Devour

Not only does the Qiongqi Continent use precious metals as currency, but the entire starry sky does so as well. In addition to gold, platinum, black gold, and green gold, it is said that there is also blue gold, purple gold, and red gold used as currency. They are also materials for refining instruments of different grades, have many uses, and are easy to circulate.

Cheng Baidu found out the exchange rate of star gold and other things, and then asked, "The pendant you used is similar to a treasure bag. I wonder what it is?"

Mo Ruo chewed the delicious food and mumbled, "That's the Sumeru mustard seed. It has a much larger storage space than the treasure bag of the gentleman clan, and it is also much stronger and more durable."

He shook his head repeatedly. It was really tiring to explain so much to the country folk. He tore off another piece of fish meat, finished the food in his hand, and was satisfied. He gradually regained his sanity. Seeing that the fish was as big as a hill, he secretly said that he could not finish it, so he pretended to be generous and said, "If I buy your fish, you will have nothing to eat. Let's enjoy it together."

Cheng Bai was not polite. He sat down and ate the fish. He took out a cup and poured out some Earth Spirit Wine. He said, "I am Cheng Bai. You treated me to fish and I treated you to wine. It is a courtesy to return the favor."

Mo Ruo drank it all in one gulp and said in great joy, "This wine is top quality, bring me a big bowl."

Cheng Bai advised: "Although the wine is good, it is easy to get drunk."

Mo Ruo said nonchalantly: "I can drink a thousand cups without falling, and I can drink ten thousand cups without getting drunk. Come on, pour it quickly."

Cheng Bai offered it as promised. Now he could drink five or six sips of Earth Spirit Wine a day without getting drunk, so he drank a little with them.

Mo Ruo drank a bowl of wine and suddenly remembered something important. He asked Cheng Bai, "Where is the Hunter Guild in Qiongqi Continent?"

Cheng Bai said bluntly: "The nearest city, Tianquan, has a Hunter's Guild, located to the west of the southern continent. Brother Mo, do you also want to join the guild?"

Mo Ruo was thinking the same thing, and said, "If you want to do things conveniently in Qiongqi Continent, the best thing is to join the Hunter Guild, which will take you anywhere in the world. The Junzi people have always been hunters, and this is a long tradition. It is best to follow the local customs when entering a country."

"Oh?" Cheng Bai was thoughtful after hearing this and asked, "May I ask what are the differences between the professions of different races?"

Mo Ruo opened up and couldn't help but talk a lot: "Many ethnic groups have racial talents, which are the result of years of professional culture. For example, flower fairies are best at being gardeners, the feathered people mainly practice hard, and the Xuanyuan people are mostly spiritual pharmacists. Other ethnic groups tame spirit beasts, and they sign contracts by dripping blood to recognize their master. The process is complicated. The master needs to give up a wisp of his spirit, and the spirit beast will be a slave for life. Both parties are inevitably restricted. The gentleman tribe has a unique way to tame spirit beasts. All you need is a beast taming treasure, and you treat the beast as a friend. It is simple and convenient, and it is worth learning."

Cheng Bai listened with great interest. He knew that his secret art of communication didn't even require the use of animal taming treasures, and there was a great chance of successfully taming the animal.

Mo Ruo and Cheng Bai ate voraciously, and they devoured the food and wine like whirlwind, leaving only the huge bare skeleton on the grill.

Cheng Bai saw that his appetite was not inferior to his own, and was secretly surprised: "This person has a huge appetite and a large drinking capacity. I have never seen such a person before in my life."

Mo Ruo wiped his mouth with his hand and touched his bulging belly, as if he had ascended to paradise. He praised it endlessly, "It's so comfortable. You don't have high kung fu skills, so you can't be a general, but your cooking skills are unparalleled. Are you willing to follow me and travel the world? I guarantee that you will be successful."

This sentence reminded Cheng Bai of the day when he first met Ruan Taoran. He smiled bitterly and said, "I eat more and more, and my appetite is getting bigger and bigger. Others can't afford to support me."

