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Chapter 224: Your Children, I Shall Nurture Them
Chapter 224: Your Children, I Shall Nurture Them
The two-headed armadillo glared at its companion, who was being relentlessly interrogated by Lu Chen, its eyes filled with growing resentment that seemed to take on a tangible form. The grayish-yellow light emanating from its body intensified, and with a crackling sound, its armored scales opened wide, causing the ropes binding it to snap instantly.
This turn of events seemed to catch Lu Chen off guard, and before he could react, the injured two-headed armadillo seized the fleeting opportunity and darted into the stone mountain. As it departed, it left Lu Chen with a venomous and hateful glance.
"Being a villain is not easy," Lu Chen remarked with a sigh. He then activated the Grand Five Phases Technique, enveloping himself in a thin layer of grayish-yellow spiritual energy before also entering the stone mountain.
The reason he had left this injured two-headed armadillo behind was not because he intended to bring it back to the blessed land for breeding. Instead, he wanted to track it and find the gathering place of the two-headed armadillo demon beasts, thereby locating the rare spiritual soil they depended on for survival.
Thus, after Qian Dinghong and the others had left, he returned to the stone mountain, released the injured two-headed armadillo, and deliberately provoked it with words and the remains of its companion, giving it a chance to escape.
The Grand Five Phases Technique that Lu Chen cultivated included the Five Elements Escape Technique, and he was equally adept at earth escape.
He focused his spiritual sense on the two-headed armadillo scurrying through the rocks and, within the thin, golden-brown Hidden Spirit Cloak, countless nearly transparent threads emerged, completely masking his aura and spiritual power.
In less than half a moment, Lu Chen followed the injured two-headed armadillo to a hollow cave.
The cave was obscured from all sides, with only a few areas allowing light to enter, resulting in a dimly lit interior.
Lu Chen, cloaked in the Hidden Spirit Cloak, hid in a corner, assuming an invisible stance as he quietly observed everything within the cave.
Upon returning to the cave, the injured two-headed armadillo let out a mournful roar. Soon after, one by one, two-headed armadillo demon beasts emerged from the cave's fissures and gathered around the injured one.
It was unclear what the injured armadillo said, but more than ten of the beasts became agitated, their roars filled with infinite hatred.
Led by the injured armadillo, over ten of the enraged beasts, fueled by their hatred, employed earth escape and swiftly followed in pursuit.
"Ah, their eyes are blinded by hatred," Lu Chen remarked silently to himself as he flew out from the corner.
"Based on the time it took for the two-headed armadillo demon beasts to come and go, it has been more than a moment. Adding the time needed to find 'me' as their target, it should be enough," he analyzed as he swiftly made his way deeper into the cave.
"To avoid unnecessary complications, it's best to finish this quickly," Lu Chen thought to himself as he fully activated the Floating Light Body Technique, becoming a silent shadow that seamlessly merged into the cave wall.
"Found it!"
In the dimness, his eyes suddenly brightened with a sharp gleam.
In one corner, a thick layer of deep yellow soil was spread out, overflowing with spiritual energy that could be sensed from a distance.
"This is... Earth Spirit Soil?" Lu Chen wondered aloud. In his spare time, he had perused many tomes on spiritual plants in the sect's library, and with just a cursory glance, he was able to identify the origin of the deep yellow soil.
Earth Spirit Soil contained an abundance of earth-based spiritual power, making it suitable for most spiritual plants. It accelerated their growth and often led to the formation of earth-based spirit ores.
Additionally, Earth Spirit Soil was also a primary refining material for many earth-based spiritual artifacts.
Just as Lu Chen was about to collect the soil, a decrepit and aged two-headed armadillo suddenly lunged at him from the shadows.
Ever since entering the cave, Lu Chen had maintained his guard. With a swift stroke of his Purple Electric Sword, lightning flashed, and the aged demon beast was instantly slain.
After dispatching the elderly armadillo with ease, Lu Chen quickly gathered the Earth Spirit Soil, scraping layer after layer until he reached the dark gray soil beneath.
"Is this their pantry?"
Lu Chen exclaimed in delight as he surveyed the abundance of spirit ores within the cave.
There were various types of spirit ores, each with unique shapes, mostly of the second grade, and quite a few of the third grade as well.
According to Qian Dinghong, the two-headed armadillos usually fed on all kinds of mineral stones, and the pile of spirit ores before him was undoubtedly gathered by this particular armadillo tribe over a long period.
He naturally stored these spirit ores in his bag and continued to scour the cave for more Earth Spirit Soil.
"There are still two young two-headed armadillos left."
In the deepest part of the cave, Lu Chen discovered two young two-headed armadillos with light gray bodies.
The young beasts were less than a foot long, their armored scales not yet fully developed. They tried to intimidate Lu Chen with fierce roars, looking like they had just been weaned from milk and were still quite naive.
"Where are your parents? Where did they go?"
"How could I bear to leave you alone at home? What if you encountered evil people?"
Lu Chen crushed a piece of second-grade mineral stone and fed a small piece to each of the two-headed armadillo pups.
He focused his spiritual sense on the young beasts' light gray bodies, and a thought flashed through his mind.
Two-headed Armadillo, Third-Rank Demon Beast, Juvenile Phase.
Innately adept at Earth Escape Technique, capable of moving freely through rocks and soil. Feeds on refined iron ore and is extremely sensitive to various mineral auras, easily locating spirit ores.
During their growth, they gradually master various earth-style techniques. The armored scales of mature two-headed armadillos possess extremely strong defensive capabilities and are rare, precious materials for refining defensive artifacts.
I don't eat dirt; who eats dirt?
"Third-Rank Demon Beast, but they've only just been born and barely possess the strength of a First-Rank Demon Beast."
"They're too weak. I'm such a kind-hearted person that I really can't bear to leave you here."
"How about this, follow me first. Once we find your parents, I'll return you to them."
Lu Chen squatted down and gently spoke to the two young two-headed armadillos.
Before the pups could react, he directly stored them in his Life-Preserving Bag.
The Life-Preserving Bag could significantly slow the loss of vitality in spiritual plants and beasts. Even if these first-rank two-headed armadillo pups were left in there for a long time, they wouldn't be affected much.
After confirming that he had thoroughly searched the two-headed armadillo nest, Lu Chen estimated that the more than ten armadillos that had left to take revenge would soon return.
He cupped his hands in the direction the armadillos had left and said, "Your children, I shall nurture them."
Then, a thin layer of gray-yellow spiritual energy shield appeared around him, and he chose a direction opposite to the one the armadillos had taken, diving into the rocks.
Lu Chen moved swiftly through the rocks like a fish through water, and though it was pitch-dark before him, he felt a sense of freedom and ease, effortlessly gliding through the hard mountain stones.
"Whoosh..."
He emerged from the soil and looked into the distance, the stone mountain now more than ten miles away from him.
"I wonder what reaction those two-headed armadillo demon beasts will have when they return to their nest."
"This theft will serve as a lesson for them. I hope they'll remember it well."
As for whether the anger of the two-headed armadillo demon beasts would affect his fellow sect members who passed by, Lu Chen could only hope that they would be able to take care of themselves.
(End of Chapter)
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