"Ah! It was so cold. Ah! My body hurts." Jing Feng lay on the empty ground, trembling non-stop. Gradually, he fainted.
The green light on the unconscious Jing Feng's body kept flashing. It was very beautiful. The range of the green light grew larger and larger, gradually enveloping Jing Feng as if it wanted to fuse with Jing Feng's physical body and soul. At this moment, Jing Feng was completely unconscious and could only allow himself to be slaughtered.
Just as Jing Feng was about to be fused with the Heart of Wood, something strange happened once again. Suddenly, a seven-colored light burst out from Jing Feng's body and gradually wrapped around the green light that had been emitted from Jing Feng's body. The amount of spiritual energy produced by the seven-colored light was far inferior to that of Jing Feng's master, Reverend Ling Ku.
After a struggle, the green light was gradually swallowed by the seven-colored light and fused together. After the green light was unintentionally refined by Jing Feng, a round wooden branch gradually appeared beside Jing Feng.
From the outside, it looked like a very ordinary cylindrical wood. It was two feet long and had four sections. The top section had three thin branches with scattered green leaves. However, if one looked closely at the veins on the thin leaves, they would find that the veins were like lifelike green dragons. It was extremely magical.
After about twelve hours, the sky gradually brightened. Jing Feng gradually woke up as time passed and the pain disappeared.
"Why is my face wet? It's like something is licking me. It's so itchy.”Jing Feng muttered to himself with his eyes closed. "Ah, a ghost! Jing Feng opened his eyes and a huge head appeared in front of him. Jing Feng was so frightened that he rolled back and almost fell into the water.
"Roar!" A long whistle came out of the snake's mouth happily.
Jing Feng felt that the long howl sounded a little familiar. He rubbed his large, intelligent eyes and carefully looked at what the big head that had appeared in front of him was.
"So it's you! Xiao Hei. I thought it was a ghost. Your head is really big. By the way, were you the one who licked me just now?”Jing Feng asked after seeing that the big head had transformed into a snake.
Snakeform used his large head to approach Jing Feng once again. He stuck out his large tongue and licked Jing Feng's small face before nodding towards Jing Feng.
"Oh right!" Jing Feng pushed the snake's head away and said angrily.
"Why did you throw me out just now? I hit my head and it hurts so much. Also, it's all your fault. I accidentally ate a stone and my stomach hurt for a long time. Tell me what to do, Little Black.”Jing Feng said as he knocked on the snake's head.
Actually, Jing Feng did not know that he had refined the heart of the ancient spirit wood, the Dragon-Subduing Wood, by chance. This caused the Dragon-Subduing Wood to unwillingly acknowledge him as its master.
"Wuwuwu!" The transformed snake used his big head to nudge Jing Feng's weak body, as if it felt extremely wronged. Actually, the Snake Transformation could not be blamed. The seal created by the Dragon Subduing Wood was not something that a High Rank Spiritual Beast like the Snake Transformation could withstand.
"Alright, alright, stop bowing. I've forgiven you, okay? Seriously, now carry me to the other side. Don't throw me out again this time.”Jing Feng said as he rubbed his little head, which had landed on the ground the last time.
"Eh? What is this?" Jing Feng saw a green tree branch not far from him.
Jing Feng looked at the branch carefully and said,"Oh, it's just an ordinary branch. Let's go, Little Black, take me to the other side. Jing Feng ignored the Dragon Subduing Wood and rode the snake to the other side.
Jing Feng jumped down from the back of the snake and stood on the ground to stretch his back. He twisted his neck that was hurting from the fall. When he turned his head, he saw that the Dragon Subduing Wood had actually followed him. He muttered to himself,"Eh? Wasn't this the branch from before? Why did it run to the shore by itself? How strange." Jing Feng looked at the Dragon Subduing Wood with a puzzled expression.
" I don't care about it anymore. The sky is already bright. I'd better hurry up and find the way back to the Spirit Mist Cave so that I won't get lost again when the sky turns dark. It's too scary here at night." Jing Feng said with lingering fear.
"Xiao Hei, I'm leaving. Are you coming back with me?”Jing Feng asked.
Snake Transformation looked at Jing Feng, then looked in the direction of Cloud Peak. After thinking for a while, he shook his head. Clearly, he had transformed into a snake because he was afraid that the immortal beasts of Tiandao Sect would discover him.
