Chapter 61: Spirit-Devouring Grass

If it were someone else—

To control the Tier 2 magical artifact Azure Sky Crane Feather, they would have had to spend a considerable amount of time practicing flight techniques.

But Xu Zhengyang was different!

All he needed to do was record data such as the relationship between the output power of Martial Dao True Qi and the flight speed of the Azure Sky Crane Feather;

The corresponding relationship between the deflection angle of the wings and turning range;

And the optimal gliding parameters under different wind speed conditions.

Then, based on this data, he would compile a flight-assistance plugin and project its UI onto his retina through AR Vision.

At that time—

Xu Zhengyang would be able to operate it like playing Ace Combat, merely using his thoughts to instruct the flight-assistance plugin whether to turn or fly straight;

To ascend or descend;

To accelerate or decelerate…

The flight-assistance plugin would then automatically adjust the output power of Martial Dao True Qi and the wing posture and deflection angle of the Azure Sky Crane Feather to execute the flight maneuvers!

Precisely because of this—

Xu Zhengyang spent less than a quarter of an hour to complete collecting all the data on the Azure Sky Crane Feather. Using that data, he created a flight-assistance plugin, fully mastering this Tier 2 magical artifact!

After thoroughly gaining control of the Azure Sky Crane Feather—

Xu Zhengyang excitedly activated the Azure Sky Crane Feather and flew around the Floating Mist Mountains, testing the artifact’s performance limits based on his current strength.

After some time—

As his body grew tired and the output power of Martial Dao True Qi visibly dropped—

Only then did Xu Zhengyang reluctantly command the Azure Sky Crane Feather to return to the Twilight Shadow Pavilion.

“Azure Sky Crane Feather truly deserves to be a Tier 2 magical artifact! With this speed and agility, who among Tier 1 cultivators can catch up to me?” Xu Zhengyang exclaimed in excitement.

He pulled out the Twilight Shadow Pavilion Restriction Jade Token and returned to the Twilight Shadow Pavilion.

As soon as Xu Zhengyang stepped through the door—

The Su Sisters immediately came forward to greet him and said, “Welcome back, Senior Brother Xu.”

“Mm.”

Xu Zhengyang nodded and plunged into the Meditation Room to continue the material testing work.

At present—

With the help of the Bodhi Fruit, Xu Zhengyang had gained Divine Sense ahead of time, which was only available to Tier 2 cultivators.

Divine Sense inherently had probing capabilities.

So Xu Zhengyang directly treated it like an electronic microscope, greatly accelerating his material testing speed!

Watching the steadily increasing entries in his database—

Xu Zhengyang felt a genuine sense of fulfillment rise from the bottom of his heart!

…

That day—

While Xu Zhengyang was testing the final batch of Tier 1 spiritual material parameters at hand, he suddenly felt a jolt in his heart.

“Da Fei!”

Xu Zhengyang instantly sensed that it was Da Fei, who had consumed the Spirit‑Nurturing Pill earlier, and had now awakened!

“How is it so fast? It hasn’t even been a month since Da Fei took the Spirit‑Nurturing Pill, right?” Xu Zhengyang muttered, quickly taking Da Fei out from the storage pouch.

At this moment, Da Fei had already transformed from a small beast into a full-grown state, taller than a person!

“Good boy!”

Xu Zhengyang was overjoyed at the sight. He immediately led Da Fei out of the Meditation Room and said to him, “Come!

Attack me with all your strength—let’s see what improvements you’ve made!”

Although Da Fei had not yet developed intelligence—

But with the telepathic bond of the Blood-Oath Beast-Taming Technique, it could still understand what Xu Zhengyang was saying.

Precisely because of this—

When Da Fei heard Xu Zhengyang's words, it let out a loud “Awoo” and immediately pounced toward Xu Zhengyang on all fours!

Thanks to the nourishment of those elixirs—

Da Fei now had surging qi force around its body, and with each movement, gale-force winds raged. Its might approached that of an Innate Martial Cultivator!

Da Fei was Xu Zhengyang’s Spirit Beast, and naturally, the stronger, the better!

