Chapter 46 - 44: One Step Ahead (Seeking Follow-up Reading)

Chapter 46: Chapter 44: One Step Ahead (Seeking Follow-up Reading)

[Water Spirit Snake]

[Water Element Spirit Beast]

[Life Span: 23/60]

[Realm: Fetal Breathing 8th Layer]

[Talent: Water Gun Technique, Concealment]

A water snake with its head bitten off lay on the ground.

“Not bad, the skin of this snake is very tough; it can be made into armor, and its spirit meat can fill us up well.”

Yang Shi chuckled and bowed to the sky.

“Thanks to the ancestral guidance.”

Yang Genshuo and Yang Shi had been coordinating seamlessly for many years, a slight gesture was all it took for the other to understand.

If they hadn’t found the Water Spirit Snake while resting and eating, they would surely have been ambushed and injured, and even if they reacted, it would have left them in disarray and wasted many defense talismans.

“Under my ‘God’s eye view,’ no demon can hide!”

Yang Genshuo was slightly proud.

As Hu Zi was skinning the Water Spirit Snake, the Iron-spined Grey Wolf stood beside him, wagging its tail, its eyes filled with intense desire.

The snake was about the size of a smaller python, with plenty of meat; Hu Zi cut off a piece of spirit meat and threw it to the Grey Wolf.

The Grey Wolf opened its mouth wide and chewed enthusiastically.

Faint white spiritual light shone from its body, its fur becoming smoother, and its body visibly more robust…

Yang Shi thought for a moment and then came to a realization.

“The Grey Wolf needs to eat spirit meat to advance its realm! No wonder its power hasn’t changed over these years… Let Xiao Huo have some too.”

Xiao Huo came over, sniffed, and then walked away with a look of disgust.

“Water and fire don’t mix, Xiao Huo, do you dislike its meat?”

Xiao Huo humanely rubbed against Jiang Xiaobai’s clothes, showing that his master understood him.

“Then it’s a boon for the Grey Wolf.”

They rested on the spot, lit a fire, and roasted the Water Spirit Snake’s meat, feeling warm all over as they ate.

The physical strength of Yang Shi and Hu Zi increased slightly, and after eating, Jiang Xiaobai’s spiritual power surged, and he had to meditate on the “Spring Wood Longevity Skill” to digest.

“This one hour of cultivation equals a week of my regular practice.”

“Water Generates Wood, this snake meat is hugely beneficial to my cultivation technique.”

Upon hearing this, Hu Zi stopped feeding the Grey Wolf.

“Ah? Should we save the rest… to take back and eat?”

Jiang Xiaobai waved his hand, “No need, Hu brother, the spiritual energy of this spirit beast is dissipating fast after death. We don’t have the means to preserve it, so eat what we can.”

Yang Shi nodded, “If we can’t finish it, throw it away; otherwise, the smell of blood will attract other fierce beasts.”

The Iron-spined Grey Wolf had its belly round and full before it reluctantly stopped eating.

It had been years since it last consumed spirit meat… Eating it now almost brought tears to its eyes.

After their hearty meal, they threw the leftover spirit meat into the lake below the waterfall and left the area with a complete skin of the Water Spirit Snake.

Their journey now thoroughly took them into the Devil Wind Forest, where large trees blocked out the sun, and most of the light was kept outside, making the environment dark and eerie.

Although the route was described as safe by two demon cultivators, it was still in the Devil Wind Forest, where spirit beasts were plentiful, and they encountered a few. Unless there was a distinct intention to attack, Yang Shi did not provoke them.

It was unwise to needlessly expend physical and spiritual energy in this unfamiliar environment.

Thanks to Yang Genshuo’s advance guidance, they were able to preempt any unavoidable conflicts without sustaining any injuries.

After cautiously proceeding for two hours, they finally reached the location of the spirit field described by the demon cultivators.

The area seemed to have been pruned; there were no large trees to block the sun, and sunlight could again fall on this region.

Right in the center of this sunlit area was a natural lake, surrounded by lush spirit trees, under which there were numerous houses.

Smoke was visible around the houses.

“Are there people?”

Yang Shi and the others kept their distance, observing from 150 meters away; Yang Genshuo had already spotted someone inside the house…?

“Hey? Isn’t that Slave? They have a village here?”

Hu Zi felt his hand holding the whip growing hot.

Always wanting to hit something.

“Is this the legendary cannibal ogres?” Yang Shi didn’t know where the rumors originated from, scaring even Qi Refinement loose cultivators.

Yang Genshuo opened up several of ogres’ character cards to check.

