Chapter 350: Chapter 67 Driving Away the Tiger, Swallowing the Wolf, Venomous Python’s Lair
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A wild hare stood in the swamp, its lower body soaked in the water filled with duckweed, eyes fixed unblinkingly on the distance.
It wasn’t until the two figures disappeared into the visible area that it suddenly flapped its wings, transforming into a bird and soaring into the sky, continuing to follow behind the two men from afar.
Through the bird’s vision, the two people outside of the swamp, Ling Yunpo freshly learned the Cloud-Parting Eight Trigrams Step, all within sight.
Jiang Liyan remained silent for a moment before asking,
“Are the new generation of Shushan Sword Immortals all monsters?”
“It should only be this young man who is somewhat special…” Ah Ling also fell silent for a moment before responding.
“What’s his name?” Jiang Liyan squinted her eyes.
“Ling Poyun, it seems that’s his name.” Ah Ling replied, “He is among the top five of the Shushan Immortal Sword Ranking, with his Senior Sister An Zhisu at the top; the names of the other four strung together are Duan Shan Fenhai, Sui Yue Po Yun.”
“Ling Poyun, I’ve got it.” Jiang Liyan then chuckled and said, “Just wondering if he’s stronger than Kunlun’s Qiu Changtian.”
“Why not compare him to Wei Dongliu?” Ah Ling looked at her askance.
“My master, Wei Dongliu, is the strongest! No objections allowed.” Jiang the Witch immediately glared and said forcefully, “Once the Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu of Demon Lord Wei comes out, it doesn’t matter whether it’s a Po Yun Sword Immortal or the chief disciple, they’ll all be devoured alive!”
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“Alright, alright.” Seeing her unreasonable demeanor, Ah Ling casually said, “May Demon Lord Wei reign for thousands of years, unmatched by anyone… Eh?”
“What’s wrong?” Jiang Liyan frowned and asked.
“They are heading towards the Jiaolong’s poison den,” said Ah Ling, with a complicating expression.
Ling Yunpo, carrying An Zhisu, took advantage of the Green Mist Veil Over the Mountains effect to quickly increase their distance again, arriving near a deep pool.
Placing his unconscious Senior Sister on a rock beside him, Ling Yunpo once again worked to detoxify her body.
“Be careful.” Kunlun Mirror suddenly warned, “Something in the water is approaching you.”
“How far away?” asked Ling Yunpo, without lifting his head.
“About two hundred zhang around.” Kunlun Mirror replied, “It seems to be a Jiaolong.”
Ling Yunpo hummed in response, and seeing the persistent Sword Immortal who had caught up once again in the distance, he instantly concocted a plan.
The crazed Sword Immortal arrived nearby like a wraith, laughing coldly,
“Can’t hold on much longer, can you? This poison miasma seeps into everything. Even I fell here in the past…”
Then, he suddenly paused for a moment, confused,
“Wait, I… am dead? No, I am still alive… But then, why do I remember… it seems like I have died?”
The crazed Sword Immortal suddenly fell into a logical conflict, and Ling Yunpo was overjoyed, immediately asking with a serious tone,
“Please tell me, which is stronger, the Seven Kills Sword Technique or the Ziyuan Sword Technique?”
The short sentence contained three sensitive keywords, so much so that the crazed Sword Immortal immediately went into a frenzy,
“Of course, the Ziyuan Sword Technique! Dare to mutter half a dissenter, and I will flay you alive!”
“Oh?” Ling Yunpo then deliberately chuckled, “If the Ziyuan Sword Technique is stronger, why then do you need to use the Golden Core Realm Ziyuan Sword Technique to suppress my Foundation Establishment Realm Seven Kills Sword Technique?”
“You!” The crazed Sword Immortal was as angry as a bull, with eyes spitting fire and yelling, “What does your lower cultivation have to do with me?”
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“Think my cultivation level is too low? Fine,” Ling Yunpo said with a cold laugh, “My master once killed a Jiaolong with the Seven Kills Sword Technique within half an hour… Can the Ziyuan Sword Technique do that?”
“How could it not?” The mad Sword Immortal almost spouted blood, when had he ever been so belittled, “Even the Jiaolong nearby is just a defeated subordinate of mine!”
