The myth begins with the Lotus Lantern

Chapter 131 'Power' and 'Benefit'

There was no change on Ao Shan's face, but the wolf eagle's eyes behind him flickered slightly. This subtle movement would never be detected by mortals, but there were no mortals present. They were all in the realm of Yuanshen. Because of the previous changes, they were all tense and focused, so this movement was naturally visible.

Ding Lin knew that he guessed right.

Quexian opened her eyes wide in disbelief, but it made sense when she thought about it carefully. It's just that she had never thought about it this way for all these years. One was a master who guarded the mountain quietly, and the other was a vicious creature who plundered everywhere for nothing. No wonder, she had just ended the contract with Ao Shan, and the wolf eagle came to her door.

"Brother Ao's kick just now was really cruel. How could I deserve Brother Ao to sacrifice his own brothers' lives and take my life."

Ding Lin suddenly chuckled and spoke, but there was no smile in his eyes.

"Tsk!" Wolf Eagle sneered, "Such a crude counter-espionage plan, you think..."

"It's true, isn't it?"

Ding Lin interrupted calmly, saying that if she had not noticed the attack from behind at that time, his sword would have hit the target earlier than Ao Shan's crutch.

"You are so capable, no wonder you were able to kill Chi Lian," Ao Shan was not angry. "It's my fault that I haven't been out of the mountain for a long time, so I got the news late. It's also because of your superb breath-hiding technique. After fighting, I realized that you have reached the second level. With such strength, it is more than enough for you to occupy this peak."

"Brother Ao, since you said so, are you not going to test my skills again?"

Ding Lin's eyes flashed.

"You are joking, my friend. I have been accumulating strength for a long time and used all my strength to attack you. Although you took advantage of the formation, you were hastily dealt with and only suffered minor injuries. If I insist on pestering you, I will not be able to see the situation clearly. With this spiritual vein formation, even if I can take you down, I will probably pay a huge price," Ao Shan shook his head. "This is not what a wise man would do."

"What does Brother Ao mean?"

Ding Lin said, he licked the corner of his lip, there was no blood there, but there was indeed a fishy taste in his throat. He moved his tongue and throat and pressed it down.

"It was indeed my fault just now, fellow Daoist. For demons like us, we get together for profit and we disperse for profit. We never talk about friendship or past like humans. But before 'profit', there is also the word 'strength'. The premise of getting together for profit is that the strength of each other is similar. If not, if we want to achieve our goal, we just have to suppress by force, right?"

Ao Shan talked freely.

"Brother Ao has been slow to act and has told me so much. I guess he thinks I am qualified to discuss the word 'profit' with him." Ding Lin said, "I wonder how he plans to discuss it?"

"It was indeed my fault just now," Ao Shan looked at Ding Lin, who showed no change on his face. Then, with a flash of golden light in his palm, he took out a fist-sized inner elixir. Wrapped in stone skin, it faintly revealed the aura and pressure of the third level of the Yuanshen. He smiled lightly and said, "This third level inner elixir is my apology for my previous recklessness. What do you think, fellow Daoist?"

After he finished speaking, Ao Shan's eyes flashed, and without him making any movement, the inner elixir flew towards Ding Lin with a whistling sound.

Ding Lin did not dare to delay. The spiritual veins behind him rippled, and a beam of light enveloped him from head to toe. The magic power in his body circulated and whistled out. He did not use his hands to catch it. When the inner elixir came close to him, the immortal weapon in his hand absorbed the demonic energy and suddenly raised it up. The sharp blade chopped right on the inner elixir. The palm holding the sword felt a tremendous force. Ding Lin's face changed. He held the sword with both hands and suddenly swung it. The inner elixir flew out by brushing against his body. The demonic energy protecting his body shook, and then there was a series of "crash" sounds, and a row of ancient trees behind him swayed and fell down.

A demonic aura rose into the sky.

It was the inner elixir that Ding Lin had scraped off the stone skin on the surface, revealing the true scene inside.

"Is this your sincerity?"

There was a flash of anger in Ding Lin's eyes. He looked at Ao Shan and clenched the sword in his hand. Suddenly, he swung the blade and a bright red blade rushed over.

Ao Shan dodged it calmly.

Wherever the red light reached, all the ancient trees and shrubs were cut down, and the back of Aoshan became bare like Dinglin.

"drink!"

