17. To the White Forest

The next day, Meixiang and the others had an early breakfast to discuss their further tasks.

"Uncle Tian, you have to improve your speed."

"Brother Zihan, familiarize yourself in using bow and arrow. You're already familiar with sword so familiarizing a long range weapon would do good to you."

"Brother Feng, your physical condition isn't good. Do some exercises, White Forest is a good place to increase your reflexes. A magician with good physical condition is more powerful."

"Brother Hua, your water magic's lethality is weak but when you reach level seven, you can freely turn your water to ice. Cultivate more."

"Brother Lei, you are powerful. Put your guard on everytime."

"Brother Ling, continue to study the prescriptions. With your progress, I can say you'll finish all the prescription of stage two in a week. By that time, we will set a camp and stay for a while so you can concoct a second stage pill successfully and be able to breakthrough to become a tier two heavenly doctor."

"Old Leng and Auntie Tian, the both are weak and not young anymore. Just stay safe and wait for a good news."

Tian Ling and Bai Zihan just sigh with this obvious favoritism---AGAIN!

Meixiang bring out small crystals and everyone get one each.

"Break those crystals when you are in danger for others to find your location."

Everyone nodded and safekeep their own crystals.

"Now, I want to discuss the seriousness of the matter first regarding the ancient beast that was about to be born months from today."

Everyone's mood became more tense. Yes. That's ancient beast. They restrain themselves from looking at Xian Ji's way.

"Everyone must know there are four kinds of beasts existing in this realm. The normals beasts, spiritual beasts and the last two are ancient and divine beasts."

"Beast tamers can and only tame the first two. The reason for this are ancient beasts and divine beasts are too powerful that they are the one who choose the person they wanted to contract with-if ever there is. Unfortunately in the past century there is no news of a person who have contracted these kinds of powerful beast."

Everyone was stiff. If this was the case...then.

Again, they restrain themselves to turn their heads toward Xian Ji's way.

"Then everyone must think that contracting this about to be born ancient beast is impossible to be contracted."

"It's not actually impossible. It is because this ancient beast was born. A new born ancient beast is different from a grown up one. In order to contract a new born one, you just have to put a blood in the surface of the egg's shell before it hatches."

"But. I said it's not impossible BUT it is not also easy. It is for the reason that when an ancient beast was born, there would be a great fluctuation of qi in the sorroundings that will attract spiritual beasts nearby."

"Discussing the good side first, these beasts can be captured by us and if you eye your beast partner among these then it is good. The other beast if not to be tame then we can still benefit by getting their cores for our cultivation. Also with the fluctuation of qi around, those who can cultivate should cultivate."

"Looking at the bad side, these beasts are to protect and kneel to the new born ancient beasts. These beast may outnumber us. Not only this beasts are our problems but also the practitioners nearby. Once the new born ancient beast descended from the heaven, it will also attract other cultivators."

"So to solve the matter with the beasts, we have the entire five months to prepare. In five months, we will capture or kill as many spiritual beast we can inside the White Forest. Use the beast cores for cultivation and the rest, save them. In the capital, beast cores and spiritual crystals are the acceptable currency while only few accepts gold and silver."

"Also in that five months, we have to familiarize ourselves inside the White Forest. In this case, escaping from cultivators if we're in disadvantage would be an easier task. Don't worry, if we can't handle it by ourselves, I have a backup plan."

Everyone think of Master Shi Jinhai. On the other hand, Meixiang thinks of a little girl in pink dress in live action.

"Little Xiang, I'm just curious. You said the other cultivators will only know an ancient beast will be born when it will descend from the sky, then how did you know this?"

Everyone gulps. Ofcourse they also have a thought of this last night but was not brave enough to ask this to their young miss. When she discuss the matter with the ancient beast their attention was set on the special beast taming technique and a summoner's another unique ability ignoring another more important matter. They only recognize the pecularity of the matter that their young miss who can predict that an ancient beast was about to be born when they went to bed. Even seeing their young miss early in the morning, they have no strong will to ask this another of many questions their young miss can do.

But Tian Ling is too brave. Idiot rather. Everyone gave him a thumbs up mentally. To his idiotness rather.

They also wanted to know okay!

Tian Ling their sacrificial lamb looks at Meixiang purely curious not knowing his companion's thoughts.

"Ofcourse! Xiang-er is the best! She is the smartest and also the strongest!"

Everyone's excited mood dropped. Meixiang chuckled at her Auntie's statement.

"Pff. Maybe this is the reason Little Xiang favor you." Tian Ling retorded.

"Oho are you saying Xiang-er is being unfair?"

"Mother, don't twist my words! We all can see Little Xiang's favoritism towards mother and Old Leng." Tian Ling who turn his head to his Brother Zihan and everyone to ask their support but was only abandoned by his so called family.

They all look away from Tian Ling's pleading eyes. They are wrong! Tian Ling is brave! He is brave! He is the bravest!

They carefully observe their young miss not chuckling anymore. She is raising her right eyebrow hearing things from Tian Ling.

"Little Xiang, tell me if I'm wrong. You gave them two puppets to assist them. Even the others only get one each. But me a weak young man who can't cultivate wasn't given one. Also Brother Lei, he also needs an assistant when he's practicing refining before but you didn't give him one. Then the interspatial ring. And many more when we're still in Long Dynasty. Oh let's not forget last night. You said you'll find an ancient or divine beast for them. You always said they are weak and old. I'm also weak and also too young to protect myself. Little Xiang, you forget this brother of yours."

Everyone's back was soak with sweat.

"Is this everyone thinks?"

Everyone when heard this from their young miss was trembling inside.

Father Tian who is calmer than the rest almost wanted to pull his son and threw him in the nearby cliff. He look at his son and said,

"You ungrateful thing! Give back to young miss the fire inside your body and the books you are reading to become heavenly doctor!"

"No! I just randomly said this. I didn't think it's unfair and also I'm not ungrateful. Hmp Now I forget why the topic came here. Oh yeah I just casually ask mother then she said being words about being unfair then so I listed things out." Tian Ling didn't lose his momentum. "Little Xiang, I'm just curious why you favor mother and Old Leng the most?"

Meixiang took a sip of tea and put down her cup and calmly said, "Six months ago I said let's show off and bribe each other in the future. Up to today, no one aside Auntie and Old Leng gave me anything. You only can show off but can't bribe me. What's good things with you." nodding like realizing something she added, "Realizing now, yeah I really like them more than the rest of you here."

Old Leng cough too shy to respond to this. Auntie Tian gave a proud smile.

The others are dumbfounded. If this is the case they must learn to cook now right!

Favoritism isn't bad. As long as they doesn't think she's being unfair to any of them, it is all good.

Meixiang didn't mind to explain the matter of wanting to find divine or ancient beast to contract with Old Leng and Auntie Tian. It is actually with a big reason behind.

That morning, after eating their breakfast they early departed on their way to the White Forest.