Mo Ruo shook his head and said, "I am one of the eight great kings of Shanhui City, the leader of Changsheng Society, and a man destined to embark on the path of the Great Emperor. I will soon roam the starry sea, look down on the cloud world, and be famous all over the world. How can I not be able to support subordinates? You should think about it again."

Cheng Bai was stunned: "He has learned from the Great Emperor Yunmen in the long river of time."

Before he could refuse again, he saw Mo Ruo fall back with his arms and legs spread out, snoring loudly. He had actually fallen asleep. The aftereffects of the Earth Spirit Wine were quite strong.

Cheng Bai packed up his tools and cleaned up the place. He estimated that the monsters on the Giant Beast Island could not hurt Mo Ruo, so he left: "I'd better go back to my room and sleep. The floor is not as good as the Zhenwu stone bed."

Teleported back to Sanxian Valley, Cheng Baiye visited the sect master. After chatting about his recent training, he asked about Ningxiang's mount Ah Huang.

Fang Wanzhan didn't care about this matter, and said casually: "Who in the sect has so much free time to take care of the monster beast? I think only Miss Lu is raising a magic eagle in the valley, maybe she would be interested, so I sent someone to send it over."

After a round, Cheng Bai quickly found Lu Miaoting. Sure enough, the Golden Giant Wolf had just been placed on the ground floor of his attic.

Looking at Ah Huang's lazily bulging belly, Cheng Bai excitedly went upstairs and handed the monster meat he had harvested today to the female hunter.

Lu Miaoting received the prey intently, her manners were gentle and tender, and she classified them meticulously. Her slender hands were long and flawless, slightly tanned, and full of youthful vitality.

She suddenly asked, "Does this feel like a home?"

While Cheng Bai was stunned, Lu Miaoting ran out with her face covered, rushed into the utility room, locked the door, and refused to come out for a long time.

It was late at night, Cheng Bai returned to his room and lay on the Zhenwu stone bed. This treasure was warm in winter and cool in summer, and was extremely comfortable. He had no intention of enjoying it, but listened attentively to the movements upstairs.

The cries of the young eagles sound like babies crying. They have a voracious appetite and eat five meals a day. When they are hungry, they call for their mother. The light footsteps of the female hunter can be heard.

The pregnant wolf downstairs was snoring lazily, the chirping sounds of insects from late summer to early autumn were lingering, and a harmonious melody of life was interwoven between the upper and lower floors. It was actually not bad to live like this every day.

Cheng Bai fell into a sweet dream unknowingly.

The first ray of sunlight in the early morning came through the window. Lu Miaoting secretly looked into Cheng Bai's room, but both the bed and the person were gone.

Cheng Bai came to the Giant Beast Island again, but Mo Ruo was nowhere to be found at the place where they grilled fish last night.

Turning around and looking at the Thunder Valley from afar, there were thunder and lightning. I guess the Eternal King has great ambitions and is still persevering in comprehending the great achievements of the Great Emperor.

Cheng Bai continued to search for elixirs and hunt monsters on the island, and reaped rich rewards.

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The early patrol warship also sent He Lipang to the Giant Beast Island. The team was reorganized, and two more outstanding hunters were added. The five-member team was in high spirits.

There are obviously fewer newly arrived hunters than yesterday, and the same is true for Sky Island. The participants on the first day are always the most active.

He Lipang looked at the Giant Beast Island getting closer and closer, sighed slightly and said: "We are behind after all."

The other teammates didn't care.

Someone said: "The Hunter King can only be obtained by the most powerful and well-connected masters. It is enough for us to just drink some soup."

Another person laughed and said, "I am only interested in the Emperor's Rest Fruit. That thing is a sacred item for sex."

His teammates looked down on him and said, "Look at how useless you are. You've made a good elixir look like this... It needs to be refined into an imperial elixir to have that effect."

