Gurgle!
A rumbling came from deep within Little Four's belly.
The sound was low and drawn out, like a hungry beast growling inside his stomach. His round body trembled slightly, and the four-colored light at the diamond-shaped center of his forehead flickered with it.
"This smells way too damn good! Even my stomach can't stop growling!"
Rubbing his belly, Little Four dragged himself toward the cave entrance with difficulty.
Lured by the fragrance, he felt himself on the verge of losing control.
The scent was like an invisible thread reaching through the swirling wind and snow, gently hooking his soul.
Though he had no desire to leave the cave, his body refused to obey him. The fragrance forcibly dragged him outside.
"Master, come save me..."
In his panic, Little Four could not help crying out.
But Chen Changming was wholly absorbed in cultivation and could not hear Little Four at all.
And so, Little Four's body was dragged uncontrollably out of the cave before rising into the air. He passed through the wind and snow at an excruciatingly slow pace, flying toward the source of the fragrance.
A hundred li away, thin wisps of black vapor kept rising from the devastated valley where Chen Changming had undergone his tribulation.
The black vapor resembled ink seeping out of the earth, thick and chilling. The fierce wind scattered it as soon as it emerged, but more immediately welled up from underground, seemingly without end.
Boom!
With a tremendous crash, rocks and soil shot into the sky from the valley, raising an immense cloud of dust.
The explosion came without warning, like a colossal beast sleeping beneath the earth had suddenly awakened.
Shattered stones and dirt were hurled high into the air, then rained down, covering the snow for several li around in