Chapter 52: Taking the Centipede Beads
The big centipede seemed to have discovered the existence of me and Old Man Xiao, so it looked viciously in the direction where we were hiding. We had all completely covered up the breath of living on our bodies before, how could we still be discovered by it?
"Squeak" twice, and a large rat with half a pound of feet came out of the crack in the stone in front of me. The big centipede stared at the rat with red eyes, then shook the tentacles on the side of its mouth and continued to play with the Fire Devouring Pill.
I let out a long breath: "It's so dangerous! It almost caught it. I looked at the old man Xiao next to me, and saw that he was already covered in cold sweat.
I gently patted him on the shoulder to reassure him that the big centipede hadn't noticed us, and that it was the big mouse that had just caught its attention.
Seeing that the sky was getting brighter and brighter, the big centipede finally stopped playing with the Fire Devouring Pill. I saw it erect its body high, and then sucked it in with a big mouth, and the cold and poisonous Fire Devouring Pill was immediately sucked into its mouth.
I saw that the time was ripe, so I hurriedly took out an Initiation Talisman and threw it at the Spirit Attraction Array, and then threw a large handful of cinnabar particles from my pocket.
Suddenly, the golden light in the formation overflowed, and the big centipede was smashed by cinnabar, and it directly rioted, twisting its body in the formation and rushing into it. However, the Spirit Attraction Array has already been activated by me and has become a trapped spirit array, this array can trap all spirits, and this big centipede has already cultivated a demon body, so it is directly trapped in the trapped spirit array, and it can't rush out if it rushes left and right.
I shouted at Old Man Xiao: "Old Xiao, it has been trapped in the formation by me, you come over and help me defend the formation, and I will go in and get the centipede beads." If I can't beat it, here are five thunder runes. Aren't you a Maoshan Taoist? You must know the five thunder tricks. ”
Old man Xiao hurriedly ran over and took the five thunder talismans and the small cloth bag containing cinnabar grains in my hand, nodded and instructed me: "Boy, you must be careful!" It's no ordinary centipede. If you're not sure, don't go in. ”
"Hey, hey! Lao Xiao, don't worry. I am bound to get this centipede bead. "I walked into the formation without looking back.
As soon as the big centipede saw that I had entered the formation, it stopped striking the enchantment around the trapped spirit array. Shaking his tentacles, he rushed towards me with his mouth wide open.
"Poof" a few times, the big centipede stopped pounced on me, I turned my head to look, it turned out to be the old man Xiao outside the formation holding a handful of cinnabar and throwing it at the big centipede.
Look at the giant centipede, puffs of white smoke emanating from the place where it was hit by cinnabar, emitting a disgusting stench. The big centipede is an evil thing that cultivates the demon way, and it is most afraid of pure yang items like cinnabar.
Just when I was about to tell Old Man Xiao to save some cinnabar, Old Man Xiao shouted in horror: "Boy, be careful behind" After speaking, he hurriedly grabbed a handful of cinnabar grains and threw them at me, I hurriedly lowered my head, and there was a muffled sound behind me. A scorching smell also came.
I turned my head to see that it was the big centipede that was preparing to attack me behind while I was talking to Old Man Xiao. was smashed to the ground by Old Man Xiao with cinnabar.
"Yo, good fellow! How dare you sneak up on me?" I shouted angrily, then pulled out the bronze dagger from my waist and prepared to rush forward.
The eastern sky was already showing the whiteness of the fish's belly, and the big centipede was getting more and more anxious, and once again pounced on me in the air. I hurried to the ground to avoid its attack, and then another carp crouched on the ground, holding a bronze dagger in his hand, staring at it.
It seems that it should be afraid of the sun, because the pure yang energy in the sunlight can just restrain the yin and evil aura on its body, and when I thought of this, I immediately paid attention. Since you can't beat it, let's delay time! Just drag it until sunrise. Let's see if it still has such a high combat effectiveness under the sun.
I did what I said, and I didn't attack it. Instead, he dodged around with dexterity, hoping to delay a little longer.
