Chapter 1260: Dark Night Black Snake Reappears

Chapter 1261: Good Person Jiang Fan

"Bluff! I don't believe anyone can outdrink me!"

She immediately started guzzling it down.

Halfway through the bottle, she staggered, almost collapsing to the ground.

Fortunately, Zhang Chuyun stepped forward to steady her, saying worriedly, "High Priest of Wine, stop drinking."

Dazed, the High Priest of Wine looked at Jiang Fan, her eyes widening as she realized Jiang Fan had already finished his bottle!

He shook the empty bottle, acting as if nothing had happened, and said, "It's not that strong, is it?"

"It's like drinking rice wine."

"High Priest of Wine, why haven't you finished yet?"

The High Priest of Wine looked at Jiang Fan's wine gourd, then at her own, and couldn't help but wonder if Jiang Fan was drinking plain water!

But she had brought the wine herself; how could there be a mistake?

Zhang Chuyun's beautiful eyes shimmered as she looked at Jiang Fan. She couldn't believe Jiang Fan possessed such extraordinary strength, even outdrinking the High Priest of Wine.

Turning to look at her own High Priest of Wine, she couldn't help but say with a hint of disdain, "High Priest of Wine, just concede."

"It looks like you can't drink anymore."

Hearing this, the High Priest of Wine flew into a rage: "You're siding with the outsiders!"

"Who says I can't outdrink him?"

She immediately chugged the remaining half bottle of wine.

With that, she had consumed two full gourds of strong liquor.

Already dazed, she could no longer stand, stumbling and falling to the ground.

Drunk, she mumbled, "I'm not drunk... Help me up... I can still fight eight hundred more rounds!"

"Ugh, ugh, ugh..."

Jiang Fan stepped forward, patted her back, and chuckled softly:

"High Priest of Wine, I won."

The High Priest of Wine wiped the wine stain from her lips, her stomach and heart feeling exceptionally uneasy.

Feeling wronged, she began to wail, "Someone can actually outdrink me!"

"What's the point of me living? I might as well die."

Jiang Fan extended his hand and said, "Before you die, be a good sport and give me the item first."

With great reluctance, the High Priest of Wine took out the ice block and fiercely shoved it into Jiang Fan's hand:

"Kid! You're ruthless!"

"But don't get too cocky! This ice block isn't that easy to melt!"

Jiang Fan's heart sank.

A bad premonition arose in his heart. He quickly took the ice block and began to burn it with the Netherworld Ghost Fire.

This fire was so potent that even Nascent Soul cultivators below the seventh aperture would find it hard to withstand it physically.

However, the ice block remained completely motionless within it, showing no signs of melting.

His expression darkened.

This ice before him seemed peculiar!

The High Priest of Wine smiled triumphantly:

"You didn't even think, if the Night Serpent was easy to retrieve, wouldn't I have taken it out long ago?"

"Why would I have let it remain frozen inside?"

"This serpent was obtained by our reconnaissance team from a mysterious cold pond in the Heavenly Realm. The cold energy within it was astonishing; it almost froze a Venerable to death."

"Although you are skilled in the path of fire, it's a pity you're nowhere near capable of melting it."

The reconnaissance team from the Great Barren State, although they did not penetrate as deep into the tribal heartland as Jiang Fan, were not entirely without gains.

However, they had no way to deal with the Night Serpent they had obtained.

It was precisely for this reason that the High Priest of Wine generously offered it for the bet.

If she won, it was great; if she lost, there was no loss.

Jiang Fan glared at her: "You scheming woman!"

The High Priest of Wine, reeking of alcohol, chuckled playfully, "All's fair in war."

Jiang Fan's face was grim. With a thought, he summoned the Source of Fire.

The High Priest of Wine's smile vanished. She rubbed her eyes and said, "You darn freak... Aren't you just at the Nascent Soul stage?"

"How did you comprehend a Source?"

Jiang Fan ignored her and pressed the Source of Fire onto the ice block.

All that could be heard was a sizzling sound as the ice block melted into a sesame seed-sized pit, yet it was still incredibly difficult to fully melt it.

Seeing this, the High Priest of Wine's nervous heart relaxed once more, and she revealed a relieved smile:

"Good thing your Source isn't powerful enough. Otherwise, I'd be so angry I'd spit blood."

She hadn't been able to retrieve the Night Serpent herself. If a junior from another state managed to do it, it would truly make her furious.

Jiang Fan frowned deeply.

The ice block before him was indeed not something his current power could handle.

But looking at the Night Serpent inside, he was extremely unwilling to give up.

Was there any way to melt the ice block?

He closed his eyes in thought, an array of spiritual artifacts he possessed flashing through his mind.

Suddenly!

He suddenly opened his eyes and immediately took out the Sky-Slaying Cauldron, along with the Snow-Listening Sword inserted within it!

A glimmer of anticipation appeared in his eyes!

He had never used the full capabilities of this supreme-grade spiritual artifact, the Sky-Slaying Cauldron.

Because Biluo had said that her master had only demonstrated one function of the Sky-Slaying Cauldron!

And that was:

Boiling water!

That's right!

At the time, Jiang Fan and Six Paths True Monarch were stunned. A supreme-grade spiritual artifact only capable of boiling water was truly beyond imagination.

So much so that Jiang Fan once thought this Sky-Slaying Cauldron, apart from randomly spewing magma, was just a small humidifier.

Now he somewhat suspected what kind of water Biluo's master had actually boiled.

It probably wasn't ordinary water, was it?

"Supreme-grade spiritual artifacts? Two of them?" The High Priest of Wine's eyes widened, her drunkenness instantly diminishing by a third.

Her face was full of envy: "This cauldron could be exchanged for a lot of wine, couldn't it?"

"It's a shame I'm the High Priest of Wine; I can't just seize other people's treasures like a demonic cultivator."

"Ah! Damn you, Qintianjian, you've led me astray!"

A few faint black lines appeared on Jiang Fan's forehead.

He hadn't realized that besides being greedy for wine, this person was also very greedy for treasures.

He grasped the Snow-Listening Sword and sharply pulled it out!

Before the Sky-Slaying Cauldron could react, he quickly pressed the ice block against its opening.

This way, all the magma spewing from it sprayed onto the bottom of the ice block.

Although the magma's temperature wasn't as high as the Source of Fire, its advantage lay in its quantity, which was a thousand times greater than the Source of Fire.

Under the continuous impact of the blue magma, the ice block, which was harder than top-grade ore, finally began to vibrate with a hissing sound.

Large amounts of water vapor steamed out, forming a thick, white mist.

Jiang Fan watched the ice block intently.

When it had melted enough to almost reveal the Night Serpent, he decisively pulled it away, using the residual heat to melt the last thin layer of ice.

Otherwise, how could the Night Serpent possibly withstand the blue magma?

It would be burned to charcoal in an instant.

The Sky-Slaying Cauldron, having been unleashed after so long, continued to spray concentrated magma essence.

Jiang Fan swiftly thrust the Snow-Listening Sword back into it.

The Sky-Slaying Cauldron shivered, then slowly returned to calmness.

After putting away the two treasures, he looked at the ice block. Through the melted hole, he successfully pulled out the Night Serpent.

At this point, having been frozen for an unknown duration, it was already on its last breath.

It was completely powerless to resist.

Thus, Jiang Fan effortlessly squeezed out its venom.

"Haha, the weapon to counteract the Giant King is now in hand!"

"Thank you, High Priest of Wine!"

"You're truly a good person. You don't use it yourself, but leave it for us in Taicang Great State."