At this moment, only Shang Lin was closest to the scorpion tail. The other three flashed in front of him, trying to block the fatal blow for him. However, no one was faster than the scorpion tail, and they watched helplessly as it pierced Shang Lin's heart.
However, Shang Lin advanced instead of retreating, almost exchanging his life for his own, and slashed open the joint at the scorpion's tail. The scorpion was in pain and immediately lost control of the force that had pierced his heart, and then it was bounced away with a "ding".
Shang Lin seemed to have anticipated this, and continued to target the scorpion's joints. Unfortunately, with his current cultivation level, even with the blessing of the Divine Lord's Heart-Protecting Scale, he could only scratch the joints and could not sever them.
In just a few seconds, a miraculous turn of events occurred, leaving everyone stunned, including the scorpion. It took it a while to fully recover after many of its joints were slashed open, as it had been instinctively dodging before.
The Divine Lord was the first to recover and rushed forward to help Shang Lin, followed by Hu Tangdi. She Jinxing, due to his eye injury, was the last to react. Green Yao, now tiny, leaped and bounded to find the scorpion's joints to throw knives.
The side that was just passive quickly became the side that took the initiative. The scorpion was beaten and tried to tear through the overlapping space to escape, but Shang Lin directly put it into the Dragon Spirit Tower.
Anything that seems indestructible becomes easier to overcome once a small opening is found. However, Shang Lin was barely holding on, on the verge of exhaustion.
This won't do. Shang Lin hurriedly took out his vermilion brush and began to draw. He wanted to forcibly form a contract with the scorpion, otherwise they would still be at a disadvantage, and then there would be no hope at all.
The reason he took such a risk was because he thought the scale "tattoo" on his chest might protect him. He discovered it when he was helping Qiu Niang reincarnate, amidst the rolling thunder.
At that time, it was uncertain, and this time there was an element of gambling involved. Besides, such a risk would definitely have caused me to scratch the joints of the scorpion's tail, and even if it touched me, it would lose its strength.
So even if he got injured, he wouldn't be in mortal danger. Fortunately, his gamble paid off; the scale "tattoo" did indeed protect him, and he didn't even suffer the slightest injury.
Knowing what Shang Lin was going to do, the Divine Lord immediately covered for him. He was lucky; She Jinxing and Hu Tangdi were both badly injured. Lü Yao was holding on, but she wasn't very effective against the scorpion.
After Shang Lin finished drawing the picture, he cut his wrist. As soon as the blood came out, Lü Yao paused. The scorpion rushed over just like before, and at the same time transformed into human form, taking Shang Lin's wound into its mouth.
Shang Lin frowned slightly. It was his "Tang Monk's flesh" constitution that attracted the scorpion. But it was also fortunate that way, as he was completely unaware of the forced contract.
Green Yao, who was a step too late, rushed forward and slashed the man's face. Then he pounced on Shang Lin's wound, looking like a fierce and protective creature.
The man quickly stepped back, wiping the blood from his face. His bloodshot eyes glared at Shang Lin. "What did you just do to me?"
Shang Lin held Lü Yao's body, afraid that it would fall off his arm, and then smiled at the man: "You are now my servant, and from now on you will be a disciple of my Yuntai Sect. The servant contract will only expire if I die."
Seeing that the man was about to attack him, Shang Lin continued to laugh, "If I die, you die too, but your death will not affect me in any way. Besides, I am your master now, you can't kill me, so don't waste your time."
The man glared at Shang Lin with bloodshot eyes, almost bleeding, but still stubbornly grabbed his neck, intending to strangle him to death with one forceful movement.
Shang Lin neither dodged nor avoided the man, but looked at him with an unchanged smile, "I can let you try a few more times, otherwise you won't give up. But there are many benefits to following me, so why don't you think about it seriously?"
The man tried again and again, but still couldn't budge Shang Lin an inch. He was so angry that he abandoned him and tried to run away, but... he failed. He glared at Shang Lin and said, "Let me go, and from now on we'll keep to ourselves."
Once the deity returned to normal size, he examined the injuries of She Jinxing and Hu Tangdi, especially She Jinxing's eyes, which were more troublesome than the other injuries.
Shang Lin looked at the man and his smile faded. "You are my servant now. Even if I let you go, you can't. Besides, you injured the little snake's eyes. You have to watch over him to make sure nothing happens to him. Otherwise... I'll dig out your inner core and use it to make a pill to heal his eyes."
"You..." The man looked at Shang Lin and a golden light seemed to flash in his eyes, which inexplicably made people feel cold, and he was very confident that Shang Lin would do what he said.
The tower spirit spoke up at the right moment, "Young man, it's much better for you to follow us than to cultivate alone. In this era of Dharma decline, we need to unite to survive better. Besides, the sect leader is a genius; he knows a lot. He will definitely not treat you unfairly in the future. Don't be stubborn; stay here."
Shang Lin ignored the man and immediately asked the deity, "How are the little snake's eyes?"
The deity spoke frankly, "It just looks a bit red to me, take a look."
Shang Lin removed Lü Yao from his arm and handed her to the Divine Lord. He then lowered his sleeve, followed by pulling it back up. "Where's the wound? It healed so quickly?!"
He glanced at Green One subconsciously, only to find that the little guy had "drunk" again. He didn't know if it was because of Green One or because of changes in his own body.
But no matter what, it's a really good thing that the wound healed so quickly. Shang Lin immediately looked at She Jinxing's eyes and, upon closer inspection, could see nothing but redness.
Shang Lin hurriedly asked, "How do you feel?"
She Jinxing closed her eyes briefly. "It hurts a little and I'm sensitive to light, but otherwise it's fine."
Shang Lin looked at the man again, "Little Scorpion, are you poisonous?"
"You're the little one." The man jumped up instantly. "I have a name. I'm called Red Scorpion. I'm not poisonous, I'm just strong."
"It's hard."
Shang Lin retorted without hesitation, then went to check on Hu Tangdi's injury. Having made up his mind, he prepared to make medicine. He originally wanted to ask Lü Yao to get the medicinal materials, but seeing its drunken state, he went himself.
After searching around, Shang Lin found all the medicinal herbs needed to treat external injuries, but he was still missing some herbs to treat She Jinxing's eyes. He hurriedly took out his phone to check the time, "It's already 6:30 in the morning!"
She Jinxing hurriedly said, "Let's go out. We need to go back today and can't be left behind."
Shang Lin could only give the rest of his healing medicine to Hu Tangdi and She Jinxing, saying, "Then you two hang in there for now, and we'll treat you when we get back."
Then he said to She Jinxing, "You don't need to leave the tower. I'll just say you had something to do and left in the middle of the night."
She Jinxing was a little worried, "Then what about the sect leader's safety..."
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