Chapter 133: Bilin Sand

The black giant silkworm had a limited range of attacks. Besides its soul-devouring light, it could only spray silk to attack Wang Changsheng and the others. Although its defenses were strong, it was struggling under the onslaught of more than ten cultivators.

After emitting a strange cry, it opened its mouth and sprayed a ray of grey light towards Wang Mingzhan and others near the cave entrance.

Wang Changsheng had a bad feeling and quickly shouted, "Sixth Uncle, retreat quickly!"

Wang Mingzhan hastily retreated. A cultivator surnamed Wang conjured two Earth Wall talismans, which transformed into two tall yellow walls, blocking their path. Only then could Wang Mingzhan successfully retreat.

The grey light struck the yellow walls, transforming into an impenetrable white net that sealed the cave entrance. The black giant silkworm opened its mouth again, spraying several grey filaments that quickly intertwined to form a grey arrow, which shot towards Wang Changsheng.

Wang Changsheng did not dare to be careless. He vigorously shook the Profound Ice Banner in his hand, and a large expanse of white cold air surged from its surface, forming a white ice wall over two zhang tall and half a zhang thick, blocking his front.

With a muffled thud, the grey arrow pierced through the white ice wall and struck the white energy barrier, causing it to tremble slightly. Wang Changsheng frowned. He shook the Profound Ice Banner vigorously, and a large wave of biting white cold air swept out, striking the grey arrow. The grey arrow rapidly froze, its surface covered in a thick layer of ice.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, the white ice wall shattered, and over ten spirit artifacts flew towards Wang Changsheng. The black giant silkworm sprayed silk, entangling the spirit artifacts of Wang Mingzhan and the others, and then used them as weapons to smash towards Wang Changsheng. With a series of muffled thuds, the spirit artifacts struck the white energy barrier, causing it to shake violently. These attacks did not cause much damage to the white energy barrier.

A piercing shriek rang out as the black giant silkworm spewed a greyish sound wave that swept towards Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan. Wang Changsheng did not dare to be careless. He shook the Profound Ice Banner vigorously, creating loud "whooshing" sounds as countless white ice needles shot out. However, upon contact with the grey sound wave, the white ice needles immediately fell, turning into ice shards.

Seeing this, Wang Changsheng's expression changed. The Profound Ice Banner in his hand glowed brightly. He shook it violently, and a large expanse of white cold air flew from its surface, forming an ice wall approximately a zhang thick, blocking his front. As the grey sound wave hit the white ice wall, several cracks quickly appeared on the wall's surface. These cracks continuously expanded, and before long, the white ice wall shattered. The grey sound wave also shrunk considerably.

The grey sound wave struck the white energy barrier, which flashed wildly a few times before shattering. Wang Changsheng roared, holding the Azure Cloud Staff, and smashed it towards the grey sound wave. He felt a tremendous force surge along the Azure Cloud Staff. His body involuntarily flew backward, hitting the stone wall heavily. His face turned crimson, and he spat out a large mouthful of blood, becoming pale.

"Azure Sound Blade, rise!" Wang Ruyan shouted loudly and struck a magical incantation onto a brightly glowing azure talisman. No sooner had she spoken than a palm-sized azure flying blade flew out from the azure talisman. It carried a sharp aura and slashed towards the grey sound wave.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, the grey sound wave shattered. The azure flying blade flashed and pierced through the black giant silkworm's body, severing it into two halves.

"A talisman-treasure is this powerful!" Wang Changsheng muttered to himself, a wary expression on his face. The Crow Puppet and Azure Condor Puppet hovered above Wang Ruyan's head.

Wang Changsheng's subtle actions did not escape Wang Ruyan's notice. She smiled calmly, then beckoned with her delicate hand towards the azure flying blade. The blade flew towards her, transforming into an azure light that vanished into the talisman. The talisman's glow dimmed, and it flew into her sleeve, disappearing from sight.

Wang Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief. He had genuinely worried that Wang Ruyan might have struck a killing blow just then! Before a talisman-treasure, he had no ability to resist. He performed an incantation, and the Crow Puppet and Azure Condor Puppet transformed into two orbs, flying into his sleeve and disappearing.

Wang Ruyan turned her head to look at Wang Changsheng behind her. A strange look flashed in her beautiful eyes as she asked, "Fellow Daoist Wang, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, Fairy Wang. Please open the cave entrance quickly."

Wang Ruyan nodded and shouted, "Seventh Uncle, you all, retreat further back."

After Wang Mingzhan and the others had retreated a good distance, Wang Ruyan aimed the red mirror in her hand at the cave entrance. With a flash of red light, a thick stream of crimson flame shot out, striking the white net sealing the entrance, and the flames billowed. Before long, the white net was burned to ashes.

Wang Mingzhan and the others entered one after another. Seeing Wang Changsheng safe and sound, all five of them simultaneously breathed a sigh of relief.

"Huh, what's this?" Wang Changsheng uttered a soft exclamation, his gaze fixed on a particular direction.

Wang Ruyan followed Wang Changsheng's gaze and saw a stone wall shimmering with green light. Wang Changsheng conjured three blue flying knives and struck the shimmering green stone wall. With a series of muffled metallic crashes, several shallow white marks appeared on the wall. An ordinary stone wall would certainly not withstand the attack of magic artifacts. Wang Changsheng controlled the three blue flying knives, striking a section of the wall that wasn't shimmering green, and the blue knives directly embedded themselves into the stone.

"A mineral vein!" A hint of joy flashed in Wang Changsheng's eyes. Only a mineral vein would exhibit such a phenomenon. He controlled the three blue flying knives to hack off two glowing green ore samples.

"This is Azure Scale Ore. It can be refined to extract a Yin-attributed material called Azure Scale Sand. Azure Scale Sand is a top-grade, second-tier Earth-attributed material." Wang Ruyan, being well-versed, recognized its origin after carefully examining the green ore.

Upon hearing this, Wang Mingzhan and the others' eyes lit up.

After discussions between Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan, the smaller of the two Yin-Ghost Silkworms was given to Wang Changsheng, and the larger one to Wang Ruyan. As for the Azure Scale Ore, both families would mine it together and equally divide the extracted ore.

Before long, sounds of chipping and hammering echoed from within the cave. After more than half an hour, a pit over ten zhang in size had been excavated from the stone wall. No more green light shimmered on the wall. Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan explored further, discovering that the mineral vein was small, and not much ore was extracted, only enough to refine a few Earth-attributed magic artifacts.

Wang Changsheng had an idea and asked, "Fairy Wang, what if I give you the materials from the Yin-Ghost Silkworm, including the Yin Beads, and you give me the Azure Scale Ore?"

"Azure Scale Ore is a top-grade second-tier material. Trading it for one Yin-Ghost Silkworm would be a loss for me. It would be fairer with an additional Ghost General-level Yin Bead." Wang Ruyan smiled slightly and began to haggle.

Wang Changsheng considered it carefully and agreed. Wang Changsheng handed the Yin-Ghost Silkworm and two Ghost General-level Yin Beads to Wang Ruyan, receiving several hundred catties of Azure Scale Ore in return. The "Mu Clan's Artifact Forging Tome" recorded a method for forging a powerful Earth-attributed magic artifact. Its main ingredient was an Earth-attributed material, and Azure Scale Sand, being a top-grade second-tier Earth-attributed material, could be used to forge a top-grade artifact. Whether a top-grade artifact could be successfully forged would depend on Wang Changsheng's forging skill.