Two Actors

Chapter 40

"I didn't expect there to be so many details in raising spiritual beasts."

Li Changmeng held a jade slip to his forehead and scanned the Beast - Rearing Technique he had just bought with his divine sense.

To raise a spiritual beast, oviparous monsters were the most suitable. Before they hatched, one had to use divine sense to imprint a time mark on them and then regularly use one's own spiritual energy to catalyze their gestation.

Of course, it was also best to prepare some appropriate spiritual objects from heaven and earth during this period to strengthen the foundation of the spiritual beast.

After the spiritual beast hatched, if one wanted it to grow quickly, a large amount of resources had to be invested. Otherwise, it could only grow naturally, which would be a long - term process.

This was generally only suitable for families and sects. Lone cultivators usually only raised spiritual beasts for special purposes, such as treasure - hunting, scouting, or perception.

"Forget it. Anyway, it doesn't require much investment."

Using the imprinting spell in the Beast - Rearing Technique, Li Changmeng felt a hazy consciousness in the monster egg.

The consciousness was very weak. Li Changmeng could only control his own divine sense and carefully imprint his divine sense mark on it.

In this step, the slightest mistake could destroy the hazy consciousness of the monster and turn it into a dead fetus.

Fortunately, Li Changmeng's insights in comprehending the Dao allowed him to use his divine sense at a level far beyond his own cultivation.

After the imprint was made, Li Changmeng felt a connection between himself and the monster.

This imprint wrapped around the hazy consciousness and merged with it. As long as Li Changmeng's mind moved, he could decide the life or death of the other.

"Not bad. It seems it will only be about a month until it hatches."

Through the imprint, Li Changmeng also learned the hatching time of the monster egg.

During this period, Li Changmeng practiced regularly in the Qingmiao Sect.

The encounter in the Black Deer Mountain didn't seem to have any negative impact on him. Instead, it brought him a lot of income.

Wang Xuan also came to his cave dwelling several times to inform him of the current situation.

Feng Qi had been in seclusion recently, which meant that he was probably close to breaking through and was adjusting his state.

Wang Xuan told Li Changmeng to be prepared and not to go out during this period as they might act at any time.

Even without Wang Xuan's reminder, Li Changmeng could clearly sense that the atmosphere in the Qingmiao Sect was not right.

The number of sect disciples going out on missions had increased. Most of the disciples left in the sect were the old ones who had no hope of breaking through, and it was rare to see the elite disciples in the sect.

"A storm is coming."

In the cave dwelling, Li Changmeng was paying attention to the monster egg in front of him. It showed signs of hatching, which pulled his mind back.

It was not hard to guess that most of the elite disciples of the Qingmiao Sect had been transferred out. In this way, if something happened, the sect's inheritance would not be completely cut off.

Crack

There was a cracking sound. A crack appeared on the eggshell, and then it was broken open by a black claw.

Then, a monkey's head poked out, somewhat similar to a Golden - Clawed Monkey.

However, it was completely black, with fangs on its mouth. It was hard to tell what kind of monster it had hybridized with.

The little monster first bared its teeth, but when it saw Li Changmeng, it immediately showed great affection and jumped onto Li Changmeng, hugging him tightly with its four paws.

The effect of the imprint would make the monster instinctively get close to the person who had made the imprint.

Li Changmeng took out the pre - prepared beast milk and fed it to the little monster.

After being full, it grabbed Li Changmeng and closed its eyes.

"You little monkey, you're so black. I'll call you Black Star."

It was Li Changmeng's first time raising a spiritual beast, and he was very excited. He even gave the spiritual beast a name.

He pulled Black Star off his body and put it in a haystack beside him. Then Li Changmeng walked out of the cave dwelling.

Coincidentally, Wang Xuan walked over at this time, with an excited look on his face.

"Fellow Daoist Li, Feng Qi is going to break through."

"When?"

Hearing this news, Li Changmeng put away the relaxation from hatching Black Star and looked around.

Even though few people came to the place where the guest elders lived, Li Changmeng couldn't help but be nervous.

Feng Qi's breakthrough meant that the surrounding forces should have gathered to interfere.

Once and for all, if the interference was successful, the Qingmiao Sect would surely be destroyed.

On the contrary, if Feng Qi succeeded, all the surrounding forces would be annexed by the Qingmiao Sect.

The emergence of a Core - Formation cultivator would surely reshuffle the surrounding forces.

Such an important matter shouldn't be discussed so openly, right?

"Haha, Fellow Daoist Li, don't be nervous. The Foundation - Establishment cultivators of the Qingmiao Sect should be discussing the next countermeasures at the moment and have no time to pay attention to us. In an hour or so, they should call us to the main peak to arrange the next things."

Wang Xuan was confident, very confident in his source of information.

"Okay, I understand."

Li Changmeng nodded. Wang Xuan had probably come just to inform him.

In terms of their identity, they were accomplices.

Sure enough, an hour later, Duan Yanshu came to invite the two guest elders to discuss important matters.

The two of them followed him to the main peak.

Except for the sect master Feng Qi, the remaining three Foundation - Establishment cultivators of the Qingmiao Sect were there.

After Li Changmeng and the others arrived, they took their seats in turn. Duan Yanshu, who had the highest cultivation, temporarily took Feng Qi's place.

"Elder Li, Elder Wang, I'm sure you're curious why I specifically called everyone here?"

After taking his seat, Duan Yanshu asked, obviously referring to the two guest elders.

Li Changmeng and Wang Xuan glanced at each other and shook their heads in unison, as if they were in complete agreement.

Duan Yanshu then continued, with a big smile on his face: "Great news! The Qingmiao Sect is about to become a Core - Formation sect. Sect Master Feng is about to break through."

"Really! Sect Master Feng is going to cross that threshold!"

"Congratulations!"

Both their expressions and tones were very convincing. No one could tell that Li Changmeng and Wang Xuan had already known this news.

Duan Yanshu nodded to confirm and slightly pressed his hands down, signaling them to calm down. "However, as the sect master is about to break through, the small fry nearby are naturally restless and want to stop the sect master from breaking through."

Saying this, Duan Yanshu slapped the table and suddenly shouted: "They're just a bunch of dead men! Elder Wang, Elder Li, within the next half - day, those small fry will surely do everything they can to stop the sect master from breaking through.

At that time, I hope the two elders can lend a hand. Once Sect Master Feng successfully breaks through, everything will come to an end, and the two elders can become official elders of our Qingmiao Sect."

At the end, Duan Yanshu looked at them pleadingly and made a promise.

To be honest, the status of a guest elder was just an employment relationship. In a situation that was very likely to threaten their lives, they actually had the right to just run away.

Of course, the two of them had already planned this. At this time, they both patted their chests and promised to live and die with the Qingmiao Sect.

"The Qingmiao Sect will never forget the kindness of the two elders!"

The two of them agreed, which surprised Duan Yanshu. It was understandable for Wang Xuan, who had been in the sect for a long time and had reached the middle stage of Foundation - Establishment.

But Li Changmeng had just joined the Qingmiao Sect and was only in the early stage of Foundation - Establishment. He actually chose to fight against the Foundation - Establishment cultivators of the surrounding forces together with the Qingmiao Sect, which made Duan Yanshu look at him with new eyes.