Volume 5 Chapter 106
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Volume 5 Chapter 106: The King Little Black, the Chaos of the Ronghua Beast
Perhaps this mysterious and majestic young beast is the "interesting little thing" that the strong man mentioned, but Xu Qingfan saved it from Little Black not only because of the strong man’s words and the beast’s mystery. More importantly, from the moment Xu Qingfan saw this young beast, he sensed a very complicated emotion in its eyes, one that was even comparable to that of humans.
Among all the spirit pets Xu Qingfan had seen, Little Black had the highest intelligence, easily understanding the complex commands Xu Qingfan gave, but it could not compare to the deep emotions the mysterious little beast seemed to share with humans.
Because of this feeling, in Xu Qingfan’s eyes, this little beast was not just a mysterious creature; it resembled a helpless, precocious child even more.
It was also for this reason that Xu Qingfan disregarded Little Black’s intense greed and commanded it not to attack this little beast. When Little Black disobeyed his order and attacked, Xu Qingfan personally intervened to save the little beast.
Seeing Little Black greedily devour the golden flesh it tore from the little beast, with golden blood staining its black body, Xu Qingfan couldn’t help but frown. He looked down at the golden little beast in his arms.
Initially, when Xu Qingfan saved the little beast from Little Black, he worried it might attack him and kept a cautious eye. However, perhaps it had exhausted its last bit of strength from the earlier attacks by the beasts and Little Black, or maybe the little beast sensed Xu Qingfan did not mean it harm. Now, cradled in Xu Qingfan’s arms, it showed none of the ferocity it had during the battle with the other beasts, lying quietly without struggling, curled up with a noticeable wound on its back from where Little Black had torn its flesh. Its body was covered in scars from the previous fight, and golden blood flowed out, staining Xu Qingfan’s clothes.
Perhaps due to the pain from its wounds, the little beast twitched slightly but did not pay attention to its injuries, appearing resigned. Instead, it fixed its gaze on Little Black, which was devouring its flesh. The little beast’s golden eyes held a complicated expression, as if sighing, feeling despaired, yet there seemed to be a hint of curiosity about the changes in Little Black after consuming its flesh.
As if sensing Xu Qingfan’s watching gaze, the little beast stared at Little Black for a long time before it slowly turned to look at Xu Qingfan. He wasn’t sure if it was his imagination, but in that moment, he felt a sense of gratitude coming from the little beast’s eyes!
Suppressing the shock in his heart, Xu Qingfan examined the small beast’s scarred body. He knew that if he didn’t help this mysterious creature soon, it might die from blood loss. So, without hesitation, he gathered the "Flourish Qi" and "Withered Qi" inside him and used his third special ability, "Way of Life and Death," to heal the little beast.
As the energies of life and death flowed through the small beast, its various wounds began to heal at a visible speed. After a moment, the creature’s body was restored to its original state. Sensing the changes in its body, the small beast’s eyes flashed with surprise. It turned away from looking at Little Black and looked at Xu Qingfan instead, its eyes full of surprise and curiosity, as if asking him how he had done it.
Unknowingly, Xu Qingfan had become accustomed to the human-like expressions of this small beast.
What truly amazed Xu Qingfan, however, was what he sensed while treating the little beast. As the energies flowed through its body, he discovered that the flesh and blood inside the small beast seemed like a form of energy, possessing mysterious and unknown qualities. The small beast itself also had immense potential. Xu Qingfan estimated that this unknown creature was likely a type of growing demon beast, and when it fully matured, its strength would probably be no less than any legendary heavenly level demon beast.
This mysterious quality of the small beast’s flesh and blood must be why Little Black and all the wild beasts were so greedily obsessed, but he did not know what benefits this creature’s flesh and blood could have for all beasts.
Even though Xu Qingfan often prided himself on being well-read and knowledgeable, he could not connect this little beast with any known heavenly level demon beast no matter how he looked at it. It was as if this little creature had been unknown in the cultivation world for thousands of years.
More importantly, this little beast obviously had the potential to become a heavenly level demon beast and should be a young version of one. However, known heavenly level demon beasts were concentrated in the Southern Wasteland, and the prosperous Middle-earth had very few demon beasts. Why had this little creature suddenly appeared here?
Although confused, Xu Qingfan could not find any answers no matter how he speculated.
First, the mysterious strong man appeared, then this little beast, and now the unknown treasure left behind. In just two or three days, too many mysterious things had happened. Though Xu Qingfan was usually confident in his analytical skills, he still felt like his mind was not enough to make sense of it all.
