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Chapter 1149 - 911: Eat Like Crazy

[Special Mission: White Tiger]

[Task 3: Shi Hu has been accepted as a contract pet. Reward: Exclusive Pet Collar +1 has been issued]

[Task 4: Raise Shi Hu’s favorability to three hearts. Reward: Divinity +2]

When Jiang Yuan saw the new task, he knew the system was worried that the favorability hadn’t been cultivated enough for effective action. Anyway, the favorability won’t drop; once it’s raised, it’s settled for good. If disobedient, the Demon-Subduing Pestle and Collar will strike!

"Come, I’ll give you a collar like Yan Xuan’s, you can contact me anytime if there’s any situation." He took out the collar just issued into the Storage Bag and lowered his voice, saying: "You should have sensed the power of the Heavenly Dao Laws, wearing this collar, even in the event of death and the eventual loss of Dao, I have a way to resurrect you."

Shi Hu was still savoring the strange feeling of being constrained by the Heavenly Dao Laws. Hearing this, he was startled by the unexpected offer, "Master, you’re not joking, are you?"

With inside information, Yan Xuan proudly raised his head, "Hmph! The master is too lazy to joke with you. Not only does he possess vast divine power to bring you back from the dead, but he can also casually replace your spirit root!"

"Spirit roots can be replaced? How come the more you say, the more outlandish it sounds?" Shi Hu was utterly baffled. If it weren’t for Yan Xuan’s aura being much stronger and his temper being aggressive, capable of lashing out instead of babbling, he wouldn’t believe it in his heart, yet he dared not speak forcefully.

Yan Xuan looked at him with a foolish expression, "The master can resurrect you and reshape your true form, then changing a spirit root is nothing, isn’t it?"

He was still confused, "Then, from where do these spirit roots originate? They can’t be crafted from thin air, can they?"

"Your physical body can be created from thin air, why can’t the master..."

Before Yan Xuan could refute, Jiang Yuan raised his hand to stop him, "It’s fine, there’s no need to hide this from you all, come with me, after seeing it, make sure not to reveal the heavenly secrets."

Since rescuing Shi Hu again, the first meeting added 200 points to the favorability, and the rest increased only when he displayed his strength.

He immediately understood—the old tiger admires strength.

Unlike Yan Xuan and Ling Di, foodies have different taste; giving him something tasty might not work. Just petting and feeding daily to increase that fixed favorability wastes too much time.

Anyway, planting spirit roots is nothing shameful; shocking Shi Hu consecutively + boosting favorability lays the groundwork for completing the task early.

With curiosity, the two contract pets entered the spirit field, and Jiang Yuan signaled them to ascend the stone steps and fly up through the clouds.

"Can you recognize what these are?" Upon reaching the cloud field, he bent down and touched the half-grown spirit root.

The extended green leaves supported a red flower bud waiting to bloom, clearly a Fire Spirit Root, though not yet mature, and its quality was unknown.

For ease of movement, Shi Hu mimicked Yan Xuan’s actions and shrunk his body, resembling a puppy-sized tiger, tilting his head to sniff, "Such strong spiritual power and vitality, what’s planted here?"

"Looks like..." Yan Xuan glanced left and right, suddenly having a flash of insight, "Master, are you cultivating spirit roots?! This thing can actually be grown? Shennong’s methods are terrifying!"

"Unbelievable! Never heard of this before! Aren’t spirit roots supposed to grow within cultivators themselves? How can they be grown from earth, oh no, clouds?"

Jiang Yuan seized the opportunity to set Shi Hu’s collar parameters and revealed the secret, "Indeed, what’s growing in this cloud field is spirit roots.

Xiao Bai previously only had a medium quality Water Spirit Root. At the time of resurrection, I specially replaced it with top-grade dual Water and Wood Spirit Roots, so he recently started studying the Wood cultivation technique City Lord Yuan gifted him."

Speaking, he took a finished spirit root from the Storage Bag, displaying it: "In a few years, when these flowers in the cloud field bloom, what blooms will be spirit roots."

Shi Hu rubbed his eyes hard, looking astonished and a bit silly.

He felt doubtful if he was dreaming, but with the shiny spirit root sitting right there, he worshipped his newly recognized master profoundly, with favorability surging.

"Master, if outsiders knew of your abilities, it would be unbelievable, wouldn’t it mean that having anything you desire is possible?" Shi Hu finally understood why Senior Yan Xuan enthusiastically calls "Master" so joyfully, sweet-talking was pleasing, even a share from the master’s fingers was gratifying!

Jiang Yuan finished his show, putting away the spirit root and chuckling, "The current Heavenly Dao is flawed, Evil Cultivators run rampant, while many virtuous individuals’ paths get cut off solely because they naturally lack spirit roots, such a shame.

The spirit roots I cultivate are given to destined individuals for free, allowing them to embark on the cultivation path.

With good character, new-generation cultivators are many, and the entire cultivation realm environment improves, becoming stronghold protectors of the righteous path. For those of poor character, even with Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures offered, I would never sell spirit roots to them.

Moreover, for a cultivator to replace a spirit root, they must first die once; not everyone qualifies for me to pay the cost, change the spirit root, and revive them.

Therefore, letting the world know only brings more trouble, not serves any purpose. Today, I invited you to tour the cloud field to show I’m not speaking nonsense; if you ever require it, I possess top-grade spirit roots to replace for you."

[Shi Hu’s Favorability +1000]

[Shi Hu’s Favorability +800]

......

Seeing the favorability reaching close to three hearts, just shy of completing, Jiang Yuan felt satisfied, motioning to leave with them.

Returning to the small courtyard, it was already noon.