Chapter 211: Chapter 209: The Beast Facing Death _1
Translator: 549690339
“Inducing spiritual power through this hair can summon you to me at the fastest speed?”
Lu Xuan focused his mind on the white ape, learning that this silver-white hair from the ape was no ordinary matter. With the induction of spiritual power within a certain range, the White Jade Sky Monkey could sense it immediately and come to Lu Xuan’s aid at the quickest speed.
“Thank you for giving me such a great gift.”
Lu Xuan caressed the ape’s head, feeling a sense of ice-cold hardness from his fingertips.
He understood that this seemingly shy and reticent White Jade Sky Monkey actually revered violence and was ferocious and combative. It had gifted him one of its hairs, not just as a token of friendship, but because it wanted to have a good fight.
The White Luan Bird also came forward and chirped crisply at Lu Xuan, promising to help him if any problem arose. It also invited Lu Xuan to visit the secret land where the guardian beasts lived.
“Alright, I’ll surely visit when I have the chance.”
Lu Xuan was slightly curious about the high-grade monster beasts dwelling within the sect and promised the Mystical Sky White Luan that he would come and visit.
The two spirit beasts didn’t stay there for long. One became translucent and passed directly through the array, while the other turned into a white stream of light, rushing out before the array was fully activated.
The day was getting late, Lu Xuan tidied up the yard, and meditated for two hours.
Under the operation of “The Great Five Elements”, pure spiritual energy from within the mountain constantly surged and fused into Lu Xuan’s dantian.
“It feels like I’ve cultivated, yet not cultivated.”
He sensed the spiritual liquid gathered in his dantian, which showed no changes, and thus, gained further understanding of his own natural talent.
The next morning, he got up early, inspected his spirit field, looked after all of his spirit plants carefully, and then rode a spirit crane from the mountain to the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall.
In front of the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall.
It was still bustling with activity even though he hadn’t visited in some time, with numerous Qi-Cultivators constantly coming and going.
Lu Xuan entered the hall and went behind the light screen to find a deacon from the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall to place two tasks.
One was to collect Demon Beast Eyeballs to meet the growing demand of the Hundred Pupils’ Bizarre Tree.
The growth condition of the fourth grade spirit plant was a lot more stringent. The eyeballs he previously collected could only meet the demand for a short period. Even the newly acquired eyeballs from the Fourth Grade Giant Six-eyed Scorpion could only satisfy the needs of a few eyes on the tree trunk.
He wrote down detailed rewards for the task accordingly to the rank, rarity, and peculiar abilities of the Monster beasts’ eyeballs.
Subsequently, he released a task to collect all kinds of insect beast larvae and eggs, preferably the ones which could molt and shed its shell, to support the growth of the Xuan Chong Vine.
The three insect chambers on the Xuan Chong Vine – Hidden Cicada, Black Armored Insect, Silver Thread Mantis – as the plant grew, gradually became inadequate to meet the normal growth requirements of the Xuan Chong Vine.
The Thorn Bone didn’t need to worry after receiving the carcass of the Fourth Grade’s Six-eyed Red Iron Scorpion.
As for the Holy Baby Fruit, Lu Xuan dared not set a task of collecting infants’ essence blood, soul, and resentful will within the sect.
If he truly tried to set this task, even if the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall’s deacon approved it, it would immediately draw the attention of high-order cultivators of the sect.
After setting the tasks, Lu Xuan came around from behind the light screen and entered the hall.
Wherever he passed, the Qi-Cultivators he saw greeted him respectfully. Lu Xuan responded to each greeting with a smile and a nod.
Because he had spent most of his time tending to his spirit plants and spirit beasts within the sect, he had seldom interacted with other disciples or sought opportunities in secret lands.
As a result, there were very few cultivators he knew from his Qi Practicing Stage over the two-three years period, and even fewer he was somewhat acquainted with.
When he passed the light screen, familiar characters floated across the massive screen. Many cultivators were looking at it intently, selecting tasks that suited their abilities.
Seeing this, Lu Xuan couldn’t help but feel a bit wistful.
Upon joining the sect, he frequently went to the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, accepting numerous tasks related to Spirit Plant and Spirit Beast, earning a number of Spirit Stones and Sword Marks.
Among the Spirit Plants planted in his Spirit Field, several were received this way, allowing him to lay a solid foundation for his farming career inside the sect.
“What a pity that now that I have ascended to the Foundation Establishment Stage, it wouldn’t be appropriate for me, in the guise of an Uncle Master, to snatch tasks from my Qi Practicing peers. Otherwise, you guys wouldn’t stand a chance.”
Lu Xuan sneered inwardly. There would occasionally be Spirit Plant tasks on the light screen, but for a Foundation Establishment Stage Inner Sect Disciple to take on tasks assigned by Qi Practicing peers would inevitably lead to some bad talk, so he had no choice but to give up on it reluctantly.
Luckily, after becoming an Inner Sect Disciple, aside from the huge benefits received when he just broke through realms, the sect would also hand out Sword Marks to him every month. At the same time, after entering the Sword Hall, he would also receive a fixed number of Sword Marks every month as well.
Even without doing any tasks, he could obtain over a hundred Sword Marks every month, which was an incredibly generous reward.
Lu Xuan looked back at his past glorious times, arrived outside the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, called upon a Spirit Crane, and soared into the sky.
As he was about to reach his own mountain peak, suddenly, a distant, ethereal call of a deer was heard in his ear.
Upon hearing this, the Spirit Crane involuntarily slowed down, and the spiritual power in its body covertly became a little more vigorous.
A few breaths later, a huge deer two zhang tall came galloping over from a distance through the air, its hooves causing waves of green ripples wherever it landed.
Wherever the ripples passed, Spirit Plants would grow wildly, revealing a sign of potent vitality.
“That old deer equivalent to the Nascent Soul Stage.”
Lu Xuan had seen this giant deer once before. It was called Green Xuan Deer, a fifth-grade spirit beast that was said to have been raised by a dead Jindan Cultivator within the sect, guarding the sect for many years.
Compared to the previous encounter, the state of the Green Xuan Deer seemed to have worsened a bit.
The pair of white jade antlers on its head has considerably dimmed, faintly showing a grayish-white color.
The patches of fur covering its body are like weeds, withered and thin, revealing a faint aura of death.
The strong vitality brought forth by the giant deer was in stark contrast with the decayed and dying body of its self, forming a strong contrast.
The giant deer quickly passed Lu Xuan, its figure disappearing into the horizon, with only its distant calls coming from far away.
Even though Lu Xuan had not raised the giant deer, he could still hear the deep longing in its voice.
He sighed lightly, had the Spirit Crane take him back to the mountain peak.
A world full of greenery. Everywhere he looked, countless large Spirit Trees, thick and long vines covered everything around, and the entire area was filled with a rich aura of spirituality.
The Green Xuan Deer he had seen before was lying listlessly on a huge net automatically woven by vines.
“The Green Xuan Deer’s physical condition is getting worse.”
A middle-aged cultivator dressed in green and having four eyes stood in the air, emotionlessly looking at the giant deer down below.
“Its life span is exhausted and the end is at hand, it’s time to prepare for its afterlife.”
A beautiful young man standing next to the middle – aged cultivator casually spoke. There were constantly fluctuating Sword Qi phantoms around the young man’s body, morphing into various shapes of Strange Beasts and Insects.
“Its clinging to life is too deep. If dealt with improperly, it could lead to adverse effects.”
The middle-aged cultivator abruptly opened his four eyes, with various objects flashing deep within his pupils. He spoke coldly.