Chapter 43 Old Friend

  In front of him, the centipede's feet were over a hundred feet long, and the toxins it contained were probably at an astonishing level. Wang Lin was no stranger to centipedes; as a child in the mountain village, he would often catch small centipedes from between rocks to play with, and some even caught them specifically to feed their domestic fowl.

  Sometimes, accidentally bitten by a centipede, the bitten area will become red and swollen, but as long as it is washed with plenty of clean water, there will be no danger to life. At most, you may need to stay at home for a few days, and then it will be fine.

  There was even a period of time when he had specifically collected centipede venom, and the village doctor said that this centipede venom could cure illnesses if used properly. His father had gone up to the mountain to cut down trees himself because they couldn't afford lumber in previous years, but he accidentally contracted a cold due to the heavy chill in the air on the mountain and nearly lost his life.

  At that time, Langzhong's prescription included centipede.

  Later, although his father said he was better, but the root of the disease had been left behind. Every time it rained, he would be in unbearable pain all over his body. The doctor said that centipede poison could alleviate the symptoms, and for this reason, Wang Lin often caught centipedes to treat his father's illness.

  Up until now, Wang Lin still remembers the events of those years like they were yesterday.

  Looking at the centipede in front of him, which was over a hundred feet long, Wang Lin rubbed his chin and thought to himself that the venom of small centipedes could cure illnesses, so the venom of this large centipede would certainly be more effective, and might even be able to eliminate the root cause of his father's chronic illness once and for all.

  The centipede in front of him was really too big, and compared to it, Wang Lin was insignificant. He worried that he wouldn't be able to get the poison, but instead would get hurt himself.

  Suddenly, Wang Lin's expression changed as he remembered a folk remedy from the village to remove centipede venom. It was said that this remedy had been passed down by the older generation, using some herbs to make granules, which would cause the centipedes to spit out their toxins after eating them.

  Thinking of this, he stared at the centipede and was quite moved. Without saying a word, he immediately headed towards the Dan room. If it's said that the entire sect's herbs are most complete in one place, then it would be the Dan room. He hadn't seen Wang Hao for four years, so he might as well take this opportunity to go take a look.

  At this time, the sky was getting late, Wang Lin came to Dan Fang, just in time to see Wang Hao carefully crawling out from a side door, Wang Hao noticed Wang Lin and quickly put his hand on his mouth, making a "shh" sound, indicating that he should go out first.

  Wang Lin was taken aback, his divine sense swept across the room and found that Third Brother was inside the dan room with a serious expression, continuously adding various medicinal herbs to the dan furnace, his expression focused.

  Not far from walking out, Wang Hao sneaked out quietly. He saw that Wang Lin was also speechless and pulled him to run wildly all the way until they ran very far away before he let out a sigh of relief.

  "Wang Lin, I heard you joined the training camp four years ago. How is it going? Which layer of the Qi Condensation stage have you reached now?" Wang Hao asked hastily, his expression filled with a hint of pride.

  "Condensing Qi period, third layer...... Huh?" Wang Lin's divine sense swept past, and Wang Hao in front of him was like a transparent person. With just one glance, he was shocked in his heart. Wang Hao had already reached the first layer of the Condensing Qi period, but inside his body, everything was very strange. All the spiritual energy was not circulating according to normal conditions, but instead, it was flowing through new paths in an eerie way.

  Each cycle of this flow will extract a strand of vital energy from Wang Hao's internal organs and merge it into the flow.

  Wang Hao smiled complacently and said, "You've figured it out?"

  Wang Lin nodded and said in a low voice: "Wang Hao, you tell me, what's going on?"

  Wang Hao gave Wang Lin a mysterious glance, and smiled: "This is the cultivation method I secretly switched to. Hehe, after I've fully cultivated it, I'll tell you in detail. Ah, Tie Zhu Ge, what's up? You were looking for me?"

  Wang Lin looked at him deeply, he always felt that Wang Hao's cultivation was too strange, but at this time Wang Hao was obviously very excited, so he didn't say anything else and instead told him about the matter of refining the medicinal soup.

  Wang Hao immediately guaranteed it and said there was no problem.

  The two of them chatted for a few more sentences, and then Wang Hao hurriedly left. Just as Wang Lin was about to return to the Medicine Garden, he suddenly looked strange, gazing at the distant guest house of the Xuan Dao Sect disciples, hesitated for a moment, and walked towards it.

