Chapter 252: Python Fishing

In the inn room, Mo Tianheng and Cui Yu looked at each other and said, "Let's go!"

After that, Mo Tianheng told Li Jianhu, "Pack your things and leave immediately. Don't leave anything related to us behind."

Li Jianhu had no time to ask the reason and could only follow the instructions and pack up the belongings of the three people in the room immediately.

Cui Yu looked at Shi Yutong, "You know the art of hiding, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to escape for so long."

Cui Yu said it with great certainty.

Shi Yutong hasn't reacted yet, but looking at Cui Yu's appearance, now is not the time to hide it. After all, the other party saved her life after she went to him, and there are pursuers behind her. Now she can only trust the other party temporarily.

"I don't have a sixth-grade one, but my master passed down a secret treasure that has the ability to escape into the shadows."

Cui Yu nodded. Seeing that Li Jianhu and Mo Tianheng had already packed their luggage, he instructed Shi Yutong, "Use the Shadow Escape Technique to take us out of the inn first."

"Didn't they just leave? It should be safe here..."

Cui Yu interrupted, "Someone will tip us off. When you find us, the Yishu master you met yesterday will be your enemy, not your friend. You must be careful."

Shi Yutong didn't react immediately.

Cui Yu explained again, "This is a scheme to kill with a borrowed knife. They are using you and the account book to kill the three of us with the knife of King Ning."

As the descendant of a gang of thieves, Shi Yutong was well-versed in these matters, but she never expected that she would encounter one one day. She looked happy instead of worried.

"Aren't we just like the heroes in those vernacular novels?"

Shi Yutong was injured, but her tone was strangely excited.

Li Jianhu and the other two were stunned. Even Li Jianhu thought that the girl was engrossed in reading novels. However, he changed his mind and realized that the other party was a thief who wanted to be a knight on the beam. It was probably impossible to cultivate this contradictory Taoist sect without this kind of personality.

Shi Yutong took out the inconspicuous little gourd from her waist and opened the spout, "Don't move!"

Black sand spurted out of the spout of the pot, creating a whirlwind in the room, surrounding the four people. After a few breaths, they disappeared into the shadows and escaped from the inn.

Looking in from the outside, the candlelight flickered, and several paper-cut figures outlined the complete appearance of three people.

Although Tian Rong, the Feng Shui master of Prince Ning's Mansion, did not find anyone and left the inn, he was very impressed by Cui Yu and the other two, so he kept an eye on them and instructed the innkeepers to report to him immediately if Cui Yu and the other two made any unusual movements.

Anyway, this was just a casual order for him.

As soon as Tian Rong returned home, he heard the servants inform him that someone from the He family of Shantong Mansion was coming to visit.

The He family has ink stone exchanges with King Ning, so it is normal for them to come and visit.

"Let them in."

In the reception room, Tian Rong saw the visitor and immediately stood up and bowed, saying, "It turns out to be Mr. Tao. Why did you come to visit suddenly?"

As the chief strategist of the He family, Tao Mengxue has basically met all the major forces related to the He family.

Tao Mengxue gave a bitter smile, "In an emergency, I will not be polite with Mr. Tian."

"What's the matter?"

Tian Rong asked seriously.

Tao Mengxue said bluntly, "Because of what happened to my master's Zhou Mansion in Tianjing, the Confucianists have sent people to investigate the inkstone matter of the Shantong Mansion, and they have found three people and are going to Tianjing to file a complaint!"

Tao Mengxue deliberately exaggerated the amount of money Li Jianhu spent on his father's funeral, saying it was a matter of ink stone, which aroused more imagination in people's minds.

At the beginning, He Qigong was planning to use this tactic to make Zhou Tieyi nervous, so that Zhou Tieyi would pay more attention to the He family and give the He family more benefits.

However, before He Qigong could open his mouth, Zhou Tieyi was one step ahead and directly helped He Qigong to exert his subjective initiative.

The matter of ink stone?

Tian Rong immediately became nervous, and the first thing he thought of was that something had happened on his side.

Could it be that even the Shantong Mansion knew about the theft of the account book?

Tian Rong didn't bother to laugh and asked quickly, "How far have you found out?"

Tao Mengxue smiled bitterly, "Who knows how far the Confucianists have investigated? We only know that they want our He family to die, and then implicate the Zhou family, our main family. As for the ins and outs of the inkstones over the years, your family..."

