blood contract

Lingling did this not out of pity for them or seeking psychological comfort, but out of admiration for maternal love. The determination to risk her life to protect her children reminded her of the scene when her adoptive mother protected her when she was a child.

Even if it chooses to die together with its own children, that is the method of protection it recognizes. Perhaps in its view, rather than letting the crystal core fall into the hands of the enemy, it would be better to die together, which would be happier!

The cave was dark and cold, with an unpleasant and disgusting rancid smell.

"Oh my god! I'm dying of the stench here!" Damien pinched his nose with one hand, and kept blowing the wind with the other hand to disperse the endless stench.

"If I were you, talk less, so as not to put all the stench in your mouth."

"Uh..." Dami An choked, feeling that what Le said made sense, and immediately stopped talking.

The four people filled their eyes with source energy to see clearly the surrounding environment, and used their spiritual consciousness to constantly explore the internal terrain.

In one of the larger caves, there are piles of bones of various creatures like a hill, and in another there are several deep pits. Presumably, these two places are where the devouring beasts eat and rest. Exploring deeper into the cave, there are as many deep caves as stars, and the spiritual consciousness cannot detect the conditions inside.

"After entering the cave, there is no display on the map. It seems that we can only explore by ourselves?" Mu Qihua Le said, staring at the display on the compass map.

"There are so many holes," Dami An tsked and shook his head, "couldn't they all be made by those three devouring beasts? They would really cause trouble for people! I don't know where they lead to?"

"Look at what crappy map you bought. I don't believe you if you say you haven't been cheated." Mu Qihua Le said jokingly, with his hands on his hips.

"Now that you're here, you don't have to worry about the little details. Oh, those people they mentioned who never came back were probably killed by the three devouring beasts outside, right?" Damien An said with a look. Look at how rational and shrewd my analysis is.

"It's possible, otherwise how could I sell this kind of information to you, a fool... Fortunately, we got rid of one first, otherwise it would be really dangerous to deal with three."

"Hey, don't be a fool and talk about me. Ni Bodhisattva is also very angry. Be careful I beat you."

"Okay, come on."

"...Hmph, I'll give you a good look when I get back to Baidi City."

Just as Le Hean and the two orcs were bickering, Lingling headed towards the place where the Devouring Beast was eating.

"Hey, Fellow Daoist Yu, that's their 'garbage dump'." Worried that Lingling didn't know, Damian reminded him.

"I know." Lingling responded and continued walking over.

Mu Qihua Le followed him without saying a word. As soon as he moved, Ge Dan Mei naturally followed.

Looking at the backs of the three of them, Damien felt helpless and tired of complaining: Hey, I am the only outsider!

Shaking his head, he followed.

The cave here was piled with the bones of various creatures. Lingling walked into it and began to 'sweep' under the bones of various creatures. After a while, he found several storage bags and storage rings.

"This, is this touching a corpse?" Ge Danmei had heard of this kind of thing but had never done it herself, and was a little surprised by Lingling's skillful technique.

Mu Qihua Le and Damian An adapted quickly and immediately competed to see who could find more, but their movements were a bit rough.

"Can you two stop making trouble?" Lingling scolded the two orcs for their behavior.

Damian Ann was a little dissatisfied, "This damn place is full of bones, is it possible that we should be treated gently?"

Mu Qihua Le knew Lingling a little bit. If he didn't understand, he asked, "What are you looking for?"

"Haimalan." Lingling replied concisely.

Seahorse orchid, the whole plant is translucent, the flowers are crystal clear like seahorses, emitting a faint blue color, and become completely transparent when exposed to blood. Therefore, the strain is very fond of flesh and blood. It can be said that this dark, miasmatic environment with a large number of corpses is extremely conducive to its growth.

It is an excellent spiritual material for illusionists to practice illusions. However, it is very fragile, so you must be extremely careful when searching. If you damage a little, the whole plant will be damaged.

A flash of light flashed in Ge Dan's beautiful eyes. Regardless of his reserve, he endured the unpleasant and disgusting smell and began to carefully search for seahorses growing in the soil under the bones.

After Lingling found one, Gedan Mei also found one, followed by Mu Qihua Le. Only then did Damian calm down his impatience and start searching seriously.

Time passed unconsciously, and the four of them found a total of 126 plants, of which Lingling found 68 plants, Gedan Mei found 34 plants, Mu Qihua Le found 13 plants, and Dami. Ann found eleven plants.

Looking at their harvest, the four of them were quite satisfied with it. After carefully collecting the ring, they exited the cave and headed towards the deeper cave.

But the deeper you go inside, the more deadly the air becomes. After observation, it seems that the three devouring beasts have never set foot in the depths of the cave.

The four of them were extremely careful, for fear of accidentally touching some taboo or attracting something, and the atmosphere seemed heavy.

After a while, a three-way intersection appeared.

After the initial exploration of spiritual consciousness, I was not too surprised by the scene in front of me. The real difficulty was choosing which path to enter.

The three paths look similar, but the dangers hidden in them are unknown, making it difficult to choose.

Damian took out the newly bought dharma plate, fiddled with it for a while and then pointed to the intersection in the middle, "Go this way."

Lingling nodded without objecting, her instinct was to choose this option.

Mu Qihua Le turned to look at Ge Dan Mei behind him, "You go ahead, and I'll take the lead."

Seeing His Royal Highness Le's humble and gentlemanly appearance, Ge Dan Mei's heart felt inexplicably warm, a trace of blush appeared on her cheeks, she nodded softly and walked in front of him.

Just as Damian was about to step onto that road, he was grabbed by Lingling and said seriously: "Do you remember what everyone said before?"

Damian An looked at Lingling grabbing his arm, glanced at Le behind him, smiled narrowly and said, "I didn't expect Fellow Daoist Yu to care about me so much. I'm really touched!"

"Answer the question, don't answer the question." Mu Qihua Le completely ignored his boring words.

"Tch! Boring!"

Dami Anunun opened his mouth, and then repeated what they had said before,

"If we get separated, the first thing to do is to send out our own signal to ensure that our teammates know that there is no problem with each other's lives. Then we will meet up if we can. If we can't, we will put our own safety first and explore on our own. I didn't say that. Isn’t that right, Fellow Daoist Yu?”

"Yeah." Lingling nodded, "One more thing, we also need a secret code that only the four of us know and can identify our identities."

When Lingling said this, the three orcs immediately understood what it meant. There is no shortage of strange creatures in the world that can lure prey and change the appearance of others.

So the four of them each thought of a secret code, and after sending messages to each other, they walked on that road.

Like water dripping into the sea, there were ripples in the water, and Damien's figure in front disappeared in the blink of an eye before the eyes of Lingling and the others!