Chapter 67: Mournful Cries, Lingering Without Leaving

Lin Zhangqing thought for a moment and said, "Then leave it to me to try! But the Three-Colored Deer is also a light-attribute spirit beast, and I'm afraid it might see through the Purple Crystal Scorpion's invisibility technique."

"Right now, only you have this ability. It's best if you succeed; if not, no one will blame you," Uncle Ben said.

"That's right. If we went up, we probably wouldn't even have touched the deer hair before they ran off without a trace, so it still has to be you," Uncle Feng also said.

Lin Zhangqing thought for a while and said seriously, "Alright then! I'll go to the leeward position, creep up from there, and release the scorpions. You all stay in ambush here and wait for my signal to act. In case of failure, it's good to be able to leave one behind."

Father nodded and said, "Go ahead, be careful yourself. Although they are auspicious spirit beasts, even a rabbit will bite when pushed to the limit, not to mention this First-Stage late-stage spirit beast."

Lin Zhangqing nodded and said, "Father, don't worry. It will be the same as last time; I'll leave as soon as I release the Purple Crystal Scorpions. I guarantee there will be no danger."

After speaking, Lin Zhangqing carefully moved toward the leeward position. When he reached a place where the others couldn't see, Lin Zhangqing took out the light gauze treasure from his storage bag, draped it over himself, and became invisible.

He began to move slowly toward the Three-Colored Deer. Only now did Lin Zhangqing see clearly that there were a total of three spirit deer, two large and one small; it looked like a family.

Within the coverage of the treasure gauze, he released six Purple Crystal Scorpions; he didn't dare release too many, as the more there were, the easier it was to be exposed.

He let the Purple Crystal Scorpions follow his thoughts, with two attacking one target each, and let them move slowly, trying their best not to be exposed.

The six Purple Crystal Scorpions turned invisible and crawled out of the coverage of the light gauze, slowly approaching the Three-Colored Deer. As they got closer and closer, the stag looked around vigilantly, as if it had sensed some danger.

Lin Zhangqing hurriedly told the Purple Crystal Scorpions not to move. After a long while, the stag finally relaxed its vigilance, moved its body next to the fawn, and began to lower its head to eat grass again.

Considering the stag was more vigilant, he let the Purple Crystal Scorpions approach the doe and the fawn first. After reaching the position, the other two Purple Crystal Scorpions moved toward the stag.

However, they were eventually discovered by the stag when they got close. It immediately made a "yo-yo" sound, and Lin Zhangqing knew they were exposed.

With a thought, the Purple Crystal Scorpions immediately took action. After four mournful screams, the doe and the fawn collapsed on the ground, twitching.

The stag jumped and ran away for a distance, then turned to look at the place where the doe and fawn had fallen, constantly making "yo-yo" mournful cries, lingering in the surroundings and refusing to leave.

Lin Zhangqing put away the light gauze and rushed to the side of the doe and fawn. After a careful check, he confirmed that they had only fainted and were not dead, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

Looking at the stag that was making mournful cries and refusing to leave, Lin Zhangqing felt a sense of unbearable pity in his heart.

A flash of inspiration struck him, and he extended his divine sense toward the stag, conveying the meaning that it should surrender to him and he would guarantee not to harm them.

Lin Zhangqing knew that such a spiritual spirit beast would definitely understand his meaning; it just depended on whether it was willing to surrender to him for the sake of its wife and child.

Seeing the stag looking hesitant, Lin Zhangqing conveyed again that he would guarantee their safety and would not let them be separated.

Seeing the stag still didn't dare to approach, Lin Zhangqing had an idea. Chuyi flew down from high in the sky and landed beside Lin Zhangqing. The stag was startled and retreated more than ten meters away.

Lin Zhangqing ignored it and began to smooth the feathers on Chuyi's body. After smoothing the feathers, he took out a hundred-year Vermilion Fruit from his storage bag, cut it in half, fed it to Chuyi, and threw the other half toward the stag.

The stag was scared and retreated another ten meters. After waiting for a while, seeing there was no danger, it dared to approach the half hundred-year Vermilion Fruit. It sniffed it with its nose, confirmed there were no problems, and then dared to eat it.

Lin Zhangqing communicated with it again, promising that there would often be such Vermilion Fruits for them to eat in the future, as long as it surrendered to Lin Zhangqing, and everything he had just promised was valid.

The stag looked at Lin Zhangqing and Chuyi, then looked at the doe and fawn still lying on the ground.

Then it slowly approached Lin Zhangqing, came before Lin Zhangqing, crouched on the ground, and lowered its head to the ground. Lin Zhangqing reached out and gently stroked its forehead and antlers; the stag trembled all over but did not resist.

This Three-Colored Deer was truly too spiritual, and it was such a beautiful creature that one couldn't bear to hurt it.

Lin Zhangqing had an idea, chanted the incantation for the master-servant contract, and then pricked his finger with the Golden Thread Escape Light Needle, forcing out a drop of essence blood containing his own spiritual energy, and dripped it on the stag's forehead.

