Chapter 790
Spirit Rice Insect, Planting Manual! Lei Shuo, get out of the way!
Lei Shuo's words jolted everyone awake.
Bai Wanxi hurriedly said, "Young Master Li, let's go quickly, or it will be too late! The wrath of the Golden Immortal is unstoppable!"
Yin Guangnian also shouted urgently, "Captain, let's run!"
"hehe."
Zhang Lingshan smiled faintly, "Since I've made my move, I naturally have a foolproof plan. If it were a Golden Immortal in his prime, I might not be able to defeat him, but he's just an old cripple who's been seriously injured and poisoned by fire. Can he possibly turn the tide?"
As he spoke, he stepped forward and instantly arrived in front of Pang Mancang, who was skewered like an ice pop and sausage, and touched him with his right hand.
Splash!
Pang Mancang instantly turned into dust and vanished into the world, leaving only a crisp sound as he landed on the ground.
What else could it be but Pang Mancang's storage ring?
Zhang Lingshan grabbed the storage ring, quickly examined it, and sighed slightly.
No wonder this guy didn't use a more powerful magic weapon to deal with me; it wasn't that he didn't want to, but that he couldn't.
It seems he went to great lengths to escape from the Anning Army's encirclement, and he used up almost all his good resources in the process.
It's estimated that Wei Cuicui was also among those lost; otherwise, why wouldn't his loyal lackey Wei Cuicui be missing?
Therefore, Zhang Lingshan had anticipated the current state of his ring. Although disappointed, he was not entirely disappointed.
It was, after all, a ring belonging to a Golden Immortal expert. Even if only a little bit of oil and fat was visible inside, it would be enough for him to eat.
Most importantly, the ring also contained several ice spears that were no less powerful than the one he had just used against his enemy.
As the saying goes, only a Golden Immortal can deal with a Golden Immortal, because only the methods of a Golden Immortal can break through the defenses of a Golden Immortal.
Although Zhang Lingshan is an anomaly, if he wants to kill a Golden Immortal without unleashing his most powerful and secret killing moves, he must use the attack methods of a Golden Immortal.
For example, that icy spear was made by the Golden Immortal expert, Lord Ice Immortal, which is why it could pierce through Pang Mancang in an instant.
In Pang Mancang's ring, there are still a few disposable magical artifacts, just like the Frost Spear.
In other words, if Zhang Lingshan were to encounter a Golden Immortal in the same predicament as Pang Mancang in the future, he could use the same methods to kill him.
However, such good fortune is rare and hard to come by.
Pang Mancang was poisoned by the Ember Bone Fire Poison, which was Zhang Lingshan's specialty, and that's why he was ambushed by him.
Otherwise, if I wanted to take down Pang Mancang, this veteran Golden Immortal, I would have to use all my skills; it wouldn't be so easy.
In other words, today marks the end of Pang Mancang's life; this calamity was his just deserts.
"died!?"
"Really dead!?"
"A dignified Golden Immortal, just like that, died?"
When Lei Shuo and the others saw Pang Mancang completely turn into dust and disappear into the world, they were instantly dumbfounded, unable to believe their eyes.
Although Golden Immortals are not immortal, in all our years of life, we have seen so many Golden Immortals, but none of them have ever died.
Every Golden Immortal is a high and mighty figure, and each has their own trump card. Even when facing an attack from other Golden Immortals, they still have a chance to escape.
In addition, the lifespan of Golden Immortals is inherently long; living for hundreds of thousands of years is commonplace.
But this kind of person was actually killed in this wilderness by a late-stage Xuanxian.
Moreover, the killing was so easy that the Golden Immortal powerhouse didn't even put up much resistance.
Who exactly is the Golden Immortal?
The eyes of Lei Shuo and the others as they looked at Zhang Lingshan were immediately filled with immense fear. Some of them couldn't help but tremble, fearing that he might kill them as well if he got carried away with the killing.
“Brother Li, we are not familiar with this man surnamed Pang. We just met him on the road and he helped us out, so we let him travel with us. We are not related to him at all. He dared to harm Brother Li, our savior. He deserves to die, he deserves to die!”
When Lei Shuo saw Zhang Lingshan's gaze sweep over him, he shuddered and hurriedly said something.
Bai Wanxi stared at Lei Shuo in shock, as if she were seeing him for the first time.
I've always thought this guy was a fool, speaking without thinking and without restraint.
But now it seems they're not incapable of speaking.
That was very well said; it absolved him of all responsibility.
"Haha."
