Chapter 131

This stems from what his grandmother taught him when he was a child.

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Cheng Hui is very obedient, or rather... he is a person who is very receptive to correct opinions.

This stems from what his grandmother taught him when he was a child.

So when Uncle Gui asked him to train with his body covered in mud, he did it without any hesitation.

Of course, the premise for doing so is that he feels that such training is very useful, otherwise he would not be so well-behaved and obedient.

So, once again, he was covered in mud and quietly left the temporary camp where he had lived for a year.

The closer you get to the depths of the swamp, the more dangerous it becomes. Relying on the skills he learned this year, Cheng Hui carefully avoided places where high-level monsters might appear. Just by relying on his caution, he actually entered the depths of the swamp unscathed.

The Daping Swamp is very large, but ordinary ghost cultivators usually only appear on the outskirts.

Firstly, most of the materials they needed could be collected in the periphery. Even if some of them were of insufficient age, compared to the danger of losing one's life at any time in the central area, they were very satisfied.

Secondly, the danger in the central area is not only because various high-level monsters live here, but also because it is an extremely chaotic area.

There was once a secret realm here that was broken, and the impact of spiritual energy and yin energy created the Daping Swamp, which also caused this chaotic area.

Here, it is very likely that the place you stepped on before absorbed Yin Qi, and the next step it turned into spiritual energy. Although spiritual energy will not cause harm to ghost cultivators, if it suddenly appears in battle, it is easy to cause unpredictable consequences.

Unless the ghost cultivators have damaged their brains through cultivation, we are all intelligent people and naturally will not do business that will lose money.

Therefore, over the years, the number of ghost cultivators who came to the central area to hunt was extremely small. This could be understood from the fact that Cheng Hui went deep into the center for three whole days and did not see any trace of living people.

During these three days, Cheng Hui remained vigilant. The mixed impact of Yin and spiritual energy in the central area created many mutated monsters. Taking the lizards as an example, the combat power of the lizards on the periphery was only one at most, while the combat power of the lizards in the central area must be at least five, and the mutated lizards... had no upper limit at all.

Cheng Hui saw a lot of geckos in the past three days. This creature is worthy of being at the bottom of the food chain. With its strong reproductive ability, there are many of them even in the central area.

Moreover, the geckos here and the geckos outside can almost be called two different species. If Uncle Gui hadn't pointed it out to him, he would never have imagined that such a large reptile as big as a tiger was actually a gecko.

Cheng Hui: ...

To be honest, apart from the fact that it has four legs, how is that thing similar to a gecko?

However, after hunting this unfortunate lizard, Cheng Hui had to admit that this thing really was a lizard. At most, it was a little bigger, its teeth were a little sharper, and its tail was a little more flexible... Bullshit!

The lizard that he could easily deal with outside actually injured him here.

Even though the wound wasn't big, it was still an injury, and the one that injured him was just a lizard... It's outrageous!

"Uncle Ghost...is this what you call good luck?"

Cheng Hui pointed at his wound with a dark face.

Next to him, there was a huge headless lizard-like creature lying on the ground. If its size was reduced by ten times, it would really be a lizard.

"You're lucky," Ghost Uncle said confidently, "If you weren't lucky, you wouldn't be encountering this mutant lizard, but a mutant sawtooth crocodile or a mutant red-capped python. Those are really dangerous."

"But I'm injured." Cheng Hui said depressedly: "This is just a mutant four-legged snake, and I'm injured. Like you said, if I encounter other mutant monsters, will I still be alive?"

Cheng Hui was not exaggerating, but this lizard really dealt him a heavy blow. He originally thought that after a year of hard training, even if he couldn't walk sideways in the Daping Swamp, it should be almost enough, right?

As a result, as soon as he arrived at the central area, an ordinary mutant lizard gave him a critical hit, saying: You think too much, here, you are still a little brother.

Anyone who encounters this kind of thing will feel a bit resentful...

Uncle Ghost glared at him disdainfully. "You little brat, do you understand what it means to seek wealth and honor through risk? You've seen pie-in-the-sky goodies before, and I've never seen one in all my years. You have to pay for what you want. What you're about to receive is the spiritual energy accumulated over hundreds of years, and there may even be other benefits. How can you expect such benefits without taking a risk?"

Uncle Gui also discovered that Cheng Hui was a good person in every way except that he lacked a bit of bloodiness, the kind of bloodiness that would risk his life at any time.

Uncle Gui is a casual cultivator who fought through wind and rain in the past. Without some bloodiness, he would not be alive today.

In fact, Cheng Hui is not lacking in this kind of bloodiness, or in other words, any person will explode as long as he is pushed to a certain extent. In Uncle Gui's opinion, the reason why Cheng Hui lacks this kind of bloodiness is because Cheng Hui has lacked the beatings of society.

Emmm... Ever since hearing what Cheng Hui said, Uncle Gui has always felt that it is particularly appropriate.

He was actually very puzzled. During the conversation with Cheng Hui, he also understood his other party's life experience. In his opinion, since Cheng Hui's family could live in the territory of the demon cultivators, they were probably not good people. How could they raise a son like Cheng Hui who could be called a kind person?

