Blood Pattern Jade Gui

This battle's victory owes its greatest debt to the innate poison.

Every cultivator from the Five Poisons Sect possesses a poison body, capable of easily administering poison.

If fellow disciples fought, the innate poison wouldn't be so potent, but against cultivators from other sects, its power is instantly revealed.

The Daoist magic, Water Surge Stealth Technique, deserves second mention.

Without this technique, Li Shuidao wouldn't have been able to toy with the Azure Scale Beast, a ruler of the waters, in the palm of his hand.

However, despite this magical technique's wonder, it's countered by large-scale ice magic. Once the river surface freezes, Li Shuidao would be instantly exposed.

Next in line are the Clear Pool Sword Dao and the Daoist magic Water Moon Flowing Pearl.

The Clear Pool Sword Dao felt ordinary, lacking the magic's wonder.

Without the boost from Water Surge Stealth Technique, relying solely on Clear Pool Sword Dao, Li Shuidao would have died countless times already.

This cultivation technique has limited potential and doesn't need further exploration. Perhaps energy could be focused on the Ice Heart Jade Water Sword, as it's not just a martial skill but leans more towards magic.

"Husband, that boat is sinking," Xia Ruoxue said, pointing to the small boat in the middle of the river.

"Wait for me here," Li Shuidao replied before leaping into the river.

Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle...

The opening in the ship's hull grew larger and larger, water rushing in at an alarming speed. Lin Yunzhi, unconscious from poisoning, was about to be completely submerged.

When Li Shuidao entered the cabin, he found Lin Yunzhi on the verge of drowning, the river water already reaching his nostrils. Any later and he would have been a corpse.

Li Shuidao took out a soil-yellow jade bottle from his embrace, containing earth-attribute medicinal ingredients.

He pried open Lin Yunzhi's mouth and poured in some powder. Lin Yunzhi coughed twice, his complexion actually regaining some color.

The Five Elements' earth counters water.

This was the true antidote to the Toad's potent poison.

Li Shuidao controlled the dosage. Although Lin Yunzhi was no longer in mortal danger, he still hadn't woken up.

By this time, the ship's gunwale had submerged, and the small boat was instantly swallowed by the water.

A small whirlpool appeared in the center of the river.

Li Shuidao dragged Lin Yunzhi ashore.

He reached into Lin Yunzhi's pockets but only found a few emergency medicine bottles. There wasn't even a single Jade Coin, let alone a Blood Cloud Jade Tablet.

How could there be none?

Li Shuidao frowned and immediately jumped back into the river.

Lin Yuanren's severed head floated in the Flowing Cloud River, surrounded by fish with arm-length bodies that were ferociously devouring his flesh. The sight was horrifying.

Li Shuidao quickly swam over and searched him, soon pulling off a storage bag.

This storage bag looked unremarkable and drab, but its material was unusual.

Li Shuidao clipped the storage bag to his waist and quickly swam ashore.

Once on land, Li Shuidao cupped the drab bag in his hands, his expression extremely focused as he circulated his Magical Power.

With the pure Magical Power from the Jade Toad Qi Cultivation Art, Li Shuidao quickly refined the storage bag. His divine sense penetrated it, revealing its contents at a glance.

First, he took out a bottle of pills. Upon opening it, he saw it was filled with sixteen Qi Circulation Pills, each worth fifty Jade Coins.

This was good stuff. Li Shuidao's foundation was already solid, and he needed things like this to quickly increase his Magical Power.

Next, he took a peculiar weapon from the storage bag: the Azure Scale Scissors.

This magical artifact looked like a pair of giant scissors, its appearance exceptionally ornate. The handles were silver-white, inlaid with blue jewels that emitted a captivating glow.

The blades were crafted from the teeth of an Azure Scale Beast, their sharp edges constantly flowing with light, as if containing infinite power.

The entire magical artifact resembled a lifelike Azure Scale Beast, its might and mystery palpable just from its appearance.

