When system cheat becomes rampant!

"Can't detect it? What is it?"

The voice was eerie and shrill, as if formed by the screams of countless people, merging together and rolling outwards.

The source of the voice seemed very annoyed, bellowed loudly, and the river waters surged like overturning seas, with colossal waves reaching the sky.

——

Xiang Beifei had left the land of Hanxia Kingdom and continued heading north. With his current strength at the Heavenly Connection realm, his speed of travel had increased by dozens of times! After traveling continuously for ten days, he still hadn't reached Wu Hou.

As they passed a series of hills, a desolate beast in the late stages of God Refining, a meaty rat, attacked them. Erha barked loudly, grabbed it, and wanted to cook it.

Xiang Beifei had no objection and stopped to rest.

He observed the chubby rat, its short hands entwined as if it were very shy, its tearful little eyes blinking nonstop, its fur very smooth. At first glance, it appeared harmless and even emitted whining sounds, endearing itself to anyone.

"This meat rat's cry is crisp and tender, and it looks so cute... Let's braise it!" Xiang Beifei said, stroking his chin.

"Woof!" Xiaohei nodded excitedly.

Though the meat rat looked cute, it was fiercely aggressive when it had attacked them, with fangs that could grow more than ten meters long, showing no mercy as it lunged at them, even gnawing on rocks.

Most importantly, the watery big eyes weren't just for show; they emitted a very strong bewildering power, directly leading people into an illusion. Those with weak spiritual power would be directly consumed by its Illusion Technique.

Unfortunately, it had bad luck in choosing its opponent.

"Awoo!"

Erha was also very happy, urging Xiang Beifei to bring out the skeletons' fire seeds. These flames were precious seasonings for Erha; it remembered each type of flame ingredient very clearly.

"We still need to detoxify it," Xiang Beifei said calmly.

This cute desolate beast was covered in various toxins, not so easily neutralizable. Despite its slick fur, each hair was filled with toxins, and every piece of its flesh was highly poisonous.

But this was no challenge for Xiang Beifei; his eyes flickered slightly, quickly seeing the rat in black and white lines.

Xiang Beifei snapped his fingers!

Burning Yin!

Hum!

The meat rat hadn't even had time to react before the toxins ignited, instantly turning to nothing. The meat rat's Yin and Yang imbalance also resulted in its immediate death.

"All right, it's edible now, but take it easy, its meat is now full of Yang, which can cause heatiness," Xiang Beifei said while controlling the skeletons' fire seeds, taking out a deep red flame, and started roasting the meat rat. It had to be said that the braised meat rat tasted very delicious, somewhat reminiscent of fried sauce noodles.

He didn't recognize what kind of desolate beast it was; up until now, most of the desolate beasts he had come across were unknown to him. All he could do was record them and then name them.

"It's plump, and tastes like fried sauce noodles, so let's call it Fried Sauce Rat!" Xiang Beifei was very satisfied with this name.

However, while they were eating, a sudden rustling sound came from the woods, a gust of wind blew, and a figure appeared at the edge of the tree.

Xiang Beifei frowned slightly, raised his head to look, his gaze flickered slightly.

It was actually a person!

A sprightly girl, no more than eighteen or nineteen years old, roughly his age, wearing a clean white fragmented skirt, her skin fair, eyes large and bright, giving a clear impression.

In this deep frontier wilderness, a place scarcely populated by people, the sight of her made Xiang Beifei's first reaction think of the Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage!

After all, any human appearance in this area couldn't be unconnected with the Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage.

But Xiang Beifei was quickly astonished.

Because there was no trace of the Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage on this person, nor the pure and holy appearance typical of the Moon God Race.

She was just a person!

"Could it be some other Yi Tribe?" Xiang Beifei pondered.

Daoist Qingyang had mentioned that humans were the most suitable creatures for cultivation in this world. All beings wishing to cultivate would evolve towards the human appearance because the human structure was conducive to pursuing the Dao.