" Since you're not going, then I'll be leaving. I'll come back to see you, Little Black. Goodbye." Jing Feng waved his hand at Snake Transformation and said.
After Jing Feng left the snake form, he quickly ran in the direction of the Spirit Mist Cave. After running for an unknown amount of time, he gradually felt a trace of fatigue. Thus, he found a flat rock and lay down on it to rest.
"Eh? Why is it still you? Why are you here again?”Jing Feng, who was lying on the rock, turned his head and saw the Dragon Subduing Wood standing behind him. He was very puzzled.
The Wood Heart of the Dragon Subduing Wood had been refined by Jing Feng. The Dragon Subduing Wood could only helplessly follow Jing Feng, or else it would slowly wither.
Jing Feng jumped up from the huge rock and ran wildly. This time, he used all his strength and ran for four hours. He only stopped when he reached the Spirit Mist Cave.
"Hu hu hu! I ran so fast this time. You won't follow me again, will you?" Jing Feng panted.
Jing Feng turned around and saw the Dragon-Subduing Wood floating behind him. He was so frightened that two of his three souls lost their souls. He turned around and ran, shouting as he ran,"Master, come and save me. I don't know what broken branch is following me. Master, master, come quickly!"
When Jing Feng arrived at the place where Reverend Ling Ku cultivated-the Heaven's Spirit Cave, Reverend Ling Ku had already stopped cultivating when he heard Jing Feng's cry for help.
"What's wrong, Jing Feng? Why are you panting? Did something happen?”Daoist Ling Ku asked as he looked at Jing Feng who was panting heavily.
" M-Master,"" Huff huff!" There's something following me, but I don't know what it is.”Jing Feng panted as he spoke.
"What scared you so much?”Perfected Ling Ku asked in puzzlement.
"Just like an ordinary tree branch. I didn't provoke him. He just kept following me. I couldn't get rid of him.”Jing Feng wiped his sweat and said helplessly.
"A tree branch always follows you. Is there really such a strange thing?”Perfected Ling Ku asked in puzzlement.
Just as Jing Feng was about to turn around to see if that strange tree branch had followed him, the Dragon Subduing Wood quietly appeared in front of Jing Feng.
"M-Master, this is it, this is it.”Jing Feng was so frightened that he immediately ran behind Reverend Ling Ku and buried his head in his tattered clothes.
"Hmm? This was…Could it be that this is the legendary ancient spiritual wood, the Dragon Subduing Wood? I've never seen such a strong wood attribute spiritual energy in my life." Tiandao Sect was indeed the number one sect in the cultivation world three thousand years ago. There were many precious books in the sect. Reverend Ling Ku was also worthy of being the number two figure in Tiandao Sect. He read a lot of books and could tell at a glance that this branch was not simple. It was very likely to be an ancient spiritual wood--Dragon Subduing Wood.
"Alright, Jing Feng, stop hiding. It's very likely that you don't even know that you've obtained a treasure. The broken tree branch you mentioned is very likely the ancient spiritual wood--”Reverend Ling Ku said as he pulled Jing Feng out of his clothes.'I'll tell you about the preciousness of wood attribute spirit treasures now. Stand properly.' Reverend Ling Ku berated,"In the world, there are the powers of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, as well as the other two legendary attributes. Gold and fire mainly attacked, water and earth mainly defended, and only wood attribute power mainly repaired. From this point, one could see how precious a wood attribute spiritual treasure was. In other words, if you have a wood-attribute Numinous treasure, it will be of great help to your cultivation in the future.”
"Then Master, you said that this broken branch is a wood-attribute Numinous treasure.”Jing Feng asked anxiously after hearing how precious the Wood Attribute Spiritual Treasure was.
"En! The branch you mentioned is very likely to be the ancient spiritual wood, the Dragon-subduing Wood. Legend has it that the leaves of the Dragon-subduing Wood have dragon patterns and can release the immortal beast Azure Dragon. I've read about the Dragon Subduing Wood in the ancient books of our Tiandao Sect, but I've never seen it before. But why is the Dragon Subduing Wood following you? It's really strange." Perfected Ling Ku asked in puzzlement.
Jing Feng, what have you been doing these past few days? What have you encountered? Can you tell me?" Daoist Ling Ku asked.
