Eastern Province.
On Xiangdao Mountain, the Aspiring Path Sect’s plaza.
The Four Great Beasts, intimidated by Baize, eventually couldn’t resist anymore and sought Baize’s help, asking if there was any way to solve their problem.
Baize was amused then and gave Zisu to the Four Great Beasts, instructing them to take good care of Zisu within the sect’s confines.
"Remember this, Zisu will one day be Daoist Chu’s disciple, and Daoist Chu’s disciples are all prodigies. If you can take good care of Zisu, your grudges with Daoist Chu will certainly be wiped clean," Baize said.
"Bear in mind! Take good care of Zisu! Do you understand?"
"Ah, I initially planned to take care of Zisu myself. That way, Daoist Chu would have owed me a favor. But now, it seems I can only pass this opportunity on to you," Baize said with a sigh, as he handed Zisu over to the Four Great Beasts.
It was as if on this matter, he had suffered a great loss.
On the other side, the Four Great Beasts, disregarding ’Baize’s loss’, only clung to one sentence.
If they took good care of Zisu, their feud with Chu Yuan would be settled.
Taotie hastened to receive Zisu.
But before his hand could touch Zisu, he was floored by one move from the other three Great Beasts.
"Get lost, you brute; you might hurt Zisu. And you, Taowu, with unwashed hands—what are you touching? Qiongqi, with your rugged looks, why are you even getting close? You’ll scare Zisu. All of you, back off and let me do it," Hundun scolded the others.
Taowu and Qiongqi, taken aback by Hundun’s reasoning, were momentarily dumbfounded.
By the time they collected themselves and tried to take Zisu,
they found that Zisu had already ended up in Hundun’s hands.
This infuriated both to the point they almost revealed their Dharma Aspects.
However, in front of Zisu, they dared not show their anger, fearing that any negative emotions might be absorbed by Zisu and affect its growth.
So, they had no choice but to forcefully restrain themselves.
Even Taotie, after considering this, managed to suppress his wrath despite being knocked down, standing up with a smile facing Zisu.
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"Thank you, Daoist Bai, for your help. Allowing us to take care of Zisu, resolving our dispute with him, this is a token of my gratitude, to make up for your loss. Please accept it," Hundun said while holding Zisu with one hand and taking out a token emanating intimidating power with the other, handing it to Baize.
Clearly, this token was a treasure.
"This..."
Baize, looking at the token before him, was taken aback for a moment, utterly surprised that Hundun had given him a treasure.
Before he could react,
the other three also presented a treasure each.
"Hundun speaks wisely. Daoist Bai, this loss of yours is great; we should make it up to you. Please accept these with our compliments," they said.
"Daoist, this is a small token of my appreciation..."
"Old Bai, this is the Heaven Shrouding Bead. It was once powerful enough to shield an entire day’s worth of heaven and earth energies, but now it’s down to half a day..."
The three offered their treasures to Baize.
When Baize came back to his senses, he fell silent, speechless for a moment.
He had tricked the Four Great Beasts into taking care of Zisu for him.
And now the Four Great Beasts had even gifted him treasures.
Such fortune...
It was almost like a dream.
Baize even felt a bit embarrassed.
But under the insistence of the Four Great Beasts,
Baize had to accept the treasures with tears and implore the Four Great Beasts to truly take good care of Zisu.
As for how to take care of Zisu,
Baize recommended catching Ancient Great Demons daily, using their vital blood for irrigation, and their flesh for fertilization.
Yes, having made the recommendation,
Baize did not provide any materials and let the Four Great Beasts catch an Ancient Great Demon on their own, then Baize left, tearfully counting the four treasures he had earned. Stay connected via Freewebnovel
Watching Baize leave, the Four Great Beasts also departed, taking the Zisu plant with them to the summit of Xiangdao Mountain. They found an open space to plant the Zisu at the peak so it could absorb the purple aura at sunrise and the essence of the moon at moonrise.
After that, the Four Great Beasts even set up an Ancient Great Formation to draw in Spiritual Energy to nourish the Zisu.
Having completed these tasks,
the Four Great Beasts regrouped to discuss how to continue caring for the Zisu.
...
Atop Xiangdao Mountain.
Within a makeshift shelter.
The Four Great Beasts sat around a table, looking at each other.
The atmosphere was somewhat heavy.
None of them spoke first.
It was only after a while that,
Hundun was the first to speak, breaking the heavy atmosphere.
"Speak up, don’t play dead, one by one. Let’s all share our opinions on how to continue caring for the Zisu," Hundun said with a serious look.
"How else to care for it? Just do as Daoist Bai said, irrigate it with the blood of an Ancient Great Demon and fertilize it with its flesh and blood," Taotie casually said.
At these words,
the gazes of the other three Great Beasts simultaneously fell on Taotie.
Their looks were akin to regarding someone as a fool.
If they were to follow the plan, would they even need to gather to discuss?
Taotie was just too brainless.
They should kick Taotie out of their ranking among the Four Great Beasts.
Taotie, upon encountering their gazes, also came to his senses in an instant, his old face involuntarily blushing.
"Then do share, how should we care for it?" Taotie could not help but speak out.
"You two, speak up," Hundun gave up any hope of Taotie’s words being useful and turned his gaze to Taowu and Qiongqi.
"I think we should find some of this era’s heavenly and earthly treasures to nourish the Zisu, to boost its roots. Also, it seems the Zisu’s spirit intelligence is incompatible with the remnant soul of the Ancient Nightmare. We need to find some treasures to make them compatible," Taowu said.
"Good," Hundun nodded slightly, feeling that this suggestion was much more reliable.
It was indeed necessary to find some heavenly and earthly treasures to nourish the Zisu.
"I think the roots are what’s important. This Zisu’s roots are too weak; strengthening them is what’s most important," Qiongqi breathed deeply before speaking.
"Indeed, very important. So, what do you think is the best way to strengthen them?" Hundun asked, looking at Qiongqi.
"Strengthening roots must be done gradually; rushing can lead to problems. I suggest we start with daily care,"
"During sunrise, we should absorb the purple aura to nourish the Zisu and at night absorb the essence of the moonlight. Also, during the day, the four of us should take turns irrigating it with our own essence blood. Then we should find some of the Ancient Great Demons they talk about, kill them, and use their flesh, blood, and spirits for fertilizer."
"Moreover, we should find more heavenly and earthly treasures to help the Zisu absorb them, and also..."
Qiongqi began to ramble on and on with his explanations.
The three Great Beasts listening beside him had their eyebrows twitching, involuntarily gasping in cool air.
Is this really about strengthening roots?
This seems more like cultivating an Ancient Divine Demon, an Innate Divine Demon...