Trapped in a Predicament

Wang Ming, who believed he had thoroughly investigated Song Wen's background, curled his lips into a cold smile.

"Elder Wu, you don't need to put on airs in front of me. My spirit beast Spirit-Piercing Rat, has been monitoring you for three months. I already know everything about your cave abode."

Song Wen's expression turned terrified.

"Wang Ming, you actually... you actually spyed on me."

Wang Ming said, "Don't worry, as long as you obey, I won't reveal your secret. But if you don't cooperate, then you can't blame me."

Upon hearing this, Song Wen was initially angry. But in an instant, he became as dejected as a defeated rooster.

What do you want me to do?

Seeing Song Wen's reaction, Wang Ming revealed a triumphant smile and spoke in a condescending manner.

"All I need is for you to help me Alchemy and secretly collect some rare spirit medicine. By the way, how are the pills and Silverhorn Grass I asked for three months ago coming along?"

Song Wen said somewhat timidly.

"Not fully prepared yet."

"What's missing? Is it the elixir or the Silverhorn Grass?"

"No... nothing at all. I've been busy cultivating for the past three months and haven't been Alchemy. As for Silverhorn Grass, I haven't managed to get a single one."

"What!" Wang Ming suddenly became furious.

"Three months have passed, and you still haven't prepared anything."

"Waste!"

Wang Ming roared and lunged forward.

A surge of powerful spiritual energy erupted, like a raging torrent, and rushed toward Song Wen.

Wang Ming is Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator, while Song Wen's cultivation level is only at the early-stage Foundation Establishment.

Song Wen was instantly blasted away by this powerful spiritual force, crashing into the stone wall behind him.

"Puff!"

He spat out a mouthful of blood.

Song Wen's aura became extremely chaotic. He slid down the stone wall and fell to the ground, looking quite seriously injured.

At the same time, the identity token slipped out of Song Wen's arms.

Wang Ming raised his hand and waved it, taking the token into his hand and infusing it with spiritual power, causing the cave abode to open up suddenly.

He grabbed Song Wen and threw him into the cave abode.

He then stepped into the cave abode and activated the token to close cave abode.

Wang Ming's gaze swept around and finally landed on the two snake pits in the corner of the cave abode.

Taking a few steps, Wang Ming arrived at the front of the snake pit.

Although he had already learned of the existence of the Man-Snake through the Spirit-Piercing Rat.

But when you actually see it with your own eyes, you can't help but be deeply shocked.

The half-human, half-snake appearance of the Man-Snake was truly astonishing.

"What kind of Demon Beast is this? Why have I never heard of it before?" Wang Ming muttered to himself.

Song Wen struggled to his feet and stumbled toward the snake pit.

"Wang Ming, please leave my cave abode. This item is extremely precious and not something you can touch."

Wang Ming originally didn't have much interest in the Man-Snake, but after hearing these words, the thought of possessing Man-Snake for himself suddenly arose in his mind.

A living second-tier Demon Beast is worth at least tens of thousands of Spirit Stones.

The two Man-Snake before us are clearly some kind of rare being, and their value is undoubtedly much higher.

However, both snake-men had been refined by Wu Sheng using the Secret Method of the Corpse Dao, and their bodies were tainted with corpse energy. It would take some effort to remove the corpse energy from the Man-Snake.

Once greed takes hold, it's unstoppable.

Beside the snake pit stood two enormous Corpse-Nurturing Coffin were two Formation Plate.

Wang Ming took a Formation Plate into his hand, preparing to deactivate the <Six-Harmony Demon-Locking Formation> in the snake pit.

Then they heard Song Wen's footsteps and voice behind them.

"You can't touch them..."

Before Song Wen could finish speaking, Wang Ming unleashed another powerful burst of spiritual energy, sending Song Wen flying dozens of meters away.

Song Wen collapsed to the ground, spitting out several mouthfuls of blood. He tried to get up several times, but failed.

The Six-Harmony Demon-Locking Formation is the most frequently used formation by the Beast Taming Sect to imprison Demon Beast.

Wang Ming was very familiar with the methods of controlling this formation.

