Black Mist Continent.
There is no night sky here, there are no stars, the sky is shrouded in black mist all day long, the moon is as bright as blood, even at noon in the day, the sun is as full of blood as dusk.
The earth is vast, with decaying vitality and an air of decay.
There are only a variety of unknown ferocious and exotic grasses, covered with barbs, like creepers, spread out in large numbers, and are densely black, occupying the mountains and plains.
A town on the edge of the continent.
This town is located in a canyon with a river running through it behind and a nine-foot-high stone wall in front of it.
The front of the stone wall was made of thick, long and sharpened wood to form a hedgehog-like defense, many of which were stained with dark brown blood. Tall arrow towers were set up every few feet.
Judging from the terrain alone, as long as there are ten thousand people, it will be extremely easy to defend and difficult to attack. Regular armies will have a headache if they encounter it.
But in this continent, this is just standard equipment in towns!
In the center of the town, on a square, stood a group of teenagers.
They were about fifteen or sixteen years old, in ragged clothes, skinny and sallow, but still healthy.
There was even a young man among them. Although his body was thin, he had faint muscle lines under his tattered clothes, which showed that he had martial arts skills.
However, despite their differences in physical quality, these young men, without exception, all had pale faces and cold skin, looking more like dead people than living people.
And as time continues to pass, their bodies will seem to be frozen, slowly becoming stiff, dead, and losing mobility. Finally, with clear thinking, they will slowly witness themselves turning into corpses.
And this is the price paid for surviving under the pollution of black fog.
At this moment, the octogenarian old mayor stood on the high platform, leaning on a black dove stick, and said sincerely:
"Today is the 'crown ceremony' in the village. After today, you will be the real adults in the village. You must take responsibility, join the village protection team, and fight against monsters and monsters!
"You can't be afraid! Behind you is the village. Your parents, brothers and sisters are all here!"
"I understand, village chief!"
Many teenagers roared at the top of their lungs together, and many of them turned red from holding back.
"Children, you are doing well!" The old village chief nodded, with a somewhat pleased look on his face, and then said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, we won't let you fight against those terrifying monsters without any ability. Next, I will I will teach you the cultivation method - the method of taking food!"
"Taking food, also known as taking bait, refers to taking medicine to supplement the body's body, cure diseases, prolong life, and even live forever. It is one of the eight skills of Taoist practice."
"The essence is to eat all things, use the form to complement the form, and embark on the path of spiritual practice..."
The old mayor held his cane and spoke word by word. Most of the young people in the audience were confused, but one of them suddenly changed his expression, and he was vaguely excited.
What the boy didn't know was that this scene was seen by the town priest and the guard captain who were standing not far away.
The two stood not far away and talked casually:
"Do you really want to give him the secret medicine? Although he is not a monster after identity verification, he is still an outsider after all."
"We have already reached this point, how can we care about what outsiders say? If the town's fighting strength is not supplemented by new blood, and it fails again in the subsequent race battle, without the support of the new population, our town will Sooner or later it will perish..."
"Besides, if a hundred years ago, this method of taking food was also the orthodox way of cultivation, and the things taken were also the miraculous elixirs and rare and exotic species in the world. Naturally, they had to go through many tests and become slaves. be given.”
"But hundreds of years ago, the world changed drastically, and demons infected the world. Even the demons and ghosts of the past have undergone even weirder distortions. The Taoist medicine created with their bodies is not only full of hidden dangers, but also has no hope for the future. But in order to survive, What can we do?"
"Since the other party wants it, then give it to him..."
"..."
On the high platform, the old mayor continued:
"...Next, you will enter the wooden house one by one, and we will teach you how to take it!"
"yes!"
Soon, one after another teenagers entered the wooden house one after another, and then wailing and screaming were heard one after another inside, making those around them feel their scalps numb and their hearts sad.
Not long after, it was the foreign boy's turn.
"Luo Xuan!"
"arrive!"
The handsome young man took a deep breath, raised his head and walked in.
He quickly walked into the wooden house and saw an empty space. In the center was a wooden table. Behind him sat the old mayor and a figure covered in black robes. There was a faint smell in the air. The smell is like the smell of a corpse that has decayed for a long time.
Luo Xuan's heart froze, and he looked at the wooden table and saw nine types of clay pots placed on it.
Inside are bright red pieces of meat, squirming brains, dim eyes...
They are marinated in a special herb, exuding a pungent and unpleasant smell.
"These are nine secret medicines, prepared by mandrills, soul-eating beasts, and dream-eating tapirs. After taking them, you will get the following effects and prices..."
The old mayor explained patiently, and young Luo Xuan's eyes filled with excitement when he heard these words.
