PDLP Chapter 200: Tier 2 Tiger Sable
Chapter 200: Tier 2 Tiger Sable
It is also quite difficult for monsters to break through to the second tier.
It is even more dangerous than the Foundation Establishment stage for human cultivators.
This is because they need to consume some high-level spiritual items to stimulate the power of their bloodline and thus advance in rank.
Often, the activation of that bloodline power will harm oneself and destroy one's foundation.
Therefore, many monsters are easily seriously injured when they try to break through to the second tier, and are then eaten by their own kind.
……
Seven days later.
April 26th.
Nanling Mountains.
In a mountain range.
A black-winged eagle, with wingspans reaching several feet, hovered in the air.
Its eyes were sharp and gleaming, locked onto a giant python that had emerged from the jungle in the valley below.
Suddenly, the black-winged eagle swooped down, extended its giant claws, and instantly seized the python's neck.
The giant python flicked its tail, creating a whirlwind, and was about to attack the black eagle.
However, the black eagle ignored the giant python and simply pecked at its head with its sharp beak.
The scales on the python's head shattered, immediately revealing a huge bloody hole.
Then, the python lost its strength, and its whipped tail went limp.
Black Hawk's eyes darted around, glancing in all directions with considerable caution.
It immediately grabbed the giant python and flew into the air, preparing to find a safe place to enjoy its meal.
However, at this very moment...
In the distant jungle, on a river shrouded in mist, a flash of light suddenly appeared. A powerful second-tier demon, with a lithe figure and the appearance of a fierce tiger, leaped three zhang into the air and slapped down the giant eagle that had just taken flight.
The giant eagle was so disoriented by the slap that it crashed to the ground.
The giant eagle crashed to the ground and struggled to flap its wings and escape.
However, another giant monster with white hair on its forehead leaped over, stretched out its giant paw, and slapped it on the head.
With that palm strike, Black Hawk died instantly.
Just then, a young man emerged from the jungle.
This man was Yang Jiuli.
As for the two tiger-like demonic beasts, they were actually two little sables who had successfully refined the 'Reverse Blood Pill' and advanced to the second tier.
Because the pill contained the demonic core of a second-tier Flaming Tiger, the demonic energy within it caused the two little ferrets to mutate.
They resemble fierce tigers, robust and agile.
However, the two little ones had too low a bloodline, and after transforming into a giant tiger-like form, they were unable to revert to their original ferret form.
The Jade Python, however, can freely change its form.
The difference in bloodline between the two sides is obvious at a glance.
After killing the black eagle, the two tiger weasels came to Yang Jiuli's feet.
They rubbed against Yang Jiuli's legs rather obediently.
It even rolled around on the spot, which looked quite cute.
After entering the second stage, their intelligence also increased significantly.
The two little ones had insufficient bloodline, and even after taking the "Blood Reversal Pill," they failed to establish a foundation for immortality.
However, it unexpectedly mutated and transformed into a tiger weasel, possessing some of the skills of the Crimson Flame Lake.
For example, the "Tiger Roar Sound Wave" can shake a person's soul.
That's a decent improvement.
"A mid-stage first-tier Azure Scale Python... a late-stage first-tier Black Feather Eagle... they can barely fetch around three hundred low-grade spirit stones." Yang Jiuli glanced at the demonic python and the black eagle, then with a flick of his hand, a wisp of cold evil energy rolled out and put them into his storage bag.
The scales and feathers of this demonic beast can be refined into first-tier magic weapons, and its flesh and blood are also highly nourishing.
Around three hundred low-grade spirit stones were insignificant to Yang Jiuli in the past.
But last time, he gave nearly ninety percent of those spoils and supplies to Qin Zhixue to buy second-tier spiritual items.
As a result, Yang Jiuli started to run into some financial difficulties.
Keeping a few spirit pets in captivity usually costs a lot.
Moreover, with the two little sables advancing to the second tier, the required amount is even greater!
"It's time to go to 'Lingxiu Peak'!" Yang Jiuli's eyes flickered, and he looked towards the southern part of the mountain range.
At this point, he was almost at the area of the 72 peaks of the Nanling Mountains!
