Several of Wang Erlai's ribs were broken from the constriction, the pain piercing his heart.
Hearing these words, he hurriedly knelt towards Chu Xun, kowtowing like pounding garlic, "I beg Master Chu to spare my life! I, I didn't know you were an Immortal, offending your immortal prestige! Spare my lowly life, I will never dare to do it again!"
Under the moonlight, Chu Xun's figure was clearly visible, and his voice entered the ears distinctly.
"It's good that you know your mistake, pay attention in your next life."
—Earth Control Spell 1
Wang Erlai suddenly felt the ground beneath him wriggling like a living creature. He was frightened out of his wits and wanted to scramble up and flee.
But the soil continuously split open to both sides, as loose as quicksand.
No matter how hard he used his limbs to climb, he couldn't catch up with the speed of sliding down.
Watching the ground open like the mouth of a giant beast, about to swallow Wang Erlai, Liu Er and Sun Laoyou were almost scared to death.
Having been scoundrels for so many years, they had seen ruthless people and those who didn't care about their lives, but they had never seen anyone who knew spells.
They knew there were Immortals in this world.
But Immortals ca without a shadow and left without a trace, like divine dragons whose heads could be seen but not their tails. How could trash like them bump into one?
Although Chu Xun only had the cultivation of the first level of the Qi Condensation Stage, a spell like the Earth Control Spell, which was usually only used for farming, still had a near-crushing ability against ordinary people.
Liu Er and Sun Laoyou trembled all over, shouting in unison, "Master Chu, we didn't want to kill anyone! It was all Wang Erlai's idea, we just wanted to get so silver and be done with it. We beg you to spare our dog lives!"
Chu Xun didn't make a sound. He reached out and pointed, and the ground beneath the two of them also began to loosen and slide open to both sides.
Liu Er and Sun Laoyou's bodies continuously sank. They seed to forget to struggle and suddenly pointed at Wang Erlai, cursing loudly.
"You dog who deserves a thousand cuts, getting us killed! Even as ghosts, don't even think about having a good ti!"
They cursed so passionately, venting all their fear and anger onto Wang Erlai.
If not for the slight distance between them, they might have directly pounced over and beaten Wang Erlai severely.
Unfortunately, there was no such opportunity anymore.
Chu Xun watched coldly from the sidelines. Although it was his first ti using a spell to kill soone in his life, his heart unexpectedly didn't have much turbulence.
He originally thought he would be sowhat unaccustod to it; after all, it was a precious human life.
However, watching Wang Erlai, Liu Er, and Sun Laoyou gradually being swallowed by the soil until they could no longer be seen, he suddenly understood.
Human life was not precious at all.
The Earth Control Spell continuously drove the soil to separate, sinking the three people continuously into it.
One ter, two ters, three ters...
Until nearly four ters deep, which had already reached the current limit of the spell.
The ground emitted dense creaking sounds and closed up at an extrely fast speed, completely covering the curses and pleas for rcy.
In an instant, this place seed much quieter.
At this ti, Chu Xun suddenly seed to feel sothing.
With a thought, the translucent panel that hadn't appeared for a long ti erged before his eyes.
[Na, Chu Xun]
[Lifespan, 30/75]
[Cultivation, Qi Condensation Stage (Can be hidden)]
[Final Quest Reward, Eternal Immortality]
[Current Stage 1, Cultivate the Spirit Pearl Grass until the fruit matures (twenty years to grow leaves, twenty years to bloom, twenty years to bear fruit). Reward, Cultivation raised to Foundation Establishnt Stage, restore youth, lifespan increased by 150 years]
[Spells,
Great Cloud and Rain Spell 27483/30000, Drive water vapor to gather in a large area, can control slow movent and the amount of rain at will.
Spiritual Earth Spell 1/100000, Change soil quality in a small area, or control the movent and shaping of soil in a large area.]
Apart from the natural change in the lifespan column, the original Earth Control Spell had already advanced to the Spiritual Earth Spell.
It retained the previous large-scale earth control ability and added a new effect of changing soil quality in a small area.
Looking at the ground that covered the three scoundrels, Chu Xun reached out and ford a hand seal.
Spiritual Earth Spell 1
He saw a large amount of soil continuously gathering and squeezing, forming a more compact whole.
