Hide in the world of gods and demons

Chapter 57 Dawn
Under the cover of night, Chen Li walked through the snow, his steps uneven.

He felt a slight pang of regret.

This monster probably weighs seven or eight tons. If we shamelessly stay and go with the flow, we can probably get a few dozen kilograms of meat.

It wasn't that he wanted to take advantage of the few low-grade spirit stones.

The key point is that he hasn't eaten monster meat in a long time.

The neighbors in the neighborhood are all poor, and they mostly have to stretch every penny. The food they bought at high prices a while ago rarely contained monster meat, and even if they did, they could only spare a few kilograms or a dozen kilograms, which he had already eaten up long ago.

"Going back now to take advantage of the situation... I can't bring myself to do it, and it's inappropriate to pay for it in front of everyone!"

"Oh well! Now that we know where this fellow Daoist Guo Ping lives, we can come again tomorrow. There should still be plenty left over."

……

The next day, night fell.

After Chen Li finished practicing his swordsmanship, he cleansed his body with a 'cleansing talisman', then put on his robes, informed Zhou Hong, and walked out of the cave.

We didn't encounter many people along the way.

Ten minutes.

He then rushed to Guo Ping's doorstep.

Where the monster's corpse lay last night, only a large pool of blood remained. Overnight, the blood had turned black, and there were still several piles of feces and some undigested food from the monster's stomach on it.

Fortunately, it is currently winter.

Otherwise, it would have been reeking long ago.

However, even so, it doesn't smell very good.

Chen Li stamped his foot and went up to knock on the door.

"Clap clap clap!"

"Is Fellow Daoist Guo here?"

……

Chen Li knocked for a long time, but no one answered.

Just as he thought no one was home and was about to leave in disappointment, Guo Ping's voice came from inside:
"Who?"

"Come here to buy monster meat!"

"Fellow Daoist, your information is outdated. I already distributed it all last night. There's nothing here that you need. Go find someone else." Guo Ping said rather warily. It was late at night, and a stranger had suddenly come to his door, so he couldn't help but be extra careful.

"Don't be nervous, I came over last night too. Don't worry, I sincerely want to buy it."

"Don't even think about it. I can take down a monster, and I can easily take down someone like you!" Guo Ping warned. "If you want to buy, pay first, then I'll give you the meat."

"Okay, what's the price?"

"What price are you asking for? Ten catties of low-grade spirit stone, take it or leave it!"

The price is neither high nor low; it's a normal price.

"Alright! Ten catties for one low-grade spirit stone, right? Give me a hundred catties."

Chen Li didn't make a fuss and readily agreed, taking out ten spirit stones from the money pouch in his sleeve: "How should I give you this money!"

"Put it on the ground, then retreat twenty feet!"

Chen Li did as instructed, then retreated step by step until he was a hundred meters away before stopping.

Waited for a while.

Guo Ping had barely opened the door when he glanced warily at Chen Li in the distance, then threw a large piece of meat at him, sending it flying more than ten meters away. He then picked up the spirit stones on the ground and tightly closed the door again.

Chen Li took a few steps and picked up the monster meat.

Nor spoke.

Turn around and leave.

On the way, he secretly weighed the weight.

It feels like it weighs 150 pounds.

Monster meat is dense, especially the bones, which are the most abundant part of the meat.

This piece of meat has no bones at all; it's all pure meat!
He's such an honest person.

Chen Li sighed inwardly.

……

Temperatures are rising day by day. The cold winter is gradually receding, and spring is just around the corner.

As the snow began to melt, the environment inside the cave became increasingly damp, with water droplets falling from time to time. When it was quiet at night, it sounded like a symphony. The ground and walls were always wet.

The two had no choice but to continue enduring the ordeal, except to lay a thick layer of gravel on the ground.

Compared to safety, the slight discomfort in living conditions is completely insignificant.

Monsters have been rampaging through the shantytown.

Although many weaker demonic beasts were killed by the rogue cultivators, their numbers did not seem to decrease at all; on the contrary, they seemed to be increasing.

This winter.

It seemed to make all the surrounding demonic beasts aware of the weakness here, and now he could hear the movements of demonic beasts almost every few days.

……

The night was bright with a clear moon and few stars.

The ruins outside the cave.

Chen Li gripped a longsword, his upper body bare, revealing his streamlined muscles.

Although it was a dark night with the first snow melting, I was drenched in sweat, steam rising from my body.

Compared to when he first transmigrated, his face showed less hesitation and weakness, and more composure and sharpness.

"Sword practice may seem to offer little benefit to cultivators in combat, aside from improving physical fitness and sharpening reflexes, but both the previous assassination attempt and the direct confrontation with Qiao Guanyuan proved otherwise." Chen Li murmured thoughtfully, a cold wind blowing through his mind.
"Now that the Spiritual Power Flick has reached its peak and its power has reached its limit, how will we deal with enemies who are not afraid of the Spiritual Power Flick? For example... the second-tier demon beast we encountered last time."

"The 'Scolding Technique' might not be very effective against a monster of this level, and the novice-level Pulling Technique lacks offensive power. While the first-tier high-grade flying sword I have can damage it, it will only inflict superficial wounds at most."

"What if it's close combat?"

"First, use the traction spell to disrupt their movement. If the reprimand spell also works, perhaps..."

Chen Li silently simulated it in his mind.

It still didn't work.

The idea is feasible, but it lacks offensive power!
His sword was just an ordinary mortal sword; even if they got close, it probably wouldn't be able to break through the protective aura of a second-tier demonic beast.

"We're missing a magical longsword like a flying sword!"

Chen Li sighed inwardly.

"Let's familiarize ourselves with it first. Once we have the magic sword, maybe we can try it out on a weaker first-tier demonic beast!"

He quickly cast a traction spell.

Soon an invisible domain of law spread out.

Chen Li thrust out his sword, and for some reason, this thrust was particularly smooth and exhilarating.

I didn't even feel any air resistance.

The next moment, there was a loud bang.

"boom!"

The air ahead exploded like firecrackers, and at the same time, a terrifying burst of energy flew for more than ten meters before slowly dissipating. The residual force of the airflow caused the snow on the ground to be blown into the air.

"This...this is!?"

Chen Li looked at the sword in his hand with surprise, and then he quickly remembered the traction technique he had just used.

Could it be... that the thought triggered the Dharma Domain?

Traction can be used like this?

He looked at a boulder three or four meters ahead, casually swung his sword, activated his magic domain, and a terrifying burst of energy flashed away.

There was a "pop" sound.

The boulder was smashed to pieces.

"The power is superimposed; with this swing of my sword, I unconsciously added the power of the Pulling Technique!"

Suddenly, an idea struck him.

perhaps……

Tons of snow and gravel floated up from all around.

He lightly touched the ground with his toes, his body moving swiftly like a swallow treading on floating pebbles, his surrounding magical domain following him like a shadow. Gradually, his speed increased...

(End of this chapter)