Hunyuan Immortal Sect

Chapter 271 The fisherman gets a profit
The smile on the pale-faced man's face had long since disappeared, and his expression became solemn. As early as when the other party was fighting with the thin man in the early stage of foundation building who had turned into a pile of minced meat, he had quietly approached nearby and watched the two fighting each other with his own eyes. He guessed that the other party had little spiritual power left, so he decided to take action.

But he didn't expect that the opponent was not only experienced and alert, but also very powerful. The power of his tiger claw magic was so strong that he had to use three spells to barely tie it.

Although he still has the advantage now, he is also wary of the other party's methods.

If we really fight to the point of both sides suffering losses, it would be a waste of time and effort.

The pale-faced man narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a deep voice, "I have no intention of becoming an enemy, fellow Daoist. As long as you are willing to hand over the Anti-aging Pearl, I will leave immediately and we will say goodbye. How about that?"

"Hmph! Stop talking nonsense. The Pearl of Rejuvenation is in my hand. Come and take it if you have the guts. But be careful or you might lose your life." The big man with a full beard responded expressionlessly, but he was a little surprised in his heart. The other party actually knew that he had taken the Pearl of Rejuvenation, which meant that he had been hiding here quietly for quite some time, but he didn't even notice it.

This Anti-aging Pearl is a rare treasure in the world of cultivation. It is a spiritual object that grows naturally. It can only grow in a place with beautiful scenery and it takes at least five hundred years to form.

As the name suggests, the Youth-Preserving Pearl has the effect of preserving youth. After taking it, one can stay young and beautiful forever. Although it does not directly help in spiritual practice, it is very valuable. To a certain extent, it is even more sought after than elixirs for spiritual practice.

Who in the world doesn't want to stay young? No matter how high the cultivation level of a cultivator is, they all hope to have a youthful face. Especially for women, the Anti-aging Pearl can be regarded as a peerless treasure.

How could the Han Dynasty give up such an important thing?

Moreover, even if the Anti-aging Pearl was really handed over, the other party might not give up.

Just like he had just used this sentence to test the cultivator in the early stage of foundation building, he actually had no intention of letting this person leave from the beginning. The reason why he asked him to hand over the storage bag was just to test the other party's bottom line.

If the other party really handed over the storage bag, it meant that the other party was at the end of his strength. Then he would have no worries and could give his all to give the other party the final blow.

The fact that a person can hand over his storage bag is enough to show that he has no other options.

Similarly, if he handed over the Rejuvenating Grass at this time, it would mean that he had lost his ability to resist, and the other party would not let him go. There was a high probability that they would wipe out the roots and kill him to silence him.

The reason is very simple. The two people do not know each other and do not know each other's identity or origin. In this case, once they become enemies, it is impossible for the other party to leave safely.

Because everything happened in this forbidden area, no one knew who killed whom, and no one could hold anyone accountable.

In other words, this is a lawless place.

But once you leave here and return to the continent outside, it will be a different story.

Outside, people compete with each other in terms of background, power, and connections.

If the other party is the direct descendant of a powerful figure, and is killed here, no one will know, and there is no need to worry about revenge as long as there are no witnesses.

If you let the other party go, and they have already become enemies, it is likely to lead to revenge from the powerful figures of the other force.

This is also the reason why he must kill the thin man in the early stage of foundation building. If he does not kill the other party here, he may be retaliated by the other party after leaving the forbidden area.

Similarly, he was facing such a situation at this time. The pale-faced man did not know his identity and origin. If he took the Rejuvenating Pearl from him, he would definitely choose to kill him here at all costs.

If he didn't hand over the Rejuvenating Pearl, he might still be able to scare the other party.

Once you hand it over, you will not only be forced into a desperate situation, but also expose the fact that you are weak.

The pale-faced man narrowed his eyes slightly. In fact, from the moment he made his move, he had no intention of letting the other party go.

He proposed the conditions just to test the other party's strength. Seeing that the other party was not willing to fall for it, he could no longer endure it. He immediately formed seals with his hands, and a red light burst out from his body, condensing into a long sword as red as blood, and slashed down at the big man.

Seeing the other party taking action, the big man put his hands together, and four golden tiger claws condensed in the air again, slapping towards the other party.

With a loud bang, four golden tiger claws collided with the blood-red long sword, and the sound of metal clashing was heard.

