113: Chapter 113 features numerous restaurant reviews; let me tell you what's real and what's fake!

Admittedly, ever since Xie Feng learned this damn Cultivation Technique, he had only used it this once.

And it failed.

But that didn't mean Xie Feng had forgotten about it, just like how you have things at home that come in handy when you least expect it.

You might not use them, but you couldn't be without them.

With his back to the swamp, Xie Feng slowly forced a smile while reciting the next line: "One, two, three, wooden man!"

Then he slowly turned around, looking at the motionless Insects from Shaggai and Shituolin Swamp.

He began to activate the Insects from Shaggai Communication Technique.

Magic power slowly flowed along his meridians, and one by one, the Shaggai Insects uncontrollably began to vibrate their mouthparts in response to the magic. At the very moment of vibration—

they lost their lives.

Then Xie Feng turned toward Shituolin Swamp. The magic slowly decomposed into spiritual power, and the Yingui Art was activated. Shituolin Swamp could originally barely resist the Cthulhu-esque aura on Xie Feng's body.

As the final straw that broke the camel's back, the Yingui Art caused the tentacles of Shituolin Swamp to slowly undulate, and every writhing skeleton was evaporated.

Just like the anomalies in Cangyun City illuminated by the light of The Guide.

Shituolin Swamp sizzled and hissed, continuously shrinking.

Under such attraction and the rules resembling the near-shameless tactics of the Xie Family ancestors, the lake-sized Shituolin Swamp grew smaller and smaller.

Until the mana in Xie Feng's body was depleted.

And the moment his mana was exhausted, a fresh surge of mana instantly poured in.

"Hmm?"

Xie Feng had originally planned to rest like this, waiting for his mana to recover before continuing to deal with Shituolin Swamp. But where did this rootless magic come from?

Toad bumps slowly swelled across Xie Feng's dark green skin.

Given by the God of Toads? What does that mean? Because I just stuffed some Shaggai Insects in?

Xie Feng seemed to understand why the God of Toads had bestowed a blessing once again.

"Craving a snack, are you?" Xie Feng laughed heartily, recalling how the God of Toads picked up a takeout order last time in Cangyun City.

Then he suddenly realized, could he now bargain with the God of Toads?

After all, His Holiness was considered the easiest to talk to among the Great Old Ones.

"Great 'Tsathoggua', 'The Sleeper of N'kai', Lord Tsathoggua, the God of Toads, let's make a deal? If I deliver this takeout to you, can you turn me back into a human and give me some good stuff by the way?"

Brain Matter thought Xie Feng was truly insane. What on earth was this guy doing?!

This guy was negotiating a blessing with a Great Old One?! And why was he acting so sycophantic?

"Duh, that's a Great Old One, am I supposed to order them around?"

Xie Feng scolded Brain Matter inside his mind.

As soon as Xie Feng finished speaking, the dark green skin all over his body slowly faded.

"So easy to talk to, deal, Boss!"

Xie Feng immediately stopped using the Yingui Art and instead turned to use the Spacetime Gate.

Come to think of it, this inspiration came from the Insects from Shaggai: opening the portal directly beneath Shituolin Swamp.

At the same time, Xie Feng guessed that the God of Toads was also exerting force, because this time the portal opened without any noticeable flickering, leading directly to that pitch-black cave.

As for skipping the bill? Xie Feng didn't believe the God of Toads would do such a thing; in the original lore, this entity was extremely trustworthy.

Shituolin Swamp was in despair.

Moving meant death.

Not moving meant continuously sinking.

Just like the T-800 in Terminator, except it couldn't give a thumbs-up.

Slowly, the lake-sized Shituolin Swamp, like water in a bathtub, trickled into the cave named N'kai.

The last piece of skeleton sank into the Spacetime Gate.

A satisfied and sleepy snore resounded in Xie Feng's ears.

"Azathng, here wgah r'l"

The skin beneath Xie Feng's magic robe slowly turned from dark green to flesh-toned, and the hair on his body gradually grew back.

