The terms “Qingmiao Flower Demon” and “Enchanting Spirit Fox” actually refer to two broad categories of spirit beasts.
The more common types of Qingmiao Flower Demons and Enchanting Spirit Foxes generally possess strength comparable to a Golden Core stage cultivator once fully grown, placing them at least on the same level as a Sunfire Crow.
The Qingmiao Flower Demon is an exceptionally rare plant-type spirit beast. It possesses powerful spiritual soul energy and is particularly adept at dispelling inner demons and defending against spiritual soul attacks.
Beyond that, they are also quite proficient in illusion techniques. This makes them highly suitable as spirit beast companions for the cultivation world, especially for cultivators who face risks and troubles from inner demons.
However, the specific abilities of a Qingmiao Flower Demon depend on the exact type of spiritual flower it originates from. For instance, Miaoling Flowers, Qingling Flowers, and Hundred-Eyed Flowers each have their own specialized strengths, though spiritual soul defense, dispelling inner demons, and illusion techniques are abilities common to all of them.
Compared to the Qingmiao Flower Demon, the abilities of the Enchanting Spirit Fox are much simpler, focusing primarily on powerful spiritual soul energy and illusion techniques.
Its illusion abilities are so renowned that many cultivators have bestowed upon it the title “Enchanting,” clearly indicating just how formidable its powers are.
The bloodline potency of an Enchanting Spirit Fox, indicated by the Enchanting Mark on its forehead, can range from the second to the fourth tier. The stronger the bloodline, the greater its innate talents.
These two types of spirit beasts are just so rare that Qi Ping found it incredibly difficult to believe they would appear within the Qingyuan Sect.
“Naturally, I’ve heard of them. The Qingyuan Sect actually has such rare spirit beasts? And they’re willing to sell them?”
Qi Ping found it somewhat hard to believe.
In other words, the situation for Qingyuan Sect disciples probably wasn’t very good; otherwise, why would they be willing to part with such hard-to-find spirit beasts?
To get spirit stones for improving their cultivation, they were actually willing to sell these spirit beasts!
“That’s why you’re in luck, Brother Qi! Any other time, even if I went begging to them, it’s unlikely they’d be willing to sell…”
Meng Yan then went into detail about the specific information for the two spirit beasts.
The first spirit beast, a Qingmiao Flower Demon, was owned by a core Foundation Building stage disciple of the Qingyuan Sect. Due to frequent battles with disciples from other sects recently, he had been injured multiple times and had suffered serious wounds in a recent fight.
He was now selling off various possessions to exchange for healing pills and pills to boost his strength.
This particular Qingmiao Flower Demon’s original form was the Hundred-Eyed Flower. Its bloodline grade was high within the second tier, and it was currently still in its infant stage.
Price: Nine thousand spirit stones.
As for the second spirit beast, the Enchanting White Fox, its bloodline grade was also high within the second tier, infant stage, and currently only had one Enchanting Mark.
This spirit beast came from a senior sister that Meng Yan was quite familiar with.
Price: Eight thousand spirit stones.
Meng Yan had someone verify both of these infant spirit beasts; there were no issues with them.
After pondering for a moment, Qi Ping quickly made his decision.
He wanted them both!
These two spirit beasts were both extremely rare spiritual soul-type spirit beasts. Qi Ping was certain that if he missed this opportunity, even after breaking through to Foundation Building, it would be very difficult for him to encounter another one.
He currently had two available animal companion slots. In a little over half a year, once his Druid level increased again, he would gain another contract slot.
The bloodline and innate talents of these two spiritual soul-type spirit beasts were quite good. For Qi Ping at his current stage, they were absolutely rare and excellent spirit beasts.
Whichever talent he ended up sharing, he definitely wouldn’t be at a loss!
In this situation, Qi Ping naturally wanted them both!
The only problem was that his current spirit stones were only enough to buy one of them. He needed to figure out a way to get the spirit stones for the other one.
