Immortal Venerable of the Beast Race
Chapter 351 - 263 Ghost Dove Tries His Skill (Seeking Monthly Votes)_1

Chapter 351: 263 Ghost Dove Tries His Skill (Seeking Monthly Votes)_1

A mini Green Light Falcon had just left the body when it was enveloped by a black aurora, swept into the Soul Refining Bowl.

Shen Long packed up the corpse of the Green Light Falcon, beckoned with one hand, and the Zizhu Blade spiraled back into his sleeve.

Without a Spiritual Treasure in hand, it wouldn’t have been so easy for him to kill an early Fourth-Order Green Light Falcon.

A deafening roar came from afar, Shen Long frowned and, turning into a streak of Escape Light, broke through the sky and left.

In an open space, Mu Weiwei was commanding two golden flying daggers to attack a ten-meter-tall giant skeleton, which held a bone saber wrapped in black gas and had green ghostly flames in its hollow eye sockets.

A woman in a black dress with striking features stood not far away, emitting a soaring Yin Qi.

Mu Weiwei furrowed her brows; she hadn’t expected to encounter her enemy here.

The giant skeleton swung its bone saber, knocking away the two golden flying daggers, and opened its mouth to spray out a mass of black threads, heading straight for Mu Weiwei.

Mu Weiwei hastily summoned a golden shield to guard in front of her.

The dense black threads struck the golden shield one after the other, producing a series of muffled noises.

A gust of Yin wind passed behind Mu Weiwei, and a green-faced, fanged Fierce Ghost appeared, with blood-red eyes and emitting a terrifying fluctuation of Yin Qi; it was a Core Formation Mid-Stage Ghost Creature.

Mu Weiwei sensed the existence of the Fierce Ghost with her Divine Sense and was greatly alarmed, about to cast a spell to attack the Fierce Ghost when the giant skeleton charged at her.

Seizing the opportunity, the Fierce Ghost prepared to strike at Mu Weiwei.

An extremely harsh and grating noise sounded, followed by a gust of wind, as a Blue Giant Bird with three heads appeared.

As the Blue Giant Bird appeared, its three heads shot down like lightning, grabbing the body of the Fierce Ghost, which struggled in vain.

The three heads of the Blue Giant Bird each gripped the Fierce Ghost’s shoulders and head, and with a fierce tug, ripped the Fierce Ghost into three and swallowed it, letting out a cheerful bird song.

"Ghost Dove? Why does it have three heads?"

The woman in the black dress was slightly startled and confounded.

One head of the Ghost Dove sprayed out a blue aurora, enveloping the giant skeleton, which began emitting wisps of blue smoke and a painfully extreme ghost wail; a dark shadow flew out from the surface of the giant skeleton’s body, enveloped by the blue aurora and flying towards the mouth of the Ghost Dove.

The woman in the black dress was terrified and about to intervene when a deafening thunderous sound came from the high sky, and a silver lightning pillar with a diameter of two meters tore across the sky, speeding directly towards the woman in the black dress.

The woman in the black dress was about to evade when a sharp and piercing shriek rang out, and she felt a sword rushing into her sea of consciousness, bringing unbearable pain.

The silver lightning pillar struck the woman in the black dress, engulfing her in silver lightning.

A golden trident swirling with light shot through, piercing the silver lightning, and a piteous scream rang out from a woman.

As the lightning dissipated, the woman in the black dress had her lower body pierced by a golden trident; she wasn’t dead yet.

A streak of Escape Light descended from the sky; it was Shen Long.

Shen Long’s right hand glowed bright red as he placed it on the woman in the black dress’s head, performing the Soul Search technique.

Forced to endure a Soul Search by a Nascent Soul Cultivator, the woman in the black dress screamed, foaming at the mouth, and fainted.

"Heavenly Ghost Sect! So she had a personal grudge against you."

Shen Long’s face revealed a sudden realization.

"In my younger years, I had a grudge with this person, never expected to encounter her here. I owe Senior for your timely rescue, otherwise, I would have perished," Mu Weiwei gratefully said, her gaze landing on the Ghost Dove with confusion.

The Ghost Dove flew over, one of its heads spraying out a blue aurora, enveloping the woman in the black dress’s body. A light orb flew out from her body – it was her soul.

The light orb was swept up by the blue aurora and swallowed by the Ghost Dove.

"Come back!"

Shen Long patted a blue Spirit Beast Bag at his waist, and the Ghost Dove turned into a blue light flying into the bag.

During their time in the Myriad Poison Valley, the Ghost Dove also advanced to the Third Order and was currently at the early stage of the Third Order.

After advancing to the Third Order, it grew another head, and its three heads could release spells of different attributes, especially effective against Ghost Creatures.

Shen Long took the possessions from the woman in the black dress, collected the corpse, and intended to feed it to the Ice Flood Dragon; the enemy’s body would feed the Ice Flood Dragon, the soul to the Ghost Dove, making sure nothing was wasted.

"Let’s go! Let’s return!"

Shen Long summoned the Seacrossing Boat, stepping onto it.

Mu Weiwei assented and followed onto the Seacrossing Boat.

"Let’s go."

Shen Long pinched off a spell, and the Seacrossing Boat lit up with a blinding blue light, soaring into the high sky.

