Golden Snake Lightning Art

Wei Suo pushed the two items in front of the Green Robe Old Man: one was the map fragment found on Lin Daoyi, and the other was the two Azure Jade Talismans sold by the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion.

Since Lin Daoyi had solemnly kept this map fragment, it shouldn't be useless waste. Furthermore, it was inscribed with ancient text, and Wei Suo thought that the Green Robe Old Man, being an old antique himself, might recognize it.

"Yin Feng Mountain... Peach Lake..." As expected, the Green Robe Old Man read out a few place names on the fragment with just a glance. "This is a map fragment of the Qingcheng Ruins." The Green Robe Old Man quickly made his judgment.

Wei Suo asked curiously, "Qingcheng Ruins? What kind of place is that?"

"The Qingcheng Ruins are the ruins of a great ancient sect. Inside, there are many artifact refining materials and remnants of magic treasures from ancient cultivators. For tens of thousands of years, many cultivators have ventured in to search for treasures. However, the Qingcheng Ruins are located in the wilderness of demonic beasts between the Tianxuan Continent and the Cloud Spirit Continent. Many powerful demonic beasts roam there, and there are also many dangerous and unpredictable dilapidated restrictions. Therefore, most cultivators who ventured in to seek treasures there perished. Even if there aren't many items left by the ancient sects, the items on the cultivators who died there are plentiful. Thus, within that thousand-mile area of ruins, there are definitely many good things."

The Green Robe Old Man looked at Wei Suo and explained, "This fragment of yours should have been drawn by a cultivator who entered the Qingcheng Ruins back then. It marks which places have concentrated demonic beasts and which places are safer to enter. If you had the complete map, it would be a bit safer to venture into the Qingcheng Ruins to search for treasures. It's a pity that yours is only a corner fragment, and with your current cultivation, even if you obtained other fragments to piece together a complete map, going to the Qingcheng Ruins would be no different from seeking death."

"The ruins of a great sect? Holy crap, I definitely have to go see it later. Maybe my luck will be good, and I'll find the other map fragments!" Wei Suo's eyes lit up as soon as he heard this. Not to mention anything else, those who could reach such distant places in the wilderness beyond the sky were probably much stronger than Lin Daoyi. Lin Daoyi already had so many good things on him, let alone those people.

"Just keep waiting," the Green Robe Old Man said, looking disdainfully at Wei Suo, whose eyes lit up at the mention of good things. "Bring those two jade talismans over here for me to see."

Normally, if the Green Robe Old Man asked Wei Suo to do something, Wei Suo might have dawdled. But upon hearing the Green Robe Old Man's words, Wei Suo immediately, without a second word, swiftly placed the two jade talismans in front of the Green Robe Old Man.

The Green Robe Old Man stared at the two green jade talismans held in Wei Suo's hand for a moment, then suddenly transformed into a green flame and seeped into the green jade talismans.

"Holy crap, what is this?"

The moment the Green Robe Old Man's green flame seeped into the green jade talismans, a black radiance suddenly lit up within them. Upon closer inspection, it formed a fierce and ferocious black wolf, pouncing towards the green flame that was the Green Robe Old Man.

The Green Robe Old Man's green flame then transformed into a green skull, entangling with the black wolf within the green jade talismans. The black wolf desperately bit the green skull, while the green skull also opened its large mouth and, with a crunching sound, bit the black wolf to death, looking somewhat comical.

"Holy crap!"

After a moment, the green flame that was the Green Robe Old Man retreated from the green jade talismans. As soon as he retreated, he immediately cried out. After re-transforming into the Green Robe Old Man's form, he looked quite disheveled, as if he had been bitten badly, panting heavily.

"Huh? What's going on with that black wolf inside? Old man, what, you couldn't beat it?" Wei Suo looked at the Green Robe Old Man, somewhat dumbfounded.

"Bah! It's just a restriction sealed with the soul of a Black Wind Wolf. A mere small Black Wind Wolf soul, I don't believe I can't handle it." After taking a breath, the Green Robe Old Man immediately transformed into a green flame again and surged into the green jade talismans.

Soon, within the green jade talismans, the black wolf and the green skull were desperately biting each other again.

"Damn it... I don't believe I can't beat it!" After a while, the Green Robe Old Man retreated again, panting heavily. After resting for a bit, he went in again.

"Damn it, one more time!" After a short while, the Green Robe Old Man retreated again, looking extremely disheveled.

