Preparations

Chapter 169 Preparations

"Young master, is it really alright?"

Xiao Qing cast a few more wisps of green lightning, watching the white turtle with its pointed mouth, tongue dangling out, and drool dripping from its mouth.

As the electric shock subsided, Xu Yunxin added a streak of azure-gold light, instantly restoring the white giant turtle to its normal state, making the entire turtle excited!

Seeing the white giant turtle's silly appearance, Xu Yunxin used the [Skill: Animal Spirit Contract] to test it again. Although he couldn't test the bloodline evolution level, there were no negative results.

Amidst the flowing blue-gold light, the giant white turtle radiated vitality, its pointed mouth slightly parted to the sides, revealing a tiny bit of white teeth, and it gave Xu Yunxin and Xiao Qing a strange, ingratiating smile.

That smile was so direct and impactful.

"Look at its expression, it seems like something's wrong?"

The moment Xu Yunxin and Xiaoqing saw this expression, they already knew what it meant.

Xu Yunxin's [Skill: World Tree Blessing (All Beasts)] is not particularly effective against monsters that do not have a contract with him, but this giant turtle is already obsessed.

At this moment, he had already acquired a second-tier low-grade toad, which offset the ten blessings he had previously given to the white giant turtle.

This blessing is now on hold, to be deducted from the monsters captured later.

The white giant turtle was quite fair in response, nodding its head like a kowtowing worm, and eagerly led the way to the new second-tier monster's lair.

Xu Yunxin and Xiao Qing rode on clouds to become invisible, hanging behind this giant white turtle.

With this local monster leading the way, the nearby second-tier monsters didn't even have a chance to hide; they were all caught red-handed.

Some low-grade second-tier demonic beasts can be dealt with by the white giant turtle in one go.

If the white giant turtle cannot defeat a second-tier mid-grade or high-grade demon beast in a short time, Xiao Qing will take action to kill it, giving the white giant turtle only 30% of its white essence.

Perhaps because the 30% of white origin came too easily, the white giant turtle then targeted second-tier mid-grade and second-tier high-grade demonic beasts. In just one day, it led Xu Yunxin and Xiao Qing to thoroughly search the bamboo forest area in the southeast. Xiao Qing accurately killed forty-seven second-tier mid-grade or high-grade demonic beasts!

As a result, the storage bag that Xu Yunxin brought was not enough to hold them all, so in the end they had no choice but to use a cloud-riding vehicle to pull the forty-seven monster corpses back to Qingxi Town first.

Within a single day, the giant white turtle received one hundred blessings, which offset one hundred white essences. Xu Yunxin then rounded it down to zero, resulting in a final count of four hundred blessings.

After communicating with the giant turtle using the skill "Voice of All Beasts," the giant turtle excitedly panted repeatedly.

In order to continue enjoying the blessings, the white giant turtle willingly took on the task of flying up and down, helping to carry prey onto the cloud platform.

If Xu Yunxin hadn't complained that it flew too slowly and made it ride the cloud, this white turtle would have flown ahead of the cloud and acted as the guide.

That evening, Xu Yunxin and the others returned to Qingxi Town.

Having received the news long ago, Uncle Fu waited at the foot of Qifeng Mountain with nineteen soldiers who had already passed the Qi Refining checkpoint.

These soldiers carried a whole array of dissecting knives, all crafted by Liu Qingshan. Although they were only newly made, they were sufficient for cutting the flesh of already dead demon beasts.

Once Xu Yunxin had brought his cloud chariot to a stop, the giant white turtle appeared.

"Young Master, Xiao Qing."

When they met again, Uncle Fu's attitude was naturally much warmer, and he was no longer as distant as before when facing Xiaoqing.

Xu Yunxin was naturally very satisfied with this, and Xiaoqing also felt comfortable.

After the three chatted for a bit, the giant white turtle came over and eagerly offered to help Xu Yunxin with his work.

Seeing the giant white turtle being so proactive, Xu Yunxin didn't want to discourage it. After all, the turtle didn't have a spirit bond yet, and he still needed to cultivate good habits.

After receiving Xu Yunxin's instructions, the white giant turtle dragged the second-tier demon beast corpse from the cloud platform to the ground like a dog, allowing the soldiers to cut it up and sort it.

Despite the appearance of the white giant turtle and the large number of second-tier monster corpses it left behind, the soldiers brought by Uncle Fu were only slightly surprised, and none of them showed any shock.

After all, in the hearts of these soldiers, the town lord has now become a high and unapproachable figure.

At least in the "Thousand Households Wasteland," a place with scarce spiritual energy, their town lord has reached the pinnacle.

With a third-tier Azure Lord around, killing a few second-tier demonic beasts is a piece of cake.

As for the giant white turtle wagging its head and tail, everyone assumed it was just a new spirit pet acquired by the town lord.

The corpses of more than forty second-tier demonic beasts were quickly disposed of.

"Get to work!"

Uncle Fu gave the order.

The soldiers got busy, dividing the work in an orderly manner, and carefully separating and categorizing the materials from the monsters, starting with the important parts.

After watching for a while, Xu Yunxin gave Uncle Fu a few more instructions and then took the giant white turtle to the top of Qifeng Mountain.

After reaching the summit, Xu Yunxin and Xiao Qing first gave the white giant turtle an electrotherapy treatment.

Then let the white giant turtle, now refreshed, lie on the large blue stone that had been destroyed in the lightning tribulation.

Once the giant white turtle was settled, Xu Yunxin sat cross-legged on its body to regulate his breathing.

I must say, the shell of this giant white turtle is cool to the touch yet has a hint of warmth, making it feel ten times better than the big bluestone!

"Little fool, let me see your vital energy."

Xu Yunxin communicated with the white giant turtle through his [Skill: Voice of All Beasts], allowing the giant turtle to demonstrate the vital energy it had cultivated.

The giant white turtle obediently opened its mouth slightly, releasing wisps of white light.

Xu Yunxin and Xiaoqing waved gently, drawing several strands of light to examine them.

"Young Master, that's right. Benben's vital energy is indeed primarily water-based, with metal-based energy as a secondary element. The water element balances yin and yang, and there's also an indication of water and metal mutually generating each other!"

Xu Yunxin nodded slightly; the situation was consistent with what was detected by the [Skill: Animal Spirit Contract].

The vital energy provided by the white turtle perfectly replenishes the Ren water, Gui water, and Xin metal.

With the added energy from Xiao Ying, Xiao Mantis, and Xiao Qing, all that's needed is to supplement it with some Bing Fire, Ding Fire, Wu Earth, and Ji Earth.

"Among the demonic beasts hunted this time, there were quite a few that contained earth element, but refining them was a hassle."

In response, Xu Yunxin really wanted to possess a secret method or technique that could directly extract vital energy from the corpses of demonic beasts.

"We'll have to resort to the brute force method."

When a cultivator reaches the ninth level of Qi Refining and condenses their罡气 (罡气 is a type of internal energy), their罡气 will possess some mystical qualities.

For example: extremely hot or extremely cold, sharp and sturdy, light and agile, sinking, etc.

Xu Yunxin's refined Qiankun Natural Fire Qi contains the character for fire in its name, making it adept at burning and melting.

However, his current skill level is insufficient; he can only burn it, and cannot do anything else.

But what he can't do, Xiaoqing can.

Now all he needs to do is burn the monster materials containing Bing Fire, Ding Fire, Wu Earth, and Ji Earth.

Xiaoqing then selected and contained the corresponding vital energy from the materials that had been burned by the Qiankun Natural Fire Gang.