Chapter 35: The Soul-Chasing Snake's Path Tears Through the Earth

  The entrance of the Dharma treasure was pressed under the root of the tongue, and just as Wang Guang was overjoyed, the root of the tongue trembled, the copper pellet stirred, and the shrinking copper pellet began to swell violently.

  "Ptoo!" A mouthful of spittle shot out, and a copper pellet the size of a grain of rice flew out to meet the wind. By the time it hit the ground, it had grown to the size of a longan fruit.

  "Boundless Heaven Venerable!" Looking at the copper pellet that had fallen to the ground and smashed into a copper ingot, creating a deep pit, this guy's heart was filled with all sorts of unpleasant feelings. "I thought I had obtained the refining method and also had the tempering secret technique, but who would have thought that one failure would land on my head? It seems that the treasure of this Qi Refining world is not like the ordinary sword used when roaming the Jianghu."

  After complaining for a while, he wasn't very angry, but simply stretched out his hand and tore apart the copper ingot, taking out a copper ball the size of a longan. "Let me refine it properly, and I'm sure it will obey my intentions and flow as I wish."

  As he pondered, he flipped his hand and tossed the copper pellet back into the hundred-treasure pouch at his waist. As for the countless copper ingots piled up on the ground, he didn't even give them a glance before picking them up after the ban was lifted, then turned around and returned to his room.

  He waited until he returned to his room and took out the copper pellet again, playing with it in his hand for a while before carefully studying the Soul Chasing Technique that the middle-aged man had given him those days ago.

  Dozens of sheets with dense writing were memorized in just half a day, and with a flick of both hands, a layer of golden light appeared, but it was the dozens of sheets that were incinerated into ashes.

  "The Primordial Divine Ability, according to the cultivation method mentioned above, is absolutely a creation of those powerful beings from ancient times. I really don't know how those powerful beings could have had such ingenious ideas, it's truly enviable."

  Closing his eyes and thinking carefully, Wang Guang finally determined that the incomplete divine ability given to him by the middle-aged man was left behind by the ancient practitioners of Qi.

  "It's just a pity that this divine ability is incomplete and was silently written by someone else, so it can't be cultivated. If it were truly cultivated, the Taoist scriptures would have no errors, but if there are errors, I will either become mad or die from exploding my body."

  Afraid that the book is wrong, fearing that the writer will reverse the front and back sentences, writing chaotic characters. Therefore, even if this divine ability looks extremely powerful, he only intends to refer to some of the ingenious ideas in this divine ability, but does not dare to actually cultivate it.

  According to the Taoist scriptures, if this Soul Chasing Technique is successfully cultivated, without mentioning whether one can become invincible in the world and the number one in the Qi Refining World, just talking about its power when facing enemies, it is extremely strong. A mouthful of white gas spews out from the mouth, and anyone wrapped by the white gas will fall to the ground with a thud. Upon closer inspection, their soul has flown away and their body is scattered, without any remaining vitality. At that time, even if there are divine pills or magical medicines, or techniques to revive the dead, none of them can have any effect.

  On one hand, he was studying the mysteries of the Soul Chasing Technique, and on the other hand, he was refining the newly forged magic treasure. Thus, Wang Guang quietly waited in the manor provided by the middle-aged man, waiting for the opportunity mentioned by Li Di Dao Ren, waiting to complete the task entrusted to him by Li Di Dao Ren.

  As it happened that day, Wang Guang had just swallowed the copper pellet and was refining his magic when he suddenly felt a movement in his mind. The crimson nail that was stored in his bosom suddenly jumped out. The nail quivered slightly, its tip pointing towards the outside of the manor, emitting a low, mournful whine.

  "It seems that the Lidi Dao people have made their move." Seeing the nail trembling, Wang Guang immediately understood that this was a phenomenon produced after the Lidi Dao people released the symbol.

  Baili Liuguang rolled up his body and flew out of the manor, waiting for Wang Guang to fall into the nail's sensing place. He found that hundreds of robust and sturdy men were driving cattle carts gathered around a Qi practitioner quietly resting.

  "Boundless Heaven Venerable! This fellow Daoist, has he been sent by the Earth Shattering Sect's Senior Brother?" King Guang shouted loudly, his finger pointing at the Qi Practitioner.

  "It's exactly like that." The practitioner looked about thirty years old, with disheveled hair and a naked body. Three to five venomous snakes slithered across his body, which was painted with strange patterns. Next to him stood a bronze cauldron without a lid, from which snakes occasionally poked out their heads, shaking them back and forth. Threads of toxic smoke drifted out of the cauldron, but didn't seem to dissipate no matter how far they spread.

  Just as Wang Guang was sizing up the Qi practitioner, the Qi practitioner reached out and grabbed a poisonous snake from his body. It's unknown what method he used, but he actually pulled out a bright red long nail from the snake's mouth.

  Wang Guang also took out his own long nail, and the two met. A red thread connected them to each other. This was a secret signal between the people of the underground world.

  "Hah! I am Snake Dao Ren, but I don't know what to call you?" The Qi Practitioner covered in snakes sneered and let out a piercing laugh.

  "Boundless Heaven Venerable! I am Wang Guang." Wang Guang waved the dust whisk in his hand, still somewhat suspicious of this snake-like Daoist. He opened his mouth and said: "Fellow Daoist, don't you have any clothes? If Fellow Daoist is truly impoverished and can't afford clothes, I'll have someone send over a few sets. It's also good for Fellow Daoist to cover up and avoid shame, so that others won't mock our sect for being poor and unable to show their face. And it will also prevent naive and kind-hearted ignorant youngsters from misunderstanding our sect."

