Chapter 75: The Fisherman Gains Benefit
At some point, a dark cloud covered the moon.
The earth was pitch black.
The struggle in the valley became increasingly fierce.
The situation became increasingly unfavorable for Xu Pengkun and his three companions.
Suddenly, the python, covered with wounds, swung across the night sky and entangled the pockmarked man who jumped back.
"Castle Master, save me!" The pockmarked man felt his whole body tighten, as if his bones were being squeezed into a ball. He was so frightened that all his strength rushed out madly, trying to push away the python's body, while shouting loudly at the same time.
"Let's go!" Seeing that the Eight Desolate Green Python had entangled the pockmarked man , Xu Pengkun did not bother to attack them. Instead, he tapped the ground with his toes without hesitation and flew backward like a big bird.
Xu Yuanwu followed closely behind. Yan'e hesitated for a moment and then quickly retreated.
When Xu Pengkun and the other two left quickly without looking back, Qin Ziling took the opportunity to blow up a gust of cold wind and swept away the ball of flesh and blood.
The Eight Desolate Green Python immediately noticed something was wrong and roared angrily, scaring Xu Pengkun and the other two who had already fled into the dense forest so much that they galloped for several miles before they dared to stop.
"Yuanwu, how are you?" After a pause, Xu Pengkun asked Xu Yuanwu with concern. As for the big man with the pockmarked face, he seemed to have forgotten about him.
"Fortunately, we can fight again!" Xu Yuanwu replied.
"Okay, let's rush back to Xujiabao and gather more troops and come here again. The Eight Desolate Green Python has exhausted a lot of energy and is seriously injured. As long as we gather more troops, we will definitely be able to kill it." Xu Pengkun said in a deep voice.
"Eight Desolate Green Python!" Xu Yuanwu licked his tongue, a look of burning greed in his eyes.
After saying that, the three of them roughly identified the direction, made some marks, and then quickly rushed towards Xujiabao.
Qin Ziling rolled up the ball of flesh and blood and quickly sneaked back to where his main body was hiding.
After his soul returned to its place, Qin Ziling took out the green ring, and then casually put the mass of flesh and blood into the corpse-raising ring.
Looking at the ring in his hand, Qin Ziling faintly felt a hint of obscure energy fluctuations, and a look of anticipation and excitement appeared on his face.
"This should be the legendary Taoist storage ring. I didn't expect that Gong Yangmu actually owns one." Qin Ziling thought to himself and dripped a drop of blood on it without hesitation.
Gong Yangmu is dead, and the storage ring has become ownerless. With Qin Ziling's current experience, he knows that it should be able to be opened by using blood sacrifice.
Sure enough, as soon as the blood dropped on it, Qin Ziling felt a mental connection with the ring. With a thought, he "saw" a space only the size of a shoe box.
"This is too small!" Qin Ziling was used to the corpse-raising ring, which was as large as a football field and nearly a hundred meters high. Suddenly, he saw that the space of this storage ring was only as big as a shoe box. He couldn't help feeling disappointed.
However, when he saw what was placed in the storage ring, the disappointment in his heart was immediately swept away.
There weren't many things in the storage ring, including a pill bottle, more than ten silver and gold bills, two books made of unknown material, and three tattered pieces of paper that looked like they were made of sheepskin.
Those more than ten silver and gold notes, when converted into silver, would total about three thousand taels.
Such an amount is actually pitifully small for a person like Gong Yangmu, but it is a huge sum of money for Qin Ziling.
So when Qin Ziling saw the more than ten silver and gold bills, he was actually overjoyed and extremely satisfied.
After checking the silver and gold bills, Qin Ziling turned his gaze to the pill bottle.
"Before, Gong Yangmu said that he used a trick to conceal the truth and collected the real Nine Revolutions Blood Essence Strengthening Bone Pill first. I wonder if what is contained in this pill is the Nine Revolutions Blood Essence Strengthening Bone Pill? The last time I sneaked into Xujiabao, I heard from them that the Nine Revolutions Blood Essence Strengthening Bone Pill requires nine kinds of exotic beasts, and one of them requires the essence and blood of a second-grade exotic beast to be refined. If this is really the pill, then I will make a fortune this time." Qin Ziling thought to himself as he opened the pill bottle.
As soon as the pill bottle was opened, an extremely strong pill fragrance and surging energy fluctuations of qi and blood rushed out from the bottle mouth. Qin Ziling just took a sip and felt the qi and blood in his body begin to stir.
Qin Ziling's heart beat violently and he quickly poured out the pill.
There are two pills, each with nine blood lines on it. The blood lines fluctuate, as if strange beasts are running and roaring inside.
"This must be the Nine-transformation Blood Essence Bone Strengthening Secret Pill!"
Qin Ziling's excitement calmed down when he saw that it was indeed the secret elixir that even the Lord of Xu Family Castle had spent a lot of effort to plan.
He put away the pill and looked at the two books.
A scroll was inscribed with the Green Wood Evergreen Technique, which was actually a Taoist method of refining Qi.
There was also a red scroll that exuded a mysterious bloody aura, with the three words "Blood Demon Sutra" written on it.
The three tattered pieces of parchment-like paper were three pill recipes, one of which was the Nine-Turn Blood Essence Bone Strengthening Secret Pill.
Qin Ziling did not look at the book and the recipe carefully. He just flipped through them and put them away, along with the small peach wood sword. Then he put the ring on the little finger of his right hand.
This storage ring is the same as the corpse-raising ring. When not in use, it will automatically merge with the flesh and blood of the finger and become invisible. Outsiders cannot tell that he is wearing a ring on his finger.
The thumb and index finger of his left hand gently pinched the little finger of his right hand and rotated it. In the darkness, Qin Ziling's eyes flashed.
