Devour

Lu Miaoting said blankly: "I don't quite understand what you are talking about. If some people are more or less worried about the stars, then a few people may care."

Cheng Bai asked: "Who?"

Lu Miaoting counted on her fingers, "There are five people: Cen Ge, the current leader of the Hunter Guild, Si Bao, one of the three deans of the Hunter Academy, Yang Kaiping, the leader of the Medicine Sect, and Fang Wanzhan, the leader of the Weapon Sect. I once heard them discuss this matter in the academy. When I was a kid, I thought it was novel, but I couldn't understand it. You can go ask them."

Cheng Bai thought about it carefully and found something wrong. He pointed out the problem and said, "Five? You only mentioned four people."

Lu Miaoting recalled for a moment and shook her head, "It's been more than ten years. I was only two years old at that time. I can't remember who the other one was."

How much can someone on the mainland know about the changes in the starry sky? It seems insignificant, but it is terrifying when you think about it carefully.

Cheng Bai closed his eyes and said, "I should ask in detail. Let's go to sleep first."

Early the next morning, Cheng Bai took Lu Miaoting and Xiao Bai back to the Hunter Academy in Tianquan City, but did not find Dean Si Bao.

The college steward informed: "President Si is out on official business. We need to make an appointment to meet him. Please wait for him to come back."

Cheng Bai didn't have time to wait, so he asked, "When will Dean Si Bao return?"

The deacon said, "Not sure. If there is an emergency, you can find Dean Luo Youwei. Compared with the other two, Dean Luo often stays in the academy."

Cheng Bai was considering whether to meet Luo Youwei first, but he saw a figure speeding past the academy, and sent a message to the deacon from afar: "There is a meteor in the sky, and he will not be back today."

The deacon said awkwardly: "That's Dean Luo. He just went on a long trip and we can't see him anymore."

"He went to chase a shooting star. Wouldn't it be a good idea to follow him and ask him about it?" Cheng Bai hurriedly pulled Lu Miaoting out of the door, but Luo Youwei was nowhere to be found.

Lu Miaoting said hurriedly: "Dean Luo Youwei is good at the secret art of speed. It is said that he can chase the wind and lightning. We can't catch up with him."

Cheng Bai secretly regretted: "My Qinggong is poor, but unfortunately I gave up the Floating Light Secret Technique, which has become my weakness."

He turned around and teleported the team to Zuiyunjian in Tianji City, but did not see Ceng Gelongtou.

The guild steward said as usual: "You two are senior hunters of the guild, you can apply for an appointment to visit. Cen Longtou is busy with affairs and has been out on business. I don't know when he will be back."

Cheng Bai had no choice but to put the matter aside for the time being and teleport his team back to the edge of the Liaohuo Plain and into the Colorful Forest.

The largest number of residents in the forest are the flower fairies hiding in the trees. They are mostly female, only three inches tall, with delicate and shy looks that are difficult to distinguish between male and female. They look cute and adorable, and they fly in the forest flapping their translucent colorful wings. They have a good social order and make the forest colorful.

With the help of the secret art of communication, Cheng Bai easily found the place where the flower fairies lived. On the branches and among the flowers were colorful little houses like flower crowns. These were the nests of the flower fairies.

Seeing outsiders approaching, the flower fairies became nervous and hid in the petals and leaves. They pushed out a representative elder to ask, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

"We are merchants from afar, bringing with us precious gold and iron, and we look forward to doing business in good faith."

Cheng Bai communicated with the Flower Fairy Elder and successfully gained his trust. He was soon led to the Flower Fairy Square in the center of the settlement.

This is the place where the flower fairies conduct open transactions. Many flower fairies display their own treasures on the stalls, including fruits, seeds, ornaments, exotic trees, strange rocks, etc. There are many kinds of goods. When they see the elders coming with a new look, they all whisper to each other and smile.

Lu Miaoting was surprised and delighted: "I didn't expect you to have diplomatic skills and be able to talk to the flower fairies. What good things do they have?"

Cheng Bai inquired from Elder Hua Xian, and said with a strange look, "They have incredible things, spiritual trees and spiritual fruits."

Flower fairies are best at cultivating flowers, plants and trees, and they protect all kinds of rare and precious flowers and plants in the colorful forest. Raising spiritual trees is undoubtedly the best among them.

