Chapter 1498 — Yang Qiqi in Danger
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It had to be said that Yang Qiqi was still very fortunate. She had not gone far before she discovered, beneath a towering and nameless tree upon the snowy mountain, a Snow Lingzhi! Judging by its color, it was a good hundred years old or more. Compared to the Eight-Leaf Grass, this was a true cultivation medicine, seldom seen even among the hidden houses!
Yang Qiqi instinctively glanced left and right all around, and only after making certain there was no one did she steal on tiptoe toward that Snow Lingzhi! She was very excited. Before coming to take part in the trial, she had crammed for a while on knowledge of spirit medicines, and naturally knew how precious this Snow Lingzhi was!
If the earlier Eight-Leaf Grass had been worth five points, then an ordinary Snow Lingzhi would be worth at least a hundred, while this one of over a hundred years was a treasure beyond price! Yang Qiqi had never imagined her luck could be so good. Could it really be this smooth?
But just as Yang Qiqi was joyfully preparing to cut down the Snow Lingzhi, a giant python white all over suddenly darted out from a hollow in the towering tree and lunged straight at her!
Yang Qiqi jumped in fright, and only then abruptly recalled that the materials she had crammed had also mentioned that near natural treasures of several decades' age, fierce beasts often dwelled. These beasts could also sense the spiritual aura of the treasures, and living beside them brought them benefit. In common parlance, they had become spirits!
In truth, to speak of becoming spirits was too mythical a way of putting it. The real situation was a transformation from common beast to spirit beast! When a beast had absorbed enough spiritual energy of heaven and earth, true qi would form within its body, and it would slowly evolve into a spirit beast!
Though not an inborn ancient spirit beast, such an evolved spirit beast was often even more formidable than an ancient one! An ancient spirit beast was merely the descendant of a pure-blooded cultivating spirit beast. It might possess some marvelous talent, yet it need not have any great offensive power, just like the Heavenly Thunder Pig, which had only the ability to seek out natural treasures. As for attacking power, it was not very strong.
But Mighty General was plainly very formidable, able to punch and kick when meeting an enemy. That was the capability of an evolved spirit beast.
Fortunately, Yang Qiqi struck as an assassin, and as an external cultivator of lightness skill, her reactions were surpassingly keen. In the instant the python rushed out, Yang Qiqi instinctively fell sharply back, and only just dodged the python's attack!
Seeing Yang Qiqi retreat, the python did not pursue. It merely stood guard before that Snow Lingzhi, refusing to let Yang Qiqi draw near! Plainly it had already claimed the Snow Lingzhi as its own private prize, and would let no other lay a finger upon it.
"Big snake, let us talk this over. Will you give me that Snow Lingzhi? I truly need it. I need the Ice Palace's right of exchange!" Facing this top-grade giant python, Yang Qiqi had no great assurance of certain victory, and could only try negotiation first.
Had the materials not said so? Some spirit beasts on the verge of becoming spirits were possessed of灵性 and could understand human speech.
"Hiss..." The python flicked its tongue at Yang Qiqi, full of hostility.
"..." A speechless look crossed Yang Qiqi's cool little face. Could this snake understand her words or not?