mtl008 Chapter 26
Chapter 26
"It's out!" the Purple Cloud Golden Beetle suddenly exclaimed.
Xianyu immediately stood up and saw Shen Yao's soul emerge from the Spirit Awakening Seal, look around, and then enter the body that had been moved to the bed.
The body on the bed opened its eyes, and Shen Yao sat up.
"This time it came out faster than last time," said the Purple Cloud Golden Beetle.
Seeing Shen Yao's sullen expression, the Purple Cloud Golden Beetle asked, "Why do you look unhappy instead?"
Shen Yao remained silent.
The golden beetle asked, "What's wrong? What happened to you inside?"
Shen Yao sighed, "I saw Immortal Venerable Yu Liu inside."
"Immortal Jade Willow?" Salty Fish interjected, his round almond-shaped eyes wide open. "Is he my master in the jade tablet?"
Shen Yao looked at the salted fish and shook her head.
"What's wrong with Immortal Jade Willow?" the Golden Beetle asked. "Why do you look so sad?"
Shen Yao held up her index finger and made a "one" sign: "I obtained a Wood Spirit Core and a cultivation technique inside."
The golden beetle understood: "One cultivation technique is a bit too few, no wonder you're unhappy."
Shen Yao shook her head: "Sigh... I'm not unhappy because of this."
"Why is that?" the golden beetle asked. "What kind of cultivation technique did you receive?"
Shen Yao paused for a moment, then sighed deeply, her voice heavy: "I obtained a divine-level cultivation technique inside: the Divine-level Wood Spirit Resurrection Technique."
"What!" the golden beetle exclaimed, "Resurrection magic? Is it the resurrection I'm thinking of?"
Shen Yao nodded.
To bring someone back to life is an existence defying the heavens, no matter which dimension it exists in.
Even a salted fish knows what "bringing the dead back to life" means. Shocked, he thought: If Shen Yao possesses the art of bringing the dead back to life, then my master…
This is also what saddens Shen Yao. If she had learned the art of resurrection earlier, then her master...
The golden beetle broke the silence: "The conditions must be very harsh, right?"
Shen Yao thought for a moment: "This technique needs to be perfected, using a branch of a wood spirit that sprouts from a dead tree that has been dead for 100,000 years as a guide to transfer the caster's 100-year lifespan. In addition, the recipient's body must be intact, their soul must not have dissipated, and their soul core must also be intact."
After speaking, he fell silent again.
The golden beetle remained silent for a long time before sighing, "How can a dead tree sprout new leaves after ten thousand years? This kind of heaven-defying technique is indeed subject to very strict conditions."
Salty Fish firmly stated, "Since such a technique can exist, there must also be dead trees that sprout after 100,000 years!"
Shen Yao: "You're right. The world is so big, we should always look for it and give it a try!"
Golden Beetle: "The cultivation of divine-level techniques also varies in difficulty. In the same amount of time, your divine-level Soul Meridian Opening Technique and divine-level Spirit Returning Technique have reached their peak, but your divine-level Qi Spirit Concealment Technique has only just begun. How long will it take to cultivate this divine-level Wood Spirit Resurrection Technique?"
It seems like it's a long way off.
Shen Yao glanced at the Spirit Awakening Seal clutched in Xianyu's hand, then looked at Xianyu again: "You said your master turned into a stone statue?"
Salty Fish gripped the Spirit Awakening Seal even tighter: "Yes, it's on a small island in the Jiaoluo Sea."
Shen Yao thought for a moment and then said sincerely to Xianyu, "To be honest, your master should be the Protector of the Seal."
"The Guardian of the Seal?" Salty Fish had never heard of it before.
"It's a long story," Shen Yao said. "If I'm not mistaken, your master probably wants you to bring the jade token to me."
After much hesitation, Xianyu said, "I can give you the jade pendant, but I have one condition."
Shen Yao: "If your master can be saved, I will definitely go and revive him."
A burning hope ignited in Xianyu's heart, and he readily handed the jade pendant to Shen Yao: "I believe in you!"
The immortal and the demon reached an agreement.
Looking at the sky, it was time for dinner again.
For the past six years, Shen Yao has eaten whatever she could get her hands on, but now that she has salted fish, she always wants to feed it something better.
Thinking of the long-tailed beast with the long bones that Xianyu killed on the way back, Shen Yao said, "Tonight we'll eat the flesh of the Emperor Zhao."
Salty Fish swallowed hard: I wonder if the Emperor's meat is as good as the clam meat from last night...
