Chapter 58

"In other words, except for corpses and those above Sequence 7, everyone else here will die without a doubt."

"What kind of unsolvable thing is this?"

"If it were allowed to go to the crowded downtown area, the commercial street, wouldn't it turn into a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, with skins flying everywhere?"

When this question arose in Li Yu's heart.

The seventh Truth Bubble was already more than half charged, its speed far exceeding the past.

Li Yu didn't expect that a seemingly ordinary interview would accidentally lead him to encounter such an unimaginable thing, catching a glimpse of this hidden mystic object that almost most Wanfu City residents didn't know about.

It was fortunate that it was in the real world!

If it were in the Mystic Domain Spirit Realm, Li Yu would even suspect that this disaster was likely caused by him, the "Calamity Star."

After all, that Sequence 7 team member named Sang Zhu kept shouting about bad luck, saying that such an evil thing hadn't happened for several years.

In the blink of an eye, Li Yu had already glimpsed many secrets from this "Forbidden Mystic."

Including its weaknesses, and methods to contain or slaughter it.

Unfortunately, Li Yu couldn't use them.

For example, there was one method: sacrifice some Monkey Mystic Wine from the 【Ancient Black Forest】 to it, which could get it drunk.

Although they were all useless, each piece of information could increase the charging progress of the Truth Bubble.

It was a pity that he couldn't keep watching like this.

Because the next moment, Li Yu realized that this ghost thing was looking toward his area again.

"Hiss!"

Not daring to delay for even a second, he returned directly to his body.

Before the fear of death could surge up, Li Yu didn't care about violating the rules and took an elixir with a crying face Dao pattern on the surface from his bosom and stuffed it into his mouth.

The consumption technique operated, and immediately his body began to mutate: his heartbeat stopped, his muscles stiffened, and a pale color crawled all over his body. It was as if in the blink of an eye, Li Yu had become a corpse, and he even emitted a sad aura.

In these one or two breaths, three more people died in the square.

And above Li Yu's head, a terrifying suction-cup mouth also fell silently.

But soon, it paused.

That terrifying head tilted, seemingly falling into a state similar to contemplation.

Clearly, it was wondering: why did the "living person" here two breaths ago die now?

It didn't want the skin of a dead person.

Especially since the smell of this dead person was quite unpleasant.

In the void, it slowly turned around and walked toward the next victim.

"Pretending to be a corpse is indeed effective; my life is temporarily saved."

"But this trip is a total loss; I have to get something back, like some rare secrets from the forbidden land."

Li Yu opened a pair of lifeless dead eyes, and then his Truth Soul Body slightly detached from his body, and an iridescent palm reached into the void body of the Skin-Peeling Forbidden Mystic.

Looting corpses is common, but looting mystics is not.

His thought was that since the power time hadn't passed anyway, he might as well use it.

And with this reach, he really caught something—a cold, viscous, and complex unknown object.

After Li Yu caught it back into his bosom and subconsciously asked in his mind, relevant secrets gradually surfaced:

"Mystic Essence Sacrificial Meat."

"This is a piece of special flesh taken from the body of the 【Skin-Peeling Forbidden Mystic】, containing the mystic essence of the mystic, possessing a portion of rule power. Because it has enjoyed many sacrifices, it has been contaminated with complex human Qi and alienated into a strange object that can be utilized."

"This meat can be used as an elixir refining material, can also be used to cook special medicinal cuisine, and is also a Sequence 7 spiritual material for a certain mysterious pathway."

"If you carry this meat, you can get a certain degree of protection in the forbidden land Wanfu Frozen Plain, but the range is not large."

"Judgment passed, can be assimilated and stolen."

……

"Wonderful, I've broken even."

When Li Yu finished reading the relevant information, a dead face immediately curled into a slight arc.

This interview trip cost him a Sorrowful Crying Elixir and the sixth Truth Bubble.

But after saving his life, he got back such a rare strange object.

He couldn't be considered very knowledgeable now, but he had a say in elixir refining and medicinal cuisine. He was sure that if he used this piece of "Mystic Essence Sacrificial Meat" to create an elixir formula, he might be able to refine a mystic elixir that possessed a portion of the Skin-Peeling Forbidden Mystic's rule power; the same applied to medicinal cuisine.

If it could really be done, then Li Yu wouldn't just be breaking even, he would be making a profit.

It was just as Li Yu turned from annoyance to joy that the shrill alarm suddenly stopped, the barrier opened a gap, and a middle-aged man wearing colorful, flashy clothes flew in.

Seeing the small square flowing with blood, a dozen piles of scarlet bones, and the terrifying scene of skins flying around, he couldn't help but frown.

Then he immediately pulled off a bag full of colorful cloth strips from his waist and threw it into the air, and a violent wind rose.

All the flesh and skin flew into it, and what shocked Li Yu was that the 【Skin-Peeling Forbidden Mystic】 in the void state was actually pulled out and sucked into the colorful cloth bag.

