During his stay in Zhongshan City, Yun Xi spent Jiang Chao Ge’s money to buy some clothes. After putting them on, he looked a little more energetic, but only a little, most of the time he still had a low sense of existence.
After the internal injury was cured, Jiang Chao Ge asked Yun Xi if it was alright to eat the spirit pill.
Yun Xi stared blankly at him for a while, but didn’t speak.
Jiang Chao Ge was taken aback, “You should say something.”
“It’s a waste for you to eat it.”
Jiang Chao Ge rolled his eyes, “It’s destined to enter my stomach, why don’t you help me, that way I waste less.”
Yun Xi frowned: “While I was healing you yesterday, I found that the direction of the meridians of your spiritual power was a bit strange. Be honest, did you use evil methods to cultivate?”
Jiang Chao Ge knew he couldn’t hide it, so he simply said, “Yes.”
“Then I can’t help you. The righteous method of using the twelve meridians and the evil method of using the eight strange meridians are very different types of cultivation. You can only rely on yourself.”
Jiang Chao Ge shrugged: “It’s alright.”
Yun Xi said gloomily, “Do you know that the evil cultivation method of the eight meridians can make people go insane?”
Jiang Chao Ge said, “I know.”
Yun Xi continued to stare at him silently.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“Looks like I won’t see you in the future.”
Jiang Chao Ge closed his eyes, gritted his teeth and said, “Thanks.”
Zhi Xuan stretched out his little head: “What do you mean, won’t see in the future?”
Before Jiang Chao Ge had a chance to speak, Yun Xi hurriedly replied “It means he won’t live long.”
Zhi Xuan’s eyes became fierce: “How dare you talk nonsense! I’m going to eat you!”
Yun Xi’s shoulders trembled, he had seen Zhi Xuan’s real body before, although the young boy in front of him was adorable, but the bright golden eyes were exactly the same as that ferocious ancient beast, he couldn’t help but shiver in fear.
Jiang Chao Ge hugged Zhi Xuan who was about to pounce on him with his teeth and claws unsheathed, “Don’t pay attention to him, don’t pay attention to him.” He pointed to his own brain, and winked at Zhi Xuan, “There’s something wrong with him here.”
“What does that mean?”
Yun Xi pouted: “My mind is fine.”
Jiang Chao Ge carried Zhi Xuan away.
After returning to the room, he took out the priceless spirit pill, and moved it to his nose and sniffed it carefully. There was a fishy smell. He didn’t want to know what was in it. Whatever, just eat it.
Zhi Xuan looked at him worriedly, “The evil method, is it really so dangerous?”
Jiang Chao Ge rubbed his head: “We discussed this before, don’t mention it again, okay?”
Zhi Xuan pursed his lips, hesitated for a while, then nodded.
Jiang Chao Ge took a deep breath, opened his mouth, and swallowed the spirit pill. He sat cross-legged on the bed and began to adjust his breathing, wishing for luck. Soon, the spiritual power in his body boiled as if it had been ignited. This is the second spirit pill he has taken this year. Yu Ren Shu said that usually there should be no more than three in a year. He must be able to break through to the second level before leaving Zhongshan City.
As he was cultivating, Zhi Xuan sat on the side and watched him quietly, seeing his handsome side profile, long eyelashes and straight waist, Zhi Xuan couldn’t help but crawl over, lay down on his side, and pillowed his little head on Jiang Chao Ge’s lap.
So Jiang Chao Ge was practicing, Zhi Xuan was playing with his belt, the room could hear the sound of rain falling, and there was a quiet and beautiful atmosphere that only the two of them could feel.
Jiang Chao Ge circulated his spiritual power for thirty-six hours, and when he opened his eyes, it was almost dark. Looking down, there was a small furry head resting on his stiff knees, the black hair was loose, and looked like it would feel extremely soft.
He poked that head with his fingers, Zhi Xuan raised his head abruptly, and said happily: “How are you? How do you feel?”
Jiang Chao Ge only felt refreshed: “Great, this spirit pill is simply amazing, I can clearly feel spiritual power increasing.”
“The sun is going down, you have to eat now and at proper times.”
“I’m not hungry at all, and like I’m full all over my body. Shu said that the higher the level of spiritual power, the better the physical fitness. I feel that it’s not a problem if I go without food for two or three days, even.”
