Monster life starting from picking up materials

Xia Bao nodded in agreement, put down the steak and walked towards the big pot, intending to prepare something nutritious that Xia Long should eat!

The idea of capturing Xiabao made the two Yangyan Dragons stand in awe, and they respectfully asked the god of boiling stinky water to leave the pot.

Xia Bao sat down on the ground in a depressed mood, and his butt turned red visibly with the temperature of the floor. He took out the notebook and started reading it again. He had read it many times, but he still couldn't put it down because of the short stories made up of sketches in it.

For a moment, the only sounds in the cave were the grinding of the two Yangyan dragons.

"Why do we have guests so late at night?"

Ji Jie suddenly raised his head, his gaze passing through the rock formation and falling on the three humanoid energy sources that were carefully clinging to the rock wall.

A faint blue light was on the back of one of the human figures. In his perception, it was like a bright light in the darkness, and its presence was extremely strong.

That is his Youyu.

635

Chapter 635: Aboveboard

The three of them clung to the rock wall of the cave, listening to the sound of teeth grinding coming from the cave. They exchanged glances and gestures, and finally slowly retreated in the direction they came from.

In Ji Jie's eyes, these guys were sneaky, as if they were here to scout the place for something bad.

He stood up, stretched, and decided to inspect the territory.

The three-person team found a high ground outside the cave with a good view. They hid behind the rocks and stared at the exit of the passage, waiting for the Yangyan Dragon to come out.

It was a pleasant surprise to follow the footprints directly to the lair, but they were not stupid enough to go directly into the monster's lair.

Entering a territory and entering a nest are two different things. The former still has room to maneuver and hide, but the latter is undoubtedly an invasion for monsters, and it is difficult not to encounter hostility.

Although the other party had already had contact with the investigation team in the New World, for the safety of both sides, they chose to gradually increase their presence to avoid the possibility of the other party being sensitive and frightened.

Yangyan Dragon has the habit of patrolling its territory and will always come out.

The three of them waited patiently in a hidden place, and the waiting time was unexpectedly not long. Some sounds came from the passage. It was Yang Yanlong walking around. As a lord, there was no need to hide when inspecting the territory.

Dark Night held his breath, imagining himself as quiet as a velociraptor.

But Swift Dragon shouldn't have appeared in the volcano. He was a little confused for a moment and silently crushed the deodorizing ball in his hand, even though the effect of the previous deodorizing ball had not yet worn off.

"Relax."

Compared to the hunters and knights, the Grand Maester's voice seemed much more relaxed, and it even overlapped with the noise in the volcano. It seemed as if the dragon man had a talent for blending into the environment, and there was no sense of disobedience at all.

Feeling the magic in the elder's words, the two humans indeed relaxed, relaxed their gaze, and looked up and down at the Flame Dragon patrolling the territory, and couldn't help but be shocked by its huge size.

"This is a Flame King Dragon in its prime, but strangely, there are no scars on his body."

The Grand Secretary said this, and after thinking about it carefully, he felt that this was a manifestation of the peak of deterrence, combat effectiveness and self-healing ability.

Strong deterrence can scare away opponents to avoid fighting, strong combat power can suppress opponents one-sidedly to reduce injuries, and strong self-healing ability can quickly heal wounds and repair scars.

It was impossible for the Flame Dragon to stay in one place while patrolling its territory. They paid attention to the direction of the Flame Dragon's movement while carefully planning obstacles to avoid during tracking.

The Flame King walked like a dragon and a tiger. Wherever he passed, pterosaurs hurriedly took off into the air, volcanic lizards scrambled to drill into the cracks in the rocks, and shield insects dug up the lava and hid in it. Only the sound of bubbles in the lava flow remained.

In this panicked atmosphere, the three of them all had solemn expressions. For a moment, they forgot all the plans before departure and just followed the Flame Dragon cautiously.

Ji Jie also saw the small animals fleeing in a hurry. He was already used to it. The magma and lava looked boring, so he kept paying attention to the team following him with his perception.

I knew the three people in the team in the camp. They were all the leaders among the hunters and scholars. Is there any special meaning behind them personally following me this time?

