Xu Feng discovered that the stronger the humans these monsters brought, the more satisfied the giant python monster guarding outside Hujiazhuang would be. If the humans they brought were weak, the giant python monster would be very unhappy and would even not let these monsters enter Hujiazhuang. At this time, the clever monsters would bribe the giant python monster with various items.
Spiritual herbs, precious minerals, rare objects, the giant python is easy to talk to and is not picky. As long as the items given by Guiyi are valuable, it will swallow them in one gulp.
However, among these bribe items, Xu Feng discovered that this giant python seemed to prefer a fist-sized, pitch-black bead with a jade-like luster. Every time it swallowed such a bead, the strange power on the giant python would become more intense.
A sudden idea flashed in Xu Feng's mind. He thought of the properties he saw after obtaining the complete talisman. The weirdness suppressed in the shell. Once the shell is killed, the weirdness will also be killed, and there is a certain probability of dropping an item called a weird bead.
"Could those strange black beads used as bribes be the ghost beads?" Xu Feng thought to himself.
"Since Yuan Yangzi is in Hujia Village, it seems that he has been imprisoned there as a tribute..." Xu Feng guessed: "If I just force my way in, I'm afraid I won't be able to see Yuan Yangzi at all, unless..."
Hujiazhuang is equivalent to a den of monsters. The number of monsters inside is unclear, but there are definitely a lot of them. In the more than one hour that Xu Feng watched, five or six waves of monsters entered Hujiazhuang. Although they were all first- and second-level monsters with relatively low levels and strength, the fact that Hujiazhuang could have a third-level monster guarding the gate meant that there must be more powerful monsters inside.
Thinking of this, Xu Feng took out the reward for completing the first ring of the golden side quest, a black notebook with a strange origin.
"Come out!" Xu Feng ordered.
On the cover of the black notebook, a scarlet eye slowly opened and stared at Xu Feng motionlessly.
Xu Feng's face darkened. This monster actually didn't obey his orders. What's the use of a summoned creature that doesn't obey orders?
Thinking of this, a hint of murderous intent emerged in Xu Feng's eyes, and the power in his body slowly circulated, rushing quickly towards the black notebook in his hand.
When the Wanjie Gong had not yet been integrated with the Devouring Body, if Xu Feng wanted to integrate the weirdness, he needed to use the calamity power to slowly guide the weirdness into the body, and then integrate it with the calamity power bit by bit. But now, after integrating with the Devouring Body and advancing to the "Wanjie Immortal Devouring Art", the calamity power is like a glutton. If it wants to integrate the weirdness, it will directly swallow the weirdness in one gulp, and then slowly digest it, becoming even more domineering.
The strange notebook in his hand seemed to sense the danger. The eyeball on the cover showed a look of fear, and it tried hard to convey an emotion to Xu Feng.
[Strength, weak, unable to show up! ]
Xu Feng frowned slightly, and the calamity power in his body slowly returned to his dantian. According to the strange words in his hand, it was now just a calamity power and could not condense into a human form. Only when it was upgraded to the second level could it condense into a human form with the power of the origin, and it no longer needed to be stored in the body.
Xu Feng recalled that among the several monsters he had hunted before, only the monster in the morgue that had just been upgraded to the second level could rely on the power of the origin to condense into a vague human figure. The other monsters that had just been upgraded to the second level had to possess a human body.
Xu Feng thought again of the people who were drying meat in the valley before. They all had unborn monsters in their bodies. Once those monsters were born, they would eat up all their flesh and blood. Not only that, even their bodies would be regarded as the first shell by these monsters. Only when all these monsters grew up would they be replaced with better shells.
Xu Feng nodded. At this moment, another monster led three humans towards Hujiazhuang in the valley. The monster in the lead was a leopard walking upright. Its originally light yellow fur had turned pitch black. The patterns that originally looked like copper coins now looked like they were branded with a branding iron.
Xu Feng pointed at the strange golden leopard in the front and asked, "Can you possess it like that?"
To a first-level monster, the leopard is just a shell. However, for a first-level monster, it is better to stay in the original thing when it was just born, which is more suitable for its growth.
However, feeling the intimidating aura emanating from Xu Feng, the strange notebook hesitated for a moment, then blinked hard, conveying a "yes" emotion to Xu Feng.
"Very good!" Xu Feng showed a smile on his face.
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Half an hour later, another monster appeared on the path leading to the Hujiazhuang Valley. This monster was possessed by a hyena. It looked a little underdeveloped, only about 1.56 meters tall, and seemed to be still asleep, with drooping eyelids and a weak look.
