Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant-Chapter 558 - 18 Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard_1

Chapter 558 -18 Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard_1

Chunyang Palace.

Located atop the third hall.

Within the hall, the thousand-year-old auspicious incense rose from the censer, transforming into various spectacles.

A Daoist figure was seated cross-legged before the censer, eyes closed in meditation.

Suddenly, a little stone quietly flew out from his sleeve, fluttering in midair.

The Daoist slowly opened his eyes, his pupils as turbid as any ordinary person’s.

From within the small stone, however, an urgent voice transmitted:

“Sect Master, Monk King Xin has crossed the Fengxiao Strait and smoothly rendezvoused with the cultivators of Tupi Continent led by ‘Ashna’. The frontline of West Sea Country is in danger of faltering!”

The Daoist’s expression did not change, he just furrowed his brow slightly:

“Monk King Xin has crossed the Fengxiao Strait? Could it be that Martial Nephew Yao has failed?”

“With the Yuyang Patriarch present, he should not have been killed, but the road ahead may be difficult…”

The Daoist shook his head slightly, then whispered to the voice inside the small stone:

“Order Xumi to retreat and inform the Longevity Sect. This was our mistake; we will reassign people to the task.”

“Yes!”

The voice cut off.

The small stone subsequently fell, landing squarely back into the Daoist’s hand.

The Daoist gently held the stone, a hint of confusion in his eyes:

“Did they fail, or was it a draw…”

…

“Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard!”

Wang Ba exclaimed the name of the Spirit Beast in surprise.

Upon hearing this, the owner of the Spirit Beast Store turned and glanced at Wang Ba in slight astonishment:

“Huh, you recognize this?”

Wang Ba shook his head slightly, not caring about the tease in the owner’s tone, and made his decision almost immediately:

“What’s the price for this Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard?”

“For your knowledge, I’ll give you a discount, five upper-grade Spirit Stones.”

Without any hesitation, Wang Ba immediately handed over the Spirit Stones.

His magnanimous attitude surprised the store owner:

“Could I ask, just what do you plan to do with the Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard?”

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Wang Ba smiled:

“What else could I do? Of course, I intend to cultivate it.”

The store owner suddenly had a shocked look on his face:

“To cultivate? Have you gone mad, bro? Its bloodline is impossible to capture… ”

But Wang Ba had already gone straight to the iron cage, looking at the fully grown, half-a-meter long lizard with a dragon-like head, its body covered in exotic patterns, and its back carrying a sharp spike.

His reflection shimmered in the lizard’s emotionless, light brown pupils.

“This is the seal of its Spirit Beast Collar.”

The shop owner still seemed somewhat in disbelief, but he nevertheless opened the cage and activated the seal.

Driven by the seal, the Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard slowly stepped out of the cage.

Its cold eyes scanned Wang Ba and the store owner with indifference and alertness.

Having learned the seal of the Spirit Beast Collar from the shop owner, Wang Ba immediately collected it into the collar.

Then, without a moment’s delay, he left Taiyin Mountain.

In mid-air.

The night sky was slightly lit and the wind was strong.

But Wang Ba’s heart was filled with unparalleled excitement.

“To think I would encounter the Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard… it seems coming here was the right choice!”

The Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard is an extremely unique class II upper-grade Spirit Beast that he read about in Volume Two of The Way of Beast Tamer.

Its breeding difficulty is low, and every few years, it can produce a brood of ten to twenty offspring.

In the Class II Spirit Food, there’s a type related to it.

The key is, it is hermaphroditic, capable of self-breed.

This leads its offspring to be almost identical to it.

Even after dozens of generations, there’s no difference in their bloodlines, which is completely against common sense.

Normally, a bloodline will naturally degrade or change as it passes through generations of Spirit Beasts.

However, this logic doesn’t apply to the Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard.

They seem to have been preordained by the Heaven and Earth since its birth, never changing since.

Numerous Beast Tamers wrack their brains, but they can never unravel its mystery.

