Chapter 363 – Taming the Beast, Crane Dance
Chapter 363 – Taming the Beast Crane Dance
“Filthy Wormwood …… The small courtyard of the netherworld has added another fierce general.”
Lu Xuan took out the Filthy Insect Grass Spirit Seed, the Inner Sect’s pure aura was not suitable for it to grow, and he planned to find a chance to transplant it to the Small Courtyard of Sword Gate Town.
“Feeding on filth and obscenity, it can pollute the pupils of the cultivator’s eyes and mind, you have to be careful not to dirty your heart and eyes during the planting process.”
He suddenly realized that the netherworld spirit plants in the netherworld small courtyard were all fine products, the fourth-grade Blood Spirit Palm Ginseng, fifth-grade Blood Sinister Flower, Different Longevity Peach, Sacred Infant Fruit, and the newly acquired Filthy Insect Grass, each of which was not an ordinary spirit plant.
“However, the area of the spiritual field is still too small, and the spiritual qi isn’t dense enough, it’s not a suitable environment for all kinds of evil spirit plants to grow, I’ll have to find a better place when I have the chance.”
He thought secretly in his heart.
On this day, while cultivating the spiritual plants, an unexpected person came.
“Senior Brother Zhong, what wind blew you over.”
Lu Xuan smiled and came out to greet him, the visitor was none other than Zhong Hao who had raised the pair of scolding Yin beasts.
“Haha, nothing is wrong, I came over to look for you, senior brother, for something.”
The lanky Zhong Hao laughed brightly.
He casually observed Lu Xuan’s cave while saying.
“The several spirit beasts in Senior Brother Lu’s cave residence look like they’re all well bred, and even though their grades aren’t very high, each of them is alive and well.”
Zhong Hao glanced at the Treading Cloud Lynx, Wind Falcon and other spirit beasts and sighed.
“It’s far from those spirit beasts bred by senior brother.”
Lu Xuan humbled himself.
“This time I came over, it’s a matter concerning spirit beasts.”
“Apart from those of my own, I usually have to help the clan tame spirit beasts, especially those of high grade.”
“There is a new batch of high-grade young beasts in the sect, and someone is needed to tame them, last time, Senior Brother helped me solve that pair of Rebuking Yin Beasts’ conception problem, as well as from the exchange with me afterwards, it can be seen that Senior Brother Lu has notable attainments in raising spirit beasts, so I purposely came over here to ask, and I wonder whether or not Senior Brother is willing to go and tame them?”
“If you directly make a contract with the spirit beasts, won’t they be obedient? What’s the need to tame them?”
Lu Xuan expressed his disbelief to the lanky cultivator.
“Senior Brother doesn’t know, those spirit beasts aren’t owned by individuals, so it’s impossible to specifically have a certain fellow disciple make a contract.”
“They each have their own uses, guarding secret and dangerous places, producing cultivation resources, sect carriers, and so on, taming them is what will allow them to understand the various commands better, and sap the demonic nature within them, so that they can better serve the sect.”
Zhong Hao patiently explained.
“Is it possible to directly control them with a magic weapon if we don’t make a contract?”
Lu Xuan recalled the imitation Dragon Binding Ring magic artifact that he had at the very beginning when he kept the Jiao Dragon Python in the Thousand Dragon Lake.
“Those are high grade spirit beasts, the magic artifacts needed are naturally of high grade as well, in which case the cost would be raised too much, in addition, even with magic artifacts, arrays and other controls, the demonic nature within the spirit beasts has to be tamed, otherwise, it might just suddenly explode one day, leading to heavy losses.”
“I see.”
Lu Xuan nodded as he heard this.
“Then I’ll give it a try, and I have to thank senior brother for the introduction.”
“It’s all up to you, Senior Brother.”
From the conversation between the two, Lu Xuan learned that the pair of scolding Yin Beasts from last time had successfully conceived after a few months of mating, only that it would take a few more years before they could give birth to their young.
After chatting for a few moments, Lu Xuan followed behind Zhong Hao and flew towards the location of the batch of young beasts to be domesticated.
