Devour

The eerie and eerie atmosphere in the palace was getting stronger and stronger. Cheng Bai knew something was wrong, but it was inconvenient to force him, so he asked Xiaobai to stay outside the palace and went deeper into the palace. He came to the altar and placed the Guanshi Heavenly Eye on the altar.

The light on the altar flickered, the treasure disappeared, and the light ball turned into three new runes that floated in the sky and came in front of Cheng Bai for him to choose. As expected, the secret techniques recorded on them were more profound and powerful.

"Ice Spear" condenses ice energy to shoot at the target, causing frost damage, and may freeze the opponent. The attack effect is excellent, with strong penetration, can be attacked and controlled, and there is no noise of thunder and fire.

"Tracking" is an essential quality for an excellent hunter. It allows one to spy into the distance and learn about the target's previous movement trajectory and location.

"Spiritual eyes" can eliminate falsehood and retain the truth, see through illusions such as invisibility and phantoms, and see through the target's actions in a short period of time in the future, which is equivalent to having the ability to predict.

All three secret techniques are very good. Cheng Bai almost wanted to take the Ice Spear, but as a hunter he was reluctant to track it.

After repeated consideration, Thunder and Fire can be used for a while, Tracking focuses on the past, and Spiritual Eye focuses on the future, and the future is more worth looking forward to.

So far, most battles rely on stealth to sneak attack the opponent and avoid difficulties to win. If you encounter an equally invisible opponent, there will undoubtedly be big trouble. The Spirit Eye is the only secret technique that can solve the problem, so I chose the Spirit Eye.

The runes were collected and melted, and the other two groups of mystical lights dissipated. Cheng Bai used his spiritual eyes to observe the Yaoguang Temple. A large number of blurry ghosts appeared around, crying and laughing, in chaos.

Cheng Bai was secretly shocked. As expected, the Yaoguang Temple was hiding something strange. His spiritual eyes revealed a clue of what kind of existence was behind the exchange of power. He forced himself to remain calm, pretending that he had not seen it, and quickly left the Yaoguang Temple, riding away on Xiaobai.

On the Crooked Neck Plain, many ragged men, some riding horses, some riding donkeys, and some riding wooden sticks, gathered together in no order, shouting and yelling.

"The Crooked Neck Army is reorganized today."

"The Legion will be invincible once again."

"I vow to regain my glory."

These were the remnants of the Crooked Neck Legion. After the Waibazi Fortress was burned down, most people fled in all directions. However, there were always some stubborn elements who insisted on continuing to be bandits. Only a few hundred people were left out of thousands.

The leading robber tilted his neck and blinked his eyes hard. He saw the dust of a horse running on the horizon in the distance and shouted loudly: "There is a merchant passing by. Men, he is here with food, clothing and money. He is alone, kill him."

The robbers rushed towards the target, but suddenly found that the opponent was moving extremely fast and was in front of them in the blink of an eye.

"I didn't go looking for you, but you came looking for me."

Cheng Bai had already seen the figures of the robbers. He was no longer the Wu A'mon of the past, so there was no need to hide. At this point, he simply drew out his knife and killed them. With a flash of his hand and a fall of the knife, heads flew everywhere, and the robbers cried out in despair.

The leading robber was quite capable. He jumped around like a rabbit and leaped high into the air.

Cheng Bai didn't know what the jumping technique was for, so considering that he was trying so hard, he just used his killing move on him, splitting the pig's head into two equal halves.

The other robbers wanted to escape, but they couldn't outrun Xiaobai, who was as fast as the wind, and fell down one after another like wheat being cut. The robber riding a wooden stick in the back saw that the situation was not good, dropped the wooden stick in his hand, turned around and ran away, and a few of them slipped away.

Cheng Bai was too lazy to chase after them, and only shouted from behind: "If you bandits dare to show up in Crooked Neck Plain, I, the Thunder Blade King, will kill one if I see one, and I will slaughter all if I see a hundred."

After the harvest, Cheng Bai rushed to Kaiyang City with a brave and murderous spirit, and once again came to the Kaiyang branch of the Weapon Sect, wanting to inquire about the location of more treasures.

But Chi Zhongming is gone. He was promoted a few days ago and transferred to another city because the only profitable business of Kaiyang branch in recent years was taken over by this reception boy.

The remaining elders of the Qi Sect are recruiting customers.

"Chi Zhongming took a boat from the northern Hanfeng Valley dock to Tianquan City. Monsters are rare on that route. Even the most common bird monsters on the islands cannot be encountered. It is much safer than on land. It can travel a thousand miles a day. It is expected to arrive today."

"We are all quiet and peaceful, busy researching treasures and refining equipment, and we know nothing about other people's treasures."

"Dear guest, would you like to see the treasures in our store?"

Cheng Bai felt a little surprised. It was not difficult for ships on Earth to travel a thousand miles a day. The civilization of the Qiongqi Continent seemed to be in the Middle Ages. There was no high-tech there. Could the means of transportation be so advanced?

Visit the store and you will see treasures for sale, including robes that grow mushrooms on the body, treasure basins for massaging and washing buttocks, spiritual hats for growing flowers, and a water ghost scepter that can summon several big water ghosts to help with housework. It is worth seeing.

Cheng Bai began to understand why the elders couldn't make money. They were all people with unique ideas, so he said goodbye and left quickly.

Arriving at the Hunter's Guild, Cheng Bai collected the few monster crystal cores. The most valuable of them was the crystal core of the lava stone man, which was nearly egg-shaped and much fuller and larger than before.