Ding Lin shouted, and his spiritual veins transmitted the power to his body through the formation. White light flickered in the red demonic energy covering his body. He swept forward, using his sword as a knife, and slashed at Ao Shan three times in a row. This was the most primitive contest of magic power, and there was no room for frills. Ao Shan's expression finally turned solemn, and his dragon head turned sideways. Every time Ding Lin slashed with a sword, he took a step back. When the third sword fell, the two demons wrestled with each other, and then stalemate for a moment, and then suddenly separated.

Ding Lin took more than ten steps back.

Ao Shan only took a step back.

"Fellow Daoist, please calm down." Ao Shan said, still in a leisurely tone, "After the previous fight, you didn't move for a long time and just listened to me. I was afraid that you were seriously injured, so I tried to test you a little bit. Your attack just now was powerful and strong. I was mistaken. However, it's better to let you know that although you have the help of this spiritual vein, I still have the advantage."

Ding Lin's face was gloomy. On the other side, in this short while, the demon pill had sealed itself again, and a new stone skin formed at the gap. Ding Lin stretched out his hand and used the demonic energy to roll the inner pill back. He examined it carefully again, and then took it without hesitation.

"Walk."

Ding Lin looked at Ao Shan warily, said something to Quexian, and wanted to go back to the mountain.

"Now that things have come to this, don't you really want to know what the old turtle wants, and what kind of compensation the old turtle is willing to give?" Ao Shan said again, leisurely and very confidently, "Even if you don't agree later, you might as well listen to me first. I don't know you very well, and how can you know me? Just listen to me first. Anyway, this peak is yours, and you can retreat at any time. There is a way out here, so you won't have any worries. Just collect my information at that time, at least you can know what I need, so why not do it?"

Ding Lin looked at him deeply, led Quexian to retreat to the edge of the formation, and then passed through the restriction and entered the mountain.

Ao Shan did not stop him. Ding Feng just said so. Perhaps it was because he had lived too long, his words were really powerful. After entering the formation, Ding Lin did not leave immediately. He stopped at the edge of the formation. Just as Ao Shan said, there was no harm in listening and just collecting information.

"It seems that you are willing to talk to me." Ao Shan looked at Ding Lin and said slowly. "I want your mountain, as long as you are willing to move." A flash of light flashed in his hand, revealing a bead-like object. On the surface, a wisp of innate energy rose. It turned out to be a spiritual object that was imbued with innate energy. It can be used to entrust souls. It is exactly what the demon cultivators in the Yuanshen realm desire most. "Your Highness, hand over the Mountain God Seal. I am willing to offer this Mountain Spirit Bead with both hands!"

"How about it?" Ao Shan asked, "Is this deal worth doing?"

"Big brother..."

Behind Ao Shan, Wolf Eagle couldn't help but speak. "Shut up."

Ao Shan's voice was soft, but it had great power in the wolf eagle's ears, and he dared not make another sound.

But the pair of eyes looking at Ao Shan's palm were filled with undisguised heat. Even though it was only the worst innate thing, having it meant that one could take a step forward in the path of Tao with the most orthodox method. This was a temptation that was enough to break through reason for any soul.

"I can sign a contract with you. You took in the magpie. You should know that I, Old Turtle, value my promises the most. Even though the magpie has no effect on me this time, I will wait until the contract is completed before letting my brother take action. Do you agree with me?"

Ao Shan's voice seemed to contain endless temptation. This temptation did not come from words, but from the mountain spirit bead, a real temptation.

"You occupy this mountain simply because the spirit vein can benefit your cultivation. But how can a spirit vein be worth an innate thing? You can look for spirit veins elsewhere. With your strength, you can always occupy it. As long as you hand over the Mountain God Seal and give me this mountain, this Mountain Spirit Pearl will be yours."

Aoshan Road.

There was a flash of shock in Ding Lin's eyes, but then he returned to normal. He slapped his head, and the golden divine seal flew out from the mud pill.

A hint of joy flashed in Ao Shan's eyes.

"Brother Ao, are you lying to me? Using the spirit pearl to exchange for this divine seal," Ding Lin exhaled, as if to calm down, "It is indeed a great value for money."

"So, fellow Daoist should have agreed. Well, let's sign the contract now."

Ao Shan raised his hand, and a roll of parchment flew over and landed on the formation. However, Ding Lin did not catch it, allowing it to slide to the ground and remain outside the formation.

