The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 675 – 675 Six Hundred and Seventy

Chapter 675: Chapter Six Hundred and Seventy-One: Seek Welfare for the World Chapter 675: Chapter Six Hundred and Seventy-One: Seek Welfare for the World The yellow-faced monk's face brightened with joy, a malevolence flickered in his eyes. After stowing away the golden talisman, he turned and walked outside.

Meanwhile, within the courtyard of the small temple in Bai County City, a patch of green light suddenly manifested in the void. Shen Luo and Bai Xiaotian appeared from within it.

“Amitabha, benefactors, are you both unharmed?” Chan'er stood there, greeting them.

“We're fine, but I'm afraid we can't stay in Bai County City any longer. We must leave as soon as possible.” Without going into detail, Shen Luo grabbed Chan'er by the shoulder as he spoke.

Enshrouded in green light, the three figures vanished with a flash.

A green shadow flitted past a wasteland outside of Bai County City. The figures of three individuals materialized and staggered onto the ground.

Shen Luo's complexion was a bit pale. With his current cultivation level, although he could use Yimu Xuandun with the two men, it consumed a considerable amount of his mana. Considering the previous battle's exhaustion, he retrieved a restoration pill and took it, quietly refining it with his skills.

At this time, in the center of Bai County City, the treasure pagoda lit up once again with bright golden light shooting into the sky. Simultaneously, four smaller golden lights broke off and landed in the four corners of the city walls.

A golden light shield in the form of an upside-down cauldron quickly materialized, enveloping the entire city.

“I didn't expect this city to have a prohibition that encompasses it all. Fortunately, Brother Shen acted quickly. Otherwise, we would've been trapped inside,” Bai Xiaotian sighed upon seeing this scene.

Shen Luo shook his head, not showing a trace of triumph. He looked at the golden light shield enveloping the entire Bai County City, his gaze flickering slightly.

Considering the ruined state within Bai County City, he estimated that the Sacred Lotus Temple wasn't well-off. When faced with the demon's attack earlier, the golden tower's prohibitions faltered after a while. Now, they must've been reactivated to find them.

Moreover, launching this golden light shield that blankets the whole city consumes significantly more than the previous attempts to thwart the snake demon. Could that jade gourd be so precious that the yellow-faced monk would go to great lengths to retrieve it?

“Why did the monks from the temple pursue you?” Chan'er asked, somewhat perplexed.

“Heh heh, what else could it be? Brother Shen swooped in and snatched their magical instrument. Of course the monks are going to be damn pissed off,” Chan'er's Buddhist beads giggled cheekily.

“Benefactor Shen, is this true? Stealing is a major obstructions to great karma. Even though you don't belong to the Buddhist sect, you shouldn't do such deeds. I think it would be best if you return their belongings,” Chan'er advised Shen Luo.

The Buddhist beads chuckled suitably amused, but didn't utter a word.

“Master Chan'er, your compassion is truly admirable, but I was merely acting out of necessity when I took their magical instrument. Moreover, the actions of those monks have been unethical. Their cultivation methods are also very sinister. They are definitely not virtuous. If the instrument falls into their hands, it'll cause more innocent people to suffer. My appropriation of that instrument was not robbery, but rather a measure for the benefit of the world,” Shen Luo gave the Buddhist beads a glance and explained in earnest.

“Is that so…” Chan'er mused, scratching his head.

“Tch, justifying theft so righteously. Shen Luo, I reckon you're even better at telling tall tales than those monks,” the Buddhist beads spat dismissively.

Shen Luo ignored the Buddhist beads, and said, “Although we're out of the city, it's not necessarily safe here. We should depart soon.”

“Exactly, let's get moving,” Bai Xiaotian summoned the flying boat with a wave of his hand.

Carried by a ray of white light, the trio promptly soared and headed into the distance, soon leaving Bai County City behind.

Shen Luo sat in lotus position, restoring his mana while also taking out the jade gourd from within the Heavenly Book Space.

After giving it a few looks, he closed his eyes to sense the condition within the gourd, his face quickly lighting up with delight.

This jade gourd was a top-grade magical artifact, embedded with fifteen prohibitions, no wonder it could withstand the chilling light from the Qiankun Bag.

He operated the Ninety-Nine Wealth Technique to refine the jade gourd, and discovered that the refining mark left by the yellow-faced monk inside the gourd had disappeared, making the refining extremely easy.

“The Heavenly Book Space can actually erase the refining marks inside the magical artifacts!” Shen Luo was quite surprised, but upon further thought, found it to be logical.

This Heavenly Book was summoned by the jade pillow from a world thousand years into the future, it was unknowably profound. When one's magical instrument was put into it, in some ways, it was as if it was being placed a thousand years into the future. Such an obstruction across time and space would probably thoroughly isolate any refining marks.

He didn't think too much about this. He continued refining the jade gourd and quickly refined two to three prohibitions.

However, as the jade gourd had fifteen prohibitions, it wasn't clear how long it would take to refine all of them. He didn't continue with it, and stored the gourd away.

Then, his divine sense once again entered the Heavenly Book Space, looking at the corpse of the thousand-year-old snake demon, considering how to extract its gallbladder.

The snake's corpse was too large to place on the flying boat, so he had to ask Bai Xiaotian to temporarily stop.

“The Heavenly Book Space can isolate others' refining marks, the mark inside my golden short awl seemed to have not been isolated when I placed it in there last time.” Suddenly, Shen Luo remembered something and took out the golden short awl, putting it into the Heavenly Book Space.

The golden short awl radiated waves of golden light. Although the connection with his consciousness had weakened a lot, it could still be barely driven.

“As expected, it seems like my own magical artifacts can be exempted from this.” Seeing this, Shen Luo muttered to himself. He then proceeded to control the golden short awl, causing a sharp golden light to rise from the tip, slashing at the belly of the thousand-year-old snake demon.

The scale armor on the belly of the snake demon had been torn apart by the Fractured Armor Talisman. With a ripping sound, the belly of the snake demon was cut open, revealing a large amount of bloody internal organs.

Shen Luo used his divine sense to search, then quickly directed the golden short awl forward. Meanwhile, a sheet of golden light began to rise from the awl, entering the body of the snake demon.

Moments later, the golden light receded, within it was a thumb-sized silver gallbladder.

A corner of Shen Luo's mouth curled into a smile. He signaled with his hand, retrieving the golden short awl and the silver gallbladder.

After putting away the golden short awl, he held the silver gallbladder for a moment, then swallowed it.

The classics of Mount Fangcun have recorded that the gallbladder of a thousand-year-old snake can be directly consumed and does not need to be refined into an elixir.

The gallbladder entered his stomach and quickly transformed into a potent and hot aura, like a flame, causing a moment of discomfort in his internal organs.

Seeing the effects of the gallbladder was far beyond his expectations, Shen Luo quickly operated the Nameless Cultivation Technique to protect his internal organs and resist the heat of this hot aura, making him feel slightly better.

Just as he was about to find a way to refine the hot aura from the gallbladder, the hot aura suddenly shot upwards as though it was sentient and fearing being refined.

Surprised, Shen Luo quickly operated his mana to chase after it. However, the hot aura moved extremely quickly and within a few breaths, it reached his head, split into two and poured into his eyes.