The daily life of a genius who enjoys gossip and cultivates immortality

Chapter 131 Canglan Peak 7

"Junior Sister Jiu!"

Gongcheng and Gongyu came to Canglan Peak as guests with their master.

Immortal Lord Qingyang went to find his friends to drink tea and play chess. The two of them found it boring to watch the two immortals talking, so Immortal Lord Qingxu suggested that the juniors go find other juniors to play with.

So the two of them went down the mountain to find Cheng Jiu.

The first thing you see is the lush green planting fields surrounding the courtyard. How should I put it? It has the air of a wood-elemental alchemist, always itching to plant something.

As she entered the courtyard, she saw Cheng Jiu practicing his physical training and he greeted her.

Cheng Jiu calmed down and looked at the two with a smile: "Senior Brother Gongcheng, Senior Brother Gongyu, what brings you here!"

"Our master brought us to visit Uncle-Master Qingxu. We were really bored at Qingxu Palace, so we came down to find you," Gongcheng explained succinctly.

"Alright! Then please sit down, senior brothers. I recently picked some flower petals and made a hundred-flower tea." Cheng Jiu invited the two to sit down, picked up the teapot placed to the side, and poured a cup for each of them!

It's called "Hundred Flowers Tea," but it's actually sweet honey water with various flower petals added, making it quite flavorful.

Gong Yu, at least, liked it very much. He gulped it down in one go and exclaimed, "Delicious!"

"If Senior Brother Gong Yu likes it, I've refined a lot this time!" Cheng Jiu took out two large bags of tea from his ring and handed them to the two of them.

The two accepted the tea without ceremony. After finishing their tea, Gong Yu asked with concern, "Master told me that you encountered a Mahayana-stage zombie on your trip to the Qingli Mountains. Junior Sister, are you alright?"

"Don't worry, I'm fine. Look at me, I'm perfectly alright." Sensing their concern, Cheng Jiu spread his arms and spun around twice to show that he was alright: "This time, my master and I encountered that big black bear again."

"A big black bear?" the two exclaimed in unison. After all, they had no impression of it at all. Who would remember a bear they had only met a few times?

After a moment's thought, Miyagi confirmed his target: "It's the mother of the two bear cubs that Jin Yuan sent back to the sect, isn't it?"

"Yes, it was also affected by the formation and joined the beast tide this time. When my master and I went to the Qingli Mountains, we encountered it besieging Liyang City. Fortunately, that big black bear was quite distinctive, and I recognized it at a glance. This time, we were able to find the altar so quickly and smoothly thanks to it."

I heard that my two senior brothers and Uncle Qingyang went to the Wilderness. How is it there?

Cheng Jiu was quite curious, after all, it was one of the forbidden areas in the cultivation world, and so many demonic beasts lived there.

"Oh, right! Here you go!" Gong Cheng and Gong Yu each took out a packet of seeds from their rings and handed them to Cheng Jiu.

Cheng Jiu took it, initially thinking it was just an ordinary seed, but upon touching it, his fingers were actually cut.

You have to understand that she has practiced physical cultivation, and her physical cultivation level is not bad. Even a Golden Core cultivator would have a hard time breaking through her defenses with a magic weapon. Yet, when she touched this seed, her finger was cut, even though it was such a smooth thing.

Although she pulled back in time despite the pain, a trace of blood inevitably fell, and the seed that wasn't stained with her blood grew in the wind.

The long thorns lashed out rapidly, baring their fangs and claws as they coiled on the table. The three people on the left managed to dodge in time. These thorns were incredibly domineering; as they grew, the two packets of seeds withered rapidly, as if their life force had been absorbed by the thorns.

The speed was so fast that neither of the brothers had time to stop it.

It grew to a full meter in length before stopping. In Cheng Jiu's eyes, it was more like a living organism than an ordinary spiritual plant. What exactly was this thing?

Cheng Jiu said he had never seen it.

Looking at the thorns that had stopped growing, Gongcheng felt a little annoyed: "I'm sorry, junior sister. We didn't tell you in time, so many seeds were wasted."

