Bizarre Cultivation: Starting from Being Beaten Up by Reality

Chapter 121 Black Dragon

There was a squeak.

The wooden door was opened. Several pairs of numb eyes glanced at the door and then lowered their gazes again.

A pungent, foul odor made Lin Fan outside the door frown slightly. He had clearly noticed several figures who had taken notice of the door opening, but had retreated further inside.

"This won't work. These people are too weak to move around. Even if we release them now, they won't be able to escape."

In reality, most of the people inside were beyond saving. Unless they were taken back to the mortal world, perhaps a few could be saved; otherwise, even Doctor Lei couldn't save them. After all, no matter how severe Lin Fan's injuries were, he still possessed a tenacious will to live and a strong will to survive.

After all, their condition could only be described as mentally exhausted and utterly drained. Their lives and spirits had been ravaged, leaving them like candles flickering in the wind.

Many familiar faces here touched upon some of the original owner's memories in Lin Fan's mind, making him feel reluctant to leave.

Lin Fan closed the door again, checked all the rooms to make sure Sun Ruolan wasn't there, and then continued to follow the direction of the three children from before.

The mansion, burned down, no longer had any smooth stone slabs; instead, it was all mud. Lin Fan could easily see the footprints on the ground. Lin Fan put his hand in his hand and blew on it, but no sound came out.

The mechanical beast Xiao Yi emerged from the darkness. Its color, size, and silent movements made it easier for it to infiltrate than Lin Fan and his companions. Unfortunately, it couldn't relay what it saw to Lin Fan in real time.

They arrived at a place that resembled a livestock pen, a large open space divided into rows of low-lying houses. This place, which was like a prison, a pig farm, and an imperial examination hall, was filled with the sounds of breathing rising and falling.

The wooden cells housed all sorts of strange animals, which were not only larger than ordinary animals, but also had blood-red eyes and were covered in tumors.

The two normal children and the child who had turned into a bat quickly assessed the situation and chose a row to walk into, which was probably the area they were responsible for.

They approached these strange animals, took out bags of animal feed, and prepared to feed them.

The pale pink "feed" was poured into the feeding troughs, and a giant wolf bared its teeth and growled at the three of them.

Other animals were also unfriendly to them; the giant monkey pounded on the railings, and the giant bird rammed its head against the door lock.

Lin Fan felt that these seemingly wilder creatures might actually be the original pests.

These pests refused to eat the food the children offered, instead barking and trying to break through the fence.

The children, however, paid no attention and skillfully added food to each trough until the entire row of troughs was full.

So, a child took out a list and started comparing it. Lin Fan could vaguely see that there were no words on it, only simple line drawings of the corresponding pests and a number.

He read out the above information: "Wolf, 3."

Another humanoid child walked to the cell where the giant wolf was imprisoned and turned the wheel next to it. It turned out that the giant wolf had a collar around its neck. As the chain was pulled, the giant wolf's snout got stuck in a narrow hole in the cell door.

The bat-boy flew in through the skylight above the giant wolf's cell, climbed onto the wolf's back, and began to suck its blood. The wolf struggled in agony as its blood was sucked, but with its mouth blocked, it was powerless to resist.

It didn't fly out until three blood beads appeared on its back. The giant wolf became weak and listless, lying on the ground howling softly.

The child with the list picked up three human blood beads, walked to the giant wolf, and even though the wolf was unwilling, he forced open its mouth and stuffed the three blood beads inside.

The giant wolf resisted fiercely, retching repeatedly after the blood beads were forced down its throat. However, its body was clearly more energetic than before, though the physical deformities seemed to have worsened.

Next, the children completed all the tasks on the list of blood bead collection in the same way, and just enough to use up all the human blood beads they had collected before.

Watching their departing figures, all the beasts kept ramming against the railing, even if they were bleeding from their heads, they wanted to rush out and tear these people apart.

Lin Fan looked around; Sun Ruolan shouldn't be here. She probably wasn't; if she looked like this, he really wouldn't recognize her.

Next, the three children each took a large amount of feed and continued deeper into the area. Not only were the two humanoid children carrying buckets of feed in each hand, but even the giant bat was carrying a bucket at its feet, flapping its wings frantically and trying its best to fly.

As winter approached, Lin Fan felt a chill in the night, and the deeper he went, the colder it became; even the eaves were covered with icicles.

Squeak.

Deep within the old mansion, there is a house without any signs of fire. It looks like a shrine used for worship. The door is open, and even the dim light of night cannot illuminate the darkness within.

Lin Fan followed the three children at a distance, and even with his night vision, it took him quite a while to see what was inside.

The three children put down the five buckets of feed and knelt before that being, their bodies completely pressed against the ground.

The chains rattled, and the long, slender creature inside extended a dark, elongated snout, its damp nose sniffing the feed bucket, saliva dripping from its exposed fangs.

Finally, a child mustered up the courage to say, "Please have a meal, Lord Black Dragon!"

Lin Fan looked at the creature before him and asked, "You call this a dragon?"

Before me was clearly a huge black dog, about ten feet tall, but its body was exceptionally long, about three times its height. This description might not be very intuitive, but it was roughly like two elephants standing side by side.

Its limbs and body were long and slender, and its protruding muzzle was as long as a person. It was black enough to be considered very dark, and it didn't resemble a dragon at all.

Its body was covered with pustules that resembled those of a previous scourge, and its various parts were deformed to varying degrees, making it a sight that would send chills down one's spine.

"Black Dragon" growled in dissatisfaction, extended its paddle-like forepaw, and swept all five buckets of feed onto the ground with one swipe.

The youngest child spoke up: "Lord Black Dragon is unhappy that the tribute hasn't been delivered yet. He said that if the tribute doesn't arrive, he'll just fill our stomachs."

Another child said in a trembling voice, "We understand too, we don't need you to translate."

The youngest child continued, "No, I mean, should we run away or not? Are we just going to kneel here and wait to die?"

After these words were spoken, a silence ensued. The three children lay flat on the ground, motionless. The youngest seemed to still have a slight urge to run away, while the other two remained completely pressed to the ground, too afraid to move.

Suddenly, the black dragon's damp nose twitched slightly, and its head turned towards Lin Fan's direction.