In the misty fog, corpses were lying all over the place with twisted and ferocious expressions on their mutilated faces.
A middle-aged man wearing a clerk's robe, with a mole growing black hairs on his chin and holding an abacus in his hand, looked over the scene of carnage while twisting the black hairs on the mole, seemingly pondering something.
"Master Jia, why did you stop chasing and instead stay in front of these insignificant corpses?"
"Those jackals have been eyeing these corpses for a long time, do you want to compete with those jackals for food?"
A hoarse, chicken-like creepy laughter suddenly rang out from the fog, then an old blind woman leaning on a crutch slowly walked out from the fog. The old woman was wearing a large cape made of colorful feathers.
Unfortunately, the old woman was so shriveled and short that she could not carry this large cape. On the contrary, the cape made her look even shorter.
As she walked, the edges of the cape rubbed against the ground, making a rustling sound.
"Humph, Old Master Jia's business is huge, he doesn't care for these dead men's belongings. On the other hand, why don't you, old auntie chicken, go chase?"
Master Jia sneered disdainfully and looked over at the old woman, who was known as Old Auntie Chicken. Auntie Chicken opened her mouth, revealing a gap-toothed mouth, and let out a low, creepy laugh, "This old body is too old to stand such turmoil."
"Oh? Is that real or fake that you can't stand it?"
Another voice came from afar, extremely fast. The voice had just sounded when the person had already arrived in this forest.
The newcomer was a hunchbacked figure with arms reaching below his knees, his head covered with a cloak and his face wrapped in a piece of cloth, leaving only a pair of gloomy eyes exposed.
"Old Auntie Chicken, I don't see those Chicken Monster Dragons raised by you following you, where did they go, where did they go?"
"Sun Hong, you ask too many questions."
Old Auntie Chicken's face sank and she stomped hard with her crutch.
The top of her crutch looked like a chicken claw, but strangely it grew some branches that looked like perches in a birdcage for birds to rest on.
"Hehe, we all came here for the Tongue-Changing Grass, so stop pretending."
Sun Hong laughed softly, swaying his arms that hung below his knees, making swooshing sounds as he swung them while letting out a creepy laugh.
"Humph, the Tongue-Changing Grass is carried by that barbarian. In addition, that barbarian was raised by beasts since childhood and has immense strength capable of stopping a five-horse carriage. He also has overbearing horizontal bone martial arts. Who can snatch the Tongue-Changing Grass from his hands by force?"
Master Jia sneered coldly while fiddling with his abacus beads. Sun Hong laughed creepily again, "Who can rob it? Yeah, who can rob it?"
"But everyone knows that you, Master Jia, can calculate rapidly with your abacus and would never suffer a loss."
"If that barbarian is so difficult to deal with, how come you showed up at Steaming Cloud Mountain?"
"Isn't it because of the primordial pills offered by the Qiu family as a reward for the Tongue-Changing Grass?"
"Hmm, Mr. Sun, stop speaking cryptically. We all came here fully aware of each other's intentions."
Another arrogant voice forcibly interrupted, and at the same time a burly figure broke through the fog and forcibly entered the field of vision of the other three.
The newcomer was wearing ring mail armor and carried a large chopper on his back. He had the head of a leopard with fierce eyes, exuding an ominous aura.
"Oh my, isn't this Yun Lie the Leopard Blade?"
Sun Hong swung his double jointed arms as if he had ADHD, laughing creepily. "How come even you are tempted by the primordial pill?"
"I want to advance to the primordial realm. There are only two ways: enlightenment through divine will, or taking elixirs as a ladder. I don't think I'm a monster genius, so I can only rely on the primordial pill as my ladder. Now that the Qiu family has put out a reward, whoever can obtain the Tongue-Changing Grass can get the primordial pill!"
"Everyone who came to Steaming Cloud Mountain did so because of the reward offered by the Qiu family, right?"
Yun Lie let out a cold humph. His arms as thick as normal people's thighs hugged his chest as his eyes swept over the other three like a tiger or leopard.
"Unlike you three old monsters, I don't pretend that I don't want it but still chased after it involuntarily."
"This old body really doesn't want it!" Old Auntie Chicken leaned on her crutch and cackled, "This old body built her reputation on the unique mastery from the Ganzhi Beast Control Sect's Rooster Beast Controlling Method. The few Chicken Monster Dragons I tamed are my treasures."
"Now that I've heard of the emergence of the Tongue-Changing Grass, how could I not get involved?"
"Legend has it that the Tongue-Changing Grass can help beasts penetrate the Twelve Layers and refine the ability of Horizontal Bone. Ordinary beasts who eat it can speak human language."
Master Jia fiddled with his abacus beads and slowly said, "You old Auntie Chicken have seven Chicken Monster Dragons under you, but there is only one Tongue-Changing Grass. You said you want to seize it to help your Chicken Monster Dragons penetrate the layers and gain the ability to speak. But can one Tongue-Changing Grass be enough to share among seven Chicken Monster Dragons?"
"Moreover, those celestial families wouldn't allow the Tongue-Changing Grass to fall into the wrong hands. You should know that one Tongue-Changing Grass can bring more than just making birds and beasts able to speak human language. It can also enable beasts to become demons."
"Demons, I'm sure everyone understands that very clearly!"
"Old Auntie Chicken, you have learned the Rooster Beast Controlling Method from the Ganzhi Beast Control Sect. What, do you also dare to violate the taboo and raise demons that shock the world?"
Facing Master Jia's ridicule, Old Auntie Chicken laughed instead of getting angry. "Oh, Master Jia, you do have a sharp tongue that this old woman can't match. Let me go find my Chicken Monster Dragons."
