89: Food and the Secret Realm Humans

Coincidentally, when the Ghost Infant tracked the scent to find Xu Yan, what it saw was the image of Xu Yan holding Xiong Nian, who had transformed into a small bear cub.

This image immediately overlapped with the image of the General Rank food it had found previously, when that individual was in the arms of that female ghost.

The only difference was that Xiong Nian was not struggling frantically like that previous General Rank food.

If it were merely that the image was similar to the female ghost it had seen before, that might be one thing; the Ghost Infant might even have been able to use the method of killing Xu Yan to get rid of the psychological trauma left by that previous female ghost.

However, as it approached Xu Yan, it once again felt that special power it had previously sensed on that female ghost.

Although there were certain differences between the two, essentially there was no difference at all; both were existences it could not contend with.

In response, the Ghost Infant, not wanting to die, naturally chose to submit, directly offering up its territory and explaining its value, hoping that this big ghost, who was as powerful as the previous female ghost, would not eat it.

Listening to the words translated by Wuxiang, Xu Yan also roughly guessed what that special power mentioned in the Ghost Infant's words was all about.

The special power the Ghost Infant spoke of should be the Power of Heaven and Earth that Xu Yan had mastered with the help of the two Wind Flame Lion Kings, and that female ghost it spoke of, which had beaten it into serious injury with just one move, was, if nothing unexpected happened, a genuine Monarch-level Spirit Beast/Exotic Beast.

With this, the vigilance that Xu Yan had slightly lowered because of the Ghost Infant's performance surged again.

Just after entering the Secret Realm, he had encountered a General Rank Spirit Beast, and one that had had dealings with a Monarch-level Spirit Beast/Exotic Beast at that, which meant that the strongest beings in this Secret Realm were at least at the Monarch Rank.

Coupled with the eerie special abilities of the Ghost and Spirit attributes, even with three Monarch-level Spirit Beasts following him, when facing a Ghost or Spirit-type Spirit Beast that was also at the Monarch Rank, a moment of carelessness could lead to being hit directly, and he might even be finished before he and his three Monarch-level Spirit Beasts could react.

However, no matter how vigilant he was about the Monarch-level Spirit Beasts he might encounter in this Secret Realm, what Xu Yan had to face first right now was how to deal with this Ghost Infant in front of him that had Commander Rank strength.

Although he didn't know why it would mistake a living human like him for a big ghost, Xu Yan had just entered the Secret Realm and knew nothing about anything else in the Secret Realm except for the language.

Having a "local" as a guide to introduce some information about this Secret Realm to Xu Yan would naturally make Xu Yan's subsequent actions in the Secret Realm much more convenient.

However, the prerequisite for all this was how to completely subdue the Ghost Infant in front of him; regardless of whether it was sincere or forced, he at least had to make the other party tell him everything it knew without reservation, and ensure it would not betray him.

Looking at the Ghost Infant shivering in front of him, Xu Yan pondered for a while before not speaking directly, but instead using the contract to have Wuxiang use a voice changer to speak on his behalf in the language of the eerie world.

"I can spare you, but I need you to offer your loyalty."

Hearing the words spoken by Wuxiang through the voice changer, the Ghost Infant was first overjoyed, then a look of determination flashed in its eyes. It opened its mouth and spat, and a pale flame was exhaled from its mouth, slowly landing in front of Xu Yan.

Looking at the pale white flame floating before his eyes, Xu Yan understood that this was the Soul Fire unique to Ghost-type Spirit Beasts. Controlling the Soul Fire of a Ghost-type Spirit Beast was equivalent to controlling the other party's life.

With this, Xu Yan moved his thoughts, and after communicating with the two Wind Flame Lion Kings through the Dominion Contract, the flame brand that had originally disappeared on his wrist reappeared, taking in the pale white Soul Fire floating before him.

And the moment the flame brand appeared, the Ghost Infant, which had already been behaving very fearfully, became even more terrified.

Sure enough, it had not guessed wrong; the big ghost in front of it was indeed at the same level as the female ghost it had encountered before. Fortunately, it had suddenly felt a sense of crisis when handing over the Soul Fire earlier and had not played any tricks with it.

Watching Xu Yan completely absorb its Soul Fire, the Ghost Infant completely let go of the little schemes in its heart, and with some fear and obsequiousness, it called out "Master" to Xu Yan (translated by Wuxiang).

Looking at the Ghost Infant in front of him, just as Xu Yan was about to ask it for some information about this Secret Realm, he saw the Ghost Infant sniff its nose hard, revealing a look of surprise. Then, it glanced at Xu Yan, and the previously surprised expression turned into one of uncertainty.

Seeing the change in its expression, Xu Yan directed Wuxiang to ask: "What is it?"

Hearing Xu Yan's question, the Ghost Infant chattered away again.

Through Wuxiang's translation, he learned that it had smelled the scent of food again, and it was General Rank food once more.

However, because of the experience with the female ghost it had encountered a few months ago and meeting the big ghost Xu Yan just now, it had developed a bit of a stress reaction to food emitting General Rank aura, worrying that if it went over, it might encounter another existence like the female ghost or Xu Yan.

Listening to the words translated by Wuxiang, Xu Yan, wanting to see what the food the other party spoke of was actually like, again had Wuxiang speak to the Ghost Infant: "Go and take a look, I am behind you."

Hearing Xu Yan's words, the Ghost Infant also realized that it was now a little ghost with a backer, and even if it encountered an existence like the previous female ghost again, it would no longer be in the state of just waiting to die as it had been before.

After figuring this out, the Ghost Infant flew up directly from the ground and flew quickly in the direction where it had smelled the scent.

Watching the Ghost Infant fly away, Xu Yan had Zhu Yan from within his shadow cast optical invisibility on him, had the two Wind Flame Lion Kings hide the aura of himself and the three Spirit Beasts, and followed in its footsteps, carried by a gentle breeze.

Soon, Xu Yan, who was following behind the Ghost Infant, saw the food the other party spoke of.

It did not really exceed Xu Yan's expectations too much; the food the Ghost Infant spoke of was three people, three humans with different eye and hair colors—in any case, they were definitely not Chinese.

Regarding this, hmm, how should he put it?

Xu Yan found that his surprise at discovering the food the Ghost Infant spoke of was human was not even as great as his surprise at finding that there were actually humans in this Secret Realm.

Looking at the Ghost Infant, which was emitting a Commander Rank aura, the three of them revealed terrified expressions. Then, their mouths opened and closed rapidly, their flesh began to crack, and three figures crawled out from within.