With a sudden rush, the straw rope transformed into a giant python.
The python soared into the air and came hurtling toward him.
Wang Quan darted about, shouting, "Temple Master, when I was young, I met an old man with a white beard. That old man was Daoist Heavenly Opportunity."
"Daoist Heavenly Opportunity said there was a fiend in this world-Wang Ming."
"If he lives, rivers of blood will flow through this world, with countless dead and wounded."
"You should be capturing Wang Ming, not me."
He kept his legs moving as he dodged the serpent, but the giant python only pursued him more fiercely.
Wang Quan shouted again, "Temple Master, better to kill the wrong man than let him slip away."
"Kill him, and peace will reign beneath heaven."
A thoughtful look flashed through the temple master's eyes, and the serpent slowed a little.
At this, Wang Quan rejoiced inwardly and chased after True Lord Heart-Knower Wang Ming, intent on killing him.
But the fellow glanced at Temple Master Clear Wind. Bewilderment flashed through the temple master's eyes before he roared, "I am a kindhearted man. I absolutely will not allow you to kill anyone here."
Then the temple master grabbed a handful of yellow earth and blew it toward Wang Quan.
Whoosh!
The yellow earth turned into yellow sand, obscuring Wang Quan's vision.
Wang Quan sneered inwardly. Even if I can't see, I can still hear.
He closed his eyes and tried to sense True Lord Heart-Knower Wang Ming, but all his ears caught was the endless sound of wind and sand.
He ran this way and that as yellow sand swept around him.
One breath...
Three breaths...
Five breaths...
Wang Quan stopped, gasping for breath.
Although he had used all sorts of means to improve this body's