Chapter 96: The Spirit Herbs Froze to Death
Just then, a voice suddenly came from downstairs.
“Then we’ll need to build city walls. I feel our Sect’s architectural layout is unreliable; without city walls, there’s no sense of security.”
“What’s the use of city walls? Can they withstand a cultivator’s strike?”
“Use spirit ore. When we have money, we’ll buy better materials to reinforce them. In the early stages, we need at least a place to shelter, at least to withstand Golden Core Stage cultivators, right?”
“That would be an astronomical price…”
Lu Yao’s eyes suddenly snapped open.
Golden Core Stage cultivator?
Who was speaking such big words here?
She looked down and saw two cultivators, a man and a woman.
They were arguing about something.
Lu Yao listened for a while and realized they were from the Longevity Sect.
Longevity Sect, in the same place as the Flying Sparrow Sect?
Lu Yao listened for a while and realized they were discussing the renovation of Wang’an County, but with a string of incomprehensible words, a language system Lu Yao had never heard before emerged.
She listened, somewhat confused, and the two people walked further and further away, their voices becoming indistinct.
She drank her wine, blankly thinking, Wang’an County needs renovation?
What renovations could a mortal county town possibly need…
Aren’t mortal dwellings just like that?
Just then, Lu Yao heard the waiter’s enthusiastic voice from downstairs: “Lord Fan, you’re here again? Do you have new stock today?”
“No, the snow has been too heavy these past few days, so the spirit wine is temporarily suspended. I just came to take a look.”
“Alright, alright.”
“Squawk squawk…”
The voices were mixed with a few beastly sounds.
The sound was somewhat familiar, and Lu Yao looked out the window again.
Then she saw a cultivator wearing a plush coat walk out of the restaurant.
But strangely, he was also carrying a little flower beast.
The little flower beast was pink, cupped in his palm. The flower on its head followed its eyes as they darted around, and it was also wearing a strangely shaped pink outfit, like a human.
The cultivators passing by didn’t find it strange; only a few showed expressions of envy, jealousy, and hatred.
“Damn it, they bought all the spirit beasts and won’t sell to us.”
“Showing off spirit beasts in the street every day. If I could afford it, I’d buy one too.”
“We’re all from the same Sect, can’t you give us a discount?!”
“Don’t worry, we’ll catch a Spirit Stealing Rat later…”
Lu Yao was a little surprised.
Because she was from the Beast Taming Sect, she knew how to raise little flower beasts.
Because she could tell the little flower beast showed no fear.
Little flower beasts were actually very afraid of cultivators.
They were even afraid of mortals.
They were extremely timid, and even when frequently kept, they didn’t get very close to humans.
They were afraid the moment a human tried to grab them.
They didn’t have high spiritual intelligence; if they were afraid, they would always be afraid.
This cultivator’s little flower beast, however, was clearly very at ease.
It even stuck out its tongue and licked the cultivator heavily as they walked.
Fan Guozhou showed no disgust on his face; he simply patted the little flower beast’s head and then walked into the pharmacy.
Lu Yao watched, thinking, is this person skilled at raising spirit beasts?
If the spirit beasts raised were this obedient and cute, the Beast Taming Sect would have become rich long ago.
However, she only glanced at it and soon thought of her own destroyed Sect, sinking into sadness.
Thinking of this, Lu Yao left the restaurant.
At this moment, a pure black pig suddenly ran into the restaurant.
The pig was so black that even Lu Yao, who had raised spirit beasts, had never seen one like it. She couldn’t sense any spiritual energy from the pig, yet it was clearly different from a mortal pig.
She stopped in surprise.
A female cultivator chased in after it: “Wang Cai! You’re not allowed to steal spirit wine. You’ve already drunk over the limit today. Your father said he’ll come deal with you later!”
As soon as the black pig entered, its target was clearly the restaurant’s wine cabinet. The waiter saw it and chuckled, not really stopping it.