"When did I agree to this?"

Ding Lin looked at Ao Shan, and their eyes met again. Ao Shan then realized that although there was greed in Ding Lin's eyes, there was more consideration. He was not distracted by this sudden and huge temptation that seemed to be within his reach.

"The spirit pearl is good, but I'm afraid I'll have the life to get it but not the life to use it."

Ding Lin said, how should I put it, this Earth Spirit Pearl is indeed the thing Ding Lin has the most hope of getting now, Ding Lin really wants to get it, this is out of rational considerations, but beyond reason is a trace of disgust, after all, his earth soul is entrusted with a real innate thing, it will be downgraded when it reaches the sky soul? As for the temptation that Ao Shan thought, it actually never appeared at all, and without temptation, there is no need to talk about ignorant thinking.

"What do you mean, fellow Daoist?"

Ao Shan sighed in his heart. He knew that things were difficult, but he still wanted to fight for it.

"Brother Ao, the gap between you and me is actually much greater than what you just said. You are at the peak of the Yuanshen realm, and I have just captured the Earth Soul. I cannot see through your cultivation, but it is at least more than 7,000 years old. I..." Ding Lin smiled and shook his head, "Even with the blessing of the spiritual vein, I am still completely at a disadvantage in your hands. If I hand over this Mountain God Seal, I am afraid that if I hand it over the moment before the seal is handed over, I will touch the Mountain Spirit Pearl, and it is more likely that I will not be able to touch it, and the next moment I will be hit on the head by your dragon head crutch."

"You are worrying too much, fellow Daoist. Don't forget that we are bound by the contract."

Aoshan Road.

"It's my fault, I almost forgot," Ding Lin smiled even more brightly, "May I ask Brother Ao, which god guaranteed this contract, or are we just bound by those so-called oaths?" Ding Lin waved his hand, interrupting Ao Shan's explanation, "No matter which one it is, I don't believe it. Rather than pinning my fate on this so-called contract and Brother Ao's credibility, I would rather believe in this golden seal on my head and the spiritual vein under my feet!"

The golden seal above Ding Lin's head spun around, and the edge of the formation covering the mountain became even stronger.

"Fellow Daoist, you just don't believe me." Ao Shan made a final effort. He looked at Quexian and said, "You can ask this girl if I have ever violated the eight hundred year contract with her once."

"They are just a few purple dragon king ginsengs," Ding Lin said with a smile on his face, "and they are still young and immature. If they were a thousand years old or more, they might be more convincing. How can a few spiritual ginsengs be compared with my own life and property?"

"What's more," Ding Lin paused and continued, "Brother Ao, you clearly told me just now that people gather because of benefits and disperse because of benefits, and there is a prerequisite for both, that is, the horse has enough 'power'. Only when hard power can't solve the problem, trading is the next means. How come, in just a short while, Brother Ao has forgotten everything you just said?"

Ao Shan was silent. He looked at Ding Lin with a gloomy expression on his face. It was unclear whether it was because turtles were naturally calm, or because he had lived too long and seen too many things that his emotions had become dulled. It was always difficult to capture information from his face.

"It is indeed my fault," Ao Shan said slowly after a while, "Fellow Daoist, you are polite. I was negligent this time." After saying that, he no longer let the mountain spirit bead stay in his palm. He took it away with a flip of his hand, looked at Ding Lin deeply again, and then ordered the wolf eagle behind him, "Let's go."

After saying that, Ao Shan actually did not try to attack the formation again. He just took the wolf eagle and walked away from Ding Lin's sight until he disappeared and his breath could no longer be sensed.

Ding Lin still stood there, looking in the direction where Ao Shan and Langying left.

In the darkness, the light of the formation flickered and did not go out.

Until morning.

"Sir..." Quexian looked at Ding Lin and finally couldn't help but call out, "They... just left like that."

"if not?"

Ding Lin said.

"Then we will ..."

Quexian's voice was soft, hesitant, and a little worried. She could of course hear Ding Lin's worries, and was afraid that he would be angry and blame her.

"In the future, try to go out less often."

Ding Lin looked at the morning glow and let out a long breath, his face full of gloom. He was not so tasteless as to vent his anger on Quexian. Ao Shan's goal was this Snake Peak. Even if he didn't come today, he would come in the future.

(End of this chapter)