Reversing the Milky Way

"Don't forget to clean up after you two finish eating, it won't be good if someone finds out."

The last person to speak was the third of the three, and also a woman. Her large size did not prevent her from producing a voice that was more delicate than that of an average woman.

Boss: "I know, I know, you're so long-winded!"

After a series of chewing sounds, the three men walked out of the alley, satisfied. These three were the three sect disciples brought by Zhu Hongtao. When they left, their bellies were slightly swollen, especially the woman's belly, which looked like she was eight or nine months pregnant. The outline of a person's face could be vaguely seen on her lower abdomen.

The body in the alley was covered by a thin layer of soil, thus concealing the blood-stained ground.

The next morning, after everyone finished their discussion, they set off. As they left, the patrol team inside the villa was running back and forth, as if something had happened the night before.

Li Hui stepped forward, stopped one of the people, and began to ask questions.

Li Hui: "Did something happen last night?"

Mountain villa guard: "One of the patrolling guards went missing last night, and we are searching everywhere."

Huimin then slowly stepped forward.

Huimin: "Captain Li, let's hurry up and leave. This villa doesn't seem as peaceful as it appears on the surface."

Li Hui nodded and pondered for a moment.

Li Hui: "Master Huimin is right. After all, this is their private sphere of influence."

After saying that, the group continued on their way.

However, at this moment, Yue Feng rushed over from a distance, accompanied not only by a squad of guards but also by three exceptionally tall cultivators. Everyone was surprised to see this.

Yue Feng: "Captain Li, I heard that you are going to Kulinling again today to investigate, so my father has ordered me to lead a team to support you."

Li Hui glanced at the group behind him and found that apart from the three tall cultivators, the remaining ten were all martial artists in the Body Refinement Realm, with no spiritual energy fluctuations on their bodies.

Li Hui: "This doesn't seem appropriate. These three are one thing, but does Master Yue really think we need a whole team of martial artists to protect us?"

Yue Feng smiled to himself at this moment.

Yue Feng: "Actually, I think so too. I see that you have mainly sent the elite personnel of the Surveillance Bureau on this trip. There is really no need for a team of martial artists to accompany you. How about this, these three are also people personally selected by Father. Why don't we let them go with you? Maybe they can be of some help."

After saying that, Yue Feng waved his hand, and the three tall men immediately stepped forward.

The three were not dressed in fancy clothes; their clothes looked like rough, coarse cloth, but they appeared to be of high quality and were probably made from the cloth of some kind of demonic beast.

Bai Cheng looked at the three people's physiques and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. Although their height and build were different from ordinary people, their faces were no different from normal people. Even their heads were slightly larger than normal humans. In particular, the woman was half a head taller than him, but her face was cold and handsome, and her smile was also a bit enchanting.

Li Hui: "Well... alright, it's all thanks to Master Yue's kindness."

After speaking, Li Hui looked at the three men, and the tall man leading them began to introduce himself.

Zhang Qing: "I am the eldest of the three of us, you can just call me Zhang Qing. You can call the second eldest Zheng Xie. As for the last one, she is the youngest in terms of seniority among the three of us, you can call her Mei Xuan."

After speaking, the tall woman named Mei Xuan smiled at everyone, and her calm face suddenly became charming.

Hye-min: "I wonder where the three of you are from, and why your physiques are so different from normal people?"

Zhang Qing: "Hehe, I wonder if the master has ever heard of the Mangren tribe?"

Upon hearing this, Ling Feng in the crowd immediately spoke in surprise.

Ling Feng: "No wonder you are so tall? You are actually the legendary Mangren tribe?!"

Bai Cheng was also puzzled after hearing the introduction, so he asked Hui Wu, who was standing next to him.

Bai Cheng: "What is this Mangren tribe?"

Huiwu: "The so-called Mangren tribe can be simply understood as savages."

Bai Cheng: "Savage?"

Huiwu: "That's right. Legend has it that they are a group of people who live in the deep mountains and are in a primitive society. Because they have lived in places where spiritual energy gathers for thousands of years, their physique has begun to change. They are much taller than normal people. However, due to a lack of education, they have always lived by hunting."

Zhang Qing: "This young monk is indeed knowledgeable. Indeed, our clan is a tribe that lives deep in the Yunluo Mountains, but I have some objections to being called savages. In nature, it is survival of the fittest, whether it is humans or demons."

These words prompted Ling Feng, who was standing nearby, to speak up.

Ling Feng: "Hehe, you really are a savage, with such crude views."

Zheng Xie: "Huh? What did you say?!"

Ling Feng's words angered Zheng Xie. He was about to step forward when Zhang Qing raised his hand to stop him.

