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Chapter 117 The Flame-Dispelling Beast, Third Stage of Spiritual Power! (Seeking monthly votes! Seeking subscriptions! Seeking book recommendations!)
Listening to these distorted and absurd arguments, Su Ling'er felt only pain, despair, and helplessness.

I completely don't understand their line of thinking!
Do you want to kill me, or do you not want to kill me?
If you want to bury me, can't you just give me a quick death?
Why do you have to torture me like this, even sending me a ghost bride as 'burial goods'?! What's wrong with your brains?!
She screamed inwardly, yet couldn't help feeling a wave of sorrow.

Besides, aren't you here to send me off to my funeral?

Why did it change to a wedding procession halfway through?
Where is your integrity?!
Amidst Su Ling'er's endless fear and complaints, the group traveled an unknown distance before the thick fog that had enveloped them gradually dissipated.

At the edge of the desolate wilderness, the outline of a huge mansion suddenly appeared before everyone's eyes.

It was an extremely ancient mansion, with flying eaves, bracket sets, carved beams and painted rafters, and one could still vaguely see its former grandeur.

However, at this moment, it was shrouded in the cold moonlight and looked dilapidated.

Like a giant beast lurking in the darkness, quietly waiting for its prey to come to it.

The walls of the courtyard, with their peeling plaster, were covered with withered vines.

Two large characters are written on the plaque above the mansion.

[Li Residence]

……

And the other side.

With everyone's "courtesy," Wang Xiedi made his way unimpeded to a strange place with a plaque that read "Breeding Center."

Confident in his "superior" stealth skills, Wang Xie infiltrated the area.

He felt as if this place was a huge workshop with assembly line-like operations.

A variety of magical monkeys, each with its own unique shape, sat beside the assembly line. In front of them was a constantly moving silk ribbon, on which were placed talismans.

The Hundred Illusion Monkeys, their fingers covered in cinnabar, swiftly drew talismans on the talisman paper with practiced ease, as if they had repeated this countless times.

Wang Xiedi was shocked.

Are all the mythical beasts here so intelligent?
They can also inscribe talismans!

And there are so many of them?!
He continued to venture deeper and saw all sorts of strange and unusual spirit beast eggs.

Newborn cubs are immediately placed in a detection array.

Young animals with good test results will be sent to the "breeding room";
Those who performed poorly were thrown into the "spirit servant training" area.

Just then, a baby dragon was placed on it.

Soon, the test results were displayed on a light screen—

[Test Result: Little Flame Beast]

[Spiritual Power: Stage Three!]

Spiritual power... three levels?!

Wang Xiedi was startled. What kind of unit of measurement was this?
After detailed testing, the little fire beast, which was rated as having "three levels of spiritual power," appeared to possess a demonic ability that allowed it to grow by consuming various flames!
Although its "spiritual power" is only at the third level, its potential is rated as extremely high because this supernatural power is capable of growth!

Wang Xiedi overheard the disciples discussing something.

"With this aptitude, I think Senior Brother will like it."

"How about... we name this little fire beast 'Anti-Inflammation'?"

"Haha, 'Anti-inflammatory'! Great! This name suits it perfectly!"

"Then let's name its supernatural power 'Burning Technique'!"

Thus, this fire-attribute dragon cub was officially named "Xiaoyan" and sent to the "breeding room" to be cultivated as a key battle pet.

Wang Xiedi stared in disbelief at the scene.

Are they... using artificial intervention to selectively breed these animals?!

He then noticed some inscriptions nearby, which seemed to contain information about "bloodline fusion" and "bloodline branches".

Could it be... that jade-faced mantis girl was a product of this bloodline fusion experiment?!
This trip to the Beast Taming Hall was definitely the right one!

The depth and power of this demonic sect are truly unfathomable!
Then he heard one of his disciples stretch and say:
"I didn't expect that one of the offspring that came out this time would actually be quite good. It might be very useful as a battle pet!"

"Moreover, if this 'anti-inflammatory' little fire beast is implanted with human blood, I wonder if it will be able to speak and utter human language. If it can, then in the future, if anything happens, we can just have it shout, 'Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, don't underestimate a young man's potential!'"

Haha, that scene was hilarious!

"Absolutely! That's hilarious!"

"What a pity... that insect-like monster was drained of its blood essence and is no longer of any value."

Just then, Senior Brother Wang Xian mentioned that his pet Wraith Beast was losing its appetite, and the potted plants next to it weren't growing very well either, so he decided to use them as fertilizer for the Wraith Beast, treating them as waste.

"Insect-like monsters? Waste? Fertilizer?"

Wang Xiedi's mind went blank for a moment, and a strong sense of unease rose in his heart.

But he wasn't sure, because the other party hadn't specified who it was.

It shouldn't be... it shouldn't be the Jade-Faced Mantis Girl, right?
Will not……

He suppressed his worries and continued to dive deeper.

Only after Wang Xiedi left did the two disciples turn their gaze to the direction he had gone.

"By the way, we're all dressed so warmly, we shouldn't be affected by Wang Xiedi, right?"

"It shouldn't be...right?"

"But, that jade-faced mantis he kissed before was really used as fertilizer. He probably won't mind, right?"

"I don't know, it's just an insect. We can use it as fertilizer, what's the big deal?"

"Could it be that we're going to see another episode of Bread Demion reappearing, only to be killed by the ghost girl with a single blow?"

"Are you kidding me?"

"Alright, alright, stop thinking about it. Let's try to research out some interesting spirit beasts!"

"Wait! This is so boring. Let's play some music in the Beast Taming Hall later."

"Holy crap, what's with this song? Is this going to lead to another Yuan Hua meme?!"

"No, no! Don't worry, don't listen, you're just overthinking it!!!"

……

Meanwhile, at the Li residence.

The plaque was already rotten and swayed precariously in the cold wind.

It looked as if it might fall off the lintel at any moment, creaking and groaning.

Despite the desolate scene, two brand-new red lanterns hung on either side of the dilapidated entrance.

Inside the gate, the stone lions, weathered beyond recognition, appeared as if they were weeping blood under the light of the lanterns.

Under the interplay of light and shadow, one half of the stone lion appears eerily blood-red, while the other half is hidden in an endless abyss of darkness.

On the vermilion gate, there is a huge red paper-cut "囍" character.

The red had long since faded, and dark red spots still seeped from the edges, it was hard to tell whether it was cinnabar or dried blood.

The door was ajar, and faint whispers and the smell of ashes from burnt-out incense and candles could be heard through the crack.

The wedding procession stopped in front of the old house.

The ghostly matchmaker floated lightly to the door, and in a high-pitched voice, called out into the room:

"The bride has arrived! Welcome the bride!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the vermilion gate creaked open without any wind.

An even more intense aura of malevolence surged out from inside the door.

Su Ling'er, lying in the coffin, felt a tremor run through her body!
She could sense that deep within the mansion, two powerful auras lurked, so strong they were suffocating her!

(End of this chapter)