Chapter 11 The Thief Who Stole the Spiritual Fruit

Time flies, and Xu Yang has been taking care of the spiritual grass garden for a month.

The head of the Wood Spirit Academy conducted the first internal assessment of the performance of the new disciples. Because Xu Yang performed well, he was assigned a new daily task, taking care of the spiritual fruit garden.

The person who took over Xu Yang's spiritual grass garden task was a new female disciple named Zhu Liuqing. After introducing the task of the spiritual grass garden to Zhu Liuqing in detail, Xu Yang came to the new task location, the spiritual fruit garden.

The spiritual fruit garden is a place where various spiritual fruits are cultivated. The functions of spiritual fruits are different and are divided into three categories. The first category is the material for alchemy; the second category has special effects such as healing and detoxification; the third category is the spiritual fruit for daily consumption, which can be eaten directly or brewed and consumed, which can not only satisfy the desire for food and taste, but also compensate for a small amount of mana.

The orchard that Xu Yang is taking care of is cultivated with spiritual fruits for daily consumption. Because this type of fruit has a high yield, the caretaker can eat a small amount of it himself, which is also a benefit.

There is a kind of spiritual fruit called "Drunk Peach" in the spiritual fruit garden, which is specially suitable for pairing with fine wine. At present, it is the season when "Drunken Peaches" are ripe. This is an extra surprise for Xu Yang. As the saying goes, ten drunkards are ten foodies. Xu Yang has never resisted delicious food.

On this day, Xu Yang saw several abandoned fruit cores in the corner of the orchard, which were clearly thrown away not long after being eaten. Who stole the fruit? After carefully checking the defense ban of the orchard, no signs of damage were found, which made Xu Yang a little confused.

He hid in the dark of the orchard for three consecutive days, but did not find any unusual movements.

The temperature has been very high these days, and Xu Yang felt a little tired after lurking in the orchard for three consecutive days. He found a ventilated open space in the orchard, spread a mat, and lay on the mat barefoot to cool off.

He looked up and saw a few red "Drunken Peaches", so he picked them. Then he took out a jar of "Eighteen Falls", a fine wine brought from home, and drank it alone.

This "Drunken Peach" is not only sweet and refreshing, but also contains a unique spiritual power that is delicate and warm, which greatly increases the taste and fun of drinking.

"Good wine! Good fruit!" After a few mouthfuls of wine and peaches, Xu Yang couldn't help but say.

Xu Yang drank alone, and unknowingly, he drank half a jar of Eighteen Falls. Maybe he was too tired these days, and he actually fell asleep beside the wine jar. The wine jar was accidentally knocked over by Xu Yang, and the wine overflowed, and the wine fragrance filled the garden.

Xu Yang gradually fell asleep.

In the dream, his father invited him to drink, and the father and son drank happily. Xu Yang returned to his bed after being half drunk. In the early morning, Xu Yang's puppy "Ah Huang" licked himself awake from his sleep with his tongue.....

Xu Yang opened his eyes and felt that his bare feet were itchy, and there was something furry. Looking closely, a weasel was sleeping soundly at his feet.

Xu Yang reached out and grabbed the little guy's round ears. The little guy stood up, swaying like a drunk, with a pair of black pearl-like eyes, and was drunk. As soon as Xu Yang let go, the little guy fell asleep next to the wine jar again with a click. Around the little guy, several "Drunk Peach" cores were thrown on the ground.

"Haha. After searching everywhere, I found it without any effort. The little thief not only ate the fruit, but also drank my wine." As he said, he reached out and caught the little guy.

Xu Yang carefully observed the beast. The little beast has a slender body, a round head and a round brain, which is very cute. The fur color is very similar to that of Xu Yang's dog "Ah Huang", which made Xu Yang like it at first sight.

"This little guy is not an ordinary little beast, but a spiritual beast." Xu Yang's consciousness moved and found that there was a fluctuation of spiritual power in the little guy.

"I don't know what talent this little guy has, but he looks very cute."

After taking back the little beast, he went to the inner market of the sect to buy a spirit beast cage and a talisman for the spirit beast to recognize its master, put the little beast in the spirit beast cage and brought it back to his residence.

After returning to his residence, Xu Yang prepared to let the little beast recognize its master. Xu Yang consulted the relevant books on spirit beast recognition. There are two ways for spirit beasts to recognize their masters. First, subdue the spirit beast by force and force it to recognize its master. Second, raise the spirit beast from childhood, and when the spirit beast grows up, it will become dependent on its owner and voluntarily recognize its master. Both methods must be carried out when the spirit beast is awake, otherwise, the two will not communicate well with each other, and the recognition will fail.

Since the little beast was not raised by Xu Yang since childhood, Xu Yang decided to subdue it by force. The little beast woke up and found itself locked in a cage. Seeing Xu Yang staring at it, it grinned at Xu Yang with dissatisfaction.

Seeing the beast in this state, Xu Yang pointed a finger at the beast in the cage and said, "Little thief, you stole the fruits in the spiritual orchard and drank my wine. What? You still want to bite me now! Today, I will let you be my pet as compensation!" Xu Yang said bluffingly.

