Chapter 1842: Attracting a Horde of Villains
The Pixiu’s eyes lit up, staring at the top-grade spirit stones falling on the ground, counting aloud, "One, two, three... two thousand... three thousand!"
The sleeve of the robe enlarged, greedily sucking up the spirit stones like a vacuum cleaner, with strong suction power, collected all three thousand top-grade spirit stones into the sleeve, dropped a jade bottle, and the Pixiu turned and ran. From afar, a voice echoed, "Transaction completed! Can’t go back on it! Farewell!"
The Ninth Elder snapped back to attention, shouting angrily, "We agreed on two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine, how could you take an extra one!"
The Pixiu was long gone.
The Great Elder saw the Little Beast Bai Bai still shaking its fur, with more top-grade spirit stones falling out, and urgently shouted, "Alright, alright, that’s enough, stop shaking, quickly put them back!"
The Little Beast Bai Bai murmured, "Nine Taotie pennies, barely cleaned one strand of fur, there’s still so much..."
The Ninth Elder picked up the jade bottle from the ground, opened the lid, and smelled a strong, awakening mint scent.
The Ninth Elder hesitated, "The smell is quite intense."
The Great Elder asked, "Is there no problem with the elixir?"
The Ninth Elder nodded, "The Hangover Relief Pill is fine, but the smell is too strong."
The Great Elder said, "The Thousand-Year Peach Blossom Brew has a strong kick, so it’s normal for the Hangover Relief Pill to have a potent flavor, if it weren’t strong, it might not work as well."
The Ninth Elder pondered, "Should we feed it to Zaizai?"
The Great Elder nodded, "Hurry up and feed it, if it keeps shaking, who knows how many more top-grade spirit stones will fall out. Once the spirit stones pile up here, the overflowing spiritual energy might attract troublesome foes."
The Ninth Elder saw the pile of top-grade spirit stones almost forming into Xiao Shan and nodded, "We can’t delay any longer!"
"Hehe! We have arrived!"
"So fragrant! Such rich spiritual energy!"
"So many top-grade spirit stones!"
"To each according to his share!"
Flying over from all directions came huge creatures, some with human heads and avian bodies, some with beast bodies and human limbs, others half-human and half-beast, and some half-human, half-fish; this last kind were not the beautiful Shark people race, but fish-headed with a human torso and human legs, their fish eyes lifeless, mouths full of tiny sharp teeth, ugly in appearance with a heavy fishy smell as they moved.
Ninth Elder, being a look-conscious person, covered his eyes with his hand and shouted, "Spicy! Spicy! Spicy! It’s burning my eyes! You’re all too ugly, stop coming out to scare people!"
These creatures had limited cultivation, yet fully successful transformation had not been achieved, or had powerful racial bloodlines that made transformation extremely difficult, hence the awkward scenario of neither human nor beast nor bird.
"Old man, your words are too harsh, do you want to be braised or steamed?"
"Lion meat, I haven’t tasted it yet, hehe..."
"Look at that Little Beast Bai Bai, its flesh must be tender, it must taste amazing!"
"It shed quite a few top-grade spirit stones; if we swallow it whole, it’d be like taking all the top-grade spirit stones from its body, delicious and gaining a lot of cultivation as well!"
"These two old guys aren’t easy to deal with. Let’s team up first, then divvy up the spoils once we’ve dealt with them."
"I want that little thing’s leg, roast it until the oil sizzles! Slurp!"
"I want those dragon horns on the little thing, make soup with them, my little fish at home might get a chance to transform into a dragon!"
"The fur on the little thing looks nice, I won’t eat it, just give me that fur so I can make a pretty cloak."
"Tsk! Your plan is cunning! Everyone sees the spirit stones from the little thing’s fur, if you take the fur, you’re taking the rest of the top-grade spirit stones!"
"Exactly, don’t think you’re the only clever one!"
"You want that little thing? Can those two old guys be mine? One braised, one steamed, delicious!"
"Hehe, that won’t do! I’ve craved lion meat for years, three hundred years ago I hunted a Little Lion, the taste was unforgettable, always on my mind!"
"Stop arguing, if we keep arguing, they’ll all run far away!"
The chattering quieted down, and the beasts looked into the distance, the two old fellows had reverted to their original form of big lions, with Little Beast Bai Bai lying on one of their backs as the two big lions fled frantically, quickly leaving the beasts’ sight.
"Trying to run? It’s not that easy!" A flying creature with a human head and a roc body spread its wings and flew, covering thousands of miles with a flap.
The Ninth Elder glanced back, startled, "How come there’s Golden Winged Roc bloodline? For heaven’s sake, run quickly!"
The Great Elder shouted angrily, "Don’t look back, just run forward! I’ll stay behind, you run fast!"
"No way, you’re no match for it, one claw could kill you!"
"I’m not so old that I’m feeble! Stop talking, just run fast!"
"I can’t do it, big brother, I’m slow, if you’re killed, I’ll be caught, better I stay behind, you run with Zaizai, you’re fast, if I die, it can stall it a little, then you could run far!"