Wonderland

Chapter 1551: War Beast

Chapter 1551: War Beast

"Can I have a look at this low-grade Essence Blood Pill?" Xiao Lin came to the counter and asked with interest.

"Our store is a century-old shop. We never cheat anyone. The Essence and Blood Pills we sell are all from the royal alchemists in the imperial city. Both their quality and appearance are far superior to the miscellaneous pills circulating in the market." As the waiter spoke, he took out a wooden box, placed it in front of Xiao Lin, and then opened the box.

The moment the wooden box was opened, a strong fragrance spread out, mixed with a hint of fishy smell.

As soon as Xiao Lin heard it, he understood that this inferior-grade Essence Blood Pill was not much different from the low-level Golden Blood Pill he had refined earlier. This small inferior-grade Essence Blood Pill, when taken by an ordinary person, was enough to strengthen the tendons and marrow, and not only that, it could also refine one's own blood, thus making one extremely strong, and it would not be uncommon for one to lift two or three hundred kilograms.

It is equivalent to a secular acquired martial artist, whose skills are improved by twenty to thirty years in an instant.

The Essence Blood Pill naturally did not catch Xiao Lin's eye. Instead, he looked at the waiter and said, "This low-grade Essence Blood Pill is really a bit ordinary. Do you have any high-grade Essence Blood Pills for sale?"

Upon hearing this, the guy was also surprised and looked Xiao Lin up and down, as if wondering whether he had enough Saudi currency.

"Hehe, sir, I'm really sorry, we don't have any higher-level Essence Blood Pills in our store. This low-level Essence Blood Pill is enough for ordinary people to save up for a lifetime and still not be able to buy it. As for the higher-level Essence Blood Pills, they are not something that ordinary people can afford."

Xiao Lin paused when he heard that. He looked up at the waiter and realized that the other party felt that he simply couldn't take out too many Saudi currency. However, he really couldn't take out any, not even a single Saudi currency. When he was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly felt a sense in his heart. A flash of black light appeared and came under him. It was Xiao Hei.

Xiao Hei had a bag in his mouth, which was full of things, and no one knew what was inside.

Xiao Hei's voice also rang out in Xiao Lin's mind: "Boss, the mainstream currency of Baisha Country is not the Sand Country Dollar, but the copper coin. Transactions between ordinary people are also conducted with the copper coin. Only those dignitaries and wealthy businessmen will keep the Sand Country Dollar. One Sand Country Dollar can be exchanged for one million copper coins."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Lin pretended to bend down and took the bag out of Xiao Hei's mouth. When he opened it, he saw that the thing inside was a copper sheet wrapped around a low-grade spirit stone. Seeing this, Xiao Lin immediately understood why ordinary people could not save enough money for a Blood Essence Pill in their entire lives.

This currency of the Sand Country is clearly a spirit stone. For ordinary people in the secular world, a spirit stone is indeed a rare existence. You should know that the spirit stone contains spiritual energy. Ordinary people who wear one can be immune to all diseases. Of course, a low-grade spirit stone can only be worn for about half a year, and the spiritual energy will dissipate. Unless it is kept in a star ring or a jade box, it can be stored for a longer time.

As for low-grade spirit stones, Xiao Lin simply didn't bother to put them in his star ring. Most of the spirit stones left in his star ring were high-grade spirit stones and top-grade spirit stones. As for the rest, they were even higher-grade fairy spirit stones.

Thinking of this, Xiao Lin's hand flashed with light, and a high-grade spirit stone appeared. Xiao Lin placed the high-grade spirit stone on the table, then looked at the waiter with a smile.

The clerk's slightly raised eyes could not help but look at the top-grade spirit stone. He was slightly stunned at first, as if he had never seen such a thing before. But soon he seemed to think of something, his face changed drastically, and then his expression changed. He said with a warm smile: "Sir, don't mind it. I am blind and don't know a master. Could this be the high-grade spirit stone that is rumored? Please wait a moment, I will go and ask our boss to come."

As he said this, he bowed repeatedly, then lifted the curtain of the back door and went in.

A moment later, a middle-aged man in his forties wearing a merchant's hat and looking very well-off walked out. He first glanced at the high-quality spirit stone on the table, his fat face changed slightly, and then he put on a smile.

"Sir, do you want to buy a mid-grade Essence Blood Pill? Our shop is also selling on behalf of the boss behind the scenes, and our authority is limited to selling low-grade Essence Blood Pills. However, if you want to buy Essence Blood Pills of mid-grade or higher, I can recommend a few."

The plump middle-aged man was indeed a shrewd businessman. Seeing that Xiao Lin was worth a lot of money, he immediately wanted to introduce him to Xiao Lin.

