Chapter 44 Chapter 44 The Beast Tamer.
To go to the upper world, Qinzhou must pass through the border between the upper and lower worlds.
So he once again came to the place where he had once collected the fireweed.
But this time when I came back, I could hardly see any teams collecting herbs, probably because of the upcoming "spiritual beast uprising".
"If you can get through this border alive, you can reach the entrance to the upper realm." Wen Jue said, "The spiritual beasts deep inside the border are at or above the middle Jindan stage, which is equivalent to the late Jindan stage or even the Yuanying stage of human cultivators. If you want to go to the upper realm under normal circumstances, you must be at least in the late Jindan stage before you dare to try."
So Wen Jue actually felt that Qin Zhou was a little anxious.
If you want to break into the inner border area at the early stage of Jindan, I'm afraid...
"No problem."
"Do you have confidence?"
Qin Zhou nodded, "Yeah."
He said yes, and Wen Jue gave up his previous idea. He knew what kind of person Qin Zhou was. The thing this person hated most was bragging.
Even, overly cautious.
If he wasn't absolutely sure, he wouldn't have come here.
Although there are not many herb-collecting and hunting teams around the border, there are still people around.
The armor they wore was no longer the kind that could reveal their identities at a glance. Most of them were cultivators like Wen Jue, who were well-dressed and traveled in groups of two or three.
Therefore, the combination of him and Wen Jue does not seem abrupt.
Qin Zhou knew that these people's purpose was probably the same as his.
There were almost no cultivators in the Foundation Establishment stage among those present, and those present were at least those who had formed the Golden Core stage.
Like him, they all want to go to the upper realm.
He had observed this the last time he came to collect the fire-smelling herb. Most of the spirit beasts seemed to be preparing to flee or retreating into their own nests, from ants and squirrels to rock beasts and nine-bee beasts.
Simply put, during this period of time, the spiritual beasts should not care about the human cultivators who break into the inner circle.
The reason for the spirit beast riot is still unknown, but everyone should have the same idea as Qin Zhou -
Right now is the best time to break through the inner border and enter the upper realm.
Qin Zhou didn't want to miss this good opportunity.
So he came too.
"Let's go." Qin Zhou said.
Wen Jue naturally followed. Looking at the entrance to the dense forest on the border reminded him of the time when he and the village chief went hunting for medicinal materials.
It's just still different.
He touched the mask on his face and thought for no reason that this time, he would be the one whose face could not be seen.
…
Along the way, Wen Jue restrained his breath, like a person without any cultivation, just following behind Qin Zhou, acting as a pendant.
Qin Zhou didn't care. He knew that if he really encountered something he couldn't deal with, Wen Jue would be able to act faster than him.
Nowadays, the lower world lacks spiritual energy and the number of spiritual beast species has also decreased a lot.
Spiritual beasts feed on spiritual energy and rely on spiritual energy for cultivation, so it is not surprising if there is less of it.
Qin Zhou was not only an excellent player, but also a collector. In the past eight years, he had recorded all the spirit beasts he had encountered and uploaded them to the official chronicle, which included the appearance characteristics, even the weaknesses and strengths of all the spirit beasts Qin Zhou had encountered.
The authorities probably noticed this hardworking village chief and gave Qin Zhou a picture book of spirit beasts.
He was also given the title of "Beast Tamer", which is still in Qin Zhou's achievement title column. The effect is that the basic affinity of the spirit beast towards him will be increased by 20.
In the past, there was no distinction between the upper and lower realms, but there were many kinds of low-level spirit beasts. Now, there are only a handful of them, and all the low-level spirit beasts seem to have been abandoned, living in the dense forests on the border of the lower realm, relying on the spiritual energy overflowing from the barrier stones.
Qin Zhou didn't know much about whether it was God's will or the world was really facing collapse.
He just sighed.
Your eyes should still be focused on the present.
After the two entered the dense forest, they encountered almost no spiritual beasts. As Qin Zhou expected, the spiritual beasts almost ignored them and hid in their nests, hoarding enough food, as if waiting for something to happen.
It was Qin Zhou’s first time to enter the inner circle.
