Upon seeing Qi Zhiheng return, Yang Yitian asked, "How did it go?"
Qi Zhiheng nodded and said, "I have already reported to the sect leader. We need to prepare to refine a magic tool to find the demonic mushroom. I don't think we can solve it so quickly. Let's continue."
A group of children, after having that memory erased, undergo normal training.
Erbao searched among the bushes.
Xi Zhuoyu said, "You're still thinking about finding spirit beast eggs?"
Erbao didn't even glance at him, and replied, "I'm sure I can find a spirit beast egg, or even a cub would be fine."
A group of people walked to the entrance of a cave, where they could hear the snoring of monsters from the outside.
There was no doubt that there were demonic beasts in there. Bei Xiao suggested, "Should we go in and take a look? Maybe there are things that the demonic beast has collected in its lair."
"There might be danger inside. We don't know what kind of monster is inside, or how powerful it is." Although Xi Zhuoyu could tell from the breathing that there was only one breath, she still didn't know its cultivation level.
Bei Xiao said, "Can't we all hear the sounds inside? There must only be one demon beast, and it didn't even sense that we were here, so its cultivation level can't be too high."
Erbao wanted to go inside and take a look. Usually, the eggs of spirit beasts and demon beasts were in their nests, so he said, "There are so many of us, surely we can't defeat a demon beast!"
Da Bao frowned and said, "No, the situation inside the nest is unknown. It would be dangerous to go in rashly. I think it would be better for us to set up traps outside and force the monsters inside out."
The group chattered and discussed for a while, and finally decided to lure the monsters out first.
However, when it came to traps, they really didn't know how to set them! In the end, they gave up on the idea of making traps and decided to make a decision based on the cultivation level of the demonic beast!
If the monsters that come out are too strong, they will run away. If they are strong enough to handle, they will attack together!
The way to force the monster out was to light a fire at the cave entrance and fan the smoke towards the engine. The children, who didn't know much about fire, didn't cause any trouble for the monster, but they were choked by the smoke.
A group of children stumbled and struggled to start a fire, but in the end, it was Sanbao's wind spirit root that came into play, changing the original wind direction and blowing all the smoke into the cave.
They went a little further away and hid.
The fire did have an effect; after a while, a beast's roar came from inside.
A small black shadow appeared in the smoke; it was the spirit beast inside, unable to bear the smoke's disturbance any longer, that had come out.
A large water balloon was thrown out, extinguishing the fire.
As the smoke cleared, the monster's appearance was revealed.
The creature in front of me had light blue fur, narrow eyes, a pointed nose, a bushy tail, and several white stripes on its face; it looked exactly like a fox.
The fox is not very big, only about the size of two palms.
“This isn’t a demonic beast; it looks like a third-grade spirit beast, the Xuan Shui Fox.” Da Bao recognized the creature in front of him at a glance.
Spirit beasts are ranked into nine grades, with grade one being the lowest and grade nine being the highest. The grade of this Xuan Shui Fox is not unusual.
Erbao asked excitedly, "It's so small! Is it a cub?"
"It doesn't look like a cub. Xuan Shui Foxes seem to be this small." Da Bao frowned slightly.
Erbao didn't believe it: "How could it not be a cub! It's so small."
Bei Xiao, growing impatient, said, "Should we attack or not? If we don't attack soon, it'll go back."
The Black Water Fox lingered at the cave entrance, perhaps because the smoke inside the cave had not yet dissipated, which was why it was in no hurry to go in.
When Erbao heard that it was a spirit beast, he didn't think about fighting or killing it. He stopped him, saying, "Wait, if you kill a spirit beast, it won't be worth any spirit stones. I think there are other ways to deal with it."
Bei Xiao asked, "What other way is there?"
Erbao rummaged through his storage ring and found a bottle of pills. He said to everyone, "I'm going out to see if I can subdue it! Hey, it's a deal now, if I subdue it, you can't take it from me, or I'll take your food."
They were initially reluctant when they heard that Erbao wanted to monopolize Xuan Shuihu, but when they heard that he was going to treat them to a meal, the children's mouths watered. The food and snacks the triplets brought were so delicious that the children were all like gluttons.
Bei Xiao subconsciously swallowed: "It's just a third-grade spirit beast, right? You can take it if you want. My family doesn't lack spirit stones to buy another spirit beast."
Erbao felt a pang of jealousy at Beixiao's family affairs! Having spirit stones in the family is no big deal!
The children carrying the spirit beasts all said that they would leave the spirit beasts to Erbao this time.
After Erbao saw that no one objected, he jumped out by himself.
Upon hearing the noise, the Xuan Shui Fox, who was standing still, immediately became alert. However, when it saw that Er Bao was just a child, it reverted to its usual lazy demeanor, completely disregarding Er Bao.
