Chapter 726

After inspecting the Human World Fireworks and looking at Qingming, Wei Yuan always felt that he had overlooked something, so he followed his own heart, possessed a Dharma Form warrior, and walked into the medicine garden.

Entering the medicine garden, Wei Yuan discovered that this medicine garden had grown by another circle, at least three or four thousand mu larger. The speed at which the old Daoist Chuhe expanded the medicine garden was chasing Qingming; if it weren't for the fact that the old Daoist had just added more than two hundred helpers, Wei Yuan truly doubted whether he could handle it.

The newly opened area had very ordinary spiritual energy, barely touching the edge of spiritual land, but not by much. True Lord Chuhe had built several greenhouses here and was currently directing the cultivators to drive some cattle and horses into the sheds.

The cattle and horses were quite outstanding in appearance; the horses were warhorses, but Wei Yuan didn't recognize what the cattle were. Wei Yuan walked to the side of the old Daoist Chuhe and asked, "Where did these cattle come from?"

True Lord Chuhe stroked his beard and said: "Those few cyan ones have the bloodline of the Cyan-Backed Divine Cattle, just a bit thin. Those dark red ones over there are descendants of the Doushuai Vermilion Cattle. These few are the last spiritual beasts; any further down and they would be top-tier common beasts. But what I want are common beasts.

When the time comes and I have a large number of breeding cattle in hand, I can breed them in large quantities and then hand them over to mortals to raise. Within five years, there will be herds of cattle and horses in Qingming, and everyone will have meat to eat."

Spiritual cattle were one thing, but warhorses were war resources. True Lord Chuhe bought spiritual cattle and spiritual horses from merchant caravans, all carefully selected breeds, and then prepared to breed them himself. In the future, when the number of high-quality warhorses increased, they could also be sold externally; these were goods even more sought after than armor.

Just as he was explaining, a warhorse suddenly neighed not far away, and a black warhorse reared up, spraying clusters of cyan whirlwinds from its nostrils.

The old Daoist Chuhe couldn't care about Wei Yuan, rushed up in a stride, snatched the reins from the cultivator's hand, personally pacified the warhorse, and then turned his head and said angrily: "What is going on?! Why provoke it?"

The cultivator said unconvinced: "This horse is stupid and stubborn. I kindly told it about the way of survival, but it insisted on arguing with me, saying what I said was wrong. The disciple started arguing with it, who knew that it couldn't win an argument with me in three sentences and wanted to use its hooves!"

The old Daoist Chuhe waved his large sleeve, immediately knocking the cultivator over, and said angrily: "You still dare to argue with it? Did I pass on the Beast-Controlling Heavenly Heart to you for you to come and argue? These cattle and horses are much more precious than you useless people! If you don't serve them well, you still want to consolidate your Dao Foundation? You still want to go further?"

The more the old Daoist spoke, the angrier he became, and with a wave of Dao power, he gave him a sound thrashing.

The cultivator admitted his mistake repeatedly, only then did the old Daoist Chuhe calm down slightly, and then said sternly: "Go apologize!"

The cultivator went to the exotic spiritual horse unwillingly and apologized in a low voice, but who knew that the horse let out a long neigh and turned its head to the side.

The Dharma Form warrior possessed by Wei Yuan asked the cultivator who was watching the fun beside him: "What is that horse saying?"

The surrounding cultivators had all cultivated the Beast-Controlling Heavenly Heart, and immediately said: "It said, it can't hear."

The cultivator had to say sorry loudly, but the spiritual horse said again: Is a sorry all there is?

The cultivator's nameless fire rose: "What else do you want?!"

The spiritual horse reared up and neighed: "You all look, what kind of attitude is this?"

True Lord Chuhe's face was livid, and he wanted to use private punishment again. The cultivator was under the eaves and had to lower his head, apologizing to the spiritual horse in a low and humble manner. Only then did the spiritual horse calm down and say: "Wouldn't it have been fine to do this earlier? Tell me, when you were arguing with me just now, what were you really thinking in your heart?"

What was he thinking? He still had to say what he was thinking? The cultivator finally couldn't bear it anymore and shouted: "Whoever cares! I'm not doing this anymore!"

"Hmm? Not doing it anymore?" Wei Yuan heard a key point, and his avatar instantly surged with killing intent, his gaze turning cold.

At this moment, the spiritual horse raised a hoof, pointed at the cultivator and said: "Hmph, you all look, not even pretending anymore, right? From the first moment I saw you, I knew you weren't a good person..."

The cultivator roared: "You aren't a good horse either!"

"Scum!"

