Taichu Yandao: Starting from the Villain

In the cold sea water, Qian Xiaoyi drew the tiger-patterned black iron knife from his waist, pointed the tip of the knife at the middle of the shell, and cut it hard.

He chopped with all his strength, but the shell remained intact, with only a layer of dust slowly falling off, like the crumbs falling from a sesame bun.

Qian Xiaoyi was greatly surprised. When he was about to cast a spell, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Practitioners in the late stage of Qi training can comprehend the great principles of heaven and earth and sometimes sense fatal dangers.

At the critical moment, Qian Xiaoyi turned around and swung the knife diagonally.

He was a cultivator of fire attribute, and was at a great disadvantage in the depths of the sea. Although the sword he used emitted a two-foot-long blade light, it did not exert any power.

However, this was enough. The moment the blade flashed, the sneak attack was cut in half.

On the washbasin-sized corpse, the tentacles covered with suction cups twisted wildly, and it took a while before they became completely motionless.

"Octopus? But it's too ferocious. It actually dares to directly attack the monks?" Qian Xiaowan was puzzled. He picked up half of the corpse and observed it.

After some investigation, there was nothing special about the body, except for a row of silvery steel teeth between the lips and teeth.

"It looks like a mutant species." Qian Xiaoyi shook his head, threw away the remains, and picked up the mother-of-pearl again.

This time, he used his magic power to cut a big hole directly in the shell.

After some searching, he soon found a golden pearl among the debris and shell meat.

In the darkness, the golden pearls sparkled, and a rich spiritual energy surrounded them.

"Hey, this kind of spiritual energy seems to be also present in the octopus!" Qian Xiaoyi hurriedly picked up the octopus and started to cut it with the black iron waist knife.

He cut open the stomach, uncovered the filth, and a golden pearl appeared in his hand.

"This is amazing. Can an octopus kill a fritillary?" Qian Xiaoyi was puzzled. He thought, "I wonder if Daoyou Zhao mentioned this in his message. I'll have to ask him later."

He continued to move forward, and after a while, his eyes suddenly flashed with extreme excitement.

Not far away, three Fritillaria were actually under a rock.

"Haha, my luck is here. As long as I can get a purple gold bead, I'll make a profit on this trip." Qian Xiaoyi took two steps at a time and ran straight under the rock.

However, as the pearl shells were opened one by one, the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

Among those three mother-of-pearls, there was not even a single golden pearl, let alone a purple gold pearl. They were all ordinary pearls without any spiritual energy.

At first, he thought he was just unlucky, but on the rest of the journey, the same thing happened to more than a dozen Fritillaria.

He spent a lot of effort, but only got a golden pearl.

Instead, after killing three octopuses, two golden pearls were found in the stomach of the corpse.

Such an abnormal thing made Qian Xiaoyi fall into deep thought: "If this is the case, it is better to find an octopus, which will be more efficient."

With a lot of questions in his mind, he quickened his speed and rushed to the end of the cave.

A moment later, in front of the dark entrance at the end of the cave.

Zhao Rui was sitting cross-legged, and when he noticed the movement, he opened his eyes immediately. Seeing that it was Qian Xiaoyi, he immediately rushed to the other side and closed the water-proof cover.

"Did you have a smooth journey, fellow Daoist?" Zhao Rui asked.

"Fellow Daoist Zhao, have you encountered any octopus with steel teeth along the way?" Qian Xiaoyi also asked.

"You have encountered it too. This thing is very strange. It actually dares to attack actively." Zhao Rui said.

Qian Xiaoyi frowned slightly, but still asked, "Then I wonder if this kind of octopus is mentioned in the talisman?"

"No, not at all. The talisman only briefly noted the location, and didn't mention anything else."

Qian Xiaoyi nodded and said with a smile: "Friend Zhao, we are going to be rich this time."

"What do you mean?" Zhao Rui looked puzzled.

Qian Xiaoyi smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhao, I wonder how many pearls you found along the way?"

