Chapter 40: Fire-Devouring Wolf

Facing Facing Cang Luo stepped out of his tent and stretched, feeling refreshed and his mood incomparably cheerful.

After a night of cultivation, Facing Facing Cang Luo had fully absorbed all the demon cores accumulated in his body, and the seventh yuan ring had already taken on a vague outline, which meant he was about to break through to Warrior Stage 7.

Moreover, he was one step closer to completing the first layer of Meiti Shengong; he had already circulated it forty-five full cycles.

He only needed four more full cycles to cultivate it successfully, which he estimated would take two more nights.

Rubbing his eyes, Facing Facing Cang Luo walked to a short tree beside him, reached out and scooped up some dew from the leaves, casually wiped his face, and once again set off toward the Demon Beast Mountain Forest.

Connecting to the satellite for scouting, Facing Facing Cang Luo avoided the other disciples while jogging unhurriedly, pondering what type of demon beast would be good to tame.

Demon beasts also had attribute classifications, divided by the "Ten Thousand Beasts Atlas" into eight types, somewhat similar to cultivation art attributes.

They were: Water, Fire, Wind, Earth, Thunder, Poison, Plant, and Space—each with its own characteristics, which could be roughly inferred from the literal meaning.

There were also Ice and Metal attribute demon beasts, but they were classified under Water and Earth attributes as their advanced forms.

First-tier demon beasts were mostly Wind, Earth, and Poison attributes—for example, the Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion was a Poison attribute demon beast.

The Spear Boar was an Earth attribute demon beast... and most were close-combat demon beasts with relatively weak strength and low intelligence, leaving Facing Facing Cang Luo with few choices.

Facing Facing Cang Luo had also thought about waiting until his cultivation reached Wu Jiang before taming a demon beast, but time waits for no one, and dangers lurked everywhere; the most important thing now was to survive, and even an extra bit of strength was good.

Furthermore, a beast pet's strength would increase along with its master's cultivation, and there was a chance it would mutate and gain even more powerful abilities.

Facing Facing Cang Luo thought of a word: evolution.

All things considered, taming a demon beast now was not a bad choice for Facing Facing Cang Luo.

"Mm? Then what kind of demon beast should I tame?"

Facing Facing Cang Luo muttered to himself, then took out the "Ten Thousand Beasts Atlas" and began flipping through it.

Nine-Ring Snake, first-tier demon beast, Poison attribute, possesses deadly venom, likes to hide in dark places and ambush...

He didn't like it—Facing Facing Cang Luo was born afraid of legless reptiles, and kept his distance.

Earth-Eating Beast, first-tier demon beast, Earth attribute.

No attack power, lives underground year-round, likes to eat soil and tree roots, vision degenerated to only seeing things within two chi, smell and hearing extremely keen...

He didn't like this one either—what would he do with such a thing? Follow it around eating dirt?

I'm a billionaire now, do I need to eat dirt?

Facing Facing Cang Luo flipped past the Earth-Eating Beast's introduction without finishing it, unaware that the Earth-Eating Beast actually had a very special ability—it could be used to find various mineral veins...

After searching for a while, just as Facing Facing Cang Luo was about to finish browsing the first-tier demon beasts, he finally saw one he liked, and it wasn't one of the common Earth, Wind, or Poison attribute first-tier demon beasts.

Fire-Devouring Wolf, first-tier demon beast, Fire attribute.

Can spit fire from its mouth, fight at close range with wolf claws and fangs, and also attack from a distance by spewing flames, though it consumes an enormous amount of yuan force.

Fire-Devouring Wolves were also pack demon beasts, going out to hunt in groups of at least a dozen or more.

Their combat power was among the top of first-tier demon beasts; relying on numerical superiority they could kill second-tier demon beasts, and were far from something a warrior-stage martial artist could contend with.

"Perfect! It's decided—it's you. But here's the problem: Fire-Devouring Wolves move in packs. How am I supposed to capture one?

Forget it, I'll find them first then figure out a way. I wonder if there are any in the Demon Beast Mountain Forest?"

Having set his goal, Facing Facing Cang Luo began focusing entirely on controlling the satellite to carpet-scan the Demon Beast Mountain Forest, from near to far.

He missed nothing—not even a flying insect could escape Facing Facing Cang Luo's satellite camera; it was just like using Google Earth in panorama mode to find girls in short skirts.