Cheng Jiu shook his head: "It's nothing, senior brother. What is this?"

Because the thorns had just cut Cheng Jiu's finger, Cheng Jiu looked at the thorns with a wary gaze.

"This is a savage, bloodthirsty thorn, a kind of exotic beast. When our master and I were looking for the altar, we happened to pass by its territory. This guy lives by drinking blood and eating flesh, and it is very strong in combat."

Later, the master destroyed this guy and collected some of these seeds. The master said that these could be equivalent to another type of wood-type contracted beast.

Tree creatures will become demons. There are no plant spirit beasts. These strange beasts are plant spirit beasts that have failed as living beings but have relatively pure bloodlines.

With strong combat power and high potential, it is very popular among cultivators with wood spirit roots.

"This Bloodthirsty Thorn ranks quite high among plant-like beasts, and since Junior Sister Cheng Jiu has a wood-elemental root, we collected some of its seeds."

Cheng Jiu nodded, her tone hesitant and curious: "So why did you bring me so many seeds!" She couldn't possibly cultivate all of them.

"Junior sister, don't you think it's incredibly cool to have so many Bloodthirsty Thorns when you activate them?" Gong Yu gestured to show how, when Bloodthirsty Thorns are activated, several Bloodthirsty Thorns sprout up everywhere, baring their fangs and claws. Just thinking about it is incredibly oppressive, isn't it?

Gong Yu collected so many Bloodthirsty Thorn seeds with this in mind. Just thinking about it made him feel so cool and powerful. The two brothers had both witnessed the power of the Bloodthirsty Thorn. Where the Bloodthirsty Thorn grew, there wasn't a single spirit beast around.

At first, Miyagi also felt it was inappropriate, but under his younger brother's influence, his thinking was gradually swayed, and he, like his brother, collected a lot of seeds and brought them over.

"It's simply impossible. If you really cultivated them all, you'd be drained of all your blood!" Cheng Jiu didn't feel any sense of coolness; she only felt weak and blood-deficient. If she were to cultivate so many, it would probably drain her dry.

"That's true!" Gong Yu said somewhat sheepishly, scratching his head. "It's alright, Junior Sister Yizhu is super cool too!"

Cheng Jiu didn't care at all, since she hadn't even thought about it before.

"Junior sister, take a look and see if this plant suits you. If you don't like it, we'll get rid of it."

Master has some more; there's bound to be one you like. It grows really fast, just like the Flame Rabbit.

Compared to his younger brother, Miyagi seemed much more reliable, and this time, the Flame Rabbit's reproductive ability during the beast tide was recognized by all the disciples of the sect.

Some disciples who had just started participating in the beast tide finally learned that the Flame Rabbits, which were usually hard to catch, were now incredibly rare. Hundreds and thousands of these rabbits were swarming around each other, launching fireballs. It was amazing; no one thought they were edible anymore. They just wanted to get rid of these rabbits as soon as possible.

From the start of the beast tide, the fire rabbits were killed. In the middle of the beast tide, there were still groups of fire rabbits. Until the end of the beast tide, they kept coming one after another, without stopping.

Especially since these fire rabbits are not high-level and are purely annoying, some injured disciples with reduced combat power specifically kill these fire rabbits.

By the end, the disciples were all about to vomit. Moreover, the killed monsters weren't just left there; disciples would promptly clean up the battlefield.

The spirit chefs at Tifeng would cook some of the better-tasting meats from the battlefield, and during the war, they would go out to eat whenever they had free time. By the end, they were almost sick of eating Flame Rabbit meat.

Hearing from his senior brothers and sisters that this was actually the result of the sect's previous annihilation, they couldn't help but raise their arms and shout that the sect was wise.

Who would have thought that these low-level rabbits would band together to be so disgusting?

The bloodthirsty thorn, which had been lying limply on the ground pretending to be dead, straightened up and nuzzled Cheng Jiu's hand like a puppy when it heard Gong Cheng's murderous voice, as if trying to please her and beg her not to give up on it.

The sharp, iron-like spikes softened and retracted.

