After a night of thinking and experience, He Xuansheng's eyes seemed to be a little less immature and more resolute the next day. After experiencing a period of great sorrow and joy in his life, He Xuansheng unexpectedly found that he had the ability to condense the first black rune seal. Perhaps life is like this, only after experiencing the pain of great compassion can you appreciate the happiness that you have never imagined.

Early the next morning, He Xuansheng came to the door of Shangguan's house early. Because he said last night that today he would take himself to the Qiantian Forest not far away to find his first spirit beast.

He Xuansheng knocked lightly on Shangguan's door, and after hearing a soft "come in" from inside the house, He Xuansheng cautiously pushed the door in. At this time, Shangguan took off the cloak that covered his peerless face, and completely displayed his face. Shangguan felt the arrival of He Xuansheng's breath, and slowly raised his head and said, "Xuansheng." Sit cross-legged in front of me. Looking at Shangguan's breathtaking cyan eyes, He Xuansheng instantly had a feeling that his whole body was being looked at. Slowly, He Xuansheng slowly crossed his knees and sat down with his back to Shangguan

Shangguan gently put a hand on the back of He Xuansheng's head, and the faint spiritual power slowly flowed into He Xuansheng's body along the meridians. After a while, that spiritual power was already full of He Xuansheng's blood.

"Do you feel anything?" Shangguan watched He Xuansheng's brows gradually stretch, so he asked softly.

He Xuansheng nodded and said, "The body doesn't feel anything, but I found that I couldn't control the spiritual power that entered my body, and the trajectory it ran was completely different from my previous trajectory. ”

"That's right. Shangguan chuckled, "Do you remember the trajectory of that trace of spiritual power? In the future, you will use that trajectory to cultivate when you cultivate." I can't guarantee that this set of trajectories will definitely make you improve by leaps and bounds, but I believe that this set of cultivation methods will be the most useful for you!"

After a while, Shangguan and He Xuansheng walked out of the house one after another. Shangguan put on his cloak that was enough to cover his whole body. For He Xuansheng, his immature face was full of excitement and expectation. The spirit beast master that the official said last night deeply attracted his attention, and after a night of reflection, he had already planned the path for his future in his heart. Since he has no attributes, he relies on spirit beasts to eat a piece of the sky!

This time, the destination of the master and apprentice was the closest forest to He's family, the Qiantian Forest. This is a forest near the sea on the southern border, one of the three major forests in the human world, and the only forest that contains land spirit beasts and sea spirit beasts.

The Dry Beast Forest and the He family are about a day's drive. Due to Shangguan's strong request, only one carriage was equipped for this trip, and the entourage was only the coachman. When he learned that his son was going to Qiantianlin, He Zhuo originally planned to send a bunch of people to accompany him to protect him, but who knew that he was rejected by Shangguan, and the reason given by Shangguan was very simple, he didn't want the second person besides He Xuansheng to know his true strength.

After all, the He family is one of the ten, and their carriage is also bigger and more comfortable than the average. The master and apprentice sat in the wide carriage, Shangguan closed his eyes and recuperated on the side, while He Xuansheng looked curious and full of interest in all the surrounding scenery.

"Hey, Xuansheng. Shangguan said softly, "How much do you know about Qiantianlin?"

He Xuansheng tilted his head and thought for a moment, then replied, "The Qiantian Forest is the closest forest to our He family, and it contains an entire forest and a large ocean in our south. The dry sky forest on land is divided into three layers, namely the outer area, the secluded area and the central area. ”

Shangguan nodded and said, "Then how much do you know about spirit beasts?"

He Xuansheng was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head embarrassedly. Indeed, he really didn't know much about spirit animals.

Shangguan smiled and said, "Spirit beasts also have hierarchical differentiation like us humans, from the lowest grade first-grade spirit beast to the highest grade ten-grade spirit beast. And coincidentally with humans, there is no ten-grade spirit beast among the spirit beasts at present. For the Qiantian Forest, the outer layer is generally a first-grade to third-grade spirit beast, the secluded layer is mostly a fourth-grade to eighth-grade spirit beast, and the central layer is the world of nine-grade spirit beasts. If people go to the Qiantian Forest, they will generally only move around it. As for the secret layer inside, only some spirit beast masters or hunting envoys will enter. ”

"What is that?" He Xuansheng asked curiously.

"The Hunter Legation is called mercenaries by another name. They tend to form a makeshift group in towns outside the forest, and then go into the forest in groups. Their main source of livelihood is to hunt and sell the fur and some bodies of spirit animals. And, of course, the spirit bones. ”

"Spirit bones, are they the bones on the spirit beasts?" He Xuansheng asked.

Shangguan nodded lightly and said, "So to speak. When a spirit beast is hunted, there is a certain probability of condensing spirit bones. Spirit bones are divided into skull, limb bones, hand bones, and trunk bones. The change of the spirit bone to a spirit keeper can be said to be earth-shaking. Let's put it this way, a ninefold one-turn powerhouse equipped with spirit bones can even compete with a nine-fold three-turn powerhouse without spirit bones. Therefore, if you want to become a strong man who dominates one side, the spirit bone is indispensable. ”

He Xuansheng thought for a moment, and then said softly: "What is the probability that a spirit beast will produce a spirit bone?"

