Devour

Cheng Bai thought that his identity as the receptionist was an injustice to this intelligent boy who was three years younger than him, so he asked, "Are there any better treasures nearby?"

Chi Zhongming said: "There is no treasure in Kaiyang City that can compare with the Moonlight Blade. The best treasure in the branch store is the Water Ghost Scepter refined by the elders. It is a wonderful treasure, but it is not as good as the Gap Blade."

Unfortunately, the Moonlight Blade was no longer available. Cheng Bai needed more clues and asked, "Looking around the world, is there a list of weapons and treasures?"

"There is a ranking within the Qi Sect, which changes from time to time. Except for a very small number of ancient relics that are hard to find, most of the treasures in Qiongqi Continent come from the Qi Sect. Better than the Moonlight Blade is the Guanshi Tianyan of the Lord of Yuheng Palace, which ranks sixth among the seven magic weapons. The Canglang Axe of the Lord of Tianquan Palace ranks fifth among the seven magic weapons."

Chi Zhongming was eloquent and told everything he knew.

"The World-Viewing Eye is made of Feiying Stone inlaid with three Sky Demon Eagle crystal cores. It can detect invisible objects, see thousands of miles away, and see through the flaws of martial arts. It has three uses in one treasure and is worth a fortune."

"The Canglang Axe is made of star gold and inlaid with the crystal core of a tidal beast. It is a first-class water-based magical blade that can cut through wind and waves with unparalleled power."

These treasures were beyond the understanding of ordinary people. Cheng Bai secretly admired them and asked, "Where is Yuheng City?"

Chi Zhongming pointed out the way: "Leaving the city and heading southeast for more than 2,000 miles is Yuheng City. You must pass through the Ghost Face Basin, through the Strange Rock Mountain, and through the One-Eyed Jungle."

Cheng Bai was about to ask about the whereabouts of other treasures when he suddenly heard a noise outside.

"Someone from the Hunter Guild saw Cheng Bai enter the Weapon Sect branch temple. Have you ever seen him?"

As soon as Cheng Bai heard the pleasant female voice, he knew something was wrong, so he quickly said goodbye, trotted away, and slipped out the back door.

It was Yun Juan who rushed in aggressively.

Chi Zhongming hurriedly came forward and said, "Master Kaiyang Palace Master, what's the important matter?"

Yun Juan didn't wear a mask today. The people in Qi Zong only knew that her other identity was the master of Kaiyang Temple.

She has long hair draped over her shoulders, elegant and slender eyebrows, eyes as deep as water, a delicate and straight nose, soft and rosy red lips, and an exquisite oval face that is pure and beautiful, full of ethereality and tenderness. Not only is she of noble status, but she is also the most beautiful woman in Kaiyang City.

"I'm looking for Cheng Bai, where is he?" Yun Juan asked in a deep voice, suppressing her anger.

"Cheng Bai?" Chi Zhongming remembered that the guest who had just left in a hurry registered his name as Cheng Bai. From his expression, it seemed that the Lord of Kaiyang Palace wanted to cause trouble for him.

"Oh... I remember now." Chi Zhongming pretended to have suddenly realized something and made things clear before Yun Juan was about to explode in anger.

"Say it."

"That person went to Yuheng City."

Yun Juan's eyes rolled around, and she asked suspiciously, "What is he doing in the Qi Sect branch?"

Chi Zhongming considered his words and said, "He bought a new weapon and has left."

Yun Juan gritted her teeth and turned away.

After leaving the Weapon Sect branch, Yun Juan thought more and more that something was wrong, and thought to herself, "He took the Moonlight Blade. There is no better weapon in Kaiyang City. Why would he buy a weapon?"

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Cheng Bai strode southeastward and said helplessly, "I'll try to avoid that woman in the future. I really can't do bad things."

Entering the Ghost Face Basin, the common monsters include the blue-faced spider and the more powerful purple-faced spider. In addition, the most common monsters are bear-headed bears with human bodies, forming primitive clan tribes.

Cheng Bai tasted all the delicacies on the way. In addition to delicious meat, there were many rare delicacies in Qiongqi Continent. In order to search for and taste them, he did not rush on his way and stayed in Guilian Basin for another day.

In front of me was a large clump of brightly colored plants. From a distance, they looked like ordinary red flowers with green leaves, but when I got closer, I realized that the flowers were different. They were two red bracts curled together with a gap in the middle, just like the flaming red lips of a beautiful woman asking for a kiss, but with a faint smell of stinky tofu.

This can’t be eaten yet, Cheng Bai waits patiently.

After a while, several flesh-pink insects that looked like bee flies but were several times larger flew over, rushed into the plants, and each drilled into the flaming red lips.

In an instant, those flaming red lips trembled violently and metamorphosed rapidly. The red bracts on the surface curled up faster and peeled off layer by layer, revealing a pink strawberry-shaped fleshy ball as big as a fist, emitting a faint fragrance.

The fleshy ball fruit was clearly a fleshy pink insect transformation. Cheng Bai was overjoyed when he saw this. He picked a strawberry-shaped fleshy ball, put it into his mouth, and swallowed it down with a few crunches. The fleshy ball was fleshy pink inside, as tender as baby skin, as sweet as a strawberry, and as fragrant as a pineapple, with an excellent flavor.