"This little thing is quite clever and perceptive." Cheng Jiu touched it with his fingers. Without the sharp spikes, the Bloodthirsty Thorns had some fuzzy hairs that were slightly prickly, but quite comfortable to the touch.

Seemingly sensing that Cheng Jiu had a good impression of it, the Bloodthirsty Thorn twisted slightly, and a bright red flower bloomed from its top!

After it bloomed, it forcefully stuffed the flower into Cheng Jiu's palm, as if trying to please him.

Cheng Jiu didn't pick the flower, but just touched it: "Alright, then you can come with me from now on!"

Having received Cheng Jiu's confirmation, Bloodthirsty Thorns was overjoyed and quickly climbed towards Cheng Jiu's wrist, its sharp, iron-like thorns piercing the blood vessels in Cheng Jiu's wrist.

It seemed that its vines had some anesthetic effect, and Cheng Jiu did not feel any pain. The Bloodthirsty Thorn was rather reserved, reluctantly sucking two mouthfuls of Cheng Jiu's blood. A red light flashed, and it turned into a red chain that wrapped around Cheng Jiu's wrist.

This can be called a contract, and the thorns can be driven by Cheng Jiu's will.

Cheng Jiu tried to push the thorns, which swung flexibly, like a third hand lifting a teapot. Everyone poured a cup of tea, and then Cheng Jiu easily put the thorns back.

It works very well. The energy that drives the economy is not blood, but spiritual energy. And there isn’t much spiritual energy, but it’s quite convenient. Rather than a contract, it’s more like symbiosis. Cheng Jiu has a feeling that if Thorn absorbs the blood and cultivation of demonic beasts, Cheng Jiu can receive a return benefit.

Wow, this is even more useful than contracting a spirit beast. No wonder those wood spirit root cultivators are so eager to contract a plant beast.

After all, spirit beasts might disobey or even turn against their masters, while this strange plant, due to its low intelligence, is extremely loyal to its master. Who wouldn't like a loyal and useful subordinate?

Of course, compared to this exotic plant, Cheng Jiu preferred the little cloud beast and the little black dragon. After all, the two had accompanied her as she grew up and were already family members she couldn't bear to part with.

Of course, the Little Strange Fire is also included, as is the Heavenly Wood Sword. Thinking about it this way, she already has quite a few family members around her.

Seeing that Cheng Jiu had chosen to subdue the exotic plant, the two brothers were quite happy and continued to talk about their experiences in the wilderness.

As mentioned earlier, it is very easy to deduce the remaining nine altars once you know them.

The prerequisite is that this must be a ninth-grade array master. So, apart from those who have not yet returned from the outer battlefield, the last remaining ninth-grade array masters in the sect, the Array Peak Master, acted together with Immortal Lord Qingyang.

Is there a problem with the two of them acting together? Not at all! After all, they haven't had any conflicts before.

But Qingyang Immortal Lord was very uncomfortable along the way. He didn't understand what this little guy Zhenfeng was thinking. He was being far too enthusiastic towards his second disciple!

His real master is right there, and he's already showing such obsequiousness; it's a bit too disrespectful of him!

They were undermining him right under his nose.

More importantly, Gong Yu has no self-awareness at all. The peak master of the formation peak beckoned him with a wave of his hand, saying he would teach him some knowledge about formations, and that silly boy eagerly ran to his side.

This has excluded him from the list of masters. Who exactly is his master? Doesn't he know the answer to that?

Qingyang Immortal Lord was incredibly envious the whole way! Then, Gongcheng suffered, as the Peak Master of the Formation Peak was teaching Gong Yu, and Qingyang Immortal Lord, not to be outdone, pulled Gongcheng to his side to give him pointers.

He would also subtly imply from time to time that Gong Yu was his disciple, and that the Peak Master of Zhenfeng was merely Gong Yu's teacher, and that he should keep a certain distance from him.

The peak master of the formation said he wouldn't listen. Gong Yu was exceptionally talented in formations, and it would be a waste for him to be by Qingyang Immortal Lord's side.

