Chapter 192 - You Can’t Judge A…Bean By Its Cover… (1/2)
“Ling’e, what has your Senior Brother been doing recently? I couldn’t find him even when I went to the Pill Chamber.”
“Aunt, I don’t know either. Senior Brother has leveled out a plot of land in the back mountain recently. He would run over there every now and then. He seems to be studying mystical abilities.”
“Yes…”
Jiu Jiu straightened her back and sighed.
“Ling’e, although it sounds intimate and affectionate, can you call me Jiu instead?” “Don’t call me that. It makes me sound old!”
Ling’e lowered her head and looked at the evil human beside her. She sighed softly. “Aunt-Master, have you run out of wine to drink?”
“Hehe.” Jiu Jiu smiled in embarra.s.sment. “I want to go into seclusion recently but I’m out of stock. I’m here to see if your senior brother is lacking manpower recently… Does your senior brother need an extra hand?”
“Aunt-Master, you’ve already helped our Little Qiong Peak a lot.” Ling’e pursed her lips and smiled. She took out a treasure pouch. “Senior Brother had already told me to give this to you. He prepared it for you a long time ago.”
“Why didn’t you take it out earlier!?!”
Jiu Jiu immediately perked up and s.n.a.t.c.hed the treasure pouch away. She looked at the “inventory” in the treasure pouch and laughed heartily.
It was a perfect rendition of the changes in behavior before and after borrowing money from someone.
“How can there be no dishes to pair with wine? Let’s go and see which spiritual beast is sick!”
“Lingli said yesterday that the few birds can be eaten. Let’s roast two of them today. We have to send two to the elders of the Hundred Mortal Hall too.”
“What are you waiting for? Let’s go.”
A few moments later…
“Woah, this one is not bad. It’s fat but not greasy. We’ll eat this!”
Thus, an alluring fragrance drifted from Little Qiong Peak.
Considering the emotions of the spiritual beasts, Xiong Lingli, Lingle, and Jiu Jiu went to the forest in the distance and set up a metal pot and a roasting rack.
They laughed and joked while enjoying food and wine.
The three of them tidied up the kitchenware together. Xiong Lingli picked up her small hammer and was about to go on her daily mission—to patrol the mountain.
Jiu Jiu smiled and said, “Lingli, this is the inner sect. There is a mountain-protecting array formation outside. No one will come to the peak secretly.”
“No!”
Xiong Lingli answered seriously, “There are so many spiritual beasts and spiritual herbs on the mountain. What if someone steals them!?! Cousin didn’t get these for free. Cousin taught me how to cultivate and gave me so many things to eat. I definitely wouldn’t dare to slack off. Besides, I have to complete everything that my cousin has instructed me to!”
Ling’e smiled gently. “Thank you, Aunt-Master.”
“Hehe, if you need an extra player when playing Fighting The G.o.d, wait for me to finish my work.”
Xiong Lingli blushed and waved her hand. She carried the hammer that Immortal Yun Zhongzi had personally refined, which was a numinous treasure, and strode towards the mountain.
After walking a little further, she was still humming a tune that she created herself.
“Cousin asked me to patrol the mountain. After I’m done patrolling the left side, I’ll go to the right. If anyone dares to steal the bird eggs, I’ll smash him into pieces with a punch.”
The forest was filled with the sounds of birds, beasts, and bears.
Ling’e praised softly, “Aunt-Master Xiong listens to Senior Brother completely.”
“Yes.” Jiu Jiu wiped her mouth. There was a look of guilt on her face.
She still had some conscience. She muttered to herself, “We can’t just eat it for free. Let’s go see what your senior brother is doing.”
Ling’e hurriedly said, “It’s alright, Aunt-Master. He doesn’t like to be disturbed.”
“How can that be considered disturbing?” Jiu Jiu snorted. “My cultivation level is at the late-stage of the Perfected Immortal realm. I’m about to go into the Heaven Immortal realm. I’m a quasi-Heaven Immortal of the inner sect. Why would he not be willing to let me do something for him!?!”
