Immortality and Cultivation: I Have Too Many Talents

Chapter 356 Blinded by Greed (Seeking Subscriptions)

Shen Xuan made a hand seal, guiding the water spirit energy of Luoxia Lake out, condensing it into a ball, and sprinkling it onto the body of the silver-horned celestial horse.

The silver-horned celestial horse was extremely pleased. Its wings flapped rapidly, its hooves dangled in the air, and its body gradually increased in size by 50% until it reached a height of eight feet.

After an incense stick's time, the Silver Horned Pegasus stopped absorbing the water's spiritual energy and the moon's essence, and began to roar restlessly.

It was eager to break free from the shackles that bound its body, but it lacked the strength to do so, which made it furious and restless.

"Don't be impatient!"

Shen Xuan comforted the Silver Horned Heavenly Horse.

Then, he took out an exquisite jade bottle containing precious imperial nectar.

"go with!"

With a flick of his finger, wisps of golden light shot out from the jade bottle and sprinkled onto the body of the silver-horned celestial horse.

The previously anxious Silver Horned Pegasus trembled violently after being covered by the golden imperial liquid, but soon calmed down.

next moment.

The Silver Horned Pegasus seemed to have been injected with growth hormone, full of vitality, and its body continued to mutate and evolve.

Shen Xuan gently patted the head of the silver-horned celestial horse, and the pure spiritual power of the [Divine Treasure Ocean Technique] flowed into its abdomen through its meridians, condensing into a small water-attribute demon core that permeated the entire horse's body.

This is a clever application that Shen Xuan developed on his own.

Using the pure spiritual power of the [Divine Treasure Ocean Technique], one can guide water-attribute demonic beasts to gather their demonic power, forming a demonic core, thereby enabling them to break through and advance.

However, this method can only be used on first-tier water-attribute monsters.

Success requires the absolute trust and obedience of the monsters.

Seeing that the demon core was initially formed, Shen Xuan cast the spell again.

The spiritual energy of the water was condensed from the spiritual water of Luoxia Lake, forming thousands of Daoist-inspired water lotuses, which then flew down onto the body of the Silver Horned Heavenly Horse.

It lasted for a full hour.

The entire bottle of Emperor's Elixir has been used up.

Half of Shen Xuan's spiritual energy was depleted.

Until then.

The Silver Horned Pegasus, which had been silent all along, suddenly raised its head and neighed.

His body emitted a violent surge of demonic energy, and milky white demonic energy soared into the sky.

Amidst the rising winds and surging clouds, the Silver Horned Heavenly Horse soared into the sky, its silver horns gleaming brightly.

Shen Xuan slowly finished his practice, swallowed two drops of ten-thousand-year-old spiritual milk, and recovered forty percent of his spiritual power.

The spiritual energy within the body remains at 90%.

It’s not easy!
Such an excellent spiritual vein of demonic energy is located by Luoxia Lake.

It used up an entire bottle of Emperor's Elixir, and half of the spiritual power of its own [Divine Treasure Ocean Technique] was consumed.

It took three hours of hard work to help Silver Horned Pegasus successfully break through to the second tier.

It seems that it is even more difficult for demon beasts to advance in rank than for human cultivators.

The breakthrough of Silver Horn Pegasus caused quite a stir.

Fortunately, there were dozens of blue ice walls that isolated divine sense and sight.

Otherwise, who knows what kind of trouble it might cause.

Shen Xuan did not expect Silver Horn Pegasus to assist in the battle.

The Silver Horned Pegasus possesses the bloodline of the divine beast Pegasus, with wings growing on its back. It is born with the innate ability to ride the clouds and mist, making it an excellent mount.

Spirit beasts and corpse beasts are different.

The corpse beast may look majestic, but in reality, Shen Xuan still needs to use his divine soul power to control it while it is flying.

Spirit beasts, on the other hand, can fly freely, saving time and effort.

Shen Xuan watched the silver-horned celestial horse soaring leisurely in the sky, feeling delighted.

"Let me give you a name, Feixue!"

Shen Xuan transmitted his thoughts through his soul.

He had raised the Silver Horned Pegasus for over a decade, but had never signed a master-servant soul contract.

Shen Xuan found it troublesome.

That kind of master-servant soul contract seems to guarantee the cultivator's status and make the spirit beast absolutely obedient.

In fact, after a spirit beast advances to the next level, it will develop intelligence and become aware of its surroundings, thus creating a rift between it and the cultivator.

