Celestial Way and Terranom expressed their helplessness, stating that although they were not bloodthirsty demons, in order to ensure that they could continue to live without being affected by the fog and to cultivate with greater peace of mind, they had no choice but to continue harvesting the blood of other humans.

  Then, the two also took the opportunity to explain the reasons for their actions and the dangers of the forest to Xiao Qing.

  After understanding the difficulties of Celestial Way and Terranom, Xiao Qing thought for a moment and then persuaded them not to kill humans indiscriminately. If they agreed to her request, she would be willing to assist them in continuously obtaining human blood to ensure that they could always make candy.

  Celestial Way and Terranom were very interested in Xiao Qing's proposal, but they also questioned whether she could continuously provide them with human blood. Xiao Qing calmly stated that she was a researcher in the field of biomedicine and naturally had a deep understanding of the human body, as well as knowledge of how to collect blood reasonably.

  Xiao Qing further explained to Celestial Way and Terranom that as long as they could provide her with the necessary blood-drawing tools and ensure that the frequency and amount of blood drawn were appropriate, she could regularly and quantitatively draw blood from herself and the unconscious man to continuously supply them with blood.

  In this way, Celestial Way and Terranom would no longer need to harm lives continuously, nor would they have to worry about a lack of raw materials for making candy.

  To convince Celestial Way and Terranom of her ability to help them, Xiao Qing also introduced a lot of medical knowledge to the two, completely dispelling their concerns. Since it was the first time they had heard such rich and professional knowledge, Celestial Way and Terranom were both very intrigued and developed a greater desire for human knowledge.

  Therefore, while agreeing to try Xiao Qing's method, the two expressed their hope that Xiao Qing could teach them more about human knowledge in the future to help them grow better. Seeing that Celestial Way and Terranom were willing to spare the man, Xiao Qing naturally agreed to their request.

  After reaching a consensus, both parties began to prepare for the upcoming blood-drawing work. The most important issue was how to make the blood-drawing tools. However, this problem was not difficult for Celestial Way and Terranom, as there was a unique vine growing in the forest.

  This vine had slender, hollow thorns and, in some parts, had tough, barrel-shaped, hollow seed pods with resilient skin. Xiao Qing cleverly combined these two natural materials with the sticky byproducts left from making honey to create exquisite blood-collection tools, collecting 100 milliliters of blood from herself and the unconscious man respectively.

  After successfully completing the first blood draw, Xiao Qing specifically explained the reason for drawing so much blood from the two of them. She stated that in the future, blood would be drawn strictly according to her requirements and quantitatively, and she asked Celestial Way and Terranom to provide her with enough food to ensure that she could regularly provide healthy blood while taking in sufficient nutrients.

  Of course, since Xiao Qing and the man could only provide blood regularly and in fixed amounts, the number of candies that Celestial Way and Terranom could make each time was very limited. However, considering that everyone only needed to take one candy every three days, and after Xiao Qing's tests, it was found that she and the man recovered much faster than ordinary people after taking the candy.

  Therefore, even if Celestial Way and Terranom could only make candy regularly and in fixed amounts in this way, as long as they increased the frequency of candy making, they could still ensure that they had enough candy to combat the fog in the forest.

  Although the man's coma lasted much longer than Xiao Qing's at the time, thanks to timely and effective treatment, he eventually woke up smoothly. After experiencing the same emotional changes as Xiao Qing upon waking up, he finally gradually accepted the reality with Xiao Qing's guidance.

  After that, the man introduced his situation. His name was Chen Qiang, who used to live in the mountains with his family, making a living by farming and raising livestock. According to Chen Qiang's account, he was attacked by a dense fog while checking the growth of crops on the mountain alone, causing him to lose his way in the forest.

  Then, he was knocked unconscious by the increasingly pungent smell in the fog. When he woke up, he found himself lying here.

  Xiao Qing nodded and said that her experience was similar to Chen Qiang's.

