Chapter 24: Old Black Dog Digs Up Graves and Steals Corpses

Xu Hei stayed here for the next few days.

Swallowing too much of the Earth Flame Vine at one time still had some side effects, which would make his whole body hot, smokey, and his meridians burning all the time.

Xu Hei was not afraid of pain, but he also hated this kind of torture all the time.

He planned to take the vine slowly.

Xu Hei also found that in addition to the rapid progress of the Fireball Technique, he was more proficient in the Earth Escape Technique, which should be the effect of the improvement of the true energy.

His eleventh scale also grew out.

During this period, the Wolf King was always by his side.

At first, he needed the beast-driving circle to control it, but later, Xu Hei didn't need to control it. With a command, the Wolf King could do things honestly.

Occasionally, he would take the initiative to help hunt and catch some food.

"I heard that dogs are domesticated from wolves. Can I also domesticate one?"

Xu Hei thought of the snake catcher's hound, which was extremely loyal. Even if it died, it would protect its owner.

But soon, Xu Hei gave up this idea. He didn't have so much time to domesticate a demon wolf. He would rather believe in the beast-driving circle than loyalty.

Half a month later.

Xu Hei completely refined the entire Earth Flame Vine, and his cultivation reached the peak of the fourth level of the Spiritual Stage, not far from the fifth level.

The scales on the tail also grew to thirteen.

There are still many Earth Flame Vine underground, with deep roots, but it does not absorb sunlight on the surface and cannot produce fire-type true qi.

Xu Hei did not do the thing that destroyed the roots. Maybe decades later, the Earth Flame Vine will grow again, and it will not be his business.

"Fireball Technique!"

Xu Hei opened his mouth wide and condensed a ball of pitch-black flame in his mouth.

This is the change after he swallowed the vine.

According to the Ten Thousand Snakes Record, the demon fire of the black Yin snake is black, and it only exists after the foundation is established. Is Xu Hei born in advance?

He opened his mouth and sprayed, and the black flame flew out, burning a five-foot-wide pit on the rock wall in front of him, and the magma flowed down.

Looking at his masterpiece, Xu Hei was quite satisfied. This power was worth the trip.

Glancing at the wolf king beside him, Xu Hei's mind moved and he took back the beast-driving circle.

"You are free."

The wolf king guarded him day and night, guarded everywhere, and helped him hunt. Although it was useless, it was also hard work.

Xu Hei finally let him go, turned around and left, intending to return to his own territory.

To his surprise, the wolf king did not dare to escape and still followed behind him, including his wolf pack.

Xu Hei ignored it and returned to his own mountain. The wolf king followed him all the way.

He looked back at the wolf king and said, "You are really free. I won't make things difficult for you."

Xu Hei thought about it and added, "Of course, you can continue to be on guard. If you find any trace of humans, tell me immediately and I will reward you."

After that, Xu Hei went straight into the mountain and returned to his cave.

The wolf king waited for a long time until Xu Hei disappeared completely, then he roared, with joy and complex expressions in his eyes, and ran away quickly.

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Where there is spiritual medicine, there must be a demon beast guarding it.

On the way back, Xu Hei was thinking about this question. He hadn't been back for half a month. Would the snake tree he planted be guarded by a demon beast?

Xu Hei smiled bitterly and shook his head. Even if there was a demon beast, he had nothing to be afraid of.

Spiritual medicine will certainly attract some demon beasts to come over after a long time, lingering around and breathing in spiritual energy. This is instinct.

Xu Hei came to the vicinity of the cave, and before he got close, he really smelled a trace of demonic energy.

"Huh?"

Xu Hei let out a light "huh?" and quickly approached, his spiritual consciousness spreading out.

He sensed a trace of fighting fluctuations.

Xu Hei concealed his breath, quietly crawled into the cave, and hid in a shadow.

I saw a big lizard fighting with a white snake next to the snake fruit tree. Both were demon beasts, and both were in the early stage of spiritual communication.

What surprised Xu Hei was that he actually knew the white snake.

It was the one that he was very familiar with in the Ten Thousand Snakes Valley.

"She is actually a demon beast?" Xu Hei was surprised.

The white snake was still the same, slightly smaller, only one meter long, and compared with the giant lizard, it was just a tiny thing.

Xu Hei thought that the white snake would be swallowed.

But then, he found that the giant lizard actually fell to the ground, twitching and dying of poisoning.