On the contrary, it is detrimental to the growth of spirit beasts.

With absolute power, why worry about spirit beasts not obeying your commands?

Shen Xuan had the Silver Horned Heavenly Horse fly down to calm the demonic energy within his body and solidify his realm.

I also sat cross-legged and adjusted my body's breathing to its optimal state.

At this moment, beneath the Purple Divine Tree.

Li Yingying is still solidifying her spiritual body.

Wu Wenping and Wang Haibo chatted idly, seemingly bored.

The soaring demonic energy of the Silver Horned Pegasus during its breakthrough inevitably leaked out to some extent, which alerted Wu Wenping and Wang Haibo to the anomaly.

"This is?"

"A demonic beast breaking through and advancing?"

The two exchanged a glance.

Then everyone looked in Shen Xuan's direction.

Over there, a faint blue light enveloped the area, preventing them from seeing the specific situation inside.

"Senior brother, judging from this atmosphere, has that rogue cultivator's celestial horse spirit beast broken through to the second tier?"

Wang Haibo said with an envious look.

This is a second-tier spirit beast.

Or perhaps it's a mythical beast like the Pegasus, which excels at flying.

"Unfortunately, that person is mysterious and quite powerful. With my junior sister here, it's best not to cause any trouble."

"Senior brother, if we join forces, are we afraid of a mere Foundation Establishment Level 5 rogue cultivator?"

Wu Wenping pondered for a moment.

In the end, he let out a long sigh.

"Never mind. It's better to be safe when you're traveling."

Actually, he was somewhat tempted as well.

However, they are unwilling to take risks without absolute certainty.

"Oh, what a pity!"

Wang Haibo also sighed.

"That person has been on guard against us, with so many restrictions. I wonder what will happen after Tianma successfully breaks through."

"An ice magic cultivator, that person may not be a rogue cultivator."

Wu Wenping said calmly.

"Senior brother, do you mean this person is one of the Seven Sects of our Song Kingdom?"

Wu Wenping nodded slowly.

The inheritance of ice techniques at the Foundation Establishment stage is strictly guarded by major sects, making it very difficult for ordinary cultivators to obtain.

"Sigh, I wonder which faction they belong to! Hiding like a coward, they're no good!"

"Never mind. Protecting my junior sister's solidified spiritual body is more important."

"Senior brother is right."

Wang Haibo was unwilling to give up, so he put it aside for the time being.

Three days later.

Li Yingying successfully solidified her spiritual body.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Wu and Senior Brother Wang, for protecting Yingying."

"Hey, what's going on over there?"

Li Yingying looked towards Shen Xuan's direction.

Layers of blue-green ice walls gleamed coldly in the sunlight. "That person's spirit beast is breaking through and advancing in rank."

"Ah, wouldn't that be a second-tier Pegasus?"

A glint of greed flashed in Li Yingying's eyes.

She took a liking to the snow-white, silver-horned celestial horse at first sight.

However, that rogue cultivator was arrogant and difficult to talk to.

My two senior brothers are not absolutely certain of victory.

She needed to condense her spirit body, so she had to give up for the time being.

"A second-tier Pegasus, the kind that can ride the clouds and mist."

"If I had such a Pegasus, I would be the center of attention wherever I went."

Li Yingying thought to herself.

"By the way, didn't Senior Brother Zhao come to join us?"

Senior Brother Zhao is the eldest disciple of their lineage, a direct disciple of the True Immortal, and is in the late stage of Foundation Establishment with outstanding strength.

"It should be nearby. Senior Brother Zhao wants to hunt down a mid-grade second-tier fire-attribute demon beast to refine the Blazing Flame Pill using its demon core."

Wu Wenping said calmly.

"I'll call him over!"

Li Yingying took out a signal flare and launched it into the air.

The signal flare flew into the air and bloomed into a pink furnace pattern.

Wu Wenping and Wang Haibo exchanged a glance.

Both of them knew the truth.

Junior Sister still wants that person's celestial horse spirit beast.

A second-tier silver-horned pegasus is indeed quite rare.

The key point is that the silver-horned pegasus that the three of them saw not long ago was not bound by a soul contract.

It looks exactly like a wild silver-horned pegasus.

……

An hour later.

A streak of red light rushed over.

Upon landing, a tall, slender figure in a red robe with deep-set eyes appeared.

It was Zhao Tingwei, the eldest brother of their lineage.

"Junior Sister, Junior Brother Wu, Junior Brother Wang, has something happened?"

