Chapter 283
As the golden spider moved, the two young men, the python god and Qingcheng Shuangjun, followed closely behind.
Qingcheng Shuangjun’s long sword had been knocked flying by Ye Guhong earlier, and now he was unarmed. However, Qingcheng’s 鈥淗eart-Shattering Palm Technique鈥� is also a famous martial arts technique.
This palm technique was created hundreds of years ago by an unknown master of the Ming Sect, either the Sect’s leader or an emissary. Later, Huang Sheng became an enemy of the Ming Sect and created the peerless 鈥淣ine Yin Manual鈥� with great effort. In addition to his own martial arts, it also deliberately included the supreme skills of several of the Ming Sect’s top experts at the time, and the 鈥淗eart-Shattering Palm鈥� was included in the list.
It can be imagined how powerful this palm technique was that Huang Sheng deliberately recorded it alongside other unique techniques such as the Divine Claw of the Nine Yin and the White Python Whip.
As for the reason why the unique technique of the Mingjiao predecessor Dazhu was not inherited by the Mingjiao but became the inheritance of the Qingcheng Sect, there must be some twists and shocking stories, but like countless secrets, they were buried in the long years and no one knew.
Xie Jie was arrogant and proud. Seeing that the other five were attacking with their fists and feet, he refused to draw his sword. He shifted his palms, and used the Four-Symbols Palm Technique. But his movements were unpredictable, appearing in front of you one moment, behind you the next. His palm power was either yin or yang, or yin containing yang, yang containing yin, ever-changing and unfathomable!
Among the six people left behind by Long Kongkong, Lingchan was originally the strongest in martial arts. Unexpectedly, due to a series of unfortunate circumstances, he was severely injured by the disaster first. Of the remaining five people, the three captains were slightly weaker than the three heroes of the Binyan Mountain. Jin Zhu had also disabled his own martial arts. At this moment, the only one who could really take on the main responsibility was Hua Wu.
However, the strength of the centipede lineage lies in its swordsmanship. The power of the Three Yin Centipede Hands is limited. Coupled with the fact that the Heavenly Centipede Refining Moon Technique it practices is pure yin internal strength, it is precisely restrained by the Six Yang Spirit Pivot Technique of the Annihilator. With this, how can it be the enemy?
After only twenty or so moves, the move 鈥淒estroying Tribulation鈥� was suddenly used, with palm within palm. Hua Wu tried his best to block the front palm, but unexpectedly the back palm suddenly pierced through. When he tried to retreat, the palm was already upon him. Hua Wu felt an internal force surge towards him like the tide of the sea. He stumbled back seven or eight steps, spitting out a mouthful of blood, and sat down on the ground unable to get up.
Once Hua Wu was defeated, the others were even more useless. The palm of destruction was like the wind, and within a few moves, Pangu was the first to be injured and fall to the ground.
Qingcheng Shuangjun were filled with grief and indignation. The palm of destruction made a whooshing sound, but they could not even touch the corner of the clothes of the destroyer. Within a few moves, they were successively knocked unconscious by the destroyer.
However, Mie Jie ignored Golden Spider and flew away like a whirlwind, repeatedly using the Orchid Whip Hand technique to stun Flower Centipede, Spirit Toad and Python God.
Golden Spider was terrified and wanted to grit her teeth and fight again, but Mie Jie forced her back with a palm wind and shouted, 鈥淪top! I saw that you looked different just now, and your attire was also very different from these demon women, so I will show mercy.鈥�
After returning to the Five Immortals Sect, Golden Spider was imprisoned in the Cave of a Thousand Poisons to be punished for her previous crime of apostasy and fleeing the sect. Although she had brought an antidote and would not die, she was disfigured and covered in scars. She was therefore ashamed of her appearance and dressed very plainly, unlike Flower Centipede and Spirit Toad, who showed off their white flesh from their chests, shoulders, waists and legs.
She knew that her martial arts skills were inferior to Mie Jie’s, and since Mie Jie was not going to fight, she was more than happy about it. She quickly took two steps back and said in a frightened voice, 鈥淚s Master Ye the teacher of Ye Engong?鈥�
Mie Jie’s expression slightly changed, not knowing why she called him that.
