SFS Chapter 115 The Peach Ripening
Chapter 115 The Peach Ripening
Zhang Liang knew the strength of Chu and Qin, especially Qin. Both the Taoist Tianzong and the Yin-Yang School had taken root in the territory of Qin and became a cooperative force of Qin. In the past hundred years, the Qin kings were all wise. In addition, the natural barrier of Hangu Pass had accumulated strong strength in the country for a hundred years. Externally, it adopted the strategy of making friends with distant countries and attacking nearby countries, continuously weakening the strength of other countries. The potential strength of Qin was unfathomable.
In fact, the seven countries have been fighting for hegemony for a long time, but they are still standing and have never suffered the disaster of national destruction. In addition to the mutual restraint between the countries, the more important reason is that each country has its own trump card. Once faced with the crisis of national destruction, these trump cards will be activated, and their power will surely scare other countries. Therefore, even if the seizure of territory often happens, no one dares to easily destroy the country. However, South Korea is a special case. After a hundred years of weakness, the little remaining foundation has been slowly consumed. Big countries like Qin and Chu are probably dozens of times more powerful than South Korea.
Zhang Liang could be free and easy in the land of Han, but if he were in Qin or Chu, he would have been wiped out by the royal family long ago. He thought for a while, and although he had some concerns about the various countries, he was not afraid. After all, in the world of immortal cultivation, it was not uncommon for evil masters to massacre cities and destroy countries. What's worse, they directly destroyed an entire star field, and countless life planets became nothing. If he was really forced into a desperate situation, Zhang Liang himself also had the means to massacre the city.
"The venison is ready!"
Bei Mingzi saw that Zhang Liang was lost in thought and did not disturb him. He then spoke lightly.
"Yeah." Zhang Liang nodded slightly and did not discuss the matter any further.
The four of them sat around and shared the roasted venison. The little monkey was not shy. Although it was his first time tasting cooked food, he was not afraid of the heat. He ate more than ten pounds of venison with his tiny body and seemed to still be hungry for more.
For the next three days, Zhang Liang, Bei Mingzi and the little monkey waited quietly under the cliff. Bei Mingzi calculated the time very accurately. On the morning of the third day, the peach showed signs of maturity. Endless spiritual energy rolled in. The spiritual energy was as thick as fog within a few dozen feet around the peach.
In the forest, wild beasts roared, countless birds flew in the sky, and poisonous insects and wild beasts approached from time to time. The little monkey Jintong was not willing to be outdone, and jumped onto the spiritual peach tree. His small body looked up to the sky and howled loudly, which frightened the surrounding wild beasts and made them dare not approach.
Zhang Liang carefully observed from the side, hoping to find a suitable spiritual beast to tame among these wild beasts. He treated this golden-eyed monkey as both a pet and an assistant, but if there were other spiritual beasts with qualifications that could reach the third level, he would be happy to adopt another one.
Unfortunately, this area was originally the territory of the little monkey Jintong, and there was also a valley nearby where two second-grade spirit snakes lived, so there were no higher-level spirit beasts here. The only thing that caught Zhang Liang's attention was a one-eyed blue wolf, but it was very fierce and not very smart. It was only a first-grade spirit beast with little potential for development, so Zhang Liang gave up the idea of taming it.
As a combat pet, the wolf is too weak, and as a mount, it is too small, so it is not really suitable. Although there is a little monkey to deter, many beasts still can't resist the temptation and quietly approach Lingtao.
Unlike humans who can continuously improve their cultivation through practicing exercises without external help, wild spirit beasts mostly become spirit beasts because they devour certain spirit objects, and they understand how valuable these spirit objects are to them. Even ordinary beasts that have not yet awakened their spiritual intelligence can feel the benefits of this rich spiritual energy to them, not to mention that this area now has a dozen beasts with some spiritual intelligence.
These beasts cannot be called true spiritual beasts. They are only slightly stronger than ordinary beasts. However, due to some coincidence, they have developed some intelligence. At this moment, they are obviously reluctant to leave.
The little monkey bared his teeth and was about to attack.
"Forget it, as long as they don't touch the magical peach, give them some chances!" Zhang Liang suddenly said.
“Eeyah!”
The little monkey obeyed Zhang Liang's words without hesitation, stood on the peach tree and shouted loudly, but did not attack.
After hearing the little monkey's cry, several wild beasts with a certain spirituality approached cautiously, stepped into the area full of spiritual energy, and breathed in the spiritual energy in big gulps.
"What a pity! It is too difficult to become a spiritual beast just by absorbing spiritual energy instinctively!"
Zhang Liang couldn't help but sigh. In the world of cultivating immortals, everything can be cultivated. Some powerful spirit beasts can even dominate a territory and establish a beast kingdom that is no different from humans. But in this world, it is almost impossible for spirit beasts to obtain cultivation techniques. They can only rely on instinct to devour spiritual energy and spiritual objects for cultivation, which is inefficient. For example, this golden-eyed spirit monkey has not grown much in strength after decades. If it wants to break through to the third level, it will probably take decades of accumulation.
"But following me is a rare opportunity for you. When the time comes, I will teach you a cultivation method!"
Zhang Liang thought so in his heart. He did have some techniques for cultivating spirit beasts, but it was not suitable to give them to the little golden monkey yet. It would be better to keep this kind of thing secret from Bei Mingzi first.
After an unknown amount of time, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth stopped gathering, and the spiritual peach gradually calmed down, becoming as crystal clear as amethyst.
“It’s finally mature!”
Zhang Liang and Bei Mingzi smiled at each other.