The Desire to Be Eternal

Chapter 102: Are There People Around?

Months pass. Bai Xiaochun quickly became very familiar with the area on Fragrant Cloud Peak set aside for the Inner Sect. Eventually, the novelty of being a disciple of the Inner Sect began to fade.

He spent most of his time in his immortal cave, either practicing cultivation or concocting medicine in his personal medicine concocting workshop. At this point, he had made some aphrodisiac pills.

She's happy. His goal in practicing cultivation was to live forever, and the higher his cultivation base grew, the longer his lifespan would be.

His main interest was concocting spirit medicines. After all, he still dreamed of concocting a pill that could help him live forever. In order to realize that dream, he constantly worked with spirit medicine. However, the cruel reality of the situation was that after a few months had passed, he found that, due to his bitterness, he had run out of medicinal herbs.

Although the reward for taking first place in a Chosen battle was 10,000 spirit stones, the materials for tier 3 spirit medicines were not sold in the market outside the sect. He could only rely on the people from the cultivator clan to find them for him, and the price was exorbitant.

The best thing to do was to build up enough achievement points to be able to obtain materials from the sect.

"Points deserve ..." he thought as he sat there in his eternal cave, frowning. What he had the least was achievement points. After hesitating, he left his immortal cave and went to the Mission Stele set aside for the disciples of the Inner Sect.

Back in the Outer Sect, the Mission Office was always full, but the Inner Sect was different. All of the Inner Sect disciples were extremely busy, and viewed their time as precious. Only a few people could be seen in the area. Bai Xiaochun walked up and stood in front of the inscription, trying to take the mission.

"That's too dangerous!" muttered. "That doesn't give you enough achievement points! I don't want a long-term mission …. "

Finally, his eyes were fixed on the mission assigned by one of the elders of the sect, which called for the Lifestealer core. For each core provided, 1,000 merit points would be rewarded.

It even provided the most common location to find Lifestealers, who were in the Wildweed Mountains not far from the Spirit Stream Sect. Muttering to himself in thought, Bai Xiaochun recalled the description of the Lifestealers from the fourth volume of spirit beasts. In fact, they were not beasts, but rather magical parasitic life forms.

They will choose a host, a kind of beast, which they then grow as a second head. When the second head was fully formed, the beast would then wither and die, and the mature Lifestealer would turn into Finch Ninedays.

During the parasitic phase of its life, it is very useful as an ingredient in many types of medicines. However, once it matured and exploded out of the second head, becoming Ninedays Finch, it was completely useless. Furthermore, Ninedays Finches only lived for nine days, after which they would die, resulting in a new Lifestealer. The lifestealer will then select a new host, and the process will begin again.

It was almost like a reincarnation cycle ….

Lifestyle creators are extremely rare, and in some ways, they live forever, constantly reincarnating.

Bai Xiaochun clearly remembered how impressed he was when he first read about the Lifestealers in the fourth volume of spirit beasts.

“The hard part of this mission is actually finding the Lifestealers. The Wildweed Mountains were too vast. It would be annoying to try to find them one by one. Collecting such merit points would be a waste of time. ”

After conducting some further research into the Wildweed Mountains, he confirmed that despite how extensive they were, most of the animals were below the Foundation Establishment level.

Finally, he decided to accept the mission. However, he did not immediately depart from the sect. First, he returned to his eternal cave to make some preparations. Finally, he jumped onto the Golden Crow Sword and darted into the distance.

The Wildweed Mountains were not far from the Spirit Stream Sect. Considering his speed when using the Golden Crow Sword, it would only take a day of travel to reach them. Unfortunately, due to the fact that his current cultivation base was too low to be able to fly for a long time, he had to alternate between flying and running. Four days later, he finally reached the Wildweed Mountains.

A majestic scene spread out in front of him, with mountains flourishing in all directions. It was like a never-ending forest, from within it came the cries of various birds and beasts.

Instead of going in search of Lifestealers, he explored the mountain for about half a month until he discovered a valley that acted as a natural pathway between the two main parts of the forest. There, he sat on the branches of tall trees and peered into the valley below.

“Using normal search methods will be a waste of time, and will depend on blind luck. Even with luck by my side, I might just find one. If I'm not lucky, I might not be able to find one in a month.

"It's time to show you how smart I am." While raising his chin, he moved, shooting into the distance.

Not far away, a figure could be seen in the forest, fighting with a wild beast. It was an extremely arrogant young man wearing the robe of an Inner Sect disciple from the Spirit Stream Sect. When he heard Bai Xiaochun cry, a look of ridicule appeared in his eyes.

