"One hundred and sixty-eight, is this a lucky number?"
Zhou Laodao, wearing heavy armor and carrying a long sword, walked back and forth on the city wall that had grown to nearly ten feet thick. From time to time, he poked his head out to look at the 167 tall and thin indigenous creatures who were sitting cross-legged on the ground with their backs against the wall, chanting Buddhist scriptures earnestly.
"One hundred and sixty-eight, how can this number be auspicious? However, since Brother Fahai said so, I think it is a good number." Zhou Laodao shook his head, muttering to himself, and continued to walk back and forth seriously, paying close attention to the movements around him.
The Five Elements Reversal Formation has stopped operating, and hundreds of sets of five flags have been added to the formation. The entire formation has covered the city in all directions. The range of the formation has expanded from the city wall to nearly thirty miles outward.
This is undoubtedly a huge coverage area, which also gives Zhou Laodao and others patrolling on the city wall a great sense of security.
In front of the 167 tall and thin natives who were sitting cross-legged and chanting scriptures, about a mile away, those little people who were about a foot tall had already opened up a camp. Their camp was a three-foot-deep earthen pit dug in the ground, and men, women, old and young, all squatted in the earthen pits to hide.
With these tall and thin indigenous creatures, about eight feet tall, in charge, these little people are extremely honest.
They were no longer as fierce and savage as they had been during the previous tests. They were all as well-behaved and submissive as trained wild dogs, squatting quietly in the earthen nests they had dug. Even the children who were still in their cradles did not make a sound.
Inside the city, in a huge hall made up of prefabricated components, on a platform several meters long, Lu Yi was carefully analyzing an indigenous creature he named "Yaksha".
They are thin, powerful, and run as fast as the wind. They are fierce, brave, aggressive, bloodthirsty and cruel... These guys are quite similar to the "Yaksha" recorded in the Buddhist scriptures in Lu Yi's previous life, so he directly gave this name to these indigenous creatures.
The Yaksha lying on the platform had his chest neatly cut open, and his dense ribs, which were nested like chain mail, were spread apart to the left and right, revealing the still wriggling internal organs.
A strong Buddha force mixed with a great vitality stabilized the vitality of the Yaksha whose chest was cut open and internal organs were exposed. His heart in his chest was beating vigorously, emitting strong light like the sun, and the flesh masses that were probably the lungs, liver, spleen and other internal organs were also swallowing and spitting out blood and essence, emitting a vigorous vitality.
These guys have two or three more internal organs than humans.
These two or three organs can store blood and energy, making these Yakshas have vitality far beyond that of humans. The organs that store energy can even allow them to spit out high-temperature flames that can melt gold and iron, causing huge damage.
“You are really full of treasures!”
Lu Wu sighed sincerely. He completed his analysis and understanding of this Yaksha. He closed his chest, waved his hand, and a ray of Buddha's light flashed. The cut flesh and bones closed together. There was no longer any scar on the Yaksha's chest. He jumped up very obediently, saluted Lu Wu with his hands together in a proper manner, and respectfully called him "my Buddha" over and over again.
If this Yaksha clan were placed in Liangyi Heaven, they would surely end up being raised by the powerful people of Buddhism and Taoism.
Used as patrolling beasts or guarding the mountain gates, these guys are definitely excellent candidates because of their naturally strong bodies.
The organ in their bodies that stores essence and blood and vitality contains extremely vast and pure life essence, and this organ is extremely good for refining various elixirs.
Their bones and scales are extremely hard. In fact, in many properties, whether it is hardness, flexibility, sharpness, or even the fluidity and resistance to mana, they are much stronger than ordinary spiritual gold.
The spiritual gold here is based on the common spiritual gold in the Supreme Taichu Heaven.
The so-called spiritual gold of the Yin-Yang Heaven in the lower realm is far inferior to the bones and scales of these Yakshas in terms of properties... That is to say, it is the ordinary spiritual gold of the Supreme Taichu Heaven. In some properties, it can barely compete with some of the properties of these bones and scales, but the overall performance is still far inferior.
