Chapter 73: Never Eat for the sake of dignity
The hairball flew very fast, and Lu Xiaoding's back was a big tripod that got in the way, either stuck on the trunk of the tree or pulled by the bushes, which greatly affected her speed.
When she ran to a place with a large garden, there was no trace of the hairball, but she was not in a hurry, because this is the place where the spirit pet is raised.
The whole mountain is full of enclosed land, and the spirit pets are kept in it, and in each enclosure there are pools of trees and caves made of stones. You can move freely in it, but if you want to jump over the fence that reaches only to your waist, you will be bounced back by the prohibition above.
Lu Xiaoding looked around for a while, and when he saw that no one appeared, he walked out of the bushes and came to the most nearby fence. Inside is a group of pets that look like pigs, only the size of a watermelon, white and chubby, with a pair of wings on their backs, flying like a bun.
She reached out and tried it, and it was conveniently blocked on the fence, and there was a layer of something like a ripple, which was the prohibition that locked them. Although she felt it, her hand could still penetrate it with a little force.
"Can you speak? I'm looking for an egg, can anyone tell me? After thinking about it, she asked, as long as there are demon beasts in the Chaos Soul Period, you can find a way to communicate, and it is much more convenient to find demon beasts to ask than people.
The pigs were sleeping together, and when they were woken up, they snorted dissatisfiedly, and went back to sleep. There was not a single pig with a sense of enlightenment, so Lu Xiaoding had to go back to find other spirit pets, and after looking for a long time, he found that there were all cubs here, "What, I don't understand at all." ”
She walked around for a long time, and suddenly heard a roar in the distance, which was the voice of an adult demon beast. Only then did it occur to her that precious monster eggs and cubs could be captured from the wild, but this alone would not work, and the number would be seriously insufficient.
Just like the spirit grass is still divided into wild and planted, and the same is true for spirit pets, there must be adult demon beasts that are specially raised to lay pups and eggs. As long as the demon beasts are not killed, even if they don't advance, they can basically live for a hundred years, and there should be many adult demon beasts in the Heavenly Spirit Sect, and eighty percent of the voices just now came from them.
So she dodged all the way to the direction where the sound came from, and when she climbed down the mountain full of cubs, she saw that there were many deep pits dug out of the flat ground opposite, and the roar of demon beasts was constantly heard from them.
And here is different from the cubs, the number of monks has increased, and from time to time someone flies through the sky to observe the movement of the demon beasts in the pit below. If the trouble is particularly severe, he will vigorously shake the spirit whip in his hand that is more than ten zhang long, and directly enter the pit to smoke those demon beasts.
"Why is it like this here, don't be nice to them, who is in the mood to fall in love and love to lay eggs and give birth to cubs." Lu Xiaoding just now felt that the Heavenly Spirit Sect was good at raising spirits, but now at a glance, he found that they were not very good. It's just good for the cubs who can sell for a price.,It's not good for those adult monsters that lay eggs.,Anyway, it's not for sale.,It's okay if the appearance and docility are not good.。
There are demon beasts flying in the air, and I am afraid that it is not good for me to swagger over like this, thinking of this, she broke a lot of shrubs and carefully tied them to the ding. She filled the whole ding with bushes, and as long as she didn't move, she would only think it was a pile of bushes when she looked at it from the air in the middle of the night.
Feeling that nothing was wrong, she walked out with the tripod on her back, and as soon as she saw a monk looking at her, she squatted down and pretended that she was a pile of plants. Careful all the way, coupled with the black light, let her successfully blend in.
This garden is too big, and it is not easy for adult demon beasts to be trapped with only a small fence and prohibition, and the prohibition on the fence also has to use crystal fruit to maintain their strength, and they can't afford to prevent these demon beasts from attacking them every day. Therefore, the people of the Heavenly Spirit Sect dug a big pit and locked all the demon beasts in it, as long as the pit wall was reinforced. The ban is placed on the mouth of the pit, and it is not needed all year round, but not all demon beasts can fly.
Although it is a little troublesome, it is more expensive to be safe and save money, otherwise the pups sold are not enough for the consumption of adult demon beasts, and the gains outweigh the losses.
Lu Xiaoding slowly walked to the edge of a pit, and looked inside, where there were four golden lion-walking beasts locked down. All four of them were extremely irritable, and they kept roaring, and they looked like they were about to go crazy.
Suddenly there was a voice in the distance, and she quickly carried the tripod on her back to a small pavilion by the pit for the monks to rest, and squatted there as if she was a pavilion companion.
"Uncle Shi, that red-scaled Jiao still refuses to eat, will it die? Seeing that it has been weak, is it because the injury has not healed? "It was a group of five people, and behind them was a cart two feet wide, on which lay the carcass of a horned ox.
The monk at the front spoke with some annoyance: "That red-scaled Jiao has already gained consciousness, and it wants to rebel against us, and wants to starve itself to death. If you don't eat it tomorrow, you can use soul extraction to control it and force it to eat. We've spent a lot of crystals on it, but we haven't earned a single crystall, how can we let it die like this. ”
After a pause, the man said greedily, "As long as it can lay a few red-scaled eggs, it will make a lot of money." ”
"Uncle Shi, that red scale Jiao is a male, even if it eats strong, we don't have a mother to let it lay eggs." There was a man who preached a sermon.
