Follow Taotie to eat meat [Traveling]

Hearing that there is indeed a way out, Xiao Yan's eyes lit up.

It had to be said that he really wanted to go out.

People who are used to living in the sun will easily feel suffocated and depressed when they suddenly enter such a dark underground cave.The ray of sky above the head is bright and dark, and a few days have passed in a blink of an eye. I don’t know how many caves, big and small, have been broken into, but there is still no clue about the way to get out. No matter how optimistic people are, they will be a little anxious.

It's just that before seeing hope, he has been deliberately suppressing this emotion, and now he listened to Taotie's talk, and finally really cheered up a bit.

Thanks to the prosperity of online novels before time travel, although Xiao Yan has never heard of rock spirit worms, terms such as earth veins are definitely not unfamiliar.

The so-called "heaven and earth have spiritual energy, which gathers in the mountains and rivers and manifests in the wind and clouds" [Note], the earth veins, as the name suggests, can be simply understood as the place where the earth's energy gathers.It is not just a collection of ordinary auras. The long-standing Feng Shui theory has always believed that the way the earth's qi gathers is like the veins in the human body, continuous and extending in all directions.Abundant spiritual energy flows in it, being nourished by the mountains and the earth, and also warming the mountains and the earth, nourishing each other to the point of infinity.

Some of the veins are buried deep in the ground, while others are superficial on the surface. Those who know the way can see it right, but laymen don't know each other when they meet each other.

As for the rock spirit worm, which is as hard as a rock and has no signs of life, although it is not known what its characteristics are, Xiao Yan guesses that it is probably an accompanying creature of the earth veins.Either it is mutually beneficial and mutually nourishing with the earth veins.Either they are very sensitive to the earth's veins, and they love this aura, and they can find it anywhere to dominate.

The little fox immediately didn't dare to underestimate the pile of broken stones in front of him.

Since childhood fairy tales, people have been constantly deepening the idea that there must be an evil dragon guarding the treasure.Even if the situation was calm one second, the situation may change immediately in the next second.

However, Xiao Yan was not too nervous seeing Taotie's indifferent face, but took two steps back cautiously: "What is the origin of this rock spirit worm?"

"Stone eaters usually live in rock formations, no matter how hard the rock is, they can chew it down bit by bit. They can also live in sand and mud, anyway, they are not picky." Taotie is obviously not interested in poor bugs that can only eat rocks , wiped the paws that were digging the ground just now on the cave wall, "But they usually live with the leylines, and absorb the aura of the leylines every once in a while. If the time is long enough, they won't be so dusty. It will become crystal clear and flawless, so hard that even high-level monsters may not be able to do anything to get them."

Xiao Yan stretched out his paw curiously again, and the pile in front of him did indeed look like some soft stones. He felt that the process described by Taotie had the feeling that ordinary hard stones were reborn and suddenly evolved into diamonds.

Of course, the ground veins and rock spirit insects just opened Xiao Yan's eyes a little bit. What he cared most was what Taotie said at the beginning: "Why can I go out after finding the ground veins? Is there any special exit in the ground veins? "

This stupid fox must be a poor little one, no real beast taught him such common sense.

Taotie's eyes showed sympathy: "...Why do you think the aura of the earth's veins will leak out unscrupulously? It's unimaginable that you can climb out of a big gap with your size! Also, even if a little bit of leakage is released, all creatures will be treated as Baby, but you just plunged headlong into the veins? Did you make a mistake? Your demon core and meridians will burst in an instant, okay?"

Xiao Yan, who was attacked for his size and lack of common sense: "..."

Who made himself an outsider and really had no common sense?He endured it: "Don't be a secret, so where is the way out?"

The little tiger raised his head and cleared his throat solemnly.

I can finally show off my rich experience gained from wandering around for many years: "This rock spirit insect has a characteristic, it dies in summer and lives in winter. You are lucky, stupid fox. Summer is coming soon, and they are in a very inactive state. Moreover, it is estimated that the rock spirit worms stuck in other places will soon withdraw to the vicinity of the leylines."

Speaking of Xiao Yan's time travel, the most disastrous thing is probably the constant encounters with strange creatures that he doesn't understand at all, running away with fear and so on. Diverse, eye-opening creatures.

According to Taotie's description, rock spirit insects are creatures that are active in winter and "aestivate" in summer, and are particularly sensitive to the changes of seasons.

In winter, they will pull out their long and thin legs, crawl around in groups, eat rocks, feed the leylines, and draw spiritual energy from the leylines to help them advance.Nine out of ten of this huge labyrinth-like cave underground were eaten by them.

It is quite normal for people to covet the place where the earth veins gather aura like this.In order to protect the leylines, or to monopolize the leylines, the rock spirit worms will desperately make the nearby terrain as complicated as possible as soon as they enter the active stage, and they will dispatch thousands of them to block all the openings leading to the outside world. Strictly.

They themselves look like rocks, and they are very capable of isolating spiritual energy. At first glance, they are really no different from ordinary rocks.

And when summer gradually comes and the temperature gradually rises, the rock spirit insects stuck outside will become more and more unbearable, and retreat in batches.