As an outsider, he naturally knows what these things mean.
This means that mortals without spiritual roots can still embark on the extraordinary path and the path of cultivation through this!
In the outside world, the method of taking food here is the only way for ordinary mortals to obtain extraordinary power in the Immortal Alliance today!
Luo Xuan took a deep breath and suppressed his inner excitement, but his eyes still couldn't stop shining.
He is not from this Black Mist Continent, but a descendant of monks from Lingyuan Island outside it!
The reason why he sneaked into this place regardless of the cost or even the risk was to obtain extraordinary power with a mortal body!
Black Mist Continent is a famous place near Lingyuan Island.
It is rumored that hundreds of years ago, the Immortal Alliance's Nascent Soul True Lord fought with two old demons of the same realm here. The aftermath and pollution caused by the battle swept across the continent in one fell swoop.
In order to block the pollution, Yuanying Zhenjun on Lingyuan Island used his great supernatural power to block the place and prevent the pollution from escaping.
But as time goes by, external monks gradually discover that if these polluted spiritual energies on the mainland are absorbed by mortals, although they will be distorted, they can also possess extraordinary power!
As soon as this news came out, it attracted the attention of almost all monks at home and abroad. After all, if this matter could be replicated, it might allow mortals without spiritual roots to enter the path of cultivation, thus greatly enhancing the potential of their own power!
But after some testing, the powerful forces from all sides came back disappointed.
Because they discovered that although black mist pollution can make mortals without spiritual roots have extraordinary powers, their essence has become a half-human and half-demon existence.
Of course, the top leaders of the Immortal Alliance are not so pedantic, abandoning a new path because of the so-called racial differences.
But mortals polluted by the black mist, unless they are mentally determined, can easily change their temperament.
Moreover, their potential is limited and there is no hope of breaking through the golden elixir in their lifetime. Even the resources required for cultivation are more than those of ordinary monks. They also need various purifying elixirs such as spiritual purification elixirs to stabilize their bodies and souls. It is completely worth the loss.
The reason why they are interested is to obtain a large number of cheap and exploitable low-level monks, but now the effort is not proportional to the gain, so naturally they will not spend time here.
But this may indeed be of no use to the monks, but for many mortals who are begging but have no way to find immortality, this is the hope!
The hope of being able to escape from the status of a mortal who has been in a heap of loess for decades with a weak and powerless body!
Therefore, many people who know this matter have spent all their wealth and traveled thousands of miles across the vast sea to come here, just to win an extraordinary opportunity, even if the price is their lives!
And Luo Xuan is one of them.
He even desires it more than many mortals without spiritual roots.
Because he himself is a descendant of monks, after seeing the prosperity and brilliance of the world of immortality, and the power and grace of the immortals, how can he be willing to return to the ordinary life of the mortal world?
So he chose to take a gamble without hesitation.
First, he used the convenience of the descendants of the monks to buy a few Qi Refining Pills and Pure Spirit Pills, and then spent a lot of gold, silver and broken spirit stones to buy a wisp of black mist that was diluted to the extreme. Together, the initial pollution of the body is successfully completed.
Then with the help of the blockade formation, which only gave out the characteristics of entering but not giving out, he successfully sneaked into the Black Mist Continent and came to the northern region where the pollution was not very serious.
And he did this just for the sake of what was in front of him!
'Simply contaminated by ordinary black mist, both potential and extraordinary power are limited, but the rich black mist even monks dare not touch, let alone a mortal like me...'
'However, the human race in the Black Mist Continent, after hundreds of years of struggle for survival, has summed up a simple but feasible practice system to plunder power from the Black Mist - the method of taking! '
'By hunting and devouring the polluted and deformed monsters and monsters, making them into secret medicine, taking them for health, and supplementing the body with the body, we can rob them of their power! '
'Every secret recipe for bait is a secret that is not passed down by the forces in the Black Mist Continent. Of course, maybe the family monks will have it, but it is not my turn, a declining disciple of the side line, so I can only sneak in here to get it in person! '
'Although this method has many hidden dangers, it will eventually allow me to step into the path of immortality, even if this immortal is a strange immortal or a corpse-dissolving immortal! '
Thinking of this, Luo Xuan's eyes became more determined, even with a touch of fierceness.
For him, instead of doing nothing in this life, it is better to go for it!
The reason why my family is so prosperous is not because the founder of Jindan took a gamble hundreds of years ago and achieved today's prosperity.
Not to mention that in the past history of the world of immortality, there were great powers who once said:
A hundred years of life are just a big gamble!
If he loses, it means that his strength and luck are not as good as others, and he admits it!
Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, and finally, he looked at the nine bottles of secret medicine in front of him.
These nine bottles of secret medicine are taken from nine kinds of monsters, and their corresponding abilities and prices are also different.
Taking the mandrill secret medicine can make the body strong and as strong as an ox, but the hair will grow all over the body, the mind will continue to lose, and the character will become more surly and vicious.
The spiritual imprint left in the soul-eating beast secret potion is more terrifying than other secret potions, but it will awaken strange abilities similar to divine soul magic.
The dream-eating tapir medicine can induce dreaming, but the person who takes it will continue to fall into nightmares until one day they can no longer hold on and will completely fall into a deep nightmare and never wake up.
…
Luo Xuan saw the nine secret medicines one by one and couldn't help but fell into deep thought. The old mayor did not rush him, but stood aside and waited quietly.
After all, which secret medicine you choose will determine your future development direction, as well as what your future enemy monsters will be, so you must be cautious.
Luo Xuan was very hesitant.
If you want to talk about the ability to save life in the crisis of the Black Mist Continent, the mandrill secret medicine is naturally the first choice, but its potential is not high.
And if you choose this, you will definitely be beaten as a monster if you go out one day.
The soul-eating beast secret medicine may be a good choice. Not only does it have good potential, but it also has room for control even if it goes out in the future.
but……
Luo Xuan seemed to have thought of something, and looked at the Dream-Eating Tapir Secret Medicine, his expression changed.
Although he is a mortal without spiritual roots, as a descendant of a monk and living in the East China Sea where immortality is prosperous, he is not completely ignorant of things in the world of immortality.
For example, one of the nine major forces of the Immortal Sect - the Nanhua Dream Sect!
'If I choose other secret medicines, even if I go out in the future, I won't be able to join other forces in the world of immortality, let alone join the immortal sect. But if I have the talent of dreams, maybe...'
Thinking of this, Luo Xuan suddenly made a decision in his heart.
"I choose to eat the dream tapir secret medicine!"
"Okay." The old mayor nodded, "In that case, just take it."
"Huh? Just take it?" Luo Xuan was stunned.
"Otherwise?" the old mayor asked.
"Oh..." Luo Xuan suddenly realized that a cultivation system that had only been developed for a hundred years could not have so many rigorous operations.
Luo Xuan nodded silently, took a deep breath, then gritted his teeth, just like holding his nose to take medicine when he was a child, he put the wooden bottle to his mouth, raised his head, and drank it.
The cool and creamy feeling quickly filled his mouth, then slid through his esophagus and into his stomach.
The viscous and deep purple liquid seemed to grow thin and long tentacles, and the coldness and stimulation instantly penetrated every part of his body.
He twitched involuntarily, his vision quickly became blurry, and a strong sense of sleep came over him. Then, his whole body felt empty and he fell down.
"Dream-eating tapir? The danger of taking this secret medicine is not small. If you can't get rid of the nightmare of the opponent's counterattack before death, I'm afraid something will happen..."
There was a sound in the wooden house. The figure shrouded in black robe looked at Luo Xuan who fell to the ground with a ferocious face, as if he was in a nightmare, and couldn't help but said lightly.
"This is his own choice, so he has to bear it. It depends on his willpower and destiny... huh?!"
The old mayor replied expressionlessly, but the next moment, his old face frowned.
Because the face of Luo Xuan who fell to the ground suddenly changed from ferocious to peaceful, as if he was having a sweet dream.
"Dead, dead? No, no, he fell asleep?!" The old mayor's face changed, showing a look of surprise, "What on earth was he dreaming about? Didn't the remnant soul of the dream-eating tapir come back to bite him?!"
…
Here, it seems like a country shrouded in darkness.
The sky is full of bright stars, and the light seems to come from the distant world, which is indescribably ethereal and mysterious.
Little bits of light are like fireflies in summer, flowing among the evening flowers and sleeping grass on the ground, with an indescribable dream.
It's so quiet here, as if even breathing would disturb the sleep here.
'W-where is this? ! '
Luo Xuan looked at the scene in front of him with a confused expression.
After taking the dream-eating tapir secret medicine, he was counterattacked by the remaining soul of the other party, fell into a nightmare, and even almost died, but was resurrected by the other party's body.
But who knew that at the moment when he was about to be swallowed up, he suddenly felt empty under his feet.
Then, he came here inexplicably.
"Where exactly is this place..."
Luo Xuan murmured in his mouth. For some reason, at this moment, in his mind, this sentence emerged inexplicably:
In the kingdom of eternal night, the sleeping immortal Hou Ru falls into a dream.
(End of chapter)
