339: succeed

As long as the Purple Lightning Qilin Dog hadn't left the city,

Gu Yanqing was confident he could find it.

But the prerequisite was to find it in front of the City Lord's Mansion and not be discovered afterward.

"I need to speed up. Although I know more about the Purple Lightning Qilin Dog, the City Lord's Mansion must have dispatched many people. In the Cultivation world, everything is about Opportunity.

If the people from the City Lord's Mansion find it first, this Opportunity will be quite difficult for me to seize."

Gu Yanqing quickly rushed to the next location.

A day passed.

Gu Yanqing still hadn't found the Purple Lightning Qilin Dog.

He was somewhat disappointed.

Returning to the Wang Family, he once again hid in his room.

Taking out the long saber, he looked at it; the purple electric arcs on it were almost completely gone.

"After a day's use, this purple lightning has been consumed quite a bit. It needs to be refined for another night."

Gu Yanqing began to refine it.

As he refined, Gu Yanqing suddenly thought,

"Why must I be the one to look for the Purple Lightning Qilin Dog? Can't the Purple Lightning Qilin Dog come to me?"

This city, though not huge, wasn't small either.

Finding a Purple Lightning Qilin Dog that looked no different from an ordinary dog was like searching for a needle in a haystack.

But if he could "lure" the other party and trick it into a Formation, it would be much easier.

"No matter how proactive I am, it's not as good as the Purple Lightning Qilin Dog being proactive."

Gu Yanqing muttered to himself.

As he spoke, his hands did not stop.

Over the course of a night,

Gu Yanqing once again charged the purple lightning in the long saber to its critical point.

Then, he pulled out another ball of purple lightning.

"If I place this purple lightning in a corner that the Purple Lightning Qilin Dog likes, I can just wait for the other party to fall into my trap."

Gu Yanqing left his home again.

After yesterday,

many people saw that the Wang Family Head not only made everyone in his Family hunt for dogs but also personally participated, making him a topic of discussion among the aristocratic families.

Today, seeing the Wang Family Head leave again,

those aristocratic families sneered incessantly.

"This Wang Family Head, in order to curry favor with the City Lord, a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Cultivator, personally goes to catch wild dogs. It's truly comical."

"Instead of focusing on Cultivation, he only thinks of these crooked paths. This Wang Family Head is nothing more than that."

"He's truly disgracing our aristocratic families!"

"The Wang Family Head is truly someone who can bend his back, but will he be able to straighten it again once it's bent?"

This news reached the City Lord's Mansion.

The steward whom Gu Yanqing had offended previously sneered.

"The night before last, I saw him speak to me very assertively, neither humble nor arrogant. I thought that the Wang Family must have had some Opportunity, grown strong wings, and dared to speak to me like that.

I thought the Wang Family had backbone.

I even considered going to the Wang Family to investigate.

Unexpectedly, yesterday, the Wang Family Head actually mobilized his entire Family to hunt dogs, just to please the City Lord.

I had overestimated him.

To waste effort on such a despicable person is truly bad luck!"

The subordinate standing nearby quickly flattered him with a smile.

"Your Excellency is right. If you ask me, when the Wang Family Head hunts dogs, aren't they also dogs themselves?"

The steward laughed heartily at this.

Within the city,

Gu Yanqing glanced at the sky.

The sky was covered with dark clouds.

Today, it seemed there would be a heavy rain.

"Heaven helps me. I see that this weather will likely be accompanied by lightning strikes. The Purple Lightning Qilin Dog loves lightning, so tonight will be its feast.

Within the city, there are seven places most conducive to absorbing the power of lightning.

But these seven places, if I can think of them, the City Lord can certainly think of them too.

Therefore..."

Gu Yanqing looked at a lush, forested area on the map.

"According to my observations, while high places are convenient for absorbing lightning, they are also very dangerous. In places with many trees, hiding under a tree, the power of lightning is also very abundant.

If one is lucky, it can even directly attract thunder.

The forest provides good concealment. If I were the Purple Lightning Qilin Dog, I would definitely choose this spot."

As Gu Yanqing spoke, he arrived at that forest.

He looked around.

He found a decaying ancient tree and stood beneath it.

"Form the Formation!"

Gu Yanqing began to set up a Formation.

He wanted to create an ordinary trapping Formation, and then, on top of that trapping Formation, add a layer of illusion Formation.

This was to ensure that when the Purple Lightning Qilin Dog was trapped, outsiders wouldn't notice anything unusual.

He certainly didn't want to end up doing all the work for someone else.

After completing all this,

Gu Yanqing found a hidden spot, set up another Formation, and then calmed his mind, staring at the "trap" he had laid.

Night quietly arrived.

Gu Yanqing looked up at the sky.

Because of the dark clouds, the sky grew dark exceptionally early today.

A huge bolt of lightning forked in the sky, splitting the night into several parts, followed by rolling thunder.

"It's almost time. Now, it depends on whether the Purple Lightning Qilin Dog has a Destiny with me."

Gu Yanqing stared at the Formation he had laid out.

This Purple Lightning Qilin Dog must have a Destiny with him.

If the City Lord got there first, he would undergo continuous Possession, and finally, take the Purple Lightning Qilin Dog away.

An hour passed.

The heavy rain filled the surrounding low-lying areas with water.

After raining for so long, there would be no more lightning.

Gu Yanqing frowned.

Immediately, his brows relaxed.

He saw, not far away, a small Black Dog that blended into the night, scurrying over.

"It's here!"

Gu Yanqing's gaze sharpened.

He couldn't even tell if this was truly the Purple Lightning Qilin Dog.

But he didn't dare to probe with his Divine Sense.

The Purple Lightning Qilin Dog in its nascent stage was timid and sensitive; even the slightest sense of danger would make it flee.

And once it fled, there was no telling when it would appear again.

Gu Yanqing waited.

He waited for the Purple Lightning Qilin Dog to devour the purple lightning he had placed in the Formation.

Ordinary people affected by the illusion Formation couldn't see the purple lightning.

But this Spirit Beast could sense the purple lightning through its energy perception.

Indeed.

The little Black Dog sniffed with its head down, then suddenly raised its head and quickly ran into the illusion Formation.

Gu Yanqing's nerves were taut.

Just as the "little Black Dog" was about to rush into the illusion Formation, it suddenly stopped.

It looked left and right.

Then, it lay down at the edge of the Formation.

A quarter of an hour later,

it got up and slowly walked into the illusion Formation.

Gu Yanqing breathed a sigh of relief.

"This dog is truly cautious."

He almost thought the dog wasn't going to go in and devour the purple lightning.

After waiting for a few breaths,

Gu Yanqing got up and walked into the illusion Formation.

The Purple Lightning Qilin Dog was devouring a ball of purple Qi.

It was like a dog that hadn't eaten for a long time, ravenously hungry.

As it ate, it would let out "woof woof" sounds.

Hearing the sound,

the little Black Dog suddenly looked outside.

Seeing a Cultivator approaching, it immediately ran.

Unfortunately, what awaited it was a powerful trapping Formation.

Gu Yanqing smiled.

"Don't run, you can't escape."

He squatted down and stroked the Purple Lightning Qilin Dog's head.

Later, the dog's body would belong to him.