Reborn as a Hatrack in the Mystical Land-Chapter 845 - 95: Gathering Ingredients

"Is there really food up here?" Compass almost drooled from the mouth when he heard Yue Jinghua say this.

Compass naturally had less tolerance for hunger compared to ordinary people.

If not for being distracted by Shalman’s matter, he would surely be the first one in the team to starve to death.

Upon hearing there was food, he reacted faster than anyone, but then he thought something was off.

The members of the July Mercenary Team knew, thanks to Aunt Chi Xi, that Demon Beasts and Dark Beasts were not the same.

"It’s not right, Captain. Don’t you remember? When we were moving through the shrubs, we found several corpses," Compass shook his head. Though he loved to eat, he wouldn’t joke with his life.

"Well, Compass, you actually know how to think," Feng Buhui sneered at Compass with a thumbs-up, and Compass disdainfully rolled his eyes at him.

Although everyone tried to distract themselves with words, each knew well in their heart that they were already at the end of their strength.

Even though they had moved quite smoothly earlier, several beast attacks had left most exhausted and at the brink of exhaustion.

In such situations, the thirst for water had once surpassed all other desires.

But just a quarter of an hour before, they had run into a member of the Dragon Team among the shrubs.

He was panting like an ox, with bloodshot eyes and a trace of undried beast blood clinging to his lips.

Presumably, this Dragon Team member, following orders, had entered the Firethorn Shrubs trying to find water or food.

He might have been overwhelmed by hunger and thirst, ultimately killing a Demon Beast and drinking its blood. Drinking beast blood, primitive as it seemed, was an inevitability for survival, albeit unseemly.

The beast blood, with its gamey sweetness and filled with power, was like a warm current that temporarily relieved hunger and thirst. But once addicted to drinking it, one’s body would be trapped like an addict, turning into a half-human, half-demon like a vampire.

Sure enough, not long after drinking the blood, that Dark Practitioner let out a horrific scream, and black blood flowed from his eyes, nose, and mouth, while he swung his weapon wildly, attacking everyone.

The members of the July Mercenary Team, with no other choice, had to kill him.

Despite the beast blood’s ability to temporarily stave off hunger and thirst, no one suggested drinking it on the way.

So when Qing Pu mentioned the Flame Cutting Wood had edible food or Demon Beasts, everyone’s first reaction was skepticism.

Even Yue Jinghua felt the same way.

The old man in the temple had earlier mentioned that Demon Beast meat could not be eaten. The monsters in the ruins likely had poisonous effects.

Yue Jinghua had observed that even Ying Wuwang, from the Demon Clan, never tried to eat Demon Beast meat.

The reason for this only Ying Wuwang knew.

Though Ying Wuwang was from the Demon Clan, when he entered Canglong Continent, some functions of his body were forcibly sealed.

His current body, unlike its former strength on the Chen Plane, was only a little stronger than the Human Race.

How could such a flesh body withstand the wild energy contained in the Demon Beast blood?

Unique environments breed unique people. The beast meat and blood of Chen Continent were edible, but in the Divine Ruins, they were not.

"In the Divine Ruins, all hatched Demon Beasts cannot be eaten, but unhatched Demon Beast eggs or insect eggs can be," Qing Pu’s reminder instantly lifted Yue Jinghua’s spirits.

She immediately shared this information with everyone.

On the Flame Arrow Wood towering over ten meters high lived a kind of bird called the Blazing Dwarf Ostrich.

This season was precisely when the Blazing Dwarf Ostrich laid its eggs. These eggs were large, delicious, could satiate hunger, and also quench thirst, with a warming function.

Consuming such eggs would allow one to endure cold nights and stay outdoors for up to two more hours.

"Then what are we waiting for, Captain, let’s go up immediately!" Compass’s chubby face immediately lit up upon hearing there was non-toxic food.

They didn’t question how Yue Jinghua got the news. To them, whatever their captain decided, they’d follow without hesitation, even if it meant going through sword mountains and seas of fire.

"Ahem," Yue Jinghua pondered, then looked at the eager Compass, "Compass, are you sure you want to collect the bird eggs?"

"Of course, Captain, look at my belly; it’s shriveled up. If we don’t find something to eat soon, I’ll have to eat like those Dark Practitioners and consume Demon Beasts," Compass said as he eyed the towering red trees and wiped the drool from his mouth.

A height of over ten meters was not much of a challenge for Yue Jinghua and her team of Heavenly Dark Realm practitioners.

"Then I’ll entrust this task to you, Vice-Captain Compass. Remember to bring down more eggs," Yue Jinghua patted Compass’s shoulder with the gravity of a solemn commission.

As Compass bravely ascended the Flame Arrow Wood, in a low cave away from the Firethorn Bushes, several members of the Martial Arts Team were patrolling around.

It was originally a nesting place for Green Winged Bats.

Due to the large size of the Green Winged Bats, the caves they resided in were quite spacious.

The Green Winged Bats, with their sharp claws and numbers, had been the rulers of low airspace, unchallenged by any flying Demon Beast, until yesterday.

This Green Winged Bat Group was taken over by some unknown dark practitioners, and the bat cave was now heavily guarded, making it impossible for Demon Beasts and dark practitioners outside to know what was going on in there.

Even Yue Jinghua’s Giant Winged Mosquito King couldn’t get close when flying nearby.

Inside the Bat Cave, there was still a certain amount of food and fresh water, partially solving the Martial Arts Team’s food and water supply issues.

Compared to the other teams in the area, laboring in hunger and thirst, the Martial Arts Team’s life was paradise.

Inside the bat cave, the damp nest was lit by a dim fire.

Shalman woke up slowly, her limbs aching. Her Merit Ring and Beast Taming Ring had been taken.

Fa Xiaoyi?

Shalman remembered the face of the man who had grasped her throat before she was captured.

Why did he capture her? Could it be to threaten Jinghua!

Shalman uneasily shifted her numb feet; the cultivator’s sharp instincts told her she was in a Demon Beast’s nest.

A Demon Beast’s nest?!

Shalman felt a trace of unease, but she quickly calmed down because she believed Yue Jinghua and her teammates would surely come to her rescue. What she needed to do now was wait patiently.