"Another disciple with a weak cultivation base who overestimated himself and was now shouting for help. Only the strong had to come out to the Wildweed Mountains. " He arrogantly chose not to try to help. Although the sect emphasized teamwork, some people were naturally unfriendly, and it was inevitable.

After crying a few times but not getting a response, Bai Xiaochun felt a little more comfortable. With that, he threw out the Aphrodisiac pill. A moment later, an explosive sound could be heard as the pill exploded, turning into a fine powder carried by the wind.

Immediately, the animals were some distance away, regardless of what they were doing, catching the scent of the powder in the wind and starting to tremble. With red eyes, they begin to howl at the top of their lungs.

As soon as the howling sound rose, two wings appeared behind Bai Xiaochun, and he darted away.

The arrogant disciple from before suddenly noticed that the beast he was fighting had already started to tremble. His eyes reddened, and, howling, it pounced towards him. Frightened, the young man flew away.

Unfortunately, no matter what he did, the beast just continued to howl and chase after him. His eyes were bright red, and he seemed to have gone mad. Surprised, the young man fled for his life until he had no choice but to scream for help.

At that moment, Bai Xiaochun was too far away to hear ….

Six hours later in another windy area, Bai Xiaochun yelled a few times, waited for a while, and saw that no one was responding, disposing of the other Aphrodisiac pills.

Immediately, the howls of the beasts rose.

For the next two days, he relentlessly traveled within the set limits around the valley he had chosen, disposing of the Aphrodisiac Pill. He quickly covered a large area, where all the animals went crazy, howling at the top of their lungs and lunging loudly.

Seeing that he had reached a point where things were almost out of his control, Bai Xiaochun flew back to the valley he had chosen. With sparkling eyes, he waved the Golden Crow Sword to cut a small path in the trees, then took out a group of Pheromone Pills and smashed them. Soon, the fragrant aroma began to spread.

He was very careful not to get the powder on himself, and even when he retreated, changed into a new set of clothes just to be safe. Then he perched on top of the valley and looked down at the path he made.

"Alright, beautiful wild beast .. hurry up," he said, humming a slight tone as he waited eagerly.

Time pass. The scent of the pheromone pill slowly spread, and the ferocious beasts that had been affected by the aphrodisiac pill slowly started to become even crazier. As they howled, they began to charge into the valley at high speed, more and more of them, like a tidal wave that caused the ground to shake.

Immediately, the first wave of ferocious beasts approached, and Bai Xiaochun rose to his feet and looked down attentively at the valley below. In the blink of an eye, a large group of strange beasts could be seen storming the path he made. Bai Xiaochun's eyes widened upon seeing so many creatures. But then, his eyes sparkled, and his right hand flickered with a movement of incantations. Instantly, the Golden Crow Sword flew towards the fierce-looking tiger.

To his surprise, a second head grew from the back of the tiger. A golden light flickered, and the second head exploded. A flying core, which Bai Xiaochun held firmly and then threw into his bag of holding. Next, a golden light flashed toward the other two-headed creature.

The flood of ferocious beasts lasted for about two hours, and the valley was almost completely destroyed in the process. Bai Xiaochun was beaming with joy. His sword flashed over and over, and by the time the flood of ferocious beasts spread out, he was happy to find that he had collected ten Lifestealer cores.

"Bai Xiaochun's intelligence came out again!" Seeming extremely happy, he stored the cores safely in his bag which he held and then moved, towards another part of the Wildweed Mountains.

Not long after he left, a young man could be seen in the forest. Her clothes were in tatters, and she seemed to be in a very sorry state. He was trembling, and even had trouble walking. A blank look could be seen in his eyes that was very similar to the look that appeared in Beihan Lie's eyes not long ago …

Tears streamed down his cheeks as he muttered, "What happened in the Wildweed Mountains …? What happened to the world …? The beasts here do not eat people, they ... I. .. I … "

Days pass. Bai Xiaochun used an aphrodisiac pill to throw the Wildweed Mountains into total chaos. Wherever he went, the beasts would go crazy. Of course, before throwing the pill into the air, he would always call to make sure he was alone.

Sometimes the disciples would respond, and when they did, he would carefully explain his plan, ask them to leave, and give them the Lifestealer core as compensation. He would also ask them to spread the word to the other disciples to stay away. Most of the disciples who saw him recognized him, and were about to flee, trembling in fear.