Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 944: Chapter 518: Myriad Beasts (Part 2)

Don’t be fooled by the abundant Spiritual Energy within the Ten Thousand Beasts Cave Heaven; he had already checked, and the soil inside simply couldn’t sustain Spirit Plants, not even the first-grade ones could survive there.

The only thing that could thrive was the Spirit Grass, whether on land or in the ocean, it was always this Spirit Grass.

Herbivorous spirit beasts fed on Spirit Grass, while carnivorous spirit beasts fed on the herbivorous ones. The Spirit Grass was nearly endless, resulting in an overwhelming number of herbivorous spirit beasts.

Carnivorous spirit beasts ensured that the numbers of herbivorous ones didn’t spiral out of control, forming a kind of balance.

In two days, Li Shiming hadn’t come across a satisfactory young spirit beast. He felt that if he continued searching like this, even in ten days he might not find anything.

After considering, he decided to take out the Red Gold Phoenix eggshell fragments and the Third Grade Top Spiritual Beast Essence Boosting Pill he had refined, holding them in his hand, letting the aura of both Spiritual Objects spread out.

A few hours later, he looked up at the sky, noticing a large bird flying towards him.

He sensed it was a Third Grade spirit beast with Phoenix Clan bloodline, but its Phoenix bloodline was extremely thin.

Although this Third Grade spirit beast didn’t meet his requirements, he saw a glimmer of hope.

First, he put away the Red Gold Phoenix eggshell fragments and the Third Grade Top Spiritual Beast Essence Boosting Pill, so the Third Grade spirit beast couldn’t sense the aura that attracted it and flew away.

He traveled a bit further and then again released the Red Gold Phoenix eggshell fragments and the Third Grade Top Spiritual Beast.

This tactic indeed proved effective; over the next few days, every now and then, a spirit beast with Phoenix bloodline would seek him out.

There were even some young spirit beasts with Phoenix bloodline; if it were any other Nascent Soul Cultivator, they would have chosen one by now.

Li Shiming felt somewhat unwilling; having entered this place with great difficulty, he wanted to choose the very best.

He had already decided that if he couldn’t find a suitable Spiritual Pet within the last three days, he’d choose a Phoenix bloodline young beast that met his expectations.

Given the current situation, three days would definitely be enough.

On the sixth day of arriving at the Ten Thousand Beasts Cave Heaven, while Li Shiming was on the move, he sensed the aura of a dragon-type spirit beast.

Simultaneously, he saw the dragon-type spirit beast and a Nascent Soul Cultivator standing on it.

He was slightly taken aback, unexpectedly encountering a cultivator here.

The Nascent Soul Cultivator, upon seeing Li Shiming, showed a look of delight.

“Fellow, please wait!” The Nascent Soul Cultivator called out loudly.

Li Shiming thought they might be from the same sect, so he stood in place waiting for the other.

Though, what the Nascent Soul Cultivator said made him feel slightly uncomfortable; usually, when someone says ‘fellow, please wait,’ it’s rarely for something good.

“What’s the matter?” Li Shiming asked, eyeing the spirit pet nearly completely transformed into a dragon. This spirit pet not only had dense Dragon Clan bloodline but also reached the Early Fourth Grade. Thinking of the Phoenix and Dragon being adversaries, he asked warily.

Chen Zhou was overjoyed; upon hearing that Li Shiming had entered the Ten Thousand Beasts Cave Heaven, he also went through considerable expense to get in.

With his remarkable background and years of accumulation, plus help from his elders, he managed to procure the opportunity to enter the Ten Thousand Beasts Cave Heaven.

However, he found it very worthwhile; if his dragon-type spirit pet could fuse with Li Shiming’s Illusion Spirit Jiao bloodline, it might enable his dragon-type spirit beast to elevate to the Four-clawed Dragon Clan, or even possibly promote to the Five-clawed Dragon Clan.

As for Li Shiming’s combat prowess, he paid it no particular mind.

As an experienced Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioner, if he couldn’t handle a cultivator newly entering the Nascent Soul Stage, he’d have lived his years in vain.

After entering the Ten Thousand Beasts Cave Heaven, he secretly obtained Li Shiming’s aura and used a third-grade searching spirit mouse to track him.

But unexpectedly, though the third-grade searching spirit mouse could trace Li Shiming’s aura, no matter how he tracked, he couldn’t catch up to him.