Not to mention that his family was wiped out and he was the only one left. After suffering such a severe blow, most people would be filled with hatred and resentment, and many would even be willing to fall into the devil's way for revenge. At the very least, their personalities would become extreme, right?

And what about Cheng Hui?

Not to mention being extreme, he is cheerful all day long and can be described as heartless.

Uncle Gui was very puzzled. Cheng Hui's personality could only be nurtured by a family with a good family environment and a good family tradition. It was completely different from his background.

If he hadn't proved those things in some special way, he would even suspect that the kid had lied to him.

In short, Uncle Gui is very satisfied with Cheng Hui's character, but his lack of bloodiness is indeed a problem.

The fruit tree had an idea as soon as his eyes turned. He had nothing now, and the only thing he could use was the things in his brain. He just happened to think of a place.

Isn't it a lack of courage? Just kill more people and you'll get it.

Cheng Hui certainly cannot kill innocent passers-by, but if he enters a place where it is either you kill me or I kill you, Cheng Hui will definitely not refrain from taking action, right?

Uncle Gui felt that based on his understanding of Cheng Hui, Cheng Hui was not a fool, and he would definitely not endure it when faced with those who obviously had ill intentions towards him.

Uncle Gui has already started thinking about how to trick Cheng Hui... no, persuade him to go to that place.

Little did he know that Cheng Hui was feeling extremely ashamed at being scolded by him.

He looked at Uncle Ghost with an expressionless face and felt very guilty.

When he was with Lin Qingyang, Cheng Hui was used to taking care of him because of his young age. However, he did not expect that because Uncle Gui looked very mature and often guided him in training, he unconsciously regarded Uncle Gui as his elder.

When he was little, his parents were no longer around, leaving him with only his grandmother to care for him. He often had to handle things on his own. His relationship with Uncle Gui, both a mentor and a friend, had inadvertently fostered a sense of dependency. Even when things were clearly beneficial to him, he would get upset over a minor injury.

Cheng Hui laughed at himself. Greed was probably human nature. He was obviously an adult man, but he would actually use such childish tricks.

What's with all the complaints about being hurt? It's just that he wants to be comforted by others... He's so old now, he's no longer in need of comfort from others.

Cheng Hui shook his head vigorously. Really, could it be that he has been living too well recently and has become arrogant?

Doesn’t he know how dangerous the world of cultivation is?

He was so happy that such an opportunity came to him, but he even dared to complain. Who gave him the face?

Cheng Hui took a deep breath. It turned out that his life was too comfortable.

"Ahem...Uncle Gui, I'm sorry..." He bowed deeply to Uncle Gui and apologized sincerely.

The ghost uncle who was thinking about persecuting Cheng Hui: ...

"Well, nothing." Uncle Gui's face was calm, and he felt guilty for a second.

A second later, Uncle Gui smiled and said, "It's okay, let's continue. Once you absorb the spiritual energy accumulated here, I've thought of a place that's more suitable for you to train."

"Okay!" Cheng Hui also smiled: "Uncle Gui, don't worry, I promise to complete the task."

Uncle Gui said meaningfully: "You said it yourself, so don't regret it."

Cheng Hui solemnly promised that he would not regret it and asked Uncle Gui to rest assured.

After dealing with the dead lizard, Cheng Hui collected its limbs and kept them as materials for setting up an array in the future.

He gathered all his strength and lurked carefully in the mud.

He expanded his spiritual sense to about 300 meters around his body. If an enemy appeared within this range, he would have enough time to deal with it.

As for why I didn't make it bigger...it was mainly because I was worried about accidentally triggering an enemy I couldn't defeat.

Maybe it's because of the mixture of spiritual energy and yin energy, but most of the monsters in the center of the swamp are very sensitive to spiritual consciousness. Cheng Hui accidentally provoked a group of angry red cranes yesterday, and they were furious. They rushed over like a dark cloud. Cheng Hui saw that the situation was not good and hid in the mud for half an hour. When he came out, the water above his head had dried up, and it took a long time for it to spread again from the nearby river basin.

Since then, Cheng Hui didn't dare to use his spiritual sense casually, for fear that he would be exposed and instead anger too many enemies with his spiritual sense.

"Uncle Gui, when can we get to the place you mentioned?" Cheng Hui asked anxiously.

Not far behind him, less than a hundred meters away, bubbles were gurgling in the turbid water. Cheng Hui almost stopped every step as he moved away from there, because under the water, there was a Jindan-stage saw-toothed crocodile hiding.

Moving forward in this area is really a test of one's ability to withstand pressure. Even if one's spiritual sense is too poor, he can easily step on a monster if he is not careful. Even if he uses spiritual sense, he still has to worry about whether the monster will notice him. In short, it is very tiring.

"We're almost there. See that tree up ahead? It's right under that tree."

Cheng Hui was not relaxed, and Uncle Gui was also very nervous.

Now Cheng Hui is his greatest hope for resurrection. If he dies in the monster's mouth, he will have no place to cry.

Fortunately, all this will pass. The entrance to the secret place is not far ahead. As long as you enter the secret place, it is equivalent to entering another space and you will no longer be affected by the monsters here.

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