darknovel Chapter 183: Waiting for a Rabbit to Run into a Tree Stump
Chapter 183: Waiting for a Rabbit to Run into a Tree Stump
"Li Yourong and Yang Jiuli are not simple, so you must not be careless," Zhang Jinshu said.
He had also read about Yang Jiuli and Li Yourong before his trip.
It was truly a miracle that the two of them were able to return safely from the Black Wind Mountain mine last time.
"Rest assured, my lord. No matter how powerful their methods are, how could they be a match for my 'Black Fang'?" The young man who had spoken earlier chuckled. As he spoke, he moved his hand, and a black light flashed from the spirit beast at his waist, from which a black demonic snake flew out.
The black snake flicked its tongue, exuding a dark aura.
The aura spread out, causing the three Qi Refining cultivators beside him to involuntarily take a few steps back.
They looked as if they were afraid of being tainted by that black aura.
This person is named Ding Moling. He has now reached the tenth level of Qi Refining and is just one 'Great Blood Qi Pill' away from Foundation Establishment.
"The poisonous mist spewed by your 'Black Fang' is indeed difficult for a ninth-level Qi Refining cultivator to withstand, given the element of surprise," Zhang Jinshu nodded slightly, stroking his beard. "In that case, you may proceed. If you succeed, I will personally recommend you for reward!"
"Rest assured, sir, we will surely take them down!" The man with the black snake coiled around him said, bowing.
Zhang Jinshu nodded slightly.
"Let's go!" Ding Moling waved his hand and said to the other three Qi Refining cultivators.
The three cultivators bowed to Zhang Jinshu, then each summoned their magical artifacts and flew down into the valley ahead.
"Go!" Zhang Jinshu moved his hand, and a 'Earth Spirit Rat' flew out from his palm and followed.
Clearly, he was going to lead the way for Ding Moling and the others.
This "Earth Spirit Rat" was quite clever. It led Ding Moling and the others to a river, and then they went through an underground river.
These "Earth Spirit Rats" are skilled in "Earth Escape Techniques," capable of passing through stone and mountains, but their bloodline level is too low.
It is not yet possible to bring others along to perform the "Earth Escape Technique".
This shows that Xiao Bing's bloodline is far superior to that of ordinary demon beasts.
After Ding Moling and the others left, Zhang Jinshu waved his hand in the air above the valley. The light patterns on the spaceship beneath him flickered and instantly shrank to the size of a palm. He then put it into his storage bag. Immediately afterward, the light patterns on his spirit beast bag flashed, and another 'Earth Spirit Rat' flew out.
This one, however, has reached the second tier of cultivation.
"Go!" Zhang Jinshu whispered.
The 'Earth Spirit Rat' nodded obediently, and immediately a yellowish-brown light emanated from its body, transforming into a ball of light that enveloped both it and Zhang Jinshu. Then, it flashed and flew towards the valley below, disappearing into the ground.
Clearly, Zhang Jinshu was not at ease with Ding Moling and the others, and planned to follow them.
"The fact that Master Yang and Li Yourong were able to escape from Huang Teng's clutches last time is definitely not as simple as it seems on the surface," Zhang Jinshu murmured.
He knew that Yang Jiuli and Li Yourong were not simple, yet he still ordered Ding Moling and others to take action, naturally wanting to use them to find out the background of Yang Jiuli and the others.
Zhang Jinshu's journey from an outer disciple to this point is far beyond that of an ordinary cultivator.
He never underestimated even Qi Refining cultivators.
Zhang Jinshu was unaware that his actions had been clearly detected by a small snake lurking underground.
He was a demonic python.
They are extremely sensitive to human scent.
Even without using her divine sense, Xiao Bing could sense the movements of the cultivators in the valley from afar.
"They've arrived!" With the help of the bloodline inscription, Yang Jiuli took in all of this through Xiao Bing's perspective.
He then instructed Xiao Bing to take a detour and avoid encountering these human cultivators, lest they discover something amiss.
