Shushan: Extinction

Chapter 81 Killing the Python

Gong Tianwu followed the direction of the arrow and quickly came to the spring where he fetched water. Here he found the original owner of the bone fragment - a skull scattered nearby.

There is no doubt that Gong Tianwu quickly pressed the bone piece into the hole on the left side of the skull. The bone piece fit the hole perfectly, and it seemed that the piece had been returned intact.

The next second, a little ghost fire suddenly burned in this guy's eyes, and then a small force was generated to break free from Gong Tianwu's palm.

Then it moved "crunch, crunch" on the ground, half floating and half jumping, and quickly came to a tree more than thirty meters away.

Then he took out a bag from there and brought it to Gong Tianwu, and even made a sound:

"Here's what you asked me to keep."

Then the piece of bone fell off the skull, and the skull lost its vitality.

After witnessing all this, Gong Tianwu immediately felt a chill down his spine, realizing that no one in this ghost place was simple.

Huang Mang, whom he killed, looked rough, sloppy, and even mentally retarded, but in reality? He actually knew how to control the undead!
Not only that, he even knew how to give his secret to the dead and hid it in a place no one knew about!!

It was a good thing that I had killed this guy directly at that time, leaving him to withstand my blood arrow technique in a place like the cave where it was difficult for him to dodge and move.

Otherwise, if you change the environment and risk your life, there is a high probability that you will lose.

Then Gong Tianwu picked up the bag and was immediately delighted, because it turned out to be a storage bag.

Although it looks tattered and dirty, a storage bag is still a storage bag, just like the 20-year-old Juantu and the 40-year-old Juantu are both men that Dilraba Dilmurat cannot get.

After Gong Tianwu picked it up and looked inside, he found only two things:
First, nearly 1,700 taels of gold were melted into small gold ingots weighing one tael each.

The purchasing power of this thing is not small. If it is used to buy things that can be produced by mortals in the Kouzhen Pass, the purchasing power can even double.

Second, there are three diamond-shaped crystals, each as thick as a little finger, only two of which are transparent, and the other one is aqua blue.

As the saying goes, even if you haven't eaten pork, you have seen pigs run. After seeing this crystal, two words involuntarily emerged in Gong Tianwu's mind:

Spiritual stone.

It is also the hard currency in the world of cultivation, without a doubt.

The use of this thing is to hold it in your hand, and then slowly absorb the spiritual energy in it to help with cultivation.

But Gong Tianwu really didn't know what was going on with the aqua blue spirit stone. However, this was also normal. The world of cultivation had always maintained an information blockade against mortals for a long time.

***
Next, now that Gong Tianwu had money, of course he would go to the real gate immediately. He now really needed to convert his wealth into his own strength.

In Kouzhen Temple, Gong Tianwu first found a place to sell the giant bone stick and the smelly animal skin. Because he was wearing a black stone ring, the merchants gave him a fair price.

After comparing prices from three different stores, Gong Tianwu finally came to the familiar Jishi Pharmacy and started shopping. He directly used gold to buy five bottles of Blood-Growing Pills.

In fact, the prices at Jishi Pharmacy are not the cheapest, but the owner and the employees here are very honest, and the information they provide makes the transaction transparent. This is why Gong Tianwu likes to consume here.

After the transaction was completed, Gong Tianwu said to his clerk:

"By the way, Xiao Ge, can you help me see how much contribution points are left in the Black Stone Ring?"

The guy Xiao Ge readily agreed and gave a number:
"Eighty-one."

Gong Tianwu was stunned for a moment, then he immediately reacted.

This means that I exchanged a stolen rotten pig head for 80 contribution points?
After figuring this out, Gong Tianwu revealed a rare smile.

Then Gong Tianwu chatted with Xiao Ge for a few more words and said:

"Oh, by the way, not long ago, I saw a senior take out a large amount of spirit stones for trading. This is not surprising, but one of the spirit stones was fiery red. What's going on?"

Xiao Ge was surprised and said:
"I really don't know about this. I have to ask the shopkeeper."

Soon, the shopkeeper came out and said:

"You should be talking about the five elements spirit stones. Most spirit stones are attributeless spiritual energy."

"The spiritual energy in the Five Elements Spirit Stone has the attributes of the five elements, which is of great use to those who practice certain special techniques."

Gong Tianwu pondered and said:

"Then the price of Five Elements Spiritual Stones should be a little more expensive than ordinary Spiritual Stones?"

The shopkeeper said:
"That's a lot of price difference!"

"The most expensive gold-type spirit stone is the one that can be exchanged for ten ordinary spirit stones. The cheapest is the earth-type spirit stone, which can only be exchanged for three."

Gong Tianwu nodded, then took the initiative to end the conversation, turned around and walked out of the store.