It was quickly absorbed by the stag into its sea of consciousness. In his mind, he could immediately sense the stag's existence, and through the contract, he also felt the waves of submission coming from the stag.

He conveyed his meaning to the stag through the contract. The stag nodded very humanely, then got up and came to the side of the doe and fawn. Its antlers emitted a faint cyan light, forming a Spring Return Technique that enveloped the doe and fawn. Soon the doe and fawn woke up, but they still couldn't stand up. The Three-Colored Deer family had a "yo-yo" exchange, and soon the stag nodded to Lin Zhangqing.

Lin Zhangqing understood that the stag had already persuaded them. He immediately chanted the incantation for the master-servant contract and contracted them as well. Using three drops of essence blood in one day, Lin Zhangqing's face was already a bit pale.

He let the stag continue to cast the Spring Return Technique on the doe and fawn. Lin Zhangqing fed them each a Spirit Nurturing Pill, and placed a Jade Healing Pill in front of the doe and fawn respectively.

Lin Zhangqing didn't know if they could consume this pill, so he placed it in front of them for them to decide.

Fortunately, after the doe sniffed it, she "yo-yo" called twice to the fawn, and then ate the Jade Healing Pill. The fawn also followed its mother and swallowed the pill.

He didn't know if it was the Spring Return Technique or the Jade Healing Pill that worked, but after a while, the doe and fawn could stand up, although they were still a bit shaky and weak.

Subsequently, he recalled the six Purple Crystal Scorpions. When the doe and fawn saw the Purple Crystal Scorpions, they trembled violently again, scared to crouch on the ground, and the stag was also scared to retreat several steps.

Lin Zhangqing hurriedly comforted them, telling them that they would all be companions in the future, and the Purple Crystal Scorpions would only protect them and guarantee they would not attack again, telling them not to worry. The few Three-Colored Deer then quieted down.

After recalling the Purple Crystal Scorpions, he let Chuyi fly high into the sky to keep watch.

Only then did Lin Zhangqing send a signal to contact Father and the others to come over. After waiting for a while, the four of them crept over. Seeing the three Three-Colored Deer all beside Lin Zhangqing, they knew he had succeeded.

Seeing people coming, the few Three-Colored Deer all hid behind Lin Zhangqing.

Father, Uncle Feng, Uncle Ben, and the others were all beaming with joy, especially Second Uncle, who liked them so much that he wanted to touch them, but was stopped by Lin Zhangqing. This family had just been subdued, so it was better not to scare them.

Lin Zhangqing recounted the process, saying what could be said, especially emphasizing that the stag had lingered and refused to leave, and he couldn't bear it, so he promised them that as long as they were willing to surrender, he would protect them and not separate them, which was why the stag had returned on its own.

This made Uncle Ben and Uncle Feng a bit embarrassed.

Father stepped forward and said, "How about this, let's value these three Three-Colored Deer at 36,000 spirit stones, and divide it equally among the five of us, which is 7,200 spirit stones each. Old Ben, Old Feng, what do you think?"

After Uncle Ben heard this, he shook his head and said, "Let's value it at 30,000 spirit stones. Saying it's an equal division isn't fair. How about this, Qing'er takes half, and the remaining four of us divide the rest!"

Uncle Feng also said, "Brother Fifteen is right. These spirit stones are like picking them up for free, and we didn't put in much effort. I think it's fine, let's do it this way!"

Second Uncle also spoke up, "Then let's calculate it based on 36,000 spirit stones. Qing'er takes half, and the remaining four of us divide the rest."

Father made the final decision, "Fine, let's do as my second brother said. You all don't decline anymore, let's do it this way!"

"Two uncles, thank you for letting the Three-Colored Deer go to me. Let's do it this way, don't push it back and forth anymore!" Lin Zhangqing also said sincerely.

Seeing the three of them all saying this, the two nodded in agreement.

Seeing it was settled, Father asked, "Then calculating it, it's 4,500 spirit stones each. Do you want spirit stones, clan contribution points, or contribution points?"

After Uncle Ben and Uncle Feng consulted, they decided they still wanted contribution points. It seemed both of them had their eyes on the good things on the Qingyun Sect's exchange list.

Father transferred 900 contribution points to each of them.

Then he said earnestly, "Old Ben, Old Feng, I would like to ask you two for a favor, which is not to tell anyone about our harvest of the Three-Colored Deer for now, at least until we return to Nine Peaks Mountain, don't let others know."

Uncle Ben and Uncle Feng smiled at each other, then said to Father, "Brother Fifteen, we have cooperated for so long, you should know we aren't loose-lipped people. Don't worry! We won't let others know about the Three-Colored Deer."

Lin Zhangqing hurriedly thanked the two uncles for their help and cooperation.

In fact, Lin Zhangqing already had an idea of how to settle this Three-Colored Deer family in his heart. But now there were too many eyes, so he could only wrong them for a while, let them live in the spirit beast bag first, and wait until he found an opportunity to transfer them to the space.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 68 =====