While Xiaopang was working hard to refine the wind copper shell for his precious big iron bell, Huolong Taoist was doing the exact opposite of Xiaopang, he was cutting the big iron bell bit by bit.
Because he really couldn't use his spiritual sense to find out the secret hidden in the big iron bell, he decided to cut the big iron bell open bit by bit for inspection. Each piece could not be larger than one inch to avoid leaving anything out.
Because the big iron bell of Xiaopang was too big, the main body was hundreds of feet high, dozens of feet thick, and weighed nearly 10 million pounds. So even if Huolong Daoist was a Yuanying cultivator and could easily destroy it, it was not so easy to cut it up bit by bit. The workload was too large, and it would definitely take a lot of effort.
In desperation, Taoist Huolong had to call his two most caring Jindan-stage disciples to complete the task together. After several days of sleepless hard work, they finally cut the hundred-foot-long iron bell into small pieces of an inch square. But the spiritual treasure they were looking for was still nowhere to be found!
Seeing this situation, Taoist Huolong, who had sacrificed the Five Elements Spirit Sword, became a little anxious. With a gloomy face, he glared at the two already exhausted disciples and asked coldly, "What did you find?"
"We found nothing, Master!" The two disciples shook their heads helplessly.
"Either you haven't discovered it, or you have discovered it but haven't said it out loud!" Taoist Huolong suddenly said angrily.
When the two disciples saw that Huolong Daoist suspected them of embezzling the money, they trembled with fear. One of them said quickly, "Master, we have been under your wing these days, how dare you do such a thing!"
"Yes, Master! I haven't even had time to honor you, so how could I possibly do such a thing!" Another one also said hurriedly: "I suspect there really is nothing in this! You may have been deceived by that fat guy!"
"Huh?" After hearing this, Taoist Huolong frowned and began to recall the situation at that time.
Actually, Taoist Huolong is also a man of several hundred years old, having seen countless people, and he can be considered an old man. Under normal circumstances, Xiaopang's little tricks would not be hidden from him at all. But this time, Taoist Huolong was overwhelmed by greed, and his head was full of spiritual treasures, so he was careless and did not see through Xiaopang's evil intentions. Now that he calmed down and thought carefully about Xiaopang's expression and tone at that time, it seemed like he was acting!
Taoist Huolong finally realized that he had been deceived by a stupid fat guy! He immediately flew into a rage and said, "Oh my, that fat guy is so bold that he dared to play a trick on me! I was not careful and was fooled!"
When the two Jindan cultivators heard this, they immediately frowned in anger. They immediately shouted angrily, "Master! We can't just let this matter go. Let's go and settle the score with that fat guy!" As they said that, they wanted to turn around and leave.
"Come back!" Taoist Huolong suddenly stopped them and said angrily, "This transaction was conducted in front of the dean and his wife, and both parties were willing. With my status, how can I go back on my word? Don't you think I've lost enough face?"
"But Master, that boy lied to you?" a disciple said unwillingly.
"But he only used his words and expressions to confuse me, and he didn't lie to me. I can only blame myself for being greedy!" Taoist Huolong said regretfully, "This fat guy is not very old, but why is he so cunning and difficult to deal with!"
"But Master, are we just going to let it go?" A disciple said distressedly, "The Five Elements Spirit Swords are a set of top-grade magic weapons. Each sword has a rare Five Elements Spirit. They have long been intelligent. As long as someone nurtures them with spiritual consciousness for hundreds of years, it will be easy for them to become spiritual treasures. Are we going to give such a good thing to that fat guy for nothing?"
Hearing this, Taoist Huolong felt as if he was being cut by a knife. You know, the Five Elements Spirit is not easy to find. It is born in the place where the Five Elements' essences gather. It takes at least tens of thousands of years for one or two to appear. The Five Elements' essence is the essence extracted from the Five Elements' spiritual energy. It is extremely rare and extremely hard to find. The place where they gather is even rarer, and the spirits that form intelligence are even rarer.
Even in the hundreds of years of Fire Dragon Taoist's life, he had never seen a living Five Elements Spirit. However, each of these flying swords produced by ancient cultivators had a Five Elements Spirit with corresponding attributes, and this alone was enough to greatly increase their value.
Moreover, the spirit itself has a certain degree of intelligence, so if this set of flying swords continues to be nurtured with spiritual consciousness, the possibility of becoming a spiritual treasure is almost 100%.
However, the Five Elements Spirit Sword has all five elements, and the user must also have the five elements of spiritual energy, otherwise it cannot exert its full power. For Huolong Taoist, a fire-type cultivator, only the Fire Spirit Sword is useful to him, and the others are just decorations. That's why he has kept it and has not used it.
Even so, this set of flying swords was highly valued by Taoist Fire Dragon. He originally planned to find an opportunity to sell it and exchange it with other cultivators for treasures for his own use. Unfortunately, due to the characteristics of this set of flying swords, its user must also have all five elements, and such cultivators are extremely rare, which made Taoist Fire Dragon unable to find a suitable buyer. In the end, it ended up being a bargain for Xiaopang.
Now, Fire Dragon Taoist has nothing left. He traded such a good flying sword for a pile of scrap metal. How could he be willing to accept this?
However, as a Yuanying cultivator and an elder in the sect, he could not bring himself to go and settle accounts with Fatty. But he was unwilling to suffer a loss, and finally, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly said: "I will go to the dean, that guy must be in the same group with the fat guy! They are working together to deceive me!" As he said that, Taoist Huolong waved his hand, collected the pile of black iron fragments, and then flew to the dean's residence.
It didn't take long for Taoist Huolong to find the headmaster and his wife who were drinking tea and appreciating flowers in their yard.
Seeing Taoist Fire Dragon's angry look, the dean and his wife looked at each other and almost guessed the purpose of his visit at the same time. He was most likely here for the bell.
The dean was so happy to see that Taoist Huolong was so angry that his beard was crooked, and his eyes, which had been awake for several days, were bloodshot and ferocious. He immediately said with gloating: "Oh, isn't this Junior Brother Huolong? Why did you come to me instead of looking for your spiritual treasure?"