Chapter 72: The Snake Path Arrives, Crow Falls Defeated

  "Are you surprised?" The newcomer laughed and said.

  Wang Guang nodded, and the newcomer was bare-chested, with a copper cauldron on his back. A pungent smell wafted out of the cauldron, and he wore only a beast skin around his waist, with bare feet and no weapons in hand. Behind him followed dozens of men dressed in the same attire, each with a fierce glint in their eyes, and an aura of bloodthirstiness rising to the sky.

  "Snake Daoist, what brings you here? Did the Earth Splitting Daoist permit you to come?" Wang Guang naturally recognized the Daoist in front of him, who was none other than the Snake Daoist who had received a portion of copper ingots from himself.

  The snake Taoist heard Wang Guang's words and couldn't help but burst into a strange, eerie laughter: "It was indeed the Li Di Dao Zhang who sent me here. He saw that things were progressing too slowly here, so he dispatched me and some others to come over."

  Wang Guang felt a bit embarrassed as soon as he heard the words of Lie Di Dao Ren, who said that his progress here was too slow. Just like what Lie Di Dao Ren had said, according to the plan, at this time, he should have grasped three or five large families, and also grasped seven or eight mines. But now, he could only get a few ore from Da Huang Zi and Luo Jia, and those ores, except for the part that was given to Lie Di Dao Ren at the beginning, were all used by himself.

  Feeling ashamed in his heart, he couldn't say anything for a while. "That snake fellow, I've gotten into trouble here and you arrived just in time to help me out, thank you very much." He said with a bow.

  "It doesn't matter, after all, the Tianyu Imperial Court has too few people here, and slow progress is normal. Li Tudi didn't say anything." The Snake Daoist laughed loudly. "I heard that you provoked a demon girl some time ago, and she almost killed you. Is this true?"

  "Rumors that shouldn't exist." Wang Guang waved his hand repeatedly, refusing to admit it. "I saw the woman was pitiful and couldn't bear to kill her, thinking that letting her off three or five times would make her change her ways, but unexpectedly made some mistakes, and finally taught her a severe lesson before letting her go."

  The snake path person listened to Wang Guang's explanation, only to laugh strangely and not refute, while Wang Guang was also a thick-skinned man, who swaggered and dusted off his clothes with a pleased expression, telling the other party about his changes. Among them, he turned himself being chased by a female martial artist into leading her on a tour of mountains and rivers to calm her down.

  As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Guang invited the Snake Taoist to his tent for a detailed discussion. Unexpectedly, the Snake Taoist shook his head and refused. The Taoist stretched out his hand and pointed. "Look down and see who will win between the two sides that are fighting?"

  "It's only natural that Crow Taoist would win, this guy not only has hundreds of symbol soldiers supporting him, but his mount is also a formidable object." Wang Guang made his own judgment without hesitation. "What does the Taoist friend mean by asking this question? Don't you think Crow Taoist can withstand the Qi-refining cultivator from Qingmu Sect?"

  The Snake Daoist sneered, "That's right, the one playing with the crow seems to have the upper hand, but unfortunately this guy only has talismans and a mount, without any other means. Not to mention whether his divine powers can be manipulated or not, he hasn't even cultivated several types of dao techniques, simply relying on external objects, how can he achieve victory? Moreover, his talismanic soldiers are not trained properly, their power is not fully utilized, defeat is only a matter of time. When the young master of Qingmu Sect becomes familiar with his methods, he will definitely counterattack."

  Wang Guang did not believe it, and the snake immortal did not argue with him either. The two of them stood silently on the city wall, watching.

  "If the Crow cannot withstand, I must take advantage of the situation and get rid of that little brat from Qingmu Sect, lest he comes looking for my soul again." Wang Guang's face twisted in silent contemplation, as for whether killing the Qi-refining cultivator of Qingmu Sect would bring him other troubles, he didn't think about it at all.