At this moment, their tiny legs are barely visible, and they may only move a little distance throughout the day.After a long trek like a snail, it finally returned to the leylines and formed layers of hard stone shells.On the one hand, eating enough food needs to be digested slowly, on the other hand, nourishing oneself with the aura of the earth veins.

It is a wonderful symbiotic relationship.

Xiao Yan felt that he had heard a copycat version of "Cordyceps sinensis", which was fantastical: "You mean, when it's summer, there will naturally be an exit?"

Taotie nodded, with a look of "I have everything under control": "There are so many caves, but none of them lead to the outside. Not sure."

He has always been the king of Beishan who is serious and serious and does not speak easily without evidence!

A few days later, with the concept of rock spirit worms, Xiao Yan, who found traces of these little creatures everywhere: "..."

He really doesn't understand cats who will die if they don't brag or pretend.

With a certain letter and confidence in his mind, Xiao Yan was not so anxious.Curiously, he moved the pile of stones back and forth, and then swept the layer of brown floating soil. Except for some liquid flowing out from the one that was smashed by the Taotie, the other places really did not look like living things.

"You said they are afraid of the high temperature, so if you roast them with a fire, will they open the door earlier?" Xiao Yan has always been a very imaginative person.

The little tiger can breathe fire, so it just happens to make the best use of it.

"Suddenly spewing fire... Heh, it's best not to try it, unless you're tired of living and want me to swallow you whole." Taotie bared his teeth suddenly, "It's fine if the temperature gradually gets hotter, they can adapt slowly. If there is a sudden fire, even if it is just a small flame, the rock spirit worm will exude an aura that makes the living creature extremely manic when frightened. Although I have not tried it, I cannot guarantee that it will not be effective against high-level monsters. Do you think Do you want a challenge?"

"Although rock spirit worms are very good at camouflage, many creatures use their characteristics to find caves that are closed in winter and open in summer. If the leylines are found in winter, then no matter how powerful they are, they dare not easily crush the rock spirit worms. The barrier is afraid of losing their lives in vain. Greedy human beings always like to do this kind of thing, so they keep fighting, most of them are really greedy, and a small part is affected by this thing."

When the monster mentions people, it seems that they really don't like it.

After explaining a lot, Taotie quickly lost his patience, bowed his head and bowed to Xiao Yan: "Dig this hole."

Liuyuan's eyeballs rolled around cunningly, if the stupid fox wanted a reason, what should he say...

But he was overthinking.

Xiao Yan, who was hit repeatedly, didn't bother to ask why, anyway, the answer will always be revealed.So with one command and one movement, he dug a hole along the place where Taotie had plucked.

Pieces of stones of different sizes were turned over, and soon piled up in a pile, brown floating soil was flying all over the sky, and the little fox was still very motivated to get out of the hole.

Taotie looked at Xiao Yan, who had turned into a gray fox, and felt so guilty, but he resolutely stepped back a few steps, and stood outside the flying dust.

His ears moved, and he vaguely heard a rough voice "whispering" in a certain cave in the distance.

"Hey~ I want to eat rock worms, I want the aura of the earth veins, where are the rock worms? Where's the aura?" A voice sounded angry and coquettish.

"That horrible guy is here, you can't go over." Another voice comforted, and then became angry again, "It's all your father's fault, tell him to be quieter, he just won't listen, it's okay now, why Let them point you in the right direction!"

"Those two things are so small, why can't they be eaten?" The former one was dissatisfied.

"Oh my dear, you really don't come out of the hole too often. Those are high-level monsters. Only high-level monsters can change their shapes so freely..." The latter voice lowered a bit.

"It's hard to find a place where the layer of rock spirit insects is thin and easy to dig, so it's gone." The third voice muttered unwillingly, "So many rock spirit insects are pooping, and even high-level monsters can get their claws..."

This blow stabbed a hornet's nest, and Taotie heard the heavy slapping sound of flesh.

The second voice said angrily: "Why can't you claw? If you are a high-level monster, you won't claw when you encounter an earth vein! The noise you make is like an earthquake, and you dare to complain that the good place is gone. Who is to blame? Who are you blaming? Ah!"

The clapping of applause, the pitiful whining sound, and the roar of dissatisfaction after the first sound was ignored, although they were quite far away, they could not escape Taotie's sensitive ears.

He shook his head violently.

Although he used to be envious of the cubs that rolled and played together, he still didn't understand this kind of monster that used to take care of the family.Fighting when they disagree, and licking each other after the fight, their capriciousness is comparable to that of human beings!

The little tiger turned his head to look at the Nine-Tailed Fox who was poking his butt and was very active in digging holes. Well, in comparison, this stupid fox is quite obedient, so I can reluctantly stay with him until Xia Tian goes out together.

With a "ding", there was a sound like a metal stone hitting each other.

Xiao Yan's paw touched something particularly hard, and when he pushed aside the floating dirt, he saw that it was a translucent stone with a beautiful luster.With Taotie's explanation first, he knew it was a rock spirit worm with a long lifespan.