Zhi Xuan was dubious: “Really?”
“Really.” Jiang Chao Ge jumped off the bed: “It just so happens that I’m going to practice with my sword.”
Zhi Xuan grabbed his sleeve and said, dissatisfied: “You haven’t played with me since I woke up.”
Jiang Chao Ge laughed, “What do you want to play?”
“I drink, and you tell me a story. Last time, I told you about the one who lost Jingzhou because of his arrogance. After that, was he beheaded? Go on.”
Jiang Chao Ge thought for a while, then sat back and said, “Okay, let’s not do anything else today, let’s chat with the little ancestor.” He took out two jugs of wine, and asked the innkeeper to serve some dishes, and ate and drank with Zhi Xuan. When talking about the Story of the Three Kingdoms, he remembered what he could, and made up what he didn’t, Zhi Xuan listened with great interest.
Ten days passed quickly, and under Yun Xi’s care, Jiang Chao Ge healed from his injuries. More importantly, with the help of the spiritual pill, he successfully opened up the veins and reached the strength of a second-level spiritual weapon user.
The moment he opened up the Ren Meridian, Jiang Chao Ge felt the spiritual power in his body soar, as if a blocked river was pierced through, flooding out, and the water level rose sharply. There was a kind of joy of becoming a rich man from a poor one. Jiang Chao Ge usually used his spiritual power sparingly, but this time, a lot of spiritual power was instilled into Zhi Xuan, and he happily turned into an adult.
Jiang Chao Ge laughed happily: “It’s so cool, the feeling of finally cultivating to the second level, so fulfilling.”
Yun Xi looked at him steadfastly, and said flatly, “It’s only at the second level.”
“Have to be level two before going to level three.” Jiang Chao Ge grabbed Zhi Xuan’s shoulder and shook vigorously, “Zhi Xuan, just wait a little longer, I will soon break through to level three, in a year at most.”
Zhi Xuan frowned: “One more year.”
“Level two to three, do you want to break through in a year?” Yun Xi shook his head, “It’s unlikely, your speed is already unheard of by me, don’t be too impatient.”
“How can I not be impatient, if I don’t reach the third level, Zhi Xuan won’t form a bond with me.” Jiang Chao Ge was gearing up, full of energy.
Zhi Xuan coughed lightly: “If you want to form a contract with me sooner, I can promise you even if it’s hard for me.”
Just as Jiang Chao Ge was about to be happy, he suddenly felt that something was not quite right. With his intelligence, he quickly realized the intent behind Zhi Xuan’s golden eyes, and he replied cautiously: “Some things really shouldn’t be rushed, I promise you, and it is a promise between men.”
“I’m not a man, I’m neither a man nor a person.”
Yun Xi said: “You really should form a bond earlier, after forming a bond, your cultivation speed will be accelerated, and through the exchange of spiritual power after forming a bond, your spiritual consciousness will become closer and closer. After you reach the third level of strength, you might be able to summon his real body.”
Zhi Xuan said: “Yes. Moreover, if you use the second method to form a bond, your cultivation speed will be faster.”
Yun Xi also nodded: “That’s true. The relationship between the spirit weapon user and the spirit beast is interdependent. The more compatible the two are, the greater the power they can exert. When the spiritual power is fused for a long time, it is almost indistinguishable from one another.
In short, a connection with the spirit and body can promote them both at the same time. For example, the spirit power of that Qiong Qi spirit weapon user must be advancing by leaps and bounds.”
Zhi Xuan looked at Jiang Chao Ge with an expression of, “You listen, you listen”.
Jiang Chao Ge was a little embarrassed: “It’s already pretty good that our souls are compatible with each other.”
Zhi Xuan narrowed his eyes and said angrily, “Who is compatible with you?”
Yun Xi said solemnly: “Both are suitable for the best results.”
Jiang Chao Ge glared at him: “Can you shut up?”
“Oh.” Yun Xi silently stepped aside and stopped talking.
Zhi Xuan snorted coldly: “I don’t want to be compatible with you.” After speaking, he walked away with a flick of his sleeves.
Yun Xi looked at Zhi Xuan’s back, and murmured: “You have a really big temper.”
Jiang Chao Ge sighed: “That’s not true.” He sat down and lifted the bamboo lid used to cover the food, “Don’t pay attention to him, let’s eat.”
