Otherworldly Desert Dust

On the riverside among the flowers, the woman wore little and cried incessantly.

The man stood with his hands on his hips, looking impatient.

"This body should have been stronger than my own, most likely he fed his yang essence blood to this River Girl, that’s why he only has the strength of a Second Rank."

"If I could replenish it, he might even have the potential to advance to a Third Rank physique!"

"That would be great, if I could successfully guide it back, it would be a huge supplement!"

To be honest, Wu Hen was not so much craving the River Girl’s body, but more his own host’s body!

When the River Girl had cried enough, Wu Hen displayed the demeanor of a gentleman conqueror, pinching the River Girl’s chin and asking, "Can this downstream waterfall directly lead to the valley above?"

This was the upper reach of the river, but the clear, turbulent water flowed into a pool below, then suddenly reversed and surged upwards, cascading into a Hanging Valley hundreds of meters high. This unusual phenomenon could be dangerous, so it was better to ask a local.

The River Girl was naturally a local, asking her would be the right choice.

"You jump into the waterfall, follow the current, and you will reach the Hanging Valley, boohoo~~" The River Girl Leader wiped her tears.

"Are there any ferocious mutant beasts?" Wu Hen asked.

"Just some Demon Catfish, with your strength, you should handle them easily." The River Girl Leader replied.

"Seeing you’re just a blood-sucking female fairy that doesn’t harm lives, I’ll spare you. We part ways here." Wu Hen said and then walked toward the reverse cascading waterfall.

"Boohoo, boohoo~~" Suddenly, the River Girl Leader cried out even louder.

Wu Hen ignored her.

"You took my lord’s life and yet you disregard this poor girl!" The River Girl Leader exclaimed.

Her words left Wu Hen speechless.

It felt like he had intruded into someone’s home, killed the husband, and taken her purity.

This host body was the most improper one ever, how did it end up involved with a female fairy? Judging by some lingering feelings in the host, it indeed seemed quite fond of this River Girl Leader.

"Moreover, if you are going there, without me leading the way, you would hardly survive to the Barbaric Mountain Range." The River Girl Leader noticed that Wu Hen intended to head to the distant Barbaric Mountain Range.

"Is that so? Tell me more." Wu Hen asked with interest.

"Not to mention you can’t handle the Flower Fairy in the Hanging Valley, the Vortex Ancient Relics are like a massive sealed land, and without ancient methods, you can’t escape. Even the waterfall has hidden mysteries and will drain your energy." The River Girl Leader explained.

The path to the Blue Sky was fraught with difficulties, and Wu Hen was unsure what different rules governed such places. If he died, he would have nothing.

"Then follow me if you must." Wu Hen said.

"Blood, I need your blood. Our kind requires essence blood for survival... If you leave, I won’t survive either."

"I’ll catch you a fish, can you drink fish blood?" Wu Hen asked.

The River Girl Leader glared at him with her watery eyes, looking at the man who had intruded here.

A River Girl, needing someone else to catch fish for her!

Of course not!

"How about this, follow me and based on your performance, if you do well, I’ll give you a little." Wu Hen said.

"Mm, mm." The River Girl Leader nodded, agreeing to the terms.

"Do you have a name? I can’t just call you River Demon." Wu Hen asked.

"Qiaqia." The River Girl Leader made a cute sound.

"Melon Seed Spirit??" Wu Hen said in surprise.

The River Girl Leader didn’t understand Wu Hen and repeated her name, with two small biting teeth showing, like a newly cultivated female fairy, somewhat naive.

"I am a Rong Girl, a River Princess. A long time ago, before this place was broken, I had a temple, a River Temple built by humans, worshiping us." The River Girl Leader said seriously, not wanting Wu Hen to look down on her.

"Oh ho, so you’re a temple goddess, the goddess of the river? How did you end up a blood-sucking witch?" Wu Hen said skeptically, unable to resist teasing her.

"There are downtrodden times for everyone, our Divine Power has been suppressed by the Heaven and Earth Laws, you humans are not much better, otherwise why would you need to take corpses?" The White Salamander River Woman retorted.

"Alright, alright, we still have a mutual affinity between human and fairy, no need for hurtful words. Let’s work together for mutual benefit." Wu Hen decided to stop teasing her, noticing her strong spirit.

"Release me into the river, you walk on the shore." Qiaqia said.

Wu Hen retracted the Xuan Silk that had left her skin red, releasing the River Girl.

The River Girl did not leave; she swam along the bank. As Wu Hen walked forward, she swam forward, appearing to be inseparable.

Whether her words could be fully trusted was uncertain, but she indeed needed his blood to sustain herself.