The red long sword trembled violently, obviously no match for the power of the tiger claws at the moment the two collided.

The black spider lurking underground broke out from behind the big man again, and attacked him with two huge pincers.

The big man controlled the tiger claws and the long sword to fight each other, while using magic to restrain the black scorpion. The two sides were deadlocked for a while.

Although the big man had consumed a lot of spiritual power, he still had some strength left. Moreover, the golden tiger seal he cast was extremely powerful, and the magic skills used by the pale-faced man were no match for him.

But the pale-faced man had abundant spiritual energy in his body and the help of a foundation-building spiritual pet, so he still had some advantages, but it was not so easy for him to defeat the big man.

Battles between monks are often characterized by tug-of-war, and rarely are the outcome determined by one move. After all, everyone has practiced for so many years and they are not here to eat and do nothing.

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The two sides were fighting fiercely here, but Song Xian was watching quietly from the side.

He didn't dare to get close, as he was about three hundred feet away from the two of them. Such a long distance was beyond the range of the foundation-building cultivator's spiritual sense.

So when the bearded man shouted, he was surprised.

Fortunately, it wasn't him who was discovered, but someone else.

At such a long distance, normally he wouldn't be able to hear what the big man said, but because the big man deliberately poured in spiritual power when he shouted, the sound traveled far to his ears.

He did not hear the conversation between the two men, but only stayed to observe the situation when he saw them fighting again. He naturally hoped that the two would fight to the death and both would suffer losses.

Although he didn't know that the big man had taken the Rejuvenating Pearl here, he guessed that some treasure must have appeared, which led to the fight.

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As the battle between the two sides gradually entered a white-hot stage.

The big man was fighting one against two, and as he had already consumed a lot of spiritual power, he gradually showed signs of weakness.

The pale-faced man and the black scorpion attacked him from both sides and continued to fight with him, intending to exhaust his spiritual power and then kill him.

The big man also understood their intentions and knew that dragging it on like this was not a solution. After forcing back the black scorpion's attack with another blow, he flashed and fled to the rear.

"Don't even think about escaping." The pale-faced man shouted softly. As he spoke, the black scorpion roared, and countless dense black silk threads shot out from the ground, crisscrossing each other and wrapping up the area of ​​​​hundred feet in radius.

From the outside, it looked like a giant nest. It turned out the black spider had already set a silk trap when it burrowed underground. When the pale-faced man stopped, he offered to let the man go if he gave him the Anti-aging Pearl. Besides testing the man's strength, he was also stalling for time, buying time for his pet to set the trap.

This is the unique secret technique of the black wood spider, entangled in black silk.

It can spit out tough silk threads to form a web and entangle its opponent, but this takes a certain amount of time. Fortunately, the black spider can burrow into the ground and set silk traps on the surface where others cannot see them.

The bearded man was blocked by the crisscrossing black silk screen before he could escape.

Seeing the dense and flying silk threads rushing towards him, he clasped his hands together, and a huge fire knife with blazing flames condensed and slashed down at the black silk threads.

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Song Xian was lurking in the distance, and was shocked when he saw countless black threads suddenly shoot out from the ground to form a huge net that enveloped both sides.

In this way, he couldn't see what was happening inside, which was somewhat disadvantageous to him.

He wanted to get closer to check it out, but was afraid of being discovered, so he could only observe from afar. From time to time, a light would shine through the huge nest made up of black silk threads, but it would only flash by for a moment, like a flash in the pan, and would soon be wrapped up by the dense black silk threads again.

As time went by, the frequency of the flashing light inside became faster and faster, and it became more and more intense. It was obvious that the battle inside had reached a critical stage, and it was estimated that both sides had exhausted all their means.

After a while, suddenly, there was a deafening sound from inside, as if a mountain was collapsing and the whole earth was shaking.

The next moment, dazzling golden rays of light shot out like lasers from the huge web composed of dark black threads. In an instant, those black threads melted like white snow encountering flames.

From a distance, it seemed as if a huge golden sun emerged inside, and under its radiant light, all darkness was swept away.

The dazzling golden light drowned out everything until the light faded away. There was no sound there. There was no sound of fighting, and no human figures were seen standing there.

Song Xian watched secretly from a distance, feeling both surprised and happy.

