Chapter 707 – Eating the Eggshell, Looking for the Asura Field (1/2)

“That’s good. Raise your head!”

Goldie A’bao raised his head in a hurry, only to see a piece of eggshell in Li Qingshan’s small, tender hand. “Go gather the fragments for me right now!”

“Yes!”

Li Qingshan simply waited where he was. He let out a yawn. In that while, he actually felt rather tired. He casually tossed the piece of eggshell into his mouth and chewed it a few times with his sparse baby teeth before swallowing it.

A warmth expanded through him, and his energy riled up. He rubbed his head. A thin layer of fluff had grown out. He could not help but grin. His innocent and cute appearance made Goldie A’bao shiver. Ignoring the pain he felt, he began searching through the forest in a hurry.

The fluid in the phoenix egg was originally for Li Qingshan to drink to recover a certain amount of strength to break through the eggshell. Afterwards, he would eat the eggshell, and he would basically recover his mobility. He would not be as feeble as right now.

However, with the Bone Eating shamans surrounding him, he was forced to blow up the phoenix egg in the most violent way possible, scattering the eggshell in the forest. However, he did not find any pity in that. As long as he survived the current danger, recovering his strength was merely a matter of time.

The sky had already darkened completely. The rainforest was humid, so the burning vegetation was put out before long. The curling, white smoke merged with the night mist, while the heavy reeking of blood entangled with the sharp, burnt smell, gradually pervading through the air. Oh right, there was also the fragrance of pack animals being cooked by the fire.

Li Qingshan wrinkled his nose. He did not have much experience living in the rainforest, but even he knew that many wild beasts would begin hunting around this time of the day, and the smell was as luminous as a lantern in the darkness. The reason why they had not approached here immediately was probably because of the scent left behind by the strange people earlier, which still deterred them. As this scent gradually faded, it would become more and more dangerous.

There was no fire he could make use of right now. Once vicious beasts appeared, he really would stand no chance, but if that “one ear” saw through his feebleness, Li Qingshan would be doing well if he merely fled. It was very likely for him to immediately kill him. It was also possible for the strange people to return, so he needed to leave as soon as possible.

Li Qingshan tossed them all into his mouth. He grew a little taller, his hair became thicker, and he had even grown a few more baby teeth. After waiting for another fifteen minutes, the pieces of eggshell had finally been mostly collected. Li Qingshan also went from a newborn infant to a baby around a year old.

Goldie A’bao was secretly amazed. He thought, The eggshell is actually a rare item with spiritual properties. If I were to secretly eat a piece, I wonder what would happen to me! That was what he thought, but he truly did not have the courage to act on it. Even if he was not discovered, the spiritual medicine of others might be poisonous to him.

At this moment, he discovered another piece of eggshell the size of a little finger on the ground. He was about to pick it up when a huge centipede lunged over and swallowed it. Goldie A’bao pulled back his hand in a hurry. The most terrifying creatures in the rainforest were not tigers and leopards, but these inconspicuous, little insects. Once he was bitten, he would truly be in life-threatening danger. He did not believe the strange infant who seemed like a Fire Devouring folk would save his life either.

The piece of eggshell shone in the huge centipede’s body, and the centipede violently swelled up, growing rapidly in size. It went from the length of a hand to the size of an arm very quickly, squirming and rolling around on the ground, becoming especially vicious in appearance. Suddenly, with a pop, its body broke into over a dozen pieces, and it stopped moving.

Goldie A’bao gasped. Fortunately, he had not acted on his greed. The strange infant’s voice rang out from behind, “What are you doing? Stop dilly-dallying around!”

“Yes!” Goldie A’bao continued his search in a hurry.

Soon after he left, the ground rustled, and who knew how many insects crawled out, eating the centipede’s body. Wild beasts with a certain level of intelligence were still cautious and fearful, but insects that acted purely on instinct could not care so much. The pure life force drew them over.

It was unable to withstand the power, but after dying, its corpse drew over even more insects. Having been diluted through insect corpse after insect corpse, some insects finally survived. Their bodies swelled up violently before they devoured the other living insects.

This situation happened everywhere where a piece of eggshell had landed. The insects devoured one another furiously, forming a ball of insects. It was absolutely impossible to imagine there would be so many insects hiding in the forest if someone had not seen this with their own eyes. The corpses of the pack beasts had drawn over some insects as well, swarming over like water.

In further depths of the jungle, the gradually-approaching auras of wild beasts were unable to fool Li Qingshan’s senses.

“That’s basically it! Go bring that basket over!” Li Qingshan ate another piece of eggshell. Although he still seemed like a baby around a year old, his strength had basically recovered to the level of a grown man.

Goldie A’bao eased up inside. If he made him contend against these insects, even ten lives would not be enough. He brought over the basket, and Li Qingshan leapt up gently, entering the basket. “We’ll be leaving here for now for a quieter place!”

Although he had already recovered some of his strength and regular wild beasts could no longer harm him, saving some strength was good too since there was free labour available.

Goldie A’bao was far too happy to comply. He had wanted to leave this place a long time ago. He thought of the mountain stream he had just passed by and picked up the basket, travelling back along the same path. He left this land of death without even looking back. This time, the entire merchant group had been annihilated, with only him surviving in the end. He truly was extremely fortunate. But could he really keep his life intact?

If he accidentally angered the strange baby behind his back, he would probably be incinerated to death. Compared to the shamans eating him alive, he struggled to tell which was a little more comfortable.

The mountain stream flowed off the cliffs, turning into a rivulet that gurgled away in the rocks.

Goldie A’bao stopped. Li Qingshan questioned, “Why are you stopping?”

Goldie A’bao said, “The smell of blood on me is too heavy. I’m afraid of drawing in wild beasts, so I need to clean myself.”

“Alright!” Li Qingshan said. He happened to have some matters he wanted to get clarified so that he could decide which step he should take next.

Goldie A’bao placed down the basket on his back carefully and scooped up some water, cleaning his wounds. The wounds burned with pain. He had left in too much of a hurry. All of his medicine was left with the bags.

“Come here. I have something I want to ask you!”

“Please ask away, sir!”

“Originally, I was cultivating perfectly well in the volcano, so how did I end up here? Tell me exactly, is this your scheme?” Li Qingshan glared. Although he did not seem scary at all, the malice was there.

“Sir, how could I possess the ability to…”

Goldie A’bao explained in a hurry, telling him the process of how he had obtained the stone egg.