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One of them was among the eight famous swords, and the manor lords of the past used it to perform the "Eight Styles of Famous Swords". The other one was slightly inferior, but it was still a famous sword at the time. Later, it changed hands several times and ended up in the royal treasury of the Song Dynasty.

The one belonging to Chu Luren was naturally the latter, while the eight famous swords had long since disappeared.

This "Azure Sky" is not as soft as "Gentle Breeze Accompanying the Moon," and it is not as convenient as "Gentle Breeze Accompanying the Moon" for performing "True Understanding of the Five Sacred Mountains," which includes soft sword techniques.

After all, a soft sword can harden as long as internal energy is poured in, but a hard sword can only achieve the effect of a soft sword by skillfully changing and adapting its moves based on an understanding of swordsmanship.

However, this was not a problem for Chu Luren—since forming his Dao Embryo, Chu Luren had spent most of his Dao Embryo cultivation time comprehending the sword intent of the "Five Mountains True Explanation".

Although Chu Luren rarely uses the "True Explanation of the Five Sacred Mountains" after constructing the "Three-Part Return to Origin Qi", it is undoubtedly the most cost-effective way to comprehend "momentum"!

Now isn't this an opportunity?

Using the Chaos Technique to imitate the "Sunflower True Qi", Chu Luren then used the "Five Sacred Mountains True Understanding"!

After the fusion of the Sunflower Manual and the Evil-Repelling Sword Technique, the original imbalance between the speed of one's own cultivation and the speed of one's attack has disappeared. When using sword moves, they no longer appear ghostly or interfere with the normal sword momentum...

In an instant, only afterimages of peerless sword techniques could be seen slashing around the giant serpent. At first, only sparks flew, but gradually scales began to shatter and snake blood splattered out!

Chapter 564 The Great Eagle

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Chu Luren thrust his sword down along the spine at the back of the neck of the giant snake, which would be roughly the head of a human!

Because enough injuries had already been inflicted on the serpent's scales, its skin's tensile defense was already very weak. Although this spot was not fatal, it was the most vulnerable part of the serpent's spine!

The Azure Sword pierced right through him, its tip faintly protruding from below his abdomen, clearly indicating that he had been stabbed through by Chu Luren...

Although the giant serpent was not dead for the time being, it became increasingly agitated, but it was already at its last gasp.

Chu Luren simply released the sword hilt, letting it struggle—partly to avoid a dying counterattack, and partly... to stop the wound from wasting too much snake blood.

The Chu Lu people knew about the giant snake's weaknesses and how to utilize its blood and gallbladder from the "Nameless Snake Formula," so they naturally didn't want to waste them.

Of course, even the "second type" of giant snake wouldn't be very effective for the Chu Lu people, and it would probably end up benefiting Xiao Hong and Xiao Jin Dan in a while.

Unless there is a third level, which is estimated to be close to a divine beast, that is, a strange dragon that is close to the level of the previous Fighting Holy Spirit Ape and Wudang Zhenwu, it will not be significantly effective against the Chu Lu people.

As for why it is described as "close to a mythical beast"?

Firstly, this "Nameless Snake Formula" is, after all, an artificial breeding method. Secondly, although the third type of giant snake is powerful and terrifying, it requires a complex method to "digest" it in order to absorb the virtual life essence.

The life essence of a true divine beast can merge directly with a human without any steps required—Chu Luren had heard Lianxing mention some things about dragon essence and phoenix blood, and even possessed a flawed version of "Fighting Ape Ultimate Intent" himself.

The giant snake was struggling, but its strength was waning.

This giant snake is stronger than the Yeti and the Emei Giant Ape, and there is a big difference between the two. The Yeti and the Giant Ape have extremely strong physical defense, but because they are clumsy in exerting force, they are easily "used against them."

However, the force dissipation effect is not significant for Orochi, since Orochi's best way of exerting force is to clamp people down—the most difficult way to dissipate force!

At the same time, it has great resistance to internal force, making it more suitable for killing with external force...

This demonstrates the "all-round development" of the Chu Lu people, who can exert a near-restraining effect against any opponent. Otherwise, even if they could win, it wouldn't be so easy, and they might even be able to escape.

Once the giant snake had stopped struggling, Chu Luren stepped forward and began to clean it up.

They carved a stone basin out of a nearby rock, filled it with snake blood, and then skinned and deboned the snake. Little Red and Little Golden Gallbladder were already impatient...