I don’t know who used that magical power just now, but it was so powerful that the person who was in it must have felt uncomfortable.

Seeing that there was no sound and no one in sight, Song Xian weighed the pros and cons and finally decided to go closer to check the situation.

He moved forward quietly and cautiously arrived at the battle site. It was already a mess with several huge pits on the ground.

In the largest pit, there lay a corpse. The body was extremely skinny, as if all the blood and flesh had been sucked out. There was a huge bloody hole in the chest, which went through the chest and back. The eyes were bulging, and the death was very ugly.

Judging from his clothes, he should be the big man with a full beard.

In another pit several dozen feet away from him, a black spider lay there, bleeding profusely. Half of its body was missing, and its body was covered in blood and flesh, and it seemed to have no breath left.

Song Xian looked around and did not see another cultivator. Just when he was wondering where the other cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building had gone.

There was a noise, and the black spider's body was turned over, and a white-faced man emerged from the ground.

At this moment, he looked very miserable, with one arm broken and bleeding, disheveled hair and a pale face.

It turned out that at the critical moment just now, he used his spiritual pet, the black wood spider, to protect himself and he himself crawled into the tunnel dug by the black wood spider, thus escaping the disaster.

Seeing that the black wood spider had no breath left, a look of pain and pity flashed across the man's face. He had spent a lot of effort to cultivate this black wood spider into a second-level spirit beast, and it died here today, which made him heartbroken.

But if he didn't sacrifice the black wood spider, his own life would be in danger. Thinking of the dangerous situation just now, he still felt a lingering fear in his heart.

I never expected that this person still had such a powerful weapon.

Originally, he was sure of victory. Seeing that the opponent had no way out and was at his wit's end, who would have thought that the opponent had practiced some evil skill. A tiger head suddenly emerged from his chest, and then bit his neck, sucking all his flesh and blood. Then the tiger head quickly swelled up and exploded.

Fortunately, he had the black wood spider that could block the impact of the explosion for him, otherwise, he would have been beheaded by now.

The man took a few deep breaths, his expression suddenly changed, and he turned his head abruptly to look to the side, which was where Song Xian was hiding.

Knowing that the other party's spiritual consciousness had discovered him, Song Xian no longer hid and revealed his figure. Without saying a word, he immediately put his hands together, and the Netherworld Cold Flame broke out of his body and appeared behind his palms.

These people are all decisive and ruthless. They sneaked here secretly, and their purpose is self-evident. The other party will definitely not let him go. No matter how much nonsense he says, it will be in vain. Only action can show the real power.

You should strike first while the other party is injured.

When the pale-faced man saw Song Xian taking action, a dark green flame condensed in his palm. His eyes flickered, full of unwillingness and resentment. Finally, he made a decision, gritted his teeth, and retreated without fighting. He turned into a beam of light and fled to the rear.

After the previous battle, he had very little spiritual power left in his body. In addition, one of his arms was broken, and his spiritual pet, the black wood spider, was already dead.

He knew very well that he was no match for the opponent in his current state. If he continued to fight, not only would he not be able to defeat the opponent, but he would also most likely lose his life. Therefore, he left decisively. Saving his life was the most important thing. As the saying goes, "As long as you have the green mountains, you will never worry about having no firewood."

Song Xian was also stunned when he saw the other party escape like this.

I didn't expect this person to be so decisive. Before he could use his Netherworld Cold Flame, he turned around and ran away.

You know, the other party's losses were extremely heavy. Not only was he injured and had an arm broken, but even a second-level spirit beast was killed here.

In this situation, he was able to resist fighting to the death, but instead cut off his arm to survive and gave up everything. It must be said that this required extreme patience and decisiveness.

Seeing the other party escaping into the distance, he did not chase after him.

After all, the other party is a cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building. Who knows what hidden tricks he has.

Just like the big man just now, he had been sure of victory, but was almost killed by the counterattack before his death.

What's more, he couldn't catch up with the other party with his speed. If he kept pestering him, he might be taken advantage of by others.

It's like the fisherman is benefiting from the quarrel between the snipe and the clam.

It was not advisable to stay here for long, so Song Xian immediately turned around, fumbled around the bearded man, took away the two storage bags he was carrying, and then turned into a beam of light and fled in the opposite direction of the pale-faced man.

(End of this chapter)