I proved immortality with thunder magic.

Chapter 69 Pei Hong

Zhou Tai's three rules were simple: cooperation was acceptable, but a certain safe distance had to be maintained between them.

Meanwhile, if a battle occurs with a demonic cultivator, everything else can be distributed according to the amount of effort contributed, but the demonic trial tokens must be distributed fairly, one token per person.

Finally, if they encounter disciples of the five sects of Heng Kingdom, they will not attack others first unless the other party makes the first move or shows obvious malicious threats.

Pei Hong readily agreed to his requests without much hesitation.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Tai smiled, cupped his hands in a respectful bow, and said, "Then I will ask for your guidance from Daoist Pei from now on."

Upon hearing this, Pei Hong clapped his hands and laughed, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, you're too kind. It should be us looking out for each other."

After reaching this initial cooperation agreement, the two shared some personal information with each other.

Pei Hong was very surprised when he learned from Zhou Tai that he was a Thunder Cultivator.

He then said with a smile, "I happen to excel at restraining the enemy. Fellow Daoist Zhou, if you join forces with me, we can each put our strengths to good use!"

As she spoke, she took the initiative to introduce herself.

It turns out that he cultivates earth-attribute magic, is proficient in earth and wood-attribute spells to trap enemies, and also has two magical artifacts that can assist in trapping enemies.

Zhou Tai was overjoyed when he learned of this.

After a moment's thought, he revealed another thing: "To be honest, Master Pei, I offended a witch before. This thief is not only agile, but also has a first-grade high-quality demon bat spirit pet. Before leaving, she made a threat that she would come back to settle accounts with me in the future."

Upon learning of this trouble he was in, Pei Hong was surprised, but quickly smiled and waved his hand, saying, "It's alright. As long as she dares to seek revenge again, this humble Daoist will help Fellow Daoist Zhou subdue the demon!"

Zhou Tai was overjoyed and cupped his hands in greeting again, saying, "With Master Pei's words, I am relieved."

After a brief discussion, the two set off in a certain direction, maintaining a distance of about 100 feet between them as they went.

After traveling for half a day, the two heard the sounds of a magical battle coming from the direction they were heading.

They exchanged a glance, quickly reached an agreement, and sped off to the scene of the incident.

Because the distance wasn't very far, the battle had just ended when Zhou Tai and Pei Hong arrived at the scene.

In a canyon, a disciple of the Corpse Demon Sect was collecting the body of a disciple of the Blood Spirit Sect—literally.

For the disciples of the Corpse Demon Sect, the corpses of their enemies are the best spoils of war, and they would never intentionally burn any cultivator's corpse.

Seeing this, Pei Hong immediately laughed and said, "I never expected to run into these thieves fighting amongst themselves. It's truly a stroke of luck!"

Zhou Tai shared the same thought, but said aloud, "There was quite a commotion just now, let's finish this quickly!"

After saying that, he wanted to test Pei Hong's methods, so he didn't start using the magic talisman. Instead, he summoned the Silver Star Sword and charged towards the demonic sect disciple.

Upon seeing this, Pei Hong smiled slightly, patted his storage bag, took out a stone staff magic weapon, held it in his hand, and quickly rushed into the canyon.

The Corpse Demon Sect disciple in the canyon looked extremely grim when he saw two cultivators suddenly appear. He immediately roared and ordered two refining corpses to intercept them, while he himself quickly tried to escape.

"Thieves, please leave!"

Pei Hong shouted and threw the stone stick in his hand forward. The short stick, which was originally two feet long, instantly turned into a stone pillar more than ten feet long and smashed into the corpse.

The stone pillar crashed down on the zombie's outstretched claws, slamming the claws and the corpse into the ground, just like playing whack-a-mole.

Pei Hong didn't even glance at the refining corpse that had been smashed into the ground. He quickly took out a yellow gourd magic artifact and threw it forward. The gourd lid immediately opened automatically, and a large amount of flying sand gushed out, heading straight for the fleeing demonic cultivator.

Although the demonic cultivator ran fast, he couldn't possibly outrun the flying sand. He had no choice but to hastily summon a ghost-faced shield to protect himself, which immediately slowed him down.

Seeing that Pei Hong had successfully slowed down the demonic cultivator, Zhou Tai put away the Thunder Spear Talisman in his hand and instead threw out the Fire Cloud Net magic weapon, which caught the corpse that was heading towards him and slowly began to refine it.

He then rushed toward the demonic cultivator while preparing his spells by forming hand seals.

This was his first time working with Pei Hong, and he couldn't let the other party underestimate him.

A few breaths later, Zhou Tai had arrived within the attack range, and his spell was ready.

"Roaring thunder, drawn by qi, thunder comes!"

With a shout from Zhou Tai, lightning immediately appeared in the direction he pointed, and a blue-white bolt of lightning fell from the sky, striking the demonic cultivator below.

A scream echoed through the canyon as the demonic cultivator's protective demonic energy shield was pierced by lightning, and the current instantly swept over his entire body.

This complete version of the lightning strike technique, personally performed by Zhou Tai, is far more powerful than the lightning strike talisman. Coupled with the restraining effect of lightning on demonic energy, it is not surprising that such a result was achieved.

Pei Hong, of course, would not waste the opportunity created by Zhou Tai.

