursue it, turned to look at the snake corpse like a small mountain, and said, \"Little Ci’s sword technique is even more brilliant. Although this Nine-Infant Snake hasn't grown up, it has at least the cultivation of the eighth layer of Foundation Establishment. Little Ci can kill it with one sword, Li is ashamed of being inferior.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next sentence asked, \"I don't know where Little Ci is going? If there is nothing important, why not return to the sect market with us to deal with the snake demon’s bones.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't hesitate at all and invited Little Ci to go together. Meng Lingyue carefully observed Li Pingyan’s expression, sighed slightly, but didn't wait for Little Ci to answer, and turned to chat and walked to the snake demon’s side, pulled out the dagger from her waist, cut the snake demon’s flesh and blood one by one, and got busy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Updated, sorry for the long wait, today I cooked rice cakes at home to eat, heart~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of *Earthly Fiend Seventy-Two Transformations*, I didn't finish it. This article reminds me of *Turbulent World Copper Furnace*. It is indeed written very well, but they are all images of filth, pain, difficulty, mud, and disgust, so I... I am not very interested in this kind of thing...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I started watching *Chang’an Small Restaurant*!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, by the way, I can draw prizes again. Do you think it is better to draw 100% subscription rate, or draw everyone in the comments? As for the prize money, it is 20,000 Jinjiang coins, divided by 10 people~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>. 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