Immortality and cultivation begin with drawing talismans...

Chapter 149 Green Scale Python

Deep in the misty mountains.

As Lin Chang'an and Yun Yao ventured deeper into the forest, they encountered many cultivators.

"There are quite a lot of cultivators in the Cloud Mist Mountains now, and there are also many battles between cultivators along the way."

At this moment, Lin Chang'an was somewhat relieved. Fortunately, he and Yun Yao and others had joined forces to set up a black market, so they didn't have to fight to the death like this.

If he had previously needed to hunt monsters regularly, the current situation would make him an easy target for others if he hunted alone.

"The transformation of a demon core into a pill is extremely rare even among quasi-third-tier demon beasts, and is equivalent to the process of a cultivator forming a core."

Along the way, Yun Yao explained this rare existence to Lin Chang'an.

For ordinary near-third-tier demonic beasts, similar to pseudo-core cultivators in humans, the transformation and advancement to a third-tier demonic beast is extremely difficult.

For some powerful demonic beasts, if they complete the demonic core transformation at the near-third rank, they have a high chance of breaking through to the third rank, barring any unforeseen circumstances.

"This is a blue-scaled python, extremely venomous, and its skin is also a high-quality material for making talismans, which is also our purpose this time."

Yun Yao explained along the way, while Lin Chang'an seemed to know some things but not others.

After all, he was just a rogue cultivator before, and there was a big gap in foundation between him and the disciples of these sects and clans.

"I see."

Lin Chang'an nodded as if he suddenly understood, but Yun Yao didn't know that a cultivator surnamed Huang had generously gifted him this foundation.

"However, there have been too many cultivators in the Cloud Mist Mountains recently, especially those preparing to return home, who are easily targeted."

Experienced thieves wait for cultivators to return laden with spoils on their journeys before robbing them.

There were many cultivators along the way, and also many traces of demonic beasts.

Lin Chang'an and Yun Yao traveled deeper and deeper into the region, finally reaching the vicinity of their destination a month later.

It wasn't that they were slow, but rather that in the perilous Cloud and Mist Mountains, they had to avoid unnecessary trouble and proceed with extreme caution along the way.

……

In a rotten, damp pool, a dangerous miasma emanated from all around.

Upon arriving at their destination, Lin Chang'an and Yun Yao cautiously explored their surroundings. Finding no trace of other cultivators, they then proceeded to the pool.

“Brother Lin, the miasma here is extremely terrifying. Because I cultivate the Gui Water Demon Art, I have great immunity to cold and poisonous things.”

Even so, Yun Yao still cautiously took two antidote pills.

Lin Chang'an, who was standing to the side, nodded slightly and swallowed three antidote pills.

"Although my wood-attribute cultivation technique also has immunity, we should still be careful."

Under the pervasive miasma, even Yun Yao, who was in the late Foundation Establishment stage, frowned deeply. Having lost the ability to probe with her divine sense, she was unable to determine whether the demonic beast was still in the pool.

"Although my Earth Element Formation is only a mid-grade second-tier formation, it is extremely strong in terms of defense, so that this beast can't escape."

As Yun Yao began setting up array plates and flags around the area, Lin Chang'an activated his spiritual eye and gazed at the pool.

After observing for a while, Lin Chang'an finally shook his head and said:
"No, although my spiritual eye has the ability to see through fog and stone, this pool is too deep."

It's acceptable to reveal some of your abilities when facing Yun Yao.

After all, cooperation is based on the strength of both parties. If one party is too weak, the balance of cooperation will be tilted.

"Spiritual Eye, no wonder Brother Lin always returned with a full load after hunting demonic beasts before, he actually cultivated this eye technique."

Upon hearing this, Yun Yao was startled, but then a look of realization dawned on her face.

Previously, Lin Chang'an mostly hunted poisonous insects, which must have been due to his ability to control them.

Poisonous insects, on the other hand, often have obvious weaknesses and are adept at ambushing and hiding, making them easy prey for the Spirit Eye.

With the surrounding formations in place, Lin Chang'an patted his spirit beast pouch and released a Green Horned Ox, which was already at the mid-stage of the second tier.

"Moo."

Upon emerging, the Green Horned Ox instinctively became wary upon sensing the familiar miasma of the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, its bull eyes glaring at its master.

With his mid-Foundation Establishment cultivation and his mid-second-tier spirit pet, the Azure Horned Ox, Lin Chang'an's current strength is already rare among mid-Foundation Establishment cultivators.

"Fellow Daoist Yun, this is not a good situation. If this demonic beast is hiding deep in the pool, it will be very dangerous for us to go down there easily."

After feeding the Green Horned Ox several antidote pills in front of Yun Yao, Lin Chang'an frowned deeply.

Looking at the pool in front of him, he pondered to himself that if he wanted to create a Core Formation Spiritual Object in the future, he would probably have to go through the Demon Beast Sea Abyss.