The spiritual energy in the inner area is thicker than that in the outer area. No wonder the spiritual beasts in the Jindan stage can survive here.
"Just the overflowing spiritual energy can feed so many spiritual beasts. This barrier stone... the energy is really powerful."
Qin Zhou couldn't help but look up at the huge triangular stone hanging in the air. Dark blue spiritual energy continued to flow out of it, maintaining the barrier between the upper and lower realms.
Even for him, it was the first time he saw such a large barrier stone.
As far as he knew, barrier stones, like spirit stones, were containers of spiritual energy. The difference from ordinary spirit stones was that barrier stones needed to be woven by someone who was good at setting up barriers.
The barrier stone that has woven the barrier will continue to release the spiritual energy in the container to maintain the barrier.
However, no matter how large the barrier stone is, its capacity is limited.
It seems that this barrier between the upper and lower worlds must have been created intentionally by someone. Someone set up the barrier and regularly replenished the energy of the barrier stone to maintain the barrier.
This barrier was recognized by the Heavenly Dao, and was endowed with the laws of heaven and earth to restrict the cultivators in the upper realm.
"Something's coming." Wen Jue said suddenly without listening to his sigh.
"The Wind Bird Beast is not slow." Wen Jue said without hesitation.
Qin Zhou came back to his senses and looked towards the spacious path in front of him, which was covered with dry leaves.
The Wind Sparrow is a ferocious bird famous for its speed.
Weakness: gluttony.
It should be said that most spirit beasts are greedy. They feed on spirit energy, and the higher the grade, the more delicious they eat.
There are only a few spirit beasts like the Nine Bee Queen that need specific poisonous grass smoke to deal with. After all, it is a boss, so it is different.
Qin Zhou took out a few pills and threw them into the air.
With the speed of the Wind Bird Beast, he should be able to immediately see a bird flying by and snatching the pill away in mid-air.
But it didn’t.
The pill was thrown out and then fell down.
It fell not far from Qin Zhou's feet.
Qin Zhou looked at Wen Jue in confusion.
Wen Jue covered his eyes and laughed, "Sorry, I forgot to tell you, the one that came was a wind sparrow beast in the foundation-building stage."
As soon as he finished speaking, a colorful little wind bird spread its wings, hopped in front of Qin Zhou, raised its butt, pecked its head downwards, and took the pill into its mouth.
The colorful feather on its butt was raised high, as if mocking Qin Zhou.
Except for some low-level spirit beasts, most spirit beasts in the foundation-building period can only be regarded as baby spirit beasts.
The wind sparrow in front of me, which is as big as a palm and as big as a chick, is obviously the same.
Qin Zhou grabbed its neck and lifted it up. Looking at the culprit who caused Wen Jue to laugh at him loudly, he said calmly, "I'll eat you."
Wen Jue's heart skipped a beat when he heard those three words.
Eat you... Why does it sound like I'm talking to him?
Humph, it’s not like he meant to laugh so loudly.
The little wind sparrow was so frightened by these three words that its wings froze. The pill was still in its mouth, and it was neither possible to spit it out nor swallow it.
This little wind bird actually has intelligence. This is rare.
Just as Qin Zhou was about to let it go, an anxious voice came from deep in the path, "Senior, please spare my spirit pet!"
"Xiao Que has no intention of offending you two, please have mercy on me, senior!"
Qin Zhou and Wen Jue looked in the direction of the voice.
A young man came running over in a hurry. He was good-looking, with delicate features, fair skin, and a soft voice. The gentle aura around him reminded people of Lu Wu for some reason.
But unlike Lu Wu, Lu Wu's spiritual energy was the result of thousands of years of practicing medicine and saving lives. But for the man in front of him, it was not clear.
He was holding a cane in his hand. Qin Zhou recognized it. It was one of the professions in the world of immortal cultivation.
Animal Tamer.
What he said was true. After hearing his voice, the little wind bird seemed to have found a backer. It immediately struggled and jumped out of Qin Zhou's hand. It flapped its little wings, shook its fat body, and pounced towards the young man.
The young man quickly squatted down and held the little wind bird in his palm. Seeing that it was fine, and seeing that it had a precious elixir in its mouth that it had not finished eating, he was shocked and said, "You guy... you stole the elixir of the seniors! Spit it out now!"
