Chapter Eighty-Three: Attaching Bones and Mysterious Toxins

  The sudden disappearance of Jin Gang Pao made me sweat like rain, Jin Gang Pao is more than a brother to me. Coming to Kunlun Mountain was also purely for him. If something really happens, I will be uneasy in my heart for the rest of my life.

  In a state of urgency, the right hand drew out the ancient sword Ganjiang, while the left hand pinched the "Observing Qi and Searching Soul" technique. "Mysterious and obscure, yin and yang are born together. Birth gives form, death gives energy. The nine underworld souls reveal their true forms. The Great Tao of the Supreme Ruler is urgent like a law. Can the Golden Strong Cow be found?"

  I hastily finished reciting the Soul-Searching True Words and waited for a moment, but didn't see the ghost of the Diamond Cannon, so I felt slightly relieved.

  The wrong finger dispersal method, not daring to have the slightest pause, the finger key changes again, and applies the condensing spirit key "Life soul clear and bright, heroic spirit condensed essence, open my law eye, to observe the original form. The Supreme Great Way is urgent like a command!"

  With the help of finger gestures and true words, the observation range and accuracy have been greatly enhanced, even the breath of a few small toads in the external passage can be sensed. After frowning for a moment, I finally saw something in the water pool inside the cave. In addition to the green water energy in the water pool, there seems to be a thread of red spiritual energy mixed in.

  I didn't have time to catch my breath, and quickly ran towards the pool, only to see that the water was still rippling with a slight wave. I shrugged my shoulders, took off my backpack, and jumped in with a loud splash.

  "Ah, you're stepping on me!" I had just jumped into the water and felt something hard under my feet. Just as I turned around to chop, the Golden Cannon hummed and floated out of the water "Quickly get up, there's something below."

  Upon hearing this, I hastily swam to the edge of the pool and jumped up, turning around to grab Jin Gang Pao who was still in the water, and with one pull, pulled him out.

  "What is it?" I panted with a startled mouth.

  "A...my grass, it's coming up." Before Jin Gang Pao could finish speaking, an object floated out of the water. Since most of its body was still underwater, its full appearance couldn't be seen clearly, only a huge round head and two copper bell-sized eyes were visible.

  I and Jin Gang Cannon pulled legs and ran, the sound of water came from behind, the thing in the water had already jumped out of the water surface, jumping and following us.

  "Ah, is that a toad?" As I ran, I turned my head back and saw that what was chasing us was actually a toad the size of a millstone. Its body was enormous, its limbs thick, its entire body bright red, and covered in warts, with an appearance that was truly disgusting.

  "Just now it was its tongue that rolled me in." Speaking didn't affect the Gatling gun's speed, and when escaping, the Gatling gun usually performed beyond expectations.

  We were running for our lives, but we couldn't outrun the giant toad behind us. Just as we approached the gap in the stone wall, the toad jumped over our heads and blocked the opening. With a swift turn of its body, its massive tail swept me and Ginga Cannon off our feet, sending us tumbling backward.

  We turned around and crawled up, looked at each other, and took out our equipment to prepare for battle. The big toad stopped chasing us when it saw me and Jīn Gāng Pào take out the ancient sword, and instead crouched at the exit, staring at us with a fierce gaze.

  "Old cow, this is not a toad." The previous one's tail swept across his body and it really hurt. "Have you ever seen a toad with such a long tail?"

  "What's that?" Jin Gang Pa wiped his face with his hand, unsure if it was sweat or pond water.

  "The dragon's energy nourishes and transforms external objects, the mysterious turtle attached to the bone, hidden in the shade of the mountain. I think it should be the mysterious turtle that the wind path person mentioned." As I said this, I turned my head and found that the divine turtle cannon had fallen beside the dragon bones.

  "Is that the Toad?" Jin Gang Pao pointed at the toad three zhang away from us, his face full of astonishment.

  "The Tibetan 'Guo Ri' means round head, look at its head, isn't it round enough?" As I spoke, I estimated the distance to the Divine Turtle Cannon and figured that with a single rise and fall of my Wind Movement Technique, I could basically get it.

