Chapter 177 Living off the Spiritual Beast

"Mr. Lin, you are here again - come in!"

Zhen Dan Zhai, the owner Long Ying saw Li An coming and hurriedly went forward to greet him, led him into the quiet room, and served him tea.

In the past two years, Li An used the pseudonym "Lin An" and had some contacts with Zhen Dan Zhai, and had a good relationship with Long Ying.

"Master Long is too polite..." Li An said with a smile.

"What are you polite about? If it weren't for Mr. Lin's generosity, I might still be frowning now!"

Long Ying was very grateful to Li An.

At the beginning, Li An just came to the store to buy some daily alchemy supplies. The two gradually got to know each other. Three months ago, Zhen Dan Zhai was eager to buy a third-level spiritual medicine, and it did not hesitate to offer a price far higher than the market price.

When it couldn't be found anywhere, Li An sold it to Long Ying, and was very generous, asking for the usual price.

For this reason, Li An became a distinguished guest of Zhen Dan Zhai. "These are just trifles, so why bother to mention them?"

Li An smiled slightly and said, "Have you found any progress on the third-level alchemy furnace that Master Longzhai had found before?"

Li An had been buying medicinal materials, alchemy furnaces, etc. here under the pretext of learning alchemy.

The reason why he wanted to find a third-level alchemy furnace was that Li An was indeed planning to start learning alchemy in the future, and secondly, it was naturally to meet Mrs. She.

After all, with Li An's alchemy level, it would be good to refine a first-grade elixir at most. It would be a bit redundant to buy a third-level alchemy furnace now.

"It hasn't been found yet..."

Long Ying hesitated for a moment, "However, Mr. Lin is lucky today. My master is discussing matters in the inner hall."

"I can ask her later. How about asking Mr. Lin to wait for a while?"

Li An nodded happily and sat down in the quiet room.

Soon after, "Mr. Lin?"

A light sound of footsteps came, and a beautiful woman in a black dress pushed the door open. It was Mrs. She whom I met many years ago.

"Lin An greets Fellow Daoist She!"

Li An stood up and bowed.

Mrs. She stared at Li An and said, "Long Ying, change the tea, change the best spiritual tea."

Long Ying's face changed slightly. The best spiritual tea was only used to entertain True Dan cultivators...

It suddenly occurred to him that Li An was a True Dan cultivator!

He immediately became more respectful and turned to make tea.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, what can I do for you?"

Mrs. She smiled brightly and got straight to the point. She was very smart. "Lin wants to buy a third-level alchemy furnace..."

Mrs. She shook her head, "Please treat me with sincerity."

Li An smiled dumbly, "To be honest, I want to ask Mrs. She to introduce me to a spiritual vein in front of the mountain master."

Facing such a smart person, he did not hide too much, otherwise it would appear hypocritical.

"Third-level spiritual vein..."

Mrs. She smiled, "It seems that Fellow Daoist Lin knows Tiansha Mountain Range very well, and even the gift for meeting the mountain master is ready..."

The snake in her sleeve has moved, so she can judge that Li An must have brought spiritual food with him.

"Please ask Mrs. She to introduce me--"

Li An said, and presented a box.

In the box is a spiritual food!

A touch of approval flashed in Madam She's eyes. This Lin An was a good person. However, she pushed the spirit stone back and said, "Fellow Daoist Lin has given me medicine. I have not yet been able to repay you. How dare I accept your gift again?"

"Please follow me to Bailing Peak."

Li An already knew that the mountain master behind Madam She, "Master Baishan", lived in Bailing Peak deep in the Tiansha Mountains.

"Thank you!"

Li An was immediately delighted.

Immediately, Li An followed Madam She to leave Tiansha City and head to the Tiansha Mountains.

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The Tiansha Mountains are roughly divided into four main veins, east, west, south and north. Tiansha City is at the junction of the four veins.

The four main veins are all fourth-level spirit veins!

And many third-level spirit veins are all other veins.

Master Baishan is on the east vein side. After entering the mountain range, the aura of powerful spirit beasts could be heard from time to time between the wild mountains and ridges, which made Li An quite nervous, but Madam She was very calm and said, "Don't be nervous, fellow Daoist Lin. I am here, and those spirit beasts will not hurt you."

As she spoke, she took out a piece of jade token, and in the crystal clear jade token, there seemed to be a piece of white scale inlaid.

"This is the token of Lord Baishan, you can enter and exit here safely."

Li An nodded and thanked him, and his heart was also trembling.

No wonder you need to ask the mountain master for a nod to practice in the Tiansha Mountains. If you don't have the protection of the mountain master's token, even if you can sneak in, even a Jindan cultivator will definitely not live long.

And holding the token, even if you fly in the air, the spirit beasts in the mountains will not disturb you.

"The Bailing Peak is in front of us, you and I must walk."

There is a beautiful mountain in front, above the mountains and forests, surrounded by clouds and mist. At a glance, you can tell that it is a treasure land for practice. Madam She spoke, and the two landed immediately.

There was a bluestone staircase in front of him, which stretched up to no less than two thousand steps.

