Recruit demons to become heroes, hunt demons to become gods

Chapter 187: Taotie Dragon Turtle Beast

When Dou Eqing came to the market for independent cultivators, he had anticipated that he might have to issue missions to achieve his goal, so he was mentally prepared to offer high-level bounties and suffer heavy losses.

Now that he knew the bounty target was the Taotie Turtle, he had no choice but to offer a higher price.

This spiritual beast is extremely rare.

Taotie is an ancient ferocious beast. Although its bloodline level is not as high as that of a divine beast, it is not much inferior.

The Taotie turtle has half Taotie blood. Given its rare and powerful bloodline, its value is incomparable to that of ordinary spiritual beasts.

Dou Eqing had no choice but to offer five trillion high-quality spirit stones, which could be exchanged for other treasures of this value.

He listed the treasures that could be exchanged, including fifth-level talismans, spiritual treasures and elixirs, as well as high-level skills.

He deliberately set the mission reward as high as possible in order to achieve his goal sooner.

However, the reward for the mission he offered was only the price of a young Taotie turtle.

The juvenile Taotie turtle also has the early fourth stage.

If the person who accepts the task provides a Taotie turtle that is higher than the early fourth stage, Dou Eqing will have to increase the price.

Of course, this price increase is only in terms of quantity, not in terms of value.

Then he stayed in an inn opposite the task posting board.

Once someone accepts a task, he will meet with the other party immediately without wasting any time.

In this market for independent cultivators, a mission worth 50 trillion high-grade spirit stones was extremely rare, and the entire market was abuzz with discussion as soon as the news came out.

This is exactly the effect Dou Eqing wanted.

However, he also realized at this time that the task he issued might cause other unexpected events.

But now we can only fight against the enemy with our troops and block the water with earth.

One day after the mission was released, news broke that someone was killed because of the Taotie turtle, and there were many different opinions about the specific reasons.

He almost couldn't help but investigate the reason why the man was killed, suspecting that it was really related to the Taotie turtle.

Finally, after thinking about it, he decided to just sit back and wait.

However, two days later, the harvest was received, but complications still arose.

That afternoon, Deacon Zhou from the Mission Hall of the Casual Cultivator Market brought a Nascent Soul cultivator to see him.

"The message has been verified. Please hand over the task you issued."

Deacon Zhou spoke politely to Dou Eqing.

"Where's what I want?"

Dou Eqing saw that the other party was only at the early stage of Nascent Soul cultivation. Not to mention subduing a fourth-order Taotie Turtle, it would be a fluke for him to escape from the Taotie Turtle, not to mention the 50 trillion high-grade spirit stones. Taking them would be suicide. It was impossible for him to have the Taotie Turtle he wanted.

"You can tell me the information. He has the information you want."

"As for intelligence, we naturally need to establish a separate mission contract."

Dou Eqing forgot to make a distinction at the beginning, so the information about the Taotie Turtle and the Taotie Turtle was naturally not the same.

Now I just don't want to pay so much spirit stone agency fee, that's why I say this.

Because, the commission for posting tasks in the Task Hall is 1%.

Now that the mission has become a piece of news, it is naturally impossible for the mission reward to be 5 trillion high-grade spirit stones.

Therefore, how could he pay an agency fee of 50 billion high-grade spirit stones?

This is a huge amount of spirit stones!

Dou Eqing was very resistant to agents because of his previous life, and he still has no good feelings towards them now. Of course, he doesn't want the other party to make a big profit.

"This...this is not my decision."

Deacon Zhou said with an embarrassed look on his face.

Dou Eqing understood that the other party just wanted to delay him.

Deacon Zhou knew that Dou Eqing was in a hurry to find the Taotie turtle and would definitely not want to waste any more time.

Dou Eqing almost wanted to take out the token of the honorary head of the Sanxiu Market.

If I use this identity, I can easily settle this matter.

The honorary head of the market represents the ownership of the market for casual cultivators to a certain extent, and the commission for this task can be waived.

"This is 10 billion high-grade spirit stones. I advise you to be sensible. Otherwise, I won't be able to get a single spirit stone from you."

He really didn't want to waste his precious time with the other party, so he was generous for once.

"Thank you very much, you can talk about the rest slowly."

Deacon Zhou bowed, took the high-grade spirit stone given by Dou Eqing with a smile, turned around and left Dou Eqing's residence.

Dou Eqing immediately set up an isolation formation to wrap himself and the Nascent Soul cultivator.

"Go ahead, you just saw it. I have no shortage of spirit stones. As long as you have the information I need, the reward will definitely satisfy you."

He waved his hand casually, and the ground around the two of them was covered with high-quality spirit stones.

They were now like standing in a spirit stone cave.

"By the way, what's your name?"

Only then did he realize that he still didn't know the other person's name, which was also Deacon Zhou's dereliction of duty. He was only thinking about collecting the spirit stones and explaining the situation of the Nascent Soul cultivator to Dou Eqing later.