And for some reason, he felt that the newly grown black hair was shiny and pitch-black.

Xie Feng rotated his three eyeballs, feeling a bit like shedding tears.

He had finally transformed from a bald-skinned toad back into a human, and it was the Toad God who helped him change back.

At the same time, obscure and difficult-to-understand incantations were poured directly into Xie Feng's mind.

Formless Spawn Communication Technique, Formless Spawn Summoning Technique, Formless Spawn Binding Technique.

Tsathoggua Deity Connection Technique, Tsathoggua Deity Invocation Technique, Tsathoggua Deity Dismissal Technique.

And a thick, huge book that almost knocked Xie Feng over with a tumble.

"book of eibon"

"Holy crap! This is way too generous!" Cradling the book of eibon, Xie Feng was so happy he almost wanted to convert and directly worship Tsathoggua.

This old toad really was easy to get along with.

After receiving blessings for so long, although Xie Feng didn't understand why the Great Old Ones and Outer Gods had set their sights on him, through the conflicts between Cthugha, Glaaki, and Nyarlathotep, Xie Feng understood that these gods likely couldn't see eye to eye.

Every god had their own little schemes.

Right now, Xie Feng figured he had grasped the intentions of one of them.

The God of Toads — Tsathoggua.

His Holiness had set his sights on him mostly because He was hungry, and Xie Feng's unlucky Physique kept causing him to come into contact with high-tier anomalies without having to follow their rules.

In other words, Xie Feng was a store-visiting blogger for the God of Toads.

Leaving a blessing for Xie Feng, and whenever he ran into a tough enemy, he would open a door to come over and eat.

Now that Xie Feng knew the Spacetime Gate, it meant Xie Feng could directly deliver takeout to him.

By the understanding of human beings, that was probably what the elderly God of Toads was thinking.

As for the remaining few... Xie Feng really couldn't guess. Anyway, Lord Cthulhu had requested him to make a trip to the ocean in the end.

Xie Feng planned to go after dealing with his loose ends.

Yog-Sothoth currently didn't make it clear what He wanted to do, and Cthugha couldn't be guessed either. The Lord of Ice and Flame and the King of Volcanoes were probably here looking for their dad.

As for that bastard Nyarlathotep, Xie Feng would definitely beat Him to death if he had the ability.

And Xie Feng was truly so excited.

This was the first time, truly the first time, that he resolved an incident relying on himself.

And without using super self-detonation.

Brain Matter fiercely complained.

"What about your family's ancestors? Did you eat them?"

"You said it yourself, those are my family's ancestors! Aren't they members of my family?"

"Are all you humans as shameless as you?"

"I'm one of the ones who still care about face."

Xie Feng's mental state slowly recovered, and his anxiety attribute even started to decrease.

If mental states could be quantified, a series of prompt words should be flashing beside Xie Feng's head right now:

SAN +1 +1...

"I've decided, from now on I will forever support Lord God of Toads."

"Wow! You fence-sitter are even more despicable than me, an insect traitor?!"

Xie Feng blushed slightly, then grabbed Brain Matter out, slapped it twice, and stuffed it back in.

"What do you know? This is called Xie wandering half his life without meeting a wise lord!"

"..."

Behind him, the Ministry of Works Cultivators and Dr. Wenren and others, who had just recovered, watched Xie Feng's monologue conversation.

At the same time, they were shocked to discover that Shituolin Swamp had actually disappeared!

Wenren Jingming, the doctor who had squatted in the Hall of Archives for decades and flipped through every single case file on anomalies in the Nine Provinces, was trembling so excitedly at this moment that the crystal-chip glasses on the bridge of his nose were shaking.

"Dr. Wenren, has Mr. Xie gone mad?"

Xu Liujing leaned close to Wenren Jingming and asked in a low voice.

"Capable people always possess unusual traits. He probably paid a heavy price to settle such a terrifying existence."

Wenren Jingming stroked his face with slender fingers, revealing an expression of deep admiration.