"Rotten horse!"

Wei Yuan walked between the cultivator and the spiritual horse, interrupting the argument. The spiritual horse originally wanted to give Wei Yuan a hoof, but after sensing Wei Yuan's aura, all its bristling fur instantly smoothed out.

Wei Yuan looked at the cultivator and said calmly: "You just said, you don't want to do it anymore? If you don't do it, where do you plan to go?"

The cultivator sized up Wei Yuan and said: "And who are you? Where I go is none of your business?! I am also a Dao Foundation cultivator now. If I find a small place outside to stay, who wouldn't have to call me a Dao Foundation Ancestor when they see me? Do I need to suffer the anger of these cattle and horses in this place?"

The spiritual horse was furious and stepped on him with a hoof.

Fortunately, the surrounding cultivators also cultivated the Beast-Controlling Heavenly Heart, so they hurriedly pulled the horse away, some feeding it beans and some brushing its fur, finally pacifying it.

Wei Yuan said lightly: "Your Dao Foundation was given by Qingming. You can leave if you want, but leave the Dao Foundation behind."

The cultivator was also a stubborn one, stiffening his neck and saying: "The Dao Foundation was cultivated by myself, and now it has nothing to do with Qingming! Besides, what kind of thing are you to manage my affairs? Did I cultivate to the Dao Foundation through all kinds of hardships just to be a head shorter than others and be humiliated? Is there still any law in the world?"

Wei Yuan frowned slightly, didn't bother with him, sealed his sea of consciousness with Dao power, and then said: "Abolish the Dao Foundation and drive him out of Qingming."

Another cultivator who cultivated the Beast-Controlling Heavenly Heart suddenly stepped out and said loudly: "Why not let him speak?"

Wei Yuan said coldly: "You want to leave too?"

The cultivator was somewhat afraid, but still gathered his courage and said loudly: "I don't want to leave! But I want to defend his right to speak! Which law says that even speaking is not allowed?"

Wei Yuan said: "I already said it very clearly just now."

The cultivator still blocked Wei Yuan's path and said stubbornly: "No matter what he did, you can't stop him from speaking!"

"Move aside!" Wei Yuan had no more patience.

The cultivator bit his lower lip, opened his arms, and just wouldn't move.

Wei Yuan finally looked at him and said: "He violated the blood oath; I was already very generous by not activating the curse oath. You know this and still quibble; how much silver did Zhao Guo give you to be worth your selling your life like this?"

"Zhao Guo?" The cultivator seemed somewhat dazed.

"Take him down and investigate carefully." Wei Yuan gave an order, and several duty cultivators rushed over and took this cultivator away as well.

At this point, Wei Yuan's good mood was completely gone. He said to True Lord Chuhe: "Are there many such cultivators recently?"

True Lord Chuhe sighed: "I hadn't heard of it before; perhaps it's because there are too many people who have cultivated to the Dao Foundation in this batch, and the good and bad are mixed."

Wei Yuan's spiritual sense swept across the entire medicine garden, and the originally noisy area suddenly became quiet. Many spiritual cattle and horses that were still manic suddenly became as silent as cicadas in winter, and some even had their legs soften and sat directly on the ground.

In the silence, True Lord Chuhe's smile gradually disappeared.

Wei Yuan finally said: "Uncle-Master, you have always been generous, and you spend more time with spiritual beasts than with people. But no matter how cunning spiritual beasts are, they are not as fickle as the human heart. Life in Qingming is a little better now, but the situation is actually as precarious as eggs piled up.

I cannot be fair to everyone, nor can I satisfy everyone. Now I must concentrate all resources, strengthen myself as much as possible, and win every battle that can be won. Only in this way, when a strong enemy comes to the door one day in the future, will we not regret not working hard enough."

Wei Yuan sighed and said: "I know Uncle-Master wants to plead for the two people just now, but they did violate the rules. Don't say those things that shouldn't be said. Otherwise, everyone will think that hiding in the medicine garden and hiding behind you will allow them to do whatever they want."

Chuhe opened his mouth, finally smiled bitterly, and said: "It's my soft ears; I'm used to being a pushover."

"It doesn't matter; these cattle and horses are all very precious, very good. Are there already so many guinea pigs? Wouldn't it be that by the end of the year, everyone will have one? Wait... in the shed over there..."

As soon as Wei Yuan mentioned this, the old Daoist's spirit was lifted, and he said: "Those in the shed are all descendants and relatives of Brother Snake! Come, I'll take you to see them!"

Wei Yuan followed Chuhe into the shed, opened the door, and felt his scalp tingle.