  The sentence on the Daoist's road sign 'Dragon energy nourishes and transforms external objects, a dark turtle attached to the bone, hidden in the shade of the mountain' should refer to this scene. This dark turtle is stationed here to absorb the evil spirit energy on the green dragon skeleton. The dark turtle is different from the toad, the flesh tumor inside its body contains a powerful toxin, so the evil spirit energy on the dragon bones is just what it needs for its stomach.

  "This guy is blocking the exit, what are we gonna do now?" Jin Gang Pao pulled me back from my thoughts.

  "That dragon bone has a great effect on it, and the reason it rushed out in such a hurry is to prevent us from destroying that dragon bone, so we can only deal with it first." My nostrils flared slightly, and I had a killing intent.

  "On guard!" I roared at the Golden Cannon, turning to execute the Wind Movement Technique and dash towards the Divine Turtle Cannon beside Longgu. The dark tortoise in front of me was covered in poisonous boils, and close-range slashing probably wouldn't work.

  "Be careful, Old Yu, its tongue!" I was suspended in mid-air when the Golden Cannon's voice finally came, followed by a sticky red giant tongue that wrapped around me, including my waist and arms, before I could react, and sent me flying back.

  "Damn it!" Jin Gang Pao cursed out loud as he saw the scene before him, and with a swift movement, he grabbed my waistband and pulled me back down to the ground. He stomped his foot, barely stopping himself from flying backwards. Jin Gang Pao didn't let go of my waistband, and Xuan Xiao didn't let go of his mouth, and just like that, they started playing tug-of-war.

  I was stuck in the middle, suffering extremely, and couldn't even catch my breath for a moment. I struggled to move my wrist, trying to turn over the dry, cutting, and piercing long tongue, but unfortunately, both arms were tightly wrapped around me, unable to move. And King Kong's hands held my waistband firmly, also unable to draw his sword.

  Just as they were at a stalemate and I was about to suffocate, an unexpected situation occurred. Accompanied by the sound of two clothes tearing, I suddenly felt my body lighten and fell to the ground.

  The final result of the stalemate between the two sides was that Xuan Yu rolled away my jacket, and Jin Gang Cannon tore off my pants. I let out a bitter laugh, jumped up again, landed beside Long Gu, grabbed Shen Gui Cannon and fired at Xuan Yu not far away.

  A "puff" sound came, the steel needles shot out by the divine turtle cannon pierced into Xuan Wei's body, and several guns even broke through the poison sacs. The yellow thick toxic liquid dripped onto the gravel and actually emitted a yellow smoke, which made me and Jin Gang Cannon gasp in amazement.

  The dark dragon was injured and in pain, it suddenly charged towards me with a loud roar, the golden cannon master closely followed behind. Seeing this situation, I quickly crouched down to prepare to ignite the explosives, but when I reached into my pocket, I realized that all I had left on me was a pair of shorts. Luckily, the golden cannon's lighter had fallen nearby, I grabbed it and lit the fuse, stuffing it under the dragon's bones.

  Just as I turned my head, I saw Jin Gang Cannon swinging his dusk blood axe towards the dark tortoise that was about to charge at me. Before I could even sound a warning, the dusk blood had torn through the dark tortoise's skin, and the toxic liquid spraying out of the wound splattered onto Jin Gang Cannon's upper garment, the sound of corrosion clear and audible.

  "Quickly take off your clothes." I shouted and raised the divine turtle cannon to fire the last few bullets, Xuan Yu was in pain again, dropped the diamond cannon and rushed towards me once more.

  I rolled on the ground, avoiding the giant tail that was coming straight for me. I quickly picked up my backpack and the Golden Cannon's backpack using the Wind Movement Technique, taking advantage of my speed to lead the Dark Tortoise in circles around the cave.

  "How long does it take for a fuse to detonate explosives?" I shouted, ripping off my jacket. This was a professional question that Kamen no more understood than I did.

  "Not more than three minutes." The Golden Cannon flashed its fins and charged up again.

  "I've lit it up, you go first." I tossed the two backpacks on my shoulders towards the incoming Gatling gun.