Shangguan smiled lightly and said, "The higher the grade spirit beast, the higher the probability of producing spirit bones. The probability of a nine-rank spirit beast producing spirit bones has reached one hundred percent, but the probability of an ordinary six-rank spirit beast producing spirit bones is probably less than one in a thousand. ”

"Isn't that a low probability, and how can those hunters survive?"

Shangguan looked out the window and was silent for about a minute, then clenched his fists lightly and said in a deep voice: "The survival method of the Hunting Mission is to hunt low-level spirit beasts frantically. ”

He Xuansheng's face changed when he heard this, and his voice trembled and said, "Aren't there many innocent spirit beasts that will be killed?"

Shangguan nodded lightly and said, "The spirit beasts that die in the hands of the hunting envoy every year are immeasurable. Therefore, as early as two hundred years ago, Canterlot issued death orders to all places, prohibiting any hunting missions from entering the Spirit Beast Forest. Despite this, there are still countless hunting missions that sneak into the spirit beast forest every year to hunt. In the end, the major spirit beast forests also took some countermeasures, that is, to shrink the so-called outer layer and expand the secret layer. Therefore, now there are more and more high-grade spirit beasts that will wander in the outer layer, and even sometimes some nine-grade spirit beasts will leave the central area and enter the outer layer to hunt and hunt missions. The consequence of this practice is that the number of hunting missions dying in the Spirit Beast Forest increases dramatically every year. ”

He Xuansheng quietly looked out the window, whether it was the death of the spirit beast or the death of the hunting envoy, it was unacceptable to him. In his opinion, the harmony between humans and spirit animals is the best situation.

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A day's drive is fast and fast. After He Xuansheng heard about the relationship between the hunting envoy and the spirit beast, He Xuansheng couldn't calm down for a long time. In the end, he found that only in cultivation could he calm his state of mind. After a day and a night of cultivation, although He Xuansheng's cultivation level had not improved, he could fully feel that his spiritual power was more refined than before. Shangguan once said that the breakthrough of spiritual power often requires a chance, when a spiritual guardian's cultivation encounters a bottleneck, continuous cultivation may not be able to break through the level, but it can make one's spiritual power more pure, which is also of great benefit to future spiritual power cultivation.

"Ready, we'll get off in the town below. Shangguan patted He Xuansheng's shoulder and said softly, "Bring your things, let's go buy something and then enter the Dry Beast Forest." ”

The days of sitting in the car all day are also very difficult, even if a strong person like Shangguan stays in the car for a long time, he will feel uncomfortable. So when the master and apprentice arrived at their destination, after a few brief explanations to the coachman, they immediately ran to the town's market.

"Master, why is there a town around the Spirit Beast Forest? Isn't this dangerous?" He Xuansheng asked curiously.

"These towns can be said to be a kind of supply depot in a different direction, that is, to provide some equipment, dry food and other items to those who are about to enter the spirit beast forest. These towns are usually guarded by at least one Guardian who is at least sevenfold and above. In addition, there is also a layer of enchantment around the town to prevent the invasion of spirit beasts, so ordinary spirit beasts will not come to the towns near these forests. Shangguan patiently explained, "Let's go, let's go to the market over there." ”

The supply towns near the Spirit Beast Forest are generally bustling. Many merchants will come to these places to set up stalls and sell their goods regardless of the danger, because the prices here are generally about 30% higher than those in the outside world.

The master and apprentice walked around in front of various stalls, but did not go to buy anything. In the eyes of the above officials, ordinary things could not attract his attention. Suddenly, Shangguan stopped, slowly leaned down, and lightly tapped the index finger of his right hand on a simple knife.

"Hehe, the guest officer has good eyesight, this knife was just sent by a hunting envoy this morning, and it is said that it was found from the corpse of a six-grade spirit beast!" The boss on the side immediately came up with a smile when he saw Shangguan's arrival, and said in a flattering tone.

"How much does this knife cost?" Shangguan asked in a flat tone.

"Hehe, it's not expensive, a hundred gold coins. ”

He Xuansheng listened to it on the side, and couldn't help but take a cool breath. Although he was young, he also knew the concept of currency on the Guardian Continent. There are three types of currency, starting with the lowest copper, followed by silver, and finally gold. The exchange rate between two adjacent currencies is one to one hundred, so one gold coin can be exchanged for 10,000 copper coins. And for an ordinary family, one gold coin is about a month's living expenses!

"It's not expensive. Shangguan nodded, and with his spiritual power, he had an extra golden spirit card in his hand, and said, "There are one hundred and ten gold coins here, I bought this knife, and then add some elixir to me, a low-level spirit ring." Shangguan stretched out his hand and pointed to a black bronze mirror in the corner, and said quietly, "Add that mirror." ”