Chapter 68: JinJin Village [2] (1/2)

But left for Jufeng, he was extremely happy for elder Cao Wang Xiu joining them. At least, anything seeking their death again, would have to pass through her first. If not for her at the clearing, they would've fell prey to the black demon spider. There was no doubt in his mind what could have happened back then. And now, his mind felt much more peaceful and relaxed. Lately, his mind had been trying to know why death was seeking him. Or him seeking death?

Snapping out of his thoughts, he followed others as they continued using the flash-steps.  Led by the group of the other kids, they came to an open area and stopped. From there, they could see the outskirt of the village of JinJin in the far distance.

”Is that JinJin?”

Lin Da Xia asked, pointing in the direction of the village.

”Yes, that's JinJin. We'll stop here as agreed.”

Replied Shi Xiang before turning her attention to her own group.

”We leave now. We've got arrangements to make.”

They had only promised to take their group half-way towards the village, which they had done anyway. They thanked elder Cao Wang Xiu for saving their lives. They offered her the extra Eddaros crystal which she rejected, saying she had no need for it since she was already at the late stage of the silver core. They also thanked Jufeng and others for their help before disappearing into the distance.

After the kids had gone, the group gathered themselves and happily intensified their steps knowing their journey was on course. As they got closer to the village, it became obvious that it was a farming village, mainly in rice. Several farms of rice could be seen some kilometers away from the road leading to the village.

As they were approaching, elder Wang Xiu noticed a Steller eagle flying in their direction. She signalled the others, making them reduced their speed too. The eagle was making a muffled sound while locking eyes with the elder. Steller eagles were magical birds with no awareness or reasoning, therefore, it couldn't be making an intelligent connection on its own. And Chi cultivators wouldn't use magical beasts, intricately, like that. For a Chi cultivator, magical beasts were only good as pets.

There were two types of beasts in existence. The primordial beasts of chaos and the cosmic beasts of the universe. The cosmic beasts of the universe are divided into four groups. The divine, sacred, demonic and magical beasts.

The divine beasts were powerful creatures born with golden cores. And they had divine bloodline which could take them to immortality. But they couldn't attain mortal transformation or cultivation. They would forever remained in their animal forms.

Whereas, the sacred beasts were created with copper cores as the basis of their soul ecistence. However, they could cultivate like mortals and achieve mortal transformation at a certain stage. But unlike the divine beasts, they didn't have any bloodline traits. They had to use cosmic energy to cultivate to reach immortality.