Zhang Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, and he closed the door quietly, as if he had noticed nothing, walking to the side of the cushion and sitting down. After a while, his faint breathing sound came from the cave.

The surroundings gradually became quieter, as if they were usual.

Two hours later, the sky was already a little brighter. Zhang Yan's eyes, which had been slightly closed, suddenly opened, and he jumped up without warning, picked up the cover of the bronze tripod at his hand, stepped to the edge of the tripod, and buckled his hand, and closed the big tripod firmly with a "double" sound.

As soon as the cauldron was closed, the cauldron began to tumbling and loudly, and there was a bang in the top cover, as if something was about to struggle out of it.

Zhang Yan had already determined that the snake demon was hiding in the cauldron, but he was not in a hurry to start, but waited until the other party relaxed and then started to attack.

At this moment, he stepped back to the door in two steps, staring at the cauldron, and did not dare to relax for a moment. If the cauldron cover was really pushed open, he had no choice but to escape from here first.

But his worries were unnecessary. No matter how much this bronze tripod was, it was a magic weapon. It was refined by Shi Shoujing himself and could be used to cook beasts alive. How could it be easily rushed away?

The snake spirit was severely injured and was in the cave of others. When he was in the cauldron at first, he was always on guard and did not dare to make any changes. However, Zhang Yan never moved and seemed to have not noticed its existence. After persisting for a long time, it was finally hit by a burst of fatigue. Unexpectedly, just a negligence made Zhang Yan seize the opportunity.

The snake spirit struggled for a long time, but the cover of the cauldron was still motionless. Knowing that this cauldron was not simple, he had to give up and no longer waste his energy.

When the cauldron became quiet, Zhang Yan walked to the side of the cauldron and said, "Are you that snake demon?"

The snake spirit said, "Why should this Taoist brother be here in Xiaguan?"

"You sneaked into my cave and killed five disciples of my Yancang Sect. I said why do I have anything to do with you?"

"It turns out that Brother Dao already knows that he is here," the snake spirit sighed, but distinguished himself. "I was just being chased by someone and I am desperate and hid in the cauldron. It doesn't mean to harm you. I would like to ask Brother Dao to let me go out. Today's kindness will be rewarded."

Zhang Yan shook his head and said, "I can't believe what you said, and Senior Brother Ning may not have gone far. If you go out of my cave, if you are caught, your death is a trivial matter, but Zhang can't help but explain it clearly. So whether you are harmful to my heart or not, I can't let you go."

The snake spirit suddenly heard a rustling sound and was unconsciously panicked, "What are you doing?"

Zhang Yan smiled and said, "This tripod is called the 'Turkey Ding'. It is good at cooking delicious food and cooking its essence. It's just that I have never tried it before. Today I just want to use you to cook meat."

The snake spirit was shocked and struggled desperately in the cauldron, but this move was futile. In the end, he couldn't help but ask for help, "How can you let me go?"

Zhang Yan smiled secretly, it was a little interesting.

If he really wanted to kill that snake spirit, why do you have to talk so much nonsense? He just wanted to ask a few things clearly.

"I'll ask you, why did you come to the territory of the Cang Sect?"

The snake spirit stammered and said, "Just just to chase those five disciples, there is no other reason..."

"Hmph, do you think I'm a three-year-old child? I'm also lying to deceive me by such lies? My Cang Sect has been fighting with the Sanbo Lake Demon for many years. Although each has suffered casualties, it has never taken action to attack the other side's territory. This time you are not willing to chase into the hinterland of my Sect just to kill a few disciples whose cultivation is not as good as yours? Who did you deceive?" Zhang Yan sneered, "It must be that they know your secret, so you can't let them live, otherwise why would you pursue them so relentlessly?"

The snake was shocked and complained secretly. Unexpectedly, it was so difficult to deal with a junior in the Cang Sect that he guessed the whole story. But he was seriously injured and consumed a lot of true energy when changing his body. At this moment, the oil was exhausted and the lamp was dry. He could no longer raise any strength and could only let the other party slaughter.

But it was lucky in its heart and refused to tell the truth honestly. He talked about the two secrets and trivial matters, hoping that Zhang Yan would no longer pay attention to this matter, but Zhang Yan was still unmoved, and started to ignite the fire and kept adding firewood and increasing the salary under the cauldron.

Soon, the temperature inside the cauldron gradually rose.

Originally, Zhang Yan was open with the cauldron cover, and Zhang Yan was fashionable and unable to bear it. Although the snake spirit had a higher cultivation level than him, he was seriously injured at this moment. Yuan Zhen was seriously exhausted and there was no spiritual energy in his body. He was attacked by the cauldron fire and could no longer bear it. He shouted to beg for mercy, "Don't burn it, don't burn it, I'm willing to say, I'm willing to say..."

Zhang Yan kept saying coldly: "Say!"

The snake spirit had no choice but to tell everything he knew.

It turned out that the snake spirit was named Luo Xiao. This time, when fighting with a disciple of the Cang Sect, he accidentally crashed into a cave. He was curious and went back, but found a shell field that had never been discovered. He couldn't help but be overjoyed.

It was just a coincidence that this place was discovered by several disciples of the Yicang Sect who followed him. It suddenly became murderous and even broke into the Yicang Sect's territory and wanted to kill these disciples. At this moment, it accidentally bumped into Ning Chongxuan and chased him all the way, and then hid here in a panic.