The essence and blood in the Yaksha's body contains extremely strange spiritual inspiration from heaven and earth.
This kind of blood essence with rich spiritual power of heaven and earth is an excellent 'ink' for drawing talismans... It is a very good auxiliary material for refining pills... It is naturally a sacrificial material for 'blood sacrifice' or even 'quenching' when used to refine weapons... And some magic and evil techniques can even use the blood essence of these Yakshas to achieve strange effects that are far inferior to the blood essence of some spiritual birds and beasts.
Even...if you don't mind the shabby look and don't have too many requirements for appearance...
These Yakshas can have continuous mating for 365 days a year and 12 hours a day... When Lu Yu detected this characteristic from the body of this Yaksha, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat - this is really a weird racial nature, but it is a fact.
Those who practice the Great Joy Zen...tsk!
Those evil female cultivators who are good at taking yin to replenish yang...if they were to get this Yaksha clan, tsk!
Of course, the most valuable thing on these Yakshas is undoubtedly the two small horns on their heads. These two small horns are extremely tough and contain extremely terrifying properties. Their sharp horns actually carry some great principles of heaven and earth, and contain terrifying power.
'Tear', 'pierce', 'crush'...
These attributes were bestowed on the sharp horns on the foreheads of these Yakshas by the great Dao of the world. In other words, if you were hit by their horns, you would be attacked by the laws of the great Dao of the world!
Lu Yi couldn't think of any decent materials or decent creatures that existed naturally in this world that could withstand the impact of their sharp corners.
That would surely result in a bloody hole being made with one blow, and the body being shattered to pieces with one blow.
What made Lu Yi feel even more uneasy was that once these Yakshas reached adulthood and the two horns on their foreheads matured, they would naturally develop an innate magical power - their sharp horns could emit two cold rays of light, like sharp blades, splitting, tearing and smashing everything in front of them!
These two cold lights naturally contained the great principles of 'tearing', 'piercing' and 'smashing'. Their power was so terrifying that even Lu Yi was horrified.
Therefore, if the sharp horns on the foreheads of these Yakshas can be refined into magical weapons.
Lu Yu also couldn't imagine what amazing power this magical weapon could have - Lu Yu's weapon-refining skills were only ordinary, and he really couldn't handle such a rare material.
With a wave of his sleeves, the blood on the long platform was burned away by the Buddha's flames, becoming smooth, bright and spotless.
Lu Fei had people move two large chairs over. He sat on one, and the Yaksha whom he had studied for a long time sat on the other. Lu Fei asked questions and the Yaksha answered. Lu Fei began to inquire about the situation of the Yaksha clan, their relationship with the little people outside the city, and the Yaksha clan's understanding of this world.
During the questioning, Lu Yi's understanding of this world began to deepen.
The Yaksha clan is considered a middle-level clan in this world.
They form a tribe of 300 to 500 people, occupy an area, and raise the little people outside the city for a living. The little people outside the city are regarded as slaves by the Yaksha tribe, and sometimes they are used as emergency "rations".
Whether it's thirty thousand or fifty thousand, every Yaksha tribe will keep three or five such little people in captivity.
The Yaksha clan usually eats, drinks and reproduces in their own nests. Their strength increases naturally as they eat, sleep and grow older. They have no concept of cultivation.
All their chores were done by those little people.
These little people, on the other hand, have some nomadic characteristics. They form a tribe of 30,000 to 50,000 people, and roam around hunting and herding livestock in the territory designated by their Yaksha masters.
That kind of small road is the most common prey hunted by the little people.
In addition to these little red deer, the little people also tamed and raised a group of animals that looked like "fat pigs", about two feet tall, but bloated and lazy, and only knew how to eat and drink all day long.
This kind of "fat pig" has strong reproductive capacity, an amazing appetite, and gains weight very quickly. It is also lazy and gentle in temperament, and basically has no habits of resisting or escaping. It is easy to raise and slaughter, and is the most common food for the little people and the Yaksha clan.