"Master, I didn't do anything. I just finished cultivating and suddenly felt like going to the forest at the back of the mountain to play. Jing Feng told Reverend Ling Ku everything that had happened since last night.
"You said you ate a glowing stone. What did that stone look like?”Daoist Ling Ku asked anxiously.
"It's a shiny stone. It's round, like a pearl I saw when I was young. It's so warm in my mouth, but when I put it in my mouth, it kept jumping as if it had a life of its own.”Jing Feng carefully described the shape of the Heart of Wood.
"According to what you said, the ball you ate should be the soul of the Dragon-subduing Wood, the Heart of Wood. Yesterday happened to be the first day of the year, the time when the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was the most abundant. Every year, the Dragon Subduing Wood would spit out the heart of wood at this time to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for its cultivation, but it was accidentally swallowed by you. However, according to the ancient book, the Heart of Wood was very difficult to refine. If one was not careful, it was very likely that the Heart of Wood would fuse with it and become a part of it. It seems that there is a will in the unseen world. The heart of wood has been refined by you, so the Dragon Subduing Wood can only recognize you as its master.”After hearing Jing Feng's description of the situation, Reverend Ling Ku was very certain that the branch was the ancient spirit wood, the Dragon-Subduing Wood, and that Jing Feng had swallowed the soul of the Dragon-Subduing Wood, the Wood Heart.
"Oh right, Master, I forgot to tell you. I also made a friend at the back mountain of Cloud Mist Peak. His name is Xiao Hei. He's very big, but he treats me very well.”Jing Feng then told Reverend Ling Ku about the snake's appearance and what happened last night.
Reverend Ling Ku listened in puzzlement. According to what Jing Feng said, the monster he encountered last night was an Ancient Magical Beast, the Snake Transformation. It was very likely that it was the one that Evil Sect's Left Protector, Xie Lu, had tamed back then. After the great battle, Xie Lu died and the Snake Transformation escaped quietly because it was no longer under control. I thought that it had already escaped from Tian Long Mountain, but I never expected that it would be cultivating in the back mountain of my Cloud Mist Peak. According to your description, the realm of this Snake Transformation is far from the level of a Magical Beast. It is only a Spiritual Beast at the moment. Before the snake evolved into a magical beast, its voice was like a baby crying loudly, and its face was in the shape of a snake. After evolving into a magical beast, the snake's face would change and its spiritual power would increase greatly. It was just that the transformed snake had a cruel personality and liked to kill, so it was difficult to make it submit. Back then, Evil Sect's Guardian, Xie Lu, had fought with him for nine days and nine nights. In the end, he had only managed to subdue him with his Dharma treasure. The level of his snake transformation back then should have been far inferior to what it was now.
"I wonder why this snake didn't hurt this child and instead became friends with him. Sigh! I'm getting more and more confused about this child's fate.”Reverend Ling Ku thought to himself.
"Alright, Jing Feng. Since the Dragon Subduing Wood has acknowledged you as its master, you should take it and treasure it. A treasure like the Dragon Subduing Wood has its own consciousness. As long as you can communicate with it, you can unleash its full power. This will be very beneficial to your future cultivation. As for the other matters, let nature take its course.”Perfected Ling Ku stroked his beard and said.
"It's Master! Your disciple will definitely treasure the Dragon-subduing Wood.”Jing Feng said as he walked to the side of the Dragon-subduing Wood and reached out to grab it.
Suddenly, rays of spiritual light shot out from the body of the Dragon Subduing Wood. When the spiritual light completely fused into Jing Feng's body, the Dragon Subduing Wood disappeared. This kind of spiritual object only needed to be connected to the owner's mind. With a thought, it could fuse into the owner's body and automatically appear when needed. At this point, the Dragon Subduing Wood had truly recognized its master and fused with Jing Feng.
"Very good. It seems that the Dragon Subduing Wood's recognition of its master is not a coincidence. Perhaps this is the will of heaven. Alright, Jing Feng, go back to the Spirit Mist Cave and study the Dragon Subduing Wood. Try to communicate with him. It will be of great help to your future cultivation. I hope you can strive to form the Golden Core as soon as possible. I'm going to the Heavenly Dragon Peak to talk to the Sect Leader about something. I can tell him about your request and let him decide.”As he spoke, a white spiritual mist appeared under Reverend Ling Ku's feet. He stepped on the spiritual mist and floated away.
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