"Stupid!" The senior uncle scolded fiercely: "Don't you know the way, as long as there is a red scale Jiao who is in good health, we will send the news out." Naturally, there will be monks who have female red scales to come to the door and spend a lot of money to buy eggs to hatch the young Jiao. Although the adult red-scaled Jiao is powerful, it is not as good as the one raised since childhood, and not only the red-scaled Jiao, but also the Jiao can also be mixed to lay eggs. ”
The disciples finally understood, and quickly praised: "Uncle Yingming, then we must not let that Jiao die." ”
"Naturally, I still have to discuss it with the master, and if you want to use soul extraction on it, you must take action." As they spoke, they walked past Lu Xiaoding's side, not realizing that she was here at all, even if they checked with their divine sense, they wouldn't be able to feel her.
When they were gone, Lu Xiaoding smiled and said, "Red Scale Jiao, it seems that my luck is really good." There is a bird outside that wants to lay eggs and can't find a breeding bird, and there is a head Jiao inside who doesn't want a female Jiao but wants to be forced to become a seed Jiao, what are the monsters doing, stupid to death. ”
Don't think about it, the red scale Jiao will definitely be in the biggest pit, and it will have to soak in water. With this, the search should be fairly straightforward. Lu Xiaoding looked around, and began to look for it secretly, but when she found the location of the red scale Jiao, she was a little speechless.
It was a pit with a raging fire, so big that it rushed out of the pit and burned red everywhere. The monks who stayed here would only come to see it for half an hour, that is, they would fly in the air and leave immediately, and they would be hot and sweaty for a few more minutes.
They weren't foundation building cultivators, they were just qi refining cultivators using flying magic weapons, and even if they used their spiritual power to block the outside, they still couldn't stand the heat wave of this fire pit. It's a miserable job, and no one wants to come if they can.
Lu Xiaoding was not afraid of fire at all, but she had been burned by fire for many years, and after waiting for the monks of the Heavenly Spirit Sect to check and leave, she jumped into the fire pit with Ding on her back. The prohibition outside the fire pit shook a little, stirring up a wave, but still let her in.
This movement was not big, and the monks who were resting in the cool hut in the distance did not notice anything unusual, and if the prohibition was not attacked, this kind of small wave was a normal thing. Occasionally, a bird will fly by, and it will have this effect if it hits the ban.
"It's hot!" Lu Xiaoding jumped into the pit, her eyes were full of red flames, her clothes were immediately burned, and when she landed, there was only one person left.
In front of him, there was a head lying on the ground with a dozen feet of pan, looking like a dead Jiao. I don't know if it's because of the flames, or if it's the color itself, and the whole body is red. There was a flame in the middle of the scale armor on his back, and if it weren't for the blackening color, he really couldn't tell it.
For her rash intrusion, the red scaly Jiao didn't even lift her eyelids, and it didn't seem to have any interest in what was thrown in.
Lu Xiaoding looked at it carefully, and saw through the flames that its scales and armor were injured in many places, and the wounds were still bleeding. Obviously, many places have already formed scars, but new wounds have appeared on top of the old scars, the people of the Heavenly Spirit Sect are so precious to it, it shouldn't be possible to continue to hit it, it won't be self-harm, right?
"It's such a serious injury, if you eat well, you should be able to recover." She looked at it for a moment before speaking.
But the red-scaled Jiao still ignored her and didn't react at all, which made Lu Xiaoding a little speechless. She still wants to ask about the egg, if she doesn't say a word, she won't come in vain. So she stretched out her hand and wiped it in the void, "Spirit Realm." ”
The surrounding flames disappeared instantly, and the surroundings were pitch black, leaving only her standing in the darkness with Ding on her back, and a pale red Jiao soul mixed with a lot of black lying on the opposite side.
Lu Xiaoding sat down in the void, looked at the Jiao soul and said, "Don't pretend to be dead, get up first, I want to ask you about something." ”
The red scale Jiao realized that something was wrong when he was forcibly pulled into the spirit realm, and this time it didn't seem to be food, although the smell was very good, and even his stomach couldn't help but make a fuss. If it weren't for the fact that I hadn't eaten for a few years, my stomach and intestines would have lost my strength, and a thunderous sound would have sounded a long time ago.
When it finally opened its eyes, it saw a machine spirit sitting across from it, and it immediately widened its eyes. These monks were too reluctant, and in order to make them eat and earn crystal fruits, they even took out the machine spirits.
No, I have to resist this kind of bait, and I can't fall into being a seed for the sake of food!
I think so in my heart, but my body can't help it. Lingzhi lay in the mouth of the Jiao on the ground, and began to flow a lot of saliva, it was extremely eager to eat at this time, and even had the idea that as long as there was this kind of instrument spirit to eat every day, it seemed that it didn't matter if it was a seed.
Lu Xiaoding looked at it with great longing in his eyes, and hurriedly shouted: "Aren't you on a hunger strike for dignity?" Do you want to be a seed Jiao now? But they said that not only will you receive the Red Scale Jiao, but even other Jiao will also touch you, and I won't be able to turn back after eating it. ”
The Red Scale Jiao suddenly hit a spirit, quickly came back to his senses, and almost lost control.
Seeing that its eyes had converged a lot, Lu Xiaoding breathed a sigh of relief, with its weakness, if it dared to pounce, it would definitely be eaten by itself. There's still something to ask about it, and I don't want to do this kind of thing just yet.