Chapter 135: Snakes disturb Longyou County, Swords shake Wanshou Palace
The Qingxia sword in Wu Qiubai's hand shook slightly, and he felt the sword sound like a silver bottle exploding. The sword intent contained in it frightened even a sword cultivator like him.
He looked at the sword box behind Li Daoxuan. His intuition told him that it was a magic weapon related to kendo, and its level was not low, even higher than his Qingxia Sword.
What frightened him even more was what was in the sword box.
There must be a magic sword in there!
He looked at Li Daoxuan and found that after only a few months of not seeing him, this young man who had boldly threatened him had actually become a cultivator in the late stage of Bigu. His eyes were sharp, his temperament was even more elegant and refined, and there was even a hint of sword energy in him.
At such an age, with such a high level of cultivation, and possessing so many magical weapons, Wu Qiubai has begun to suspect that the other party may not be some wandering Taoist priest.
"What do you mean? Why are you interfering with us in exorcising the demon?"
Seeing that the disciples were somewhat afraid of Li Daoxuan, Wu Qiubai frowned slightly and stepped forward to question them.
Li Daoxuan pointed at the giant snakes and said, "Master, haven't you discovered that they are not monsters?"
Wu Qiubai sneered, "Nonsense, you are also a cultivator, can't you see the evil spirit in them?"
Li Daoxuan shook his head and asked, "Master Wu, may I ask if they have ever harmed the people?"
Wu Qiubai was stunned. He suddenly realized a problem. There were so many snake monsters, but they didn't seem to attack the people passing by. Some of them even evaded the attack consciously.
"Master Wu, take another look at their eyes."
Wu Qiubai and his disciples looked at the snake monsters and found that these snakes were looking at them with earnest eyes.
Some even shed tears.
That look was so sad, it was almost like... a human.
"Are they really not monsters?"
Wu Qiubai asked.
Li Daoxuan nodded and said, "Yes, they were all transformed from ordinary people. They became snake monsters because they drank the snake wine sold by Lao Liu and were possessed by evil spirits!"
Wu Qiubai suddenly realized, "So that's how it is. But they have been deeply invaded by the evil spirit. Can they still be saved?"
Wanshou Palace’s swordsmanship is exceptional, but his other skills are just so-so.
They also know some simple spells to expel evil spirits, but those are only useful when the evil spirits have not penetrated deeply into the body. Now they are obviously useless.
"Leave it to me."
Li Daoxuan waved his long sleeves, and dozens of longevity talismans floated out and stuck to the snake monsters.
When he saw the patterns on the talismans, Wu Qiubai was slightly shocked, as if he had discovered something extraordinary.
Li Daoxuan pinched his fingers and chanted an incantation, and soon these longevity talismans turned into golden light and penetrated into their bodies, dispersing the strong evil spirit.
As the snake scales turned into black smoke and dissipated, the snake monsters turned into ordinary people. There was surprise in their eyes, and they knelt down to express their gratitude to Li Daoxuan.
"Thank you, Master, for saving my life!"
"Master, please accept my respects!"
"I have old people and young children to take care of. If it weren't for the immortal master saving my life, how would they survive?"
…
No one went to thank the Taoist priests from Wanshou Palace. After all, those Taoist priests had acted indiscriminately and almost killed them with a single sword strike.
The Taoists in Wanshou Palace were slightly embarrassed.
Li Daoxuan nodded and said, "You should go home quickly. It's not decent to walk around naked on the street like this."
They turned from snakes into humans and were all naked, without a single piece of clothing. Fortunately, they were all men and there were no women.
After everyone left, Li Daoxuan said to Wu Qiubai, "All of this should be related to the snake wine sold in the snake wine shop. My master has already rushed there. Taoist Wu, please continue to search the county to see if there are any fish that have slipped through the net."
Wu Qiubai raised his eyebrows slightly, wondering if this kid was ordering him around.
However, if he had not stopped them in time, they would have been tainted with a lot of murder.
