Chapter 166: Weakest Target? (1/2)

Jiang Li's actions had undoubtedly offended the Immortal Ascension Pavilion.

However, he had done this after much consideration, and if all went well, it might only be the beginning.

Because at this moment, Jiang Li felt that he already had a certain degree of ability to protect himself, and it was impossible for the Immortal Ascension Pavilion to do anything to him.

Therefore, since he had already offended them, he might as well get the maximum benefits for himself.

After receiving that list, Pavilion Master Sun was naturally extremely depressed. He did not expect that there would still be such a shameless person these days. He really dared to write down everything.

However, although the number of items on Jiang Li's list was shocking, they were not of high quality. Combined together, their value was barely within the acceptable range of the Immortal Ascension Pavilion.

He took a deep breath and accepted it.

Amongst them, the most controversial was the request Jiang Li made to choose items in the treasure vault.

In principle, the Immortal Ascension Pavilion wanted to reject it, but because of their consideration for the Scripture Storage Valley, they could only give in and let Jiang Li choose one item.

However, if it was only an item, Jiang Li felt that he had really lost out.

After a long discussion, it was decided that Jiang Li could choose two items from their treasure vault, but it was also stipulated that Jiang Li could not choose their few ultimate treasures.

Soon, the agent of the Scripture Storage Valley store stationed at the Immortal Ascension Pavilion received a large amount of supplies.

After checking everything according to the list, they were transported by the sect's flying ship and temporarily brought back to the sect to wait for Jiang Li to return after the competition.

After the basic distribution was completed, Jiang Li very graciously released the four captives. He also returned all the artifacts other than the storage bag to Huangfu Tai.

This matter temporarily came to an end.

On the other hand, Elder He proposed to help Jiang Li capture another Foundation Establishment realm demon beast and get a new blood tattoo to recover his combat strength.

However, Jiang Li hesitated for a moment before rejecting this suggestion. He had his own consideration about the next blood tattoo.

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The Great Mountain Cultivator Tournament was currently held in the Medicine Garden Mystic Realm of the Misty Mountain Range.

Somewhere thousands of kilometers away, two golden sword lights descended together and landed on a wide and slow stream.

This was the Mother River that had experienced a great battle back then.

Going downstream along the river, the slow-moving area was no longer as dark and smelly as before.

As the river water flowed, the repulsive Yin Corpse Blood was washed even farther away and even flowed into the sea.

The poisonous river water had already changed, but the aquatic creatures that had been poisoned by the Yin Corpse Blood could not recover so quickly. Moreover, the Yin Corpse Blood had also affected the downstream, causing a large number of creatures to be exterminated.

The fishermen who relied on the Mother River to fish would probably lose their livelihood.

As for these two sword cultivators, they were the ones who had been sent here to verify the situation after hearing the information about the sword cultivator clone.

”Big Brother, let's go down.”

The two sword cultivators checked on the shore for a while and did not find any abnormalities. This was natural. At that time, hundreds of cultivators had searched thoroughly and did not find any clues. The hiding talent of the Nine Nether Wood was extremely powerful.

However, according to the information, the problem was underwater. Since they had flown so far here, they could not report to the sect if they did not go down and take a look!

Elder Zuo Mo nodded. The two of them took out two blue pearls at the same time and threw them into the water.

Two whirlpools soon appeared on the surface of the river, growing larger and deeper. The two beads actually pushed away the water that was more than a hundred meters deep, forming two vertical air columns that reached the riverbed.

This was a water attribute artifact, Water Repelling Pearl. Due to its practical function and simple refinement method, many skilled blacksmiths could make it. It was not a rare item.

”Go!”

The two of them stepped on their flying swords and cautiously activated their protective light before descending along the pillar.

Soon, the light became dim, and the moist, muddy riverbed appeared beneath their feet.

”The bottom of this riverbed is also very clean.”

”There's no sight of corpses and ghost flames everywhere.”

”I think that Tang Yan was most likely hallucinating while on the verge of death. There's no underwater graveyard at all. What a waste of time.”

The Sword Cultivator Zuo Luo held the Water Repelling Pearl and slowly checked the riverbed as he walked.

He suddenly kicked something and bent down to retrieve a damaged sword from the mud.

Judging from the looks of the damaged weapon, there were not many rust stains on the sword and it should not have been abandoned for long. It was very likely the weapon left behind by the cultivators who died in the battle over there.

”Brother, look at this…”

Elder Zuo Luo's voice paused. He suddenly realized that no one had responded to him since just now.

He hurriedly turned his head to look for it. Rich spiritual light blossomed in his eyes as his gaze pierced through the murky river water and surveyed his surroundings.

The river water that had been poisoned by the Yin Corpse Blood was clean, but there was no sign of his elder brother, who had just come down with him.

Not far away, he could only see the pillar of air that repelled the surrounding water.

Where was he?

A bad feeling arose in his heart.

However, Brother Zuo Mo was a Golden Core cultivator. How could he have disappeared without a trace?

Had he returned to the shore?

Elder Zuo Luo rode his flying sword and hurriedly rose into the sky, wanting to leave the bottom of the lake to search.

However, in the next moment, his ankle was instantly bound by something. He felt a terrifying force that even Golden Core realm cultivators could not resist.

Elder Zuo Luo was startled. The momentum of his flying sword stopped abruptly.

What… What was that?

A golden sword light slashed down. The sword technique that had always been unstoppable due to the enhancement of the Sword Heart felt an indescribable sluggishness this time.

The incomparably sharp golden sword light sliced apart the thing binding his feet bit by bit.

A drop of cold sweat dripped down the Golden Core cultivator's forehead. After he was grabbed, the originally calm riverbed suddenly wriggled strangely.

The golden sword light slashed with all its might. After a few breaths, his foot felt lighter, and the thing as thick as his wrist was finally cut off.

This was the first time Elder Zuo Luo felt that several breaths of time was actually so long.

He did not stop for a moment. He stepped on the flying sword and was about to leave the bottom of the river.

However, in the next moment, more than ten huge roots suddenly crawled out from under the riverbed and instantly bound the Golden Core sword cultivator.

A terrible force pulled him downward.

The Golden Core sword cultivator was still resisting desperately. The incomparably sharp metal flying sword directly pierced into one of the roots. He even spat out the Golden Core in his body.

However, it was still useless!