Nonsense! How could my adopted son be a villain?

After weighing the pros and cons, Xu Lingguang decided to take a risk and give it a try.

He caught two more birds, then took out ten packets of red umbrella mushroom powder. He used the powder to coat the birds' feathers, and even wrapped the powder in leaves and tied it around their feet.

However, he thought about it and realized that the crocodile was too clever for its own good, and he worried that it wouldn't fall for his tricks. So he spent some more time finding materials and making some animal-attracting powder.

This is a very useful bait when hunting in the mountains; wild animals will be attracted by the scent of the bait.

After everything was prepared, Xu Lingguang threw out the two poisoned birds.

Two large birds flapped and cried out on the shore, and soon the lake surface rippled.

This time, the crocodile didn't pounce immediately as before. Xu Lingguang saw a pair of eyes slowly rise to the surface of the water. Upon discovering it was another large bird, the crocodile was clearly not happy. It slowly crawled to the shore and circled the two birds.

Just as Xu Lingguang had expected, it didn't seem to have much interest in these birds.

At this point, it depends on whether the animal-attracting powder works.

A gentle breeze stirred across the lake, and the scent of animal powder in the air grew stronger. The crocodile shifted its body, chasing after the flapping bird.

It followed for a while, then tentatively bit one of them.

Finding no danger, it swallowed the large bird.

Xu Lingguang's heart leaped into his throat as he watched the crocodile's reaction intently. Then, a large bird coated in powder was swallowed, but the crocodile showed no reaction whatsoever.

It's okay, there's still one left.

As Xu Lingguang comforted himself, he saw the giant crocodile chase after and swallow another large bird whole.

It was clearly not full, pacing back and forth on the shore, its pair of yellow, vertical pupils filled with danger.

—Red umbrella mushroom powder doesn't seem to work on it.

Seeing this, Xu Lingguang decided to give up. He couldn't possibly fight such a big crocodile head-on; his life was more important.

He crouched quietly in the reeds, waiting for the crocodile to return to the lake before leaving.

After waiting for a long time, the crocodile was still lying on the shore, but the speed at which it was wagging its tail was getting slower and slower.

Xu Lingguang: ?

He cautiously peered over to check, and was overjoyed to find that the red umbrella mushroom powder seemed to be working.

I don't know if he was poisoned or just passed out.

Thinking this, Xu Lingguang picked up a stone and threw it over to test the waters.

The crocodile that had been hit suddenly jumped up and began to crawl around on the ground, rolling wildly and occasionally letting out a low howl.

Xu Lingguang: ...

He didn't die.

However, the red umbrella mushroom powder can cause strong hallucinations. Although this crocodile wasn't dead, it was clearly trapped in the hallucinations created by the powder. It was rolling and crawling all over the ground...

Xu Lingguang thought for a moment and decided to seize the opportunity; he couldn't waste the chance to make money from the ten packs of red umbrella mushrooms.

As the crocodile crawled back into the water, he suddenly surged to the rocks, picked up his bow and flying boat, and ran in another direction.

The crocodile seemed to sense something and suddenly emerged from the water to give chase, but the red umbrella mushroom powder confused its senses. It chased Xu Lingguang a few steps in his direction, then turned back, and only caught up again after a moment.

This gave Xu Lingguang a chance to escape. As he ran, he desperately mobilized his spiritual power to activate the flying boat, then jumped onto the boat and lay down, panting heavily.

The crocodile below was chaotic and excited, and had begun to ram its head against the rocks. Its hammer-like tail smashed a deep crater into the ground.

Xu Lingguang lay in the flying boat, touching the exquisitely crafted spirit bow in his hand, and murmured, "It wasn't easy to get you."

He paused for a moment, then parked the flying boat on a protruding stone platform on a mountain peak by the lake, preparing to figure out where to go next.

Although the flying boat is useful, it requires spirit stones. There are three low-grade spirit stones in its activation slot. Xu Lingguang dared not use it too much and planned to save it for a critical moment.

It was dusk by then, and the setting sun had sunk below the surface of the lake.

Xu Lingguang spent a whole day on these two things, and he was exhausted and hungry, but he really didn't have the energy to look for food anymore, so he took out a Bigu Pill and ate one.

The Bigu Pill didn't taste good, but it was a real appetite stimulant. Xu Lingguang's hunger disappeared completely after taking one pill.

He counted and found that there were only three pills in the bottle. However, the Hundred Refinements Competition lasted for ten days, which meant that he would have to eat one pill every three days on average. If he couldn't fast, the three fasting pills would just be enough to ensure his minimum survival requirements. If he wanted to eat something else, he would have to find a way to do it himself.

Xu Lingguang thought to himself that he should stock up on more food next time, otherwise it would be tiring to go out and catch monsters on short notice.

After he made up his mind, he started the flying boat and went down to find a safe cave to spend the night.

The crocodile by the lake was still acting crazy. Xu Lingguang maneuvered the flying boat over it, preparing to go to the other side of the lake to find a place to spend the night.

He was flying comfortably when he suddenly heard a voice below: "Senior Brother Meng! There's someone over there!"

Another person said, "That's the flying boat that Wang Xun found!"

Meng Shuisheng met the disciples of Cangfeng Sect on the way and learned that there was a spiky-tailed crocodile by the lake. He also learned that a disciple of Cangfeng Sect had been unfortunately swallowed by the crocodile, so he came to check it out.