Zhao Rui didn't know what the other party was saying, so he took out a golden pearl and said, "I used my flying sword to investigate and found several pearl shells, but only one of them had spiritual energy fluctuations."

"Sure enough!" General Qian reached into his pocket and took out four round golden pearls. He said, "Of these four pearls, only one was cut from the mother-of-pearl. The remaining three were all found in the stomach of the steel-toothed octopus."

Zhao Rui was shocked, his face full of disbelief. He made a hand gesture and caught the steel-toothed octopus that he had killed nearby before.

He used his fingers as swords, cut open the octopus' stomach, and soon found two golden pearls surrounded by spiritual energy.

"It's just as you said!"

"My friend, you are so lucky that you opened two at once." Qian Xiaoyi praised hurriedly.

Zhao Rui smiled, touched his chin and said, "It seems that this steel-toothed octopus must be feeding on pearl oysters, and when it devours the shell meat, it swallows the golden pearls into its stomach."

Qian Xiaoyi nodded and said, "That's what I guessed. Golden pearl oysters are extremely hard. Their steel teeth are probably used specifically to bite open the shells."

"That makes sense." Zhao Rui immediately pulled out two teeth from the corpse, and used his fingertips to test the sharpness. He added, "The teeth of the cub are so sharp. If it is a steel-toothed octopus hunting purple gold beads, it will be difficult to deal with it."

"When we collect pearls, we are taking food from their mouths. It's a life-and-death situation anyway, so we might as well strike first."

"That's a good point, but you still have to be careful."

After discussing for a while, the two entered the dark cave and continued forward.

The road behind is sometimes narrow and sometimes wide. When it is narrow, it can only allow one person to pass through, and when it is wide, it can accommodate a carriage.

We also encountered some relatively wide caves along the way, but after searching, we only found golden pearls and not even a single purple gold bead.

But the good news is that the water pressure is getting lower and lower, which makes the two of them feel a lot more relaxed.

As they went deeper, they discovered that the steel-toothed octopuses were getting bigger and bigger, some of them were already half the size of an adult.

At the same time, these steel-toothed octopuses also revealed new abilities. As long as they were not killed with one knife, the wounds would heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

About a whole day later.

A faint light suddenly appeared in front of them. The two were overjoyed and quickened their pace.

As soon as I came out of the cave, I saw a large area of ​​cattail grass hanging on the cliff behind me, stretching for who knows how many miles.

The two were greatly shocked. No one would believe it if they said it was a coincidence.

"It should be here. Let's use the previous method and let the flying sword go and investigate first." Zhao Rui said with a smile.

"I think it's almost certain. Fellow Daoist, just focus on casting the spell. I will protect you."

Zhao Rui nodded, waved his sword finger, and the flying sword immediately came out of its sheath and rushed into the endless sea. The flying sword went straight forward, flying for more than ten miles, but there was still no end in sight.

"So big!" Zhao Rui exclaimed, and immediately turned the sword head and controlled the flying sword to explore downwards.

This time it was not deep, and the bottom was reached after about half a mile.

"It's not deep. I wonder what the situation is above!" Zhao Rui controlled the flying sword and continued to explore upwards.

About two miles away, the sky above suddenly became bright.

Zhao Rui was extremely surprised. He changed his magic spell and controlled the flying sword to accelerate upwards.

A moment later, a flying sword whooshed out of the water.

On the water surface, heavy rain was pouring down, but this rain was not falling from the clouds, but from the stalactites that covered the dome.

The stalactites are densely packed and extend into the distance, with no end in sight.

Zhao Rui was greatly shocked, and was extremely confused: "A piece of free information actually points to such a world, what is Quan Zhen Yan's purpose?"

Zhao Rui didn't dare to let the flying sword stay for long, so he controlled the flying sword to return quickly.

A quarter of an hour later, at the entrance of the cave.

When Qian Xiaoyi saw the flying sword coming back, he immediately asked, "Daoyou, how is the situation?"

Zhao Rui opened his eyes, let out a long breath, and said, "The place should be here, but the area is very vast, and it is definitely not simple inside. We still need to be careful."