Erbao opened the medicine bottle, and in an instant, the lazy fox perked up and slowly walked towards Erbao.
Erbao took out a spirit beast pill and threw it towards the fox.
The Xuan Shui Fox leaped up, opened its mouth, and swallowed the spirit beast pill. It then showed a very enjoyable expression and even stuck out its tongue to lick its paws.
Erbao then took out a spirit beast pill and said, "How is it? Delicious, right?"
The Xuan Shui Fox naturally couldn't speak, but its unwavering stare at the Spirit Beast Pill already spoke volumes.
Erbao continued to tempt, "If you sign a contract with me, you can eat this kind of pill all the time. Do you want to sign a contract with me?"
Xuan Shuihu seemed to understand Erbao's meaning and nodded in his direction.
The children hiding in the shadows watched in amazement: "What kind of pill is Erbao holding? The fox is so obedient after eating it."
"I've heard that spirit beasts like to eat spirit beast pills, but didn't Erbao say that his family is very poor? They definitely can't afford spirit beast pills."
Sanbao, who had overheard all of this, suddenly realized what was going on and made a decision, but he did not explain anything to those around him.
Erbao was delighted to hear that Xuan Shuihu had agreed to his request and said to Xuan Shuihu, "How about this, I'll give you this spirit beast pill in exchange for letting you form a contract with me, okay?"
Xuan Shuihu nodded again. After Erbao threw out the spirit beast pill in his hand, Xuan Shuihu swallowed the pill again and then released a phantom similar to a talisman array from his body, which hovered in mid-air. This was the highest contract of the spirit beast.
Once Erbao signs this contract, he/she cannot sign a contract of the same standard again.
Yang Yitian saw this scene from a distance and said anxiously, "Should we stop them? If this contract is signed, we won't be able to find any more powerful spirit beasts in the future."
"This fox is cunning. It looks so obedient, but I didn't expect it to offer such a contract." Qi Zhiheng also felt that signing such a contract with this fox was a bit of a loss, but he still stopped Yang Yitian from going over to interrupt. "Forget it, losing a spirit beast won't have too much of an impact on Erbao. Let's see what he chooses. Even if he regrets it later, it's the consequences he should bear."
Erbao wasn't unaware of the contract's meaning, but considering he'd already spent two spirit beast pills, he knew that giving up on signing it now would be a huge loss. In the end, he decided to sign the contract anyway.
After successfully signing the contract, Erbao felt that he had developed a subtle connection with the fox.
The Black Water Fox also moved closer. Erbao wasn't afraid that the Black Water Fox would hurt him at this point. After picking up the blue fur ball, the Black Water Fox jumped onto his shoulder and curled up in a ball.
Erbao didn't have a spirit beast pouch, so he could only carry his spirit beast with him. At this moment, everyone also stepped out from the bushes.
One child couldn't help but ask, "Can we eat now?" He hadn't forgotten that Erbao had said he would treat everyone.
Erbao touched the little dumpling, feeling very satisfied with its texture, and quickly took out the food he was holding, inviting more than a dozen children to eat.
The group cheered and set up camp nearby. Erbao had already eaten almost half of the food in his hands, so he laid out most of the remaining food and invited everyone to eat.
After giving all the food to others, he knew his food wouldn't last until the end of the training. However, he knew that Da Bao and San Bao still had some food left, so he decided to treat the rest of the team to a meal.
These children usually drooled over the triplets' food, and now that they could eat it themselves, they didn't care about anything else.
Even the Xuan Shui Fox couldn't resist offering quite a bit, as if the food was more appealing than spirit beast pills.
Erbao felt that he didn't have any other valuable things, but he could still afford to provide food that didn't cost many spirit stones.
Erbao was still happily thinking that he had made a huge profit by exchanging a bunch of spirit food for a spirit pet.
If Erbao knew how many spirit stones he could exchange for the spiritual vegetables and rice he ate, he probably wouldn't have such thoughts.
Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian looked at their son, who was grinning foolishly in front of them, and remained silent.
The rest of the days passed without major incident, and the group of children learned a lot, eventually reaching the final meeting point by following the route.
Seeing the gentlemen who had set up camp, Erbao's team happily ran over.
Erbao went straight to the receptionist and asked, "Mr. Wu! Are we number one?"
The man who greeted them was surnamed Wu, who happened to be their teacher. When he saw that the group returning was his own students, he couldn't hide his smile. He patted Erbao's head and said, "Not bad, you are the first team to arrive at the finish line. Everyone will receive a reward! However, we still need to tally up your team's score. After the score is tallied, the spiritual herbs you collected in the mountains will be returned to you."
Although they didn't see any other teams around, the children cheered when they heard their teacher say that their team was the first to arrive.