Zhang Qing: "Second brother, don't be impulsive."

At this moment, Hye-min immediately spoke up after noticing the tense atmosphere.

Huimin: "Please don't let this spoil the harmony. However, I've heard that even in an environment rich in spiritual energy, the Mangren tribe has very few cultivators. If we humans can find one person with cultivation talent out of every hundred, then in the Mangren tribe, it's only one out of every thousand. I never expected to see three of the tribe's best at once. It's quite an eye-opener."

Zheng Xie: "Hmph! Your words, you bald guy, are quite pleasant to hear, unlike some people who keep saying that I'm lacking in education. I wonder who is lacking in education?"

As he spoke, Zheng Xie glanced sideways at Ling Feng, but Ling Feng didn't care and simply turned his head away.

Li Hui: "Alright, although there are very few cultivators among the Mangren people, they are born with strong bodies. When they grow up, they can reach the strength of our Body Refinement Realm Perfection. If they can temper their bodies on this basis, they can even rival our cultivators in body tempering. Otherwise, they would not be able to survive in the wild full of monsters and dangers."

Upon hearing this, Bai Cheng was also intrigued by what had just been said, because he could clearly sense from the other person's physique that their strength was definitely extraordinary.

Yue Feng: "Alright, since that's the case, I'll take my leave now. Please take good care of these three, Captain Li."

After saying that, Yue Feng turned and left, taking the group of martial artists with him.

The remaining group, after exchanging greetings, immediately headed towards Kulin Ridge.

Fifteen minutes later, the group arrived at the fork in the road at Kulin Ridge.

Just then, the tall woman named Mei Xuan suddenly spoke up.

Mei Xuan: "Everyone, I'm feeling a bit unwell, please excuse me for a moment."

After saying that, she turned and left, heading into the depths of the nearby dense forest.

This also caused a lot of confusion among the crowd.

Li Hui: "Huh? What's wrong with her?"

Zhang Qing: "Hey, don't worry about it. She just ate too much last night and needed to use the restroom."

Upon hearing this, Bai Cheng felt even more puzzled.

Bai Cheng: "Hmm? You ate too much? That doesn't make sense. Cultivators like us feed on the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. I basically only drink water and eat a small amount of wild fruit, let alone a cultivator like Miss Mei who is in the late stage of Qi Condensation."

Zheng Xie: "Hehe, this young brother is short-sighted. Our people have very different lifestyles from yours. If we don't eat, how can we maintain such a strong physique, especially meat? Whether it's a spirit beast or a demon beast, they can all enter our bellies."

These words surprised everyone else present.

Ling Feng: "You people can even eat the flesh of demonic beasts, you are truly barbaric."

As soon as Ling Feng finished speaking, Li Qingrou, who was standing next to him, spoke up to stop him.

Li Qingrou: "Stop arguing. Let's see which side is more suitable to go to first. According to Fellow Daoist Li, there should be underground caves in both of these Crying Forest Ridges. If we explore them separately, we may encounter danger."

Li Hui: "Miss Li's words are true. Then let's go to the place you explored yesterday."

After discussing their plan, the group waited for a while longer until the woman named Mei Xuan returned before setting off.

Bai Cheng also keenly noticed the woman named Mei Xuan on the way. She was stroking her abdomen while glancing at him with strange eyes, and the outline of her lower abdomen had become much flatter.

This made Bai Cheng feel uneasy all over.

What the hell?

Before long, the group arrived at the place that Ling Feng and his companions had explored.

Ling Feng: "We're here, this is it."

After they landed, they found that the ground beneath their feet was bright red.

Ling Feng: "My junior sister and I have explored the area, and the place directly below this location is the closest to the Echo."

Hye-min: "So what do we do now? Should we just dig down?"

Li Hui: "No need, that would be too much trouble."

As he spoke, Li Hui took out an extra-large storage bag from his pocket. It was even larger than the large storage bag Bai Cheng had obtained in the bandit's den, and it was the largest size of storage bags he knew of.

As Li Hui activated it, a colossal creature suddenly flew out of the storage bag. Upon closer inspection, everyone saw that it was a large puppet made entirely of mechanical parts. Its body resembled a giant lizard, measuring seven meters in length, and its entire body was covered with sharp iron scales, each scale comparable in toughness to a high-grade magic weapon.

Ling Feng: "I never expected that your Surveillance Bureau would have something like this! This has certainly impressed me."

Ling Feng looked him over and kept praising him.

Li Hui: "This is public property. It's an armored beast specially made for quarrying and chiseling rocks. It was modeled after the Pangolin, a sixth-grade spirit beast. It still needs to be handed over after the mission is over. It's just that such a large storage bag is used to store it all."

