"Immortal, the Man Niu Village is just ahead." A look of joy appeared on Da Niu's honest face.
Fang Xiu followed the sound and found that Man Niu Dong Village was built in the mountains and forests, nestled against the mountains and by the water. The outer wall was made of sharpened logs, and there were many thatched houses inside. Although it looked primitive, the scenery was really beautiful.
Led by Da Niu and others, Fang Xiu entered Man Niu Dong Village. As soon as he entered, he attracted a lot of attention. The villagers looked at him with curiosity and fear.
Fang Xiu also took the opportunity to observe these people and found that they were mostly wearing animal skin clothes, some with bone chains around their necks and stone axes on their backs. Regardless of age or gender, they were all very strong, and even the women had waists as wide as two adult men.
Lacking spirituality, yet possessing physical strength far exceeding that of ordinary people?
Just then, an elderly man with gray hair and a wooden cane slowly walked over, surrounded by a crowd.
Da Niu quickly stepped forward: "Chief."
He whispered a few words to the old man and pointed at Fang Xiu. The old man's cloudy eyes immediately lit up with surprise, and he quickened his pace to walk over, leaning on his cane.
"Niu Zhan, chieftain of Man Niu Dong Village, greets the immortal."
Niu Zhan bowed deeply, his attitude extremely respectful.
Fang Xiu nodded, but his gaze was focused on the wooden staff in Niu Zhan's hand, or more precisely, on a five-colored stone inlaid at the top of the staff, with five colors—green, yellow, red, white, and black—mixed together.
"Immortal Master, you saved the people of my Man Niu Dong Village. We will never forget such a great kindness. We humbly request that you stay here as our guest so that we may repay your kindness..."
"Where did this stone come from?" Fang Xiu suddenly interrupted, as he could sense an extremely faint divine aura emanating from the five-colored stone.
Most importantly, this is not the aura of the Taotie deity, but a completely different kind of deity.
Niu Zhan paused for a moment, then patiently explained, “This stone was passed down from the previous chief of our Man Niu Dong Village. Not only is it brightly colored, but wearing it for a long time is also said to prolong life. If you like it, Immortal, I am willing to offer it to you with both hands.”
He quickly removed the five-colored stones from the wooden staff and respectfully handed them to Fang Xiu. He even prepared his explanation, saying that since the immortal had saved Da Niu and the others, this small gift was a token of his gratitude, and he asked the immortal not to refuse.
However, he was obviously overthinking it. Fang Xiu did not refuse, but directly took the five-colored stone, examined it carefully for a moment, and then put it away.
After collecting them, he even asked, "Do you still have stones like these?"
Niu Zhan was taken aback again, then a simple joy appeared on his face, as if it was a great honor for the immortal to like his stone.
“Immortal, there is only one Five-Colored Stone. However, if you want it, I will immediately send someone to search for it in the desolate mountains. The previous chieftain found it there.”
"Okay." Fang Xiu nodded. "Go find it."
"Yes, Immortal Master!" Niu Zhan hurriedly arranged for more than a dozen strong young men to search for the Five-Colored Stone, while he respectfully invited Fang Xiu to his home, served him fine wine and meat, and even called two women from his tribe to come over and dance around the campfire while beating animal skin drums.
However, the two women were hardly presentable; they had dark skin, muscular bodies, and bare feet (size 45) that were covered in mud as they walked around on the ground.
Fang Xiu looked at the meat in the bowl and discovered that it was actually the strange meat of snakes and insects.
"Is this all you usually eat?"
"Immortal Master, although the meat of these magical beasts may not look very appealing, it tastes delicious and can also increase your strength."
Fang Xiu then understood why the people here were so strong. It turned out that they had been eating the flesh of the strange creatures. The corrupting power within the strange creatures was devoured by the Taotie Divine Kingdom, so eating the flesh did not cause them to become distorted.
He picked up a piece of meat and tasted it. It tasted really good, very chewy, just like eating beef.
"By the way, Immortal Master, what do you think of the three-headed demon bird you killed? If you want to eat it, there are skilled cooks in the village."
"No need, I'll give it to you." Fang Xiu had no intention of eating the three-headed demon bird. With his current physique, he couldn't possibly grow stronger by eating strange meat.
Since he obtained the Maw of the Gluttonous Beast, he has devoured countless strange creatures. The power of these creatures has been transformed into his own spirituality, while his flesh and blood have been used to strengthen his physical body. As a result, his physical strength is now extremely powerful, having already reached a bottleneck and can no longer be improved.
At the same time, this is also the source of his confidence. Even without spirituality, he can still fight against a sixth-level opponent with just his physical strength.
It's no match for a seventh-tier opponent because the power of law controlled by a seventh-tier opponent represents a qualitative change, just like how Tyson couldn't withstand bullets.
Seeing that Fang Xiu did not want the three-headed demon bird, Niu Zhan was overjoyed and quickly kowtowed, saying, "Thank you for the gift, immortal! Thank you for the gift, immortal!"
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That night, Fang Xiu stayed in the house arranged by Niu Zhan. Instead of resting, he kept playing with the five-colored stone in his hand.
"Why are there other divine auras within the Taotie Divine Kingdom? Could it be... that Taotie once devoured a god? Or perhaps it accidentally devoured a divine essence?"
If that's truly the case, then this trip to the Gluttonous Divine Kingdom has truly been worthwhile.
The preciousness of a divine spark needs no further explanation. He could even kill a demigod by using the Ba Hui divine spark. Moreover, the terrifying power generated by the collision of two divine sparks in an activated state killed the Cloud God's clone in one blow.
If I could obtain another divine spark from the Taotie Divine Kingdom, I would have more confidence in fighting against the gods in the future.
Suddenly, Fang Xiu opened the mouth of the Taotie and threw the five-colored stone into it.
Click, click...
The sound of teeth chewing stones rang out. As the five-colored stone was swallowed by the Taotie's mouth, Fang Xiu suddenly felt a warm current rise in his body, flowing to his limbs and bones, warm and comfortable.
He opened his palms, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.
"My physical strength has increased!"
Right after swallowing the five-colored stone, he clearly felt that his physical body, which had been stuck in a bottleneck, had become slightly stronger. Although the increase was not significant, it was indeed stronger.
Moreover, this feeling of becoming stronger is different from the strange feeling of devouring; it does not pollute the mind in the slightest, as if it directly hits the essence of life.
This feeling is similar to being in the womb, absorbing nutrients and growing strong, while devouring the strange is more like exercising and eating protein powder after growing up. One is at the innate level, while the other is acquired.
"It seems that the divine spark that exists in the Taotie Divine Kingdom must be the divine spark of a certain immortal god."
Having encountered immortals, gods, and demons more than once, Fang Xiu could naturally distinguish whether this divine power belonged to an immortal or a demon.
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