Chapter 5 (Part 1) Don't Eat Things Randomly

  Oh no! I quickly turned around, and a white cloud was pouncing on me from behind. The cloud had a human shape, with hands and feet, and it was carrying a black package - undoubtedly Cloud Lang. Having no choice, I could only engage in a fierce battle with him. "Bang", I was sent flying out, doing several flips in mid-air, my chest heaving with exhaustion. "Crack", I broke off several branches of the Star Osmanthus tree before barely managing to steady myself.

  "Lin brother is indeed clever, using a thousand knots to tie up my bundle. Unfortunately, my magic doesn't stop there. Even without it, I can still have a fair fight with you." A calm voice came from within the white cloud, belonging to Yun Dalang.

  I forced myself to remain calm, using the Feathered Dao technique to fly into mid-air and confront Yun Dalang. I didn't expect that even the Thousandfold Binding Curse couldn't hold him back, no wonder Chi Yan said Yun Dalang's demonic powers far exceeded my imagination. Even if I had already used the curse to bind the black package, this battle was still hard to win.

  "Yun Dalang, you just played a good hand!" I deliberately spoke slowly and said nonsense to delay time, secretly operating the Yun Dingyun Ying, adjusting the body's qi and blood. After being bumped by Yun Dalang, I now feel stifled in my chest.

  "Lin brother, no need for courtesy. In order to escape the curse by using the Golden Cicada's Shell Shattering Technique, I had to spit out my vital blood and exhaust my own vitality, and was even forced to reveal my true form. Lin brother, you can be proud of yourself now." Yun Dalang said calmly, as the white cloud suddenly began to spin rapidly, faster and faster, until it could no longer be seen in human form.

  My scalp is numb, could the original form of Yun Dalang be a white cloud? A strange thing has happened, as the white cloud rotates, the evening glow in the sky quickly disperses, and layer upon layer of eerie white clouds float out. The sky was already dark, but now the night sky is a sheet of white.

  "What sorcery is this? Even the clouds and mist can be controlled! The sea of clouds above my head is vast and I don't know where Yun Dalang is hiding, or maybe every white cloud is his incarnation. I hurriedly cast the Mirror Pupil Secret Technique to search for Yun Dalang."

  Not yet found him, the white cloud surged violently, already pressed down on me like a mountain. For a moment, all around, the clouds rolled in. "Hū", a mass of white cloud rushed from behind, I turned around and punched to block, but my hand grasped at nothing, knowing it was not good, immediately another mass of white cloud fell from above, I hastily performed the Enchanting Dance, my body leaning back, barely avoiding it, in the white cloud suddenly flashed out a human figure, palms soft as clouds, silently pressed onto my chest.

  "Bang", I spat out a mouthful of blood, flew backward and fell into the Fragrant River. Water splashed everywhere, the onlookers cried out in surprise. The blood was quickly diluted by the river water, my chest felt even colder than the water.

  "You little scamp!" Haidi exclaimed in a trembling voice, just about to rush over, but was held back by Gan Ningzhen.

  "Don't help me, I can still fight!" I croaked, gritting my teeth against the pain and leaping up to hover on the water's surface with a wobbly motion.

  "Can Lin brother fight again?" A slightly surprised voice came from the cloud layer, I knew it in my heart, relying on the Yu Ding Yun Ying in my body, I didn't suffer serious injuries, but a rib seemed to be broken.

  "Yun Dalang, aren't you full yet? Why are you hitting people like you're scratching an itch?" I pretended to be nonchalant and scanned my surroundings. The thick and layered white clouds surrounded me, but due to the limitations of the Mirror Pupil Secret Technique, I couldn't see what was behind or above me. The white clouds were constantly flowing, making it difficult to determine where Yun Dalang was hiding.

  White clouds are changing and transforming, rushing towards me again. Sometimes they're illusory, sometimes they're the true form of Yun Dalang. I'm fighting an invisible enemy. Seeing that the situation is not good, I dodge around the star laurel tree, back and forth. "Crack crack", white clouds roll up the star laurel trees one by one, pulling them out from the roots, quickly leaving a vast empty space.

  A cloud was rushing towards me from the front, I turned the mirror pupil secret method to take a look, it was just an ordinary cloud cluster, so I didn't dodge or evade. Who would have thought that the white cloud rushed to my face, and suddenly a vague human shadow appeared in the cloud cluster. My heart was shocked, my palms struck the water urgently, transforming into a puppet water person blocking in front of me. "Splash", the water person was hit to pieces, I took advantage of the momentum to retreat, and landed on the riverbank.

