Chapter 31: Devouring Four Hair Jiangshi in a Row

Great Yin Indestructible Bone?

Wasn’t that the body-refining method Gong Yang had spent half his life trying to cultivate?

Mo Lin flipped through the Great Yin Indestructible Bone with great interest:

“Decree: Bury the Nine Abyssal Yin Sha, seize the authority of the Netherworld; refine a hundred bones into a seal, forge a body of Indestructible Bone.”

Required materials for cultivation:

Main Material: Eight-Pole Corpse Hub—eight Hair Jiangshi nurtured by the Earth Vein.

Auxiliary Materials: Thousand-Soul Resentment Fire, one pound of Earth Vein Yin Marrow, three drops of Yin Flood Dragon Heart’s Blood.

Timing: The Day of Extreme Yin (the fifteenth of the seventh lunar month).

So, those Hair Jiangshi and the resentful souls inside the Soul-Respecting Banner were all materials Gong Yang had prepared to cultivate the Great Yin Indestructible Bone.

If he succeeded, his Dharma Body would most likely become one of the strongest at his level in one fell swoop.

After all, Mo Lin had personally experienced the defense and agility of the Hair Jiangshi.

Xu Han had needed to rely on a magic weapon just to sever Mo Lin’s snake scales, yet the Hair Jiangshi could directly grab and pull them off.

Unfortunately, after Mo Lin killed Gong Yang, all of his efforts had been wasted.

Since these things could strengthen Gong Yang’s Dharma Body, then if Mo Lin swallowed them, relying on his own Devour talent, wouldn’t he also become stronger?

“Ah-woo.”

With that thought, Mo Lin coiled his tail around one Hair Jiangshi and shoved it straight into his mouth, swallowing it whole—though the stench coming from the Hair Jiangshi almost made him gag.

If cockroaches were crispy, termite snacks were refreshing, and toads were greasy with no chewiness, then the Hair Jiangshi’s taste was like hairy dragon’s beard candy—dry, hairy, and tough.

Fortunately, as a Snake Demon, Mo Lin could directly swallow all four Hair Jiangshi without chewing.

In the blink of an eye, four Hair Jiangshi were gone, and Mo Lin already felt his entire body heating up.

“Oh oh oh, so this is the feeling of becoming stronger?”

Previously, he had only swallowed Ding Fan and Xu Han in one go, and that had already benefited him greatly.

Yet the two of them weren’t even as formidable as a single Hair Jiangshi.

Thus, after devouring four Hair Jiangshi at once, Mo Lin felt better than ever before—so much so that he could no longer feel the pain from having his scales ripped out.

If Gong Yang were still alive to see Mo Lin casually devour the four Hair Jiangshi he had painstakingly refined for half his life, he would probably cough up three liters of blood on the spot:

Do you know how much effort I spent on the Great Yin Indestructible Bone?

Do you know how difficult it is to gather eight zombies with the potential to evolve into Hair Jiangshi?

Purple Jiangshi, White Jiangshi, Black Jiangshi, Green Jiangshi, Hair Jiangshi—the ranks increased step by step.

If not for him preying upon fellow members of the Bureau of Heaven Monitoring, it would have taken him at least ten more years to gather eight Hair Jiangshi.

In fact, in just one more year, he would have possessed eight Hair Jiangshi plus Thousand-Soul Resentment Fire.

By then, the only things missing for completing the Great Yin Indestructible Bone would have been one pound of Earth Vein Yin Marrow and three drops of Yin Flood Dragon Heart’s Blood—and he already had a lead on the Yin Marrow.

Who would have thought that just as his great ambition was about to be realized, Mo Lin would swoop in and snatch the prize?

This brat had inherited half the main and auxiliary materials for the Great Yin Indestructible Bone, only to devour the four Hair Jiangshi without the slightest hesitation!!

Unbearable! Absolutely unbearable!

Yet Mo Lin’s thoughts were simple:

Since his strength was still insufficient, he naturally had to pursue the path of gathering countless powers into one body.

