Turning back, he saw a token covered in slime and inscribed with "handsome" spinning on the ground.

'No wonder it wasn't in the bag; turns out he hid it in his stomach.'

Zhang Ze initially only wanted to give it a try. If this thief dragon didn't have it, he would just find another dragon outside to borrow one.

Or put himself in an uncomfortable spot, lie on a board, enact a "sell myself to bury my father" act, pretend to be a corpse, and share a token with Brother Feng, only to pretend to resurrect after entering the city.

'I didn't expect this unlucky fellow to have it too.'

'Seems like this one must know something.'

...

Inside the Cyan Lotus Dust.

After a long time, the thief dragon lying on the ground twitched its eyelids, trying to squint open a little slit to see if that pestilence deity had left or not.

But as soon as it opened its eyes, it saw a saint's head with eight eyes staring intently at it from above.

"..."

"Tell me, what's this grand event in Mo Pass City all about?

"Hurry up and explain, otherwise I'll shear the hair off your head."

Zhang Ze manipulated the puppet to start transforming. The mechanism in its arm shifted, and a large blood-dripping blade began whirring, the teeth of the blade opening and closing with a crackle.

"I'm a bit clumsy with my hands lately, so if I end up cutting off something extra while shearing, don't blame me."

The thief dragon broke out in a cold sweat, and its shifty eyes gradually became clear.

"I'll talk... I'll talk, just take that thing a little farther away."

...

Mo Pass City.

Lin Feng rested uneasily against a standing post.

As a human, he didn't quite fit in here.

Everything in Mo Pass City was dragon-centric, like those excessively wide streets where several giant dragons could walk side by side.

Or the stations selling hanging tickets for resting those massive beasts Zhang Ze called pterosaurs.

He thought this place was somewhat like the city Zhang Ze used to tell tall tales about, a place called Mad Animal City.

No matter how large the individual, one could always find a place to belong here.

Like the meat station where Lin Feng was currently resting, meant for smaller carnivorous dragons, situated under the storeroom of a giant dragon's backyard.

But even in such a tavern-like place, Lin Feng didn't care for it.

The smell in this meat station was strange, a mix of bloody scent and the aroma of roasting grease, making one feel like vomiting.

Lin Feng inadvertently glanced again at the chopping board where raw meat was placed and the steaming hot roasting stove.

He suddenly felt a bit nauseous.

"Friend, would you like to order something?"

Seeing Lin Feng looking over, the store clerk, a small-sized raptor, quickly jumped over with a tray.

Seeing the little dinosaur leg that was roasted to a crispy state on the plate, Lin Feng shook his head.

"I'm not hungry, just bring me another bucket of water."

The clerk bared its teeth but no longer paid attention to this nutcase who stood in a meat shop just to drink water and not eat meat, and took the meat to the corner.

In this carnivore shop, aside from some giant insects and indescribable toad-turtle-like creatures, most of the meat came from the same dinosaur species Zhang Ze called dinosaurs.

They were eating their own kind…

Unlike the pure survival of the fittest in the wild, nor like the evil cultivator's loss of humanity where nothing is taboo, nor some sacrificial ritual for power.

These dinosaurs eating dinosaurs, their cooking and eating, lacked any malicious intent.

As if, this was a moral and reasonable routine. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Not for revenge, not for treasure, not for immortality.

Just simply because they're hungry.

And it was this oddity that made Lin Feng feel uncomfortable.

The excitement before entering the city had long dissipated.

After entering the city, Lin Feng, shocked by cultural clash, wanted to inquire but was stopped by Zhang Ze.

Zhang Ze said that he had experts by his side, and if Lin Feng went out to gather information carelessly, he'd draw attention.

After glancing at Zhang Ze, who was pretending to nap with his eyes closed, Lin Feng sighed and continued to look down at the map in his hands to distract himself.

From the map, Mo Pass City was located in a massive basin that took up almost a tenth of the Secret Realm's area.

This Secret Realm, though known to these dinosaurs as Mountain and Sea, only had mountains here.

The only barely qualifying as a sea was the large lake at the center of the Secret Realm.

There, it's governed by a group that looks like giant aquatic dragons, self-proclaimed military dragons.

Besides that, schools like the Legalist School, Zongheng School, Ming School, and other strange sects each occupy a city.

Lin Feng wondered if the situation over there was like here, and whether their cities had similar meat shops.

While Lin Feng was feeling stifled and wanted to move somewhere else, Zhang Ze opened his eyes.

"Got it figured out, let's go."

"Where to?" Lin Feng asked.

Zhang Ze, "Let's find a quiet place, I need to report to the higher-ups."

Leaving the pillar he leaned against, after tossing two pretty shells that could be used as money onto the low table in front of him, Zhang Ze stepped aside to let the tray carrying a fragrant roasted bird head pass, then walked towards the door.