Cultivation Begins From The Desert-Chapter 105 - 104: Golden Rock Sheep

In the vast Desert Sea.

It so happened that Zhouyang accidentally came across demon cultivators being chased by puppet flying eagles. He only paused for a moment, immediately figured out the reason behind it, and then released his magical artifact to join in the attack on the demon cultivators.

Although he was cautious and didn’t release the "Qianyang True Flame," under his interference and obstruction, the escape plan of the two demon cultivators suddenly faced difficulties.

Especially since these two demon cultivators had clearly seen their two companions going after Zhouyang earlier, yet now Zhouyang was still alive and well, while their companions were nowhere to be seen.

This discovery made the two demon cultivators wary when facing him, suspecting whether he had hidden helpers in the dark, or some powerful trump card.

Therefore, seeing him also join the attack, the two demon cultivators panicked inside and unexpectedly split up to escape on their own.

This was undoubtedly a reenactment of the previous actions of Zhouyang, Yue Mountain, and Yan Yunfei, except this time the identities of the escaping and pursuing parties were switched, with Zhouyang changing from the one escaping to the one pursuing.

As the demon cultivators scattered, the two puppet flying eagles also split up, each chasing a demon cultivator. Seeing this, Zhouyang’s eyes flashed with understanding.

He looked at the two demon cultivators running in different directions, his sword light moved, and immediately followed behind one of the puppet flying eagles, pursuing the Fourth-Layer Foundation Establishment demon cultivator.

This pursuit lasted nearly half an hour until the spirit stones and spiritual power inside the puppet flying eagle were exhausted, causing it to fall to the ground. Only then did Zhouyang, who had been a bystander, unleash the "Qianyang True Flame" to burn the heavily injured Blood Evil Demon Corpses to ashes. Then taking advantage of the demon cultivator being distracted by the power of the "Qianyang True Flame," he fully slashed off the demon cultivator’s head with his sword.

After the killing, Zhouyang didn’t linger either. He set the demon cultivator’s body on fire to destroy the evidence, then went back dozens of miles to retrieve the fallen puppet flying eagle and put it into his storage bag before quickly leaving the scene.

After leaving the scene of the murder, Zhouyang did not randomly find a place to rest as before, but directly headed toward the battleground where Xiao Bufan and Blood Demon Cliff had fought earlier.

Sure enough, when he arrived, the two Purple Mansion Stage cultivators were nowhere to be seen.

Seeing this, Zhouyang was pleased, promptly heading towards the Spirit Mountain occupied by the cultivation clan’s oasis, and then landed directly on this Tier Three Spirit Mountain which now had no cultivators.

Earlier, to lure Xiao Bufan into a trap, this Spirit Mountain’s spiritual objects and spiritual land were mostly left intact. At that time, Blood Demon Cliff thought that as long as they killed Xiao Bufan, they would have ample time to pack up and escape.

Unfortunately, their plan failed. Not only did they fail to kill Xiao Bufan, but they didn’t even have the time to pack up before fleeing. Now the things on this Spirit Mountain naturally came to benefit Zhouyang.

To avoid being discovered later having come here, Zhouyang donned his Dragon Head Mask and started pillaging the Spirit Mountain.

Scripture Pavilion, clan treasure vault, Spirit Medicine Garden, Foundation Establishment Cultivator’s Cave Mansion... these important places were Zhouyang’s priorities in his plundering.

Normally, Zhouyang felt that carrying a few storage bags was more than sufficient. But only today, while plundering the hundreds of years of savings of a cultivation clan, did he realize he needed to prepare to change his storage spiritual artifacts after getting back.

Due to the majority of the clan’s cultivators converting to demon techniques, plus unknown numbers of loose cultivators being secretly harmed by Blood Demon Cliff, many spiritual objects and treasures usable only by cultivators were accumulated on this cultivation clan’s Spirit Mountain. Zhouyang even found several kinds of Tier Three spiritual objects.

However, what pained him was that there were a few Tier Three Spirit Woods and various Tier Three Spirit Elixirs on the Spirit Mountain. Because he didn’t have the time to slowly transplant them, he could only painfully cut them down and pull them out as materials to store in his storage bag.

This kind of behavior was undoubtedly a huge waste of resources, but Zhouyang couldn’t care about that now. By taking these away, he at least obtained several kinds of Tier Three spiritual materials. If they were left here, they truly would have nothing to do with him.

However, when Zhouyang’s plundering journey led him to the cultivation clan’s Beast Garden, his eyes immediately turned red upon seeing the dozen or so Tier Two Middle Grade Demon Beasts "Golden Rock Sheep" inside.

These "Golden Rock Sheep" originally only appeared in the Broken Cloud Mountain Range. Thousands of years ago, one "Golden Rock Sheep" became a Tier Five Demon Beast, blessing its kin to proliferate rapidly, even spreading into some oases at the junction of the Boundless Desert Sea Cultivation Realm and the Broken Cloud Mountain Range. They can be called an invasive species.

As Tier Two Middle Grade Demon Beasts, their combat power is mediocre, neither strong nor weak, but they have something extremely useful for cultivators—their milk.