After speaking, Old Auntie Chicken turned and walked into the fog, disappearing from sight.
"Humph, this old Auntie Chicken is still so insidious and cunning."
Sun Hong let out a low, creepy laugh. Yun Lie beside him said coldly, "I won't get involved with you people too much. I must seize that Tongue-Changing Grass. Think whatever you want, I don't care."
"If we delay any further, more fiends will come. By then there won't even be a sip of soup left for us!"
After Yun Lie finished speaking, he left directly. Master Jia fiddled with his abacus beads, shook his head and said, "Primordial, it's not that easy to obtain!"
As he spoke, Clerk Master Jia left with strange steps, disappearing swiftly and leaving only Sun Hong behind. Sun Hong scratched his chin under the cloth, scratching with some force.
"Humph, just because it's difficult to reach the primordial doesn't mean there's no hope!"
"The four realms of martial arts are like a ladder to heaven. Each realm is a big step that must be fought for. How can we glimpse that ray of hope without fighting?"
"Even for the sake of increasing longevity for decades after reaching the primordial realm, it's still worth the fight."
"This group of bastards, their words sound better than their songs. When it comes down to actual deadly fights, I still have to be more careful!"
As Sun Hong scratched his chin, yellow pus oozed from under the cloth wrapping his chin, but he was oblivious. With a bend and a hop of his double jointed legs, he jumped into the fog and disappeared.
After everyone left, another invisible figure also swiftly slipped away, while turbulent waves rose in his heart.
"Tongue-Changing Grass, it's actually the legendary Tongue-Changing Grass that can make birds and beasts speak human language!"
"Although I accidentally stumbled upon a murder scene and got stained with bad luck, I didn't expect to have such a gain!"
"But those people are all true essence realm warriors at the very least. Should I....should I.....should I...."
"With the Tongue-Changing Grass, refining it into a pill, I would be able to speak!"
"But with only Flesh Extreme Realm cultivation and Water and Fire Fairy Garment, how could I compete with them?"
"Should I get involved in this muddy water, should I....should I....."
While Duke's mind was in turmoil, he also returned to the previous place to find his dog.
But when he came to the place where he had left the dog, his eyes widened directly.
The dog that should have been hidden in the branches was gone!!!
Staring at the empty branches, Duke looked carefully around again, but no matter where, he couldn't find his dog.
Damn it, where's my dog?!
The cat who wanted to swear loudly forcibly held it back.
"Don't panic, don't panic!"
While muttering to himself inwardly, Duke also took a few deep breaths to calm himself down.
Although he had looked down on this silly dog before, after living together for so long, how could he not have feelings?
Especially since this silly dog had saved his life once, and had been carrying him day and night, it had become like a family member in Duke's heart.
Now he was just going to check out the situation as usual, but when he came back, the dog was gone, which diluted the excitement and bewilderment in his heart a lot when he discovered the trace of Tongue-Changing Grass.
"The puppy was put on a tree branch 5-6 meters high by me, it is impossible to move casually, it will not move randomly and naturally will not fall down.
There are few traces of wild beasts around, and the clouds are thick, it is impossible for tigers and leopards to take the dog away."
"That is to say, someone found the dog and took it away."
"But who would do this?"
"Could it be those warriors who rushed into Steaming Cloud Mountain to look for Tongue-Changing Grass?"
"But why would they catch my dog? My dog is not worth..." Du ke was suddenly dumbfounded. Although the dog was just a husky in his eyes, in the eyes of people here, it was a Northern Spirit Dog.
And spirit dogs like this can only flow into immortal cultivation families like the Su family or into the hands of royal nobility.
It is impossible for them to appear alone outside.
And in the eyes of these ordinary warriors, the value of a Northern Spirit Dog is already comparable to a Tongue-Changing Grass.
In other words, this seemingly despised silly dog was actually a self-moving gold mine.
What's more, the silly dog was eating his Lunar Essence Pill, which made it even more extraordinary.
That is to say, someone found the silly dog, realized its value and took it away conveniently.
"Damn you!"
Having figured out the connections, the cat couldn't help but swear fiercely in his heart, but this was also his negligence.
"No, I have to find the dog back quickly!"
When Du ke thought of this, he also started looking for the dog's remaining scent calmly.
After being with the dog day and night, he already remembered the dog’s scent by heart. As long as he could find its scent, he could find the dog.
With concentration in the search, Du ke's eyes lit up. He leapt down directly from the woods and chased towards the east.
As for the bastard who stole the dog?
This matter is not over yet!!
The cat, who was still maintaining the state of being one with dust, leapt into the mist according to the dog's scent and disappeared.
......
At the same time, in a certain place on Steaming Cloud Mountain.
A young man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks was happily playing with thirteen in his hand, laughing out loud: "I didn't expect that I, Liu, would have a day when pie would fall from the sky!"
"Even if I don't get any benefits from muddying the waters this time, I will still earn a lot with this Northern Spirit Dog!"
As the young man arbitrarily fiddled with thirteen, thirteen looked up and let out a low growl.
Cat master, come and save the dog!
"Whoa, don't bark, baby, let me see if you are male or female!"
Just as the young man pried open thirteen's hind legs to take a look, he was kicked in the eye socket by thirteen who was struggling. The young man, who sucked in a breath of cold air, grabbed the dog by the scruff of its neck, baring his teeth in a grin as he rubbed his eye socket.
"Damn it, it really is a Northern Spirit Dog, it's so powerful!"
"But this kick was worth it. This pup is a male, it can be used for breeding. Even if it is paired with an ordinary family dog, it can produce high-quality hunting dogs. I have really hit the jackpot this time!"