"Senior Brother, Yingying has been bullied!"

Li Yingying pouted and said with a wronged expression, "There was a rogue cultivator who wanted to kidnap Yingying and even said he wanted to make Yingying his slave!"

"Senior Brother, you must stand up for Yingying!"

Zhao Tingwei's expression darkened slightly: "Is that so!"

"Junior Brother Wu, Junior Brother Wang, are you just going to stand by and watch your junior sister get bullied?"

Wu Wenping gave a wry smile, his lips moved slightly, and he telepathically relayed what had happened to Zhao Tingwei.

The emphasis was on the fact that the other party was an ice magic cultivator, possibly a disciple of a sect hiding his identity, and possessed a magnificent celestial horse spirit beast, who seemed to be breaking through and advancing in level.

Zhao Tingwei looked towards Shen Xuan.

"The demonic aura is receding; that celestial horse spirit beast has successfully broken through."

Zhao Tingwei's mind stirred slightly.

A purebred wild Pegasus with a strong bloodline.

Breakthrough to the second tier.

"You stay here with your junior sister, I'll go check on things."

Zhao Tingwei arrived at the Qingguang Lingbi.

He pointed gently with his hand.

A streak of crimson flame shot out from his fingertips.

In just a few breaths, it melted several cyan spiritual walls in succession.

"Who are you, fellow Daoist? You've broken my seal, and what is your purpose?"

A loud voice rang in my ears.

Then, all the azure spiritual walls disappeared, transforming into translucent, dark ice fish that swam around a cultivator in azure robes.

"My name is Zhao Tingwei from Yaoshengu Valley."

"Fellow Daoist Shen has made improper intentions towards my junior sister. Don't you owe me an explanation?"

Seeing that Shen Xuan was only at the fifth level of Foundation Establishment, Zhao Tingwei felt relieved and said angrily.

Regardless of the truth of the matter, let's first label the other party as the troublemaker.

Look to the side.

The silver-horned celestial horse was strolling leisurely, truly a magnificent and extraordinary steed.

Sensing the demonic aura emanating from its body, it was a second-tier low-grade demon, having just broken through and advanced.

What caught his eye was...

The Silver Horned Pegasus is not bound by a soul contract.

This means that he can imprint a master-servant soul mark on the Silver Horned Pegasus, imprisoning it as his spirit beast.

Zhao Tingwei's divine sense repeatedly and mercilessly scanned Shen Xuan.

"Hand over the storage bag and the magic weapon, and I, Zhao, will spare your life out of mercy!"

"Otherwise, today would be the anniversary of your death."

Zhao Tingwei made up his mind and said coldly.

He secretly formed a sword incantation in his hand, and his natal flying sword, the Silent Burning Sword, was summoned.

This Silent Burning Sword is forged from meteorite iron from outer space and contains a Heaven-Burning Flame, said to burn everything and nothing is immune to its flammability.

Even among the Core Formation seeds in Medicine God Valley, Zhao Tingwei was among the top-ranked.

He secretly thought that his own strength was not bad, and with the help of the divine sword and strange fire, he would still be able to win against a lowly cultivator at the fifth level of Foundation Establishment, even if he was a disciple of a certain sect.

Behind him, three fellow disciples from the same sect were also there to help him.

Since this person was unwilling to reveal their identity, he pretended not to know.

Once he handed over the magic weapon and storage bag, I struck with lightning speed, killing him completely.

That second-tier celestial horse spirit beast then fell into his hands.

Shen Xuan was well aware of Zhao Tingwei's scheme.

He coldly observed how many seemingly virtuous and powerful people in his past life had fallen from grace.

Shen Xuan had long understood one thing.

Often, the more despicable and unscrupulous a person is, the more successful they become.

These so-called disciples of sects have mediocre acting skills.

Even when they resort to force or robbery, they can't be bothered to come up with a decent excuse.

"Zhao Tingwei, why do this to yourself!"

"I was in a good mood today."

Why did you force me to take action?

Shen Xuan sighed softly.

"For the sake of Medicine God Valley, hand over your storage bag and magic treasures, and I, Shen, will spare your life out of compassion."

"Oh right, and what about your three junior brothers and sisters!"

Shen Xuan said it casually.

"How dare you! You're asking for death!"

Zhao Tingwei roared angrily.

He immediately controlled the Silent Burning Sword, transforming it into a blazing inferno that shot towards Shen Xuan!

(End of this chapter)