Chapter 47: Chapter 43: Miniature Elephant, Star Spirit of Forty Thousand Years

The brilliant arrow light pierced through the void.

Like a golden meteor, trailing a splendid tail flame.

Lan Tianlu had just broken Gu Yuan’s Secret Seal and was feeling triumphant.

But the smile on his face hadn’t persisted when a sharp aura suddenly arrived, pounding at his brow.

The Star Spirit frantically warned him, unprecedented panic surged in him.

"No!"

Lan Tianlu’s Qi Power surged, desperately trying to block.

But the might of "Arrow Dao" was greater than the "Sword Seal."

It was a force condensed and compressed for an unbeknownst amount of time, which exploded with a world-shattering effect.

"Bang!"

Lan Tianlu’s expression froze.

Ice-blue blood streamed from his brow, his massive body shrank as if deflated, then fell to the ground with a thundering crash, silent forevermore.

"Whew!"

Looking at the lifeless Lan Tianlu, Gu Yuan couldn’t help but breathe a long sigh, then his body went soft, he sat cross-legged and started to recover his Mana.

Meanwhile, a large amount of Spirit Stone powder streamed from between his fingers.

Gu Yuan had already prepared to face Lan Tianlu, having stored enough methods, plus he had broken through the Qi Refining Sixth Layer, thinking it would be an easy Magical Combat.

But unexpectedly, Lan Tianlu’s prowess exceeded his anticipation.

Originally, Gu Yuan believed that by urging sixty Dao Patterns, activating half the power of the Secret Essence Command Arrow would be sufficient to kill him.

However, the "anomaly" in the Cloud-Walking Seal forced him to mobilize all his Mana on the spur of the moment, even draining the Spiritual Qi from the Spirit Stones, fully activating the Secret Essence Command Arrow to kill him.

That ice-blue "Giant’s Power" nearly rendered Gu Yuan’s days of preparation futile.

"Thankfully, I was prudent and chose the Thunder Strike Secret Essence Command Arrow; otherwise, if I had chosen the Nine Elephant Secret Seal, I might not be his match."

After a session of breathing exercises, regaining some Mana, Gu Yuan opened his eyes, revealing a contemplative look.

"That power just now was definitely not cultivated by Lan Tianlu himself. That Giant’s Power, not to mention the Qi Power of a hundred thousand catties, ordinary cultivators at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer, one hammer one dead, how could it possibly be cultivated in mere months?"

In this world of cultivation, besides the Power of the Magic Seal, the path of Physical Strength holds terrifying might too.

However, cultivation of Power Dao is also part of "magic cultivation," and even more difficult.

To cultivate this path, one must have a special "Body Seal."

Like the "Bear Tripod Seal," "Tyrant Seal," "Mountain Moving Seal," only by practicing these unique Body Seals can the flesh be nourished, achieving the effect of killing with strength.

But even if one obtains these Body Seals, it requires time to slowly nurture the physical body, impossible to achieve overnight; otherwise, the body would be torn apart.

There must be something odd about this, Gu Yuan got up, spiritual sense poured out, preparing to collect the spoils, find the reason among them.

"Moo!"

Just then, something suddenly drilled out from Lan Tianlu’s corpse’s brow, transformed into a streak of flowing light, trying to escape.

"Bang!"

Gu Yuan had been keeping an eye there, wouldn’t let it escape, at once Mana poured out, transforming into a large net securely wrapping it in the air.

"Moo!"

"Moo!"

After being trapped, the creature kept struggling as if trying to escape, but its Qi Power was small, like a bug, unable to break free from Gu Yuan’s Mana restraint.

"This is... Star Spirit Insect?"

At this moment, Gu Yuan also saw the creature’s appearance clearly.

It was a "large elephant" the size of a ladybug, ice-blue all over, exuding a faint chill, with blue patterns densely covering its elephant skin, flashing with strange Dao Charm.

This exceedingly miniature "large elephant" seemed capable of cultivation too; with every breath, a small amount of Spiritual Qi would be swallowed into its belly, making the blue patterns on its body even more bright and dazzling.

