When Chu Huaifeng heard Qi Zhiheng's idea, he was immediately incredulous: "What? You want to look for mineral veins here? Are you crazy? These are just level five or six materials, not worth any spirit stones at all. We'd be better off looking for other spiritual items instead."
Qi Zhiheng said, "I don't intend to go looking for them. I just want to keep looking around as we leave. If we happen to encounter them, it's fate, and we'll collect them. If we don't, then we shouldn't force it."
"Alright then." Chu Huaifeng sighed, thinking to himself that these two city lords had seen too little of the world. They weren't even planning to let go of level five materials.
Qi Zhiheng was unaware of what he was thinking; he was simply focused on examining the areas where mineral veins might appear.
Perhaps Qi Zhiheng's luck was truly exceptional. Several hours later, he actually found a vein of red stone. Qi Zhiheng directly used the domain of rules to envelop this area, and then used the earth attribute rules to excavate the entire area with the vein and store it in his space.
Chu Huaifeng disapproved of Qi Zhiheng's actions. While it wasn't impossible for a normal cultivator to do something like that, such actions consumed a great deal of spiritual energy. Having only recently entered the secret realm, he was already wasting his energy on something so insignificant; he wouldn't have the strength to withstand a real danger.
Chu Huaifeng sighed softly, thinking to himself: It's a good thing I'm here, otherwise Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian, those two kids, would have had a hard time surviving in this secret realm.
Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian felt their scalps tingle from Chu Huaifeng's caring gaze.
Fortunately, after discovering a mineral vein, Qi Zhiheng stopped obsessing over picking up red stones.
Given how barren this place was, there probably weren't any spiritual creatures there, so the group quickly left.
Chu Huaifeng has a map of the Immortal Palace Secret Realm, which marks the locations where Longevity Flowers and Thousand-Weaving Dew have appeared in the past.
While traveling, Yang Yitian asked, "Since it's called the Immortal Palace Secret Realm, there must be an Immortal Palace inside, right?"
Chu Huaifeng said, "The Immortal Palace certainly exists, located in the center of the secret realm. We are still quite far away from it now. If we get closer, we can see the illusory image of the Immortal Palace, but getting close will not be so easy. Some people clearly see where the Immortal Palace is, but when they want to go there, they can't find it no matter what they do. Others are the opposite; even if they can't see the illusory image of the Immortal Palace, they can find it very quickly."
Upon hearing his words, Yang Yitian's first thought was of a mirage. However, after careful consideration, he felt that perhaps it wasn't as he imagined. After all, this was the cultivation world, and a bit of the mystical was to be expected.
The area within the Celestial Palace Secret Realm was quite large. It took them two full days to travel from one area to another, during which time they kept moving without stopping. They finally left the area containing the red stone two days later.
Outside the red stone area lies a grassland, where some spirit beasts chase and hunt each other.
Chu Huaifeng carried a considerable amount of fasting pills, consuming one every so often. Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian, on the other hand, were the ones drawing more envy. Qi Zhiheng had prepared a large amount of food beforehand, and Yang Yitian had been eating kept warm the entire way, much to Chu Huaifeng's chagrin!
Qi Zhiheng didn't really want Chu Huaifeng to just watch, so he would share the food with him. Chu Huaifeng hadn't eaten spiritual food for many years, and for a moment he couldn't resist the temptation and started eating.
"Speaking of which, the chefs in your Ascension City are really quite skilled," Chu Huaifeng said, wiping his mouth after finishing his meal.
At this moment, Chu Huaifeng's image had already crumbled in front of Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian. When Chu Huaifeng first arrived with his son, Qi Zhiheng had imagined a calm and collected father, someone who had painstakingly raised his son, possessing a composure beyond his years. In reality, Chu Huaifeng was somewhat unreliable. His current behavior revealed a degree of his unpredictability.
As the group was eating, a rustling sound from the woods immediately drew their attention.
All of them were Mahayana stage cultivators, and for something to approach them without their notice, it must be no ordinary person.
Just as they became alert, a dark shadow crawled out of the bushes and stopped at the edge of the bushes.
Qi Zhiheng and the others looked closely and saw a small, black snake.
Chu Huaifeng was the first to breathe a sigh of relief: "I thought it was something else, but it's just a snake that's good at hiding."
The group returned to their usual eating and drinking routine.
The black snake moved even closer to them.
Yang Yitian turned around and saw the other person staring at him with big black eyes... at the chicken leg in his hand.
Yang Yitian found it amusing and stretched out the chicken leg, saying, "You want to eat it? You're so small, can you even eat such a big chicken leg?" You should know that this is not an ordinary chicken from Earth. This chicken leg is as big as Yang Yitian's thigh, and that little snake is not even as thick as his arm.
