198: Exit the Sword Washing Pond

After Tang Tian finished selecting weapons for Big Goose and the others, he began selecting swords for himself.

His Cultivation Technique, the Life Extinguishing Spirit Gathering Sword, could only control one hundred swords for now, so collecting one hundred swords was enough.

Tang Tian was already familiar with the process, and one hundred Qi Training Ninth Level swords were pulled out by him.

In the blink of an eye, a small portion of this Sword Washing Pond was emptied. In a Sword Washing Pond that only had one thousand swords, this was quite noticeable.

There was a groove in that area, empty with nothing inside, which made Tang Tian feel a bit awkward.

It seemed Fourth Senior Sister and the others couldn't enter, but that was fine.

Tang Tian put all one hundred swords into the Medicine Venerable Space, planning to refine them once he was out and had the time.

Previously, the ice swords Tang Tian solidified using the Frost Palm were of too low quality, causing his sword seals to frequently shatter. Now that he had Qi Training Ninth Level weapons...

...Tang Tian's sword seals would likely not shatter easily anymore. After all, if something could easily break a Qi Training Ninth Level weapon, Tang Tian would have to consider running away.

Tang Tian said, "Great Yellow, Wuqi, let's go."

Great Yellow, however, did not leave. It let out an "Awoo" sound, indicating that it wanted to prepare a sword for Little Spirit Rice.

Tang Tian said earnestly, "Great Yellow, have you and Little Spirit Rice become Dao Companions?"

It wasn't that Tang Tian cherished these swords—they were free anyway—but if he were to give a sword to Little Spirit Rice...

...his Medicine Venerable Space, Fourth Senior Sister, and the entire Qing Huai Fox Clan would inevitably be exposed. This was a price Tang Tian could not endure.

After all, if Fourth Senior Sister knew he had exposed her Qing Huai Fox Clan to a Foundation Establishment Family, not even Chi Daizi could save him then.

Great Yellow shook its head.

Tang Tian said, "Then that's it. You have no relationship with her whatsoever. How is what you're doing any different from being a simp?"

Great Yellow suddenly realized, feeling that what Tang Tian said made some sense.

Tang Tian said, "You also cannot give these spirit fruits to Little Spirit Rice because we cannot afford the price of exposing the Medicine Venerable Space."

"But Spirit Stones are an exception. You can give it Spirit Stones because we are not short on them, and we aren't afraid of Spirit Stones being exposed."

Great Yellow was no longer an ordinary dog; having hung out with Tang Tian for so long, it had already mastered the Dao of cautious survival...

Wuqi was the same; Wuqi kept its mouth shut outside, mainly because others couldn't understand it anyway.

Except for Tang Tian, who lived with them day and night and had mastered Beast Language at the tenth level...

Tang Tian said, "Let's go, Great Yellow. After we leave the Qing Huai Fox Clan, I'll go to the Auction House to buy some gifts and help you give them to Little Spirit Rice."

Great Yellow and Wuqi nodded with their fur standing on end, looking at the Sword Washing Pond with lingering fear.

Tang Tian walked back in the direction he came from and soon saw the path blocked by thunder mist.

Tang Tian asked, "Eh, why is this path not open..."

Thunder serpents were constantly churning within the thunder mist on that road, and Tang Tian dared not force his way through.

At this moment, the Thunder Washing Pond acted up. It discovered that Tang Tian had taken away over a hundred swords, and it was furious that it couldn't punish Tang Tian.

First, the Thunder Washing Pond tried to contact its swords, directly releasing lightning to attack Tang Tian's Divine Sense.

But Tang Tian had cultivated the Thunder Serpent Control Method, so no matter what the consciousness of the Thunder Washing Pond did, it couldn't do anything to Tang Tian.

Finally, in a fit of shame and anger, it descended a bowl-sized lightning bolt, striking towards Tang Tian.

Tang Tian felt a dangerous aura coming, so he hurriedly took out ten thousand Spirit Stones to cast a Spirit Power shield on himself.

Then he hurriedly dodged.

The bowl-sized lightning bolt struck Tang Tian, shattering the Spirit Power shield. Tang Tian quickly dodged.

The bowl-sized lightning bolt struck the ground.

