Chapter 78 Crab Meat

In the dimly lit passage, Ling Chengfeng flew ahead, holding Yang Xuan with one hand and leading Lu Xiaoqi together, following the route indicated on the map and flying upwards.
"Xiaoqi, extinguish the flames of the Wind and Fire Wheel, keep quiet, Zhou Daren's men are still looking for us."
Ling Chengfeng drove with his Tianyan, keeping an eye on the surroundings.
"Zhou Daren?"
Lu Xiaoqi obediently extinguished the three flames on the outer circle of his Wind Fire Wheels, and curiously asked, "Who is Zhou Daren? Why are his subordinates looking for you?"
"This is a long story, let's talk about it later. Follow me this way."
With a map given by Black Grandpa, Ling Chengfeng knew the structure and path inside the giant crab like the back of his hand, and easily avoided the searches of the people from the Qiguoguo and Huan Tougou."
Yang Xuan, who was being carried by Ling Chengfeng, suddenly felt a little bored and muttered to himself: "When can I fly on my own?"
Seeing Ling Chengfeng's ability to fly with the wind and Road Xiaoxi's use of the Wind and Fire Wheels, Yang Xuan couldn't help but feel a little jealous.
He is a maverick among sealers, not only without a war spirit, but even without spiritual power. Apart from having a strong mental power and infinite strength, he is basically no different from an ordinary person in all other aspects.
"Where does my power really come from?"
Yang Xuan pondered to himself.
After what seemed like a long time, Ling Chengfeng lifted Yang Xuan back up and the three of them landed in a large cavern with an uneven terrain.
"Here we are, this is the location marked on the map for the crab roe."
Ling Chengfeng put the map back into the millennium shell, took his wooden bow from his back, and loaded a poisoned arrow on it, scanning the surroundings with his celestial eyes.
"Strange, why didn't I see the hermit crabs Black Grandpa mentioned?"
Before the three of them arrived, Black Grandpa specifically reminded them that the crab roe of the big crab is extremely precious, and there will be hermit crabs guarding the location. He urged them to be extremely careful.
But now, looking around, the walls of the entire cave chamber are a faint pink color, with silence all around and no movement in sight.
Within the pink cave chamber, there are many supplicants that resemble hills.
"Shell?"
Yang Xuan walked up to one of the donors and patted it, feeling that the donor was like a huge shell with circles of patterns on it.
Yang Xuan didn't know the meaning of these donors' existence, and curiously turned his head and asked, "Is the crab meat inside? Could it be in here?"
"In front."
Ling Chengfeng pointed forward with his hand. Looking in the direction of his finger, there was a faint orange light flickering, intermittently visible.
"Crab roe?"
The three walked in line, cautiously approaching the orange light.
"Strange."
Ling Chengfeng walked in the front and frowned gradually, saying, "I used my divine sense to search the entire cave hall and didn't find any signs of life. Could it be that the hermit crabs Black Grandpa mentioned aren't here?"
"Who cares? Isn't it better to have nothing?"
Upon hearing this, Yang Xuan relaxed and shrugged his shoulders.
The three approached the flickering orange light, and upon reaching it, they discovered that the flickering light was emanating from small yellow gems the size of fists on the ground.
"What is this?"
Road Xiaoxi pouted and looked at the yellow gemstone on the ground, disappointedly saying, "Why isn't it crabs roe?"
Yang Xuan squatted down and looked with interest at the yellow gemstones embedded in the ground. Suddenly, he discovered that there was a thick liquid flowing inside these yellow gemstones.
Is it true?!
Yang Xuan exclaimed, "This is crab roe!"
What?
Ling Chengfeng and Lu Xiaoqi were stunned, and they quickly crouched down to take a closer look, and immediately discovered the mystery hidden inside the yellow gemstone.
"Yes, that's right, it's indeed crab roe."
Ling Chengfeng nodded in confirmation and marveled secretly to himself: "Interesting, I didn't expect crab roe to exist in the form of a gem, it's really amazing."
"One, two, three..."
Yang Xuan pointed his fingers one by one and finally stared in surprise, saying, "There are only thirty-six yellow gems here in total. Are there any more in other places? Can there be only so few crab roes?"
According to the Shan Hai Jing, some giant crabs have bodies that span thousands of miles, like a small island. With a creature that large, it seems that the amount of crab roe produced would be equivalent to a lake or even larger.
“物以稀为贵。”
Ling Chengfeng shook his head and said, "Don't you remember what Black Grandpa said, the crab roe of the big crab is extremely precious and can be considered a treasure. There should be only this much crab roe, let's pry out a gemstone."
"I'm here!"
Lu Xiaoqi reached out and grabbed the Flame Trident, then snapped it in half to create two evenly matched short guns.
"Be careful, this gem may not be very sturdy. Don't use too much force, or you may shatter it."
Ling Chengfeng reminded him.
"Don't worry, I'm a girl."
Lou Xiaoqi didn't care, holding a short gun in his right hand, handing the gun tip to a yellow gemstone in front of him, muttering in his mouth: "For this kind of delicate work, I'm much more careful than you two guys..."
She was talking while inserting the tip of her gun into the ground from the side, trying to pry the gem out from the side.
- Crackle!
However, before she could finish her sentence, the blade on the side accidentally scratched the yellow gem, the action was very slight, like a dragonfly touching water.
The yellow gemstone was far more fragile than the three imagined, it was almost as if touching it would cause it to shatter. When lightly scratched, a crack appeared in it!
Under the stunned gaze of Lu Xiaoqi, inside the gemstone, like liquid gold, the extremely thick crab yellow slowly overflowed from the crack.
"How could this happen..."
Luo Xiaoqi's face turned red in an instant, and he wished he could find a hole to crawl into immediately.
Yang Xuan couldn't help but comfort him and said, "It's okay, we still have thirty-five chances left. Let me handle it..."
Click, click, click-
Yang Xuan took the other gun head and was speaking when suddenly there were successive noises around them, as if something was awakening.
"Oh no, it's hermit crabs!"
Ling Chengfeng immediately stood up and prepared for battle.
Resulting in him looking up, he was shocked by the scene in front of him.
He saw that the shell-like offerings around him began to rise unsteadily, revealing their true forms, with two crab claws the size of car wheels appearing from beneath.
In the cave hall, these densely packed donors are all shells of hermit crabs! No wonder they feel like shells when touched on the surface.
When a gemstone carrying crab eggs was accidentally scratched by Lu Xiaoqi, these hermit crabs became alert and one by one woke up from their sleep, standing up with teeth bared and claws waving.
Looking around, there are at least thirty to forty hermit crabs as tall as a one-story building in the cave chamber.
There are still many hermit crabs that have not awakened. If they all wake up, the total number of hermit crabs in the cave chamber is probably hundreds!
"Is Grandpa Black teasing us?"
Yang Xuan and Ling Chengfeng looked at the three poisoned arrows given by Grandpa Black, and their faces turned blue with tacit understanding.
This situation... should at least require thirty poisoned arrows paired with a rapid-fire crossbow! What can you do with only three poisoned arrows and a wooden bow?