Chapter 51 (1/2)
Book 1 - What Is A Genius Chapter 51 - Spirit Beasts.
05 Oct 2016
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Translated by:
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Upon hearing the three words ‘gold-crowned snake’, He Quanming and the two immediately understood why the Lord Master summoned them so urgently and even He laibao had shown up.
In this world, humans stood at the top of the food chain.
Yet many creatures possessed much more strength than humans in addition to certain amounts of wisdom. If ordinary people encountered these creatures, they would certainly die.
Such creatures were collectively known as spirit beasts.
Gold crowned python was a kind of spirit beasts. Although it was not considered strong, even if a tenth layer cultivator encountered it by himself, he would have no choice but to run for his life.
He Quanming sucked in a deep breath and said, “Third brother, your luck is quite good, being able to escape from a fully grown gold crowned python.”
He Quanyi bitterly smiled, “Second brother, you sure know how to poke fun at people. If I had truly encountered an adult gold-crowned python, escaping unscathed would have been as difficult as ascending heavens.”
He Wude faintly nodded and said, “Quanming, third only discovered some crawling impressions deep in the mountains, and he immediately returned back. I and your uncle Bao went to take a look. There is absolutely no mistake.”
He Quanming’s eyes shone. Spirit beasts possessed great strength, capable of easily claiming people’s lives. However, at the same time, if a cultivator managed to kill a spirit beast, it held unimaginable benefits for him.
The worth of a gold-crowned python far exceeded that of the Cheng family’s lost thousand-year blood ginseng.
“Father, what you have in mind?” He Quanming asked, lowering his voice.
He Wude’s face remained calm and composed but his voice contained faint excitement:
“Quanming, as they say: Treasures are to be sought amidst dangers. Since we have discovered that python, we will naturally not miss the opportunity.”
He Quanming swept his vision through the people in the hall and hesitatingly said, “Father, we will go, that’s without question. However, Yitian and the others, they are still small. You see&h.e.l.lip;.”
He Wude waved his hand and said, “They are not small anymore and should be involved in family’s affairs. Furthermore, it’s a rare opportunity to fight with a spirit beast. Their Internal Energy is above the sixth layer anyhow. I don’t wish them to lend a hand, but they should, at least, broaden their horizons.”
Not daring to speak again, He Quanming bowed and sounded his agreement.
He Wude stood up and said, “Although gold crowned-python is not a high-level spirit beast, it’s a spirit beast nonetheless. Thus, its strength will be no small matter. We can’t afford a direct confrontation. We will lay a secret trap. If we can seriously injure it, that would be convenient to kill it,” His vision swept through everybody’s faces as he sternly continued, “This matter could only remain with us. It cannot be leaked outside. Otherwise, our clan will certainly attract a disaster.”
Everybody felt a chill inwardly as they promptly sounded their agreements.
Due to a mere thousand-year blood ginseng, Cheng family was almost purged. As such, if the information that He family possessed a spirit beast leaked out, perhaps the entire clan might be exterminated.
Gold crowned-python was inherently fond of roaming in daylight and sleeping at night. In order to lay the trap, He family members decided to rest during the day, and conserve their energy. At night, under the lead of He Wude himself, the group of nine people left for the deep mountain forest.
For this time’s operation, they left the manor stealthily and not a single individual discovered their movements.
They had the whereabouts of the python scouted previously. Thus, this time their journey was smooth.
Upon entering the mountain forest, He Wude brought out a bottled medicine, and everybody sprinkled some of it on their clothes. After sprinkling this medicine, they would be able to avoid the pain of mosquito bites in the forest, and even a spirit’s beast nose would not be able to smell their scent.
Among them, the least cultivation was at least the sixth layer. The path in the forest was although quite craggy, it simply didn’t pose any problem for these people. Following He Wude, they soon arrived before a strange mountainous depression.
He Yiming carefully surveyed it. Sure enough, there was a clear snake hole.
In He Yiming’s opinion, finding a snake hole at the foot of a mountain was not surprising at all. Usually, if the animals in the forest caught the sight of a snake hole, they would usually avoid pa.s.sing through there.
However, the hole before him was somewhat different than the usual serpent impression. In addition to the wriggling and sliding impressions, one could see faintly glittering traces of golden stool.
He Yiming then knew how his grandfather and third uncle were certain.
After arriving at the mouth of the depression, they nodded to each other. He Quanxin issued a hand sign, and everybody took off the bags they were carrying.