Celestial being

"One hundred spiritual stones." Yuan Ming raised a finger and said.

"No, at least one thousand spiritual stones. I only have four." The man in black shook his head firmly.

"One hundred and one spiritual stones." Yuan Ming increased the price.

"Fellow Taoist, it's very insincere for you to bargain like this." The man in black frowned.

"This one-time thing is only worth this price." Yuan Ming raised his eyebrows and questioned.

"As for the eight hundred spirit stones, if you don't agree, then forget it." The man in black said directly without answering.

"Two hundred spirit stones, don't be too hasty to disagree. If something is easy to sell, you won't be unable to sell it for a few days," Yuan Ming said.

"Are you going to buy it or not..." the man in black said angrily.

"Of course I'll buy it. I think people who can use this thing don't have spiritual stones to buy it. Most people who have spiritual stones are strong enough. If they have the spiritual stones to buy this, it's better to build a high-grade magic weapon. Are you right? For example, over there That person." Yuan Ming said, waving his hand far away to say hello to Gu Qiuming.

The latter also raised his remaining arm in cooperation and responded.

When the man in black saw this scene, his brows twisted into knots and he was even more speechless.

"Fellow Taoist, the price I gave you is already a reasonable price." Yuan Ming patted the man in black on the shoulder, speaking seriously.

"That's all, I've never met someone as eloquent as you. A thousand spirit stones and three heart-breaking thunders are yours. Let's make an agreement first, and no more counter-offering is allowed!" After hesitating for a while, the man in black lowered his shoulders. Collapse, said.

"Okay, then you wait here and I'll get the money right away." Yuan Ming agreed happily.

"That won't work. It must be settled immediately." The man in black said immediately.

"Why are you worried? I put the deposit of three hundred spirit stones here, and the Heart-Splitting Thunder is still in your hands. Are you still worried?" Yuan Ming said, giving three hundred spirit stones and black clothes man.

"Seriously? Aren't you afraid that I'll swallow your spirit stone and run away?" The man in black caught him immediately, doubting his belief.

"It's okay. Three hundred spirit stones, I can afford to lose. My sect brother is also setting up a stall there. If you have any rare birds and animals to sell, just give me the name Hagong." Yuan Ming smiled and said, Drop these words and turn around to leave.

The man in black glanced at the one-armed old man, and then at another vendor not far away. From the corner of his eye, he glanced at the two people leaning against the tree. He suddenly felt that they were surrounded by Yuan Ming's people, plus what he was selling The thing is a little sensitive, how can I dare to have any objections, I can only wait there honestly with anxiety.

He didn't know that in the darkness not far from him, there was a black soul crow, staring at him unblinkingly.

Yuan Ming returned in a hurry and found Gu Yue who had not yet had time to help him sell things.

After some discussion, he was asked to help pull together a thousand spirit stones. The price was that no matter how much the magic weapons and storage bags were sold later, they would belong to Gu Yue and have nothing to do with him anymore.

After rushing back to the ghost market, Yuan Ming successfully bought three heart-breaking thunders and almost spent all his savings at once.

After that, he used the more than a hundred spiritual stones left in his body to buy some useful talismans, and then rushed back to Shiwanda Mountain overnight to continue his retreat.

About a month later.

After Yuan Ming used up the remaining Qingxuanxiang and swallowed the Jinhua Pill, he finally broke through to the twelfth level of Qi Refining in one fell swoop.

At this time, there are only less than ten days left before the Bailuqiu Alliance Meeting.

Although he had a Foundation Establishment Pill, he did not want to give up on the Foundation Establishment opportunity promised by the sect. He had made a lot of preparations. In his opinion, this so-called opportunity was probably just a Foundation Establishment Pill. If If he can achieve his wish, he will have two foundation-building pills, and the chance of successful foundation-building will naturally be greatly increased.

However, when the time comes, there will be many talents in each sect, and he must be fully prepared, and it is time to take back the black toad.

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Yuan Ming rushed all the way to the Snake King Valley.

The environment in the valley remains the same, with giant trees towering into the sky and a miasma shrouding it, as if it has been like this forever and will never change.

He sat down cross-legged at the entrance where he was separated from Hei Chan. He closed his eyes to sense Hei Toad's position, and his eyes suddenly sank.

He couldn't sense the beast control rune in the black toad!

Based on Yuan Ming's current knowledge, there are only two possibilities for this phenomenon to occur. One is that the black toad has been killed and the beast control rune has naturally dissipated. The second is that the black toad has been restricted by some kind of magic circle. He stood up, cutting off his connection with the beast control rune.

Black Toad has advanced to the second level and has awakened several powerful abilities. He is currently his most important helper. If he is killed by someone, it will be a heavy loss.

Yuan Ming's thoughts were swirling in his mind, and he felt something was wrong, so he forced himself to calm down.

Now, the first thing to do is to determine whether Black Toad is alive or dead.

Black Toad liked that black stone pillar before, so he probably went there.

Thinking of this, Yuan Ming quickly rushed towards the Snake King Cave.

With the blessing of the white jade belt, he quickly arrived at the entrance of the Snake King's Cave and was about to enter it when he suddenly stopped and waved his hand to release three soul crows.

One flew into the Snake King's Cave, one stood guard outside the cave entrance, and the third one monitored the surrounding situation.

After doing this, Yuan Ming took out the Shuiyun Banner and clasped it in his hand, and entered the Snake King's Cave. He quickly reached the deepest part of the Snake King's Cave with familiarity.

