C1456 Medium-grade immortal equipment
Yang Junshan and Zhong Kui were harvesting the Metal Element's Source Energy in the White Tiger Secret Realm in order to increase their cultivation.
The reason was very simple. This was because on the journey to the Secret Realm, he had discovered that Zhong Kui was not randomly knocking his head against the wall. The path he took was extremely clear, which meant that Zhong Kui was very familiar with the inner regions of the Secret Realm.
Not only Tang Ruqing, but even Yang Junshan could see it.
"Mr. Zhong seems to be very familiar with the Department of Secret Domain." Yang Junshan asked.
Zhong Kui nodded. The trump card in his hand was slowly being revealed. In fact, up until now, there was no need to keep it a secret anymore.
"Does this mean that Fellow Daoist Zhong should also know where the rare treasures left behind by the White Tiger demon clan in the secret realm are?" Tang Ruoqing said.
Zhong Kui shook his head and smiled bitterly. "It's not that simple. During that day, Immortal White Tiger only allowed me to take three items out. Once I surpass three items, I'll definitely suffer a backlash from the secret realm."
Tang Ruqing coldly snorted and said, "What kind of backlash? If the White Tiger race is annihilated, then just how many tiger spirits are inside the secret realm? "
Zhong Kui looked at Tang Ruoqing in astonishment and said, "Fellow Daoist Tang, you're also considered to be an extremely experienced Golden Immortal within the starry sky. How could you say something so shallow?" The White Tiger race had once been part of the demon race, and even the entire universe. Just what sort of fierce and illustrious reputation did they have? How could the inheritances and mystic realms they left behind not have methods to counter them? "
Tang Ruqing coldly snorted, but her expression was one of disapproval.
Zhong Kui sneered, "Let's not talk about other things. Once the secret plane disintegrates, even we might not be able to deal with the space storm. Not to mention, Fellow Daoist, are you willing to let the secret realm collapse to get the benefits?"
The three of them had been testing each other out on their way and had been secretly scheming against each other.
Yang Junshan was used to it, but he could sense that Zhong Kui was actually hiding many things from him, which allowed him to be the dominant figure amongst the trio.
While they were talking, the three of them arrived in front of a hill.
Zhong Kui's gaze swept over the hill as he muttered to himself.
Yang Junshan listened carefully. He heard something like "crouching tiger" or "a place with a tiger" on it. It seemed to be referring to a treasure trove in the secret realm.
"It should be here!"
Zhong Kui said in a low voice as he beckoned for the two of them to go around the hill in front of them. They saw a strange terrain behind the hill, which looked like a gigantic tiger lying on its side with its belly slightly protruding outwards.
Zhong Kui's face lit up as he walked towards the center of the valley.
Tang Ruqing and Yang Junshan hurriedly followed. However, just as they entered the valley, they saw Zhong Kui standing a few dozen feet in front of them, motionless. As for Tang Yu and Yang Junshan, they weren't able to see him clearly because of the thick platinum infernal energy within the valley.
"What's wrong?" Yang Junshan felt that something was wrong and asked.
Unexpectedly, Zhong Kui suddenly raised his hand and gestured, "Be quiet!"
As the two of them walked forward a few steps, the situation within the valley began to become clear. However, the two of them simultaneously sucked in a breath of cold air.
"Huff, puff ~ ~"
A deep sound of dozing came from the valley. A white tiger that seemed to be larger than the combined three spirits of tigers was curled up in the valley sleeping. As it snorted, a great amount of pure platinum baleful qi was swallowed and exhaled.
"This is a guardian beast, and also a tiger spirit. However, it is unable to leave this valley." Zhong Kui whispered.
Tang Ruoqing said, "In other words, the treasure you want to take is in this valley?"
Zhong Kui nodded as he sternly said, "I would like to ask the two of you to assist me in restraining this Tiger Guardian Spirit so that I can obtain the items I need."
Yang Junshan looked at the guardian beast that was almost half the size of the valley and said, "Is this the guardian beast of the Golden Immortal Realm?"
Zhong Kui paused for a moment, but didn't conceal anything. He nodded, "That's right. I might be able to deal with it with my own strength. However, it's too difficult to think of the item I need. Fellow Daoists, please lend me a hand."
Yang Junshan still wanted to say something, but Tang Ruqing had already grabbed the golden cymbals in her hands, and was already descending towards the center of the valley.
"Hmph, Fellow Daoist Zhong, please don't forget your promise!"
A deafening roar immediately sounded out from within the valley, followed by a loud explosion that began to spread outwards along with the ripples of space.
Yang Junshan pointed with his finger, and the Mountain Lord's Seal started spinning on top of her head. A bright light shone down on him, enveloping him within it.
Yang Junshan nodded towards Zhong Kui. With a single step, he arrived in the air above the valley.
Zhong Kui's voice came from behind him. "Be careful of those three mystic realm tiger spirits."
Yang Junshan looked down and saw Tang Ruoqing and her protector, the White Tiger, fighting with each other.
The massive body of the Guardian Beast wreaked havoc in the valley. However, it did not cause any changes to the valley's terrain.
Yang Junshan made a hand sign with both hands and pointed at the Mountain Lord's Seal above his head, "Fall!"
The three-inch-squared Mountain Lord's Seal suddenly grew in size, covering the sky and blotting out the sun as it descended into the valley.
