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Chapter 145 [Monster Slave Owner and Human Slave] (7600)

Chapter 140 [Monster Slave Owner and Human Slave] (7600)

They gave Chen Yan the clothes he wanted.

The female monster returned quickly after leaving, tossed a bag of smelly furs to Chen Yan, and then instructed, "Don't run away."

Then, this seemingly simple-minded female monster left, but clearly, the door was locked from the outside.

Chen Yan sat on the pile of dead branches, holding the pair of furs in his hands. He remained silent for a while, then took a deep breath and quickly put them on.

The workmanship of this fur garment is extremely rough. Moreover, the leather processing is clearly poor. The strong odor is actually due to the fact that the fat layer under the leather was not scraped off properly, and the dehydration process during tanning was probably also flawed, resulting in the finished product being full of foul smells.

But it doesn't matter anymore.

The stench won't kill you, but the cold air might actually freeze you to death!
Chen Yan felt that the warmth in his body was almost draining away, making him faint again.

He was certain of one thing: nourishing one's vital energy could indeed make one's physical body strong.

However, when it comes to insulation, even the strongest body doesn't necessarily guarantee good results.

Increased muscle density does not mean that muscle has become an insulating material and cannot prevent heat loss.

Is steel hard? It conducts heat very quickly!
The few pieces of clothing the female monster gave me... well, I'd call them "clothes" if I may. They have a very primitive and wild feel to them, and they don't even have buttons; they're just pullovers.

The lower body also features a design similar to a fur coat.

Chen Yan sighed, never imagining she would actually be wearing a skirt one day...

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There are many cold-hearted people in this world—it's hard to say whether being cold-hearted is good or bad.

However, many people with a cold personality possess three advantages.

Good at controlling one's emotions.

Eliminate distracting thoughts.

Quickly identify the important points and core logic.

— Chen Yan is that kind of person.

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After receiving the fur coat, he finally felt some warmth. As his body gradually became less numb, Chen Yan consciously controlled his emotions.

Negative emotions are the most useless things in the world.

It is meaningless except for interfering with people's normal judgment and decision-making—unless it is used as artillery fire on the battlefield.

So even though it's cold, and you feel tense, angry, confused, and doubtful...

But Chen Yan quickly suppressed and dismissed these emotions.

Because at this moment, these emotions are of no use to him in his situation!
He was, of course, also full of questions.

How did I get here? What is this place? What are those monsters?
If I suddenly disappear, will Lu Sisi at home be worried when she wakes up?
These are all important questions.

However, Chen Yan forced himself to put these questions aside for the time being!

Right now, the most crucial thing is only one: to survive!

This is the current situation, the core need of the first priority! Everything else comes second!

So, after feeling warm, Chen Yan began to check his injuries.

He was thrown back by that force and suspected that his back might have been seriously injured.

Fortunately, after taking a deep breath and trying to move his body, he initially determined that he should not have suffered any internal injuries.

After my body warmed up, my back started to burn, but it was probably a superficial wound.

My head is a little dizzy, which is probably a side effect of being knocked unconscious.

"I need to regain my strength."

Chen Yan made his first judgment.

So he calmed himself down and suppressed his urge to break down the door and escape immediately, or to uncover more secrets and find answers... He rationally suppressed all these thoughts.

He sat on a pile of dead branches, sitting cross-legged obediently, trying to circulate his vital energy.

Of course, it was fruitless.

Chen Yan was certain of one thing once again: he seemed to have lost control over his vital energy!
This place seems to have absolutely no vitality.

Is this like a mirror world?

But it's different from the mirror world—in the mirror world, he can also use magic, but his vital energy can't be replenished, and every time he uses it, it's gone.

However, here, he was unable to replenish his own vital energy.

He has completely lost his magical powers!
He couldn't even sense the vital energy in his own body—no, to be precise, he could sense it, but the vital energy in his body seemed to be asleep, completely disobeying his commands and summons.

Apart from his physical strength, Chen Yan became an ordinary person.

Fortunately, although meditating and circulating vital energy cannot replenish it, the process of circulating it has the effect of meditation.

Chen Yanrang entered a state of emptiness—a state that could replenish physical strength and restore some mental energy.

This is what I need right now.

Even the withered branches beneath him, hard and prickly, were actually quite uncomfortable to sit on, but Chen Yan endured them.

These branches are clearly from those hard, strange trees in the forest.

But... he felt the ground was cold, and sitting on it would cause him to lose heat quickly. So, while the pile of dry branches was uncomfortable, at least it would keep him warm.

