Chapter 55: Proud and Overbearing

  "If it weren't for this person being injured beforehand, it would be hard to get rid of him."

  Sun Boji was sealed in the Thunder Hammer, but a small silk pouch that was originally hung on his waist was left behind. Chu Ping picked it up and a golden light flashed on his hand. A large Vajra seal was stamped on it, and the flowing golden light instantly erased Sun Boji's branding on it.

  This pouch was only five or six inches in size, and its entire body was embroidered with gold and silver threads, as tough as steel. The opening of the pouch naturally closed, and Chu Ping pointed to it and opened it, turning his hand over and pouring out everything inside.

  With a clatter, a pile of round, smooth objects the size of goose eggs rolled to the ground, about eighty or ninety in total. Some were square, some were oval like eggs, and some were perfectly spherical, all translucent and crystalline, varying in size. The larger ones were as big as an infant's fist, while the smaller ones resembled human pupils, emitting a rich, spiritual aura that pulsed with energy.

  "What is this?" Chu Ping picked one up, feeling the pure spiritual energy within, it was so dense that it almost formed a substance.

  Zhao Pu's face showed a few points of surprise, staring at Chu Ping as if looking at an alien, "You, don't recognize?"

  Chu Ping looked at Zhao Pu's face with a strange expression, as if he should have known it all along, and this thing was as ordinary as the pots and bowls that ordinary people used to eat and drink, and said in surprise, "Don't recognize it!"

  Zhao Pu's face revealed a hint of a smile, "This is Crystal Stone, Daoist friend actually doesn't know, right, I am Zhao Pu of the Shen Xiao Sect, and until now still don't know how to address Daoist friend?"

  Chu Ping smiled and said, "Oh, I am Chu Ping of Wuxiang Temple. But I don't know the origin of this crystal stone."

  Zhao Pu smiled wryly and shook his head, "These crystal stones are mostly found in the depths of mountains, gathering heavenly spirit and earthly energy, with immense power and rich storage. They are carried by us cultivators to break through barriers and refine our qi. Although all major sects have them, they are extremely precious. Didn't your sect's master tell you?"

  "Ah, my master taught me the skills and then went into seclusion," Chu Ping said with a sly smile. "I've been practicing on my own all along, so I don't know about these things!"

  He fiddled with the crystal in his hand, elliptical like an egg, as if it were a small living thing grasped in his palm. He felt quite peculiar and smiled at Zhao Pu, saying, "This thing is of no great use to me, so you can take them all, Brother Zhao."

  Zhao Pu shook his head repeatedly, "How can this be? If it weren't for Brother Chu's help, I would have hardly escaped death today. How can you still take this thing away?"

  Chu Ping saw Zhao Pu's sincere face and immediately said, "If that's the case, can't one person take half of it?" He first picked up more than 40 crystal stones from the ground and put them into his left ring.

  Zhao Pu didn't say anything more and took down a delicate purple gourd from his waist, picking up the remaining crystal stones on the ground.

  A pile of crystal stones was picked up by the two, and some talismans were scattered on the ground, with some strange symbols drawn on them. Neither of them could understand what they meant. Chu Ping gathered all these things up.

  There were also some refined iron and steel instruments, but they weren't anything rare. However, there was a piece of five-element gold essence that Zhao Pu took away.

  There were still a few dark little flags left, each with countless magical symbols embroidered on it in a dragon and phoenix dance, emitting a mysterious and profound magic aura that made both of them feel somewhat apprehensive.

  Chu Ping picked it up, examined it carefully for a moment, and said in a low voice, "This is a set of magical instruments, but it's not yet fully refined. It's only one step away from completion. Fortunately, if we had these few talismans, today's outcome would have been truly unpredictable!"

  Zhao Pu concentrated his mind to investigate, as soon as he touched the long banner, countless ghosts and spirits rushed up, making a dull roar, with sharp claws like hooks, disheveled hair, blood dripping, extremely frightening.

  His divine consciousness was stirred up, and immediately several strands of smoke escaped from the long banner, swirling around and rushing straight towards Zhao Pu!

  Zhao Pu suddenly felt that a thread of his consciousness seemed to have sunk into the vast ocean, with waves of blood churning and gathering into massive billows, threatening to engulf him. Moreover, countless fierce ghosts were hidden within the waves, and countless crimson pupils seemed to be hiding in the celestial vault like stars, yet filling one's heart with terror and dread.

  "Heavenly Thunderbolt, Vanquish Evil and Repel Demons!"

  Zhao Pu's expression turned solemn, and a circular aura like the Taiji symbol appeared between his eyebrows. A burst of thunderous energy erupted from him, dispersing the dark smoke in front of him with a single strike, and his divine consciousness also withdrew from the Long Fan.

  "It's indeed a demonic device, its power is too great, fortunately it hasn't been refined yet!" Zhao Pu said with a hint of shock on his face.

  "Kung Fu Devil!"

  Chu Ping pinched the seal with both hands, and a circle of golden light suddenly emerged from the center of his palms. It transformed into a majestic golden Vajra image in mid-air, and countless Sanskrit mantras as large as ocean basins flowed out of its mouth, swirling and changing constantly like ripples on water, as if containing some profound truth between heaven and earth. They flew down and wrapped around the four long banners.

  "This demonic device, who knows how many lives it has taken and how many souls it has absorbed to be refined to this point! I don't have the ability to separate these souls and refine them one by one, so I'll have to find time to return to the sect and ask Master to lend a hand!"