The difference is that Little Golden Gallbladder was jumping around trying to tear it apart, while Little Red, although it could also sense the urgency, was still pecking at Little Golden Gallbladder to relieve its boredom.

Soon after, Chu Luren extracted the snake gallbladder intact—just as described in the snake prescription, it was deep purple, and... unlike ordinary snake gallbladders, there was more than one. It looked like grapes, with a string of gall-like structures. The snake prescription stated eighteen gallbladders, but Chu Luren estimated that there should be more than twenty.

Considering that its size is much larger than that of a mature snake, this large snake should have already exceeded the "mature" state.

The snake gallbladder was swallowed directly with wine, and Chu Luren carried wine with him, so he took one himself first. He immediately felt a surge of heat rising from his dantian and spreading to his internal organs and limbs... and then it quickly disappeared.

It's definitely not very useful to me anymore!

So Chu Luren took out the small box containing the Crimson-Eyed Ice Toad, poured in the wine, and then soaked a snake gall bladder in it.

The Crimson-Eyed Ice Toad is fond of wine, so it should be able to slowly absorb the essence from the snake gall.

Then Chu Luren soaked the remaining snake gallbladders in a wine jar and handed them to Little Golden Gallbladder and Little Red. Each of them took one and then fell silent—it would take them a long time to digest the snake gallbladders.

While they were at it, Chu Luren put the snake blood and entrails into a stone basin and used the "Golden-Topped Buddha Lamp" to make a golden fireball to heat it.

A moment later, it boiled. After cooling down a bit, Little Red and Little Golden, each spitting out a gall bladder of the drunken snake, jumped into the stone basin after Chu Luren called out to them. Bingbing, however, was simply placed next to Chu Luren, along with her small box, to be steamed.

Chu Luren had considered keeping some to bribe "Brother Eagle" later, but since he hadn't seen the giant eagle, he had to give up for the time being—after all, it's best to do it while it's hot.

The snake gallbladder can be preserved in the wine, and Little Golden Gallbladder and Little Red Gallbladder won't eat it quickly enough. It can be used as a bribe later...

After two hours of work, Xiao Hong and Xiao Jin Dan had both finished their blood bath. Suddenly, Xiao Hong noticed something and got up again, making a "cooing" sound.

Glug glug, glug glug—

This time, Little Red's cries actually elicited a response!

With a rustling sound of falling leaves and twigs, a colossal creature, not much smaller than a Yeti, emerged from the forest.

At first glance, it's hard to recognize it as a giant eagle; it looks more like a feathered monster. Upon closer inspection, you'll find that its "feet" are actually claws, but its legs appear exceptionally thick for an eagle.

Moreover, it has no arms; instead, it has a pair of enormous wings...

Its body is exceptionally robust, already possessing the charm of a "past XX. Shiba Inu.JPG". Obviously, with such a size, it cannot fly with wings, and its exceptionally strong legs also prove this point.

At this moment, perhaps due to old age, the giant eagle was already bald, and a fleshy growth on its head made it look particularly ferocious.

However, Chu Luren was only wary at first, then he found that it and Xiao Hong were singing in harmony and seemed to be communicating in a relatively friendly way.

Little Red even took a piece of snake gallbladder with her, which made Little Golden Gallbladder scratch its head in anger—it probably felt that Little Red had touched their shared property.

Chu Luren was also a little frustrated—could I be the one to bribe the giant eagle?

However, the giant eagle simply shook its head and refused Little Red's gift.

Upon noticing the giant eagle watching him, Chu Luren immediately unleashed the swordplay of "True Understanding of the Five Sacred Mountains," like a peacock spreading its tail feathers...

If the giant eagle is choosing a successor for Dugu Qiubai, then the higher the swordsmanship level, the better!

The eagle hesitated for a moment, seemingly... truly considering it? But perhaps still somewhat dissatisfied?

So Chu Luren held the Qingming Sword, his eyes filled with fervor as he stroked the blade and exclaimed, "In my entire life, I only seek one sword!"

Great Eagle: ...

Glug glug glug—

The giant eagle seemed to finally be moved by Chu Luren, flapping its wings as if signaling him to follow it.

Upon seeing this, Chu Luren immediately followed. This must be their way to the Sword Tomb, right?

However, to Chu Luren's surprise, shouldn't the Sword Tomb be on a cliff in the original work?

What... did this giant eagle bring me to a cave?

Chapter 565 The Third Type!

