Chapter 4: Framed?

  Take the blame? Take the rap?

  Looking at the two guys behind him, Shen Long naturally thought of Hei Guo and Ding Gang, and his heart strangely thought:

  "As expected, Linzi is big, and there are all kinds of birds."

  "Big brother, where's the treasure in here? It's just a big pit. We were tricked into chasing after it so urgently." The little brother who found the location first looked at the big pit and started complaining.

  And then the black pot and the top jar behind looked at the big pit seriously, as if studying this big pit, without paying attention to the little brother.

  "Alright, alright, it's this one! Second brother, you can see it too, right?" The person who was taking the blame looked at the big pit, excitedly muttering to himself, and had become a bit incoherent. Then he raised his head and looked at the person on top of the jar, asking.

  "Yes, big brother, it's this material. With it, your culinary skills and my brewing skills will be greatly improved." The second brother of Dingzun was also excited, his mouth trembling.

  It turned out that they were cultivating the culinary way and the brewing way, no wonder this dress. Shen Long heard the great way they cultivated, suddenly enlightened, the big left hand should be holding a chopping board, the right hand should be holding a vegetable knife, and the back should be carrying a black pot, while the second elder's head should be topped with a wine jar for brewing.

  "Second brother, quickly gather up that thing, if it's delayed for a long time it will be lost, this is precious material," the one who was being blamed urged.

  "Yes."

  After being reminded by Lao Da's carrying the black pot, Lao Er hurriedly responded and then pulled out the gourd stopper from the gourd in his hand, preparing to collect materials.

  "Wait a minute." Just as the two were getting excited, a voice called out to them like an awakening spell, and they looked up to see that it was San Di (the third brother).

  "Raven, how many times have I told you, when your second brother and I are working, don't be so startled all the time." The black-pot bearer saw it was Third Brother, his brow furrowed, clearly unhappy.

  "Big brother, I did call you guys, but you were too engrossed in your discussion with second brother and didn't hear me." The crow saw big brother frowning and looked up at him with a wronged expression to defend himself.

  "What business do you have with us?" asked Ding Zheng, his tone also unpleasant, clearly, he too was annoyed by the crow's disturbance.

  "Big Brother Second Brother, I think this is just a big pit, you two are still reciting incantations to him, as if finding the Innate Spiritual Treasure here." The crow asked in confusion.

  Just next to Shen Long heard the raven's question, also perked up his ears and listened. Shen Long had been watching here for a long time, but only heard the black pot and the top jar whispering to each other, saying how good it was, but Shen Long himself opened his true dragon eyes and didn't find any treasure at all. He felt very strange in his heart, and the raven's question seemed to have hit Shen Long's weak spot.

  "Big brother, second brother, why are you staring at me?"

  After asking this question, the ones who were pushing the blame and covering their heads stopped, staring at the crow as if it was an idiot, making the crow feel a little guilty.

  "Crows, we've been together for a long time too, haven't we?" said the black-pot faced one with an expressionless face.

  "Yes, back then I was driven out of the clan, without any cultivation, and almost got killed by a ferocious beast. Luckily, Big Brother and Second Brother saved me." The crow seemed to recall its sad past, its mood low, but when mentioning being rescued by its two brothers, it respectfully bowed to them.

  "Dummy, not that." Ding Gang saw the crow's low mood and picked up a gourd to knock on its head.

  "Second brother, why did you hit me?" The crow rubbed its head and looked at second brother with a wronged expression.

  "Hmph! Serves you right." The boss cursed with a smile.

  Shen Long watched from the side, a faint smile appearing at the corner of his mouth. It seemed that the relationship between these three brothers was still good, although Wu Ya had been beaten up, it was to pull him out of his unhappy past.

  "So you still haven't said it?"

  "You fool, have you wasted all these years of traveling through the wilderness? Even if you're brainless, it's still obvious. Is your true form a pig? Don't go out and say I know you, I'm ashamed to know this person!" The pot-covering Hate Iron scolded in frustration.

  Does this count as scolding me too?

  Shen Long thought for a moment, he had been traveling in the vast wilderness for tens of millions of years, and yet he hadn't found any treasures either. Was he also a fool?

  "Hmph! You two brats, you'd better be able to come up with something, or else I'll turn your true selves into pigs, pig heads, pig brains, and pig tails..." Shen Long thought resentfully.

  "Raven, your second brother is right. After all these years, your vision hasn't improved at all." The eldest also said disappointedly to Raven.

  "Heh heh, following the two brothers, eating and drinking well, as long as I have the two brothers' eyes on me, that's all that matters." The crow said with an awkward smile, seemingly careless.