There were several types of terrain and several types of climates in the shed, and then there were dense, large and small snakes everywhere, some snakes entangled with each other, even winding into a huge snake ball.

Wei Yuan's expression was a bit strange: "Are these also for eating?"

Chuhe hurriedly said: "They are all related to Brother Snake, how can they be eaten? I raise them here; first, there are snake sloughs every year, which are all top-tier medicinal materials. Second, there will be a large amount of venom and poison sand, which is also of great value. Third, those that haven't broken their shells don't count as the snake tribe, and those without vitality don't count either. So there are still many eggs to eat usually. These eggs are very nourishing and especially fragrant when stir-fried!"

Wei Yuan nodded; sure enough, Chuhe had unique insights in planning the spiritual pet and spiritual medicine industry.

However, Wei Yuan also had doubts; he didn't understand why the old Daoist suddenly brought back so many spiritual beasts for breeding. Previously, he only raised some guinea pigs, which were only for hot pot for himself and his foster fathers.

Chuhe replied that ever since the immortal dog's head fell into Qingming, the spiritual energy of the entire Qingming had risen sharply toward the direction of spiritual beasts. As long as these spiritual beasts were raised for a long time and given some Qi Luck, they might be able to advance in the future. Every time a spiritual beast advanced a level, the price would start at ten times.

This direction was something Wei Yuan had overlooked; fortunately, True Lord Chuhe noticed it.

Wei Yuan went to look at the spiritual medicine again and was about to leave when the spiritual horse suddenly broke free from the cultivator, ran to Wei Yuan, and said: "I want to be your mount!"

Wei Yuan was stunned, and the old Daoist Chuhe was also full of surprise. The tone of this spiritual horse's voice was very strange, but it was indeed speaking human language.

Seeing Wei Yuan not answering, several cultivators wanted to come up and pull it away, but the spiritual horse was anxious and shouted: "Don't listen to that scum's nonsense, I am a good horse, I haven't been ridden by anyone yet!"

Wei Yuan and Chuhe looked at each other.

Wei Yuan lowered his voice and said softly: "Uncle-Master, is this... your newly worshiped foster father?"

The old Daoist Chuhe was categorical: "How is that possible! It is still a bit short of the Dharma Form, at most a foster brother!"

"Oh..." Wei Yuan nodded and said to the spiritual horse: "There are many cultivators in Qingming, why choose me?"

The spiritual horse sighed and said: "Originally, I favored the World Lord; although his reputation is not very good, at least his position is high! But I waited for several days and didn't see him, and I didn't see any good people among the rest, until I met you.

To be honest, you are just average in appearance, ordinary in bone structure, and your Dao path is cut off; other than that, there are no shortcomings, which is better than those few Dao Foundations. I couldn't wait anymore, it had to be you."

The avatar Wei Yuan was using now was a Dharma Form warrior, just entering the Dharma Form, and what the spiritual horse said was not wrong at all, but he found it grating no matter how he listened.

With Wei Yuan's current strength, an ordinary spiritual horse was just a burden. But he wasn't his original body now, but a Dharma Form warrior, so it was barely acceptable to match this Dao Foundation-perfect spiritual horse. Moreover, this horse's cultivation was mediocre, but its spirituality was terrifyingly high, so it could be considered an exotic species.

So Wei Yuan nodded and said: "Good, then you will be my mount from now on."

The spiritual horse let out a long neigh, joyful and encouraged.

Wei Yuan bid farewell to Chuhe, and one man and one horse left the medicine garden. Wei Yuan asked: "Can you fly?"

"Short distances are fine, long distances are a bit strenuous."

Wei Yuan nodded, mounted the horse, and galloped toward Ding'an City. The spiritual horse jumped ten zhang in a light leap, jumped over obstacles directly, and its speed was like lightning, much faster than the Dharma Form warrior flying himself.

Halfway through the gallop, the spiritual horse suddenly said: "It's settled then! I will only let you ride me from now on, and I will never let anyone else touch me! You are not allowed to be fickle and like a horse every time you see one."

Wei Yuan didn't like his exclusive mount being used by others either, so he agreed immediately.

"If you really fancy another good-looking horse in the future, you are not allowed to..." The spiritual horse paused, then seemed to sigh, and changed its words: "Forget it, it's better not to let me know. At that time, as long as you don't come to find me again, I will naturally know it's time to go..."

Wei Yuan felt this was a bit strange, but he didn't think much about it. He had other important matters to attend to, so he galloped straight toward the high mountain outside Ding'an City.

(End of chapter)