Chapter 85 - Sound of Tigers and Leopards!
Su Zimo handed in the mission and received quite a number of contribution points for it. He then returned to his cave abode.
Watching Su Zimo leave, both old men could not help but lament in deep thoughts.
“There’s no wonder why he’s the man who could cultivate a Level 3 Spirit Fire. Even his luck is beyond others,” The disheveled old man pouted his lips.
“Yes.”
Elder Liu continued, “Those trial disciples of Spirit Peak that went to Great Rock Forest were not low in cultivation realms but yet they were injured badly. But this lad? Not only did he not bump into that mysterious burly man, he even managed to go through Great Rock Forest entirely while returning peacefully with all those pure gold ores with just a Level 5 Qi Condensation. What else do you call that if not luck?”
The disheveled old man remarked in pity, “Actually, given his gift for refining weapons, it’ll be best for him to join True Fire Sect. Our sect isn’t good at weapon and elixir refinement at all. I honestly feel a little bad that we may end up burdening his progress.”
“Let’s not think so much. He’s only just started on weapon refinement and can’t even create an inferior-grade spirit weapon. Even though our sect doesn’t specialize in weapon refinement, we have the foundation of it too. Let’s think about other stuff in the future,” Elder Liu consoled.
Turning around, the spirit leopard’s eyes were filled with horror as it shivered terribly. Sprawling down on the ground, it turned to look at the sleeping Su Zimo quiveringly, not daring to attempt anything anymore.
‘He’s awake!’
Those were the two words in the spirit leopard’s mind.
As it was about to chomp down, it realized that unknowingly, the human’s breathing methods had changed.
That change caused the spirit leopard to break out in sweat.
It no longer dared to try anything funny as it laid there obediently, falling asleep after wild thoughts ran through its mind.
In truth, Su Zimo had woken up the moment the killing intent in the spirit leopard rose.
That was because Su Zimo’s spirit perception was way too frighteningly keen – the cicada senses autumn coming before the wind even starts to blow. Even back in the Cang Lang Mountain Range, the spirit monkey could barely sneak an attack in, let alone this spirit leopard.
Since he was going to kill the two spirit beasts the next day anyways, Su Zimo couldn’t be bothered to make a move and continued sleeping.
Come midnight, Su Zimo and the two spirit beasts were fast asleep.
As the spirit tiger slept, a weird noise came from its nose.
“Huff… huff… huff…”
After the spirit leopard fell asleep, a sound came from its nose as well, different from the spirit tiger’s.
“Mmm… mmm… mmm…”
Both sounds were unique and were neither loud nor soft. Superposing, they reverberated through the cave abode.
Right then, a mysterious change happened in Su Zimo’s body!
It was as though both sounds carried a strange energy that could penetrate through the flesh and tendons, permeating to the bones and moving the marrow within!
Gurgle, gurgle!
Through the vibrations of the two sounds, a rumble like the sound of running water rang out from his marrow, soothing to one’s ears.
Su Zimo who was in deep sleep felt as though he had just been in a dream as he witnessed the marrow liquid within his bones flowing and gushing squeezing through it, forming blood that seeped into his blood and veins.
“Mmm?”
He bolted wide awake in shock with widened eyes – the sound of tigers and leopards!