When I woke up, I wanted to go home.

Chapter 274 The Strange Changes in Everyone

As time passed, rumbling sounds echoed throughout the cave.

Upon seeing this, Xiong Da asked Zhu Chongjiu.

"Ninth Brother, almost three hours have passed."

"Do I feel this is okay?"

Upon hearing Xiong Da's words, Zhu Chongjiu raised his hand to touch his chin but did not reply.

I glanced at Hu Lie's condition again.

They discovered that Hu Lie only had an impatient expression towards the monster in front of him, and there was no change in his expression.

Then Zhu Chongjiu went to the part where he had just taken the meat from Hu Lie.

They used the same method to pull out another piece of meat.

This time, Zhu Chongjiu did not hand the meat over to anyone.

Instead, he carefully tasted it himself.

After taking a bite, he was surprised to discover...

Just as Hu Lie said.

The monster's flesh didn't look appetizing, but it tasted incredibly sweet.

However, Zhu Chongjiu was still somewhat worried and only allowed each person to take a small piece, about the size of a fist.

It's always better to endure hunger than to lose your life!

After everyone finished eating, they all praised the quality of the monster's meat.

Although Xiao Jin and the others strongly requested to eat more afterwards, Zhu Chongjiu ruthlessly refused.

Because he felt things wouldn't be that simple.

A moment later, after Zhu Chongjiu broke off the monster's fangs, he divided everyone into groups.

Some people are grinding the fangs on stones, trying to make them into the shape of knives.

Some people disemboweled the monsters.

One reason was to obtain the meat of the animals for later use.

Furthermore, it allows for a more detailed understanding of the internal structure of monsters.

Secondly, Zhu Chongjiu wanted to remove the bones of the demon beasts to use as weapons.

After all, the fangs of the monsters were still too short.

He still understands the principle that an inch longer means an inch stronger.

Especially when dealing with such large monsters,

Furthermore, the newly recruited Thirteen Protectors were still bare-handed, without anything to defend themselves.

While Zhu Chongjiu and his group were busy at work, several other teams in the mountains were also feasting on the corpses of monsters.

It's unclear whether they were so hungry that they couldn't resist the sweet taste of the monster's flesh and blood.

Or perhaps they simply don't care about any side effects from the monster, and just want to die a gluttonous ghost.

However, what is different from Zhu Chongjiu's side is...

Among the groups that had already consumed the flesh of demonic beasts, more or less some had perished in the beasts' mouths while hunting them.

After working through the night, the group felt more than just hungry.

I also felt tired and sleepy.

Zhu Chongjiu knew this well.

That rat wanted to completely turn them into mortals!

Thinking of this, Zhu Chongjiu told everyone to rest.

I didn't practice martial arts tonight.

He sat cross-legged not far from the cave entrance.

In a state between sleep and wakefulness, they were trying to prevent any monsters from suddenly breaking into their cave.

Fortunately, the night passed peacefully again.

Just as dawn was breaking, Zhu Chongjiu opened his eyes and woke everyone up.

Xiao Jin and the other two kids wanted to stay in bed, but Zhu Chongjiu pulled them up by the ears.

Everyone prepared the monster meat they had collected last night.

Some of the thirteen bodyguards held leg bones of demonic beasts, while others held rib bones of demonic beasts.

In any case, everyone now has a weapon that can be considered for self-defense.

When everyone came out of the cave, they did not find the rest of the people.

It must be because they get up early, right?

Zhu Chongjiu ignored all of this and led everyone to continue deeper into the mountains.

As dawn broke.

One after another, teams appeared in everyone's sight.

However, these teams are in far worse shape than they were yesterday.

There have even been cases of people suffering serious hand injuries.

At this moment, he was being helped or carried by his teammates as they walked deeper into the mountains.

Days passed by one after another.

A year has passed in the blink of an eye.

Throughout the year, Zhu Chongjiu and his group traveled during the day and searched for caves to rest at night.

Zhu Chongjiu also stipulated that three hours must be spent practicing martial arts before going to sleep.

This caused everyone, who had been traveling all day, to complain bitterly.

period.

Some people also learned about the strength of Zhu Chongjiu and his group.

Because so much time has passed, and their team is the only one that hasn't lost a single person.

There wasn't even anyone who was injured.

However, Xiao Jin and his thirteen bodyguards drove them all back.

The reason given was, "Ninth Brother gave you the opportunity back then, but you guys were useless!"