  Before he even entered, he heard a loud and exaggerated voice coming from inside.

  "I'm telling you, fellow disciples of the Hengyue Sect, this flying sword of mine is no ordinary treasure. It's one of the most precious artifacts of our Xuan Dao Sect, called the Zi Wu Golden Money Sword. You can go ask around if you don't believe me. I had a hard time sneaking it out this time, so whoever trades for it must make a poisonous oath not to take it out again within three days at the exchange meeting. Otherwise, I won't let it go!"

  "Really? Is this baby really as amazing as you said?" Someone immediately expressed skepticism.

  "I, Li Shan, have never cheated anyone. If you don't believe me, then so be it! This flying sword, I can sell it anywhere!"

  Wang Lin had just discovered that something was amiss here, as many people had gathered, including disciples from both factions. As he walked in to take a look, he saw a twenty-year-old disciple of the Xuan Dao Sect with a square face and thick eyebrows, standing upright with an air of confidence, holding a small sword made up of copper coins that shone with a blue light, standing right in the center, boasting and bragging.

  The people around, some of the disciples of the Xuan Dao Sect, showed strange expressions. One of them couldn't bear to look at it anymore and cleared his throat, saying: "What Li Shan said is correct, the Subduing Dragon Sword is indeed one of our sect's treasures, but I have to say that the sword in Li Shan's hand is a fake, although it still has some effect."

  Several disciples of the Hengyue Sect were discussing among themselves, and finally a man with a condensed aura at the fifth layer walked out. Wang Lin remembered that this person's surname was Zhao. The disciple with the surname Zhao had a low-voiced conversation with Li Shan for half a day, and it was unknown what he took out, but in the end both of them smiled with satisfaction, having reached an agreement.

  "It's just an ordinary iron sword with some scattered spiritual gold, yet they dare to sell it. This is the state of the Mystic Dao Sect!" Some inner disciples also sneered coldly.

  "This brother is wrong, just now my younger martial brother has already made it clear that this is a fake, but isn't there someone in the Hengyue Sect who would buy such a thing? Buying it back as a collection would be the best!" Li Shan immediately retorted.

  "Li Shixiong, you're wrong! I didn't buy this broken sword for collection, but to take it back home and give it to my dad. My family is in the pig slaughtering business, and this sword is just right!" The Zhao surname disciple of Hengyue Sect who bought the flying sword changed his expression and laughed loudly.

  Li Shan didn't get angry, and smiled as he said: "Anyway, you've bought it, what you do with it is none of my business. Alright, I have another treasure here, called the Invincible Black Thunderbolt Bomb! This thing is a real treasure, this time I'm absolutely not cheating, we can test it out right now!"

  After finishing speaking, he took out a black and shiny ball, facing the wall beside him, and threw it out. With a loud crash, a spider web-like crack appeared on the wall, with an inky blackness all around, and even a foul smell was emitted.

  "How's this, my unbeatable black ash stink bomb? It's my Li Shan exclusive hidden weapon. Although its power isn't great, if it hits someone, even I wouldn't be able to wash off the black ash. Especially the smell, which is made from collecting and mixing dozens of rare beasts' bodily fluids. It's absolutely a nauseating tool!" Li Shan explained with a smile on his face, looking pleased with himself.

  Everyone's face was filled with shock and amazement, some female disciples even covered their noses and retreated a few steps. Wang Lin also felt quite surprised, his divine sense scanned the area, and suddenly his expression turned somewhat strange.

  The disciples of the Xuan Dao Sect all felt a bit embarrassed, but Li Shan was notorious in the Xuan Dao Sect for creating all sorts of strange and unusual objects, and few people were willing to provoke him, after all, who would want to be hit by his stinky bomb?

  This invincible black grey stinky smoke bomb, within the Xuan Dao Sect, has a reputation that's extremely great. In secret, it can almost compare to several treasured items within the sect.

  "How's that, this time I've really splurged, but still the same old saying, you guys absolutely can't use it in the match three days later, or else I won't sell it to you." Li Shan showed a serious expression, but in his heart he was secretly laughing: "You bunch of fools, the more I say this, the more you'll want to use it, heh heh, when the time comes, there will be a good show to watch. The elders will definitely praise me when they return, and maybe even give me a few magical artifacts!"