Lu Miaoting was overjoyed and whispered, "The Soul-Nourishing Fruit can be used to refine the Soul-Nourishing Pill, which is priceless in the guild and worth a fortune. The Soul-Nourishing Wood can nourish the soul and can be carved into jewelry and refined into treasures to wear. It can strengthen the soul's consciousness. It is an absolutely rare treasure and its value is inestimable."

Cheng Bai hesitated for a moment and asked, "But they only agree to exchange precious metals. Do you want to exchange your orichalcum?"

Flower fairies lack rare and precious metals. Mountain copper, which has a high artistic value, has a bright luster after being cast, and has become a precious treasure in their eyes that is more precious than gold.

Lu Miaoting hesitated and said, "I have saved it for a long time."

Cheng Bai persuaded, "We can use the pyrotechnic iron to make better weapons, and use the mountain copper to exchange for more valuable treasures. Why not?"

With sufficient reasons, Lu Miaoting agreed.

The two men took out a total of 57 kilograms of mountain copper from the stockpile, and Cheng Bai went to great lengths to negotiate the price with the elders, and in exchange they got several kilograms of spirit-nourishing fruit.

"It's a pity that I can't exchange it for the Spiritual Nourishing Wood. A large piece like this is worth at least over 100,000 taels of gold."

Lu Miaoting looked at the more precious spirit-nourishing wood and just said what a pity, Cheng Bai took out a large black gold ingot he got from the Rock Bend Cave and successfully exchanged it for it.

Black gold is much more valuable than mountain copper and even more scarce in the forest, so the flower fairy elders are quite satisfied.

Lu Miaoting was secretly delighted and whispered, "Although black gold is rare, we can still find some on the mainland, but spiritual wood is hard to come by. We made a profit."

Cheng Bai whispered in his ear: "I've calculated that this business will make several times the profit."

This is the benefit of hunters traveling far and wide. Carrying treasures, the two left the flower fairy settlement and went deep into the colorful forest.

There are seven small hills in the forest, each with a different color. They are actually seven kinds of mines, namely Red Agate Mountain, Orange Garnet Mountain, Topaz Mountain, Turquoise Mountain, Lapis Lazuli Mountain, Blue Zoisite Mountain and Amethyst Mountain. The seven colors complement the lush and dense forest.

Cheng Bai climbed up the Turquoise Mountain excitedly, and Lu Miaoting chased after him on Xiaobai, running in ecstasy and laughing happily.

Life is like a journey, and the beautiful scenery is breathtaking.

The mountains are only a hundred meters high and a thousand meters in radius, but there are many natural mines scattered throughout, most of which are occupied by iron-backed bears.

Cheng Bai stood on the top of the mountain, looked around, and felt the fresh air with the scent of pine resin blowing towards him.

The forest at the foot of the mountain is as vast as waves. The breeze gently stirs the branches and green leaves, making a rustling sound against the ears, like a low symphony performance, heavy and beautiful. The unique breath of life of the forest flows everywhere, that is a refreshing sweet smell.

Looking far to the south, there is a wonderful conical tower-like object towering in the distance, appearing and disappearing from time to time and shining brightly under the refraction of sunlight.

"what is that?"

Cheng Bai was shocked beyond words. The conical object looked like a building, but it was extremely magnificent and huge, towering into the clouds. It could not be compared with the tallest building in Zuiyunjian or on earth.

Lu Miaoting jumped off her mount, put her hands on the pergola and looked out, saying, "That is the Shengjin Pagoda, the tallest ancient building on the continent. It has existed for who knows how many years. Legend has it that it is indestructible."

Cheng Bai stared at it for a moment, observing the changes in light and shadow of the tower. It was neither gold nor wood, full of ancient charm. He exclaimed: "Its material is something I have never seen or heard of before. It is so amazing."

Lu Miaoting smiled when she heard this and said, "The Hunter Guild has ancient records that the material of the Shengjin Pagoda is called Ruomu Carbon, and its origins are long before the Gentlemen Clan lived in Qiongqi Continent. Even the Weapon Sect only knows the name, but not the method of refining the material."

Cheng Bai thought of what the spiritual plum tree had said, perhaps it was an equally ancient existence.

Looking around, you can occasionally see green exposure between the rock walls, which are turquoise veins.

Lu Miaoting squatted down to inspect it and said, "There are gem deposits here. Hunters have come here to explore before. Ironback bears often appear around. The transportation is inconvenient and mining is very difficult. It is easier to mine gems on the north bank of Shell Mountain. Therefore, the Colorful Forest is full of treasures, but almost no one mines it."

