Oh no, I accidentally cultivated three spiritual roots and became an empress!

Chapter 317 The Four-Eared Hound and the Spotted Leopard: Neighbors Revolving Around a Cycle of Veng

Let's not even talk about the other kids; none of them are even a little one.

To ensure his companions wouldn't lack spiritual energy during their advancement, Zhong Chun dispersed them as much as possible and even crushed countless Immortal Essence Pills within the defensive formation.

While protecting their companions, Zhong Lingxin and Zhong Chun chatted idly, occasionally crushing Immortal Essence Pills to replenish their immortal essence.

Fortunately, Zhong Lingxin had refined a great many Immortal Essence Pills in order to learn alchemy.

Even using it like this still made her heart ache.

Zhong Chun also laughed and said, "We need to bring two immortal veins and an immortal spring into the Nine-Layered Pagoda."

Zhong Lingxin nodded: "We have to get it. Immortal stones are good, but they are becoming increasingly rare. They must be from immortal veins. Once buried in the tower, they will be inexhaustible. If we want to grow immortal herbs, immortal springs are indispensable."

Zhong Chun placed a jade slip on his forehead and then handed it to Zhong Lingxin: "These things should all be collected."

I estimate that the sixth level will open once you become a Celestial Immortal.

At that time, we will need to plant immortal plants of level four or higher.

I also need immortal ore of level four or higher.

It's best to prepare what we can in advance.

Zhong Chun sighed, reminiscing about his weapon-refining furnace.

Why did he put his weapon-refining furnace on the ninth floor in the first place?

It should be placed on the first floor.

As a result, he's now only using a third-grade immortal artifact furnace.

Sigh, it's time to upgrade the Immortal Artifact Furnace.

At the very least, with some materials, upgrading it to grade four would be useful in this secret realm.

Think back to how dangerous the battle was just now, how Xin Xin managed to emerge unscathed through her advancement.

Fusen is so wonderful.

As time went by, the little friends woke up one by one from the defensive formation.

Next, the friends started arguing and discussing the order of receiving and issuing IOUs.

Huanhuan and Yueyue sat up almost at the same time.

Therefore, no one can say for sure which of the two of them will be promoted first.

The two little ones were not convinced by each other and agreed to fight to determine the winner after they left the secret realm.

Zhong Lingxin declined to comment on this.

She felt like a parent with many children, and could easily be blamed if she wasn't careful.

One person says she's biased, another says she's bad.

In short, it's hard to say for sure about either of her.

Zhong Chun advised her not to pay attention to her friends' fight and to let them decide who was the eldest and second eldest and to rank themselves.

Good heavens, all her friends are her treasures, she never thought of favoring any of them.

The friends argued and bickered every day, constantly arguing about rankings and magic stones. After arguing so much, they all had only one thought left—to get some magic stones as soon as possible.

The reason they're arguing like this is because they're poor.

Zhong Lingxin expressed her complete agreement with this.

They are all poor and troublesome.

If everyone had a magic stone, they would all be busy cultivating with it; there would be no time for arguing.

Zhong Chun finally upgraded his weapon-refining furnace to the fourth grade and, based on his experience from his previous life, refined several compasses.

Each of them had one, and they would look at the compass a hundred times a day, hoping that the compass needle would suddenly move and guide them to the direction of the magic stone.

For more than three months, the compass needle remained completely still.

The group got annoyed and unanimously declared that it was Zhong Chunlian's compass that was faulty, not that they hadn't been diligent in searching for the immortal stones. They then threw all the compasses into the Nine-Story Pagoda, declaring that they would no longer search for immortal stone mines.

Zhong Chun was frustrated; he was just a scapegoat, and he never got any credit for his work.

The group continued their noisy journey, fighting monsters and gaining experience along the way.

Since the team members were promoted to higher levels, they no longer wanted to train in the outer perimeter and all rushed to the inner perimeter.

There were celestial beasts of a higher rank than the others in the secret realm, so Zhong Lingxin and Zhong Chun always flew low on the clouds, looking into the distance above their companions, not daring to use their divine beasts to search recklessly, for fear of disturbing some irritable celestial beast.

On this day, Zhong Chun was looking into the distance when he was suddenly blocked by a force of immortal power, which even lowered the clouds by three feet.

Zhong Chun was an honest immortal. When his cloud head was lowered, he simply landed, thinking that the immortals or beasts on the other side were of a higher level than them, so he decided to just go around them.

The first step in training them is to keep an eye on these newly promoted youngsters who are feeling great and can boast like three people in one.

Zhong Lingxin sensed Zhong Chun's thoughts and couldn't help but lower her head.

But the children who were playing happily on the ground also felt the magical power from afar.

One by one, before Zhong Chun could stop them, they all threw their immortal energy at the enemy.

A loud crash resounded not far away, snapping two large trees in two.

From a great distance came several low roars.

Alright, it's two Tier 4 spotted leopards fighting a pack of Tier 3 four-eared hounds.

The roars of the leopard and the four-eared hound carried a warning meaning.

Zhong Chun whispered to Zhong Lingxin, "Xinxin, something's not right."

Logically speaking, the mythical beasts of the secret realm and the immortals who enter the secret realm are natural enemies.

Now that they've discovered us, they should stop their civil war and come after us first.

Now, they stand there motionless, merely warning us to go away.

There must be something good there.

Zhong Lingxin nodded; she had the same thought.

The group of friends were indignant about the celestial power coming from ahead, but upon hearing Zhong Lingxin and Zhong Chun's conversation, their anger immediately turned into interest, and their eyes sparkled with celestial stones.

Huanhuan and Yueyue took the lead, and two streams of immortal energy crashed into the spotted leopard and the four-eared hound in the distance.

The four-eared hound was extremely angry.

They are the original inhabitants of this cliff, living in the caves below the cliff for generations, living as neighbors with the spotted leopard in a cycle of revenge.

Today you steal my little beagle, tomorrow I'll hunt down your little leopard.

Just a few days ago, a spring of divine water suddenly gushed forth from the foot of the cliff.

After the king of the four-eared hounds drank the immortal spring, his immortal energy surged, and he suddenly felt like he was about to be promoted.

Immortal energy surged into the territory of the four-eared hound from all directions, startling the spotted leopard not far away.

How could a spotted leopard possibly promote a four-eared hound!

The spotted leopard has long been a threat to their territory due to its large population.

If a four-eared hound is promoted, its most direct consequence is that it runs away overnight.

Furthermore, the spotted leopard knew the Four-Eared Hounds' true nature, knowing that their limit was only a third-tier celestial beast.

Now that a spotted leopard is about to advance in rank, it must have received a divine favor.

It's a divine connection; they want it too.

So, at the crucial moment of the Dog King's promotion, the spotted leopard arrived and ruthlessly blocked the Dog King's promotion, and also discovered this fairy spring.

Now, the four-eared hound and the spotted leopard, with their old and new grudges, quickly clashed.

The two sides fought while vying for the Immortal Spring.

Just then, Zhong Lingxin arrived with her friends.

The spotted leopard first spotted Zhong Lingxin and her companions.

It had intended to warn the four-eared hound to lie in wait.

But the enraged four-eared hound wouldn't listen to the spotted leopard's nonsense and attacked relentlessly.