  Xiao Qing's sister, Xiao Jing, was participating in a construction project in the countryside. Since Xiao Qing was on vacation at the time, she decided to accompany her sister to the countryside for a few days.

  Then one morning, while the two were climbing a mountain path used by villagers for leisure, they were suddenly attacked by a dense fog. The two quickly lost their direction and fainted in the suffocating fog, only to wake up shortly after being saved by Celestial Way and Terranom.

  Hearing Xiao Qing's words, Chen Qiang asked her in confusion why he didn't see Xiao Jing if she had disappeared with her sister. Xiao Qing replied with a sad expression that Xiao Jing had fallen and was severely injured during the ordeal, and had died of excessive blood loss before being saved by Celestial Way and Terranom.

  Upon hearing this, Chen Qiang immediately apologized for bringing up Xiao Qing's sad past. Celestial Way and Terranom, who were processing honey at the side, looked at Xiao Qing in surprise, not knowing what to say for a moment.

  Because the two understood that Xiao Qing must not want Chen Qiang to know that they had killed many humans, so as not to worry that he would also fall victim to their actions, and thus deliberately concealed the true cause of Xiao Jing's death.

  Celestial Way and Terranom were very grateful for Xiao Qing's response, and from this, they saw the kindness in human nature, deciding that they would never harm any humans again in the future.

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  At the same time, the two seemed to understand why they had transformed into human forms during their cultivation. As black bears, their hearts were filled with the primal wildness of beasts, but they lacked the unique compassion of humans.

  Thus, they realized that if they truly wanted to continue advancing on the path of immortality, they must grasp the essence of human thought and first become two excellent humans themselves.

  The Candylord couldn't help but laugh at himself when he said this. Yun Ge immediately realized that the Candylord must have suffered a setback because of this thought at that time.

  The Candylord's story continued.

  As an experienced mountain farmer, Chen Qiang naturally adapted to life in the Lost Woods with ease. Thanks to his knowledge of wild vegetation and the environment, he quickly found more useful things, thereby helping to improve the quality of life in the cave.

  But that was not all. Since Xiao Jing had been a civil engineer and loved to build small houses by herself, Xiao Qing had also accompanied Xiao Jing on multiple occasions to build many small houses for people to live in, which made Xiao Qing knowledgeable about the skills and techniques of house construction.

  Adding to this, as a farmer living in the mountains and forests, Chen Qiang often built simple houses by himself. Thus, the two shared the same理念 (concept) and soon found a flat and pleasant woodland area near the cave, where they quickly built a small house with a yard for everyone to live in.

  Since the arrival of Xiao Qing and Chen Qiang, the knowledge of Celestial Way and Terranom has been enriched. Moreover, the two also very much enjoyed participating in the work of Xiao Qing and Chen Qiang, which made their originally monotonous life, which was nothing but cultivation, nectar collection, and candy making every day, become much more interesting. Celestial Way and Terranom also experienced the joy of being human for the first time.

  After that, Xiao Qing and Chen Qiang also joined the ranks of nectar collection. The two also constructed a more efficient nectar collection strategy based on Chen Qiang's years of experience in collecting crops and herbs in the mountains.

  In this way, Celestial Way and Terranom only needed to ensure the quality of the processed honey, and then hand over the work of collecting nectar and making candy to Xiao Qing and Chen Qiang, so that they could spend more time on cultivation.

  Later, as Xiao Qing and Chen Qiang occasionally found survivors while collecting nectar, the team around Celestial Way and Terranom had quietly grown to more than twenty people.

  And around the first small house they built, more than a dozen small houses had been constructed one after another. The prototype of Candy Town, a small village called Heaven and Earth Village, thus emerged in this forest.

  After more than twenty people joined Celestial Way and Terranom, they haven't found any new survivors for a long time. However, Celestial Way and Terranom were not particularly concerned about this.

  Because under the scheduling of Xiao Qing and Chen Qiang, the twenty-person blood donation team could provide them with a stable supply of blood in an orderly manner, ensuring the raw material needs for candy production.

