Squeak squeak!

The rat had four golden needles stabbed into its body. Jiang Li pressed it down hard on the ground, and its eyes kept bulging under the pressure.

Just as the blood had reached its limit, one of the eyes of the red-coated rat suddenly exploded. A black blood arrow shot towards Jiang Li's eyes.

Jiang Li instinctively raised his hand to block, but a portion of the blood still passed through the gaps between his fingers and shot into his eyes.

A burning pain instantly appeared. Jiang Li felt as if his eyeballs were about to melt, and his vision immediately became blurry.

[Both eyes are corroded by poisonous blood. Added Status: Blindness]

[Detoxification status triggered, Blindness removed. Added Status: Decreased Vision]

[Decreased Vision: …] (− +)

This damned rat actually had such a disgusting method. Jiang Li hurriedly pressed the minus button for five seconds before his blurry vision recovered.

If he had not stabbed the four golden needles in time, he would have been defeated by a rat.

Due to an unknown reason, the rat suddenly became much stronger. Its speed and strength were extremely exaggerated.

If he was an ordinary Qi Refinement cultivator, his throat might be torn open in an instant.

Jiang Li wiped away the smelly poisonous blood on his face, took out a few waste pills, and stuffed them into the rat's mouth.

"Squeak! Wait! Wait! I have a secret! I have a big secret!" The rat struggled and screamed.

Jiang Li wanted to hear what else it had to say. However, after seeing the four golden needles being forced out of its body bit by bit…

Jiang Li no longer hesitated, and he tore off the rat's front teeth before pushing five smelly and pitch-black waste pills into its stomach.

The facts proved that even a rat who had lived in filth its entire life could not withstand the rich toxins of waste pills.

Soon, the rat started twitching. Its stomach heaved as if it was enduring immense pain.

The dirty and black fur began to gradually turn white. The originally bloated rat body was like a deflated balloon. It quickly shriveled and even became skin and bones, looking extremely miserable.

Bang!

A pale yellow seed was spat out from the mouth of the red-coated rat.

[Name: Spiritual Root Seed?]

[Type: Trash]

[Grade: Unknown]

[Note: Not recommended for consumption.]

As expected! Jiang Li was excited.

However, it was different from the bean-sized seed in Jiang Li's hand. The seed in front of him was almost the size of a durian seed. It looked round and smooth, and it smelled fresh and delicious.

Jiang Li knew that the thing had just come out of the rat's mouth. He felt disdain in his heart, but he could not help but bring it close to his nose to smell it.

With just a sniff, his entire body involuntarily trembled, and his soul almost rose to the sky.

That smell not only stimulated his sense of smell and taste to the extreme, but it also caused his spiritual qi to spontaneously boil. He had an irresistible desire for the source of the smell, as if eating this seed would allow him to break through to the Foundation Establishment realm on the spot.

No, no, no!

He would be doomed after eating this!

Jiang Li swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and his mind finally prevailed. He forcefully suppressed the thought of swallowing the thing and threw the seed into the coffin.

This kind of temptation was much stronger than the previous spiritual root seed.

Even though he knew that this thing was fatal, it was still very difficult to resist it. It seemed that even if they were both spiritual roots, the difference between them was still very huge.

After putting away the seed, Jiang Li squatted on the ruins and breathed heavily. The desire had not completely dissipated, just like when a drug addict acted up. His entire body felt uncomfortable and empty.

He could feel his tongue and nose go numb. Just the smell was enough to keep him from tasting anything for weeks.

Really… What a terrifying thing.

After calming down for a long time, Jiang Li started touching the dying rat everywhere.

Where was the Golden Core? Where was the Golden Core?

'Brother Rat, you should be the 'reincarnation' of Elder Duan Shuang, right? You have such a huge Golden Core! There's no use in keeping it. Why not give it to me to safeguard it for you?'

However, after searching for a long time and even using his spiritual energy to probe, Jiang Li still did not find anything.

The Golden Core was really not in the rat's body.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Li did not take back the golden needles. He even used the chains on his body to tie up the rat before stuffing it into the coffin.

...

In the end, Jiang Li was still unable to find the Soul Capturing Bag. Instead, he encountered a few outer sect disciples who were lost on the way.

Although those outer sect disciples were not familiar with Jiang Li and did not even speak with him, they had met once before.

They were still extremely excited when they saw Jiang Li, but before they could even say the words 'Junior Brother Jiang Li', they choked on their words and changed it with expressions of disbelief.

"Senior Brother Jiang Li!"

Jiang Li was slightly unaccustomed to being called senior brother by an outer sect disciple who was much older than him.

However, the cultivation world was like this. Age was never a problem. He had fought hard for the sect's reward, so how could he give it up?

With a few people by his side, it was inconvenient for Jiang Li to do anything else, so he brought them back to the place where the flying ship had fallen.

At this moment, there were already quite a number of outer sect disciples who had gathered here under the guidance and help of others. However, all of them had pale faces and were in quite a bad state.

After all, he had just escaped death and the effects of the lightning tribulation had yet to completely dissipate. If his condition could recover, Jiang Li might even be even more suspicious and even feed them a few waste pills just in case.

At this moment, Jiang Li also saw Elder Zhong who was standing beside the flying ship and studying the extent of the damage.

He took out the purple talisman from his bosom and handed it over respectfully.

"Elder Zhong, thank you for the talisman."

Elder Zhong looked at the damaged ship with a pained expression. It looked like this ship could still be salvaged. However, even the sect would have to pay a huge price for it.

When he saw that it was Jiang Li, he squeezed out a benevolent smile and received the talisman.

Then, his face twitched again. This talisman was probably close to being unusable.

"What happened in the city? Tell me."

At that time, the lightning tribulation had arrived abruptly, so they did not have the time to ask about it in detail. Now that the matter had been resolved, there were still many questions and doubts.

It was time to understand what Duan Shuang had done in the city.

The other outer sect disciples were questioned by the disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall.

As the 'winner' who had found and killed eleven defected disciples, Jiang Li definitely knew more. Moreover, inner sect disciples were not under the jurisdiction of the law-enforcement disciples, so it was naturally up to the elders to inquire about it.