My beast can't be a demon.

Chapter 134: The Remains of the Beast Garden
Relics are a relatively special existence in the secret realm.

Compared to those vast conventional secret realms, ruins-type secret realms are often much smaller.

In this type of secret realm, the largest area is no longer occupied by natural vegetation or special terrain, but by human buildings.

These ruins where ancient immortals once existed have now been explored countless times by countless beastmasters.

There is only one teleportation node in the Beast Garden Secret Realm.

There is no safe zone.

The place here is too small, there is no room to create a safe zone.
Therefore, the academy does not recommend students without ability to explore the menagerie ruins.

Of course, the vast majority of students do not follow this advice.

Even if there is nothing gained from exploring the secret realm, it is great to visit the place where our ancestors once worked.

Zhou Lu brought Hua Huo to the secret realm of the Beast Garden.

To be honest, this place is somewhat different from what he imagined.

I originally thought that since it was a building complex under the Immortal Sect, it should at least demonstrate the style of the immortals.

However, what caught Zhou Lu's eyes were a few low houses and then large tracts of open space.

The sunny area on the east side is said to be where magical herbs and treasures were once grown.

Now it has been divided up by the breeding departments of major colleges and the laboratories of various companies.

Because there were professional security personnel, Zhou Lu did not go near there.

Not far from the garden is the place where spiritual beasts are raised.

Zhou Lu saw many spirit beasts walking leisurely on the grass.

Their ancestors were probably the food for the immortals.

Beef, mutton, pork, etc., they all look delicious.

Passing through the thatched huts where ancient beast tamers lived to look after their spirit beasts, rows of elegant houses appeared before Zhou Lu's eyes.

These houses are the residences of the immortal sect disciples who are responsible for guarding the beast garden, forming a sharp contrast with the low houses behind Zhou Lu.

Perhaps because they are accustomed to seeing humans, the spiritual beasts in the menagerie ruins are not very shy.

There were even a few fire antelope cubs that ran over and tried to eat the fireworks.

After seeing Hua Huo move, the little guys ran away.

Hanabi was stunned, looked at the leaves curled up on her vines, and looked at Benben on her tail with a bit of disappointment:
[Do I look ugly?]
The little grass that was originally intended to be fed with leaves was hit hard.

[I think you look like someone they can’t beat.] Benben complained.

Xiao Caocao scratched his hat.

Do I look rude?

Obviously so cute.

"Hanabi!"

At this moment, Zhou Lu's voice came from not far away, "Don't be in a daze, hurry up and catch up."

This day is going to be very busy.

Zhou Lu was not in a hurry to go to the place mentioned in the nightmare of death, but first caught enough Tianbao cockroaches that Li Yi needed.

Although I'm mentally prepared.

But when Zhou Lu saw this palm-sized cockroach with his own eyes, he still felt a little nervous.

What made him even more unbearable was...

Zhou Lu patted Hanabi's hat helplessly: "Can you get off me, Hanabi?"

The moment she saw the Tianbao cockroach, Hua Huo jumped up, and eight vines stretched out from her body, tightly wrapping herself around Zhou Lu.

Judging from Xiao Caocao's cautious probing and slightly trembling body, it was really scared.

[don't want! ]
This time, Hua Huo rarely rejected Zhou Lu's words.

Little Caocao is actually afraid of cockroaches...

It’s obvious that bees are caught randomly.

Fortunately, although Hanabi was scared, she was not so scared that she could not move.

After Zhou Lu persuaded her to adjust herself mentally, Huo Huo finally started working officially.

Tianbao cockroach is a first-level spiritual beast.

For Hua Huo, catching such spiritual beasts is already a piece of cake.

However, compared with bees and birds that always fly in groups, the Tianbao cockroach is much more secretive.

On weekdays, their favorite places to stay are dark and damp corners.

They only come out to look for food at night.

I can only say that it is worthy of being a relative of cockroaches, even its habits are exactly the same.

After walking around for a long time, there were still no sight of any Cockroaches coming out to move around, which made Hua Huo, who was holding the insect net, a little disappointed.

Seeing Hua Huo's lost look, Ben Ben sighed: [If it really doesn't work, let me do it.]
Hanabi's eyes lit up: [You can?]
[Didn't you prepare the bait? Just sprinkle it on me.]
Huahuo didn't expect that Benben already had such awareness now.

[But the master doesn't allow me to do this.]
[That means you are not allowed to bully me! Now it’s a mission, it’s different.]
Obviously, Benben's mentality has changed under Huahuo's long-term training.

So Hanabi started preparing according to Benben's advice.

I have to say that with Benben's assistance, Hanabi's insect catching business went very smoothly.

Just ...

Hanabi still found it hard to accept the countless black bugs crawling out from every dark corner.

