Chapter 74

74. Chapter 74: Fighting the Demon (In honor of Alliance Leader Elvin2016)

"What?"

The old man surnamed Long's face flushed red, seemingly unable to believe it.

He casually threw away the remains in his hand and looked at the bull demon's corpse again, hurriedly searching through it: "No... how could there be no demonic core?"

The old man surnamed Long turned his head abruptly: "Bitch, you lied to me?!"

"Hehe... Lian Laogui Long, I only lied to Ceng Yi." Su Ye sneered in response: "And you will soon be a ghost yourself..."

"I... become a ghost?"

Old Man Long sneered twice and, just as he was about to continue speaking, a sword hum suddenly reached his ears: "Geng Metal Sword Qi, not good!"

He hurriedly raised his shield, still clutching several talismans in his hand.

But that golden light came too fast!

Almost the moment he raised his shield, a sword beam pierced through the shield and plunged into the old man surnamed Long's chest.

"You... didn't die?"

Blood spilled from his mouth and nose as he turned around with difficulty, seeing Mi Weidao, whose clothes were charred black.

"You surnamed Long, you actually took advantage of my lack of preparation to sneak attack from behind with a Rank 2 thunder talisman!"

Mi Weidao sneered: "If it weren't for the 'Life-Escaping Talisman' bestowed upon me by my master, I really would have been done in by you!"

With a movement of his magic power, countless Geng Metal Sword Qi erupted from within the old man surnamed Long's body, instantly hacking him into countless fragments.

"Cough, cough... Many thanks for your help, Senior Brother."

Su Ye stood up, her face pale, her chest stained with blood, like duckweed in the wind.

"Not at all... I just couldn't stand to see this person be so stupid, doing something as foolish as buying the box and returning the pearl."

Mi Weidao flicked his hand, and a fireball landed on the remains that Lian Laogui Long had just thrown away.

These remains were instantly incinerated, turning into fly ash.

Within the fly ash, however, a dusty storage bag was revealed.

"It is worthy of being a storage bag that even low-grade magical artifacts can hardly damage. To be able to persist in the Azure Rock Bull's stomach for so long, a mere Rank 1 Low-Grade fireball technique naturally can't do anything to it..."

Mi Weidao held the storage bag in his hand, sighing with emotion: "You've worked hard, Junior Sister. You were clearly familiar with this corpse and knew the other party had a storage bag, and that there were treasures inside... No wonder you were so anxious. Although storage bags are hard for magical artifacts to damage, in the stomach of a Rank 2 demonic beast, it is still possible for them to be corroded..."

Storage bags are precious in this world; those who can be equipped with them are either Foundation Establishment cultivators or those at the perfection of Qi Condensation.

Once a storage bag is damaged, the items inside return directly to the void.

Of course, there is another possibility, which is that it is excreted and piled together with the cow dung.

But no matter what, one cannot bypass this Azure Rock Bull!

Because the owner was dead, Mi Weidao easily refined the storage bag. His spiritual sense probed inside, and a look of wild joy immediately appeared on his face: "It's actually this item? Hahaha... My Dao is complete!"

Suddenly, a jade bottle appeared in his hand, and inside the bottle was a mass of crimson primordial liquid, its radiance even spilling out through the jade bottle!

"Qian Yuan Fire Sha! So Junior Sister knew the whereabouts of this Qian Yuan Fire Sha. No wonder you had to fight to the death... Compared to the less than one percent benefit of the Truth-Fixing Pill, the Qian Yuan Fire Sha is the true opportunity for Foundation Establishment!"

Mi Weidao looked at Su Ye: "Hahaha... Did you really think I would help you for the sake of a mere Truth-Fixing Pill that I wasn't sure could be refined? How could there be such a stupid person as you in the world!?"

Amidst his loud laughter, he suddenly transformed into sword light and quickly retreated a distance.

Chi chi!

Two pitch-black flying swords stabbed into the place where Mi Weidao had originally been.

Su Ye's skirt fluttered, and one after another, pitch-black Iron Feather Swords emerged: "The Great Dao is ahead, I have no choice but to fight for it. Senior Brother, forgive me... Iron Feather Swords, out!"