……
In the underground cave.
Yang Jiuli's eyes flashed, revealing a sharp glint in them.
"What's wrong?" Li Yourong turned her head, blinked her beautiful eyes, and looked at Yang Jiuli, asking, "Has someone arrived?"
"Yes!" Yang Jiuli nodded.
"So fast?" Huang Cheng's heart skipped a beat, and he almost jumped up.
Liu Hu, standing next to him, was even more uneasy.
He was only at the fourth level of Qi Refining and had never seen such a scene before.
If it really comes down to taking action, I have no idea how to handle it.
"Don't panic, I already have a plan!" Yang Jiuli said.
Seeing this, Huang Cheng breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Yang Jiuli.
Li Yourong said, "If Master Yang has any instructions, please do so."
"At that time..." Yang Jiuli transmitted his voice to Li Yourong, Huang Cheng, and Liu Hu.
Once you reach the ninth level of Qi Refining, you can use a secret technique to transmit sound, making it impossible for outsiders to hear you.
Upon hearing Yang Jiuli's words, Huang Cheng's expression changed drastically, then he nodded slightly, looking as if he had breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, he looked at Yang Jiuli with a face full of admiration.
After exchanging glances, the group continued fishing, returning to their previous routine.
……
One hour later.
In this underground cave.
Behind Yang Jiuli and the others, a black python about a foot thick slowly crawled out from a passageway.
Because the underground cave was rather dark, even with the illumination from Li Yourong's few gems, the light still couldn't reach the entire cave.
The snake had black scales, and unless one deliberately used their divine sense to observe, it would be impossible to detect that such a snake had sneaked in.
The snake was slow and made almost no sound.
After it slipped into the cave through the passageway, it flicked its tongue and finally spewed out a thick black venomous mist.
gradually.
The poisonous fog filled most of the cave and was swept towards Yang Jiuli, Li Yourong, and the others in front of them by the breeze.
Yang Jiuli and Li Yourong remained unperturbed.
"Ninth Brother, do you think there are really fish in this underground river?" Huang Cheng turned his head to look at Yang Jiuli and asked.
"There will always be a few fish!" Yang Jiuli laughed. "Just wait patiently."
"Hmm!" Huang Cheng nodded and said, "How many days do you think it will take for this beast tide to recede?" He continued to ask.
"I'm afraid we'll have to wait for the Azure Flame Immortal Sect to send someone before we can calm things down!" Yang Jiuli said.
"Wait for the people from the Azure Flame Immortal Sect to arrive..." Huang Cheng murmured upon hearing this.
He was about to speak when he suddenly said, "Ninth Brother... I, I feel a little dizzy!"
As he spoke, his eyelids drooped, and he looked listless.
"Me too... What happened?" Liu Hu spoke up from the side, and as he finished speaking, his fishing rod fell to the ground.
His body fell directly to the side.
Huang Cheng then collapsed.
"Poison... How could there be poisonous miasma in this dark river?" Li Yourong struggled to lift her eyelids, scanning her surroundings with a look of suspicion. As a cultivator at the tenth level of Qi Refining, she had clearly lasted longer than Liu Hu and Huang Cheng.
"This..." Yang Jiuli shook his head, as if trying to stay sober.
"Tsk tsk, naturally it's because you've been poisoned by my spirit pet 'Black Fang'!"
Just as Li Yourong finished speaking, a rather smug voice came from the passageway in a cold and eerie tone.
Li Yourong looked in the direction of the sound.
But then a man who looked to be over thirty years old appeared there.
The man was grinning and squinting as he looked at Li Yourong and Yang Jiuli on the riverbank ahead.
"You..." Li Yourong's lips moved, she wanted to say more, but her eyelids drooped, and she fainted due to confusion.
Yang Jiuli, on the other hand, used his magical power to suppress the poison.
