Chapter 5: The Terror Tide

"Wu Qingqing of the Feather Coat Palace challenged the Hundred Beasts Gate Hedong, Wu Qingqing slaughtered the spirit beasts of Hedong, and returned with a great victory, but was seriously injured by an attack on the way back. The www.biquge.info of the Feather Cloak Palace demanded an explanation from the Hundred Beast Gate, and the Hundred Beast Gate claimed that the attack had nothing to do with it, severely condemned the murderer, and expressed its willingness to fully cooperate with the Feather Cloak Palace in investigating the incident......"

"The Iron Sword Gate issued a heroic post, inviting the heroes of the neighboring factions to gather at the Iron Sword Peak on the 15th of this month to celebrate the success of the foundation building of the Iron Sword Gate disciple Duan Jian. ”

"The battle for the right to hold the Autumn Fair in the Kokura community came to an end, and the Qixia faction stood out and won the final right to hold it. The fair will be held from September 10 to September 25, the trading venue is the southern foot of Qixia Mountain, interested participants please go to the city market management office as soon as possible to register, only need to pay ten pieces of three-grade spirit stones, you can get a booth. Booths are limited, first come, first served, don't miss the opportunity, don't come again......"

Tang Chen's spirits were lifted, and he was very interested in the fair.

The annual Autumn Fair is the most important business exchange event in the Kokura industry. During the fair, there are all kinds of exercises, elixirs, pets, magic weapons, and precious materials, and naturally there will be a lot of rare ingredients. In recent years, the trade fair has become more and more prosperous, and the booth rent has risen with the tide, and most of the booths will be rented by strong bulk customers and group customers, such as chambers of commerce and sects.

Ten third-grade spirit stones is an astronomical amount for a low-level monk.

High-grade spirit stones are exchanged for low-level spirit stones, and the official price is 1:100 for each grade. That is to say: 1 third-grade spirit stone = 100 second-grade spirit stones = 10,000 first-grade spirit stones. However, because high-grade spirit stones are more widely used and have lower yields, the actual exchange rate is often higher than the official price. Spirit stones above the fourth grade are often stockpiled as strategic materials and are almost not circulated in the market.

Fortunately, in addition to the official booths, free trade zones are usually derived from the vicinity of trade fairs.

The biggest feature of the free trade zone is that it ...... Freely!

Anyone and any item can be sold, no matter how high the cultivation is, no matter whether the thing you sell is valuable or not, and no matter how outrageous the asking price is, as long as you open a stall in the free trade zone, you will be protected by the organizers. Of course, the organizer will charge a fee, and the protection cannot be free.

There will be some messy things on the monk's body, and some of them even the seller does not know the origin, if the eyes are bright enough and the patience is good enough, it is entirely possible to find a treasure in the mass of trading goods.

In the last trade fair, Tang Chen once found a large piece of green turtle shell.

The green turtle shell can be used for refining, and the complete green turtle shell is a good material for refining the magic weapon of defense, and the defense is perverted. But the greatest value of the green turtle shell is not actually refining, but cooking, take a small amount of green turtle shell into the soup, will make the soup taste greatly enhanced, highly respected by the gluttonies, because the green turtle is very rare, it is not easy to start, the price of the turtle shell has always been high. That turtle shell was worth at least five third-grade spirit stones at the market price, but unfortunately the seller didn't know the goods, so Tang Chen took it for ten first-grade spirit stones, and in the following months, the frequency of use of the soup pot in the Qiankun bag skyrocketed......

Last year took a big advantage, and Tang Chen naturally looked forward to this year's trade fair.

"Qixia Mountain, September 10...... Three months should be in time!"

Tang Chen calculated his schedule and traveled from the Dadong Mountain Range to Qixia Mountain, even if he didn't sit in the teleportation array, there would be more than enough time. Foodies soon fell into longing, fantasizing about finding a few more rare ingredients, and foodies were surrounded by a full sense of happiness.

Yin Gui broadcast a few more local news, and then broadcast the Shattered Star Realm battle report.

Tang Chen closed Yingui, that's all for today's news, and then listen to it and broadcast it in a loop. Although Yin Gui was extremely slow to consume spirit stones, Tang Chen had no interest in listening to repeated news.

He likes Oto-kyu very much, and often wanders in the field, and Oin-kyu is his main channel for obtaining external information.

Oto-kyu first appeared a hundred years ago, the first was used for long-distance communication in the army, after a hundred years of development, the technology has been quite mature, and began to realize industrialization in the civilian sector. Each monk has a sound station, and through a large transmission array, the sound wave signal is transmitted to each station in the area, and then the small transmission array of the station is transmitted to the user, so as to achieve directional transmission of information in the circle.

The company mainly relies on users to purchase the service to survive.

If you want to listen to the announcement, you can go to the station to purchase the station and services, and the station will install a receiving circle for the paying user's tone. The receiving circle contains specific unlock information, which cooperates with the sound wave transmission circle of the sound channel, and after the circle is damaged, the broadcast content cannot be heard, so you can only pay for it again.

The sonic transmission circle is adjusted every year, so the service of the sound gate is also sold on an annual basis.

The principle of Yinguitai's receiving array is not complicated, and it can naturally be cracked, and the Jindan period cultivation is completely capable of doing it. But the Jindan monk first respects his identity, and the fee at Yingui Station is not high, and the Qi refining cultivator can afford it, and basically no one will bother to crack the receiving circle.

