At the beginning, you will meet a fox demon and be taught the art of immortality

After the two of them agreed, Su Rui followed Hu Mei'e towards Izumo Cave.

Before leaving, Su Rui did not forget to put the bear's huge body into the small cloth bag he carried with him.

This small cloth bag was found on the corpse of a Taoist who had practiced the Soul Controlling Technique and specialized in using tigers. It also contained a gourd of black tiger evil, two broken flagpoles, a few drops of tiger god black blood, and a few pieces of unknown metal ores! Su Rui only remembered the existence of this small cloth bag when he wanted to eat a bite of bear paw.

After seeing that the bear's corpse had been dealt with, Hu Mei'e set up a beam of emerald green light and flew slowly in front, ten feet above the ground, while Su Rui was still sitting on the tiger's shoulder and running wildly behind.

The tiger has strong explosive power but poor endurance. Although its pace could barely keep up with Hu Mei'e's deliberately slowed-down escape speed, it was already exhausted and out of breath after running only a few kilometers.

The tiger was afraid that Su Rui would kill him, so he didn't dare to stop, but just hung behind Hu Mei'e, panting heavily. The closer it got to the end, the faster it slowed down. Fortunately, it still managed to reach the destination of this trip - Chuyundong.

Su Rui misheard at first and thought Hu Mei'e was talking about "Izumo Cave". Only when he arrived did he realize that it was a settlement of mountain people.

When the villagers in the settlement saw Hu Mei'e's escape light, they immediately gathered around her, and each of them saluted to Hu Mei'e in a respectful and docile manner: "Greetings, Lord of the Cave!"

Hu Mei'e's beautiful face immediately became stern. She waved her sleeves and told the gathered villagers, "I have a friend today. If you have anything to say, we can talk later. Everyone, go away!"

The mountain people bowed one after another and went about their business.

Su Rui followed her, passing through various stilt houses, tree houses, and tree holes, until they came to a cave carved out of the rock wall, and stopped.

The main entrance to this cave is a stone door. The entrance is wide enough for three people to enter side by side. It is nine feet high. There are various exquisite reliefs engraved on the stone door, and its weight is probably no less than a thousand pounds.

Su Rui stared at the relief on the stone gate for a few seconds. He only saw a flying fairy playing with a dragon and a phoenix, but he didn't understand whether there was any other meaning.

Hu Mei'e injected a stream of true energy into the stone gate, and the stone gate rose up with a rumble. Su Rui followed behind and took a look. He saw that the inside of the cave was full of green, giving people an eerie atmosphere.

Yes, it’s the atmosphere of those Hong Kong ghost movies on Earth.

"Little boy, this is my aunt's Izumo Cave, which is usually used to raise poisonous insects. You must follow closely and don't go the wrong way, otherwise the insects in my aunt's house will eat people." Hu Mei'e gave some instructions in front of the cave door before taking Su Rui in.

The two first passed through a corridor about seven feet long. The two sides of the corridor were not illuminated by ordinary oil lamps, but by a kind of insect that was holding its belly. The belly of the insect was the size of an egg. The green light that Su Rui saw at the door came from its belly. This thing was a bit like a large firefly.

After passing the corridor, there is a slightly larger space. Originally, this should have been a cave, but several areas were artificially excavated. In the middle of these areas, you can see huge stalagmites of various colors that look like barbs. Going further in, you can faintly hear the sound of gurgling water.

Hu Mei'e took Su Rui to the outermost artificial excavation area of ​​the cave. There were stone tables, stone benches, cloud beds, etc., and a layer of cloth mats with grass seeds on them, so it didn't feel cold to sit on. There was also a night-shining pearl as big as a goose egg hanging on the wall, which was illuminated by a gentle white light, and the atmosphere was more normal than that of the corridor. This should be the hall that Hu Mei'e usually used to entertain guests.

After the two of them sat down in order, Su Rui noticed that poisonous creatures such as centipedes, scorpions, green snakes, and geckos passed by from time to time around the area. However, these poisonous creatures seemed to sense Su Rui's scent and just quickly passed by, and none of them dared to approach him.

Seeing that he was young, Hu Mei'e had some ill intentions in bringing him here. Now she saw that her little darling did not dare to get close to him, and she could not help but marvel. She thought that Su Rui must have a treasure. As a close neighbor of Chuyundong, Heshandao had come into contact with many people. Although the skills were all spooky, they would not effectively restrain the Gu worms, and naturally they would not have the power to make the Gu worms dare not approach.

"Little boy, don't you want to learn how to make Gu? I have a Gu technique for making five poisons. Although it is not rare, it is just right for beginners. I can teach you how to raise Gu insects now. When you help me make the black silk, I will teach you the magic of making Gu insects. How do you think?"

Hu Mei'e spoke to Su Rui in a soft and gentle voice with charming eyes.

"Aunt is willing to teach me some first, that's great!" Just like a normal transaction, it's best if the other party shows sincerity first. Su Rui didn't think there was anything wrong with it. There was no gratitude, it was just a fair trade. As for what kind of witchcraft he could get, he had already expected it in his mind. The two of them were just meeting for the first time, and it was good enough to get some basic skills. If the other party took out the core skills in exchange, then he really had to consider what was going on!

Seeing that Su Rui agreed, Hu Mei'e took Su Rui to another artificial excavation area not far away.

This area was more than three times larger than the reception area, and was divided into five small compartments by stalagmites and slabs, each of which was filled with a lot of earthenware jars. Some of the jars were sealed with animal skins, but most were not, and insects would occasionally come in and out of the jars.

Hu Mei'e took an empty clay pot and walked Su Rui around the five small compartments, catching a centipede, a green snake, a scorpion, a gecko and a toad, and put them into the clay pot.

Su Rui watched her catching poisonous insects from behind and found that it was as easy as picking up stones in her hands. The poisonous insects didn't dare to move in her hands at all. It was like they were subjects meeting a king, and even their cries were much lower.

Hu Mei'e brought Su Rui back to the reception area, and then pulled him to her side to teach him how to chant the spell, how to use his own blood to stimulate the Gu worms to devour each other, and how to seal the jars to raise the Gu. Su Rui was leaning against her side, and he felt that he was touched by the soft jade and warm fragrance, and the fragrant and exotic fragrance filled his nose, which made him distracted. Fortunately, he knew the importance of urgency, and immediately took a breath, gathered his wandering mind, and memorized the spells and techniques taught by Hu Mei'e more seriously than he did in high school.

Probably because it was an entry-level skill, Su Rui didn't feel this method of raising Gu was complicated. He didn't even use the small diagram and just memorized it.

After teaching the method of raising Gu, Hu Mei'e directly gave the earthen jar to Su Rui. Su Rui did not hesitate to put it into the space of the small cloth bag.

Then Hu Mei'e took him out of the cave.

There were already mountain folks waiting outside the cave, escorting a large wild boar with its limbs tied up. They seemed to have been waiting for a while. When they saw Hu Mei'e, they immediately bowed and saluted, saying, "Master, this is today's blood meal!"