24. The Lord of One Peak, Dad 5

Cheng Ye felt a mix of emotions. He held a small bowl and fed a few cranes, feeling a growing sense of regret. Cranes were so hard to come by for others, yet his father simply treated them as rations. What a luxury! Why hadn't he heard crane meat was so delicious before? Otherwise, he would have stolen the cranes from his master's family long ago. Cheng Ye thought about it and concluded that no one else had ever eaten them, only his father was willing to part with them.

Looking at the crane with beautiful feathers, Cheng Ye touched it gently and was impressed again. The crane raised with third-grade spiritual rice even has such beautiful feathers. Of course, the meat is even more delicious, Cheng Ye thought while swallowing his saliva.

At this time, Cheng Jiu came over and said, "Follow me."

Cheng Ye followed his father, not understanding what he meant, and asked, "Where are you going?"

He and his father flew on swords all the way to a mountain.

Unnamed trees grew thickly in the mountains, overgrown with weeds and vines entwined and woven around them. The trees were too dense and too tall, and the air in the forest was thick with gloom. The tiny ray of sunlight that found its way through seemed weak against the chill.

"Dad, isn't this Duming Mountain? What are we doing here?" The Shiwan Mountains behind the Qiongcang Sect are also the territory of the Qiongcang Sect. They are specially used for disciples with low cultivation to practice. The levels of the monsters and spirit beasts here are relatively low. Duming Mountain is one of the small mountains. Small-class ghosts and monsters like to gather here because the mountain has a heavy yin energy, which is suitable for their survival. Cheng Ye had also come here with his senior brother to practice before.

After putting away his cultivation, Cheng Jiu glanced at his son, as if to say, if you are not here to gain experience, are you here to farm?

I just can’t understand why you suddenly took me to experience it without any sign, Cheng Ye muttered to himself.

However, Cheng Ye was still very active in harvesting the spirit beasts that came to die.

Cheng Ye stepped back, trying to stop his retreat, but the overwhelming force sent grass flying beneath his feet. After sliding for more than ten meters, he finally came to a stop! He secretly suppressed the surging spiritual energy within him and looked up. A Level 2 Wolf Mountain Armored Beast roared angrily at him, then rushed towards him at a speed believable for its enormous size.

Cheng Ye's face was not very good. A second-level spirit beast was no problem for him, but this second-level Wolf Mountain Iron Armored Beast was a spirit beast with very strong defense. Although there was no need to be afraid of it, it would take some effort to take it down.

Cheng Ye dodged the attack of the armored beast with a backflip and stabbed it with his backhand. With a "clang" sound, the sword left a shallow scratch on the armored beast's shell, which shows how hard the shell is.

Cheng Ye frowned and stopped on the tree branch, pinched his hand and placed it on the sword.

He turned around and spun straight towards the armored beast. The armored beast roared and swung its big tail. Cheng Ye nimbly dodged the sword and stabbed it towards the armored beast's eyes. "Clang", and then Cheng Ye was slapped away.

"Damn it, the eyes also have protection." Cheng Ye spat out blood and spit out a fragrant smell.

Cheng Jiu held his mouth and stood not far away, watching everything indifferently, with no intention of taking action at all. If he couldn't take down the second-level spirit beast, he might as well go home. He could still afford to raise a useless son.

The two sides fought fiercely for a long time. Just when the armored beast pounced on him, Cheng Ye nimbly slipped under the belly of the armored beast and slashed the belly with the sword in his hand.

"Roar" is the painful roar of the Iron Beast.

It turned out that Cheng Ye's sword had just scratched the Iron Armored Beast's J-flower. Cheng Ye also discovered this. The corner of his mouth twitched, he put away the sword, half-raised his hands and pinched a complicated spell. The spiritual energy turned into a sword and hit the Iron Armored Beast's J-flower. The spiritual energy exploded in the Iron Armored Beast's body.

Cheng Jiu flicked his sleeve lightly, and a spiritual shield blocked the front, so that the exploding blood mist did not splash everywhere.

