Silent Ravine! (Requesting monthly votes!)
Three days later.
High Priest Ryun once again led his disciple Mingzhu to the biological breeding room. He first observed the instruments around before saying with satisfaction, "Not bad. His heart rate and blood pressure are all normal. This person has been reborn."
"Mingzhu, put these things away. He'll wake up from his coma in about an hour."
Mingzhu nodded and quickly packed away the tubes and instruments, leaving behind only the bed and the creature on it.
Ryun and Mingzhu stood by the bed and waited patiently. As time passed, the creature on the bed gradually began to breathe. Its limbs were trembling slightly, and the signs of life became more and more obvious. Unfortunately, it was covered by a white bedsheet, and there was no way to see its figure or appearance.
All of a sudden!
The creature on the bed sat up abruptly! It was panting heavily as if it had just woken up from a nightmare!
Its head was covered by a white cloth, and it looked like a ghost, scaring Mingzhu so much that he trembled violently and placed a hand in front of him.
Ryun patted his disciple on the shoulder and laughed. "What are you afraid of? Come and see your master's masterpiece!"
Whoosh!
Ryun tore the white bedsheet away, and a strange creature appeared in front of him.
It had a human head, a dark red body covered in hard scales, and one could see its beating heart through its ribs. One of its arms was thick and long, while the other was short and sharp like a blade. Its two strong legs were like those of a bull, but its feet were webbed!
It was always a strange monster! It was somewhere between human, insectoid, and beast!
Its black eyes were empty and cold. It looked around the room, and the creature suddenly clutched its stomach and vomited. The air became turbid and salty, and it vomited for a full ten minutes.
Mingjing wrinkled her nose, very dissatisfied with the unbearable smell in the room. Ryun laughed. "Hehe, this is a very normal reaction for synthetic creatures. He'll feel hungry in a while. Did you bring the things I asked you to prepare?"
Mingjing nodded and timidly hid behind Ryun. The shock that this monster had given her was far too great. She had never seen such an ugly and cruel lifeform in her life.
The creature struggled to stand up. He was over 2.3 meters tall, and even among the insectoids, he would be a big guy.
"Give him the food," Lei Yun said in a low voice.
Ming Zhu took out a cow leg that was still stained with blood and threw it out. Bang! It fell to the ground with a thud.
The monster lowered its head and looked at the cow leg curiously. It squatted down and used its sharp nails to dig out a small piece of meat, then put it in its mouth and tasted it.
With a silly smile on his face, the monster picked up the bloody beef leg and started munching on it. It could be clearly seen that his teeth had been modified. His sharp fangs were most suitable for tearing meat, just like an animal!
Lei Yun laughed out loud in satisfaction, praising his proud work endlessly.
Xia Fei would not have been able to relax if he had seen this scene, for Xia Fei clearly remembered the face of that monster. It was none other than his nemesis, Li Mo!
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On the royal fleet bound for the imperial capital, Consort Qingyan felt depressed for the first time in her life. She had been chased out of her room by Xia Fei and was now living in a small room that was originally reserved for servants.
What was even more difficult for her to accept was that Xia Fei had not reacted to her seduction at all. Qingyan had always been extremely confident in her looks and charm, but now, she was even beginning to doubt her looks and figure. In the bathroom, Qingyan looked at herself in the mirror again and again. Beads of water slid down her flawless skin, and faint steam surrounded her. She looked like a fairy coming out of the bath.
Proudly raising her head, Qingyan spun around on her tiptoes, her demeanor graceful.
Suddenly, a small pair of wings appeared in the mirror. It was the only flaw left in the butterfly race after millions of years of evolution.
Qingyan was disappointed, angry, and sorrowful.
She felt that Xia Fei had turned his back on her because of those small wings. After all, humans and insectoids were two completely different lifeforms. Qingyan, who had studied human culture since she was young, stubbornly believed that everything human had was superior.
The wings on her back made her feel a deep sense of inferiority. Gritting her teeth, she took out a pair of scissors and tried to cut off the wings.
Tears fell like pearls from a broken necklace. Qingyan knelt in the bathtub and wept softly.
"I'm still an insectoid. Even if I cut off my wings, I'm still a lowly insectoid!"
* Smack! *
The scissors stabbed into the ornate marble wall, the hilt of the scissors disappearing.
Xia Fei did not feel the slightest bit of guilt for taking over Qingyan's bedroom. Every day, he enjoyed the imperial feast that Qingyan sent over with a peace of mind, which scared the master chef in charge of the imperial kitchen. The Consort never had much to eat, and whatever she sent over would basically be returned untouched.
Now, however, not a single one of the standard eighteen dishes was left, and the Consort would even order a few more. Later on, the imperial kitchen simply changed the Consort's three meals, breakfast, and lunch, into a twenty-eight-course extravagant feast. Even so, it was often necessary to make some snacks and send them over in the middle of the night.
Very soon, news of the Consort's pregnancy spread across the warship. Aside from this, there seemed to be no other reasonable explanation for the Consort's increased appetite.