We're all adults. There's no such thing as a free lunch where you can just come and go as you please.

Time flies, and in the repetitive days, another three years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Fewer and fewer teams are able to keep up with Zhu Chongjiu and his group.

However, the observant Zhu Chongjiu noticed something rather strange at this moment.

At this point, everyone's skin color is getting darker.

Moreover, their personalities are becoming increasingly irritable.

Often, people will quarrel over the smallest things.

If it weren't for the fact that he forcibly suppressed the conflict on several occasions, a civil war would probably have broken out.

Zhu Chongjiu initially thought that this phenomenon might be due to psychological factors caused by walking in this boundless mountain range for a long time.

But this kind of thing doesn't happen every day.

Sometimes not.

After the incident has passed, the people who had argued will feel immense regret for their previous actions.

Zhu Chongjiu also asked them the reason.

But everyone's answer was "I don't know" or "I don't know?"

I felt like my brain was out of control, and I was incredibly irritable.

He just wanted to fight the person in front of him.

And that's not all the strange things.

Along the way, they encountered other teams, and were even attacked for no reason.

Moreover, Zhu Chongjiu sensed that those who attacked them were like madmen.

Who with a clear mind would attack a team that is several times stronger than themselves?

How is this any different from courting death?

At the same time, those people had darker skin than the people in their own team.

Some people even have fine downy hair growing on their necks.

Unfortunately, in the days that followed, Zhu Chongjiu would make everyone practice the same martial arts as him until they finished.

He sat cross-legged in meditation, practicing the mental cultivation method he had created.

The idea was to encourage everyone to use this to suppress the rage within them.

As it turns out, this approach did have some effect.

I spent more than four years walking through this seemingly endless mountain range.

The only thing that made everyone happy was that they discovered...

Using the bones of that demonic beast, and then soaking them in its thick, black blood, Zhu Chongjiu could ignite them using an ancient fire-making technique, allowing them to burn for a very long time.

And it's also exceptionally bright.

"Ninth Brother, how much longer until we get out of these mountains?"

I'm just walking aimlessly like this, and I'm about to give up.

Hearing Xiao Jin's complaint, Murong Yu chimed in, "Xiao Jin, you once said you'd stay in your Ninth Brother's storage ring for decades."

How could they give up after just over four years?

"Ninth Sister-in-law, how can those be the same?"

Wherever we were before, if we felt stifled, we could simply meditate and cultivate ourselves.

A glance can last for years, ten years, or even decades, no problem.

But now I am a mortal.

how?

Ninth Sister-in-law, don't you feel bored right now?

I don't think so.

Knowing that being with your Ninth Brother makes life anything but boring!

Hearing Murong Yu's infatuated answer, Xiao Jin glanced at her and muttered under her breath, "Love-struck!"

Zhu Chongjiu, who was meditating nearby, overheard their conversation and scolded, "Hurry up and cultivate!"

At first, Zhu Chongjiu was quite resistant to the idea of ​​everyone calling Murong Yujiu "Sister-in-law".

However, as time went by, coupled with the fact that people were prone to irritability at that time...

Zhu Chongjiu felt that as long as they had something to relax, it wouldn't matter.

During this time, they learned about what Zhu Chongjiu had experienced on the Void Ship.

Then everyone shared their experiences on the boat.

The people were all different.

When asked, Murong Yu replied hesitantly, "She fell asleep not long after boarding the Void Ship."

Then I had a long dream.

In her dream, she and Ninth Brother were finally united as lovers.

However, they still couldn't escape the pursuit of the immortals.

In the end, they died at the hands of the immortal army.

When she was heartbroken and contemplating suicide to join her ninth brother, she suddenly came to her senses.

Because she believed that her beloved Ninth Brother would not die so easily.

So it was all a dream, a lie to her.

As she thought of this, she suddenly awoke.

When he woke up, he found himself on the continent of the Ancient God Alliance.

"Wonderful! Wonderful!"

After hearing Murong Yu's story, Xiao Jin and the others didn't forget to applaud her.

Anyway.

Of all those who had traveled on the Void Ship, only the five little ones within Zhu Chongjiu's dantian were truly at ease.

They sensed that Zhu Chongjiu had absorbed them into his dantian within a day.

When they were released, they appeared directly in the cave where they had first taken refuge.

Time flies, and another year has passed.

During this year, something finally happened that Zhu Chongjiu least wanted to see!