As lightning struck, the python demon's body, which had grown to twice its original size, shrank by half!
Purple lightning crackled across the python's body, causing it to roar in pain.
As the lightning talisman detonated, the fire talisman also detonated. In the valley, bright red flames exploded on the python demon's body, and flames shot out in all directions!
The python demon seemed to be trapped in a sea of fire, twisting its body wildly!
The combined power of two thunder talismans and two fire talismans was like a small nuclear bomb exploding in the valley. The python demon was blasted to pieces, and the exposed flesh was immediately scorched by the raging fire.
His body was completely charred black!
Zhang Yuan even smelled a barbecue smell, but the smell was so disgusting that it made him want to vomit.
Zhang Yuan detonated four talismans at the same time, which greatly took a toll on his body.
After taking two Elementary True Qi Pills, he felt much better. The spiritual energy contained in the Elementary True Qi Pills transformed into true qi to replenish the deficiencies in his body.
The green poisonous gas in the valley was mostly burned away by the lightning and flames from the explosion of the thunder and fire talismans. The remaining bit was dispersed by the scorching wind blowing from the valley, and the poisonous gas was basically dissipated.
The combined power of two lightning talismans and two fire talismans detonating at the same time is equivalent to a peak strike from a mid-stage Qi Convergence Realm cultivator, and even stronger than the power of the python demon after fusing with the yellow scales.
The python demon was instantly reduced to its original form.
A giant python, half-dead, lay limply on the ground, barely clinging to life.
One of the python's eyes had been blown away, and the remaining eye was devoid of any life. Its body had been blown in two, with parts charred black.
Despite being so badly injured, the python demon was still alive.
Zhang Yuan couldn't help but marvel at the tenacity of this python demon's life.
After a while, Zhang Yuan's internal energy recovered considerably. Holding a thunder talisman in one hand and picking up the broken woodcutter's knife from the ground with the other, he carefully walked up to the python demon.
After confirming that the python demon was powerless to fight, Zhang Yuan stepped on the python demon's head, which was larger than a bull's head, and pointed at the python demon with a broken piece of his wood-chopping knife.
"Weren't you so arrogant just now? You want to eat me?"
Come on!
As he spoke, Zhang Yuan raised his wood-chopping knife, ready to deliver the final blow to the snake demon!
"Sword Spirit, help me!"
The little sword spirit had been resting in Zhang Yuan's chest acupoint for a long time. Just as Zhang Yuan was fighting the python demon, the little sword spirit had already awakened.
As Zhang Yuan shouted, a golden light shot out from his chest and attached itself to the broken piece of the woodcutter's knife. The knife immediately emitted a strong light, as if it had turned into a peerless sword!
The snake demon was terrified. With its last bit of strength, it cried out, "You can't kill me! My father is the Flood Dragon Demon King, one of the Ten Great Demon Kings of the Daxing Mountains!"
"If you kill me, you will surely suffer endless revenge from my father, the Dragon King!!!"
"Enough with the nonsense!"
"If I spare you, will I be safe and sound?"
Zhang Yuan sneered and swiftly brought down his knife.
After being possessed by the sword spirit, the sharpness of the woodcutter's knife increased by more than one level, and Zhang Yuan chopped off the ugly head of the giant python with a single strike!
After the python demon died, Zhang Yuan sat wearily on the ground.
This was another fierce battle for him after he started cultivating, besides dealing with the evil black cat in the school!
I've also come to realize the importance of improving my capabilities!
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At this moment, in the center of the ginseng forest, the ginseng king, bearing fiery red fruit and exuding a rich spiritual energy, shimmering brilliantly in the sunlight, was quietly and gently pulling its body out of the ground, revealing its large, white, sexy ginseng root, which was over thirty centimeters long and more than ten centimeters thick.
The root and stem of the ginseng king are over a meter tall!
The root of the Ginseng King branched out into two short, forked roots. At this moment, the Ginseng King looked like a little thief, bending its upper branches and flowers and fruits, and using its two ginseng legs, it crept out of the ginseng forest with small steps, one in front and one behind!
"Huh?"
Zhang Yuan was stunned when he saw this!
Is it trying to escape?
Zhang Yuan had finally killed the python demon, so how could he let the ginseng king escape? He immediately jumped over, chased after the ginseng king, which was over a meter tall, grabbed its branches, and pulled it up.
The ginseng king, like a chubby, white baby, cried out in fright, its two ginseng whiskers kicking wildly in the air.
Zhang Yuan was both amused and exasperated by this scene.
This valley is rich in spiritual energy, making it a small blessed land. This ginseng has been growing in the valley for nearly 400 years, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth every day. It can be considered a plant fairy of the lowest level.
The white, tender roots of the ginseng king emitted an enticing fragrance, and the rich spiritual energy wafted through the valley. Zhang Yuan couldn't help but swallow his mouthful of saliva.