"Follow Taoist Li's instructions and search the county. Be careful not to kill anyone but to trap them. Chunsheng, you stay and go with me to the snake wine shop."
Wu Qiubai instructed that Chunsheng was his eldest disciple and also the one with the highest cultivation among all the disciples. Before he was thirty, he had already reached the middle stage of Bigu Qigong.
"Yes, Master!"
A gentle-looking man answered.
Wu Qiubai looked at Li Daoxuan again and said, "Master Li, this happened near my Wanshou Palace after all. I have the responsibility to go and take a look."
His title has changed from boy to Taoist priest.
Obviously, Li Daoxuan's cultivation and methods have won his recognition.
"Master Wu, since you are willing to help, that would be the best. Please go ahead."
Li Daoxuan didn't say much to him. After all, he had some ulterior motives behind giving Qingniu Temple the land deed.
He used the art of shrinking the earth and took a normal step forward. His figure suddenly appeared more than ten feet away. After just a few steps, he was out of everyone's sight.
Wu Qiubai's eyes lit up. What a great Taoist technique. It actually had the ability to shrink the distance into an inch.
It seems that he still underestimated the master and disciple.
"Chunsheng, follow me, or people will look down on the Taoist magic of our Wanshou Palace!"
After saying that, Wu Qiubai waved his sleeves, stepped forward, and the whole person was like a divine sword drawn from its sheath. He chased in the direction of Li Daoxuan at a very fast speed.
Chunsheng gave a bitter smile and said, "Well, you gods are fighting, why do you want to drag me into this?"
He had only just mastered the basics of footwork, so how could he possibly keep up with his master and that young Taoist priest who carried a sword case and looked very powerful?
…
After a moment.
Two figures stopped in front of the snake wine shop, one after the other.
Li Daoxuan looked at Wu Qiubai and said with a smile: "Master Wu's footwork is mysterious, just like a sword unsheathed. I admire you."
Wu Qiubai shook his head and said, "I am still a step behind you."
"That's because you didn't use the sword control technique."
"Didn't Taoist Li use the sword box?"
The two looked at each other, smiled, and moved closer to each other.
Li Daoxuan discovered that Wu Qiubai was not the kind of person who was completely unreasonable, he was just a little impulsive.
Wu Qiubai felt that Li Daoxuan was not that arrogant. He was just very young and had a lot of skills, so it was inevitable that he was a little arrogant.
The two men opened the door and were immediately hit by a strong smell of alcohol.
There was wine all over the floor, obviously a lot of snake wine had been spilled.
Zhang Qianyang stood there, seemingly having been waiting for a long time. In front of him sat a fat man with fear in his eyes. It was Lao Liu.
He turned into a snake last night and hid at home in fear all night. Fortunately, a Taoist priest rushed in early in the morning and changed him back to normal with a yellow talisman.
At this moment, Zhang Qianyang was staring at a jar of snake wine, his brows slightly frowned, as if he was lost in thought.
This jar of snake wine was made from that batch of light golden poisonous snakes, and there was also a poisonous snake soaked in it.
According to Lao Liu, the largest and most ferocious venomous snake in that batch has been soaked in it for three months and is still alive.
Therefore he did not sell the jar of wine.
The jar was shaking slightly, and it was obvious that the poisonous snake inside was still struggling desperately to get free.
“Master!”
Li Daoxuan was about to ask when he saw his master making a gesture to silence him, and then reached out and opened the jar of snake wine.
The next moment, a light golden poisonous snake suddenly jumped out of the altar. It was about five feet long, with bloodshot eyes and bared fangs, and bit towards Zhang Qianyang's neck.
Zhang Qianyang's fingers were as sharp as knives, firmly grasping the snake's head and letting the snake's body wrap around his arms.
He stared at the poisonous snake as if possessed by a demon, and even sniffed it, as if it was not a snake but a snake beauty.
After a long time, just when Li Daoxuan was almost unable to hold back and wanted to give his master another longevity talisman, Zhang Qianyang's eyes suddenly lit up and he laughed.
"I understand, I finally understand!"
"I see!"
