Yong'an County.
Strolling along the long street, Lin Sheng stepped into a small alley at the end of the street. There was only one household in the alley, and he pushed the door open.
"Gongzi!"
In the courtyard, a plainclothes man in his 30s saw Lin Sheng and immediately bowed respectfully.
The man was Gou Donglai from Qingniao Yard.
At this time, Gou Donglai's cultivation had advanced further, entering the Bones Transformation Realm.
"Get up. Do you have any news about the Spirit Bone Python?"
Lin Sheng said lightly, glancing around the courtyard.
The courtyard was simply furnished, but it was quite spacious and not small in area.
This was a residence he had asked Gou Donglai to find in the city. Compared to the Dark Star stronghold, he still preferred to live alone. Firstly, he wouldn't be disturbed, and secondly, it was more concealed. After all, he had many secrets.
Now that his identity was no longer a secret, many people in the stronghold were quite curious about him, this newly promoted Blazing Star Envoy.
He didn't like being the center of attention.
"Reporting to Gongzi, there is no news yet, but something happened in the Congyun Mountains area some time ago."
Gou Donglai replied respectfully.
"What happened?" Lin Sheng raised an eyebrow.
"Some time ago, a Spirit Beast from Lin'an Prefecture entered the Congyun Mountains. Many herb gatherers and beast hunters in the mountains died or were injured. According to unofficial news, this Spirit Beast might be the one that suddenly appeared under the Yunshui Mountains back then."
Gou Donglai replied slowly, with a trace of lingering fear on his face. He was also in the Yunshui Mountains back then, stationed on Da Cui Peak mining beast ore, not far from Bo Peak. Who would have thought that such a terrifying Spirit Beast was hidden beneath this mountain peak?
If he hadn't evacuated Da Cui Peak back then, and this Spirit Beast had awakened, he wouldn't have had any confidence in escaping from such a terrifying existence.
"Oh?"
Hearing this, a hint of surprise appeared on Lin Sheng's face.
He naturally remembered that Spirit Beast. That Spirit Beast had almost managed to keep the divine constable Wan Jianghai back then. He didn't expect that after such a long time, it hadn't been sealed and killed by the Imperial Court, but had instead escaped into the Congyun Mountains.
"Gongzi, besides that, there are two types of exotic beasts you previously ordered to search for that have been found. It is estimated that they will be sent to Changhe Prefecture in a few days." Gou Donglai seemed to remember something at this point and quickly added.
"These two exotic beasts are the Three-Colored Mother Bird and the Four-Winged Dove."
Hearing this, Lin Sheng was first a little confused, then after a moment of thought, his eyes lit up.
Back in Qingshui County, he had his subordinates search for various exotic beasts.
The exotic beasts he searched for were those that, based on information from various books and ancient texts, were likely to have good enhancements.
The Three-Colored Mother Bird and the Four-Winged Dove were both avian exotic beasts, but the reason he had the Seven Forms Sect and others search for these two exotic beasts was not for the Qingniao Chasing Star Finger, but for the mental attribute.
According to the records of these two avian exotic beasts in the books, these two exotic beasts were either high-perception exotic beasts or had high intelligence, surpassing ordinary Spirit Beasts.
Therefore, he speculated that although these two types of exotic beasts were only Elementary Level Spirit Beasts, they might have the effect of increasing mental will.
Now his various attributes were quite strong, only his mental attribute was low. Although it was much stronger than Martial Artists of the same level, he was naturally not very satisfied with this level.
However, whether these two exotic beasts were as he thought would only be known after they arrived.
Leaving the alley, Lin Sheng went to another courtyard in the city to see Lin Hong and others, left some cultivation and nourishing pills, and then returned to the alley and continued cultivating in the courtyard.
Time flowed like water, and in the blink of an eye, half a month passed.
In the spacious and quiet room of the residence.
Lin Sheng looked at an avian exotic beast in front of him that was slightly smaller than Little Black and seven or eight points similar to a pigeon.
Its tail was slender, splitting from the center and fanning out into a large area of tail feathers, making it look as if it had four wings.
This exotic beast, which looked like a large pigeon, was the Four-Winged Dove.
At this moment, the Four-Winged Dove lay on the ground for a long time before trembling slightly.
It was clearly on the verge of death from severe injuries.
Lin Sheng's palm rested on its smooth head, and a string of information had already appeared on the panel.
After a glance, a look of disappointment appeared on his face.
"Only four points of perception!?"
Besides 4 points of perception, this exotic beast only had 5 agility, three strength, and an ordinary attack talent.
Even among Elementary Level Spirit Beasts, it could only be considered extremely ordinary, much worse than Little Black.
After a glance, he lost interest, tightened his palm, and directly crushed its skull, giving it a quick death. After taking it into his body, his gaze fell on a porcelain bottle next to him.
