Chapter 98: Cutting Grass and Eliminating Roots Black Mountain said En

  Having received Cong Xue's soul, Wang Guang did not rush to leave. Instead, he set up some restrictions on the spot and sat cross-legged there to recover his spiritual power.

  A thread of spiritual energy wandered through the meridians and acupoints, sensing the speed of its recovery. Wang Guang was helpless. Since the dark clouds had dissipated, it had become increasingly difficult to cultivate the Law. The amount of spiritual energy recovered and increased after a cycle of the Law was also becoming less and less than before.

  Panic had once entwined Dao Ren, but after seven or eight years of fleeing, he gradually abandoned those panics and devoted himself to cultivating various useful or useless secret methods, using them to hide the terror in his heart. However, today, after killing his greatest enemy, Wang Guang felt the growth of his magical powers slowing down, and fear attacked him once again.

  "It seems that I should return to the sect as soon as possible and see what those alchemists think about this matter." After consuming three to five hours to recover his spiritual power, Wang Guang secretly thought for a while, then shook the long banner in his hand and released the soul of Qingxue Dao person.

  His soul, which had been a pale blue due to his cultivation of the Snow Path, was eroded by the filthy aura in the Wan Xiu Long Fan and turned grayish black. Under the erosion of the endless filthy aura, his soul had long lost its rationality and became a low-level lonely ghost.

  "Boundless Heavenly Venerable, fellow daoist, even if you fall today, it's not necessary to suffer. Who knows, maybe one day I'll end up like this too." Looking at the foolish soul, Wang Guang sneered. After getting rid of his greatest enemy, he didn't become overly arrogant, because there were still several other enemies that needed to be eliminated. He had to take them out before they became Dan Masters, otherwise it would be too difficult to seek revenge when they all became Dan Masters.

  With a thousand thoughts, Wang Gang didn't dare to delay any longer, and directly drew talismans to imprint seals on the soul of Cong Xue Dao. As he imprinted the soul, countless black smoke flew out from the long sleeve, and these black smoke rushed into the soul.

  A fist-sized soul absorbed enough filthy energy and suddenly expanded to seven or eight feet tall. Its body emitted endless killing intent, the foul air transformed into dark winds that swirled around. The mountains, rocks, grass, and trees were tainted by the foul dark wind, withering away in an instant, turning to ash.

  This seven or eight feet tall soul gradually condensed into a figure, and a black Taoist robe-clad Condensed Snow Taoist appeared in front of Wang Guang once again. However, this Taoist had a dull gaze, his entire body emitting a deathly aura and foul odor; apart from his appearance being identical to that of the Condensed Snow Taoist, everything else was different.

  "Can't keep this up, if I return to the sect and those madmen find out that I'm the one who killed Qingxue, I'll probably end up dead with no place to rest." Thinking of those madmen's strength, Wang Guang's mind changed again.

  He saw him suddenly thrust his hands into the soul body, and with a few rubs, the seven or eight feet large soul was rubbed into a one-foot size, transforming into a dark skull. Weighing the skull in his hand, Wang Guang nodded in satisfaction. "Even if Lu Yan is bitten by someone, he won't remember that you were once his subordinate!" Thinking of this, the man let out a strange and eerie laugh.

  "This is terrible." He let out a few strange laughs, then suddenly felt that something was off. "I was so focused on killing the soul that I forgot about the ancient treasure hidden on her corpse."

  Wang Guang stomped his foot and slapped the back of his head, then hurriedly broke through the air and returned several hours later to kill the person who had been practicing the Condensing Snow Technique.

  The treasure light split in two, and the red copper sand transformed into a grain of rice-sized particle that flew under his tongue and hid. After the treasure light dissipated, only a messy pile of Taoist robes and a few white bones were left at the spot where Cong Xue's body had been. Wang Guang didn't feel disgusted, and directly pounced on the robes to rummage through them.

  A burst of rummaging yielded a yellow flying sword and a palm-sized treasure pouch, but there was no sign of the ancient relic that resembled a lock chain.

  Wang Guang did not give up, and opened the treasure bag again to rummage through it. Suddenly, a clanging sound was heard, and all sorts of things fell out of the bag in disarray. Apart from three or five exquisite artifacts, the rest were all elixirs and fine clothes, with dozens of different styles scattered about.

  Looking at the Taoist robe and elixir, Wang Guang jumped up and scolded loudly, cursing the guy who had taken away the ancient treasure. He scolded for a whole incense stick's time before he came back to his senses. "It seems like I lost an ancient treasure, but I got rid of my enemy instead. If I had picked up that treasure at the time, Condensed Snow would have escaped with her soul, and it would have been a loss." After comforting himself with this excuse, he carefully rummaged through his spoils.

  Almost a hundred pieces of clothing were carefully turned over, but no hidden Taoist scriptures or magical powers were found. Wang Guang didn't mind either. He opened the elixir bottle again and found that except for some low-grade elixirs, all the high-grade ones were gone. It was clear that the seven or eight years of pursuit had cost Xueyuan Dao Ren almost all his resources.

  Due to Ning Xue's physical body, the heart and soul imprinted on the flying sword were easily erased by Wang Guang. He then took out a high-quality Taoist robe to serve as a scabbard, simply wrapping the flying sword around his back, and took out the soul of a member of the Luo family to perform a secret technique of Taoist magic.