Hard work pays off. After an hour of searching, Facing Facing Cang Luo finally found his target in a group of hills more than a hundred li to the east.

Deep blue fur, a silver stripe running from forehead to tail along its back—exactly like the illustration in the "Ten Thousand Beasts Atlas."

It was indeed a Fire-Devouring Wolf, sixteen of them traveling together, seemingly foraging.

The one at the front seemed to be the leader, its build about a third larger than the other fifteen; including its tail, its body length was estimated at three and a half meters, and its panting wolf mouth occasionally puffed out a few sparks.

"Damn, so many of them. If discovered, I'd be torn apart instantly—I need to think of a way to lure one out." Facing Facing Cang Luo watched the wolf pack, frowning in deep thought.

Suddenly, Facing Facing Cang Luo noticed another demon beast trailing far behind this group of Fire-Devouring Wolves.

Zooming in with the satellite for a closer look, it was also a Fire-Devouring Wolf, but this one was a little different—its build was rather thin and small.

That wasn't the key point—the key was that it actually had two heads.

The left head's fur was silver, the right one was the normal deep blue, but without the silver stripe.

"Did its genes mutate? Does the other head also have a demon core?"

Facing Facing Cang Luo was instantly filled with interest in this two-headed Fire-Devouring Wolf. Through the satellite he discovered that this Fire-Devouring Wolf's four eyes actually revealed a sorrowful expression.

The sorrowful two-headed Fire-Devouring Wolf followed far behind the pack, occasionally speeding up to catch up and close the distance a bit.

But a normal Fire-Devouring Wolf would immediately run out from the pack and ferociously howl at it, scaring it into slowing down again, drooping both its heads and tail, utterly aggrieved and afraid.

"Heh! So it's a poor child abandoned by its pack. Since they don't want you, then come to me."

Facing Facing Cang Luo knew well the sorrow of the different ones in a group, and thought of AIDS on Earth and babies born carrying the AIDS virus.

How utterly sorrowful were those children's lives, lasting only about ten short years?

Although AIDS could only be transmitted through sexual contact and blood, living with ordinary people under normal circumstances posed no problem.

But who would be willing to risk accidental infection by coming into contact with an AIDS patient?

"Mm? Does Yuan Wu Continent have any way to kill Earth's AIDS virus? And various cancers? For example, is there a pill that can purge all poisons? Or can high-cultivation martial artists directly kill the virus?"

Facing Facing Cang Luo decided to learn about this area when he had the chance.

First, to make some contribution to Earth's medical industry and humanity; second, to make money—how much do you think something that can save lives is worth?

Also, he might even win the Nobel Prize in Medicine.

Fame and fortune both gained—why not?

"Heh! Let's survive first before talking about that."

Facing Facing Cang Luo gave a bitter laugh, patted his face, then activated Gale Step and sprinted off.

With the satellite's help, Facing Facing Cang Luo smoothly avoided various martial artist squads and demon beasts, and sped toward the two-headed Fire-Devouring Wolf without looking back.

However, Facing Facing Cang Luo, sprinting all the way, did not notice that Chen Dalong and his two companions, several hundred meters behind him, had also suddenly broken into a run.

In fact, Facing Facing Cang Luo had already spotted them via satellite, but he hadn't taken it seriously, assuming they were disciples of the Profound Heaven Gate who had come to train in the Beast Mountain Forest.

If he had been able to zoom the satellite camera in for a closer look, he would have definitely discovered the anomaly.

This was because Facing Facing Cang Luo had seen that triangular-eyed disciple, Zhang Youliang; Zhang Youliang was the one who had helped Chen Dahu go for treatment that day and had even exchanged a few sharp words with him.

Half an hour later, Zhang Youliang panted heavily and cursed, "Damn it, how did that waste run so fast?"

"I can't even see his shadow. Could it be that he was circling around like that from the start because he had already discovered us?"

Chen Dalong narrowed his eyes and said, "He didn't discover us. He must have mastered a method to avoid beasts. It seems he won't be leaving the Beast Mountain Forest anytime soon."

Wang Lei immediately said, "It's the supreme skill of locating by sound. He must be choosing safe paths based on the sounds made by the beasts."

Chen Dahu nodded, suddenly squatted down, glanced at the clearly visible footprints on the ground, and then sneered, "Very well. We'll just follow these footprints."