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Chapter 80 Strange
Chapter 80 Strange
"Bang! Bang!"
At this moment, Luo Qingchen could clearly hear her own heartbeat.
A single breath felt like an eternity.
He wasn't sure if any animal could suck blood.
Perhaps the wild boar in Medicine Man Town is extraordinary and has other reasons.
Perhaps it's just a coincidence.
So at this moment, he felt uneasy.
"Whoosh!"
But soon, a familiar feeling welled up in his heart!
My arms are starting to feel hot!
The blood from the wolf's carcass began to flow down his arm and into his body!
It can suck blood!
Although the blood-sucking ability within the body does not react as keenly or quickly to wolf blood as it does to human blood, and is even somewhat sluggish.
Moreover, the rate at which blood is absorbed is relatively slow.
But it is true, it can suck blood!
That's enough!
He suppressed his excitement, sucking blood while remaining vigilant, keeping his eyes and ears open.
At this moment, you absolutely must not let anyone see it.
This wolf was not particularly strong; in fact, it was rather thin.
As its blood gradually drains away, its body begins to visibly shrink and become smaller.
Finally, it turned into a dried-up corpse.
Luo Qingchen withdrew her hand and looked inside her body.
Inside the body, the blood in the second health bar has increased from 590% to 600%.
Even though I know the increase in blood volume won't be much, isn't this too little?
It only grew by 10%?
Without hesitation, he picked up the hunting fork, lifted the dry wolf carcass, and carefully placed it on the trap in front of him.
Keep hunting!
Although the wolf had become a dried-up carcass, it was still a feast for other wild animals.
Moreover, this feast doesn't require any fighting.
He climbed the tree, concealing himself in the darkness and dense foliage, and continued to wait patiently.
「嗷一」
Several wolf howls echoed from the hillside not far away.
But the wolves did not come over.
After waiting for about half an hour, a rustling sound suddenly came from the bushes on the right.
Then, a huge wild boar appeared!
Luo Qingchen was overjoyed when she saw the big guy clearly. She immediately gripped the hunting fork in her hand and held her breath.
The wild boar did not grunt.
Its nostrils flared and its mouth lightly touched the ground as it sniffed and walked forward.
Soon, it reached the trap, raised its head, and looked at the wolf carcass.
It tilted its head, seemingly puzzled as to what this creature was, or perhaps wary of something.
But it couldn't resist and went over.
"Whoosh!"
The ground suddenly subsided.
Its massive body fell into the pit with almost no struggle.
"Aww—"
It immediately let out a terrified and angry howl.
At this moment, Luo Qingchen leaped down from the tree and plunged the hunting fork in her hand fiercely into its head.
"puff!"
Even though the wild boar had thick skin and tough flesh, the hunting fork easily pierced its head with his full-force strike.
However, this wild boar was extremely fierce and tenacious!
In its pain and rage, it actually leaped out of the pit with a desperate leap!
"Aww—"
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It pounced fiercely on Luo Qingchen.
"Good timing!"
Luo Qingchen was not surprised but delighted. She immediately released the hunting fork in her hand and clenched her fist.
He stood still, neither dodging nor yielding, his inner power surging, and his fist suddenly sliced through the air with a sharp whistling sound!
"Bang!"
The fist, brimming with power, collided heavily with the hard pig's head, which charged forward fiercely.
Luo Qingchen's body trembled, and she took a few steps back.
The wild boar, its head caved in, fell back into the pit behind it.
"Aww————"
It let out a final scream and died instantly.
Luo Qingchen did not place any wooden spears or anything in the pit. Seeing that the man was already dead, he immediately looked around, jumped into the pit, and began to suck blood.
Same as before.
After a short while, the blood began to flow.
He immediately felt a warm current flowing through his arm.
As he was sucking blood, he suddenly heard a strange noise coming from the woods above.
Then, a rustling sound—
More unusual noises were heard!
His heart leaped into his throat, and he immediately gripped the hunting fork tightly in one hand.
Meanwhile, his other hand was still sucking the wild boar's blood.
At that moment, a pair of eyes flashing green light silently appeared on the surface of the pit.
Like a ghost!
Then, more eyes flashing green appeared!
