Food System in Cultivation World

Chen Xu stood on the cliff top, hearing the urgent cries of eagles below.

In the storm and rain, he couldn't help but step forward again, getting closer to the edge of the cliff.

The wind howled fiercely, with sand and stones rustling loudly.

Yet Chen Xu's five senses and six faculties felt like a light veil descending, mercury pouring onto the ground, penetrating the countless barriers of the stormy cliff invisibly, imprinting everything below into his divine thought.

Sure enough, there was a cave opened on the sheer cliff face, its entrance cleverly obscured by giant rocks.

The space by the cave was about the size of a regular room, with mounds of dry grass spread on the ground, and two downy young eagles that hadn't grown their feathers yet were nestled on top.

Meanwhile, something slender stuck out from the depths of the cave, timing unknown.

The thing extended a triangular head, with its dark body hidden in the cave's depths, only a pair of cold eyes hovering at a bend in the deep cave, silently staring at the three eagles—one large, two small—inside the cave.

Had the large eagle not first been alert, this slender thing in the deep cave would have launched a surprise attack at some moment.

It was a snake, a snake with a head about as thick as a human's arm, its full length unknown.

At this moment, a snake and three eagles stood silently confronting each other in the dark cave.

If they were outside in the open, this snake would naturally be no match for the eagles; but now they were in the cramped space of the cave.

Outside was the sheer cliff, the two young eagles' combat power was negligible, and the large eagle not only had to deal with the confined space, hampering its flight but also had to protect the two young eagles, constantly hindered.

No matter why the eagles' nest was in a cave, or why there was a snake in the cave, let's talk about what's in front of us.

The eagle and the snake confronted each other, both poised and lying in wait, neither moving.

Time ticked by, only the incessant sound of wind and rain was heard outside, while inside the cave remained dead silent.

Suddenly, at a certain moment, it seemed the sound of rain rolling down the rocks outside suddenly intensified, and the eagle and snake in the cave suddenly erupted simultaneously.

The snake moved like lightning, the eagle's claws tore through the air.

They engaged in close-quarters combat, the eagle pouncing and the snake entangling, poisoned fangs shimmering, sharp claws drawing blood.

Just when the eagle seemed to have the upper hand, another snake's head suddenly darted out from an impossible angle and twisted fiercely.

"Chirp!"

The young eagles cried out in panic, the large eagle urgently retreated to protect them.

At the critical moment, the large eagle erupted with extraordinary strength, several iron feathers suddenly flew out from between its wings.

Whiz! Whiz! Whiz!

The iron feathers tore through the dim cave space, with unstoppable giant force in an instant, piercing through the seven-inch spots on the two snakes' bodies.

The rearing snake bodies crashed to the ground, the hissing stopped, and the two snakes had already suffered fatal blows.

Thump, thump, the snake bodies rolled in the cave, raising dust.

Meanwhile, Chen Xu heard the mournful cry of the eagle.

The large eagle had indeed killed two snakes, so why was it crying so mournfully?

Chen Xu's divine thought had been closely observing the battle in the cave below all along, naturally realizing the reason in a flash.

It turned out that when the large eagle explosively shot out its iron feathers, it had used up all its strength.

It was originally not of the demon race, merely an exceptionally majestic ordinary bird of prey.

But just as "immortals are made by humans," some spiritually endowed beasts and birds also have the potential to become demons if they encounter a chance.

At the emergency moment when the young eagles faced a crisis, the large eagle's entire Qi Blood gathered, its physique undergoing a mutation.

Without a teacher, it instinctively shot out its feathers.

This was the first step of "becoming a demon."

But this eruption also depleted the large eagle's Qi Blood to its limit, after shooting and killing the two snakes, where its feathers had flown out between its wings, blood was already gushing out.

It let out a mournful screech, its originally majestic body collapsed uncontrollably.

The two young eagles were even more frightened, chirping mournfully.

The storm continued between heaven and earth, the wind howling and surging. The whole world was in a maze of wind and rain, as if no other creature could know, beneath the stormy cliff, two helpless young eagles were crying mournfully.

And an eagle, originally with the chance to become a demon, was now stepping onto the edge of death.

Except for Chen Xu on the cliff top.

Chen Xu watched a thrilling beastly battle, feeling a peculiar sensation of witnessing life's vibrant movement.

In nature, hunting and being hunted are omnipresent.

This also seems to be part of the majesty of life.

Regardless of positions and right or wrong, everything is just survival instinct.

Compared to the human world, the life and death between beasts are evidently much purer.

By common sense, Chen Xu should not interfere in the eagle-snake fight.

But now that the snakes were dead, Chen Xu still decided to follow his own will.

Listening to the cries of the young eagles, he lightly leaped down from the cliff.

The roaring wind churned, with the current weather conditions, the Wind Summoning Skill was many times more difficult to perform than usual.

Chen Xu actually couldn't control it well, almost blown directly into the cliff by the strong winds.

Fortunately, his physique was strong and agile.

At the critical moment of overwhelming wind pressure, he grabbed a protruding rock on the cliff with one hand, lunged forward, and immediately leaped into the eagle cave, half-covered by a giant rock.

"Chirp!"

"Screech——"

The three eagles in the cave were startled, especially the large eagle, weakly lying on the ground, suddenly raised its head, and its hawk eyes widened sharply, their sharp gaze shooting towards Chen Xu.

Outside, some raindrops blew obliquely into the cave.

Chen Xu waved away the wind and rain, reversed his palm, and took out a wind lantern from his Profound Nether Ruins space, lighting it.

The lantern's light illuminated the cave's darkness, the two young eagles frightened, even forgetting to mourn, only gawkily staring at Chen Xu with their little heads raised.

The large eagle tilted its head sharply and let out a clear screech.

Compared to the two dumbfounded young eagles, the large eagle's intelligence was clearly much higher.

It had already recognized Chen Xu as that "big bird" it had competed against earlier, still wary, yet its overall emotion was visibly stable.

It carefully observed what Chen Xu intended to do.

Chen Xu hung the lantern on a protruding rock at the cave wall's edge, listening to the cracking rain outside, he took a step forward slowly.

Rustle, the dry grass underfoot felt soft and fluffy.

The scent of dead snake blood wafted in.

Chen Xu's left hand cradled a still tipsy, drowsy little hedgehog, in his right palm appeared a handful of Demon Puppet Bone Powder.

This was the bone powder left after Chen Xu killed the inn's Demon Puppet, and he had a small handful left, stored in the Fire and Smoke Kitchen.

This substance, whether taken internally or applied externally, had the effect of healing and curing ailments.

Only demons could use it, not humans.

Whether the large eagle before him counted as a demon and could consume it, he did not know.

Chen Xu spoke in a gentle tone, "Eagle Brother, you and I flew together briefly, so we can be considered fated. Now you're injured, and I happen to have medicine, would you like to try it?"

He felt as if he were coaxing a small animal, so he smiled mildly and said, "It can heal injuries, Eagle Brother, you might as well try it."

Hmm, more like?

Chen Xu simply fell silent, suddenly blowing lightly.

That handful of bone powder floated, naturally flying to the large eagle's mouth.