Tian Rong instinctively interrupted and said, "We are doing business."

Tao Mengxue nodded, "Of course I understand this, but we understand that because we are on the same page, the Confucians do not think so. There have been quite a few Confucians in the court who have consulted King Ning's manuscripts in recent years."

What step have you found?

Tian Rong was still thinking about the question just now, when he suddenly woke up and asked, "How many of them did you say went to Tianjing to file a complaint?"

"Three people."

Tao Mengxue said with certainty, "One boy, two young men, one of the young men has a serious case of tuberculosis."

"not good!"

Tian Rong stood up and pulled Tao Mengxue outside, calling out to the warriors in the mansion. When they arrived at the inn, they rushed in directly. However, in the candlelight inside, there were only three silhouettes swaying slightly, as if they were living people.

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Yujing Mountain, Zhou Palace.

Temporarily freed from the entanglement of worldly affairs, Zhou Tieyi's practice became more and more advanced in the past ten days.

Within the chessboard space.

The roots of Taodu Weng have completely merged with the entire white jade chessboard, which means that Zhou Tieyi has completely mastered this third-grade secret treasure, and in a way that had never been imagined before.

Not only did he have complete control over this secret treasure, but this secret treasure also possessed properties that it did not have before.

Before, when the white jade chessboard was in Che Wenyuan's hands, its greatest function was to merge with the surrounding space to form a huge loop space that could cover one or two streets. Although the function was extremely simple, for most mid-level practitioners, being trapped in another space was an unsolvable ability.

Now, in addition to its original abilities, the greatest feature of the White Jade Chessboard is that it has its own "soldiers".

Five five-colored chess pieces surrounded Zhou Tieyi, and further out were black and white chess pieces condensed with pure thunder power and great aura.

The next moment, the chess piece turned into a human form.

Three of the Five Emperors have already completely solidified, and the White Emperor is in a state of half reality and half illusion. It is estimated that in another twenty days, when the White Emperor statue in Zhou Tieyi's dantian is completely solidified, the White Emperor statue will take shape.

"Now only the Black Emperor statue is left."

Zhou Tieyi thought with anticipation.

"Maybe I can urge Senior Sister."

The Five Emperors statues possess complete spirituality and can be used as fifth-grade warriors, but the other black and white chess pieces cannot reach this level.

Zhou Tieyi's gaze fell on a black chess piece, which turned into a human form.

Zhou's mother had originally left the complete art of [Throwing Beans into Soldiers] on the Five Emperors and the black and white chess pieces. As Zhou Tieyi had fully mastered hundreds of black and white chess pieces, he could naturally turn these chess pieces into soldiers.

However, compared to the Five Emperors who possess their own spirituality, these black and white chess pieces are weaker in spirituality and can only execute the simplest commands. Their strength is around that of a seventh-grade warrior.

For ordinary practitioners, being able to control an "army" of hundreds of seventh-grade warriors is a huge boost to combat power, even if these warriors cannot use combat skills.

But Zhou Tieyi certainly would not be satisfied with this, and he also found corresponding ideas for improvement.

With a thought, he looked towards the wild world. With the help of the virtual godhead to sense the aura of the gods around him, after twenty days of exploration, Wu Mu finally brought him good news.

They discovered two natural gods.

One of the natural gods is a giant water python nearly six meters long. It has the authority to control the water system in this primeval forest and its strength is comparable to that of the mountain master in his heyday.

The other primitive deity is even more powerful. He is a giant golden banyan tree covering an area of ​​ten acres. He is the true king of the entire forest. If Wu Mu were not restricted by the tree itself and could not move, and had weaker intelligence, when he sensed the golden banyan tree, they would probably be strangled immediately and would not have time to escape.

The strength of the golden banyan tree cannot be determined for the time being, but even with Zhou Tieyi's help, Wu Mu and the ten men and the mountain bear cannot kill such a huge banyan tree, so they set their sights on the water python.

In an open woodland, Wu Mu built a small altar with stubborn stones, engraved a totem symbolizing Zhou Tieyi, lit a fire, and began to pray sincerely.

God has issued an order. Today is the day to hunt the anaconda. Before taking action, we naturally need to pray to God and ask for his blessing.

