In the next few days, the two went to the wilderness and officially began their career of hunting monsters here.

Due to the existence of void cracks, some monsters would suddenly descend from time to time in the nearby Gobi wilderness and stone forests with a radius of hundreds of miles, which can be described as elusive.

These are all unlucky people who were brought here by the turbulence of time and space because they broke into the area where the two realms overlapped. They were left alone and weak and became prey.

However, after successive attempts, Li Chen and You An found that they could not even catch such a prey.

"What's going on? Almost every time we encounter them, a group of people have already killed them first, and they look like they're on the lookout for thieves when they see us!"

"There's nothing we can do about it. They've been hunting here for a long time. They probably have special means to find it a few steps ahead of us."

"Oh, if this continues, what should we do?"

The dream of getting rich overnight is ultimately no match for the reality of getting nothing.

After many twists and turns, the two of them finally happened upon a lone horned devil.

It was a monster that looked like an ape, with a ferocious face and bull-like horns. As soon as it saw the two of them, it roared and pounced on them.

You An had already entered the battle, smashed its nose with one punch, then turned around and swept away thousands of troops, knocking it to the ground.

Immediately, the sword was raised and dropped, and the battle was solved neatly.

You An held up the hunting knife and said with a bit of excitement: "It's really rare, we are finally open this time!"

But when he enthusiastically cut open the demon on the spot, he discovered that no tangible inner elixir had been produced in its body.

You An was so angry that he cursed: "What a damn bad luck! This is just the lowest level of monsters!"

Li Chen was not surprised and said: "Some species are like this. Didn't the mandrill we met last time also fail to produce inner elixirs?"

"This pair of horns is worth a meal, don't waste it!" You An scolded him, but he didn't wait too long, and quickly sawed off the opponent's long horns.

Li Chen, however, looked thoughtfully at the corpse of the horned demon that was discarded by You An: "Most of these demons have jerky meat, even contain evil spirits, and are seriously polluted, so few people will regard them as food."

"But speaking of truth, it is not without merit. At least, it can be used to refine a 'living puppet'!"

Hearing this, You An couldn't help but ask: "Living puppet? Is it similar to a human puppet?"

Li Chen said: "Yes, they are all of the same type. The scientific name is 'flesh puppet'. They are a large type of puppet that is made of living bodies and controlled by artificial core rituals."

"It's a pity that my current cultivation and attainments are still too low, and I can hardly use this thing."

Having said that, Li Chen had a vague idea at this time, that is, whether he could take advantage of the "swarming technique" and refine a cheap and easy-to-use puppet army regardless of materials.

Normal flesh and blood puppets need to go through many processes, and even use corpse nourishing pills and various evil spirits to fully refine them. Cannon fodder pawns are not so particular.

"But even so, it's still a huge waste of money."

"It seems that many things cannot be done until you are promoted to Foundation Establishment."

Li Chen put his thoughts back and reconsidered the problem of why he couldn't hunt the demon: "It's better to be realistic. Think about it now. It's been a few days and it's still like this. Something must have gone wrong."

You An hadn't turned around for a while, so he couldn't help asking: "Brother, what did you say?"

Li Chen said seriously: "Lao You, we have traveled dozens of miles around in the past few days, and all we have seen is the Gobi wilderness. There is not much difference everywhere, right?"

You An said: "That's right."

Li Chen said: "Then why can others find demons, but we can't?"

You An said: "Actually, I have also noticed that those people are all moving together in groups. They have far more people than us and are more familiar with the nearby terrain. I am afraid they have already mastered an effective method..."

When he said this, he couldn't help but slap his hands with his fists, looking quite annoyed: "Hey, at first I thought that Brother Xin was a warm-hearted person, but I never thought that he still had these tricks hidden in him!"

Li Chen smiled and said, "You can't blame him for that. After all, you have the ability to eat. Can you teach me all you have to do as soon as you come up? And didn't he ask us later if we wanted to join their team?"

You An said: "When I talk about this, I get angry. The casual cultivators here have to pay membership fees to join the team of veterans. What a crap!"

"It's not like we really can't survive without the monsters here. If it really doesn't work, we can just leave and go back to the woods in the west inland to continue hunting those monsters. At least we can be at ease!"

They were talking about their experience of unexpectedly meeting Xin Zhengye and his party in the wild the day after he was injected with spiritual blood.

At that time, Xin Zhengye learned that they wanted to develop here, and he enthusiastically invited them to join the team. He also regarded himself as his elder brother and wanted to take care of them.

At that time, they realized that it was not easy to integrate into the local demon hunting group. The ways to get rich that were rumored by outsiders had already been occupied by a large group of first comers. Late comers like Li Chen and You An had to endure the old hands.

Exploit, slowly integrate into it, or go your own way and insist on self-reliance. There is no such thing as equals.

Li Chen and You An courageously chose to go it alone. As a result, they were like headless flies wandering around in the past few days, harvesting nothing except a pair of long horns.

You An waved his hand and said angrily: "Never mind, we have to search everywhere more diligently, so we don't end up with no results and be laughed at!"

Li Chen said, "Diligence alone is not the answer. If we continue like this, we may spend more money than we earn."

You An said: "Then what do you think we should do?"

"We have to use our strengths and avoid our weaknesses!" Li Chen thought of the idea he had just had. He couldn't cultivate a puppet army, but he was afraid that another idea could be realized. "We can place spies everywhere to search for monsters on our behalf!"

You An asked: "Where did the eyeliner come from?"

Li Chen said: "The mountain man has his own clever plan."

That day, after the two went back, Li Chen locked himself in the warehouse and started tinkering. During dinner, he took out a bunch of objects and put them on the table.

"What is this?" You An looked at the things leaking out of the bag. He couldn't help but be puzzled, and picked one up to take a closer look.

But they discovered that it was a walnut-sized piece of mechanical equipment covered in an iron shell.

Li Chen explained: "This is a gadget that can sense qi and send and receive messages."

What he did not explain in detail was that this was a novel object that he had researched using his own unique secret method. The route chosen from the beginning of its birth was very different from the creations of this world.
Chapter completed!