  "Hah! Wang Guang, you're mocking me." The snake-like man seemed not to be the slightest bit angry, but with a flick of his body, dozens of black and shiny poisonous snakes emerged from the bronze cauldron behind him and wrapped themselves around him. Threads of toxic smoke flew out of the cauldron and were swallowed by the snakes.

  "The poor Tao is indeed true." Wang Guang said, putting the dust brush behind his neck and taking off the blue Taoist robe on his body and throwing it to the ground.

  The Taoist priest let out a cold snort, reached out and grabbed a poisonous snake, pulling out from its mouth a package the size of a fist. When he opened it, it was just an ordinary black silk handkerchief.

  "I suppose Lidi Daozhang has already told you that this is the real password, so there's no need to mention anything about clothes. That Lidi Dao person is really unscrupulous, knowing I don't wear clothes, yet using clothes as a password, it's infuriating." She Dao Ren casually threw the silk fabric on the ground, and the dozens of poisonous snakes wrapped around his body returned one after another to the bronze cauldron behind him.

  After listening to She Dao Ren's complaints, Wang Guang chuckled. "Don't be angry, fellow daoist, this is also for caution. We're helping Lie Di Shixiong with his task, and it doesn't matter if we can succeed or not. As long as we don't make any mistakes, Lie Di Shixiong's opponents will detect and utilize them."

  Having said that, he didn't care about the other's reaction and turned to leave, stretching out his arm in invitation for the other to follow him back to the manor.

  The snake Taoist nodded, indicating that hundreds of strong and sturdy men drove the cattle cart to King Guang's mansion. When they passed by King Guang's Taoist robe, he ordered a strong man to pick it up and hand it over to King Guang. It was only then that King Guang truly confirmed that the snake Taoist in front of him was indeed a subordinate sent by the Lidi Taoist.

  All the way, no one dared to speak, and when they returned to the manor, those miscellaneous servants also didn't dare to speak, they could only look at Snake Dao Ren and those sturdy men in fear as they moved the piled-up copper ingots onto the ox cart bit by bit.

  "Originally, according to plan, we should have arrived earlier, but the Snake Path people had a sudden change of plans and delayed us for some time." After the two sat cross-legged on a pile of copper ingots and drank three or five jars of fine wine, the naked Snake Path person wiped his mouth and said with a big smile.

  "Heh heh! If you wait a bit longer, I'll use up all these copper ingots. By then, Brother Lidi won't even get half a share." Wang Guang said nonchalantly: "Go back and tell Brother Lidi that I've used 10,000 of these copper ingots. After some time, I'll make it up to him one by one, not owing him a single cent."

  "Don't worry about this, we toil for the Rift Land people, but in fact, it's just for our own benefit! You take away some copper ingots, I won't tell the Rift Land people."

  The two of them sat here, muttering to themselves and chatting idly. When there was nothing to say, they either meditated to cultivate their energy, refined magical artifacts, or tamed venomous snakes, but they were also very busy.

  Hundreds of porters didn't know what method they used, but after throwing the copper ingots onto the ox carts, the carts didn't seem heavy at all, nor did they show any signs of being overloaded. Tens of thousands of copper ingots were completely loaded onto the ox carts in just three to five days.

  Although he was puzzled in his heart, Wang Guang did not ask further questions. After all, this matter had nothing to do with him. He was only responsible for collecting things, and the transportation of goods was not under his jurisdiction.

  "But I'm envious of Daoist friends' jobs, they can get endless benefits just by using a family, it's much better than my transportation guard job." After the copper ingots were moved away, the snake daoist couldn't help but sigh. "When we go back this time, no matter what, I'll ask Li Di Daoist for a good job."

  "Haha! You're unaware of the blessings you have!" Upon hearing Snake Dao Ren's words, Wang Guang couldn't help but burst out laughing loudly: "I'm supported by my family and appear to be carefree, but if something were to happen, it would be a fight with the Qi Practitioners, where the danger is not something your escorting goods can compare to. If you're willing, we can switch places."

  "Just joking, where can we exchange it? If everyone exchanges like us, what would the Earth Splitting Dao people come to us for? And personally arrange tasks for us?" The Snake Dao person stood up with a cold laugh and said in a low voice.

  "Boundless Heaven Venerable! It's this poor Daoist who hasn't fulfilled his duties." After hearing Snake Dao Ren say these words in a serious tone, Wang Guang suddenly felt a bit uncomfortable. He stood up and took three to five steps before stopping abruptly and saying: "Fellow Daoist, help this poor Daoist pass on a message to Lidi Shixiong, tell him that this time it was this poor Daoist who made the mistake. If Shixiong is still willing to lend his assistance to this poor Daoist's abilities, then from now on, this poor Daoist will absolutely not be greedy for resources again."

  "Haha! No need to be so serious." The snake immortal heard Wang Guang's words and burst out laughing.

  Hundreds of venomous snakes emerged from the bronze cauldron, he casually grabbed one, and with a swipe of his finger on the snake's abdomen, a gallbladder fell out.

  "You try some of my food, this thing may not have the great effect of Heaven's Treasure and Earth's Treasure, but it can also increase some spiritual energy for the person who eats it, although not much, but better than ordinary food."

  Wang Guang nodded, grabbed the snake gall and swallowed it down. As the snake gall entered his abdomen, he felt a surge of spiritual energy flowing through his meridians, gathering in his hands along several special channels.