"It’s truly a Star Spirit Insect!"

"Lan Tianlu could actually obtain such a treasure?"

Gu Yuan couldn’t help but be shocked.

The miniature elephant before his eyes, was one of the most peculiar creatures between heaven and earth, known as the Star Spirit, also called the "Living Magic Seal."

"Heaven has stars, descends from the sky, falls to the ground, condenses heaven and earth Dao Patterns, gathers essence of sun and moon, transforms into spirit, Dao Patterns born naturally, nurturing can gain a magic out of thin air."

This was the introduction to Star Spirits in the Scripture Pavilion’s "Star Spirit’s Forty Thousand Years."

It’s said tens of thousands of years ago, when the Heaven-Earth Pattern tended to stabilize, large stars often fell from outside this world.

These large stars, when piercing through the sky, underwent a series of complex changes, eventually upon landing, would manifest an extremely peculiar creature, a creature neither beast nor demon, akin to a cluster of "Magic Seal" suddenly brought to life, transformed into a peculiar being with spiritual nature, known as Star Spirits.

The spiritual wisdom of Star Spirits is actually not high, like little beasts, not adept at utilizing their abilities.

At birth, the Dao Patterns on them are not plentiful, ability limited, sometimes inexplicably being gobbled up by Demon Beasts with undeveloped spiritual wisdom.

But Star Spirits won’t die; instead, after these Demon Beasts ate the Star Spirits, they unexpectedly gained the Star Spirits’ ability, gaining a special "magic" out of thin air.

Not only that, Star Spirits can be "fed."

The better they are fed, the Star Spirits continually grow, and the magic they carry becomes increasingly powerful.

A Great Demon in the East Sea once relied on a Star Spirit to confront the True Dragon’s Son head-on, making the world take notice.

Afterward, the matter of Star Spirits gradually spread.

Various factions, Loose Cultivators, families began frantically searching for and nurturing Star Spirits, hoping to enhance their strength.

But when a Star Spirit falls to the ground, no tail flame flickering, no scorching flare, no anomaly; it’s like a miniature stone, silently crashing onto the ground, hardly stirring dust.

Even with the Divine Sense of Golden Core or Daoist Embryo cultivators, Star Spirits cannot be found, only sought by human eye.

This leads to the rarity of Star Spirits.

Gu Yuan had only seen introductions in "Star Spirit’s Forty Thousand Years," as for actual specimens, he never saw them, never heard of them being sold in the Market.

But Lan Tianlu actually possessed one.

"Was that formidable Qi Power just now obtained from this little fellow?"

Gu Yuan gazed at the small elephant before him, looking like a toy, feeling dazed.

"Poof!"

Seemingly sensing Gu Yuan’s disdain or feeling uncomfortable being trapped in place, the Star Spirit curled its small trunk, its Dao Patterns flickered, spitting an ice-blue "water line" at Gu Yuan.

"Whew!"

Before the water line approached Gu Yuan, it was blocked by the Magical Barrier.

"Poof! Poof!"

Upon seeing this, the Star Spirit seemed angry, its little trunk kept curling, spraying at Gu Yuan several more times.

"Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!"

Seeing that Gu Yuan remained unharmed, the Star Spirit seemed anxious, it incessantly moved its four little legs in place, roaring at Gu Yuan.

But what sound could a tiny elephant produce? It sounded more like it wanted to be fed.

Seeing this, Gu Yuan seemed to remember something, took the Spirit Beast Bag from Lan Tianlu’s corpse, erased the imprint, and opened it, then retrieved a small Spirit Date emitting green light from inside.

Upon seeing this Spirit Date, the Star Spirit’s eyes immediately brightened, eagerly called out, very anxious.

"Smack!"

Gu Yuan tossed the Spirit Date to the Star Spirit, which immediately curled it up with its trunk, brought it to its mouth, and began eating joyfully.

Not caring about still being trapped by Mana.