Chapter 85

Sang Niao stood between the two of them, giving Su Jinzhou a nonchalant glance, her heart a bit apprehensive. "Immortal Venerable, it's just a fight between kids, not a big deal. This young man looks familiar, have we met him somewhere before?"

Logically speaking, Sang Niao is the senior, and Ji Tang should bow to her. However, in Ji Tang's opinion, Sang Niao is the junior. If Sang Niao accepts her bow, she doesn't know whether she can bear it.

Ji Tang: "Senior, you are old now, so you must have forgotten. We met at Zhiyuan Mountain. Not only did the disciple behind you who peed his pants bully me, but you also wanted to kill me with a sword."

In fact, Sang Niao had remembered Ji Tang from the very beginning, but she had been suppressing her temper for the sake of the Immortal Master, until Ji Tang's words "you are old" broke her temper and her face suddenly changed.

"You young man have no manners. I wonder how Su Xuanzong taught you."

"I just joined the Suxuan Sect, and they haven't had time to teach me yet." Jitang didn't want to bring up the Suxuan Sect. "But you, didn't you say we were just kids playing around? Why did you put your hand on the hilt of the sword?"

Ever since Sang Niao entered the Nascent Soul stage, few people have upset her, especially after she reached the late Nascent Soul stage. She is respected both in the sect and outside. But now she is being treated sarcastic by a junior. How can she bear it?

The gentle voice suddenly turned cold and hard, "Immortal Venerable, the younger generation in your sect does not know how to respect their elders. If you don't discipline them, then I will do it for them!"

Ji Tang snorted coldly, thinking to himself, you are meddling in other people's business. How can Su Jinzhou allow you to be so presumptuous?

As a result, the next second, Su Jinzhou moved a step to the side.

Ji Tang looked at the large empty space in front of him and was stunned. At this moment, Sang Niao's sword was full of spiritual power and condensed into moist water vapor.

That is a mid-level spell - Water Snake Technique.

The water snake flew towards Jitang, and with a sweep of its long tail, it was about to wrap around Jitang's waist. Drops of water dripped from the snake's body, and each drop contained spiritual power. When it fell to the ground, it formed more small snakes, which swarmed towards Jitang.

Ji Tang's expression turned slightly cold. This happened suddenly, and she didn't have time to think about it. She quickly performed the Flame Dragon Technique.

The nightmare energy was suddenly drawn out and converted into spiritual energy through the ice bracelet, so that her entire body was covered in flames. The heat alone forced back many monks of lower cultivation.

A flaming dragon head appeared from behind Ji Tang, brushing affectionately against his neck before charging towards the water snake. Its mouth opened wide, swallowing the snake's head in one gulp. But that wasn't enough. The dragon's mouth didn't close, and its body swam even faster. The falling flames simultaneously vaporized the water snake on the ground into fine smoke. Its open mouth, starting from the snake's head, swallowed the entire giant snake into its belly.

It didn't give up yet, and swung its dragon tail swiftly, directly towards Sang Niao.

It only took a moment for the fire dragon to appear and rush towards Sang Niao. Sang Niao was almost burned by the heat from the fire dragon. The ferocious fire dragon seemed to burn her to ashes.

She was stunned and had no time to react before the dragon's tail threw her away.

The gorgeous peach pink dress left a shadow in the air, and the tail of the skirt caught fire and quickly burned into gray-brown, like a lotus petal that was scattered and burnt.

When everyone looked again, she had been thrown to the ground and rolled over several times in a panic. She finally used magic to force her body to stop.

The room was filled with silence.

Flame Dragon Art - a mid-level spell that requires very complex hand gestures and a relatively large amount of spiritual power to cast.

They all saw that when Sang Niao's Water Snake Technique was about to reach Ji Tang, she began to use the Flame Dragon Technique.

It is conceivable that she was making hand gestures so fast that everyone was dazzled and their eyes could not keep up with her speed at all. They found that the hand gestures in her hand had been completed and a fire dragon appeared.

The Water Snake Art and the Flame Dragon Art both belong to the category of mid-level spells, but there are also differences in high and low levels. In front of a giant dragon, a water snake has to coil into a ball of hemp rope.

Ji Tang used the Flame Dragon Technique, which was far beyond everyone's expectations.

They couldn't help but look at Jitang.

Rub your eyes and look again.

That’s right, in the later stage of consecration.

