A Chance Encounter with a Rare Fire Python
It was noon on this day.
In the core area of Five Elements Marketplace, on the outskirts of the White Cloud Mountain Range, there is an inn called "Ling Xiao".
The Spiritual Qi in the backyard of this inn is extremely rich, especially in a quiet room in the backyard. Inside this quiet room is a mid- Second Grade Middle Rank Spirit Gathering Grand Array, which is supported by a large number of Spirit Stone at all times.
This also made the Spiritual Qi inside the quiet room extremely dense, comparable to the Spiritual Qi energy produced by Second Rank High Grade Spirit Vein.
In the very center of this quiet room, there was a beautiful young female cultivator with a full figure and fair skin, sitting cross-legged on the ground, constantly absorbing Spiritual Qi into her body.
Not long after, a cracking sound suddenly came from the Dantian area of the beautiful female cultivator's abdomen.
Immediately afterwards, her aura surged Haste, and she entered the Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer.
She opened her eyes, a smile appearing on her face, and muttered something to herself.
"I've finally broken through to the Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer. I wonder if my husband has already prepared new territory for the Lineage."
This beautiful female cultivator is Yan Siyi, the wife of Ling Pengyun. After following her husband Ling Pengyun from Falling Dusk Mountain in Huai River County to the White Cloud Mountain Range, she was arranged by Ling Pengyun to cultivate in seclusion at the Lingxiao Inn to break through her cultivation level.
In order to break through her cultivation level as soon as possible, she has not left her seclusion for more than a year and has been staying in this quiet room. Therefore, she is unaware that her Lineage has occupied the Muddy Swamp Territory.
Upon thinking this, the joy on Yan Siyi's face vanished instantly, replaced by a look of worry.
She then left the quiet room and went to her mother, Yang Qiuyun, who was in charge of the Lingxiao Inn, to inquire about her husband, Ling Pengyun, and his men occupying a territory in the White Cloud Mountain Range.
When Yan Siyi learned that her husband, Ling Pengyun, had led the Ling Clan clan to a great victory half a year ago, successively occupying the Lingxiao Ridge territory and the Muddy Swamp Territory, she finally felt relieved and overjoyed for Ling Pengyun's achievements.
She then hastily bid farewell to her mother, Yang Qiuyun, and her father Ling Xiaoshun, who was in charge of another shop in the Lineage, and left the Five Elements Marketplace, which was located on the outskirts of the White Cloud Mountain Range, alone. She then piloted a flying boat and headed towards the Muddy Swamp Territory.
Because the Demon Beast Gathering Ground around the Five Elements Marketplace were occupied by the Golden Core Force of the Yan Kingdom, Yan Siyi did not encounter many Demon Beast along the way, and she arrived at the Muddy Swamp Territory without any problems.
Not long after she stepped into the Muddy Swamp Territory, she sensed several fluctuations of spiritual energy coming from ahead.
"Fighting?"
She hesitated for a moment, then, with a wary heart, cast a Aura Observation Technique on herself, instantly enhancing her eyesight several times over.
She could also clearly see the scenery several miles ahead, where the spiritual energy fluctuations were coming from.
There is a small island in that place, and in the center of the island is a small lake.
On the shore of the lake, three Qi Training Middle Stage cultivators dressed in blue Daoist robes were ganging up on a fire python whose entire body was covered in red scales, had a slight protrusion on its head, and whose cultivation had also reached the Qi Training Middle Stage Refining realm.
Although those three Qi Training Middle Stage cultivators each possessed a First Rank Middle Grade attack and defense Law Artifact, their strength was extraordinary.
However, the fire python, Qi Training Middle Stage Refining, was skilled in Fire Element Law Technique. It continuously spewed out Fire Element Law Technique from its mouth, and its scales provided good defense. It managed to block the attacks of the three cultivators of the same level with its own strength.
This situation caused great anxiety among the three Qi Training Middle Stage Refining cultivators dressed in blue Daoist robes.
One of the elderly cultivators, with a head of white hair, looked helpless and called out to the other two cultivators around him.
"Junior brothers, let's use the Spirit Talisman Cave directly. With the strength of the three of us alone, it will probably take quite a while to completely deplete the python's spiritual power."
"If this drags on, the noise from our battle will likely attract the attention of our fellow disciples stationed on the surrounding Spirit Vein. This island is also a deserted island, Non-Self to defend. We will find it difficult to take this Crimson Cloud Python, whose bloodline is stronger than that of an ordinary Qi Training Middle Stage, all by ourselves."
After saying this, the elderly Qi Training Middle Stage took out nearly ten First Rank Low Grade and mid-grade Spirit Talisman Cave that he had saved over the years and threw them at the Qi Training Middle Stage fire python that was fighting with him not far away.
The fire python was startled upon seeing this.
However, this fire python was quite formidable, managing to condense three fire shields in just three breaths, blocking nearly half of the incoming Law Technique attack.
Just when the old cultivator thought he could finally injure the fire python, he was surprised to find that the fire python, which was only at the Qi Training Middle Stage of Qi Refining, had mastered the "Fire Source Armor Technique," a skill that only Fire Element Demon Beast at the Foundation Establishment Realm could use.
Using this technique, it conjured a thick layer of fire armor around its body, blocking all the remaining Spirit Talisman Cave Law Technique cast by the old cultivator without causing it any harm.
"Foundation Establishment Law Technique?"
"This fire python is indeed extraordinary, but it is a real problem for us in our current situation."
The elderly Qi Refining cultivator sighed inwardly.
The other two Qi Training Middle Stage cultivators, who were still hesitating about whether to use the Spirit Talisman Cave for fear of harming the fire python with its rich bloodline and the potential to transform into Half-Jiao, thus making it difficult to sell the fire python for a good price, all had their eyes flash with a sharp light upon seeing this.
At the same time, they all frowned.
This fire python has a powerful bloodline and has the potential to become Half-Jiao. It is extremely valuable on the market and can fetch at least a thousand Spirit Stone.
Now, this fire python has comprehended the extraordinary Foundation Establishment Realm Law Technique at the Qi Training Middle Stage, which can increase its price by at least 50%, making it easily worth 1,500 Spirit Stone.
However, this fire python has now demonstrated even greater strength, which means that they alone will find it difficult to capture it alive in a short period of time.
To avoid attracting the attention of fellow disciples guarding the surrounding Spirit Vein, the two Qi Training Middle Stage cultivators had no choice but to follow the old cultivator's instructions and each took out several low- to mid-grade first-tier Spirit Talisman Cave and cast them out.
In an instant, more than a dozen Law Technique attacks appeared in the air, transforming into more than a dozen beams of light that rushed towards the fire python.
Although the fire python managed to create several fire shields in time, they were all shattered by the dozen or so Law Technique attacks.
Its thick Fire Source Armor had exhausted most of its remaining strength to withstand the Spirit Talisman Cave attacks unleashed by the old cultivator, making it unable to withstand the remaining power of the dozen or so Law Technique attacks.
The dozen or so Law Technique attacks easily shattered the Fire Source Armor on the fire python's body and struck its flesh.
It must be said that the scales on the fire python's body were very strong. The dozen or so Law Technique attacks consumed a lot of their remaining strength before they broke through the fire python's scales and struck its flesh, creating more than a dozen wounds the size of a human head.