While thinking, his eyes inadvertently swept over the three people who were moving forward stealthily. Just a turn of the head made them subconsciously hide their heads behind the rocks.

An Ye silently looked at the Grand Secretary, his eyes seemed to be asking him about what he said in the camp——

Do we really want to walk up to him openly?

The Grand Secretary looked embarrassed. He had read all the reports related to this Flame Dragon, but personal experience was completely different from theoretical knowledge.

Perhaps it's not just Flame King Dragon that needs desensitization, but all three of them.

"Imagine it's a steel dragon, a calm steel dragon!"

The Grand Secretary was cheering for the two hunters, but it also seemed like he was cheering for himself.

"Isn't the Steel Dragon scary?"

The knight spoke silently, then noticed the old dragon man looking at him, seemingly in deep thought.

"The Steel Dragon isn't that scary."

The Grand Secretary came to a conclusion and nodded very seriously.

"This Flame King Dragon is still very calm. While he is powerful, he also has the margin of strength that comes with being a strong man."

In this way, they hid behind the rocks for a while, their eyes met several times, encouraging each other.

Finally, they put away the deodorizing balls and no longer suppressed the sound of their footsteps as before. The dark night even brushed against the volcanic ash and smeared it on their bodies.

Their footsteps overlapped with the noise of the lava flow, and they were all trying to relax and blend into the environment, to become part of the volcano rather than its enemy.

As the deodorizing balls gradually lost their effectiveness, the volcanic sulfur was mixed with the smell of humans, and as they no longer suppressed their footsteps, the noise of the lava flow was mixed with light footsteps.

Ji Jie's keen perception allowed him to clearly detect the growing presence of the three men. For a moment, he was confused as to what they were trying to do. Were they trying to expose themselves?

The human presence was still growing, and when their heads popped out and flashed in his peripheral vision, Ji Jie knew that he had to discover them.

He turned around and stared at the stone where the hunter had just stuck his head out.

As soon as the Grand Secretary stuck his head out, he met the big, copper-bell-like eyes of the Flame Dragon King. His short body trembled and shrank suddenly, but he was bumped into An Ye's knee. He sat down on the ground in a daze, and half of his body was out of the rock's cover.

An Ye reacted quickly and pulled the old man back behind the rock with one hand.

"Are you okay?"

"It's no use, he's already seen us."

"So what should we do? Should we go out?"

"Maybe he doesn't care at all? Why don't we hide for a while longer?"

The whispering sounds of communication fell into Ji Jie's ears, leaving him at a loss as to what to do.

If you guys plot like this in front of him, he will have to care even if he doesn't want to!

Just as Ji Jie was about to approach, a dragon scholar dressed in ancient costume came out and carefully straightened his hair that had just been messed up in front of him.

This serious action was like picking one's ears while on the phone, which made Ji Jie at a loss for a moment, as if he had met an impossible target. He spent three seconds watching him fix his hair crown.

After fixing his hair crown, the dragon man did not put his hands down, but kept them raised, as if trying to remain harmless.

Ji Jie began to think about how a Fire King Dragon should treat this little creature that suddenly appeared and had an overwhelming presence.

He remembered the brutality displayed by the Flame King Dragon of the original continent during its migration, and also the helpless look of the Flame King Dragon of the new continent that concealed Lu Mingfei.

Finally, Ji Jie looked at the smirk on the old dragon man's face. In order to avoid looking stupid, he chose to silently look away and continued to patrol the territory without paying any attention.

636

Chapter 636: On the same planet.

"Huh? Huh?"

The dragon man's little head looked at the Flame King Dragon and was a little surprised for a moment.

Dark Night and the Knight also poked their heads out from behind the stone pillars, and saw that the Flame Dragon just glanced at them and continued to patrol the territory.

"Is this really a steel dragon?"

An Ye muttered, and then he saw the Grand Secretary running after the Flame King Dragon. He came to his senses and chased after him, wanting to pick him up.

"Hey, hey, hey!"

The short university scholar was caught off guard and picked up by An Ye. He subconsciously waved his arms and struggled.

Ji Jie glanced sideways, and the brave old dragon man immediately became obedient, while the hunter holding him looked as if he was facing a great enemy.

"Relax, relax."

