Few days before departure, Tian Qiu finally reached level 10. He upgraded into an intermediate system and naturally gained more data, rewards, and advantages. One of them is system small world, an interspatial world where Tian Xuan could enter his whole body and everything inside.
He doesn't hide this fact a secret from Wu Xian and Li Yiyuan but both of them knew that it is an ability that should be kept as a secret.
The bear and the horse are both at 100,000 year cultivation age equal to a Pinnacle 3-Dan King, Mortal Realm.
By riding the demon beasts as the mount, they could reach the human continent less than two days. That is because Tian Xuan forced the pitiful beasts to exhaust their maximum output to arrive at the human continent quickly.
Nevertheless, he doesn't forget to reward them with many things like Dense Qi Purifying Water, Vibrant Flow Grass, 100,000 Year demon beast meat as their feed. He also gave them middle tier spiritual stone for them to absorb slowly to aid in their cultivation.
Therefore, the demon beasts are more or less happy about their current status as Tian Xuan's group mount.
They also stopped once in a while to rest.
As they rest, Wu Xian would be playing the zither while Li Yiyuan sang.
"She left, she smiled.
Here I waited and I cry.
The rain dripped down my cheek.
Is it the water or is it my tear."
Li Yiyuan voice is melodious and pleasant to listen to and partnered with Wu Xian's exclusive skill of pulling the zither's strings, it gave others the effect of calming their mind.
As Tian Xuan listened to the song, he cooked the dinner which is cooked white rice, steamed brass and stir-fry bok choy. Then, he remembered what Tian Qiu said.
According to the system, the Divine Forest that Tian Xuan stayed is actually Celestial White Forest, an unranked place because it is hidden away from the outsider's eyes. It is named similar to Wu Xian's sword precisely because of the ore that is underneath the forest.
Only the one that born in the forest can get out but once they leave, they will never return. However, if they have even a piece of the ore, they can return whenever they wanted.
Despite knowing that they can return, Tian Xuan gathered every of the rare or the common popular plants and of course the demonic beasts and the magical beasts into the system small world.
Poison or not, mushroom or huge tree, common or extremely rare medicinal herb, Tian Xuan took it all. If there is a lot he will take four, if there is less, he will take two but if there is only one, he will still take it. The same goes for the beasts.
On account of that, Tian Qiu temporarily works as a farmer for Tian Xuan.
While demonic beast can cultivate spiritual energy, magical beasts cannot cultivate but they are strong from the start accordingly to the type of the beast.
Tian Xuan was curious about the rarity of the two beasts in the human world so he asked Wu Xian. As times passed, Tian Xuan no longer remembers Wu Xian's memory so he has to ask whenever he had an uncertainty.
Wu Xian stopped playing the zither and answered in a respectful manner.
"Answering Lord, the humans often use magical beasts as a mount instead of demonic beasts. While it wasn't rare to see people using demonic beasts as a mount, magical beasts are easier to please and tame because it cannot cultivate and will be satisfied with just good feed and treatment.
Demonic beasts surely stronger, smarter and resilient but they are harder to please because just like the human, they need cultivation material to aid them in cultivation. For them, cultivating is more important than living so they are definitely difficult to be tamed."
"Oh… I know now." Tian Xuan nodded his head and continued cooking.
Wu Xian smiled wryly as he thought about the human's reaction if they know that the lord can easily tame the demonic beast even without treating the beast kindly and it is an easy fit for him to give cultivation material for the demonic beasts.
Ignorant to what Wu Xian is thinking, Tian Xuan continued to cook. The ingredient he used also consisted of medicinal herb and magical beast because it is good to nourish one body, he doesn't spare even a penny to spend on the food.
With Tian Xuan true qi, the medicinal herbs can restore its shape even after the leaves or the petal being plucked away. Just don't burn the root and even if the root was cut, it can grow again.
However, Tian Xuan cares not whether it can grow again or not. If he wanted to use a whole herb, he will use it as a whole and not leave a single root at the small world. Besides, the herbs reproduced rapidly. If not because Tian Qiu sells the excess herbs to the system shop for coins and spiritual stones, surely the small world will be flooded with plants.
It is the same to be said for the beasts.
The magical beasts reproduce pretty quickly as they drink the Dense Qi Purifying water and eat the medicinal plants in the small world. They are also not stressed out as they were being let loose to run around the small world.
On the other hand, the demonic beasts are provided low tier spiritual stones they are so happy that they could be vegetarian without complaining and eat the medicinal plants. But, Tian Xuan was not that cruel. He buys normal animals like cow, chicken, duck and even fishes to feed the demonic beasts.
The beasts and the plants are practically Tian Xuan's stock for eating so he doesn't share any sentimental value toward them. If he does, he cannot eat them so it will be a problem.
The reproducing pace is stable and quick. Hence, the stock Tian Xuan has is limitless with the system's help.
For this reason, he could provide a lot of vibrant flow grass and powerful demon beast for their mount feed. As for the water, he bought the stream from the system and put it in the small world. The fishes that he bought were put in there to foster the growth and everything inside the world can drink through the river.
As long as Tian Qiu continuously dragged Tian Xuan true Qi once in a while into the water, it will remain as Dense Qi Purifying Water a saint tier item even for a drop of it.
Tian Qiu also gets experience point as he cultivates the small world so he has no qualm to work as a farmer. Plus, as he takes care of the organisms inside the small world, he gained data about them and naturally, he shared it to Tian Xuan.
It is a win-win situation for both of them but Tian Xuan received more advantages from this small world.
[In this chapter, True Qi has been mentioned many times. True Qi is created when the cultivator reached 3-Dan Warrior Mortal realm. Depend on the cultivator, the true qi will be graded inferior, intermediate, superior. The further chapters will slowly explain what the true qi is for.]