Tang Tian said with lingering fear, "Fortunately I dodged it. Fourth Senior Sister did not deceive me; this Thunder Washing Pond really has a punishment."

If Tang Tian had known that this Thunder Washing Pond had consciousness, he would absolutely not have come in.

At this time, the thunder mist in front of the Thunder Washing Pond dispersed, and Tang Tian hurriedly went out.

Great Yellow and Wuqi also hurriedly followed behind Tang Tian.

Fourth Senior Sister's paper figure saw that scene with Tang Tian and them, and chuckled, "What's wrong? You were struck quite miserably, right?"

Great Yellow's dog face was swollen. Fourth Senior Sister's paper figure used her hand to rub Great Yellow's face, and Great Yellow howled in pain.

Fourth Senior Sister's paper figure asked, "Junior Brother, what was your harvest this time?"

Tang Tian said, "A slight harvest."

Fourth Senior Sister's paper figure asked, "Are there any Foundation Establishment Realm weapons inside the Sword Washing Pond? Did you think about taking one, Junior Brother?"

Tang Tian said, "Those Foundation Establishment Realm swords were too far away and hard to get, so I only got Qi Training Ninth Level swords."

Fourth Senior Sister's paper figure chuckled, "I think it's more than just Qi Training Ninth Level swords. Junior Brother, being able to take over one hundred swords at once is beyond my expectations."

Tang Tian was shocked after hearing this. Fourth Senior Sister really could know the number of swords he obtained inside.

Tang Tian said, "The quality of the weapons inside the Sword Washing Pond was too high, and I couldn't help but take a few more."

Fourth Senior Sister's paper figure said, "I think it's more than that. Everyone who obtains a sword from this Sword Washing Pond must receive a Divine Soul Foundation Establishment and be attacked by lightning on their Divine Sense for half a quarter of an hour. Junior Brother, what secrets do you have?"

After Fourth Senior Sister's paper figure finished speaking, she took out a sword from her storage ring; it was a Lianqi Seventh Level Thunder Sword.

That Thunder Sword constantly corroded Fourth Senior Sister's Demonic Qi in her hand. For Fourth Senior Sister to be able to take out a Lianqi Seventh Level sword, she was quite capable.

Tang Tian had thought it was a test; it turned out to be a curse.

Tang Tian asked, "Does this curse have any lingering effects on the Cultivator?"

Fourth Senior Sister's paper figure said, "No effects. It's just to let you experience heart-piercing pain. We of the Qing Huai Fox Clan use it to punish those who intrude into our clan."

Tang Tian: "..."

Using it to punish those who intrude into the Qing Huai Fox Clan, that was quite vicious.

Tang Tian glanced at Great Yellow and the others and thought to himself, "It's good that there's no effect."

Tang Tian thought of the chickens, ducks, and geese in his Medicine Venerable Space. Wouldn't that mean they had suffered a torture for no reason?

Next time he saw them in the Medicine Venerable Space, he would tell them not to refine the swords yet, and to refine them only after they had mastered the Thunder Serpent Control Method.

Fourth Senior Sister's paper figure said, "Junior Brother, what exactly is your secret?"

Fourth Senior Sister's stance was that Tang Tian couldn't leave unless he brought out something.

Tang Tian said, "Could it be that Great Yellow won third place in the Spirit Beast Assembly, obtained the Luck of Jinque City, and then fed it back to me, its master?"

What Tang Tian said was absurd, but it wasn't a secret that Great Yellow had won third place in the Spirit Beast Assembly.

These words eased the oppressive atmosphere at the scene a little. Fourth Senior Sister chuckled, "Alright, Junior Brother, I won't take your things for free. I'll give you one hundred thousand Spirit Stones."

Tang Tian thought he had misheard; Fourth Senior Sister was actually giving him Spirit Stones.

Tang Tian said, "Hearing Fourth Senior Sister say that, I seem to remember what I have. I have a Cultivation Technique."

Tang Tian decided to throw out the Thunder Serpent Control Method. After all, the Thunder Serpent Control Method wasn't some Foundation Establishment Cultivation Technique; it was just a companion skill of a Qi Training Ninth Level Thunder Serpent.

Throwing it away was just throwing it away...