Huh? Isn't this an adventure kingdom building game?!-Chapter 829 - 772: How Could Things Be So Unlucky? (Part 2)
Casually pulling out the exclusive pet collar from the storage bag, he hadn’t even opened his mouth when Yan Xuan was almost about to explode with anger.
Master? Spirit Pet?
Give me a break!
Posing as Lang Sheng to gain trust, you with that puny frame want to be my master? Screw your immortal ancestors!
"Poof!"
It tried its best to resist the law’s restraints, its neck scales standing upright. The halo around its body grew brighter and smaller until it was choked so hard it spat out a mouthful of blood, releasing that breath it couldn’t swallow.
"Screw you... mm mm! Mm!"
Before it could let out a string of curses, Jiang Yuan swiped his right index finger through the air, lifting a row of restrictions on the interface, and Yan Xuan, who was about to curse out loud, was silenced.
"Looks like you still have a lot of rules to learn." He clicked to use the collar and selected Yan Xuan from the pet list.
The exquisite golden collar flew over and clasped around its neck, looking like it was wearing a beautiful and luxurious ornament.
"First, no cursing at home;"
"Second, keep your aura concealed, don’t scare the members of the courtyard. While temporarily staying here to recover, get along with your friends..."
It was only after the fact that Yan Xuan realized, besides being forced to cough up blood by the law, its body was covered in bruises, and even its last life-bound treasure was lost.
"Who beat me up like this?" With the silencing lifted, it fumed and raged, "Was it that bald monk?"
"That was me." Jiang Yuan didn’t let Master Faxe take the blame, although later on, they did join forces to beat it.
Due to high realm demon cultivators having various treasures for protection and damage reduction, he hadn’t been able to land so many solid hits for quite some time.
This time, dealing with a top-tier fierce beast with no possessions, each attack landed properly, but the progress was too slow, and he relied heavily on Master Faxe’s impressive realm.
But he had to take the blame, first, to avoid causing trouble for Cold Spring Temple; second, it bewildered the new pet about the owner’s strength, achieving better intimidation and cooperation.
"There are still two options: listen obediently, and I can wash away your sins, allowing you to ascend and become a divine beast; or persist in stubbornness, and the Heavenly Dao won’t be so patient, at that time you’ll die, benefiting other demon beasts."
Jiang Yuan snapped his fingers, indicating it to follow obediently, and asked with a smile, "You don’t want to cultivate to the Tribulation Crossing Realm to Great Perfection only to fail at the last step, right? Dawn is breaking, and the wilderness will soon ascend, hurry into the courtyard."
The fall of the wilderness occurred in recent years, and being sealed, Yan Xuan naturally didn’t understand much.
But being restrained by both laws and the collar, it couldn’t curse due to silencing; resistance led to getting beaten, and even changing the body size was out of control. It could only sulk and follow him into the newly reset protective shield of the courtyard.
"Sir, where did you catch such a big turtle? Do we have the pleasure of turtle soup today?" Yun Mo and Hu Zhile just stepped out of the teleportation array, and seeing Yan Xuan, their eyes lit up. He shouted, "Pity, Xiao Chuanzi won’t get a taste; such a big turtle would make excellent soup!"
Yan Xuan: !!!
Cut off your head, make soup out of me?
It laughed in anger. If it weren’t suppressed with no temper, even a little demon cultivator like that wasn’t fit to stick between its teeth!
"Yun Mo, didn’t I just buy you a new book? Catch up on reading." Bai Yunqi, who planned to have breakfast and explain cultivation techniques together, also just emerged from a dungeon.
Bai Yunqi waved his fan and added, "A turtle and a tortoise aren’t the same thing; this definitely looks like a sea turtle-type little demon beast, quite ornately designed, likely won’t hinder making soup."
Hu Zhile nodded in agreement, "I’ve honestly never seen a sea turtle looking like this, and as a demon beast, it’s way too small."
"Haven’t seen it indeed, let me calculate..." Xie Chenyuan’s occupational habit kicked in by seeing it, and Jiang Yuan didn’t have time to stop him before he suddenly went pale and collapsed.
"My god! Why did he collapse?"
"Senior Xie! What happened to you?"
"Brother Xie? Brother Xie?"
......
From his calculations to collapsing, the whole process took less than three seconds, everyone was in chaos;
Yan Xuan stretched its neck watching the bustle in confusion, still not sure what happened; only Jiang Yuan was amused yet helpless looking at the system prompt——
[Detected Xie Chenyuan suffering backlash from trying to divine fierce beast Yan Xuan, life hanging by a thread, do you wish to consume ten years of lifespan to offset the backlash?