The black stone pillar standing here disappeared unexpectedly, and a large hole with a diameter of three feet appeared on the ground. It was pitch black and bottomless. Many large and small stones and soil were scattered on the ground nearby. It seemed that the black stone pillar was covered by Caused by pulling out all the life.

Yuan Ming had already discovered this situation through the soul crow, and was not surprised. With a thought, he controlled the soul crow to fly into the black cave to explore, and he searched everywhere in the cave.

With the power of his powerful spiritual consciousness, he quickly discovered something. He found a purple-black broken vine under a big rock, which was part of the purple-black demonic vine. It seemed that the black toad had indeed been here.

The soul crow also reached the bottom of the black cave at this moment. This large hole extended straight downward and was more than thirty feet deep, resembling a deep well.

The space at the bottom of the cave is much larger than the top, but it is empty. A bluestone passage appears on the side of the bottom of the cave, extending into the distance.

The ground and stone walls of the bluestone passage are very smooth. It looks like it was built artificially and is filled with dust.

Yuan Ming controlled the soul crow to explore the ground. After finding no danger, he raised the water cloud flag to protect his body and jumped into the big hole.

Shuiyun Banner shot out two blue water lights like big hands and caught them on the cave wall, greatly reducing his falling speed and he quickly landed safely.

He rummaged around the bottom of the cave for a while, but found no new broken vines, and looked towards the bluestone passage.

The soul crow had already flown into the passage, flying forward at least three hundred feet at this moment, but still had not reached the end.

At this point, Yuan Ming did not flinch. He held up the Water Cloud Flag to protect his body, stepped into the passage, and his spiritual consciousness spread out.

Before he had gone far, he suddenly stopped and looked at the cave wall on the right. There was a black spot the size of a thumb in the corner, which seemed to be corroded by something.

This place is inconspicuous, and if he hadn't expanded his spiritual consciousness, he wouldn't have been able to find it.

Yuan Ming came closer to the black spot, sniffed it gently, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

The black spot exudes a sour smell, which is the smell of the venom of the black toad. It seems that the black toad has been here, probably in front.

He quickened his pace, and his figure soon disappeared completely into the darkness.

The length of the green passage was far beyond his expectation. Yuan Ming rushed forward for a quarter of an hour, but there was still no sign of the end.

Fortunately, there are no forks in the bluestone passage, so you don’t have to worry about getting lost.

After walking forward for a while, Yuan Ming's brows suddenly raised.

The soul crow used to explore the path in front finally reached the end of the bluestone passage, and an exit emitting white light appeared there.

Yuan Ming ordered Soul Crow to stop, and he quickened his pace and quickly reached the exit of the passage.

A look of astonishment suddenly appeared on his face, and he looked to the sky above his head.

After Yuan Ming entered the bluestone passage, he did not forget the two soul crows controlling the ground. The soul crow at the entrance of the Snake King Cave still stayed in place, monitoring the situation at the entrance of the cave.

The soul crow sent out to investigate was controlled by him to fly directly above his head, making it easier for him to confirm his location.

The soul crow above his head came to an unexpected place at this moment: the ancient castle that Bone Tu and others had visited before.

This passage actually leads to the underground of the castle. It seems that there is some connection between the two.

Yuan Ming held up the Water Cloud Flag to protect his whole body and stepped into the white exit.

His eyes were filled with dazzling white light, and the next moment all the light suddenly disappeared, and someone else appeared in a gray stone temple.

The stone hall is rectangular, fifteen or six feet long, seven or eight feet wide, and only one or two feet high, giving people a very depressing feeling.

There are four stone pillars on each side of the hall that are hugged by one person. There are many reliefs in human and animal shapes engraved on them.

The style of these reliefs is strange. Instead of making the stone hall colorful, it makes the place even more gloomy, making it look like the underground palace of a mausoleum.

Yuan Ming didn't pay attention to the environment here at all, because the walls of the gray underground palace were covered with lush purple and black vines, and the eight stone pillars were wrapped with purple and black vines, which were the purple and black demon vines in the black toad.

Black Toad was lying next to a stone pillar, sleeping soundly with his belly turned over, his round belly opening and shrinking, which was quite funny.

Yuan Ming breathed a sigh of relief and glared at Hei Chan again.

This black toad actually slept here, causing him to worry in vain.

After confirming that Hei Chan was safe and sound, Yuan Ming's heart was completely settled, and then he carefully looked at the gray underground palace.

There was a vague black fluorescent light flashing on the wall of the gray dungeon. He used his spiritual consciousness to explore, but he couldn't penetrate deeper after just a little while. It seemed that the white fluorescent light was some kind of restriction, which could isolate the power of spiritual consciousness. No wonder he couldn't sense it from the outside. To the existence of black toad.

Not only were the walls of this underground palace flashing with black light, but there were also strands of black air suspended in the air, like clouds, and each strand exuded a faint fierce aura.

Yuan Ming was no stranger to this aura, it was the black aura emitted by the black stone pillar previously.

The purple-black demonic vine on the black toad's back rises and falls in conjunction with the black toad's chest. The flowers are also opening and closing, as if breathing through the mouth and nose. The black air in the temple slowly gathers and is sucked in by the flowers and leaves of the purple-black demonic vine. .

Yuan Ming was not surprised. The black toad had been absorbing the strange black energy before, but looking at the situation in front of him, it was probably the purple-black demonic vine that was really absorbing the black energy.