Chapter 88: The Mystical Beast
Chapter 88: The Mystical Beast
Being able to accumulate so many Spirit Stones was, of course, a result of the constant sales of low-grade middle-tier talismans over the past few days.
It must be known that the monthly quota for the talisman shop set by the sect was 500 Spirit Stones, mainly considering the sales of low-grade lower-tier talismans.
But over the past few days, Chu Ning had been selling a large number of low-grade middle-tier talismans.
However, Chu Ning was also aware that this would be the only big profit he would make.
The number of talismans he could sell daily from now on would naturally not be as high as what he had achieved these past few days.
Nevertheless, it was still enough to make Chu Ning happy, as he had already earned these Spirit Stones.
With such a substantial amount of Spirit Stones in his possession, Chu Ning did not hesitate and immediately started cultivating.
Speaking of which, his cultivation of the Green Wood Eternal Spring Art and the Nine Transformations Body Refining Art had slowed down a little due to the constant drawing of talismans these past few days.
The good news was that his spiritual sense had been constantly strengthening through its usage and recovery.
His proficiency in the Refine God Technique had also been steadily increasing.
After spending eleven days in this market town, his proficiency in the Green Wood Eternal Spring Art had only increased by 11 points, and the progress of his Unwithering Bones had only increased by 9 points.
On the other hand, his proficiency in the Refine God Technique had increased by nearly 30 points.
Chu Ning's first priority at the moment was to catch up on his qi cultivation progress.
Holding the Spirit Stones, Chu Ning cultivated one after another.
After cultivating for half a day:
[Green Wood Eternal Spring Art (Lower Yellow Tier), Second Layer (521/900)]
[Nine Transformations Body Refining Art, First Volume, Unwithering Bones 179/600]
[Refine God Technique, First Layer 149/1000]
Chu Ning had spent a total of 30 Spirit Stones and increased his proficiency in the Green Wood Eternal Spring Art by 10 points.
After entering the sixth layer of qi cultivation, Chu Ning needed to spend three lower-grade Spirit Stones to increase his proficiency by one point.
Doing the math, Chu Ning couldn't help but shake his head.
Four thousand two hundred Spirit Stones seemed like a lot, but the consumption was also considerable.
Just to cultivate from the sixth layer to the seventh layer, if he relied purely on Spirit Stones, he would need to spend over a thousand Spirit Stones.
Next, Chu Ning continued to cultivate the Nine Transformations Body Refining Art.
Initially, when his Immortal Skin proficiency reached 300, he encountered a bottleneck after cultivating it to 150.
In the end, he forcefully broke through the bottleneck with the help of the Seven Star Spirit Fruit.
Chu Ning wanted to test if the Unwithering Bones would follow the same pattern and encounter a bottleneck when cultivated to a proficiency of 300.
However, at his current cultivation speed, it would still take a few months.
Over the next two days, more executives from the Qingxi Sect arrived in the market town to inspect the surrounding areas for any remaining Yin Demon Sect disciples.
Chu Ning kept Lin Changqing's warning in mind and did not venture out.
He spent his days cultivating and drawing talismans in the market town.
There was a market day in the middle of this period, and as usual, Chu Ning took out his talismans for sale.
However, due to the beast tide being blocked, there were fewer demons and beasts nearby, resulting in a significant decrease in the number of people buying talismans.
In one whole day, Chu Ning only managed to sell less than a hundred lower-grade Spirit Stones worth of talismans.
In the afternoon of the same day, Lin Changqing arrived in the market town to inform everyone that no other Yin Demon Sect personnel had been found nearby, and the previous incident was likely a spontaneous act by a low-level disciple.
As for higher-level demons and beasts, there were none, only the occasional lower-level ones, which the Foundation Establishment executives did not bother to exterminate.
Instead, they left them for the various families and wandering cultivators to hunt.
Despite this, Chu Ning still did not rush out, waiting for another day and a half.
It was only on the third morning that Chu Ning finally left the market town, seeing that everything was back to normal and many family disciples and wandering cultivators had arrived.
He wanted to check on his twenty acres of spirit fields to see how they were doing.
Chu Ning carefully left the market town and used the Wind Riding Technique to head towards his spirit fields.
He held the Diamond Talisman in his left hand and the Silver Crystal Frost Bamboo Shield in his right.
Even though Lin Changqing and Du Han had both mentioned that the area around Yanji Fang was extremely safe at the moment, Chu Ning did not dare to be the slightest bit careless.
After all, the sect had said that the appearance of the Yin Demon Sect disciple was merely a coincidence, but Chu Ning knew that they must have had ulterior motives.
However, he could not understand why a low-level disciple would appear here.
Moreover, even if there were no Yin Demon Sect disciples or demons and beasts, there were still wandering cultivators in the area.
Chu Ning could not be sure that some reckless cultivator wouldn't suddenly attack him.
Fortunately, the journey was uneventful, and Chu Ning quickly arrived at his spirit fields without any trouble.
Taking a look, he saw that the protective formation around the spirit fields was still intact, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed that the demons and beasts had not come this close to the market town.
Of course, it was also possible that they had appeared but were killed by others.
Chu Ning took out the formation plate and deactivated the formation before entering his spirit fields.