My eyes are almost red from rubbing, she is definitely in the late stage of enlightenment!

Oh my god! Are they delusional or has the world of cultivation become something they don't recognize?!

Who could explain to them how someone in the late stage of enlightenment could cast a mid-level spell? And among the mid-level spells, the most damaging was the Flame Dragon Technique!

Not to mention the speed of her hands when she was making the hand gestures, Sang Niao was not even a little bit slower than her!

It's like one thing looks like slow motion, which allows people to see it clearly, while the other looks like they are blind, and they can't catch up with the afterimages!

Can a snake defeat a dragon?

How is that possible!

When will cultivators in the late stage of Kaiguang be able to use mid-level spells to defeat cultivators in the late stage of Yuanying? This is a gap of five major levels!

Were they collectively under an illusion?

Sang Niao was still lying on the ground, covering her chest and spitting out several mouthfuls of blood.

She couldn't hide her shock. Like everyone else, she was still immersed in disbelief as to why I was the one who was defeated when we were five levels apart.

what happened?

Sang Niao couldn't remember what happened just now.

How did the fire dragon come out, and how did it knock her away? Her mind was blank.

Everyone seemed to be frozen in place, unable to move.

Jitang hid his hanging hands in his sleeves and slowly clenched them.

——It’s still too forced.

She wasn't full of nightmare energy, and the Nightmare Soul Pill hadn't yet condensed. The reason she was able to perform the Flame Dragon Technique was because she'd prepared for a rainy day, saving some nightmare energy in her spirit storage device from each previous practice. This little thing she'd left in her storage bag had come in handy.

Second, she forcibly used the power of her soul to stimulate the nightmare energy in her body and drain it out.

If this attack fails, she doesn't have the nightmare energy to cast a second spell.

She saw that Sang Niao was underestimating her enemy, and not only won by the speed of her hand gestures, but also predicted what spell Sang Niao was going to cast through her hand gestures, which enabled her to inflict damage with one strike.

No one could have imagined that she had hurt Sang Niao so badly. Sang Niao must have been devastated and couldn't figure out her strength for a while. She probably wouldn't attack again in the short term.

Jitang breathed a sigh of relief when he thought of this, and didn't look at Su Jinzhou beside him.

It’s not that she doesn’t want to watch, but that she can’t watch.

The gaze that Su Jinzhou cast on her was simply impossible to ignore, but because it was too direct and probing, she had better not meet Su Jinzhou's eyes until she could figure out how to explain it.

Fortunately, there was an auction, so Su Jinzhou didn't have to drag her out directly.

This strange silence continued until new monks came in, and then the ice sculptures showed signs of thawing.

They were talking in low voices, and the whole hall was filled with a buzz of voices. Ji Tang couldn't hear what they were saying, but from the way they looked at her from time to time, she knew that what they were talking about was about her.

A quarter of an hour later, the auction officially began.

Su Jinzhou did not go to the front row, he just stood there, and Ji Tang was one step behind him, trying to minimize his presence.

An area around them was cleared, and everyone automatically separated from them tacitly, forming an invisible barrier.

Before the auction started, Sang Niao was supported by Ning Qiyao and Pu Yuanheng on both sides. As the crowd gradually gathered, Ji Tang could no longer see the three of them.

The monk in charge of the auction walked towards the auction platform. His voice was amplified by spiritual power and could be heard in every corner of the hall.

Everyone's attention was drawn to him. Although they still looked at Jitang from time to time, it was much better than before.

Only then did Su Jinzhou speak: "You said you wanted to stay in Suxuan Sect in order to go to Qianliyanbo to search for the Nightmare Lord's magic weapon, the Green Jade Tranquil Heart Bell."

Jitang: “…”

Su Jinzhou looked at the magic weapon displayed on the high platform, which was a glittering and colorful Guangniang bottle.

This thing doesn't have any fighting function. It's just a bottle that can turn fine wine into spiritual wine. It's flashy but not practical.

The sounds of bidding rang out in the hall one after another.

Su Jinzhou asked again, "How did you advance from the early stage of enlightenment to the late stage of enlightenment in one night?"

Ji Tang pretended to be surprised, "Have you forgotten, Immortal Venerable, that it was you who allowed me to cultivate in the Pill Cave Mansion?"

Su Jinzhou said slowly: "Oh?"

Jitang nodded vigorously.