Jin Zhu smiled bitterly and said, 鈥淚f it wasn’t for Ye Engong, my daughter and I would have died years ago. But there’s no need to mention that now. The most important thing is Ye Engong…鈥�
He then told Mie Jie Ye Guhong’s whereabouts in a few words. Mie Jie frowned when he heard it, nodded and said, 鈥淭he Cave of Ten Thousand Poisons? Never mind, thanks for the information. I haven’t killed any of these people, so I’ll consider your debt paid.鈥�
After saying this, he picked up King Weisun, activated his light skills and left, without noticing that when King Weisun heard the word 鈥渢en thousand poisons,鈥� the two tiny pig’s eyes in his head rolled around wildly.
Jie, having received the Golden Spider’s instructions, walked quickly without touching the ground. Along the way, he met members of the Five Immortals Sect. He let those who knew how to take advantage of the situation escape, and beat those who dared to stop him. In the space of an incense stick’s worth of time, he had already found the entrance to the Cave of Ten Thousand Poisons.
The Cave of Ten Thousand Poisons was, however, to the west of the summit of Wuxianling. It was a cave in the ground, with a stone tablet erected next to it, bearing the eight characters: Cave of the Five Poisons, trespassers die.
The man sneered coldly as he entered the cave with Wei Shun Wang, proudly. At first it was very narrow, barely big enough for a person, but after walking for tens of steps, it suddenly opened up.
It looked like a small cave from the outside, but inside it was a whole different story. The further down you went, the wider it became.
After descending hundreds of steps, they came to a very large cave with stalactites dripping from the ceiling like swords, and a pool of water at the bottom like stars.
The stalactites above, the pools below, and the ground were covered in countless poisonous insects. In addition to the five poisonous creatures of all sizes, there were also many strange and even unheard-of poisonous creatures, either mating or biting and devouring each other. They were wriggling about, making people’s scalps tingle just by looking at them.
No matter how courageous she was, after all, she was a woman. Seeing such a scene, she woke up with goosebumps all over her body, and it felt as if a small claw was probing into her throat, making her feel like vomiting.
She froze for a moment, took a deep breath to suppress her sense of annoyance and fear, looked up and down, and thought to herself: With so many poisonous creatures, how come they are all honestly staying in this cave and not crawling out?
Following the light filtering through from above, she looked down at her feet and noticed that there was a long flight of steps made of colorful pieces of ore. They were so colorful and magnificent that she could not take her eyes off them. Among the ones she recognized, there were only realgar, cinnabar, and limestone, but there were countless she did not recognize.
She thought to herself, 鈥淭he Wuxian Sect spent an incredible amount of money just building this staircase.鈥�
Looking further into the cave, there was a narrow path that gradually extended downward, winding around a huge rock, and the view behind it was difficult to see.
Along this path, there were many trampled poisonous insects, as well as poisonous snakes and pythons with their heads cut off, scorpions and spiders split in half, etc. The blood and juices were still wet, obviously someone had just forced their way through here not long ago.
After regaining his composure, he knew that it must have been Ye Guhong’s handiwork. Although he was still disgusted and fearful, the thought of his apprentice’s safety emboldened him.
He clenched his fists, felt for the flint in his bosom, lit it with a blow, raised his right hand high in the air, lifted the King of Wei Shun in his left hand, hesitated for a moment, let out a loud cry, and then jumped down the steps with all his might, running forward in big strides.
She desperately suppressed her nausea and fear, concentrated, jumped high and low, and tried to land on places without poison.
Unexpectedly, after running more than ten zhang, she suddenly found that wherever she went, all kinds of poisonous creatures suddenly retreated as if they had met their natural enemy.
She was stunned: How come these poisonous creatures are so afraid of me? Could it be that my martial arts have improved, and my Buddhist cultivation has also sublimated, to the point where all evils cannot harm me?
Fortunately, she knew her own limitations, and as soon as the thought occurred to her, she shook her head: No way! If her Buddhist teachings were profound, then all the other nuns would be Buddhas too, right? So what was going on?
As she ran, she racked her brains for an answer, and she glanced at King Weisun. In the flickering light of the fire, she saw that the old fat man’s face was calm.
A thought suddenly occurred to her: Ah! This fat Tartar previously cried out for his father and begged for mercy, but now that he is in this hellish cave, with poisonous creatures everywhere, how come he is not afraid? Could it be that this fat king has some strange treasure on him that can protect him from poisonous creatures?
