Eternal Life: My Talents Can Refresh-Chapter 89 - 87: Mysterious Little Beast
The ability to accumulate so many Spirit Stones naturally benefited from the continuous sale of Basic Middle Grade Talismans these past days.
It must be noted that the Talisman Workshops here at Yan Workshop were previously required by the sect to submit 500 Spirit Stones a month, mainly due to the sale of Basic Lower Grade Talismans.
However, Chu Ning managed to sell a large number of Basic Middle Grade Talismans these past days.
Yet, Chu Ning also knew that truly making Spirit Stones was only a fleeting phase.
In the days to come, it’s naturally impossible to sell as many talismans as these past days.
Even so, it was enough to make Chu Ning delighted as he already earned these Spirit Stones.
Having earned so many Spirit Stones, Chu Ning had no hesitation and directly took them out to start cultivating.
Truth be told, because he had been constantly drawing talismans these days, both his Cyan Wood Evergreen Technique and Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique cultivation speeds had somewhat been delayed.
The good news was, as his Divine Sense was continually used and recovered, it grew stronger.
The proficiency in Refining Spirit Technique naturally increased as well.
Having been at this Market for eleven days, the proficiency in the Cyan Wood Evergreen Technique had only increased by 11 points, and the progress of Undying Bone only went up by 9 points.
Meanwhile, the proficiency in Refining Spirit Technique increased by nearly 30 points.
At this moment, Chu Ning’s priority was to catch up with the progress of Qi Refining.
Holding the Spirit Stones, Chu Ning cultivated piece by piece.
This cultivation lasted for most of the day.
[Cyan Wood Evergreen Technique (Yellow Tier Lower Grade), Second Layer (521/900)]
[Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique, Volume One, Undying Bone 179/600]
[Refining Spirit Technique, First Layer 149/1000]
Chu Ning spent a total of 30 Spirit Stones to increase the proficiency of Cyan Wood Evergreen Technique by 10 points.
Upon reaching the Sixth Layer of Qi Refining, Chu Ning required 3 Lower Grade Spirit Stones to improve his proficiency by 1 point.
Upon calculating this, Chu Ning couldn’t help but shake his head secretly.
Although 4200 Spirit Stones seemed abundant, the actual consumption was also considerable.
To cultivate from the Sixth Layer to the Seventh Layer using only Spirit Stones would consume over a thousand Spirit Stones.
Afterward, Chu Ning continued to cultivate the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique.
Initially, when the proficiency of Immortal Hide reached 300, he encountered a bottleneck at 150.
He had to rely on Seven-Star Spirit Fruit to forcefully break through the bottleneck.
Chu Ning wondered if Undying Bone followed the same pattern, encountering a bottleneck upon reaching a proficiency of 300.
However, according to the current cultivation speed, it would still take a few months.
In the following two days, Cyan Creek Sect sent people of steward level to check if there were any remaining disciples of Yin Demon Sect near the Market.
Chu Ning kept in mind Lin Changqing’s prior reminder and did not venture out.
He spent his days cultivating and making talismans in the Market.
One of those days was a Market Day, and Chu Ning routinely brought out talismans to sell.
However, due to the beast disaster being halted, the number of Demon Beasts nearby reduced, resulting in fewer buyers for the talismans.
Throughout the whole day, Chu Ning sold less than a hundred pieces of Lower Grade Spirit Stones.
By afternoon, Lin Changqing came to the Market to inform everyone.
No other personnel of Yin Demon Sect were found nearby, suggesting it was merely a spontaneous act by a Low Tier Disciple.
As for the high-level Demon Beasts, there were none, and the occasional Low Tier Demon Beasts were not cleared by the Foundation Establishment Stage stewards.
Instead, they were left for the various families and loose cultivators to hunt.
Despite this, Chu Ning did not rush to go out; he waited for another day or so.
Until the morning of the third day, when Chu Ning saw everyone in the Market acting as usual, and many family disciples and loose cultivators had come to the Market.
He then left the Market, intending to check on how his twenty acres of Spirit Field were.
Chu Ning cautiously exited the Market, employing the Wind Manipulation Technique to head towards the Spirit Field.
He held the Vajra Talisman in his left hand and the Silver Crystal Frost Bamboo Shield in his right hand.
Despite the reassurances of safety near Yan Workshop from Lin Changqing and Du Han.
Chu Ning dared not let his guard down for even a moment.
After all, the sect had said the Yin Demon Sect disciples appeared purely by chance, yet Chu Ning knew they must have some agenda.
However, he couldn’t fathom why Low Tier Disciples would appear here.
Furthermore, even without Yin Demon Sect disciples or Demon Beasts, there were still some loose cultivators nearby.
Chu Ning was also unsure if some heedless individual would suddenly target him.
The journey was uneventful, and Chu Ning soon arrived at the Spirit Field.
Upon a glance, seeing the intact protective restriction around the Spirit Field, Chu Ning breathed a slight sigh of relief.
It seemed that Demon Beasts hadn’t come this close to the Market yet.
Or it may be that Demon Beasts had appeared but were slain by others.
Chu Ning took out the Restriction Token, opened the restriction, and entered the Spirit Field.
The next moment, his expression turned extremely sour.
It turned out that in the Spirit Field, whether it was the Purple Crystal Bamboo shoots or the Golden Essence Fruit seedlings, they all had missing parts.
