Bounty Hunter

After sending Kong Lan back to the villa, Kong Que found that Di Chu was washing dishes.

He hurriedly leaned over to snatch the dishcloth from Di Chu's hand, grabbed his hand and used hand sanitizer to help him wash his hands, and said, "Leave the bowl, Auntie will come to wash it tomorrow, you don't have to worry about it."

Di Chu looked sideways at him washing his hands seriously with lowered eyelids, and suddenly stepped on his feet and leaned over to kiss his face.

Kong Que paused and looked sideways at him.

Di Chu took the opportunity to withdraw his hand, picked up the dishcloth, picked up the unfinished dishes and continued to wash them, rinsed them with clean water and handed them over: "Put them in the sterilizer for me."

Kong Que instinctively took it. Seeing Di Chu continuing to wash the next dish, he suddenly gave a low laugh, obediently opened the disinfection cabinet and put the dishes in, then looked sideways at Di Chu for a few seconds before taking the dish he handed to him. The next dish that came over bent down and kissed the corner of his mouth.

Di Chu's hands stopped, his eyes turned to the other side, and then he continued to wash the dishes.

The sound of water splashing.

Kong Que stood up straight, put the dishes in the disinfection cabinet and put them away, his eyes still fell on Di Chu's face, but he took the next dish that Di Chu handed over without delay.

The two washed one by one and put the other away, and the dishes that were full of the pool were cleaned up in a short while.

Kong Que washed Di Chu's hands again, then led him to the living room, lowered his head and asked, "Do you want to continue reading, or go to the yard to refresh yourself?"

"I want to know about your research results on the cultivation of ancient humans." Di Chu looked up at him, "Is that okay?"

Kong Que was taken aback, he didn't expect that he would want to know this, and replied: "Of course, but this part of the information is classified as confidential, and it is all stored in the laboratory of the research institute. If you want to see it, you have to go to the research institute. I will take you there another day. .”

Di Chu nodded, and asked again: "What are the main raw materials and ingredients of the potion you made?"

What he asked was already a secret among secrets, but Kong Que had no intention of guarding against him at all, and replied truthfully: "Ancient plants and things extracted from ancient plants."

Di Chu frowned slightly: "It's just ancient plants?" Most of the ancient plants left today are just ordinary plants before the doomsday, and they don't have special effects like spirit grass. How could they become the key to help ancient humans cultivate?

"It's just an ancient plant." Kong Que reaffirmed.

Di Chu still couldn't figure it out, and asked, "What kinds of ancient plants are they?"

Kong Que simply pulled him to sit down on the sofa, turned on the optical brain, opened up permissions, and called up an atlas of ancient plants for him to see.

"Which ones are they?" Di Chu looked at the atlas and asked earnestly.

Kong Que: "All."

Di Chu was stunned, and glanced at the atlas containing dozens of plants: "All?"

Kong Que nodded.

Di Chu took a closer look at the ancient plants in this atlas, and soon discovered one thing in common—these plants all had some kind of medicinal effect before the end of the world.

In other words, they are all medicinal materials.

Emperor Chu told Kong Que about this discovery.

Kong Que looked at him like a baby: "Do you know ancient medicinal materials?"

"The teacher taught some."

"Your teacher is very good." Kong Que praised sincerely, flipped the page with his fingers, "I also discovered this commonality, and after discovering it, I immediately focused my research on ancient medicinal materials, but it's a pity that the existing ancient medicinal materials There are really too few, and my research quickly fell into a bottleneck due to insufficient material."

Di Chu's mind immediately became active.

He can help Kong Que find this type of material.

Kong Que was attracted by him to open up the conversation, and continued: "After making this potion, I have a guess - the physique of ancient humans may be changed by ancient plants. Or, there may be something in ancient creatures that can change It is a pity that ancient organisms are more difficult to find than ancient plants. Unfortunately, the potion I made can only relieve the heart discomfort caused by ancient human cultivation in a short period of time, and cannot maintain or accumulate the effect for a long time , and can’t really improve the physique of ancient humans... All in all, it’s treating the symptoms but not the root cause, maybe my guess and research direction are wrong.”