After that, he took out a talisman specially used for recognizing the master, dripped a drop of his own blood on the talisman, and the talisman immediately emitted bursts of red light. Through the auxiliary effect of the talisman, the beast was subdued by force with spiritual consciousness, and the task was completed.

Xu Yang held the talisman in his right hand and was about to open the cage door with his left hand.

Seeing this, the beast suddenly became nervous and the hair on his body stood up. Only golden spiritual light flashed around him. He turned around suddenly and opened his mouth to bite a cage bone on the spiritual beast cage. The restriction on the spiritual beast cage was triggered, and circles of silver runes flashed, generating a powerful binding force invisibly.

But unexpectedly, waves of spiritual power also emanated from the little beast, and the same circles of silver runes appeared. In an instant, the two rune waves merged, offsetting each other and disappearing without a trace.

Looking at the little beast again, a sharp tooth bit into the cage bone. With a click, the cage bones made of fine steel broke. Immediately afterwards, he got out of the spirit beast cage. .

The little beast glared at Xu Yang, and wisps of silver arcs shot out from its hair. Opening his mouth, a ball of electricity the size of a fist shot out of his mouth and headed straight for Xu Yang's door.

All happened in a flash of lightning. Xu Yang instinctively poured mana into his fists, and then quickly used his fists to protect his face.

With a bang, the electric ball hit Xu Yang's fists. There was a crackling sound, and the electric ball turned into an arc and disappeared without a trace. Xu Yang felt a sharp pain in his fists, like fire, and he stumbled backwards, almost falling.

The sudden attack from the little beast surprised Xu Yang.

Xu Yang jumped up and reached out to grab the little beast. Unexpectedly, the little beast's movement and dexterity were much higher than Xu Yang's, and his several attempts failed one after another.

It's all my fault for being careless, not understanding the strength of this beast, and rashly claiming its master. Xu Yang felt guilty.

The little beast did not run away. It stood on the spirit beast cage with its legs like a human. Its right hand clenched into a small fist and raised high, waving towards Xu Yang. There was also a "squeaky" sound coming from his mouth.

Seeing this little beast actually demonstrating to me, I felt angry and happy at the same time. Thinking about it in his mind, he realized that this little beast was actually somewhat intelligent, which made him even more lovable. If force is not enough, it is better to use wisdom.

Xu Yang pushed forward with his left palm and said, "Wait a minute, I just saw you use the Thunderbolt Ball, and you are really wise and powerful. I, Xu Yang, have always liked to meet heroes, so why don't we be friends."

As he spoke, he took out a wine gourd containing eighteen drops from his arms. He unscrewed the stopper of the gourd with a snap and handed it to the little beast. Then he deliberately shook it in front of the little beast's eyes, and a few drops of eighteen splashed out, and the alluring aroma of wine suddenly wafted out.

The little beast smelled the aroma of wine and sniffed it. The two small black pearl-like eyes stared straight at the wine gourd in Xu Yang's hand, and a stream of saliva flowed out of the corner of his mouth.

Xu Yang took a sip himself and deliberately made a "bah" sound in his mouth. Then he handed the wine gourd to the little beast.

The little beast stretched out his arms, hugged the wine gourd, and drank two big mouthfuls.

"Good drink, come again."

"Your Excellency is indeed wise and powerful."

“True hero.”…

In Xu Yang's words of praise, one person and one beast, just like this, you took a sip and I drank from each other.

After a while, the little beast started to shake his head a little while drinking.

"Let's be brothers, and we'll have wine together from now on," Xu Yang said.

Hearing what Xu Yang said, the little beast actually nodded.

Xu Yang stretched out the little finger of his right hand and said: "A gentleman's words will make it difficult for four horses to catch up."

The little beast stretched out his right hand, grasped Xu Yang's little finger, and shook it hard.

There are not so many friends in the world. If there are more drunkards, there will be more friends...

The next day, inside Xu Yang’s residence.

Xu Yang held a "Drunken Peach" in his right hand, took a bite himself, and then handed it to the little beast on his shoulder to take a bite. The two of them have become friends who share blessings.

"You like eating flat peaches so much, so I'll name you "Peach"."

The little beast took a bite of the "Drunken Flat Peach" and nodded.

A few days later, Xu Yang and Xiaoshou became more and more familiar. This beast is a thunder-attributed spiritual beast, and it also has the ability to transform into a restricted area. It can freely enter and exit the restricted areas of the Spirit Orchard without being discovered. Thunder-attributed spiritual beasts are very rare, and coupled with this unheard-of talent, Xu Yang is extremely fond of this beast.

Xu Yang did not force "Pan Tao" to recognize his master, the two of them had already communicated extremely smoothly. Because they are now drinking buddies. When you meet a close friend, a thousand cups are too little, and all the drunkards in the world are of the same family.

Unless there are many people or formal occasions, Xu Yang will let "Pan Tao" hide in the spiritual pet bag and stay with him at ordinary times. From then on, Xu Yang had a follower who looked like a "yellow weasel".

Cultivators all like to keep spiritual pets, mainly because they can be used as important combat power in battles. Because of "Pan Tao"'s unattractive appearance, it did not attract the attention of other fellow disciples.