Following the prayers of Wu Mu and the nine warriors, the flames changed, and the reflected light formed mirage, which condensed into Zhou Tieyi's golden body of the god. Behind the constantly changing faces of the gods, men, women, old and young, a full moon slowly rotated, driving the surrounding mirages to transform into cloud scrolls. The only flaw was that there were cracks inside the bright moon, so it was sometimes dark and sometimes bright, and it was difficult to shine forever.

"God, please bless us."

Zhou Tieyi nodded, and a Qiankun Seal emerged and fell to the ground from his hand. All of a sudden, the ground veins centered on the altar began to be slowly transformed and mastered by Zhou Tieyi, making the surrounding territory temporarily become his "kingdom of God".

With the status bestowed by the Tianyi Jade Disc and the methods bestowed by the Buddha Kingdom in the Palm, although this temporary kingdom of God can only call upon limited power from the surrounding environment due to the limitations of the territory, its greatest advantage is that Zhou Tieyi's magical powers are not restricted by distance in this temporary kingdom of God, and he can almost use his mind to perform magic.

At the same time, in the forest shrouded in dusk, the fog became thicker and thicker. This was a combination of the power of [Mirage] and [Call the Wind and Summon the Mist], which prevented the two nearby gods from discovering that this powerful outsider had begun to encroach on the authority of the local earth veins.

While covering himself and slowly turning the surrounding land into his main battlefield, Zhou Tieyi carefully comprehended the path of cultivation as a god.

No wonder gods need followers.

For gods with followers, like myself, outward expansion is calculated in months, but without followers, gods can only live on their own little piece of land and it is difficult for them to expand outward.

Of course, the risk of external expansion is also great. For example, the simple altar built by Wu Mu and others cannot be compared with the tribe’s fire pit that has been passed down for hundreds of years. After leaving Xishan, although he still has magical powers, he cannot borrow the power of Xishan and the tribe. Fortunately, his magical powers are strong enough to assist, and now they are enough to kill the natural gods at the level of the mountain master.

After getting Zhou Tieyi's affirmation, Wu Mu immediately ran towards the activity area of ​​the water python.

During this process, a half-real and half-virtual cloud talisman appeared on the top of Wu Mu's head. On the one hand, it allowed Zhou Tieyi to observe the surrounding environment with the help of the cloud talisman, and on the other hand, it made Wu Mu as obvious as a searchlight in the twilight.

In a huge swamp, feeling the breath of gods, a huge and ferocious snake head slowly emerged from the water, its yellow vertical pupils opened, and the surrounding material scenery disappeared, leaving only two flames in the night.

A beam of fire shot up into the sky, covering ten acres. When the water python looked over, its expression was clearly filled with fear.

If the banyan tree itself was not unable to move, he would probably not be able to stay in this forest any longer.

The other fire was faint, like a prey parading through the night.

The little prey that suddenly appeared and disappeared last time?

The water python was deeply impressed by Wu Mu's aura.

Because Wu Mu used the power of the gods to sense the water python last time, the water python naturally sensed Wu Mu as well.

However, the moment he sensed the existence of the gods, Wu Mu concealed his own virtual godhood, hid in dreams, and "hid". This is an ability that other gods do not have, so the water python lost track of Wu Mu before it could react.

And this time, the little prey appeared again.

The water python slowly dragged its huge body and swam towards Wu Mu.

Capture and kill a new god and gain his authority. This is the way for natural gods to be promoted, primitive and barbaric.

On the other side, after circling the water python's activity area for half an hour, when the aura on Wu Mu's head began to change and a light gray color appeared, Zhou Tieyi immediately ordered, "Come back!"

Wu Mu no longer hesitated and immediately accelerated towards the temporary altar.

The water python also discovered signs of its prey escaping. It used its magical powers and transformed its huge body into a transparent stream of water, which shuttled through the forest. It was not hindered by the terrain at all and quickly approached the fleeing Wu Mu.

Such a rapid pursuit would definitely be noticed by the prey, but feeling the breath of the prey, the water python was very sure that it could easily deal with the prey, provided that it caught the prey and could not let it disappear like last time.

In the forest, Wu Mu was like a nimble old ape, moving swiftly among vines and rocks, but the water python behind him was even faster, and its body like a stream of water cut through the moss on the stones without leaving a trace at all.

caught you.

When Wu Mu's figure appeared in the water python's field of vision, he turned into a stream of water, and a very human look of greed was revealed in his vertical pupils that almost blended with the surrounding environment.