"No, you are not wrong." Di Chu's tone was affirmative, and he held his hand, "No one can become stronger only with the help of external objects, medicine can only be an aid, and ancient humans have to rely on themselves to become stronger Work hard, you have opened a door to power for ancient humans, it is very powerful."

The uncertainty and self-doubt in Kong Que's heart due to the unsatisfactory research results were blown away by his words, and he held his hand instead, saying "um".

Di Chu has already grasped the key point: "It is the cultivation method of ancient humans that is wrong."

Kong Que: "What?"

"Ancient humans and new humans are different, so of course they can't use the same cultivation method." Di Chu sank into his own thoughts, closing his eyes and "breathing" to practice, while carefully feeling the changes in the power in his body.

In the era when strong men gathered in the past, human cultivators once explored a complete set of cultivation methods.

Because they don't have the natural strong physique like other races, they can't communicate smoothly and bear the aura of heaven and earth, so they practiced their bodies first; and because they can't travel the world with pure blood power like other races, they learned to use the power of heaven and earth to invent Various techniques; in the end, because the physical body can bear limited strength, I tried to build a core of power in the body - inner alchemy.

It has to be said that human beings are very smart, they are getting stronger and stronger, and their status is getting higher and higher. On the contrary, the once-naturally powerful monster race and the high-ranking god race have become more and more unbearable with the weakness of the law of heaven. When the emperor was born, the monster race The human race as a whole has become weaker than the human race, and the monsters are even gradually influenced by the human race, and they begin to learn the cultivation methods of the human race, trying to weaken the evil spirit that the monster race has innately.

After Di Chu was able to successfully transform into a human form, he also learned the cultivation method of the human race. The teacher once said that this kind of cultivation would save him from suffering, because the current way of heaven is more biased towards human beings.

However, although he has learned the cultivation methods of humans, his cultivation process has many fewer steps than ordinary humans, such as body training, such as alchemy.The Yaozu is born with a strong body and does not need body training. After the Yaozu is strong to a certain level, it will naturally give birth to the Yaodan, and there is no need to make a special pill.

The only time he suffered in cultivation was when he was forced by his teacher to strip off the demonic energy from the demon core, and cultivated a pure demon core with soaring demonic energy into a soft and more The inner alchemy of human cultivators.

At that time, he was confused and wronged. He was a born monster, and the pride from his blood made him unable to accept such self-stripping.He almost died that time, and the teacher comforted him in this way when he was healing his injuries: "Xiao Chu, if you want to live, you have to pay the price."

It was also at that time that he discovered something wrong with the teacher's strength, and he noticed the traces of self-weakening and stripping.He vaguely understood something, and he never had any objection to the teacher's decision, and he followed it honestly.

His thoughts drifted away unknowingly, he suddenly came back to his senses, opened his eyes in a daze, his face was still expressionless, but his eyes were a little red.

He misses the teacher.

I don't remember how long I waited, thousands of years and thousands of years, will the teacher really come back?

The lights in the living room dimmed most of the time, leaving only a few small lights around the sofa.

Kong Que was leaning on the sofa in a half-protecting posture, and fell asleep with his eyes closed.

Di Chu looked at him for a while, leaned over and hugged him, and buried his face in his heart.

"Thank you for saying you would wait with me."

Kong Que was awakened by his movement, heard his whisper that rarely showed his fragile emotions, felt the weight on his chest, looked at the warm yellow light of the small lamp for a while, and chose to close his eyes again, pretending to be just sleeping After that, she turned over casually and held him in her arms.

……

The first night they went home after confirming their relationship, the two spent the night on the sofa.

The short sofa in the living room was too small, Kong Que only took up a bit of the edge of the sofa in order for Di Chu to sleep comfortably, so when he woke up, his back was sore and his walking posture was a bit stiff.

Huang Tao was summoned, saw him like this, and then looked at Di Chu, who was walking normally, with his mouth slightly open, and his face was struck by lightning.

