My teacher is a deity.

Chapter 20 Reaching the Deepest Depths

Vichy descended the winding channel.

The sounds around her grew increasingly noisy; she could occasionally hear the roars of wild beasts and the howls of demons.

But what truly attracted her was the ever-present smell of blood in the air.

The lingering scent of blood guided her forward.

After an unknown amount of time, a faint glimmer of light began to appear before Vichy's eyes.

It is a luminescent moss.

This plant absorbs magic from the air, causing it to emit a faint glow that attracts monsters to live nearby, thus spreading more seeds and multiplying.

She was stepping into the monsters' territory.

"Stay calm, Vichy."

As I was mustering my courage, I suddenly heard the sound of water beneath my feet.

She squinted and realized that it wasn't water, but blood.

Looking ahead, a calm blood lake suddenly appeared before her, with many glittering ores and materials left behind by monsters on the lake shore.

Vichy's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly tried to pick up the precious treasures. Just then, she suddenly heard Shi Qing's voice in her ear.

"Don't jump down. It's very dangerous down there. There are a lot of vengeful spirits gathered there. The excessive yin energy will devour you."

Vichy was startled and quickly withdrew his foot.

"This isn't a lake of blood. Take out the eye-clearing talisman and stick it on your eyes."

Upon hearing this, Vishi hurriedly rummaged through his bag and quickly found a talisman labeled "Clear Eyes Talisman".

Considering that Vishi was still a greenhorn, Shi Qing thoughtfully sealed a power into the talisman in advance, which was already in a state of waiting to be activated.

After Vishi affixed the talisman to his forehead, the blood lake in front of him suddenly disappeared, replaced by a huge, deep pit!

The pit was littered with white bones, and thick black mist could be seen from time to time. The ghostly howls emanating from it even made Vishi, who had survived several brushes with death, shudder.

She has been terrified of undead creatures since she was a child, especially ghosts, which she can see but can't touch, and are particularly frightening!

"...Teacher! How come there are ghosts here?!"

"Generally speaking, the formation of negative energy life requires very harsh conditions, and once formed, it will cause an explosive infection."

But the fact that this mass grave was located here must have been intentional.

"No, no, no, I wasn't talking about that teacher! Waaah..."

"Are we going to go down?"

Seeing how terrified Vichy was, Shi Qing was speechless.

"No need to go deep, just the surface is enough."

"Uh, but..."

"There are many monster skeletons on the surface of this pit. If you sell them, you can earn at least three months' worth of medicine-making money."

"..."

"Don't you want to know why there are so many mutated vampires here?"

"I'll go, I'll go..."

With a tense expression and her eyes closed, Vichy followed Shi Qing's instructions, forcibly controlling her senses and recklessly pushing forward.

About ten minutes later, at Shi Qing's prompting, she slowly opened her eyes and found a layer of blood-red lake water floating above her head, while her feet were suspended in mid-air, making the scene extremely bizarre.

Looking further into the distance, a large number of monster skeletons floated in mid-air, including some powerful deep-level monsters. If an ordinary adventurer were here, they would probably have pounced on them already.

Having learned from past mistakes, Vichy still cautiously asked Shi Qing, "Teacher?"

"It's alright now. Hurry up and grab what you can. You can only stay here for ten minutes at most. Any longer and you won't be able to digest that excessive yin energy."

Upon hearing this, Vishi rushed toward the group of skeletons.

It must be said that this strange place is indeed dangerous. If the teacher hadn't been so knowledgeable, he probably would have fallen into a trap long ago.

However, danger can also bring opportunities.

This time the harvest was indeed quite substantial.

The leg bone of a whirlwind wolf, the teeth of a blood bat, the crystallized scales of a twin-winged serpent...

Many of these monsters were ones that Vishi dared not provoke. They were all second-tier dangerous monsters, and even experienced adventurers would have to pay with their blood or even their lives to obtain some of them!

Now that he could easily break off these goods himself, Vichy was overjoyed and even started to consider buying from here in the future.

But at that moment, Shi Qing called out to her.

"Your backpack is limited, go get that thing."

"That is?"

Following Shi Qing's guidance, Vichy discovered that a giant snake skeleton was hidden among these piles of bones.

Unlike the skeletons of other demons, the snake bones were still covered with a layer of 'skin' even though they had long since died.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the so-called "skin" was actually a layer of snake molt, mixed with a small amount of mithril and refined gold.

These magical materials, mixed with the giant snake's skin, formed a garment that was preserved even after the snake died.

"What is this?"

Vichy curiously tore off the snakeskin, only to unexpectedly discover something even stranger.

It was a still-pulsating tumor, and there was more than one.

In an instant, Vichy was mesmerized.

As the flesh throbbed, the magical energy channels within his body began to heat up slightly.

It's like they come from the same source.

"run!"

Shi Qing's voice immediately startled Vichy. She hurriedly grabbed the snakeskin, tore it off, and quickly retreated.

At the same instant, the tumor burst forth with layers of blood plasma, drenching the monster's corpse.

A miracle happened.

Blood plasma wriggled together, connecting to form thick layers of flesh and veins, which tugged at the bones of the dead and drew them into them.

However, after only a few breaths, the bloody, skinning monster actually stood up again!

Those things that Vichy recognized.

Those things were the vampire monsters she had encountered earlier!

"Don't look back, keep running forward."

Shi Qing's voice rang out again, and all the talismans flew out of her waist pouch, connecting with each other. The next moment, an explosion suddenly rang out.

"Explosive tags, activate!"

The roar was so loud that Vishi was even slightly affected, tumbling several times, covered in wounds, and nearly crashing headfirst into a rock.

But she still dared not delay, and continued to muster her courage and run wildly along the route she had come from.

But even after suffering severe damage, the evil creature continued to hunt Vishi.

It broke through the confines of the deep pit and stepped onto the shore.

The commotion was so great that it even alerted all the monsters surrounding the entire Green Valley Underground City.

Suddenly, all sorts of wailing and howling filled the air, making Vishi's scalp tingle with fear.

At that moment, a sword light shot out from behind her.

It was a wooden flying sword.

Then, two, three, a total of six flying swords shot out, all of them embedding themselves in the magical pathways of the skinning giant serpent, and along their strange trajectory, they blocked the serpent's magical movement.

The next moment, the giant snake froze in place, no more than ten meters away from Vishi, but could no longer move.

"This is... the essence of blood?"

Visi stared blankly at the giant snake, then turned her head and saw that Shi Qing had already flown to her side on his sword box at some point.

"Hmm, a high-level blood essence can detect vital points."

"To deal with this kind of monster, you only need to destroy its core and block its energy flow."

But before Shi Qing could finish speaking, Wei Xi threw the snakeskin at him, hitting him in the face, and left angrily without saying a word.