The Summoning Emperor Beast is a low-level earth spirit beast with three legs. Its body is brownish-gray, and its tail is usually longer than its body. The tail has a spherical protrusion at the end, which can make a sound.
All the summoned beasts are male, and their reproduction method is special. They conceive by absorbing the natural power of the earth spirit, and their offspring are extremely small. During birth, the offspring are spat out from the mouth of the large beast.
The Summoning Emperor Beasts are gregarious. Every month at the end of the month, they gather at the foot of Minshan Mountain, their long tails standing upright, and the spherical ends of their tails emitting a sound day and night: "Emperor, Emperor, Emperor!"
It was noisy day and night, extremely loud.
The meat of the Zhaodi beast is a perfect balance of lean and fat, making it ideal for braised pork.
Shen Yao said, "I'm going hunting," and then went out.
The Purple Cloud Golden Beetle followed as well.
The Purple Cloud Golden Beetle had grown to the size of a palm and could no longer stay in Shen Yao's sleeve, so it settled on her shoulder instead.
Shen Yao was thinking about when to make a custom crossbody bag for the Golden Beetle.
Bored, Xianyu wandered around the house, looking here and there. After looking around the house, he went to the door and looked around. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the makeshift stove that Shen Yao had set up.
Seeing the blazing beast bones placed next to the stove, Xianyu thought that he had several of these treasures. He remembered that when he saw Shen Yao making food, she would use these bones to strike the firewood and the firewood would ignite.
Both Xianyu and her master have fire spiritual roots, but they have never used tools to start a fire. Many of the treasures she has stored are simply parts with spiritual power that she has instinctively removed, without knowing their purpose.
Driven by curiosity, he took out the Blazing Beast Bone he had stored and scratched it on the door panel...
It lit up as expected, and then I scratched the threshold again...
A scratch on the floor...
Try it on the stone slab...
Let's take a look on the land too...
The salted fish felt the heat behind him getting hotter and hotter. He turned around and realized he was doomed.
Quickly activate the spiritual power of your water elemental root to start putting out the fire.
However, the Blazing Fire Beast was a mid-level alien beast, and Shen Yao's simple wooden house was made of ordinary wooden planks. Even though Xianyu put out the fire in time, the wooden house was burned to ruins.
When Shen Yao and the Golden Beetle returned, all they saw was devastation and a gray, lifeless salted fish.
The dusty, salted fish sat on the ground, crying and wiping itself as it did so, tears mixed with a thick layer of dust dripping down.
"I, I, I didn't mean to." Salty Fish hiccuped. "I'll go get the wood right now and rebuild your wooden house."
"Let it burn if it's already burned," Shen Yao said calmly.
What else can we do? Beat up the salted fish?
That's the lucky grandma who can curry favor with the rich; she wouldn't dare hit her.
Look at this wooden house, it's so inconsiderate. It should have just burned down, but it even covered the salted fish in ash.
Shen Yao usually keeps all useful things in her storage ring and carries them with her. Apart from the table, chairs and bed, there's nothing of value in this wooden house.
Shen Yao said, "Since the house is burned down anyway, let's go down the mountain."
The salted fish stopped sobbing and asked, "Down the mountain, where to?"
Shen Yao: "Let's go to Fenzhou, then north from Fenzhou to Yuanzhou, to Tianya Pond, and I'll accompany you to jump over the Dragon Gate."
After six years of seclusion in the mountains, Shen Yao was going crazy.
Moreover, today's unusual celestial phenomena will surely be noticed.
If we don't go down the mountain today, we'll have to go down tomorrow.
Having mastered two divine-level cultivation techniques, descending the mountain at this time would not be considered disobeying his master's orders.
I've already obtained two Spirit Awakening Tokens; by the way, it's time to go find the remaining four.
The makeshift stove, built by Shen Yao using earth spirit stones, is still there.
Most of the kitchen utensils were taken from the storeroom behind the kitchen at the Spirit Herb Sect. They are all made of materials resistant to spiritual fire, and they are still there.
The Summoning Emperor Beast that we hunted was processed downstream of the Minxi River on our way back.
Put away the kitchen utensils, take out Bai Luo's disciple's sword, skewer the meat and put it on the stove to start grilling.
After having a hearty meal with salted fish, Shen Yao led her down the mountain.
If we get down the mountain sooner, we can find an inn in the town below to stay for the night; otherwise, we'll have to sleep in this open-air blanket again...