The big centipede seemed to see what I was thinking, so it opened its mouth and spat out a stream of black liquid. I hurriedly rolled over and dodged with a harrier. Before I knew it, a few drops of black clothes were dripping on my clothes, splashing white smoke. I looked down and saw that all the places where the black liquid had stuck to my clothes had rotted, and I hurriedly cut it off with a bronze dagger, and the stone next to it stained with black liquid had also corroded into several large holes.
"Oops, it spews venom. It seems that there is no way to hide, so just rush up and fight! So I grabbed the dagger behind the centipede, aimed at its celestial spirit cover, and stabbed it hard.
A stream of pale green blood sprayed my face, and I immediately felt a hot pain on my face. I wiped the green centipede blood on my face with my sleeve, and after pulling out the dagger, I burrowed under its abdomen and stabbed it again, more green blood splattered out from the long wound, and I rolled on the ground and dodged.
I don't know if it was because of the knife wound or the poison of the Fire Devouring Pill, the big centipede stopped attacking me, and lay on the ground and writhed violently. Immediately afterward, its whole body began to twitch, and its feet on both sides of its body began to tremble.
I hurriedly jumped onto its flat head with a dagger, and with a single blow I cut off the tendon on its neck, which was its central nervous system, and immediately it was paralyzed, lying motionless on the ground.
"The centipede essence that has cultivated the demon body is nothing more than that!" I kicked the half-dead centipede with contempt. Old man Xiao shouted loudly: "Boy, hurry up and take the centipede beads!" Otherwise, when the sun comes out, it will be useless to take centipede beads again. ”
I turned my head and smiled, "Okay, I'll take the beads right away." You just have the fresh bamboo tube ready. After saying that, I took the bronze dagger and cut open the head of the big centipede.
There was a "ding" sound, and the dagger seemed to have touched a hard object. "What's so hard?" After thinking about it carefully, I hurriedly explored the place where I had just encountered the hard object.
Sure enough, after digging open the carapace of a large piece of centipede's head, a golden spherical stone the size of a ping-pong ball appeared in front of me. I knew that this was its Neidan centipede bead, but I didn't expect this centipede bead to be the size of a ping-pong ball.
"Lao Xiao, look, this centipede bead is so big! I've never seen a centipede bead this big before. It seems that this centipede should be about to turn into a flying centipede. Cultivating a demon body is nothing, but I didn't expect its inner pill to be so big. I held the centipede bead and said with a smile to Lao Xiao.
"If it weren't for our appearance tonight, it would continue to absorb the essence of the sun and the moon and the aura of heaven and earth, and the inner pill it produced would be even greater. Of course, its cultivation will also go further. At first, I thought it would be difficult to deal with, but I didn't expect it to be done in just a few clicks. Scold! Old man Xiao looked at the centipede on the ground and smiled.
When I looked back, the centipede's shiny carapace had dried up and shrunk, and it had become much smaller.
"Boy, let's bury it! Anyway, it has also cultivated for thousands of years, so it can't be done in the Violent Corpse Wilderness like this! Thousands of years of Taoist cultivation have suddenly come to naught, which is indeed a bit of a pity! Old man Xiao said regretfully.
"It must not be buried, because it has already cultivated the demon body. They already have aura on their bodies, and if they are eaten by other evil things that cultivate the Demon Dao, then their cultivation can go further. Even if a beast or insect eats a centipede corpse, it can be easily cultivated to refinement. It's a hidden danger that its body remains here, so let's burn it anyway! ”
After speaking, I took out a Divine Fire Talisman and pasted it on the corpse of the centipede, quickly made a seal, and then recited the words in my mouth: I respectfully invite the ancestor to come, the divine fire is full of demons and evil forms, I am ordered by the ancestor himself, and the divine fire is as urgent as the law! Why!"
The corpse of the centipede with the charm on it immediately burst into flames, and the black smoke mixed with the stench of burnt water immediately diffused.
I took the fresh bamboo tube in Old Man Xiao's hand, then stuffed the centipede beads into it, and then stuffed the wooden plug hard.
Only in this way will the aura and medicinal properties in the centipede bead not be overflowed.