Nalan Shan nodded his head, and went walking over towards Brownie.
Four injured Beast Spirits were lying beside Brownie, and Nalan Shan’s approach immediately made them become wary. Although Nalan Shan had fought to save Brownie, they had not forgotten what kind of relationship Nalan Shan and Wu Jiu shared.
Sensing the Beast Spirits’ guarded wariness, Nalan Shan’s steps paused, and he did not go walking up to them rashly.
“Are all of you alright? I have some medicine for wounds here.” Nalan Shan took out a bottle of medicine, and tossed it over to the cheetah.
The cheetah used its claw to nudge the bottle a little, before it raised its head to look at Nalan Shan cautiously.
“I mean no harm. I know what all of you are worried about. The ties between Wu Jiu and I has already turned to one of animosity and if not for Wu Xie’s rescue, I might really have fallen under Jiang Yun Long’s hands today.” Nalan Shan explained patiently.
The few Beast Spirits were still rather guarded but Brownie just climbed to its feet and stretched out a paw to pick up Nalan Shan’s bottle of medicine before it nodded its head thankfully at Nalan Shan.
Nalan Shan smiled.
“Why did they want to capture Brownie? Because of the Spiritual Bear? But from the way that fella looks, it does not seem to be all that powerful.” Qiao Chu said as he rubbed his chin, staring at the dumb looking Brownie, seemingly not as magnificent looking as his Yin Yang Bear.
Those Beast Spirits were initially rather guaraded. But when they heard Qiao Chu’s words, their eyes suddenly showed a despairing look in them. They seemed to relax their guard a little as the cheetah said.
“That bunch of scoundrels had captured our Spiritual Bear before this. As the Spiritual Bear power of the spirit was severely damaged, it did not even have the ability to open its mouth to talk anymore, the current state it’s in now caused by the severe injuries it suffered as well. We thank all of you here for lending a hand to us today to save us, and I hereby thank you.” The cheetah forced itself to its feet, its head slightly lowered, while the other three Beast Spirits made a gesture to show their gratitude as well.
“Hey, there’s no need for thanks. We do not care what Brownie really is. Since it is one of our companions, we would naturally not allow ourselves to just watch Brownie being bullied without doing anything.” Qiao Chu quickly said.
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Chapter 2015: The Fourth Serene Spirit Tower (2)
Translator: Misty Cloud Translations Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
Qiao Chu’s words warmed the hearts of those few Beast Spirits and the last sliver of guard melted away in their hearts.
“It is also the Spiritual Bear’s fortune that it came to meet all of you.” The cheetah said with a sigh as it turned its gaze over to look at Brownie who was trying very hard to open the medicine bottle.
Brownie then raised its head, to look at the cheetah with a blank look on its face, like it did not understand what the cheetah was saying.
Jun Wu Xie watched the entire scene and one big question rose up in her mind.
Seeing how these Beast Spirits had shielded Brownie with no regard to their own safety, it could basically already be ascertained that Brownie was the Spiritual Bear almost without a doubt, but Brownie’s appearance was completely different from what Nalan Shan had described.
“Tell us, why was Brownie captured before?” Jun Wu Xie opened her mouth to ask.
The cheetah heaved a sigh, and his eyes flashed thickly with hatred.
“Not long after our previous Spiritual Bear leader fell, a new Spiritual Bear descended, which is this bear you call Brownie. The Spiritual Bear has just appeared and is still very weak, and because the fall of the last Spiritual Bear happened under rather strange circumstances, we did not dare raise any fanfare when we discovered Brownie’s identity, but to wait for it to mature in its cultivation. But not long after, we didn’t know how Wu Jiu came to hear the news and knew that the Spiritual Bear had appeared and he led a group of human spirits to forcefully take the Spiritual Bear away.”