Seven Iron Feather Swords crisscrossed, transforming into a small sword array, trapping Mi Weidao within it.

"Petty tricks. Junior Sister, you are not a sword cultivator and do not know the strength of a sword cultivator!"

Mi Weidao waved the flying sword in his hand, and a golden rainbow soared into the sky, a sword brilliant and magnificent, its momentum like a rainbow!

In mid-air, one golden-red and seven black beams fought fiercely, sword Qi overflowing.

It could be clearly seen that although there was only one golden rainbow, it was agile and flexible, its sword Qi chilling, hacking down one Iron Feather Sword after another...

Clearly, even though they were both Qi Condensation perfection cultivators, the true disciple of the Profound Heaven Sect was by no means comparable to Su Ye.

"Sending Junior Sister on her way today, I have no regrets in my heart. For the Great Dao of Foundation Establishment, what regrets could I have?"

Mi Weidao formed a sword seal with his hand, and a golden flying sword shot straight into the clouds, scattering the original Iron Feather Sword array.

With a movement of his intent, his spiritual sense was about to manipulate the flying sword to pierce Su Ye's heart and end it all.

"I'll fight you to the death!"

Spiritual light flickered around Su Ye, and blood Qi and evil Qi were hidden, as if she were about to use some desperate trump card.

Seeing this scene, Mi Weidao did not dare to be negligent.

But just at this moment, several fireballs suddenly exploded behind him, blocked by a Jin Gang Talisman.

"Hm?"

He turned his head abruptly and saw Han Qingyun: "You actually didn't die?"

At this time, Han Qingyun was draped in a light gauze that could conceal his aura, and in his hands, various low-grade talismans were bombarding Mi Weidao as if they were worthless.

'No, even if this person is alive, what can a mere early-stage Qi Condensation cultivator do?'

Thoughts raced through Mi Weidao's mind, and the flying sword in his hand turned sharply, hacking toward Su Ye. Su Ye had also finished chanting her incantation, and a crimson blood flag appeared in her hand. From the blood-colored spiritual light, a green-faced, fanged evil ghost suddenly jumped out.

The evil ghost had a ferocious expression and reached out a large hand full of black-red scales, actually grabbing that sword light tightly!

Just at this moment, Han Qingyun threw out several more low-grade talismans, which exploded behind Mi Weidao.

"Mere low-grade talismans... Hm? This is... Rank 2 Pill Thunder?"

Mi Weidao sneered, but suddenly discovered that among the many talismans, a translucent thunder pellet was hidden, emitting a terrifying aura, and a look of horror appeared on his face.

Pill Thunder is a specialty of alchemists, taking the explosive power of thunder and condensing it into a thunder pellet, possessing powerful destructive force.

The power of a Rank 2 thunder pellet is even greater than many Rank 2 Low-Grade attack talismans!

He wanted to recall his flying sword to protect himself, but the flying sword was caught in the hands of that evil ghost.

At this time, it was clearly too late to cast other spells.

And his life-saving trump card had already been used previously...

It sounded very slow, but in fact, it was only in an instant that the Rank 2 Pill Thunder exploded with a bang.

The lightning tore through the Jin Gang Talisman, destroyed the Profound Heaven Dharma Robe on Mi Weidao's body, and then blew off his upper body...

Pa!

A hand clutching a storage bag fell beside Han Qingyun.

Han Qingyun didn't even look at it, bowing respectfully to Su Ye: "Many thanks to the Eldest Miss for bestowing the 'Phantom Body Talisman', saving my life, and also sponsoring the Pill Thunder to help me take my revenge..."

How could there be so many orioles in the world?

Even if these Qi Condensation perfection cultivators were both injured, Han Qingyun, a mere early-stage Qi Condensation cultivator, would never have been able to pick up the scraps!

That he was able to survive was naturally due to Su Ye's secret help, giving him a Rank 2 Phantom Body Talisman at the very beginning!

This talisman is an illusion talisman that can forge an illusory body to confuse the enemy, lasting for half an hour.

Han Qingyun had previously relied on this talisman to fake his death, then relied on the light gauze that could conceal his aura to hide, and finally came out to settle the matter in one fell swoop.