It was fortunate that his "Truth Power" still had one breath left. After focusing his eyes on the bag, a secret surfaced:

"Strange Object: Colorful Play Cloth Bag."

"Originates from a special pathway sequence..."

Just as Li Yu was thinking about being able to glimpse rare secrets again, his power ran out.

The transcendent information stopped abruptly. Immediately, Li Yu felt uncomfortable.

There was nothing more uncomfortable than having a secret glimpsed halfway and then having it disappear.

But soon, his mood turned to relief.

That middle-aged powerhouse, whose pathway and sequence were both unknown and who was dressed like a colorful performer, turned to glare at all the members of the Ninth Pioneer Team after cleaning up the mess.

His expression was solemn, and a hoarse, majestic voice was uttered:

"Two days ago, I praised your Ninth Pioneer Team for your outstanding achievements."

"Today, you caused such a big disaster. Bringing a 'mystic' from a forbidden land back to the camp is a mistake that even a new pioneer team wouldn't make."

"Your achievements for this month are all deducted."

"Clean up the mess. If this kind of thing gets into the 'Wanfu Daily,' your achievements for the whole year will be deducted."

Once he finished speaking, he turned and flew away again, not giving the Ninth Pioneer Team any chance to argue.

=9+Shu_Ba

"I'm wronged, Lord Xu!"

"There's something fishy about this, Deacon Lord. This kind of thing hasn't happened for several years, and this Forbidden Mystic that followed me in clearly doesn't have a high level, but it just doesn't eat the sacrifices we brought. Could it be that we are just this unlucky..."

"Alright, stop arguing."

"A good recruitment was ruined. With this, where will any good chefs come to our team... Eh?"

"There's still a survivor here!"

When the last sentence entered his ears, Li Yu had just removed the medicinal effect of the Sorrowful Crying Elixir and returned to a living state.

Hearing this, he thought of the words of the powerhouse dressed as a colorful performer when he left, and his heart panicked.

A survivor?

Why, are they going to silence him?

Li Yu looked around first and found that, sure enough, all the other applicants except him were dead.

Now in this camp platform, only he and the Ninth Pioneer Team were alive, and even the camp staff responsible for recruitment had been killed by the Skin-Peeling Forbidden Mystic because they weren't Sequence 7 and violated the rules.

A cool breeze blew, and the lingering smell of blood lingered at the tip of his nose.

"Is there no safe place in Wanfu City?"

"Even the camp given to the pioneer team by the City Lord's Mansion can have such vicious incidents where everyone almost dies?"

As these thoughts crossed his mind, Li Yu's idea of fleeing Wanfu City became even more firm.

At the same time, the next moment, he realized he was surrounded.

"This kid has means; he's actually the only one who survived. Could he also be Sequence 7?"

"Have you ever seen a Sequence 7 chef?"

"I've seen a blood slave of the Forbidden God pathway at Sequence 7; his means were strange, and he was also a chef. Maybe he could kill the captain."

"This kid is Sequence 8, his body is full of medicinal Qi; he should be of some pathway that is good at elixir refining or cooking medicinal cuisine."

"Very handsome, I like him."

……

While they were whispering, six people were already standing around Li Yu, staring at him.

Li Yu quickly swept a glance and soon had some guesses about their pathway sequences.

Directly in front of him was the two-meter-tall man in scarlet armor, his war hammer stained with blood, and his murderous aura was so thick that Li Yu felt as if his head could be smashed by it at any moment.

If there were no accidents, he should be a Sequence 7 of the Blood God pathway, name unknown.

Before Li Yu could speak, the man grinned, thinking he was kind but actually looking ferocious, and said:

"Little brother, my name is 'Zhan Kui,' a Sequence 7 【Blood Rider】 of the Blood God pathway, and also the captain of the Ninth Pioneer Team."

"From today on, you are the chef of my Ninth Pioneer Team."

Hearing this, Li Yu showed hesitation.

Afterward, he shook his head and refused:

"Thank you, Captain, for your kindness, but this matter is dangerous, so I have decided not to apply."

"And my medicinal cuisine technique is very mediocre; the medicinal cuisine I make is not effective and tastes bad."

"I still have a mechanical maid at home waiting for me to bring back gifts. If anything happens to me, she has the authority to automatically report the news to the Heavenly Craft Workshop, and the 'Wanfu Daily' will publish it as an emergency."

The reason Li Yu dared to refuse, besides the threat implied in the last sentence, was for other reasons.

First, he had done research before coming. Compared to the notorious overlords of the four districts, the style and discipline of the City Lord's Mansion were much better. The law that forbade harming civilians, which was ignored by almost all cultivators, was still followed by the people of the City Lord's Mansion.

Second was his own subtle feeling that the six members of the Ninth Pioneer Team in front of him were not vicious perverts.

Of course, Li Yu was also mentally prepared.

Once the situation changed, he would immediately show a flexible attitude and decisively change his words to submit.

Saving one's life, it's not shameful.

PS: There's more, asking for monthly tickets.

(End of chapter)