Yun Xi stared at the bowls with wide eyes: “This bowl doesn’t match.”
“Eat yours.”
Yun Xi swallowed, picked up a bowl of rice and took two mouthfuls of food, but kept staring at the unmatched bowls, and finally couldn’t bear it anymore, picked up the bowl and ran out like his ass was on fire.
Jiang Chao Ge rolled his eyes, once again feeling that there was no one normal around him.
After eating, he went back to the room and saw that Zhi Xuan was really sullen, and burning holes in the gauze curtain that was around the bed.
Jiang Chao Ge didn’t know whether to laugh or cry: “Why are you burning other people’s curtains? We will have to pay for it.”
Zhi Xuan glared at him: “I’m happy.”
Jiang Chao Ge sighed, and sat next to him: “You don’t look happy, you look angry.”
Zhi Xuan said angrily, “Didn’t you want to form a contract back then?”
“I want to form a bond, but…” Jiang Chao Ge paused and asked cautiously, “Shall we form a bond with blood?”
Zhi Xuan narrowed his eyes, turned around and pushed him down on the bed, and said firmly, “No, I want to mate with you.”
“You… you and I are both males, even if I mate – I won’t be able to give birth to a baby qilin .”
“No matter, try first.”
“No way in hell!” Jiang Chao Ge cried in his heart.
Zhi Xuan licked his chin, and said with some expectation: “I think you are my female beast, sometimes when I think of you, this place will feel a little swollen.” He grabbed Jiang Chao Ge’s hand and put it on the outside of his pants, Jiang Chao Ge was so anxious that he quickly withdrew his hand, and Zhi Xuan said seriously, “Really, I want to touch you, if you don’t believe me, feel it.”
“No, no, you can keep it to yourself.”
Zhi Xuan curled his lips and rubbed against Jiang Chao Ge, his eyes were frighteningly bright: “You can be my female beast, but no matter if you are or not, I will protect you.”
Jiang Chao Ge swallowed his saliva, he realized that this matter could not be solved by running away, at this moment, he decided to calm down instead: “Do you really want to form a bond in that way?”
“I think so.”
“Do you know how to do it?”
“Zui Yu said he would teach me.”
Jiang Chao Ge’s heart skipped a beat, “I’ll teach you.”
“Really?”
“It may hurt a little, but you must promise not to bite me.”
“It hurts?” Zhi Xuan seemed to understand, “I’m not afraid of pain.”
Jiang Chao Ge took a deep breath: “If you feel uncomfortable, don’t do it again in the future.”
“Impossible, Zui Yu said it was very comfortable.”
“Not necessarily.”
Zhi Xuan hesitated: “…Okay.” He quickly became excited, “Then when will we mate? Now, now?”
Jiang Chao Ge’s scalp became numb, thinking of how he could delay this, he really couldn’t accept it, but he knew that he couldn’t escape: “Not now, we are leaving for Kunlun City tomorrow .”
“Then in Kunlun City?”
“When we arrive in Kunlun City, we will go to the Kunlun Immortal Boundary to find Yin Chuan. How can we have time?”
Zhi Xuan frowned and said, “Then when exactly?”
Jiang Chao Ge coughed lightly: “How can we predict when there will be an opportunity.”
Zhi Xuan frowned even deeper: “I don’t understand what you are talking about.”
“Anyway, we are too busy now, let’s wait another day.” He pushed Zhi Xuan away and remembered.
Zhi Xuan pulled him back and stared at him straight: “Are you lying to me?”
“No way, when have I ever lied to you?”
“Many times.”
Jiang Chao Ge’s expression was a little stiff, and he said guiltily, “Really, not lying.”
“You promise.”
“I promise… what?”
“Promise you will mate…”
“Okay, okay, I promise, don’t say that word again, it makes me feel sick to death.”
“Oh, then do you prefer making love?”
“I don’t like that either.”
Zhi Xuan asked curiously, “Then what do you like?”
Jiang Chao Ge said irritably: “Yin Chuan taught you so many messy things, why didn’t he teach you how to speak like a human being?”
“Maybe he taught it, but I didn’t listen. Sometimes he can talk to himself for a whole day, and he’s so annoying.” Zhi Xuan happily wrapped his arms around Jiang Chao Ge’s waist, “The first step of making love is a kiss, what’s the second step?”