Seeing Zhang Yuan drooling, the Ginseng King became even more certain that Zhang Yuan wanted to eat it, and its body trembled uncontrollably.
Mouth Yiyi whispered, "Don't eat me, don't eat me!"
"Waaaaah!"
"I don't want to die, I don't want to be eaten!"
As the Ginseng King spoke, he burst into tears.
Seeing the little guy crying so pitifully, Zhang Yuan said, "But I need you to refine pills!"
The Ginseng King cried even louder.
"Why do you all want to eat me? I only want a small ginseng root. I swear I haven't done anything bad!"
"Why, waah!"
Zhang Yuan suddenly felt a pang of pity and said, "How about this, I won't eat you, but I'll take a piece of ginseng from you to refine pills!"
The Ginseng King stopped crying, raised its head, and looked at Zhang Yuan pitifully: "Really? You're not lying to me!"
I'm not lying to you!
"Alright then, as long as you don't eat me."
With the Ginseng King in Zhang Yuan's grasp, as a novice demon with no cultivation or powerful magic, it had no way to escape and could only settle for second best.
Zhang Yuan said, "Will you do it yourself, or should I do it?"
Wang Nuonuo said, "I'll do it myself."
As she spoke, two tears streamed down her cheeks.
Zhang Yuan held up his hand to indicate, "I want it to be this long!"
The Ginseng King's eyes widened!
This... a third of the body has been broken off?
The Ginseng King shook his head vigorously, indicating that he absolutely could not!
Zhang Yuan immediately put on a stern face and said, "If you're not happy, then I'll have to do it myself. I'll take the whole ginseng back with me. Such a big ginseng, it'll take several batches to refine into Meridian Opening Pills!"
Zhang Yuan's eyes lit up.
The Ginseng King was terrified.
"No, no, no, I'll do it myself! Please don't make me refine pills."
"Waaah!"
The Ginseng King looked pitiful with tears in its eyes. Then it conjured up an arm, hesitated for a long time, and finally grabbed its right ginseng root thigh. With a heavy heart, it snapped it off!
Zhang Yuan happily accepted the ginseng leg.
The white and tender ginseng leg is as long as a hand, larger than an ordinary whole ginseng. This long ginseng root takes up almost a third of the ginseng king's size. Zhang Yuan estimated that it could be used to refine a few Meridian Opening Pills.
After carefully storing the ginseng roots, Zhang Yuan released the Ginseng King.
After losing a leg, the little guy walked with a limp, pitiful tears still on his face, like a patient recovering from a serious illness. He quickly fled the valley and disappeared into the forest.
The Refining of the Meridian Opening Pill requires ginseng that is 300 years old, but Zhang Yuan obtained ginseng that is 400 years old during his trip into the mountains.
Having obtained the main ingredient for refining the Meridian Opening Pill, he prepared to leave the valley and return.
As I passed the python demon's corpse, the little sword spirit's voice echoed in my mind.
"Master, there is a demon core inside the python's head!"
"You can dig out the demon core before you leave!"
"Demon Core?"
"Yes, the demon core formed after the giant python cultivated into a demon contains powerful energy crystals!"
The little sword spirit explained.
Zhang Yuan suddenly remembered the records in the Alchemy Notes, which stated that to refine the Meridian Opening Pill, one needed 20 grams of ginseng that was 300 years old, or a demon core that was at the early stage of the Demon General Realm.
I almost forgot, demon cores can also be used to refine Meridian Opening Pills!
Zhang Yuan walked to the snake head that the python demon had dropped and carefully sensed it. Sure enough, there was an energy fluctuation in the head. According to the location of the energy fluctuation he sensed, Zhang Yuan used a woodcutter's knife to split open the python demon's head and took out a yellowish-brown crystal that looked like jade.
"Is this the snake demon's core?"
Zhang Yuan held the yellowish-brown, egg-sized demon core in his palm and rubbed it. The core felt warm to the touch and contained a pure spiritual energy.
He put the demon core into his Qiankun bag, then looked at the snake demon corpse on the ground that hadn't been completely destroyed by the thunder and fire talismans. After hesitating for a while, he finally put the relatively intact part of the python demon's body, along with its scales, into his Qiankun bag and took it away.
The snake demon's scales were incredibly tough; even Zhang Yuan couldn't cut through them with a woodcutter's knife infused with true energy during the battle, so they were quite valuable. There was also the corpse of a demon general-level beast; perhaps its flesh was also a valuable item.
Therefore, Zhang Yuan decided to take some with him.
Before leaving, Zhang Yuan threw out another fire talisman, burning the remaining corpse of the python demon to ashes before leaving the valley.
About half an hour after Zhang Yuan left the valley, a faint phantom of a snake demon floated out from a small section of a python demon corpse in a corner of the valley.
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