Chapter 95 - Toward Mirage Sea (1/2)
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Yi Feng brought Shen Ying and flew straight to the Mirage Sea. Although he had no idea why she wanted to stand on his sword, he knew she was a guest no matter what and he had no choice but to give in to her requests. He introduced Shen Ying to the Mirage Sea.
“Sect Master Shen, this is the Mirage Sea,” he pointed toward a sea which seemed to extend into infinity. “Thanks to my Yi Family, there aren’t many beasts on the shore along the Mirage Sea. We’ll see more beasts once we get to Qianqun Island.”
Shen Ying nodded. Indeed, after a moment, they saw many islands in the middle of the Mirage Sea. The islands themselves were small – some resembled stone peaks that were only a few square metres long. Yi Feng had no intention to stop at any of the islands. He described some of them briefly and continued to fly past them. After an hour, such islands became sparser but each of them were much larger than the ones they saw before.
Just as he said, there were many spirit beasts on the islands. Some were traveling in groups of three to five while others were traveling in groups of hundreds. Most of them were on the land but occasionally they spotted a beast or two in the waters. All the beasts were huge – they could be spotted from afar.
“I found my Lion Roaring Beast on that island,” Yi Feng gestured to a huge island to his right.
“That cat?” Shen Ying turned to look at him.
Yi Feng hesitated. He figured that she regarded the Lion Roaring Beast as a small beast and explained, “The Lion Roaring Beast is a tenth-stage spirit beast. It can mutate. Sect Master Shen, the form you saw the other day was not its true form. In actual fact, it is about sixty to ninety times larger than it appeared.”
“Oh,” she nodded.
A tinge of sadness enveloped Yi Feng as he thought about his Contract Beast, so he did not explain any further. He took one final glance at the island and flew past it. After another hour, they stopped at an island that contained a dense forest.
“Let’s start our search from here,” he descended toward the island and pointed at the dense forest. “There is thick spirit Qi on this island. We should be able to find spirit beasts in their tenth-stage at minimum.”
“Alright,” Shen Ying said. She had no preference.
Yi Feng retrieved a stack of array flags and dharmic talismans and said, “I have a gold-elemental spirit root, so I am after spirit beasts that have spirit roots of other elements. Sect Master Shen, are you looking for any kind of spirit beast in particular?”
“Yes!” She nodded.
“What kind of spirit beast?”
A huge ball of fur surfaced in Shen Ying’s imagination. “I want a big, white one.” A delicious one.
“White?” Yi Feng hesitated and glanced at her. Then, he understood. Sect Master Shen is a lady after all. Naturally, she was looking for spirit beasts with good appearances. This is understandable.
“I’ve prepared all the arrays, talismans, dharma artifacts and equipment I need. Sect Master Shen, what is your strategy?”
“Huh?” What does he mean?
“The spirit beasts here are very dangerous. We need to be prepared,” Yi Feng raised the equipment in his hands and continued, “These can aid us. What kind of beast control techniques are you most familiar with, Sect Master Shen?”
“Are there… many types?” Don’t I just have to grab them?
“Naturally.” This is Yi Feng’s expertise. He recited the techniques from memory, “Every stage of beast control – from the pursuit, the observation and the movement, to the battle, the domination, the sealing and the contract – is equally important.”
“Er…” Is it that complicated? All she had to do with the rabbit was beat it into submission. Demons were so different from beasts.
“The spirit beast in my sect was very drawn to Sect Master Shen’s aura. My guess is you’re proficient in pursuit and observation?”
“Er… not really.”
“Then are you good at abboting or array formations?”
“Nope.”
“Are you good at dominating the spirit beast or sealing them?”
“I’ve never learned that before.”
“How about concluding a contract…”