***
Next, Gong Tianwu began to practice hard in seclusion again in Xiaogushan. This seclusion lasted for fifteen days. Because he occupied the most abundant spiritual energy in Xiaogushan, plus a large amount of various auxiliary resources, Gong Tianwu's strength was refreshed again when he came out of seclusion.

The blood surge force was improved to a certain extent again, but there was no qualitative change.

The true art of the Purple Qi Cave made rapid progress and directly reached the third level: the initial stage of understanding it clearly. This means that Gong Tianwu has now once again entered the realm of a congenital master.

The True Feather Heart Sutra is hovering at the third stage: the perfect state of understanding everything, and is only one step away from the fourth stage.

It is worth mentioning that the reason why the Purple Qi Cave True Art can make rapid progress is not only because of Gong Tianwu's super high understanding and talent, but also because he found some rare materials in the market of Kouzhen Temple:

Golden Crow Feather.

I believe everyone has heard the legend between the Golden Crow and the Sun.

The true secret of the Purple Qi Cave relies entirely on sunlight as a cultivation resource, so the relationship between the two can be imagined.

However, Gong Tianwu has also conducted a detailed investigation and found that the Golden Crow in this world is actually just a Fire Crow. It has a trace of Golden Crow's bloodline at most, but that is also very good.

The core of the Purple Qi Cave Secret is to collect the essence of the sun for your own use.

Therefore, it was natural that Gong Tianwu's cultivation improved by leaps and bounds after obtaining such suitable materials.

Gong Tianwu only spent a hundred taels of gold to obtain the Golden Crow Feather. This was not due to his incredible luck, but because the Golden Crow Feather he obtained was not a complete feather, but a small cloth bag.

Inside are the scraps of Golden Crow feathers cut off by the weapon refiner, dead hair, powder and other leftovers.

Not only that, after Gong Tianwu practiced the Blood Surge Force more proficiently, his signature skill, Blood Arrow, was also strengthened.

When this thing successfully hits the enemy and causes serious damage to it, it will actually turn into a bloody leech and continue to drill into the wound to cause continuous damage.

The only drawback is that performing the enhanced blood arrow technique will cause the caster to consume more energy and blood.

Of course, when making a move, Gong Tianwu can choose to use ordinary blood arrow technique or enhanced blood arrow technique.

After doing all this, Gong Tianwu decided to tackle his second mission target: the orchid python.

He first asked around to make sure if there was any good deal he could find the first time.

But unfortunately, the orchid python is very difficult to catch, and its body is full of treasures, so its gallbladder is the main ingredient for alchemy and is often out of stock.

The orchid python's gall that Jia Ershier got was obtained after he intercepted and killed three caravans. Of course, this also got him into big trouble.

Therefore, Gong Tianwu directly embarked on the journey of hunting down the orchid python.

Perhaps it was because of good luck, it only took Gong Tianwu one day to find a resting orchid python. It was over ten meters long and had a big belly from swallowing at least eight people, so it lay awkwardly on the rocks to bask in the sun.

The reason why this guy is named "Orchid" is that after its venom is sprayed out, a unique smell will quickly appear in the air, which is somewhat similar to the smell of orchid.

Then, anyone who smells this smell will be gradually eroded by the toxin and quickly become weak over time.

And this is no longer a wild beast, but a demon beast, which means it has human-like intelligence, more powerful strength, agility, and stamina, as well as a combat mode that will run away if it senses something is wrong.

Faced with an enemy who was good at protracted warfare, Gong Tianwu adopted a surprise attack.

He first tried to slowly approach the orchid python, and then when it was about to sense something was wrong, he suddenly launched his original sound attack technique and shouted: Kill!

At this moment, the True Feather Heart Technique combined with the power of nature bestowed by Kang burst out with an incomparably powerful force.

Even a huge monster like the Orchid Python was directly frightened. Gong Tianwu approached in an instant, and then stabbed out with a special three-edged javelin in his hand!

This stab combined strength and accuracy, penetrating deeply into the eyeball of the orchid python, penetrating more than half a meter deep.

Then Gong Tianwu retreated quickly!

After being hit by this attack, the orchid python immediately rolled on the ground in extreme pain.

This huge monster, more than ten meters long, jumped and struggled like a loach that had just been pulled out of the water.

But as it rolled, a large amount of blood and body fluids continued to flow out along the three blood grooves at the tip of the spear.

Not only that, Gong Tianwu also smeared realgar ointment and a series of other things that can restrain snakes on the tip of the gun.

Relying on this fatal blow, Gong Tianwu secured victory. He patiently waited in the distance, avoiding the poisonous fog it released.

Then he quietly waited for the life of this huge creature to slip away bit by bit from the wound in its eye socket, and occasionally used a bow and arrow to shoot its other intact eye.

After waiting for a full ten hours, Gong Tianwu successfully completed his task and took out the gallbladder of the orchid python.

(End of this chapter)