In the Black Demon Forest, amid a jumble of rocks.
Zhang Sanlei, Li Zongqing, Wang Fulai, and Ye Han sat among the rocks, eating cooked meat and drinking water...
None of the four had reached a cultivation level where they could forgo food, and they had no Grain-Repelling Pills with them, so they still had to eat when necessary, though far less frequently than ordinary people.
They ate only once a day, but each meal was much larger than an ordinary person's.
They also tried to eat Demon Beast meat whenever possible, and their water was no ordinary water either-it was spirit spring water from the Azure Profound Sect.
The water there contained abundant Heaven and Earth spiritual energy and had many special effects as well.
Drinking it regularly offered definite benefits.
Nor was it supplied in unlimited quantities.
Each cultivator, each disciple, could collect only a certain amount each month, with the exact quantity determined by their status and standing.
The spring water certainly lived up to its name. Not only was it wonderfully sweet, but it also carried Heaven and Earth spiritual energy. Drinking it seemed to restore a little of their depleted cultivation energy...
As they ate, they began talking in low voices.
Wang Fulai couldn't help saying, "Senior Brother Zhang! That Long-Armed Monkey showed up in a strange place! Don't those things live deep in the Black Demon Forest? They're also extremely cunning and hard to deal with."
Li Zongqing chimed in from beside him. "Exactly! It's so rare to find a Demon Beast like that alone, especially on the outskirts. Did someone lure it out, or did some powerful Demon Beast drive it away?"
Looking relaxed, Zhang Sanlei said, "Who cares! It ran into us, and we killed it. That's our good fortune. Let's hope