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You think you can just give us back the gallbladder of the White Free Snake? Some snake blood and you think you can get rid of us?

If our disciples discover it first, and then we consume the snake gall, wouldn't we be able to surpass Bai Zizai in martial arts? At that point, the Snow Mountain Sect...

Therefore, for the sake of a bright future, the four elders of the Snow Mountain Sect searched with extra effort.

Unlike before, they now secretly investigate any important clues themselves, and only give perfunctory answers to Chu Luren and Bai Zizai.

Bai Zizai wasn't worried that they would actually take it all for themselves. After all, according to Chu Luren, once the Cold Dragon awakened, even he wouldn't stand a chance...

As for the matter of Bai Zizai "encountering a sleeping Han Chi" back then, he naturally didn't explain it so clearly to the elders—after all, they didn't ask, and they had already instructed them to immediately notify him and Chu Luren if they had any clues. If they still insisted on going to their deaths, then they couldn't blame anyone else.

Three days later, Li Mochou and Cheng Lingsu also arrived at the Great Snow Mountain.

Six days later...

Liao Zili did not return home that night, and even when it was already night the next day, Liao Zili was still nowhere to be found. Only then did the disciples of the four branches come to report to Bai Zizai!

Although the four disciples in the sect did not know what Liao Zili had discovered, they at least knew which area Liao Zili had gone to—and the disciples who were searching that area had also disappeared!

Looking at the map, it's not far from the snow valley where Bai Zizai had his adventure back then.

So Chu Luren and Bai Zizai set off overnight, and when Gou Zazhong found out, he naturally followed them...

Chapter 889 Discovery of the Cold Dragon

Bai Zizai, along with Chu Luren and Gou Zazhong, arrived at the location that the four disciples had pointed out on the map not long ago—indeed, it was not far from the snow valley that Bai Zizai had previously indicated.

The three split up to search, while Little Red flew high in the sky to survey the scene...

"Second Brother, Grandpa Bai, over here... isn't this the Snow Mountain Sect's sword?" the bastard immediately shouted.

Chu Luren and Bai Zizai rushed over and indeed found several Snow Mountain Sect swords, some broken and some intact, as well as scattered bloodstains that had already blended into the snow.

“This is my fourth junior brother’s sword.” Bai Zizai took a broken sword and examined it for a moment before saying this.

Chu Luren made a few feints with his palms around him, sweeping away a layer of last night's snow. Sure enough, there was snow underneath, with traces of something huge rolling over it, and it was exceptionally compacted.

Chu Luren's eyes lit up when he saw this. This didn't look like Bigfoot or anything like that. It was exactly what a giant snake was like!

The good news is that clues have been found suggesting the presence of the Cold Dragon, but the bad news is that Liao Zili is likely gone.

The three continued searching for clues in the surrounding area. Suddenly, Chu Luren noticed an ice wall in the distance that seemed unusually cold, not like a naturally formed ice wall. So he cautiously took two steps closer.

If it weren't for the fact that the ice wall was completely still, Chu Luren would have even suspected that it was a coiled-up cold dragon.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be just a wall of ice...

If Chu Luren hadn't noticed that the temperature of this thing was off, he would have definitely overlooked it.

After walking around for a while, Chu Luren seemed to have discovered something. He swept away the floating snow with his palm and found that fearful and ferocious faces were revealed in the ice...

One of them was Liao Zili, and the others, judging from their attire, were also disciples of the Snow Mountain Sect.

There were no serious external injuries on the body; the body was completely encased in ice and showed no signs of life, consistent with the previously discovered scene where there was very little blood.

This aligns more closely with what Cheng Lingsu and Chu Luren said about the feeding characteristics of the Cold Dragon—it must be thoroughly frozen before eating to avoid harming the stomach.

Just then, a loud bang was heard...

Upon hearing that it was Bai Zizai's direction, Chu Luren immediately used his light-footed skills to rush over there.

When they arrived, they saw Bai Zizai embedded in the snow wall behind him, blood dripping from the corner of his mouth, while in front of him stood a giant "snake" over ten zhang tall...

Compared to the Cold Dragon in the Cold Jade Bed, the snake head in front of them was more obviously ossified, and it was even more like a legendary dragon, but it was more ferocious than the dragon that the Chu Lu people had imagined.

At this moment, a faint blue light emanated from the abdomen of the cold dragon, rising upwards and then exhaling from its mouth, releasing a stream of true energy...

