Chapter 84 - Advancement of Tian Yu (2/2)

“Well done, Tian Yu! You like pythons and I like poultry. Now we can both enjoy our favourite food,” Ye Shang laughed approvingly. He headed for a stream not far away and started preparing and roasting the food.

As Tian Yu grew up, it became more intelligent. Not only was it able to comprehend Ye Shang’s instructions, but it was also capable of thinking independently and returning with two different prey this time was one such instance.

After their meal, Ye Shang climbed on the back of Tian Yu and started searching for trails of the Lushan bandits.

If they found no clues, they would rest and cultivate. Anyway, Ye Shang was not in a hurry.

A few days later, Ye Shang still couldn’t find any trace of the bandits, but fortunately, his cultivation practice was not delayed.

Once, Tian Yu took off and circled the area around their campsite after their meal. After landing, Tian Yu tweeted at Ye Shang before laying down inside a canyon nearby.

After some thought, Ye Shang understood that Tian Yu was preparing for a breakthrough, and was surveying the skies for any danger.

Ye Shang sat down and started cultivating after a concerned glance at Tian Yu. As long as he was not in a state of close-door cultivation, he would still be able to react to any unexpected situations.

Ye Shang started to get a little anxious and worried after Tian Yu did not move for two days in a row. However, he could do nothing but wait. He had reached the bottleneck of the Blood Quenching Realm in his practice of Myriad Dao Treasured Tome but did not have the time to think about making a breakthrough. His priority was Tian Yu’s smooth advancement to the next stage.

In the afternoon of the third day, there was an energy fluctuation emerging from Tian Yu, its feathers trembled, before the energy around Tian Yu stabilised.

After a brief observation, Ye Shang found Tian Yu’s breath to be much stronger and knew that Tian Yu had advanced successfully.

Ye Shang was reassured and went hunting. He had to prepare food before Tian Yu woke up.

Tian Yu woke up after Ye Shang had roasted a cow weighing over 300 kilograms. It chirped and spread its wings, soaring into the sky.

Ye Shang estimated Tian Yu’s speed to be a third faster after watching it fly around in the sky.

Tian Yu returned to Ye Shang’s side after flying a few laps. Although Tian Yu’s body did not grow much, it was much stronger than before.

“Let’s eat! After you’re done, I need to level up too,” Ye Shang sliced two pieces of beef for himself, before giving the rest of the cow to Tian Yu.

“Alright, protect me when I’m levelling up. Don’t let any beasts disturb me,” Ye Shang instructed Tian Yu, before settling down at the spot Tian Yu laid on as it was breaking through, and began to cultivate.

He intended to enter the second stage, Body Strengthening Realm, of the Myriad Dao Treasured Tome as soon as possible so that his combat prowess would greatly improve. He planned to ingest the dragon elixir after entering level 8 of the Blood Quenching Realm so that his cultivation base would reach the peak of level 8 quickly. After stabilising his cultivation base at Blood Quenching Realm level 9, he could prepare for the second-order stage of the Myriad Dao Treasured Tome.

Cultivators must stabilise their cultivation base at the last level of every major stage as it helped to increase the success rate of advancement. There was a big difference between improvement in levels and the improvement in stages, as the growth from one stage to the other was a fundamental change in the intrinsic quality of their cultivation base.

It would still take some time before Ye Shang reached the second-order stage of the Myriad Dao Treasured Tome, but with a level advancement, it would be easier for him to eliminate the bandits.