A small casual cultivator!

"What should I do next?"

In the huge cave, Lu Luan sat blankly on a rock in the middle, facing the surrounding stone walls with lifeless eyes.

Without food, he wouldn't survive for many days even with water.

The most important thing is that he has no idea where he is now?

After a while, he took out a pile of meat slices from his body and said lightly: "If these pieces of meat are dried on the magma, they should be enough to sustain me for half a month."

Looking at the water bottle hanging on his body, he added: "I wonder if I can find other partitions."

There is only this little food now. If he can’t find other underground sections, he will surely be trapped to death here!

Looking at the criss-crossing passages ahead, Lu Luan's eyes were filled with worry.

His original division was on the outskirts of Taiyuan City. If he went in the wrong direction, he would go deep into the Hundred Thousand Mountains outside. Even if by some miracle he could find the abyss out, he would not be able to get up.

His original plan was to go to other districts to have a look after he got bored, but because of his escape, he now didn't know where he was.

The thought of facing this dark underground cave alone always filled him with an inexplicable fear.

Fortunately, there are minerals emitting faint light underground, otherwise he would have been scared to death in the darkness.

"Well, let's leave it to fate. If I find other areas, I'll live. If I can't find them... the worst that can happen is that I'll die. Hehe, if I die here, it'll be considered a proper burial." After a while, he sighed and started to joke with himself.

But then again, this place is thousands of feet underground, and dying here would not be an ordinary burial.

After calming down, he stood up and began to pack his future food.

He still took out this very sustenance food from his storage bag. Otherwise, he would have starved to death before finishing the water.

Although there are monsters in the underground magma, their meat contains a strong fire poison, which will cause death sooner if eaten. Therefore, they should not be eaten unless absolutely necessary.

The molten lava was very hot, and in a short while, he had roasted all the slices of meat dry. Then he took off his coat, packed the water and food together, put them on his back and prepared to set off.

But looking at the densely packed caves around him, he didn't know where to go for a moment.

After all, this is a step that determines life and death!

Then he took out the Lihuo Sword, looked at the shining blade, and said softly: "My friend, I will leave it to you to decide whether I live or die."

After saying that, he threw the sword upwards.

The long sword fell, with the tip of the sword pointing to his front right.

Looking in that direction, he smiled and said, "Let's go this way."

Next, he put away the Lihuo, and his figure slowly disappeared into the dark hole.

……

Underground living area.

Seeing only one person coming back, a young man ran over and asked, "Deacon Zhou, what's going on..."

Deacon Zhou gritted his teeth and said, "Young Master, I deserve to die for letting that guy get away, and the other two deacons also... died in it."

"How is this possible?" The people around looked extremely surprised when they heard it.

After all, these were three deacons at the fifth level of Qi Refining, and they failed to catch a kid at the fourth level of Qi Refining. Two of them died in the act. This was really unbelievable for them.

"What is going on?" The young man's face suddenly turned ugly.

After looking at everyone, Deacon Zhou said, "That guy can come and go freely among the magma creatures. He led us to a place where monsters are densely populated, so... But don't worry, young master. I have taken back the boy's storage bag. He won't survive for a few days in this dark underground."

"I don't care whether he lives or dies. What I care about is his ability to not be afraid of monsters!" The young man grabbed Deacon Zhou's collar and shouted loudly.

Seeing that the young man lost his temper, everyone around him lowered their heads consciously.

After calming down, the young man asked again: "Where did he escape to?"

Deacon Zhou replied, "He ran towards the outskirts of Taiyuan City. The nearest subdistrict is about 20 miles away."

"Twenty miles?"

The young man turned around and said with his back to them: "If he wants to survive, he must get food from other areas. Of course, he has to be lucky enough to find it. Go and guard the surrounding areas. He doesn't have a storage bag, so even if he has some food, he won't last long."

"Yes."

……

In one dark tunnel after another, Lu Luan, with his bare chest and food on his back, walked in one direction, neither fast nor slow. It was quiet and lifeless.

Some are just a young man struggling to find a way to make a living.

There were no animal sounds around, only the patter of his feet on the road.

These underground tunnels are like death roads leading to the underworld.

Man’s greatest enemies are those invisible things, such as fear and loneliness.

He didn't know how long he had been walking. He only knew that when he was really too hungry, he ate a piece of dried meat. Now, one third of the dried meat was gone.

As he was walking, Lu Luan suddenly staggered to a stop.

Looking at the endless darkness ahead, his eyes gradually became ferocious.

"what!"

Finally, he couldn't bear it any longer and broke down. He raised his head and roared, grabbed the clothes on his back, and angrily threw the food and water in them to the ground.

He still overestimated himself. Because he was used to wandering around and being alone, he thought he would be fine even if he was alone underground.

