Versatile Mage: Thunderstorm

Chapter 167 What is a cultural monster?

If there is any kind of monster in the world that is most popular among summoning mages, apart from the rather unrealistic imperial monarch bloodline, it must be the elemental monster.

Elemental demons cannot be summarized as any single race, but are a type of demons born from the purest collection of elements between heaven and earth. They are beings favored by heaven and earth and are also called elemental holy spirits.

The attributes of elemental monsters are basically consistent with all the elements of modern magic. The more classic ones are the fire-type holy spirit Yan Ji of Dunhuang, the totem thunderbird of Leicheng, and the storm monster in the South China Sea that fights with the thunderbird from time to time.

These elemental monsters have higher IQs than ordinary monsters, so they can be considered as communicative objects. They look down on the magical power of human wizards and are unwilling to devour the wizards' bodies. As long as they are not provoked, they will rarely kill.

These excellent racial habits have led human society to habitually classify elemental monsters as a monster race that is more friendly to humans. They are also high-potential monsters that are relatively easy to subdue.

Of course, in addition to being relatively friendly to humans, elemental monsters also have many well-known advantages, such as high racial value, fast growth rate, strong strength and super high elemental affinity.

Elemental monsters start out as warriors even in their infancy. If the external conditions are good enough and the growth period is long enough, they can almost be promoted to monarchs without any risk. And they are not just ordinary little monarchs, but basically start out as great monarchs.

As for the growth rate, although the development trajectory of elemental monsters in the early stage is comparable to that of humans, and the extremely long development cycle of half a century to reach the peak seems quite terrifying, the peak value of elemental monsters is the monarch monster. In the world, for monarch races other than elemental monsters, if they rely solely on wild growth, the step-by-step growth time is calculated in centuries. If relevant resources are tilted during this period, the growth rate of elemental monsters will be greatly improved.

In addition, elemental monsters can greatly enhance the elemental affinity of mages with corresponding attributes. Many wealthy blacksmiths spend a large sum of money to offer rewards for elemental monsters with the attributes of lightning and fire. The crazier ones are even willing to spend all their fortunes to do so.

All in all, elemental monsters are very popular among human mages. Li Yu is sure that if he spreads the news of this purple bird to another place, a large number of summoning mages and blacksmiths will come to fight for it, and even the self-proclaimed reserved big families will not be able to resist and intervene.

Of course, Li Yu's mind is now extremely clear. The Thunder Forbidden Area is the territory of Lei City. He doesn't believe that the guards of this place would not know the existence of this elemental monster. In addition, the other party looks almost exactly like the thunderbird described by the outside world. If it has nothing to do with the thunderbird, Li Yu would rather crash his head into the wall of Lei City and die.

Afterwards, Li Yu prepared to bypass the opponent, and then...

Li Yu was stopped.

Looking in surprise at the little sparrow that had grown a lot bigger than before, and feeling the aura emanating from it, Li Yu felt as if his heart had been run over by a huge truck. Damn, these days, are elemental monsters that much stronger than mages?

If Li Yu guessed correctly, the strength of this little thunderbird had reached the level of a mid-level commander. In addition, as the opponent was a holy spirit of thunder element, thunder magic was almost the same as immunity to the opponent. If a real fight broke out, Li Yu would probably have to open his domain and make himself immune to the little thunderbird.

Except for him, all the mages who enter this time will probably be pinned to the ground and beaten by this little thunderbird.

Just when Li Yu was wondering what this little thunderbird that suddenly appeared was doing, he was shocked to find a string of words made up of lightning appeared above its head!
Well, it’s still Chinese characters.

"Are you from outside?"

Li Yu looked at the little thunderbird with complicated eyes, who was communicating with him seriously through words.

So you are still a "cultural demon?"

Twenty years have passed. Li Yu has lived for more than twenty years and has received magic education for six or seven years, including two or three years in a nationally renowned school like Mingzhu Academy. He has read a lot of classics and documents, and knows that many demons have extremely high intelligence. Not only can they communicate normally with humans, but they can also play tricks and schemes to cause humans to suffer a lot.

But it was the first time he had seen a demon that could write!

Those who think that Chinese characters are difficult to learn should kowtow to the little thunderbird in front of them and become its apprentice!
Li Yu: What situation have I not seen?
Li Yu: I have never seen such a situation.

It seemed that Li Yu's "neglect" made the little thunderbird unhappy, and it sent another sentence,
"Are you from outside? Stupid X"

Li Yu's face suddenly turned dark. Who did this unlucky guy learn Chinese from? How could he curse at others?

"What happened to the outsider?"

Although he was not very happy, Li Yu was still very curious to communicate with a demon he had never met before, even though the words were not very polite.

"Are you here to look for treasure?"

Li Yu: ? ? "How did you know?"

Little Thunderbird did not reply, but sent another string of text,
"I know a place that has Yuan Jing, do you want it?"

Li Yu was convinced after seeing this. He had to say that Leicheng's magic education was really effective. Even the demons knew the concept of Yuanjing. If it were the demons in the wild, they would not know what Yuanjing or magic stone were. They just knew that this thing was useful to them, so they didn't care what it was called.

"Yuan Jing? Don't you need it?"

Li Yu asked, this thing is not only useful for humans, but also a great tonic for monsters, especially elemental monsters who love pure elemental energy.

"Those guys have been sending me spirit seeds and crystals. I've been eating too much lately."

Such ordinary words were so destructive that Li Yu almost couldn't help but cover his chest. NM, is this the trouble of being supported by a wealthy man?

Look! What does it mean to be full?
Spirit seeds and Yuan crystals are all of thunder type!

This extremely precious thing from the outside world is actually being chewed like candy by this little guy in front of me?
"Talk, do you want to?"

The little thunderbird asked again.

"Why did you tell me that?"

Li Yu didn't think he was so special that he could hook up with an elemental monster that had most likely been in its growth period for quite some time during their first meeting.

Then, the elemental demon's answer was more realistic.

"Someone has already gone there. It's up to you if you want to."

Li Yu was silent. What a unique answer.

"Goodbye then."

Li Yu was not greedy for just a few Yuanjing, and immediately prepared to take a detour. Then the little thunderbird saw this and immediately became anxious. It flew in front of Li Yu, and a string of words appeared above its head like a big screen.
"Can you tell me the reason?"

"I'm going to the ancestral monument."

"Ancestral monument? Isn't that closed to the public?"

The little thunderbird's intelligence updates were obviously not timely. When it learned that outsiders like Li Yu were allowed to approach the ancestral monument, it seized the opportunity and continued to write:

"If you do me a favor, I can help you break through the test of the ancestral monument."

"unnecessary."

The little thunderbird finally stopped and looked at the direction where Li Yu was going away in silence, with frustration in its eyes. It had never seen a guy as stubborn as Li Yu.

"In that case, start the backup plan."

If Li Yu was still there, he would be shocked to find that the little thunderbird's body suddenly disintegrated and turned into more than ten lightning balls, escaping in all directions.

Tian Yi, who had been hanging far behind Li Yu, naturally noticed the little thunderbird's actions and showed a funny look.
"Is the little guy arguing with that boy?"

(End of this chapter)