Chapter 965 - Truly desperate (2/2)

Just in this fas.h.i.+on, that blade of Saber Intent Condensing Gra.s.s he was holding in his mouth went down his throat.

Tears immediately streamed down his face.

Sharp pain was transmitted from his throat, just as though he had swallowed down a knife… It felt very painful!

Song Shuhang grabbed his throat with both hands, and bean-sized tears streamed down his face nonstop. Men had tears, but did not shed them lightly, because they hadn’t encountered an instance of deep sorrow yet.

Actually, Song Shuhang wasn’t even in deep sorrow right now… These tears streaming down his face were just a natural reaction of his body, similarly to how tears would flow out of one’s eyes if someone punched them in the nose. Eating the Saber Intent Condensing Gra.s.s raw had a similar effect.

Ye Si arrived behind Song Shuhang and stretched out her hand, gently ma.s.saging his throat.

“Huff~” Song Shuhang exhaled a mouthful of air, activating the Lotus Blossoming Tongue skill. Four white lotus flowers appeared beside his mouth, and rich fragrance scattered in the surrounding area. It was the aroma of countless table delicacies gathered together, and all those that smelled this aroma would have their appet.i.te stimulated, while drool would start to flow from their mouths. Even cultivators were affected by this aroma unless they used something like the Turtle Breathing Technique to hold their breath.

“What a good smell.” The eyes of the nearby Little Cai immediately lit up. “Teacher, can I eat those lotus flowers?”

“You can’t.” Song Shuhang used his husky voice, and said in all seriousness, “Actually, these lotus flowers are made from your teacher’s saliva.

“…” Little Cai.

“…” Ye Si.

Under Song Shuhang’s guidance, the four white lotus flowers scattered, leaving behind only four lotus seeds.

After materializing, the seeds got attracted to each other, and ended up merging together, forming a very big lotus seed.

Little Cai couldn’t help but say, “Teacher, can I eat that lotus seed?”

“You can’t— no, actually, you can.” Song Shuhang changed his statement halfway.

He had remembered that the daoist name of his head disciple was ‘Virtuous Buddhist Sabersman’.

Since she was called Virtuous Buddhist Sabersman, she had to be proficient in saber techniques as well, and saber intent happened to be something that all powerful sabersmen needed to have.

Thereupon, Song Shuhang said, “Little Cai, you will have your share of Saber Intent Condensing Lotus Seeds after you learn saber techniques and get ready to condense saber intent!”

“Saber techniques?” Little Cai flapped her small wings. Teacher, are you making fun of me? I’m a small monster that hasn’t reached the Fifth Stage Realm yet… how can I even practice saber techniques?! Do you want me to curl up my wings to hold a saber and chop people?

Actually, this scene with a little bird holding a saber with its wings was rather twisted and scary.

“If you want these Saber Intent Condensing Lotus Seeds, you’ll need to diligently practice saber techniques. Don’t worry, I’ll teach you everything I know without holding back.” After saying this much, Song Shuhang swallowed down that big lotus seed and looked outside the forbidden area.

For some reason, he found that loud sound of collision and rumbling noise very familiar.

“Has Venerable White finally arrived?” Song Shuhang wondered. The reason was that the way the ground shook just now somehow reminded him of Senior White’s ability to stumble on flat ground.

Actually, no. That rumbling noise that followed afterward was more like the sound of explosions…

Was it that purple-robed cultivator playing tricks?

Just as Song Shuhang was in deep thought… the peripheral region of the forbidden area—in other words, the place where he was right now—started crumbling.

F*ck, is this an earthquake?

Large swathes of the ground crumbled, and the invisible sword insects shot out of their nest, heading toward the depths of the forbidden area.

“This is bad,” Song Shuhang called out.

Although he couldn’t see the invisible sword insects, he could see the things blocking their way getting chopped to pieces. Therefore, he was able to guess their approximate position and the direction they were heading in.

And Song Shuhang just happened to be in the middle of their path.

Would he act like a brave hero, or run away like a filthy deserter?

Nonsense, it was obviously the time to run away!

If he stayed behind and played hero, he wouldn’t even resist for three seconds!

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At the entrance of the forbidden area.

Venerable White and the old scholar crawled out of a huge hole with heads and faces covered in dust. Venerable White didn’t look that bad, but the old scholar had debris all over his face. From the looks of it, he didn’t land properly, and hit the ground with his face. A layer of flames was still burning on his body, and there were also the traces of explosions.

“Ah, I didn’t expect to fail in the end,” Venerable White said, somewhat depressed.

“Just a little more! Had I been given a little more time, I would have definitely succeeded!” The old scholar sighed.

“Fellow Daoist Ruhuo, how many seals did you have left?” Venerable Ruhuo asked.

“Only seven,” the old scholar said smugly. In addition, he had really managed to discover a new method to break seals towards the end, which sharply increased his seal-breaking speed. As long as he’d been given 10 more breaths, he would have gotten rid of those seven seals as well.

“I had six left,” Venerable White said with a smile.

“…” The old scholar. That was because you weren’t falling as fast as me! I didn’t expect that your speed increasing formations would be that crazy. 40 different levels, with each level being faster than the previous one.

“Let’s not talk about this. We both failed to beat this ‘high alt.i.tude escapology game’. Therefore, we’ll have another match next time,” Venerable White said with a smile.

“Good, we’ll settle this next time. Right, Fellow Daoist White, did we cause something to explode when we landed just now?” Venerable Ruhuo twisted his arm.

He felt as though he had fallen into a pile of explosives, getting literally blown away. It was truly tiring.

“It seems like something exploded. However, I was focused on breaking the seals, and I didn’t really pay attention,” Venerable White said.

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At this time, in a far-off thick patch of gra.s.s. A broken ball-shaped puppet crawled out from beneath the ground with much difficulty.

This ball-shaped puppet didn’t have any offensive power, and was merely a reconnaissance-type puppet. Its body was particularly resilient, and it was quite good at escaping.

“It’s over, it’s all over.” The ball-shaped puppet absent-mindedly gazed at that huge hole. At this time, its mood was as low as the bottom of that pit.

Two Venerables fell from the sky, and they landed precisely on that ‘minefield’ that the purple-robed cultivator had prepared for Song Shuhang.

After the collision, a hole so deep that one couldn’t see the bottom of it appeared in the ground, causing the a.s.sa.s.sin-type puppet—as well as the several other puppets that were lying in ambush within the minefield—to instantly turn into ashes.

Soon afterward, all the bombs it had carefully planted detonated as well.

After the bombs detonated, that puppet below the ground digging a tunnel was also blown to pieces.

At this time, only this ball-shaped puppet with no offensive strength was left.

The purple-robed cultivator was truly desperate right now.