Chapter 987: Chapter 987
The group exchanged glances, surprised that Nanli, who was never greedy for food, would pretend to be weak today just for a meal.
Cinian couldn’t help but smack his lips, "Is that pearl divine chicken really that delicious?"
Nanli’s eyes lit up, about to share with Cinian. But Yun Yubai had already spoken up: "It’s beyond description with just the word ’delicious’!"
Hearing this, Cinian was even more eager. However, pearl divine chickens were extremely rare—how many were there in the world? As a monk, he had better not entertain such thoughts.
The little babe had its third meal of the day and was now comfortably snoring on the pillow.
Shi Miaomiao and the others, in order to refine pills for the little babe, couldn’t even watch the excitement outside. They had to rest whenever they had a moment, and now they were looking rather exhausted.
Nanli felt that this couldn’t go on, so she went to the Cliff Bottom Library to search for a solution.
The library was equipped with night-bright lamps, which provided a soft and constant light, perfect for reading. Even though there were many books in the library, Nanli could skim through them quickly, reading ten lines at a glance.
Before long, she found a manual on pet-raising!
Nanli immediately felt delighted. She opened it and saw that it first listed all the spirit beasts and divine beasts that could be domesticated as spirit pets since the beginning of the Nine States world. It then detailed how to hatch eggs, feed, and provide daily care.
Nanli frowned and muttered, "Why is raising a spirit pet so complicated? It’s like raising a child."
She continued reading. Finally, she found something useful. If these spirit or divine beasts grew up with their clan, they would naturally learn how to cultivate from their parents or clan members. However, if one obtained a spirit egg and hatched and raised it personally, the pet’s loyalty would be much higher. But in this case, the spirit pet would often be clueless about cultivation and would need its owner to teach it properly.
Fortunately, the cultivation of beasts wasn’t that complicated. The manual recorded a very basic cultivation method that allowed beasts to absorb spiritual energy and strengthen their inner cores. If the beast had any special abilities of its race, they would naturally be triggered once it had enough spiritual energy.
Once the inner core became powerful enough, the beast could even cultivate a human form.
Overall, as long as one followed the cultivation method in the manual, it wouldn’t be difficult at all.
Nanli shook the little babe awake.
The little babe was still a bit groggy and took a while to gather its spirits. It wagged its tail.
Nanli said, "Take a look at this cultivation method. Once you learn how to absorb spiritual energy, you’ll be self-sufficient and won’t need to keep eating so many Beast Food Pills."
The little babe had gained a circle of weight in the past two days. However, compared to the manual, it was still small in size.
It looked at the manual and then looked up at Nanli with a puzzled expression.
Nanli didn’t understand at first: "What’s wrong?"
The little babe’s bright red eyes were filled with innocent confusion.
Nanli fell silent for a moment, then sighed and said, "Right, you can’t read... What is this? The master has to hatch the egg and feed it, and now even teach it to read and write? It’s really no different from raising a child."
The little babe looked a bit dejected, feeling like it was causing trouble for Nanli.
However, Nanli then became determined and said, "Perfect, I’ll start with you, gain some experience, and then teaching the others won’t be a problem."
The little babe blinked and looked at Nanli’s belly. It quickly protested, but since it couldn’t speak human language, it could only let out a few howls.
Nanli couldn’t understand it at the moment, so she took out a Thousand Character Classic and patted the little babe’s head, "Come on, the first step of enlightenment is to learn to read."
The little babe was looking forward to her teaching it. But after she opened the book, Nanli pondered for a moment, plucked a strand of her hair, and made a seal to draw a talisman.
An exact copy of "Nanli" appeared.
Nanli instructed, "You teach the little babe to read."
Talisman person: "Okay."
Then it began to point at the Thousand Character Classic and read aloud.
It had already started to worry about its three younger brothers.
Siheng used a strand of spiritual energy to activate the Five Emperors’ Coins, and a beam of light shone forward to guide him. He just needed to follow it.
North of the Immortal World.
Already close to the boundary of the North Wilderness.
The bright moon in the sky was obscured by clouds and fog, making it pitch black, almost to the point where one couldn’t see their own hand in front of them.
After flying for who knows how long, he felt a slight suppression. It seemed that Keyang Celestial Emperor was nearby.
He landed in a place.
At the same time, he heard some movement. Neither the speed nor the breathing rhythm belonged to a formidable character; they were cultivators at the Base Building or Golden Core stage.
Siheng put away the Five Emperors’ Coins, made a seal to change his appearance, and transformed into an ordinary-looking man.
The group of people had already swarmed up and surrounded Siheng.
Their spiritual energy was exposed.
Their weapons and treasures were fierce.
The moon finally came out.
Silver light covered the ground.
Siheng looked at the many cultivators, puzzled.
He didn’t speak and didn’t reveal his spiritual energy. The cultivators, seeing that he was a stranger, didn’t dare to act rashly.
After a while of staring, the leading cultivator finally asked menacingly, "State your name! What are you doing here!"
Siheng automatically ignored the first part and replied indifferently, "I’m looking for someone."
"Looking for someone? You want to seize the blessed land, right?! Either leave immediately or... die in my Crushing Technique!" the cultivator said.
Clearly, he was a Spell Cultivator.
Siheng stood still and didn’t even glance at them: "Stop talking nonsense and make your move."
This place had previously been sealed with a barrier, which he hadn’t detected. Perhaps a mythical beast from the North Wilderness had passed by and, with a single blow, weakened the already fragile barrier, creating a crack. The spiritual energy from the blessed land had seeped out through this crack.
These cultivators had immediately rushed over, hoping to seize the land first. After all, the Immortal World was now extremely lacking in spiritual energy.
Since Siheng was not a lackey of Keyang Celestial Emperor, he had no need to hold back.
The leading cultivator, hearing Siheng’s arrogant words, was stunned for a moment. "You... you dare to speak so arrogantly alone? It seems you really don’t know the meaning of life and death!"
He shouted, "Brothers, attack!"
The group responded, immediately spreading out and simultaneously making seals to gather energy for the Crushing Technique.
Siheng watched in silence, then with a flick of his sleeve, he used a bit of spiritual energy to sweep them all away.
By the time you finish gathering energy, it will be daylight.
However, with the divine mark on him, he couldn’t strike too hard. These cultivators were merely knocked to the ground, with sore bottoms.
This led them to mistakenly believe that Siheng’s cultivation level wasn’t much higher than theirs.
The leading cultivator got up, his eyes filled with malice.
"You young man is too arrogant!"
"Brothers! Let’s give him a taste of our power!"
"We need to show him how formidable we are!"
Siheng finally looked at him properly and sent out a spiritual whip, which struck the talkative leading cultivator and sent him flying.
He collided with a rock not far away, which exploded, and it was unclear whether he was dead or alive.
The other cultivators were stunned. They instinctively wanted to rush forward to avenge their companion.
Siheng opened his thin lips, his voice filled with boundless killing intent: