Zhong Yuan told Ma Tian Ba to wait a moment and just watch from the side. He then turned back and jumped directly into the pond where he had discovered the large green frog.
This large green frog clearly had not yet fully developed its intelligence, it was just a Yao Beast. Upon seeing Zhong Yuan approach, its eyes flashed with a fierce light.
Zhong Yuan jumped onto the frog, wielding his golden staff and striking its head. He instantly knocked the yellow-skinned frog to the ground.
But this frog Yao Beast was indeed extraordinary.
With a loud "Gua" sound, several golden bolts of lightning appeared out of thin air in the surrounding sky, all striking towards Zhong Yuan.
Zhong Yuan was startled and leaped to the side, his eyes flashing with golden light.
Golden Eyes, Fiery Eyes, if he needed it, he would naturally use it.
He wasn't trying to avoid relying on it, it didn't mean he couldn't use it, it wasn't like using it would have any side effects.
Through the Golden Eyes, Fiery Eyes, Zhong Yuan immediately saw that this frog Yao Beast had consumed something unknown, or perhaps it was born with an extraordinary bloodline, so there was a bolt of lightning residing within its chest and abdomen.
This frog Yao Beast could activate its magic power and spit out lightning when it opened its mouth, but it couldn't truly unleash its full potential yet.
"This lightning seems more like a treasure."
It seemed that completely learning to transform into this frog Yao Beast wouldn't be so easy.
But it didn't matter.
Zhong Yuan's figure flickered and he reappeared in front of the frog Yao Beast, standing still.
The frog Yao Beast saw that attacking was convenient, so it opened its mouth and spewed out a large number of thunder balls. The thunder balls trailed behind them, gliding across the ground, covering half of the pond.
Zhong Yuan raised his golden staff, which suddenly elongated. At that moment, it precisely pierced into the frog Yao Beast's mouth.
Zhong Yuan then extended his hand and grasped from within its mouth, a strange golden bolt of lightning appeared in his hand.
The frog Yao Beast's aura immediately weakened, and it died.
"Such a pity."
Zhong Yuan carefully sensed it for a while and then directly absorbed the bolt of lightning into his body.
This lightning felt quite powerful, unfortunately, he couldn't directly comprehend how to use it just by studying it. He could only keep it for now, hoping that there might be an opportunity to use it later.
Thunder magic is definitely a very powerful technique.
He already had a heaven-defying talent, if he had a complete technique, he could learn quickly, if there was a chance, it would be best to learn as much as possible.
The more techniques he mastered, the more he could cross-reference them, making the techniques he mastered even stronger.
Even if he were to obtain Sun Wukong's legacy, he would definitely not limit his techniques to that realm.
Zhong Yuan had actually asked Ma Tian Ba about the magic he practiced, but unfortunately, Ma Tian Ba's thunder was actually channeled through his whip, a treasure bestowed upon him by Niu Demon King.
He couldn't learn that.
Zhong Yuan put away the lightning power he had picked up and then looked inside the frog Yao Beast again. He actually discovered another Dan Fang in its stomach.
It was a piece of animal skin containing a lot of spiritual energy, with some dog-scratching words on it that he couldn't quite understand.
Zhong Yuan took it back to Xu Gou, who was indeed very happy.
"Very good, very good." He picked up a stone mortar, added some unknown ingredients, and finally put the Dan Fang in, performing a series of operations.
He chanted something like, "Man imitates Earth, Earth imitates Heaven, Heaven imitates Dao, Dao imitates Nature."
He finally took a look and said regretfully, "Such a common item, it's yours."
He took out the "Dan Fang" again, it was completely intact, without any impurities, and finally handed it to Zhong Yuan.
"You can find some materials to refine it yourself in the future."
"It's still useful."
"Little god still needs to find a Dan Lu, I'll go ahead."
Zhong Yuan subconsciously took back the Dan Fang, Xu Gou had already muttered to himself and headed in another direction.
Zhong Yuan lowered his head and looked at the Dan Fang in his hand again, feeling even more surprised.
【辟凶丹方, mix it with materials, refine the medicine again to make it milder. Different materials may have different reactions.】
It was called a Dan Fang, but it felt more like a tool for refining things, like an extraction tool.
This was a different kind of alchemy from normal alchemy, not using fire, but more like chemical extraction.
"It's really quite unexpected."
But it seemed that it could only be used to concoct mortal things and couldn't refine any golden elixir or immortal elixir.
Apparently, Xu Gou had also discovered this result before giving it to Zhong Yuan.
This alchemy stuff was too complicated and there was no beginning or end, so Zhong Yuan found it difficult to really research it too much. In the end, he just put it away.
It wouldn't be easy to refine this thing.
Zhong Yuan felt that Xu Gou had given it to him just to try to make friends with him, or to help him with something, perhaps it had something to do with Shen Hou.
It's just that Xu Gou could only offer this, but Zhong Yuan might not need it.
Zhong Yuan finally put things away and made up his mind, he called Ma Tian Ba and continued to look for Hu Xian Feng.
He passed through the village ahead and successfully captured a cowardly rat scholar to lead the way for them.
It was rare to find someone still reading after becoming like this.
With the rat scholar leading the way, they quickly reached a fortified town along the mountain path.
But once they arrived, the rat scholar was afraid to go any further and begged Zhong Yuan to let him go.
"Two Great Kings, if you go any further, to reach Wo Hu Temple, you must first pass the training ground guarded by the Sha father and son."
"As long as you pass the training ground and then go up, you can easily find Hu Xian Feng of Wo Hu Temple."
"I've led you here, please spare my life, Great Kings."
Zhong Yuan picked up the rat scholar and jumped directly onto the side of the fortified town gate, looking down.
Sure enough, below was a training ground. There were two large and small rat people on the training ground.
The larger rat man held two large hammers and was humming something, making noises.
The rat scholar was helpless and quickly introduced, "This is Sha Wang, our former king of Si Ha Li country, and his second son, Sha Er Lang."
"Si Ha Li country used to be a Buddhist country, but Sha Wang saw that the people only listened to the Buddha and not the king, so he ordered everyone to drive away the Buddhist monks."
"But unexpectedly, this caused a major disaster, a terrifying insect monster came out of the city to wreak havoc."
"Then Huang Feng Wang passed by and helped us defeat the insect monster."
"So Sha Wang changed his allegiance to the king and declared that rats should be revered."
"Then one day, we all suddenly became like we are now."
"Over on the Sha family's side, there's actually another son, Sha Da Lang, but he's gone completely mad, and no one knows where he is now."
"Two Great Kings, I've told you everything I know, please let me go back."
Zhong Yuan pondered. So, it seemed that many rats held a grudge against the Sha father and son.