  "Hmm!!! Listen carefully, I'll only say it once." The Topping Jar heard the crow's words and grunted before explaining.

  "Just as we arrived, we saw two flashes of lightning in the distance, vast and boundless. If I'm not mistaken, it's not the Tribulation Thunder, but the Heavenly Punishment Thunder."

  Shen Long listened on the side, nodded, and was still quite insightful, able to see that this was heavenly punishment.

  "Second brother, first put the things away." The black pot holder took out a warm jade, and then a flame of fire emerged from his palm, burning fiercely. After a while, it formed into an urn with a wide mouth.

  "Good," replied Ding, then pulled out the stopper from the gourd in his hand and poured out a stream of wine. Shen Long smelled it and was immediately intoxicated, secretly praising the good wine.

  Watching this wine pour into the big pit, the black pot holder took out another bottle and poured a handful of silver-white particles from it into the big pit.

  "Did you see it?" asked Hei Guo.

  "No!!!" The crow still didn't know what was inside and gave an awkward reply.

  Shen Long, however, was able to see clearly with his True Dragon's gaze. It turned out that the silver-white particles he had scattered earlier were now absorbing the purple lightning inside, which contained the aura of the Heavenly Punishment Thunder. On its surface, there were also faintly visible Heavenly Punishment law runes circulating, and another strand was absorbing a certain law, but Shen Long couldn't see what it was.

  "Hum! Idiot." Ding Guang cursed again.

  Is this another insult? Shen Long, hiding in the dark, had an urge to punch him.

  "Big brother is cultivating the culinary way, and the crystal he just sprinkled is salt. Big brother wants to infuse the Heavenly Punishment Law into the salt, then through his cooking, feel the Heavenly Punishment Law, making his cultivation even more advanced, becoming a Mahayana Golden Immortal. Do you understand now?"

  "What? Big brother, really? You might advance to the Great Luo Golden Immortal." The crow, not having been scolded, looked at Hei Ding with surprise and delight.

  "Yes, after so many years at the peak of Da Luo Xian's cultivation, it's time to advance." Speaking of his own cultivation, Lao Da's face revealed a smile, and then he said to the crow:

  "Third brother, you must work hard. This time is also a chance encounter. Besides the Heavenly Punishment Thunder, we have found the True Dragon's aura. If I'm not mistaken, it should be the dragon aura of an accurate saint cultivation. Your second brother cultivates the Wine Brewing Path, where wine and water are indistinguishable. The dragon clan controls the Water Department, so your second brother should be able to nurture the True Dragon's aura from it, then explore the Water Path, improve the Wine Brewing Path, and advance to become a Great Luo Golden Immortal."

  "What? Second Brother is also going to advance to the Great Luo Golden Immortal?" The crow was stunned, then stared blankly at the big pit, muttering to itself:

  "It's indeed a treasure, even more precious than the Innate Spirit Treasure."

  "So, among us three brothers, your cultivation is the weakest. You've just entered the Mahayana period and still can't control your magical powers well. You need to work harder." Dingtong also seemed to see himself about to advance to the Golden Immortal stage of the Mahayana period, and he smiled, patting Wuya's shoulder as he spoke.

  "What's going on? Am I being punished by heavenly thunder and yet giving rise to a pair of mighty Golden Immortals?" Shen Long thought to himself with a heavy heart.

  "Second brother, it's all right, put things away."

  "Great!!"

  At this time, the true dragon's breath that Shen Long had just spat out after being injured had already merged into that beautiful wine, and was sucked back into the gourd by the top of the jar. The heavenly punishment thunder was also absorbed by those salt grains and stored in the newly refined Wenyu Guangkou bottle in the black pot.

  In Shen Long's resentful eyes, those who were about to be scapegoated and bear the blame were about to retreat.

  "Huh? What's this?" Shen Long suddenly sensed something was off, his eyes gazing in a certain direction, and then he revealed a lewd smile. "Heh heh, let you guys suffer a bit, who made you scold me."

  "Big brother, will that Red Cloud guy come?" said the crow, seeing the two brothers put away their treasure.

  "Third brother, be careful with your words!!"

  "Raven's mouth."

  "Haha... it turns out you guys miss me that much, then I'll just have to decline. A hand appeared in front of the two leaders and snatched away two bottles of precious materials before disappearing."

  "Red Cloud, stop running." The three men spoke in unison, their voices filled with endless hatred.

  "This guy is really a jinx." Shen Long was delighted in his heart.