At the entrance of the cave, Little Red and Little Golden Gallbladder hesitated, becoming restless. Chu Luren also hesitated upon seeing this, but the giant eagle continued to beckon him, while... a hint of mockery appeared in its eyes, as if it were laughing at Chu Luren's cowardice!

Chu Luren probed a little deeper and discovered that the cave not only contained a world within, but also had a huge stone tablet at the entrance with the words "Sword Tomb" written on it.

"It is indeed the Sword Tomb..." Chu Luren muttered to himself.

So... I gritted my teeth, made up my mind, and went inside.

Before going in, Chu Luren didn't forget to poke Little Golden Gallbladder: "Look, doesn't this look like the cave where you used to be locked up? Want to go in and take a look?"

As a result, he was scolded by Xiao Jindan for a long time, but still showed no intention of going in with Chu Luren.

Chu Luren was very satisfied—See! I can easily do things you wouldn't dare to do. You'd better behave yourself from now on.

Then, with the majesty of its master, it followed the giant eagle inside with a proud and imposing air.

Chu Luren followed the giant eagle further inside, estimating that they had reached the heart of the mountain. He could feel the surroundings becoming increasingly spacious, and a faint, sweet, fishy smell wafted through the air, somewhat like... the smell of snake blood from before, but it was far too strong.

Then Chu Luren heard some friction sounds that he instinctively felt were very bad, clearly... there were living things deeper inside!

After traversing a long passageway, they arrived at a hollowed-out part of the mountainside. Under the cover of darkness, the Chu deer could clearly see...

A giant snake, perhaps a hundred feet long, with two horns... or should it be called a "Jiao"?

At this moment, the dragon's two horns had been cut off and thrown aside, its belly was covered in blood and flesh at the reverse scales, and it was nailed into the mountain's belly by seven nine-zhang-long "iron nails"!

However, the dragon was still alive, occasionally twisting its body, its eyes filled with a frenzied killing intent. What we heard before was the sound of its scales and belly scraping against the mountain wall, but it was completely unable to break free from the restraints of the seven iron nails!

This method of handling was very familiar to Chu Luren, and he immediately thought of it...

Isn't this the third method of digesting and nourishing the strange dragon in the "Nameless Serpent Formula"?

Cut off its horns and peel off its reverse scales, then nail it alive with seven nine-zhang-long nails, before entering its belly and connecting his own meridians with those of the strange dragon...

Although the incomplete snake recipe obtained by Chu Luren did not describe the third type of giant snake, only its usage, it was already possible to guess that this should be the strange dragon described in the third recipe.

At this point, they had not only been subdued, but had also been "positioned"...

Chu Luren's first reaction was, could this be an opportunity left by Dugu Qiubai for his successor? It's too luxurious! Then, instinctively describing to the snake, the person who eats the snake should look over there—the correct way to use it is to fix the dragon in place, enter its belly to practice, connect with its meridians, and completely squeeze out its essence through the method of dual cultivation of meridians!

Unlike the previous two prescriptions, it does not require swallowing bile or bathing in blood.

However, upon looking at the described location, Chu Luren noticed a slight bulge, indicating that someone might be there, and... Upon seeing this, Chu Luren instinctively frowned and narrowed his eyes.

This feeling...

It's like someone pointing a sword at your brow; even without any murderous intent, it still makes you want to "frown".

"This is..." Chu Luren had a vague but significant guess in her mind.

Glug glug glug—

Just then, the giant eagle beckoned to the Chu deer and looked towards a stone tablet nearby...

As Chu Luren approached, he discovered that there were words engraved on it: "Under night vision, although one can see objects, it is greatly limited."

After reading the words above, Chu Luren was completely convinced that this sword tomb was "different from what was promised," and that it did not bury swords at all, but rather Dugu Qiubai himself...

Moreover, he is none other than Dugu Qiubai himself, who is always ready to get up and fight again!

Back then, Dugu Qiubai was only a hair's breadth away from the Heavenly Gate, but because he accidentally injured a righteous man and felt guilty, his mind was flawed, and he ultimately fell short. Until his lifespan was nearing its end and his energy was exhausted, he was no longer able to knock on the Heavenly Gate.

However, they discovered the sleeping dragon. Coincidentally, Dugu Qiubai also knew the method of the nameless snake, so he pinned the sleeping dragon down and entered it to feign death.

After all, while sleeping beasts are easy to deal with, they cannot be absorbed as "life essence".