However, what people fear the most is loneliness. In this underground place where there is no life or vitality, and there is not even anyone to talk to, he has gradually fallen into his own inner fear.

"Ah...ah..."

He roared like crazy, and punched the surrounding stone walls non-stop. Even though his skin and flesh were torn, he felt no pain at all, and continued until he left bright red bloody handprints on the surrounding stone walls.

He is just a sixteen-year-old boy, and he is not that strong inside. He will cry, lose control and collapse, and loneliness will drive him crazy.

After venting his anger and madness for a while, he felt the emotions that had been suppressed in his heart began to be released, and he finally recovered gradually.

"Hey...it hurts!"

When he felt the burning pain from his bloody hands, he finally came to his senses. When he saw his own masterpieces around him, he showed a look of regret.

"Ah, my water, my food!"

All that was heard next was a scream of pain.

Ignoring the pain, he quickly spread out his tattered clothes and collected the pieces of meat and water scattered all over the floor. After counting a few, he smiled and said, "Fortunately, nothing is missing."

The food was limited, and he remembered exactly how much was left.

Seeing how lively he is now, it seems that people still need to vent their emotions appropriately.

After finishing his preparations, he continued to prepare for his journey.

……

"Snapped."

After an unknown amount of time, after drinking the last bit of water, Lu Luan squatted beside the lava, touched his hungry stomach, looked at the flowing lava, and thought:

"It seems that this is the only way."

Then he used golden thread to wrap a low-quality flame mushroom and began to seduce the monster in the molten lava.

He guessed that he had been walking underground for nearly twenty days and had not encountered any other divisions. It seemed that he was unlucky and had walked under the Ten Thousand Mountains outside Taiyuan City.

Although he knew that he would die, he had thought it through these days and decided to keep going no matter what method he used.

Now, he finally extended his claws to the monster in the magma.

"Gu... gu..."

Looking at the bubbles rising from the lava, he smiled and said, "Here it comes."

Next, we made preparations.

Sure enough, after a while, a monster shaped like a crocodile floated up. It was only seven feet tall and weak, so the fire poison in its flesh and blood would not be too high.

Seeing it appear, Lu Luan's eyes turned and he threw the mushroom somewhere else.

The crocodile sniffed and then turned in another direction.

"Hahaha." Seeing its stupid look, Lu Luan burst into laughter. Since there was no one around, he laughed very loudly and unrestrainedly.

It seems that I still need to learn to entertain myself and find joy in suffering, otherwise I will be bored to death.

It's just that the way he plays and fights by himself seems happy, but in fact it's really heartbreaking to watch.

Having played for a while, he slowly put away his fake smile, and with a thought, he wrapped the crocodile with the golden silk, and then with a force, he pulled it up.

Before the huge figure could struggle any longer, a beam of red light struck down and completely ended its life.

Looking at the scalding flesh under the leather armor, Lu Luan whispered, "Although their flesh contains fire poison, if I eat small meals more often, I should be able to withstand it with my current physical condition."

This is the solution he came up with.

Then he used his sword to cut off a small piece of flesh. When he brought it to his mouth, he couldn't help gagging in his throat. He pinched his nose and said, "It stinks."

Lu Luan smelled an indescribable smell that made it hard to swallow.

With an idea in mind, he took the meat to the edge of the magma and used the temperature to bake it to see if he could remove the smell.

This crocodile lives under the magma, so its flesh and blood cannot be cooked at such a low temperature. Of course, its blood cannot be boiled either.

After a while, he felt that it was about right, and just as he took it to his mouth again, he cursed softly: "Why is it even more smelly?"

After saying that, he threw it away in disgust.

Then he cut another piece.

"eat!"

He touched his stomach and in order to relieve his hunger, he had to endure the unpleasant smell and put the flesh and blood into his mouth.

He was afraid of vomiting because of the smell, so he didn't dare to chew it and just swallowed it.

But as soon as it entered his stomach, he felt a burning sensation in his abdomen, as if he was churning with vexations.

"hiss……"

Lu Luan took a breath of hot air. It was painful. An intense burning pain erupted in his stomach.

He even felt his throat getting dry and smoking, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, veins popped out on his body, and his whole body was shaking.

"call……"

After the pain lasted for more than twenty breaths, it finally began to slowly subside. Lu Luan sat down on the ground, gasping for breath, feeling extremely weak all over.

This fire poison is no joke.

"good."

After recovering, he felt that he could probably bear it, so he stood up and started working on the crocodile.

Soon, he had packed up the collected meat. Although the blood was harder to swallow than the meat, he had no choice but to fill up the three water bottles.

Then he looked ahead and continued on his way.

When he encountered a dark passage, he used his true Qi to burn a weak flame to illuminate it.