  Moreover, these people, under the leadership of Xiao Qing and Chen Qiang, have completely taken over all the work of candy making except for honey processing. And they have also fully assumed the construction and operation of Heaven and Earth Village with their respective knowledge and skills.

  So now, Celestial Way and Terranom don't have to worry about daily life at all, but can instead focus almost all their energy on cultivation. Celestial Way, by learning the medical knowledge taught by Xiao Qing, continuously improved his level of witchcraft in medicine and potions, making the quality of the honey he processed higher and higher, and the medicinal effect of the candy stronger and stronger.

  As a result, the bodies of the more than twenty people became increasingly strong, and their lifespans were significantly extended due to the medicinal effect of the candy. Celestial Way also developed a kind of hallucinatory witchcraft using candy as a medium.

  This allowed the more than twenty humans to experience hallucinations after eating the candy, transforming the simple little village in their eyes from a dilapidated place into a dreamland shining with brilliance, filled with warmth and laughter.

  Although Xiao Qing and the others knew that the prosperity they saw was an illusion, the group, who had been away from home for a long time, were happy to accept these illusions because they brought them a sense of belonging, and they lived happily in this illusion.

  Seeing Xiao Qing and the others living so happily in the illusion, Celestial Way and Terranom were naturally very pleased. On one hand, they were delighted that they had helped everyone regain the feeling of home; on the other hand, they knew that in this way, Xiao Qing and the others would be more at ease living here, and they would no longer have to worry about losing the blood supply for candy making if these people suddenly left.

  Everyone lived in a harmonious atmosphere, and Terranom, whose cultivation achievements were not as great as Celestial Way's, finally comprehended an ancient puppet witchcraft through cultivation.

  This ancient puppet witchcraft seemed to be intricately connected to Xiao Qing's medical skills. As a result, after comprehending the puppet witchcraft, Terranom finally understood some of the medical knowledge that Xiao Qing had taught him.

  In addition, since the more than twenty villagers of Heaven and Earth Village generously taught all the knowledge they had to Celestial Way and Terranom, the two also generously shared their witchcraft with them, hoping that they could become new companions on their path to leisure.

  However, since Xiao Qing and the others were just ordinary humans, even though Celestial Way and Terranom had been trying to lead them into the world of immortality, they could never truly grasp the essence of cultivation.

  Although they could not grasp the essence of cultivation due to their limited talent, Xiao Qing and the others, after gaining an in-depth understanding of many knowledge related to cultivation, still developed a great interest in this very mysterious discipline. As a result, whenever they had time, they would gather around Celestial Way and Terranom, meditating with them and continuously trying to comprehend the path of cultivation.

  At this point, life in Heaven and Earth Village appeared to be very harmonious and happy. However, in reality, there had always been hidden dangers in the life of Heaven and Earth Village.

  With the joint efforts of Xiao Qing and others, not only was Heaven and Earth Village being built to increasingly resemble a human civilized society, but Celestial Way and Terranom also experienced the beauty of human life. At this moment, Celestial Way and Terranom truly believed that they would continue to live happily without worries until they cultivated into immortals.

  However, what Celestial Way and Terranom did not know was that the villagers, who had completely won their trust and were even regarded as family, had quietly developed the idea of breaking free after their lives became stable.

  Speaking of Xiao Qing and Chen Qiang, as the earliest survivors to follow Celestial Way and Terranom, they had gained a fairly deep understanding of the two through long-term contact. In their eyes, although Celestial Way and Terranom were two monsters that had cultivated into human forms from black bears and possessed magical powers unmatched by humans, their nature was not evil.

  Moreover, although Celestial Way and Terranom had transformed into humans, since they had never lived in a real human society, their thinking was actually very naive.

  In addition, out of curiosity and a desire for mysterious power, Xiao Qing and others had always been asking Celestial Way and Terranom for methods of cultivating immortality.

  Although Xiao Qing and others were limited by their talent and could never truly grasp the path of cultivation, through long-term contact, they also gained a fairly in-depth understanding of the current cultivation status of Celestial Way and Terranom.