Black Mist Continent.

There is no night sky, no stars, the sky is shrouded in black fog all day long, and the moon is as red as blood, and even at noon in the middle of the day, the big day is as full of blood as dusk.

The earth is vast, the life is decaying, and there is a rotten atmosphere.

There is only an unknown kind of hideous and exotic grass, covered with barbs, like a creeper, spread out in large quantities, black and pressing, occupying all over the mountains.

A town on the edge of the continent.

The town is located in a canyon terrain with a river running through it and a nine-foot stone wall in front of it.

The front of the stone wall is made of thick and sharpened wood to make a hedgehog-like defense, many of which are stained with black-brown blood, and high arrow towers are set up every few zhang.

Judging from the terrain alone, as long as there are 10,000 people, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the regular army will have a headache when encountered.

And on this continent, it's just the norm for towns!

In the middle of the town, in a square, stood a group of teenagers.

They were about fifteen or sixteen years old, ragged, skinny, yellow-skinned, but healthy.

Among them, there is a young man, although his body is thin, but under the tattered clothes, there are faint muscle lines, showing that there are martial arts in the body.

However, although there are differences in physical fitness, these teenagers, without exception, are all pale and cold-skinned, like dead people more than living people.

And with the passage of time, their bodies will seem to freeze, slowly becoming stiff, dead, and losing their mobility, and finally in the case of clear thinking, they will slowly witness themselves turn into corpses.

And this is the price paid to survive under the black fog pollution.

At this moment, the old mayor of his old age stood on the high platform with a black dove cane, and said earnestly:

"Today, it is the 'crown ceremony' in the village, after today, you are the real adults in the village, you must take responsibility, join the village protection team, and fight against demons and monsters!

"You must not be afraid! Behind you is the village, where your parents, brothers and sisters are here! ”

"Understood, village chief!"

Many teenagers roared hoarsely together, and many of them turned red.

"Kids, you're good!" The old village chief nodded, his face was a little relieved, and then he said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, we won't let you fight against those terrifying demons and monsters without your ability, and next, the old man 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 form, dispel illness and prolong life, and even immortality, which is one of the eight techniques of practicing for Taoism."

"Its essence is to eat all things, supplement the form with form, and embark on the path of cultivation......

The old mayor stood on crutches and said word by word, most of the teenagers in the audience were ignorant, but one of them suddenly changed his expression after hearing it, and he was faintly excited.

What the boy didn't know was that this scene was watched by the captain of the town sacrifice and guard standing not far away.

The two stood not far away and talked casually:

"Do you really want to give him the secret elixir? Although it is not a demon after verification, it is an outsider after all. ”

"It's already this time, how can you care about what outsiders say? If there is no new blood to replenish the combat power in the town, and we lose again in the subsequent race war, without the support of the new population, our town will be destroyed sooner or later......"

"Besides, if it was hundreds of years ago, this method of taking food was also the way of orthodox cultivation, and the things that were consumed were also the elixir between heaven and earth, rare and exotic, and naturally had to go through many tests, and only then could they be given as slaves and servants."

"But hundreds of years ago, the heavens and the earth changed greatly, the demons stained the world, and even the demons and monsters of the past have undergone even more bizarre distortions, and the Dao medicine created by their bodies is not only full of hidden dangers, but also hopeless, but in order to survive, what can they do?"

"Since the other party wants it, then give it to him......"

“……”

On the high platform, the old mayor continued:

“…… Next, one by one, you will enter the hut, and we will teach you how to take it! ”

"Yes!"

Soon, one after another, teenagers entered the wooden house, and then there were wails and screams from inside, which made the people on the periphery feel their scalps tingle and feel related.

After a while, it was the turn of the alien boy.

"Luo Xuan!"

"Here!"

The good-looking young man took a deep breath and walked in.

He soon walked into the wooden house, and saw that it was empty, and in the center was a wooden table, behind which sat the old mayor and a figure in a black robe, and there was a faint fishy smell in the air, like the smell of a corpse that had been rotting for a long time.

Luo Xuan's heart sank, and he looked at the wooden table, only to see the nine clay pots placed on it.

Inside, there were pieces of bright red flesh, wriggling brains, and dull eyes......

They are all pickled in a special mass of herbs that give off a pungent and unpleasant smell.

"These are nine kinds of secret medicines, which are composed of mandrills, soul devouring beasts, and dream eater tapirs...... When concocted and served, you will get the following effects and costs......"