The porcelain bottle was over half a meter tall and felt very heavy in his hand, roughly estimated to weigh over a hundred catties. The mouth of the bottle was sealed with a piece of ice-blue fur that exuded a hint of coldness, apparently for refrigeration.
Although this world did not have electric refrigerators, various Materials had extraordinary effects.
At least the effect of this ice-blue fur was in no way inferior to that of a refrigerator on Blue Star.
Pulling open the fur, a bloody smell surged out, and Lin Sheng's palm reached into the porcelain bottle.
The porcelain bottle contained the blood of the other Three-Colored Mother Bird.
When the Three-Colored Mother Bird was discovered, it was already dying and died before it could be saved. Helplessly, the Seven Forms Sect members had to take its blood, Seal it, and send it over.
【Beast Name: Three-Colored Mother Bird (Spirit Beast)】
【Covered with three-colored wings, red beak and blue eyes, understands human nature, high intelligence, has the ability to confuse people's minds.】
【Integration Requirement: None】
【Integration Effect: Perception +6, Agility +5, Mental +1】
【Talent: Disturb Mind】
After reading the information about the Three-Colored Mother Bird, Lin Sheng's eyes lit up, and a smile appeared on his face.
"As expected, there is a little mental enhancement."
Although the attribute enhancement of this Three-Colored Mother Bird did not seem outstanding, it was just an Elementary Level Spirit Beast and was not intended to enhance combat strength itself.
A little mental enhancement, plus 6 points of perception, in his opinion, was already quite good, and the talent Disturb Mind seemed to be a rare talent that affected the mental aspect.
Lin Sheng was quite satisfied with this Three-Colored Mother Bird.
Moreover, this proved that his deduction was correct: mental attributes are related to high perception and high intelligence.
In the future, as long as he searched for specific Spirit Beasts based on these two points, he should be able to find more exotic beasts that increase mental attributes.
With a thought, he directly integrated this Three-Colored Mother Bird. The amount of blood in the porcelain jar was sufficient, and there was some left after the integration was completed, which he also directly swallowed and absorbed.
At the same time, he thought of Big Yellow again.
Big Yellow was now a Spirit Beast Listening Wind Dog, and its enhanced attributes were also extremely biased towards high perception and high agility, while its combat power was completely inconsistent with the specifications of a Spirit Beast.
Eight points of perception were two points higher than that of the Three-Colored Mother Bird, so why was there no mental attribute enhancement? Moreover, the level of intelligence Big Yellow had displayed had always been quite high, so logically, there should be a mental enhancement.
"Could it be that it hasn't fully grown yet?"
This thought flashed through his mind. After all, Big Yellow had just entered the ranks of Spirit Beasts and, strictly speaking, was not yet an adult.
"It seems I need to find some time to train Big Yellow and see if any changes occur..."
This thought flashed through his mind.
Finally, he immersed himself in cultivation again.
The next day, at noon. The scorching sun hung in the sky, and the ground was like a furnace.
In the empty courtyard, a yellow dog with a long tail sat on its hind legs, propped up on its front paws, its long tail constantly wagging, looking eagerly at Lin Sheng.
Its bright red tongue constantly hung out, and threads of transparent viscous liquid flowed from the corners of its mouth, wetting a large area of the ground.
At this time, Big Yellow's fur seemed to have become more lustrous and more handsome than when it was in the forest, but this unpromising appearance completely suppressed the little handsomeness it had.
Looking at Big Yellow's appearance, Lin Sheng took a few pieces of dried meat from the stone table beside him and threw them down.
Before the dried meat landed, Big Yellow had already bitten it, chewed it a few times, and then swallowed it whole. Because it ate too quickly, Big Yellow soon coughed violently, its eyes rolled back, and it kept making dry heaving motions.
"Be careful not to choke to death."
Lin Sheng frowned and scolded, raising his leg and kicking its neck, which finally made it relax. It kept sticking out its tongue, licking its lips, and lowering its head, not daring to look at Lin Sheng.
This unpromising appearance made Lin Sheng more and more angry. He highly doubted whether this dog would be the first Spirit Beast to be choked to death if he hadn't intervened just now.
In the days Big Yellow had been with him, it had eaten who knows how much Spirit Beast meat and various pills. These were all money.
This dog was usually very smart, but as soon as it saw food, it couldn't walk straight. Who knows when it would suffer a big loss.
Lin Sheng couldn't help but wonder if there was still a need to train it. After thinking for a moment, he still took out the blood awakening treasure pill from his 怀中.
The value of this pill was extremely high. He had also swallowed some of the powder, but the effect was not obvious. It was clear that this kind of treasure pill that acted on Bloodline potential was not suitable for him.
But for exotic beasts like Big Yellow and Little Black, the effect was surprisingly good.
