Fortunately, Li Tianming still had some family property in Lihuo City. After being expelled from the City Lord's Mansion, the mother and son still had a place to stay.
The new residence was a shabby courtyard that had not been cleaned for a long time and lacked many daily necessities. Li Tianming was busy for a long time and finally settled down.
He knew that he would not live here for too long. After obtaining the "Yanhuang Order" that could enter the Yanhuang Academy, he would leave Lihuo City.
At night, Li Tianming did not leave his mother's bedroom until his mother fell asleep peacefully.
"Little brother, you did a good job today." Under the night wind, Li Tianming took down the little yellow chicken on his head. This guy used his hair as a bird's nest.
"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and take out the "spiritual ore" you got today, I'm hungry." The little yellow chicken was already impatient.
The spiritual ore it was talking about was the "precious jade" that Li Yanfeng gave to him after divorcing his wife and abolishing his son. It was enough money for two mortals to live a lifetime.
The so-called spiritual ore is the ore between heaven and earth. It is born after being nurtured by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and the spiritual essence of the earth veins for a long time. It has various magical spiritual essences and can be used to forge weapons. It also has many other functions.
"Baoyu" is also a kind of spiritual ore. It contains a huge amount of spiritual energy of heaven and earth, which is beneficial to beastmasters and companion beasts. Therefore, it is also used as the "currency" of beastmasters. The value of each piece of gem is higher than gold, silver and jewelry.
There are several kinds of "baby jade" that can serve as circulating currency. Among them, "fire jade" containing "flame spiritual energy" is the most popular in Suzaku Country. In addition, there are gold jade, thunder jade, etc., which are all daily circulating currencies and can be used to purchase many cultivation resources.
Li Tianming took out all the gems he got in the morning, spread them on the table and counted them. There were about two hundred fire jades and about fifty gold jades.
"It's quite generous. It's enough for two ordinary people to live two lives." Li Tianming sneered.
A lifetime of love, in exchange for these things.
"What is this?" The little yellow chicken pointed to a pattern on these gems and asked.
"This is called the Heavenly Mark." The fire jade and gold jade on the table all have a fine red pattern, which cannot be washed away by water. This is the 'Heavenly Mark'. Only those who have the Heavenly Mark can be called 'Spiritual Minerals'.
It is said that the Heavenly Mark is the embodiment of the will of heaven and earth, and contains the secret of the original power of heaven and earth. Many high-level beast masters are comprehending the Heavenly Mark to break through their own limits and control the power of heaven and earth. Therefore, the full name of the Heavenly Mark is 'Heavenly Mark'.
"There are nine colors of Heavenly Marks, namely red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, black and white. Red Heavenly Marks are the lowest level, and white Heavenly Marks are the highest level. Spiritual Minerals with white Heavenly Marks are definitely rare treasures. It is said that white Heavenly Marks are extremely complex, just like a pattern array."
So far, Li Tianming has only seen red Heavenly Marks, orange Heavenly Marks and yellow Heavenly Marks.
These precious jades in front of him are just red Heavenly Mark Spiritual Minerals. Although they are the most common, they are also of certain benefit to Li Tianming's current realm of cultivation. The release of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth contained in the gems can accelerate the transformation and condensation of the beast essence.
"What heavenly patterns, mess, they are all delicacies in front of me." The little yellow chicken muttered, and actually jumped to catch up, opening its mouth to eat these gems.
"Brother, don't make fun of me, this thing is for refining, not for eating." Li Tianming knew what it was going to do when he saw its posture. Normally, the cultivation of beastmasters and companion beasts does require gems to accelerate, but first the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the gems must be released, and then absorbed and refined together.
"You know nothing."
Li Tianming was surprised to see that the little yellow chicken opened its mouth and swallowed these gems one by one, like eating small candy beans.
"It tastes good, very chewy." After eating more than a dozen fire jades containing "fire spiritual energy" in a row, it was already on fire, its face was red as if it was drunk, and it even burped a few times.
"Damn it, you eat stones, aren't you afraid of constipation?" Li Tianming was dumbfounded. He had never seen a companion beast eat spiritual ore directly.
"Country bumpkin, you are ignorant. I can digest this broken thing in a quarter of an hour. Do I need to poop it out?" The little yellow chicken burped again. Too much spiritual energy from heaven and earth gathered in its body. The burning heat wave burst out from its body. It has successfully turned into a burning turkey.
Li Tianming took a long time to react. After thinking about it carefully, this thing is an ancient chaos beast. The name sounds awesome. Eating spiritual ore raw is nothing.
"Try one too. It tastes good. We are real men. Of course, we specialize in eating hard things like this." The little yellow chicken was still not satisfied. He picked up a fire jade and handed it to Li Tianming.
"Is this the reason why you attacked the male fire feather bird during the day?"
"Get lost!" The little yellow chicken was extremely embarrassed and took out the fire jade and stuffed it into Li Tianming's mouth.
Li Tianming wanted to spit it out, but after thinking carefully, after being recast by the blood of the companion beast, he could also be regarded as an eternal purgatory body. It could absorb and refine it by eating it raw, so couldn't he?
The fire jade entered his mouth, burning Li Tianming's throat like strong liquor, but it didn't seem to hurt much. Then it entered his stomach, like a bowl of hot soup. He could clearly feel that under the encirclement of gastric juice, the fire jade actually began to melt, and a huge amount of flame spirit energy burst out, burning his entire body!
Huh!
He opened his mouth to breathe, and directly sprayed out a string of flames, and a large amount of flame spirit energy rushed out.