The old mayor patiently explained, and the young Luo Xuan's eyes were filled with excitement when he heard these words.

As an outsider, he knew what these things meant.

It means that mortals who do not have spiritual roots can also embark on the transcendent 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 transcendent power in the Immortal Alliance today!

Luo Xuan took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, but there was still an unstoppable glow in his eyes.

He is not from this Black Mist Continent, but a descendant of monks on Lingyuan Island outside it!

The reason why he sneaked into this place regardless of the cost, even at risk, was to obtain extraordinary power with a mortal body!

The Black Mist Continent is a famous place near Lingyuan Island.

It is rumored that hundreds of years ago, the Yuanying True Monarch of the Immortal Alliance fought with two old demons of the same realm here, and the aftermath and pollution caused by the battle swept the continent in one fell swoop.

In order to block the pollution, the Yuanying True Monarch on Lingyuan Island blocked this place with great magical powers and great mana, prohibiting the pollution from escaping.

But with the passage of time, the external monks gradually discovered that if these polluted spiritual qi on the continent were absorbed by mortals, although they would produce distortion, they would also have extraordinary power!

As soon as this news came out, it attracted the attention of almost all the monks at home and abroad, after all, if this matter could be replicated, maybe it would allow mortals who did not have spiritual roots to step into the path of cultivation, thus greatly enhancing the potential of their own forces!

But after some experiments, the power of the various forces was disappointed.

Because they found that although the black mist pollution could allow mortals without spiritual roots to have extraordinary powers, its essence was already the existence of half-human, half-demon.

Of course, the upper echelons of the Immortal League are not so pedantic and abandon a new path because of the so-called racial differences.

Rather, it is a mortal who is polluted by the black mist, and unless he has a firm mind, he is extremely prone to a great change in temperament.

And their potential is limited, there is no hope of breaking through the golden pill in their lifetime, and even the resources required for cultivation are more than ordinary monks, and they also need various purifying pills such as pure spirit pills to stabilize their bodies and souls, which is completely worth the loss.

The reason why they were interested in each other was to obtain a large number of cheap and squeezable low-level monks, but now that the effort was completely disproportionate to the gain, they naturally did not spend time here.

But this may not be useful for monks, but for many mortals who are begging and begging, but have no way to find immortals, this is where hope lies!

The hope of being able to get rid of the identity of a mortal who has been in a pile of loess for decades and has a weak body!

It is that many people who know about this matter have spent all their fortunes and traveled thousands of miles across the vast sea to come here, just to win an otherworldly opportunity, even if it costs their lives!

And Luo Xuan is one of them.

Even more eager than many mortals who didn't have spiritual roots.

Because he himself is a descendant of monks, after seeing the prosperity and brilliance of the immortal cultivation world, the great power and demeanor of the immortals, how can he be willing to return to the ordinary life of the mortal world?

It was he who chose to gamble without hesitation.

First, he spent the convenience of the descendants of the monk to buy a few Qi Refining Pill Purifying Spirit Pills, and then spent a large amount of gold, silver, and broken spirit stones, and purchased a wisp of black mist that was diluted to the extreme from the black market, and the two were combined, successfully completing the initial pollution of the body.

Then, with the help of the blockade array, which only gave the characteristics that were not given, he successfully infiltrated the Black Mist Continent and came to the northern region where the pollution was not very serious.

And he did it for the sake of what was in front of him!

'Simply polluted by ordinary black mist, both potential and extraordinary power are limited, but the rich black mist even monks dare not touch, let alone mortals 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 cultivation system to plunder power from the Black Mist—the method of taking food! ’

'Hunt and devour the contaminated and distorted demons and monsters, make them into secret medicines, and take them to supplement their forms, and plunder their power! ’

'Every bait secret recipe is a secret that the forces of the Black Mist Continent do not pass on, of course, maybe the family cultivator will have it, but it is not my turn to be a declining disciple of the side lineage, so I can only sneak in here to obtain it in person! ’

Although this method has many hidden dangers, it can finally let me step into the path of immortals, even if this immortal is a strange immortal, a corpse immortal! ’

Thinking of this, Luo Xuan's eyes became more and more determined, and even with a touch of fierceness.

For him, instead of doing nothing in this life, it is better to fight!

The reason why his family is prosperous is not because the current Jindan patriarch gambled a hundred years ago, so that he has today's prosperity.

