"Wow, it's already good enough that I let you go, but you even want to stay here?" Ye Yan wasn't happy. He immediately pulled a long face, "Are you leaving or not? Do you want to try becoming fox stew?"
As if sensing Ye Yan's bad intention, the fox's neck shrank a little, but it didn't intend to back down, "Human, this place is full of spiritual power and suitable for cultivation. Please let me stay here!"
It seemed that both humans and demons sought advantages and avoided disadvantages. Although the fox's cultivation was not high, it knew that this was a good place.
Ye Yan felt that it was better to do a good thing than to be too absolute about something, so he simply agreed to the fox's request, "Very well, you can stay here! However, I have a request."
"Say it, say it!" After the fox received a response, it clapped its paws happily and nodded repeatedly.
"It's like this," Ye Yan explained, "This is my sect's encampment. Other creatures are not allowed to stay here except for my sect members. You must join us."
"Okay! I'll join you!" The fox agreed without even thinking.
Ye Yan thought for a while and asked, "Do you have a name? Should I give you one?"
"I... don't have a name," The fox seemed to be recalling something but to no avail.
Ye Yan nodded and didn't think much about it. He touched his chin and his eyes lit up, "Since that's the case and you have snow-white fur, your name will be Xiao Bai."
"Xiao Bai?" The fox chewed on the name and smiled in satisfaction, "Xiao Bai it is."
Ye Yan nodded and was about to go through the motions, "Okay, Xiao Bai, do you want to join the God-slaying Sect and go through fire and water for my sect?"
"I'm willing!"
[Ding! The host has accepted the first demon race disciple and has thus received a special reward. Please check and accept it.]
The system's notification sounded and Ye Yan was surprised that he triggered a special reward. When he opened the internal storage, he saw two new items.
A book titled "Key Elements to Building a Demon Cultivation Room" and 20 spiritual rice seeds. Ye Yan didn't read through it carefully. Instead, he closed the panel and took the fox to the root willow.
"Here, this is Xiao Bai. From now on, she's one of us. Do get along well," Ye Yan pointed at Xiao Bai and took out another book, "In addition, I have a new spell book called "Beast Language". After learning it, all of you can talk to the myriad beasts. If you have broken through the Qi-forging Realm and want to learn it, you can come to me."
Whoosh! The crowd's eyes lit up when they heard that there was a spell that could allow them to communicate with animals. Wouldn't they have to make a breakthrough quickly and obtain this spell? Who could resist the temptation of communicating with animals?!
Looking at Xiao Bai the fox who was standing beside Ye Yan arrogantly, they couldn't help but feel tempted. They responded with a few words and began to cultivate again.
Of course, there were exceptions. Chen Geng stood up slowly and came to Ye Yan's side, his eyes shining, "Brother Yan, I'm already at the first level of the Qi-forging Realm!"
"Alright, alright, as you wish!" Ye Yan handed over the Vast Sky Technique and Beast Language books with a smile, "You can practice these two by yourself. But pay attention, you can only practice the first level of the Vast Sky Technique. You can only learn the rest when you've reached the third level of the Qi-forging Realm, or else you will explode and die."
Chen Geng had his heart set on learning the spells, and God knows if he was listening, but he nodded repeatedly. He trembled as he took the spell books from Ye Yan's hands, and kissed them twice in excitement as he ran to show off in front of the crowd, "Look! I can cultivate spells now! I can communicate with animals now!"
This made everyone envious. They were all determined to break through to the Qi-forging Realm, so all of them immediately went all out and buried their heads in cultivation.
After a while, the weather changed. Unknowingly, dark clouds gradually accumulated, and the sky darkened. If nothing unexpected happened, it would rain heavily soon. This would be the first rain of this year's early spring!
However, something unexpected did happen. Even after sunset, the sky was still covered in dark clouds, but not a single drop of rain fell though the sky was getting darker.
The change in the weather didn't affect Ye Yan's cultivation. After finishing the matters regarding Xiao Bai, he also began to study the Dharmic technique. He had to admit that his cultivation speed increased a lot when he studied the Dharmic technique himself. In just one afternoon, he had broken through to the first level of the intermediate Qi-forging Realm!
Now, he had already crossed the threshold of the beginner stage and smoothly entered the intermediate stage. To be honest, he was still in a daze when he broke through. After all, cultivation seemed to be too simple for him. The Qi-forging Realm was divided into three stages, and each stage was further divided into three levels. After breaking through the last level of the last stage in the Qi-forging Realm, one would reach the next Realm, the Spirit-absorbing Realm.
If the current situation were to continue, with the support of the system and his aptitude, Ye Yan could break through to the next realm in less than three months.
"Hu!" After stretching his muscles, Ye Yan looked up at the sky, "It's going to rain..."
The temperature had dropped, which was a sign of heavy rain.
As such, Ye Yan immediately stood up and faced the crowd, "Guys, let's call it a day. If we don't go back now, we'll get wet."
Hearing Ye Yan's words, everyone woke up from their cultivation. Seeing that the sky had changed, they became anxious.
Here, there were no advanced medical skills. Everyone relied on their bodies to get by. If they caught a fever in the rain, they might not be able to get up and worse, die. Except for Ye Yan and Xiao Bai, all of them went down the mountain.
Xiao Bai stayed in the sect. Before leaving, Ye Yan told it, "If you want to excrete, do you see the farmland over there? Go there."
"Oh..." Xiao Bai pointed at the few seedlings on the spiritual farmland, "Can I eat them?"
As soon as it finished speaking, it felt Ye Yan's fierce gaze, "What do you think? If I find out that something is missing, I will throw your bones out of the sect tomorrow!"
As for why he would throw out bones? Hmph, ask the big pot.
"Xiao Bai!" Suddenly, Chen Geng's figure ran up from the foot of the mountain again, arriving before Xiao Bai.
"Here, this is the rice ball my mother made. It's for you," He took out a ball of rice from his pocket and placed it in front of Xiao Bai.
Seeing Chen Geng's kindness, Ye Yan couldn't help but smile and told Xiao Bai, "This is something your fellow sect member has given to you. Stay here and don't run around. There's a barrier here. No one can hurt you if you don't go out. We'll be back tomorrow."
The fox nodded, then looked at Chen Geng. It kept staring at him as if it wanted to remember his face.
"Chacha!" Xiao Bai jumped onto Chen Geng's shoulder and rubbed his face.
The latter was shocked. He had never touched a fox before, so he was obviously a little afraid of the furry creature.
"Don't worry, Geng, she's trying to get closer to you!" Ye Yan couldn't help but laugh when he saw Chen Geng's embarrassed look.
The fox nodded and raised its paws at Chen Geng to express its gratitude. Although Chen Geng had not learned Beast Language yet, how could he not understand the fox's gesture?
Chen Geng understood what it meant. To think he was suddenly thanked by an adorable fox. His face blushed and he chuckled, "It's alright, Xiao Bai. I'll come over tomorrow and bring you something, hehe!"