The Grand Secretary patted the hunter's arm and looked at the Flame Dragon King with that silly grin again.

Ji Jie remained silent.

And An Ye followed the Grand Secretary's instructions and relaxed as much as possible. His eyes met the speechless look in the Flame King Dragon's eyes, as if he had fallen into a calm lake.

When he came to his senses, the Flame Dragon King had already looked away and continued walking forward.

"He just left like that? So...gently?"

The knight also caught up, his face full of confusion.

They had guessed this possibility a long time ago, but it was still hard to believe when it actually happened.

"How does it feel to face him openly?"

The Grand Secretary stopped smiling, slapped the hunter's hand away and jumped to the ground.

"His eyes are like a lake without ripples, bottomless, calm and indifferent."

An Ye recalled the previous moment and recounted that feeling. He lowered his head and looked at the Grand Secretary. For some reason, he was speechless. He couldn't tell whether he was empathizing with that expression or was speechless about the Grand Secretary's recklessness.

"What you said is somewhat similar to your current expression."

The Grand Secretary scratched his head, and Ji Jie, who heard their conversation, turned his head quietly and glanced at them out of the corner of his eye.

Yes, that's the speechless expression.

During the subsequent patrol of the territory, the presence of the three people became stronger and stronger. They actually began to... follow him openly.

Ji Jie took a deep breath and began to think about whether he should expel them. They didn't do anything that annoyed him, but the feeling of being followed made him very uncomfortable.

"Strange, we haven't encountered any other large monsters along the way. That Cinder Blade Dragon Slasher should be here too."

"Are you eager to meet the dragon-slayer?"

"I just really want to see what the meetings of the monster group are like, how they get along with each other, how they divide up their prey, and their relationships with each other... These are very important for us to understand them."

The Grand Secretary spoke seriously.

Monster group? Coexistence?

Ji Jie had been paying close attention to them, so he naturally understood their conversation.

The so-called monster group is rooted in the guild's misunderstanding. Most of the monsters are transformed from themselves. How can they coexist? Hunters obviously cannot get that part of the "ecology".

Looking at the empty and boring volcano, Ji Jie dug out a large shield insect from the ground with his claws.

"That's a shield bug. Does he want to eat it? Shield bugs aren't on the Flame King Dragon's menu, right?"

The curious voice of the Grand Secretary came from behind him, and Ji Jie's brows twitched slightly. The shield insect on the ground turned over and curled up into a ball like a watermelon worm, rolling its body to escape in the insect car. He kicked it without hesitation, and the shield insect was kicked out directly.

"He's kicking the shield bug around like a ball. Is he playing a game? This is worth recording."

The Grand Secretary took out his notebook and started recording it, while the hunters and knights on both sides were alert to any disturbance and were ready to pick up the old dragon man and run away.

Ji Jie was speechless, but also felt a little amused. It was boring to patrol the territory alone, so he still didn't drive away the follower behind him.

Just as it was a novelty to track a special and calm Fire King Dragon, it was also a novelty for him to be tracked so openly.

It's hard to find a calm Fire Dragon, and it's also hard to meet someone so brave.

But the Dragon Grand Secretary seemed to be a little too brave. The distance between the three of them was shortened from 100 meters to 50 meters, and then from 50 meters to 30 meters.

Ji Jie began to wonder how close they could get to him, so he walked out of the volcanic cave, came to the mountainside of the volcano, climbed all the way up, and finally stopped at the crater and squatted down.

Overlooking the magma in the volcano and gazing into the distance.

Behind the vast ocean, a black area blocked the night sky, and the outline of the tower was outlined by the vast mist at the edge of sight.

Ancient pagoda.

Ji Jie thought of Miss Discatli whom he met in the snowy mountains, and also of the Black Dragon.

After leaving the ancient forest, let’s go and see the ancient pagoda.

"He stopped."

Looking at the back of Flame King Dragon, An Ye stopped and grabbed the Grand Secretary's shoulder.

"Let's get closer. He knows we're following him. So what's the difference between a hundred meters, fifty meters, thirty meters, twenty meters, and ten meters?"

The Grand Secretary was very excited, and the old dragon man's face was filled with an expression of "If I hear the truth in the morning, I would be willing to die in the evening."