Chapter 174: Chapter 172: The Affection from My Fellow
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Translator: 549690339
“Thank you very much, Junior Brother Lu.”
When Huang Yuan saw that Lu Xuan was willing to assist, he couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Other outer sect disciples from the water domain had approached him, requesting him to liaise with Lu Xuan for blood tests on their raised Jiaolong Pythons.
If Lu Xuan were to decline, it would certainly make him lose face.
Huang Yuan brushed his right hand, spiritual light flickered, and a “flying leaf boat artifact” appeared on the ground.
Both climbed onto the flying boat, which then transformed into a streak of light, shooting towards the distance.
The area of Thousand Dragon Lake was vast, stretching for hundreds of miles, with more than one place raising First and Second Grade Jiaolong Pythons.
After a short while, they arrived at a few stone houses.
No sooner had they landed than several people rushed out. Upon seeing Lu Xuan and Huang Yuan, their eyes lit up.
“Brother Huang, you finally arrived, we’ve been waiting for you.”
“Is this the famed Brother Lu Xuan Lu who can detect the traces of the parasitic hidden scale fish? We’ve heard so much about you.”
An older, steady-faced cultivator eagerly greeted them, gripping Lu Xuan’s hand and not letting go for a long time.
Lu Xuan extricated his hand and responded with a fist and palm salute: “Greetings, elder brother.”
“Brother Zhang, it took me a great deal of effort to get Junior Brother Lu here. You better not scare him off,” Huang Yuan teased at the side.
Zhang Hao couldn’t help but nervously rub his hands together, laughing awkwardly.
Huang Yuan introduced everyone to each other, and they all stepped into the stone house.
“Brother Zhang, Junior Brother Lu came here to deal with the issue of the hidden scale fish parasites within the Jiaolong Python. Please plan and organize accordingly, try to check all the flood dragon demon beasts in this water area at once,” Huang Yuan got straight to the point upon entering the stone house.
“As for the reward, Junior Brother Lu has stated that he only wants a small service fee. The inspection fees will remain the same as before.”
“For each flood dragon python inspected, two spirit stones will be needed. If a hidden scale fish or other anomalies are found, an additional twenty stones per dragon will be charged.”
“What do you think, Brother Zhang?”
“That’s fantastic! Junior Brother Lu taking such care of his fellow disciples, truly noble!” Zhang Hao said, laughing. He was prepared to see the inspection price increase, but Lu Xuan gave him a pleasant surprise.
The ones who bred the Jiaolong Python were all ordinary outer sect disciples. Their backgrounds and talents were not the best in the sect, so they had poured countless efforts into raising these Jiaolongs.
Although the total cost for each cultivator was around a hundred spirit stones, in front of the many precious and expensive Jiaolong Pythons, it was considered nothing.
After a bit of conversation, someone led Lu Xuan to perform blood tests on the Jiaolongs.
One after another, the Jiaolongs were brought before him, controlled by the imitation Dragon Binding Ring.
He first fed them a little bit of demon beast meat to gather detailed information about their physical conditions, and then began to extract the Jiaolong’s essence Blood.
This process repeated until all of the Jiaolongs were like an assembly line delivering themselves to him, and he methodically performed the same actions over and over.
As more and more Jiaolong blood samples were drawn, the storage bag containing white jade small bottles to hold the essence blood started to become inadequate.
During the gap between collections, Lu Xuan mixed the essence blood from identical Jiaolong Pythons together in order to free up new empty jade bottles and prevent any awkwardness due to insufficient containers.
Occasionally, he would find a hidden scale fish parasitizing inside a Jiaolong, swiftly identifying and removing it for the cultivator to handle.
After almost a day of continuous work, all of the Jiaolong Pythons in Zhang Hao’s water domain had been thoroughly examined.
Lu Xuan had drawn blood over two hundred times in total, the white jade small bottles in his storage bag were almost piling up into a small hill.
Besides, he also received more than five hundred spirit stones, making his total wealth exceed two thousand and five hundred spirit stones.
“Elder Brother Zhang, I have checked all the Jiaolong Pythons in the water area. I have found traces of Hidden Scale Fish. For more information, I will need to further examine their essence blood,” Lu Xuan said with an exhausted look, but he was extremely satisfied in his heart.
“We owe it all to you, Junior Brother Lu. Without your help, given our understanding of the Flood dragons, we would not know when we will be able to detect the traces of the Hidden Scale Fish,” said the calm cultivator.
“It’s my duty as a Junior Brother. In order to ensure the healthy and rapid growth of the Jiaolong Pythons, I will come regularly to draw their blood and check if there are other demon insects or demon envoys parasitizing them.”
Upon hearing these words, Zhang Hao and others nodded in agreement.
As sunset approached, Lu Xuan and Huang Yuan decided to return home. Their flying boat grew rapidly, and both of them leaped on it.
Strong winds were blowing in his ears, Lu Xuan looked back, only to see that Zhang Hao and the others were still standing where they were, watching him depart.
“These feelings and this view really inspire some poetry,” Lu Xuan said with a grin, secretly thinking in his mind.
“Lu Xuan is about to sail away,
Suddenly, there is song from the shore.
The water in the Thousand Dragon Lake is a thousand feet deep
Yet it can’t compare to the farewell of my fellow sect members…”
“What a wonderful poem-”
“Junior Brother Lu, we have arrived at your cave dwelling. It’s getting late so I won’t come in for a warm cup of tea,” said Huang Yuan, who was driving the Flying Boat Artifact, and had taken Lu Xuan back to his home.
“Alright, thanks for your trouble, Brother Huang. Next time we’ll have a proper drink,” Lu Xuan responded directly without pretending to invite him in.
After Huang Yuan had left, he reached the door of his dwelling. He activated the formation, the thick white mist dispersed, and he could clearly see the door of his dwelling.
As he pushed open the door, he first saw two green eyes glowing in the dark, like ghostly fires in the underworld.
“Night prowler,” he said.
Lu Xuan shot out a stream of spiritual power. The flash of light clearly revealed the surroundings.
Those green eyes naturally belonged to the Cloud Leopard. Seeing Lu Xuan enter the room, it lazily stretched its four limbs, its tufted ears wiggled with delight.
“Aoow~”
A low growl with a hint of coyness echoed. The Cloud Leopard, with it’s cloud-like white paws, left elegantly.
Back in his room, Lu Xuan saw that the Wind Sparrow Fledgling was lying on the wooden bed without any grace. Its round belly was facing upward, breathing in and out, its thin blue bird legs spread out, occasionally stretching out its light blue wings, manipulating something on its body.
Lu Xuan sorted out the many white jade bottles in his storage bag, consolidating the essence blood from the same types of Jiaolong Pythons.
Although there were many different species among the Jiaolong Pythons, most of them were common varieties. Therefore, the confluence was still high, and many white jade bottles could be saved.
After everything was sorted, having spent the whole day on edge dealing with so many Jiaolong Pythons, Lu Xuan felt a hint of fatigue as he relaxed.
After a quick refresh, he fell onto his wooden bed. His head landing comfortably on the Wind Sparrow Fledgling’s round belly.
“So comfortable-”
He couldn’t help but sigh, and quickly fell asleep.
The Cloud Leopard quietly landed on the edge of the bed. Its green eyes were fixed motionlessly on Lu Xuan, who was deep in his dreams..