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Chapter 403 Flying Sword Turns into Silk
The strange phenomena surrounding Wei Zhenbang, especially his ability to condense Yin energy into ice, were something Xu Yuan had never seen before.

When Xu Yuan first saw the unconscious Wei Zhenbang, he judged that there would most likely be unexpected changes during the treatment.

Too much success can actually make people feel uneasy.

Xu Yuan then said, "Take me to meet that giant python first thing tomorrow morning."

The magistrate seized the opportunity to interject: "Lord Xu, I have prepared a small feast to welcome you and wash away the dust of your journey."

"No need," Xu Yuan waved his hand. "I'm here to handle a case. It's inappropriate to eat and drink before the case is resolved."

The magistrate then stopped trying to persuade him, thinking that once the case was closed, he would have the opportunity to build a relationship with this promising young head of the Exorcism Bureau.

The group settled down in the backyard of the county government office.

Xu Yuan secretly instructed Lang Xiaoba and the others to keep a close eye on Wei Zhenbang and the servant who had close contact with Wei Zhenbang.

The next day, Xu Yuan woke up and checked the almanac; today was a forbidden day.
Running by day, traveling by night, taking a vehicle, shouting from the mountains.

The fact that Lang Xiaoba didn't come to call him last night means that Wei Zhenbang is alright.

After Xu Yuan got up and washed up, the county magistrate and his colleague Wei Zhenbang arrived together.

"You've come at the right time, let's have breakfast together." Xu Yuan invited, but the two bowed and said, "We've already eaten, please enjoy your meal, sir."

After Xu Yuan ate breakfast, the group headed towards the Little Black River.

However, because of the ban on "running around" and "taking a vehicle," everyone had to walk there on their own two legs.

You cannot ride a horse—if the horse is suddenly startled and runs wild, it is against the law.

At the main gate of the county government office, the magistrate had prepared a sedan chair and a palanquin: "Which one does Your Excellency prefer..."

Xu Yuan smiled and waved his hand, "I'm not that delicate."

While in the county town, Xu Yuan noticed that the number of sedan chairs in the town had increased significantly.

Wei Zhenbang knew the way well and within two hours, he led everyone to the place where he had last encountered the giant python and was injured by it.

They stood on the east bank of the Xiaohei River.

The Xiaohei River swelled due to the recent heavy rains, and the water became turbid and yellowish. The river was twenty zhang wide, and large fish could be seen rolling across its surface from time to time.

There was a forest ahead, the tree roots of which were submerged in the rising river water.

Further to the east, there is a small village.

The place where Xu Yuan and the others were standing was covered with soft, wet mud and sand.

Wei Zhenbang pointed to the grove of trees half-submerged in the river: "The giant python's nest should be in the grove."

That beast is very perceptive; it will definitely sense anyone nearby…

As they were talking, Lang Xiaoba suddenly pointed into the woods and said, "Sir, please look!"

Suddenly, the water in the woods began to churn violently. As soon as Lang Xiaoba finished speaking, a huge, ferocious head rose from the water.

Then it swam quickly toward the group.

A thin trail of water was left behind.

In an instant, the creature burst out of the woods and reached the river about a hundred feet in front of the group, then suddenly raised its upper body—

Wow!
The sound of the waves was like thunder.

Its upper body rose five zhang high! Suddenly, layers of thorns sprouted from its originally triangular head, with membranes connecting the thorns!

The skin was covered with a strange black and yellow pattern that looked like a bunch of eyes!
And the giant python's dark yellow snake eyes also emitted a ghostly light—

Wei Zhenbang cried out in panic, "Everyone be careful! I was harmed by this same trick last time..."

Xu Yuan opened his mouth and spat out a sword pellet that shot a hundred feet away.

Upon reaching the giant python, it suddenly lengthened, transforming into a thin, almost invisible sword-like thread.

This is the result of Lord Xu's recent cultivation.

It can already transform the sword pellet into multiple forms.

Unlike before, when it only had two forms, a ball and a sword, the sword threads quickly wrapped around the giant python's body.

The giant python was as thick as a water vat, and its sword-like threads were over ten feet long. They wrapped around the giant python three times... and the giant python was then cut into several pieces!

The sharpness of the sword threads surpasses even that of flying swords.

"hold head high……"

The giant python screamed in agony as its enormous head, along with its ten-foot-long body and several other sections, fell into the river.

Before Wei Zhenbang's shout had even faded, the evil spirit had already been cut down by Lord Xu!
The rest of the words got stuck in my throat.

The county magistrate, accompanied by a group of yamen runners, was dumbfounded on the spot.

Is this the formidable expert from Champa?!

They are indeed incomparable to cultivators from small places like ours.

The county official was an eighth-rate cultivator, but he was already a top-tier figure in the county.

He was nearly killed by the giant python's cunning attack.

But even Lord Xu couldn't withstand a single move from this giant python.

Lord Xu, however, did not feel much joy. Just like Wei Zhenbang's inauguration yesterday, it seemed complicated, but in fact, it was quite easy.

There's a strange sense of contrast.

Xu Yuan unfurled the "Morbid Net," which spread across the river and even covered the waters in the woods.

With this net, the entire body of the giant python, along with its internal organs that had been severed and spilled out, were retrieved.

The filth mixed in with the river water could never be recovered.

However, this action by the evil website startled the officials in Shiping County.

The county magistrate and Wei Zhenbang were at least somewhat knowledgeable, while these yamen runners had never left Shiping County in their entire lives and had never seen any important figures.

They have a very direct and simple standard for judging "powerful" and "weak":

The bigger, the stronger!
The giant python was over ten zhang long and as thick as a water vat; such a colossal creature was naturally a terrifying evil spirit.

Lord Xu's vile net covered half the river surface!

It was much larger than that giant python, and therefore many times stronger.

The constables even felt that Lord Xu's use of such methods was like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, making a mountain out of a molehill.

The magistrate was quite embarrassed. His own yamen runners were gossiping about him, acting as if he were a country bumpkin who had never seen anything like this before.

But Wei Zhenbang whispered, "You can't blame them. Even I, a county official, have never seen such a high level of craftsmanship before!"

Wei Zhenbang didn't make a big fuss, but he did see something new.

Xu Yuan scooped up all the parts of the giant python, mainly because it was killed too easily, and he was worried that the creature might have used some kind of "golden cicada shedding its shell" trick.

However, after piecing everything together, it was discovered that there were no missing parts.

The people of Shiping County were observing the giant python up close for the first time, and they gasped in shock.

Wei Zhenbang couldn't help but clasp his hands in praise, saying, "This monster runs rampant in our Shiping County, invincible! But under the Master of Laws, this monster is utterly useless. The gap between us and the Master of Laws is as vast as the heavens and the earth..."

Xu Yuan waved his hand, his gaze never leaving the giant python's corpse.

Lang Xiaoba stepped forward and asked, "Sir, should we have the Danxiu brothers dispose of the body?"

"Wait a minute."

Xu Yuan breathed out a ball of fire, which landed in his palm. Then he rubbed his hands together, and the flames spread out, enveloping his hands like two fire blades.

Xu Yuan raised his hands and slashed at the giant python.

Previously, I had obtained a cultivation method for alchemy called "Thunder and Fire Tune," which was good at extracting the strange skills from evil spirits and monsters and refining them into "Strange Pills."

Xu Yuan wanted to try and extract a few strange techniques from this giant python.

(End of this chapter)