Chapter Eighteen: Transaction of Lei Huo's Scheme

  "Senior brother, I want to trade ten Wanling fruits for a crystal stone. Do you have it available here?" However, Wang Guang returned to the inner mountain and didn't go back to his residence, but instead went to the pavilion where tasks were issued and started talking to an inner disciple who was sitting cross-legged at a stall.

  "I can trade one Spirit Fruit for a hundred Crystal Stones with you. Originally, this price would have been low by more than ten times if it were three to five years ago. However, the number of Qi Refiners has increased greatly now, and some Qi Refiners seized treasures but didn't consume them or refine pills, instead selling them to sects, so the prices dropped like this. If you're not satisfied, I won't raise the price either; after all, this thing is only useful for refining pills and feeding Spirit Beasts, with no other uses."

  "Satisfied." Wang Guang was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that after the barrier between the Cultivation World and Jianghu disappeared, there would be such a huge change. After thinking about it for a while, he agreed to this transaction.

  He took out ten Wanling fruits and traded them for crystal stones with the other party, then he used the crystal stones to trade for a large amount of Yinlei Sheng Lei with other cultivators.

  However, he didn't go to trade those high-level Yin Lei gods, but instead specialized in buying third-level Yin Lei gods. On the one hand, low-level Yin Lei was cheaper and its power was also good. On the other hand, high-level Yin Lei was rarely sold by anyone, not only was its power huge, but when it was cast, it consumed seven or eight times more spiritual power than low-level thunder fire.

  One crystal stone can be exchanged for ten second-order thunder fires. This guy took a breath and exchanged all the thousand crystal stones for thunder fire, and finally, a cultivator who had obtained a large number of crystal stones was in a good mood and gave him a gourd to store the ten thousand thunder fires.

  "You're not going to use this thunder fire to blast the mountain for mining, are you?" A cultivator nearby asked curiously as he saw a large pile of thunder fire in front of Wang Guang.

  "A few days ago, some friends came to me for a drink and fun, but because there was no delicious food, many friends were dissatisfied. In a few days, it's another day of gathering with friends, so I'll get some explosives and blow up some fish in the river to make dishes, also to avoid them being angry with me." Wang Guang didn't even lift his head, opening his mouth was just a bunch of nonsense. "When the time comes, if there are too many fish bugs, I will definitely send some to you guys."

  "Haha! The young brother is indeed a good appetite." The many practitioners who were setting up stalls nearby couldn't help but burst out laughing loudly. They didn't care whether the young brother was using thunderfire to blast fish bugs for food or to blast practitioners competing for treasure and scriptures, as long as they could hear the joy it brought them. After all, this matter had nothing to do with them.

  As they chatted and laughed with these Qi practitioners, ten thousand kinds of thunder fire were loaded into the gourd. Moreover, this gourd was said to have been tempered by the Qi practitioner using the energy of a mountain peak, and various thunder fires would not only not lose any power when put in, but on the contrary, they would slowly increase their power over time, making it a good treasure.

  After bidding farewell to these Qi practitioners, Wang Guang directly used the Treasure Light to wrap his body and return to the mountain valley where the black bear demons gathered.

  "Bald donkey, when will you take action?" In the distance, Fat Monk was seen sitting cross-legged on a rock, lecturing on Buddhist scriptures, attracting a large number of black bear demons to listen. Wang Guang directly pressed down the Treasure Light and landed in front of him.

  "You scoundrel, you're really shameless. You've ruined my half-day's work." The big monk pointed at the black bear demon below who had come to and was glaring at Wang Guang with a look of discontent.

  He had this move, the most forbidden. Someone interrupted him, and King Guang's treasure light descended, hesitating with a majestic momentum, colliding with each other to produce a loud noise, which made those black bear demons who were about to surrender wake up, then surrounded the giant stone in a circle with a ferocious face. Either spitting out black wind or stretching their claws to tear the stone apart. Baring teeth and brandishing claws, they just wanted to get the thing on the stone down to eat. Unfortunately, the stone was three to five zhang in size, with a smooth surface, and these black bears couldn't climb onto the giant stone, so they could only circle around and howl helplessly.