"The Eight Desolate Jade Python actually ran from the deep mountains to a relatively outer area, and just now it had a fight with Xu Pengkun and the other four. Not only has it consumed a lot of energy, but it also looks like it should be seriously injured. This can be said to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to kill it. If I send out the three bronze corpses, will it be too risky?"
Qin Ziling's mind was in turmoil, hesitating.
This opportunity is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and the Eight Desolate Green Python is a third-grade beast, so its value is extremely high.
However, Qin Ziling had no idea about the maximum combat capabilities of the three bronze corpses. The most crucial thing was that, up to now, the distance between him and the three bronze corpses could not exceed 120 meters. This distance was twelve times greater than the initial ten meters. It could be said that it was a rapid improvement. However, for the Eight Desolate Green Python, whose body was almost thirty meters long, this distance was still too close.
If Qin Ziling had not seen that the Eight Desolate Green Python had consumed tremendous energy and was seriously injured, he would never have dared to have this idea.
"Opportunities are rare and will never come again. It would be a pity to give up just like that! Moreover, according to my memory, these three bronze corpses are all high-level bronze corpses. Logically speaking, they should have the combat power comparable to that of a Huajin martial artist. Especially the fourth one, who seemed to have fallen to a lower level due to serious injuries. His combat power should be stronger than that of the Great Ape and the Second Ape. The problem now is that the range for fighting with them is too small, and the time I can control the three bronze corpses to fight at the same time is only a quarter of an hour at most. We must fight quickly and decisively."
"Nothing in this world is 100% safe. When it's time to take a chance, I still have to take a chance. Besides, this is also an opportunity to test my true combat power in joining forces with the three bronze corpses."
Soon, Qin Ziling's eyes showed a hint of determination, and he stood up and left his hiding place.
In the dark night, Qin Ziling rushed quickly towards the valley.
Qin Ziling's iron skin covered his two complete thighs, and his strength and blood were much more powerful than those iron skin warriors who specialized in leg skills.
As soon as he exerted force with his legs, his whole body ran as fast as the wind. His speed was not inferior to Xu Pengkun and the other three.
However, he had not yet cultivated his strength and relied entirely on brute force, so every time he landed, snow mixed with mud and rocks would splash everywhere, leaving a deep footprint on the ground.
Soon, Qin Ziling arrived at the valley.
The faint moon broke through the dark clouds, casting moonlight as bright as water.
Under the moonlight, the valley was in a mess.
Qin Ziling looked up at the big hole on the cliff. His keen five senses smelled a strong smell of blood wafting out of the cave. It was obvious that the Eight Desolate Green Python was still in the cave.
However, Qin Ziling did not dare to enter the cave rashly. Instead, he had a thought, and a mass of dry and hard flesh and bones that seemed dried in the wind appeared out of thin air in front of his feet.
"This..." Qin Ziling was dumbfounded when he saw that a mass of flesh and blood that had been emitting a strong bloody smell and fluctuating with powerful blood energy not long ago had suddenly turned into dry and hard flesh and bones that looked like dried flesh and bones.
Previously, he heard Xu Pengkun threatening Gong Yangmu, so when he saw the Eight Desolate Green Python hiding in the cave, he had an idea. He wanted to use Gong Yangmu's flesh and blood as bait to lure the Eight Desolate Green Python out, and then let the three bronze corpses attack and kill it.
As a result, the freshly baked flesh and blood turned into dried meat. This is too weird!
In the past, after hunting, he would briefly store the prey in the corpse-raising ring, but this had never happened before.
"That's not right!" Qin Ziling quickly smelled the breath of the bronze corpse from its flesh and blood. His expression changed slightly, and with a thought, he entered the corpse-raising ring.
In the corpse-raising ring, three bronze corpses were breathing in and out corpse qi, with a faint trace of blood hanging from the corners of their mouths. The corpse qi was faintly richer and purer than before. Not only that, Qin Ziling also discovered that the broken wings of the four heads had actually repaired the hole as big as a cattail fan in an instant.
Qin Ziling has always been concerned about the four broken wings.
Because once the four wings are repaired, Qin Ziling will be able to fly into the sky with the help of the four wings. This also means that if he encounters danger, he will have an extra means of escape.
But the repair of the four wings was very slow. According to Qin Ziling's estimation, if the progress remained at that slow pace, it would take at least seven or eight years to completely repair them.
But today, the four broken wings actually repaired the hole as big as a cattail leaf in one go. If this happens a few more times, the wings will be completely repaired.
"Oh, right, Xu Pengkun said before that strange beasts are very sensitive to the Qi and blood of Qi Refiners, and they can even use the blood and flesh of Qi Refiners to make strange beast bait. Could it be that the blood of Qi Refiners is also a great tonic for the bronze corpse, and the prey I killed before was too ordinary and had no tonic effect on them, so they didn't absorb it!"
"It seems to be so, but they are too picky. Gongyangmu's strength is not inferior to that of the Huajin martial artist!"
Qin Ziling quickly guessed the reason and felt both surprised and moved, because an opportunity like Gong Yangmu's is something you can only come across by chance!
"I wonder if after it becomes dried meat, it can still serve as a temptation to the Eight Desolate Green Python?" Now that he had guessed the reason, Qin Ziling's gaze quickly fell on the dried human meat again. After thinking about it, he took out the goose feather knife and chopped it into pieces, allowing the last bit of blood and energy remaining in the dried meat to be released.
Gong Yangmu was extremely cruel. He actually used the essence and blood of young boys and girls to refine elixirs to heal wounds and make drugs that aroused people's sexual desires. Even the blood pill that Gong Yangmu spat out of his mouth was made from the essence and blood of young boys and girls.
Therefore, Qin Ziling did not have any psychological barriers when he used the goose feather knife to chop the dried meat.
