“Are you here to buy medicinal herbs?”

“That’s right, Mengyao, you and Nannan wait outside, and Fellow Daoist Yun and I will go in together.

Hey, Mengyao, are you listening?”

“Aren’t there only three people around you, Daoist friend? Why did you call out four people’s names?”

“Three people? Is that so? Hmm…it seems so.”

Same plum tree, same shop, but a slightly different conversation.

Han Mo noticed something again!

However, my thoughts could not continue and were soon overwhelmed by the strong scent of plum blossoms.

……

At the market gate…

The scene repeated itself again until Han Mo was the only one left stepping into the market square.

“My fellow Taoist, what are you doing here? Is there anything I can help you with?”

A monk who was setting up a stall and dressed as a scholar came up and asked.

“Oh, so you are here to buy medicinal herbs. You are new here and you must be unfamiliar with the place. Why don’t I lead you?”

“Alright.”

When the hospitable scholar saw Han Mo agreed, the smile on his face became even more intense.

Soon, under the guidance of the scholar, Han Mo arrived at the door of the pharmacy.

“The shops ahead are run by the seniors who have built their foundation. They sell the best goods here. If you are not in a hurry, you can go in and take a look.”

After saying this, the scholar turned and left, leaving Han Mo alone there.

“Is this young friend here to buy medicinal herbs?”

Before Han Mo could answer, the familiar voice was heard again in the shop:

“In that case, then come in and have a chat with me!”

This might be the first time Han Mo stepped into this pharmacy.

After walking a few steps inside, the light outside seemed to be blocked and disappeared, leaving only darkness and coldness.

This is a square pavilion. For some reason, light from outside has difficulty penetrating, giving people an indescribable gloomy atmosphere.

At the same time, there was an odor in the pharmacy that was hard to tell whether it was fishy or fragrant, which made Han Mo frown and feel uncomfortable in his throat.

“What medicinal herbs do you want to buy here, my friend?”

Along with the familiar ragged voice, the gaze that was devoted to the depths of the pavilion came over and stayed on Han Mo for several breaths before slowly moving away.

Faintly, Han Mo seemed to hear a slight sound of swallowing saliva coming from deep in the pavilion, as if a wild beast could not stop the secretion of saliva before eating.

“Yin Ning Grass.”

“Yin Ning Grass? Although this is a common medicinal herb, it is a mid-grade medicinal herb for refining third-grade elixirs. It is very valuable. My friend, please bring enough spirit stones with you this time.”

“How many spirit stones does one Yin Ning grass require?”

“It will cost 10 million. We don’t sell on credit.”

“…”

“If you don’t have enough spirit stones, you can exchange them for rare items of equal value.”

“Rare items, Han does have some.”

As he spoke, Han Mo took out a few things from his storage bag and was about to take two steps forward to hand them to the pharmacy owner in the shadows.

“Stop and put the things on the ground.”

After being forbidden to approach, Han Mo had no choice but to put the things at the edge of the shadow and then took two steps back.

It was also at the moment when he turned around that he suddenly caught a glimpse of a very horrifying and strange scene out of the corner of his eye.

But he saw that the thing he put down was rolled up by a wriggling thing whose entire shape could not be seen clearly, and was suddenly brought back to the shadow.

“What the hell is this? You want to exchange a bunch of broken magic tools for the herbs in our store? It’s not enough, far from enough. Don’t you have any other rare items?”

“Boss, what do you want in exchange?” Han Mo spread his hands.

“Cuckoo”

The moment Han Mo finished speaking, a strange laugh quickly came from a dark corner deep in the pavilion.

No, it’s not accurate to say laughter, it’s a very strange syllable that’s close to laughter.

It didn’t sound like something a human could make with their vocal cords, nor did it sound like the sound of friction from some instrument.

Rather, it is like putting two completely unmatched vocal organs together, and then randomly agitating them to produce a “sound”.

“It’s easy!”

“As long as you can feed me… that’s enough, coo coo coo…”

I have to go out for something today and won’t be back until the evening, so I can only update twice at least. I’ll update more next week.

Chapter 111: The Wife Demon King’s Counterattack (Two Chapters in One)

2023-11-24

“As long as you can feed me… that’s enough, coo coo coo…”

The unclear voice did not stop there, but instead became a little excited because it was about to achieve a certain goal.

“Boy, the spiritual energy in your body is very pure and thick, and the smell on your body is even more tempting. Even just smelling it makes me feel relaxed and happy, and my appetite is opened.

I have been hunting here for more than a year, and this is the first time I have encountered such delicious prey.