Zhang Lingshan laughed loudly: "Although it has nothing to do with Brother Lei, I have also suffered greatly in dealing with this old bastard. I would like to rent Brother Lei's carriage to rest and travel. I wonder if Brother Lei could do me a favor?"
"Convenient, absolutely convenient! Quickly make room for Brother Li in a carriage so he can get some rest!"
Lei Shuo hurriedly called out and waved his hand to order his men to get to work.
soon.
An empty carriage landed in front of Zhang Lingshan.
Zhang Lingshan sat down and said calmly, "Alright, let's go then. Miss Bai, you'll be joining Brother Lei's caravan temporarily from now on. We'll divide the spoils according to our work. Brother Lei, you don't have any objections, do you?"
"No, absolutely not. I'm the one who lured that old bastard here. I'm the one who harmed Brother Li, so I should take responsibility. I'll cover all the expenses of your caravan!"
Lei Shuo quickly replied.
Zhang Lingshan said, "Brother Lei, you're too kind. You truly are a generous and magnanimous man. Well then, if you encounter any trouble on the road that you can't handle, just call me. Of course, if I were to encounter another Golden Immortal, I wouldn't be able to withstand it either. After all, just dealing with this one has already expended a great deal of energy, alas..."
Lei Shuo said, "Brother Li, don't worry. We can't be unlucky forever. A Golden Immortal in such a predicament is one in ten thousand. You might not encounter one even once in ten thousand journeys. I believe we will definitely not encounter this kind of trouble again on the road ahead. Brother Li, just focus on recovering."
"Thank you, Brother Lei."
Zhang Lingshan said something, and then fell completely silent.
He began to examine Pang Mancang's ring carefully.
First, Zhang Lingshan took out the spirit rice that Pang Mancang liked to give away.
When the three families in Anning City were discussing the establishment of the Pure Lotus Pavilion, Old Zamao insisted on having a bowl of spirit rice. He's doing the same thing again, which shows that there must be something good added to the spirit rice.
However, this treasure was hidden very well. Not only did Zhang Lingshan not notice anything amiss even after seeing it twice, but even when Pang Mancang took out the spirit rice in front of Ding Hong, Ding Hong didn't realize the secret hidden within.
now.
Zhang Lingshan then took out the rice and examined it carefully and meticulously, determined to see clearly what was hidden inside.
Hey.
Before Zhang Lingshan could figure it out, the purple silkworm hidden in his navel suddenly stirred and began to wriggle, struggling to break out of his navel.
What's going on?
Zhang Lingshan was surprised. He took the Purple Qi Golden Silkworm out of his navel and placed it on the spirit rice.
Whoosh!
The fat silkworm plunged its head into the rice, wriggled around a few times, seemingly picking through something, before finally stopping and burrowing back into its navel along Zhang Lingshan's arm. Zhang Lingshan stared at the remaining grains of rice and suddenly realized what was happening.
It turns out that there were tiny insects inside the rice, each one exactly like a grain of rice.
Since breaking free from its cocoon, the Purple Qi Golden Silkworm has only been interested in eating insects, making it the nemesis of all kinds of insects. Even the larvae of the Soul-Devouring Insect, a wondrous insect, could be dug out and eaten by the Purple Qi Golden Silkworm when it was hiding deep between Zhang Lingshan's eyebrows.
These insects in the rice are practically a delicacy; why not eat them if they're too good to pass up?
It was thanks to this meal that Zhang Lingshan discovered the secret of Pang Mancang's Spirit Rice.
'A bowl of rice, about a third of it was filled with insects, and these insects could even disguise themselves perfectly with the rice grains, so much so that even a Golden Immortal's divine sense couldn't detect them.'
Zhang Lingshan was surprised.
No one knows where Pang Mancang found these insects, nor how many people he tricked with this insect-rice dish.
Wei Cuicui obeyed him completely, probably because she was controlled after eating these insects.
'Huh.'
Zhang Lingshan suddenly had a thought, as if he had just realized something.
He immediately took out a bowl of Pang Mancang's spiritual rice, closed his eyes, and began to carefully sense it with his divine sense.
Half a day passed.
Zhang Lingshan finally understood why these insects were hidden so well that no one could find them.
Because these insects possess the aura of life, the same aura of life as the spirit rice.
This insect seems to possess the ability to absorb all the life essence from the spirit rice after consuming it, thus disguising itself as the exact same as the spirit rice and perfectly replacing it.
'Given the characteristics of this insect, if ingested, it will multiply within the host's body, absorbing their vital energy, spiritual power, and life force, eventually draining the host dry and using them as nourishment for its own reproduction.'
Zhang Lingshan thought to himself.
