Chapter 57: He Qingqing Has Plenty Of Strength And Means
Shen Liqian’s melody did not stop, and the frenzied Flesh-Tearing Beast gradually calmed down.
Ming Zhaoshuang released her sword, and several people also sat down, meditating to recover as quickly as possible.
Suddenly, Ming Zhaoshuang said to He Qingqing, “Now, can you take this Flesh-Tearing Beast?”
Hearing Ming Zhaoshuang’s words, He Qingqing suddenly remembered, as a Beast Tamer, why wouldn’t she want to subdue fierce beasts?
Especially beasts on the verge of death, they are the best to sign a contract with.
Of course, this Flesh-Tearing Beast’s cultivation is as high as Mid Nascent Soul Stage, so the risk of her subduing it is also extremely great.
But He Qingqing had plenty of strength and means.
Ming Zhaoshuang watched He Qingqing standing next to the Flesh-Tearing Beast, singing and dancing, casting spells one after another, and occasionally whispering to the Flesh-Tearing Beast, saying things she couldn’t understand.
This went back and forth for a full half-hour.
Finally, the Flesh-Tearing Beast’s palm pressed down decisively on the contract floating in the air.
He Qingqing thus smoothly took the Flesh-Tearing Beast under her wing and happily said to the rested crowd:
“There are many spiritual beasts like Flesh-Tearing Beasts in this mountain forest. Why don’t all you fellow disciples help me subdue them all.”
Fine!
One Flesh-Tearing Beast wasn’t enough for you!
Ming Zhaoshuang choked, unable to utter a single word of refutation, and could only tell He Qingqing to rest quickly while Shen Liqian created a great environment for them, as they still had to take Qin Zhi out later.
It was at this moment that she suddenly realized something was wrong with the sky…
Centered on Shen Liqian, dark clouds gathered, lightning flashed, shrouding the entire Shuangyu Mountain.
Ming Zhaoshuang stiffly turned her head, incredulously asking, “Is Qianqian… breaking through?”
She broke through so innocently?
Fei Changxiu and others:
Although they didn’t want to admit it, among their group of prodigies, no one truly had higher talent than Shen Liqian.
Fei Changxiu remembered that when he was Shen Liqian’s age, he was only at Early Golden Core.
Good heavens, she’s already reached Early Nascent Soul at this age!
It’s truly unbearable to compare people!
The lightning tribulation for the Nascent Soul Stage is naturally much stronger than that for the Golden Core Stage, especially Shen Liqian’s thunderclouds, which are much larger than those of ordinary cultivators.
Fierce winds and torrential rain followed one after another, thunder roared incessantly.
Deep and vast, the day darkened, the clouds gathered, and enveloped the world below.
For a time, the daylight was dim, as if it were night, with only lightning flashing in the sky above. Steaming water vapor exploded like thunder, surrounding everyone like snow-white mist, while the drifting wind swept rain droplets, fiercely pattering the forest.
Amidst the dark and gloomy scene, Ming Zhaoshuang set up protective shields for Wei Jiao, Qin Zhi, and the resting He Qingqing respectively.
She explained to Wei Jiao, “Don’t be afraid, this is a heavenly tribulation that we cultivators need to experience. Qianqian’s cultivation is the highest, she has already broken through to the Nascent Soul Stage.”
“This lightning tribulation will only strike Qianqian, not us.”
Suddenly, her wrist tightened, Ming Zhaoshuang knew something was wrong and immediately stood up, summoning Fushuang.
Seeing her like this, everyone else also stood up, summoned their swords, and their gazes were vigilant.
Ming Zhaoshuang said, “There might be other ferocious beasts around, fellow senior brothers will have to work hard for a while to protect Qianqian!”
Although Xiao Bai couldn’t appear in front of everyone, his divine sense was vast, and it was easy for him to explore the entire Shuangyu Mountain.
The sudden tightening meant there must be a threat nearby.
“That shouldn’t be the case,” Ming Chenxing frowned:
“Earth Rank spiritual beasts already have territorial awareness, and it’s rare for two spiritual beasts of the same rank to appear in the same area.”
This was also the reason they dared to rest here.
Although this place was strange and the spiritual beasts’ territories were greatly reduced, fierce beasts like Flesh-Tearing Beasts still had a certain territory.
