Gu Master Era: My Toad Swallowed the School Beauty at the Beginning

Three hundred kilometers north of the Weavefire Forest lies a colossal canyon!

The terrain within this canyon is exceptionally peculiar. At the canyon's head stands a towering, cloud-piercing volcano, from which a massive lavafall cascades down into the gorge!

Upon reaching the ground, the waterfall fragments into a network of crimson streams that meander throughout the area.

Every stone here glows red-hot, and the air is thick with the scent of scorching heat!

Wang Xiao has christened this place: Scorching Canyon!

This location marks the second resource point discovered by Wang Xiao using his Moon Demon Bats!

Life also thrives within Scorching Canyon, with abundant Crimson Spine Grass sprouting from every crack and crevice in the rocks.

This plant thrives by absorbing heat, making it perfectly suited to the environment of Scorching Canyon.

The abundance of Crimson Spine Grass attracts a particular animal: the Horned Rock Deer!

Horned Rock Deer are herbivorous, low-level magical beasts, rarely exceeding Level Two, and their combat strength is negligible!

They are particularly fond of Crimson Spine Grass, and have proliferated in considerable numbers here.

Wang Xiao and his team's target is precisely these Horned Rock Deer!

The hide, magic cores, and antlers of the Horned Rock Deer are all highly valuable!

Especially the antlers, which are a widely used ingredient in Gu refinement, making them highly sought after in the Gu Master world!

Most common Gu medicines require the inclusion of this ingredient!

However, hunting Horned Rock Deer is no simple task because they are the exclusive prey of a sizable pack of Flame Demon Wolves!

In this canyon, Crimson Spine Grass, Horned Rock Deer, and Flame Demon Wolves form a unique food chain!

Flame Demon Wolves feed on Horned Rock Deer, and they will not tolerate anyone else poaching their food!

Therefore, to successfully hunt Horned Rock Deer, Wang Xiao and his team must first overcome the Flame Demon Wolves!

At this moment, Wang Xiao is briefing everyone on the situation within the canyon: "Brothers, let me first describe the situation inside the canyon. I've named this canyon 'Scorching Canyon,' and it's home to a large number of Horned Rock Deer..."

Before Wang Xiao could finish speaking, his underlings erupted in excitement!

"Horned Rock Deer? Holy crap, we've hit the jackpot! Horned Rock Deer antlers are one of the most widely used Gu refinement materials, and their price has always been very stable!"

"Exactly! My uncle runs a Gu refinement material shop, and I often help out in his store. So I know the price of this stuff best. Horned Rock Deer antlers are sold by the gram, and each gram goes for over a thousand spirit stones!"

"So, a single antler is worth tens of thousands of spirit stones?"

"Who says it isn't!"

"Hiss... Charge! Burn, kill, and plunder all these Horned Rock Deer...!"

"Shut up! Listen to what the boss has to say!"

Wang Xiao waited for everyone to discuss for a while before saying, "Don't get too excited! If the Horned Rock Deer didn't have any natural enemies, the canyon wouldn't be able to hold them all!

Inside this canyon, there's also a massive Flame Demon Wolf pack. Conservatively speaking, there are three thousand adult demon wolves in this pack..."

"Hiss! Three thousand! Flame Demon Wolves! The kind that can spit fireballs! Forget three thousand, I can't even beat two demon wolves!"

"I've heard that these magical beasts are highly intelligent and skilled at pack warfare, making them very difficult to deal with!"

"What should we do then?!"

"You guys are really worrying about nothing! Is this something you should be thinking about? This is the boss's problem!"

"Right, right, right! Boss, tell us what to do!"

Wang Xiao took the peeled apple that Li Nan had prepared for him, took a bite, and then slowly said, "Just like last time, the Flame Demon Wolves will be handled by our elite squad! Your task is to hunt Horned Rock Deer as quickly as possible!

Let me make it clear, there are too many Flame Demon Wolves. Their Wolf King is a Level Six magical beast, and with the large number of demon wolves, we can't fight them head-on!

I'll find a way to lure the wolf pack away for half a day. In other words, the time left for you is only half a day. Within half a day, no matter how many Horned Rock Deer you've hunted, you must retreat as quickly as possible.

Otherwise, if you're trapped inside by the returning Flame Demon Wolves, you can imagine what will happen to you!"

"Half a day is already pretty good!"

The underlings considered it for a moment and said, "Boss, don't worry, we'll do our best to harvest the Horned Rock Deer!"

Wang Xiao nodded, "Alright! You guys should seize the time to rest and wait for my command! Once the Flame Demon Wolves are lured away, you must act as quickly as possible! The distribution of the spoils will be the same as last time, we'll take half!"