"..." Xu Hei was speechless.

He had never used poison when hunting, but the poison of this white snake was so fierce.

He suddenly thought of the poison of the old snake king.

Could it be that this white snake was the descendant of the old snake king? Did she swallow the second snake fruit?

These were all guesses, and Xu Hei soon found the answer.

The white snake was seen lying under the snake fruit tree and began to breathe in and out, which was exactly the way Xu Hei had breathed in and out in the Ten Thousand Snakes Valley before.

"This..."

Xu Hei was dumbfounded. This white snake followed him and even learned to breathe. What kind of talent is this?

Suddenly, the white snake seemed to sense something. It turned its head and saw Xu Hei's eyes in the shadows.

The white snake turned around and ran without hesitation, escaping to the outside of the cave.

"High intelligence, vigilance, talent, and learned to breathe..."

Xu Hei's mind moved, and the beast-driving circle flew out, put it around her neck, and brought her back.

It was not until this moment that Xu Hei crawled out of the darkness and revealed his appearance.

The white snake was stunned, and obviously recognized Xu Hei.

"Who are you to the old snake king?" Xu Hei asked, and the other party must understand what he said.

The white snake spit out its tongue, expressing the meaning of the younger generation.

Xu Hei's heart trembled. "You are indeed the younger generation of the old snake king. I am also the younger generation of the old snake king. What is our relationship..."

Xu Hei fell into silence.

In the past, he would kill any outsider without mercy, but he thought of the old snake king.

"For the sake of the old snake king, I will let you go. You can stay here to practice."

The old snake king's gift of fruit in the past made Xu Hei what he is today.

This is a word that snakes have never had before - inheritance.

The word inheritance is extremely prosperous in the human world. Family inheritance, sect inheritance, national inheritance... It is because of inheritance that humans prosper.

The white snake nodded, pondered for a moment, and gestured on the ground again.

She drew a human figure.

"Human?" Xu Hei's body shook and stared at the white snake.

The white snake drew another arrow, pointing at Xu Hei.

Looking at such a symbol, Xu Hei's eyes turned cold, and he asked tentatively: "Humans are looking for me?"

The white snake nodded.

Xu Hei took a deep breath and said: "Thank you for reminding me."

Xu Hei moved the lizard corpse over and divided it into several pieces for the white snake to eat.

Afterwards, he said: "I'm going out for a while, you practice well and don't go out."

The white snake nodded honestly.

Xu Hei took back the beast-driving circle and left the cave. He had expected this day to come, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.

Humans are not as easy to deal with as monsters, he must have a careful plan.

With his current strength, Xu Hei cannot win every battle, he also needs to rely on favorable terrain and environment.

If he really can't win, he can only run away.

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Thirty miles away, on a rocky mountain.

This place is where Xu Hei swallowed the earth flame vine before.

An old man in a Taoist robe and a young snake catcher arrived here one after another.

Chen Daoling held a compass, stared at the location of the ground vine, and whispered: "It's almost there, I can feel it, he is nearby!"

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Three days later.

Xu Hei walked around the area and found some steep places where he could set traps.

At the same time, he also found some monster territories.

He originally planned to lead humans to the monsters, but those monsters were too weak to be of much use, so he could only rely on himself.

"If it doesn't work, I'll hide in the river and swim as far as I can."

Xu Hei felt a sense of belonging to this land. If he had no choice, he really didn't want to move to a strange place.

During this period, Xu Hei's magic was not lost, and he learned the gravity spell.

He could take objects from a distance of two meters and bring them to his eyes.

"Hmm? There is a demon spirit!"

That day, Xu Hei suddenly smelled a strong demon spirit.

His eyes flashed, and he quickly crawled over.

This was the strongest demon spirit he had ever encountered, which showed that the opponent was very powerful.

What surprised Xu Hei was that the direction from which the evil spirit came was actually near the Snake Village!

This is where humans live!

Not long after, Xu Hei came to a grave.

He looked closely and saw that a big pit had been dug out of the grave.

A huge black dog, holding a human skull in its mouth, jumped out of the pit and kept gnawing, making a crunching sound.

The dog was pitch black, shiny black, but its tail was bald, and there was an evil light in its eyes.

Just looking at the appearance, Xu Hei felt a palpitation.

"They actually dug up people's ancestral graves and stole corpses. My God! They are more ferocious than me!" Xu Hei was secretly shocked.