Qian Xiaoyi was very excited and said, "Hard work pays off. It seems that this opportunity is destined for us."

"I don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse, but only when we get something, it belongs to us."

"That's right, that's right. We will act together from now on. Be careful." Qian Xiaoyi rolled his eyes and said, "The steel-toothed octopus here must be very powerful. How about we surround it and attack its reinforcements?"

"What fellow Daoist means is..." Zhao Rui looked at Qian Xiaoyi.

At that moment, Qian Xiaoyi explained his plan in detail, how to first find a mother-of-pearl containing purple gold beads, but not to open the shell. Instead, he would make it look like he was luring the steel-toothed octopus that was protecting its food.

Zhao Rui hid aside, waiting for the arrival of the steel-toothed octopus, and then surrounded and killed it.

As Qian Xiaoyi spoke, Zhao Rui nodded and added more details to ensure that the plan was foolproof.

Two quarters of an hour later.

Between a piece of coral, Qian Xiaoyi fumbled in the crevice of the rock and pulled out a mother-of-pearl the size of an iron pot.

It was the first time he had seen such a large pearl oyster. Just by looking at the appearance, he knew there was a treasure inside.

He was not in a hurry. He took out his sword and gestured, seemingly preparing to attack. But in fact, he was keeping an eye on his surroundings, guarding against anything suspicious.

Soon, there was an unusual movement in the coral reef. At a certain distance, something as fast as lightning pounced towards Qian Xiaoyi.

The eight tentacles are rolling, hiding the silvery steel teeth. What else could it be but a steel-toothed octopus?

The steel-toothed octopus was twice as big as the one the two had encountered before, as big as a buffalo, with its tentacles spread out, four or five meters long.

Qian Xiaoyi was so frightened that cold sweat broke out. He made a hand gesture and fled quickly.

At the critical moment, a flying sword came rushing over, and the three-foot-long sword light cut off more than half of the octopus's tentacles.

"Squeak...squeak..."

A shrill hissing sound was heard, and a green light flashed on the octopus's body. The broken tentacles began to wriggle, and within a few breaths, new tentacles grew out.

Zhao Rui was stunned. He knew that the other party had a strong recovery ability, but he didn't expect it to be so strong.

The buffalo-sized steel-toothed octopus became alert after recovering from its injuries, staring at the flying sword above with its two small eyes.

"Split!" Zhao Rui's face darkened and he recited obscure sword techniques.

In the water, the flying sword immediately split into two, two into four, until it became six identical flying swords.

"kill!"

Six flying swords headed straight for the steel-toothed octopus. Wherever they went, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and body parts were scattered in all directions.

The steel-toothed octopus was filled with fear. It was recovering from its wounds while trying to escape. However, it soon showed signs of weakness and began to whine continuously.

"It seems to recover quickly, but it also comes at a price. If it is really endless, then there is no way to fight." Zhao Ruisong breathed a sigh of relief, changed his sword tactics, and shouted: "Together!"

Under his command, the six flying swords quickly merged into a sword that was two people tall.

"cut!"

The already weak steel-toothed octopus no longer had the strength to resist and was cut into two pieces by the blow of the giant sword.

Blue blood gushed out of the corpse madly for more than ten breaths before it returned to calm.

The corpse slowly sank to the bottom of the sea, and soon some small fish came forward to explore. At first, they only dared to bite the broken tentacles, but soon they swarmed over and pecked at the body of the steel-toothed octopus.

Qian Xiaoyi was full of excitement. He turned to the body of the steel-toothed octopus. He drove away the small fish, took out the black iron waist knife, and began to cut the stomach of the steel-toothed octopus.

Soon, two longan-sized beads appeared in his hands. After a little rubbing, their bright color was revealed. As they rolled, they emitted a dazzling glow.

In the distance, Zhao Rui put away his flying sword and hurried over. When he merged with Qian Xiaoyi's water shield, he immediately asked, "How is it? What did you get?"