0p0 Chapter 394 Death Swamp
Chapter 394 Death Swamp
"Daji, I bought you a beggar's chicken made from a spirit chicken."
Youhuang returned to his residence, took off the tattered cloak he had exchanged for a chicken, and placed the chicken hidden in the ring on the table.
A few days ago, in order to prevent the little guy from making any noise, I silenced and immobilized him at the bottom of the sea. As a result, he was angry the whole way, the kind that couldn't be appeased by all kinds of delicious food. On the way back, I made up my mind and bought him a beggar's chicken made from a spiritual chicken.
You Huang said as he broke the yellow mud outside: "The boss said that although his spiritual chicken is not as big as the ones raised by the Sword Sect, it is three times the size of ordinary chickens. What's more, the chicken is tender and the meat is smooth. There will be a lot of soup after a bite. If you don't eat it, you will lose a lot... We have limited spiritual stones. If we don't eat it now, we will have nothing to eat later."
After cleaning off the yellow mud shell and deftly unwrapping the lotus leaves wrapped around it, the aroma of the beggar's chicken is so appetizing that it makes one's mouth water.
Daji glanced at him arrogantly, swallowed subconsciously, and snorted coldly, pretending to be indifferent, turning her head away from the golden roasted chicken.
"It's exactly as the boss said, tender, smooth and juicy." You Huang pulled a chicken leg and took a bite, sighing with satisfaction as he chewed: "Wait for the election results, I'm afraid I'll have to go directly to the sect. Unless I've learned enough and can go down the mountain, there will be no chance to go down the mountain to eat chicken..."
"Hey hey..."
Before Youhuang could finish his words, Daji rushed over and took big bites of him.
Faced with the two foodies, even the biggest chicken would be reduced to a skeleton. After the man and the fox had eaten their fill, they lay down on the simple beds to rest.
Caressing her round belly, You Huang sighed and said, "Daji, we have come all the way here without any danger. Although we cannot enter the city openly and can only sneak in through the sewers, why would the old octopus blocking the sewer entrance be interested in that coffin?"
Youhuang had already passed through the Hundred Tomb Forest Sea and arrived at the city gate for a meal. However, since he had no pass, he could not enter the city through the city gate, so he had to use the sewers.
As a result, the entrance to the sewer was blocked by an old octopus that had lived for thousands of years. If you want to get through, you have to give it something. In addition to the spiritual stones given to Youhuang as New Year's money, there was also the coffin that took her through the underwater tomb forest. The most valuable thing was the folding fan that was re-refined with extremely cold iron.
I didn't expect that the old octopus didn't even look at the folding fan and took the coffin away directly. At that time, I thought I had gotten a great bargain and didn't think much about it, but now the more I think about it, the more I feel something is wrong.
The material used for the coffin is the extremely rare golden nan wood, which has some value in the human world, but this is the world of cultivation. Golden nan wood is not even qualified to be used for making piano boards.
There were no skills or talismans on it, just an ordinary coffin. I really didn't know why the old octopus was so fond of it. He just thought it was a unique living habit of soft-bodied creatures, and it was just right to use a coffin to sleep.
Without anyone familiar to look after him, Youhuang didn't dare sleep when he arrived in Sijie City, and he practiced non-stop every day.
I originally thought that it would take a long time to recover my realm, but I didn't expect that the spiritual energy in Sijie City was sufficient. In just a few days, I returned to the middle stage of Xudan Realm and almost missed the registration time.
As for why I chose this inn, it was due to my experience in my previous life.
Although this inn is shabby, run-down and cheap, the owner is a retired master of the Spirit Transformation Stage from a certain sect. He came from a casual cultivator background and knows how difficult it is to be a casual cultivator.
Due to the lack of spirit stones and skills, this inn was specially opened. It is not luxurious but safe and stable. As long as there is no murder involved, the owner will step in to stop any incident and protect the cultivators staying in the inn until the Immortal Gate Election begins.
If it were any other inn, Youhuang wouldn't dare to retreat to improve his cultivation. Today, he didn't miss the registration deadline, thanks to the boss's reminder.
He originally wanted to form a pill at the same time, but when he thought of the consequences of forming a pill carelessly last time, Youhuang suppressed the idea. After eating and drinking, he had nothing to do, so he lay on the couch and studied the route map that he bought with three spirit stones.
After staying in Sijie City for several days, Youhuang did not encounter any obstruction from the Demon Realm. He felt a little strange. Could it be that the Immortal Realm and the Demon Realm reached some agreement?
The Immortal Sect election has always been held at Biluo Cliff, and this year is no exception. There are three ways to Biluo Cliff: the first is the official road, which is flat enough to take a horse carriage, but the journey is long. It takes half a month to arrive after signing up on the first day;
The second route is the winding road, also called the mountain road, which is to fly over a vast mountain forest on a sword. If there are no accidents, it will take seven or eight days to reach the destination.
The third route is by water, but instead of traveling by boat on a river, one has to cross a death swamp. This route is the fastest and only takes five days to reach, but it is also the most dangerous one.
The Death Swamp can be said to be a forbidden area for cultivators below the Jindan stage, and the cultivators who come to participate in the Immortal Sect's election are mostly in the Qi Refining stage, and the Foundation Establishment stage is also rare.
The first path seems to be the most practical and stable, but it has the highest mortality rate.
Because the Immortal Sect election has already begun from the moment of registration, in order to grab the limited places, it is always easier to die on the road than on the Blue Cliff.
The second path is exclusive to the Foundation Establishment Period, because only after the Foundation Establishment can one fly a sword. However, it only seems safe. In addition to the mutual slaughter among cultivators, one must also guard against flying monsters that suddenly rush up and unpredictable turbulence.
As for the third path, it is exclusive to Jindan cultivators.
The Death Swamp, also known as the Jedi, covers an area of about ten thousand miles. Although it is called a swamp, it actually combines swamps, forests, grasslands and deserts.
Yes, that's right, there is a desert in the swamp.
In addition to the miasma and the inability to leave if you accidentally fall into the swamp, the most terrifying thing is the various ancient water beasts beneath the swamp.
The ancient water beast has average combat power, but it wins because of its huge body. A single movement of it can cause dramatic changes in the world. Apart from the fire poison ants in the desert, it is the thing that all cultivators are most reluctant to encounter.
Naturally, there are all kinds of powerful monsters in the mountains and forests.
There are groups of wild wolf monsters on the grassland, and there are countless ghost tombs below. If you fall down, you will get lost.
The fire ants in the desert are also called army ants. The difference between them is that they can not only eat everything, but also burn everything, leaving a scorched earth wherever they pass.
After a night of research on the three routes to Biluo Cliff, Youhuang finally chose to take the third route - crossing the Death Swamp.
With her current level of cultivation, she originally had no chance of passing through the Death Swamp. However, when she lived in Four Realms City in her previous life, she went to the Death Swamp more frequently than to the auction house, and she knew the situation inside very well.
Assuming no one sabotages us, we can successfully cross the Death Swamp in four days.
"Boss, make a copy of everything on the list."
When checking out the next day, Youhuang also bought a lot of medicines and tools for entering the swamp.
The boss couldn't help but remind her after seeing this: "Little girl, the Death Swamp is not that easy to cross. You should reconsider it."
You Huang smiled and said, "Don't worry, I have a secret weapon."