Chapter 58: Walking out of the cave
Even monks have to take bigu pills when inhaling spiritual energy. Warriors eat an astonishing amount of food, often eating an ox a day.
An Jing fought to the death for several times in a row and squeezed his body with Qi-boosting pills. Chijiawei's jade dew could only replenish some of the lost nutrients. Now he was already hungry and his eyes were turning black. His stomach couldn't help but wriggle, trying to digest something.
"Are these fluorescent vines edible?"
Rubbing his stomach, An Jing shook his head to wake himself up. He looked faintly at the fluorescent vines that had dimmed but still looked chewy. He swallowed instinctively: "How much can cushion your stomach... …”
"Things that glow are supposed to be poisonous."
The sword spirit is not sure either. After all, he is a sword spirit and not a monk. He has no experience in eating: "It's best not to eat. Even the inner breath and detoxification require water. We are short of water."
"Yeah, I know."
An Jing couldn't really eat the vines directly. He shifted his gaze and looked deeper into the path: "The vines on the monster's body are very wet. There must be water where it is."
Following the direction in which the vine monster came from, Anjing quickly found a small, dark cave.
There must be an underground waterway or even a hot spring around this underground ruins. The area where the vine monsters usually occupy is a stalactite cave that is constantly dripping water. It is quite humid. In the center is a lair made of fallen vines, and there are many ghosts on both sides. agaric.
From a distance, it is a dark green circular pit surrounded by white fungi.
The name of the umbrella next to the big nest sounds poisonous, but if An Jing got it right, this kind of mushroom is commonly known as 'coprin mushroom'. It is delicious, nutritious and has a very good taste.
"We have food, just this water...it's okay to drink less."
He received some groundwater with excessive mineral content from the stalactites to quench his thirst. Now Anjing doesn't care much about what these comatus mushrooms grow on. Anyway, they are all gifts from Emperor Huangtian.
After collecting some larger toadstools that were not missing or rotten, An Jing looked into the monster's lair and couldn't help but exclaimed: "So the body is here."
The source of the vines in the nest is a corpse. This corpse has also decayed into bones, but the color of the bones is bright and clear, like jade.
"It's the magical 'jade marrow bone'." Sword Spirit said: "This possessed cultivator must have had quite a lot of body-refining skills during his lifetime, and this magical jade bone has been cultivated to great perfection."
"Fortunately, only one of his heads is possessed by the devil. If his body is also possessed by the devil, it will be a 'Jade Bone Demonic Corpse', and we will most likely not be able to defeat it."
"His bone age is in his early twenties. His cultivation method is good and his cultivation level is not bad. The power behind him should be quite large. It is quite strange to die here."
The sword spirit's evaluation was quite objective. An Jing looked at the skeleton wrapped in vines thoughtfully and said slowly: "It seems that there is indeed something in this ruins that attracts these cultivators to keep coming.
"Unfortunately, now is not the time for our strengths to be combined."
An Jing shook his head slightly, and left with the toadstool without thinking too much.
The original cave.
After the vine monster dies, the vines all over its body quickly wither and dry up, losing all vitality, which happens to be the best firewood.
With the cultivation of an Anjing Inner Breathing Realm Fate Warrior, it was really easy to light a fire. He picked up two stones, collided with them and ignited them with sparks. The pale yellow flames lit up the dim cave.
In addition, the clothes on the corpses were easy to burn, so An Jing quickly lit a fire. In the swaying light of the fire, he roughly processed the ingredients, wiped them clean, and started roasting the coprinus mushrooms.
There is no seasoning, no fat, just grilled mushrooms. From an ordinary person's perspective, they are not delicious in any way.
But for Anjing, who has experienced a frost disaster, it is difficult to eat hot soil when he is hungry. Ice bark and grass roots can be swallowed with snow, and grilled, hot and overripe mushrooms can be eaten no matter what. Delicious delicacies. Chewing and swallowing with respect, more than twenty pieces of mushrooms can fill my stomach to some extent.
The inner breath moved naturally according to the body's instincts and quickly absorbed these nutrients, allowing him to barely suppress his dizziness.
At least now, An Jing doesn't want to chew moss so much, and he doesn't drool when he sees those fluorescent vines.
"That's it, ready to go."
As soon as his condition improved, An Jing clapped his hands and stood up.
Because of the treatment he received from the leader of Xuanming Village, he usually eats a lot of meat, and there is still fat stored in his body. He will not starve to death without eating for a few meals. At most, he will return to the weak state he was in when he was still on the run.
But next, if Anjing wants to try to leave this ruins, he naturally needs to ensure his combat effectiveness.
The reason is simple.
Although the cave was initially safe after the vine monsters were eliminated, Anjing was not sure whether new monsters would appear deep in the ruins or whether monsters would attack him.
At the same time, the area lacks clean water and stable food sources.
Although the mushrooms and cave water can barely satisfy the hunger, they will be gone after a few days, which is not a long-term solution. In the process of escaping from the sight of the demon sect, the demon and Dachen officials, Anjing will be able to survive for a long time. To stay in this different world, he must think longer term.
Stable, or at least reliable, sources of water and food. Initially, the cave did not have this condition, so he had to leave, and the sooner the better.
"I hope these things won't be used."
Before leaving, An Jing first collected some fire and filled it with empty magazines.
Then, he collected a large number of dry vines and almost rotten clothes from the bones - these things are all good fuel and can be used as fire starters or simply as firewood at critical moments.
An Jing collected a large number of bullets, and after making sure that the objects on his body were in order, he selected a still usable rifle from the corpse and carried it on his back.
This time he was on the run and did not need to hide in Xuanmingzhuang. The power of the pistol was still weak. With the rifle, Anjing's long-range attacks were more effective.
What was left after the vine monsters dissipated, the 'black jade skull', which was so strong that even evil swords could not pierce it, was hung on Anjing's waist.
This black jade bone has also been tempered to some extent. After the demonic energy dissipates, it becomes an ordinary spiritual material. It is not difficult to carry it - if it doesn't work, you can just take off the skull and use it as a breast shield.
After doing all this, he followed the 'route' towards the exit of the cave and the 'outside world'.
The journey is deep.
This is a very, very long dark tunnel, a naturally formed cave, or an underground river that has dried up, damp and stuffy.
Anjing walked in this water-shaped cave deep underground. Xuanbu operated instinctively, so that there was no sound of his footsteps, and he could only hear the slight, lonely breathing that constantly echoed in the passage.
In the darkness, scarlet light lit up in An Jing's eyes. This dim light allowed him to see clearly the road in front of him - most of it was natural landforms, but some artificial steps and sculptures could also be seen along the way.
and corpses.
(End of chapter)