Chapter 78: Red-Coated Rat (1/2)
Eh? Did the coffin's space increase?
Jiang Li suddenly discovered that the things inside the coffin, like the damaged flying sword and the corpses of the cultivators, seemed to have become much smaller.
Upon a closer look, he realized it was the space inside the coffin that had enlarged instead.
He did not expect that filling a coffin with Yin qi and soul could have such an effect.
Or perhaps it was due to the special influence of the lightning tribulation that the coffin had changed.
It was not that there were no storage artifacts in the cultivation world, but they were indeed rare. As far as he knew, many Core Formation elders did not have such a thing.
Furthermore, the larger the space of the artifact, the higher the value of the artifact. Regardless of the reason, this was a pleasant surprise.
After putting away the coffin, Jiang Li started to roughly search Cloud Stream City, and he hoped that he could rely on the direction in his memories to find the location of the inn from before.
After he left, in order not to alert the enemy, he had not finished exchanging souls.
According to the speed of exchange at that time, during the time he left, he would have accumulated at least a few hundred to a thousand souls.
If the Soul Capturing Bag was not destroyed by the lightning tribulation, this could be considered a good harvest.
Squeak ~ Squeak ~ Squeak ~
At this moment, a huge rat in a red robe suddenly ran past the ruins not far away.
Jiang Li looked familiar. Wasn't this the talking rat?
He suddenly recalled what the rat had said about the dilapidated temple outside the city.
A few drops of lamp oil could allow the rat spirit to speak human language. Perhaps that dilapidated temple really had something good?
With a thought, the chains on his waist flew out automatically.
Jiang Li did not use the metal hook on the other end. This little rat spirit was only so big. It would not be good if he accidentally killed it.
The chains wrapped around the rat spirit that was flying through the ruins. The 1.5 kilograms of weight did not have the slightest ability to resist as it was easily swept back to Jiang Li.
With a plop, the red-coated rat fell to the ground. It raised its eyes to look at Jiang Li, but before Jiang Li could speak, the rat suddenly bounced up, its limbs frantically scratching the ground as it tried to escape.
However, how fast were Jiang Li's legs?
Seeing that the rat was about to run, he quickly kicked it and stepped on the tail behind it.
Squeak squeak! Squeak squeak!
This rat's luck was really not bad. Under the aftermath of such a terrifying thunder tribulation and the battle between Golden Cores, the entire city had been destroyed, but it could still keep its life.
However, perhaps because he was badly frightened by the lightning tribulation, when he saw Jiang Li, the 'master' who had treated him to a meal, he did not even greet him and just fled without any care.
Eh, wait a moment. The one who was greeting the small demons previously seemed to be black zombie.
Wearing a mask, his voice and smell were completely different from Jiang Li's actual body.
It was no wonder that the rat was so afraid of him. It could not recognize him at all.
At this moment, the red-coated rat realized that its tail had been stepped on. In its anxiety, it turned around and bit down.
However, it was not biting Jiang Li's shoe, but its own tail.
”Brother Rat, wait a moment. I don't mean any harm. Brother Rat, do you still remember this mask? I invited you to a banquet earlier.”
Jiang Li hurriedly stopped the red-coated rat from hurting itself. He took out a mask and showed it to the rat spirit.
Only then did the rat spirit slowly calm down, but it still curled up on the ground and secretly raised its eyes to size up Jiang Li.
”Where are the gold, silver, and presents that I asked you to safeguard?”
The rat's head did not seem to be working well. Its bean-sized eyes darted around before it finally recalled something.
”Squeak squeak squeak. Master's immortal fortune is flourishing. Squeak squeak. The gold and silver presents are all here. They're all… they're all under the ruins.”
The rat bowed to Jiang Li, but its action stunned Jiang Li. This posture… did not seem right.