Because they keep these little people in captivity, the Yaksha clan can be regarded as the "landlord" class in this world.
They built nests and marked out their territories, and occasionally fistfights would break out between the two Yaksha tribes over the grazing territory of the little people, but the scale and intensity of the conflicts were carefully controlled, and brutal battles to the death rarely occurred.
Generally speaking, the Yaksha clan is an 'evil and lawful' creature.
And in this world, the Yaksha clan also has a natural enemy.
This world has a vast and developed underground cave complex with amazing natural tunnel structures. Therefore, in that huge and vast underground tunnel and cave complex, a strong ethnic group has also grown.
While the yaksha was telling the story, Lu Yu used his telepathic power to directly sketch out the image of the enemy tribe from his mind. A piece of jade floated beside Lu Yu, and these images and information were directly engraved on the jade piece, which could be used for the leaders of the pioneering group to study and analyze.
The powerful enemies that inhabit the underground caves have an average height of around five feet. They are not as tall as the Yaksha clan, but their body proportions are more similar to those of 'normal humans'.
It has eyes, arms, and feet, and its body is also covered with black scales. It has three spiral horns in a triangular shape on its head, three-fingered claws, and a pair of large fleshy wings shaped like bat wings on its back, which allows it to fly.
The eyes of the Yaksha clan are similar in structure to those of ordinary humans.
These hostile tribes that live underground have pupils with obvious lizard-like reptilian characteristics.
Moreover, the Yaksha clan are warm-blooded animals, while these underground enemies with wings on their backs have obvious signs of cold-bloodedness.
Lu Yu looked at the images of these underground tribes outlined by light and shadow, pondered for a while, and named them "Rakshasa".
These underground Rakshasas are equally powerful and tough. Although they are slightly inferior to the Yaksha in terms of power and physical strength, they are born with wings and can fly, which is quite a headache for the Yaksha who have no flying ability.
Fortunately, the Rakshasas are brutal and cruel by nature. They can only live in small families, and the number of Rakshasas in a nest usually does not exceed thirty.
Therefore, the Rakshasas often invaded the ground to harass, hunt small people, or rob those "big fat pigs"... But their number of invasions each time was not large, and the Yakshas were able to rely on their individual combat power and numerical advantages to drive them back underground.
However, the Rakshasa clan can fly, and at an extremely fast speed.
Once the two sides encounter each other in the wild, and once the Rakshasa clan has the advantage in numbers, the Yaksha clan will also become their prey.
What makes people frustrated is that the laws of this world are different. No matter whether it is Yaksha or Rakshasa, as long as they can hunt down the other tribesmen and eat them alive, their own strength can be greatly enhanced.
Moreover, this improvement is not an increase of one plus one equals two, but at least an exponential surge of one plus one equals four.
The more you hunt, the more amazing the exponential rate of improvement will be.
Perhaps, the ignorant consciousness of this world really appreciated the bloody slaughter between the two races? That is why there are laws of heaven and earth that encourage the two races to slaughter each other.
This also resulted in a situation where, once the Yaksha and Rakshasa tribes encountered each other, they would fight to the death with no room for easing.
Unlike the Yaksha clan who raise a tribe of little humans as slaves, the Rakshasa clan parasitizes underground. The ecological environment of the underground caves is naturally not as complete as that on the ground, and the resources are not as abundant as those on the ground.
Therefore, the Rakshasas have no vassal tribes, they are purely a group of robbers and plunderers.
In this world, the "intelligent race" at the bottom of the food chain is naturally the dwarf race; the middle race is the Yaksha and Rakshas race. And the most powerful and intelligent race in this world is the "elder" race, who are revered as gods by the Yaksha and Rakshas races.
In the mind of the Yaksha who was telling this story, Lu Yu extracted the form of the "tall man" clan.
