Chapter 224: The Offspring, Raised by Me |
The double-headed armadillo looked at its companion, whose eyes were continuously entwined by Lu Xuan, and the resentment in its eyes became increasingly intense, almost materializing.
The gray-yellow light on its body grew richer, and with a cracking sound, its scales opened, breaking the ropes that bound it.
All of this seemed unexpected to Lu Xuan. Before he could react, the injured double-headed armadillo seized this fleeting opportunity and swiftly burrowed into the rocky mountain.
Before leaving, it left Lu Xuan with a resentful and hateful look.
"Being a villain is not easy."
Lu Xuan sighed and activated the "Grand Five Elements Technique," a thin layer of gray-yellow spiritual power appeared on his body, and he also entered the rocky mountain.
The reason he left this injured double-headed armadillo behind was not to bring it out of the blessed land for cultivation. In reality, he wanted to track it, find the gathering place of the double-headed armadillo monster group, and locate the rare spirit soil they relied on for survival.
So, after Qian Dinghong and the others left, he returned to the rocky mountain, released the injured double-headed armadillo, intentionally stimulated it with words and the remains of its companion, giving it a chance to escape.
In Lu Xuan's cultivation of the "Grand Five Elements Technique," there was a technique called the Five Elements Escape Technique, specializing in earth escape.
In less than half a moment, Lu Xuan followed the injured double-headed armadillo to a hollow rock cave.
The cave was covered on all sides, with only a few areas where light could penetrate. The entire cave was dim.
Wearing the Concealing Spirit Robe, Lu Xuan hid in a corner, turning invisible, quietly observing everything in the cave.
After returning to the cave, the injured double-headed armadillo let out a mournful low roar. Soon, one after another, double-headed armadillo monsters emerged from the cracks in the cave, surrounding the injured one.
It was unclear what the injured double-headed armadillo said, but over ten double-headed armadillo monsters were excited, and their roars carried endless resentment.
Then, led by the injured double-headed armadillo, more than ten armadillo monsters, full of hatred, used earth escape to closely follow.
"Ah, blinded by hatred."
Lu Xuan silently sighed as he flew out from the corner.
"Based on the time it took for them to come and go, the double-headed armadillo monsters have been away for more than a quarter of an hour. Adding the time to find 'me' as the target, it should be enough."
Analyzing the situation, he quickly arrived at the deepest part of the cave.
"To avoid long nights and dreams, it's better to end it quickly."
Lu Xuan fully activated the Floating Light Technique, like a black shadow, silently drilling into the interior of the cave.
"Found it."
In the dimness, his eyes suddenly brightened, full of spirit.
In the corner, a thick layer of deep yellow soil covered the ground, and the spiritual energy of the soil overflowed, perceptible from a distance.
"This is... Earth Spirit Soil?"
In his leisure time, Lu Xuan had read many classics about spiritual plants in the sect's library. After a brief inspection, he recognized the origin of this deep yellow soil.
Earth Spirit Soil contained abundant earth-type spiritual energy, suitable for most spiritual plants, accelerating their growth. It often accompanied the generation of earth-type spiritual minerals.
At the same time, Earth Spirit Soil was also a major material for many earth-type magical instruments.
While about to collect the Earth Spirit Soil on the ground, suddenly, an elderly double-headed armadillo attacked from the shadows.
Lu Xuan, who had been on guard since entering, swiped his Purple Thunder Sword, and a lightning glow instantly killed the old armadillo monster.
After easily dealing with the old armadillo monster, Lu Xuan quickly collected the Earth Spirit Soil, scraping layer after layer until revealing the dark black soil.
Before leaving, he smoothly stored the corpse of the double-headed armadillo in his storage bag.
In this way, he swiftly shuttled through the cracks in the cave, encountering another aging double-headed armadillo along the way. After solving it, he quickly collected the Earth Spirit Soil inside.
"Is this the granary of the double-headed armadillos?"
Lu Xuan looked around the cave filled with spiritual minerals and expressed his joy.
There were various types of spiritual minerals, diverse in form, mostly second-grade, with quite a few third-grade spiritual minerals.
According to Qian Dinghong, double-headed armadillos usually fed on various minerals. This pile of spiritual minerals must have been collected by this armadillo group after a long time.
Naturally, he included these spiritual minerals in his storage bag and continued to scrape the Earth Spirit Soil in the cave.
"There are still two young double-headed armadillos left."
In the deepest part of the cave, Lu Xuan found two light gray double-headed armadillo cubs.
The cubs were less than a foot long, with scales not yet fully grown. Seeing Lu Xuan entering, they pretended to be fierce and roared at him, looking like ignorant and innocent cubs.
"Where are your parents? Where did they go?"
"How can you bear to leave you alone at home? What if you encounter bad people?"
Lu Xuan crushed a second-grade mineral stone, feeding each of the two cubs a small piece.
His consciousness focused on the light gray bodies of the double-headed armadillo cubs, and a thought flashed through his mind.
[Double-Headed Armadillo, third-grade monster, cub stage.]
[Naturally skilled in the art of earth escape, can shuttle freely in rocks and soil, feeds on refined iron minerals. Highly sensitive to the aura of various minerals, easily finding spiritual minerals.]
[In the process of growth, it will gradually master various earth-type techniques. The mature double-headed armadillo's scales have strong defensive capabilities, a rare material for refining defensive magical instruments.]
[I don't eat dirt, who eats dirt.]
"A third-grade monster, just born not long ago, barely possessing the strength of a first-grade monster."
"Too weak. I'm a kind-hearted person and can't rest assured leaving you like this."
"How about this, follow me for now. When I find your parents, I'll let you return to them."
Lu Xuan squatted down, gently speaking to the two double-headed armadillo cubs.
Then, without waiting for the cubs to react, he directly stored them in the Life-Preserving Bag.
The Life-Preserving Bag could significantly slow down the vitality consumption of spiritual plants and beasts. Even a first-grade double-headed armadillo cub, if left for quite a long time, would not be greatly affected.
After confirming that the double-headed armadillo nest had achieved the "Three Lights," Lu Xuan estimated that the more than ten returning double-headed armadillos seeking revenge would be back soon.
He gave a distant salute in the direction the
double-headed armadillos had left.
"The offspring of yours, I'll take care of them."
Then, a thin layer of gray-yellow spiritual energy shield appeared on his body. Choosing a direction opposite to where the double-headed armadillos had left, he drilled into it.
Lu Xuan, like a fish, swiftly shuttled through the rocks. Although everything was dark in front of him, he felt a sense of ease and freedom, with no obstacles in the hard rocks.
"Phew..."
He drilled out of the soil, looking into the distance. The stone mountain was more than ten miles away from his current position.
"I wonder what kind of reaction those double-headed armadillo monsters will have when they return to the nest."
"This time, having their home stolen should be a lesson for them. I hope they will remember it firmly."
As for whether the anger of the double-headed armadillo monsters would affect the fellow disciples passing by, Lu Xuan could only hope that they would be fortunate.
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