91 Chapter 91 Lightning Phoenix Mark (1/2)

Night time…

On the big wilderness road, a ball of indiscernible mist was travelling quickly.

Along with the surrounding area becoming illusionary, the colors were changing constantly, sometimes yellow, sometimes green. If one wasn't close, one wouldn't be able to notice what was inside.

And if one were close, one would see a twenty-foot tall male lion travelling swiftly.

Not only was there a mist surrounding its body, under the night sky it was sometimes visible and sometimes invisible.

Zong Shou sat on the lion's wide back, his eyes closed as he laid down comfortably on it, bathing in the last bit of sunlight.

Apart from that, the giant lion was dragging two pieces of ropes behind his back.

At the end of one of the ropes, Chuxue was dragged on as she ran behind, her face flushing red. On the other end, Little Gold was bouncing and jumping. Most of the time it was flying in the air, its body round and circular, but it gave out a really pitiful and uncomfortable expression.

Chuxue's eyes were shining like stars, looking towards Zong Shou with a begging expression, so close to opening her mouth and begging.

Looking at the back of the teen who was lying on the lion like he had already fallen asleep, she jumped up and stepped onto the tail of the Rising Moon Lion.

Before she was able to gain stable footing, she was struck by a white light. It was a stone, hitting the back of her foot, numbing her body to feel numb as she fell off the lion's back once more. She nearly tumbled, taking a few awkward steps to regain her footing. She gave out a distressed cry, ”Young Master, Xue'er has already run for half a day! Three hundred miles of road and I haven't even stopped a single moment! I hadn't even rested a single moment the whole of yesterday!”

Zong Shou sighed slightly, like he had woken up from a dream as he straightened his body and took a lazy stretch.

The exhaustion from the past night had greatly disappeared.

Before this, he felt that this lion wasn't suitable to be his Protector Spirit Beast, but now he felt that to have such a beast to replace walking seemed like a good idea.

Based on what he knew, spirit masters mostly chose beast spirits to be their Protector Spirit Beasts, as they are easy to control and nurture. One only needed enough Yin energy and spirit stones, as well as enough materials, to be able to quickly raise its Grade.

There were very few people who chose a living beast as their Protector Spirit Beast.

Beasts had blood and bones, and it was inconvenient to bring them along. Because of their strong vital energy, they rejected controlling formations and it was easy for a spirit master to be harmed from by backlash instead. Spiritual connections used up a lot more spirit power from the spirit master, several times the amount needed for spirit beasts. Moreover, they couldn't be sealed.

Raising their combat strengths a Grade was also really difficult.

The living beasts that were chosen to be Protector Spirit Beasts would often be less intelligent, or nurtured from a young age.

Little Gold was the former, and actually this fellow's intelligence wasn't weak. In the eyes of people, octopus didn't have any brains.

If it was the latter, unless it was a high Grade when it was born, if not it wouldn't be a good choice. To go from Grade One to Grade Nine without a few thousand years and heaping amounts of spiritual herbs was near impossible.

Like the black Flood Dragon that Lingyun Long Ruo rode that day, it was a rare sight. It was said that he went from a black python at the beginning to now where it was close to transforming into a Dragon, using up only twenty years.

Although this Rising Moon Lion was no different from legs, its comprehension was really good.

That day he used his soul to drive in the sword and used a Rising Moon intent once. That was picked up by this lion, mutating its bloodline and evolving to Grade Four.

The Rising Moon Lion was not only good at travelling swiftly, but also infiltration and silent movement. Its combat strength in the day was enough to go up against peak beasts of the same Grade. During the night, it would be the king of beasts.