After several days, he was almost in despair, resorting to taking out a life-saving talisman to tunnel towards Li Shiming’s direction.

This was a significant waste; if Li Shiming happened to change direction halfway, using the life-saving talisman would be in vain.

However, Chen Zhou had already spent so much to enter the Ten Thousand Beasts Cave Heaven that he couldn’t afford to stop; to catch up to Li Shiming, he had to gamble.

He gambled correctly; Li Shiming didn’t change direction.

The life-saving talisman Chen Zhou used was a Tunneling Talisman crafted with Top Grade Fourth-Grade Spirit Jade by a Great Cultivator, sealing within it a trace of the Great Cultivator’s laws.

Due to the substantial expenditure from making such a Top Grade Fourth-Grade Spirit Jade Tunneling Talisman, only a select few cultivators close to a Great Cultivator would have the privilege of owning one.

This was one of the most precious life-saving items, at least the strongest life-saving method for Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners, available only to important cultivators of the main sects and large forces.

After Chen Zhou exited from the tunneling, he found himself ahead of Li Shiming, positioned in front of him.

He waited for a while before Li Shiming appeared.

“I have something to discuss with you; why don’t we sit down and talk?” Chen Zhou approached Li Shiming smilingly.

“Fellow, we do not know each other; I don’t believe we have anything to discuss!” Li Shiming shook his head in refusal.

His Telepathy couldn’t sense the other’s thoughts; either the other had some sort of heart-concealing artifact, or the Spirit was incredibly robust. Either way, it showed the other was not simple.

He dared not underestimate the Nascent Soul Cultivators from the Ten Thousand Beast Sect; the cultivation environment of the Dongqi Continent far surpasses that of the Beishu Continent, the cultivators from major sects here generally being stronger than those from Beishu.

He had seen the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect’s warehouse; as long as their Nascent Soul Cultivators work hard enough, they can acquire incredibly powerful magical artifacts.

Despite having some strength, he hadn’t fought against major sect Nascent Soul Cultivators yet, and didn’t want to create a conflict with them less than a year into entering the Nascent Soul Stage, with his strength still unstabilized.

“I know the location of the Red Gold Phoenix; a Red Gold Phoenix has been in a rebirth state these past few years.” Chen Zhou said solemnly.

Knowing Li Shiming’s objective in entering the Ten Thousand Beasts Cave Heaven, he reckoned that when discussing the best Phoenix-type spirit pet, it inevitably had to be the Red Gold Phoenix.

He was well aware that Li Shiming must possess some Escape Skill with incredible speed; otherwise, he wouldn’t have continually failed to catch up with Li Shiming.

Thus, Chen Zhou needed to get close enough to Li Shiming before he had a chance to keep him there.

He only had one opportunity; if he failed once, finding another opportunity later would be difficult.

“What’s your demand?” Li Shiming indeed felt tempted; regardless of truth, it wouldn’t hurt to listen.

But he also understood such information wouldn’t be given away freely; the other must have some demands.

“I want ten drops of your dragon-type spirit pet’s blood essence!” Chen Zhou said while closing the distance between himself and Li Shiming.

Li Shiming’s gaze sharpened upon hearing the request; he had suspected the other’s intentions, and upon hearing mention of the Illusion Spirit Jiao, he understood them.

The other wanted the Illusion Spirit Jiao’s Dragon Clan bloodline. Looking at the other’s dragon-type spirit pet, despite being slightly inferior to the Illusion Spirit Jiao’s Dragon Clan bloodline, it was still a highly graded one among dragon-type spirit pets.

The Illusion Spirit Jiao’s robust Dragon Clan bloodline was due to obtaining a Dragon Vein Source Crystal, which was a crystallization of more than half of a Four-clawed Dragon’s bloodline.

For the Illusion Spirit Jiao, losing ten drops of blood essence would be an immense loss, potentially affecting its potential.

Even if the other side genuinely wanted a trade, he wouldn’t compromise the Illusion Spirit Jiao’s future potential for it.

His demands for a Phoenix-type spirit pet were far less than his importance placed on Illusion Spirit Jiao; they had grown together, sharing many years and profound emotions.

Not to mention, he wouldn’t trust the other’s claim of wanting only ten drops of blood essence; given the other’s continual attempts to approach, it strongly indicated more ulterior motives.