Just as the black pig was about to reach the wine jars, Zhou Xiao still reached out and used spiritual energy to grab the black pig.
Finally, the black pig was held in the air by her, its trotters kicking hard, but it couldn’t resist.
Zhou Xiao hugged the pig to her chest. The pig didn’t squeal, only its eyes darted towards the wine jars.
Lu Yao walked over and asked, “Excuse me, what kind of spirit beast is this?”
“Ah?” Zhou Xiao saw a strange female cultivator and quickly realized the other person wasn’t local, likely from another Sect. She immediately replied, “This isn’t a spirit beast. We found it outside. We don’t know what breed it is, only that it’s a pig.”
“Oh…” Lu Yao seemed to understand, “No wonder I’ve never seen one before.”
A cultivator raising a mortal pig?
That’s quite strange.
What is the lifespan of mortal things? They barely raise spirit beasts, let alone this, which would be a waste of time.
Lu Yao looked Zhou Xiao up and down, seeing her ethereal attire, and asked, “Are you a cultivator from the Flying Sparrow Sect?”
“No, I’m from the Longevity Sect,” Zhou Xiao said with a smile. “Are you from another Sect?”
Lu Yao’s eyes dimmed slightly: “Yes, I’m from the Spirit Fox Sect.”
Zhou Xiao’s hand, which was stroking the pig, paused slightly.
The Spirit Fox Sect that had the incident?
Had a disciple escaped so quickly?
Zhou Xiao changed the subject subtly: “How far is your Spirit Fox Sect from our Longevity Sect?”
Lu Yao said, “Keep going north. For me, it’s still a two-day journey on foot.”
She didn’t mention her cultivation level, speaking vaguely, but it still took two days to travel using spiritual energy.
That was already very far.
Zhou Xiao remembered that it was about the same to go to Liuxian City.
It seemed the Spirit Fox Sect was further away than they had imagined.
News of the Spirit Fox Sect’s incident hadn’t reached Wang’an County yet. Because the Players had discreetly inquired and found that the people of Wang’an County didn’t know, they hadn’t shown it too obviously.
It seemed the System still had other ways of knowing about things further away.
Thinking of what happened to the Spirit Fox Sect, she also noticed the fatigue between Lu Yao’s brows and said, “Welcome to Wang’an County. We have a lot of gourmet food here; you can take your time to enjoy it.”
Lu Yao shook her head: “I don’t really like mortal food.”
Zhou Xiao shrugged; every cultivator said that.
Yet now, cultivators in Wang’an County still came to restaurants for a meal.
Even more so for drinking.
Lu Yao thought about the renovation of Wang’an County that the Longevity Sect disciples had discussed earlier. She didn’t know what to do. Thinking that she no longer had a Sect, where should she go?
Should she become a Rogue Cultivator, or join the Flying Sparrow Sect?
Or perhaps, go to a place even further away.
Did she have the fate to go there…
At this moment, a beautiful female cultivator suddenly walked over and anxiously looked at Zhou Xiao: “Xiao, where is Fan Guozhou? Tell him something big has happened. Some spirit herbs have been frozen to death. Miao Miao wants him to return immediately!”
“What?”
When Zhou Xiao heard this news, it was no less than being struck by lightning.
If Fan Guozhou heard this, he would be so angry he’d have a heart attack.
Those spiritual fields were now largely contracted by him!
Zhou Xiao, holding the pig, vanished like the wind, not even giving Lu Yao time to properly explore.
Lu Yao watched them leave and then looked at the heavy snow.
Yes, this heavy snow, lasting for too long, would freeze the spirit herbs to death.
For ordinary Sects, this was equivalent to a disaster of annihilation.
Of course.
Fan Guozhou hadn’t been found yet.
Song Jiulai also received this devastating news.
“That’s my property!”
Thirty percent, wasn’t that going to kill her!
This damned heavy snow!