"Beijing Field..." Zhang Yan's eyes lit up. This is where the Lingbei produced!

The golden beads cultivated in Lingbei's body are essential for alchemy. The shell is ground into powder and is also a common material for refining magic tools. Moreover, Lingbei is shiny and jade-like, with a strong spiritual energy, and looks really good, so it was used by monks as currency.

The Cang Sect has been fighting hard for more than ten years, isn’t it just for a shell field?

Having a shell field means that secular people hold gold or silver mines in their hands, and it is difficult not to make a fortune. All the big schools have several shell fields behind them.

No wonder the snake spirit took a huge risk to kill the five disciples, and even he was moved.

Thinking of this, he asked again: "Who else knows about this except you?"

"No more, no more," Luo Xiao said, and seemed to feel something was wrong, and he added urgently, "No one can find that place except in the lower place."

Zhang Yan pondered for a while and said, "I can let you out, but how can I trust you?"

Luo Xiao hurriedly said, "I am willing to swear..."

Zhang Yan shook his head: "Empty mouth and white teeth are not credible."

"I'm willing to make a law."

“It’s too troublesome and not advisable.”

Zhang Yan knew a little about the Dharma Deed, but firstly, he did not have a paper, secondly, he did not have a cinnabar talisman pen for writing, thirdly, he did not dare to easily release snake spirit, so he immediately rejected it.

The snake spirit was anxious and said, "What do you want?"

Zhang Yan said slowly: "You and I have made a pledge of essence and blood,"

The snake spirit said in a lost voice: "What?"

Zhang Yan asked: "Do you think it's not feasible?"

The snake spirit shrank in the cauldron and said nothing.

Zhang Yan smiled and continued to add firewood under the tripod.

After a while, the snake spirit was forced to death and shouted, "As soon as the essence and blood are released, I will be connected with you. If you die, you will not be able to survive. I, I am better than to die now..."

"Only this method can make Zhang feel at ease!" Zhang Yan sneered, "If you refuse, I will cook you into a pot of snake soup right now. Don't think that I dare not kill you if I know the place of the shell is there. In Zhang's opinion, only those things that are in your hands and eat them are yours. Those things that are too far away and cannot be seen or touched are not mentioned."

After hearing the words "eat", the snake spirit trembled all over. He felt Zhang Yan adding firewood there again. He couldn't help but scream in panic, "Don't burn, don't burn, I'll answer, I'll answer, you open the cover of the tripod, I will give you the essence and blood..."

Zhang Yan laughed and joked: "Don't bully me, don't understand? I, Zhang Yan, also read the Taoist books everywhere. I swear that there is a restraint of the way of heaven. Why do I need to open the cover of the tripod? If I make it mysterious, I will skin and bones you!"

Seeing that he had no flaws, Luo Xiao had no choice but to force out a trace of Yuanzhen essence and blood from his heart, then pinched a magic trick, and honestly made a blood oath.

Zhang Yan's body shook, as if something was in the dark was engraved in his heart. The every move of the snake spirit in the cauldron was extremely reflected in his heart at this moment, knowing that this was a blood oath that worked.

So he stepped forward and lifted the cauldron cover with two steps, and ignored the snake spirit and meditated on his own.

A moment later, a small snake about one foot long of golden thread crawled out from it, and the snake's head was weakly placed on the edge of the tripod. It looked around, looked back and forth on Zhang Yan's face, and then glanced at the Taoist book beside him. He couldn't help but say "Huh" and said, "'Xuanyuan Inner Repository'? Who is going to harm you?"

Zhang Yan frowned, opened his eyes, and said, "Why do you say this?"

Luo Xiao smiled and said, "Although I have never seen this Taoist book, I have long admired the name. I heard that the method contained in this book is ancient authentic, but it can open the pulse and break the gate within ten months. It is just a disadvantage, which is that it is easy to be envied by heaven. Therefore, no thunder sounds should be heard within one month after the pulse is opened, otherwise it will inevitably shake Yuanzhen and break the immortal vein, and will never have the chance to be with the Taoist path from then on."

It said hatefully: "Is it because I have made a swearing of essence and blood? I am connected with your life, so I am too lazy to say more to you."

When Zhang Yan heard this, he was shocked and then a cold sweat broke out on his back. If what Luo Xiao said was true, even if he had the broken jade in his hand, he would inevitably be deceived by this time!

I didn't expect there was a big pit waiting for me here...

After pondering for a while, Zhang Yan asked, "How did you know about this?"

"My demon clan practice is different from your human body. There are countless great and small disasters in the early stage. You have to know how to avoid disasters since you were young. Therefore, this Taoist book has also been mentioned by the elders."

Zhang Yan nodded and asked again: "Since you know the mystery of this book, do you know what methods can you avoid?"

Seeing Zhang Yan asking himself seriously, Luo Xiao couldn't help but show off and said proudly: "You have asked the right person. Maybe others don't know, but I, Luo Xiao, know very well. After you open your meridians, you just need to dig a deep pit. When the thunder in the sky is about to move, you can immediately cover your mouth, ears, eyes and nose and hide it in it, and then bury it with floating soil. In this way, you can avoid this disaster after seven days!"

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Chapter completed!