Upon hearing this, the little wind bird swallowed the pill that was bigger than its beak whole, "Chiu!"
The young man was at a loss whether to laugh or cry when seeing this, "You really are..."
Turning around, he saw Qin Zhou and Wen Jue staring at him.
"Senior, I will compensate you for the amount of spirit stones for the elixir. Please don't blame me for my greedy spirit pet."
Qin Zhou: "No need, I'll feed it."
Before the young man could speak, Wen Jue asked, "Why are you here, a beast trainer?"
The young man explained quickly, his face flushed, "I want to go to the upper realm to have a look. Now my cultivation has reached the Golden Core stage. If I can break through the inner circle this time, I will go to the upper realm."
It turns out to be the same purpose.
"Is it the same for you two seniors?" the young man asked curiously.
He couldn’t tell Wen Jue’s cultivation level, but Qin Zhou… seemed to be in the Jindan stage like him.
"Um."
"Then...why don't we..." The young man was about to say something, but was interrupted by Wen Jue, "It's inconvenient to go together."
These four words dampened the young man's enthusiasm. He laughed dryly and said, "I am being rude."
"Let's say goodbye now." Wen Jue grabbed Qin Zhou's arm and dragged him away.
His direct behavior did not cause Qin Zhou's dissatisfaction. On the contrary, Qin Zhou just nodded slightly and said, "Goodbye."
Seeing the two people walking away, the young animal trainer touched the little wind sparrow's head and said, "Little sparrow, stop running around."
“Chirp.”
"How strange! My little bird has always been a stranger and never wants to get close to anyone. This is the first time it has approached a human."
“Chirp.”
"Not to mention you, even I feel close to him when I see him, why is that?" The young man thought about it, but couldn't figure out the reason, "Forget it, let's go in quickly. If we are late, I am afraid we will miss the legendary secret realm."
…
After parting with the young animal trainer, both of them tacitly kept silent.
Wen Jue glanced at Qin Zhou and found that he looked normal.
"There was something wrong with that young man just now." Wen Jue frowned. Although he could know the young man's background by directly investigating him if he revealed his strength, he still kept it to himself in the end.
If he doesn't keep a tight rein on this, there will probably be chaos in the dense forest on the border.
“Although that chick doesn’t look like a finch, it is a finch.”
It is incredible that a Jindan-stage beast trainer actually has a baby wind sparrow as his spirit pet.
"The adult wind sparrow can at least reach the Golden Core Stage. Given time, it is not impossible for it to reach the Spiritual Transformation Stage. The wind sparrow is arrogant and is unlikely to recognize a master. It is even more impossible for it to sign a master-servant contract with a trainer. Moreover, the wind sparrow is family-oriented. If a baby wind sparrow is caught by someone, it will kill that person at all costs..."
"Either, the one who signed the contract with him was not the little chick, but an adult wind sparrow. Or, he happened to pick up a little wind sparrow that had lost its parents." Wen Jue concluded.
The possibility of the latter is too low.
Wen Jue was right. Qin Zhou listened to him and nodded secretly, "You know it very well."
"Oh...someone else taught me before."
"The one who raised you?"
"So what?"
Qin Zhou commented: "Well, the teaching is good."
Wen Jue:?
Why is this person still praising himself?
"Moreover, the beast tamer's own combat capability is not high. If he doesn't have some support, he probably wouldn't dare to go to the upper realm alone." Wen Jue added.
Qin Zhou: "Yes, but..."
"Only what?"
"Nothing, let's go." Qin Zhou frowned and didn't say anything he was unsure about.
He just saw that the little wind sparrow's favorability towards him was '20'.
Surprisingly, the favorability value that appeared above the tamer's head was also '20'.
The favorability of the little wind sparrow can be said to come from the achievement title of "Beast Tamer". But where does the favorability of the young man come from?
Since he didn't say anything, Wen Jue didn't continue asking.
What he didn't tell Qin Zhou was that when he looked at the young man, he felt that the goods were not what they said. But he couldn't tell exactly what was wrong with them.
In short, this was just a small episode in the dense forest.
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