  But in an instant, the black smoke rolled more violently, and the extremely thick black smoke was suddenly burst out by a bright pearl that emitted countless rays of light, dissipating more than half of it. Then, only a somewhat disheveled green-robed cultivator emerged from the black smoke, this cultivator's hands moved in a blur, as one by one, wooden thunderbolts flew out from his hands and blasted towards the symbol soldiers sitting cross-legged below.

  Those puppet soldiers had dull eyes, who knew how to dodge? They simply relied on the crude method of transporting the law gate to maintain the symbol of the puppet soldier's law phase. And Crow Dao Ren had just been injured and also had confidence that his own puppet soldiers could withstand it, so he didn't take it to heart.

  In the blink of an eye, divine lightning struck the symbol soldiers. A loud crash was heard as the black light shield surrounding them shattered instantly. Hundreds of wooden logs appeared out of thin air and rolled around, entwining over a hundred symbol soldiers in a killing spree. Blood splattered everywhere, flesh flew apart, and the columns of cloud that supported the sky dispersed into nothingness. The symbol soldiers' restored divine form seemed to shrink by half, like water evaporating.

  "What a great move!" Wang Guang exclaimed in surprise, he had never thought that this method would be used to defeat the Yu soldiers.

  At the same time, Wu Ya Dao Ren saw his own symbol soldiers being destroyed, and he suddenly let out a strange cry, using the Symbol Soldier Law to fiercely grab the Qing Pao Lian Qi Shi.

  Only to see this Qi Gong master slap his head, the Qingmu crown scattered and emitted countless green light that shot up into the sky. This green light seemed to burst forth like a fountain, wrapping the crow in a thick layer of smoke, not allowing it to fall. At the same time, he shook his shoulders, activated his magic seal, and the flying sword on his back transformed into hundreds of rays of light that swooped down to slaughter the Fu Bing who were still sitting cross-legged on the ground.

  Black smoke blocked the way, but how could anyone tell which of the hundreds of rays was real or fake? Blocking more than half of them still didn't stop the real flying sword from getting through. The remaining rays merged into one and fell onto the symbol soldier, stirring up a commotion. In an instant, large heads fell to the ground, and columns of blood shot up into the sky.

  Wang Guang saw the situation and suddenly became anxious, not daring to wait. He pulled out the gourd from his waist and placed it on the city wall, then took out three pieces of sandalwood from the treasure bag and ignited them.

  "Vast Heaven Lord! Treasure, why don't you quickly take action? What are you waiting for?" After saying that, he bowed his head and paid respects.

  With this bow, the black gourd rotated and a three-foot-long black light drilled out of the gourd. Then Wang Guang bowed twice again, and two more three-foot-long black lights drilled out of the gourd and merged into the first one.

  With this, the three-foot-long black light stood still in the air like a crystal, and the three sandalwood incense sticks burned quickly. In just three to five breaths, the incense was completely burned out, and a large cloud of smoke drilled into the black light like swallows returning to their nest.

  With a puff of sandalwood smoke, a dark light flashed and after circling around the top of the gourd, it instantly appeared beside the head of the Qingmu Sect's Qi-refining disciple.

  Aoki Munetaka's this Qi practitioner is also a formidable figure, although he was controlling the flying sword to strangle the crow Taoist who didn't have time to retrieve his talismans, but also noticed Wang Guang's incoming black light.

  Just as he was about to use his technique to eliminate the sudden appearance of black light beside him, the black light easily pierced through the green wood crown's light shield and wrapped itself around his neck, rotating.

  "I refuse to accept this!" The Daoist in the green robe shouted, but before he could even finish his sentence, his head was twisted off by a black light. The head trembled and tried to break free into the air, but the black light wouldn't let it go. In an instant, the black light spread out and wrapped around the head, then pulled it back into the gourd.

