Chapter 14: The Hundred Transformations Beast Technique
"Master Meng, what to do?" Wang Haibing glanced at the Daoist priest who was half-dead on the ground and asked. "First search his body," Meng Qiu replied. "Then return and report to the elder. In the past two years, many of our Cloud Head Mountain disciples have mysteriously gone missing. I'm afraid they're all related to this old thing. If we capture him alive, it will be a great achievement and can exchange for many sect contributions."
The sect's contribution is very important and can be exchanged for elixirs, skills, and the elders' practice experience. In the eyes of many disciples on Yun Toushan, even one point of sect contribution is worth ten taels of gold. But Meng Qiu was unfortunate, having entered the sect for more than three years, his sect contribution was still zero. This time, he made a great achievement and must have turned over a new leaf, making those blue-robed elders take a big surprise.
As they spoke, Meng Qiu and Wang Haibing searched the Taoist from head to toe, finding a storage bag under his armpit. When opened, it shone with gold light. After a rough calculation, there were no less than 30,000 to 40,000 taels of gold alone, as well as many elixirs and weapons, and other miscellaneous items, all packed tightly together. It was estimated that these were the spoils from his years of harming people.
Apart from this, there is another secret book called the Hundred Transformations Beast Formula. Unfortunately, it's only a fragment and can transform into three kinds of demonic beasts. The first kind is the Musk Deer.
The second is the Wind and Fire Demon Ape, a giant ape that can grow up to ten zhang tall after adulthood, with its arms containing the power of wind and fire, extremely ferocious, and has killed immortals. However, this Wind and Fire Demon Ape is said to have been extinct since ancient times, so it's hard to say whether it's true or not. Unexpectedly, in this "Hundred Transformations Beast Technique", there is a special divine ability that can transform into the Wind and Fire Demon Ape. Fortunately, it's extremely difficult to practice, almost impossible to succeed, otherwise, if that Taoist had succeeded in practicing it, the one lying on the ground half dead now would probably not be him.
The third is a flying demon beast, called the Tianfeng Eagle, with a single flap of its wings, it can travel thousands of miles in a day. Generally speaking, flight-type divine abilities are especially important for cultivators below the Golden Elixir stage. If one can successfully cultivate this ability, they can transform into a giant eagle and escape at any time, no matter what kind of enemy they encounter, they will already be standing on invincible ground.
Meng Qiu saw this method and his eyes lit up, he immediately picked it up and started practicing.
Wang Haibing watched with a skeptical gaze and said, "Meng Shixiong, these three Beast Transformation Divine Abilities are indeed attractive, but apart from transforming into a Musk Deer, the other two divine abilities can't be cultivated at all. The difficulty of cultivation is too great, and it's better to focus on our sect's original techniques rather than wasting unimaginable time and energy on them."
Meng Qiu nodded, what Wang Haibing said was very reasonable, but that's just for ordinary people, as for Meng Qiu, heh heh...
Meng Qiu smiled and put away the secret book: "Don't worry, brother. I'm just studying it to broaden my knowledge. The book will be kept with me for now. If you want to see it anytime, feel free to come find me."
"Wang Haibing waved his hand and said: 'Forget it, since Shixiong likes it, just keep it. I'll forget about it.'"
The two of them sat on the ground and divided the spoils, dividing the Daoist's entire property into six parts. Meng Qiu took the largest share without hesitation, followed by Wang Haibing, and the two of them directly occupied eight layers. The remaining two layers were left to be divided among Wang Zhen and his three companions later. Although the four of them had not arrived yet, Meng Qiu had previously said that they would not be left out, so he naturally could not go back on his word.
"Alright, let's go." After everything was ready, Meng Qiu felt satisfied and carried the unconscious Daoist into the entrance of the secret passage. Inside, there were no forks in the road, and without much effort, they had already returned to the great hall where they had previously slaughtered the giant turtle demon beast. The exit was located above the great hall, hidden in the shadows, extremely secretive, and very difficult to discover.
Meng Qiu and Wang Haibing took a peek, feeling relieved that things were finally settled. They would simply reunite with Wang Zheng and the others, return to Yun Tou Shan, report on the situation here, and receive a large sum of contribution points from the sect. But just as they thought it was all over, Wang Haibing's face suddenly changed, and he said in a low voice, "Wait, there's movement!"
Meng Qiu knew that Wang Haibing had a special divine power, his hearing was different from ordinary people, and he didn't dare to take it lightly, so he became vigilant.
Just a moment later, the sound of fighting came faintly, and Wang Zhēng's urgent cry: "Everyone, we are disciples of Yun Tou Shan..."
But before he could finish speaking, a burst of maniacal laughter interrupted him: "Hahahaha, Yun Tou Mountain? What's so special about Yun Tou Mountain? I'm the one who killed people from Yun Tou Mountain!" As he spoke, figures darted back and forth, and two groups of people rushed out of a cave entrance.
There were four people in front, three men and one woman, all of whom looked miserable and battered. They were Wang Zhong's group. Behind them, a group of vicious-looking thugs was hot on their heels. The leader of the group was ugly, with a big nose and a flat face, as if he had fallen to the ground face-first when he was born. However, despite his ugly appearance, this person was not weak, and in a one-on-one confrontation with Wang Zhong, he actually held the upper hand.
That ugly and evil man, with a fierce glint in his eyes, exuded an aura of malevolence as he continuously attacked Wang Zhen while sneering: "You little brat, earlier you didn't know the meaning of shame, I let you keep the blood essence of that giant lizard beast, and also that little girl's skin, to let my brothers vent their frustrations, but you actually dared to refuse my kindness. Now there's no other way, we can only take action and take the lives of you few."
As they spoke, the man became even more ruthless, swinging his large knife in all directions, with flashes of light illuminating the blade. In an instant, Wang Zhen was forced into a desperate situation, barely able to hold on, and was about to fall under the killer's blade.
That ugly man's name was Wei Jiu, originally a loose cultivator, later joined the Blood Sword Sect, but on the surface without making any noise, still with the identity of a loose cultivator active, also not using a sword, but a knife, specializing in following orders under the Blood Sword Sect's Bloody Kill Elder, helping the Blood Sword Sect do some shady dealings that can't be seen by people. And the Blood Sword Sect and Yun Tou Shan are sworn enemies, openly fighting secretly, it's already not a secret, even to the point of life and death.
Meng Qiu and Wang Haibing saw this scene above, immediately raised an eyebrow, such a situation made him unexpected, did not think that there was still a group of people entering here, threatening the lives of Wang Zhong and others. He hastily urged his true energy to move, suddenly jumped down, with both fists like gold, meteorite falling, using his body's downward momentum to display the Tiger Overlord Fist.
Wei Jiu was just feeling triumphant when he suddenly felt a strong gust of wind coming from above, and as he looked up, he saw a flash of golden light that left him caught off guard.
In the blink of an eye, Wei Jiu couldn't help but change his move and swung his sword upwards, a blade of light bursting out, colliding with Meng Qiu's fist. With a loud clang, metal clashed, and Wei Jiu's hastily launched blade was shattered by Meng Qiu's single punch.
"What!" Wei Jiu couldn't believe it, his own cultivation at the peak of Qi Refining was only one step away from condensing his Yin Spirit. But Meng Qiu was clearly only in the middle stage of Qi Refining, how could he possibly break through his knife aura? This was simply unbelievable. However, he didn't know that Meng Qiu was still regretful, earlier he had reacted too quickly and actually launched a knife aura, otherwise with one punch, at least he would have been severely injured and vomiting blood.