Therefore, within the same area, there would not be another spiritual beast of the same rank or lower than the Flesh-Tearing Beast.
That is to say, this time the spiritual beast could only be High Earth Rank, or even Heaven Rank!
Heaven Rank spiritual beasts are already close to the strength of divine beasts from ancient times, and they carry the bloodline of divine beasts to some extent. Even in the resource-rich Upper Realm, they are rarely seen!
The Beast Sect of the Upper Realm has even directly declared: if a disciple under eight hundred years old subdues a Heaven Rank spiritual beast, they can directly join the Beast Sect and become its core disciple!
If they are over eight hundred years old, as long as their cultivation reaches the Body Integration Stage, they can also directly enter the Beast Sect and be seated on the Elder Council!
That’s why Shen Liqian felt He Qingqing had unlimited potential after seeing her subdue Zhu Yan!
After all, He Qingqing is now sixteen years old but is only at Early Golden Core, such cultivation could never catch her eye.
Yet she managed to subdue a Heaven Rank spiritual beast! Although Zhu Yan was still in its young stage, it was already possible to see He Qingqing’s future strength!
Logically speaking, with the scarcity of resources in the Lower Cultivation World, Heaven Rank spiritual beasts should not exist.
But Shuangyu Mountain was so strange, it clearly wasn’t set up by someone from the Lower Realm. No one knew the purpose of that person, to have so many spiritual beasts in one mountain, all of them ferocious and attacking anyone on sight.
According to their progression, before they even reached the end of this mountain, they had already encountered Mid Earth Rank beasts.
So it is highly possible that the spiritual beast appearing this time is High Earth Rank, or even Heaven Rank.
But they cannot leave, Shen Liqian is still undergoing tribulation. If they left, Shen Liqian might become the next Qin Zhi!
Sensing Ming Zhaoshuang’s tension, He Qingqing soothed:
“It’s alright, according to our progression, this spiritual beast is likely High Earth Rank, and its cultivation should only be Late Nascent Soul.”
As soon as she said this, everyone’s eyes couldn’t help but look at her.
What in the world do you mean “only Late Nascent Soul”!
Do you know what Late Nascent Soul even is?
That’s someone just one realm away from Deity Transformation and ascending to the Upper Realm!
It can be said that in the Lower Cultivation World, besides the few Old Ancestors of the Great Sects, basically everyone else is in the Nascent Soul Stage.
It’s like the Sect Master Bixia and the Sect Master Lingxiao, they are both at Mid Nascent Soul. On the surface, they are aggressive towards Qin Du, but if they really had to fight Qin Du head-on, would they dare?
They wouldn’t dare!
One Mid Nascent Soul Stage Flesh-Tearing Beast had almost rendered them helpless. If another Late Nascent Soul appeared, wouldn’t all of them, the small fry, be doomed?
I must say, He Qingqing, you are truly bold to speak like that.
It would have been better if you hadn’t tried to comfort them; now they truly feel helpless.
Ming Zhaoshuang obediently burned the talisman paper given to her by Sect Master Qin.
She hadn’t expected this earlier, nor did she anticipate it reaching this point. Now that she had some time, she didn’t want to struggle any longer.
Uncle Xiu! Rescue me! Rescue me!
Seeing Ming Zhaoshuang burning the talisman, the others suddenly remembered that when they came out, their elders had repeatedly instructed them to burn talisman paper when encountering danger.
But they were young and arrogant, thinking they could handle anyone with their combined strength, so the talisman paper was essentially useless. They hadn’t taken Qin Du and Peak Master Xiu Tian’s words to heart.
Now that they remembered, they all quickly took out the talisman paper from their pockets and burned it all at once.
Fei Changxiu smacked his head, “Damn it! I thought Old Xiu talked too much back then, so I threw this thing away!”
The crowd fell silent…
Senior Brother Xiu’er, as expected of you.
Seeing him in such a flustered state, Ming Zhaoshuang softly comforted him, “Don’t worry, everyone has one, we won’t lack yours.”
“It’s precisely because everyone has one that I’m panicking!” Fei Changxiu scratched his head, on the verge of tears, “If everyone has one and I don’t, Old Xiu will know exactly what I did with his feet, and he’ll definitely drag me to the Arena and torture me a hundred or eighty times!”
The crowd found it both funny and exasperating, and the atmosphere was no longer so heavy.
