"As it happens, I have some meat from a Qi Refining Perfection demon beast I killed. It's from the choicest parts of its body, so we can use it as bait." Seeing this, Wang Yu thought for a moment, then took a chunk of the strange python's flesh from his Storage Bag.
Because the meat had been preserved in ice, a layer of white frost covered its surface, and it had frozen solid.
In that state, naturally, the drug could not be applied to it.
Wang Yu formed a hand seal with one hand and briefly circulated the Fire Spirit Art. Red radiance immediately flowed over his body and gathered in his hand, turning into a searing heat that rapidly thawed the meat bit by bit. It even scorched the surface slightly, releasing a faint aroma of cooked meat.
Only because the Little Maitreya Cloud Banner Talisman Treasure could conceal even their scent did this work; otherwise, it would have alerted whatever was in the underground cavern at once.
"This bait is just right!"
Delighted, Ximen Mei hurriedly took the meat and crushed the black pill in her hand. It fell onto the meat as powder, turned into a transparent liquid, and seeped inside without a trace.
"I spent quite a few contribution points to exchange for this high-grade Beast-Dazing Pill at the sect's Medicine Hall. Although it's only an unranked medicinal pill, even a Qi Refining Perfection demon beast would sleep for a full day and night after eating it. It's incredibly potent." As Ximen Mei spoke, she placed the meat directly on the back of the Mechanical Dragonfly before her. With a flick of her wrist, she sent the mechanical puppet toward the cavern entrance.
This time, without another Mechanical Dragonfly projecting images, the two could only watch