The Master of Beasts-Chapter 582 - 148_2

"This is advice from Daluo, you know." Huang Long said, winking.

Dark Centipede Elder said gloomily, "So what? Even after absorbing the spiritual energy of space fragments, the path is already cut off. It's impossible to achieve Golden Immortal."

"This? Don't worry, my secret realm isn't in the Golden Desert; it's in Outer Heaven, so it won't be affected."

"Really?"

"Of course." Huang Long looked at the two with an inexplicable expression, a bit speechless, "Do you think a secret realm that can only accommodate Golden Immortals could satisfy me?"

While cultivators can fast, the prerequisite is ample spiritual energy. The amount a Daluo consumes in spiritual energy is astronomical; if it were to be in the Jade Flood Dragon Secret Realm, Huang Long wouldn't last a few days before draining it dry.

"Senior, actually, I think I'm pretty good at storytelling too." Dark Centipede Elder shamelessly stepped forward.

Huang Long rolled his eyes, "You're too ugly."

"Uh."

Gu Zhengyu looked at Dark Centipede Elder, who seemed to have words but couldn't speak, and shivered involuntarily. Could Huang Long be gay!

......

Time passed quickly, and it had been a month since Ye Cheng retreated.

The Death Dark Zone also began to restore its original appearance. With the resources of the Five Elements Sect arriving, fresh spiritual beasts emerged from the Gold-loving Ants' nests and spread out in all directions.

The new disciples were initially dissatisfied with Chen Jiuge, who only had One Flower Heavenly Immortal cultivation, serving as the Defense Zone Deacon. But as the number of spiritual beasts increased, with some of their auras not weaker than the disciples', even murmurs of Moluo gradually rose.

"Off you go."

Patting the newly emerged sand rat, Chen Jiuge sighed, "The losses were too great, the number of potential spiritual beasts is far too few. It's impossible to restore previous strength in a short time."

In order to enhance strength as much as possible, Chen Jiuge started nurturing even the sand rats with exceptionally weak combat power for their level, yet it was still far from enough.

"Junior Brother, I've contacted a chamber of commerce. They're willing to exchange a large number of spiritual beasts for refined gold!" Tian Yue said joyfully.

"Really?" Chen Jiuge's eyes lit up.

Ever since the Five Elements Sect went to war with the Thunder God Temple, hardly any caravans came to this area of No.1 City. Only the shops within the city remained, selling mostly immortal weapons, array plates, and some things to enhance cultivators' strength.

As for spiritual beasts, although they could enhance cultivators' strength, they took too long to nurture, and selling fully combat-ready spiritual beasts was too expensive. Therefore, spiritual beasts were always in short supply.

"Which chamber of commerce?"

"Zi Jing Blossom of Commerce!"

"Uh, what did you say?" Chen Jiuge doubted he heard wrong.

"Zi Jing Blossom of Commerce!" Tian Yue repeated, "Is there a problem?"

"No, no, no problem." Chen Jiuge's eye twitched, saying no more.

Back when Zi Jing Blossom's station in Five Luminaries City was razed, the name had vanished completely, and that small chamber of commerce disappeared entirely in the river of time. Its reappearance now was simply beyond Tian Yue's recollection.

"Could it be you?" Chen Jiuge silently mused.

.....

Star Moon City

A grand caravan gathered at the city gate. Wearing a silver fox fur coat, Jiang Xueyao asked worriedly, "Xiao Ying, do we really have to go?"

Zhu Ying sighed inwardly but smiled lightly, "Chairman, it's something we must do. Don't you want to see the Zi Jing Blossom of Commerce rise again?"

"Moreover, as the City Lord is fighting the Thunder God Temple over in No.1 City, we should contribute as well."

"But, it's so dangerous out there now." Jiang Xueyao was still uneasy.

"Rest assured, Chairman Jiang, I will ensure the caravan's safety." Black Crow Elder said with a smile.

Back when infiltrating Star Moon City, Black Crow Elder failed to find Chen Jiuge and then, during an accident, encountered White Tiger Master's disciple. During the interrogation, Mo Yu discovered him.

Then, being ganged up on, Black Crow Elder decisively surrendered, swore a Heavenly Dao Oath, and pledged loyalty to Chen Jiuge, ending up as incredibly unlucky.

After living in Star Moon City for a while, however, Black Crow Elder actually grew to like this peaceful life, especially as a Three Flowers Heavenly Immortal, his salary wasn't low, and his granddaughter's cultivation was well-supported.

Now, Black Crow Elder wouldn't want to leave Star Moon City.