"In the severed-hand storage bag beside you, there is a Foundation Establishment opportunity. Do you want it?"

Su Ye formed seals with both hands, withdrawing the evil ghost. Her aura was even weaker, and she suddenly asked.

"Of course I want it... If I were a late-stage Qi Condensation cultivator, I would act without hesitation, but now I only have early-stage Qi Condensation cultivation..."

Han Qingyun smiled bitterly: "What's more, my spiritual root aptitude is inferior, and I have long since lost hope for Foundation Establishment... The Eldest Miss has great kindness to me and my sister. I, Han Qingyun, am not the kind of person blinded by greed..."

"Good, I finally didn't misjudge the person."

Su Ye took out a sky-blue, round pill and swallowed it.

Through the lifted veil, Han Qingyun could see a cherry-like mouth, only it didn't have much blood color.

He was just about to say something when his expression suddenly shifted.

A big man in a green shirt, carrying a long sword on his back, arrived at the edge of the scene, not knowing when, and was picking up Lian Laogui Long's storage bag.

"It's you? Fang Yun?!"

Su Ye screamed and quickly moved closer to Han Qingyun.

"The rule of loose cultivators is to share a portion when meeting. Since I have taken this person's storage bag, I naturally will not attack you for no reason."

Fang Xing revealed a gentle smile.

But in Su Ye's eyes, it was more terrifying than anything else.

After all, this was a ruthless person who had wiped out the Thirteen Taibao of the Heaven-Under-Heaven Gang, an absolute Qi Condensation perfection combat power!

And he was a body cultivator, with extremely strong survival capabilities!

To be able to appear here silently as an oriole, his information gathering and tracking capabilities were even more terrifying!

"Brother Fang... If you want it, Brother, this bottle of Qian Yuan Fire Sha, I am willing to..."

Su Ye looked at Fang Xing and couldn't help but grit her teeth, preparing to swallow this loss.

Having fought wits and courage with Lian Laogui Long and Mi Weidao all the way, she had long since exhausted her mental energy and magic power.

Now, fighting 'Fang Yun', who was in perfect condition, would undoubtedly lead to defeat.

"I don't have much interest in this Foundation Establishment spiritual item, but it is worth over ten thousand spirit stones on the market... I wonder how many bottles of 'Boiling Blood Liquid' it is worth?"

Fang Xing stared at Su Ye until she twisted her body uneasily, then laughed.

He was not a cultivator at all, and Foundation Establishment spiritual items were of no use to him.

What's more, his cooperation with the Green Pill Workshop was quite good, and this Su Ye had also been kind to his little brother Han Qingyun and Feiyue...

Well, although Feiyue would definitely not recognize which 'Fang Yun' this was even if she came, he was still prepared to release a little goodwill.

"Boiling Blood Liquid?" Su Ye blinked, doubting how such a cultivator could exist in the world: "The Foundation Establishment spiritual item counts as ten thousand spirit stones. Sharing half upon meeting, fellow Daoist can take five thousand. Boiling Blood Liquid is two hundred spirit stones per bottle, worth at least twenty-five bottles!"

"Very good." Fang Xing knew that Su Ye was counting the Foundation Establishment spiritual item as spirit stones to be split equally—uh, Han Qingyun's strength was too low, so he didn't count as a head.

"Then, how can I ensure that you, fellow Daoist, will not go back on your word?"

He raised another question.

After all, since Su Ye had plotted against him before, she had to pay some price.

"Lian Laogui Long has a Rank 2 spiritual contract there, I am willing to sign it!"

Su Ye said immediately: "I will also swear by my Dao heart that I will definitely give fellow Daoist satisfactory compensation... If I am lucky enough to achieve Foundation Establishment, I will definitely take fellow Daoist with me to escape from the Green Forest Market!"

Such a Rank 2 spiritual contract, even if a Foundation Establishment cultivator violates it, will pay a heavy price. A cultivator who has just achieved Foundation Establishment might even have their realm regress back to Qi Condensation.

"Sounds good... By the way, let this kid be the witness."

Fang Xing pointed at Han Qingyun, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.