Wu Hen noticed some small bite marks on his body, likely from the host’s past feeding the River Girl…

"Have you lived together for a long time?" Wu Hen asked.

"Not really. Qi Lang probably came here to train but couldn’t leave. He was severely injured during a hunt and lay by the river, his blood flowing into the water. I accidentally consumed his blood and formed a blood pact with him. I healed his wounds, and he provided for me after that." The River Girl explained.

"So we have a contract?? A humanoid pet beast!" Wu Hen realized.

"I am a River Lady! There has always been a mutually protective, special worship relationship with humans!" The River Girl said, splashing water with her tail in anger.

The water splashed onto Wu Hen, showing the River Lady’s anger!

"Oh, so I fished out a female river god using blood." Wu Hen said. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

The River Girl tried hard to correct this relationship, making it clear she was not a female fairy seducing strong men in the lake, their relationship was pure and sacred.

But Wu Hen’s words still carried suspicion and disdain, making her even sadder. She stopped talking to Wu Hen and stayed in the water.

Arriving at the waterfall, Wu Hen looked up…

Actually, staring at the river gave a sense that the water still flowed naturally, like a waterfall plunging downward.

"If you jump into the waterfall, the torrent will shatter your body, but with my Water Technique protection, you can safely surge to the top." The River Girl emerged from the water, her body no longer wet as if the water had never touched her.

The falling waterfall and the upward cascading one required immense energy. An ordinary person falling from a hundred-meter waterfall would be crushed to pieces.

The River Girl Qiaqia didn’t lie; a physique not reaching the Third Rank couldn’t withstand such a waterfall torrent.

"Then hold me and swim up." Wu Hen said.

"Hmph." The River Girl Leader got upset, refusing to help Wu Hen cross the waterfall unless he apologized for his earlier disrespect.

"This is for you, probably something he picked." Wu Hen took out the flower Ganoderma from his pouch.

Seeing the flower Ganoderma, the River Girl Qiaqia had watery eyes and unknowingly started crying again.

Qi Lang likely ventured deep into the forest to pick this rare flower Ganoderma for her and got lost…

Wu Hen stood by without speaking.

The flower Ganoderma was a Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure that could enhance one’s physique, but it was highly toxic. Wu Hen’s taste sense easily detected it; the River Girl could consume it, but he couldn’t take even a bit.

Captain Qin Sheng once said that if the taste sense reached a higher level, it could digest contaminated and toxic items.

Wu Hen’s aunt taught him that most Desert Dust meat was safe to eat as long as one could hunt it, but the fruits, berries, flower nectar, insect grass, and mushrooms from the Desert Dust could not be consumed directly; they would increase contamination.

Hence, unless facing starvation, food gathered couldn’t be eaten directly; it had to be purified by the universal Yuan You.

After opening the taste sense, Wu Hen could directly consume wild plants, discerning whether they were toxic with a single bite and spitting them out if they were.

In truth, the River Girl was the first thing he tasted here, highly toxic, a river pufferfish spirit!

The River Girl was indeed hungry, devouring the flower Ganoderma, tears streaming down her face as she ate.

"Let’s go, I’ll take you up." The River Girl Qiaqia composed herself.

Wu Hen nodded and stepped into the river.

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The White Salamander Woman gently approached, wrapping her soft, water-like body around Wu Hen. Quickly, the icy river seemed blocked by some Immortal Law, no longer soaking Wu Hen’s body, and he could not feel the current’s force.

It was like standing on the shore.

Wu Hen began to believe that this woman was indeed the River Lady…

Reaching the end of the river, the water surged upward with tremendous momentum, shooting into the sky. When Wu Hen followed the River Girl to this point, he felt a powerful force pulling him upward and simultaneously felt like he was plummeting into an abyss!

The torrent raged, battering Wu Hen’s body as fiercely as mountain stones, and he couldn’t make out sky from ground. In this Divine Python Earth Vein, there seemed to be no defined heaven and earth, as if it were unformed chaos, without Pangu separating heaven and earth!

"Wasn’t it said that the torrent wouldn’t damage me?"

The world spun, the waterfall’s pressure struck, his body felt like it would break, and his internal organs were close to shattering!

Wu Hen endured the pain.

At some point, the River Girl stopped wrapping around him and hovered above the furious torrent.

In a daze, Wu Hen glimpsed her cold face and resentful eyes!

Her pure, noble aura indeed matched the image of a River Lady, but at this moment, she was no different from a venomous River Demon.

A wicked woman!

Everything before was an act to lure people to the waterfall to be smashed to death!