Chapter 663 - 619: Reaching the Peak 28 (4,000 words)_2
Tan Shuangshuang, relying on the "Three Turn Body Sculpting Art" she had cultivated, was as agile as a Great Martial Artist. With boldness and caution, she followed the man almost immediately, jumping into the pool and landing at the entrance of the underwater cave.
As soon as Tan Shuangshuang entered the cave, she realized that the interior wasn’t made of soil but was instead formed of extremely smooth sloped stones. She landed on the stone and slid down, following the man ahead of her.
Tan Shuangshuang felt that her sliding speed wasn’t slow, yet the sliding time was quite long. When she and the man in front of her finally reached the bottom and stopped, she noticed that the air below was much thinner.
Evidently, this place was deep underground. Fortunately, cultivators could extract the spiritual energy from the air, which was enough to replace breathing. Although the air here was thin, it did not affect Tan Shuangshuang much.
Below was a naturally formed underground cave, with numerous branching paths leading in all directions. On the walls of the cave, fluorite was placed, illuminating the underground cave as bright as daytime.
Tan Shuangshuang tracked the man as he selected a small branching path and went inside. After a series of turns, she quickly found herself in a stone chamber. From there, she pushed open a hidden small stone door in the wall and entered.
Naturally, Tan Shuangshuang followed him in. As soon as she entered and saw what lay ahead, her scalp tingled, and she nearly cried out in shock!
For in this place was an enormous and tremendously deep pit, and inside the pit was a gigantic blood-red worm, with a diameter of five to six meters and an unknown length!
This blood-red giant worm was writhing in the deep pit. Upon seeing the man enter, it immediately raised itself and opened its enormous mouth, revealing the pink flesh lining within. It emitted a deafening hissing sound, seemingly demanding food.
Sure enough, the next moment, the man laughed and said, "Blood Ancestor, no need to worry. Today’s food I’ve brought you is plentiful, and all of high-level martial artists. The spiritual power in the flesh is quite sufficient to give you a good feast."
As he spoke, the man untied a spatial bag from his waist, opened the mouth of the bag, and tilted it towards the blood-red worm’s mouth. As expected by Tan Shuangshuang, what poured out from the spatial bag were corpses, mostly dressed as adventurers.
The blood-red worm, addressed as "Blood Ancestor" by the man, devoured all the corpses whole with its enormous mouth. After satisfying its hunger, it let out a burp, twisted its body into a coil, and settled back to the bottom of the pit, no longer moving.
Seeing the blood-red worm had stopped moving, the man did not leave but stood aside watching it, as if waiting for something.
Before Tan Shuangshuang could speculate out of curiosity, she saw a layer of blood mist rising from the body of the blood-red worm. Upon seeing this mist, the man’s face lit up with joy. He took a small gourd from his waist, uncorked it, and waved it towards the blood mist.
The originally scattered blood mist seemed to be attracted by something, immediately condensing and converging into a fine stream of blood-colored liquid, all of which was absorbed by the small gourd.
The blood mist produced by the blood-red worm was substantial, taking a full quarter of an hour to be completely absorbed by the small gourd. Seeing that no more blood mist remained, the man shook the gourd in his hand, revealing a satisfied smile on his face. So much true water, enough for him to cultivate for three months.
The man excitedly corked the gourd tightly again, shaking it with a contented expression, preparing to leave this place.
Just at this moment, another man pushed open the stone door and walked in. Upon seeing this man, he greeted enthusiastically, "So it’s Senior Brother Chen! You’ve returned so early this time?"
As he spoke, the man glanced enviously at the gourd in Senior Brother Chen’s hand. "Senior Brother Chen, your cultivation level is high, and your combat experience is rich. It seems you had a great harvest today. How much true water did you get this time?"
Seeing the incoming man asking questions, Senior Brother Chen was in no rush to leave. Instead, he stood where he was and started chatting with him. "I was lucky today and encountered some lone high-level martial artists. The Blood Ancestor’s food was of high level today, producing quite a lot of true water, enough for me to cultivate for three months. How about you, Junior Brother Liu? What was your harvest this time?"