Their heights range from three to ten feet, with different skin colors and metallic lusters, and some of the "tall men" have scales on their bodies. They are bald, hairless, with hideous faces, no external auricles, only two small ear holes, no nostrils, and only two rows of structures on their cheeks that resemble shark gills.
It has a big mouth and one eye, and its eyes can spray out terrifying attacks such as thunder, fire, frost, and strong wind.
This is the 'tall man' mentioned by Yakshas and Rakshasas.
Their numbers are small, and they have no habit of living in groups. They often occupy a vast territory alone and sleep soundly all year round. Their sleep time is extremely long, often lasting for hundreds or thousands of sunrises and sunsets in this world.
Only when they are in heat, or extremely hungry, will these 'tall men' leave their nests drowsily and move around for a while.
Either they catch a member of the opposite sex, let out a "booming" roar of energy, complete the sacred mission of reproducing offspring, and then return to the nest to continue sleeping soundly; or they catch a group of Yakshas or Rakshasas, wantonly destroy and hunt in their territory, fill their stomachs, and then return to the nest to continue "sleeping soundly".
Whether it is on the ground or in underground caves, there are "tall men" everywhere, but their skin color, strength attributes, living environment and preferences are different.
Some like to live in mountain caves, some like to lie beside lava rivers, some like to hide in ice caves, and some like to build their nests on the top of mountains and live in big trees that may be struck by lightning at any time.
Powerful, terrifying, without any fixed habits to exploit, this is the 'Tall Man'.
"Cyclops, or Longbo people?" Lu Yi murmured, "Longbo people, this name is a bit bad for them... Cyclops is more suitable for them."
It is so muddled that there is basically no social structure and no "wisdom" to speak of.
According to the "wisdom" he got from the old monk Hongchen, Lu Fu deduced that these Cyclops were probably the "sons of destiny" chosen by the laws of this world, the so-called "masters of destiny", and a group .
However, this world is still in a daze. It has not completed the final development, nor finalized the final structure of the road.
Therefore, this Cyclops that was condensed and evolved is a semi-finished product that has not yet been fully completed.
Although powerful and tyrannical, there is really nothing to be afraid of.
In fact, they are no different from wild beasts. As long as you understand their habits, it is not difficult for monks who have a variety of means to capture or hunt them.
As he thought about it, Lu Yi couldn't help but feel hot in his heart.
The protagonists of this world are still like this, and the consciousness of heaven and earth is still in an ignorant state. This world is still in the initial stage of "chaos creation" and belongs to the "primordial" stage.
In such a world, one can imagine how many rare treasures are hidden.
Especially, if it is in the lower realm like Liangyi Heaven, a newly opened world, there is a ceiling on its upper grade, which means that even if there are good things, they can't exceed the rare treasures of Liangyi Heaven.
And this is the Supreme Taichu Heaven.
The innate endowment of this world is of the same level as that of the Supreme Primordial Heaven.
Therefore, the value of such a "primordial continent" is simply inestimable... No wonder the Supreme Taichu Heaven forced the official offices below to continuously open up the primitive wasteland. Is there such a reason behind it?
Well, maybe there is a deeper reason?
However, Lu Yu’s mind was in a state of confusion and he couldn’t figure out what was going on for the time being.
Lu Yu was having a question and answer with the Yaksha when suddenly a sharp cry was heard from outside. The Yaksha suddenly jumped up and stammered in an extremely unskilled "human language", "Oh my God, it's those, those..."
Lu Yi transmitted a wave of divine thought over.
The Yaksha's eyes widened, and the two sharp horns on his forehead suddenly emitted a dazzling cold light: "It's those damn Rakshasas. Listen to their voices. They regard the followers of my Buddha as prey!"
Zhou Laodao's sharp shout was heard from outside.
A sharp sound of breaking air was heard, and Lu Yi rushed out of the hall and looked in the direction of Zhou Laodao and others.
When he subdued the 168 Yakshas, ​​Lu Yu had noticed that there were creatures lurking in the thick fog a hundred miles away. At that time, Lu Yu just thought that the 168 Yakshas were patrolling in the distance, so he didn't take it seriously.