The guild leader wore a coat and a hood. The sea breeze was getting colder and colder. He came over to remind everyone, "Several hunters fell into the mouth of the Blood Face of Death before they even reached the shore yesterday. Don't underestimate the Giant Beast Island. It's more difficult than the Sky Treading Island."

Dozens of hunters, similar to the group from yesterday, stepped onto the water and ran ashore one after another, but no Blood-Mask of Death came out to attack the crowd.

The guild leader's eyes widened in surprise, "Strange things happen every year, but this year there are more. The sea was so fierce and violent yesterday. Could it be that all the sea monsters were caught and eaten by the demon gods today?"

In the distance, Cheng Bai put on the Xuanming treasure robe and jumped into the sea with a perfect diving posture. This treasure enabled him to avoid water and move freely deep in the seabed.

"Breathing underwater is not a problem. The Xuanming Treasure Robe is truly the best for diving." Cheng Bai praised in his heart and searched for treasures in the nearby sea.

The seabed near the Giant Beast Island is relatively desolate, and the farther you go to the periphery, the more colorful life becomes.

Wonderful marine creatures swim among the gorgeous corals. Exquisite and lovely fish, shrimps, jellyfish and shellfish of all kinds, accompanied by colorful seaweed, dance gracefully under the surging waves, forming a colorful underwater world.

The seabed is covered with scarlet corals, which sparkle brilliantly between the reefs. It is dazzling and extremely beautiful, as if the flames of passion are burning on the seabed. Everyone who sees it will be amazed that there is such a beautiful scenery in the world.

Therefore, the scarlet coral is listed as one of the eight most beautiful things in the star sea, and it is ranked at the top of rare and precious jewels, and even immortals are fascinated by it. It is rare for the guild to go deep into the seabed here, and it is little known.

Cheng Bai did not miss the opportunity and collected the largest and best varieties, which were of considerable value.

The overlords of Giant Beast Island, the Tide Beast and the Tide Rage Beast, are frequent visitors here. They come and go freely on the seabed, and their huge bodies scare the surrounding marine creatures into running away.

A fat red lobster was frightened and tried to escape with its claws raised. It looked similar to its counterparts on Earth, but was more than ten times larger and taller than an ordinary person. You could tell at a glance that its meat was delicious, and it would be a delicacy on the table whether steamed or fried.

Cheng Bai saw this and said happily: "It looks like this is the one for lunch."

But he did not make a move, as a hunter nearby got there first.

It was a 9-meter-tall wave-breaking monster. There were quite a few of them in the sea. It walked on the seabed with three long legs as if it were flat ground. Its shape was like a moving three-legged high stool.

Its back is an eye-catching deep red, while the rest of its body is a turquoise blue that blends with the seabed and is dotted with irregular patterns and spots. It has two slender and powerful hind legs and a thicker "front leg".

When approaching the red lobster, its thick "front legs" suddenly stretched out, moving like a rabbit in the water, and the end opened its big mouth like a snake to bite the back half of the red lobster. It turned out that it was its head and neck, which usually disguised itself as clumsy thighs when walking to make the prey relax their vigilance.

The wave-breaking monster that caught the red lobster held its head high and slowly swallowed the prey down its esophagus, stretching its thick and long neck.

Cheng Bai watched the show and said jokingly, "It's going to be unlucky."

The size of the Wave-Breaking Monster alone crushes most sea creatures, but it is not the overlord of this place, as there are clear levels among the monsters.

In the distance, there was a monster with a human face and a fish body, which was more than 40 meters long. Its face was a light golden color, different from the Death Ghost Face and the Death Blood Face, and its body was purple red. The Wave-Breaking Monster was spotted from afar, and its fat and thick body attracted it to open its big mouth full of sharp teeth and swoop down.

Big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimps, but how can they compare to the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it?

Cheng Bai raised the corner of his mouth as he recognized the monster: "The Golden Mask of Death is the king of the Death Sea Clan, and it was effortless to get him." This is his prey.

Young hunters often know nothing about this king, but experienced old hunters are proud to see it still alive. It is the most notorious and ferocious predator in the Kan Sea, full of aggressiveness and powerful strength.