“Take off your clothes.” Jiang Chao Ge said it casually, and regretted it after he finished speaking. Sure enough, Zhi Xuan wanted to practice it himself.
Jiang Chao Ge desperately grabbed his collar: “Okay, okay, this doesn’t need to be practiced, you still don’t know how to take off your clothes.”
Zhi Xuan thought for a while: “That’s right, what is the third step?”
“Everyone is different, so unable to say.”
Zhi Xuan was a little anxious: “Then what should I do after taking off my clothes?”
Jiang Chao Ge’s face turned a little blue. He really didn’t expect that there would be a day in his life where he would need to give physiology lessons to naughty children. He scratched his head, “It’s hard to describe.”
Zhi Xuan blinked his eyes, listening intently.
Jiang Chao Ge bit the bullet and said, “You can just lie down when the time comes.”
“Oh, what are you doing then?”
Jiang Chao Ge was about to explode, he became angry with embarrassment: “You should ask Zui Yu!”
“All right.”
Jiang Chao Ge felt that talking to Zhi Xuan was more tiring than practicing swordsmanship for half a day, so exhausting!
Zhi Xuan was in a good mood, hugging Jiang Chao Ge, kissing and rubbing against him, like a child hugging a plushie, refusing to let go. Jiang Chao Ge found that his tolerance and adaptability were really strong, and before he knew it, he had gotten used to this. Being so intimate with a man, sometimes he feels that when there is a warm body next to him, it doesn’t feel bad. If it continues like this, he worries that he will lose himself.
The next day, they left Zhongshan City and flew towards Kunlun City.
The birds summoned by Yun Xi were really fast, but summoning two at the same time consumed a lot of spiritual power, and he had to land after only flying for a while.
Jiang Chao Ge summoned the yak left to him by Meng Lao for transportation, and he said curiously: “What do you mean by exclusive spirit tool? Why can’t I summon the bird instead of you?”
“Exclusive spirit tools are tools that no one else can use except me.”
“How do you do that?”
“It’s very simple. I add my own blood in the process of making tools. For example, my storage bag can only be opened by myself. If someone else takes it away, it’s just a purse. It can’t be used, nor can they take out the contents. ”
“Hey, this is good, then can my whale storage bag also be made into an exclusive tool, otherwise I am always afraid of losing it, and it contains all my wealth.”
“No, that storage bag is already a finished product.”
Jiang Chao Ge was a little disappointed: “Then next time you will make me another one?”
“Good animal materials are hard to come by.” Yun Xi gave him a gloomy look.
“How about this, you make me a small exclusive storage bag that i’ll put valuables in, and put other supplies in the whale storage bag.”
“This…that’s fine. I’ll look for animal materials in Kunlun City.”
Jiang Chao Ge said excitedly: “Exclusive soul weapon, isn’t it similar to a heavenly soul weapon?”
“It’s similar. Many nobles will hire tool masters to create exclusive weapons to prevent others from coveting them.”
The three of them chatted, traveling under the warm spring sun, and occasionally encountered a few strange beasts on the road, but they were scared away by Zhi Xuan’s glare. The ability of strange beasts to perceive danger is much more sensitive than that of humans. Even if there were those who were too hungry to run away, they were dealt with by the zhen niao or the yak, so the journey was safe and sound.
They traveled by land and air, and finally arrived at Kunlun City a few days later, a full seven or eight days earlier than the time agreed upon with Yu Ren Shu.
Kunlun City is located in the westernmost part of the Tianlang Continent. It is a somewhat barren and desolate city, with not many people. Due to the remoteness, they live a comfortable life in isolation.
Jiang Chao Ge didn’t expect to find any good animal materials here, so he bought a room at a small inn with a silver coin. He and Yun Xi went out to inquire around, and found that Yu Ren Shu and the others hadn’t arrived yet, so they waited for them at the inn.
After waiting for three days, Jiang Chao Ge became a little uneasy: “It stands to reason that they should have arrived before us, why haven’t they come? Could something have happened on the way?”
Yun Xi murmured: “This road is dangerous and treacherous, and anything can happen.”
“Bah, don’t talk nonsense, the three of them are very powerful, nothing will happen to them.” Jiang Chao Ge felt unhappy and deliberately messed up the neatly arranged chopsticks on the table.