"It's the result of not doing your homework well these days," Cheng Jiu said lightly.

Cheng Ye lowered his head. It was indeed because he hadn't studied these things well enough. Now, training a Level 2 Ironclad Beast, and a low-level Level 2 at that, took a long time. But because of his training, he had no time to go out and gain experience or learn about species. Not only did he lack actual combat experience, he couldn't even talk about it on paper.

The two continued to look for targets to practice with, but they never encountered any difficult spirit beasts. This was not surprising, as this place was originally a training ground for disciples with low cultivation.

It was not until the evening that Cheng Jiu found an open space, took out a small magic weapon, and input spiritual energy into it. The magic weapon became bigger, and a small house appeared on the open space. Cheng Jiu walked straight in. Cheng Ye once again felt that his father knew how to enjoy life, then pinched himself a cleaning spell and followed him in happily.

What surprised Cheng Ye was that the decorations and furnishings in the house were very similar to those in the rooms in Wuyuju.

After entering the house, Cheng Ye poured tea with great tact.

Seeing Cheng Jiu put his little mouth on the table, Cheng Ye hugged him over immediately, fearing that Cheng Jiu would stop him again.

A bolt from the blue! Xiaozui had lost weight! ... Losing weight was fine, but why had his fur changed, too? Cheng Ye held Xiaozui and examined him carefully, then looked at Cheng Jiu in shock.

Heartbroken, he said, "You actually abused small animals? You, you, you are a Mahayana monk, and you didn't even let a little rabbit go!"

Cheng Jiu watched his son's friendly performance quietly and said, "It has changed." This kid is acting like this just to

Ask him what happened to his little mouth? Stupid son.

Cheng Ye stopped pretending and immediately asked, "Why did it suddenly mutate? What kind is it now? Is it harmful to Xiaozu?"

Cheng Jiu: "It's a Qilin. There are traces of Qilin blood in its body. I helped to purify it." His tone was very calm.

A mythical beast?

"So powerful? Is it true?" Cheng Ye looked at the little mouth in shock. Not only did its body size become smaller, but its pair of rabbit ears turned into pointed cat ears, and they were black. It was a bit strange that a pure white rabbit had black ears.

Cheng Jiu: "It's still young and useless. Just keep it as a pet." Divine beasts grow slowly, and the ones purified in the later stage grow even slower.

Cheng Ye was unhappy. What's wrong with being young? Being young is also a divine beast.

Cheng Ye happily held the newly-made divine beast in his arms and grinned foolishly. He now had the divine beast in his hands.

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Cheng Ye suddenly thought of something and asked hesitantly, "How did you purify it?" It should be difficult to purify the blood of a divine beast, right?

Cheng Jiu was relieved to see that his son wasn't carried away by the divine beast. He smiled slightly and asked, "Do you really want to know?"

"Wait a minute," Cheng Ye said, reaching out to stop him. After a moment of careful consideration, he said, "Forget it." If he told him how much precious materials and land he had used to create a useless beast, he would be even more heartbroken. Forget it, his father didn't care anyway.

Cheng Jiu softened his expression when he saw his heartbroken yet happy look.

A few days later,

"Dad, when are we going back? All the second-level spirit beasts on this mountain are gone. We can't kill them all. How about we go to another mountain?" Cheng Ye muttered behind Cheng Jiu. In fact, he just wanted to go back. The prey here was still too low-level for him. He lost before because of his lack of experience. Now the prey on this mountain is not attractive to him anymore.

Cheng Jiu in front suddenly stopped.

Cheng Ye looked in the direction Cheng Jiu was looking, confused. A spirit beast covered in thorns was standing not far away, staring at them with a pair of murderous blood-red eyes.

What luck! He encountered the third-level spirit beast Shanqi Pig just after he finished complaining. The third-level spirit beast was already a high-level spirit beast in this mountain. He and his senior brother had never encountered one before when they came here.