Er—
Seeing Lin Sheng's actions, Big Yellow immediately raised its head and moved closer, making a childish sound in its mouth, and kept rubbing its head against Lin Sheng's thigh.
Lin Sheng raised his leg and kicked it away again. Then he scraped off some more pill powder from the blood awakening treasure pill, formed it into a red pill the size of a mung bean, flicked it with his finger, and shot it out.
Big Yellow's body immediately sprang up like a spring, opened its mouth wide, and swallowed the pill.
Then it lay on the ground, its face full of enjoyment. It didn't last long before it started to tremble constantly.
The amount he scraped off this time was more than double the previous time.
After all, Big Yellow had now entered the ranks of Spirit Beasts and could not be compared with ordinary beasts from before.
Lin Sheng carefully watched Big Yellow's reaction. At this moment, Big Yellow's limbs were spread out, and it was lying on the ground, its body shaking like a sieve.
Fine crunching sounds of bones were constantly coming from its body. Of course, it didn't last long, and after about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, all the abnormalities began to slow down.
After another cup of tea's time, Big Yellow finally stopped shaking and got up from the ground, looking significantly more listless than before.
But Lin Sheng noticed that at this moment, Big Yellow's eyes had changed a bit compared to before. The originally brownish-yellow pupils had a bit of dark green in them, making them appear much more 靈動 than before. Besides that, there was no change in its body size.
Lin Sheng beckoned, and Big Yellow immediately trotted over.
He stroked its head, and the information on the panel appeared.
His eyes lit up. The information on the panel had changed somewhat compared to before.
【Beast Name: Listening Wind Dog (Spirit)】
【…………】
【Integration Effect: Perception +8, Agility +5, Mental +1】
【Talent: Evasion】
"As expected, mental enhancement has appeared."
Lin Sheng's mouth curved up, and he threw out several pieces of high-level Spirit Beast dried meat to Big Yellow.
He knew very well that Big Yellow's current attribute enhancement was not its limit.
Although taking the blood awakening treasure pill now had the most obvious effect, there was still some residual medicinal power that needed time to be slowly absorbed.
With more cultivation, Big Yellow's various attributes would continue to improve, and the enhanced mental attribute would definitely not be just one point.
He looked at the blood awakening treasure pill in his hand, pondered for a moment, and still gave up the idea of continuing to feed it to Big Yellow.
The medicinal power of the blood awakening treasure pill was extremely strong. Even though Big Yellow was already a Spirit Beast, continuous consumption in a short period was definitely not a good thing. It was better to wait until all the residual medicinal power in its body was absorbed before continuing to consume it.
At this moment, a small bird in the sky suddenly circled over the courtyard.
Lin Sheng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he held out his palm. The small bird immediately landed.
He took off the small bamboo tube from its body, took out the message inside, and after a glance, he channeled his strength, and the letter paper immediately turned into dust. At the same time, his figure also disappeared from the courtyard.
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Yong'an, Dark Star stronghold.
Mission Hall.
"Is there news about the Spirit Bone Python?"
"There is indeed news, but there was a slight accident."
The young woman responsible for posting missions looked at Lin Sheng and said with some hesitation.
"What accident?"
Lin Sheng asked with a frown.
"There is a Blazing Star Envoy adult from Feiyun Prefecture who discovered a Spirit Bone Python, and it is a Spirit Bone Python King that has entered the ranks of high-level Spirit Beasts. This Blazing Star Envoy adult originally accepted the commission, but suddenly canceled it."
"Canceled!? What's going on? Could it be that the Spirit Bone Python King ran away?"
Lin Sheng was a little surprised.
If a high-level Spirit Beast Spirit Bone Python King could be integrated, it would definitely greatly shorten the cultivation time of the Jin Wu Gu Secret Method.
"This... um..."
Hearing Lin Sheng's question, the young woman's face showed hesitation, but she didn't say anything clear, just kept glancing at the mission wall next to her.
Lin Sheng immediately realized something and turned to look at the mission wall.
The missions on it had not changed much compared to half a month ago. After all, the missions in Dark Star were not easy, and few were completed in half a month. However, a few more missions had appeared, and Lin Sheng quickly found the problem.
He saw that next to the commission he had posted, there were a few private commissions.
One of the commissions was quite similar to the content of the mission he posted, also seeking to purchase a Spirit Bone Python, and the price was even one hundred points higher than his.
"Was it intercepted!?"
He narrowed his eyes, his gaze falling on the initiator below the commission.
"Mad Tiger..."
He chewed on the name, but it was completely unfamiliar.
"Who is Mad Tiger?"
Lin Sheng looked at the young woman.
"Cough cough, he is a Blazing Star Envoy adult from Fulong City."
The young woman coughed lightly, her face showing hesitation, but finally she spoke, and at the same time added.
"This Mad Tiger adult is Luo Yin adult's Disciple, and also a seed in the organization..."