A cold glint flew out from his sleeve, and a silver-white throwing knife quickly pierced the demonic cultivator's brow, killing him instantly.

After killing the Corpse Demon Sect disciple, Pei Hong didn't rush to collect the spoils. Instead, he first praised Zhou Tai, who had followed behind him, saying, "Fellow Daoist Zhou's lightning strike technique is indeed extraordinary!"

"Master Pei's methods are equally impressive!"

Zhou Tai looked at the flying knife magic weapon on the forehead of the Corpse Demon Sect disciple and smiled in praise.

At this moment, he thought of the coffin nail magic weapon he had obtained from killing the Demon-Slaying Sect disciple. Both were hidden weapons and their effects seemed to be similar, both pursuing extreme speed and penetrability.

Just as he was pondering this matter, Pei Hong changed the subject, looking at him with a serious expression and saying, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, we can talk about this later. Let's hurry up and clean up the battlefield and leave!"

"That's exactly right."

Zhou Tai responded, and the two of them tacitly separated to clean up the battlefield.

The corpses of the Blood Spirit Sect disciples were to be searched by Zhou Tai, while the corpses of the Corpse Demon Sect disciples were to be handed over to Pei Hong.

After quickly searching the body for anything useful, the two men, in perfect unison, threw a fireball at the corpse, destroying all evidence.

Even the two refined corpses were finished off by Zhou Tai with a Thunder Arc Finger spell, which blew their heads off to prevent them from being used by the Corpse Demon Sect disciples.

After doing all this, the two looked at each other and quickly left the scene in the same direction.

After running for more than ten miles, Zhou Tai and Pei Hong stopped in a valley and began to count and divide their spoils.

"I've finished my inspection. Fellow Daoist Zhou, you should take a look too!"

After inspecting the storage bag of the Corpse Demon Sect disciple that Pei Hong had obtained, he casually tossed it to Zhou Tai.

The two remained more than twenty feet apart, adhering to their previous agreement.

"Zhou's examination is complete; Master Pei, you may also take a look."

As Zhou Tai spoke, he tossed out the storage bag he had obtained and then picked up the storage bag that Pei Hong had thrown over and examined it.

After checking each other's tokens, the two confirmed that they had obtained two demonic trial tokens and one immortal trial token.

There were other gains, but none of them were very important to the two of them.

As previously agreed, the two each received a Demonic Path Trial Token, and then divided the rest of their spoils equally based on their approximate value.

Zhou Tai didn't want the Immortal Trial Token; he gave it to Pei Hong instead.

After the spoils were divided, Pei Hong looked at Zhou Tai with a smile and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, you have seen the results of this cooperation. As long as we work together sincerely, we are not afraid of not achieving something great."

"Master Pei is absolutely right, and I agree."

Zhou Tai nodded repeatedly in agreement, but inwardly he became more vigilant.

He didn't want to think too badly of people, but this Master Pei came from a prestigious sect like Lingxu Sect, yet he had always been very enthusiastic towards him, a disciple of Ling Beast Mountain. Reason told him that this was definitely not normal.

However, the two are indeed cooperating very well right now, and since he also needs the other's help to deal with that white-haired witch, he has to suppress any thoughts he may have.

For the rest of the day, Zhou Tai and his companion wandered around searching for a suitable target.

Unfortunately, no trace of the demonic cultivators was found until nightfall.

At night, Zhou Tai did not hesitate to release the sharp-clawed owl Laifu, putting it in charge of nighttime vigilance.

Pei Hong was impressed to see that he had such a spirit pet, and the two of them lay down to rest on the ground, about twenty or thirty feet apart.

Zhou Tai didn't sleep at all that night. He was worried that the white-haired witch would come looking for him, and he was also afraid that Pei Hong would suddenly make trouble during the night.

He guessed that Pei Hong was definitely not asleep either.

However, both of them are accomplished cultivators, and even if they doze off, they can recover some of their energy, so the problem is not too serious for the time being.

In the following days, Zhou Tai and Pei Hong continued to search for demonic cultivators during the day and find places to rest at night.

After five days of this cooperation, the two killed another disciple of Illusion Moon Valley and a disciple of the White Bone Demon Sect, and just happened to obtain four Demon Path Trial Tokens and three Immortal Path Trial Tokens.

After dividing up the spoils, Zhou Tai had eight Demonic Path Trial Tokens. Two more tokens would be enough to exchange for two Foundation Establishment Spiritual Items.

This greatly encouraged him, making him feel that achieving his goal of fifteen yuan was not impossible.

During this period, they also encountered cultivators from the five sects of Heng Kingdom twice: once a lone disciple of Haoyang Sect, and once two disciples of Nanhua Sect.

In this encounter, both parties were very cautious and didn't say much, quickly avoiding each other with a tacit understanding.

The trial has only lasted for less than half a month. Unless something special happens, the disciples of the five sects are unlikely to start fighting as soon as they meet.

The main reason is that Zhou Tai and his companion are two people, so even if the other side wanted to attack them, they would have to think twice about whether they could succeed.

Although the gains of the past few days were considerable, Zhou Tai's worries never dissipated.

First, there's the white-haired witch who hasn't shown herself yet; it's unclear whether she's dead or secretly gathering strength.

Secondly, Pei Hong, with whom he had a cooperative relationship, remained unfathomable to him, and he harbored deep suspicion towards this man.