It's best to put in some effort beforehand to master advanced basic spells like the Water Control Technique.

Yun Yao had no idea that Lin Chang'an's thoughts had drifted so far.

If other cultivators thought this way, it could only be described as being overly ambitious and having high aspirations but low abilities.

But Lin Chang'an, who awakened his talent and had an ancient opportunity, is considered farsighted.

"Don't worry, Brother Lin. Now that I've found this beast, I naturally have my own methods."

At this moment, Yun Yao remained calm. It had always been Lin Chang'an who had shown her his strength, and now it was her turn.

As Yun Yao raised her hand, the spirit beast pouch hidden inside her clothes flashed.

After a flash of silver light, a chill instantly emanated from the edge of the pool.

Upon seeing Yun Yao's spirit pet, Lin Chang'an exclaimed in surprise, "An Ice Dragon!"

Over the years, through our cooperation with the Zhou family, we have naturally learned a great deal about monsters.

In addition, there was the information Song Tingfeng had about the Monster Abyss.

This ice dragon is not a species native to the Yue Kingdom; even in the Demon Beast Sea Abyss, it is extremely rare.

Just as Lin Chang'an thought this was the spirit pet that Yun Yao had obtained in the Demon Beast Sea Abyss, she calmly said:
"This was specially prepared by the old man from Li Huo Palace for Huang Tianxiao, the number one genius of the Huang family, when I faked my death to escape."

They then joined forces with members of the Divine Cult to attack the True Treasure Pavilion and seize the spirit pet.

Upon hearing this, Lin Chang'an's lips twitched.

Sure enough, no wonder Yun Yao has been so wealthy and powerful all these years; it turns out she really did collude with outsiders to rob the True Treasure Pavilion.

After the Ice Dragon, a second-tier early-stage demonic beast, appeared, the Green Horned Ox stared with its bull eyes and stood guard in front of its master.

This has become its habit.

"The Ice Dragon is actually a bloodline of a mutated python-like monster. It naturally has a sense of its own kind and can detect this Azure Scale Python even in the water."

The near-third-tier demonic beast, the Azure Scale Python.

Information about this demonic beast flashed through Lin Chang'an's mind, and he patted the Green Horned Ox lightly, saying in a deep voice:
"We'll wait for the right moment to launch a surprise attack."

Lin Chang'an and Yun Yao are both decisive and efficient people. Moreover, the Cloud Mist Mountains are fraught with danger, and any delay could lead to unforeseen changes. No one knows what might happen.

While Lin Chang'an was preparing, Yun Yao had already activated the formation by making hand seals.

A pale yellow barrier enveloped the entire area, sealing it off.

The ice dragon hissed like a snake. At Yun Yao's signal, this spirit pet, which was only at the early stage of the second tier, had to take on this heavy responsibility.

This familiar scene caused the green-horned ox to let out a low moo, and its large, copper-bell-shaped eyes revealed a human-like expression of sympathy for its plight.

It used its small size to lure enemies for its owner's sake.

"Brother Lin!"

"Fellow Daoist Yun!" The two exchanged a glance, their expressions turning solemn. They stood close together and began to circulate the Yin-Yang Combined Attack Secret Technique.

The two had been practicing this secret technique for eleven years and were already extremely familiar with it.

[Yin Yang Combination Attack Secret Technique (Mastery 687/1000)]

Looking at the progress of his cultivation of this secret technique, Lin Chang'an nodded secretly. He had made great progress, but unfortunately, this secret technique didn't require great progress to work.

This requires both sides to make significant progress simultaneously, and they must also trust each other.

Even so, their magical powers began to circulate freely between them.

The Dual Cultivation Combination Technique, besides aiding cultivation, involves two people using it together to unleash magical powers that are amplified in strength.

Half an hour!

Just as the two were staring intently at the pool in the distance, the water finally began to churn and swell with a murky, bubbling sound.

"Brother Lin!"

As Yun Yao gave a cold shout, Lin Chang'an naturally understood. This time, he was the one assisting Yun Yao in releasing the spell.

With a deafening roar, an ice dragon emerged hastily from the water, while at the same time, the two's combined attack technique seamlessly filled the gap.

[Ice Cone]

The moment the near-third-tier demonic beast, the Azure Scale Python, revealed itself, it was met with a dense barrage of terrifying ice spikes raining down from the sky, filling its gaping maw.

"Roar!"

The Azure Scaled Python roared in pain, while Lin Chang'an and the other man activated their magic. Yun Yao's cultivation technique, the Ice Cone Technique, was extremely powerful.

"It's now!"

Just as the Azure Scaled Python was in pain and preparing to retreat back to the bottom of the pool, Yun Yao suddenly shouted, causing the water to churn and splash everywhere.

One after another, sharp earthen spikes rose from below, densely packed together, and actually pushed the blue-scaled python out of the pool.

"Brother Lin."

Without any hesitation, Lin Chang'an raised his hand and the Yellow Dragon Bell at his waist transformed into a bronze bell several dozen feet long, radiating golden light.