The cashier in charge of purchasing estimated the total price to be 376 taels of gold, picked out the lava stone man crystal core and praised it: "This is a rare commodity."

The price alarmed the Hunter Guild in Kaiyang City. Everyone in the hall stopped drinking and talking and cast admiring and envious glances at him. The people of Kaiyang City were poor, the warriors were poor and weak, and there were very few such outstanding hunters.

Someone whispered quietly: "Such a good crystal core can only be found in Strange Stone Mountain within a thousand miles. There are many monsters in that place. If you are not careful, it will be difficult to get out alive."

Immediately, a hunter stood up and saluted, saying loudly: "I am Zhu Fagui, and I am willing to serve you at all times. I only ask to be accepted as your disciple and learn a few moves from you, which will be of great benefit to you."

Another hunter with a big butt pushed him aside and bowed, saying, "I am Xiao Youji, offering you my ancestral treasure. I beg you to accept me as your servant and take me with you for a while so that I can learn kung fu. Thank you very much."

He took out half a bone wrapped in rag and presented it to the emperor. He didn't know whether it was a pig bone, a cow bone, or a human bone.

Cheng Bai ignored them and asked the guild leader, "Are there any good treasures in Strange Stone Mountain?"

The governor said truthfully, "There is a wine fairy gourd vine on the top of the mountain. Legend has it that it was planted by the first master of Yuheng Palace 15,000 years ago. Unfortunately, there are many stone men guarding the mountain. If you are lucky, you may encounter only a few of them. If there are many, there will be groups of them, and hunters will often die. Besides, the gourd vine is of little use except for drunkards, so no one has been interested in it for many years."

Cheng Bai was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and thought to himself: "I was lucky that day, so I only met one, right? But the treasure is really good."

The governor continued, "The bottom of the mountain is the most mysterious, also known as the Fire Lake Secret Realm. It is not convenient for the guild to set up checkpoints, so it is an open secret realm. The lava golems scattered throughout the area are difficult to provoke, and there are some even more troublesome rare and special golems. It is recommended that hunters above level 17 form a team to explore. The Fire Lake contains dark gold mines, which are precious treasures."

Cheng Bai asked, "Is there nothing else?"

The governor hesitated and said, "It is said that there is a treasure called Zhenwu Rock in the Fire Lake. It is deep in the secret realm and difficult to mine. There is also a precious medicinal root. The rhizome can strengthen the body, consolidate the essence and strengthen the yang, nourish the yin and strengthen the kidneys. It is called the Red Essence Seed."

Cheng Bai said "oh", it sounded like a tonic, and asked in detail about the appearance of Zhenwu Rock and Chijing Seed.

After learning more about the situation in Strange Rock Mountain, Cheng Bai wanted to explore it further, so he walked out of the Hunter's Guild and ignored several flattering hunters beside him who called him "Senior" and "Master".

Cheng Bai thought as he walked: "If we accept these people now, wouldn't it be possible to form a legion? They are just a mob."

The guild leader adjusted his glasses, took out the know-it-all instructions from the drawer, checked them, and found a line of text crossed out in red in the column for red sperm seeds: "Red sperm seeds are the poison of sperm desire. Men who eat them can seduce a hundred women, and women who eat them can seduce a hundred men. They are the harmony of yin and yang that reaches the sky. The grass leaves can remove the poison of the roots and stems."

Cheng Baiqi arrived outside the Strange Rock Mountain early in the day, left Xiaobai outside the cave, and walked down alone through the branch passage of the Shiqu Corridor.

Now he knew that there would be fewer monsters during the day, and at least he could avoid the poisonous fog, so the less trouble he would have, the better.

The light here is dim, there is no light, and you can hardly see your hand in front of you. There are no obvious steps, but there are steps everywhere, going down one level after another.

After Cheng Bai had spiritual eyes, his vision improved a lot unconsciously. He looked for direction and light, and found faint light. He continued to go deeper. Occasionally, mud and stone men and iron and stone men appeared. He killed them all with one knife and harvested the crystal core.

There are naturally formed strange tunnels underground. The temperature gets higher and higher as you go down, and gradually lava stone men appear. This kind of monster cannot be underestimated. Cheng Bai calmly fights it, stealthily assassinates it in the most labor-saving way, cuts open its body with a knife, and takes away the crystal core, which is fatal.

After killing several lava stone men, Cheng Bai took out the wine god gourd from his treasure bag, took a sip of the wine to replenish water and energy, and used the Six Paths of Supremacy to absorb the vitality of heaven and earth. His strength increased again, and he continued to explore deeper.

As we go further down, the light gradually becomes brighter as the temperature approaches that of boiling water, and even more amazingly, it becomes full of life.

There are unknown small creatures that look like shrimps but are not shrimps, and like fish but are not fish. They are bright red to dark red in color, flashing with brilliant flames. They float in the air and slowly wander around. When they see Cheng Bai passing by, they are startled and turn away.

Cheng Bai had no idea what those were. They were not aggressive. In fact, they were some low-level fire creatures floating around in the primitive evolutionary stage.

Just when Cheng Bai was about to be unable to bear the heat and wanted to turn around and go back, his vision widened and in front of him was a dark red magma lake. Bright red flames were flowing in the numerous cracks, and from time to time, bright flames gushed out, billowing black smoke, and a rumbling sound like a huge bell came from inside.

The larger cracks contain great power, and occasionally they suddenly erupt with spectacular columns of fire, with the heat and explosive power rolling and surging, and the brilliant red color is bright and dazzling. After the column of fire falls, bizarre flame creatures emerge from it and float happily on the surface of the magma lake.

Cheng Bai exclaimed: "It's so beautiful."