"Then the journey is in your hands, Senior Black Crow." Mo Yu smiled from the side.

"No worries."

The caravan slowly set off, mainly transporting Spiritual Beasts this time, which caused the caravan to stretch very long. Fortunately, the development of Star Moon City over the past ten years has been quite good, so there is no shortage of guards.

....

"Boom, boom, boom"

At the highest Thunder Peak in Thunder God Temple No.1 City.

Ye Cheng stood with his upper body bare, his limbs bound by slender blood-colored thorns, while endless thunderbolts descended upon him.

Even after practicing the Blood Thunder Technique, which grants a high resistance to thunder, Ye Cheng couldn't help but let out a painful groan.

Ye He's withered hand slightly twitched, and a thunder whip appeared in his hand. With a gentle flick, it left a deep, bone-revealing wound on Ye Cheng's torso, the huge gash seemingly about to split Ye Cheng in half.

"Do you know where you went wrong?" Though Ye He's body was quite thin and small, his voice was as resonant as a great bell, exploding in Ye Cheng's ears.

"Next time, I will definitely flatten that entire defense zone!" Ye Cheng said painfully.

"Slap"

The force of this whip was a bit much, and Ye Cheng was directly hit to the ground, unable to get up for a while.

"Foolish!" Ye He turned his head and scolded, continuing, "You are my disciple, my son, do you think such an insignificant defense zone matters much?"

"What angers me is, when they challenge you, you just respond to the challenge? Why not launch a preemptive strike?"

"You knew the opponent was strong, couldn't you have mentioned that while requesting reinforcements, saying the enemy is strong and needs more support?"

Ye Cheng looked up somewhat bewilderedly, "Preemptive strike? More support?"

"Nonsense, our Thunder God Temple can suppress the Five Elements Sect and Medicine King Valley, relying on what? Not strength, but because of our numbers!" Ye He sneered.

"Don't even mention Medicine King Valley, those people are only good at refining Elixirs, not at Fighting Techniques. The Five Elements Sect isn't weak in combat, but they're stuck in old ways, with only about a hundred thousand Inner Sect Disciples as True Inheritors. What can they fight against our Thunder God Temple with?"

"Remember this, if you can use ten to fight one, don't use nine. In life-and-death battles, winning is the most important thing."

Ye Cheng nodded forcefully.

"Good that you understand, Thunderous Fury is both the punishment for your mistakes and a way to sharpen your skills. I never expected you to grasp Space Power."

"Hmm."

After giving a deep look at his illegitimate son, Ye He strode down from the peak and entered the study of the City Lord Mansion.

He pulled out a purple document from the drawer, took a deep breath, and signed his name on it.

Time for the war to continue!

...

"Crackle" "Splash"

On the golden sands, a chubby sand mouse was wrestling with a plump weasel.

Choking, pulling tails, yanking hair—various street fighting moves emerged one after another.

Tian Yue rubbed his chin and said, "Junior Chen, is it really okay just watching like this? I think that sand mouse's scalp is about to go bald."

These two little fellows looked cute, about the size of an earthly dog in a past life, but they actually had the cultivation of a One Flower Heavenly Immortal, though they weren't using their Mana and had restrained ninety-nine percent of their physical strength.

"It's fine, let them make a fuss." Chen Jiuge's attention was not focused on the two little guys fighting.

Although the Thunder God Temple had retreated, one could not let down their guard. Chen Jiuge focused more on switching between views of the Spiritual Beasts stationed at the edges of the defense zone.

Due to the intense consumption of energy, Chen Jiuge didn't even have time to investigate the situation with the Zi Jing Blossom of Commerce.

"Senior brother, senior brother, the caravan is here!" Qiu Ruo called excitedly from afar, showing her level of excitement.

"Whoosh" In an instant, immortal power surged under Chen Jiuge's feet, as the Five Elements Escape Technique gathered momentum, and suddenly he saw those familiar people.

"City Lord." Zhu Ying beamed with joy.

"Zhu Ying, so it really is you all." Although Chen Jiuge always felt that the Zi Jing Blossom would only be Zhu Ying and the others, seeing it firsthand still brought a mix of emotions.

"This time, I brought many Spiritual Beasts with good aptitude, but Star Moon City's guarding capability is still lacking, so I could only bring this many." Zhu Ying said regretfully.

It was only then that Chen Jiuge noticed that the guards in the caravan were all injured, with fatigue written all over their faces. Judging by their looks, the journey through the Death Dark Zone must have been stifling!

"Hmm? Black Crow Elder?"