Chu Xun stepped forward and stomped his foot a few tis. He felt it was much harder than the surrounding soil, comparable to the hardness of frozen earth in the dead of winter.
With a thought, several inch-long sharp spikes suddenly shot out from the hard soil.
The green snake and white snake hissed and flicked their tongues, their tails whipping incessantly, as if they were startled.
Chu Xun squatted down and touched those earth spikes, then tried to break them a few tis.
They were very hard. Although not comparable to steel, they were about the sa as wooden spikes.
If soone was accidentally pierced by them, a bloody hole would be poked through the soles of their feet.
After several attempts, if the number of earth spikes was concentrated into one, the length was a full foot long!
This wasn't as simple as piercing through the sole of the foot; half a leg would be crippled.
Chu Xun reached out and touched the hard earth spike. It was obviously no longer pure soil, but more like it was mixed with sothing else.
"So it really can change the soil quality. If that's the case, could the so-called spell of turning stone into gold also co from this?"
In the past, when he heard of turning stone into gold, he only felt it was a rural legend, not worthy of belief.
But looking at it now, it wasn't impossible.
It was just that the current ability of the spell had an upper limit and hadn't yet reached such a formidable realm.
A few bold crows flew down from the branches and pecked at the earth spikes a few tis, making clinking sounds.
They tilted their heads, seemingly examining what this strange thing was that could actually grow out of the ground.
A few taels of broken silver drilled out from the soil. That was what Wang Erlai and the other two had stolen from who knows where today.
Chu Xun laughed upon seeing this. Killing a few scoundrels, conveniently allowing his spell to advance, and obtaining a few taels of fine silver; it wasn't a waste of his hard trip in the middle of the night.
Picking up the silver and putting it into his inner pocket, Chu Xun looked at the two giant pythons.
He stepped forward and reached out his hand. The giant pythons took the initiative to lower their heads one after another, allowing him to easily touch their heads.
Feeling the cold and hard scales sliding across his palm, Chu Xun patted them lightly twice, "Killing people this ti was an act of no alternative. You absolutely must not harm innocent commoners because of this, otherwise I will definitely not spare you, understand?"
The two giant pythons nodded their heads up and down. When they first ca to freeload on the spiritual rain, they were only about a ter long.
Now they had grown into pythons, yet they were dead set on Chu Xun and obeyed his every word.
Worried about scaring the commoners, they swam into the Songliu River themselves to conceal their figures.
Being so well-behaved, how did they look like giant creatures that could easily constrict and kill an adult.
In Chu Xun's heart, they were livestock, but more like children he had watched grow up.
Since they had gained spiritual intelligence, so principles that should be taught still needed to be taught.
In the future, if they were really lucky enough to achieve sothing great, they wouldn't be reduced to demons that hard the world.
Having the two giant pythons co to help, Chu Xun didn't mistreat them.
He ford a hand seal and summoned a patch of spiritual rain to fall.
The giant pythons and crows either twisted their bodies or flapped their wings in the spiritual rain, looking very happy.
A mont later, the spiritual rain stopped.
Only then did the two giant pythons raise their heads, rub against Chu Xun's arm, and then slither towards the direction of the Songliu River.
Watching their massive bodies disappear into the night, Chu Xun let out a long breath, turned around, and headed towards the direction of Pinecone Village.
When he returned ho, Zhang Anxiu seed to hear the noise. She rubbed her eyes and got up to look, "Brother Xun? Where did you go?"
Chu Xun ca over, took off his outer coat, and said, "I heard so noise outside, so I went out to take a look. It's nothing, go to sleep."
Zhang Anxiu said "mm," snuggled up to him and lay down. She sniffed and asked groggily, "Why is there a fishy sll on you?"
"It might be going to rain," Chu Xun replied.
Zhang Anxiu didn't think about what connection this had with what she asked. Groggily, she nuzzled into her husband's embrace like a kitten, her voice gradually fading, "I'll wash you tomorrow, this sll..."
Listening to her steady breathing, although there was no so-called feminine fragrance, there was a reassuring aura present.
Chu Xun took a deep breath and held her in his arms.
Human life is not precious.
But Zhang Anxiu is very precious.
Because there are many human lives in the world, but there is only one Zhang Anxiu in the world.
[End of Chapter]
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