The next moment, his expression turned grim.
He saw that the bamboo shoots of the Purple Crystal Bamboo and the seedlings of the Golden Origin Fruit were missing in patches all over the spirit fields.
Nearly half of the spirit plants were gone, and their absence seemed random, with some missing in the east and some in the west.
Even the remaining plants showed signs of having been gnawed on.
"Demons and beasts?"
Chu Ning almost instantly realized what had happened, and his heart filled with both alertness and bewilderment.
He had clearly seen that the protective formation around the spirit fields was intact when he was outside.
How could there be demons and beasts inside?
Without hesitation, he activated a Diamond Talisman to protect himself and slowly injected his spiritual power into the Silver Crystal Frost Bamboo Shield in his other hand.
After making all these preparations, Chu Ning finally allowed himself to survey his surroundings.
However, he found nothing out of the ordinary.
"Could it be that some magical beast accidentally wandered in and then left?"
Chu Ning muttered to himself, but he felt that it was rather odd.
If a magical beast had truly entered, there should have been some damage to the protective restrictions.
With this thought in mind, Chu Ning cautiously made his way towards the center of the spirit field, his spiritual sense extended to detect any anomalies.
But even after searching for a long time and covering almost the entire spirit field, Chu Ning still found nothing.
Just as he was about to reach the end of the spirit field, Chu Ning's footsteps suddenly paused.
Within the range of his spiritual sense, about a zhang away from him, underneath the spirit soil, a small white magical beast was curled up, its body gently rising and falling as if it was sleeping soundly.
Because its body was completely covered by the soil, Chu Ning couldn't see it with his naked eye.
If he hadn't happened to sweep the area with his spiritual sense, he wouldn't have discovered it at all.
There really was a magical beast!
Without any hesitation, Chu Ning quickly activated a Confining Beast Talisman and threw it towards the direction of the white magical beast.
Just as the talisman was about to envelop the sleeping creature, the white magical beast suddenly became alert.
In the next moment, it leaped up and darted out with incredible speed.
It actually managed to dodge the binding of the talisman's spiritual power.
But just as the white magical beast had escaped, another Confining Beast Talisman descended upon it.
Chu Ning was well prepared; in the instant he activated the first talisman, he had consecutively activated multiple talismans, completely surrounding all possible escape routes for the white magical beast.
So no matter which direction the white magical beast darted towards, it would face the same outcome.
Chu Ning might not have much else, but he had plenty of talismans.
However, what surprised Chu Ning a little was that the binding of spiritual power formed by the Confining Beast Talisman only restrained the magical beast momentarily.
In the blink of an eye, the white magical beast had completely broken free.
Immediately after, the magical beast opened its mouth and sprayed a beam of white light towards Chu Ning.
Even though Chu Ning already had a layer of protection from the Diamond Talisman, he did not dare to be careless.
He channeled his spiritual power into the Silver Crystal Frost Bamboo Shield in his hand without hesitation.
In the next moment, the palm-sized artifact suddenly enlarged, blocking the incoming attack.
"Zzz!"
The white light hit the shield and vanished instantly.
This intermediate defensive artifact had successfully blocked the attack of the small magical beast.
Taking this opportunity, Chu Ning finally got a clear look at the white magical beast.
It was about the size of a rabbit, with a long tail.
It had four ears and a pair of curved horns that resembled those of a goat.
The magical beast was snow-white all over, except for its eyes, which were black and shiny like jewels.
After its spray of white light was blocked, the small magical beast's eyes showed a hint of fear, and it turned to flee.
But as soon as it turned, several more Confining Beast Talismans descended, binding it tightly.
Chu Ning took the chance to activate even more Confining Beast Talismans consecutively.
The little magical beast struggled, but it couldn't break free this time.
Seeing this, Chu Ning casually activated a Metal-Element Sword Talisman.
A beam of golden light flashed, and without hesitation, it slashed towards the small magical beast.
At the same time, he continuously changed hand seals, condensing a green sword light in his hand.
At this moment, the Metal-Element Sword Talisman's spell had already struck the small magical beast.
A flash of white light appeared on the beast's body, and it managed to block most of the talisman's power.
However, the weakened sword light still managed to strike a small part of the magical beast's body, causing a wound on its back from which fresh blood flowed.
"Whimper!"
The small magical beast let out a whine.
In the next moment, the white magical beast lifted its head.
Its black eyes looked at Chu Ning, and surprisingly, there seemed to be a plea in its gaze.
Chu Ning was stunned by the unexpected intelligence in the magical beast's eyes.
The Green Wood Sword Art he was about to cast stalled for a moment, and he hesitated to release it for a while.
The white magical beast, seeing this, continuously nodded its head as if begging for mercy.
This greatly astonished Chu Ning, and he muttered to himself,
"What kind of magical beast is this? How can it be so intelligent?"
Judging from the power of its attack spell, it should be at most a first-rank intermediate magical beast.
But ordinarily, a magical beast of this rank shouldn't possess such sentience.
"Let me go!"
Just then, a voice suddenly resounded in Chu Ning's mind, causing him to be greatly startled.
His eyes widened as he stared at the white magical beast, and he blurted out,
"You... You can speak?"
(End of Chapter)
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