"Mm!"
Yue Yan nodded, "The way that person speaks... and their methods, it's a bit like a sailor from a seafood restaurant... but I'll need to wait for them to send you some seafood tomorrow before I can confirm further..."
"I used to buy seafood from people often and deduced that they were likely from a seafood restaurant... This 'Cotton Candy' is the first time I've encountered them..."
Yue Yan quickly explained to Ye Feng.
"Why are you looking at me like that... Although I'm acquainted with sailors, we have no idea about each other's survivor identities..."
"Survivor identity is very important and dangerous information. It was a great risk for me to reveal my survivor identity to you earlier!"
Seeing Ye Feng staring at her with a puzzled look, Yue Yan frowned slightly and explained.
"Uh, okay~"
Ye Feng scratched his head.
...
In the evening,
"Yue Yan, I didn't expect your tofu to be so delicious, so tender and smooth... and it even has a crispy, fragrant side!"
Ye Feng said in surprise as he ate, looking at Yue Yan.
Although his and Xiao Xiao's cooking skills had improved significantly on their journey, they still couldn't make such delicious, tender tofu...
"You're the stranger one... You have fresh tofu on you... and even scallions... and they look like they were just picked."
...
Just as Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, Qiao Ying, and Yue Yan were happily eating dinner,
Under the dark night, in a strangely dark mountain area,
A middle-aged man wearing large black-rimmed glasses and a tailcoat stood on the edge of a cliff. It was Keleji.
In front of Keleji was a figure completely clad in black, appearing to be wearing a black tight leather suit. Only their pupils, vertical like a viper's, were visible.
"What? Are you sure?"
Keleji looked at the black figure with shock. "Ares actually lost?"
If an outsider were present, they would have been immensely surprised, as Keleji had directly addressed the God of War by name, and his tone carried clear dissatisfaction...
...Meanwhile,
"Big Brother, there's a group of monsters running this way!"
As Ye Feng and the others were taking a stroll, Xiao Xiao pointed to their rear left and said.
"It's the Mana-Devouring Water Monkeys..."
Ye Feng followed Xiao Xiao's gaze and saw, in the distance, creatures with blood-red eyes, wet yellow fur, and human-like features, baring their teeth and looking exceptionally ferocious, running towards them.
"Bang bang bang!~"
In a short while, the ground began to tremble slightly under the stampede of the Mana-Devouring Water Monkey horde.
"Hee hee hee~ Hee hee~ Hee hee~"
As the Mana-Devouring Water Monkeys approached, sharp laughter, resembling that of an infant but exceptionally piercing, echoed, sounding quite terrifying under the night sky.
"These Mana-Devouring Water Monkeys seem to be sensitive to arcane energy... They attack Arcanists, as well as caravans transporting arcane raw stones..."
As Ye Feng muttered, dozens of Mana-Devouring Water Monkeys had already surrounded the four of them.
"Obsessed with arcane energy..."
Looking at the Mana-Devouring Water Monkeys, which were over three meters tall and mere inches away, Ye Feng frowned slightly and summoned arcane energy into his hand.
Seeing this, the Mana-Devouring Water Monkey opened its mouth wide and inhaled the arcane energy from Ye Feng's hand.
"Chira~ Chira~"
"Pfft~ Chichi~ Ci~"
As soon as the Mana-Devouring Water Monkey absorbed Ye Feng's arcane energy, its entire body began to crack, erupting with large sprays of blood...
"It can't withstand its own arcane energy..."
"Hee hee~"
"Hoo~ Roar~ Kwa~ Kra~"
At this moment, the group of Mana-Devouring Water Monkeys seemed to be stimulated by the fresh blood and attacked Ye Feng and the other three in a frenzy.
"Bang bang bang!~"
"Crack~ Crack crack~ Bang~!"
Within a few breaths, the frenzied Mana-Devouring Water Monkeys all fell to the ground, and Ye Feng and the others had already left the scene...
...
Ye Feng and the other three traveled over mountains and crossed various bizarre terrains, enduring all sorts of harsh climates...
...
One midday,
In the shade of a large tree,
"Could it be that the divine corrosion I was previously tainted with inexplicably didn't dissipate... because of the Tang sword in my hand?"
Ye Feng held a square, pitch-black box with mysterious patterns on its surface, which was the Divine Stone he had obtained in the City of Despair.
Earlier, when his strength was low, he hadn't noticed the divine corrosion. But now, he could clearly sense the dark, corrosive aura emanating from the Divine Stone, which was instantly incinerated by the tribulation fire within him...
Immediately, Ye Feng stored the Divine Stone in his spatial warehouse and then examined the Fire Seed Record. He had meticulously studied it again during this period.
He discovered that when the Fire Seed Record was not burned by the tribulation fire, its contents, aside from a few formation arrays, were all arcane runes.
After being burned by the tribulation fire, the Fire Seed Record would reveal divine patterns, though the content seemed to be relatively basic, only recording information related to divine concealment talismans...
"Tribulation fire... Could the Fire Seed Record be hiding other information... but it requires the cultivator's next two tribulations, the Calamity Water and Divine Thunder, to manifest?"
With the experience of the tribulation fire, Ye Feng couldn't help but speculate.
"Big Brother, it's time to eat..."
...
After lunch,
"Ye Feng, there might be villages nearby. For the past three days, there have been scattered exploration teams appearing."
Qiao Ying said, handing Ye Feng a glass of freshly squeezed fruit juice.
"Ye Feng, judging from the various seafood that 'Cotton Candy' has sent over recently, that person should be from the Seafood Restaurant. Combined with your previous transactions, it's highly likely that they are the City Lord of the Seafood Restaurant, the sailor!"
At this moment, Yue Yan walked over, holding a large lobster shell, and said.
"Is that so..."
Ye Feng frowned slightly, lost in thought. "Yue Yan, as one of the seven major forces, the Seafood Restaurant should be quite powerful... but he seemed to have encountered very troublesome issues before..."
"At sea, the City of Arcanists cannot defeat the Seafood Restaurant..."
Yue Yan continued, her expression serious. "The trouble the sailor was in at the time, judging by the fact that he was selling the Stone of Hope... it's likely at least multiple divine envoys, or even higher-level powers..."
"Big Brother... This place looks like somewhere we passed before... This also looks like it..."
At this moment, Xiao Xiao's voice reached Ye Feng's ears.
As she spoke, Xiao Xiao walked out of the tent and ran towards Ye Feng, who was resting under a patch of shade.
"This... this really does look like it... I even rested on this big tree back then... There was a pigeon's nest on the tree..."
Ye Feng said in surprise after seeing where Xiao Xiao's wristband was projecting the screen.
"Big Brother, a very ferocious guy is killing people everywhere... and it looks like he's following our path!"
Xiao Xiao continued, swiping on the screen, and soon a burly figure appeared in Ye Feng's vision.
"It's the List Slayer, Butcher?!"
At this moment, Yue Yan's voice rang out, her brows filled with surprise.
...