As he stared at the giant creature’s gaping mouth, Zhong Gufei appeared very calm.
He found the right opportunity and jumped in before the monster could bite him.
A few seconds before this, he had thought of many escape plans, but none of them were ideal.
Finally, an idea struck him.
He thought of an ancient saying: when faced with inevitable death, one will do everything to live.
After arriving inside the mouth of the giant creature, Zhong Gufei didn’t give it the chance to chew him. Instead, he charged into its esophagus.
The massive creature’s esophagus was large. It could hold three adults at once.
Zhong Gufei slowly slid down the esophagus.
When he was about to fall into its stomach, Zhong Gufei forcefully grabbed onto the flesh on the esophagus, and he stopped moving.
The creature was not black on the inside. Instead, it was emitting red light.
Zhong Gufei held his breath and surveyed his surroundings. He could see the stomach fluids below.
Below, the stomach fluids were churning, emitting a strong corrosive gas.
When he was enveloped in the gas, Zhong Gufei could feel it slowly corroding his body.
He knew that even if he did not fall into the stomach fluids, he would eventually be corroded by the strong acidic gas.
So, he bit the handle of the small iron hammer with his mouth and grabbed the flesh on the esophagus with both hands. Using his hands and feet, he slowly climbed up like he was climbing a rock.
Soon, he reached a safe height.
“Now how do I get out of here alive.”
He had thought about it before he jumped into the creature’s mouth.
It was impossible to get rid of the giant creature on the outside, so he would have to destroy it from the inside.
After resting for a while, Zhong Gufei removed the hammer from his mouth and tucked it behind his boxers.
Next, he opened his mouth and bit on the creature’s esophagus without a word.
Zhong Gufei thought that since this creature was so massive, his bite would probably be similar to a mosquito’s bite.
In the next second, the entire esophagus shook, but it soon stopped.
As he had expected, the giant creature did not react strongly.
Then, Zhong Gufei became bolder and used more force.
The flesh was much tougher than expected, but Zhong Gufei’s teeth were clearly sharper.
After all, he was a cultivator, so his organs were definitely much stronger than ordinary people.
In the blink of an eye, a piece of flesh appeared in Zhong Gufei’s mouth.
Out of curiosity, he wanted to try the taste of this unknown creature.
Based on his many years of experience, all creatures that lived in the sea wouldn’t taste too bad.
Zhong Gufei chewed on the flesh a few times, and his expression changed. It was as if he had eaten a Goldthread rhizome[1]. His expression was extremely unnatural.
The taste of this meat was too different from what he had imagined. It was a little sour, a little astringent, and also a little bitter.
“This tastes f*cking bad!”
He immediately spat out the flesh. The taste remaining on his tongue took a long time to fade.
He had learned his lesson. He immediately spat out the creature’s flesh after biting it.
Zhong Gufei bit off more than ten pieces of meat before finally forming a hole.
After all, this creature was massive, so its esophagus was also quite thick.
For a time, pools of fresh blood flowed out from the wound on the esophagus.
When he looked at the bright red blood, Zhong Gufei felt his throat go dry.
After all, he had expended a lot of energy to get rid of the giant creature earlier on, and it was easier to get thirsty in the sea than on land.
The blood surely won’t taste as bad as its flesh!
Zhong Gufei cautiously took a small sip.
In the next moment, his eyes suddenly lit up as if he had tasted something delicious. He became very excited.
This blood tasted as sweet as just like honey.
Zhong Gufei immediately sucked in large mouthfuls of blood like a hungry wolf that hadn’t eaten for more than ten days. He was extremely thirsty.
A few seconds after the blood entered his stomach, Zhong Gufei felt his stamina returning. He was filled with energy.
At the same time, his exhausted True Qi suddenly surged, and the rate at which it increased was very obvious.
“This blood…”
At this moment, Zhong Gufei’s gaze became especially fervent. He looked at the blood continuously flowing out from the esophagus like he had discovered a new continent.
Like a mosquito, he plunged his mouth into the hole and began sucking fervently.
…
Beichuan City, Wuyi County. In the southern mountains, a figure shuttled back and forth between the woods like an elegant bird.
“I should be able to set up the Lost Tracks Array today.”
Qin Chuan stood in the air and wiped the sweat off his forehead. Then, he decided to take a break for now.
Suddenly, a system notification sounded in his head.
Ding! Zhong Gufei has broken through to the second class of Qi Refinement. The host has received 20 points.
Qin Chuan was shocked. He said out loud in disbelief, “He actually made a breakthrough?”
He thought that he had heard wrong.
Therefore, he took out the cultivation register and clicked on Zhong Gufei’s name. His information immediately popped up.
He was in the second class of Qi Refinement.
Qin Chuan couldn’t help but frown.
He initially thought that other than Zhao Xuanxuan and Ma Qingxue, Wang Zhixing would be the third to make a breakthrough.
After all, he was a Heavenly Spirit Root and had cultivated for such a long time. Given the abundant spiritual energy in the sect, he should be able to breakthrough in a few days.
But Zhong Gufei was the one who broke through. Qin Chuan was extremely surprised.
Zhong Gufei was one of the three musketeers of weapon forging, and Qin Chuan knew him rather well.
“He has an Earth Spirit Root. His aptitude is good. Still, the two other people with him also have Earth Spirit Roots. However, there are no signs of them breaking through until now. How did he do it?
“Besides, he’s traveling right now. Given the amount of spiritual energy in the outside world, how could he have broken through?”
“Did he have some sort of lucky encounter?”
Qin Chuan suddenly thought of such a situation.
“It would be good if that happened. That is his luck. As the Sect Master, I should be happy for him.”
Qin Chuan thought for a moment, but didn’t think much of it. After all, they were all his men, and if they were to level up, he would benefit as well.
Thus, after resting, he continued to set up the array formation.
After all, this area would be their main living place in the future.
To prevent the outsiders from discovering this place, Qin Chuan used his accumulated points to exchange for various hidden array formations and materials.
He had already calculated everything. At most, it would take more than a week to finish setting up all the array formations.
It was more than an hour later.
Ding! Zhong Gufei has broken through to the third class of Qi Refinement. The host has received 30 points.
The system prompt sounded again.
Qin Chuan was extremely surprised once again.
“What is he doing? How did he make another breakthrough?”
Another hour passed.
Ding! Zhong Gufei has broken through to the fourth class of Qi Refinement. The host has received 40 points.
“…”
An hour later.
Ding! Zhong Gufei has broken through to the fifth class of Qi Refinement. The host has received 50 points.
“…”
An hour later.
Ding!
At this moment, Qin Chuan could no longer remain calm.
“What kind of thing did he find?
“A rare heavenly treasure?
“Or are there other cultivators in this world?”
“But that shouldn’t be the case! The spiritual energy in this world is so scarce. It doesn’t make sense!”
Qin Chuan couldn’t understand.
Out of curiosity, he opened the cultivation register again and checked Zhong Gufei’s location.
“I want to see exactly he found.”
After getting Zhong Gufei’s location, Qin Chuan cast an invisibility spell on himself and flew away.
Now that he was at the Golden Core Realm, he did not need to rely on his sword to fly. He could fly in the air quickly and smoothly.
In less than ten minutes, he arrived in the sky above the Valley Sea.
[1] A herb that is known to be extremely bitter