Fortunately, the dog bastard had arrived by then. A phantom image of a Buddha on a lotus platform appeared in front of Bai Zizai. The Buddha raised his palms, and under the golden Buddha light, the true energy was temporarily blocked. However... it could be seen that the Buddha's phantom palms also began to gradually glow with blue light.

Clearly, the Cold Dragon is much stronger than monsters like Bigfoot, and the Dog Mongol is in grave danger.

Chu Luren then leaped into the air, transforming into a dragon's head. He descended from the sky and struck Han Chi's cheek with a palm strike, instantly knocking Han Chi aside and temporarily extinguishing the icy breath emanating from his mouth.

It was the Dragon Turtle Force that he used, imitating his elder brother's palm strike against the Sweeper Monk at the Southern Shaolin Temple!

However, it only bumped to one side and didn't even fall to the ground. Instead, it wobbled and then stood up again...

When Chu Luren landed in the air, he could see it clearly—this cold dragon was probably no more than fifteen zhang long in total, with very little of it on the ground and most of it standing up, which showed how developed its abdominal strength was!

Then it stood up again, even twisting itself into a single force and crashing into Chu Luren. Chu Luren hurriedly used his hands to block and defend, but was directly knocked and rolled a long way, landing on the snow and leaving a long dent.

My joints are aching all over, but thankfully I'm not seriously injured...

This feeling was very strange—Chu Luren had seen people who could break through his defenses with a single palm strike before, but those were all due to the effects of internal force, which made the sensations in his meridians and internal organs more pronounced, rather than this kind of pure physical attack that caused pain in all his joints and bones.

The attention of the cold dragon was also drawn to the deer-man. After bending down and pressing most of its belly to the snow, it moved quickly. The deer-man only saw a wave of snow rushing in, and then the snow wave parted to reveal a huge snake head inside.

At this moment, the bastard threw out his single blade and once again used the "Spiritless Rebirth" version of the Golden Crow Blade Technique, unleashing a massive sun attack on Han Chi, a move that could be considered a siege of Wei to rescue Zhao.

Chu Luren formed the Vajra Mudra, his entire body swelling up, and he pounded the lower jaw of the snake's biting head several times, causing it to close its mouth and retreat slightly...

However, it wasn't truly cowering. Once its rear body crawled over and curled up to exert force, its strength immediately increased dramatically, and its posture of stretching its head out became much more ferocious. When coiled up, it could exert all its strength, but when stretched out, it could only exert a small portion of its strength from the front, which was completely different!

The Chu deer was knocked back again, and at the same time, the back of the cold dragon was also scorched by the golden crow, sparks flying everywhere.

Han Chi was immediately and foolishly drawn into the aggro...

As the two men and the snake fought, Chu Luren gradually realized that although Han Chi was much stronger than Bigfoot, it still had the same flaw as almost all the spirit beasts and divine beasts that Chu Luren had ever seen—its methods were limited.

Apart from the Fighting Ape, the predecessor of the Golden Gallbladder, all other strange beasts are basically like this.

The sheer strength of the cold dragon before me, in terms of pure physical power, probably surpasses that of hard-skill cultivators above the Heavenly Gate.

After all, such a large body...

However, to unleash its full power—by coiling its abdomen and exerting force throughout its entire body—its pure strength is something that humans cannot match.

However, this also limits the posture for exerting force.

Although it has sharp teeth, its biting force limits its ability to "bite".

Its strengths lie in two aspects: first, the "swinging" that involves twisting all the muscles in the body; and second, the "collision" that involves tensing all the muscles in the body.

If it were merely opening its mouth to bite, Chu Luren, while using the "Buddha's Mudra" to transform into the "Dragon and Elephant Form," could easily support its upper lip and lower jaw with both hands...

However, as long as it charges or swings, the Chu deer can only be sent flying.

Just now, Chu Luren managed to withstand the bite, but he slammed hard against the rock wall beside him. If he hadn't transformed into his Dao Embryo state and used the "Dragon Elephant + Dao Embryo" combination to defend himself, he would have almost broken through his defenses...

Apart from that, Han Chi only possessed extremely pure and unadorned extreme cold true energy, which could be considered its trump card—a simple swing, a collision, and a spray, yet it still plunged Chu Luren and the dog bastard into a bitter battle.

Although it is not the most powerful divine beast, it would probably require a master from the Heavenly Gate to defeat it in a one-on-one fight.

Fortunately, Chu Luren and Gou Zazhong were both present. With their combined efforts, they were able to restrain the Han Chi, whose intelligence was far inferior to Jin Dan's, and even less than Xiao Hong's.

