When Zhang Tianrann and the others were resting, Tong Duan had ridden on a wooden boat downstream to the lake in ancient path. Tong Duan's ability was indeed great, to be able to let the boat navigate through the ancient path, could be considered to not have disgraced a sect that had its way with water flow. It seems that the cut off water is very familiar with the topography of the Yangtze River.
Zhang Tianrann realized that the disconnection of the water flow was very likely to be related to the [Water Meridian Note].
Tong Duan's wooden boat slowly went upstream, passing through the stone door. The wooden boat ate very shallow water, and its sides were wrapped with iron pieces. It seemed that the Japanese had taken over the Yangtze River, so they also recruited civilian ships and temporarily made them into warships. Steel carapace steamers eat deep water, it is difficult to move an inch within the ancient path.
Many gasoline lamps were lit on the boat, and the entire hull could be seen clearly.
The showdown between the two great Warlock experts was taking place right here.
The two of them had already fought several times, but this was the first time they had met face to face. They all knew the other party's identity and status.
Tong Duan's wooden boat was carrying a lot of soldiers.
Before the fight, Tong Duan made a bow in respect towards Zhang Tianrann. He pressed the thumb on his left hand into the palm of his right hand, and pinched the thumb with the palm of his right hand. He clasped his hands again. However, the direction was in the opposite direction.
This was the ancient gesture of Taoism in China, continuing from the Han Dynasty to the right. Later, the Tang Dynasty left, the posture is reversed.
Of course, Zhang Tianrann was clear about these details. What Tong Duan meant was that his sect was rooted in the Tang Dynasty. In other words, his sect was ancient and orthodox.
At that time, Zhang Tianrann was also very regretful, there was a reason for the Japanese to be arrogant. The other party only had one sect, while he himself only had four families of the Eastern Divine Region's western Hubei, and he even brought along Star of Woe s. They were all top tier Warlocks in China, but until now, they had barely managed to tie with each other. and even brought the Underworld Warfare to the ancient path.
Although Zhang Tianrann admired Tong Duan in his heart, he merely cupped his hands in a vulgar gesture, indicating that he did not view Tong Duan as a descendant of the Dao family and fundamentally denied Tong Duan's status. Everyone behind Zhang Tianrann also cupped their hands and bowed.
As an ancient Taoist warrior, Zhang Tianrann wanted Tong Duan to be the first one to make a move.
Because in this kind of face-to-face situation, it was different from their various encounters on the Yangtze River.
The fight between top Daoist magicians had perpetuated the ancient temperament. That was to maintain one's identity and refuse to do low level sneak attacks.
Taoism was a sect in the pre-Qin era with hundreds of families. The founders and advocates of those hundreds of families were all noble descendants who were also scholars. In ancient times, reading and writing was very difficult. In the Han Dynasty, even if paper was invented, it could not be changed because paper was very expensive. Before the paper was invented, it was written on bamboo slips, wooden slips, and even on the turtle shell. A brush was already hard to come by. Before, a brush was carved with a knife.
So the range of cultural knowledge is very narrow. Just by looking at the rate of literacy before the liberation of China, one could tell that in ancient times, reading was not something that ordinary people could afford. Therefore, it was understandable that the descendants of the hundreds of noble families were nobles who ate and ate without worry.
The same was true for Taoists as well. The nobility had their own style. That is, when you are in war, you never use schemes or trickery. "" No, I don't think that's what you are doing. "" No, no. "Instead, it was all up to you and your strength to compete.
In the modern world, this sort of competition had already been abandoned. However, among the top Warlocks with extraordinary strength, this ancient etiquette was not lost. Of course, this was also a manifestation of his strength, which was that no matter how he tried, he wouldn't be able to do anything in front of an expert.
So when Zhang Tianrann and Tong Duan meet face to face, they had to follow this tradition.
Because Zhang Tianrann was on the defensive, he let Tong Duan make the first move. This was the rule of the Qin era.
Before Tong Duan made his move, he shouted a sentence in Chinese, "Master Zhang from Luo Sect, listen up, I am about to use the Moth Heaven Pill." It seems that Tong Duan had long since been prepared to learn Chinese for so many years.
After Zhang Tianrann listened to him, he knew the meaning behind Tong Duan's words: One sect followed the teachings of the Luo Sect, and the Luo Sect was a flourishing sect in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. After two hundred years, one of them evolved into the Great Way of the Heavenly Profound, and a branch of the Great Way of the Profound Sky finally surpassed the other sects in the nineteenth century, the Great Way of the Heavens. A path of cultivation passed to Zhang Tianrann and their power grew. They became the number one sect in the entire Taoist Sect, commanding all the Taoists in the world.
So Tong Duan was telling Zhang Tianrann that he completely understood the legacy of Zhang Tianrann's sect.
Then, Tong Duan got someone to bring over a wooden box. He took out a pile of oval things, which were the size of duck eggs, and placed them in front of him. He then started to chant an incantation in Japanese.