As he passed through a vast expanse of water, Lu Xuan looked at the hundreds or thousands of Spirit Cranes soaring freely in the water, and his footsteps couldn’t help but lurch.
The water covers an area of hundreds of acres, the water grass is lush, the spiritual qi is dense, many spiritual cranes or reflecting the water surface combing their white plumes, or in the water to play happily, from time to time to peck the water spiritual fish and shrimp. Lu Xuan saw this scene, the corner of his mouth could not help but rise.
When he was about to leave, suddenly, a spirit crane spotted his figure and let out a crisp chirp, sounding urgent and excited.
This chirp seemed to cause a chain reaction, as the cranes chirped one after another in the water swamp, and thousands of Spirit Cranes flapped their white wings, tracing a wonderful arc as they flew towards Lu Xuan at breakneck speeds.
That man has returned!
Even though it had been ten years since then, the entire flock of spirit cranes still remembered the change Lu Xuan had made to them.
Without his appearance, all the cranes would probably be like before, carrying cultivators day and night, but the reward was extremely meager, and it was difficult to feed themselves.
If this goes on, the end will be that the entire flock will slowly lie flat and rot, just like a pool of stagnant water.
“Go go go, quickly retreat, retreat!”
Suddenly, an outer sect disciple flew in from the distance, fearing that the spirit cranes in the watery swamp would rush into the two inner sect masters in front of him, anxiously chasing away all the spirit cranes.
“Two senior uncles, the spirit cranes raised by me are not long-sighted, please forgive me if they have bumped into senior brothers.”
The outer sect disciple who flew out had dark skin and a perfect cultivation level of practicing qi, at this moment, he deeply lowered his head and looked terrified.
“There’s no harm, just catching up on old times, Fellow Daoist Xu doesn’t need to worry.”
Lu Xuan looked at the outer disciple in front of him and said gently.
He had some impression of this person, named Xu Yi, when he received the Spirit Crane Fertility Mission many years ago, he was the one responsible for raising the entire Spirit Crane community.
When Xu Yi heard the words, he jerked his head up, and when he saw Lu Xuan, his expression couldn’t help but be stunned.
“Lu …… Master Uncle Lu.”
He did not expect to meet Lu Xuan in this manner, more than ten years ago, Lu Xuan was still just a newcomer to the clan, a high level Qi Practicing cultivator, and the two had met because of the Spirit Crane Fertility Mission.
He didn’t expect to meet again, but Lu Xuan had already become an inner sect disciple.
He himself, however, was still only a Qi Practicing Perfectionist, and still didn’t know when he could try to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.
“Fellow Daoist Xu, how have you been?”
“Thanks to Uncle Lu for thinking of me, I’m doing alright, I’m going to polish my physical body and spiritual awareness for a few more years before I try to advance to the Foundation Establishment realm.”
Xu Yi slightly bent his waist and respectfully said.
Lu Xuan let out a light sigh in his heart and looked around at the many spirit cranes that were flying happily around him.
“Can there be any changes in the lives of these Spirit Cranes compared to before?”
“Thanks to the blessings of you, Uncle Lu, the Beast Control Hall listened to your advice and commissioned the Formation Hall to refine small spells with functions such as locating and contacting, thus freeing most of the spirit cranes from their labor.”
“At the same time, raising their transportation rewards, expanding their living area, and improving their living conditions.”
“With the many changes, the entire Spirit Crane community slowly entered a benign stage, with everything moving in a favorable direction.”
“That’s good.”
Lu Xuan nodded his head gratefully and encouraged Xu Yi for a couple of sentences before continuing to fly towards the mountains with the lanky cultivator waiting on the side.
The many spirit cranes chirped in unison, spontaneously following Lu Xuan to the left and right, their cries full of reluctance.
“Alright, go on, live the life you want well.”
Lu Xuan waved his hand towards the numerous Spirit Cranes, the speed of the flying swords under his feet accelerated, and he looked back at the Spirit Cranes that were soaring freely and freely in the air, feeling heartfelt joy for them.
(End of Chapter)