"Something's not right. There was a fierce fight here, but why is there still a cabin and a stove?"
Liu Nengwu asked in confusion.
"If you hadn't said you saw the Golden-Horned Flood Python eat Qin Hao with your own eyes, I really would've thought this was Qin Hao's handiwork."
Dai Jun spoke, then examined the bones on the ground and added, "Looks like someone slaughtered that Golden-Horned Flood Python and made it into a dish to go with wine. We're too late!"
"Sigh, General, this was my fault. China has lost another super genius because of me."
"Forget it. What's done is done. In dangerous Otherworlds like this one, it would be better to assign each rookie who's just finished the college entrance exam an expert for protection."
With that, the two left.
The Golden-Horned Flood Python was already dead, after all, so there was no need to stay.
Along the way, they saw many more stoves, some with leftover roast meat still beside them.
"General, do you think that kid Qin Hao might still be alive?"
"Impossible. He was only a tenth-level Martial Artist, and a tenth-level Beast King Golden-Horned Flood Python swallowed him whole. Do you think he could've survived?"
"True. The Golden-Horned Flood Python's digestive power is among the strongest of all demonic beasts, and it likes to bite its prey to death before swallowing it."
The two discussed it as they left the forest and returned to Jialing City.
Meanwhile, Qin Hao was gathering Spirit Liquid in a Beast King's cave.
"Oh man, this feels fucking great! I actually found more Spirit Liquid."
There was even more Spirit Liquid this time than in the Golden-Horned Flood Python's cave: a whole bottle's worth.
"Hehe, what a huge profit."
Qin Hao muttered, then slipped into the shadows and left the cave.
Not long after Qin Hao left, a Stone-Spike Bear returned to the cave.
It came over to the Spirit Liquid and was just about to drink some when it suddenly discovered that the Spirit Liquid had vanished without a trace.
Not only that, he had left plenty of weapons in the cave before he went out. Now that he had returned, they were all gone.
"Roar!"
An angry roar rang out.
As for Qin Hao, he had already escaped the Stone-Spike Bear's territory.
Back in the cabin he had built, Qin Hao happily took out everything he had gained this time.
The cabin, which was over thirty square meters, was almost full.
"No, this won't do. Looks like I'll have to exchange some of it. There's barely any room left in my space."
With that, Qin Hao opened the system's Great Dao Crystal recharge and exchange interface.
[Ding: Detected that the host possesses 10 advanced demonic beast pelts, 5 sets of scales, 20 Monster Cores; 30 Beast General demonic beast pelts, 40 sets of scales, 75 Monster Cores; 1 Beast Marquis demonic beast pelt, 1 set of scales, 2 Monster Cores; 1 Beast King demonic beast pelt, 1 set of scales, 2 Monster Cores. An SS-rank Overlord Spear, 1 A-rank Flood Dragon-Scale Armor, 1 S-rank Ice-Soul Cold-Light Sword, 1 A-rank Flame-Gold Saber... 643 ml of Spirit Liquid. Please select the items to exchange.]
Qin Hao kept the four weapons—the Overlord Spear, Flood Dragon-Scale Armor, Ice-Soul Cold-Light Sword, and Domineering Gold Saber—as well as the Spirit Liquid, and selected everything else for exchange.
[Ding: The selected items are worth 2,966,169 Great Dao Crystals. Exchange them?]
"Yes."
[Ding: Congratulations to the host on obtaining 2,966,169 Great Dao Crystals.]
[Ding: Congratulations to the host on reaching the achievement of possessing 1 million Great Dao Crystals. The system has gained an opportunity to upgrade. Upgrade now?]
Qin Hao had not expected the system to gain an opportunity to upgrade. Without thinking much about it, he agreed.
"Yes!"
[Ding: The system upgrade will cost 1 million Great Dao Crystals. All system functions will be unavailable during the upgrade. Proceed with the upgrade?]
"It's only a million. I have over 2.9 million now, so it's no big deal. Go ahead and upgrade."
[Ding: 1 million Great Dao Crystals deducted. The system is upgrading. Estimated time required: 10 days...]
"Ten days, but that won't affect me at all. At worst, I just won't create any cultivation techniques."
With that, Qin Hao put the remaining Overlord Spear, Flood Dragon-Scale Armor, Ice-Soul Cold-Light Sword, Flame-Gold Saber, and Spirit Liquid into his space, then went over to the stove and started cooking.
In Qin Hao's eyes, no matter what he did, he had to eat his fill, unless there was truly no way to cook.
Soon, a sumptuous dinner was ready.
Its enticing aroma made the mouth water.
However, the aroma was so fragrant that a group of Martial Artists three kilometers away smelled it too.
"Hmm, that smells wonderful. Could someone be cooking in the forest of the Otherworld?"
A blonde, blue-eyed beauty spoke.
"Miss Maria, I'm afraid it might be a trap. We should go around!"
An elderly blond man spoke.
"Teacher Wilis, what are you afraid of? You're a Martial King expert. In an open-type Otherworld like this, you're practically invincible. Add my Charm Skill to that, and there's nothing to fear!"
Maria said.
At that moment, another elderly man dressed in black said, "That's right, Teacher Wilis, there's no need to be afraid. I'm a dark-type Martial King. As long as I hide in the shadows, I can instantly kill the enemy's control-type Martial Artists."
"All right. Since Teacher Matt says so too, let's go take a look."
These people were all from Meifulia.
Wilis and Matt were teachers at Lanfort Academy, responsible for protecting two super geniuses who had come to the Otherworld for training.
Maria had an SSS+-Rank Talent for a charm-type superpower, while Boter had awakened an S-Rank Talent for a Wind-Type Ability.
Boter was rather mysterious. Despite having only an S-Rank Talent, he had been granted special admission to Lanfort Academy.
Lanfort Academy was the number-one Martial Artist academy in Meifulia and only accepted those with SS-Rank Talents or above.
Boter was the only student in its history to have been granted special admission with an S-Rank Talent.
When the group came within about a kilometer of Qin Hao, they suddenly stepped on something that made a bell ring.
Qin Hao used the bell to warn him of demonic beasts, so when it rang, he put all the food on the table into his space and hid in the shadows.
After waiting a while, he did not see a single demonic beast. Instead, he saw a small group.
There were three people in the group: Maria and her companions. Matt, however, was hidden in the shadows, so Qin Hao did not see him.
Students of Lanfort Academy, people from Meifulia.
From the labels on their clothes, Qin Hao recognized the four of them as people from Lanfort Academy.
They're actually from Meifulia. Then I have to give you a proper going-over. All these years, it's been your country suppressing my China.
With that, Qin Hao remained motionless in the shadows.
"Look, there's a cabin in that big tree."
At that moment, Maria shouted.
The others all looked toward the cabin at the same time, but found no trace of anyone.
Qin Hao made no move, because he was afraid there might be a Martial Artist with a Dark-Type Superpower among them.
After searching for a long time, Matt finally showed himself as well.
Looks like that person has already run away.