Since it was a magical artifact, it could be refined...

Li Shuidao closed his eyes, concentrating intently as he infused the artifact with Magical Power. Mysterious runes slowly emerged on its surface, as if the artifact's soul was conversing with him.

The refinement went smoothly. After only the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, he felt the Azure Scale Scissors completely merge with him. He had become their true master.

He could summon the magical artifact at will and launch attacks.

With a thought.

The Azure Scale Scissors soared into the air, enveloped in a verdant glow. As Li Shuidao raised his hand and pointed, the cold light from the blades instantly flashed, severing the trunk of a large tree in half. He then tested it on a stubborn rock, which also broke with a single snip.

Its power was indeed impressive, but unfortunately, it consumed too much Magical Power.

Li Shuidao could only activate it at most three times.

In combat, he could only activate it once at most, as Water Surge Stealth Technique and Water Moon Flowing Pearl also required Magical Power.

Furthermore, although this item was powerful, its activation time was also very long. If the enemy was slippery and agile, this item would be useless.

It was precisely for this reason that Lin Yuanren never managed to use this immensely powerful treasure before his death.

Next, Li Shuidao took out a water-blue stone – a Water Spirit Stone.

One Spirit Stone is equivalent to one hundred and twenty Jade Coins, and this storage bag contains a total of fifteen Spirit Stones.

The last treasure.

"Blood Pattern Jade Gui."

This was the culprit, but this item only seemed to reveal its magical properties after absorbing moonlight at night.

Lin Yunzhi had indeed placed all his most important treasures on this person. This storage bag was probably a communal storage bag for the entire Lin family, not belonging to this boatman at all.

Inside the storage bag were two large jars containing several hundred Jade Coins. However, these Jade Coins couldn't be spent. This type of Jade Coin was called Azure Scale Coin and was only circulated in Cangzhou. Black Mountain did not circulate them, and the Jade Coins circulated in Black Mountain were called Five Poisons Coins in the outside world.

"Goo goo goo..." A small green toad jumped out from somewhere, squatting in front of Li Shuidao and croaking as if urging him on.

"I know." Li Shuidao held his long sword, and with a flash of sword light, he easily sliced open the Azure Scale Beast's tough belly.

He reached into the beast's abdomen and took out a shining Demon Core. The Demon Core emitted a captivating glow.

"Croak croak croak croak..." The Jade Toad jumped impatiently, continuing to urge Li Shuidao on.

Li Shuidao tossed the Demon Core in his hand.

The palm-sized Jade Toad opened its mouth as wide as it could and swallowed the Demon Core in one gulp. The Demon Core slid into the toad's mouth, sinking into a boundless abyss, and then disappeared...

Instantly, the toad's body trembled slightly, as if it felt the power of the Demon Core.

The surrounding air began to vibrate, and a powerful aura slowly emanated, enveloping the Jade Toad's body.

But even as the Jade Toad's aura gradually grew stronger, it still hadn't broken through the bottleneck. More importantly, its toxicity had not increased.

Companions of the Five Poisons Sect needed to consume more poisons to enhance their toxicity.

If there was no toxicity, only cultivation, it would be laughable. One couldn't expect this palm-sized Jade Toad to fight like an Azure Scale Beast.

Perhaps sensing Li Shuidao's thoughts.

In an instant.

The Jade Toad suddenly began to swell, as if being inflated, becoming thicker, larger, stronger, and more robust.

Its small, palm-sized body instantly transformed into the size of a millstone.

It began to emit a soul-stirring aura in all directions.

Its originally tender green, translucent skin disappeared, replaced by brown, scaly patterns.

Its body was strong, its muscles taut and powerful, like a sculpture carved from marble.

At this moment, the Jade Toad Demon's pair of small eyes flickered with green light, and demonic energy erupted, making the surrounding air heavy.

Then, this Toad Demon opened its large mouth, revealing rows of fine teeth like a blade array within its upper and lower jaws