Cheng Bai looked at the ore material from top to bottom, weighing the quality, and was not satisfied with the color nearby. After turning around for a while, he found a bright blue ore spot, and scraped the surface stone skin with a black iron goose feather knife, revealing bright and pure turquoise inside.

"The jade here is of excellent quality and rare in the world." Cheng Bai just took action, using the energy of the knife to split the raw stone and take away large pieces of raw material.

"Dabai has a really good eye."

Seeing that he was interested, Lu Miaoting started to help with the digging, and the quality actually got better and better.

Cheng Bai had sharp eyes to identify and select several good mining sites, digging out the good jade materials, and also took away a lot of tubercle egg-shaped black-skinned monoliths.

After the two of them had been struggling for a long time, an iron-backed bear came wandering around the top of the mountain.

This is the most powerful monster in the Colorful Forest. It possesses the secret arts of healing and great strength. It is famous for being invulnerable to swords and guns and having infinite strength. However, it is lazy by nature. After eating, it hides in its nest and sleeps soundly. When it is in a bad mood, it becomes even more ferocious and difficult to match. Ordinary hunters dare not provoke it.

Cheng Bai was delighted to see the new menu. Bear meat was tender and rich, especially the hairy giant paw, which was the most juicy and famous in the mainland. He stepped forward and took the blame, knocking him down with one blow.

The powerful monster that made the guild hunters tremble with fear was completely powerless to fight back and was quickly put into the treasure bag as a stored prey. The fresh bear bile was also fed to Xiaobai.

Towards evening, we arrived at the Jiuzhu Creek in the forest. We saw the clear trickling stream and heard the gurgling water plucking the strings of a musical instrument, singing a song that would last forever.

Lu Miaoting looked at the silky stream with intoxicated eyes. She turned around and said to Cheng Bai, "Dabai, let's camp here. I'm going to take a shower. You are not allowed to peek."

Cheng Bai casually said, "I'll wash after you finish washing."

Lu Miaoting rolled her eyes at him and turned away.

Cheng Bai asked Xiaobai to guard the camp and came to the downstream of the stream. He scraped off the surface and mineral impurities of the turquoise with a black iron knife and washed it with stream water. Soon, the front was filled with large pieces of emerald green and lake blue high-quality jade materials, most of which were pure without iron wire impurities. He couldn't help but be secretly proud of his excellent vision.

Suddenly, a woman's scream was heard upstream in the stream, and it sounded like Lu Miaoting's voice.

"She took so long to wash, could she have been attacked by a monster?" Cheng Bai was shocked. He hurriedly dropped the turquoise and the black iron knife and rushed to check what was going on.

When I arrived at the place where Lu Miaoting was bathing, I only saw clothes on the shore, but no one in the water.

Cheng Bai was thinking wildly, "Could it be that she was abducted by a monster and made his wife? That would be a waste."

Fortunately, he was not reckless. He opened his spiritual eyes and looked around for clues. A figure was vaguely lying under the clear stream.

"Did he get bit by a poisonous snake in the stream?"

Cheng Bai quickly took off his deerskin coat and jumped into the stream with a splash, carefully guarding against poisonous snakes and monsters. He dived to Lu Miaoting, picked her up and brought her ashore, laid her flat on the grass on the shore, and checked her wound.

The woman in front of him had skin as white as cream, black hair like a waterfall, curvaceous curves, and a perfect body. She was undoubtedly a beauty as beautiful as a flower.

Cheng Bai couldn't help blushing and his heart beating fast. He took her clothes and covered her with them, then turned and walked away.

Lu Miaoting opened her eyes full of resentment and whispered softly, "You have seen all my virginity."

Cheng Bai sighed and said indignantly, "You are trying to trick me again. You are not injured at all. Why are you screaming so loudly?"

Lu Miaoting grabbed her clothes and blinked, then said awkwardly, "My leg cramped and I stepped on some slippery rocks at the bottom of the stream and fell."

You are a level 22 hunter who can even fight a six-tailed scorpion lion. No one would believe that you would get a leg cramp and fall into water that is only one person high.

Cheng Bai changed the subject nonchalantly: "Put on your clothes and go downstream to scrape the turquoise skin clean. I'll finish half of it and leave the rest to you. The material is very good and can be exchanged for a lot of money in the city. Now it's my turn to take a bath."

"Well. I'm putting on my clothes, don't peek." Lu Miaoting pouted and muttered softly, then turned around and did as she was told.