Shaking his head, Xu Qingfan stopped thinking about it and turned his gaze to Little Black, who had just finished devouring the golden flesh of the small beast.
Ever since Little Black became Xu Qingfan’s spirit pet, he had gotten used to Little Black obeying him. However, this time, Little Black repeatedly did not follow Xu Qingfan’s commands, which surprised and made Xu Qingfan a bit angry. He was about to call Little Black back and scold him, but just as he shifted his gaze to Little Black, something strange suddenly happened to Little Black.
Suddenly, a faint black glow began to appear on Little Black’s body. Even though darkness and light are opposite words, the black glow surrounding Little Black could only be described as a dark light.
Then, the weak glow grew brighter and, in a moment, wrapped Little Black and the area around it completely. Even with Xu Qingfan using the "Sky Eye Skill," he could not see the details inside. However, the small beast in Xu Qingfan’s arms stared at the scene in the black light without blinking, as if it could see.
In this way, the black light surrounded Little Black in the middle, the sky darkened to pitch black, then turned slightly bright, and then became very bright again. Xu Qingfan quietly held the golden small beast, watching this scene until finally, a transformation began again.
The black light that enveloped Little Black gradually started to shrink, and at the same time, a powerful pressure began to spread out from the black light.
This pressure was not like that which comes from great strength; it was more like the natural authority that a king holds from being in power for a long time, but it felt different from Little Black’s presence before.
Thus, in Xu Qingfan’s puzzled gaze, the black light finally dispersed completely, revealing Little Black before him.
At that moment, Little Black’s appearance surprised Xu Qingfan greatly.
Little Black’s body was clearly much larger than it was before fighting Number Three. If Little Black used to look just like an ordinary crow, now it still looked like a crow, but in shape, it had become very similar to an ordinary black eagle.
The originally jet-black feathers of Little Black had all turned into a rich golden color, shining in the sunlight with a regal glow.
Little Black’s eyes had transformed to a pure golden color, like a small beast in Xu Qingfan’s arms, and together with its suddenly changed noble and majestic aura, the once ordinary Little Black now carried the presence of a king of birds.
However, besides that, there was no obvious change in Little Black’s strength.
Xu Qingfan was relieved to find that after the transformation ended, the mental connection between him and Little Black returned to normal. Through this connection, he knew that Little Black was still his spirit pet and remained under his control.
After the transformation ended, Little Black’s still indifferent eyes carefully examined its body and feathers, seeming satisfied with the changes. Then it spread its wings and flew to Xu Qingfan, landing on his shoulder as usual.
Even while flying, Little Black exuded an elegant charm.
"Could it be that the blood of this little beast can allow creatures to evolve into the king of beasts?"
Xu Qingfan looked at Little Black on his shoulder and then at the golden little beast in his arms, shocked by the thought.
After evolving, Little Black had lost interest in the golden little creature. With its head held high, it didn’t even glance at the creature, while the little creature curled up in Xu Qingfan’s arms, quietly watching Little Black’s shoulder. Its eyes sparkled with a complex light, as if saying, "I remember you."
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In the end, after countless studies of Little Black and the golden creature with no results, Xu Qingfan pushed down his doubts and flew toward "Ronghua Mountain" with both creatures. Along the way, he kept thinking about the identity of the golden creature and the benefits and drawbacks it would bring him.
The golden creature, however, seemed content to go with the flow, lying in Xu Qingfan’s arms and watching the changing scenery.
"Although I don’t know where you come from, since I met you, I guess it’s fate. From now on, I’ll call you Little Gold."
As they approached the magical barrier set by the masters, three hundred miles from "Ronghua Mountain," Xu Qingfan softly spoke to the little creature in his arms.
To be fair, Xu Qingfan had studied many texts over his hundred years of cultivating, but he had to admit that he had no taste when it came to names. The blue-green body of the Blue-eyed Cloud-hoofed Beast was called Little Green, the black body of the Dark Crow was named Little Black, and now this golden mysterious creature was called Little Gold. He wondered if Jin Qinghan, often referred to as "Little Gold" by the elders, would have any thoughts about that.
The little creature seemed to understand Xu Qingfan’s words and actually nodded in agreement. It appeared to accept the name Xu Qingfan had given it. Of course, we can’t expect a demon beast to have any taste in names.
Seeing the little creature’s nod made Xu Qingfan blink in surprise, but he had grown accustomed to the creature’s extraordinary understanding, so he didn’t react with shock like he had at first. He simply reached out to stroke the soft golden fur on the creature’s back and then sent a black-and-white signal to indicate to the Righteous Alliance’s envoy to open the magical barrier.