  He set up an altar, killed dozens of ferocious beasts and piled them around the altar. Then he let his hair down, lit incense, and stood upside down around the altar, shaking his body. As he shook his body, threads of magic power were emitted from him and injected into the bodies of the surrounding wild beasts. Those corpses burst one by one, spewing out a large amount of blood to wrap around that soul. After the last beast's corpse burst, the blood and soul stirred and transformed into a mirror. This was Wang Guang's Blood Light Pursuing Soul Technique.

  This Blood Light Pursuing Soul Technique was created by him after deducing the Ancient Divine Pursuing Soul Technique, combining some secret methods from his sect. As long as he uses this secret method, he can search for people with a blood relationship or those who have had important interactions recently. Although it's not comparable to the calculating methods of the Qimen Xuanmen, its actual effect is still quite good.

  The blood mirror trembled a few times, and a blurry figure floated in the mirror. Wang Guang didn't dare to be slow, hurriedly used his secret technique to recall the other party's aura, calculated the other party's location, and then dispersed the Blood Light Pursuing Soul Technique.

  "The only three-generation bloodline of the Luo family's direct line, great! Great! Great! Became a Qi Refiner in a short period of time. Heh heh, and you still told me that someone had been kidnapped, I didn't expect to be deceived by you before death." After seeing the figure in the Blood Mirror, Wang Guang suddenly felt annoyed, because he found out that the news the Luo family's leader told him was wrong.

  The Nāga family's disciples have fluctuations of spiritual power on their bodies, and in front of them are delicious food and fine wine. What is the appearance of those who were kidnapped?

  "We must get rid of this young master of the Luo family." Thinking that the man was the grandson of the ruler of the Luo family, Wang Guang had to find a way to get rid of him, lest he seek revenge in the future. However, before that, he returned to the Imperial City of Tianyu Dynasty and used the Blood Light Pursuing Soul Technique to slaughter all the remaining bloodlines of the Luo family.

  This massacre lasted for three to five days before it finally came to an end. Except for the Luo family's child who became a Qi cultivator, all others with blood ties to the Luo family were slaughtered. The farthest one didn't know what method he used to run 30,000 miles before being caught and killed by the Daoist.

  Watching the kneeling and prostrating Luo family's young master's soul being absorbed by the Wan Gui Chang Fan, Wang Guang couldn't help but burst out laughing loudly. "Only one is left, as long as I get rid of him, I will return to the sect to cultivate in seclusion, and not come out until I become a Dan Master."

  "Today's thoughts will surely change tomorrow. Don't rush to conclusions about yourself." A hoarse voice said from the side, following him in pursuit of killing the Luo family's children, Hei Shan Dao Ren.

  In just a few days, Hei Shan Dao Ren's black hair turned white, and his originally straight body now appeared somewhat hunched. A fierce aura burst forth from his body, forming a dark cloud on top of his head that only cultivators could see. The dark cloud churned and twisted, transforming into countless strange shapes. Birds flying carelessly through the cloud would lose their breath and fall to the ground in just a few gasps.

  "Boundless Heaven Venerable!" King Guang sighed and stopped talking.

  Hei Shan Dao Ren became like this after a fierce battle with Tie San Dao Ren that day. When Wang Guang asked about Tie San's whereabouts, Hei Shan shook his head and didn't say a word. He only sorrowfully begged the Daoists not to pursue and kill Tie San.

  "That year, I went down the mountain to temper myself and was walking along a mountain stream when a big demon attacked me. The big demon was ferocious and not something I could withstand at all. Just as I had no way out, whether up to heaven or down to earth, Tie Xuan and some Qi-practicing warriors happened to pass by there picking herbs, thus saving my life."

  "For over a hundred years, those who saved my life, the Qi practitioners, were either killed in battle or forced to charge into the Dan Master and lose their lives. The last few were also killed by lightning when the dark clouds pressed down. Now, out of dozens of people, only I and Tie Yun are left."

  "In the past, I and Tie Yun deceived you in a transaction, which made me feel guilty. So we sought an opportunity to repay you. But who would have thought that it has become like this now? He tampered with your treasure's materials and also blocked my way of repaying you. Although I resent him, I cannot forget the fact that he saved my life in the past and our mutual support for a hundred years. Therefore, I hope fellow Taoist will not pursue and kill him for the time being."

  Heishan Dao Ren said all this in one breath and then bowed his head and made a courtesy call to Wang Guang.

  "Alright! Alright! After I kill the Nalo family's young master, I'll return to the sect directly. A hundred years later, I'll come out of the mountain again to seek revenge against Tie Pinyin. By then, I hope fellow daoist won't stop me." Wang Guang sank into deep thought for a long time before furrowing his brow and making a promise. "Your Iron Umbrella had tampered with the materials, almost getting me killed. A hundred years later, no matter where he is, I'll definitely slaughter him."

  "Thanks so much for the kindness of fellow Taoists." Hei Shan Dao Ren was overjoyed when he heard this, and saw that the man gritted his teeth and took out a black gourd from his waist bag and handed it to Wang Guang.

  "I know you've been searching for the thousand-year-old gourd. This gourd was given to me as a reward by a cultivator I saved in the past. It has a naturally large space inside, so it can hold some things without needing to waste any more restriction talismans. I think it's at least over a thousand years old. Consider this a small repayment for your revenge after a hundred years! There's nothing else on me, so I've put those talisman soldiers in there too. Find some time to practice with them, and you'll be able to command them at will."