These 168 Yakshas have been controlled. If their clansmen are brave enough and dare to approach them, wouldn't it be like sending food to their doorstep?
But I didn't expect that the ones snooping over there were the Rakshasa clan I just mentioned!
When Lu Yi rushed out of the hall, he saw more than twenty Rakshasas with wings on their backs with a wingspan of more than three meters above the section of the city wall where Zhou Laodao and others were. When they swooped down, they rolled up dark red gusts of wind. The powerful Rakshasas were flying up and down.
Their bodies cut through the air, creating streaks of wind, and their sharp claws pounced madly at the pioneers on the city wall. Several unlucky members of the pioneer group had their armor ripped open by their claws, and their bodies were torn into pieces, with blood and flesh splattered all over the ground.
The five masters had already taken to the air, and the big parrot was cursing shrilly. They all activated the Five Elements Reversal Formation set up near this section of the city wall. A faint five-colored light shot up into the sky, and wisps of mist were entangled, and the green snake slithered in the air - at this moment, he had completely transformed into the shape of a green dragon, but his size was slightly smaller, only more than a foot long.
The green snake raised its right front paw and swung it downward heavily.
The Rakshasas were caught in the Five Elements Reversal Array that was suddenly activated. They were already confused and flying and screaming in the air. Suddenly, lightning flashed above their heads, and hundreds of lightning bolts as thick as bowls whizzed down and hit them heavily.
The scales of the Rakshasas were struck to the ground, and many of the scales were burnt and cracked. Fine flashes of electricity kept spurting out of their mouths.
Their vitality was indeed strong, their bodies were indeed strong, and the power exerted by the five masters controlling the formation was not enough to suppress these Rakshasas. Lightning flashed down one after another, and these Rakshasas were paralyzed all over, but they were still able to flap their wings, swaying in the air with difficulty, and constantly making shrill and fierce cries.
Just as these Rakshasas were struggling and flying around, the angry roars of the Yakshas who were subdued by Lu Yi were heard outside the city.
They spoke the "human language" that Lu Yi had taught them through his telepathy, but which they had not yet mastered, and cursed the greeting "Dad, come here, mom, go away" that they had somehow learned from the big parrot. They were like arrows shooting out from the ground, and soared dozens of feet higher than the city wall. They bravely grabbed the feet of the Rakshasas whose flying speed had suddenly dropped.
The Yakshas curled up their bodies and became entangled with the Rakshasas in the air.
There were not many Rakshasas, and the Yakshas had an absolute advantage in number. Three or five of them could entangle one, and the Yakshas also had a huge advantage in individual strength... The dull bombardment sound could be heard continuously, and the Yakshas punched, kicked, bit madly with their teeth, and even used the sharp horns on their foreheads to butt wildly.
More than twenty Rakshasas were beaten to the point of having their bones broken and tendons torn in just a breath, with transparent holes appearing on their bodies. Blood gushed out of their bodies, and they fell heavily from the sky, roaring.
With a loud bang, the Yakshas dragged the Rakshasas to the ground. Before Lu Yi could speak to stop them, they had already torn them madly into pieces and ate them alive.
There was a constant sound of 'cracking'.
The Yakshas that devoured the flesh and blood of the Rakshasa suddenly became more powerful. The scales on their bodies became thicker, glossier and smoother, and the horns on their foreheads grew a little longer by half an inch. Their waists, which were only as thick as an ordinary person's arm, became inexplicably thicker, appearing to be much more "strong and powerful".
"Haha, this is interesting. These two groups seem to be very worth keeping in captivity!"
A clear laugh sounded from the air, and a tiny blood bead grew from the air. Then, wisps of spiritual energy from heaven and earth continued to converge towards that drop of blood. Soon, the blood bead expanded to several feet in radius.
Lu Yu's eyes widened.
In that blood bead, a beautiful and graceful figure slowly condensed, and it was exactly the appearance of a firefly!