With a clang, the giant blue-scaled python was flipped upside down onto the ground.

"Hurry, I can't hold on much longer."

The moment he trapped the monster, Lin Chang'an felt a terrifying power, and his expression changed.

As expected of a near-third-tier demon beast, its strength is far beyond that of a late-stage second-tier demon beast.

As Yun Yao quickly formed hand seals, a formation barrier suddenly erupted around the edge of the pool.

The passage to the pool was completely cut off.

From the very beginning, in addition to protecting themselves, the formation also had the idea of ​​luring out the giant blue-scaled python, sealing off the pool, and leaving it nowhere to hide.

Otherwise, if the monster hides in the pool, they will lose their advantageous position.

"Fizz!"

The Azure Scale Python struggled frantically inside the Yellow Dragon Bell. Upon seeing Yun Yao's formation succeed, Lin Chang'an leaped into the air and effortlessly put away his Yellow Dragon Bell.

This was his only top-grade spiritual artifact, and he couldn't bear to let this beast destroy it.

The moment the green-scaled python broke free, it became ferocious upon seeing that it was trapped again and pounced wildly at Lin Chang'an.

"court death!"

Lin Chang'an shouted and raised his hand to press down in the air. The Yellow Dragon Bell, which was radiating a terrifying aura above his head, was turned upside down and crashed down like a giant rock.

This heavy blow caused even a near-third-tier demonic beast to roar in pain, its blood gushing out.

Seeing this, Lin Chang'an stepped back, unable to suppress a look of satisfaction.

"Who says this Yellow Dragon Bell only has defensive and trapping effects? Its power is astonishing when it's actually hit."

The blue-scaled python, already severely injured in the abdomen, roared furiously in its life-or-death crisis.

The next moment, the terrifying figure, which was over ten feet tall, swung its tail and the Yellow Dragon Bell rang out, and was sent flying.

Then, the azure-scaled python roared and quickly headed towards the barrier in front of the pool.

It was obvious that they wanted to use their terrifying physical bodies to create an opening and then escape into the pool of water.

"Fellow Daoist Yun!"

The formation was now complete. If the near-third-tier berserk monster were allowed to continue its attack, the second-tier formation would not be able to hold it for long.

Lin Chang'an and Yun Yao were well aware of the situation. Instead of chasing after them, they retreated while simultaneously unleashing a combined attack technique with both hands.

Greatsword Technique

The two simultaneously unleashed terrifying greatsword techniques.

A giant sword radiating a blue light and a long spear radiating a chilling aura appeared hovering above their heads.

Under the terrifying sword shadow that was ten feet in size, the blue-scaled python that was frantically crashing into the barrier reacted the moment it took shape.

He opened his mouth and suddenly spewed out a huge cloud of green poisonous mist.

It was obvious that this beast had been preparing its poisonous mist for a long time, and if the two of them chased after it to intercept it, they would easily fall victim to this attack.

Wherever the terrifying poisonous fog went, flowers, trees and plants withered instantly, and even the earth and rocks made a hissing sound of corrosion.

You should know that this is a poisonous miasma area in the Cloud and Mist Mountains. The flowers and plants that can survive here all have extremely strong resistance to poison.

Rumble!
Under the heavy poisonous fog, the blue-scaled python began to burrow into the ground.

“Brother Lin, the poisonous mist of this Azure Scale Python has the ability to block divine sense detection.”

Yun Yao reminded him, and at that moment Lin Chang'an activated his spiritual eye, and the frantically burrowing blue-scaled python came into view.

Upon seeing this, Lin Chang'an's expression turned solemn. This near-third-tier demonic beast possessed extremely high intelligence, and its fighting style was no longer that of a simple wild animal.

"here!"

The two were of one mind under the combined attack technique. Lin Chang'an could wield his greatsword and at the same time easily manipulate Yun Yao's magic.

This is both the advantage and the disadvantage of the combined secret technique.

If someone harbors ill intentions, trouble can easily ensue.

The next moment, the giant sword and spear thundered through the poisonous fog and plunged straight into the ground.

In an instant, the earth dragon turned over, the ground rumbled, and the blue-scaled python underground writhed in agony, causing all the changes.

"Such a powerful poisonous fog!"

At this moment, the giant sword stuck in the ground emitted a blue light and hissed as it was corroded by the poisonous mist.

This poisonous fog clearly has the effect of corroding magical artifacts.

"Roar!"

The next moment, amidst the churning of mud and boulders, the blood-covered Azure Scale Python burst forth in a frenzy.

Lin Chang'an and Yun Yao retrieved their magical weapons and chose to engage in hit-and-run tactics to wear down their opponent rather than fight head-on.

With one defending and the other attacking, the two worked in perfect harmony, and with the combined attack technique, each spell attack could unleash the power of a Foundation Establishment cultivator at the peak of their cultivation.

(End of this chapter)