"Don't spit it out, it's a waste!" The little yellow chicken looked contemptuous.
Li Tianming's face was red, and he looked at himself who was burning all over his body. It was like a dream. He was simply a monster!
But it is undeniable that he, like the Eternal Purgatory Phoenix, can eat spirit ore raw! This is also one of the bloodline abilities of this ancient chaos beast!
"If the same fire jade is refined, at most one-third can be absorbed. However, if it is eaten raw like this, it feels like there is no waste at all, and the absorption effect is more direct. The flame spirit gathers in the stomach, and it is refined by the 'Eternal Purgatory Sutra' and directly converted into beast essence into the beast vein."
"In this way, as long as I have enough precious jade, I should be more ferocious in cultivation."
He laughed. No wonder the little yellow chicken can keep eating, but the flame spirit did not burst him. It turned out that when it was 'eating', it was also running the Eternal Purgatory Sutra to transform beast essence. In this way, the beast essence of both of them was rapidly expanding.
In the dilapidated courtyard, if others saw what was happening now, it would simply subvert their worldview.
One person and one chicken, sitting together, eating one precious jade at a time, like cracking melon seeds, eating and chatting at the same time, the key is that the person and the chicken are on fire.
Li Tianming is now very clear that the ancient chaos beast hidden in his companion space is absolutely a terrifying existence. In a short period of time, the innate ability brought to him by this little yellow chicken alone is terrifying enough.
Huge beast veins, eternal purgatory body, immunity to fire attributes, eating raw spiritual ore, etc.
"Brother, how much do you know about the ancient chaotic beast and yourself?" Li Tianming found some fine wine and drank it with the little yellow chicken with the "precious jade".
"I'm not pretending to be profound. I'm really more confused than you. When I opened my eyes, I only knew that my name was 'Eternal Purgatory Phoenix' and that I was one of the ancient chaos beasts. That's all." The little yellow chicken was drunk, lying on the stone table with his feet facing the sky.
"I once saw a scene where a dark hand appeared." Li Tianming recalled.
"You also had this dream!" The little yellow chicken jumped up and stared at Li Tianming excitedly.
"You saw it too?"
"That's natural. I have had this scene since I was born, so I guess that I used to be a being that ate the sun raw, but was hunted down by the dark hand. Then, before I died, I was reborn because of some opportunity and became your companion beast, surviving in another way." The little yellow chicken said seriously.
It seems that it actually has some ideas about its current situation.
Of course, this is just its guess, and it is not known whether it is correct.
"Do you know if there is any way to restore your strength and take me with you at the same time, so that I can be as awesome as you were back then?" Li Tianming asked.
"I don't know. I only know that there are countless things hidden in my blood, but I need a lot of luck and opportunities to dig these things out." The little yellow chicken said.
It is definitely not powerful now. After all, it is the third level of the beast vein realm like itself, but it is undeniable that if the power hidden in its blood is released, it will definitely shake the whole world.
As for what kind of opportunity is needed, Li Tianming is also thinking.
"The symbiotic cultivation system can make us stronger together. This may be an opportunity." Li Tianming pondered.
"That's right, but I must need more things, such as this spiritual ore. I know at a glance that I can become stronger by eating it raw, but the effect of this spiritual ore is too small. There must be something more effective." The little yellow chicken said.
When it was chased by the dark hand, it transformed its life mode. There must be shackles in its blood that cannot be opened, so the most important thing in the future is to completely break the blood shackles and let it truly return to the peak.
When it came to this, the more than one hundred fire jades on the table were actually eaten by these two guys!
"Damn, I'm still not satisfied!" The little yellow chicken said greedily. Its stomach was a bottomless pit.
"Aren't there still some gold and jade?" Li Tianming was very generous. He put all these precious jades to good use, so he didn't mind spending the lifetime fund given by Li Yanfeng in one night.
"It's all 'metal spirit energy', it's very unpalatable." The little yellow chicken said disdainfully.
It was obviously of the fire attribute, so it was really difficult for it to eat metal. Li Tianming looked at the fire jade and still had some appetite, but the remaining gold jade was indeed tasteless.
"This is easy. I'll go to the Xingchen Chamber of Commerce tomorrow and exchange these gold jades for fire jades."
Fire jade and gold jade are both precious jades, and they are also circulating currencies, but they are applicable to beastmasters and companion beasts of different attributes. Therefore, the Xingchen Chamber of Commerce, the largest commercial organization in Lihuo City, opened a window for exchanging precious jades, and only charged a low fee.
"First, transform the fire jade tonight into beast essence."
There is still a lot of fire spirit energy in their bodies. After practicing this night, Li Tianming clearly felt that he was not far from breaking through to the fourth level of the beast vein realm.
Only when he reaches that realm, can he take the initiative in the final selection of the Yanhuang Academy!
Chatting with the little yellow chicken tonight solved many of Li Tianming's doubts. He is now mutually dependent with the Eternal Purgatory Phoenix. He has roughly some directions. In the future, one person and one chicken, what direction should they move in!
Strengthen yourself, awaken your bloodline, and break through the shackles!
As for what is needed, the little yellow chicken will have the answer when it encounters it.
The next morning, after Li Tianming made breakfast for his mother, he took the remaining fifty gold jades and went to the Xingchen Chamber of Commerce.
He had a hunch that the fire jade obtained after the successful exchange of the gold jade should be enough for him and the little yellow chicken to break through together!
When Li Tianming went out, Lihuo City became very lively because of the marriage of the city lord, and the gossip that Li Tianming and his mother were divorced and abolished had also spread...