  "Bald donkey, if you speak to me like that again, I'll blow you up first." As he said this, Wang Guang pulled out the gourd from his waist and shook it: "Ten thousand second-grade thunderbolts, I'd like to see you withstand them."

  "Hey! Daoist master, why get so angry? I was just casually saying that!" The big monk's mouth twitched slightly, and he secretly seethed with anger: "This damned guy is relying on his crystal stone and sect support. If my own sect hadn't been destroyed, I would have also bought tens of millions of Lei fire. Would you still dare to speak to me like this?"

  "Go! Go! Go! Hurry up and take me to that demon beast you found, we can't delay any further, or other Qi Refiners will discover it and we'll end up with nothing." Wang Guang let out a cold snort and didn't say another word, directly pulling on Dahe Shang's robes to set off.

  "Don't be impatient, let's take action again tonight." The big monk shook his bald head and broke free from Wang Guang's grasp. "These cultivators are different from us, most of them will return at night and won't hunt for demons here. When the time comes, we can make a bit more noise, and no one will come to check in a short period of time."

  "This is not right, the Qi Practitioners who can hunt and kill demonic beasts here are all for a quiet and efficient life. They don't care about day or night, unless something happens or they need to replenish their supplies, then they will leave. In that case, there won't be many people leaving at night." Wang Guang furrowed his brow, disagreeing with the monk's words.

  The monk nodded and said, "What you said is also true, but if some people can leave, it's better than no one leaving at all. Now let's rest for a while, the sun will set in three hours." After finishing speaking, the monk ignored Wang Guang and continued to sit on the stone reciting Buddhist scriptures. Wang Guang had no choice but to display his magical powers, waving two glittering golden claws randomly at those black bear demons.

  In the past six months, although he had seized many Wanling Fruits and accumulated his spiritual power by consuming them, he had not yet cultivated the Divine Ability of the Golden Claw to the fifth level.

  Originally, some time ago, he used the spiritual energy of the Wanling fruit to push the Melting Gold Claw into the fifth layer. He found that his divine power had increased greatly, and with one grab, the three or five roots of the Great Monk's Demon-subduing Mace were instantly turned into scrap metal. However, after using the divine power several times, Wang Guang had no choice but to forcibly terminate the supply of skill points, causing the divine power to drop back down to the fourth layer.

  The great monk asked Wang Guang why he put down the divine power, and Wang Guang told him: "The fifth layer of divine power is displayed, its power is many times greater than the fourth layer, and when fighting with you, the five-layer power only played out one-third. However, the consumption of magical powers also increased by tens of times. According to my current magical powers, if I use the fourth layer of divine power, I can use it continuously for an hour. If I fully display the fifth layer of divine power, I can only use it seven or eight times, and then my body's magical powers will be exhausted, without any combat effectiveness."

  Dahuo listened to Wang Guang's words, his face was shocked. He had heard people say that the power of the divine was boundless and enormous, but he never thought it would be so powerful. One-third of the power of the five-layered divine just crushed the two demon-subduing hammers he had painstakingly cultivated into scrap copper. If all the power were to be unleashed, who knows how strong it would be?

  He just nodded in understanding and didn't ask any more questions. He secretly despised Wang Guang's poor excuse in his heart. It's a well-known fact that once one has mastered the divine arts, they can control their power at will - if they want to be powerful, they'll be powerful; if they want to be weak, they'll be weak. If they're worried about the five-layered divine art being too costly, they can use the four-layered divine art when facing an enemy, and save the five-layered one for critical moments, thus not losing a good trick.

  Wang Guang brought down the fifth layer of Shentong, not because the fifth layer of Shentong consumed too much spiritual power when it was activated, but because this fifth layer of Shentong consumed too much spiritual power every day. Moreover, wanting to achieve the Great Completion of the Fifth Layer is not as simple as cultivating the previous layers of Shentong. He doesn't have time to carefully ponder the cultivation of the fifth layer of Shentong now, so he autonomously cut off the supply of spiritual power, causing this Shentong to be downgraded.