This thought occurred to her for the first time, and she was suddenly filled with joy at the prospect of ending her suffering. She immediately stopped and searched for the treasure of the Wei Shun king.
Unexpectedly, a voice suddenly came from afar: 鈥淵e Guhong, come out quickly. This Drunken Immortal Golden Mist is too strong for you, no matter how skilled you are. Don’t do anything you’ll regret.鈥�
The voice echoed in the cave, and by the time it reached Mo Jie, it had already been distorted, so he couldn’t tell if it was Long Kongkong or someone else.
Mo Jie only heard the word 鈥淕uhong鈥�, and suddenly forgot about the treasure hunt. He gathered his inner strength and swept out, shouting, 鈥淓veryone from the Wuxian Sect listen carefully, if anyone dares to hurt a single hair on my disciple’s head, I swear to heaven that I will kill every ant and bug on Wuxian Ridge!鈥�
The sound of his voice echoed out, spreading far and wide. A moment later, Ye Guhong’s hoarse voice could be heard shouting, 鈥淢aster, Master, don’t come any closer, run, run!鈥�
Listening to that voice, it was actually extremely anxious, which was a big difference from his usual carefree nature.
Jie heard his voice and realized that he was clearly running out of breath. He was suddenly very worried. He thought to himself, 鈥淢y disciple has superb internal strength, so why is he expending so much? Especially since he told me to hurry, it’s obvious that he is in a very dangerous situation, but he is afraid that I will get caught up in it as well.鈥�
Immediately, he called out, 鈥淕uhong, don’t be afraid, your master is here to save you!鈥�
With his light body technique, he immediately exerted himself to the extreme, like a gust of wind, rushing along the trail.
The speed suddenly increased, and the fire lighter in his hand immediately went out. However, he did not care about extinguishing the fire, relying on his profound cultivation, he channeled his energy into his pupils, so that he could vaguely see in the dark and avoid hitting the stone wall.
As for poisons and the like, he had long since forgotten about them. After all, King Weisun had an extraordinary treasure on him that could protect him from poisons. Sometimes he felt something slippery and sticky under his feet, knowing that it must be the poisoned creature that Ye Kuhong had passed by, but he did not care about being disgusted.
However, King Weisun, after the fire extinguisher went out, was suddenly plunged into darkness, with the sound of the wind whistling in his ears. It was as if he was riding a roller coaster in the dark, and he was suddenly terrified. After holding back for a while, he couldn’t help but let out a strange scream.
At this moment, miles away, the ground was covered with the bodies of poisonous creatures, and there was even a two or three zhang long poisonous python with a body covered in spots lying dead on the ground.
Long Kongkong and the others ignored the sight, each holding a torch and keeping watch over a one-and-a-half-meter-high cave in the stone wall.
Hearing the screams of the Wei Shun king, Long Kongkong’s face showed surprise, and he whispered, 鈥淲hy did the nun who destroyed the disaster bring a man? It’s screaming like a pig, so loud.鈥�
The white snake even shouted into the cave, 鈥淵e Guhong, your master brought a man, could it be your master’s lover? Come out and take a look.”
From the cave came the voice of Ye Guhong, no longer the usual refined and gentle, but irritated: 鈥楧amn your mother’s spring and autumn farts! Your dog of a master has a lover!鈥�
The white snake laughed: 鈥楳y master’s lover is hiding in the cave, so what’s so strange about that…鈥�
Before she could finish speaking, she felt a light palm on the back of her head from Long Kongkong: 鈥滺e called your master a dog, and you, you damned girl, can still laugh?鈥�
Yu Chan took the opportunity to offer up a slanderous suggestion: 鈥淢aster, the white snake is so disrespectful to you, punish her by making her your little wife, and let me and Xue Wu be Ye’s little wives…鈥�
Ye Guhong scolded in the cave, 鈥淣onsense! Don’t follow me in my nonsense. A woman who can eat a pot of food in one meal, I can’t afford to keep you!鈥�
Yu Chan was greatly aggrieved, her eyes blinking as she sobbed, 鈥淚 have my own money, who needs you to support me…鈥�
Xue Wu was also shocked, exclaiming in amazement, 鈥淏rother Ye, why have you become so grumpy? You’re even more fierce than I am.鈥�
Long Kong Kong whispered, 鈥淭his kid is consumed with lust and has nowhere to release it, so how can his temper not be bad? Hmph, if it weren’t for my soft heart, and the thought of a young girl in there, I’d be afraid he’d really lose his mind and go crazy. So I simply let the Golden Dragon breathe another mouthful of Drunken Immortal Mist into the cave, adding fuel to the fire. At that point, I’m afraid he’d have to crawl out and beg me for sex… Huh!”