After seeing that his son was alright, Qi Zhiheng asked Yang Yitian to keep an eye on him while he went to find his apprentices.
Most of his apprentices operated in a relatively inner area of the periphery, which was completely different from the periphery of a group of children, so he never encountered that group of children.
After gathering his disciples, Qi Zhiheng sent Yang Yitian back. Yang Yitian followed closely behind the academy's group, heading back towards the Lu Shen Sect.
After several days of research, Que Hanhai finally managed to have the magical artifact forged.
The moment he obtained the magical artifact, he activated his spiritual energy and surveyed the surrounding area. The distribution of the demonic mushrooms eliminated any sliver of hope he had.
The reason was simple: the distribution area was simply too vast. They had grown to varying degrees in every city and territory of the Slaughtering God Sect. Seeing the rapidly growing demonic mushrooms, Que Hanhai waved his hand and decided to have people collect boys' urine, but not too ostentatiously; the purchase of boys' urine needed to be made seem normal. In other words, he wanted someone to find a suitable reason to purchase large quantities of boys' urine.
This put the disciples who received his order in a difficult position: "Sect Master, what reason do we have to collect boys' urine?" He knew that the sect master wanted him to come up with a solution, but he really didn't know what could possibly require so much boys' urine!
Que Hanhai looked at his disciple with some reproach, thinking that the child was really not smart enough to come up with a reason. He paced back and forth a couple of times, then a flash of inspiration struck him. He said to his disciple, "I remember there is a kind of pill that requires the use of a child's urine. What kind of pill is it?"
The disciple was not an alchemist and did not know much about this subject. However, he remembered that there was a pill formula in which one of the main ingredients required the use of children's urine: "Um, this... seems to be the Foot Fire Pill for treating athlete's foot."
Que Hanhai was also clueless about alchemy, but as long as he knew that some pills required the use of boys' urine, he was fine: "Right! Just say that the Danfeng Peak Master has athlete's foot, and the problem is so serious that it requires hundreds of pills to cure him. Make those children pee more!"
The disciple fell silent for a moment...
Athlete's foot that requires hundreds of Foot Fire Pills to cure! This accusation seems rather cruel. The disciple silently lit a candle for Tang Min in his heart.
Seeing that he had been silent for a while, Que Hanhai raised an eyebrow and said, "What? Do you have a problem with what I said?"
The disciple immediately bowed his back; how could he dare to have any objections! Naturally, he had to do as ordered, and hurriedly replied, "This disciple will go and do it right away!" He dared not disobey, and went down after receiving the order.
So, by the time Qi Zhiheng returned to the sect with his disciples, the news that the Danfeng Peak Master was suffering from a hidden illness had already spread throughout the sect...
Qi Zhiheng was utterly shocked! How long had he been gone? And yet, such a thing had happened to Tang Min!
His team first returned to Danfeng. His soul power was strong, so he naturally heard the discussions among the disciples. At first, these disciples' discussions were very subtle. After all, Tang Min had such a stubborn illness, and it would be a bit disrespectful to talk about it openly.
Qi Zhiheng extended his soul power further to listen carefully to their conversation. Unfortunately, the disciples here seemed afraid that the peak master would find out they were gossiping, and they didn't mention at all what kind of incurable disease Tang Min had.
Qi Zhiheng had no choice but to say to Feng Yuanyi, "Come here, come here, your master has something to tell you."
Feng Yuanyi immediately stepped forward and asked, "Master, what are your instructions?"
Qi Zhiheng lowered his voice and said, "I think I just heard the disciples of Danfeng discussing the peak master's illness. It seems that there is something difficult to say. Go and find out for me what kind of incurable disease it is that even the peak master cannot cure."
Feng Yuanyi is well-liked, so Qi Zhiheng feels more at ease entrusting things to him. If he finds out what illness the peak master has, he can go back and see if he can help research an antidote.
"Master, I'll go and inquire for you in a bit." Feng Yuanyi was also very curious about what illness the Peak Master had that had caused the entire Dan Peak to be discussing it! Although he was eager to know the truth, he was more concerned about the rewards he received from this trial.
Qi Zhiheng had already prepared the rewards, but he couldn't think of anything innovative, so it was just some top-grade pills.
According to the rankings, the pills were distributed. Qi Zhiheng gave a few more instructions on how to refine the pills well, and then planned to go back to check on his son's condition before asking the sect leader about the progress of the matter.
The peak master's illness still needs to be investigated by his disciple first; there's no need to rush it.
After Qi Zhiheng announced the disbandment, he originally planned to go back and have one of his disciples call him back.
Qi Zhiheng looked at the person in front of him and asked, "Is there something you don't understand about alchemy?"