Chen Yan has great perseverance; he entered a meditative state in a state of calmness that borders on indifference.

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boom!
After an unknown amount of time, the door of the wooden house was pushed open.

The woman who entered was not only a bit simple-minded, but also somewhat reckless in her actions.

The way she pushed the door open was as if she wanted to smash it down.

Fortunately, the wooden house was made of the wood of the strange tree, which was very sturdy. Despite making a loud noise, there was no sign of damage.

"Get up and get to work!"

The female monster shouted and then threw an axe at Chen Yan.

The way she threw the axe didn't look like she was distributing a tool; it looked like she was going to smash someone to death.

Chen Yan caught it steadily without saying a word or trying to say anything, because he could see the impatience, eagerness, and strong expectation in the female monster's eyes.

Chen Yan got up and obediently walked out of the wooden house.

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It was still pitch black outside, as if the sky would never brighten here.
Chen Yan frowned.

However, the village was much brighter because many wooden houses had lanterns lit up in front of them, and there were dozens of them at a glance.

Then, Chen Yan saw many monsters!

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The monsters are all like this female monster—clearly of the same race.

Its skin was grayish-black, and its limbs were almost deformed, with large hands and feet.

But Chen Yan noticed a detail...

It seems that his "mistress" is the weakest of all the monsters?
The other monsters all looked much stronger than her, some even with arms almost as long as her waist.

Even in height, he was a head taller than her.

Chen Yan's eyes swept over the area, and some of the monsters were nearly three meters tall.

This female monster was almost two meters tall, but compared to other monsters, she looked like a child.

Most of the monsters that emerged were dressed in fur clothing and carried various types of chopping weapons and tools.

What surprised Chen Yan the most was that, in addition to these monsters, there were actually some other people who came out of the village!

He is a human being, just like Chen Yan.

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Those people all had blank or even withered expressions, their clothes were tattered, some were wearing fur clothes, and they were holding axes or other tools.

It was obvious that these humans had a very low status... Each human was accompanied by at least one or two tall monsters who herded them like cattle or sheep.

There are not many humans, only about twenty or so—including Chen Yan himself.

These humans were very quiet. No one spoke, and no one even exchanged glances. They simply lowered their heads and walked blankly out of the village.

The crowd's destination was clear—that strange forest.

Chen Yan only glanced at it twice before the female monster beside him let out a dissatisfied snort: "Get to work! Get to work!"

She also nudged Chen Yan.

Chen Yan remained calm, holding the axe in both hands, and slowly walked out, merging into the group of humans.

There seemed to be a lot of loud noise and shouting from within the monster horde; the monsters were talking, and speaking very loudly.

Although he couldn't understand their language, Chen Yan gradually realized that some monsters were mocking the female monster who had captured him.

The female monster spoke up a few times, but she was clearly enraged and looked very unhappy.

She also picked up a large iron hammer and bared her teeth at the monsters around her, like a threatened wild beast.

But because of her short stature and physique, this posture did not win her dignity; instead, it attracted more ridicule.

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The work involved cutting down trees.

Chen Yan discovered that this monster village had its forests neatly divided up.

The location of the forest assigned to the female monster was obviously not very good; it was quite far away, on the western edge of the village—the trees also appeared rather thin, and the ground was damp and muddy.

Chen Yan had never quite understood why the soil in such a cold place didn't freeze solid.
The stream at the entrance of Mingming Village has already frozen over.

However, the downside of this location is that it's very cold here, and it feels like a drafty spot, so working here means being exposed to strong winds.

Moreover, transporting the felled trees back home involves a longer journey than for others.

However, Chen Yan was quite satisfied because he quickly found the advantages of this position for himself.

A more remote location would be easier to escape from.

Even if you don't run away, if you're just cutting down trees, shorter and thinner trees are easier to cut down.

Well, the second favorable factor was what Chen Yan concluded after chopping down trees for half an hour.

He watched as he cut down the tree...

That's terrible!
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Although he grew up in the countryside and did some farm work, Chen Yan had never cut down a tree before!
Under the female monster's watchful eye, he realized immediately after swinging his axe for the first time that he had underestimated the situation.

This monster is terrifyingly hard!
The axe struck the book stand as if it had hit a block of iron, making Chen Yan's hands go numb from the impact.

On the tree trunk, only a tiny bit of wood was lifted.

The female monster next to him was clearly dissatisfied and scolded Chen Yan a few times. However, when she noticed that Chen Yan was looking at her blankly, she realized that her human slave had not understood her.