"I refuse to believe it! Wei Suo, quickly give me some Fire Scorpion Blood! See if I don't kill it!"

"Hahaha, you little brat, you're finally dead! How dare you bite me! If it were in the past, I could have crushed you with just one finger!"

Wei Suo watched speechlessly as the defiant Green Robe Old Man went in and out like passing through a city gate, a total of seventeen or eighteen times. After drinking the Fire Scorpion Blood once, the color of the Black Wind Wolf within the jade talisman finally became dimmer and dimmer, until it was completely torn apart by the green skull. The Green Robe Old Man who retreated from it laughed triumphantly.

"The restriction is finally dealt with?"

Wei Suo looked at the green jade talisman, where the black radiance had completely disappeared, and tried channeling a stream of True Essence into it. This time, the unique mark on the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion's jade talisman did not emit any green light. As his pale purple True Essence flowed in, a cultivation technique scroll formed by pale purple radiance slowly appeared on the green jade talisman.

"What a treasure! Brother Lin Daoyi is truly a great benefactor!"

Wei Suo's mouth almost split open with joy upon seeing it.

"Golden Snake Lightning Art." What this green jade talisman recorded was actually a lightning-elemental spell.

Moreover, unlike low-level spells like the Azure Water Blade that Wei Suo was currently cultivating, which had a very uniform attack method – no matter the level of True Essence cultivation, it would always emit a bright green water blade, with only differences in activation speed and power – this Golden Snake Lightning Art was a true treasure with multiple attack methods.

The entire Golden Snake Lightning Art was divided into five layers.

The first layer could be cultivated by those with True Essence cultivation at the Second Level of Sea of Consciousness Realm, and it could unleash three two-foot-long lightning bolts that resembled snakes. The second layer could be cultivated by those with True Essence cultivation at the Third Level of Sea of Consciousness Realm. Upon completion, one could unleash ten golden lightning bolts, intertwined to form a shuttle shape.

The third layer could be cast by cultivators at the Fourth Level of Sea of Consciousness Realm. It unleashed twenty snake-like lightning bolts formed into a thunderball. Upon hitting an opponent or their defense, it would explode, covering an area of two zhang with the twenty exploding snake-like lightning bolts.

The fourth layer could be cast by cultivators at the Fifth Level of Sea of Consciousness Realm. It unleashed a large net formed by fifty snake-like lightning bolts, covering an area of five zhang.

The final layer was called Golden Snake Dance. It required cultivators at the First Level of Circulation Realm or above to cultivate. Upon casting, hundreds of snake-like lightning bolts would lash out within a ten-zhang radius.

Wei Suo was already lacking in cultivation techniques and spells. Furthermore, this Golden Snake Lightning Art was clearly the lightning-elemental spell that Lin Daoyi and his companions had used when they fought in the cave. Wei Suo had seen it very clearly at the time; not only was Lin Daoyi's lightning-elemental technique quite powerful, but more importantly, the golden snake lightning had a paralyzing effect on the opponent. Even a tough guy like Ye Xiaozheng, who cultivated the Golden Armor Technique, was immobilized for a long time after being hit by his thunderball. If Wei Suo, an ordinary cultivator, could withstand the power of the thunderball, he would still be electrocuted and twitch on the ground like he was having a seizure for a long time.

Currently, Wei Suo's Azure Water Blade was passable, but when encountering some faster demonic beasts, it was difficult to hit them. In the cave, he had seen the paralyzing effect of Nangong Yuqing's Ice Shield Technique and Lin Daoyi's lightning technique on their opponents, and he had really wanted to cultivate such a spell. He never expected to obtain one like this now.

Lin Daoyi was already a cultivator at the Fifth Level of Sea of Consciousness Realm, and when he fought Wei Suo, he had only unleashed the thunderball of the third layer at most. This indicated that Lin Daoyi had not obtained this technique for long and hadn't even had time to cultivate the fourth layer, the Golden Snake Net. As for Wei Suo's current cultivation, he could at least cultivate up to the second layer, the Golden Snake Shuttle.

After happily admiring this lightning technique for a while, Wei Suo glanced at the Green Robe Old Man, who was still laughing triumphantly. "Old man, it's just killing one Black Wind Wolf. You definitely can't kill the Black Wind Wolf in the other one."

"Nonsense! Even ten more, and I can kill them!" the Green Robe Old Man shouted, then transformed into a green flame again and rushed into the other jade talisman in Wei Suo's hand.