Cheng Ye's eyes lit up, he drew his sword and rushed forward.

Just when he was halfway there, Cheng Ye jumped into the air in fear, avoiding the black liquid sprayed out by the Shanqi Pig. This liquid was not only highly poisonous, but also extremely smelly. Even a Jindan stage cultivator would feel uncomfortable for several days if touched by it, not to mention him who was just practicing Qi.

Normally

The Yamaqi pig will only spray liquid to save its life when its life is at stake. It is unreasonable for it to use a killing move before making a move.

Cheng Ye hurriedly took off his coat and threw it on the ground. Looking at the clothes that quickly turned black and decomposed, Cheng Ye shuddered.

The Yamaqi pig pawed the ground in annoyance, sticky liquid flowed from its mouth and nose, and it growled threateningly. However, it seemed to be hesitant and just passed by Cheng Ye to avoid going over, but it had no intention of actively attacking.

"It's the female giving birth," Cheng Jiu said calmly from behind.

Cheng Ye was stunned. Is this a female? Wait, don't female Yamaqi pigs have burrs?

After thinking for a while, Cheng Ye suddenly realized: "You mean, its mate is giving birth in the back?" No wonder it has been blocking here and not allowing him to get close.

Then, Cheng Ye was in a dilemma. He had finally encountered a powerful spirit beast, and it would be a shame to give up just like that.

Cheng Jiu didn't let his son worry for too long. He picked a leaf at hand. No one knew how he did it, but there was a "bang" and the Shanqi Zhujiu fell to the ground. This little spiritual beast was not worth his effort at all, but he was a little interested in the things behind it.

Cheng Ye looked at the Shanqi pig on the ground in amazement, and hurriedly followed Cheng Jiu's pace. This was the first time his father took action in several days, so there must be something going on.

Sure enough, after only a few steps,

A huge python coiled on the ground, seemingly enduring some kind of pain as it twisted violently, snapping nearby trees. Upon seeing Cheng Jiu and the others, it immediately became alert, its wings suddenly spread out, and it opened its mouth, revealing its sharp teeth, and let out a warning hiss.

"Level 3 Mass Mang?" Is it laying eggs?

The beast twisted in pain and screamed again and again, trying to scare away the two people in front of it.

Cheng Ye touched his chin, extremely puzzled. "Dad, this pig and snake, this combination, isn't this race a bit too different?" It is simply a wonder that this pig and snake can leave offspring.

Cheng Jiu: “No.”

Cheng Ye: “What?” What isn’t?

Cheng Jiu: "The Liangti Mang is a spirit beast that uses extremely extreme methods to give birth to offspring. Its eggs are very attractive to other spirit beasts and are very nutritious. Therefore, every time a female lays eggs, she will choose to cooperate with other spirit beasts. She only lays two eggs each time, but only one will ever survive."

Cheng Ye was puzzled: "What about the other one?"

Cheng Jiu: "After successfully laying an egg, give one egg as a reward to the guardian spirit beast."

Cheng Ye was confused: "Give it to...what for?"

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Jiu looked at him without saying anything. Cheng Ye also felt that his question was stupid. He touched his neck without saying anything.

Seeing Cheng Jiu once again brushing away the approaching spirit beast with his sleeve, Cheng Ye continued: "What if there is no other spirit beast willing to protect it during childbirth and successfully lay eggs?" This should be the case, right?

Cheng Jiu flicked a second-level spirit beast away with his sleeve and said calmly, "Then it will eat it itself."

"Eat it by yourself?" Cheng Ye was indeed surprised.

"It is mentioned in the Treatise on Spiritual Beasts and Objects"

Cheng Ye, who was scolded by Cheng Jiu, touched his nose embarrassedly. He had only read books like "Illustrated Guide of Spiritual Beasts", "Illustrated Guide of Spiritual Medicines", "Illustrated Guide of All Things", etc., which only had simple introductions but no detailed descriptions of spiritual beasts and spiritual medicines.

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