Kong Que could tell at a glance what he was thinking about, and called out in a deep voice, "Huang Tao, follow me to the study."

Huang Tao came back to her senses, hurriedly restrained her expression, and responded.

The two entered the study on the second floor, and Huang Tao reported first: "Dean Zheng asked me to ask when you will return to the research institute. In addition, Mr. Bo Han asked you to meet."

"Go back in a week and tell Bo Han that I don't have time to see him." Kong Que didn't sit down, just leaned on the desk, turned on his optical brain and sent him a bunch of things, telling him about the business that called him over this time. , "I made an appointment with a decoration team to redecorate the master bedroom and expand the cloakroom. You can contact them and ask them to send someone over to measure the size and come up with some plans for me as soon as possible. Also, I bought it yesterday. Some things, you stay here today to help me receive the goods, and organize the things according to the layout plan I gave you."

Huang Tao was stunned when he heard it, thinking of the paralyzed optical network for the past two days, the desire to gossip in his heart almost exploded, and it was only with great perseverance that he barely managed to stabilize the calm on his face, and buried his head and began to memorize his instructions .

Kong Que waited for him to finish his memorization, and then gave some advice on the decoration style of the master bedroom, and stood up straight after speaking, as if preparing to leave.

Huang Tao couldn't hold back, and asked, "Sir, aren't you resting at home today?"

"I'll take Di Chu out for a walk." Kong Que had already stepped out of the study without turning his head, "These are surprises for him at home, you should arrange them carefully."

Click, the study door closed.

Huang Tao was silent, glanced at a lot of things recorded in the memo, raised her hand and rubbed her head, after a long time, turned to the important note column, and wrote down a line seriously: On X month X, the boss has a boss wife, Be extra careful with gossip online.

After finishing writing, he paused, and then added: In the future, when dealing with affairs, the lady boss comes first, and the boss comes second.

……

Di Chu was taken out of the house by Kong Que on the grounds of buying painting tools.

In the car, Di Chu finished what he hadn't finished last night. To sum it up: the cultivation process of ancient humans is different from that of new humans. Ancient humans can't mix vitality into their blood vessels and melt into their hearts from the very beginning, they need to train their bodies first.

Kong Que was aroused by his statement: "Body training? Does it mean to exercise the body and improve the strength of the body?"

"It's not simply to improve the strength of the body, but to strengthen the body's ability to withstand the vitality." Di Chu glanced at him and added, "You did the right thing before, you didn't rush to market the cultivation potion, but launched it first. Drugs that can improve the physical fitness of ancient humans."

Kong Que heard what he meant to comfort him, felt itchy in his heart, sat a little closer to him, and asked, "Then how should ancient humans strengthen their body's ability to withstand vitality?"

"There are many methods, but they are all very laborious." Di Chu briefly explained the several body training methods mainly used by human cultivators in the past. He was afraid that Kong Que would not understand, and drew him a few diagrams of human meridians and power circulation. , Pointing to the picture, he explained, "Ancient humans have a weak response to vitality, and their ability to withstand it is even weaker, so they must lay a foundation before practicing. The core of vitality cultivation lies in the blood and heart, so ancient humans must practice before cultivating. The strength of the blood vessels and the heart must be strengthened first. The main method is to use vitality to transform the body, this process is painful and is called body quenching."

Kong Que frowned: "It sounds dangerous."

"It's really dangerous." Di Chu agreed.

In the past, human cultivators tempered their tendons and dantian, even if they were unsuccessful, they would not damage their bodies, but the current ancient humans are different, because the vitality can only be cultivated through the blood and heart, so the current ancient humans' quenching The focus of training is on the blood vessels and the heart, but the blood vessels and the heart are so important, if one is not careful, it will lead to death.

"I'm just putting forward an idea now, and the details still need to be perfected." Seeing that Kong Que was frowning all the time, the emperor quickly changed the subject and said, "But once the ancient humans start to practice, they will have An advantage that a new human will never have."

Kong Que shifted his attention cooperatively: "What advantage?"