You've seen everything you should have seen, what are you still peeking at now?

Cheng Bai turned around the rocks on the shore, threw his clothes on the shore, entered the stream, and took a leisurely bath.

The water is clear and pure, cool and comfortable. Bathing in this weather is a real pleasure. When I am in it, I don't know why I feel particularly energetic.

Cheng Bai gradually walked to the place where Lu Miaoting was just now, only to feel that he stepped on something slippery than soap and almost fell into the stream. Then he realized that what Lu Miaoting said was not all lies, and hurriedly sank to the bottom of the water to check what was under his feet.

There is a large lump of round ore at the bottom of the stream, with faint yellow, green and purple colors, crystal clear, as if filled with hazy mist.

It was white and felt extremely smooth to the touch, with amazing fineness. I had no idea what it was, as most of it was buried in the mud at the bottom of the stream.

He surfaced and was about to look for mining tools when he heard Lu Miaoting's screams coming from downstream.

"No way, she's playing the wolf game again." Without giving it any time to think, Cheng Bai rushed ashore, put on his pants, grabbed his clothes, wiped off the water stains, and ran downstream.

Lu Miaoting was clenching her fists, confronting a little flower fairy floating on a pile of turquoise.

That flower fairy was very different from the other flower fairies in the forest. She was dressed luxuriously, and her wings were glowing with seven-colored light. She controlled the black iron knife in mid-air and pointed it at the unarmed Lu Miaoting, without losing the upper hand at all.

She flapped her wings and floated, and saw Cheng Bai rushing over in disheveled clothes, and taunted him, "You can't win, but you still summon your man to help you, how shameless."

Lu Miaoting was so angry that she tried to hold back her anger and shouted, "Dabai, she took our turquoise and now she's accusing me of stealing it from her."

The visitor was Queen Yu Feifei, the flower fairy of the Colorful Forest. She loved jewelry very much. When she saw the beautiful turquoise on the shore, she immediately claimed it as her own and started an argument with Lu Miaoting who came over.

Cheng Baimang used the secret art of communication to explain patiently, "That was the turquoise we mined and transported to the creek to peel. We used our own knives and were busy for most of the day."

Yu Feifei finally believed it, but still reluctant to part with it, so she consoled him, "I like it, so I will exchange it with you for the treasure."

She put down the black iron knife, rummaged in her small pocket, and took out five small objects of strange shapes. Some looked like hedgehogs, some like feathers, some like water drops, some like clouds, and some like strange stones.

Yu Feifei confidently said, "This is the seed of the Five Extremes Treasure Tree. Five of them need to be planted together and watered with earth spirit water for ten months, then a sapling will grow. This is the most precious medicinal root on the Qiongqi Continent."

Ten months refers to ten months. This thing needs to be planted, and there is no visible profit in the short term. Moreover, the cost of watering the earth for such a long time is not worth it. No one in the entire continent can do it.

Lu Miaoting was about to object, but Cheng Bai asked, "How long can the seeds be stored?"

Yu Feifei said reluctantly: "The spiritual seeds of the Five Extremes Treasure Tree are still spiritual even after being placed for thousands of years. They are also treasures in themselves. Drinking them as tea can increase wisdom and prolong life. I don't have much left."

Only five seeds, enough to make a cup of tea for humans? This queen is too stingy.

Lu Miaoting winked at Cheng Bai repeatedly, indicating that she didn't want it.

Cheng Bai reached out and took the seed of the Five Pole Treasure Tree. He looked at it with his spiritual eyes and saw a faint glow of light and rich spiritual energy. It was definitely not an ordinary thing. He couldn't help but swallow his saliva secretly, and after thinking about it, he agreed to the deal.

Yu Feifei cheered and called a large group of flower fairies to move all the turquoise away. The flower fairies liked cleanliness and seclusion, and never went to the Liaohuo Plain to mine the metal feces of the iron bulls, which led to a shortage of metal minerals. By the way, they also took away the black iron goose feather knife.

Lu Miaoting watched the Flower Fairy Queen leave like a victorious general, clenched her fists and said, "If I can break her secret technique of controlling objects, I can definitely beat her."

Cheng Bai comforted Lu Miaoting and coaxed her, "Be good, Xiaoting, I'll roast bear paws for you to eat tonight."

Lu Miaoting pouted her lips so hard that a bottle of oil could be hung on them, but she did not object.