Ling’e blinked and was about to continue persuading when she heard her senior brother’s voice transmission.
“Then,” said Ling’e with a smile. “Let’s go to the back mountain together. Senior Brother is short of manpower.”
Jiu Jiu smiled in satisfaction. She rode a cloud and flew towards the back mountain with Ling’e. She did not know when the isolation array was built.
After entering the array, Jiu Jiu and Lingle saw dozens of circular straw sheds that were about 100 feet in diameter scattered around.
There were various kinds of immortal herbs growing under the straw shed. The immortal herbs seemed to be of the same species. However, one would find that there were slight differences when they carefully try to identify them.
“Great Spirit Gathering Array?”
Jiu Jiu’s round eyes widened as she looked at the spiritual light flowing below the straw shed.
Although she did not know much about array formations, she could recognize it.
Based on the experience that she acc.u.mulated over a thousand years, she could naturally tell that what was planted there was not precious spirit herbs but ordinary immortal herbs and spirit herbs.
However, there was a huge Spirit Gathering Array underground. It was connected to the Heaven’s Pure Qi and gathered the Earth’s Spirit Qi. It was used to nurture the “weeds” there.
“What is he doing?”
“There’s a sign over here…” said Ling’e, who was there for the first time. Her dress fluttered and landed in front of the wooden tablet at the edge of the Spirit Gathering Array.
They were on the Little Qiong Peak’s immortal bean plantation ground, which was permitted by the Hundred Mortal Hall.
At that moment, Li Changshou walked out of the straw shed with his sleeves rolled up. His long robe was covered in mud, but there was a smile on his lips.
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“Come over here. I’ll show you something good.”
Ling’e and Jiu Jiu did not understand what was going on. They gathered there curiously…
With the experience of the Man-Forming Paper Cutouts, as well as the support of the external incarnation mystical ability that the Great Daoist Master had given him, the modification plan of the soldier-forming beans was carried out very smoothly.
In the beginning, Li Changshou did not have high expectations for the soldiers who had been formed by beans. He only thought that they would only have to have the combat power of the Essence Immortal realm.
However, Li Changshou did not expect that in the process of modifying that thing, inspiration would constantly appear…
It had only been more than a month since he had been cultivating, mixing, and familiarizing himself with the various types of ‘Original Immortal Beans’. He had also tried to combine the incantations, hand seals, and the technique to integrate profound incarnations…
He had already created three types of large-bean soldiers and twelve types of soldiers made from smaller beans!
Currently, those types were enough. The next step of his research was to increase the individual strength of the Dao soldiers.
After that, he would deduce some Thousand-People Battle Formations and Ten-Thousand-People Battle Techniques so that those Dao Soldiers would be able to unleash their combat power.
He had to walk step by step. He could not do everything in one go…
This time, he called Ling’e and Aunt-Master Jiu Jiu over to test the results of the current stage. He also wanted to research on how to promote that mystical ability in the Immortal Du Sect.
Of course, the original version of the mystical ability was to be promoted. The modified immortal beans would not be spread out easily…
Li Changshou pa.s.sed the original mystical ability of soldier-forming beans to his Aunt-Master Jiu Jiu and Ling’e. He also gave them a demonstration.
He threw out a few beans and turned them into three slender soldiers wearing leather armor.
Li Changshou was using the Dao soldier that was at the Void Return Stage.
Then, Li Changshou gave a simple order. “That tree.”
Without any expression on their faces, they pulled their bows and shot arrows. The arrows formed from Dharma powers accurately hit the trunk of a large tree that was a thousand feet away, leaving three transparent holes on the trunk.
Jiu Jiu praised softly, “That’s not bad!”
Ling’e asked softly, “Senior Brother, is there any difference between this and the Man-Forming Paper Cutouts?”
“The paper effigies formed from the mystical ability of Man-Forming Paper Cutouts will continue to exist as long as their powers are not exhausted.” Li Changshou explained in a gentle voice. “However, the Dao soldiers created by the soldier-forming bean mystical ability can only exist for a few hours.”