  Two people were talking when they saw several streaks of light coming from afar, like shooting stars cutting through the night sky, flying quickly towards this place.

  "What kind of person is this?" Chu Ping thought to himself, his hands having already completed the operation, suppressing the demonic device and storing it in his ring. He stood with his hands behind his back, gazing out at the distant sky.

  Those few rays of light came extremely quickly, and lightly spun around Chu Ping and Zhao Pu in mid-air, without stirring up any dust or sand.

  There were three people in total, and one of them was surprisingly familiar to Chu Ping - it was Ling Yun from Shu Mountain, who had once fought against the vampire Fei Mo together with him. Following behind Ling Yun were two female cultivators, both wearing white robes, elegant and refined in their demeanor. Although they couldn't be described as stunningly beautiful, their elegance gave them a kind of gentle and soothing presence that made people feel at ease.

  Lingyun descended from the clouds and landed on the ground. Upon seeing Chu Ping, he seemed to be slightly surprised and couldn't help but exclaim, "It's actually you!"

  Chu Ping's face was slightly cold, and when he heard that Lingyun was a disciple of Wuxiang Temple on the same day, his behavior was quite arrogant and rude. He didn't have a good impression of this person in his heart either, and said lightly, "So it's Brother Lingyun, sorry for not showing respect!"

  Lingyun Baiyi waved his sleeves and said to the two women beside him, "This is the Wuxiang Temple's Chu Ping Daoist friend that Li Jiao Shimei had mentioned!"

  "Li Rong?" Chu Ping's heart skipped a beat as he suddenly remembered that Li Rong was the Emei female Taoist priestess he had met before.

  "Ah, it's you. I'm Zhao Chen of the Dan Ding Sect. This is my junior sister Wu Jinyun. Sister Li Jiang has mentioned you before, saying your magical powers are impressive. The two of us..."

  Before he could finish speaking, Lingyun let out a heavy hum beside him.

  Chu Ping smiled and said, "That's a compliment from Li Gong Shifu. This is Zhao Pu of the Shen Xiao Sect. What brings you here?"

  Zhao Pu met with the three of them and heard that Zhao Pu was actually a disciple of the Shen Xiao Sect, which was famous for its Thunder Law, in the Xuan Tian Realm. The three people's faces showed a hint of understanding.

  Lingyun said calmly, "Just now, the three of us were watching from a distance as the spiritual energy of heaven and earth fluctuated violently, surrounded by thunder. We rushed over to see what happened! In the mortal world, one must not lightly reveal their divine powers, don't you know?"

  Zhao Pu saw that Ling Yun's tone was arrogant and impolite, and he didn't like it in his heart. "Who are you to ask me like this?"

  "We are members of the Central Special Bureau, and we have the right to interrogate you for displaying your divine powers in the mortal world!" Lingyun's face flashed with a hint of gloom, but he said calmly.

  "Oh, I see," Zhao Pu's displeased expression didn't change, "I was targeted by a demonic cultivator, Brother Chu helped me eliminate the demon, is that so?"

  "Mo Men cultivator? Which one?" Zhao Chen's face showed a hint of surprise as he asked aloud.

  Chu Ping smiled and said from the side, "A certain Sun Boji of the Demon Shadow Gate, but he has already been sent away."

  "Sun Boji?" Ling Yun's face flashed with a hint of astonishment, "I've heard that this person has been cultivating for decades and has already entered the Golden Elixir stage, don't spout nonsense!"

  Zhao Pu's face turned angry, and he took out the Thunderbolt Mallet from his waist. Pointing at a faint human shadow on the handle, he said, "How could that be? He was already severely injured by Chu Shixiong, and I sealed him in a magic treasure. How can this not be an imposter?"

  "Who?" Lingyun's face finally flashed a hint of shock, and involuntarily split off a strand of divine consciousness to scan towards Chuping.

  Chu Ping's face suddenly flashed a hint of displeasure, this kind of brazenly using divine sense to probe others was extremely rude behavior, he flicked his hand and shook out a ball of golden light, colliding with Ling Yun's probing divine sense!

  Lingyun's face changed, and his white robe suddenly flew up behind him, as if blown by a strong wind. He couldn't help but take a step back!

  Zhao Pu sneered, "So your abilities are nothing more than this, and yet you still don't know how to behave!"

  "What did you say?!" Lingyun's face showed a hint of shyness, her long hair scattered on her shoulders suddenly fluttered without wind, and four layers of light burst out around her. The inner three layers were already complete, but the outermost layer was just a vague aura with no shape or form.

  "Shu Mountain's Threefold Mysterious Realm, it turns out to be nothing more than this!" Zhao Pu's face was filled with even thicker mockery, as he stepped forward to meet the fierce sword energy that Ling Yun had unleashed, his body surrounded by electric lights, and a circular mark faintly appeared on his forehead!

  Two auras clashed, although invisible, they were actually powerful. The ground was filled with swirling dust and smoke. Lingyun's face suddenly turned crimson as blood, stumbling backward several steps, his limbs trembling slightly, as if struck by lightning!

  "Thunderbolt eyes, Golden Elixir Cultivator!" Zhao Chen and Wu Jinyun beside him were extremely shocked.

  Lingyun's anger ignited, and he spat out a ball of pure energy that transformed into a three-foot-long flying sword. The sword's aura was unmatched as it pierced through the air, heading straight for Zhao Pu!

  Zhao Pu's eyebrows suddenly formed a circular pattern like the yin-yang fish in the Taiji diagram, and a streak of electric light burst out, transforming into a long dragon that charged towards the flying sword.

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