Chapter 1706 - 1711: Rapid Growth
Lin Fei never expected that after being swallowed into the belly of this gigantic demon beast, he would unexpectedly be able to absorb some Nascent Souls, which was truly a blessing in disguise.
So Lin Fei wasn’t in a rush to leave. However, he soon discovered a problem related to the gastric juices. Those gastric juices seemed to surge into the stomach like a river, making Lin Fei really want to vomit, but he suddenly realized that his body was completely unharmed?
This was an astonishing discovery. Since arriving in the Lower Realm, Lin Fei increasingly felt that his body was extraordinarily strong, surpassing many people with higher cultivation levels than his own. He was not afraid of lightning, nor the corrosiveness of the gastric juices. Ultimately, Lin Fei became the only creature to survive amidst those gastric juices.
Moreover, Lin Fei was continuously consuming the Nascent Souls left by the demon beast.
He kept devouring the Nascent Souls that appeared after the demon beast had swallowed them, unconsciously enhancing his strength.
Lin Fei never imagined that his opportunity would rely on a demon beast, and moreover, he had to survive in its belly. But it was fine; Lin Fei, in the dark space, did not know how much time had passed, only that whenever the demon beast got hungry, it would go out to hunt for food and then swallow the demon beasts it killed directly into its stomach.
Swallowed into the stomach, some of the Nascent Souls or Golden Cores were still intact. Lin Fei would immediately pick them out or grab those Nascent Souls and devour them himself, so his strength grew as the demon beast continued its slaughter.
Finally, one day, the demon beast seemed to encounter a formidable enemy, getting severely injured. With a huge wound exposed, Lin Fei could even see the light on the other side, realizing that this must be the opened-up belly, and astonishingly, he heard a human voice. It was strange that human voices echoed in his ears, indicating that it was a human who killed the demon beast.
After all, Lin Fei felt the heartbeat sounds vanish, signifying the demon beast was indeed dead. The human voice indicated that the other party had the means to kill the demon beast, making Lin Fei nervous, not knowing what to do.
At this moment, suddenly a sword light came towards Lin Fei. If not for Lin Fei’s swift reaction, he would have been struck. The sword light, fortunately, missed Lin Fei but instead hit behind him, shattering instantly. A golden light flashed by and disappeared in a blink, with the figure of the person who launched it also vanishing, leaving behind a wound and Lin Fei, who was still alive.
Lin Fei didn’t expect such a powerful person, and he immediately crawled out of the demon beast’s belly, covered in blood.
At this moment, danger descended again. A piercing cry from a bird echoed. Before Lin Fei could escape, he was pinned down by a gigantic claw, capturing the demon beast and ascending into the sky, soaring in Outer Heaven.
Apparently, the bird didn’t anticipate Lin Fei to be on the prey’s body, so it inadvertently took Lin Fei high into the sky, eventually arriving atop an isolated peak.
The enormous demon beast was suddenly thrown down by this giant bird, crashing onto the ground, and then the bird flew away. Lin Fei found it very peculiar why the bird had left the food on this solitary peak.
Bloodied all over, he walked out, discovering a cave opening atop the peak. Lin Fei curiously looked around, then cautiously ventured into the cave.
Finally, Lin Fei reached the inside of the cave and understood why the bird had left its prey here; it was to guard its owner.
However, the owner had disappeared at some unknown point.
Lin Fei entered the cave mansion and found the space inside Shandong to be ample, about the size of four rooms in modern society. The table was covered with soil, as thick as Lin Fei’s finger.
But what intrigued Lin Fei most was the mysterious pile of black powder on a stone bed, untouched by surrounding soil, indicating its unusual nature.
Ignoring much else, Lin Fei approached and inspected the black powder, unexpectedly finding a ring amidst it.
"A Space Ring!"
Lin Fei looked at the large Space Element Stone in his hand, confirming that this ring had a space at least ten times larger than the one he wore!
However, Lin Fei couldn’t open the space ring because there was some remaining trace on it.
Unable to open it was like guarding a massive treasure that he couldn’t access!
Eventually, Lin Fei conceded defeat and just wore the space ring on his hand.
Looking at the pile of ashes and a bit of bone ashes, Wang Qi felt that this person must have eventually fallen into Deviation in cultivation.
Such individuals were indeed numerous.
In the Cultivation World, any danger was possible, so Lin Fei was not surprised, just feeling it was a pity; otherwise, another master may have emerged in the world.
Right now, Lin Fei didn’t have time to pity others. Currently covered in blood, Lin Fei decided to temporarily stay in the cave to cultivate.
Moreover, Lin Fei noticed the cave was not fully explored, with an area ahead unsearched. Lin Fei moved towards that small cave.
However, once Lin Fei reached another cave, he discovered an even larger secret.
"Could these all be Elixir Pills?" Lin Fei gazed at the dazzling jade boxes, incredulous. He reached for one, opened it, only to find nothing inside but a small heap of ash.
"What the hell, no way, did time take them all, leaving only the ashes? This is too screwed up!"
Finally, Lin Fei opened every jade box, finding only empty ones!
Technically, they weren’t empty, but time had rendered them so. Only blame could be assigned to Lin Fei for not arriving sooner. Otherwise, those Elixir Pills would have lasted him long and greatly strengthened his cultivation.
But soon, Lin Fei discovered a peculiar stone, a black one, filled with warmth.
Lin Fei touched the stone, feeling its warm temperature. He finally decided to break it open to see what weirdness lay inside.
But Lin Fei was also concerned about possibly releasing something harmful. As Lin Fei was in a dilemma, a high-pitched bird cry sounded from outside suddenly.
Lin Fei didn’t know what was up with the bird, but he had already decided, to break open the stone!