"If you don't believe me, Junior Sister, you can ask the madam of Mengxian Tower. Those two courtesans were personally chosen by Junior Brother Lin, and he also paid for the rooms in the restaurant!"
Seeing me standing tall and proud, Zhuge said, "I don't love you anymore, and I'm not afraid of you now."
Chu Yunying stared at him for a few seconds, then finally snorted coldly and turned to leave.
She returned to the city lord's mansion, found Qin Wunian, and wanted to find out the locations of all the brothels in Shanhai City, intending to visit them all.
"Fourth Senior Sister, we need to calm down. Senior Brother shouldn't have gone to brothels!" Qin Wunian said.
"Do you know where he went?" Chu Yunying asked.
"He must have gone out of the city. Last night, my father gave him the city defense map, the map outside the city, and information about the demons. He should be busy with his own things right now," Qin Wunian said with a smile.
She felt that her fourth senior sister was being a bit too nervous. Her eldest senior brother was a cultivator, and he was never seen getting close to any woman in the sect. How could he possibly be visiting prostitutes? Yesterday, it must have been Zhuge who saw her visiting prostitutes, and her eldest senior brother went to keep watch for him.
Chu Yunying thought it made sense, so she stopped looking for him.
The six chief masters summoned everyone, but Lin Fan was nowhere to be seen. The others didn't wait for him; instead, several elders called them in for a meeting, explaining the intelligence about Shan Hai City and the demons outside.
The journey through the mountains and seas is an important test for disciples. The sect knows that tigers and wolves cannot be raised in a greenhouse. Only by experiencing the blood and tears of the mountains and seas can they truly grow into pillars of the sect.
Every year, the elders of Shanhai City conduct advance training sessions, where they explain the situation outside the city in more detail to reduce casualties among their disciples.
In the council hall, the disciples of the Seven Families would occasionally glance at Zhuge Jianwo with strange, enigmatic expressions.
The elders pretended not to see it. Visiting prostitutes was a major taboo in the Qingxiao Sect, but Zhuge Jian was the chief of Tianjian Peak, and only the sect leader could deal with him. What punishment he should receive would be decided by the sect leader when he returned to the Qingxiao Sect.
Seeing that my face had darkened and I was very flustered, Zhuge felt the glares from my fellow disciples were like slaps to my face, burning and painful without a sound.
He didn't listen to anything all day; he was completely distracted.
...
As day turned to night, Lin Fan guarded the Black Xuanming Serpent Cave for three days and three nights, confirming that it had fallen into a deep slumber, before sneaking inside.
Deep inside the snake cave, which was very spacious, a black Xuanming snake, dozens of feet long, was curled up, as large as a small mountain.
"Hmm, and snake eggs too. Could it be two snakes?"
Lin Fan looked at the snake eggs behind him and didn't sense any life fluctuations. Fortunately, these snake eggs would take some time to hatch. He could take this opportunity to kill the snake first and then destroy the snake eggs.
He reached out and patted the snake's scales; they were smooth and hard, with extremely strong defense, making it difficult for ordinary weapons to harm it.
The Black Xuanming Serpent's greatest strength also lies in this layer of scales; it is very clever, hiding its seven-inch spot on the innermost layer.
He looked at the Black Xuanming Serpent and thought that this demonic serpent was really cunning. Its head was buried in its body. How cautious it was and how afraid of death it was.
Pfft
A bronze-colored blade pierced the body of the Netherworld Serpent, hissing as it struck Lin Fan, sending him flying and crashing into a wall.
His arms trembled slightly. He had just used his hands to block the attack of the Nether Serpent. The beast's physique was indeed powerful, and he felt a piercing pain.
The Netherworld Serpent was awakened by the pain, its eyes glowing with a ghostly green light, staring intently at the stranger before it with murderous intent.
Blood stained the snake cave, and the Netherworld Serpent charged forward without a word. Lin Fan dodged in a blur, and the huge snake head slammed heavily to the ground.
Its body was enormous, but its movements were very agile. It quickly changed direction and attacked him again.
Lin Fan did not confront it head-on, but instead used his size advantage to constantly evade it within the cave.
He then landed in the snake egg nest, grabbed a snake egg, and threw it upwards.
Upon seeing this, the Netherworld Serpent immediately changed direction and rushed towards the snake egg, opening its large mouth to catch it steadily.
Then the screams continued, and the Netherworld Serpent rolled on the ground. Just now, while it was catching the snake egg, Lin Fan jumped to the spot where the Immortal Execution Sword was stuck and kicked the hilt of the sword.
The sharp divine weapon was indestructible, piercing through the body of the Netherworld Serpent, spilling blood all over the ground, causing it to writhe in agony.
Lin Fan grabbed the Immortal Execution Sword and pressed his advantage, unleashing a series of sword beams that left several bloody marks on You Xuanming's body.
Suddenly, the Netherworld Serpent burst forth, its blood-red maw gaping wide, ready to devour him.
Its speed was too fast, happening in the blink of an eye, so fast that he couldn't react in time. Lin Fan held the Zhuxian Sword horizontally, supporting the blade with his left hand to create a barrier to block it.
The Netherworld Serpent lunged at him, but failed to break through the barrier. Its momentum was immense, and it slammed him heavily into the ground, causing an explosion that sent up thick smoke and dust.
It frantically tore at the barrier, constantly pressing him to the ground and rubbing him against it. Lin Fan realized how troublesome it was; its physical strength was too great, beyond human capabilities.
So he kept manipulating the barrier to shift its position, but the Netherworld Serpent had no intention of letting him go and wanted to resolve the situation as soon as possible.