This is the Cha Nu fruit. Eating the fruit can make people's skin tender and their complexion look younger. It is one of the few delicacies that Cheng Bai learned from the bear people. After eating it, he quickly put the remaining fruit into his bag and ran to the next stop.

There is a lush forest there, the trunks are covered with long green hairs like cotton thread, which can replenish blood and stop bleeding when eaten, and can also replace cotton to make fabrics. This tree is called Jingmian. There are no leaves on the branches, but many reddish-brown spherical fruits are hung on them.

Cheng Bai picked one of them off, and the slender tentacles on the outside that were used to hang on to the branches trembled and retracted into the shell.

It turns out that they are not fruits, but insect pupae, which can hatch into bees. The adult flies to the chamaejasma to become nutrients for the fruit, and before leaving, they lay eggs on the branches of the cottonwood tree, hatch larvae, eat enough green hair, and hang high to become pupae again, repeating the cycle.

Cheng Bai collected a lot of green hair from the trunk of the cotton tree, rolled it into a big ball, brought the pupa to a nearby pond, ignited the green hair with a very small amount of thunder fire, and burned the pupa on the flame.

The pupa absorbed heat and continued to expand, from slightly smaller than a fist to the size of a football, and its color became increasingly red. When the green hair burned out and it absorbed a certain amount of heat, it began to feel hot to the touch, so we quickly threw it into the small pond.

The pupa sank into the water and exploded like a mine a moment later. A translucent round table-shaped creature floated above the pond, like some kind of jellyfish that had been knocked unconscious by the explosion.

Cheng Bai dragged the floating creature ashore.

It is called a guirou, a carnivorous creature that is usually not aggressive. Once an animal accidentally bumps into its body, it will wrap the other party and slowly digest it. The explosion of the pupa of the bee paralyzes the nearby guirou and makes it float to the surface, so it is easy to capture it.

The jade meat out of water continued to shrink in a state of drought, and soon shrank into concentrated protein, shrinking from the size of a wine table to the size of a disc, and turning from soft to hard and thick, with a light blue color, like a strange thick pancake.

Cheng Bai didn't eat it, but took it to a piece of orange-yellow grass, which was the vegetable field of the bear people.

Put the blue-green jade on top, and soon many fat yellow worms emerged from under the orange-yellow grass, crawled onto the jade, lowered their heads to nibble, dug a hole for themselves, and then sat there with their heads down. The worms were everywhere, and it looked like a round plate full of fat yellow French fries.

Cheng Bai proudly reached out to hold up the jade meat pie, picked up the fat worm with two fingers, and put it into his mouth, as if it was the most delicious delicacy in the world. He ate it bite by bite with relish, and thick egg yolk juice dripped from the corners of his mouth.

These fat worms, called earthworms, are delicious and rich, as sweet as red grapes and as smooth as ice cream. They are very lazy and will fall asleep after eating a little. At this time, they will not move at all when being slaughtered. Eating earthworms can relieve fatigue and make people energetic.

Cheng Bai burped after eating, and felt that his whole body had endless energy. He praised: "Life is like this, what else can I ask for?"

He took out the wine jug from the treasure bag and poured it out, drank the last sip of rice wine collected in the Yaoguang Temple, and danced with the sword leisurely.

At this time, Cheng Bai's three swords have taken a step further. Not only are they ruthless and powerful, but they are also more unstoppable. The three moves are connected and smooth, and there is a tendency to merge into one move, with the power doubled.

Cheng Bai was very satisfied after practicing: "It seems that the knife is more useful than the mace. Before, I always felt that I couldn't use the three moves freely. Now I can really kill three people with ease."

Everything was quiet at night. Cheng Bai found a dense tree canopy, lay down on it, looked up at the starry sky, felt relaxed and comfortable, and was about to fall asleep.

He suddenly opened his eyes, sat up and took a closer look, and said suspiciously: "Why do there seem to be fewer stars? Are they covered by clouds?" He looked around but could not see any clues. Gradually he became drowsy and fell into a deep sleep.

We entered the Strange Stone Mountain early in the morning. The mountains here are rugged and steep, and stone men occasionally appear. Even the strong bear people are unwilling to get close. Traveling merchants and adventurous hunters often take the safest shortcut called the Stone Channel Corridor.

The so-called corridor is actually a secret cave in the belly of the mountain. It is a natural creation with magnificent colors. The stalactites on the four walls and the stalactites on the top make it look like a dream dungeon in fairy tales. The passage is more than 20 miles long. It will be much safer if you can pass through it smoothly and reach the one-eyed jungle at the other end.

There are three rules for going and three rules for not going in the corridor. The three rules for going are to walk briskly when the sun is shining, walk without worry when the air is fresh, and walk quickly when the road is unobstructed. The three rules for not going are not to walk at night when it is dark and windy, not to walk when the air stinks, and not to walk when stone men are blocking the road.

The road in the Shiqu Corridor is relatively public, with many people passing by, and you can see traces of coming and going. Many people will not go wrong even without a tour guide.

If you have a tour guide, he or she must explain the rules clearly before taking people across the road.

Unfortunately, Cheng Baigua was unfamiliar with the place and didn't know the rules, so he rushed into the stone corridor of the Strange Stone Mountain. Soon after entering, he encountered mudslides and stone men blocking the way.