Chapter 247: Would You Believe Me If I Said It Was an Accident?

Translator: yikaii Editor: yikaii

With Lu Yang’s explanation, everyone finally understood that they had made a huge mistake earlier. The black Golden Core they had been examining for so long was not a Golden Core at all.

You couldn’t blame them. The Mountain Carrying Pig was full of gall, but the occurrence of gallstones due to excess bile secretion only happened at the Golden Core stage or above. The Five Heroes of Eagle Mountain had never encountered Golden Core stage demonic beasts before, so it was understandable they didn’t know.

The crucial point was, who could have thought that Golden Core stage creatures could get gallstones?

“This is perfectly normal,” Everlasting Fairy said matter-of-factly in response to Lu Yang’s question. “Mortals get ordinary gallstones, so naturally, Golden Core stage beings get Golden Core stage gallstones. It’s only logical.”

“You just lack experience. Have you heard of viruses that grow in the body and make you sick? I’ve even seen cultivators whose cultivation increased alongside the growth of the virus. Have you ever seen Nascent Soul Stage viral flu?” Everlasting Fairy boasted about her strange knowledge.

Lu Yang shook his head. He hadn’t even heard of such things, let alone seen them.

“In ancient times, viruses grew along with living beings, causing quite a bit of trouble. Ying Tian Immortal established the lightning tribulation partly to help high-level cultivators eliminate viruses, killing them during the tribulation,” Everlasting Fairy revealed another secret.

“Third Brother, if you don’t recognize something, don’t shout it out!” the hook-nosed leader reprimanded the third brother, who was in charge of dissecting.

The third brother felt wronged. Earlier, everyone had been enthusiastically guessing, but no one recognized it was a gallstone, and now they were blaming him?

Being a leader doesn’t mean you can be unreasonable.

As he thought this, the third brother casually took out the gallbladder of the Mountain Carrying Pig.

One, two, three, four, five… the Mountain Carrying Pig was full of gall was not just a description, but a fact.

“The Mountain Carrying Pig is indeed fearless, attacking any demon it encounters, including dragons and phoenixes,” Everlasting Fairy explained.

“Wouldn’t that provoke everyone’s anger?”

“No, everyone avoids it. Think about it, demonic beasts mainly fight using their mouths and claws. If you defeat the Mountain Carrying Pig and get splattered with its bile, which is bitter and astringent, who can stand that?”

“But based on the characteristics of the Mountain Carrying Pig, I created a delicious dish that was widely praised.”

“What did fairy create?”

“Bile stewed with bitter melon, to clear heat and detoxify.”

Lu Yang shivered involuntarily, “And this was well received? Who was lucky enough to try it?”

“Nonuple Immortal, back when he wasn’t an immortal yet. He was poisoned, and I saved him. Seeing him on the brink of death, I made him a bowl of bile stewed with bitter melon to clear heat and detoxify.”

“When he woke up, he took a sip and said ‘good’ before falling unconscious again.”

“Maybe it was because of the poison, but when he saw me bringing food, he struggled desperately. His face was contorted when he said ‘good,’ truly pitiful.”

“…Indeed, very pitiful.”

“And did the poison get cured?”

“Yes, after he woke up, he vomited for half a day, expelling all the poison.”

Lu Yang: “…”

Why does this detoxification method not align with my expectations?

“No more chatting, go fight,” Everlasting Fairy said, then kicked Lu Yang out of the mental space again.

“Fight?”

Lu Yang muttered, then suddenly realized and spread his divine sense to scan the surroundings.

“No one? No, it’sunderground!”

Lu Yang looked down and saw the ground sinking, indicating a demonic beast below.

“Prepare for battle!” Lu Yang loudly reminded everyone, feeling a sense of trepidation from the beast underground.

Boom—

A worm as thick as a water jar emerged from the soil. The worm had four silver rings shining brightly under the moonlight. It opened its blood-red mouth and swallowed the two recently dissected wild boars in one gulp.

Thanks to Lu Yang’s warning, everyone dodged in time and quickly jumped away before the worm appeared.

“What is that?” Meng Jingzhou was shocked. A worm this powerful?

“It’s a Silver Ring Heavenly King Worm!” Lu Yang instantly recognized the demonic beast.

Old Ba, who guarded the medicinal garden, used a pair of them for tilling the soil. Oh, now it was two pairs, two pairs of Silver Ring Heavenly King Worms, the kings among worms.

The worm couple in the medicinal garden had five silver rings, and the sixth was forming, indicating Spirit Transformation peak cultivation.

This worm had four silver rings, indicating Nascent Soul Stage cultivation.

Moreover, Lu Yang’s prideful sword techniques would likely be ineffective against this worm. Cutting it might result in splitting it into two worms, making the situation even worse.

After swallowing the third wild boar that was being roasted over the Three Flavours True Fire, the Silver Ring Heavenly King Worm licked its lips and turned its gaze towards Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou had never faced a Nascent Soul Stage opponent before, and the Five Heroes of Eagle Mountain couldn’t help in such a situation.