This world definitely had more than just the Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage and the Moon God Race; there should be other races.

But before Xiang Beifei had time to speak, the girl spoke first.

"Hello," the girl said.

Xiang Beifei frowned slightly; this creature also spoke human language.

But then, both the Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage and the Moon God Race spoke human language.

Untrustworthy.

"I don't know you," Xiang Beifei said.

"Oh right," the girl chuckled lightly, "It's impolite of me; my name is Li Qianluo. Are you a friend from the Congji Abyss?"

The Congji Abyss?

That place again.

Xiang Beifei frowned, unable to determine exactly what the girl's background might be, and after pondering for a moment, he replied, "Yes."

"Great!" Li Qianluo seemed very pleased, "My family said I would recognize the aura on you without mistake."

After a while, she asked again, "Are you also going to the Desert Stone Cave at Bone Mountain?"

Xiang Beifei was quite astonished!

The Desert Stone Cave at Bone Mountain?

This was a term that appeared in his grandfather's system interface, but what place was it?

Xiang Beifei observed the girl named Li Qianluo, disguising his emotions as he said, "Yes."

"That's great, it's on the way." Li Qianluo showed a relieved smile, "This wilderness is too vast. I was just confirming the direction when I caught a scent and followed it here."

Her gaze settled on the rat meat in Xiang Beifei's hand, gradually lighting up.

Xiang Beifei was rather surprised: "You can smell this?"

"It's so fragrant, how could I not smell it?" Li Qianluo sniffed gently, seemingly entranced by the aroma of the Fried Sauce Rat, and enviously said, "It drifted over from ten miles away!"

But this only made Xiang Beifei even more astonished.

To avoid attracting unnecessary desolate beasts and causing trouble for himself, he had specifically masked the scent of the Fried Sauce Rat while cooking it; it should have been impossible to emit any smell, so how did this girl discover it?

Xiang Beifei looked at Li Qianluo, and in his eyes, her entire being seemed to be shrouded in a black-and-white aura.

A very strong aura!

That was Xiang Beifei's first thought.

"May I try a bit? I'll trade you some Jade Flower Wine for it."

Li Qianluo pulled out a green gourd from nowhere, shook the gourd in her hand, and said, "Meat should come with wine, right?"

"I don't know you," Xiang Beifei calmly stated, "I don't trust strangers."

Li Qianluo clapped her hands as if she remembered something, cautiously said, "Right, right, right! My family also tells me this, I almost forgot, you are a stranger too."

She seemed to have just remembered this fact.

How could she seem like someone naïve without worldly experience?

A relative of Erha?

Xiang Beifei glanced at Erha lying beside him, gnawing on the Fried Sauce Rat; Erha, oblivious to Xiang Beifei's thoughts, casually scrutinized Li Qianluo while chewing.

Li Qianluo thought for a moment and then said, "Wait a moment."

She suddenly turned and ran away, disappearing instantly.

What speed!

Xiang Beifei was quite astonished in his eyes.

This girl was no ordinary being!

But in this remote wilderness, how could there be someone so formidable?

Xiang Beifei didn't have to wait long, just about three minutes, before Li Qianluo came rushing back, suddenly appearing with a loud "Boom," dragging a Fried Sauce Rat along.

She had actually gone out of her way to catch a Fried Sauce Rat!

"Can I ask how you cooked this Ladi Rat? I'd like to learn, so I won't have to eat your food. I mean no harm, really," Li Qianluo assured.

Her term for the beast differed from Xiang Beifei's.

Xiang Beifei was silent for a moment and then said, "Fine."

He knew that ever since he had arrived in the outer wilderness, he had hardly encountered any real people.

Meeting someone here—not to mention someone whose realm and cultivation were not weaker than his own—was a rare event.

Especially since this girl seemed to be heading to the Desert Stone Cave at Bone Mountain.

That place whose location was unknown.