[Ahhhhh! Hanabi! What are you still daydreaming about!]
Benben regrets it now.

Countless insects, tempted by the bait, kept gnawing at its shell.

Although this attack can't hurt it at all, the scene is terrifying!
When Huahu was called by Benben, she reacted immediately.

As the insect net fell, a large number of Tianbao cockroaches were directly knocked unconscious by the fireworks. The defect of [Poison Ivy] having a damage limit became an advantage at this time.

At least Huo Huo can buff these cockroaches without any worries, without worrying about whether she will use too much force and poison the insects to death.

Once the poisoning period is over, these cockroaches will slowly recover their vitality.

Zhou Lu had already told Li Yi this in advance.

They will either be stuck by the mucus and suffer broken limbs, or be poisoned by poisonous vines. Although they will suffer a little loss of vitality, their lives will not be in danger.

Li Yi chose the latter.

Zhou Lu still underestimated Benben's ability to attract hatred.

In a short while, all the insects around were attracted to Benben.

It's not just the Tianbao cockroach anymore.

Fortunately, Hua Huo reacted very quickly. She took in Benben and then left the scene with a net bag of Tianbao cockroaches.

rustling.

rustling.

Countless black insects lost their target and began to circle anxiously in place.

Zhou Lu immediately felt something was wrong.

Are there such insects in the menagerie ruins?
Zhou Lu observed the insects on the ground and found that they were species he had never seen before.

Is it a new species?

Zhou Lu immediately asked Hua Huo to collect these insects.

I'll bring it back to Sister Xiaoqing, maybe she can publish a few more papers.

Zhou Lu thought so.

*****
"If I'm not mistaken, this is it!"

Deep in the ruins of the Menagerie, two men in black stood in front of a wall.

"The blessing of the nightmare of death." One of the men in black with glasses adjusted his glasses and smiled confidently. "Although it was done very covertly, it's a pity that it can't escape my eyes."

Then he said to his partner beside him: "If nothing goes wrong, the ingredients for the pill formula we are looking for are in here."

"Remember." He seemed to be afraid that his friend might do something bad, so he reminded him, "Don't take too many things. Even if the Boundary Breaker breaks through the protection of the Nightmare of Death, if a large amount of things are taken away, the other party will notice it."

"Alright. Take out your Boundary Breaker."

However, his words received no response.

The man with glasses said angrily in a low voice: "I'm talking to you, are you listening?"

"Boss... this might be a little difficult..." His companion stammered, a look of embarrassment on his face.

When the man with glasses saw the other person's situation, he thought it was not good and immediately asked, "What's going on?!"

"The Boundary Breaker Bugs didn't obey my orders at all." The man's forehead was already covered in sweat. "They seem to have been attracted by something."

"What are you talking about?!" The man with glasses was horrified, "Have we been discovered?"

That's not right! They had made all the necessary preparations before they came.

"Don't be ridiculous! Hurry up and find a way to call those damn bugs back!" The man with glasses was also anxious and spoke to his partner in a commanding tone.

But he also knew that this was almost impossible.

If it were any other intelligent beast, the master's call might have some effect.

But this kind of insect is completely submissive to its own instincts and cannot be recalled just because you want to.

After all... they didn't sign a beast taming contract with the spirit beasts.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! How the hell can't you even take care of a few bugs!" The man with glasses was completely defeated.

You know, he didn't know how long he had been preparing for this day, but something went wrong at the last step.

The two left the spot in a panic.

Shortly after the two left, Zhou Lu appeared at the corner with a map.

"This should be it." Zhou Lu thought, stroking his chin.

After all, he is not a person with poor direction, so he should have read the map correctly.

At this moment, Hua Huo gently tugged at the corner of Zhou Lu's clothes.

Zhou Lu looked down and saw Hua Huo drawing a symbol on Ben Ben's body.
There is someone nearby.

Zhou Lu immediately understood the mark.

He looked toward the end of the corridor alertly.

Although no one was seen, the traces on the ground indicated that someone had just been here.

Is anyone here to look for Xiao'e's treasure?
Zhou Lu realized it immediately.

wrong.

Xiao Er didn't tell anyone else about this.

Zhou Lu gestured towards Hua Huo.

Hanabi understood.

The next moment, the branches of Fireworks began to grow rapidly.

Under the effect of [Plant Mimicry], they merged with the plants in the ruins.

Taking this opportunity, Hanabi used branches to completely cover up the existence of this passage.

After checking that the other party had not left any restrictions, Zhou Lu immediately used the token given to him by Death Nightmare to open the secret door of the treasure.

He didn't have time to elaborate, so he just said to Hanabi:
"Hanabi! Pack everything up, we'll be leaving soon."

(End of this chapter)