After saying that, Li Hui formed a hand seal, and the huge armored beast puppet suddenly moved.

Li Hui: "Everyone, please move to the back!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Hui took off on his sword and, while in mid-air, manipulated the armored beast puppet to charge straight into the ground.

As the ground trembled slightly, a huge wave of energy spread through the dense forest.

Before long, a large hole with a diameter of about four meters appeared in front of everyone.

At this moment, Li Hui was fully focused on manipulating the armored beast puppet. However, after digging down less than a few dozen meters, the armored beast had already broken through the soil and fell from the sky into the hole below with a loud bang.

"Um?!"

Upon hearing the sound, everyone expressed their confusion.

Bai Cheng: "So fast!?"

Li Hui: "Let's go down."

After saying that, everyone took off on their swords and flew into the cave entrance in front of them one by one.

Upon reaching the bottom, a putrid stench accompanied by damp air assaulted them, causing several members of the Surveillance Bureau to vomit in their haste. Li Hui took the opportunity to retract the Ironclad Beast into his storage bag.

As soon as he landed, Bai Cheng felt that the ground beneath his feet was somewhat sticky. After taking out the spirit storage pearl for lighting, he was shocked to find that the soil under his feet was covered with a layer of sticky blood plasma. Not only that, the air was so humid that it seemed as if it were covered with a layer of water vapor.

Upon witnessing this scene, everyone felt a chill run down their spines.

One of the team members suddenly spoke up: "This! Is all of this blood?! This is too outrageous."

Zhang Qing, one of the men in the group, walked out into the light. He took a deep breath and looked completely relaxed.

"Ah! This smell is definitely blood."

Seeing the other person's ecstatic expression, Li Hui felt a surge of resistance.

Li Hui: "It's really strange that you guys don't seem to have much of a reaction to this taste."

Zhang Qing: "Hehe, it's just the smell of blood. It's not like we haven't smelled it before, but..."

At this point, Zhang Qing slowly turned his gaze forward.

Following the direction, everyone discovered that the two sides of the huge cave were filled with all kinds of skeletons, a sight that made them gasp in horror.

As everyone stepped forward to examine the skeleton, they were surprised to find that its mouth contained not only animal bones, but also quite a few human bones.

Ling Feng: "There's no mistake, those missing humans must have been dragged underground."

Huiwu: "Senior brother! Come and see!"

Huiwu's voice drew everyone's attention.

The group stepped forward and discovered a human skeleton among the pile of bones. The skeleton's surface was covered with rotten and tattered monk's robes, but strangely, the skull was missing.

Upon seeing this scene, Huimin was startled. He used his spirit control technique to peel off the monk's robe from the skull, and a waist token fell out of the robe as well.

Hui Min frowned slightly, and after hanging the waist tag in front of her, everyone could see that the name 'Hui Nong' was written on the waist tag.

Upon witnessing this scene, everyone sighed in dismay.

Li Qingrou: "Oh... Master Huimin, please accept my condolences."

Hye-min also bowed deeply to the skeleton.

Li Hui: "It seems that not only ordinary people, but even cultivators have been persecuted."

Ling Feng: "That's right, but what puzzles me is, why is his head missing? Could it have been eaten by a demonic beast?"

Li Hui: "Even so, those blood demon bats are not in the category of low-level demon beasts. I'm afraid this should be the work of the demon that Bai Cheng mentioned."

After a brief discussion, the group took a breather and finally decided to continue deeper into the cave.

Huimin: "Then this humble monk will stay here to mourn my deceased junior brother and, incidentally, guard this place."

Li Hui: "Then I'll have to trouble Master Huimin."

After saying that, Li Hui led his men onward, but soon after, he raised his hand to signal everyone to stop.

After carefully observing his surroundings, Bai Cheng cautiously manipulated the Spirit Storage Pearl to slowly float towards the cave in the distance. In just a moment, hundreds and thousands of dark figures standing upside down above the cave came into view.

Bai Cheng: "That's! The Blood Demon Bat!!"

Li Hui: "This quantity! So many!"

As if sensing the presence of the crowd, one of the Blood Demon Bats suddenly opened its blood-red eyes. Immediately afterward, hundreds and thousands of Blood Demon Bats opened their eyes at the same time. In an instant, the crowd felt their hair stand on end as they were stared at by the blood-red eyes.

Li Hui: "Prepare for battle!"

With Li Hui's command

Everyone immediately assumed a fighting stance.

Thousands of blood demon bats were also startled by this voice, and they all rose up from above the cave with cries of alarm.

In an instant, countless blood demon bats pounced on the group like hungry beasts.