Xiao Lin remained calm when he heard this and nodded: "Xiao just wants to buy a top-grade Essence Blood Pill, but I don't know where I can buy it?"

After a pause, Xiao Lin continued, "After taking the Essence Blood Pill, my Qi and blood power increased greatly, but I don't have any family-inherited skills. I wonder if you, the shopkeeper, can recommend a place to go. Of course, I won't let you work in vain."

As Xiao Lin spoke, he gently pushed the high-grade spirit stone in front of him to the inside of the counter, close to the side of the fat middle-aged man. His meaning was obvious.

Seeing this, the middle-aged man with a fat face immediately showed a surprised expression, but there was a bit of disbelief in his eyes: "Sir, this. Is it for me?"

The middle-aged man with a fat appearance was already very excited. He knew the value of things. This top-grade spirit stone was worth 10,000 Saudi currency. It was simply a windfall. Even if he ran this small shop for a lifetime, he might not be able to accumulate 10,000 Saudi currency.

"As long as you can solve Xiao's confusion, it will be yours."

"Sir, please come in. I will serve you tea and tell you the details." The plump middle-aged man made a gesture of invitation and then took Xiao Lin to the inner room. The inner room was decorated in a simple and elegant style. The two sat down in a tea room.

"Sir, I guess you want to join the Xianwu Sect, right?"

"Yes, it's embarrassing to say that I, Xiao, also used all the accumulation of my ancestors and wanted to give it a try, but I was eager to learn martial arts, but I couldn't find the way." Xiao Lin sighed softly and said with a face full of grievance.

"Haha, that's normal. If ordinary people can enter the Xianwu Sect, wouldn't Xianwu warriors be worthless? But since you are so generous, I will show you a clear way."

After a pause, he continued, "Our Baisha Country is only a small country. Every year, the Xianwu Sect can only recruit a small number of disciples. Most of these places are divided up by the royal family and dignitaries. It is difficult for ordinary people to get a turn. Of course, it is not impossible. Every three years, Baisha Country will hold an Xianwu Conference. Anyone who can enter the top ten will also get a place to join the Xianwu Sect. However, every time this Xianwu Conference is held, there are at least 100,000 people participating. It is really difficult to enter the top ten. It is truly one in a million."

"Besides participating in the Xianwu Conference, are there any other ways for ordinary people to join the Xianwu sect?" Xiao Lin continued to ask.

"Of course there is a way. That is to be valued by an elder of the Xianwu Sect. Then you can be promoted and included directly, saving many procedures in between. However, this method is more difficult. Basically, you don't have to think about it." The shopkeeper said with a smile.

After hearing this, Xiao Lin naturally understood. It seems that the Xianwu Sect's recruitment of disciples is somewhat similar to that of the Xiandao Sect, but the Xianwu Sect does not have any restrictions on spiritual roots when recruiting disciples. Instead, the royal family of Baisha Kingdom directly monopolizes the quota. In this way, those who can join the Xianwu Sect are naturally mostly royal children. As for those dignitaries, they just get to share the benefits. If a clan can produce an Xianwu disciple, its family can also prosper.

The ruling power of the Baisha royal family naturally became more and more consolidated. Except for foreign invasion, it would be difficult to overthrow it.

Because ordinary people are simply not strong enough to fight against the army that has taken the Essence Blood Pill, and trying to resist will only lead to death.

This is like a group of mortals trying to deal with a group of martial arts masters. There is no hope of winning at all.

"I don't know where this Xianwu Sect is located. Can't we just go there and request to be included?" Xiao Lin's mind changed, and he asked.

"Go to the Xianwu Sect by yourself?" Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper shook his head like a rattle.

"Sir, please stop joking. It is said that the Xianwu Sect is located in a very remote place in the wild forests. It is said to be at least hundreds of thousands of miles away. Not to mention ordinary mortals, even if a warrior who has taken a top-grade blood essence pill and has infinite strength enters there rashly, he will die. There is a kind of martial beast living in the wild forests. A powerful martial beast can even easily smash a hundred-foot boulder. So don't even think about going this way."

Xiao Lin became interested when he heard this.

"Martial beast?"

This was the first time he had heard of such a beast. Could it be that these beasts had practiced martial arts? This was quite strange.

The shopkeeper turned pale when he heard this, as if he had seen a martial beast before. He thought for a while, as if he was organizing his words. After a while, he said, "The blood and energy in these martial beasts are very strong. Some of them have lived for hundreds of years. Not only are they as intelligent as us humans, but they are also proficient in some martial arts. They are extremely powerful. In fact, the low-grade blood essence pills we sell are also made from the blood of low-level martial beasts hunted by immortal warriors."