However, she doesn't seem to be very good at human language either, and she can't express overly complex meanings.

So she simply came up and snatched the axe from Chen Yan's hand, then brandished it at him.

This time, Chen Yan understood what the other party meant: Learn from me!
The female monster swung her axe, and the axe easily sliced ​​into the trunk of the strange tree!

This power and skill made Chen Yan's eyes narrow.

The female monster swung her axe, and after a dozen or so strikes, she had chopped almost eight or nine-tenths of the trunk of the strange tree in front of her.

The rest is just a matter of changing positions, hacking a few times, and then...

The female monster pushed hard, and the tree in front of her, as thick as a bowl, fell to the ground!
The female monster cheered, handed the axe to Chen Yan, then went over, picked up the tree, and dragged it to the side of the open space.

"You, today, twenty trees! If you can't do it, you'll go hungry!"

After the female monster finished roaring, she went over, grabbed the tree, hoisted it onto her back, and walked towards her wooden house in the village.

Not bad, this female slave owner can even carry things herself.

Chen Yan didn't know whether to laugh or be angry.

However, after walking a few steps away, he chose another tree and began to recall the female monster's axe-wielding movements bit by bit, dissecting them piece by piece.

Two minutes later, Chen Yan stopped, mimicking the female monster's movements, and swung his axe again.

chap!
This time, the axe blade cut into the tree trunk. Although it only cut a little, it did manage to break through the bark.

There has been considerable progress compared to before.

Chen Yan didn't rush to attack; instead, he continued to recall the way and angle at which the female monster exerted her power...

One minute later, click!
This time, the axe cut deeper than before.

Chen Yan even discovered a trick—although this strange tree was as hard as iron, its wood grain was diagonal! To cut it more easily, he had to find an angle that followed the wood grain…

Having found the right place, Chen Yan spent about half an hour placing the first tree he had ever cut down in his life.

In fact, by the second half of the process, he was getting more and more skilled at chopping. If he continued at this rate, he could reduce the time it took to chop a tree to less than twenty minutes.

At this rate, cutting down twenty trees a day shouldn't be a problem.

Having made up his mind, Chen Yan continued chopping down trees with his hands, seemingly working very hard and seriously, but his eyes began to scan the surroundings.

The forest was very deep, and he wasn't sure how big or how far it stretched.

The thought of running away... did indeed linger in his mind, but he quickly dismissed it.

Being unfamiliar with the place and its inhabitants, and clearly inferior in combat skills to the natives of this monster village.

Running into the woods, the chances of escaping are extremely low; the probability of being caught is almost 100%!

The forest stretched as far as the eye could see, and Chen Yan could roughly make out that the village was surrounded by woods on all sides.

The edge of the forest I ran out of last night wasn't the edge at all; it was just that I had entered the village's territory. This monster village must be located inside this forest.

Besides... what's the point of running away from this village?

Because the key point is not to escape the village, escaping the village is meaningless.

The key is to escape this world!

What caught Chen Yan's eye was that about fifty meters to his left, there was a human slave just like himself, silently chopping down a tree.

Bite by thud, that guy was clearly more efficient and skilled at chopping down trees than I was.

However, Chen Yan deliberately looked at him several times and even made some noises on purpose.

But the person seemed completely unresponsive, not even glancing in their direction once.

It's a feeling of numbness.

The effect of nourishing vital energy, combined with the forced cleansing of the body with vital energy after the trial in the Japanese secret realm, resulted in Chen Yan obtaining a body that was comparable to Captain America in every aspect.

He roughly estimated that after spending several hours, he had cut down nine trees on the ground.

The human not far away, who had a slightly better score than him, had cut down fourteen trees.

Moreover, he was very skilled at his work; after cutting down a tree, he would drag it aside and pile it up.

Chen Yan felt that his strength was still okay, but his stomach was starting to feel painfully hungry.

Moreover, the thirst and dry mouth made it impossible for him to produce any saliva.

After cutting down trees for half a day, he was sweating a little, but the pervasive chill of the forest made his back feel cold, while only his chest and abdomen were warm.

Moreover, my hands, which were holding the axe, were freezing and aching!

Hungry, thirsty, and cold!
Chen Yan's gaze had drifted several times to the frozen stream in the distance, his dry tongue unconsciously licking his equally dry lips.

However, he didn't blindly rush over to break the ice and drink the water; instead, he patiently observed for a while.

Sure enough, he saw other human slaves run out of the woods and break the ice at the stream to try to get water.

But soon, monsters caught up with them, shouting and cursing as they punched and kicked.