When the water python accelerated again and entered the fog, it suddenly lost its perception of Wu Mu.

Where did the prey escape to?

The stopped water python slowly coiled its body with a puzzled look on its face.

This little prey disappeared just like last time...

The water python's translucent body turned into a real snake of flesh and blood. He was reluctant to let Wu Mu go. When the god's perception could not detect the prey, natural instinct was the best choice.

This time was not like the last time, where he only sensed it for a moment from afar. It was chasing so close, and even without the perception of the gods, as a python, he could use other means to sense the information of the surrounding prey.

The forked tongue moved swiftly, bringing back a large amount of information. However, due to a layer of fog blocking it, it seemed that it had lost the ability to analyze the surrounding environment...

Just as the water python was thinking, a huge mountain bear, with the cover of mirage, suddenly pounced on the water python.

The huge bear paw slammed towards the water python's bones with the power of mountains and earth.

Faced with the sudden attack of the mountain bear, the water python's first reaction was to use its body to turn into water and avoid the fatal blow.

In the thick fog, on the makeshift altar, Zhou Tieyi smiled, stretched out his hand, and swung it at the water python, "Capture the soul."

The invisible chain ignored the distance limit and was directly put around the water python's neck. The chain did not make any sound in the real space, but in the water python's mind, the horrifying sound of the chain being dragged almost filled the water python's spiritual world.

When his soul was trapped by the soul-binding chains, the speed at which his body transformed into water naturally slowed down.

The terrifying bear paw fell with a tremendous force, directly hitting the water python's body. The huge force penetrated into the water python's bones, causing an obvious dent in its flesh.

Even without the help of the soul, the water python's body was so badly injured that it twisted almost instinctively. The python's tail swept violently, easily crushing the surrounding boulders, and the fragments hit the mountain bear's body like bullets, and even directly knocked the mountain bear ten feet away.

If such power fell on Wu Mu and others, they would definitely die instantly, but the mountain bear had thick skin and flesh, and after howling, it found that the water python was just twisting in pain instinctively and was unable to use any magical powers at all.

Its cunning eyes lit up with joy, and it thought of the nightmare that Zhou Tieyi had put in its heart, and immediately realized that it was its master exerting his power!

So he cried out loudly, and rushed forward loyally and fearlessly.

In the fire pit, Zhou Tieyi was indeed trying to restrain the water python. His eyes fell on Wu Mu and ten other people, and he grabbed the [Tianyi Treasure Scroll] of Wu Mu and others.

The ten cloud scrolls merged with Zhou Tieyi's golden body of the god. In an instant, Zhou Tieyi's golden body in the fire pit burst into bright light and turned into a six-foot-tall figure. Holding a chain in one hand, he grabbed the water python's soul and slowly pulled it out of his body.

The water python also felt the fatal crisis, and it instinctively mobilized its authority over the water system in this land. More than a dozen water veins gathered with the water python as the center like pythons, serving as an anchor for the soul, trying to help the water python fix its soul and prevent it from being pulled out.

Gods are born to exercise the authority of heaven and earth, and the authority of heaven and earth is their best means of defending their souls.

However, Zhou Tieyi had already expected this. After all, this kind of natural god did not have a complete cultivation system, and the application of his own divine power could be said to be extremely crude.

His mind moved, and he connected the Qiankun seal that was integrated into the land, "Suppress."

The Qiankun Seal mobilized the power of the earth veins and transformed into an earth dragon, entangled and fighting with more than a dozen water veins, preventing the power of the water veins from affecting Zhou Tieyi's dragging of the water python's soul.

The mountain bear was even more ruthless. He ignored the huge force of the python beating his body and specifically hit the snake's head with his bear paws. The snake's head quickly shattered. The shattered body greatly reduced the anchoring power of the soul. There was no water vein to help the water python stabilize itself. Zhou Tieyi got the support of Wu Mu and others, and pulled hard again. He saw an illusory python soul being pulled out of the water python's body and fell into the burning bonfire pond.

The water python had just landed in the campfire pond, and it looked at Zhou Tieyi viciously. However, when Zhou Tieyi focused his eyes on the water python, the water python's soul immediately gathered together, lowered its head and crawled, not daring to look at Zhou Tieyi again.

(End of this chapter)