With an earth-shaking explosion, the massive White Tiger Guardian Beast was smashed to the ground by the Mountain Lord's Seal.
However, the Mountain Lord's Seal didn't suppress the guardian beast. The gigantic beast rolled on the ground a few times, and with a raise of its head, it flipped over the Mountain Lord's Seal that was resting on its body.
At this time, Tang Ruoqing's pair of golden cymbals flew up and down, continuously cutting into the body of the guardian beast.
However, the Guardian Beast itself was condensed from the Metal Elemental Source, and was not made of flesh and blood. Although Tang Ruoqing's Golden Sculpting Skill made the Guardian Beast bellow repeatedly, it could not directly affect its battle strength.
Strictly speaking, Tang Ruoqing's methods did not have no effect on the guardian beast. After all, every cut was able to remove a strand of the Metal Element's Source energy from the guardian beast's body. If this continued, the guardian beast itself would definitely weaken due to the loss of the Source energy.
Yang Junshan roughly understood Tang Ruoqing's method. Thus, he simultaneously used two divine abilities, the Overturning Heaven Seal and the Two Elements of Universal Magneton to suppress it directly through the Mountain Lord's Seal, restricting the Guardian Beast's movements. It was still unable to effectively defend itself against Tang Ruoqing's attacks.
Layers of metal-attribute origin energy were separated from each other. In order to maintain the integrity of the guardian beast's body, its gigantic body was gradually shrinking, and its explosive strength was also starting to weaken.
If this continued, the two of them would be able to completely suppress this Guardian Beast that had the strength of a Golden Immortal. Suddenly, a dense platinum-colored baleful qi surged in from outside the valley, and three mystic realm tiger spirits rushed in one after another, all at the same time towards Yang Junshan in the sky above the valley.
Yang Junshan was a powerful Golden Immortal, but when facing three Immortal Soul Cultivators, he was neither dead nor alive. The tiger spirits could fight with each other at any time, and did not dare to be careless, not to mention that the three tiger spirits were able to control the metal elemental energy in the surrounding area. Furthermore, the denser the metal element was, the stronger the increase in the strength of the three tiger spirits.
Unluckily, at this time, the Golden Slaughter Source energy in the valley was getting denser and denser, especially when the Guardian Beast, the Giant White Tiger, was being continuously weakened by Tang Ruoqing.
Yang Junshan had no choice but to give up suppressing the guardian beast. Instead, he blocked the encirclement of the three Tiger Souls by himself.
And after losing Yang Junshan's restriction, the guardian beast in the valley was like a tiger adding wings. It opened its mouth and spewed out an source of evil energy, causing the two golden cymbals flying around its huge body to almost lose control.
Without waiting for Tang Ruqing to react, the Guardian Beast leapt forward and brandished its two front claws. At the same time, it pressed down one of the golden cymbals in the air.
Tang Ruqing angrily shouted. The other golden bird suddenly regained control of itself in the air as it took the opportunity to descend downwards. It actually cut open half of the Guardian Beast's belly.
However, the huge tiger beast spirit didn't care. It only held its claws down on the other golden cymbals, biting and chewing on them.
An ear-piercing sound that made one's teeth ache rang out. Although Tang Ruqing's golden bird wasn't bitten into pieces, the Guardian Spirit that was condensed from platinum baleful qi was enough to cause damage to his own magic treasure.
Tang Ruoqing pushed the other golden bird against the beast spirit, causing its enormous body to once again be pushed to the ground. The other golden bird that was originally pressed to the ground immediately escaped.
Tang Ruoqing accidentally suffered a small loss. She was just angry in her heart, and with a pair of magical equipment in her hands, she wanted to ruthlessly retaliate and vent.
It was at this moment that Zhong Kui's voice suddenly came from behind the beast spirit, "Fellow Daoist Tang, I, Zhong Kui, have come to lend you a hand!"
Before he could finish speaking, the beast that Tang Ruoqing had overthrown suddenly jumped up. It seemed as if it was about to open its mouth and let out a painful roar. Unexpectedly, a longsword flew out of its mouth and the beast immediately fell from the sky.
Just as it was about to land on the ground, the huge body of the beast spirit suddenly dispersed into a platinum origin fiend. It swept up a mist and spread to the entire valley.1
Tang Ruqing suddenly thought of something. Zhong Kui's sword, which had pierced through the beast spirit just now, was currently slicing open a circular arc in the middle of the beast spirit's scattered heart, tearing apart the surrounding space.
And in the middle of the arc created by the dancing longsword was the pure metal-elemental baleful qi from the source of the beast spirit.
Tang Ruqing immediately came to her senses and knew that Zhong Kui had secretly made a move on her. She coldly laughed: "Daoist Zhong, you're quite good at scheming. It didn't take much effort for you to obtain a trace of metal-type Essence Qi. Furthermore, it's a Spirit Beast Qi with strength comparable to a metal immortal's.
Zhong Kui said with a stern expression, "Why does Fellow Daoist Tang say that?" In any case, this aurous baleful aura is useless to fellow daoists, so wouldn't it be a pity to waste it? "
"You — —" Tang Ruqing's face turned ashen.
"Eh, this is, the True South Sword is about to be promoted?"
At this moment, Yang Junshan's surprised voice was heard, "But I remember that Mr. Zhong's long sword was already an immortal equipment. It shouldn't be an advanced intermediate grade immortal weapon, right?"
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