It was severely injured at this moment. If it stopped and showed signs of weakness, it would be fatal. Both the snake egg and the snake itself would likely perish.
However, as it charged madly at Lin Fan, it didn't notice that he had changed direction several times, and finally crashed into the nest of snake eggs. With a bang, all the eggshells shattered, the yolks flew everywhere, and dozens of snake eggs were destroyed.
Seeing this, the Netherworld Serpent's killing intent intensified, and its tail, like an iron rod, stabbed towards him.
Lin Fan gave a cold laugh, gripped the Immortal Execution Sword, and unleashed the Dragon Soul Sword Technique. Yellow spiritual energy condensed into a dragon shape, accompanied by countless sword energies that surged towards the Netherworld Serpent. Blood spurted out immediately, and the Netherworld Serpent was severely injured and collapsed to the ground.
Its teeth were broken off, and a long wound appeared in its mouth, from which blood kept gushing out.
The Netherworld Serpent dared not linger in battle; severely wounded, it could only flee towards the cave entrance.
Shoot Shoot
The Immortal Execution Sword cleaved through the void, transforming into a stream of light that pierced through the head of the Netherworld Serpent, pinning it firmly to the ground.
Lin Fan strolled over and looked at the dying Netherworld Serpent, feeling no great pressure.
This demonic beast was very strong. When it was initially severely injured by the Immortal Execution Sword, it still managed to exert power no weaker than the third level of the Nascent Soul stage thanks to its tenacious vitality. Fortunately, it had the Immortal Execution Sword, otherwise it would have been impossible to defeat it.
He drew the Zhuxian Sword and cut off its head, then dug out its inner core and gallbladder, and even peeled off its scales—all valuable treasures that could fetch a good price.
Looking at the task panel released by the system, it indicated that the task completion progress was one-half, just as he had guessed, there was still one more Netherworld Serpent to be found.
He burned the Netherworld Serpent's body to ashes, then stepped out of the cave, opened a gap in the formation, and continued to wait.
The next day, the demonic serpent returned, its aura slightly stronger than the one that had been slain; the difference between the two was not significant.
The intelligence gathered by Shanhai City failed to determine the number of Netherworld Serpents, as they rarely appeared together; this was an intelligence error.
Judging from its size and aura, the serpent that went out to hunt was male. It had just returned to its territory and seemed to sense something was wrong, so it immediately sped up and headed towards the cave.
Once it returned to the cave, Lin Fan sealed the gap in the formation again and quietly slipped back into the cave.
The male Netherworld Serpent returned to its cave and found it in complete disarray; all its eggs were broken, and the mother serpent had been burned to ashes.
It looked sadly at the snake egg, stuck out its tongue and sucked twice; it really did taste like egg yolk.
Then it sadly pushed the mother snake's ashes, and angrily thrashed its body in the hole, making the snake hole shake constantly.
Seeing the male snake go into a frenzy, Lin Fan seized the opportunity, moved with lightning speed, leaving afterimages in his wake, and stabbed at its vital spot.
The Netherworld Serpent was very cautious. Sensing the power, it immediately retracted its tail to block, but the Immortal Execution Sword pierced it deeply.
In an instant, the male snake went berserk, its eyes burning with fury as it looked at its enemy.
Then it opened its mouth wide and spewed out a large amount of grayish-green poisonous gas, which spread like river water.
"Um?"
Lin Fan was surprised. The Netherworld Serpent belongs to the python family, and normally large snakes are not highly venomous.
He erected a barrier, which was submerged in poisonous gas. The barrier hissed and was gradually corroded by the poison.
"What potent venom!" he thought to himself, praising the snake inwardly. He reasoned that the mother snake hadn't sprayed venom earlier, probably out of consideration for the eggs, fearing that the chicks might also be poisoned and die.
But the male snake is different. It has no eggs, and its mate has been reincarnated. It has no worries or weaknesses.
It knew the human before it was very strong, especially the sword in his hand, a divine weapon that could cut through iron like mud, rendering even its thick scales useless. Just in case, it sprayed its deadly poison to kill him.
However, something worse than it expected was about to happen. Because Lin Fan was covered in realgar powder, it was impossible to detect his movements. This was the snake's greatest fear, and even a fourth-level snake could not change this kind of restraint.
The poisonous gas filled the cave, obscuring all vision, and the Netherworld Serpent could not detect his location.
A faint dragon's roar could be heard coming from the cave, and a large amount of poisonous gas was stirred up. A transparent giant dragon dispersed the poisonous gas, and its powerful aura made the soul of the Netherworld Serpent tremble slightly.
As it overcame its fear, the dragon's shadow swept in with immense sword intent. The Netherworld Serpent was unable to dodge and was struck. Its massive, heavy body crashed heavily against the cave wall, its scales torn apart by the sword energy, seeping blood.
The male snake's eyes glowed with an eerie light. It was furious and immediately mobilized its spiritual power, gathering the poisonous gas from the cave into its mouth, which condensed into a ball.
"Heh, about to unleash a powerful move?" Lin Fan sneered, then activated the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation. Countless sword lights enveloped the cave, sword intent flowing and cutting through the void.
He then activated the sword formation, as if tens of thousands of Immortal-Slaying Swords were piercing towards the Netherworld Serpent, the sword dragons dancing, a truly magnificent sight.
The male snake also spat out a poisonous balloon, which shot out like a cannonball. The two forces collided, and countless sword lights were blasted down, turning into sword bodies that were stuck into the ground, and then gradually dissipated as spiritual energy.
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