The one blocking Qi Zhiheng's way was Zhang Ruosheng. Some time ago, he had promised to ask Qi Zhiheng to take him as her disciple, but he had not been able to find an opportunity.
I finally found an opportunity, but I didn't know how to start the conversation.
Qi Zhiheng frowned as he looked at his disciple's hesitant manner: "What exactly is it?"
He did have some impression of this disciple. He had heard Feng Yuanyi mention him a few years ago. This disciple had given away all his resources for a girl.
Originally, those pills, the more Qi Zhiheng gave them away, the more they became someone else's property, and he naturally understood that.
But what was his purpose in sending out these pills? He wanted his disciple to grow quickly and earn spiritual veins for him! This guy was neglecting to improve his own cultivation, instead giving all his resources to a woman who was only vaguely interested in him! Wasn't that a complete waste of his efforts in nurturing her? He wasn't exactly a saint; why should he give his resources to someone unrelated? So, when he first selected several formal disciples, he refused them all, regardless of whether their pill-refining skills were top-notch. Firstly, he didn't want outsiders to gain more advantages; secondly, he wanted to give this disciple a warning, to prevent him from always neglecting his duties!
He noticed the disciple's progress in cultivation and figured that he might not be giving resources to others anymore, so he added him to the disciple list this time.
If this disciple were diligent and eager to learn, he would never hesitate to teach him. But the disciple's hesitant and stammering manner was making him quite impatient.
After going over what he wanted to say in his mind, Zhang Ruosheng finally spoke: "Master, it is like this, I would like to recommend a disciple to you. She has not yet joined any sect, but she greatly admires you and wants to become your disciple."
Qi Zhiheng was somewhat surprised to hear that this disciple actually wanted to recommend another disciple to him. However, it wasn't a problem if a disciple was willing to teach him. After all, these disciples could eventually be exchanged for spiritual veins, and one more disciple meant one more spiritual vein. So he asked further, "Tell me, what kind of disciple do you want to recommend to me?"
Seeing that Qi Zhiheng did not refuse outright, Zhang Ruosheng felt even more hopeful: "She is a good person, very kind, and has excellent aptitude. She is already at the eighth level of Qi Refining, and it shouldn't be long before she breaks through to Foundation Establishment."
Qi Zhiheng was somewhat dismissive of his disciple's claim that he would soon break through to the Foundation Establishment stage. Weren't there plenty of people at the eighth level of Qi Refining in the sect? How many were stuck at the peak of Qi Refining for over a decade? However, he didn't want to offend his disciple, so he nodded and asked, "What about the others? What age are they? What level of pills can they refine? How many years have they been learning alchemy?"
Zhang Ruosheng felt a little guilty, and his tone softened: "This... she is eighteen years old this year and has not yet learned how to refine pills."
Qi Zhiheng frowned slightly: "Never refined pills before? If she's not interested in pill refining, why hasn't she tried?"
Zhang Ruosheng hesitated and couldn't answer.
Seeing his reaction, Qi Zhiheng didn't want to embarrass him any further, and asked again, "So what kinds of spiritual herbs does she know? Can she recite the spiritual herb book that I gave you at the beginning?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Ruosheng fell silent, unsure whether the other person had actually learned it.
Qi Zhiheng sighed and said, "It seems you haven't found out yet. Go back and ask her first how much she knows about alchemy."
Zhang Ruosheng timidly replied, "Yes, Master."
Qi Zhiheng waved his hand and said, "Alright, if there's nothing else, I'll head back now. Come find me again next time after you've clarified things." With that, he returned to Panyun Peak.
By this time, the triplets had all returned, and Erbao was playing with his black water fox in the yard.
Qi Zhiheng saw the fox, but didn't spoil his son's mood. He praised it, saying, "This fox is quite good-looking, glossy and smooth. It's obviously not an ordinary fox!"
Upon hearing his father's praise, Erbao immediately picked up the fox and grinned foolishly, "Father! You think Little Blue is pretty good too, right!"
Qi Zhiheng nodded and said, "The color is quite nice."
Erbao leaned closer to him mysteriously and said, "Father, come here, I'll tell you a secret."
Qi Zhiheng squatted down to talk to his son, wanting to see what secrets his son could reveal.
Erbao whispered in his ear, "Let me tell you, don't underestimate Xiaolan just because it's only a third-grade spirit beast now. My Xiaolan will definitely mutate in the future, and its grade will definitely go up! Maybe it will become a ninth-grade spirit beast! Maybe it can even become a celestial beast!" Erbao became more and more excited as he spoke! Finally, he lifted the fox up high and made it run around the yard twice.
Qi Zhiheng: "..." He really looked like a complete idiot for thinking that his second son could actually reveal some big secret!
Even without Erbao's explanation, he knew that the mutated spirit beast must have been something Erbao had seen in some storybook.
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