It seems that this is Pang Mancang's method for raising these insects.
The person being parasitized not only has to obey his orders, but when he is no longer useful, he is also used as a breeding ground for the insects to reproduce.
That's just too tragic.
Fortunately, he was more skilled and was not forced to eat the rice. Instead, he killed Pang Mancang.
Otherwise, even if one could generate flames or ice within their body, it would probably not be easy to eliminate these insects.
Even if they can eventually send the Purple Qi Golden Silkworm into their stomach to help, they will still suffer greatly.
'These insects are parasitic on the spirit rice. Others can't detect them, probably because they haven't cultivated spirit rice for many years. Only Pang Mancang, the owner of the paddy field, could discover them.'
While pondering, Zhang Lingshan continued to summon the Purple Qi Golden Silkworm, making it devour all the spirit rice that Pang Mancang had collected.
Unlike Pang Mancang, he could refine a person directly by turning them into energy points for absorption, without needing to eat them with insects, which would be redundant.
Moreover, the thought that these insects could contaminate the spirit rice made Zhang Lingshan feel even more disgusted.
He's the man who's going to grow top-grade spirit rice in the future. If he gets contaminated by these disgusting insects, all the spirit rice he grows will be polluted, which would be such a hassle.
Therefore, it's best to clean it all up completely to prevent problems from arising in the first place.
As for the spirit rice left over from the Purple Qi Golden Silkworm, even without the insects, Zhang Lingshan didn't want to eat it, so he burned it all.
Besides this spirit rice, Old Zamao also collected quite a few high-grade spirit rice seeds, of rather excellent quality.
While inspecting the item, Zhang Lingshan placed the Purple Qi Golden Silkworm beside him.
Heaven knows if there are any hidden insects. Only with the Purple Qi Golden Silkworm watching over him could Zhang Lingshan feel at ease.
Fortunately, he had worried too much; the spiritual rice he had produced was indeed genuine spiritual rice.
'This box.'
Zhang Lingshan suddenly noticed a very exquisite box where Pang Mancang had placed the spirit rice.
Upon opening the box, one finds a single grain of spirit rice inside.
However, this simple single grain made Zhang Lingshan's eyes widen in surprise.
Such a rich, vibrant life force!
This is no ordinary high-grade spiritual rice; it is the highest grade among high-grade rice, and it is about to transform into top-grade spiritual rice.
The reason he could recognize this was because when Zhang Lingshan was planting spirit rice, he secretly used a large amount of life energy to accelerate the ripening of a spirit rice plant, which almost brought it to the level of top-grade spirit rice.
However, to avoid trouble, Zhang Lingshan temporarily stopped it.
Moreover, even without actively stopping it, there is no guarantee of success in cultivating it into top-grade spiritual rice.
However, these are not the main points. The main point is that Zhang Lingshan has gained a deeper understanding of the premium spiritual rice.
At least he witnessed what it means to be almost identical to the finest spiritual rice.
Now, he has seen this quality of spiritual rice once again.
Is this what Pang Mancang grew?
This old fellow has lived so long; it seems he hasn't lived in vain. He's done a deep study of cultivating spirit rice.
No wonder that old bastard had his eye on Zhang Lingshan back then, and was willing to risk everything to capture him.
It is estimated that he discovered the aura of the spiritual rice he was growing in the paddy field area, and learned that he had the potential to grow top-grade spiritual rice, which is why he made his move against him.
Unfortunately, he misjudged his own strength, and his attempt to steal a chicken backfired, ultimately leading to his own death.
That's truly retribution!
'The Cultivation Manual for Spirit Rice'
Zhang Lingshan pulled the book out of a box and couldn't help but start reading, gradually becoming engrossed in it.
Half a day passed.
Zhang Lingshan snapped out of his reverie and couldn't help but admire Pang Mancang. Putting everything else aside, Pang Mancang was truly passionate about what he did and had devoted himself to studying the cultivation of spirit rice with great dedication.
Unfortunately, he ultimately failed to grasp the deeper essence of life and could only scratch the surface.
If he possessed the same ability as me, to add points to the life force, he would probably have already cultivated top-grade spiritual rice.
It's such a pity.
However, since I, Zhang Lingshan, have absorbed all of his inheritance, wouldn't it be a natural progression for me, Zhang Lingshan, to grow top-grade spiritual rice?
In this respect, Pang Mancang's death was worthy of his name.
"Lei Shuo!"
A voice suddenly rang out, saying, "How did you get involved with Bai Wanxi? This has nothing to do with you. Take your men and get out of the way." (End of Chapter)