Yun Xi hurriedly straightened the chopsticks, and Jiang Chao Ge pushed them into disorder again. Yun Xi frowned and glared at him, Jiang Chao Ge hummed a little tune and left.
One day before the agreed date, Jiang Chao Ge couldn’t sit still. Yun Xi said a lot, this world is too dangerous, what if something happened to those three people, ordinary beasts can’t do anything to them, but what if they encounter ancient beasts, without Zhi Xuan, they will have no defense.
Jiang Chao Ge said: “If they don’t arrive tomorrow, Yun Xi, you wait at the inn, and Zhi Xuan and I will go find them.”
“The world is large, where are you going to find them?”
Jiang Chao Ge said seriously: “From here to Yingcheng, there are several mountains and cities, we’ll look for them one by one.”
In the middle of the night, Jiang Chao Ge who was sleeping was suddenly woken up by Zhi Xuan, who whispered softly, “They are here.”
Jiang Chao Ge sat up abruptly: “Who? Shu?”
“Yep.”
Jiang Chao Ge was overjoyed: “That’s great, outside the inn?”
“They stink strongly of blood.”
Jiang Chao Ge’s expression changed immediately. Just as he and Zhi Xuan were about to run downstairs, the bedroom window swung open, and an indistinguishable face protruded in. The hair and mane were connected together, which was Zheng Chen’s head.
Jiang Chao Ge jumped off the bed: “Qiansu?”
Zheng Chen’s body was too big to get in, Ruan Qiansu jumped in from the window, she was really covered in blood, a complete mess, and when she saw Jiang Chao Ge, she let out a sigh of relief, “You are still alive.”
Jiang Chao Ge asked urgently: “What’s wrong with you?”
“We were chased by Ming Yin Guild and Fan along the way, and we had to take a long detour, and almost missed the meetup date.” She said, de-summoning Zheng Chen back into the weapon.
Yu Ren Shu and Long Xiang also jumped in from the window, and sure enough, they all looked like they had fought bloody battles and were covered in wounds, which shocked Jiang Chao Ge.
Yu Ren Shu was surprised when he saw him: “How are you doing so well?”
The concern that Jiang Chao Ge had just brewed was instantly dissipated: “Why can’t I be well?”
Zhi Xuan snorted: “I said I would protect him, so I will do it naturally.”
Jiang Chao Ge said: “Zhi Xuan, go and call Yun Xi over.”
“Who is Yun Xi?” Yu Ren Shu looked around vigilantly, “People from the Ming Yin Guild are likely to chase here.”
“Don’t worry, they don’t dare. With Zhi Xuan around, unless Xiao Xue comes, the members of the Ming Yin Guild won’t have the guts to provoke him.”
Long Xiang touched the blood on his face: “Not necessarily, those people are so bold.”
Jiang Chao Ge looked at the young boy’s immature face covered in blood, felt a little distressed, and handed him a towel: “Zui Yu?”
Zui Yu came over quickly, took the towel skillfully, and wiped Long Xiang’s face, making Long Xiang’s face flush.
After a while, the sleepy Yun Xi was called by Zhi Xuan, and when he saw a room full of bloody people, he quickly shrank into a corner in fright.
Long Xiang wondered: “Eh? Isn’t this the beggar I met on the street that day?”
Jiang Chao Ge explained: “He is the owner of the other half of the jade pendant, and is Chen Xiangyu’s apprentice. Chen Xiangyu entrusted him to me.”
Yun Xi said in a muffled voice: “My teacher didn’t entrust me to you, it was because you refused to return the jade pendant.”
Jiang Chao Ge coughed lightly: “Anyway, this kid looks a little dull, but he is both a spirit tool craftsman and a spirit priest, so hurry, clean up and let him heal your wounds.”
Yun Xi said in a softer voice, “How much will you pay me?”
Jiang Chao Ge replied, “Pay as much as you want, let’s do it.”
“But I’m sleepy……”
Zhi Xuan glared at him: “Why are you sleeping, trash!”
Yun Xi silently went to get the medicine.
Yu Ren Shu sat down on the stool, looking extremely tired, he took a deep breath, and told Jiang Chao Ge about their experiences along the way, and Jiang Chao Ge also talked about theirs.
Vocabulary-
Kunland Immortal Boundary is what I chose over Kunland Fairyland or Wonderland, as it seems to fit better.
Ming Yin Guild is what I decided fits best as the evil beast society.