In less than two days, they returned to the marketplace.

Mu Weiwei parted ways with Shen Long. As soon as Shen Long returned to his residence, Qian Dafu came up to meet him.

"Uncle Shen, most of the materials you wanted have been purchased; this is what’s missing."

Qian Dafu took out a blue Storage Bag and a blue Jade Slip, handing them to Shen Long.

Shen Long swept the items with his Divine Sense, nodded, and packed away the Storage Bag and Jade Slip, speaking, "Let’s go to another marketplace! I don’t know when I’ll come back next time."

After leaving the marketplace, Shen Long summoned the Seacrossing Boat, carrying them into the high sky, and quickly vanished from sight.

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Mantuo Manor, a secluded estate.

Song Xueqing sat beside a green stone table, as Song Weiguang reported to her.

"Shen Long has advanced to the Nascent Soul Stage?"

Song Xueqing exclaimed in surprise.

Song Weiguang nodded and said, "That’s right, our clan members have seen it with their own eyes."

"It seems his fortune is not small, to advance from the middle stage of Core Formation to the Nascent Soul Stage in just a few decades."

Song Xueqing remarked with a sigh.

"Could it be that he has concocted a top-grade elixir, and that’s why his cultivation speed is so fast?"

Song Weiguang speculated.

"Impossible, top-grade elixirs aren’t so easy to concoct. He cultivates the Spirit Control Technique, maybe it’s feedback from his Life-Bound Spirit Beast, saving him a great deal of time from arduous practice, or maybe he had some fortune! Him reaching the Nascent Soul Stage is good news for us. Didn’t our clan members greet him?"

Song Xueqing said slowly.

"No, they don’t know Shen Long."

Song Weiguang replied truthfully.

"I see. You may go now!"

Song Xueqing ordered, dismissing Song Weiguang.

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Five Poisons Marketplace, the streets teeming with people.

In a tranquil estate, Xu Tong sat inside a green stone pavilion, with Qin Ming reporting the situation to her.

"They’ve been frequently entering and leaving the marketplace, visiting many Spirit Medicine Shops. It seems that Senior Shen is indeed concocting Beast Nurturing Spirit Liquid."

Qin Ming said.

The Five Sage Sect had spies in several large marketplaces, who noticed Shen Long and Qian Dafu’s movements and knew what they were up to.

Xu Tong nodded her head and was about to say something when she sensed something. She took out a gold Messaging Plate, infused a spell, and Shen Long’s voice rang out, "Madam Xu, the Spirit Birds have hatched. I’m right outside your residence. Have you prepared what I asked for?"

"It’s ready. Master Nephew Qin, please invite him in."

Xu Tong said.

Qin Ming responded and quickly stepped out.

Before long, Qin Ming brought Shen Long over.

"Taoist Friend Shen, where’s the Spirit Bird?"

Xu Tong asked eagerly.

Shen Long produced a red cloth bag, injected a spell, and a swathe of red light flashed by. On the ground, there suddenly appeared a Spirit Bird with wings spread about a zhang, its plumage black and red, with a pointed beak and long talons.

The Dark Phoenix!

With the Spirit Control Pool, Shen Long had easily hatched this Spirit Bird Egg. After using the Demon-Purity Mirror to test, he found that the purity of the Dark Phoenix’s bloodline reached three. No wonder Xu Tong valued it so highly and was willing to spend a fortune on hatching this bird.

The Dark Phoenix was a descendant of the Heavenly Phoenix and carried the bloodline of the Heavenly Phoenix. Of course, the Dark Phoenix before her might not know how many generations separated it from the Heavenly Phoenix, otherwise, the bloodline purity would definitely be more than three.

"It really has hatched!"

Xu Tong was overjoyed and immediately took out the Demon-Purity Mirror to test the bloodline purity.

When she discovered that the Dark Phoenix’s bloodline purity reached three, she was ecstatic.

"Madam Xu, my items?"

Shen Long asked.

Xu Tong took out a green jade box and handed it to Shen Long, saying, "This is the Demon Core of an early-stage fourth-order Green Wind Roc. I wonder if Taoist Friend Shen still has any Beast Nurturing Spirit Liquid?"

"No more, all used up,"

Shen Long replied as he took the green jade box, opened it and saw a chicken-egg-sized green sphere inside.

He nodded with satisfaction and put away the Demon Core.

With this, he had three fourth-order wind attribute Demon Cores in his possession, and together with the thousand-year-old Qingfeng Grass, the Gold-Winged Windroc’s chances of advancing to the fourth tier were even greater.

"I have other matters to attend to, so I shall not stay any longer. Madam Xu, may we meet again if destiny allows. Farewell."

Shen Long bid farewell to Xu Tong as he planned to head to the Northern Sea Cultivation Realm.

"Master Nephew Qin, please see Taoist Friend Shen out for me."

Xu Tong ordered, picking up the Dark Phoenix and walking to a nearby red tower to impose restrictions on it.

"Senior Shen, this way, please."

Qin Ming said politely, gesturing for Shen Long to follow as he personally escorted him out.

Shen Long arrived at the marketplace exit, where Qian Dafu quickly greeted him.

Upon leaving the marketplace, Shen Long summoned the Seacrossing Boat and departed from the place with Qian Dafu.