  The great monk captures the black bear demon, while Wang Guang goes to transport the divine killing technique to kill the black bears in the distance. Although it doesn't collect materials, it can also increase his grasp of the divine technique.

  "It's time." As the last ray of sunlight was blocked by the increasingly thick poisonous fog, the entire valley suddenly darkened. The Taoist and the monk stood up at the same time and said.

  "You should retract your nails, so that at a glance, it's clear that you've cultivated a special divine ability, and people will be on guard against you. When you unleash it, it's easy for people to defend against." The Great Monk said with a glance at Wang Guang's hands, whose fingernails had grown wildly due to the use of his divine ability.

  "It doesn't matter, those with great abilities won't mind even if I hide deeply, and those without abilities won't be spared even if they are on guard. Whoever should die will die, no one can escape." As he spoke, Wang Guang couldn't help but think of his past years wandering the jianghu, and suddenly his emotions surged, causing him to let out a low roar.

  "Go!" The great monk also didn't bother to talk to Wang Guang, and with a flick of his body, he didn't fly, but instead ran towards a mountain peak through the gap between the demon beasts. Wang Guang tucked the duster into his waist and single-handedly carried the gourd as he tightly followed after him.

  All the way, there were no incidents, and they would avoid monsters if they encountered them. If they couldn't avoid them, it was either a magic mallet that killed them or Wang Guang's claws that tore them apart. The two didn't intentionally try to avoid anything, letting fresh blood splatter all over their bodies. When asked about the familiar smell of blood on their bodies, Wang Guang suddenly became restless and recalled his days in the Jianghu, where he was deeply mired in a bloody abyss. His low growls grew more frequent, and his attacks became even more ruthless.

  That great monk was no exception, with two demon-subduing pestles wrapped in a layer of golden light, his body covered in bloodstains, occasionally sticking out his tongue to lick the blood on his face, how could anyone still see that he was a Buddhist monk?

  There were some Qi Practitioners who came to kill monsters and collect materials, but they didn't stop the two of them. They thought that the pair was just randomly venting their frustrations from cultivation, so they didn't pay any attention to them at all.

  After flying at full speed for more than an hour, the two finally left the valley and arrived on a mountain peak in the west. The mountain was steep and treacherous, with even stronger black bear demons lurking above, and some poisonous mist seeping through the gaps in the forbidden array to drift around the mountain peak.

  There were monsters that came into contact with this poisonous barrier, but within three to five breaths, their entire body would turn into a puddle of pus and scatter on the ground.

  Having arrived here, the two of them finally regained some sanity and stopped moving around randomly to kill the demonic beasts in front of them. "It's a pity that this poisonous barrier isn't Peach Blossom Fog, otherwise I would have definitely collected it to cultivate a treasure."

  "Heh heh! Your magical powers are still not profound, wanting to refine a magic treasure, you don't know how long it will take to achieve. Although these poisonous obstacles are not Peach Blossom Marsh, their power is also very strong. Unfortunately, there isn't a suitable magic treasure, otherwise this poor monk would definitely collect some."

  "You're just a blind monk, this is nothing but a poisonous weed from the ground. You can find a bunch of them in any poor mountain or evil ridge. What's the point of collecting these things? Once I kill that beast and get the treasure, I'll never come back to see you make a fool of yourself again." Wang Guang wiped the blood from his face, stuck out his tongue and licked it, letting out a satisfied sigh.

  Just as the two were talking, a giant stone appeared in front of them, one square meter in size.

  The giant stone was perfectly round, with not a single speck of moss on it, nor any weeds or beastly dung. If it weren't for the large macaque squatting on top of the giant stone, the two would have rushed up and smashed the stone to pieces, taking out what was inside.

  Two men arrived, the big macaque was tearing apart two black bear demons and swallowing them. Seeing the Taoist and the monk arrive, it suddenly threw the corpses in its hands at the two of them, while its body instantly disappeared from the stone.