Pursued by the Top Grade Saintess after Engagement Annulled-Chapter 272 - 270: Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python and Profound Beebird

Chapter 272: Chapter 270: Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python and Profound Beebird

Xia Feng couldn’t quite distinguish the difference, but from what Nine Evils said, it seemed much more powerful than the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Grass.

Besides, the Dream Realm Pearl was an existence even more formidable than the Void Cauldron. The strands of aura it actively released were enough to make Xia Feng pay serious attention to this grass.

He looked up and glanced at Nine Evils, who had reverted to its original form, its four eyes filled with intense heat and longing for the Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Grass.

"Should I consume it now?" Xia Feng frowned and asked.

Nine Evils turned and glanced at him: "Does the master have other plans for this grass?"

Xia Feng didn’t speak, only hesitated slightly: "Not exactly..."

After a moment of hesitation: "Forget it, go ahead and eat it."

After saying that, he indeed turned around, no longer looking at the Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Grass.

He wanted to research it a bit, but this thing was obviously of great use to Nine Evils.

If he took it away for research, it would be fine if he could discover something.

If nothing came of it, and it ended up destroying the Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Grass...

Xia Feng felt it was better not to take that risk.

He always missed Sun Yazhu at times like these; if she were here, she’d certainly be more reliable.

When Nine Evils opened its mouth and swallowed the Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Grass, pathways of Great Dao Rules emerged on its body, as if forcibly infused into it.

Nine Evils was rolling on the ground in pain, with the wounds made by the Great Dao Rules being healed again by waves of nine-colored energy.

Even if Xia Feng wanted to help, he felt there was nothing he could do and could only stand by anxiously.

The centipede crept over at this time, with a hint of envy in its eyes: "It sure is lucky."

"I’ve never heard of Heaven-Swallowing Grass evolving into a nine-colored form."

Xia Feng turned to look at him, recalling that this beast had guarded the Heaven-Swallowing Grass for quite some time for him.

He thought for a moment and took a bottle of elixirs out from his Storage Ring to throw to the centipede.

"Perfect quality Beast Spirit Pills, twenty of them, should be enough for you to refine up to the Celestial Tier Ninth Layer Martial Sovereign."

The centipede’s eyes showed excitement, carefully catching the bottle with its mouthparts, and then, not knowing where it stored it, only a flicker of the Power of Space was seen, and the bottle disappeared.

"Thank you, Emperor’s Son, thank you, Emperor’s Son."

The centipede was almost ecstatic; the Heaven-Swallowing Grass wasn’t very useful to it, even the Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Grass was just an embellishment.

But Beast Spirit Pills were different; these could boost its capacity to devour Demonic Qi and stimulate its comprehension of the Great Dao.

A whole twenty pieces, if used sparingly, could even advance a segment on the path towards becoming a demigod.

However, all this required time to accumulate.

But it was satisfied enough; it originally thought it’d perish at the hands of the Emperor’s Son, and now not only did it survive, but it also gained benefits.

While the centipede was rejoicing, Nine Evils stopped thrashing and collapsed inside the cave.

The surrounding space had expanded quite a bit due to its previous frenzied movements.

Xia Feng took a couple of steps forward, looking somewhat worried: "How is it?"

Nine Evils’ voice was weak but couldn’t mask the joy: "I’ve broken through."

Xia Feng carefully examined the current state of Nine Evils. Originally a Two-headed Heaven-Swallowing Python, it now had just one head, with faintly nine-colored halos around its earth-colored body.

He was slightly skeptical: "What is this..."

Nine Evils shrank and re-coiled around Xia Feng’s wrist, yet Xia Feng was still somewhat puzzled. Nine Evils once said that consuming the Heaven-Swallowing Grass might produce a third head, but how come it now only had one?

Nine Evil’s serpent body affectionately rubbed against Xia Feng’s wrist a few times: "I sensed the master didn’t like me having two heads, so I made a choice."

"But it’s not entirely discarded; if I want to fight in full form, I can grow nine heads."

"Though that requires some time to cultivate, it won’t be quick."

Xia Feng was astounded: "Nine heads? Isn’t that like a Hydra?"

Nine Evils paused: "It should be more like a Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python, right? But I now have the Celestial Tier Ninth Layer Martial Sovereign cultivation."

Xia Feng was even more surprised and, upon careful probing, couldn’t help but marvel.

After consuming the Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Grass, Nine Evils had advanced a major tier. If more spirit medicines were obtained in the future, would it be possible to mass-produce Martial Sovereigns?

He recalled the mist that drifted out of the Dream Realm Pearl earlier, his heart growing a little fervent.

But Nine Evils quickly dispelled his thoughts: "But being able to advance so much was because the Heaven-Swallowing Grass was supposed to be my companion spirit grass."

"I just don’t know why the spirit grass I was guarding then was something else, while the centipede guarded a Heaven-Swallowing Grass that was useless to it."

Xia Feng regained his composure: "Perhaps there’s some kind of secrecy involved."

Though he said this, he didn’t intend to ask further. After greeting the centipede, he left the cave.

Just as Feng Yu arrived with his newly contracted exotic beast, Xia Feng looked at the bird flying next to him carefully and was momentarily perplexed.

"Profound Beebird?"

Xia Feng’s tone was filled with astonishment, and it was a Profound Tier Ninth Layer Martial Sovereign level Profound Beebird.

He paused and spoke hesitantly: "Why don’t I help you find a more suitable one?"

But Feng Yu didn’t catch on to that and was quite pleased to show off: "I think the Profound Beebird is great."

He then looked at Xia Feng’s expression, suddenly realizing: "Ah, although it’s at the Profound Tier, it’s very fast in flight. With my Great Dao’s enhancement, even a demigod can’t catch up."

Xia Feng’s face twitched: "I mean, don’t you think it’s a bit too small?"

Indeed, the Profound Beebird was about the size of Xia Feng’s palm. Making it carry Feng Yu across half of the Endless Sea would surely exhaust the little bird to death.

Nine Evil’s snake tail rubbed on Xia Feng’s wrist: "Master, exotic beasts can enlarge themselves, too. It’s likely it shrank, just like me, to conveniently follow its master."

Xia Feng paused, then looked at Feng Yu and the Profound Beebird. Since there was nobody else around, he spoke quite bluntly.

"The Endless Sea is very dangerous; the location on the treasure map lies deep within it. There might be treasure, or it might just be a ruse."

"More likely, the path is filled with ambushes set by the Beiman Empire, either humans or demon beasts."

"The Endless Sea is already dangerous, possibly even more so because of these factors."

"Are you and your newly contracted exotic beast truly willing to follow me into such peril?"

He was answered by Feng Yu’s resolute gaze and the Profound Beebird’s helpless expression.

Xia Feng chuckled lightly: "Alright, since both of you have decided, prepare your things, and we’ll set off in half a month."