On both sides of the staircase, there were many stone sculptures of animals, emitting a mysterious aura.

Walking up the stone steps, after walking up the steps, he saw a magnificent stone palace standing in front of him. A little girl in colorful clothes came over and said smartly: "Master She, who is this?"

"Miss Xiaoying, this is a Taoist friend from outside, named Lin An, who wants to meet the mountain master."

Mrs. She introduced.

Xiaoying looked at Li An curiously and said, "Okay, wait a moment, I'll report."

She entered the stone palace.

"This little girl is a spirit parrot, who was enlightened by the mountain master to be a maid."

Mrs. She's voice sounded in Li An's mind.

Li An suddenly realized, and at the same time, he became more solemn and cautious.

Generally speaking, it is not impossible for spirit animals to transform into humans.

But it is very difficult. It is said that only those who have reached the level of "transformation" can have the ability to transform. If you want to completely get rid of the demon body, you have to wait until the time of tribulation and use the thunder. However, if it is "demonization", you can have the ability to transform early. The demon race is somewhat similar to spirit beasts, but the weirdness of the blood is far superior to that of spirit beasts. The blood of ordinary spirit beasts is destined. For example, the ceiling of the Blue Flame Divine Bird is the fourth level. Unless you encounter an opportunity that defies the heavens, it is almost impossible to change. However, the demon race is similar to humans. You can improve yourself through cultivation, and there is also a Taoist tradition within the demon race! If the spirit beast is enlightened by the demon race, it may also become a demon. It seems that the rumors outside are true. This mountain master... is really a monster. Soon after, Xiaoying came out jumping, "The mountain master is free, you can go in to see her." Madam She took Li An in. The empty hall was filled with an inexplicable demonic aura. The mountain master sat like an emperor above the hall, with a bead curtain between them. The bead curtain was full of demonic energy, so visitors could not see the mountain master.

"Lin An pays respect to the mountain master!"

Li An was very respectful and took out a gift box with gorgeous packaging and presented it respectfully.

Xiaoying took the box and went behind the bead curtain.

"Are you a beast tamer?"

A lazy female voice sounded behind the bead curtain. She did not comment on the good or bad of Li An's offering, but asked a question instead.

Li An immediately felt as if there was a gaze peeking at his sleeve.

Li An hurriedly took out a red bird from his sleeve with both hands and said, "I am not a beast tamer. This little spirit bird resonated with my soul by accident, so I adopted it by my side."

Although he was alert, he was not very scared. On the contrary, he was quite looking forward to it...

He had been in the city for two years and had heard a lot of gossip about the mountain masters...

One of them was that many mountain masters valued spirit beasts more, so mountain masters would value people who could get close to spirit beasts more.

This was also the reason why Jiang Ribai could thrive in the Tiansha Mountains.

But he didn't want to expose his ability to control beasts. After all, he didn't need to be reused. He just wanted to find a place to practice safely. It would be best to be a marginal person.

So, he came up with this idea to show his closeness to spirit beasts without being taken too seriously.

The shape of the Blue Flame Divine Bird had been completely changed, and his aura had also been changed by his life seed.

Even Shangguan Xiaoxiao and Shangguan Shengxian of the Demon Cult couldn't see through his life seed aura. He didn't believe that the demon clan could see the clues.

"This little bird has some spirituality, but not much. Well, you can resonate with the spirituality of the spiritual bird and gain its recognition. You don't treat the spiritual beast as a slave. It shows that you are not a vicious person."

A lazy voice sounded from the other side of the curtain:

"Leave a drop of blood."

Mrs. She hurriedly reminded: "Thank the mountain master!"

Li An hurriedly thanked him, but his heart was quite solemn.

Just at this moment, the mountain master had already explored the soul and consciousness of the Blue Flame Divine Bird!

Fortunately, Li An had prepared in advance to conceal his own beast control technique, and his relationship with Xiaoqing came from the feeding of his life seed breath, so there was no ordinary beast control technique that would harm Xiaoqing's soul.

Otherwise, listening to the words of this mountain master... I'm afraid there will be some trouble.

Xiaoying came down with a jade plate, and there was a silver knife in the jade plate.

Li An cut his wrist, and a drop of blood flowed out and fell into the jade plate.

"What's the name of this sister?" Xiaoying asked, staring at the little red bird in Li An's hand. "Xiaohong." Li An answered, and felt that Xiaoying's eyes seemed to be much friendlier when looking at him. "Xiaohong, hehe, it's a bit like my name." She stretched out her delicate jade hand, touched the head of the little red bird, and then walked back behind the bead curtain with Li An's blood. Not long after. "The mountain master allows you to stay. This is a token and a contract. You can choose a 'D' level spiritual vein in the area under the jurisdiction of the mountain master to practice. As for those miscellaneous things, you can read them in the contract yourself. By the way, does Xiaohong like to eat this?" She gave two jade cards to Li An, and at the same time, she couldn't wait to take out a green rice grain to feed Li An's little red bird. The little red bird took the rice grain and chirped twice, and rubbed Xiaoying's hand intimately. Xiaoying seemed very happy. Li An checked it out. One of the two jade tablets was the same as the one that Madam She had taken before, with a white scale embedded in it, and the other contained a lot of information.