Before the sound of his voice had faded, Ling Yunpo suddenly grabbed An Zhisu and dashed to the side, stepping through the Cloud-Parting Eight Trigrams Step.
Green Mist Veil Over the Mountains!
A boundless fog rose once again, angering the mad Sword Immortal to the brink of cursing out loud.
This little brat has no martial ethics!
However, his soul was incomplete, and he did not have any other thoughts, only obsessing over finding the person who used the Seven Kills Sword Technique, to thoroughly defeat them with the Ziyuan Sword Technique before killing them.
Within the dense fog, it was hard to discern direction, so the mad Sword Immortal dashed forward, wanting to escape the confinement of the fog as soon as possible.
But as soon as he charged out of the edge of the thick fog, he saw a gaping bloody mouth viciously snapping at him.
It was that poisonous Jiaolong!
The mad Sword Immortal immediately shot out his Xinjin Hua Qi Sword, aiming for the huge poisonous fangs in its mouth.
As long as he hit the teeth, it would also generate a massive amount of sword qi, exploding directly in the Jiaolong’s mouth and severely injuring the opponent.
However, the poisonous Jiaolong’s aim was also accurate; as soon as it saw the sword light of the Xinjin Hua Qi Sword, it immediately closed its mouth and turned around to sweep its tail heavily across the surface of the water.
Countless droplets of water splashed up, transforming into forms resembling sword qi in the air, shooting towards the mad Sword Immortal.
The mad Sword Immortal was instantly enraged, because this move, turning water into sword, was very similar to his own Xinjin Hua Qi Sword’s ability.
Moreover, the opponent had made a bold variation: it expelled a fierce yellow-green poison gas from its body, merging it with the water beneath. Thus, the “sword qi” formed from the resulting slap was imbued with a vile yellow-green color, carrying potent poison, ready to explode and spread as soon as it entered a body.
After the experience of his step technique being stolen by Ling Yunpo, the mad Sword Immortal had developed a deep loathing for copied moves. Now seeing the poisonous Jiaolong stealing his technique as well, the anger that had been building up erupted completely.
Without any hesitation, he unleashed the Sword Dao Techniques of the Xinjin Hua Qi Sword, brutally and savagely attacking the poisonous Jiaolong.
On the other side, Ling Yunpo, taking advantage of the fog to conceal his position and prevent the mad Sword Immortal from pinpointing his location, didn’t immediately flee in all directions. Instead, he tucked An Zhisu under his arm and plunged into the depths of the water pool.
He knew that below this water pool, there must be the Jiaolong’s lair—the Jiaolong was highly unlikely to be a match for the mad Sword Immortal, and the latter definitely wouldn’t expect him to escape underwater.
Dragons are very hygienic demonic beasts, for their movement relies on the operation of their scales, and those scales are closely arranged; having sand or aquatic weeds caught in them would be quite uncomfortable.
So, when in the Hundred Flower Valley, Long Long liked to find caves at the bottom of the river to lurk in, not only requiring the water quality to be crystal clear but also setting up barriers at the cave entrance to prevent things like weeds and other trash from drifting in.
He swam to the bottom with Senior Sister An, searching the vicinity for a moment and indeed discovered the entrance to the Jiaolong’s lair.
Unexpectedly, this place seemed to be a remnant of a secret realm, only later occupied by the Jiaolong, with traces of man-made excavation near the entrance.
Circumventing the obstructive rocks at the entrance, Ling Yunpo carefully avoided the mechanisms in the passageway, finally surfacing at the other end.
He found a cool and even spot deep in the cave, laid Senior Sister An down, and saw that her face was already tinged with blue and purple; any later, and she would have been past saving.
Ling Yunpo quickly fed her an elixir, then immediately began to undress her and started to detoxify her through administering his cultivation.
Since the poison had already spread throughout her body, the detoxification had to be extremely meticulous. True qi had to be injected into each surrounding acupoint to completely clear away the residual toxins in nearby meridians.
This might be somewhat embarrassing for Senior Sister, but in desperate times, I, Ling Yunpo, can’t afford to care about that!