"Ancient humans will not suffer from mutation disorder syndrome, nor will they be restricted by the mutation characteristics. After starting to practice, they will be more comprehensive and steady than new humans, and may also extend a new attack system. In addition, new humans At the end of the practice, if they don't completely mutate, they can only stand still and wait for death. The ancient humans are different. They don't have such shackles and restrictions. The foundation of the new human's cultivation is to increase the part of the blood that mutates in the body little by little, and finally get rid of it. Lost the only remaining human blood, completely alienated. However, the ancient humans cultivated from the very beginning to be human blood, which is very pure."

Kong Que was startled.

Dichu's statement is very novel and thorough, which makes people feel suddenly enlightened and amazed.

The outside world may not know it, but as the Kong family, he knows very well that it is indeed difficult for a hunter to go further after being promoted to the SSS level. Di Chu's argument is very tenable.

He sat upright and was about to say something when he suddenly frowned again: "Wait, you mean that after the new human beings have reached the bottleneck in cultivation, they must find a way to completely alienate themselves, otherwise they can't go any further, they can only Wait to die."

Di Chu nodded: "That's my guess."

Kong Que's heart sank fiercely: "Then when you reach the bottleneck, don't you have to suffer once like Sai Wen, or you can only wait to die?"

Di Chu was taken aback, and hurriedly comforted him: "No, you don't have to worry about me. I have special mutation characteristics, and my cultivation will be much smoother than others."

Kong Que thought of his terrifying healing ability, and just about to let go of his heart, he remembered something again, and his face turned pale: "Emperor...Kong Lan once said to me that so far, no plant-type hunter has completely mutated successfully. , the successful ones are all animals.”

Di Chu was stunned: "Not one?"

"No."

The atmosphere in the car suddenly became heavy.

Kong Que was worried about Di Chu, and Di Chu was worried about Fei Ye.

"Is there really none?" Di Chu frowned, "Could it be that the hunter Si Cha missed it? After the plant system is completely mutated, it should turn into a plant, and it's hard to find it mixed in the blood..."

If it was missed, then those plant-type new demons who successfully transformed into demons would be so wronged.

Kong Que shook his head: "There is almost no possibility of checking for leaks. The guild attaches great importance to complete mutation. Every investigation involves multiple teams working together to check repeatedly."

Di Chu's expression became serious.

He was very puzzled, they were all half-demons, it didn't make sense that some of the animal-type half-demons succeeded in turning into demons, but all the plant-type half-demons were wiped out.

Feiye's heart has been mended by the primordial energy, and the power of his blood is different from before. Every time his strength increases in the future, it is possible to activate the blood of the demon race in his body, which becomes an opportunity for him to transform into a demon.

If the transformation of a plant-type monster is inevitable, wouldn't Fei Ye's life be hanging on the wire?

Seeing his ugly expression, Kong Que thought it was because he was worried about his future, so he quickly suppressed his emotions, stretched out his hand to hold him in his arms, patted him, and comforted him: "Don't worry too much, I'll let you know about the complete mutation of plants." I just heard a few words from Kong Lan by chance, but I don’t know the specifics, and I have to talk to Kong Lan to find out more in-depth details.”

……

An hour later, the hover car stopped in front of Kong Lan's house.

After the two chatted, they were really not in the mood to buy any painting tools, so they just changed to Kong Lan.

Kong Lan was on vacation today, so she was a little surprised to see them coming, and she rarely joked: "Why, I will eat you, and you will come to eat me?"

Kong Que ignored his joke and said, "Brother, we have something to ask you."

Called brother again.

Kong Lan put away the joke, and motioned upstairs: "Go to the study and talk."

The three of them sat down in the study, and Kong Que explained his purpose.

Kong Lan didn't expect that they came here to ask this question, so she turned her eyes to Di Chu, who was also dignified, and said, "Why do you suddenly want to ask this question?"

"At the beginning of the emperor, he was in the plant department. I have to face these sooner or later. I don't feel relieved. I want to make preparations in advance." Kong Que explained.

Di Chu also explained: "I'm asking for Feiye...and myself."