Relying on his Devour talent, perhaps he didn’t need to prepare everything like humans and conduct a ritual—he could achieve the same result by consuming the materials in batches.

Moreover, Gong Yang had needed Earth Veins to refine zombies, but Mo Lin already had Corpse Poison!

He could mass-produce sufficient zombies by himself.

Therefore, the four Hair Jiangshi had little manufacturing cost for him and were not worth holding onto.

Poof!

The remnant spirit of Gong Yang that lingered around was instantly angered into transcending on the spot...

After swallowing the four Hair Jiangshi, Mo Lin turned his gaze toward the only corpse left at the scene—Gong Yang.

“The four Hair Jiangshi are one thing, but Brother Gong Yang’s corpse—I must keep it.”

Mo Lin thought to himself:

“Gong Yang wasn’t wrong about one thing. I killed members of the Bureau of Heaven Monitoring. They will definitely send more people after me, and won’t stop until I’m dead.”

“I must find a way to solve the Bureau of Heaven Monitoring problem, or I’ll forever live with a thorn in my throat.”

Fortunately, Mo Lin already had a plan.

Though he wasn’t sure it would work, it was at least feasible.

Thinking of this, Mo Lin looked at Gong Yang’s corpse and grinned:

“Brother Gong Yang, you’ve troubled yourself plenty already. I’ll trouble you with one more thing—I’m sure you won’t mind, right?”

Coiling his snake tail, Mo Lin wrapped up Gong Yang’s peaceful body.

His snake head leaned close to Gong Yang’s neck, baring his fangs:

“Ah-woo.”

......

At the foot of Hong Mountain, Hongjia Village.

All the villagers waited anxiously in their homes.

They were waiting both for Hong Tianyun and Hong Wen to return with reinforcements from the Bureau of Heaven Monitoring, and for good news from Gong Yang, who had gone up the mountain.

“The Taoist has returned! The Taoist has returned!”

At that moment, a voice filled with joy rang out in the village.

The villagers immediately poured outside in a rush:

“What’s going on?”

“Did the Taoist succeed in capturing the Snake Demon?!”

“Wow, it really is the Snake Demon!”

All this time, Hong Xiu had been so nervous inside his house that he had bitten all ten of his fingernails clean off.

When he heard this, he immediately burst through the door.

What entered his sight was none other than the Taoist who had just gone up the mountain not long ago, claiming to be a wandering demon-catcher of the Bureau of Heaven Monitoring.

In his hands, he was carrying the Snake Demon that had slain Ding Fan and Xu Han on the mountain!

Yet the once awe-inspiring Snake Demon that had stood at the mountain pass, looking down on the entire village with majesty, now had its eyes tightly shut, its scales plucked clean, blood dripping ceaselessly to the ground.

Hong Xiu’s body trembled slightly.

It truly was the Snake Demon—the one that killed Uncle Sanjiang—captured by the Taoist!

The skies of the Hong family had finally cleared!

The entire Hongjia Village instantly erupted in jubilation.

Heaven only knew how terrified they had been when word spread that their corpse-fisher Hong Sanjiang had been slain by the Snake Demon.

Later, the two young Taoists from the Bureau of Heaven Monitoring whom Hong Tianyun had invited to catch the demon had also gone up the mountain, only never to return.

All the able-bodied villagers who had seen Hong Wen flee the mountain in disgrace still remembered vividly the icy aura the Snake Demon had exuded.

Just when they had been trembling with fear, worrying they’d be the demon’s next victims, the Taoist from the Bureau of Heaven Monitoring appeared like a ray of light, piercing the dark cloud hanging over their heads!

“Kill it!”

A voice rang out.

The cheering crowd around the Taoist fell silent for a brief moment, then shouted in unison:

“Kill it!”

“Kill it!”

“Kill it!”

Several villagers even reached out to grab the tail of the “captured” Mo Lin, ready to vent the fear and anger that had festered in their hearts for days.

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