“We were to be blamed as well. The fact that the Spiritual Bear’s had appeared was not made known to our Lord Flame Dragon and when Wu Jiu took the Spiritual Bear away, he only said he was doing it under the Spirit Lord’s orders, so we did not think too much about it. But as time went by, we began to feel that something was wrong. We did not see the Spiritual Bear again despite the fact we asked Wu Jiu to let us meet the Spiritual Bear, we were rejected with all sorts of reasons. We had no choice but to investigate into the matter covertly after that and we found the Spiritual Bear in the end. We discovered that the Spiritual Bear had actually been imprisoned, and his power of the spirit had become weaker than when he had first descended upon us!” The weak and frail state of the Spiritual Bear brought great unease to the Beast Spirits and they demanded for the Spiritual Bear from Wu Jiu many times, but were flatly rejected repeatedly. Left with no other choice, they finally mobilized a large group of Beast Spirits and forcibly rescued the Spiritual Bear. But the defences Wu Jiu had set up had been extremely strong and although they managed to save the Spiritual Bear, they paid a high price for it, and they lost track of the Spiritual Bear in the midst of the chaotic battle, not knowing where it had gone.
Over the recent period, the cheetah and its companions had been searching for the Spiritual Bear and they had coincidentally stumbled onto the commotion in the Spiritual Spirit Loft today and fought to defend the Spiritual Bear.
“Where did you find the Spiritual Bear?” Nalan Shan felt that something did not sound right the more he listened. The way Wu Jiu was doing things had far exceeded the extent of his authority. Confinement of the Spiritual Bear. If it was found out by the Spirit Lord, Wu Jiu would definitely be punished.
The Spiritual Bear held great significance to the Beast Spirits and the slightest misstep might very well cause the Beast Spirits to rise in rage. So the Spirit Lord would definitely not allow Wu Jiu to do something like this which showed no consideration for the consequences.
The cheetah drew in a deep breath before he said: “The fourth Serene Spirit Tower.”
“What? The fourth Serene Spirit Tower?” Nalan Shan’s eyes stared incredulously.
The cheetah nodded its head. “It wasn’t long ago that Wu Jiu’s underlings released news that they were going to build the fourth Serene Spirit Tower and that this Serene Spirit Tower would not just serve the human spirits alone but open to all other spirit races to go in to cultivate.”
Jun Wu Xie’s brows knitted together. She had merely stayed just a while in the Serene Spirit Tower the last time and it had already brought so much harm upon the little black cat. The Serene Spirit Tower was completely not a place that other spirit races could cultivate in and Wu Jiu was suddenly wanting to build the fourth Serene Spirit Tower that allowed the other spirit races to access. This was a point that made Jun Wu Xie thought she could smell the scent of a conspiracy brewing.
Volume 21
Chapter 2016: The Fourth Serene Spirit Tower (3)
Translator: Misty Cloud Translations Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
Nalan Shan had similarly detected the abnormality. He had researched into the Serene Spirit Tower for so long and no one knew the dangers of the Serene Spirit Tower more that he did.
According to Nalan Shan’s investigation, once one’s power of the spirit was raised to a certain peak, they would disappear, and those spirit souls who had disappeared could very possibly have become sacrificial victims of the enormous Spirit Fire on the twelfth level.
From the looks of Jiang Yun Long’s powers today, Nalan Shan was guessing that the time of Jiang Yun Long’s “disappearance” would not be much further off.
The Serene Spirit Tower was not a place for cultivation at all, but a slaughterhouse instead. For all the human spirits cultivating in there, they were just like meatstock reared within the Serene Spirit Tower, waiting till their powers become sufficient befo
re they became the Spirit Fire’s “food”.
Nalan Shan completely could not understand why Wu Jiu wanted to build the Serene Spirit Tower.
Because the human spirits that had disappeared from the Serene Spirit Tower were all powerful spirits who once carried the position and identity of Wu Jiu’s First Disciple. With what Wu Jiu was doing, it was just amounting to him diminishing his own sources of power.
There were all just Nalan Shan’s deductions and whether they were completely correct was still not known. But no matter what, the Serene Spirit Towers were still an extremely dangerous existence.
“Where is the fourth Serene Spirit Tower?” Jun Wu Xie opened her mouth to ask. The little black cat’s frail condition had stemmed from the Serene Spirit Tower but Jun Wu Xie was no longer able to go into the Serene Spirit Tower to look into the place anymore, but an uncompleted Serene Spirit Tower would coincidentally be what she could investigate closely into.
