At Sootong's glance, everyone's expression turned ugly. No one had expected that this zongzi-like thing had actually been made by cultivators who had refined immortal bodies. Judging from the layer of leaves outside and the long strips formed by vines binding them, what was wrapped inside could only be something nonhuman.
"Demon beasts eating humans has existed since ancient times. If they don't eat those outside their own kind, what else can they eat? How could the energy inside cultivators who had cultivated to the point of transforming into immortal bodies not be denser than that of most immortal crystals? Of course, the pickling and preservation methods matter too. Judging from how long this zongzi has been preserved, they should be cultivators from a batch earlier than us—by a day. Let's just treat it as having swallowed a fly and leave first," Immortal Officer Zhao told me.
"If you try to make trouble for us again, I'll slaughter this Wolf Emperor immediately. I refuse to believe there can be a second Wolf Emperor in this world willing to be your companion!" I snapped with a frown, then glared fixedly at Sootong.
The Wolf Emperor's Consort gave a low laugh before saying, "Aren't you trying to leave the Great Wilderness? If you rely only on the ragtag forces of our Myriad Wonders Mountain, I'm afraid that won't be enough. I need to recover at least half my strength before I can intimidate the surrounding minor factions. Or do you want all of us to be buried in the Great Wilderness?"
"You still want to eat immortal flesh to recover all your strength and resist the surrounding factions? What a beautiful dream!" I snarled through clenched teeth.
As soon as I said that, all the cultivators grew worried. They had been discussing