She suddenly pressed a spring, and the secret door on the snake staff opened. Two small golden snakes quickly darted out of the large mouth of the cast gold snake’s head and circled around it.
Long Kongkong brought the snake staff closer to the hole, and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face. 鈥淯pon further thought, I suddenly realized that with Ye Guhong’s internal cultivation, he is unlikely to have lost his mind. He would never hurt his junior sister, and would only come out to us to ask for sex… Haha, but when he becomes extremely violent, you girls definitely won’t be able to stand it. I will go calm him down first, and then you can marry him in turn…鈥�
Xue Wu clenched her fists and whispered, 鈥淚, I may not be able to stand it…鈥�
Bai She jumped up and said anxiously, 鈥淢aster! Why didn’t you use this trick earlier? Now the nuns from the Jie Temple are coming, how can you let us marry her disciples?鈥�
Long Kongkong sneered, and from nowhere he produced a small bone whistle. He whistled, and saw the tide rising all around, as countless poisonous insects of all sizes crawled out. They collaborated with each other, as if a wall had risen from the ground to block the way.
Long Kongkong whispered, 鈥淎 wall of thousands of poisonous creatures, Ye Guhong can’t break through, and the nun who destroys disasters will most likely have a hard time too.鈥�
The white snake was overjoyed. Before she could speak, she saw the poisonous creatures that had formed a wall, seemingly going mad, crawling about wildly, and then dispersing like a tide.
The four women were stunned for a moment, and Long Kongkong exclaimed in amazement, 鈥淢y poison whistle can command all poisonous creatures in the world, so how is it that it has suddenly stopped working?鈥�
You must know that she chased Ye Kuhong here, precisely using this poison-bone whistle to urge the poisonous creatures in the cave to come out and form a poisonous wall to block him.
At first, Ye Kuhong relied on his internal strength to charge through with his sword. As the battle progressed, the poisonous creatures were endless, and his internal strength gradually ran out. However, he happened to encounter this poisonous python’s lair, and Ye Kuhong used his remaining strength to kill the poisonous python and hide in the cave with his junior apprentice sister.
Long Kongkong followed closely behind and was about to attack. In the half-meter-high cave, Ye Guhong was exhausted, but with the help of the skills of the Demon Sword Yu Shu, he managed to defend himself well, and the two sides were thus at an impasse.
Ye was short on internal strength, and the raging fire within him was becoming increasingly difficult to suppress. He could see the beads of sweat rolling down his face, and in his fear, he sat with his back to Zhou, and told her, 鈥淚f I lose control and try to turn around, you must immediately press my acupuncture points.
As for how to deal with Long Kongkong if he comes to get him鈥�
Resisting thus far has been strong enough, but the odds are against her, and she wants to destroy the flower, so I will let her do it.
Long Kongkong was surprised that the whistle in his hand was not working, and he heard Mie Jie say coldly, 鈥淣aturally, the poor nun has an even more powerful treasure in her hands!鈥�
Then she took a step sideways down the path, threw the King of Wei Shun heavily to the ground, and shouted fiercely, 鈥淒emon girl, if you want this dog king to live, hand over my disciple!鈥�
Long Kong Kong looked down at the King of Wei Shun and laughed silently, 鈥淚 don’t know this guy, so why should I care if he lives or dies?鈥�
鈥淢aster!鈥� the King of Wei Shun cried out in grief. 鈥業 am the current King of Wei Shun, Bolzijin Kuanche Puhua! The Miao people have such power now because of my care. I have come to Wuxian Ridge this time to ask the Master for your daughter’s hand in marriage. The Master, seeing my sincerity, will save me!鈥�
鈥滱sk for marriage?”
Long Kong Kong was surprised and looked at the King of Wei Shun and said, 鈥漎ou want me to be your daughter-in-law? Then why didn’t your son come?鈥�
King Weisun was taken aback and could only stammer an embarrassed smile.
