Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor
Chapter 164: Lightning Mink

Chapter 164: Chapter 164: Lightning Mink

Despite its small size, the Lightning Mink possessed an incredibly powerful attack, and with its mystically fast speed, it managed to kill nearly half of the dozens of Profound Level Martial Artists, forcing the remaining ones to retreat from the battle and leave the Heavenly Pit, shocked and frightened.

Fang Bai saw that the Lightning Mink didn’t immediately launch an attack on him. A glint of joy sparked in his heart, a smile spread across his face, and he began to communicate with the Lightning Mink in a "friendly" manner, his roar turning slow and peaceful.

Human beings have their language, and beasts have theirs; Fang Bai’s roar was the equivalent of the language of beasts.

The Lightning Mink had guarded this cave in the Heavenly Pit for many years and was both surprised and excited to finally encounter a different species that could communicate with it. It responded to Fang Bai’s roars in kind.

The exchange of sounds between man and beast was at times intense and at other times gentle. Eventually, the wary and ferocious light in the Lightning Mink’s eyes began to fade, replaced by a fiery warmth and affection.

The reason for the Lightning Mink’s drastic change in attitude toward Fang Bai was that Fang Bai had painted a beautiful future for it and promised to help it achieve that future.

"Although you have awakened your intelligence, you can only be considered a Pseudo-Spirit Beast. If you don’t reach the Innate Realm to become a genuine Spirit Beast within a hundred years, you will still age and die like other animals..."

"Do you want to become a real Spirit Beast? Do you want to evolve from a Spirit Beast into an Immortal Beast? Do you want to become an eternal Divine Beast? If you believe in me, follow me, and I can help you..."

"I will take you to search for Spiritual Medicines, Essence Stones, and other treasures, teach you Cultivation Techniques to absorb the Heaven and Earth Origin Energy, and you will become more and more powerful. One day, you’ll have the power to destroy both heaven and earth, and become the King of Beasts, the Divine Beast..."

This was how Fang Bai continuously threw out one bait after another to the Lightning Mink.

Both humans and beasts with awakened intelligence have a great fear of death and aspire to transcend the cycle of life and death, to be immortal.

Therefore, the Lightning Mink simply could not resist the baits thrown out by Fang Bai.

Moreover, from Fang Bai, the Lightning Mink sensed a unique and powerful aura, and with Fang Bai’s ability to communicate with the beasts through the "Beast Taming Scripture," it recognized Fang Bai as an extraordinary human, believing he could bring it greater strength and a longer life.

As Fang Bai spoke at length, the Lightning Mink’s gaze grew brighter and hotter.

It jumped from the ear of the cauldron to the ground, then slowly moved closer to Fang Bai’s feet, and finally leaped onto Fang Bai’s shoulder, its fluffy body rubbing affectionately against Fang Bai’s face, exhibiting a sycophantic and flattering demeanor.

In his past life, Fang Bai had dealt with various Spirit Beasts and Immortal Beasts, understanding their nature well. He knew this small Lightning Mink would find it difficult to resist the bait he had offered, and seeing it indeed "surrender," he laughed heartily and stroked its body.

The Lightning Mink lingered affectionately on Fang Bai for a while, and then suddenly let out a low roar, transforming into a streak of white light and darting back into the "Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron."

Fang Bai knew the Lightning Mink wanted to give him a "welcoming gift," so he stood smiling without moving, curious to see what treasure the Lightning Mink would bring out of the "Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron" for him.

Soon enough, the Lightning Mink popped its head out and leaped back onto Fang Bai’s shoulder, its front paws holding a tiny ring.

The ring was pitch-black with specks of gold glimmering within; it seemed unremarkable at a glance, and there were some odd patterns etched on it.

"This is... a Spatial Ring?"

Fang Bai took the black ring from the Lightning Mink’s front paws and examined it closely, his eyes suddenly bulging out wide, his face betraying a wildly ecstatic expression.

He had not expected that in this world not only did such Spiritual Artifacts as the "Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron" exist, but so did Spatial Rings.

It seems that this world is not as simple as it appears on the surface, and perhaps there are many hidden secrets yet to be discovered.

A Space Ring is one type of storage spirit device, which is usually forged by fusing Space Stones with Fine Gold and supplemented by a spatial formation, with none of the three being dispensable.

The Space Ring in Fang Bai’s hand is thoroughly black because it contains a large proportion of Space Stone.

The specks of golden light within it are due to the integration of a portion of Fine Gold.

The strange lines on the ring are actually a set of spatial formations engraved on it.

Only those who are well-versed in the spatial formations inscribed upon the ring can freely access items stored within the Space Ring.

Since Fang Bai has not yet cultivated his Divine Sense, to inspect what exactly is inside this Space Ring, he could only resort to the most primitive, simplest, and crudest method—forcibly erasing the spatial formation engraved on the ring.

The spatial formation inscribed on this ring was not complicated; Fang Bai took only a few minutes to successfully break the formation, then poured out all the items inside.

The ring’s space, though not large, was also not small—it was about twenty square units in area, approximately the size of a normal living room.

Yet in this modest space, there turned out to be an impressive number of treasures. When Fang Bai poured everything out, his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

One bottle of Marrow Cleansing Pills, one bottle of Youth Retaining Pills, one bottle of Creation Pills; more than a hundred strands of rare medicinal herbs; hundreds of Red and Orange Essence Stones...

Although the Elixirs were low-grade, the herbs only a few hundred years old, and the Essence Stones not of high quality, these Cultivation Resources were precisely what Fang Bai currently needed and suited him best.

With these Cultivation Resources, Fang Bai would not have to worry about them for a short while.

"Since you’ve decided to go with me, let’s take all these things as well; we can’t let others benefit from them!"

As he spoke, Fang Bai picked up the treasures from the ground and packed them back into the Spatial Ring, along with the "Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron" and the eighty-one Luminous Pearls on the walls, storing them all in the ring.

After making sure there were no other items of value left in the cave, Fang Bai, together with the Lightning Marten, made his way back following the same path and left the Heavenly Pit.

Fang Bai knew that the Martial Artists would likely return, and thinking it unwise to stay longer, he made his way back to the courtyard he rented under the light of the stars and moon.

By the time he returned to the courtyard, the night was deep. Fang Bai did not disturb Jiang Yuzhi and her daughter Baili Mingyue; he simply leapt over the courtyard wall and went inside.

Upon entering his room, Fang Bai found a paper box, laid some soft bedding inside, and then stuffed a few Essence Stones into it, making it a resting place for the Lightning Marten from now on.

Thinking there was still some space left in the Space Ring, Fang Bai also placed the "Gathering Yuan Pills" and Red Essence Stones, as well as the Five Elements Acupuncture Set that he had obtained from Fuhu Mountain, inside it.

The original spatial formation on this Space Ring had been decrypted by Fang Bai at the bottom of the Heavenly Pit, and now he had inscribed a new set of even more intricate and subtle formations on it.

This way, even if someone else were to acquire Fang Bai’s Space Ring, it would be very difficult for them to break the formation and access the items inside.

As for Fang Bai himself, he could easily take out whatever he needed from the ring, as simply as reaching into a bag to retrieve an item.