It was rumored that a pregnant woman would easily become irritable, which was why the guards and maids were even more careful, afraid of angering her. It must be known that the Consort was pregnant with Uti's son, another king of the Golden Tent!
"You've reached level 5 of Delusion. You can now maintain your clone for sixteen hours, and you can use fifty percent of the clone's energy!" Phantom happily announced in the Consort's bedroom.
Xia Fei opened his eyes and went to the bathroom to take a shower. Afterward, he sprawled on the table and ate. Arduous cultivation consumed a lot of energy, so he needed to constantly replenish his energy.
Recently, Xia Fei had been working hard on the Delusion clone technique. As Furball grew stronger by the day, Xia Fei's need for the clone technique had also become more urgent.
Not only could Delusion turn Furball into another Xia Fei, but he could also use the energy in Furball's body. Even Xia Fei could not estimate how much energy was stored in that fellow's stomach, and he could not help but feel his heart ache when he thought about how Furball ate an average of one Purple Heart of Spirit every day.
If he really did end up in a tough battle, the abundant energy stored in Furball's body would be of great help to Xia Fei, far more efficient than relying on fruits like White Dews to replenish himself. After all, fruits still needed to be digested and converted, while Furball's energy could be easily obtained.
* Thump thump thump! *
There was a series of knocks on the door. Xia Fei pushed it open and saw Qingyan's resentful phoenix eyes.
"Dinner?" Xia Fei asked.
Qingyan chuckled, one hand covering her mouth. "All you know how to do is eat. How cute."
Xia Fei frowned, ignoring her.
"Father has something important to tell us." Qingyan walked into the room with a serious expression, taking out a communicator identical to Halleh's and placing it on the table. It seemed that this little device was a communication tool exclusive to the Guild of the Wise.
The screen turned on, and Xia Fei saw Qingliu very excited, his old face flushed.
"The heavens are truly on my side! Two hours ago, the Silent Vale opened! "Qingliu excitedly exclaimed.
Qingyan was so happy that she clutched her heart with both hands. "Father, is that true? Has the Silent Vale really opened? "
Qingliu nodded. "That's right. The Golden Tent is already in an uproar. The entire insectoid race is about to be in an uproar!"
Xia Fei was confused, asking, "What's Silent Vale? What does that have to do with our plan? "
Qingliu laughed heartily. "Xia Fei, you might not know this, but the Silent Vale is a training ground that the Black and White Gods have left for the insectoids. It's located right in the imperial capital, and the Golden Tent exists to guard the entrance to the Silent Vale."
"A training ground? So you're saying that it's the same place as Black Peak Ridge?" Xia Fei asked.
Qingliu waved his hand. "There's not much in common between the two. Black Peak Ridge was completed by the God of Night alone, and it can be considered a place of learning, while the Silent Vale is a mysterious space that the Black and White Gods created back then. You can only enter through the Silent Vale, and the opening time isn't fixed. I remember that the last time it opened was 2316 years ago, and the last time it opened was more than 7000 years ago.
"Every time the Silent Vale opens, a large number of rare treasures will appear. According to historical records, the last time the Silent Vale opened, the insectoids obtained more than 1200 treasures, no less than 400 divine weapons, and a mountain of top-grade medicinal ingredients. It's truly a bountiful harvest!"
Qingliu was getting more and more excited as he spoke, practically exaggerating the Silent Vale to be a treasure trove, as if anyone who entered would be able to come out with a pile of treasures.
Xia Fei furrowed his brows. "I still don't understand. What does this have to do with the assassination of Uti?"
Qingyan answered, "According to the rules, the emperor of the Golden Tent will set up an altar to worship the heavens and the earth, the Black and White Gods, and then he will personally lead an army to the Silent Vale."
Qingliu added, "That's right. Back then, the Black and White Gods, in order to ensure that the domain they created would benefit their descendants, decided to open it at irregular intervals every few thousand years, and the number of people entering the vale is limited to a hundred thousand. When the time comes, Uti will personally lead a hundred thousand insectoid warriors into the Silent Vale. This is a rule set by his ancestors, and he can't go back on his word no matter how afraid he is of death."
Xia Fei was slightly taken aback before realization dawned on him. "You mean to say that I'll blend in with the troops entering the Silent Vale and act according to the circumstances?"
Qingliu gritted his teeth and hatefully said, "It's not just you. Right now, all the high-ranking warriors of the insectoid race have been summoned by the Golden Tent, and among them are our people. You'll move together with them and eliminate Uti and his followers in one fell swoop!
"Once the main force enters the Silent Vale, the barrier will immediately open, and no one will know anything that happens in the Vale. If we can take this opportunity to kill Uti and his trusted aides, we can push all the blame onto the training grounds, saying that Uti died in the midst of the training without anyone knowing!"
"It seems that the gods are really on our side. They must feel that they need to eliminate Uti but can't do it themselves, which is why they opened the Silent Vale."
Xia Fei was speechless. The so-called gods being dissatisfied with Uti was all made up by him, and there was no such thing. However, the effect of this lie was not bad. Qingliu and the others believed it, and they were even more determined to eliminate Uti.
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