The Golden Mask of Death looked particularly ferocious, and let out a terrifying roar. It used echolocation to lock onto the giant wave-breaking monster. Invisible sound waves filled the nearby waters, as if a huge net was spread on the seabed. When it was about to attack its prey, the sudden echo transmitted a special signal to it, and it discovered Cheng Bai was hiding nearby.

The cunning vigilance immediately made the Death Gold Mask swing its tail fin, turn around and avoid it.

Strength and the law of survival are supreme among monsters. Death's Golden Mask keenly sensed the danger and gave up the hunt to avoid death.

"What a clever fellow! He managed to escape. Isn't the sound wave net just now equivalent to its domain? The sea clan has more advantages in the seabed. No problem, I have a better way."

Cheng Bai secretly admired himself, being worthy of being the leader of the Death Sea Clan. He turned and went ashore, found a suitable fishing spot on the island, and made meat bait with the fresh flesh and blood of the Tidal Beast. Compared with yesterday, he was more familiar with the process, set up the fishing rod and fished happily.

A little later, huge waves rolled in, and a huge force pulled the other end of the blood jade fishing rod. Cheng Bai was pleasantly surprised: "It's hooked, an unprecedented big fish, even though you are as cunning as a ghost, you drank my grandpa's foot washing water."

The guy was so powerful that he pulled the fishing line straight. The tension of the blood jade fishing rod could bear nearly one million pounds, and it was bent into an arc. Cheng Bai was pulled so hard that his feet slid closer to the sea surface.

He did not dare to be careless. He let out a long roar, gathered his energy into his dantian, exerted strength with both arms, and suddenly pulled the amazing monster out of the sea.

The one who took the bait was the monster king who had just escaped. Its huge body flew high in the air and slammed heavily into the ground. The earth shook, trees broke, and soil and rocks flew everywhere.

What a deathly golden face, how could it stay in the pond, Fengyun wants to turn into a dragon. Its pale golden face is frowning, its four pupils are rolling, and its mouth spits out the fishhook with fangs, but it actually abandons its fangs to save its life.

Cheng Bai rushed forward and tried to cut open its body to take out the crystal core.

The Golden Mask of Death showed its power. A thick water tornado swept over, and the sudden twisted water column was about to tear Cheng Bai apart.

Cheng Bai swung the blood jade fishing rod and smashed it down, creating a terrifying sword energy of more than two hundred meters that split the water column in half. It lashed the Death Gold Mask as flexibly as a whip, knocking it halfway into the ground and making it unconscious.

"You finally fell into my hands. I'll teach you to be obedient on the chopping block and make a lot of money today."

Cheng Bai stepped forward and pulled out the Golden Mask of Death. His palm was like a knife, cutting open its belly and taking out the huge red crystal core. He washed and cleaned it up, and was very satisfied with the spoils.

There is no magic weapon at hand for the time being, but when a warrior reaches the realm of heaven and man, his true essence returns to emptiness and condenses into reality, and he can release sword energy at will. It can be said that man and sword are one. No matter what moves he uses, he can use them with ease. The power is much stronger than using ordinary swords. Some warriors call it the realm of no sword.

Cheng Bai doesn't think that being without a sword is the highest level of martial arts. Since he is practicing with a sword, how can he be without a sword?

Therefore, the body and skills are combined into one, and every gesture is a weapon. This is a superior stage beyond ordinary martial arts, but it is by no means the end. Representative figures include the faceless commander encountered in the Ladder of All Things.

Looking at his hands, Cheng Bai thought in his heart: "At present, there is no need to rush to devour the crystal core, or accumulate the effectiveness of spiritual medicine to improve the realm. In the past, the breakthrough of skills was too fast, and the heat was inevitably insufficient. It is better to integrate the five realms of heaven and man, consolidate each realm and complete it. When the quantitative changes accumulate to a sufficient degree to produce qualitative changes, the breakthrough will be a natural result."