“It’s in the forest in the north.” The cheetah said.
“What’s the extent of its construction?” Jun Wu Xie continued to ask.
“It’s half constructed, and the progress seemed to have halted recently again. It was after we rescued the Spiritual Bear that the construction of the Serene Spirit Tower suddenly slowed by quite a bit.” The cheetah answered truthfully.
Jun Wu Xie’s eyes narrowed. She must definitely go look into the situation at that Serene Spirit Tower.
“Do all of you here have any place you can go? If not, why don’t you stay at my place temporarily?” Nalan Shan said, looking at the cheetah.
The cheetah considered it for a moment before it nodded its head.
“I think that you will not be able to return to the Tranquil Dream Forest for the time being.” Jun Wu Xie said.
“Why?” Nalan Shan was a little puzzled.
Jun Wu Xie said: “Since Jiang Yun Long and the others know you, they would naturally know where you live. Brownie just escaped from under their noses and they would surely not let the matter rest so easily. Since they are unable to find Brownie, they would definitely come seeking trouble with you.”
Jun Wu Xie’s words caused Nalan Shan to awaken from his stupor. Wu Jiu’s longing to possess the Spiritual Bear was extremely strong and he would not let go of any opportunity to find the Spiritual Bear.
“Why don’t you go seek the Flame Dragon?” Listening at the side, Qiao Chu could not help but feel curious. Although he had never met the Flame Dragon, but his magical artifact was the Flame Dragon Gauntlets. Since a magical artifact forged from the Flame Dragon’s scales could be so powerful, then the Flame Dragon itself would naturally be much more powerful.
The cheetah shook its head. “It’s not that we do not want to seek out Lord Flame Dragon, but it’s just that Wu Jiu has placed his people in ambush outside Lord Flame Dragon’s cave and the moment we get close, we fear that we will be captured before we can see our Lord Flame Dragon.”
As Wu Jiu increasingly gained the favour of the Spirit Lord, the power he held in his hands grew bigger and bigger, having already surpassed the position of the other spirit races.
“Not going to seek the Flame Dragon is the right thing to do.” Jun Wu Xie then opened her mouth to say. She did not believe that the Spirit Lord could possibly be completely unaware of the matter regarding the Spiritual Bear. It was feared that the fact that Wu Jiu dared to come out to capture the Spiritual Bear so brazenly meant that the Spirit Lord had silently consented to it.
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Chapter 2017: The Fourth Serene Spirit Tower (4)
Translator: Misty Cloud Translations Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
Even if the Flame Dragon knew that Brownie was the Spirit Bear, and also knew that Wu Jiu was intending to capture the Spiritual Bear, it was feared once the Spirit Lord stepped forward, even the Flame Dragon would not be able to protect Brownie.
In the Spirit World, the Spirit Lord held absolute power and no one would be able to go against the Spirit Lord who created the Spirit World itself.
“Then what are we to do now?” The cheetah face looked to be at a loss. Although they had found Brownie, but their identities had been exposed, hence it would be impossible for them to return back to their own caves anymore. As for Nalan Shan’s house, it was thought that it was not any better.
“We go to the fourth Serene Spirit Tower.” Jun Wu Xie said.
“What? Go to the fourth Serene Spirit Tower? What kind of a joke are you making! ? It had been so hard for the Spiritual Bear to escape from that place, how could we let it go back there! ?” The cheetah immediately became flustered.
Jun Wu Xie gazed calmly at the cheetah who was jumping with rage and said: “At times, the most dangerous place is instead the safest place to be. Since Wu Jiu will have sent out many human spirits to locate all of you all over the place, the defence around the fourth Serene Spirit Tower will be diminished. He will never ever guess that any of you will dare go there.”
“What Wu Xie says sounds reasonable. I will go there with you. If anything happens, I will do everything possible to let Brownie escape safely.” Nalan Shan said, agreeing with Jun Wu Xie’s words.
The few Beast Spirits were still rather worried but after thinking about it for awhile, they decided that Jun Wu Xie’s method was the safest and most effective way, and they accepted the suggestion.