The black snake nodded and stretched out its head to take the chicken leg.
Yang Yitian laughed: "Hey, this little snake is quite clever! It can even understand what I'm saying."
Qi Zhiheng said, "It's a spirit beast, so it's not surprising that it can understand human speech. If you like it, you can keep it as a pet. My family can afford to keep a snake." After all, he was someone who kept a large number of spirit-devouring insects. Compared to that, keeping a snake would consume less resources than keeping an insect.
Although the little black snake had a small body, its mouth was exceptionally large. It opened its mouth wide and swallowed the entire chicken leg.
"Won't he die from eating like that?" Yang Yitian knew that snakes could swallow food much wider than themselves, and some pythons could even swallow crocodiles. However, there were also pythons that died from eating things much larger than themselves.
"Give him a digestive aid pill, he should be fine." Qi Zhiheng tossed a bottle of pills to Yang Yitian.
Yang Yitian took the pill and continued to tease the little black snake, saying, "Little black snake, do you want to come with me? If you come with me, I'll give you a pill, how about that? I also have some spirit beast pills here. You haven't eaten any in this secret realm, have you? Let me tell you, these spirit beast pills taste amazing. Once you've tried them, you'll definitely want to eat them again." After he finished speaking, he threw a digestive pill to the snake.
Little Blackie was indeed very clever; it opened its mouth and swallowed the pill.
The pill worked quickly; its previously swollen belly shrank rapidly.
Yang Yitian pressed on, taking out a bottle of spirit beast pills and taking one out.
As soon as the pill was taken out, the little black snake's attention turned to his hand. When his hand moved to the left, the little black snake's head followed suit.
Yang Yitian moved his hand to the right, and the little black snake's gaze followed. He couldn't help but think to himself, "This spirit beast pill really has a strong attraction for spirit beasts."
He stopped teasing the snake and instead tossed it the spirit beast pill. The little black snake quickly caught the pill and swallowed it.
Yang Yitian clapped his hands and put the pill away. The little black snake, having tasted the sweetness, looked somewhat disappointed when he put the pill away. After lingering for a while, it turned and disappeared into the bushes.
Yang Yitian shook his head and said, "This little snake really turns its back on me. It ran away as soon as it finished eating my pills. It truly lives up to its reputation as a cold-blooded animal. It seems that it's impossible for me to acquire a spirit pet."
Qi Zhiheng said, "It's alright. It's not a rare species anyway. It's fine if it leaves."
After the meal, the group decided to continue their journey.
Just then, a rustling sound came again. When they looked over, it was the same little black animal from before. However, unlike before, it was carrying a spiritual plant in its mouth, which looked like it had just been pulled out of the soil.
It tilted its head and approached Yang Yitian, offering him the spirit herb.
Yang Yitian was flattered: "A gift for me?"
The little black snake nodded. Yang Yitian took the spirit herb into his hand.
"This is an eighth-grade spiritual herb! It looks like it's at least three thousand years old." Chu Huaifeng clicked his tongue twice: "You really hit the jackpot."
Yang Yitian was somewhat smug upon receiving the spiritual herb: "Don't envy me! This is fate! Hahahaha."
After laughing, he turned around and said, "Little black snake, you did a good job! So? Do you want to be my spirit pet? I'm in a good mood today, so I'll give you that chance!"
The little black snake nodded.
Seeing that the little black snake agreed, Yang Yitian immediately drafted a contract and signed a master-pet contract with the little black snake.
After the contract was signed, Yang Yitian prepared a small storage container and gave it to the little black snake. Inside were several bottles of spirit beast pills.
After accepting the gift, the little black snake told Yang Yitian that it was moving and that its belongings were still in its nest.
Yang Yitian said, "Can we go and move the little black snake to a new home first?"
"It won't waste much time anyway, so let's go." Chu Huaifeng agreed.
Qi Zhiheng naturally wouldn't spoil Yang Yitian's fun, and the group arrived at the little black snake's territory, led by the little black snake.
Upon arriving, they discovered that this place was truly a snake's paradise. Snakes of every color hung everywhere, densely packed together! Even Yang Yitian felt a chill run down his spine!
The little black snake swaggered into the pile of snakes and quickly disappeared from sight.
The little black snake was black in color, and not particularly eye-catching among the other snakes, making it easy to overlook. If Yang Yitian hadn't been using his naked eye to track the little black snake, he probably would have lost it long ago.
The group arrived at Little Black's dwelling, where there were far fewer snakes. It seemed to be Little Black's own territory.
The little black snake was the first to crawl into a hole.
Qi Zhiheng and the others followed, but in the end they could only wait for the little black snake to come out of the cave, because the entrance was too small for them to get in.
The area outside the cave entrance was quite charming, with many flowers growing there, and the group even had the leisure to admire them for a moment.
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