Chapter 20: Lucky Encounter

Observing the elusive footsteps, Su Wen had a guess. When the fire cloud fox disappeared, he approached and sniffed carefully.

"The Spiritual fluctuations of that fire cloud fox are also abnormal."

After being able to mobilize Spiritual Power, Su Wen seemed to gain an extra sense out of thin air, and the range of information he could perceive also increased.

The Spiritual fluctuations of this fire cloud fox were somewhat chaotic.

This was also the key to Su Wen's discovery of abnormalities.

At the same time, having just mastered Spiritual Power, Su Wen was not very familiar with this kind of perception, so he did not notice it at the beginning.

After sniffing the scent left by the fire cloud fox, Su Wen also roughly confirmed his guess.

There is another fox-type Spirit Beast around, and it is proficient in Spiritual Power.

Most likely, it's also a vixen.

Su Wen felt that since the fire cloud fox was male, the other one should not be male either from the way it was walking clearly having had a great time...

Following the scent of the fire cloud fox in the opposite direction, Su Wen quickly found a cave.

"Fortunately, not far away."

Su Wen did not rush into the cave because he sensed a strong Spiritual fluctuation.

"It has an enchanting nature."

If it weren't for the reinforcement of his Spiritual Power by the monkey wine, plus the wise effect of his own Book Martial Spirit, keeping his mind clear, Su Wen wouldn't even consider continuing now.

Feeling the enchanting nature of Spiritual Power fluctuation at the entrance of the cave, he wondered if he should confront it head-on?

"No, First, find a way to confirm her species."

Su Wen quietly left and returned to the transparent ape's cave, this time only stealing a catty of monkey wine.

With the monkey wine, he returned to the fire cloud fox's cave.

A strong aroma of wine wafted into the cave.

Su Wen hid in the distance, observing the entrance of the cave through the cracks between the trees.

Swoosh!

A figure appeared, incredibly swift.

"Phantom Fox!"

Through its appearance, Su Wen quickly identified its species, feeling excited inside.

This one is perfect!

Moreover, as the Phantom Fox's alert gaze scanned the surroundings, Su Wen also saw it head-on.

"Three eyes!"

Three-Eyed Phantom Fox!

A mutated Phantom Fox.

'It has top-grade Spiritual attribute'

At this moment, Su Wen couldn't help but marvel at his luck. First the monkey wine and now finding a mutated Three-Eyed Phantom Fox!

"Although the its Spiritual attribute is not good at Spiritual impact and other methods, it excels in constructing illusions!"

For Su Wen, this is simply the best auxiliary Spirit Ring to compensate for the limitations of the mimetic training ground.

"Moreover, this Phantom Fox mutated into three eyes. Maybe its Spiritual Power is stronger, and it has attack capabilities."

Su Wen felt the Spiritual fluctuations of this Three-Eyed Phantom Fox, and he became somewhat puzzled.

"It's no longer an enchanting nature, but rather a feeling of entrancement."

Soon, he figured it out.

This Three-Eyed Phantom Fox excelled in illusions, and its Spiritual Power fluctuations were adept at leading targets into entrancement, thus pulling them into illusions. It's just that previously it was playing around with the other fox, hence the enchanting nature.

Tsk tsk, it must have been quite playful!

"Her Spiritual fluctuations are also very strong, probably capable of launching Spiritual impacts."

Hunting down this Three-Eyed Phantom Fox might be a bit troublesome.

Su Wen wasn't in a hurry. He bid his time and wait for the best opportunity!

"Anyway, I've reserved myself a full three months to hunt down Spirit Beasts."

When he left New Moon Village, Su Wen had accumulated Origin Soul Power for about half a year, which was roughly equivalent to a level three Soul Power.

These naturally were not enough. Adding on the month spent on the road and the month already spent in the forest, Su Wen's accumulated Origin Soul Power increased by another level.

This was partly due to his training speed and partly due to the effects of the monkey wine. Even though he didn't have the blessing of Little Sweet Potato for the following month, his training speed was not affected in the slightest. In fact, it became even faster.

Besides the improvement in Spiritual Power and the cultivation of Soul Power, the effect of the monkey wine on Su Wen's physique growth was also very noticeable.

With the assistance of his Internal Strength and External Strength, after digesting everything, Su Wen felt absorbing a thousand-year-old Spirit Ring would not be a problem.

And the cultivation of this Three-Eyed Phantom Fox was astonishingly just at the thousand-year-old mark!

So Su Wen couldn't help but marvel at his incredibly good luck.

...

It must be said that Su Wen indeed had patience.

After discovering the Three-Eyed Phantom Fox, he lurked around for a full month.

"The fire cloud fox has left, now is the weakest moment for this Three-Eyed Phantom Fox."

Quietly sneaking into the entrance of the cave, Su Wen took out a specially made aphrodisiac, using the separated Martial Spirit book page to send it deep into the cave.

Previously, when the fire cloud fox was present, Su Wen had secretly administered this drug, which also resulted in the fire cloud fox limping away when it left with a satisfied look on its face.

Of course, that wasn't the main point.

The main point was that there were two other fox-type Spirit Beasts in front of the fire cloud fox.

After three days of indulgence of happy time, this Three-Eyed Phantom Fox must have been weakened to the extreme.

That's also why Su Wen waited for a month.

He waited for a long time, planned for a long time, just to make the Phantom Fox go into heat to such an extent for three consecutive days.

Now, once again injecting a large dose of aphrodisiac, the Three-Eyed Phantom Fox completely succumbed.

Watching a two-legged fox approaching, she closed her three eyes, unmoving, quietly waiting for the "new fox" to come closer.

Splat.

But what greeted her was dagger entering her head.

"Tsk tsk, a thousand-year-old Spirit Beast is nothing special." Su Wen boasted, hands on hips.

Indeed, for a thousand-year-old Spiritual attribute Spirit Beast to be killed by a Spirit Master like him who hadn't even obtained a second Spirit Ring was simply astonishing.

Of course, Su Wen's thorough preparation was the key.

As for why he had prepared such comprehensive means in advance, it was naturally because Su Wen had thought everything through.

"There's no way around it, the biggest difference between humans and Spirit Beasts is the use of tools."

If my strength is inferior to yours, then I'll use tools.

Su Wen wasn't a fool.

It was already dangerous enough for him to hunt Spirit Beasts alone, so why would he insist on brute force and risk his life?

"I should hurry up and absorb the Spirit Ring, then leave the Star Dou Great Forest. It's been three months since I last contacted Old Jerry; he's probably worried."

A faint Purple Spirit Ring emerged from the body of the Three-Eyed Phantom Fox.

Su Wen sat cross-legged, drawing the Spirit Ring onto himself.

It was a familiar feeling, a familiar process.

This time, Su Wen directly used Soul Power and Origin Soul Power, causing the influx of Soul Power from the Spirit Ring in his body to merge into the Martial Spirit Space, and quickly used it to fuel the evolution of the Martial Spirit caused by the essence of the Spirit Ring.

Even so, the Soul Power from the Spirit Ring still made Su Wen feel like his meridians were about to burst.

"Indeed, the risk of absorbing a Spirit Ring above one's level is too great."

Ordinary people really couldn't handle it.

Su Wen had already tried to assess the difficulty of absorbing a thousand-year-old Spirit Ring as high as possible, yet it was still so terrifying, indicating the level of difficulty involved.

As time passed, the pain Su Wen needed to endure became smaller and smaller. Finally, he had extra energy to use this Spirit Ring absorption to attempt opening up his Sea of Consciousness.

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