At a glance, almost half of the Spirit Plants had disappeared without a trace.
What struck Chu Ning as particularly peculiar was the seemingly random pattern of missing Spirit Plants, with one missing here and another there.
Even those untouched had clear gnaw marks.
"Demon Beasts?"
Chu Ning reacted almost instantly, feeling a sense of alertness mingled with astonishment.
Just moments ago outside, he saw that the Spirit Field’s protective restriction was undamaged.
How could Demon Beasts appear inside the restriction?
Without hesitation, he activated a Vajra Talisman to protect himself, while slowly injecting Magical Power into the Silver Crystal Frost Bamboo Shield in his other hand.
As long as you encounter danger, you can activate this protective magical artifact at any time. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂
At the same time, Chu Ning’s left hand was clutching three Beast Trapping Talismans.
After doing all this, Chu Ning then started to look around.
However, upon looking, there was nothing to be found.
"Could it be some demon beast accidentally wandered in and then left?"
Chu Ning muttered to himself but felt it was really strange.
If there was really a demon beast coming in and out, the protective restriction should show some damage.
Thinking like this, Chu Ning cautiously walked toward the center of the Spirit Field while extending his spiritual sense.
After almost covering the entire Spirit Field, Chu Ning still didn’t find anything.
Just as he was about to reach the end of the Spirit Field, Chu Ning suddenly halted his steps.
Within his spiritual sensing range, about one zhang away beneath the spiritual soil, a small white demon beast was curled up there.
This demon beast’s body rose and fell slightly, seeming to be deeply asleep.
Because its body was completely covered by the spiritual soil, Chu Ning couldn’t see it with the naked eye.
If it weren’t for his divine sense sweeping over it at this moment, he wouldn’t have discovered it at all.
There really is a demon beast!
With almost no hesitation, Chu Ning quickly activated a Beast Trapping Talisman, throwing it towards the direction of the white demon beast.
Just as the Beast Trapping Talisman was about to completely envelop it, the sleeping white demon beast suddenly became alert.
In the next moment, it leapt up, darting outwards at an extreme speed.
It forcibly dodged the spiritual power binding formed by the Beast Trapping Talisman.
However, just as this white demon beast leaped out, another Beast Trapping Talisman had already descended.
It was because Chu Ning was prepared, and in the instant after the previous Beast Trapping Talisman was activated, he had already activated several talismans in succession.
Completely surrounding all possible escape directions of the white demon beast.
So no matter which direction this white demon beast darted, the result was the same.
What Chu Ning lacked in other things, he made up for in talismans.
However, what slightly surprised Chu Ning was this.
The spiritual power binding formed by the Beast Trapping Talisman only held the demon beast for an instant.
In the blink of an eye, that white beast entirely broke free.
Immediately after, this demon beast opened its mouth toward Chu Ning and spat, sending a burst of white light shooting over.
Even though Chu Ning had a layer of Vajra Talisman shield, he was not in the least careless.
Magical power decisively flowed into the Silver Crystal Frost Bamboo Shield he had been holding.
In the next moment, the palm-sized artifact suddenly enlarged and blocked in front of him.
"Sizzle!"
The white light struck the Silver Crystal Frost Bamboo Shield and instantly vanished.
This intermediate defense magical artifact directly blocked the little demon beast’s attack.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Chu Ning finally got a clear look at the white demon beast.
The white demon beast was the size of a rabbit, with a long tail.
It had four ears and a pair of horns resembling a goat’s.
The demon beast was entirely snow-white, except for its black, gem-like eyes.
After the spewed white light was blocked, a trace of fear appeared in the little demon beast’s eyes, and it turned to flee.
But just as it turned.
Several more Beast Trapping Talismans descended, binding it tightly.
Chu Ning seized the opportunity and continuously activated several Beast Trapping Talismans.
The little demon beast struggled, but it couldn’t break free again.
Seeing this, Chu Ning casually activated a Geng Metal Sword Talisman.
A flash of golden light appeared, striking the little demon beast without hesitation.
At the same time, his hands were rapidly forming spells, and a cyan sword technique condensed in his hand.
At this moment, the spell from the Geng Metal Sword Talisman had already hit the little demon beast.
A flash of white light appeared on the little demon beast’s body, blocking most of the power of the Geng Metal Sword Talisman.
However, the diminished sword aura still hit the little demon beast, causing blood to seep from its injured back.
"Fi!"
The little demon beast let out a moan.
In the next moment, the white little demon beast lifted its head.
Its eyes looked at Chu Ning, unexpectedly showing a plea for mercy.
Seeing the little demon beast’s eyes so full of intelligence, Chu Ning was slightly stunned.
The Cangmu Sword Technique that he was just about to unleash paused slightly, and for a moment, he didn’t let it out directly.
The white little demon beast, seeing this, kept nodding towards Chu Ning, begging for mercy.
This greatly surprised Chu Ning, making him murmur to himself:
"What kind of demon beast is this, to have such intelligence?"
Judging by the power of its attack technique, it should at most be a Tier One Intermediate Demon Beast.
However, logically speaking, such a demon beast shouldn’t have this intelligence.
"Let me go!"
At this moment, a voice suddenly echoed in Chu Ning’s mind.
This greatly shocked Chu Ning, causing him to stare at the white little beast, blurting out:
"You can speak?"