They were a pack of wolves!
The wolves surrounded the trap, their cold eyes looking down at him, their sharp fangs bared, yet they remained silent.
At this moment, Luo Qingchen remained calm.
He continued to press down on the wild boar's carcass with one hand, sucking its blood, while the hunting spear in his other hand was already raised.
An eerie silence filled the room.
The large alpha wolf seemed to be wary of something and did not immediately give the signal to attack.
The wolf pack waited patiently.
What should have been a short time suddenly seemed to stretch on endlessly.
Luo Qingchen crouched down, her whole body tense, holding a hunting fork to protect her head, while Zi Guang stared intently at what was above.
Finally, the alpha wolf gave the signal.
"Aww—"
"6
Two hungry wolves pounced on Luo Qingchen from the left and right.
"Bang! Bang!"
Luo Qingchen suddenly swung the hunting fork in his hand, and his internal power suddenly erupted, sending the two wolves flying one by one.
The two wolves let out a howl and fell heavily to the ground.
For a moment, he was bleeding from his head and couldn't stand up.
The other wolves, who were about to pounce, were startled by this sight and stopped in their tracks.
Luo Qingchen aimed the hunting fork in her hand at the strongest alpha wolf.
"Waaah—"
'
The alpha wolf bared its fangs and let out a whimpering roar, seemingly frightened as well.
At this moment, Luo Qingchen had already finished absorbing blood!
The wild boar in the pit had now turned into a dried-up corpse!
"Whoosh!"
Luo Qingchen suddenly leaped out of the pit and stabbed the alpha wolf in the head with his fork!
After a while.
The ground around the pit was littered with wolf carcasses.
Even the two wolves that fled into the woods had their heads smashed.
Luo Qingchen didn't dare to delay at all and immediately continued to drink blood!
After the corpses of the eight wolves had all turned into dried corpses, his gaze turned to the inside of his body.
Inside the body, the blood in the second health bar has increased from 600% to 720%!
One wild boar and eight wild wolves.
It helped him increase his blood volume by 120%!
Although it was far from being as good as human blood, he was already very satisfied.
After all, these are all free.
As the eastern sky began to lighten, he did not linger there any longer. He took the hunting fork and returned to the teahouse.
That's enough for tonight; we can't be too greedy.
Moreover, the dried corpses scattered all over the ground would need to be digested by other wild animals.
Otherwise, it would be troublesome if the disciples of Xueyu Palace and Zhenguo Academy saw it.
280% still to go, let's continue tomorrow night!
He returned along the same route.
We were careful and cautious the whole way, and dared not be careless in the slightest.
As dawn broke, he returned to the teahouse.
An Da, the teahouse owner, was already up and starting a fire in the kitchen. Seeing him return, he hurriedly informed him, "Lord Luo, something terrible has happened! Someone else has gone missing last night! Right there at the An Family Inn up ahead!"
Luo Qingchen's expression shifted: "Who is missing? Do you know what time they went missing?"
An Da's face was grim as he said, "I don't know the specifics either. I only found out about this when I went over and asked some merchants who were searching in the surrounding woods."
Luo Qingchen thought for a moment and said, "I'll go take a look ahead."
Having said that, he immediately headed towards the Anjia Inn ahead.
The teahouse and the inn are very close, less than a kilometer apart.
Luo Qingchen quickly arrived outside the inn.
The inn courtyard was now filled with people, all talking animatedly.
Along the roadside woods, people were carrying lanterns, searching and calling out.
"It really is a child!"
"No! It's a ghost! It's a child ghost!"
As soon as Luo Qingchen entered the courtyard, he heard a middle-aged man wearing a headscarf say in a trembling voice.
"I wasn't feeling well in my stomach, so I got up to go to the outhouse in the back. Just as I came out, I saw a child standing motionless on the courtyard wall. I was startled, thinking it was some mischievous kid playing outside in the middle of the night, so I quickly called out to him to be careful, but then—"
At this point, the man's face turned deathly pale, and he began to tremble all over.
"But then it slowly turned around, and—it had a face full of red cheeks, empty eyes without pupils—two lines of bloody tears on its face, and a bizarre smile on its lips."