“I can’t go back to the Tranquil Dream Forest anymore. Regarding the cultivation for all of you…..” Nalan Shan said hesitantly, as he looked at Jun Wu Xie.
“We have already grasped the method you taught us.” Jun Wu Xie replied.
Nalan Shan’s cultivation method was highly simple. After having gained an initial understanding of it, constant close guidance was not required.
Once the decision was made, Nalan Shan immediately went on to make preparations, and then led Brownie and the other Beast Spirits to make their way towards the fourth Serene Spirit Tower where they hid themselves somewhere near to it.
Jun Wu Xie and her companions then went back to their homes. Towards the things that had happened today, Jun Wu Xie just could not shake off a strange nagging feeling in her heart.
Spirit Fire that constantly grew, human spirits that went missing and the Spiritual Bear who had been imprisoned under the fourth Serene Spirit Tower. Everything and anything about all of it seemed to be foretelling the dangers that was to come. To want to resolve all doubts about the entire thing, the only way was to seek the way from the Serene Spirit Tower.
Jun Wu Xie related everything that happened to Jun Wu Yao completely. Jun Wu Yao just listened quietly throughout and pondered deeply for quite a while, before a strange glint flashed within his eyes.
“You want to to look into the fourth Serene Spirit Tower?” Jun Wu Yao looked at Jun Wu Xie and asked.
Jun Wu Xie nodded. “I cannot allow Little Black to continue to remain so frail. In order to completely solve Little Black’s problem, I need to find the answer from the Serene Spirit Tower.”
A faint smile curled up the edges of Jun Wu Yao’s lips and he stretched his hands out to embrace Jun Wu Xie in his arms.
“Just go do anything you want to do.”
It was about time that he went to see his “old friends” in the Spirit World.
After Nalan Shan went into hiding, Jun Wu Xie and the rest of the companions did not give up on their cultivation. They made their way to the Tranquil Dream Forest bright and early the next morning. For the period they had been in the vast Tranquil Dream Forest before, they had always been the only few human spirits. But today, outside the Tranquil Dream Forest, Jun Wu Xie spotted a group of human spirits dressed in the same uniform as what Meng Yi Liang wore, seeing those human spirits hovering just outside the Tranquil Dream Forest. Jun Wu Xie and the others quietly made their way to Nalan Shan’s house to see, and as expected, outside Nalan Shan’s house, they saw many human spirits guarding the place.
Volume 21
Chapter 2018: I Trust You’ve Been Well
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Translator: Misty Cloud Translations Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
“This bunch of bastards move rather quickly don’t they?” Qiao Chu whispered as he crouched like a cat behind the bushes to look at the human spirits pacing back and forth around Nalan Shan’s house.
“They have their hearts set on capturing Brownie. Little Xie, can you guess why they are so determined to catch Brownie?” Similarly a fluffy “furnatic”, Fan Zhuo stared at the human spirits through narrowed eyes. As his own Ring Spirit was a Weapons Spirit, and just when the furry Brownie allowed him to stroke it as much as Fan Zhuo liked, just seeing these human spirits who were seeking to harm Brownie made Fan Zhuo highly displeased.
Jun Wu Xie shook her head. She had thought it through the entire night, but still could not fathom the reason behind it. Nalan Shan had mentioned before that Wu Jiu did not go to the Serene Spirit Tower to cultivate himself and the highly robust power of the spirit in the Serene Spirit Tower with the constantly growing Spirit Fire did not seem to be an existence that could bring power to human spirits no matter how she looked at it.
Wu Jiu’s powers had not grown by leaps and bounds in recent years and it did not look like he was using the powers of others to turn it into power that increased his might.
Then why did Wu Jiu want to build the Serene Spirit Towers? Why was he still choosing to do that even when he had to sacrifice his own disciples?
“I had not thought that even the Spirit World would also be so turbulent.” Rong Ruo said with a heavy sigh.
The companions observed for a little while more, before the went into the forest to rest.
At that same moment, a shadowy figure silently passed fleetingly through the Spirit World’s sky. Under that dim sky, no one saw a single trace of the shadow’s passing.
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