  "Good!" A figure in the cloud cluster shouted in a low voice, and suddenly disappeared. Before I could catch my breath, four white clouds came at me simultaneously. A figure was flashing back and forth among the four cloud clusters, like a lantern, making my eyes dizzy.

  With one punch, I employed the Six Ding Jia Yu technique. The six paths of fist shadows welcomed the four cloud clusters, and still had energy to spare. The four cloud clusters suddenly split open, changing from one to two, then two to four. Sixteen streams of flowing clouds emerged from all directions, rolling in continuously. A human shadow was shifting positions within the sixteen cloud clusters.

  "Bang - bang - bang", my back, arms and shoulders were hit repeatedly, and I was rolled around on the ground. Fortunately, my arms turned into steel shields, protecting my vital organs.

  The demons of Makai burst into mad laughter, I gritted my teeth and crawled up, swallowing the blood that had surged to my throat. Yundalang was elusive as a ghost, I couldn't even touch his shadow, let alone launch a magical attack on him.

  This battle, I've had more losses than gains. My gaze swept over, the distant sea of flowers losing color, Gan Ning's face pale, his hand tightly grasping the hilt of his sword.

  A vast expanse of white clouds rolled in, with figures flickering within. I let out a loud roar - taking such a beating isn't the way to do it, I'll give it my all! Not dodging or evading, I charged towards the white clouds, using the Dragon-Tiger Secret Path Technique and the Chaotic Armour Defence Technique, striking with full force. Vowing to burn both jade and stone together, we would either win or lose together!

  "Little brother, this move is not good, your demon power is far inferior to the boss, how can you fight hard?" The cold ridicule of Sanlang's voice entered my ears. My heart sank, knowing he was right, but it was too late.

  "Boom", I punched the white cloud with both fists, and a gap appeared in the collapsed cloud cluster. I heard the muffled hum of Yun Dalang from inside. At the same time, the white cloud also heavily bumped into my left rib.

  A loud cry of pain, surprisingly came from Yun Dalang's mouth. The white cloud hovering on my left rib suddenly dispersed and shattered, revealing a blurry figure hidden inside. Yun Dalang stumbled backward, his body condensed from the white cloud trembling uncontrollably, like a candle flame that might melt at any moment.

  The crowd was in an uproar, Hai Ji stroked her chest and let out a long sigh. I didn't understand what was going on either, but my left rib didn't hurt at all. I touched it and found that the two tiger eye beads placed there had coincidentally blocked Yun Dalang's attack for me.

  "Shattering wind and clouds! Yun Dalang must be a demon transformed from the cloud energy! The tiger's eye bead is precisely his innate nemesis!" Yue Hun exclaimed excitedly.

  I was both shocked and delighted, quickly took out two tiger eye beads, and shook them casually. The tiger eye beads shone brightly, a snow-white beam of light pierced through the thick white clouds, revealing a dark blue night sky.

  "Ghost tiger's eye!" Yun Dalang exclaimed and involuntarily retreated all the way back to the riverbank.

  "Haha, didn't think I still had a trick up my sleeve?" I smugly popped the tiger's eyeball into my mouth and swallowed it with a "gulp". From now on, Cloud Big Brother won't dare touch me again.

  "Yuehun stared blankly like a wooden chicken: 'What are you doing? Who told you this is edible?'"

  I was just about to speak when a sharp, stabbing pain suddenly struck my lower abdomen. Two tiger eyes were rolling around inside my belly, and wherever they rolled, it felt like I was being torn apart.

  "Damn it! This thing can crush internal organs!"

  Damn it, why didn't you say so earlier! I clutched my stomach with both hands, the pain was excruciating. After a moment of stunned silence, Mizuroku was the first to come back to his senses, pointing at me and laughing wildly: "This idiot has eaten the Tiger's Eye! He's done for!"

  Yun Dalang stared at me motionlessly, Hai Ji couldn't bear it anymore and rushed over recklessly, but was intercepted by the two monsters Tu Balang and Shensanlang.

  Yuè Hún cried with a sad face: "Lin Fei, do you have any last words? What kind of wooden coffin do you need? Do you like the feng shui of which place?"