Long Kongkong looked at him for a moment, suddenly having an epiphany, and his face turned red with anger: 鈥淵ou want to marry me yourself? You shameless old man, an old pig and dog that Luxiang doesn’t even look at, how dare you have designs on me? You really deserve to die!鈥�
Looking at the pig-like face of Kuanche Puhua, Long Kongkong’s murderous intent grew. If this were any other day, for the sake of the Miao people, or perhaps because Long Kongkong was unwilling to turn his face easily, he would have to put on a false front. Now that he was presenting the scapegoat of eliminating the disaster, how could Long Kongkong bear it?
He sneered, 鈥淭he head of Emei killed you, and she did the right thing!鈥�
As he spoke, he flung his left hand, and a small vermilion snake suddenly flew out from under the light gauze, biting towards Kuan Che Puhua in midair.
Kuan Che Puhua let out a scream, but unexpectedly the snake was two feet in front of him, and it suddenly flinched, fell to the ground, and fled at high speed.
Long Kongkong was stunned. Mie Jie had already ripped open the clothes of Kuan Che Pu Hua with a single chop, and a round, dark yellow bead, about the size of a pigeon’s egg, rolled to the ground.
Long Kongkong stared at it, sniffed slightly, and exclaimed in shock, 鈥淭ongxi Earth Dragon Pills! There are really people in the world who can refine this treasure!鈥�
Mie Jie had also read the Five Immortals’ Secret Manual, and suddenly realized that this was the world’s most precious antidote to poison, the Tongxi Earth Dragon Pills, mentioned in the chapters on cultivating and feeding poison in the few remaining pages of the manual.
The so-called Tongxi refers to the Tongxi rhinoceros.
The Baopuzi (A Simple and Honest Man) records: 鈥淚ts brain has a long, sharp horn with a hole running the length of it, through which it can breathe and communicate with the heavens.
The Tongtianxi is also known as the water-repellent rhinoceros, and its horn has the ability to repel water. To distinguish between the real and the fake, just take a bowl of water and place the horn in it, and the water will divide into two halves.
The Baopuzi also says: 鈥淚f you get a genuine Tongtianxi horn that is at least three inches long, carve it into the shape of a fish, and hold it in your mouth as you enter the water, the water will always part for you.鈥�
It is said that the rhinoceros horn can 鈥渢reat all poisons, curses, evil spirits, miasma, kill the Chinese wolf snake, the Chinese cobra, snake venom, exorcise evil spirits, and prevent sleepwalking.鈥�
Later, the Compendium of Materia Medica also said: 鈥淩hino horn can cure all poisons.鈥�
This is true of the common rhino horn, let alone the rhino horn of the Rhinoceros unicornis.
The earthworm is also known as the earthworm.
According to the Shennong’s Classic of Materia Medica, the earthworm 鈥渢reats snake tumors, eliminates three kinds of worms, buries corpses, ghosts, and poisons, and kills long worms.鈥�
The 鈥淭reatise on the Nature of Medicines鈥� says that it is 鈥渆ffective against snake bites鈥�. Other works such as 鈥淐ompendium of Materia Medica鈥� also record its efficacy in treating 鈥渆rysipelas鈥�, 鈥減oison from being shot at鈥� and 鈥減oison from spiders鈥�.
However, the earthworms used to make this treasure must be hundreds of giant earthworms over three feet long and with an extremely long lifespan in order to be effective.
The Tongtianxi is said to have been born in XZ and Mongolia, and is now extinct. Not to mention the rarity of the Tongtianxi, the hundreds of three-foot earthworms are also hard to come by.
The Wuxian Sect is good at using poisons. As the saying goes, 鈥淭hose who are good at swimming drown in water.鈥� He has become famous for using poisons, and every year, an unknown number of cult members die at the hands of poisons.
Therefore, when this treasure appeared, Long Kongkong couldn’t help but become greedy. He shortened his stature and swooped out to grab it.
However, the bead was right at the feet of Mie Jie, so how could he let someone else have it?
With a sound, the iron sword came out of its sheath, and with a move called 鈥淒estroying the Soul鈥�, it stabbed Long Kongkong in the forehead.
This sword stroke was full of power, incredibly fast, even faster than the one he used to assassinate Luo Shentong.
The three women from the White Snake Clan exclaimed in unison, but they saw Long Kongkong twist his body. It was as if he were a large snake that had turned back when it encountered a mountain. He bent his waist at an unbelievable angle and deftly avoided the fatal sword stroke!