Haiye, who usually doesn't cook and uses magic to obliterate others, couldn't bear to see such a bloody scene. She frowned, took a step back, and then belatedly replied, "It means they're not demons. Demons' cores would be absorbed by them first, making them unable to cultivate."
"right."
"But what about this black aura?" Haiye asked worriedly.
He wasn't worried about his people getting hurt, but he was worried that they might be infected by the demonic energy.
The demonic energy can infect two people at once, and if those infected do not wish to die, they must endlessly devour other demons.
If there were no demons, they would have to spread demonic energy to others, turning them into demons first.
They are currently only in the outer layer of the abyss, and these monsters can spew out a cloud of black mist from time to time, enveloping them all inside.
Haiye was naturally afraid.
He was willing to sacrifice for the Beast Garden, but he couldn't let all the brothers who came with him turn into demons and ruin their cultivation paths.
Moreover, his people are very loyal; if they were to become demons, they would surely choose immortality themselves and not cause trouble for others.
Several people, after seeing the dark aura, decided to end their own lives as soon as they left the abyss, with a "fight to the death" mentality.
"The black aura must be caused by this." Zhao Xi wanted to cut off a piece of rabbit skin to show Hai Ye the layers of the skin.
Between the fat and dermis lies a layer of black tissue connected to the pores. At first glance, the fire rabbit appears dark red, but upon closer inspection, you'll find that its skin is bright red, only the fur is black.
“I can sense that this is different from demonic energy. What do you think?” Zhao Xi wanted Hai Ye to smell it.
Haiye held the cut-off rabbit skin under her nose and smelled it, then frowned.
He couldn't smell anything except a fishy smell.
“It really is different…” Zhao Xi scratched his head, took out a pot, poured in some spiritual spring water, and put the rabbit meat in to cook.
As soon as the water starts to steam, the rabbit meat is cooked, and the black layer turns brown.
Haiye stared in disbelief at Zhao Xi, who wanted to conduct an experiment.
"But how do they manage to absorb everyone's spiritual energy with this black mist?"
"This black smoke smells a bit like coal, maybe it's smoke."
"cigarette?!"
"There's a volcano down there, with black smoke constantly billowing out. This black smoke might be something they've mastered through a long evolution, something that can transform volcanic waste gas into spiritual energy."
As expected of the headmistress, what she said makes perfect sense!
Food is scarce in this abyss, so there must be monsters that drink lava, eat volcanic ash, and gnaw on rocks. Otherwise, how would they absorb spiritual energy and reproduce?
Haiye felt much more at ease.
The spiritual energy in the immortal realm is boundless, and the abyss is rarely visited, so it is not surprising to encounter things that have never been heard of before.
He then flew away on his sword to inform the powerful demon cultivators at the front lines who were fighting against the demons. Once they knew that this was not demonic energy, they would no longer hold back.
Zhao Xi didn't want to waste the fire rabbit, so she treated it as food, stewing it in a vessel to identify any impurities and spiritual energy within it.
A paper crane flew in.
—This is Wanwan. The children won't leave until their teacher arrives.
Zhao Xi took out a blank talisman and folded it into a paper crane: "No need to force yourself. You can leave as well."
The paper crane flew away, leaving behind a trail of colorful spiritual energy, which gradually disappeared into the air.
Zhao Xi looked up and sighed softly.
She dared not easily assume that Feng Xiaoyao was a good person, but at least during this trip to the volcano, she did not do anything to hinder them.
On the contrary, another entity is more suspicious...
When did Xiaoxian Tong betray them? Was it really as she heard, that she deliberately made Lin Che and Xingye kill each other?
Could it be that Hoshino's awakening was also fueled by him?
Zhao Xi instinctively touched the necklace, then caught a glimpse of something red outside the tent: "Who's there?"
The little panda demon lay at the doorway, scratching at the formation with its claws.
It is Xiao Jia's spirit pet, a little panda demon.
Its bright red fur was glossy and smooth, and it carried a package on its back, but its path was blocked by the defensive array.
Zhao Xi wanted to go over and bring it inside.
The paper crane can only carry paper talismans; it can't carry anything heavier. This little panda was raised for quite a long time, and later it was fed food rich in spiritual energy made by the cooks of the Hundred Beast Garden, which somehow managed to raise this beast without spiritual roots to develop intelligence.
Of course, this is also inseparable from Xiaojia's careful feeding.
It understood Xiao Jia's instructions and used the teleportation array to find Zhao Xixiang's base camp.
Zhao Xi wanted to take out the food bowl and food, let it rest aside, and remove the pack from its back.
Inside the package was a uniform, with a light blue base and white stripes on the front, matching the color of the blue sky and white clouds.
It seems a hapless member of the Lingxiao Sect has died.
The other garment was brown, unlike anything I'd ever seen before.
Xiao Jia left a letter, a map, and three beast-taming rings.
The letter read: We've reached the middle section of the abyss and built three teleportation arrays at the locations shown in the diagram. The terrain here is complex, and the monsters are formidable. We've captured several monsters and also found a few pieces of clothing. The brown robe appears to be demon clothing; Headmistress, please be extremely careful.
So, demons really do exist?
Zhao Xi wanted to put the demons in the beast-taming circle into the formation and dissect them in the same way.
The monsters in the middle section are much more powerful than those in the outer layer, but the black energy that absorbs people's spiritual energy is not demonic energy.
Humans rely on muscles for strength, while demonic beasts rely on elixirs for energy. If their body parts were frequently bathed in spiritual energy, it would be quite novel and pleasant for Zhao Xi to imagine.
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