Chapter 118: Murder for Money (1)
However, in the end, under Li Yi's great persuasion, Zhou Yang still agreed to Qingyun's request with a reluctant expression, but he still said to Qingyun:
"Qingyun Little Daoist, I can explain this in advance, the elixir that the sect asked us to find is called Five Snake Grass. It is rumored that the mature five snake grass will attract snake monsters to come, and if the snake monster devours the five snake grass, it can make it Hongmeng suddenly open and give birth to wisdom. Therefore, some snake demons who have not transformed or have not yet opened their minds will entrench themselves near the Five Snake Grass all year round to guard. ”
"It's okay, Senior Zhou doesn't have to worry about me, I can handle it!"
Qingyun said innocently, but what Zhou Yang said was not what he meant, and said with some amusement:
"I'm not worried about your safety, but if I find the Five Snake Grass, I can't give it to you, but if you help us kill the Guardian Snake Demon together, I can share your share of the spiritual materials on the snake demon. ”
Hearing this, Qingyun's heart was suddenly overjoyed, he actually didn't want to gain anything, it was purely for the sake of long-term knowledge, but as soon as he heard that what they were looking for was the Five Snake Grass, then he had to go and have a lot of fun!
Because according to the alchemy method of Lao Chuan, the reason why this grass is called Five Snake Grass is because it only grows one more serpentine leaf every year, and after five years, when the Five Snake Grass matures, it will not bloom, but will bear a lot of snake fruits.
These snake fruits resemble snake eggs, but the shells are very smooth and hard, so ordinary small animals will not eat them, let alone snake demons, they want blades of grass that can help them open their spiritual wisdom, not those snake fruits that can only nourish qi and blood.
However, although the shells of these snake fruits are hard, they are not the kind of alien fruits that cannot be injured by gold and iron, and after being split, their inner flesh is sweet and rich in aura, which is an excellent qi-replenishing ingredient for human monks, as well as an auxiliary medicine needed for alchemy.
"Although the medicinal properties are slightly inferior to the Five Snake Grass, but the amount is large, if Zhou Yang and Li Yi don't understand these just to find the Five Snake Grass, I will reluctantly help you accept it!"
Qingyun snickered, already secretly thinking in his heart that he could make a small fortune.
I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, Zhou Yang's voice saying this to Qingyun was not small, and Zhang Tian and Lin Dezi also heard it clearly.
They didn't know what the Five Snake Grass was, but they knew that if there was a senior from the Hundred Veins Realm around them to lead the team, as long as they made a contribution or even only fought Taiping Boxing, they might be able to get a piece of the pie, right?
The materials on the body of this spirit beast and demon can be sold, to put it bluntly, these are all spirit stones! They are the low-level monks of these small sects, and their "pocket money" a year is probably less than ten low-grade spirit stones.
But a small piece of snake demon skin cultivated in the Spirit Channeling Realm may be able to be sold for five lower-grade spirit stones, which is enough to cover their "salary" for half a year!
Therefore, the two of them looked at each other, and they both saw the heat and excitement in each other's eyes.
Zhang Tiankou was called senior brother earlier than Lin De, so he made a request to Zhou Yang, a senior, on behalf of the two, and bluntly said that the two of them were also willing to help.
However, they also knew in their hearts that Zhou Yang's sect could let him bring the monks of the Spirit Channeling Realm out to find medicine, which meant that the guardian demon beast of the Five Snake Grass should not be too strong, and the Hundred Veins Realm was enough to deal with it.
However, the two of them obviously went to get a piece of the pie, and Zhou Yang promised that Qingyun was already one more person, and he might not necessarily share the low-hanging fruit.
But what made them overjoyed was that Zhou Yang only frowned and thought for a moment before agreeing to their request, saying that he had suffered a lot of internal injuries from fighting with others a few days ago, so his current strength had decreased, so he would agree to the request of the two.
But the conditions are the same as before, if there is no guardian demon beast, then they will go in vain, and if there is, they need to fight the enemy together.
Looking at Zhang Tian and Lin De, who were cheering, Zhou Yang's eyes finally showed a trace of excitement that could be discerned by the naked eye, but he could no longer hide from Qingyun's eyes.
"Not to mention why Zhou Yang is so excited this time, just his rhetoric is very unreasonable. If he really suffered an internal injury, how could he walk with us people so easily? Even if he had the cultivation of the early stage of the Hundred Veins Realm, but if there were many ants biting the elephant to death, how could a monk in the Hundred Veins Realm not understand such a simple truth?"
The more Qingyun analyzed, the more gloomy his face became.
"Li Yi's realm is not as good as mine, and Zhang Tian and Lin De are both in the late stage of Lingyin, and they are also very close to him, if the three of us join forces to make money, under the internal injury, he Zhou Yang will have to lose half his life even if he does not die, how can he tell this matter in a grand manner, and then agree to do such a stupid thing as looking for medicine together? ”
Ever since Ma Wang and Qi Fei had taught him the most important first lesson in his life, Qingyun had gained an extremely deep understanding of the cruelty and deceit of the cultivation realm, and his vigilance had increased a lot.
He was already very smart, and after a shallow scrutiny, he found the loopholes in Zhou Yang's words.
Coupled with the spiritual sense that far surpassed that of the monks of the same realm, it also made him keenly aware of Zhou Yang's emotional abnormality, so after comprehensive consideration, Qingyun had faintly felt that Zhou Yang led them to find medicine together Most of them had other plans.