  "Be careful, I'll go pull you up!" At the critical moment, Jin Gang Pao didn't hesitate either, took over the backpack and turned to run.

  I dodged left and right, evading the relentless pursuit of the mysterious creature. I estimated that the cannon had already run far away, and didn't dare to delay any further. Seizing the opportunity, I sprinted towards the exit, not daring to jump into the air again. In mid-air, I wasn't as agile as the creature's long tongue. Barely sidestepping, I squeezed out of the opening, and from behind the stone wall came a dull crashing sound.

  The gap on the stone wall was not big, and the huge black turtle could not drill out. Thinking of this, I secretly sent a sigh of relief, turned around and flew back in a hurry.

  The sound of a dark and mysterious force crashing against the stone wall came in waves, the shrill cries sending shivers down one's spine.

  Finally ran back to the tunnel dug by the crowd, the cannon had climbed up, and there were people's voices above. I quickly grabbed one of the ropes and pulled myself up with both arms, just about to climb out of the explosion hole, when a violent tremor came from under the ground, causing the mud dug by the villagers above to collapse, and the explosives went off.

  All I saw was a blackness in front of me, and then I was buried by the falling mud. I grasped the rope tightly to prevent myself from falling back into the pit, silently cursing my fate.

  It wasn't long before the rumble of the bulldozer was heard from above, and the rope in my hand began to move upwards. I wrapped the climbing rope around my right arm a few times, gritting my teeth as the mud and stones scraped against me, pulled out of the pit by the rope.

  Everyone saw me come out of the cave, cheering and rushing towards me. Suddenly, they shouted and ran away, leaving only the village chief standing on the spot, jumping up and down towards me, shouting something I couldn't understand.

  I looked at myself in confusion, although my clothes were gone, but I was still wearing my pants. Was it necessary to make such a big fuss? I struggled to get up and saw the crowd coming back with pickaxes and shovels.

  "Lao Yu, that toad has followed you out." Jin Gang Pao jumped down from the excavator, holding a dark blood-stained object and rushed towards me.

  I finally came to my senses, turned my head and saw that the giant python in the underground cave had also been dragged to the ground with the rope. Its skin was squeezed off by the narrow stone wall, its body covered in blood, weakly lying beside the pit, and was beaten to death by the crowd.

  I wore several Tibetan robes, crouched by the road, directing the crowd to bury the dead tortoise back in the cave. I pinched my fingers and looked again, and the gray aura from before had disappeared without a trace.

  What a big deal! I couldn't help but let out a deep breath. It seems that you really can't just eat someone else's food casually. That one meal of dumplings from Director Xie almost cost me and Jīn Gāng Pào our lives.

  After this commotion, the status of Jin Gang Cannon and me in the eyes of the Tibetans was suddenly elevated to an unprecedented height. When we returned to the village, the crowd who had already heard the news and were waiting for us put a khata on both of us, even the police translator got a share of our glory and took out his mobile phone excitedly to call their leader to report the good news.

  The Tibetan masses were extremely enthusiastic, and having seen the strange and mysterious Xuan Mi with their own eyes, they revered me and Jīn Gāng Pào as if we were gods. One household after another came to thank us, leaving me and Jīn Gāng Pào exhausted.

  "Good!" I shouted loudly with my hand pointing at the door. Several Tibetan girls were standing at the door, whispering to each other and staring at me and Jinqiang.

  "It doesn't look good either." Jin Gang's eyelids had already started fighting.

  "I didn't say people are good, I said dogs are good!" Outside the door, a Tibetan girl was squatting next to a male Tibetan Mastiff. Compared to the Tibetan mastiffs in our troops, this one was in a completely different league. Its bloodline must be extremely pure, with a robust and beautiful physique, bright eyes, and a coat color and facial features that were truly one in a hundred.

  "The 17th of the twelfth lunar month, today is the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, great!" I muttered to myself and shouted again.

  "Lao Yu, what exactly do you want to do?" Jin Gang was confused by me.

  "It's time for White Wolf to find a husband..."