“Brother Meng, please help me purchase the Hundred-Eyed Flower Demon! I also want the Enchanting Spirit Fox, but I assume your senior sister isn’t in as much of a hurry. I’ll try to raise some spirit stones during this time, and then I’ll buy it! That is, if it’s still available then…”
The characteristics and advantages of both spirit beasts were very substantial. They would both be very useful to Qi Ping, and it wasn’t obvious which one was superior!
The reason he chose to buy the Hundred-Eyed Flower Demon first was that the senior brother selling it was clearly more pressed for time. If Qi Ping didn’t buy it soon, the seller might reduce the price further, and whether it would still be available for Qi Ping then was hard to say.
After saying this, Qi Ping immediately went out and visited Boss Gao, selling a few talismans there to gather the nine thousand spirit stones.
Once he had the spirit stones, Qi Ping returned to Meng Yan’s courtyard and handed all the stones over to him.
“Brother Meng, I’m troubling you with this!”
“It’s nothing, I just had someone make the connection. I estimate it will take two or three days for it to be delivered. I’ll notify you once it arrives!”
“Alright!”
After settling this matter, Qi Ping hurried back to his mountain peak and immediately started accelerating the growth of Hundred Spirit Grass. He also had the Bee Queen start cultivating another batch of Brewer Big-Bellied Bees.
To get his hands on the Enchanting Spirit Fox as soon as possible, Qi Ping decided to ramp up the production of Nourishing Spirit Honey, even if it meant temporarily slowing down his own cultivation progress.
As long as the output increased, and by selling some more of his possessions, he should be able to buy the Enchanting Spirit Fox before it was sold to someone else!
Although rashly increasing production might bring some risks, it was worth it for such a rare spirit beast.
He could always claim the Nourishing Spirit Honey was from some old stock.
Even if it attracted some covetous eyes, the risk was within Qi Ping’s ability to handle.
Having made his decision, Qi Ping threw himself into the work with great enthusiasm.
Under the effect of his Plant Growth skill, Hundred Spirit Grass was cultivated in a steady stream.
A new batch of Brewer Big-Bellied Bee eggs was also quickly laid…
After Qi Ping had been working fervently for three days, his messaging talisman finally received a message from Meng Yan.
[Brother Qi, the spirit beast has arrived!]
Just that simple sentence made Qi Ping’s heart stir with excitement.
It’s finally here!
Qi Ping then put down his cultivation work and, taking Ya Ya and the bee swarm, immediately rushed to the Greenstone Market.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, he would be contracting his third animal companion today!
However, when Qi Ping arrived at the Greenstone Market, an unexpected situation did occur!
Because today, he wasn’t just going to contract his third animal companion—he was going to contract his fourth as well!
Back in Meng Yan’s courtyard, Qi Ping stared at the two spirit beasts, the Hundred-Eyed Flower Demon and the Enchanting Spirit Fox, each in their own spirit beast pouch, and was completely stunned.
Meng Yan had bought them both!
“Brother Meng, why did you buy both spirit beasts?”
“Last time, you said you wanted both, right? I exchanged the token you brought back for two thousand three hundred spirit stones. Plus, I have plenty of spirit stones on hand, so I went ahead and bought it for you in advance!”
Meng Yan had also learned that someone else was interested in buying the Enchanting White Fox.
So, to prevent Qi Ping from missing this opportunity, he took the initiative to purchase the Enchanting Spirit Fox as well, without notifying Qi Ping first.
Hearing this, Qi Ping felt deeply grateful. However, he didn’t immediately agree outright. Instead, he first made it clear to Meng Yan that he would repay Meng Yan ten thousand spirit stones within six months, and Meng Yan had to accept this.
Faced with Qi Ping’s insistence, Meng Yan could only agree.
Seeing Meng Yan agree, Qi Ping finally felt comfortable taking away these two spirit beasts that he found incredibly appealing.
As for the extra two thousand spirit stones he would repay, he considered it a small token of his gratitude to Meng Yan.