“Heaven Shaking Six Forms!” Meng Jingzhou attacked first, clenching his fists, veins bulging, creating an overwhelming momentum that seemed capable of shaking the heavens and earth.

However, the Silver Ring Heavenly King Worm had a layer of mucus on its body. Meng Jingzhou’s full-strength punch didn’t even break the skin as the force was absorbed.

The Silver Ring Heavenly King Worm flicked its tail, sending Meng Jingzhou flying and breaking several of his bones.

If he hadn’t been a body cultivator, that blow would have killed him.

The gap between Nascent Soul Stage and Foundation Establishment was too vast, with a whole Golden Core stage in between.

“Break!”

Lu Yang shouted, using the Break Word Technique. His sword light was like a waterfall, breaking the sound barrier and tearing through the darkness. The Qingfeng Sword carried the moonlight, resembling a god of death’s strike.

This was Lu Yang’s strongest move.

The Qingfeng Sword pierced through the Silver Ring Heavenly King Worm’s mucus and into its body. The worm howled in pain and tried to shake off the human.

It rolled violently, and whenever Lu Yang touched the ground, he used the Shrinking Earth technique to avoid being crushed to death.

Lu Yang tried to lift the sword, but the Silver Ring Heavenly King Worm’s body was too strong and tight, trapping the Qingfeng Sword inside.

“Roar, roar…” The Silver Ring Heavenly King Worm let out a low sound, seemingly mocking Lu Yang’s futile efforts.

It could speak, but it disdained to communicate with such weak humans.

It opened its mouth wide, trying to bite Lu Yang. At the last moment, Lu Yang pulled out the Qingfeng Sword and dodged the attack.

Lu Yang’s heart sank. The Break Word Technique was his full-strength attack, capable of killing late-stage Golden Core and even half-step Nascent Soul stage demonic beasts, but it didn’t critically injure the Silver Ring Heavenly King Worm. Instead, it angered it.

Most importantly, that attack had drained most of his spiritual qi.

“Damn, this is troublesome.”

Meanwhile, Meng Jingzhou, seeing that Lu Yang was also struggling, remembered something and pulled out five directional teleportation talismans from his pocket.

But there were seven people present. If he and Lu Yang escaped, the Silver Ring Heavenly King Worm would not spare the Five Heroes of Eagle Mountain.

“Young heroes, don’t worry about us, just go!” the hook-nosed leader shouted, seeing the teleportation talismans in Meng Jingzhou’s hand.

In their line of work, they had long since put their lives on the line.

What to do? What to do?

Meng Jingzhou gritted his teeth. Running away wasn’t his style, but if they didn’t escape, everyone would die here!

In the end, he closed his eyes, pulled out a teleportation talisman, and threw it to Lu Yang. “Lu Yang, catch!”

Lu Yang lunged forward, but the Silver Ring Heavenly King Worm sneered and placed its massive body between him and Meng Jingzhou, pinning the teleportation talisman beneath it.

“Trying to run?” The Silver Ring Heavenly King Worm spoke for the first time, mocking Lu Yang’s futile efforts.

“Now!” Lu Yang shouted.

“Do you really need to say it?” Meng Jingzhou’s lazy voice responded as he activated the teleportation talisman.

He had been waiting for this moment.

An invisible cubic barrier enveloped the Silver Ring Heavenly King Worm. It didn’t understand what was happening and struggled violently, but the barrier was unbreakable.

The moment they saw the Silver Ring Heavenly King Worm, Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou remembered the merchant’s introduction: “If you encounter a life-threatening situation in the dense forest, just activate this teleportation talisman, and it will transport you back to the Demon Subjugation Pass. Even Nascent Soul stage demonic beasts cannot interrupt the teleportation!”

In reverse, if it could transport them back safely, why couldn’t it transport the demonic beast?

…

The cubic barrier, enveloping the Silver Ring Heavenly King Worm, turned into a stream of light and flew towards the Demon Subjugation Pass.

The three large characters “Demon Subjugation Pass” in front of the city gate stopped the Silver Ring Heavenly King Worm in its tracks.

The guards, seeing a Nascent Soul stage demonic beast suddenly appear, were perplexed. They had worked there for over a decade and had never seen such an audacious demonic beast that didn’t even bother to disguise itself and directly attacked the pass.

“What audacity, demonic beast, to attack the Demon Subjugation Pass under cover of night!”

A powerful voice came from within the pass, belonging to a Spirit Transformation stage cultivator on night duty.

The Silver Ring Heavenly King Worm watched helplessly as a burly man flew out of the city towards it, feeling utterly hopeless.

“Would you believe me if I said this was an accident?” The Silver Ring Heavenly King Worm tried to force a smile.

The burly man sneered, “Do you think I believe that?”

He extended a giant hand and slapped the Silver Ring Heavenly King Worm to death.

(End of the chapter)