  "This treasure of yours is truly powerful." The snake daoist looked at the gourd and saw its head being sucked in, and couldn't help but take a cold breath. "The aura of evil spirits, resentment, bloodthirstiness, and killing intent are all gathered within it, what a good treasure indeed." As he spoke, the snake daoist glanced at Wang Guang.

  Wang Guang felt a chill run down his spine as a killing aura enveloped him, and he suddenly became enraged. "Wu Liang Tian Zun! Snake Daoist, do you have any other ideas?" Wang Guang coldly snorted, pointing at the gourd, from which another black light emerged, twisting and shaking in mid-air. As long as he saw that the Snake Daoist had a strong treasure, the black light would unhesitatingly cut off his opponent's head.

  "Some ideas." The snake cultivator's eyes flickered, but he didn't dare to look directly at Wang Guang. "I'm very curious, how did your treasure trap the other party's soul and pull it back in an instant?"

  "It's just a record in the Taoist scriptures, not some secret method. If fellow Taoists are interested, they can go to the Scripture Pavilion to study the classics." Wang Guang furrowed his brow and didn't hide anything, directly explaining the methods he used to refine this treasure.

  The Taoist priest sighed and pointed to the front of the two armies, saying: "That guy is from the Qingmu Sect. Although it's impossible for him to carry any Daoist scriptures on his body, he must have some materials for making magical tools. Why not go forward and take them away? Don't let that little brat who plays with crows get them."

  Wang Guang sneered. "He still doesn't dare to act recklessly." As he spoke, his eyes gleamed with a fierce light, and he stared fiercely at the Crow Taoist who was collecting the corpses below.

  The crow Taoist seemed to have felt Wang Guang's gaze, and while shaking the command flag to gather the remaining symbol soldiers back, he turned his head to sweep a glance at the top of the city wall. Seeing Wang Guang's eyes revealing a fierce light, his heart involuntarily trembled slightly.

  "Don't worry, fellow Taoist. Wait until I've picked up all these treasures and I'll definitely return them to you." After saying this, he jumped down from the nest, instructed the bald black crow to peck at the corpses on the ground one by one, and then spat out a stream of black smoke that rolled up the scattered flying swords, bright pearls, and corpses. He took advantage of a gust of black wind to return to the city wall.

  "Thanks for saving my life, fellow Taoist." The crow Taoist's eyes flickered, seeing Wang Guang's eyes gleaming with a fierce light staring at him. Although he felt uncomfortable in his heart, he didn't dare to be presumptuous. On the one hand, he had witnessed Wang Guang's methods, and on the other hand, it was because he had consumed too much of his own magical powers, and he would definitely be at a disadvantage if they were to fight again.

  Having said that, he threw the corpse in front of Wang Guang. "I observe that your Taoist treasure can devour flesh and blood, absorb countless evil spirits, I suppose this Taoist's corpse can make the treasure even more powerful."

  Wang Guang nodded, not saying a word, and with his finger, he shot out a stream of green smoke that wrapped around the corpse's Qingmu crown and the Baobao pouch at its waist, pulling them off. Then, with a slap on the gourd, black smoke burst out from its mouth, eroding the corpse into nothingness. Afterwards, it retreated back into the gourd, leaving no trace behind.

  "If you can stop this little guy for me, I'll be eternally grateful. The magic treasure will be yours, and the Hundred Treasures Pouch will be mine. Are you willing?"

  "I don't dare to push it." The crow said, just as he was about to suggest exchanging with Wang Guang, but when he looked up and saw the man's ferocious face and menacing gaze, how could he still dare to mention exchange? So he hastily nodded in agreement, bent down and put the Qingmu crown, flying sword, and bright pearl into his own bosom.

  Wang Guang burst out laughing, bid farewell to the snake Taoist, and took his opponent's treasure bag back to the city camp. As for the Qi Dynasty practitioners who came out to avenge him, he didn't even bother to acknowledge them half-heartedly.

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