"My name is Hao Yun, and I come from the Demon Worship Altar. My Demon Worship Altar is a very small faction, and you, seniors, may not have heard of it. However, our Demon Worship Altar has a long tradition in Kunshan Domain, having been passed down for over five thousand years.

On the eastern slope of Shanqian Mountain, the founder of the Demonic Altar, whom I worship, once discovered traces of a gluttonous turtle, and his travelogue specifically recorded this information. Upon learning that the elder was searching for the gluttonous turtle, the altar master took a group of disciples to Shanqian Mountain to confirm the location the founder had mentioned.

We originally wanted to capture the Taotie Turtle for our senior, but unfortunately, the sect's strength was insufficient, and the leader and his fellow disciples were trapped in the front of the mountain. If everyone hadn't tried their best to help my junior brother and I escape, all of us in the Demon Worshiping Altar would have been lost.

Hao Yun briefly explained the whole story.

He glanced at the spirit stones with an undisguised greedy look and estimated how many spirit stones there were.

This is the first time I have seen so many spirit stones.

He knew what Dou Eqing meant. Even if he only provided information, it was worth the price. Then these spirit stones would be theirs to worship the Demon Altar.

"Where is the other person?"

Dou Eqing asked subconsciously.

In fact, he thought he had already guessed it. The person who died a few days ago should be this person's junior brother. It is possible that this person wanted to take the mission reward for himself and made up his mind to kill his junior brother.

"Killed by Wei Rushan. My junior apprentice and I originally hired Wei Rushan to capture the Taotie turtle and trade it with you. I didn't expect Wei Rushan to be such a hypocrite.

As soon as we shared the news, he immediately attacked me and my junior brother. My junior brother wanted to self-destruct and attack Wei Rushan in order for me to escape, but he failed..."

Dou Eqing didn't allow the other party to talk any more nonsense and immediately ordered:

"Give me directions later."

He took Hao Yun and quickly left the market for casual cultivators, and hurried to the front mountain.

Because he was not sure whether the cultivator who was targeting the Taotie Turtle wanted to trade the Taotie Turtle with him.

If not, his efforts would be in vain, and he would regret it too late. Other details can be asked while on the road.

Fortunately, he arrived in time while a group of people were still besieging the Taotie turtle.

Hao Yun was absolutely right when he said that Wei Rushan was an extremely hypocritical person. He could only pretend to be hypocritical and tell his trapped companions that he came to help catch the Taotie turtle and asked them to help attack the Taotie turtle.

I believe that after the deed is accomplished, the others will be killed.

Just as Hao Yun was about to shout to remind his fellow disciples to be on guard against Wei Rushan, he was immediately stopped by Dou Eqing.

"If you want them to survive, don't act rashly. It would be too easy for that man to kill your companions."

Dou Eqing transmitted the message.

"Senior, please save the altar master and my fellow apprentices. We..."

I want to refuse the mission reward, but I can't make the decision.

"Humph, I hate hypocrites the most! I will kill this man, you don't have to tell me."

Dou Eqing said indifferently.

"Thank you!"

"Find a place to hide first."

After he finished speaking, he dived into the ground and went under the Taotie turtle.

Although the Taotie turtle is a turtle, it is a land turtle, but it is very good at burrowing underground.

Now on the battlefield, Wei Rushan wants to catch the Taotie turtle, and the Taotie turtle even regards Wei Rushan, a cultivator who has reached the state of incarnation, as food.

Even if he escaped underground, it was to launch a surprise attack on Wei Rushan, not to escape.

The reason why several people in the Demon Worship Altar were able to survive was due to the wisdom of their leader, Fairy Baiyue.

The Moon Worshiping Fairy told the Taotie Turtle that they could attract high-level monks to cook food for it.

The Taotie turtle also looked down on the cultivators who had just entered the Nascent Soul stage, so it just trapped them.

Moreover, Wei Rushan forgot about Hao Yun when he arrived at Shanqianshan, but Fairy Baiyue, the leader of the Demon Worship Altar, had the soul tablets of Hao Yun and Hao Yun, and knew that one of them was dead.

With this information, Wei Rushan had already figured out the reason through the interrogation of Fairy Baiyue.

Fairy Baiyue knew that he had no good intentions and had been acting with him all along.

She secretly reached an agreement with Taotie, and turned against him and killed Wei Rushan at the critical moment.

If Dou Eqing had not come, Wei Rushan might not have been able to get away with it. The intelligence of the spirit beast was no less than that of the cultivator, and it played a trick of Infernal Affairs with Wei Rushan.

It’s a pity that in the face of strength, this conspiracy and trickery cannot stand the test of time and can only be slaughtered.

Dou Eqing went underground and used talismans to set up a spirit-trapping formation.

The complete name of the Soul-Trapping Array is the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Yin and Yang Reversal Soul-Subduing Array. Its function is to be a peerless array created by ancient powerful beings to capture true spirits.

It is rumored that the ancient true spirits of heaven and earth are innate spirits born from heaven and earth. Those born from heaven and earth are comparable to immortals and have almost reached the level of immortality.

During the long process of growth, the strength of most true spirits has continued to grow, and a random blow can destroy the current Kunlun Realm.