However, it is difficult for him to ride a tiger now, because if he proposes to give up this search for medicine, he is afraid that it will immediately arouse Zhou Yang's vigilance and suspicion, not to mention that he will take action in person, or encourage Zhang Tian and Lin De to say that he will leak the news, and it will be difficult for Qingyun to get out easily.
Thinking quickly about countermeasures in his mind, Qingyun's face did not have the slightest abnormality. At this time, several of them had already deviated from the official road under the leadership of Zhou Yang and walked towards the nearby dense forest.
"What is Zhou Yang's purpose this time? Making money? Well, this is possible, but why would he agree to Zhang Tian and Lin De, two monks in the late stage of the Spirit Channeling Realm, to join? After all, it is not easy to keep the three of us at once, in case the news leaks out, I am afraid that the retaliation of the two of his sects will be killed?"
Although he had doubts, Qingyun immediately figured out the trick:
"Yes, this Zhou Yang should be planning to use Zhang Tian and Lin De to deal with the guardian snake demon that may appear, if he really pretends to be invincible and uses the two, I'm afraid that nine times out of ten he will make money and kill him. ”
At this time, Qingyun's eyes glanced at Li Yi, who was walking behind Zhou Yang, intentionally or unintentionally, and said secretly:
"Looking at the situation, Zhou Yang's concern for his junior brother Li Yi doesn't seem to be fake, if he doesn't have the intention of making money and killing people, it's okay, if he really has, then he can only make this decision. I only hope that this Zhou Yang will remember the feelings of the same family when the time comes, and don't be the cold-blooded person who is mercenary. ”
Several of them were people with cultivation, their feet were not slow, and they walked like a gallop for more than half an hour, and they followed Zhou Yang to a mountain with extremely lush vegetation.
Although there are many tall trees in this mountain, it is difficult for sunlight to shine in due to the piles of rocks, so there are many shade-loving plants and trees.
According to Qingyun's understanding of the Five Snake Grass, most of them do grow in this environment, and it seems that the purpose of Zhou Yang's search for the Five Snake Grass is not a fraud.
Everyone did not disperse to look for them at Zhou Yang's request, the reason was that their cultivation was not high, and in case they encountered a difficult demon beast, the chance of surviving if they were left alone was limited.
Including his junior brother, the three of them all cast a grateful look at Zhou Yang, and only Qingyun sneered in his heart, secretly saying that you should be fighting with the intention of killing everyone in one go, right?
While Zhou Yang was not paying attention, Qingyun began to look for opportunities, intentionally or unintentionally, getting closer and closer to Li Yi.
Li Yi must be walking the world for the first time, and he doesn't care about it, although his cultivation is not as good as Qingyun's, but he is two years older than Qingyun, and he is only young and afraid of Qingyun.
Finally, after walking about a mile into the mountains, Qingyun, who had excellent eyesight, was the first to discover the Five Snake Grass, but he was witty and did not give a warning, but leaned closer behind Li Yi.
It didn't take long for Zhou Yang, who had the highest cultivation, to also discover the five snake grass that grew by the small pond in front of him.
Suddenly, the well-informed Zhou Yang immediately raised his hand to stop the footsteps of several people moving forward, and then he saw him looking at the waterhole vigilantly, as if he was observing something.
Unfortunately, due to the distance and the poor light in the dense forest, he could not see the situation at the bottom of the pond clearly, but he said:
"Okay, the five snake grass is right in front of you, it's daylight, even if there is a snake demon entrenched nearby, you should rest, you wait here, I'll go ahead to find out first." ”
As soon as these words came out, Qingyun looked at Zhou Yang who was walking in the direction of the pool in surprise, and thought:
"Could it be that I live the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain?
But before Qingyun could continue to think, he didn't know if Zhou Yang's steps were heavier, or if he had spoken too much before, and suddenly, a triangular head the size of a watermelon stretched out from the waterhole!
Everyone's hearts suddenly froze, and sure enough, there was a snake demon!
Several people belong to Qingyun Lingju, and after feeling it from afar, he judged that this snake demon should only have the perfect cultivation of Lingyin, so it should not be enlightened.
However, just by looking at the head, I know that its size is probably not small, and the power of qi and blood around it is also very majestic, which is more than his own, so after a short period of analysis, Qingyun came to a general conclusion.
"Although I haven't seen the Hundred Veins Realm seniors make a move, I feel that the comprehensive combat power of this snake demon may be above Zhou Yang. ”
The rest of the people didn't have Qingyun's strong five senses, and as the snake demon straightened up from the bottom of the pool, everyone realized the horror of the snake demon.
Although this long worm was the same as several people in the Great Realm, due to its terrifying momentum and the pungent fishy aura produced between the snake's swallowing, it still made them feel a little weak in their hearts.
Xu is snake demon felt that the person in charge seemed to surpass him in cultivation, so he didn't move, but stood up with a body that was four or five meters long, and kept making threatening and intimidating postures towards Zhou Yang, who was gradually approaching.
Zhou Yang, who had his back to everyone, smiled coldly, was not moved at all, and continued to walk in the direction of the growth of the Five Snake Grass step by step.
PS: Resolutely do not follow the vulgar routine of fighting monsters and upgrading treasure digging, ୧(._Ḡᴗ.)୨