"It almost scared me to death. I screamed, and it—it just floated away all of a sudden—"
"It floated away? How did it float away?"
The person who asked the question was none other than Xu Mang, the young man from the Zhenguo Academy.
The man wearing a headscarf raised his hands tremblingly and said, "Just like that—like a kite, or like—like a paper doll, it floated away in an instant—"
"Paper dolls?"
Xu Mang's expression turned serious, his face shifting several times before he asked again, "Did you get a good look at the clothes it was wearing and its other attire?"
The man said, "I only saw that it was wearing a child's red jacket and had pigtails on its head—I couldn't see anything else clearly—"
When you saw it, it just stood there motionless, doing nothing?
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Another young man from the Zhenguo Academy asked.
The man shook his head, trembling, then said with a face full of fear, "It must be a ghost! That person must have been captured and eaten by a ghost! We can't stay here any longer, I have to take the goods and leave immediately!"
As he spoke, he hurriedly went inside.
When the other merchants saw this, they all went back into their houses to get their things.
The innkeeper, An Er, was a tall, thin middle-aged man, probably in his thirties, dressed elegantly. He stood in the corridor with a worried expression, sighing repeatedly.
Xu Mang walked over and asked, "Innkeeper, has anyone in your inn seen that thing before?"
The "thing" he was referring to was naturally the "strange child" that the vendor had just mentioned.
An Er shook his head hurriedly, his face contorted with grief, and said, "How could such a thing happen? That guest must have drunk too much last night and his eyes were playing tricks on him. Sigh, with him causing such a scene, how am I supposed to do business at my inn!"
The girl disguised as a boy behind Xu Mang couldn't help but speak up in a crisp voice, "Now that a guest has gone missing from your inn, you're not only not going to look for him, but you're also worried about your inn's business! That's too much!"
An Er sighed, "People go missing on this road every day. What can I do? The government doesn't care. You came yesterday saying you would, but what happened? You all slept here last night, and the person still went missing. If even you cultivators can't do anything, what can I, an ordinary commoner, do?"
These words immediately made the members of Zhenguo Academy blush with embarrassment.
The girl was about to get angry when she was stopped by a look from the woman next to her.
The woman's wary and sharp gaze fell on the extra person in the courtyard.
It was Luo Qingchen who had just entered through the main gate.
Xu Mang, who was about to ask a question, immediately stopped and looked over.
Luo Qingchen walked directly past them into the inn.
Arriving at the counter, he asked for a private room, intending to get a good night's sleep before continuing his blood-sucking hunt that night.
Inside the counter, a young woman in a floral dress was registering and collecting money.
There was also a short boy next to him, dozing off behind the counter.
The woman had prepared a private room for Luo Qingchen, then immediately woke the young man, angrily saying, "Fa Cai, wake up! Take the guest to his room!"
The short boy named Fa Cai quickly got up, took the room key, and said to Luo Qingchen with a smile, "Esteemed guest, let me show you to the second floor!"
As he spoke, he quickly led the way.
Luo Qingchen followed him up to the second floor and into room number five on the right.
The young man quickly smiled and said, "What would you like to eat, sir? We have steamed buns, fried dough sticks, porridge, and braised beef for breakfast, as well as pickled vegetables. Especially our Anjia steamed buns, you've probably heard of them, haven't you? Everyone who comes here knows them—"
Before he could finish speaking, Luo Qingchen said, "I need to rest now, so please don't disturb me for the time being."
The boy quickly stopped talking and said with a forced smile, "Okay!"
With that, she immediately left and closed the door for him.
Luo Qingchen went over and locked the door, placed some nails and two animal traps on the ground, then went to the window and made some arrangements before going to bed.
At that moment, he remembered what he had just heard in the courtyard below.
"Squeak—"
He opened the window and looked outside.
It was already daylight.
From the window, you can see the backyard, the outhouse, and the low, dilapidated courtyard wall.
"Was that child in the red coat who appeared in the middle of the night just standing there?"
"What is it doing standing there?"
His gaze fell on the courtyard wall, he observed it carefully, and then looked towards the woods behind it.
"Thump! Thump! Thump!"
Just then, someone knocked on the door.
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