Note: After offsetting, the backlash will not deal damage to Xie Chenyuan, and he will sense this life-saving grace]
How could it be so coincidental!
I just entered the courtyard, busy setting up the details of using the collar, and didn’t introduce them first, and this unfortunate kid made a major blunder.
With the system saying so, how could I just stand by and watch him die?
Anyway, I earned some lifespan last time in Sand Hill City, ten years really isn’t much.
Immediately chose to offset it for him, and the system popped up a new prompt: [Current lifespan balance: 9764 years, 9 months, 13 days]
Work harder to harvest Evil Cultivators later, and I’ll soon reach the Ten Thousand Years Level!
As they say, actions speak louder than words, Xie Chenyuan casually wanted to see if this little sea turtle was edible and how to cook it better. Who knew that with just one look, his heart stopped beating!
He saw an enormous creature towering to the sky, majestic and violent, stretching its neck and roaring, and it seemed to be carrying an entire world on its fog-shrouded back!
"Oh no!" With just a quick glance, Xie Chenyuan realized something was terribly wrong.
However, it was too late—his heartbeat completely stalled, the abundant Spiritual Power within him solidified, his whole body turned icy cold as if he had fallen into an ice cave, immediately being backfired upon and nearing death.
People often say that one sees their life flash before their eyes at the brink of death.
He saw nothing; realizing too late that he was curious about something he shouldn’t have seen, Xie Chenyuan felt his body continually falling, plunging into a bottomless abyss of darkness.
Then he saw a hand reaching down from above, grabbing his falling body and swiftly pulling him upward!
"Senior Jiang?" The surroundings grew brighter and brighter, and that hand became fainter and fainter. As Xie Chenyuan fully entered the world of light, he saw the familiar face of Jiang Yuan, appearing somewhat amused and slightly helpless.
Then, all at once, his ears filled with countless clamor, he had come back to life!
"Hu!" That breath, which had been stuck, finally continued.
He opened his eyes, paused for a moment, felt his heart racing, and the Spiritual Power started to circulate again, finally realizing that the buzzing sounds were everyone’s concerned inquiries.
Leng Yutang was alarmed, put down the incomplete Fire Gathering Bowl, and rushed over. Seeing him already awake but pale, he asked with concern, "Isn’t it that Senior Xie is too exhausted? I heard that Divination Technique drains one’s energy; you should really recuperate well."
Yun Mo nodding in agreement, "That’s right, Mr. prepared turtle soup today, Senior Xie, you should have more to replenish."
Xie Chenyuan: ...
Just shut up! Stop talking!
Is that something we can afford to eat? I just stole a glance, and my life nearly ended!
As expected, even the smallest Little Demon Beast beside Senior Jiang cannot be glanced at carelessly!
"Thank you, Senior, for your life-saving grace." Struggling to get up, he bowed deeply to Jiang Yuan, wishing he could slap himself, welding the lessons from his repeated courting of death into his brain.
Jiang Yuan waved his hand, amused and helpless, "You were too reckless, be cautious from now on. I was just slightly delayed, almost causing a catastrophe; take a good rest for the next couple of days, and you’ll be fine."
Xie Chenyuan obediently agreed, thinking to himself why are the people around you all becoming increasingly formidable?
Yet they all remain so low-key; I really thought that little sea turtle swam over from the vast ocean atop the Wilderness.
What on earth is it?
The cloudy, vague scene of me glancing haphazardly kept flashing in his mind, yet he couldn’t deduce its nature.
Causing a calamity? What happened?
Hu Zhile reacted the fastest; it seemed like Senior Xie said he wanted to calculate something, and then suddenly fell to the ground. Could it be that he calculated it critically?
Yet this little sea turtle, with such significant origins, almost tipped him over? When did the Venerable Family intervene and help? Why didn’t I see anything?
"Let me introduce you to everyone; this is my newly acquired Spirit Pet—Yan Xuan. It’s not an ordinary Demon Beast, much less a soup-making ingredient. It suffered some injuries and will stay in the courtyard for a few days; get along well without bickering or causing strife." Jiang Yuan smiled at Yan Xuan, "Say hello to everyone."
It wanted to speak but was muted, ultimately managing to say grumpily, "My name is Yan Xuan, Yan as in swallow; Xuan as in rotation."
Everyone looked at each other, Bai Yunqi thought to himself that speaking of making turtle soup right in front of it was indeed too offensive, no wonder it became upset.
But this little thing doesn’t have any strong Energy fluctuations about it, appearing tremendously weak. I wonder where the Venerable Family found it from.
Last time they picked up a little dog Ling Di, and now they have a little sea turtle Yan Xuan. The courtyard is getting bigger, with more members, becoming livelier and more bustling.