Su Jinzhou: "Then I remembered it wrong. It turns out that you didn't reach the late stage of Kaiguang in the outer sect, but only after entering Qianli Yanbo."

Only then did he glance back at her, "My medicine is quite effective."

Jitang: “…”

Game over!

Ji Tang's lie was exposed, his forehead was slightly wet and his scalp was slightly numb.

How could Su Jinzhou know about her affairs in the outer sect? !

For the Immortal Master Su Jinzhou, the periods before, during and after the consecration period are all considered the consecration period, with no difference, and they are all called rookies. But how could he remember her cultivation so clearly?

She knew that Su Jinzhou was a meticulous person, but his energy was limited, so he probably wouldn't use it on passers-by and minor characters.

She thought Nine Waters Deep was just a minor character, insignificant in the eyes of the Immortal Venerable. But she was wrong. Su Jinzhou seemed like a completely different person in the past four hundred years, with inner demons and a growing suspicion. It wasn't impossible, but she had let her guard down.

Su Jinzhou: "You can think about how to make it up first. When we get back to the inn, I'll listen to how you plan to lie to me."

Jitang laughed dryly.

Immortal Lord, you are going too far. If you say some things openly, won’t you force people into a dead end?

The auction was already halfway through, and the second half finally began with bidding for the Nightmare Lord's magic weapon.

Jitang observed the magic weapon for a moment.

Su Jinzhou asked her, "How is it?"

Jitang: Immortal Lord, why are you suddenly talking so much?

She was not very adaptable, mainly because she was frozen by the Immortal Lord's cold air from time to time. She had used up all her nightmare energy and could not even resist it. She could only stand back and shiver.

The Immortal Master did not trust her and doubted her, and this sentence was also a test of her.

Ji Tang swallowed hard, "It's the magic weapon of Nightmare Lord."

Su Jinzhou's fingertips' spiritual power landed on the auctioneer's hammer, which was about to fall. The auctioneer was stunned for a moment, and then he heard Su Jinzhou say, "Three thousand high-grade spirit stones."

The whole audience was in an uproar.

Su Jinzhou is really a man who never stops talking until he says something shocking.

Ji Tang whispered, "This is just a cushion to refresh yourself, a little gadget. The Immortal Venerable spent three thousand, right...?"

It is said that the Immortal Venerable is stupid but rich. He directly raised the price from 300 high-grade spirit stones to 3,000. He is so rich and inhumane.

Su Jinzhou shot him a cold look.

Ji Tang suddenly kept silent.

Eighteen Nightmare Lord's magical artifacts were sold at the auction, all of which went to Su Jinzhou. The most valuable piece was found in Nightmare Lord's bedroom, and they suspected it was something he often wore—a multi-treasure bracelet with a thousand-bell charm. Su Jinzhou bought it for 8,939,000 high-grade spirit stones.

Everyone was talking about it, not understanding the Immortal Venerable's intention.

Ji Tang could vaguely hear something, and the more she listened, the more frightened she became. Until she heard someone speculating about the relationship between Su Jinzhou and her, she finally couldn't help but say, "Immortal Venerable, Nightmare Venerable is hated and despised by the cultivation world. It might be inappropriate for you to take pictures of all of Nightmare Venerable's magic weapons."

She had heard these words many times. If she hadn't used the identity of "Jiu Shui Shen", she would have solved the problem directly and would have found it troublesome to say more.

But Su Jinzhou is different. Their identities are different, and he has developed a demon in his heart. If he gets involved with her again, he will be condemned by everyone.

As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly felt short of breath.

Su Jinzhou actually used his spiritual power to strangle her neck!

From the spiritual power on her neck and the murderous intent flowing from Su Jinzhou's body, it was clear that he really wanted to kill her at this moment.

Ji Tang spoke with difficulty: "Immortal Venerable... I was wrong..."

Su Jinzhou seemed to have calculated the time and let her go at the right moment.

Jitang kept coughing.

"If you say anything bad about Nightmare Lord again, you will die next time."

Ji Tang touched his neck and said, "Then why don't you just kill me this time?"

Su Jinzhou: "If you can't lead me to the Nightmare Valley, I will kill you."

Ji Tang's eyes widened.

It turns out that this is Su Jinzhou’s purpose!

Don't think of her as a tool to find magic weapons, but as a pathfinder to find the Nightmare Fantasy Valley!

The corners of Jitang's tense mouth trembled twice.

Brother, why didn’t I know you were so mean before?