They can clearly sense its bloodline components and proportions but can’t change the Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard.

This also is one of the small regrets in the history of the Beast Taming Lineage who compiled The Way of Beast Tamer.

But when Wang Ba saw the Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard in The Way of Beast Tamer, his first thought was, if Bloodline Breakthrough can’t succeed, would Lifespan Breakthrough make any difference?

Compared to the need to cultivate male and female Spirit Chickens simultaneously, cultivating the Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard is undoubtedly much simpler.

All he needs to do is apply Lifespan Breakthrough to the Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard and then wait for it to produce offspring that will inherit the post-breakthrough state of the parent. After the offspring mature, he can apply Lifespan Breakthrough to them as well. After that, he could await them to produce their offspring and so on and so forth.

In not too long, he can elevate their grade by applying the Lifespan Breakthrough to each subsequent generation of lizards.

The grade of the lizard offspring will progressively increase.

Such improvement can continue indefinitely except for the intervals of pregnancy, hatching, and facing the major passages of Golden Core Tribulation and Nascent Soul Tribulation.

The premise of this plan is that the Lifespan Breakthrough is indeed effective on the lizard.

As a result, Wang Ba is eager to go back and give it a try.

However, after flying for a while, he paused, quickly calming his emotions.

The Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard is an unexpected delight, his true purpose of coming to Taiyin Mountain was to figure out the market value of Chicken Essence.

Since he’s figured that out, it’s time to meet Gu Wen.

He assumes that she’s sought him out mostly for Chicken Essence.

Immediately, he turned around and headed towards Feiyu Peak.

Before long, he stood before Feiyu Peak.

Soon, a familiar figure flew out from inside the peak, it was Gu Wen.

Not just her, there was also a female cultivator of a similar rank next to her.

She had a piece of jade on her forehead and a rather frosty look.

Wang Ba didn’t pay her much attention. His gaze landed on Gu Wen as he said evenly:

“What are you looking for me for?”

Upon seeing Wang Ba, Gu Wen’s eyes lit up instantly. Just as she was about to speak, the cold and glamorous female cultivator next to her subtly cleared her throat.

Caught off guard, Gu Wen immediately responded. Her formerly anxious expression instantly relaxed a bit, as she feigned composure when speaking to Wang Ba:

“Um… Brother, about that essence you gave me last time… it didn’t help me make a successful breakthrough… um… Do you have any more? I want to buy some more with spirit stones.”

Having bumbled around on the bottom rungs for many years, Wang Ba could discern their careful strategizing at a glance.

He snickered slightly within his heart.

However, his expression remained completely aloof, as he replied indifferently: “I do have more, but I’m not selling.”

With that, he swiftly turned on his heel to leave.

This reaction from Wang Ba caught both of them off guard.

“Hey! Why won’t you sell it to me?”

Gu Wen, forgetting all pretenses of composure, hurriedly chased after him and asked.

It wasn’t that Wang Ba really intended to leave. Upon hearing her, he stopped his flying magic tool, turned around, and calmly responded:

“Out of consideration for our being fellow sect members, I already gave you a discount. Four nobles’ worth of spirit food should sell for seven or eight merits, yet I only asked you for two. Now you want to buy it with spirit stones? Are you trying to take advantage of my good heart?”

Upon hearing this, Gu Wen and the cold, glamorous female cultivator beside her blushed in embarrassment.

It was quite clear that despite both of them being Foundation Establishment Competitors, they still seemed rather naive.

Wang Ba saw it all and silently shook his head.

These sect members were simply too well-protected by the higher-ups of the Wanxiang Sect. They lacked the ruthlessness and shamelessness of other cultivators of the same realm.

With few mere sentences, they were already questioning themselves.

Gu Wen also realized this now. Even though she blushed from embarrassment, she mustered up the courage to speak out:

“Since Brother, you already know, I’ll just say it outright!”

“Your spirit food is indeed good. I want to buy a batch from you. As for the price, you name it.”

“That’s more like it. Let’s lay all our cards on the table.”