Once they had lured Bai Zizai far away, the two made a strategic retreat...

Chapter 890 Waiting for You

Back in Lingxiao City, Bai Wanjian and Bai Axiu were both startled to see that Bai Zizai had been carried back by Gou Zazhong.

"father!"

"Oh! What's wrong with Grandpa?"

Fortunately, Bai Zizai didn't faint at this moment, and said, "What are you shouting for? Sigh, I'm getting old and useless!"

Of course, Bai Zizai was no match for Han Chi when he was young, but he insisted on blaming it on his age, and Chu Luren couldn't do anything about it.

"Grandpa Bai is mostly fine now, but he's strained his back a bit," the bastard said truthfully.

Regarding his internal injuries, Chu Luren had already treated them after escaping the pursuit of the Cold Dragon, but it would still take time for the broken bones to heal.

"Alright! Why are you talking so much nonsense?" Bai Zizai said, patting the child's back.

"Hmph! At his age, he's still acting tough. He's useless himself, so why is he taking it out on the young people? Shi Yidao, put him down and let this old bastard crawl back by himself!" Shi Xiaocui was immediately displeased.

Fortunately, the dog bastard still had some emotional intelligence. At least he knew not to listen to his master at this time, or rather, he sensed that his master was not being sincere. He did not immediately abandon Grandpa Bai, but just chuckled foolishly.

Xiaolongnu remained expressionless, but Li Mochou had already pulled Chu Luren aside and asked, "Was it Han Chi? Did it go smoothly?"

"Smoothly, smoothly. It's just that Han Chi is a problem. My fourth brother and I can handle it. It's just that Mr. Weide is also there, so we retreated first." Chu Luren's words were half true and half false. He didn't want them to worry, so he shifted the blame to Bai Zizai.

Upon hearing this, Li Mochou glared at Bai Zizai.

People help you and you get glared at? Do you, Crimson Serpent Witch, have any conscience? —Sorry, no, do you really think you're the Crimson Serpent Fairy?

Cheng Lingsu seemed to have figured something out. After Bai Zizai was carried inside and Chu Luren had comforted Li Mochou and Xiaolongnu, she came to the door alone.

"What instructions does Master have?" Chu Luren asked sincerely.

Cheng Lingsu rolled her eyes and said, "This is what you wrote as 'A Daily Record of Doing One Good Deed'?"

As she spoke, she tossed the diary that Chu Luren had given her to review before leaving onto the coffee table. The pages were open, and one could see what was written on it…

On the ninth day of the eighth lunar month, we will assist Master Long in his cultivation.

On the tenth day of the eighth lunar month, we assisted Master Long in his cultivation.

On August 11th, the Mid-Autumn Festival, I helped Sect Leader Long cultivate... Chu Luren, as one of the Ten Great Martial Saints, don't you have any more good deeds to do?

On August 12th, I will assist Master Long in his cultivation.

……

On August 18th, we will assist Sect Leader Long in his cultivation and help Bai Zizai to understand himself.

"Good deeds must start from small things. If everyone contributes a bit of chivalry, the martial world will become a righteous martial arts world!" Chu Luren said without any embarrassment.

Cheng Lingsu pursed her lips, not bothering to argue with him, and instead got down to business: "The Cold Dragon is very strong, isn't it? Can you handle it?"

Chu Luren then became serious: "I was just about to ask my master... The Cold Dragon's feeding habits are to freeze its prey for three days first, and then swallow it whole at dawn, right? Could this be a reason why the Cold Dragon's stomach isn't very strong? If... I mean if, wouldn't it be more convenient to come from inside?"

Cheng Lingsu roughly knew what Chu Luren was thinking: "It's impossible to be sure. The founders of the Medicine King Sect couldn't possibly have observed or even treated the Cold Dragon all the time, so they couldn't make a definitive diagnosis."

"What if we have to take the risk of using medicine?" Chu Luren asked, using an analogy.

Cheng Lingsu hesitated for a moment before saying, "If it's risky, we can give it a try... because among the medicinal materials related to the Cold Dragon, there is one called 'Cold Dragon Saliva,' which is the vomit of the Cold Dragon. It seems that after eating, it will vomit ice cubes mixed with gastric juices."

Upon hearing this, Chu Luren slowly nodded.

That night, Chu Luren wanted to help Xiaolongnu cultivate one more time before "ambushing" Han Chi...

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