"So that's how it is." Xiao Lin suddenly realized that the cultivation system here was indeed unique, but this also gave Xiao Lin an idea.

No matter how much magic power is accumulated in his Dantian Qi Sea, it will be absorbed completely, and the same goes for his Qi and blood power. However, if he uses this Jingxue Pill to continuously improve his Qi and blood power and allow the existence in his body to absorb enough Qi and blood, perhaps this process will stop and he can resume his cultivation.

Originally, he wanted to use the elixirs he carried with him to continuously restore his magic power and actively absorb them, but he did not have many elixirs on him, and he needed to keep them for emergencies, so he could not swallow them all.

This was also the reason why Xiao Lin was trying so hard to find out about the Xianwu Sect. Of course, Xiao Lin, who practiced the Holy Scale Burning Heaven Technique, also developed a strong interest in the Xianwu Sect's practice system and techniques. The so-called three thousand great ways have different methods.

It would be a pleasant surprise if I could use the Xianwu Sect's cultivation techniques to further improve my body-refining techniques.

The martial beast that the shopkeeper mentioned is naturally terrifying to ordinary people, but to Xiao Lin and Xiao Hei, it is not worth mentioning. Although Xiao Lin has lost all his magic power and his blood is locked, his huge spiritual power is enough to kill a cultivator in the fusion stage in an instant. This is his confidence. What's more, he has a helper like Xiao Hei. Xiao Hei's current combat power is not inferior to that of an ordinary cultivator in the early stage of tribulation. His attainments in the magical powers of space rules have taken him to a higher level. Even if his magic power is fully restored, it will take some effort to defeat it.

Therefore, Xiao Lin still has great confidence in the self-protection ability of himself and Xiao Hei.

After getting the information he wanted, Xiao Lin quickly left the store and then left the city.

Now that he knew that the so-called Xianwu Sect was in the endless wild mountains and forests, then with his spiritual power, as long as he went deep into it, he would always find clues. Besides, the disciples of the Xianwu Sect always had to come out for trials and hunt martial beasts to extract their essence and blood, so it was highly likely that he would run into them.

After thinking about this, Xiao Lin was unwilling to waste any more time.

After leaving the store, they found a secluded place. A black light rose from Xiao Hei's body and wrapped Xiao Lin. When the black light dissipated, the man and the beast had disappeared without a trace.

In the vast wild forest, there are steep ravines everywhere, but also various beautiful fairyland-like scenery hidden there, which is a kind of scenery that ordinary mortals will never be able to see in their lifetime.

Xiao Hei rolled up a ball of black mist and flew over the forest with Xiao Lin. With Xiao Hei's speed, hundreds of thousands of miles could be covered in a blink of an eye. However, in order to find the Xianwu Sect, Xiao Lin deliberately asked Xiao Hei to slow down his speed. At the same time, his huge spiritual power also spread out, searching everywhere.

"Huh?" After flying tens of thousands of miles into the wild mountains and forests, Xiao Lin suddenly let out a surprised cry. The next moment, he and Xiao Hei pressed the escape light and fell into a canyon. Not far away in the canyon, there was a leopard about ten feet tall and three or four feet long lying on the river bank, like a small hill, basking in the sun and sleeping soundly.

Xiao Lin could tell at a glance what was extraordinary about this leopard. It was not only its huge size, but also the aura it exuded, and what Xiao Lin could sense, the blood and energy flowing through its body.

No matter from which angle you look at it, this leopard seems to be the martial beast that the shopkeeper mentioned.

Xiao Hei looked at the leopard and revealed a hint of ferocity. He followed Xiao Lin and slowly walked towards the leopard.

When they were still more than ten feet away from the leopard, the leopard suddenly became alert and turned over abruptly. The moment it saw Xiao Lin and Xiao Hei, its eyes suddenly revealed a ferocious look. However, it did not attack directly, but let out a low roar and slowly retreated with its feet.

The leopard seemed to sense that the human and the big black dog in front of it were not easy to mess with. Although it looked ferocious, its body was slowly moving backwards.

How could Xiao Lin let it escape? He had finally encountered a legendary martial beast, so he naturally had to study it carefully. Following Xiao Lin's instructions, a black light flashed on Xiao Hei's body, and the next moment, the space around the leopard suddenly cracked, and a huge beast ten feet tall walked out of it. Its body was covered with fine black scales, and its neck and head were covered by needle-like long hair. The moment it appeared, a roar shook the canyon, and the leopard was caught off guard and flew several feet away, its belly turned up, and it actually fainted.

(End of this chapter)