Wang Ba nodded slightly and quoted a price:

“Whether you plan to use it yourself or sell it, we can start from ten servings of Spirit Chicken essence, priced at fifteen merit points.”

“Impossible! At this price, we might as well exchange our merits for spirit stones and use them to buy elixirs in the marketplace!”

Gu Wen immediately refuted.

“Then how much are you offering?”

Wang Ba asked in return.

“One Spirit Chicken essence for one merit point…”

“Deal!”

Wang Ba affirmatively responded.

Leaving Gu Wen and the cold glamorous female cultivator beside her dumbstruck, both incomprehensibly reeling from the sudden agreement.

“Wait, what just happened… I …”

Gu Wen was instantly overwhelmed with confusion.

Wang Ba was patient and explained:

“This price is the most suitable. I can see that you both plan to sell these Spirit Chicken essences to other cultivators. One Spirit Chicken essence for one merit point leaves enough profit for you and would be cheap enough to lure others into buying.”

Without enough profit, Gu Wen would not help him sell the Spirit Chicken essence.

Without it being cheap enough, why would other cultivators buy it? After all, there are countless resources within the sect.

So from the very beginning, the best price in Wang Ba’s mind was one Spirit Chicken essence for one merit point.

In fact, even if it was the original price of two Spirit Chicken essences for one merit point, he would still accept it.

After all, for him, the cost of Spirit Chicken essence was limited, but merits were exceptionally scarce at the moment.

After some internal struggle, Gu Wen ultimately made a vow with Wang Ba, allowing him to supply her with Spirit Chicken essence.

Afterward, the three of them went to the Quest Hall on the Shaoyin Mountain, where Gu Wen posted a task and Wang Ba immediately accepted it on the spot.

They handed over the items to the Cultivator at the Quest Hall.

Gu Wen took out 200 merit points all at once.

Wang Ba was just as straightforward, instantly providing 200 servings of Spirit Chicken essence.

While 200 merit points might be like a drop in the ocean for the cultivation of the Dharma Lineage, but Rome wasn’t built in a day; it was a necessary accumulation to make at the beginning.

Therefore, Wang Ba was quite satisfied.

After bidding farewell to Gu Wen, Wang Ba immediately pounced towards Wanfa Peak; he could hardly wait.

…

Fengxiao Strait.

Located to the northwest of Jin overseas.

Although it’s named a strait, it’s actually the only safe maritime channel in the vicinity.

On both sides, gigantic sea waves and hurricanes as tall as the sky make the vicinity of the Fengxiao Strait feel like doomsday has arrived.

From time to time, gigantic aquatic demonic beasts would swim by, only to get swept up by the waves and torn to pieces by the horrific wind gusts.

The disorienting and chaotic forces of the Yuanci that curtails here render many techniques useless.

Teleportation arrays can’t transport here, communication talismans drop upon flying here, and cultivators can’t even use mana if they have Obstruction in their Five Element Configuration.

Even the ordinary practitioners who reach the stage of Immortal Ascension generally avoid this place when confronted with such overwhelming natural forces.

The White Clothed Child stood quietly among the waves. Numerous gusts of wind and waves passed over him, yet they were unable to affect him in the slightest.

However, at this moment, his usually indifferent face was frighteningly dark.

“Where on earth has this Yao Wudi gone?!”

“Wasn’t he supposed to show up soon? I’ve been waiting for half a month now. Even that Monk King Xin has left, so why hasn’t he appeared yet?”

Meanwhile…

In the northeast direction of Jin…

A shirtless muscular man with rippling muscles was at a loss, pulling out a simple map.

“Strange… Is the Fengxiao Strait really that far?”

“Why does it feel like… this place doesn’t look like… the sea at all?”

“Never mind… There seems to be a city over there. I should go ask for directions!”

The figure of Yao Wudi disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The area underneath…

A gigantic boundary tablet, made of countless skeletal remains, silently stood erect. It was blood red and enigmatic.

On the boundary tablet, two words were faintly engraved:

“Yan!”