Chapter 321 The History of the Taotie Clan

"Earth Devouring?"

Lu Yang bent down and picked up a piece of mud from the ground, resisted the urge to eat it, and threw it back.

The Immortal Fairy let out a cry and jumped up from the ground: "Yes, doesn't Earth Devouring mean eating dirt? Isn't it hard to understand?"

The Immortal Fairy felt that although Lu Yang's IQ was not as good as hers, it should be very easy for him to figure out this kind of thing, right? Lu Yang: "..."

So your Earth Devourer is a literal meaning? Seeing that Lu Yang was still confused, the Immortal Fairy sighed softly, thinking that it was fortunate that she was in the spiritual space to give him advice, otherwise Lu Yang's brain would be easily deceived.

She further explained: "Although Taotie is one of the four ancient evils, that reputation was earned later. In the beginning, the whole family was in a miserable situation. They had big appetites but no skills. They were hungry every day, and when they were hungry, they had no strength and could not hunt, which created a vicious cycle."

"The Taotie tribe cannot fast and will eat their entire lives."

"When you're really hungry, you'll eat tree bark and leaves, but tree bark and leaves are not very edible."

"Later, perhaps the Taotie clan's ancestors' graves began to smoke, and a genius emerged from the clan. He was gifted in cultivation and had a sharp mind."

"The glutton thought, it doesn't matter what you eat, tree bark and leaves can be eaten, but why can't the soil on the ground be eaten?"

"It had been secluded for three days without a drop of water. It was about to starve to death. Its entire life flashed before its eyes. It thought it had died, but then it thought of its tribe, its family, its skinny brothers and sisters, and their earnest expectations."

"It feels that it cannot sink like this, it wants to resist!"

"It saw hope in death, and its instinct for survival integrated everything it had learned throughout its life. It finally found its way out of despair and developed a great magical power - Swallowing the Sky and Devouring the Earth!"

"This great magical power turned into blood power and merged into the Taotie blood. From then on, the Taotie clan automatically learned this magical power and began to compete to eat dirt."

"Wait a minute, I heard that the Taotie clan can swallow the sky and the earth, and even tear apart the space. From what you said, it doesn't seem like they can tear apart the space?" Lu Yang wondered, this is not what is written in the book.

The Immortal Fairy looked at Lu Yang angrily: "Hey, you are so impatient, listen to me!"

"Please continue."

The Immortal Fairy was very proud and said, "That's more like it." Then she continued, "In the past, the Taotie clan had a miserable life and their cultivation was generally not high because they did not have the energy to practice. Once they are full, they will have extra energy to practice."

"Their race's cultivation talent is enough to rival the top monster races, such as the dragon race, phoenix race, Kunpeng race, Qiongqi race, etc."

"There is another reason why they cultivate so quickly, and that is that eating soil really can make them stronger, and the better the quality of the soil, the faster they cultivate. There was a period of time when the price of black soil soared, and it was because of these guys eating it."

"The soil in the medicine garden of the Daodao Sect is of a high quality. If you are interested, you can give it a try. It is guaranteed to increase your cultivation speed!"

"Please let me think about it."

While Lu Yang was pretending to think, the Immortal Fairy said, "As the Taotie clan's cultivation progressed by leaps and bounds, they began to show their talents among the demon clans. In the end, not only were they talented, but the strength of the entire race could be compared with the top clans."

“This is how they became known as the Four Evils.”

"When the Taotie tribe became prosperous, they thought that they were a large tribe after all, and it was not appropriate for them to eat dirt all day long, so they modified the ability of Devouring Heaven and Earth to Devouring Everything, which is what you see now."

Lu Yang was silent for a moment, then asked, "Then why didn't you teach me the later Heaven-Swallowing and Earth-Devouring Technique?"

The Immortal Fairy looked at Lu Yang strangely, not understanding why he asked such a question: "Isn't this what you asked for? You want the most ancient skill, and the kind that can be seen at a glance that it is a skill from ancient times?"

"This is a genuine ancient skill. It is very ancient to me. I read about it in ancient books, and then listened to the Kirin Immortal's exaggerated narration to understand what happened."

“Let me tell you, this move is almost lost. Maybe no one in the Taotie clan knows it anymore. If you hadn’t begged me, I wouldn’t have taught you!”

Lu Yang: “…”

Thank you.

"Is the only effect of this move to make me eat dirt?" Lu Yang asked with a hopeful mentality.

"Of course not."

"Is it true?" Lu Yang was delighted and felt that the fairy was still reliable.

"Try eating a mouthful of soil. It will definitely be dry and hard to swallow. If you drink water, it will form mud, which is also hard to swallow and sticky in the throat."

"That's where 'Tuntian' comes in handy. Tuntian allows you to eat dirt and then use spiritual energy as water. You can swallow the surrounding spiritual energy and pour the dirt down your throat. You'll swallow it all in one gulp!"

"...So this is a combo?"

"That's right. The founder is a genius from the Taotie clan after all. Isn't it normal for him to think of the moves to perfection?"

"Of course, Heaven Devouring can also be used alone to absorb spiritual energy."

"I'll try."

Lu Yang silently recited the mantra and opened his mouth. Sure enough, a huge amount of spiritual energy poured into his mouth and into his limbs and bones.

Please...collect 6...9...books...!

"Cough cough." Lu Yang felt as if he was choked and his breathing was blocked. His body instinctively closed his mouth and started coughing.

"You absorb spiritual energy too quickly. At your current level, you can't absorb it so fast."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yang started practicing his skills to calm the spiritual power in his body. He opened his mouth and deliberately slowed down the speed of absorbing spiritual energy.

The spiritual energy is like nectar, sweet and delicious. It is digested by the stomach and spreads throughout the body, making you feel extremely comfortable.

"It's so comfortable~" Lu Yang sighed.

"Wait, come to think of it, how come the feeling of absorbing spiritual energy just now was the same as using a spirit gathering array?"

"You guessed it right. The very first spirit gathering formation of our human race was created based on this skill." The Immortal Fairy revealed another ancient secret.

Talismans, formations, and other arts of cultivating immortals are all the ancient humans’ imitations of nature and monsters.

Among these monsters, the Taotie clan is included.

“No wonder… Wait, even if I learn this version of Swallow Heaven and Devour Earth, it’s useless. Who knows the past of the Taotie clan now? Even if I come up and eat dirt, the Jiuyou Sect won’t recognize that this is Swallow Heaven and Devour Earth!”

Lu Yang suddenly realized that it was true that the skills were old, but it was a problem that the skills were too old, because no one could recognize them.

He even suspected that in the era of the Immortal Fairy, few people knew these things!

The Immortal Fairy hesitated: "So you want to learn the current Heaven Devouring and Earth Devouring Technique?"

Lu Yang nodded vigorously.

The Immortal Fairy breathed a sigh of relief: "That's easy to say."

"What do you mean?"

"I won't."

Since she doesn't know how to do it, Lu Yang doesn't need to learn it. It's a very simple truth.

I got home late. The second update will be around 11 o'clock.

(End of this chapter)