Chapter 173, Treasure Hunting
"What the hell do you mean!"
After Zhang Chao coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood, he said in an unkind tone.
Obviously, he was very dissatisfied with what the long-bearded old man had done during the test, and if he hadn't been thinking about the treasures on the wooden frame, he would have opened his mouth to curse.
Li Mo stood aside, holding the Heavenly Mandate Sword, staring at the long-bearded old man on the sarcophagus with vigilant eyes, the spiritual power in his body was working, and it seemed that he would raise his sword to kill him in the next moment.
The long-bearded old man closed his eyes, glanced at the two of them without leaving a trace, and then showed a smile on his face, and said: "The black and white puppets that fight with you are just to confuse you, and the sword qi in the puppet's body is the real test, the purpose is to keep you vigilant at all times, even if you defeat the enemy, you must not easily let down your guard, otherwise it is very likely that the scene just now will happen." ”
As he spoke, the long-bearded old man leaned in the direction of the Divine Iron Pillar, intentionally or unintentionally, as if this would bring him a sense of security.
The long-bearded old man was just a wisp of consciousness, and after a thousand years of time, the spiritual power in his body had already been exhausted, and in the face of the two people in front of him, he would not be an opponent at all.
The previous ability to pull the two of them into the White Mist Ring was all based on the magic circle he had set up in his early years.
Seeing that the magic circle couldn't help the two of them, the long-bearded old man didn't have any way, he could only say that all this was part of the test.
Of course, in this underground space, there is also another immortal-level guardian formation, but the long-bearded old man is unwilling to open it.
Because once that immortal array is opened, no one can enter or leave unless the body recovers consciousness.
If the formation was opened, he would no longer be able to collect blood and refine the Ten Thousand Soul Blood Elixir, and in this way, he would be trapped here forever.
As for the Divine Iron Pillar that had just risen from the ground, it was a magic weapon refined by his body, called the 'Soul Fixing Pillar'.
Countless souls are sealed inside, and if controlled by the Soul Eater, hundreds of souls can be summoned to fight in an instant.
It is an eighth-order magic weapon that is enough to sweep away Dragon Continent!
Although the long-bearded old man had such a heavy treasure in his hands, he was not the Soul Eater himself after all, so he could only summon it, but he couldn't urge it.
Otherwise, with just a flick of the Soul Fixing Pillar, he could destroy Li Mo and Zhang Chao's physical bodies, seal their souls, and become one of the dead souls in the Soul Fixing Pillar.
After Li Mo heard the words of the long-bearded elder, he nodded with a smile and responded.
"Now that we've passed the test, can we take these treasures?"
"Yes!"
As soon as Li Mo's words fell, Zhang Chao, who was seriously injured on the side, followed closely and said.
Right now, his injury is not optimistic, the spiritual power in his body is excessively consumed, and the blood loss has passed, and if he doesn't control his injury in time, I am afraid that he may fall at any time.
Fortunately, in his storage bag, he usually has some healing pills, and he can barely maintain himself for a while with these pills, and after leaving here, he will find a way to heal his injuries.
Now Zhang Chao was so anxious that he forgot how Li Mo, who was also seriously injured, defeated the puppet and walked out of the White Mist Ring alive.
Facing the long-bearded old man in front of him, the two people who were still facing each other in life and death just now were already on the same front.
This is also in line with the old saying, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests.
"Now that you have passed the test set by the body, you can naturally take the treasures on the wooden shelf, as long as you can take them, it doesn't matter if you take them all."
The long-bearded old man closed his eyes and pretended to be a man of the world.
Looking at his crane-haired and childish face and long beard mopping the floor, if he was seen by someone who didn't know, maybe he really regarded him as a kind and kind old fairy.
It's a pity that Li Mo and Zhang Chao have already guessed that there is something wrong with him,
"Then thank you senior!"
The two of them thanked each other tacitly, and at the same time walked towards the wooden frame.
The long-bearded old man saw this scene, his face did not show any expression, the treasures placed on the wooden shelf were worthy of the supreme treasure to others, but in his eyes, it was just a pile of broken copper and iron, even if the treasures on the two wooden shelves were all taken away, he would not frown.
He now wished that Li Mo and Zhang Chao would hurry up and leave here with the treasures, so that he could find a way to replenish the strength of the formation as soon as possible and wait for the next person to arrive.
Of course, he would prefer that the two of them die under the prohibition of the wooden frame!
At this moment, Li Mo and Zhang Chao seemed to have some kind of tacit understanding, and after glancing at each other, they reached an agreement to temporarily put aside each other's grievances, and prepared to wait for the treasure to be taken away before dealing with the hatred between the two.
The two of them came to a wooden shelf, looked at the treasures displayed on it, and put the treasures into the storage bag without saying a word.
The jade slips, pills, spirit stones, and treasures were all taken away by the two.
The long-bearded old man on the sarcophagus watched quietly, without making any sound in the process, as if waiting for something.
There were hundreds of treasures on the wooden shelves, and just when the two of them got the twentieth piece, a cold lightning shot out from each of the two wooden shelves, rushing towards the two of them with lightning speed.
The cold electricity that emanated was mixed with a thin silver needle, and the cold light on it flickered, exuding a faint cold power, which was obviously coated with poison.
The speed at which the silver needle shot out was extremely fast, and ordinary Innate Realm monks couldn't dodge it at all, and once they were hit, the end would be extremely miserable.
However, Li Mo and Zhang Chao are obviously not within the scope of ordinary monks.
Especially Li Mo, although his cultivation is not more than the sixth layer of the foundation, whether it is his speed or strength, he has already reached the standard of the innate realm, and he doesn't know how to hurt him with a secret weapon condensed by spiritual power.
I saw that his figure flashed slightly, and the silver needle flew past his ear, and disappeared into the stone wall behind him, leaving only a small gap.
Looking at Zhang Chao again, the light flashed on his hand, and a translucent dagger appeared, slashing towards the silver needle, making a crisp and pleasant sound, cutting it off.
"There's definitely something wrong with this old guy!"
Zhang Chao muttered to himself.
At this moment, even Zhang Chao felt a little wrong.
The long-bearded old man who was hiding behind the Soul Fixing Pillar saw the two of them dodging the silver needle and spoke.
"There is a prohibition left by my body on the wooden shelf, every twenty treasures taken away, a ban will be triggered, with the cultivation of the two of you, you can only take up to thirty-nine treasures, if you take away forty, it will touch the second layer of prohibition."
After saying this, the long-bearded old man stopped speaking, and sat on the dark sarcophagus and stroked the long-beard that had fallen to the ground.
Li Mo and Zhang Chao, as if they didn't hear his voice, didn't mean to stop in their hands, and put the treasures into the storage bag one after another.
Seeing this, the long-bearded old man shook his head, scolded himself for talking too much, and then stopped talking.
If the two of them are forbidden and killed, isn't that exactly what he wants to see?
Minutes and seconds passed.
Soon, Li Mo and Zhang Chao took away thirty-nine treasures, and the next one was the fortieth.
Looking at the treasures on the wooden shelves, the two fell into deep thought, and neither of them did anything.
They were all weighing the words of the bearded elder, and they were thinking about whether or not to take the fortieth treasure.
If, as he said, every twenty pieces taken will trigger a prohibition, then they will face a second prohibition.