It’s worth it that I have trapped your companions one by one, especially that little girl in the middle stage of foundation building, she is really troublesome.

But it’s all worth it. This way, I can finally enjoy this delicious meal alone, coo coo coo…”

As the noise became more and more excited, the mixed smell of fishy and fragrant smell in the pharmacy became stronger and stronger.

Trapped… in a formation? Is that really the case!

Faintly, Han Mo’s sigh could be heard.

Before he could say anything, he saw the excited “herb shop owner”, the fake alchemist mentioned by the little Taoist priest, slowly emerging from the depths of the cave.

That’s right, stick out.

Because for a creature that no longer has even its feet, the word “walk” is indeed not enough to accurately describe its movements when it moves.

Rather than saying “protruding”, it might be more accurate to call it “wriggling”.

It was a creature that completely violated Han Mo’s understanding of the existence of “human beings”. Even the most ferocious and hateful monsters described by the cultivators in the Eight Desolate World might not be one-tenth as distorted as the creature in front of him.

Its upper body is no different from that of an ordinary person, except that its body is covered with a layer of scaly gelatinous substance. Its hands, neck, and face are similar to those of humans. Even the smile of excitement and frenzy hidden in its facial features is clearly visible.

But in comparison, its lower body is completely beyond the scope of humans.

What were wriggling forward were not “feet” but “tentacles”, just like the tentacles of an octopus, but there are far more than eight of them.

Dozens or even hundreds of them were entangled together, wriggling and spreading on the ground, leaving behind trails covered with disgusting green mucus. In less than half a breath, they had corroded a visible mark on the stone floor of the pharmacy.

Its shape is extremely ugly and its appearance is extremely horrifying.

It looks just like a distorted human figure, with the childish feel of a child’s graffiti.

At the same time, the fishy smell mixed with a mellow fragrance also reached its peak.

“Hey, kid, you don’t seem that surprised?

This really impressed me. Did you guess that this was a trap?”

After revealing his full appearance, the drugstore owner thought that Han Mo would be like his previous “prey”, stunned and terrified, and even scared out a lot of yellow and white things.

Unexpectedly, Han Mo, apart from staring in surprise at the beginning, maintained a calm expression, as if he turned a blind eye to his horrible appearance.

This couldn’t help but make him curious. As the boy was stuck in a maze and his companions were trapped, unable to escape, he was not so anxious to enjoy the delicious food.

Han Mo sighed when he heard this:

“In fact, ever since the young Taoist priest encountered us in Pingyun Ridge, I only had a little doubt, but more of it was curiosity.

Because as far as I can remember, there shouldn’t be any markets around Pingyunling during this period of time.

At least we have to wait until the protagonist reaches the golden elixir stage… no, it will take at least twenty years before a special market will appear here.

That’s why I had the idea of ​​coming out to investigate… It wasn’t until I entered the market and met that enthusiastic scholar that I really became wary…”

The drugstore owner naturally didn’t quite understand what Han Mo said, but he understood the last sentence.

“I see. It seems that my poor performance has made you wary. But I am still a little curious. Since you have seen through it, why don’t you flee from here?”

The person who spoke was not the owner of the drugstore, but the scholar that Han Mo had met before. He walked out of the shadows and stood next to the owner of the drugstore.

However, the scholar turned a blind eye to the abnormality of the drugstore owner, as if he had already been familiar with him.

“Escape? Haha, even if I wanted to escape at that time, I probably couldn’t leave here!

Because since we entered the market, we have stepped into your formation, which covers the entire market. It is at least a golden elixir-level formation, and I am afraid it will not be easy to escape!”

Since Han Mo knew that there was a ghost-faced flower growing on the top of Pingyun Ridge, he naturally knew whether there was a market for independent cultivators around Pingyun Ridge.

After all, in the game, the market is an important resource point for selling precious materials in exchange for spirit stones.

There is indeed a market here, but according to the original plot of the surface world game, this is a special market that was built after the protagonist broke through the Golden Core.

The reason why a special is added is because there are some opportunities in this market that can be of great help to Jindan stage players.

Of course, if it was just chance, it wouldn’t be enough for Han Mo to take the risk.

After all, he is still a long way from reaching the Jindan stage.

The main reason why he decided to come here to explore was…

[Triggering the sixth devastating ending – the counterattack of the Wife Demon King, expected to die in three months. ]

[The Counterattack of the Wife Demon King: After finding a half-demon with the blood of the Nine-tailed Sky Fox from the underground auction house, she collected the blood of the Sky Fox and assisted Su Mengyao in awakening the body of the Sky Demon, successfully avoiding the tragic ending of human relations.