Chapter One Hundred and Seventy Three Pulling Into The Fold (1/2)

Chapter One Hundred and Seventy Three Pulling Into The Fold

“Chun Yu Cheng, Shixiong’s looking for you,” someone shouted.

“Coming.” Chun Yu Cheng responded, his hands carefully placing a young worm into the nurturing formation, before standing and wiping the sweat off his face. He was twenty-four this year, his appearance was handsome, with sharp brows and bright eyes. He was a very dependable person. Even though he had not been part of the sect for very long, many female disciples had made advances; but he had refused all of them.

Compared to the study of love between man and woman, he had more interest towards animal husbandry.

Chun Yu Cheng’s cultivation could only be considered normal. He had just broken through to zhuji, yet no one dared to underestimate him. He was twenty four years old, yet he had received the white jade medal of the beast speakers. Even though he could not compare to Zuo Shixiong, but he was definitely a talented individual. The jade medals of the beast-speakers were divided into the ranks of white snake, black cobra, blue serpent, and crimson dragon. Within the profession, people would usually just use the colors, so the white snake jade medal would be referred to simply as the white jade medal.

In Zuo Mo’s company there were three people who had jade medals,Zuo Mo, Chun Yu Cheng, and the last was Gongsun Cha, who had a butcher jade medal. No one would think that the clean, white, scholarly looking Gongsun Cha would be a professional butcher. Supposedly, in the span of fifteen minutes, he could dismember any ling beast to hundreds of pieces, the ling energy in each piece conserved with the loss of ling energy of less thantwenty percent.

Chun Yu Cheng was infatuated with beast keeping, but he wasn’t dumb. He had instantly perceived the increasingly terrible environment of the sect, so when he had been named to come to Desolate Wood Reef, he had not hesitated. Before, the problem he had been most concerned about was his safety. Now that Zuo Mo Shixiong’s great formation had been completed, the anxiety that had been building up up in the back of his mind was alleviated.

The environment of the Desolate Wood Reef was much worse than Wu Kong Mountain, but he did not care. Without the conflict of mortal affairs, he could finally concentrate on his craft.

Hearing that Zuo Mo Shixiong was calling him, he hurriedly put down what he was doing.

Shixiong was the true master of the present Desolate Wood Reef. Chun Yu Cheng might not like mortal affairs, but it wasn’t as though he did not understand them. He had not interacted much with Zuo Mo Shixiong and did not feel confident and was even slightly wary. However, up until now, he was very satisfied with the present situation. The series of announcements that Zuo Mo Shixiong had made, his action of not taking a share of the ling fields, had won the support of everyone. Chun Yu Cheng was full of hope towards his future days.

“Shixiong, you are looking for me?” Chun Yu Cheng was slightly formal. After Zuo Mo had killed Nan Ming Zi, the seeds of awe had been planted in everyone’s hearts.

But quickly, his attention was drawn to the pool that Shixiong was building.

This was a very strange looking nine-palace pool. Formations that he did not understand were carved onto the sides and bottom of the pool, but there were one or two that he recognized.

Those were nurturing formations used in raising beats, it could cause ling beasts to grow faster.

When did Shixiong become interested in animal rearing? He was puzzled. Shixiong was somewhat famous. Rumors had it that he knew something about everything, such as forging and dan-making, and it couldn’t be said that his skil in these crafts was low. But he had never heard that Shixiong knew how to raise animals.

“Hold on a second.” Zuo Mo did not stop. His hands continuously casted light after light that entered the walls of the pool.

Chen Yu Cheng began to understand. After each light that Shixiong cast, the walls of the pool became shinier, and the traces of the formations on the pool became fainter.

When the last light entered the wall, the walls of the pool became transparent like they were made from crystal. The marks of the formations on the walls had completely disappeared.

Zuo Mo panted and raised his head, asking, “What ling beasts do you have on you?”

Chun Yu Cheng paused and hurried to answer, “The flight was too long. It was hard to bring large-sized ling beats, all I brought were some small-sized ling beasts, like ling butterflies.”

“Oh, ling butterflies? Great, sell me some.” Zuo Mo said.

Chun Yu Cheng said, “Ling butterflies aren’t expensive. Shixiong, you don’t have to pay. How many does Shixiong want? Which types?”

“What type of ling butterfly?” Zuo Mo stilled and then asked back, “There are many kinds of ling butterflies?”

Chun Yu Cheng didn’t know how to react, but didn’t show it. “Just what this little brother knows of is about twenty thousand. However, I only have around one hundred eggs right now, but they are all very normal.” He guessed that Shixiong was having an impulse to work with ling beasts. However, just as he said, these ling butterfly eggs really were not worth very much. Even if he gave all of them to Shixiong, he wouldn’t feel it was a loss.

Zuo Mo had an interested expression. “Oh, so there is so much to learn here. Chun Shidi, please introduce me.”

“Shixiong is too polite.” Chun Yu Cheng started to introduce the different kinds of ling butterfly eggs to Zuo Mo.

The introductions hadn’t finished after four hours. Chun Yu Cheng’s throat was becoming dry, and Zuo Mo was left dizzy.

Zuo Mo realized now that even with this beast nurturing pool, if he wanted to get some results, it wasn’t a simple matter. Hearing how clear and knowledgeable Chun Yu Cheng was while he was talking about ling beasts, he couldn’t help but sigh at the level of professionalism needed!

Suddenly, an idea sprouted.

Why couldn’t he pull Chun Yu Cheng into the fold? If Chun Yu Cheng, the expert did it, wouldn’t it be easier to get results than an amateur like him?

The more he thought, the better Zuo Mo found the idea. His first aim was to make jingshi and not just spend his savings. Other than making jingshi, he didn’t have any interest in livestock. He already had too many things he needed to study. If he added another area, he wouldn’t be able to learn it effectively.

Chun Yu Cheng was still relentlessly lecturing. Zuo Mo was very familiar with the enthusiasm in his eyes. It indicated that the other really loved animal keeping.

Seeing such a determined gaze, Zuo Mo made the decision to incorporate Chun Yu Cheng into his plans.

Halfway through, Chun Yu Cheng accidentally saw Zuo Mo’s eerie-green, wolf-like gaze and shuddered inside. His tongue tying up. However, when he did a double-take to check again, Shixiong’s gaze was faint and calm, like a Dhyana expert.

He had just had a mistaken feeling! Chun Yu Cheng released a breath, organized his thoughts and continued on.

Zuo Mo pretended to be listening careful. Secretly, he flipped an empty jade scroll from his ring and imprinted some spells.