He faced the Formation Plate and skillfully cast several Method Formulas, causing the array barrier above one of the snake pits to disappear.

Then, Wang Ming used magic to activate the restrictions within the Man-Snake body, imprisoning its Man-Snake power.

The Man-Snake was like a lamb to the slaughter, powerless to resist, and was dragged into the Corpse-Nurturing Coffin by Wang Ming's spiritual power.

Do the same thing.

The other Man-Snake was also put into the Corpse-Nurturing Coffin.

Using his spiritual power, Wang Ming dragged the two Corpse-Nurturing Coffin to the front of the severely injured Song Wen.

"What are you up to?"

Song Wen was terrified, as if he feared that Wang Ming would kill him.

Wang Ming looked down at Song Wen, who was lying on the ground.

"I won't kill you; that would violate the sect rules. But these two Man-Snake are mine now."

"You forcibly took other people's things, aren't you afraid that I'll report you to the sect?"

Wang Ming scoffed, "You can try it. When the sect finds out you used Devil Cultivation Method techniques to refine corpses, let's see whose fate is worse."

"You..."

Song Wen glared at him, speechless.

Wang Ming's face turned arrogant and ferocious.

"This is what happens when you don't know what's good for you. If you had cooperated with me obediently, none of this would have happened."

After saying that, Wang Ming stacked the two Corpse Coffin together, raised his hand and waved out a huge, unidentified animal hide, which he then placed over the Corpse Coffin.

Instantly, the aura of death emanating from the Corpse Coffin was concealed.

After confirming that there was no one else outside the cave abode, he slipped out of the cave abode.

Then, it plummeted rapidly downwards along the cliff face.

In the blink of an eye, they disappeared into the dense forest below the cliff.

Wang Ming, who was hiding in the dense forest, was preparing to recall the Spirit-Piercing Rat that were hiding in the crevices of the cliff.

Suddenly, his expression changed.

Five people were flying through the air, heading towards Song Wen's cave abode.

He happened to recognize the leader of these five people; he was Leng Tianlu, the deacon elder of the Law Enforcement Hall.

People from the Law Enforcement Hall!

What do they want with this 'Wu Sheng'?

Has Wu Sheng's corpse-refining scheme been exposed?

Or did 'Wu Sheng' commit some other crime?

Or perhaps my abduction of 'Wu Sheng' has been discovered?

Wang Ming's mind raced, and he was momentarily at a loss for how to respond.

Leng Tianlu, accompanied by four Qi Refining Stage disciples, arrived outside Song Wen's cave abode. To his surprise, the cave abode was wide open.

He scanned the cave abode with his Divine Sense.

He discovered that Song Wen was seriously injured and lay on the ground, unable to get up.

At the same time, he noticed that a strong Corpse-Baleful Qi remained in the cave abode.

Leng Tianlu flew into the cave abode and came to Song Wen's side.

"Are you Wu Sheng from Pill Peak?"

Leng Tianlu's appearance was completely unexpected by Song Wen.

After Wang Ming abducted the Man-Snake, Song Wen prepared to use the Jade Slip to notify Rong Jingyun. Unexpectedly, Leng Tianlu and four others broke into the cave abode again.

Unexpected events occurred, Song Wen with no choice but to continue acting.

"Cough!"

Song Wen coughed up a mouthful of blood before weakly saying...

"Yes, I am Wu Sheng."

Leng Tianlu asked, "Wu Sheng, who broke into your cave abode and injured you?"

Song Wen shook his head. "No one's here. Something went wrong with my training."

Leng Tianlu said in an icy voice.

"Since you are unwilling to reveal who injured you, then I will no longer pursue this matter."

"But someone reported you for secretly refining pills for others, bypassing the Alchemy Chamber. Although it's not a major matter, it still violates the sect rules."

"Originally, this was just a minor matter of fining someone some Spirit Stone or exiling them to a remote place with sparse Spiritual Qi to guard for a few years."

"Unexpectedly, there are a large amount of residual Corpse-Baleful Qi in your cave abode. Practicing demonic Cultivation Method is a serious crime. You will likely face severe consequences this time."