Supreme Golden Palace

Chapter 27: The Evil Plan (Part )
As dusk deepened, the personal guards followed Yang Lin, holding torches.

Yang Lin looked around with his fierce eyes, sweeping across the thorny trees, the crevices between the springs and rocks, and the reeds by the stream. He snorted coldly, "This evil creature is quite cunning. He claims to want to perish with me, but he actually runs away so fast."

The snake demon, terrified by Yang Lin's pursuit, tried several times to escape, but Yang Lin saw through it. Finally, forced to bluff and fight Yang Lin to the death, it then, taking advantage of Yang Lin's unpreparedness, released a black mist from its mouth, obscuring his vision. When Yang Lin looked again, there was only an old snake slough left in its place; the original snake demon had already fled somewhere unknown.

Yang Lin frowned, looking at the hounds barking around the snake demon's old molt. He said, "All troops, listen to my orders! Surround this forest and search it inch by inch. I don't believe this snake demon can still fly."

"Yes," the guards responded in unison.

Later, these personal soldiers, armed with grappling hooks and lassoes, led hunting dogs, with ten men in each group and fifty men in each group, and dispersed into the suburbs and mountains.

"This beast definitely didn't run far, it must be hiding nearby. It's just that snakes are cunning, deceitful and suspicious. Its hiding place should be extremely well hidden. But the snake demon's body is dozens of feet long, where can it hide even if it wants to?" Yang Lin's eyes swept through the forest, and the veins on his hand that was holding the Water and Fire Prison Dragon Rod were bulging.

Yang Lin knew that if he didn't kill the snake, there would be endless troubles, especially since this snake demon kept saying that he had five hundred years of Taoism experience. If he couldn't kill it in one go and it really became a source of trouble, it would not just harm the people of the entire county.

Even if a demon with five hundred years of Taoist practice cannot be compared with the Taoist immortals, it is not something that ordinary cultivators can provoke.

It was fine while he was around. With his intimidating presence, the beast probably wouldn't dare to act rashly. However, mortals have a finite lifespan. Once he died, who in the court could subdue the snake demon when it wreaked havoc again?

It’s not that Yang Lin looks down on Yu Juluo, Han Qinhu, Ding Yanping and the others, but these people may be good at arranging troops, but they are still lacking in personal fighting skills.

Since Yang Lin was born, except for Qin Yi, the former great general of the Northern Qi Wuwei Army, who fought to the death to compete with him, it was already a great achievement for others to survive a hundred moves under his Water and Fire Prison Dragon Stick.

At this time, Yang Lin was not only the best master in the Northern Sui Dynasty, but also the best master in the world.

The reason why Yang Lin is ranked as the eighth hero in "Shuo Tang" is not because Yang Lin is not strong. You should know that the first three heroes are the reincarnation of the Golden-winged Dapeng, the reincarnation of Puhua Tianzun, and the reincarnation of Nezha, all of whom cannot be measured by common sense.

At that time, Yang Lin was over eighty years old, old and frail, and no longer as brave as he used to be. However, he was listed as the eighth hero, which shows how strong he was.

Yang Lin was only in his fifties, his physique still at its peak, and his martial arts prowess unrivaled among his contemporaries. While not a true immortal among men, he was undoubtedly the world's greatest martial artist. If even he couldn't take down the snake demon, who after him could possibly take down this beast?

"Your Highness, the hunting dogs led us to discover a cave, and they kept barking at the cave. Maybe that's where the beast is hiding." With the hunting dogs tracking, the personal soldiers reported to Yang Lin in less than half an hour.

"Cave? If this is the only cave nearby, then the snake demon must be hiding here."

Following his personal guards into a small path, Yang Lin parted the leaves and looked at the thorn-covered cave hidden in the shade of the trees. His face turned cold and he said, "What a snake demon! No matter how cunning you are, you can't escape the palm of my hand."

Unlike others who only had suspicions, Yang Lin was 80% to 90% sure. Just by getting close to the cave, he could smell the bloody odor that had been deposited in the cave for many years, as well as a hint of rotten smell mixed in with the bloody odor.

After training his marrow and exchanging blood, his body's various functions far surpassed those of an ordinary person, and his five senses and six perceptions were dozens of times sharper than those of an ordinary person. Without sending anyone into the cave to investigate, Yang Lin determined that this was the place where the snake demon was hiding.

The stale smell of blood was extremely pungent. It was hard to imagine how many people this snake demon with five hundred years of cultivation had killed in the cave to accumulate such a foul smell.

Perhaps during the turbulent Northern and Southern Dynasties, which lasted for over three hundred years, this snake demon had also devoured people for over three hundred years. Yang Lin thought about it, then summoned his personal guards to surround the cave, and then had some of them clear the woods and thorns around the cave.

When the guards had almost cut down all the surrounding trees and thorns, Yang Lin gave an order: "Throw all these thorns and thorns into the cave, light them on fire, and burn them."

"If I can't kill it by burning it, I'll smoke it to death."

Yang Lin looked at the snake cave coldly and said, "Beasts are still beasts after all. Even if they have supernatural powers and good fortune, it is difficult to change their beastly nature."

The bloody smell in the cave was like adding fuel to the fire, making Yang Lin's murderous intent even more intense. Even though Yang Lin did not enter the cave, he could imagine what kind of hellish scene it was inside just by thinking about it.

That's why Yang Lin said that the snake demon had wasted five hundred years of cultivation, and in the end he still had the face of a beast.

After receiving the order from General Yang Lin, the personal guards threw wood, thorns, and torches into the cave. Soon, a flame appeared inside the cave, which grew larger and larger, and the smoke and fire filled the cave. Deep in the cave, there was a rumbling sound, as if a huge monster was churning.

After hearing the noise inside, Yang Lin narrowed his eyes slightly, held the Water and Fire Dragon Prison Rod across the front of the cave, and waited quietly for the snake demon to be unable to withstand the fire and smoke and rush out of the cave on its own.

Just as Yang Lin was waiting quietly, a fast horse suddenly came from outside the forest.

When the visitor saw Yang Lin and his group, he shouted, "Your Majesty, this is an urgent document from the capital, which has traveled three thousand miles."

"Zhao Yunxuan?"

When Yang Lin saw the visitor, he was surprised. It was not until Zhao Yunxuan handed the document to him that he knew why Zhao Yunxuan had left the county government office without permission to come to him.

"It's an expedited document from the Emperor,"

The most important thing is that the document is stamped with the emperor's private seal. Seeing the private seal, Yang Lin began to have doubts in his heart.

Just when Yang Lin was about to look through the urgent document, a sharp whistling sound suddenly came from the depths of the cave, which was extremely harsh.

"This beast really knows how to pick the right time!
Yang Lin decisively threw the document to Zhao Yunxuan and turned to look coldly at the cave.

The shrieking sounds in the cave were getting closer and closer. The enormous pressure caused the ground to tremble and the gravel to jump. An illusory dragon shadow seemed to emerge from the stick of the Water and Fire Dragon Prison Rod. The Water and Fire Dragon Prison Rod was a magical weapon. Magical weapons were spiritual and strange phenomena would occur naturally.

"Beast, die!"

At the moment the snake's head appeared in the cave, Yang Lin's Dragon Prison Rod had already smashed down. The air made a sharp wail and hit the snake's head heavily.

Snapped!
The force was so strong that the snake demon's entire skull shattered like a fragile eggshell. The snake demon's brain mixed with blood splattered out like the flesh of an exploding melon. The cold snake blood splashed onto the faces and bodies of the surrounding soldiers, and the stench spread instantly.

(End of this chapter)