"Yes, Boss! We have no objections!"

After the underlings had all gone down to rest, Wang Xiao and Tao Jun and the others started another meeting.

Tao Jun said with a worried expression, "Wang Xiao, if three thousand Flame Demon Wolves attack together, we'll be devoured without even leaving any渣 behind. How are you going to lure them away?!"

Wang Xiao said with a chuckle, "Don't worry! The Flame Demon Wolves are not to be feared. It's easy for me to lure them away! Next, I'm going to talk about the greatest treasure in Scorching Canyon..."

"Treasure?"

"Yes!"

"Wang Xiao, stop being mysterious and explain it clearly!"

"Haha, alright! There are many Horned Rock Deer in Scorching Canyon, but think about it, these Horned Rock Deer, and the Flame Demon Wolves, have been breeding here for who knows how many years!

The Flame Demon Wolves eat a large number of Horned Rock Deer every year, but they don't eat the antlers. So, how many of these antlers that are left over from the demon wolves' meals do you think would accumulate year after year?"

Hearing Wang Xiao's words, everyone's breathing became rapid!

Indeed, as Wang Xiao said, the antlers left over from the Flame Demon Wolves' cumulative eating, when piled up, would definitely be a terrifying number!

Wang Xiao continued, "I've already scouted it out. The Flame Demon Wolves' nest is in a valley, and behind the valley there's a huge dry lake. That lake is where the demon wolves discard their antlers!"

Tao Jun stood up excitedly, "Wang Xiao, just tell us how to do it, I can't wait!"

Wang Xiao nodded, "I'll take A Li, along with Xiong Da and Xiong Er, to lure the wolf pack away. The amount of time we can lure them away for, as I said to the underlings outside, is only half a day! You guys have to take advantage of this half a day to empty out the antlers piled up by the Flame Demon Wolves!"

Yan Ruoyun raised an objection, "Wang Xiao, why do you have to let A Li lure away the demon wolves with you? I'll go with you!"

Wang Xiao shook his head, "Although the Flame Demon Wolves' speed isn't as fast as the Gale Demon Wolves, they're also magical beasts with extremely high speed! I'll use special methods to lure them away, but to shake them off, I'll still have to rely on formations! As you know, A Li is good at arithmetic, she can help me quickly set up formations, so only she can help me!"

Yan Ruoyun stared at Wang Xiao for a while, and then said in a warning tone, "I know you often bully A Li, if you dare to bully her this time, be careful I'll break that leg of yours!"

Hearing Yan Ruoyun's words, Tao Jun and the others laughed.

Su Momo stared with her cute big eyes, and said innocently, "Which leg of Wang Xiao's are you going to break? The left leg? Or the right leg?"

"Hahaha..."

Everyone laughed even harder!

Wang Xiao scratched his head awkwardly. This Yan Ruoyun, in front of so many people, doesn't even leave me any face!

Hmph!

I must suppress her later!

After everyone had rested for a while, Wang Xiao left with A Li, as well as Xiong Da and Xiong Er!

They directly entered Scorching Canyon and lurked towards the Flame Demon Wolves' nest.

Dodging the wandering Flame Demon Wolves along the way, they finally arrived at the top of a mountain above the demon wolf nest!

Wang Xiao looked down from a high vantage point, and saw groups of Flame Demon Wolves everywhere in the valley below.

Some of these demon wolves were chasing and playing, some were spitting fireballs at each other, and some were making unremitting efforts for the wolf clan's racial reproduction!

In the very middle of the wolf nest, on a huge bluestone, a giant wolf, fully ten meters long, lay there majestically, scrutinizing its people!

It is the Wolf King of this pack!

A magical beast infinitely close to Level Seven!

It's not Level Seven, but most Level Seven magical beasts would flee at the sight of it. Because Flame Demon Wolves are a collective hunting magical beast, once their numbers form an advantage, even magical beasts much stronger than them can only be surrounded and killed!

Seemingly sensing Wang Xiao's gaze, the Wolf King immediately looked towards the mountaintop!

However, Wang Xiao had already retracted his body, and it didn't see anything!

Wang Xiao turned around and grabbed A Li's tail, the feel was really good, silky smooth, making people reluctant to let go!

A Li's face instantly turned red, she twisted her body and said, "Master... please... please don't touch people's tail! The fox clan's tail cannot be touched casually..."

Touching a fox's tail arouses emotions!

Wang Xiao certainly knew, but he just liked playing with A Li's tail!

Wang Xiao chuckled and said, "A Li, it's up to your performance this time. If you can lure the wolf pack away, Master will reward you greatly!"

A Li said panting, "Master, don't go back on your word, you have to teach me the refining method for a kind of Purple Jade Spirit Gu!"