Precisely because of this—

Xu Zhengyang was overjoyed upon seeing Da Fei’s current might and shouted, “Good one!”

As he spoke—

Xu Zhengyang neither dodged nor avoided. He immediately activated the Splitting Sky Palm, surging Martial Dao True Qi, and engaged Da Fei in a brawl!

…

Though Da Fei had consumed the Spirit‑Nurturing Pill and grown rapidly to maturity—

It was, after all, a beast that had only recently been born. It hadn’t learned any combat techniques and was fighting purely with brute strength.

Yet even so—

Da Fei still posed a certain level of trouble for Xu Zhengyang.

After all, without using the Silver‑Scaled Battle Armor, Xu Zhengyang was only at the Innate Realm.

Precisely because of this—

Xu Zhengyang still had to expend quite a bit of effort before he finally subdued Da Fei completely.

“Not bad.”

Xu Zhengyang patted Da Fei’s head in satisfaction and said, “With this strength, it seems all those elixirs you ate weren’t wasted.”

“Awoo~”

Sensing Xu Zhengyang’s satisfaction, Da Fei was overjoyed and immediately rubbed its head against Xu Zhengyang like before, acting spoiled.

“Stop, stop, stop.”

Xu Zhengyang backed away repeatedly at the sight and said, “That was cute when you were little. Now it’s just terrifying!”

“Little?”

Through telepathy, Da Fei picked up on this keyword.

Then—

In Xu Zhengyang’s astonished gaze—

Da Fei’s size actually began to shrink at a speed visible to the naked eye, finally reverting to the small bear form it had before eating the Spirit‑Nurturing Pill.

Only then did Da Fei gleefully hug Xu Zhengyang and start rubbing against him.

“This…”

Xu Zhengyang was dumbfounded upon witnessing this scene.

According to the books—

Ordinary Demonic Beasts could only transform once they reached Tier 3, at which point they could freely alter their size and appearance.

Da Fei was currently only Tier 1—

Though it couldn’t change its facial appearance, it already had the ability to alter its body size!

Xu Zhengyang picked up the small panda in front of him, stroking it while curiously saying, “So what kind of bear was your father anyway…”

As Xu Zhengyang spoke—

He took out some freshly harvested Emerald Bamboo Shoots from the Jade Gourd and happily fed the little panda in front of him.

Just as Xu Zhengyang was playing with Da Fei—

Suddenly—

The Restriction Jade Token of the Twilight Shadow Pavilion vibrated in Xu Zhengyang’s arms.

He took out the token—

Yang Hong’s voice came from within: “Senior Brother Xu, it’s me! Quick, open the door!”

Hearing Yang Hong’s voice, Xu Zhengyang chuckled and immediately instructed Su Xiaofang to open the door, while asking Su Xiaotao to prepare tea and pastries.

…

A short while later—

Inside the pond pavilion in the rear courtyard of the Twilight Shadow Pavilion, Xu Zhengyang poured a cup of Spirit Tea for Yang Hong and asked, “What’s the matter?”

After arriving, Yang Hong didn’t hold back—

While eating and drinking, he spoke unclearly with his mouth full, “Wasn’t it recently that the Sect Master purged the traitors from Spirit Mechanism Peak? Now, the line of true disciples on Spirit Mechanism Peak has been cut off, and even the inner disciples number barely a dozen. Manpower is critically short. What’s worse—A Spirit-Devouring Grass had somehow been lurking in the herb garden of Spirit Mechanism Peak. That Spirit-Devouring Grass is quite cunning. Sensing that patrols in the herb garden had become lax, it took the opportunity to run amok, draining the essence from nearly half of the Tier 1 spiritual herbs in the entire garden! Spirit Mechanism Peak is now in complete disarray. Its new Peak Head Elder Gong Jin is so busy his feet barely touch the ground and has no time to deal with the Spirit-Devouring Grass matter.

So he simply issued a notice—Any disciple of the True Essence Sect at the Inner Sect level or above who can capture that Spirit-Devouring Grass will be allowed to keep it for themselves!”

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