It’s just early morning today, but the temperature has already become hotter than usual at noon.

A scaly monster that was sleeping in a nest built of wood couldn't stand it anymore, so it crawled out of the nest, intending to go outside to get some fresh air, or swim in the water to replenish its water.

Hiss hiss (What a nice smell!)

Hiss, hiss, hiss (Huh? Why are you standing here?) The scaly monster has a hunched body and weak muscles. The human girl's appearance is no longer attractive and she is obviously very old.

After it crawled out of the nest, it saw an old scaly monster it knew standing in front of it motionless.

And from its body came a stream of burnt aroma with a fishy smell.

Following the smell, it noticed that a piece of red sword was extending from the chest of the scaly monster in front of it.

This old scaly monster was not standing in front of it, but was hung in front of it by the long sword!

hiss..

It wanted to scream to sound the alarm, but the next moment the long sword suddenly pierced its throat.

Hiss, hiss, hiss! The horrible sound of the branding iron touching flesh and blood rang out inside its body, and thick smoke instantly poured out of its trachea and filled its nasal cavity.

What a nice smell! This was the last consciousness of the scaly monster.

Jiang Li's clone is at the foundation-building stage. How could he fail against a group of scaly monsters that are only slightly stronger than wild beasts?

He stood on the branch without moving a step, but just made sword gestures with his hands, controlling the flying sword Zhuhong to wander among the scale monster tribe, easily killing all the creatures there.

Even until they died out in the end, this group of scaly monsters that served as sacrifices on the water surface didn't even utter a scream, nor did they shed a drop of blood.

Then next, it’s the ones under the water.

Jiang Li thought about it and still decided not to attack directly with the flying sword.

He took out a dozen unmarked universal talisman papers that could be bought anywhere. This was one of the few ways the main body could provide help without being exposed.

He first sealed several other underwater caves with talisman paper, then flew into the water and swam into the last cave.

This cave was just like what Jiang Li had discovered before by hearing. It was cleverly dug into an inverted U-shaped design. The outermost part of the cave was completely covered by water, but a dry pipe space was formed inside.

The clone does not have the ability to breathe underwater, and underwater, not only is the power of the Fire Flying Sword greatly reduced, but forcing it to activate may also cause damage. It is just right now.

Behind him, after using talisman paper to form a simple five-element formation to seal the exit, Jiang Li crawled into the passage.

The cave passages dug by the scale monsters are not wide, and normal people need to bend over or simply crawl forward.

But the clone doesn't have to do this. Jiang Li controls the clone to lie on the flying sword and let the flying sword carry it forward. This way, the clothes don't need to be dirty and the movement is faster.

The deeper you go inside, the stronger the fishy smell becomes.

Although this scaly demon tunnel is not very interconnected, it is still quite complicated. Jiang Li is not a reincarnated groundhog, so he is a bit clueless about this three-dimensional maze.

He tried to move forward by smelling the scent, but that didn't help much except torturing his nose.

However, hard work always pays off. With Jiang Li's constant trial and error, he went deeper and deeper on the flying sword.

Soon, after turning a corner, dense and orderly hissing sounds came along the passage.

Jiang Li was cheered up. I am not good at sniffing things with a dog's nose, but I am a professional at stealing Guanyin.

Following the direction of the sound, he did not take any detours and the passage became wider and wider.

Finally, the hissing sounds became louder and louder, and Jiang Li saw the sudden expansion of space and a rare lighting fire at the end of the passage.

"What are they doing?"

Jiang Li walked to the end of the passage and looked out curiously.

Hundreds of scale monsters were crawling in front of something, making rhythmic sounds that sounded like prayers or chants.

At first glance, this scene really looks like a group sex scene of hundreds of people on the same screen in a certain island country. If you don't know their true appearance, it would be quite exciting.

This group of scaly monsters... Are they performing a sacrifice? Or are they totem worship? In the tribal era, an intelligent race with its own language was capable of developing theological beliefs.

Jiang Li controlled his clone to sneak out, covered the mouth of the last scale monster, and snapped its neck.

Then he used the scaly monster as a cover, moved closer, and observed the scene in the cave.

"Hi...what is that?"

The clone instinctively inhaled in shock, but the stench of the air he inhaled was so great that he had to use a lot of willpower to barely hold back from vomiting.

In the front of hundreds of scaly monsters who were crawling and kneeling, there was a very strange-looking statue, which was obviously the object of worship for all the scaly monsters.

But a statue is a statue, so why do we say it is weird? Because the statue is not like a normal statue, with the head facing upwards and the base at the bottom.

The statue was attached to the top of the cave with its head facing down and its base facing up, as if gravity was completely opposite to it.

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Jiang Li wanted to see more clearly, but he couldn't make out more details from this distance.

At this time, at the front of the group of scale monsters, a scale monster that was obviously much taller let out a roar, and the cave space suddenly became quiet.

Even Jiang Li's clone, who was hiding behind the corpse of the scale monster, showed a hint of surprise.

That scaly monster actually has some cultivation? And judging from the aura, the scaly monster's cultivation is even at the foundation-building stage.

Wait a minute, it would have been fine if he hadn't paid attention. Once he paid attention, he discovered that the dozen or so scale monsters in front of this group of guys had spiritual fluctuations of varying strengths.

They did not conceal themselves at all, but instead tried their best to mobilize their spiritual energy and show themselves to the scaly monster above.

Jiang Li was shocked.

Although the scale monsters are called scale monsters, in the world of immortal cultivation, they are generally regarded as beasts with a little intelligence.

This is because, although the scale monsters have some talent, they are actually unable to absorb spiritual energy and practice like spiritual root cultivators and monster beasts.

But that scaly monster was not only able to practice, but it even built its foundation?

This... is this the effect of the spiritual root seed?

If the seeds of spiritual roots can allow ordinary mortals to obtain spiritual roots, then it is not so strange that they can allow scale monsters to obtain the talent to practice.

But what does that spiritual root seed have to do with the inverted statue that these scale monsters are worshipping?

Just when Jiang Li was full of thoughts, two scale monsters stood up from the group of scale monsters.

Their faces, which looked like human girls, showed an expression of great honor, and then they walked forward and knelt in front of the tall scaly monster.

Two wooden bowls were placed in front of them.

Then it was a familiar scene that Jiang Li had seen before.

The long black hair of the two scaly monsters began to turn white from the ends and quickly spread to the roots.

The aura on their bodies also began to weaken rapidly, and the spiritual energy fluctuations that were originally faintly felt quickly disappeared.

It didn't take much effort for the long black hair to turn snow-white, and two spiritual root seeds were spat out of the mouth and fell into the wooden bowl.

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