"Don't worry! You've been with me for so long, don't you understand me? I'm the most honest person, and I'll definitely do what I promise!"

A Li looked at Wang Xiao speechlessly, it's precisely because I understand you too well that I'm even more worried!

However, in order to obtain the refining method for the Purple Jade Spirit Gu, A Li could only choose to believe Wang Xiao!

In fact, Wang Xiao had initially intended to give up on the resource point in Scorching Canyon.

Because three thousand adult Flame Wolves were simply too much for their team to handle.

However, Ah Li privately approached Wang Xiao and told him that she had a way to lure away the Flame Wolves, on the condition that Wang Xiao teach her a method for refining a high-quality spirit gu.

Wang Xiao only hesitated for a moment before agreeing!

In order to figure out Ah Li's secrets, Wang Xiao repeatedly used Dream-Eating Insects to invade her dreams and searched her memories within them.

Wang Xiao learned many of Ah Li's secrets, knowing that she was a princess of the Sky Fox Clan, and also knowing that the Sky Fox Clan was good at controlling beasts!

This also explained why Xiong Da and Xiong Er were so close to Ah Li!

Because taming magical beasts was her forte!

Wang Xiao also wanted to steal the art of beast control from her dreams, but Ah Li hid this secret very deeply. If he forcibly stole it, it would definitely arouse her vigilance.

Therefore, Wang Xiao pretended not to know, wanting to slowly find an opportunity!

In fact, there was an easier way, and that was to directly sleep with Ah Li.

You should know that women of the Sky Fox Clan only serve one man in their lifetime!

As long as he obtained her virginity, he would gain her loyalty! At that time, would any secrets still be secrets?

However, Wang Xiao had promised Yan Ruoyun and Li Nan that he would never casually fool around again!

These two people were Wang Xiao's most beloved, and Wang Xiao would of course abide by his promises to them.

It was precisely because of this that he had never made a move on Ah Li!

Oh, the things that happen in dreams shouldn't count as breaking a promise, right!

This time, Ah Li took the initiative to propose that she would lure away the Flame Wolves, and Wang Xiao immediately agreed.

Because he wanted to see just how magical Ah Li's beast control skills were!

Wang Xiao and Ah Li talked for a while, he looked at the time, and then said to Ah Li: "Ah Li, what preparations do you need to make? Can we start now?"

Ah Li shook her head: "No preparations needed! We can start at any time!"

Wang Xiao nodded: "Alright! Then let's begin!"

Ah Li walked to the top of the mountain, she flipped her palm, and took out a verdant green flute from who knows where.

Wang Xiao swore that Ah Li definitely didn't have this flute on her before!

He guessed that the Sky Fox Clan must also have a unique storage space, so they could hide things so that he couldn't see them!

Tsk tsk!

A flute!

This kind of instrument is not bad!

Wang Xiao liked this kind of instrument very much!

He saw Ah Li standing on the top of the mountain, holding the flute to her lips, her ten fair and tender slender fingers dancing nimbly.

The melodious sound of the flute spread out, and it was unexpectedly pleasant to listen to!

Wang Xiao was immediately mesmerized!

It wasn't just Wang Xiao who was mesmerized, but also the pack of wolves below the valley!

All of the Flame Wolves stopped, even those wolves who were engaging in activities for the continuation of their race were frozen in place as if someone had pressed the pause button!

The sound of the flute went from low to high, from slow to fast, gradually becoming more impassioned!

Like the waves on the sea, each wave higher than the last!

As Wang Xiao listened, he went from feeling very comfortable to feeling extremely irritable!

A surge of uncontrollable killing intent suddenly arose in his heart, wishing he could kill all the living things around him. Fortunately, his basic rationality allowed him to control his behavior!

However, the Flame Wolves were not able to do so!

A Flame Wolf in the midst of mating could no longer hold back and bit off the neck of the wolf beneath it!

Under the stimulation of this bloody smell, more and more wolves began to stir.

All the wolves began to set their sights on their companions, wanting to release the killing intent in their hearts!

"Awoo... ooo...!"

At this moment, a long howl rang out, causing the entire valley to tremble. Those Flame Wolves that were about to lose control also stopped their actions of attacking their companions!

It was the Wolf King!

It used its long howl to awaken the pack!

Then, the Wolf King set its sights on the top of the mountain!

"Awoo... ooo...!"

The Wolf King howled again, and then led the charge towards Wang Xiao and Ah Li's location!

The Flame Wolves in the entire valley, as well as the wolves hunting and wandering outside, heard the Wolf King's call and immediately began to run, following the Wolf King to hunt down the culprit who had almost driven them into madness!