30 Spiritual Bird (1/2)
”Spiritual land...”
Fang Yuan looked ahead, his eyes full of passion.
Even the lowest grade of spiritual land was a great piece of treasure, and of course, with the rewards came the danger as well.
These spiritual grasses and flowers must have many spiritual beasts lurking around. Take for instance the previous encounter with the Pearl Tail Snake which was guarding the Poisonous Dragon Grass, there had to be many dangerous animals around all these spiritual plants.
”No risk, no rewards, right?”
Fang Yuan clenched his teeth, and looked determined, ”Flower Fox Ferret, show me the way!”
The Flower Fox Ferret frequented this route, and it was safe the previous few times it came from here. As long as Fang Yuan stayed wary of the dangerous fog, he should be fine.
”Keke!”
The Flower Fox Ferret was very clever and could lead the way in front, while Fang Yuan followed behind, focusing his inner power to his ears so that he could pick up any danger from the surroundings.
The dangerous fog no longer had the same effect as before, since Fang Yuan recalled his Master's teachings and utilised the Meditative Tea Ceremony.
After a short while, the mountain fog dissipated and the view ahead appeared.
”That is...”
Fang Yuan witnessed the view in front of him and was in awe.
Within his vision, he could see a small green peak covered in a circle of white fog, as though the sky had curtains covering. Once he was inside, the sky was blood red, and the view of the sunset was spectacular.
”Can the wall of fog even cover the entire mountain peak?”
Fang Yuan felt weird, and if not for the Flower Fox Ferret, who was guiding him all the way, he would have been mesmerised and gotten lost.
This place was much more inconspicuous as compared to the secluded valley.
”Hu...”
”Wait up!”
Fang Yuan took a deep breath and felt different.
”Even the air here smells fresher, and with it brings spirituality... A human being can extend his lifespan if he lives here, and if one practises martial arts here, he will experience amazing progress!”
His eyes glittered, ”Based on this magical feeling, there is no doubt that this is a piece of spiritual land!”
Fang Yuan felt as though he had won the top prize.
But at this stage, he remained calm, followed the Flower Fox Ferret and ran towards the Green Peak.
Behind the Green Peak was a ridge of barren cliffs, with many black spots on it. As the sky darkened, it became increasingly hard to see.
The Flower Fox Ferret became alert, waved his paws and remained completely silent.
Fang Yuan took in a deep breath and followed it to the bottom of the cliff.
”Eh? This is...”
Under the cliff was a small lake. The lake water was green as jade, and surrounding the lake was white sand all around.
At the bottom of the cliff, the smell of the spiritual fertilizer filled the air, and he became speechless as he looked at the beach ahead.
”This 'beach'... It is all made up of spiritual fertilizer, so much... so much spiritual fertilizer!”
He mumbled to himself and was happy beyond words.
He already knew how the spiritual fertilizer looked like. It was made up of translucent droplets and was everywhere around the beach. A few obvious holes seemed to be dug up by some animal, and the droplets became increasingly transparent with increasing deepness into the beach and the layer on top was pure white.
”It seems that the more transparent the spiritual fertilizer, the more effective it is... I don't even know what formed this beach, I've struck gold!”
Fang Yuan's eyes glittered. He took out his bamboo basket, rolled up his sleeves and was prepared to collect the spiritual fertilizer.
”Squawk!”
At this moment, a fist-sized white bird with red eyes landed on a neighbouring tree and began to squeak in anger.
Its squawking disturbed a neighbouring large bird, which was about 10 times the size of it, like a large eagle. It flew straight at Fang Yuan.
”Hmm? Another type of spiritual bird, this place is indeed very conducive to spiritual things!”
Fang Yuan remained calm, his right hand forming into a claw-shape, and as quick as lightning, ”Eagle Claw!”
”Whoosh!”
Amid a short squawk, large amounts of white feathers scattered around.
This large bird could be considered to be a mutant at best, half spiritual bird, but still not a real spiritual animal, so how could it be Fang Yuan's match?
With one swipe, Fang Yuan's Eagle Claw broke its neck.
”Ha ha... Flower Fox Ferret, we have an additional dish for dinner!”
Fang Yuan tossed the spiritual bird into the bamboo basket and smiled at the Flower Fox Ferret.
However, at this point in time, the Flower Fox Ferret jumped at Fang Yuan and pulled on his clothing as though it was running for its life.
”This...”
Seeing how it reacted, it was obvious that it could sense that something extremely dangerous was approaching. Its fur stood up straight.
Fang Yuan decided not to care about the spiritual fertilizer at this moment, picked up his bamboo basket and disappeared like the wind.
”Squawk!”
At his back, the small white bird's squawking increased in intensity.
”Squawk!”
”Squawk!”
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