But now he did not read it directly, but bowed to the mountain master, "Lin An is leaving——"

The three walked out of the stone palace.

"Miss Xiaoying, it's the first time that Xiaohong takes the initiative to get close to someone..."

Li An smiled and suddenly took out a small box, "Some small gifts, thank you Miss Xiaoying."

The small box also contained a precious spiritual food!

Xiaoying said: "Ah, no need..."

"Xiaohong and I are in tune with each other. This is not only my intention, but also Xiaohong's intention... She is very close to you."

Xiaoying nodded and accepted it after hearing this, saying: "Yeah, okay, thank you Xiaohong."

She touched the little red bird again, and then remembered something and said: "You have to work hard to get Xiaohong to the 'C' level spiritual vein as soon as possible..."

"Mrs. She, you are more familiar with it, take care of this... what is Mr.?"

From beginning to end, she only paid attention to the little red bird in Li An's hand, and didn't remember Li An's last name at all...

"Mr. Lin."

Mrs. She smiled.

"Yes, Mr. Lin... That's it, I'll leave first."

Xiaoying fed the little red bird another green rice grain, and then jumped back to the palace.

Seeing her leave, Madam She and Li An couldn't help but sigh as they walked down the mountain: "Daoyou Lin An, you are so lucky!"

Lin An said: "Why did Madam She say that?"

"You know, in this Tiansha Mountain Range, human life is cheaper than beasts."

Madam She said: "In the eyes of the mountain master, spirit beasts have a higher status, and the human race... is actually very lowly."

"If a beast tamer comes, it will be difficult to save his life... I once had a good friend who was also a beast tamer in the outside world. After he came, he suffered a lot and almost lost his life."

Li An's heart moved. Could Madam She's good friend be Jiang Ribai?

Jiang Ribai actually had such an experience? !

He suddenly realized that his information was not completely accurate... In the gossip he got before, being able to tam beasts should be an advantage.

I didn't expect it to be a trap!

Fortunately, he was cautious and did not reveal that he was proficient in the art of taming beasts.

Madam She looked into Li An's sleeves, "But if you can get along with the spirit beasts on an equal footing, or even get close to them, then the mountain master will look up to you." A small black snake poked its head out from her sleeves, and she sighed softly, "I have also endured many years in the Tiansha Mountains before the mountain master rewarded me with this 'black spirit'. You know, this black spirit is not my pet, but my master!" "It's just that I have raised it for so many years, and the black spirit is only quite familiar with me and trusts me... It's far from being like you, who can get close to me naturally without controlling the beast." "Brother Lin's bird, although ordinary, can bring a lot of benefits to Brother Lin... Otherwise, even if Brother Lin offers spiritual food, there should be some other tests." Li An couldn't help but feel complicated when he heard this. In this way, he was able to be so successful this time... It was because of Xiaoqing. Eating the soft rice of the spirit beast? ? "So that's how it is, so that's how it is... Thank you for clearing up my doubts!"

He was also quite moved and couldn't help but gently stroke Xiaoqing.

Mrs. She looked at the bird in Li An's hand and was really envious. Apart from anything else, she had never been able to get such a good impression from Miss Xiaoying in all these years here...

Obviously, from the mountain master to Xiaoying, everyone thought that Li An was a good person.

Just because of his spirit beast.

Li An should be the easiest person to enter this place.

Moreover, Miss Xiaoying's instructions before leaving... It seems that Lin An can't be taken lightly.

When she thought of this, she immediately said, "Fellow Daoist Lin, do you know that the mountains here are divided into four grades: A, B, C, and D?"

Hearing what Madam She said, Li An said, "Please teach me, fellow Daoist."

"Grade A is the Bailing Peak, a fourth-grade spiritual vein, very pure."

"Grade B is also a fourth-grade spiritual vein, but it is polluted by evil spirits, very serious."

"Grade C is a third-grade spiritual vein, but very clean."

"Grade D is a third-grade spiritual vein, but also contaminated by evil spirits."

Li An understood instantly.

He now only has the qualification to practice in the "D" grade spiritual vein.

No wonder Xiaoying asked him before leaving to let Xiaohong live in the C grade spiritual vein as soon as possible... The D grade spiritual vein will have an impact on both cultivators and spirit beasts, and cannot be lived in for a long time.

"But in fact, among the Ding-level, there are also good and bad ones. Some have heavy evil spirits, while others have less evil spirits... I know one thing, the one with the least evil spirits is the best among all the Ding-level spiritual veins!"

She smiled, "Brother Lin, are you interested?"

Li An actually wanted to say that he had no interest at all...

He was actually quite interested in those Ding-level spiritual veins with heavy evil spirits.

But since Madam She asked, he had no choice but to say, "Please give me some advice, Daoist Fellow She!"

Madam She said, "Follow me."

Originally, Li An's kindness to her was just a favor, and at most it was enough for her to bring Li An to see the mountain master... But now that Li An performed well in front of the mountain master and Xiaoying, she was interested in investing more in Li An!

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