Hide in the world of gods and demons

Chapter 51 Unexpected Fortune
Chen Li stood on the rooftop and gazed into the distance for a long time, but he still couldn't see clearly.

I glanced down at the snow that was almost chest-deep.

He hesitated for a moment, then took out a lightness talisman from his sleeve. With a determined effort, he activated his spiritual power, and the talisman quickly burned away.

The next moment, he felt as light as a swallow, and his feet almost floated up.

Although he had never used the Lightness Talisman before, he had inquired about its specific effects thoroughly, so he wasn't particularly surprised to see it, especially since he wasn't in the mood for surprise at the moment.

He lightly touched the roof with his toes, and his body floated down like a leaf.

Before the soft, fresh snow beneath my feet had even settled, I pushed off with my toes, unleashing a powerful burst of force. The snow exploded like a bomb, scattering in all directions. With this limited recoil, my body 'floated' several meters away.

At first, he had some trouble controlling his strength, and his body swayed and stumbled. If it weren't for his precise control of his body, he would have almost fallen into the snow. But after seven or eight steps, he quickly adapted.

Walking on the snow felt like walking on flat ground; the speed increased, and each step left a mark.

Soon, he arrived at the giant beast's footprints.

He discovered that each of these footprints was thicker than his waist, and steam was rising from them.

"These footprints are like this... I wonder how huge the creature must have been?"

Chen Li's expression was solemn as he looked into the distance. The monster's footsteps were disordered, and the snow-white snow was trampled into solid blocks of ice. Nearby houses collapsed in large numbers, and splattered blood could be seen from time to time, which was quite conspicuous in the snow.

Chen Li didn't see any remains or pieces of flesh; they were obviously bitten to death and then swallowed whole.

"Hey, what is this?"

He leaped out of the snow pit and strode over.

He used his flying sword to dig out a magical artifact from the snow that had been trampled and stained by the demonic beasts.

He glanced at it and could tell from the dense array of magic formations engraved on it that it was a mid-grade first-tier magic artifact.

Chen Li glanced around warily, then quickly and discreetly slipped the item into his sleeve.

A thought struck him, and he stepped forward again.

He soon dug out a second item from a patch of snow.

……

Chen Li carefully searched along the tracks of the giant beast and soon found five lost magical artifacts. Only one of them was a mid-grade artifact, while the rest were low-grade artifacts.

These rogue cultivators had clearly launched attacks before they met their demise.

But without a doubt, it had no effect whatsoever on this terrifying monster.

Seeing that more and more rogue cultivators were coming to look around, he stopped searching and quickly returned.

……

Outside, the wind and snow were howling, and the sky was still pitch black, but Chen Li and Zhou Hong were wide awake.

"Are you hungry? Should I go and cook something?" Zhou Hong asked.

"Okay!" Chen Li nodded, and Zhou Hong left quickly.

Although I just went out and found a windfall.

Chen Li's mood did not improve at all. Thinking of the misfortunes of the rogue cultivators and the collapsed houses, he felt as if a heavy stone was weighing on his chest, making it almost impossible for him to breathe.

This time they are the ones suffering, but who knows who will be next?

As dawn approached, the long-silent shantytown became slightly noisy for a while, but quickly fell silent again. The local gangs made no move at this time, as if they were all watching and waiting.

Let's see if this terrifying beast will return.

Or rather, will they ever come to this area again?

Chen Li could only suppress his unease, comfort himself, and then devote all his energy to cultivation.

The entire shantytown is such a large area, with more than 10,000 people.

Even if everyone lined up to feed this monster, and assuming the monster didn't have the bad habit of wasting food... it would still take three or four years for everyone to finish their turn.

The chances of it happening to their family next time are very low... right?

In the evening, Zhou Hong took a large piece of monster meat weighing over ten kilograms, frozen into an ice block, and used a magic tool to dig a hole in the frozen meat. Then she took out a porcelain bottle from her sleeve, uncorked it, carefully poured in the liquid inside, and then filled the hole back up.

"What is this?" Chen Li asked curiously.

"The venom of the snake demon is extremely potent; anyone ingesting it during the Qi Refining stage will surely die. I wonder if it will be effective against second-tier demon beasts?" Zhou Hong spoke with a pained expression, clearly indicating that these poisons were quite precious. Chen Li stared in disbelief.

This woman was hiding something so dangerous behind the scenes.

"Where should we put it?" Chen Li asked.

"Let's put it on the gate. I'm worried someone might pick it up if we put it too far away," Zhou Hong said.

"I'll put it down!" Chen Li stood up and said.

"Be careful not to spill the poison."

……

After the last time the monster ate a person, things were calm for several days, and the monster did not appear in the vicinity.

This put Chen Li at ease.

On the snow in the yard.

Chen Li's 'spiritual energy flick' was frequently unleashed.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

……

One after another, large craters, each about a meter wide, exploded in the snow, sending large amounts of snow flying in all directions like bullets. The snowballs struck the wooden walls with a series of "crackling" sounds, their force astonishing.

The spiritual energy within Chen Li's body flowed away continuously, transforming into terrifying force that was unleashed from between his fingers.

With a flick of the finger, the next burst of spiritual energy was already poised to be unleashed.

Suddenly, Chen Li felt something.

He paused.

Silently recite the game panel.

Name: Chen Li

Life expectancy: 41/115 years

[Realm Level: Qi Refining Level 4: 48/100]

[Technique: Longevity Qigong Expert: 745/800]

【Skill:】

制符：清洁符专家：2/800；静音符精通：34/400；指路符精通：8/400；辟邪符熟练：65/200；避箭符入门：18/100
Spells: Master of Spirit Flick: 3200/3200; Proficient in Rebuke: 232/400
Swordsmanship: Basic Swordsmanship Expert: 482/800;
[Supernatural power: none]

Chen Li frowned slightly as he looked at the words "Master of Spiritual Power Flicking: 3200/3200" on the game panel.

He flicked his finger again.

"boom!"

A large crater was blown open in the snow.

However, the text on the game panel remained unchanged.

"As expected, there's no way to improve it further... Has this skill reached its limit?" Chen Li sighed inwardly, a hint of disappointment in his heart.

In fact, he had anticipated this.

After all, the highest skill level in the game he played before he transmigrated was Grandmaster.

Moreover, having reached this point, Chen Li had completely analyzed and thoroughly understood the most basic spell, the Spiritual Finger Flick, and could no longer improve upon it within the original framework of the spell.

To unleash the immense power of a mid-to-high level first-tier spell with the limited spiritual energy of a first-tier, lowest-level spell is already incredibly energy-efficient and effective. Further breakthroughs would no longer be as simple as flicking a finger.

"Forget it, even if I can break through to the Grandmaster level with a flick of my finger, I won't expect to kill a second-tier demonic beast... Besides, there's been no movement for several days, perhaps that demonic beast really has left!" Chen Li comforted himself.
"Next, it's time to find a new spell to practice."

Chen Li glanced at the sky above, which was as dark as leaden clouds, and then turned and went back into the house.

(End of this chapter)