The celestial demonic energy is edible to the gluttonous beast. Well, it just doesn't taste very sweet.

Back in the small town of Zichuan, the Taotie and Qiongqi were no longer the bloodthirsty, ravenous monsters they once were; they had also learned to enjoy food. The spirit chef, Paojia, didn't find it hard work at all; on the contrary, he thoroughly enjoyed it.

For a spiritual chef, the preparation of each spiritual dish is a form of spiritual practice.

Other spirit chefs rarely have the opportunity to prepare spirit dishes due to a lack of ingredients. But Pao Jia is not troubled by this problem at all. When the ingredients in the manor run out, Taotie and Qiongqi will go hunting on their own and bring back enough ingredients.

These two were originally not very willing to do this kind of thing. After all, they always thought that they were the four fierce and domineering ancient beasts, so why would they go out and do such a low-class and tasteless thing as hunting monsters?

However, once their appetites were whetted by the magical food prepared by the chef, the two of them would start working together without Rong Xi needing to tell them what to do.

"Taotie, Qiongqi, didn't you say that wherever there is extraterrestrial demonic energy, there will be demonic spirits? We've been traveling for so long, and all we've seen is extraterrestrial demonic energy, but not a single demonic spirit has appeared. Don't you find that strange?"

According to Taotie and Qiongqi, the demonic energy from beyond the heavens is incessant, and the demonic spirits from beyond the heavens are indestructible. But now, in this cave heaven of Wangwu Mountain, the demonic energy from beyond the heavens surges like a tide, but there isn't a single demonic spirit in sight.

This situation is clearly very wrong.

"Well, maybe the demons found this place was sealed off, so they all left!"

The Taotie was also somewhat bewildered. It had been on high alert the whole time, but just as Rong Xi had said, there were no demonic spirits lurking here at all.

It's really strange that such dense extraterrestrial demonic energy hasn't given rise to any extraterrestrial demonic spirits.

"is that so?"

Rong Xi still felt something was wrong.

"Forget about that for now. Let's go check out the place where the extraterrestrial demonic energy is pouring in."

Since there are no demonic spirits in the cave, there must be demonic spirits in the outer world!

She's never even seen a demon spirit before.

Taotie and Qiongqi protected Rong Xi as they passed through the extraterrestrial demonic energy and headed straight for the cave entrance from which the extraterrestrial demonic energy flowed, connecting to the Wangwu Mountain cave heaven.

When they got closer, they were shocked by what they saw!

Endless corpses piled up here, and beneath them flowed crimson blood.

These corpses belonged to cultivators who had been missing for an unknown period of time, yet their faces were remarkably lifelike, as if they had all recently been born, and the blood dripping from their bodies was still a vibrant red.

"Could these people be the cultivators from the Wangwu Mountain Grotto-heaven back then?"

Rong Xi carefully examined the clothes on these corpses and found that they were significantly different from those of the present era.

"yes!"

The Taotie responded in a deep voice, "Master, look at the hem of their clothes. There is a mark of Wangwu Mountain on them. This is the key to the Wangwu Mountain Grotto-Heaven. Only those who have this key imprinted on their bodies can freely enter and exit the Wangwu Mountain Grotto-Heaven."

"In fact, at that time, all the cave heavens required a Cave Heaven Key to enter."

Taotie is indeed an ancient relic; he really knows a lot.

Although these things are not very useful now, from the perspective of archaeology, what Taotie knows has profound guiding significance.

"Respect the dead, let them rest in peace!"

Rong Xi gazed at the mountain of corpses and the sea of ​​fresh blood before her, her heart heavy. What kind of enemies did the cultivators of the former grotto-heavens face? Dying here, their eyes wide open in disbelief, did they harbor any resentment?

"Master, you mustn't!"

Taotie spoke urgently, "These corpses have clearly been subjected to a special secret technique by someone. If we cannot break the technique, then we must burn all of these bodies. Otherwise, once the extraterrestrial demonic energy invades their bodies, these people will erupt uncontrollably."

"At that time, for cultivators in the Three Realms, it will definitely be the arrival of a hellish nightmare."

"Will they turn into zombies?"

"Well, in that situation, they shouldn't be considered zombies!"

Taotie was a little confused. "I don't know exactly what it is either. In short, once their zombie transformation breaks out, there is no other way to eliminate them except by completely burning their corpses."

"Understood!"

After hearing Taotie's words, Rong Xi understood what she had to do. Since they couldn't be buried, then cremation would do; in the end, it all came down to one thing: burial!

Three-colored flames flew out and landed on the pile of corpses.

"roar--"

As the pile of corpses was ignited by the flames released simultaneously by Rong Xi, Taotie, and Qiongqi, a deafening roar suddenly rang out from the very bottom of the pile.

"There's something there!"

Taotie and Qiongqi quickly grew larger, protecting Rong Xi from all sides.

Unfortunately, while they protected Rong Xi from all sides, they forgot about the ground beneath her feet.

"ah!"

With a brief gasp, Rong Xi was grabbed by the legs by a pair of skeletal claws that emerged from the earth, and then forcibly dragged into the ground.

"Owner!"

Caught off guard, Taotie and Qiongqi roared urgently, their bodies shrinking as they quickly chased after Rong Xi through the underground passage where she had been dragged away.

"I smell my master's scent here!"

Taotie made full use of its keen sense of smell and quickly caught up with Rong Xi, who was being dragged away, along with Qiongqi.

At this moment, Rong Xi was tightly bound by a bone rope.

"Master, don't panic, we're coming to save you!"

The Taotie opened its mouth and bit down hard on the bone cord. With its terrifying bite force, this bite could probably break anything. But the result was that the bone cord was not broken. Instead, the Taotie's teeth felt slightly loose.

“Taotie, if you can’t bite through it, don’t waste your energy. Follow me and see who’s behind this.”

Rong Xi is not an easy person to talk to, especially when it comes to those who have offended her.

Clearly, if the owner of this bone cord were to meet Rong Xi, he would likely be torn to pieces. Of course, that's assuming Rong Xi can break the bone cord.

"I can do it!"

Taotie is very unwilling to admit defeat.

He's a Taotie, one of the four ancient ferocious beasts, capable of devouring the heavens and the earth. Could a mere bone rope possibly break his teeth?

"Bang!"

After Taotie tried again, he knew that he had really met his match.

Blood stained the corners of Taotie's mouth, and two of his teeth were broken, which truly shocked him.

"How is this possible?"

Which powerful being's bones were used to forge this bone cord?

"Taotie, you're injured?"

Hearing the noise, Rong Xi turned her head to look, feeling very sorry for Taotie.