The reason Yang Jiuli did not go to the seventy-two peaks of Nanling immediately was that he wanted to wait for the two little sables to advance to the second tier.
In this way, even if he encounters trouble, he will not need to activate the 'Past Life Talisman'.
After all, the "Past Life Talisman" has many limitations.
Once the "Heroic Spirit" is activated, one must be confident of annihilating the entire enemy force.
Otherwise, once such methods are exposed, he won't be able to stay in Nanling any longer!
Now that he has two second-tier demons by his side, things are much easier for him!
……
The first day of the fifth lunar month.
clear.
The 72 peaks of the Nanling Mountains cover a vast area.
The northern region is under the jurisdiction of the Qingyan Immortal Sect of the Chu Kingdom.
The western and southwestern regions were under the jurisdiction of the Chu Kingdom's Ice Valley.
The southern and southeastern regions were under the jurisdiction of the Yue Kingdom's Ling Shou Mountain.
The Ye family's "Lingxiu Peak" is located in the southwestern region, which is under the jurisdiction of the Ice Valley.
It occupies an area of sixty li in circumference. Although it is not very wide, it is extremely suitable for planting spiritual herbs because it has a second-grade mid-level wood spiritual vein. This has enabled the Ye family to make a huge fortune in the medicinal herb business, and they have even had business dealings with the Li family of Yunmeng Lake.
On the back mountainside of Lingxiu Peak, there is an exquisite villa.
This was none other than Ye Chongli's Taoist temple.
There is also a cave dwelling behind the villa.
At this moment, Ye Chongli was inside the cave.
He bent down, holding a wooden ladle that gleamed with a bluish light, and scooped up a ladle of water. He then slowly poured the water onto the roots of a spiritual plant in the cave that was emitting a faint glow. This plant was clearly a 320-year-old 'Ink Jade Orchid'.
This plant prefers to grow in dark, damp places.
If it matures, it will greatly benefit Foundation Establishment cultivators in restoring their spiritual power and can also help them break through the bottleneck of Foundation Establishment.
Impacting the late stage of Foundation Establishment.
Ye Chongli looked at the orchid with a look of doting affection.
The orchid bud has taken shape, exuding a touch of spiritual energy and glistening with a few dewdrops.
"In eighty years, you should be mature!" Ye Chongli muttered to himself. "Unfortunately, I won't live to see that day."
As he spoke, his tone was filled with sadness, and he slowly straightened up.
Then, his gaze shifted slightly as he looked outside the cave, a look of melancholy on his face. "I wonder if those unworthy descendants can even hold onto the Ye family's vast legacy? If Master Yang agrees to that proposal... perhaps the Ye family's legacy can still be preserved."
"After all, given his background, he wouldn't be so desperate as to swallow up my little 'Lingxiu Peak'."
"pity……"
Finally, he let out a long sigh.
After Yang Jiuli rejected Ye Chongli's suggestion last time, he gave up on the idea.
Ye's "Lingxiu Peak" is indeed a tempting target.
However, for someone like Yang Jiuli who has a "true elixir seed" behind him, it is obviously not worth his attention.
In his opinion, Yang Jiuli would be better off finding a job in the Ice River Valley than staying in this second-tier spiritual vein.
After all, being in a third-tier spiritual vein, let alone cultivation, even planting medicinal herbs is a completely different story.
Therefore, after he returned, he had given up hope of cooperation.
In fact, in recent years, Ye Chongli had been aware that his time was coming to an end and had been making arrangements for his funeral.
He considered recruiting talented individuals to marry into his family, but all his attempts were rejected.
Among the seventy-two peaks of the Nanling Mountains, there are too many examples of guests taking the lead.
Not only was their foundation seized, but their entire clan was also slaughtered.
Without a foundation to protect it, everything is in vain.
Suddenly, Ye Chongli's eyelids twitched. He made a hand gesture, and the cave door opened. He flew out like a rainbow.
As he flew out of the cave and appeared in the air outside the courtyard, he heard the continuous roars of tigers echoing through the mountains.
The sound shook the protective array of the Ye clan at Lingxiu Peak, causing ripples to spread.
"What happened?"
"This sound wave... seems to surpass that of a first-tier great demon!"
Within the Ye clan, countless cultivators looked in the direction of the sound, all revealing solemn expressions.