The unfortunate human was beaten until he vomited blood on the spot, and then he was dragged back into the forest by his hair.

Chen Yan felt a chill run down his spine and abandoned the idea of ​​breaking the ice to drink water.

fortunately……

That female monster has finally returned.

A few hours later, the female monster jogged to the area and saw nine trees placed next to her grove, which clearly pleased her greatly.

She laughed heartily at Chen Yan, babbling on and on, interspersed with human-like phrases like "good," "continue," and "I'm happy."

What surprised Chen Yan was that she didn't come back empty-handed.

She carried a large leather water bag!
Chen Yan was so thirsty his throat was parched, and once his eyes were fixed on the water bag in the female monster's hand, he couldn't move away.

Fortunately, the female monster laughed and tossed the water bag to Chen Yan: "Drink!"

The leather water bag also smelled bad, but Chen Yan didn't care at the moment.

He unscrewed the cork from the water bag and then gently poured a little into his mouth...

Upon tasting the liquid inside, Chen Yan immediately detected a faint bitterness.

What surprised him even more was that the water inside was not ordinary water!
It's not the usual clear water.

Instead, it has a slightly milky white color.

It's like milk diluted many times over.

Although it lacks a milky aroma, it also has a slightly bitter taste.

but……

Chen Yan took a bite and immediately felt a shiver run through his body!
My parched mouth and throat felt instantly moisturized!

The next instant, Chen Yan's expression suddenly changed!
His body trembled slightly!
As the pale, milky-white liquid entered his stomach, Chen Yan had a strange feeling: it seemed as if every cell in his body was cheering wildly!

Then, a strange power emanated from the water, which was instantly and frantically absorbed by the body. Countless cells cheered and shouted, leaping and expanding under the nourishment of that power...

With one bite, Chen Yan felt his body...

My stamina is fully restored!!

Moreover, even my back, which had been aching for a long time, as well as my hands and feet...

It doesn't hurt anymore!

It was as if a force swept over his entire body, instantly healing his injuries!

This is practically liquid Bone Elixir!

No... it's not the White Bone Pill!

Chen Yan lowered his eyelids, hiding the shock in his eyes.

His cells were leaping wildly with excitement, then swelling, and his body was...

Enhance!
Originally, the effect of strengthening his physical body by cultivating his own vital energy had actually reached its limit after the final battle in the Japanese Secret Realm, when his physical strength was forcibly washed away by his vital energy.

but……

At that moment, it was as if the ceiling had disappeared!

He felt his body wildly welcoming the milky white water, even craving it!
He immediately poured out the contents of the flask again and took another big gulp!

This time, after taking one bite, Chen Yan once again felt a comfortable shiver run through his body.

He felt the water enter his stomach and be frantically absorbed by his body...

But just as he was about to take his third sip, the female monster snatched the water bag back!
The female monster shook the water bag with a somewhat displeased expression, judging the amount of water left inside. Then she frowned at Chen Yan, clearly unhappy with his actions—she thought he had drunk too much.

Chen Yan carefully controlled his emotions, not showing any dissatisfaction on his face. He just silently looked at the female monster and then lowered his eyelids.

Then the female monster pulled out a fist-sized lump of dough from her bosom—not Chen Yan's fist, but her own.

It was black and looked similar to the thing she had tried to feed herself last night.

It smelled the same, I don't know what it was made of, the material was suspicious, and it was also covered in hair.

The female monster took out the lump of food and forcefully broke it apart in her hand.

Half large, half small.

She handed the half-sized piece of food to Chen Yan, but as soon as she reached out, she suddenly pulled her hand back.

She was clearly struggling with her decision, but she quickly made one.

The female monster handed the larger half to Chen Yan and said in clumsy, awkward human language, "You do the work, you eat more."

After saying that, the female monster turned around and sat on the pile of chopped tree stumps. She happily held the small half of the black dough in her hand, took a big bite, and a satisfied smile appeared on her ugly face.

Chen Yan looked at the large portion of black dough in his hand, then at the somewhat simple-minded female monster.

This guy... is really quite naive, isn't he?

Although he felt utterly disgusted and repulsed by the black dough, Chen Yan decided to give it a try, given the example of the milky white magic water.

He carefully broke off a small piece and put it in his mouth.

A few seconds later, Chen Yan's eyebrows, eyes, and nose all scrunched up!
This stuff... stinks!
And it smells sour and rotten!!

It's like a steamed bun that's been left out for too long and has gone bad, mixed with bits of meat that's been left out for too long and have gone bad!

He forced himself to swallow the sour, foul smell...

This time, the magical effect of the milky white liquid did not appear, nor did any other magical effect occur.

Just ...

I felt like I had just eaten something that could be considered a nightmare!

Chen Yan wished he could grab his own tongue with his hands.

Chen Yan concluded that there was nothing magical about the black dough.

However, he glanced at the female monster who was chewing on a black dough ball, and his eyes darted around.

Chen Yan slowly walked up to the female monster.

The female monster was taken aback, but seemed to have misunderstood something. She quickly pulled the dough she was eating behind her back and bared her teeth at Chen Yan angrily, saying, "It's mine! I'm not sharing it with you!"

Chen Yan inwardly grumbled, but shook his head and handed over the piece of black dough he had broken off a tiny bit from his hand.

"I'm not hungry, I eat very little."

A hint of joy immediately appeared in the female monster's eyes.

Chen Yan watched with a smile as the female monster accepted the dough, then pointed to the water bag next to her.

"I'm thirsty."

"..."

The female monster's expression clearly showed her inner conflict.

Chen Yan deduced that the female monster seemed to value the milky white liquid quite a bit.

However, the female monster's eyes flickered, glancing at the nine trees her human slave had chopped down, which were now sitting beneath her...

She had a clear headache on her face as she slowly handed over the water bag.

"You may only drink one sip!"

Chen Yan nodded with a smile: "Okay."

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Chen Yan didn't do anything like grabbing the water bag and chugging it down—the female monster was watching him intently from the side.

Moreover, he understood the difference between draining the pond to catch all the fish and letting the water flow slowly and steadily.

He said he'd take a sip, and he actually did.

Chen Yan's bite was just the right amount, neither too much nor too little.

As a mouthful of milky white liquid entered his stomach, he felt another wave of shivering, trembling, and wildly ecstatic sensation...

He felt that his physical strength had noticeably increased!
This thing... isn't it even stronger than any body-refining technique?!
After drinking that sip, under the influence of this magical liquid, Chen Yan's physical strength was already at MAX level.

It even seemed as if the feeling of hunger had disappeared.

He reluctantly returned the water bag to the female monster, and then voluntarily went back to his post, picked up his axe, and continued chopping down trees.

The female monster was clearly pleased with Chen Yan's hard work. After chattering on and on to him, she left satisfied.

Chen Yan realized: She came specifically to bring him food?
After the female monster left, Chen Yan turned around and looked at the human in the distance.

That person was spying on me!

Just as I was drinking water!
Chen Yan noticed that when he drank the milky white liquid from the water bag, the guy who had previously been indifferent and sending signals to him, without reacting at all...

He cast an envious glance his way!

Chen Yan took the axe and chopped at the tree, stroke by stroke.

He suddenly realized that the people cutting down trees in the area around him were all human slaves.

And... he was the only one who had monsters deliver food to him!
No one brought food to the other humans, including the one closest to them.

They endured hunger and thirst, working numbly.

Finally, the human not far away, after chopping down the twentieth tree, put his axe on the ground, looked around, and slowly walked over.

Chen Yan immediately put down the axe, but did not let go of it. Instead, he calmly looked at the newcomer.

This man was of medium build, but it was obvious that he was very robust and sturdy.

Her hair was a bit messy, clearly she hadn't washed it in a long time, and she also smelled a bit.

His face was dirty, but you could roughly tell that he wasn't old; he looked like a middle-aged man.

"Your slave owner seems to be a fool, actually bringing you food."

With those words, Chen Yan raised an eyebrow and his eyes turned cold: "What do you mean? I have food to eat, no? You should be starving, right?"

The man shook his head: "That's not what I meant. I meant you're very lucky."

He looked at Chen Yan with some doubt: "I've never seen you before. Where are you from? Were you just captured?"

Chen Yan didn't answer, but instead asked, "And you?"

"I..." The middle-aged man looked somewhat helpless: "I've been here for almost half a year now."

As he spoke, the middle-aged man slowly raised his hand to Chen Yan and performed a strange gesture of respect.

"My name is Du Li, a member of the Du clan of Erlongwan. I was formerly the Left Vanguard General of the Jianxia Pass Vanguard Battalion... And who are you, sir?"

hum!
Chen Yan's mind suddenly jolted, as if it were about to explode!
Chen Yan looked at the middle-aged man in front of him who introduced himself as Du Li.

He suddenly froze!

Erlong Bay?
Sword Box Pass?
Three platforms, eight passes, and sixteen towns?!

……

Domain?!
Is this a domain?!
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(End of this chapter)