Within the area of "Ronghua Mountain," the group of envoys saw the special signal for Xu Qingfan flash outside the formation. They were slightly stunned, not knowing when Xu Qingfan had gone out. However, Xu Qingfan’s position in the Righteous Alliance was second only to the Masters and the leaders of various sects, so they did not dare to be careless. They quickly opened the formation for Xu Qingfan to enter. Although they were puzzled by the changes in the Little Black on Xu Qingfan’s shoulder and the golden beast in his arms, they did not dare to ask questions and allowed him to enter.
After Xu Qingfan entered the area of "Ronghua Mountain," he hesitated for a moment but then flew toward the position where Zhang Hualing was located on the mountainside. Some matters could not be spoken of to others, but he could still discuss them with Zhang Hualing.
However, just as Xu Qingfan flew close to "Ronghua Mountain," he encountered unexpected trouble.
In truth, this trouble could have been foreseen, but Xu Qingfan had overlooked it.
That was the golden little beast’s attraction to demon beasts in the world.
Just as Xu Qingfan flew close to "Ronghua Mountain," he heard countless earth-shaking roars from various low-level cultivators gathering above and below "Ronghua Mountain." Then, he saw over a hundred spirit pets of cultivators suddenly rise from different parts of "Ronghua Mountain," their eyes filled with greed as they quickly pounced towards Xu Qingfan with fierce expressions.
Beneath Xu Qingfan’s feet, an even greater number of non-flying spirit pets were gathering rapidly.
Behind these spirit pets were their owners, who were anxiously chasing after their out-of-control spirit pets. Xu Qingfan could clearly see the incredulous expressions on the faces of these cultivators.
Xu Qingfan did not know that soon he would witness an even grander scene, but at that moment, seeing over a hundred flying demon beasts rushing toward him, while beneath him were several times more demon beasts roaring at him, the combined might of this situation made even Xu Qingfan, who had just fought the mysterious strong man not long ago, feel shocked and stiff.
Looking at the golden little beast in his arms, Xu Qingfan couldn’t help but scold himself for being "foolish." Then, before the demon beasts pounced on him and began to bite, he hurriedly made various hand signs and cast different barriers around the little golden beast, hoping to conceal its presence.
Xu Qingfan was not a demon beast, so he didn’t know how they discovered the existence of the golden little beast, but now he could only try his luck.
Finally, after Xu Qingfan cast thirteen different barriers on the little beast, they finally had the desired effect he hoped for.
At this moment, the flying demon beasts had come within a hundred yards of Xu Qingfan but suddenly stopped, their eyes shining with confusion as they scanned him and the surrounding area. Meanwhile, the spirit pets at their feet had also stopped roaring.
Seeing this scene, Xu Qingfan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and looked down at the little beast, which had hidden its figure, only to find that the little beast was calm and looked disdainfully at the powerful demon beasts before it, seemingly unconcerned about its situation.
Finally, with the little beast’s whereabouts now lost, the group of spirit pets were once again under the control of their owners. They looked at Xu Qingfan, who was surrounded by the demon beasts with a wry smile, and came forward to apologize, while continuously guessing what Xu Qingfan had obtained that drove their spirit pets so crazy. Xu Qingfan’s shoulder companion, Little Black’s changes, made the surrounding cultivators take notice.
Knowing that the situation was his own mistake, Xu Qingfan couldn’t blame the owners of the spirit pets. After exchanging polite words, the cultivators left one by one, confused in their hearts, each taking their spirit pets with them.
What made Xu Qingfan both laugh and cry was that Ting’er, Zhang Ningmei, and Bai Yu were also puzzled as they left with Little Green, who had seemed to be the loudest among the spirit pets just now.
Xu Qingfan shook his head and, with Little Gold and Little Black, flew once again towards the waist of Ronghua Mountain.
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"Master, I am Xu Qingfan and I wish to see you."
Xu Qingfan appeared in a quiet courtyard and bowed respectfully as he spoke.
Unlike Xu Qingfan, who gained fame after joining the Righteous Alliance, Zhang Hualing, as the leader of Jiuhua, kept a low profile, possibly due to resisting the corruption of dark magic. He only participated in necessary decision-making meetings and spent his time in the courtyard arranged for him by the Righteous Alliance, which was quite different from how he used to be, leading to much speculation.
In fact, even Xu Qingfan rarely saw Zhang Hualing in the past seven years.
"Come in."
Moments later, Zhang Hualing’s voice echoed in the courtyard.