Not to mention that in the past history of the immortal cultivation world, there was no great power to say:

Life is a hundred years in a hurry, but it's just a big gamble!

lost, even if his strength and luck were not as good as others, he also admitted 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 demons and monsters, and their corresponding abilities and costs are also different.

Taking the mandrill secret medicine can make the body strong and powerful like an ox, but it will grow hair all over the body, lose reason continuously, and the character will become more and more obedient.

The spiritual imprint left in the Soul Eater Secret Medicine is more terrifying than other secret medicines, but it will awaken a strange ability similar to the Divine Soul Spiritual Technique.

The Dream Tapir Secret Pill can enter the dream, but the user will continue to fall into nightmares until one day he can't hold on, and will completely fall into a deep nightmare and never wake up.

……

Luo Xuan couldn't help but fall into deep thought after seeing these nine secret medicines one by one, and the old mayor did not urge him, but stood aside and waited quietly.

After all, which kind of secret medicine you choose determines your future development direction, and also determines which hostile demons and monsters you will be in the future, so you should naturally be cautious.

Luo Xuan was very hesitant.

If you want to talk about the ability to save your life in the crisis of the Black Mist Continent, you naturally prefer the Mountain Mandrill Secret Medicine, but its potential is not high.

And if you choose this, if you can go out one day in the future, you will inevitably be beaten as a demon.

And the Soul Devouring Beast Secret Elixir may be a good choice, not only has good potential, but even if it goes out in the future, there is room to be controlled.

But......

Luo Xuan seemed to have thought of something, looked at the Dream Eating Tapir Secret Medicine, and his expression moved.

Although he is a mortal without a spiritual root, as a descendant of a monk and in the East China Sea, where immortal cultivation is prosperous, he is not ignorant of the affairs of the immortal cultivation world.

For example, one of the nine major forces of Xianmen - Nanhua Dream School!

"If I choose other secret medicines, even if I go out in the future, it will be impossible to join other forces in the immortal cultivation world, let alone worship the immortal gate, 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!"

"That's good." The old mayor nodded, "In that case, then you can take it." ”

"Huh? Just take it? Luo Xuan was stunned.

"Or else?" The old mayor asked rhetorically.

"Oh......" Luo Xuan suddenly realized that the cultivation system that had only developed for a hundred years could have so many rigorous operations.

Luo Xuan nodded silently, took a deep breath, and then gritted his teeth, just like pinching his nose and taking medicine when he was a child, he brought the wooden bottle to his mouth, raised his head, and drank it.

The cool, slippery sensation 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 convulsed involuntarily, his eyes quickly became blurred, and a thick sleepiness came, and then, the whole person only felt that his body was empty, and he fell down directly.

"Dream tapir? The danger of taking this secret medicine is not small, if you can't get rid of the nightmare of the other party's counterattack before death, I'm afraid something will happen......"

In the wooden house, a voice sounded, and the figure shrouded in black robes looked at Luo Xuan, who had fallen to the ground, with a hideous face, as if he had fallen into a nightmare, and couldn't help but say lightly.

"This is his own choice, and he naturally has to bear it, it depends on his willpower and creation...... Well?! ”

The old mayor replied expressionlessly, but the next moment, his old face frowned.

Because Luo Xuan's face suddenly changed from hideous to serene, as if he was in a sweet dream.

"Dead, dead? No, no, it's asleep?! The old mayor's face changed, revealing a look of surprise, "What did he dream of, the remnant soul of the dream-eating tapir didn't eat him back?!" ”

……

It is like a country shrouded in night.

The sky is a bright star, and the light seems to come from the distant outer world, which is indescribably ethereal and mysterious.

A little bit of light is like a summer firefly, flowing among the night flowers and sleeping grass all over the ground, with an indescribable dream.

It's so quiet that even breathing can make you sleep here.

'W-Where is this?' ’

Luo Xuan looked at the scene in front of him with a confused expression.

After taking the Dream Tapir Secret Medicine, he was counterattacked by the remnants of the other party, fell into a nightmare, and even almost died, and was resurrected by the other party.

But who knew that at the moment when he was about to be devoured, he suddenly felt empty under his feet.

Then, I came here inexplicably.

"What the hell is this ......?"

Luo Xuan muttered in his mouth, for some reason, at this moment, in his mind, such a sentence inexplicably emerged:

In the realm of eternal night, the sleeping immortal Hou Ru fell asleep.

(End of chapter)