"It's a second-tier great demon..." Ye Chongli said solemnly. "Although my Ye clan is located deep within the Nanling Mountains, we haven't had any second-tier demonic beasts attacking us for decades... How could such a great demon appear near my Ye clan's territory this time?"
As Ye Chongli grew suspicious, the tiger's roar continued.
The voice was loud, but it did not have a fierce or malevolent aura.
Upon closer listening, it sounds like a call.
Ye Chongli lived in the Nanling Mountains for over two hundred years and had some understanding of the meanings represented by the sounds of monsters.
"Could it be that an old friend has come to visit?" Ye Chongli murmured.
After a slight hesitation, he summoned a flying boat shrouded in crimson light.
He stepped into the boat and flew swiftly towards the sound of the tiger's roar.
Fifteen minutes later.
In a mountain forest sixteen miles outside the Ye family's territory.
The stream flows gently here.
The area was shrouded in mist.
Occasionally, a few white foxes can be seen drinking water by the stream.
At this moment, a man dressed in white was sitting upright beside a flattened rock.
A teapot sits on the rock.
The man in white is leisurely sipping tea.
Above his head, clouds and mist swirled, forming what appeared to be a top-tier first-order "small cloud and mist array".
If one is not a Foundation Establishment cultivator, an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator would have no way of noticing that someone is drinking tea here.
High in the sky, the crimson flying boat came to a stop.
Ye Chongli's eyes were sharp as he looked down.
The powerful divine sense seeped into the clouds and mist, as if passing through a thin film, causing ripples to spread across the clouds and mist.
Immediately, his consciousness seemed to enter another space, where he could see the scenery below.
"That is..." Upon seeing the young man in white in the mountain stream, his heart was filled with ripples.
Then, Ye Chongli turned his gaze to the young man in white.
But there lay a monster with white fur on its head.
This monster has a robust body, resembling a fierce tiger, yet possesses a touch of gentle beauty.
With each breath it exhaled, a powerful demonic aura emanated from it, emanating an aura far surpassing that of a late-stage first-tier demonic beast.
This was clearly a second-tier demonic beast.
"Elder Ye, since you're here, why not come down for a chat?" The white-robed man's leisurely voice rang out.
The voice was ethereal, yet possessed a steady and powerful aura.
"Hehe, I didn't expect Master Yang to grace us with his presence. Please forgive me for not being able to greet you properly!"
Ye Chongli laughed loudly, and then with a flick of his hand, the flying boat beneath his feet transformed into a ray of light and disappeared into his storage bag.
As he spoke, he strode down the mountain on the wind, his body landing beside the man in white.
The man in white was none other than Yang Jiuli.
"It's been several months since I last saw you, Master Yang, and you're even more radiant than before!" Ye Chongli bowed to Yang Jiuli.
As he spoke, he couldn't help but glance at the white-furred ferret lying there.
"Hehe, I, Yang, have come uninvited. I hope Elder Ye will not take offense at my abruptness." Yang Jiuli gestured for Ye Chongli to sit down.
A stone bench was also carved out on the opposite side of the rock.
Ye Chongli flicked his robes and sat down with ease.
"Master Yang's presence is an honor that I, Old Man Ye, cannot possibly have any other intentions," Ye Chongli said. "But I was unaware of your purpose in coming here..."
He squinted at Yang Jiuli, his eyes smiling with anticipation, yet also with a hint of hesitation, so he didn't say everything he wanted to say.
"I wonder if what Elder Ye said earlier still stands?" Yang Jiuli poured Ye Chongli a cup of tea and said with a smile.
"Of course it counts!" Upon hearing this, Ye Chongli's eyelids twitched, and he almost jumped up, his heart pounding with excitement.
Just to avoid being impolite, I tried my best to suppress the turmoil in my heart.
Originally, he had long since given up on his fantasies about Yang Jiuli.
The sudden appearance of the man before her was like a gift from heaven, and her joy was hard to conceal.
After all, with Yang Jiuli joining, the Ye family of Lingxiu Peak can at least enjoy several decades of peace and stability.
If the Ye family produces another Foundation Establishment cultivator in the coming years, they can preserve this legacy.