It is conceivable that the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Yin and Yang Reversal Spirit-Subduing Formation must be a peerless divine formation that can ambush such a powerful true spiritual being.

However, as it was passed down from generation to generation, either because setting up the Yin and Yang Reversal Spirit-Suppressing Array in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths was too difficult, or because the spiritual treasures required were extinct in the world, this divine array continued to evolve, resulting in the more common spirit-trapping array.

Dou Eqing didn't know how to set up a formation, but fortunately this was a complete set of talisman formations, so setting up the formation was basically as easy as activating a talisman.

He also forgot which Divine Transformation cultivator's storage ring he got the spoils from, but he just happened to use it today.

In fact, the soul-trapping formation arranged by this set of talismans is only of the fourth-level mid-grade, but it can trap a fourth-level peak Taotie turtle. This also indirectly proves that the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Yin and Yang Reversal Soul-Suppressing Formation can indeed be regarded as a divine formation.

The Soul-Trapping Formation can only be said to have inherited some of the essence of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Yin and Yang Reversal Soul-Suppressing Formation, but it can trap the Taotie Turtle across levels.

The soul-trapping formation allows one to enter but not exit. When the Taotie turtle escaped underground, it happened to fall into the soul-trapping formation and could not get out even though it wanted to.

After he trapped the Taotie turtle, he didn't even take a serious look at it. He escaped first and launched a sneak attack on Wei Rushan.

Since I promised Hao Yun, I will naturally not go back on my word.

If they made some noise while dealing with the Taotie turtle underground and aroused Wei Rushan's suspicion, the people from the Demon Worship Altar would be in great danger.

After all, this gluttonous turtle is not far from the fifth level, and it will take Dou Eqing a lot of effort to subdue it.

As the saying goes, a lion will use all its strength to fight a rabbit. Dou Eqing escaped from underground wearing an invisibility cloak.

Although Wei Rushan noticed Dou Eqing's escape, he underestimated his strength. The White Tiger Demon Slayer Blade stabbed him straight down and upwards, piercing Wei Rushan's heart and killing him, even his Yuan Shen Liquid was not spared.

"You and I……"

Dou Eqing didn't even give the other party a chance to talk nonsense. He poked and stirred it, making it impossible for Wei Rushan to say anything he wanted to say.

He was not in a hurry to devour Wei Rushan's cultivation, and directly brought the other party's body to the outside of the soul-trapping formation.

"Taotie, are you hungry? I brought you some delicious food."

He held up Wei Rushan's body and spoke directly to the Taotie Turtle.

It is fully capable of understanding human speech.

"Human, do you know the origins of your Dragon Turtle Grandpa? Let me go!"

The Taotie turtle communicated directly with Dou Eqing through telepathy.

The two looked at each other, and the Taotie turtle observed Dou Eqing's every word and action carefully, just like a human.

Dou Eqing also carefully investigated the Taotie turtle.

This Taotie turtle should be the second generation, with less than half of the Taotie bloodline, but a large part of the dragon turtle bloodline.

Therefore, its glans looks like the head of a dragon turtle, and it has a pair of golden horns that resemble dragon horns. It can be said to be a majestic dragon horn.

In Dou Eqing's opinion, this Taotie turtle should be a new species, and it should be called the Taotie Dragon Turtle Beast.

Its body seemed inlaid with thousands of pieces of jade, shimmering with a faint light. Its shell was engraved with intricate cloud patterns, each line seeming to contain the wisdom of its race's bloodline.

The four legs are strong and powerful, and a dark green light emerges from the gaps between the scales, which is very mysterious.

The eyes of the Taotie dragon turtle beast are deep and mysterious, like two bright stars, shining with wisdom in the darkness.

Its gaze seemed to penetrate the void, gazing deep into the soul, making Dou Eqing unwilling to stare directly at it for too long. Its jet-black eyeballs were surrounded by fine golden scales, and whenever it moved its eyeballs, the scales shimmered with a dazzling brilliance.

A light mist surrounded its body, which came from the endless spiritual power in its body. It was constantly flowing in its body, emitting a light glow.

Every breath of the Taotie Dragon Turtle Beast seems to cause subtle changes in the environment around it, but the impact on the surrounding environment is very subtle.

If Dou Eqing hadn't had such a sharp mind, he might not have caught this detail.

This gluttonous dragon turtle beast was like a fish in water underground, and the mud did not pose any obstacle to it.

It made dull dragon roars from time to time, and the sound echoed in Dou Eqing's ears, hitting his eardrums, making him feel that the Taotie dragon turtle beast was not simple.

Its long dragon tail swayed gracefully, and the tip of the tail slapped from time to time, causing the surrounding soil to move back and forth with the tail.

It completely saw through Dou Eqing's cultivation level, without hiding anything. As long as he was not in the late Nascent Soul stage, it wondered how he could have dealt with Wei Rushan in such a short time.

Dou Eqing saw that the Taotie dragon turtle beast had the cunning of a cultivator, and thought about how to subdue it and make it obey his orders.

(End of this chapter)