Under the light of the lamp, Zhang Tianrann and the others saw that the oval was half transparent, with a black shadow moving slowly inside. When one looked carefully, they would see that these were all the size of a duck's egg. They were all cocoons, and the shadow moving inside them was a moth that was about to break out of its cocoon, ready to make a move.
As Tong Duan's incantation got louder and louder, the moths inside began to squirm, and one of the cocoons suddenly cracked open an opening, and two long tentacles emerged from it, causing the opening to become larger and larger. Then, the heads of some moths in the cocoon extended out as well, and two black compound eyes were extremely eye-catching.
Tens or even a hundred cocoons had already been split open.
The moths in each cocoon drilled out forcefully from the cocoon, followed by the wings, and then crawled out entirely. The moth's body was still in a weakened state, and it had expended a lot of energy in the process of breaking out of the cocoon. Some of the moths were already stretched out, slowly spreading their wings and legs. He then suddenly flew up into the air.
The body of the moth changed rapidly in the air, from pink to white, and then gray.
The wings began to harden. Then, it suddenly bounced back into the air, where countless moths were flying above Zhang Tianrann and the others.
After dancing for a while, everyone realized that the moths had turned into colorful butterflies.
This was the power of Tong Duan's Moth Heaven Pill. This magic was already lost in China, even Ghaob Miel who used Gu would not be able to produce a Moth Gu.
The powder on a moth's body was extremely poisonous, causing one to hallucinate. Tong Duan's Moth Heaven Pill should be the pinnacle of this kind of poison. Therefore, the Ghaob Miel's Golden Toad Gu could not be dealt with.
As for Zhang Tianrann, he could only hold onto his oil-paper umbrella and barely deal with it. Warlocks who roamed the world relying on their feet could not avoid the wind and night. Travelling in the wild, they would carry paper umbrellas with them, and as time passed, it became a necessity for many Warlocks. Some Warlocks would spend more time on paper umbrellas and were able to use the umbrellas to cast magic spells. Actually, it wasn't as good as he said it was, but it couldn't stop the air from being filled with flying dust.
A thin layer of dust quickly accumulated on the ground. Suddenly, everyone looked at Sun Ding, and it turned out that there was a human shaped figure standing beside him.
Zhang Tianrann and the others were shocked, only then did they realise that Sun Ding did not come alone, but had someone quietly following him from the side. It was just that no one could see it.
Zhang Tianrann immediately realized that this invisible person was the Wu Tong of the folklore. He never thought that the Star of Woe s would actually have Wu Tong as his servant.
If not for the flying dust, Wu Tong would have been completely transparent in the air, but when this flying dust stuck onto his body, his body immediately appeared.
Due to the flying dust being everywhere in the sky, even the oil-paper umbrella was unable to defend against it. Zhang Tianrann and the others were covered in flying dust, and the poison had already started to show itself, causing everyone to see red and blue in front of them.
Not only did Zhang Tianrann and the practitioners of the four great families have to face Tong Duan's poison moth head-on, they also had to be extremely wary of the Wu Tong who had been hiding beside Sun Ding. After all, Sun Ding and Zhang Tianrann were two different people. Because everyone knew that he was sent by Gu Chixiao. Furthermore, Sun Ding had never told Zhang Tianrann that he had Wu Tong by his side. If Wu Tong did not reveal the true appearance of the moth, everyone would have continued to be hidden by Sun Ding.
As a Grandmaster of a Daoist Sect, Zhang Tianrann's judgement of the situation was very quick. He knew that even if Sun Ding had thoughts to deal with him, he would definitely not make a move now. Thus, Zhang Tianrann immediately let Zhong Yifaang, who was at the Plowshare Witch Family level, deal with it.
Zhong Yifaang's mouth moved, but no one could hear a sound. After a moment, countless bats flew in from behind as if they were engulfed in thick smoke.
One of the offerings of the Plowshare Witch Family was a bat. Zhong Yifaang being able to control a bat was the ability of their family.
Countless bats hunted moths in the sky. Not long after, all the moths were eaten. Then, the bat flew back to ancient path like a thick cloud of smoke.
Before the moth poison on everyone's bodies could be detoxified, Ghaob Miel told Zhang Tianrann that the antidote must be the cocoon. Once the cocoon was ignited and the moth poison was inhaled into the air, the poison would be detoxified.
This thing was not difficult, with Huang Tiehyan's ability, he could set fire to them through the air. Zhang Tianrann was aware of this, but even if Huang Tiehyan were to cast a technique, Tong Duan would still be unable to stop the cocoon in front of him from burning, the smoke would fill the entire ancient path and it would be the fragrance of an orchid.
This was Tong Duan's first move, and Zhang Tianrann had taken it.
Now, it was Zhang Tianrann's turn to counterattack. It was like a game of chess.