He didn't care whether the disciple was a disciple or not, but he was very interested in what others said about the disciple finding a flying boat and the crocodile guarding a spirit bow.

But as soon as he arrived, the airship had already been taken away, leaving only a spiky-tailed crocodile that was going berserk.

Caught off guard, Meng Shuisheng and his group encountered the crazed crocodile. While dodging the attack, they shouted at Xu Lingguang in mid-air, "I am Meng Shuisheng of the Cangfeng Sect. This flying boat was obtained by a disciple of my sect. If you know what's good for you, you'd better return it immediately. Daring to steal from the Cangfeng Sect will not end well."

Xu Lingguang was a little surprised. It was truly a case of enemies meeting on a narrow road again. He had unexpectedly run into Meng Shuisheng once more.

Fortunately, he had used the Transformation Pill, so Meng Shuisheng didn't recognize him.

Xu Lingguang covered half his face with his sleeve, grinned, and peered down from the edge of the flying boat. He said in a sarcastic tone, "Who is Meng Shuisheng of the Cangfeng Sect? Never heard of him. This flying boat is mine, of course."

Seeing his tactless behavior, Meng Shuisheng was furious. But they were too busy to deal with each other right now, and Xu Lingguang had the flying boat at his disposal, so she couldn't do anything to him for the time being. She could only say menacingly, "You'd better run far away. If I catch you, you'll be in big trouble."

Xu Lingguang, taking advantage of the fact that he couldn't hit him, deliberately acted coy: "Oh dear, I'm so scared."

He pointed behind Meng Shuisheng and said, "Watch out behind you."

Meng Shuisheng was startled and turned around abruptly, only to find nothing there. He turned to stare at Xu Lingguang, only to see him holding a small bag, from which he was sprinkling a cloud of powder.

The powder emitted a strong, strange odor, and Meng Shuisheng, thinking it was poisonous, quickly stepped back.

Xu Lingguang watched as the crocodile grew even more frenzied after smelling the beast-attracting powder, and waved to Meng Shuisheng and the others with a smile: "Take care, everyone, I'll be going now."

The last bit of beast-attracting powder was given to Meng Shuisheng.

Hopefully they'll be lucky enough to defeat that crocodile.

He saw that there were many things he could use about the crocodile.

Xu Lingguang found a cave halfway up the mountain and slept soundly for the night. After waking up, he thought about it and then quietly returned to the lake to check the scene.

He was hoping to get a bargain, thinking that if Meng Shuisheng and the others defeated the crocodile but didn't know its purpose and just left, wouldn't that be a good deal for him?

That crocodile has thick skin, sharp teeth, and claws; there are plenty of materials we can use.

However, Xu Lingguang was too optimistic. He didn't expect that Meng Shuisheng and the others would still be by the lake after a night, and that crocodile would still be there too.

Both sides were clearly in a frenzy of fighting. Meng Shuisheng and the others were all injured, and the crocodile wasn't in much better shape either. The large hammer on its tail had been severed, and it looked like it was more seriously injured.

However, both sides were clearly exhausted at this point, and neither was willing to give up, so they remained deadlocked.

Xu Lingguang: ...

That's incredibly determined!

Meng Shuisheng and his men fought fiercely all night, but they still couldn't kill the spiky-tailed crocodile. He could have left with his men much earlier, but firstly, he was unwilling to give up, and secondly, a cultivator in his team said that the spiky-tailed crocodile was a good material for refining weapons. Although the flying boat was gone, it wouldn't be a loss if he could take the crocodile's corpse with him.

And so they remained deadlocked for the entire night.

This crocodile is fierce and has thick skin; they couldn't outlast it even after taking turns fighting it.

Just when they were about to exhaust themselves, the flying boat that had left the day before slowly flew back.

Xu Lingguang, still covering half his face, peeked out from the airship and exclaimed, "Whoa!" "He's still not dead?"

I don’t know who I’m talking about.

Meng Shuisheng, who already had a bad temper, finally snapped after being provoked repeatedly: "You dare to come back!"

Xu Lingguang said, "I've come to see how your game is going."

He surveyed the battlefield, pondering the likelihood of taking down both sides simultaneously.

There were still ten packets of medicine powder in my sleeve, which should be barely enough.

Xu Lingguang thought for a moment, then took out his spirit bow and a tree branch he had prepared beforehand. He wrapped the medicinal powder on one end of the branch and shot it at Meng Shuisheng like an arrow.

Meng Shuisheng dodged in a sorry state, and the arrow struck the stone next to him, instantly exploding into a cloud of white powder.

"It's this kind of thing again! Let's get out of here!"

Yesterday, Xu Lingguang scattered a cloud of powder, and the crocodile went berserk for a long time. If it weren't for their numbers, they would have really been defeated.

The group quickly retreated, and sure enough, Xu Lingguang shot two more arrows at the crocodile.

Strangely, the crocodile's head was covered in powder, but it wasn't as excited and frenzied as it had been yesterday.

Just as someone was about to step forward to check, Xu Lingguang's flying boat instantly moved above them and then showered them with a cloud of snowflake-like powder.

Under the angry glares of the group, Xu Lingguang grinned and said, "Don't worry, it won't kill anyone."