Oto-kyu service requires a cost, and you have to leave someone else to live.

The time was approaching, and Tang Chen opened his eyes suddenly.

He heard a "rustle" sound.

Look around trying to find the source of the sound, but it's everywhere and it's hard to locate. The sound became louder and louder, like thousands of silkworms gnawing on mulberry leaves together, and each sound seemed to gnaw at Tang Chen's heart, making his face more and more ugly, and he actually had the illusion that the earth was trembling slightly.

Wait, not a delusion!

The ground beneath your feet is indeed moving, and the amplitude is becoming more and more obvious.

Tang Chen stood up suddenly.

In the short time of Leng Shen, the volume has almost caught up with the boiling water, and it is still the kind of whistle kettle. The most terrifying thing was that the layer of rotten leaves under Tang Chen's feet turned even more violently, shaking him uncontrollably, as if something was about to come out of the ground!

Tang Chen didn't dare to delay any longer, rushed to the nearest big tree, and climbed up with a few swishs. For a grassroots foodie who mainly relies on hunting for food, tree climbing is a must-have skill.

Another advantage of foodies: versatility.

By the time Tang Chen sat on a thick branch, the uninvited guests in the ground had already popped up.

Little black things came out of the rotting leaf layer, and by the light of the fire and the moonlight, Tang Chen could barely distinguish that they were beetles, all black, each the size of an adult's fist. The rustling sound I heard just now was the mouthpiece of the black beetle, and the cries of countless black beetles converged together, like the charging horns of the insects, which was deafening.

The earth turned into wormholes, and countless black beetles crawled out of their holes. As far as the eye could see, the entire forest floor was shaking, and the ground was soon occupied by all of them, and there were still dense black beetles gushing out of the cave mouth like a tide, seemingly never-ending.

"Damn it!"

Faced with this overwhelming insect tide, Tang Chen swallowed hard, and his legs became weak.

The bonfire had been overturned by insects that had come out of the ground, and the black beetle was not afraid of fire, and the burning firewood was covered by the black beetle's body, which was quickly extinguished due to the lack of air, leaving only wisps of green smoke. Before the firelight disappeared completely, Tang Chen saw some black beetles crawling up a piece of bluestone, crawling all over the complete grass rabbit bones, and immediately opened his mouth and gnawed.

In just a few breaths, the swarm dispersed, and there was nothing left where the rabbit bones had been placed.

Tang Chen felt a chill, these black beetles were so ferocious!

The black beetles moved, like a black wave sweeping through everything, Tang Chen, who was sitting on the tree, felt like a small sampan, floating in the stormy waves, weak and helpless.

When Tang Chen found that a large number of black beetles were surrounding the big tree where he was, the vanguard began to climb the tree, almost spurting out a mouthful of old blood. Without thinking much about it, Tang Chen quickly moved to the top of the tree, and only when he climbed to a height of more than ten meters did he dare to take a break and observe the surrounding situation.

In the few nearby trees, there are no black beetles gathered.

Obviously, Tang Chen was targeted, and these insects must have some way to sense their prey.

Not afraid of fire, extremely devouring, able to climb trees, strong perception and surprisingly numerous...... Tang Chen felt that these insects were a little perverted.

He still underestimated these guys.

The trunk of the tree was already crawling with black beetles, and a black wave was heading from the bottom to the top of the tree, not fast, but the direction was clear enough, and in the process, the big tree elephant was dyed black by them. Some of the black beetles that had been squeezed into the lower branches squeaked in a hurry, and then the carapace on their backs parted, revealing a pair of wings and began to fly towards the upper branches.

Black beetles can fly!

Although it can only fly about half a meter, it can fly after all, and with other abilities and huge numbers, the terrifying level of the black beetle has undoubtedly increased by several grades.

"Nima, what kind of thing is this!" Tang Chen was terrified.

The terrible fact that the black beetle could fly made Tang Chen no longer dare to stay where he was and continue to climb up!

After climbing a few steps, Tang Chen took out the knife from the Qiankun bag and cut off some of the smaller branches under his feet, reducing the number of black beetles as much as possible. The tree he chose for ease of climbing was relatively small, but the branches in the middle and lower parts of the tree had always been thicker. If there is enough time, Tang Chen can also cut them one by one, the problem is that the army of black beetles under his feet is pressing step by step, and in a hurry, he can only speed up and try to clean up the small branches that are easy to cut, and the thicker branches have to be let go.

After climbing another five or six meters, Tang Chen stopped, and further up, although the branches could still support his weight, to stop the black beetle, Tang Chen needed to find a relatively stable and easy place to defend, and the position was just right now. In fact, at the speed of the black beetle, climbing a few meters further can only buy a moment, which is of little significance.

Continuing to climb trees and clear branches, Tang Chen, who was not outstanding in physical strength, was sweating profusely and panting like a cow. Tang Chen seized the last bit of time to remove all the branches one meter below the foothold.

Lying on the trunk of the tree, Tang Chen took out two kitchen knives, gestured, put the knives back, and then took out two long baking forks, set up a rack and waited for the swarm to arrive.

At this time, the most important thing is to distance yourself!

Tang Chen, who was cornered by the insect swarm, had fierce eyes and blood in his veins.

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