Stop it, Taoist, Your Fight almost Ruins the DAO!-Chapter 774 - 448 Entering the Thousand Stone Grotto, the Endurance and Hatred of the Blood-Vein Old Demon, My Loathing for This World, the Human Demon of the Western Lands
774: Chapter 448: Entering the Thousand Stone Grotto, the Endurance and Hatred of the Blood-Vein Old Demon, My Loathing for This World, the Human Demon of the Western Lands
774 -448: Entering the Thousand Stone Grotto, the Endurance and Hatred of the Blood-Vein Old Demon, My Loathing for This World, the Human Demon of the Western Lands
The Thousand Stone Grotto was somewhat similar to the spectacle of a “sinkhole” from my previous life, only far vaster in comparison to a mere “sinkhole.”
Coarse passages here were periodically dotted with droplets of water falling and smashing into four fragments upon hitting the ground, creating a soft ‘plop’ sound.
A cloaked figure with a burly silhouette slowly stepped into the pitch-black cavern, curiously surveying the rock walls around him.
The cave sloped downwards, not steep at the beginning, about twenty degrees or so.
But as one progressed deeper, the slope became abruptly steeper, and, gradually, odd glowing lichens came into Yi Chen’s view.
These were like mosses, but much thicker and larger than those of his former world, resembling top-quality Persian carpets.
They stubbornly covered the walls, emitting a reddish-orange light and a faint earthy smell.
“Is this the Red Meatic Lichen mentioned by the Demonkin?”
Yi Chen curiously picked off a piece of lichen and examined this peculiar creation of the Demon Realm, marveling at the ingenuity of the creator for a moment.
The Red Meatic Lichen extracted nutrients from the rocks through its rhizomes, which served as its energy source, and fixed nutrients from the air.
It despised light exposure, which inhibited its growth, yet it was able to emit light.
Its rhizomes secreted a strange corrosive mucus to erode the cave walls, but once the lichen reached a certain size, it would stop this behavior.
The vastness of the Thousand Stone Grotto as it was today had somewhat to do with this characteristic of the lichen.
According to information Yi Chen had obtained, before the grotto was known by its current name, some cruel and vicious higher-ranking Demonkin did not even provide meat or high-energy elixirs to the ox and horse miners.
Only after producing enough ore could they exchange for food to prevent their bodies from degenerating.
So the situation quickly turned into what the third brother jokingly referred to as Hell.
The third brother from the higher caste told the lower ranks, “Now I have good news and bad news.”
“The bad news is that we’re running out of food, and from now on, we can only eat cow dung.”
“The good news is… there’s still plenty of cow dung.”
Changing cow dung into Red Meatic Lichen in the Demon Realm felt just right, without any sense of inconsistency.
Hiss~
With a faint sound, the lichen in Yi Chen’s hand immediately withered and turned into black ash.
Given Yi Chen’s current level of cultivation, which could even extract oil from stones, drawing out the energy from the lichen was a simple matter.
At this moment, his pupils couldn’t help but contract slightly; this thing really did contain slightly less energy than rice, and even a very weak toxicity.
But its abundance made up for that.
It could be said that the Red Meatic Lichen laid the foundation for the unique subterranean ecology of the Demon Realm.
“Those Demonkin nobles really know how to play~”
Yi Chen glanced, and at a distance, the sound of space breaking approached rapidly.
His expression flickered, and without hesitation, he quickened his pace.
A day earlier, when the Great Qin State Preceptor was randomly selecting lucky individuals to interrogate for information, a startling piece of news was spreading in all directions from Beiyuan City.
The Demon Phoenix Clan had withdrawn, abandoning the blockade of the entrance.
The outside world naturally wouldn’t know such a secret as Luan Lie taking a minor loss when Jian Youbai aggressively forced his way into the entrance, and the Demon Phoenix Clan would never spread such news.
Therefore, everyone assumed that the Demon Phoenix Clan had bowed to the Fair Demon Venerate, Gyalou.
Soon, the name Gyalou began to spread beyond the Thousand Stone Grotto.
What Yi Chen didn’t know was that in some cities near the Thousand Stone Grotto, Demonkin were opening betting books, wagering when the mysterious Demonkin Gyalou, who challenged the dignity of the Demon Phoenix Clan, would suffer retaliation.
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“What despicable creatures, utterly disgusting.”
Inside the second layer of the grotto, the Red Meatic Lichen was emitting waves of red glow, rendering the entire cavern space a bloody hue.
With a ‘slit’ sound, a creature not much bigger than a goblin peeked out from a distant part of the cave, only to be cleaved in two by a black light.
A fierce Tiger Demon with no ears snorted coldly, then resumed feasting with his comrades.
In the center of these over a hundred Demonkin was a steaming pot, bubbling with broth, with many chunks of meat bobbing about.
Among them, shiny green cabbages were particularly eye-catching.
Demonkin were gourmands, and during the years when the Human Race indirectly influenced the Demonkin while overturning the Heavenly Gang’s rule over the Five Realms, human culinary culture also indirectly affected many Demonkin.
Of course, these delicacies were not something average Demonkin could afford.
“Captain, don’t let these lowlifes sour your mood; let’s continue the feast.
We’ve still got a large area to search later.”
“Speaking of which, that damned Blood-Rune Old Demon is really good at hiding.
Has us aimlessly wandering this godforsaken place, it’s been ages since I’ve smelled fresh air.”
A burly one-eyed Tiger Demon, with his upper body exposed, reached into the pot and grabbed a lamb leg to gnaw on.
“Old Cyclops, if you don’t mind, why not have fun with one of those Dwarf Demons?
We’re all brothers, just give me the nod, and I’ll catch one for you right away.” ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com
When a companion of the one-eyed Tiger Demon heard this, he immediately laughed and teased, filling the air with a jovial atmosphere.
“Get lost with that crap!
Those things are no different from Ferocious Beasts, calling them Dwarf Demons is an insult to us Demonkin.
I’ll catch you a big lizard to play with, how about that?” the one-eyed Tiger Demon retorted.