"It's useless... The poison of 'Black Fang' can corrode a person's spiritual root... The more you circulate your magic power, the easier it is for your spiritual root to be corroded, thus causing your magic power to become disordered..." A cold voice rang out, and the person who came was Ding Moling of the Golden Cloud Sect.
Three other monks appeared behind him.
At this moment, black marks appeared on Yang Jiuli's neck, his eyelids drooped, his consciousness blurred, and he collapsed by the river.
The makeshift fishing rod fell into the river and was swept away by the surging current.
Upon seeing this, Ding Moling and the three cultivators beside him all showed relieved smiles.
"Tsk tsk, the two great alchemists of the Li family have been captured just like that?" A tall, thin Qi cultivator with a hooked nose sneered. "Looks like they're not all that powerful after all. I really don't know how those guys managed to stumble last time."
"Who says otherwise? That Huang Teng supposedly even had a second-tier spiritual weapon... yet he couldn't take him down. What a waste!"
"What's the use of a second-tier spiritual weapon? It's not even as powerful as Senior Brother Ding's 'Black Fang'!"
The three laughed dismissively, appearing quite pleased with themselves.
The two people in front of me, Li Yourong and Yang Jiuli, are first-level top-grade alchemists and have the potential to become second-level alchemists.
Taking down such a person is almost as meritorious as killing a Foundation Establishment cultivator!
"Of course, 'Black Fang' is a spirit pet that I have painstakingly nurtured for twenty years... Its poison would even cause a Foundation Establishment cultivator to lose a layer of skin if they rashly inhale it, let alone these two little Qi Refining cultivators!" Ding Moling said.
As for Huang Cheng and Liu Hu...
From beginning to end, no one paid any attention to it.
Clearly, taking down these two people didn't contribute much to the team's success.
As they spoke, the group had almost reached Yang Jiuli, Li Yourong, and the others.
However, when Ding Moling was about three zhang away from Yang Jiuli and Li Yourong, he habitually stopped.
He sent his spirit pet, Black Fang, closer to the two of them to investigate.
The other "Earth Spirit Rat" headed towards Huang Cheng.
"Brother Ding is truly meticulous in his actions. These people are already unconscious, yet he hasn't let his guard down!" said a Qi Refining cultivator.
"In that case, let's just strike and finish them off!" the man with the hooked nose said in a chilling tone.
As he spoke, he made hand seals, and golden magical power emanated from his dantian, condensing into a small golden dagger in front of him.
He had unleashed a spell: "Golden Blade".
The black snake also crawled to Yang Jiuli's side, opened its mouth wide, flicked its tongue, and was about to swallow him whole.
Just then, a dark light suddenly burst forth beside Yang Jiuli, and a giant gray bell appeared out of thin air.
However, Yang Jiuli activated a second-tier talisman called "Whirlwind Shield," which enveloped him, Li Yourong, Huang Cheng, and Liu Hu.
However, the gray light shield was 28 feet high and 16 feet wide.
As soon as it appeared, gray light flowed around it, evolving into a whirlwind around the light shield. The gray whirlwind stirred and expanded, and the gray light was like a blade, directly turning the black snake's forked tongue into dust. Even the giant snake itself was blasted back several feet.
Boom!
The giant snake crashed heavily to the ground, struggled for a moment, then let out a mournful cry and died.
Caught off guard, the "Earth Spirit Rat" was also blasted away, its body exploding and crashing to the ground.
Two late-stage Tier 1 demonic beasts perished.
Caught off guard, the first-tier demonic beast was simply unable to withstand the terrifying magical power suddenly unleashed by the second-tier talisman.
After all, they were too close together.
It almost completely absorbed the gray whirlwind blade activated by this second-tier talisman.
Not only that, but the "Golden Blade" unleashed by the man with the hawk-nose was completely shredded before it even touched Yang Jiuli.
"This is... a second-tier talisman..." The man with the hooked nose was shocked.
"He wasn't poisoned?" The other two men looked at Yang Jiuli inside the whirlwind light barrier with surprise.