If Immortal Lord Qingyang truly cares for Gong Yu, he should send Gong Yu to him as his disciple. He would surely cherish this disciple even more than Immortal Lord Qingyang did.

Of course, because Qingyang Immortal Lord's cultivation level was high, the Peak Master of the Array Peak could only express his feelings in a subtle way, but even so, it still made Qingyang Immortal Lord very angry.

How could he not know that this simple-minded apprentice was so popular?

A teacher for a day is a father for life. These two boys were raised by him. Their father entrusted them to him personally. There's no way he can poach them. He's got his doors closed.

So the two secretly battled it out along the way, with Gongcheng and Gongyu caught in the middle.

Gong Yu had no particular thoughts. He only felt that both the Peak Master and his master had become kinder and more insensitive, and he hadn't noticed anything at all.

As for Miyagi, he wished he could abandon his younger brother. It was really too much that he didn't come over. His brother was supposed to be the main character in this chaotic situation, but it was he who felt the pain.

He would occasionally be asked by his master which one he thought was better, him or the Peak Master of the Formation Peak.

At this point, Miyagi wiped away a tear of bitterness. He had racked his brains to please his master.

Gong Yu looked bewildered: "Brother, really? I think Master and Peak Master have a very good relationship!"

Miyagi: "..."

Cheng Jiu was amused by Gong Yu: "That's just how Senior Brother Gong Yu is!"

"Who told me to be the older brother!" Gong Cheng's tone was tinged with vicissitudes. Seeing that Gong Yu was about to speak again, he covered his mouth: "The older brother always has to take on more responsibility! So, little brother, shut up, okay?"

Gong Yu blinked and nodded. Gong Cheng then lowered his hand and continued to recount what happened next.

Their altar didn't have as many unexpected problems as the one Cheng Jiu encountered.

However, it is set up in a very remote location, which, in the words of Qingyang Immortal Lord, is very characteristic of the demon race.

Located within a glacial volcano on the verge of eruption, this altar is inextricably linked to the entire grand formation. While the formation was still in place, the altar served as a suppressive array for the volcano. However, once the formation was destroyed and its suppressive power weakened, the volcano would erupt. This is a super-large volcano.

Once it erupts, the glacier will melt, and there's a forest nearby that could ignite a wildfire; the consequences will certainly be significant.

Besides, the most insidious thing is that once the altar is opened, the volcano will definitely erupt. If the influence of the blood pool on the beast tide is not removed, the savage beast tide will be difficult to end.

Such a secluded, remote, harsh, and dangerous place is only chosen by the demon race.

Fortunately, the altar was handled by Immortal Lord Qingyang, who was very experienced in suppressing volcanoes.

The two brothers also caught a glimpse of the former Qingyang Immortal Lord's splendor. Under his suppression, the volcano was forcibly quelled, not only preserving the altar but also thwarting the demon race's conspiracy.

Speaking of this palace, she summoned a ball of orange flame: "I never expected that a fire spirit would emerge from that volcano that was about to erupt. Although it was hidden very well, it was still captured by my master."

As soon as the Fire Spirit appeared, the temperature in Cheng Jiu's courtyard rose rapidly. The Fire Spirit is the predecessor of the Strange Fire. Compared to the Strange Fire, which has sentience, the Fire Spirit is a creature without sentience. The only difference between the two is their rank.

Judging from the purity of the orange flame, Cheng Jiu determined that the fire spirit was of a high grade.

"Congratulations, Senior Brother! This fire spirit is clearly of a high grade. Subduing it will be like adding wings to a tiger!" Cheng Jiu praised.

Gong Cheng's lips curled up slightly, and Gong Yu added from the side, "Master said that this fire spirit is very compatible with my brother, and its grade should have reached the ninth rank, and the fire spirit still has room for improvement."

Upon reaching the ninth rank or higher, Cheng Jiu's eyes widened slightly. Wasn't that the legendary immortal fire?

Not bad, really not bad! Cheng Jiu silently praised. As for her Azure Flame Heart Flame, its grade had long been fixed. If it were to rise further, it would be difficult to transform without a great opportunity.