The "Golden Rock Sheep" only produces milk during offspring-rearing and its milk yield is not large; in fact, it is quite small. Despite its demon beast size, larger than an average wild ox, its milk yield cannot even match that of an ordinary sheep during its lactation period.

However, although the milk yield of the "Golden Rock Sheep" is not large, its milk quality is extremely high. A cup of milk for an Early-Stage Qi Cultivation Cultivator is worth half a month of arduous cultivation. Moreover, the milk’s color is platinum, not only looking superb but also reportedly tasting exquisite, making it a must-have beverage at high-tier cultivator banquets.

Most importantly, unlike spirit pills which can leave "erysipelas," the milk of the "Golden Rock Sheep" does not leave any hidden dangers when it comes to cultivation improvement; it only becomes weaker in effect with extensive use.

What is even more crucial is that ordinary people consuming the milk of the "Golden Rock Sheep" can strengthen their bodies and prolong their life. For children not yet engaged in cultivation, having a cup of this milk monthly upon starting cultivation would significantly shorten the time needed to complete the Innate Realm, the foundational stage of entering cultivation.

Due to his past life’s soul wisdom, Zhouyang began cultivating at four years old, taking only three years to complete the Innate Realm, cultivate magical power, and step into the Qi Cultivation Stage, considered a genius by many Zhou Family cultivators.

After all, even those Zhou Family cultivators who start cultivating at five years old reaching the Qi Cultivation Stage by ten is already considered fast, while some with poor qualifications, as lower-grade spiritual root cultivators, only reach the Qi Cultivation Stage at fifteen or sixteen.

However, if a five-year-old mid-grade spiritual root child could have a cup of "Golden Rock Sheep" milk each month starting at age five, completing the Innate Realm in three years would be no problem at all.

Zhouyang, as the clan leader of a cultivation family, knew very well what this meant!

Thus, the moment he saw those "Golden Rock Sheep" in the Spirit Beast Garden, he immediately decided he must bring a pair back to the Zhou Family to raise.

These "Golden Rock Sheep" in the Spirit Beast Garden were domesticated spirit beasts, and Zhouyang could propagate them within the Zhou Family over decades and centuries by merely taking back a breeding pair, much more conveniently than capturing and slowly domesticating lambs from the Broken Cloud Mountain Range himself.

Yet, taking away the "Golden Rock Sheep" would not be easy. Although these spirit beasts due to domestication by human cultivators, easily would not attack humans, they would only allow the human cultivators who feed them to come near; any outsider approaching within a hundred meters would elicit hostility.

With Zhouyang’s cultivation level, he could care less about the hostility of mere two Tier Two Mid-Grade Demon Beasts, but if the "Golden Rock Sheep" did not cooperate, taking two living spirit beasts was very difficult.

Time did not allow Zhouyang to slowly devise a method. If other Yellow Sand Sect cultivators came here, he wouldn’t even be able to take away the "Golden Rock Sheep" or those items he had plundered would have to be all spat out.

Therefore, after a brief contemplation, he decided to take a risk and directly herd the sheep home.

He swiftly dismantled the sheep pen enclosing the "Golden Rock Sheep" with a flick of his flying sword, then drove all the dozen or so "Golden Rock Sheep" down the Spirit Mountain, forcibly dispersing them into several groups. He then took on the role of a shepherd, herding two females and one male "Golden Rock Sheep" toward the oasis perimeter.

Approximately half an hour after Zhouyang’s departure, several sword lights consecutively entered the oasis from the outside, landing on the Spirit Mountain, revealing seven to eight Foundation Establishment Cultivators from the Yellow Sand Sect.

"Fellow senior brothers also came here upon receiving Junior Martial Uncle Xiao’s transmission? Do you know where Junior Martial Uncle Xiao is now?"

One later-arriving Foundation Establishment Cultivator, upon landing his sword light and seeing others present before him, anxiously inquired.

Hearing his question, those who arrived earlier exchanged glances, shaking their heads saying, "We don’t know. We have just arrived here recently and have the same question."

The person’s expression changed upon hearing this and he blurted, "So what do we do now? Junior Martial Uncle Xiao said he was ambushed by a Purple Mansion Stage demon of the Blood Slaughter Demon Sect and the traitorous Wang Family cooperated. He called us over for support, but now we don’t even know where he is. How do we support him?"

"There are traces of looting here, indicating someone has been here before us. I suggest we split and search; if we can find that person, perhaps we can ask about Junior Martial Uncle Xiao’s whereabouts. Even if we can’t find that person, we may find signs of battle, and from there decide our next steps based on the situation," a Foundation Establishment Cultivator from the Yellow Sand Sect suggested, pointing at the structures Zhouyang had violently destroyed.

This proposition was immediately agreed upon by the highest cultivation level person present, an eighth-layer Foundation Establishment Cultivator, who decided, "Let’s do it. Everyone acts separately, using flying sword communication if needed."

Thus, these seven to eight Foundation Establishment Cultivators from the Yellow Sand Sect scattered in all directions to search for clues throughout the oasis.

However, they were destined not to find Zhouyang, as after entering the Desert Sea with the "Golden Rock Sheep," he intentionally erased the sheep hoof prints and scent on the ground.

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