Most had several common traits:

[Bullies the weak and fears the strong, lazy, physically well-developed.]

Overall, they were stronger than those working at the Yang family estate but only by a slight margin.

“Anyway, there wasn’t a single Innate Master.”

Yang Genshuo felt that, with Jiang Xiaobai wielding the Flowing Water Sword, none of these Slaves stood a chance against him.

However, what surprised Yang Genshuo was that there was a young Slave with a 4 Spirit Root among these Slaves.

His intelligence was clearly much higher than that of his unevolved barbarian brethren.

However, he hadn’t started cultivating and, just like the other Slaves, was in the Body Refining Realm.

After scouting around and finding no threat beyond their capabilities, Yang Genshuo let Jiang Xiaobai do as he pleased.

“Our ancestor instructed us to subdue these Slaves first.”

Hu Zi grinned evilly, “Then I have to let them taste my big whip.”

Jiang Xiaobai couldn’t bear it and said, “I can’t bear to whip these poor barbarians… at most, I’ll use the Binding Technique to tie them up and let Small Fire spit flames to scorch them.”

“Xiaobai still has a kind heart…” Jiang Xiaobai sighed.

For Yang Shi and Hu Zi, who had thoroughly studied “Start with 100 Draws,” dealing with the Slaves was as easy as eating and drinking.

The group rode into the Slave Tribe on their Spirit Beasts.

These Slaves cried out and charged over, fiercely extraordinary, looking as if they often fought with wild beasts.

But after Jiang Xiaobai cold-bloodedly killed two, the Gray Wolf bit one to death, Small Fire charred three medium-rare, and Hu Zi whipped down five, the entire Slave Tribe settled down.

Their trait of respecting power made them tremble with fear, and after a final round of harsh whipping, these 42 Slaves outwardly submitted for the time being.

As for their hearts… that would take time to subdue.

Jiang Xiaobai looked at the Spirit Field that had easily fallen into his hands, somewhat in disbelief.

“Is it really this easy to take? This adds up to about 5 or 6 acres of Spirit Field, right?”

Yang Genshuo was unsurprised.

This is called information disparity.

Devil Wind Forest has always had a bad reputation; Loose Cultivators usually avoid it at all costs, so who would think of looking here for uncultivated Spirit Field? Instead, it was these barbarians who had migrated here unknowingly occupied a treasure spot.

Leisurely eating Spirit Fruits and hunting wild beasts every day, they were quite comfortable.

If it hadn’t been for the information from the fat and thin Demon Cultivators, they wouldn’t have obtained such a feng shui treasure spot so easily.

Yang Genshuo surveyed the entire Spirit Field and found that the source was the lake at the center.

The Spiritual Energy Concentration was as high as 5 points!

You see, the Spirit Field in the Tiger and Leopard Forest only has a concentration of 2 points.

The area surrounding the lake was all Spirit Field; the farther away from the lake, the lower the concentration, gradually decreasing from 3 to 1 points.

Now, the Spirit Field was dotted with unevenly grown fruit trees.

Jiang Xiaobai lamented, “All uncultivated! What a waste! Hu Zi, whip them a few times, for wasting nature’s gifts!”

The Slaves: “??”

Slap slap slap slap!

The fickle behavior of these few made the Slaves even more docile.

Jiang Xiaobai, following instructions from the old ancestor, found a young Slave in the crowd who was crouching, holding his head.

“You, get up. Starting today, you’re my servant and will manage the entire tribe.”

“Ah? Me?”

The young Slave had a distinct look in his eyes, visibly sly, but he clearly didn’t fancy the Identity of a servant, his eyes filled with rejection and humiliation.

“That’s right, as long as you manage the tribe well for me, I may pass on Immortal Cultivation Techniques to you…”

“Master above, please accept Hashi’s bow!”

When he stood by Jiang Xiaobai’s side and turned to look at his tribesmen, he showed a superior look.

Ha~ A bunch of Slaves with more muscle than brains…

“Master, what should we do next? Cultivate?”

“No… for now, keep your current lifestyle unchanged and just wait quietly.”

“Wait for what?”

“Wait for a person.”

Jiang Xiaobai took out a large number of Array Formation Stones from his bag.

…

Time flew, and in the blink of an eye, two months had passed.

Xiang Pichi returned from Danai City, carrying a map and beaming as he walked out the door.

The gatekeeper routinely asked, “Lord Pichi, where are you heading? Would you like us to accompany you?”

“I’m just going for a stroll, no need for company.”

Xiang Pichi snorted coldly to himself.

This place, I know by myself, and my family… need not know.

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