  My chest is suffocating, am I going to die like this? And it's still a damn suicide! At this time, the brow suddenly became hot, and the long dormant dragon butterfly inner elixir faintly stirred. From the dantian, the cauldron slowly floated out. The two tiger eye beads were still rolling around in the abdomen, and the cauldron produced a mysterious sensation, automatically opening up and sucking the tiger eye beads inside.

  The tripod furnace was immediately closed, and the tiger's eyeballs were jumping wildly inside the furnace, shaking the tripod furnace as if trying to escape desperately. Suddenly, I had a stroke of good fortune and remembered the seventh item "Frost and Snow Conversion" in the Dan Ding Liu Secret Manual. I had long memorized this secret manual, but unfortunately, I didn't have any elixir materials in my body to cultivate it. Now, I might as well use the tiger's eyeballs as medicine. As long as I followed the manual's instructions and refined them into convertible frost and snow, maybe I could save my life.

  "Pure snow falls from above, mysterious frost congeals below. The air of heaven and earth is chilly, but with medicine I obtain warm soup." I don't care about the 37th or 21st, silently reciting the key, under everyone's watchful eyes, I start practicing in a grand manner.

  By the fragrant riverbank, crows and sparrows are silent, thousands of pairs of eyes gather on me.

  I stood quietly, operating the Frost Snow Turning Heart Method, with the Feather Tripod Cloud Swirling around the Cauldron Furnace flowing inside my body, like a raging furnace fire, slowly refining the Tiger's Eye Beads. However, the Frost Snow Turning Pill Refining Method was different from the two secret books of the past, and it wasn't simply about dissolving the medicinal materials, but rather emphasized "Condensing Frost Snow in the Spirit Furnace", particularly highlighting the word "Condense". In other words, I had to make the two Tiger's Eye Beads like a point of frost on the tip of a flame, even though the fierce fire was burning, the frost wouldn't melt. This point I never understood, but now with life and death at stake, I had no choice but to force myself to practice hastily.

  Haixi and Tubalang were fighting fiercely, when Gan Ning suddenly jumped up, his left hand blocking Haixi, his right hand holding the sword scabbard horizontally, pushing it forward. The sword energy forced the monsters to retreat, and he said: "Haixi, don't worry for now, he seems to be fine."

  Hai Ji looked at me hastily, I winked at her and pretended to be calm. At this time, we must not show any flustered expression, lest Yun Dalang see the problem.

  Yun Dalang stood still, hesitated for a moment, and slowly approached me. I was cultivating at the critical moment, not even daring to move my fingers, afraid of going crazy and becoming an idiot. According to the Dan Ding Liu secret book, once the furnace is opened to refine the elixir, it must be successful, otherwise the elixir will be destroyed and the furnace will be ruined.

  "May the spirit of my deceased father watch over me, I beg of you to protect me as I refine this. Our Lin family's three generations have only had one child each, and I'm still a virgin." I silently prayed, speeding up my pace, the Cloud Striding Feather in my body surged towards the furnace.

  Yun Dalang stopped suddenly less than three meters away from me and asked, "Lin brother's actions are really puzzling. Since you have the Ba Hu Yan eyes treasure, why not take advantage of it in this battle? Why did you swallow them instead?" After mistakenly hitting the Ba Hu Yan eyes, his body made of white clouds had become very thin, but now it was getting thicker again, with cloud energy rising and becoming more intense, apparently preparing to launch another attack.

  "There's a clever trick to it, just come and try, you'll understand." I forced myself to speak with a smile on my face, trying to make myself look as sly as possible. This empty city tactic seemed to be working a bit, Yun Dalang was probably afraid that I would play some tricks on him, hesitated, and didn't dare to take action for the time being.

  The cloud kettle was spinning faster and faster, the inside of the furnace was scorching hot, and the tiger's eyeball was melting rapidly. I was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, if this continued, it would definitely not be able to refine the Frost Snow Transformation. But I had to use the furnace fire to refine the tiger's eyeball, yet couldn't let it melt, which was very contradictory. Thinking about it, how could ice and snow not melt when thrown into a great fire? For a moment, I racked my brains but couldn't think of what to do.

  "Shui Liu Lang suddenly shouted: 'This kid must be dying, Boss, hurry up and take him down!'"

  I was sweating all over, but the more anxious I became, the less it worked. The cauldron began to boil, and the tiger's eyeballs shrunk to the size of a grain of rice, about to be completely refined in an instant.

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