This was originally just an ordinary hyena. After being possessed by a weird creature, it used a large amount of weird power to transform the hyena's body and turned it into what it is now. For a first-level weird creature, this kind of body transformation has already damaged its origin and it will take a long time to recover.
Behind this strange creature, Xu Feng pretended to stagger and walked forward step by step.
Just like that, the man and the strange creature walked towards Hujiazhuang in the valley openly. When they were more than a hundred meters away from Hujiazhuang, the giant python strange creature once again poked half of its body out of the black fog and stared at the strange creature walking in front, looking him up and down.
"Why did you become so weak?" The giant python was a little confused.
"Fighting, injury, tribute..." He pointed at Xu Feng behind him and spoke word by word.
Xu Feng felt the cold breath emanating from the giant python. Its huge body was extremely oppressive, and its scales were like armor, emitting a metallic luster. Anyone would feel frightened and worried when such a huge creature was so close. However, the strong and strange power emanating from the giant python seemed normal to Xu Feng.
However, this also allowed Xu Feng to confirm once again that the giant python in front of him was indeed a third-level monster.
In order to prevent the giant python from noticing anything, Xu Feng pretended to be confused. His eyes were dull and his expression was rigid. He opened his mouth and let his saliva flow down the corners of his mouth, wetting a large area of his chest.
The giant python looked at Xu Feng strangely, and a look of surprise appeared in its eyes.
"Monk? Good, good, good!" The giant python was very happy. It did not expect that the first-level monster in front of it, which seemed to be about to dissipate with a gust of wind, could actually bring a monk as a tribute. You know, the stronger the physical fitness of the parasitic human and the higher the strength, the greater the potential of the monster to be born.
The giant python monk was originally born in the body of a very strong human, so he was able to advance to the third level. If he could have been born in the body of a monk at that time, he might have been able to advance to the fourth level or even higher.
"You have done a great deed by capturing a monk as a tribute. During the sacrifice, you will definitely receive a reward from the Origin Ancestor!" The weird giant python seemed very happy as well. After hesitating for a moment, it spat out a black bead from its mouth and threw it in front of the weird hyena in front of it.
"This is my gift to you. Swallow it and your injuries will be healed, allowing you to be in better condition for the sacrifice!" the giant python said strangely.
Xu Feng's heart moved. This black bead was exactly the same as the beads given to it as a strange bribe before. Maybe it was a strange bead.
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With a thought, he controlled the hyena to pick up the black bead and thanked the python. Under the giant python's strange gaze, the hyena took Xu Feng and continued to walk towards Hujiazhuang.
Xu Feng looked at the black bead in the parcel column and thought to himself, "You guessed right. This is the Weird Bead, which is condensed from the Weird Origin Power. It is a great tonic for the Weird and can enhance the Origin Power. For ordinary humans, as long as they swallow this bead and survive without being swallowed by the Weird Power in the Weird Bead, they will have a certain chance of awakening their special powers and gaining some ability to control the Weird!"
"But for ordinary people, swallowing the strange pearl is equivalent to gambling with their lives. Most people will be attacked by the strange power and die in pain!" Xu Feng couldn't help but sigh.
Xu Feng maintained a stiff posture all the way, followed the summoning monster, and entered Hujiazhuang.
As soon as I entered the gate, a servant with somewhat stiff movements came to greet me. This man looked similar to those people who were drying meat, except that there was a black mist lingering between his eyebrows, and no strange smell had yet emerged.
"This way."
The servant stretched out his hand and led Xu Feng and Huan Zhaogui to a narrow path nearby, while he led the way in front.
Soon, this narrow path led them into a forest.
The forest was also filled with thick black fog, and there was a mass of black air lingering in each big tree. Moreover, compared with the black air between the eyebrows of the human in front of him, the black air in these trees appeared thicker and seemed to have a more solid foundation.
However, the black air in these big trees seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep and was not as active as the black air between the eyebrows of the humans in front of them.
Xu Feng suddenly realized that it seemed that these weird things had their origins. The weird things that were born in ordinary humans were of the lowest level, while the weird things that were parasitic in these woods had greater potential and a more solid foundation.
The best one should be the one that can parasitize on a cultivator like Xu Feng, which has the greatest potential.
However, Xu Feng had no idea how to choose a body to parasitize and what the rules of selection were.
Following the servant, they walked for more than a mile and found a deep cave at the end of the path.
"Put the tribute here!" The servant pointed to the cave and said, "Follow me."
After saying that, the servant pushed Xu Feng. Xu Feng was afraid of being exposed, so he fell straight into the cave. Summoning Guiyi was led to another place by the servant.
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(End of this chapter)