Throw it out and continue digging.With the first piece, there will be a second piece, and soon a small pile will be piled up.

At this moment, the pit where Xiao Yan was located had revealed a trace of aura.Although it is only a little leaked through the bodies of countless rock spirit insects, the huge energy contained in it can still be clearly felt.

A few strands of incomparably clear light emerged from the ground, illuminating the entire dark cave instantly brightened up.

This is the aura from the earth veins.

Standing in the pit, Xiao Yan felt that the majestic energy was continuously passing through every part of his body, and every cell was trembling with excitement.Compared with the beads in the snake's body before, this power is more continuous but gentle, as if it is everywhere, wrapping his whole body in it.

For some reason, the body seemed to resonate suddenly.Just like seeing some kind old friend, I can't help but want to get closer.

Taotie stretched out comfortably in the overflowing spiritual energy of the earth's veins, and saw a faint halo flowing around Xiao Yan's body, with a beautiful multi-colored luster, which was fleeting.The little fox was dumbfounded, bent down and dug again like sleepwalking.

If you dig any further, you won't be able to absorb the excess spiritual energy, and it's still a small waste. If you accidentally burst the inner alchemy during the digging process, it's not for fun!

Taotie didn't care about the floating dust everywhere, so he jumped forward and dragged the little fox out.

As soon as he got out of the stone pit, the halo disappeared immediately, Xiao Yan came to his senses, a little dazed: "What's wrong?" Didn't he let himself dig the pit?

Taotie frowned: "Stupid fox, have you ever eaten something you shouldn't eat?"

Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment, and felt what happened just now: "I don't remember much about the past, what's wrong?"

Taotie thought for a while, then shook his head: "Forget it, it should be nothing, let's see. There is a lot of spiritual energy here, hurry up and inhale some."

Compared to the novels Xiao Yan read in his previous life, this is simply the most...simple cultivation method he has ever seen.Without any fancy handprints or postures, find a comfortable place, lie down comfortably, and silently concentrate on introducing the wisps of aura into the body.

During this process, another kind of fluctuation on Xiao Yan's body slowly rippled away like water waves.

Taotie quietly opened his eyes, and glanced at Xiao Yan.

Just like Xiao Yan always thought he was a cub before, he also thought that Xiao Yan, a nine-tailed fox with only one tail, was definitely a cub.But now, whether it's the speed of Xiao Yan's long tail, or these kinds of visions, Taotie feels that he may have made a wrong judgment.

High-level monsters will also turn into cubs in several cases.

First, the prototype is too huge for the convenience of moving in a small area.

Second, especially when they are relaxing or taking a break, they feel more comfortable in the huddled cub form.

Third, weaken your own coercion, and lay in ambush to attack other monsters.

Fourth, he was seriously injured, and his demon power was exhausted, unable to maintain the huge prototype.

The last one is that there is a kind of spiritual treasure in the body that cannot be transformed by the current ability, so all the demonic powers have to be used to lock the spiritual treasure, and wait for the root bone to be reshaped until it can bear the spiritual treasure.During this process, all the spiritual energy absorbed will cause fluctuations in the spiritual treasure in the body.

The situation of the little fox...is very similar to the last one.I don't know what kind of treasure it is, even the nine-tailed fox can't bear it, and it can also cause faint echoes of the earth's veins.

A trace of curiosity flickered in Taotie's eyes.

The little fox lying not far away from him closed his eyes, and his dusty body couldn't hide the fluffy and fluffy appearance. He looked very cute and defenseless.

Forget it, I have found the earth veins, and I am still curious about what the baby in his body is doing.Taotie pursed his lips, and also narrowed his eyes intently.

Xiao Yan didn't know about this.He only felt extremely comfortable in his body, and the back of the three tails that had just grown together began to move again, but this time it was obvious that the back was strong, the aura was abundant, and there was no sense of astringency.

Thank God, I finally don't have to itch so much that I can't wait to rub off a layer of skin.

When leaving the cave here, Taotie picked up a few of the most crystal clear and beautiful rock spirit insect stones, took them to the dark river and washed them carefully, intending to use them as snacks at night.Although these things can stump many monsters, they are not so good against Taotie.

Xiao Yan jumped into the river to wash his gray hair. After washing for a long time, he suddenly realized that something was wrong: "Why can't the layer of floating dirt stick to my body and can't be washed off?!"

Taotie was grinding his teeth with a stone of rock spirit insects, and said casually: "Oh, you mean the cake of rock spirit insects? That thing looks soft and dry, but it is actually oily, so it is difficult to wash. It will be gone in the next day."

When he planed with his paws, he was very careful, trying not to touch the fur!

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After Taotie finished speaking, he suddenly felt something was wrong.I seem to be...too sincere.

Xiao Yan's head was full of black smoke, and resentment rushed straight to the sky above his head: "Gao, Tie! Take, order, come—"

A gray fox rushed out of the water like a cannonball, and was about to rub against Taotie's body regardless of his wet body.The little tiger rolled and scrambled up and ran, not caring about dropping the half-bitten spirit stone on the ground.