256: I will be your apprentice in the next life

Da Quan Knight was incredibly excited.

His eyes, as he looked at Sheep Demon Kumu Daoren, were filled with exhilaration.

He exclaimed to his livestream audience:

"It really is essential to find a Master.

"If I didn't have a Master to guide me, how could a new player like me possibly dare to covet a 4th Grade Demon Body?

"Tsk tsk, Master treats us well; he even wants to bring us along to get rich."

Da Quan Knight was filled with emotion, and the viewers in his livestream also grew envious.

"Damn, having a good Master really saves time!"

"No need to go out and gather intelligence; Master guides you every step of the way."

"I also want to find a Master, but I just can't find one!"

Watching the constant stream of bullet comments, with each viewer expressing envy,

Da Quan Knight's lips curled into a smile, an indescribable sense of smugness in his heart.

He felt that meeting Sheep Demon Kumu Daoren was truly the best thing that had happened to him since entering the Xuanhuan World.

He followed Kumu Daoren towards the nearest mountain range.

The peaks there were originally strange and craggy, devoid of greenery, with only rolling stones and sand.

But as the Bird Demon's corpse took step after step, a drop of dark red blood fell onto a peak, then seeped deep underground.

Soon, fire-red, demonic flowers appeared on the peaks, along with dark red, mushroom-shaped trees.

Da Quan Knight and his Junior Brothers arrived in this eerie forest, looking around, and their eyes soon lit up.

"Hey! Hanging on that tree is a 'Snake Scale Blood Fruit,' a good 7th Grade item!"

Da Quan Knight quickly ran over, and just as he was about to reach out to pick it, he suddenly shivered, feeling as if something had its eyes on him.

The next moment, a fire-red long snake shot out from the leaves, baring its fangs and opening its mouth, its sharp teeth fiercely biting Da Quan Knight's arm.

"Ah!"

Da Quan Knight cried out, quickly using his Qi to tumble and finally knock the long snake away.

His Junior Brothers rushed over, some punching, others kicking, continuously attacking the long snake.

Soon, all of these Junior Brothers were bitten by the long snake's sharp fangs, each one painfully falling to the ground, groaning in disarray.

"Do you guys even know how to play?!"

Da Quan Knight was on the verge of tears.

These Junior Brothers were even worse than him; three against one, and they were counter-killed by the long snake, also getting poisoned, their faces growing increasingly pale.

Wait, snake venom?

It was only then that Da Quan Knight realized his Qi circulation speed had slowed considerably.

The bitten area turned dark red, gradually spreading into unsightly blotches that began to spread throughout his body.

His vision blurred, and he fainted to the ground.

"Damn it, what a bunch of useless fools!"

Kumu Daoren quickly rushed over, subduing and killing the long snake in a few moves, then looked at his poisoned Disciples, feeling utterly speechless.

After some thought, he decided not to bother with treatment and simply pulled out a large pot from his storage ring.

He found some graded Spirit Wood nearby to use as fuel, along with some precious wild fruits and flowers, and dark red Spirit Spring water.

Finally, he chopped the long snake into pieces and threw it in, then tossed Da Quan Knight and the others in as well.

"Time for snake soup today~~"

Kumu Daoren hummed a cheerful tune.

Smelling the increasingly fragrant aroma, he couldn't help but stick out his tongue and lick it... Da Quan Knight looked at his pitch-black screen, suddenly feeling a bit sad.

"Sigh, I finally found a good Master this time, and I had quite a few good Junior Brothers.

"I originally thought I was about to take off, but I didn't expect to die so easily. Well, I have to restart..."

The viewers in the livestream were also indignant:

"This is ridiculous, does this Xuanhuan World not consider stats? A random little snake can instantly kill someone?"

"Heh heh, you guys don't even think about what the streamer was doing just now? He was looking for treasures brought by a 4th Grade Demon Body!"

"Think about it, the treasures created by demon blood are 7th Grade, and deeper inside, there might even be 6th Grade treasures. What level would the accompanying Spirit Beasts, also nourished by it, be?"

"It's still the same old saying: don't compare our Western Country's trash games to the Chinese people's Xuanhuan World. This isn't a sandbox level designed for you, the new players, to progress orderly; it's a real world!"

Da Quan Knight nodded in agreement:

"Indeed, I underestimated the Xuanhuan World.

"Opportunities and risks are co-existent in the Xuanhuan World, but sometimes the difficulty isn't uniform.

"Similarly, opportunities and risks won't be confined to a specific map; you might encounter insurmountable dangers at any time.

"It is precisely because of this that a good Master becomes even more important..."

Thinking this, Da Quan Knight found Kumu Daoren's forum ID (a alt account, of course) that he had added before.

"[Master, I still want to be your Disciple after I restart. Do you think that's possible?]"

Kumu Daoren was gnawing on cooked turtle demon meat, which, mixed with snake meat, had a unique flavor, but the turtle meat was still a bit tough and not very delicious.

After seeing Da Quan Knight's message, he wiped his mouth, thought for a moment, and replied:

"[Yes, you're always welcome, but you'd best choose a different race. Don't pick the turtle demon again.]"

"[Okay! I can use my Golden Finger to choose a race, I'll pick a better one!]"

Da Quan Knight said excitedly:

"Did you all see that? My Master still wants me!

"When I restart in my next life, I'll still have a Foundation Establishment-level Master!

"Even if I die again in the next life, maybe I can continue to find a Master. From now on, I'll be someone protected by a strong expert!"

Da Quan Knight thought for a moment and said:

"However, I died too carelessly this time.

"Not only did I fail to find the treasures Master needed, but I also couldn't scout out the map's situation.

"Even those three Junior Brothers died because of me.

"All things considered, I'm indeed a bit ashamed.

"I think I need to find some guides to see how this 4th Grade Demon Body emergence gameplay should actually be played."

Da Quan Knight searched and searched on Western Country video websites and forums.

But most Western Country people were still completely baffled, without enough information.

So he had no choice but to go to Chinese video websites.

Finally, he found the latest guide video:

"[Full Analysis of the Great Demon Emergence Gameplay: Note, this is different from the Golden Core Tomb]"

Da Quan Knight then looked at the uploader, whose name was "This Time Bu Ge."

Even though he was from the Western Country, he had heard of this name.

He was a formidable guide uploader, with a vast amount of information and extremely timely updates.

"Good, I'll watch this video.

"Once I know how to play the new gameplay, I won't cause trouble for others after I restart!"

Soon, the video began to play.

The first thing that appeared was a comparison chart:

"[Golden Core and Demon Body are different terms for the Human Race's Spell Cultivator method and the Yao Race's Body Tempering method when cultivated to the 5th Grade.]"

"[This is not just a difference in terminology; their actual manifestations are also different.]"

"[Therefore, before introducing the Great Demon Emergence gameplay, we must first clarify the differences between Golden Core and Demon Body.]"