Kong Que didn't expect that he was still thinking about Fei Ye at this time, so he put Fei Ye in front and looked sideways at him.

Di Chu touched his hand.

Kong Que immediately held his hand back, not thinking about it.

Kong Lan: "..."

He pretended to be blind, and said: "I understand, let me tell you frankly, so far, there really hasn't been a case of complete mutation of a plant-based new human being."

As soon as these words came out, Kong Que and Di Chu unconsciously sat up straighter.

Kong Lan continued: "Since the establishment of the guild, there have been less than a hundred recorded cases of complete mutation of plants. The most recent case is Baichao, the ancestor of Baijia. He stayed at the SSS level for 300 years. At the end of his lifespan, It suddenly started to completely mutate. Baijia notified the guild, and I rushed to check it out myself, but unfortunately, the mutation still failed.”

He got up and took out a document and a special optical computer from the safe, and pushed the document in front of the two of them first: "Baichao is a very special case. Before explaining his situation in detail, you should take a look at this first. This is the guild The records of complete mutations of all plant lines contain specific reasons for each case of mutation failure."

Kong Que took the document and stretched out his hand, but he didn't dare to open it. In the end, Di Chu was more calm and opened the document.

Unfortunately, the first page of the data records the complete mutation process of a woody plant hunter, which is the same as Di Chu's current information on the surface.

Kong Que turned his head to the side, not daring to look at the photo attached to the document, he always felt that there was a shadow of Di Chu on it.

Di Chu didn't feel any burden in his heart. After reading it carefully, he immediately turned to the next case.One after another, until the tenth, only one case similar to Feiye was found.

It was also a hunter of the grass family, weaker than Feiye, and it mutated suddenly. The mutation process was very short, and it was only after the human blood was expelled from the body that it couldn't survive and died.

Di Chu frowned, and continued to look back, and found several other grass family cases, and found that without exception, they all died simply after the human blood was drained and before the mutated characteristics wrapped the whole body.

"..."

When he stamped the documents, he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong for a while.

Although he has seen many monsters incarnations and many semi-demons, but because he always doesn't like to move, and most of the people he makes friends with are pure monsters, so after living for so long, he has never seen a plant What is it like to be a half-demon turned into a demon? As a result, he doesn't even have a case that can be compared and referenced.

...Suddenly regret that I didn't chat with those flowers and plants more, or read more books.

Kong Que didn't force himself to prepare himself psychologically until he covered the materials. He comforted him a few words, then reached out and took the materials, frowning and flipping through them.

After a while of silence in the study, Di Chu suddenly looked at Kong Lan and asked, "You said Baichao is a very special case, what makes him so special?"

Kong Lan replied: "In terms of the mutation method, he has almost completely mutated successfully." He picked up the customized optical brain, tuned a video from it, and put it in front of the two of them, "This is the process of his mutation at that time. video recording."

Di Chu looked over, and Kong Que immediately put down the material that made him extremely uncomfortable.

The video started to play, and a re-fortified and sealed ward appeared on the screen. A white-haired old man was lying on the middle bed. The old man had no clothes on, except for a thin quilt covering his waist to his thighs.There were still traces of blood oozing on his skin, and the bed sheet under his body was already stained with blood.

Yashi, who turned back into a crow, squatted at the end of the bed, looked up at the camera, and said to Kong Lan, who was facing away from the camera, "President, the video will not be recorded after a while when the strength fluctuates. Is this necessary?"

Kong Lan in the video replied: "It's okay, I can record as much as I can."

Yashi nodded, and tentatively said a few words to the unconscious old man on the hospital bed. The old man answered without a word, and soon closed his eyes and passed out. After that, the mutated lines on his body suddenly began to spread on a large scale. At the same time, his face became more and more gray, as if his vitality had been taken away by these mutated lines.

Afterwards, a strange thing happened. The old man was obviously out of breath, but the mutated lines on his body became more emerald green, and they all gathered towards the heart. After the picture was distorted by a force fluctuation, the old man The heart of his heart suddenly split open, and a small tender sprout grew out of it.