Chapter 726 - 725: Powerful Guardian Beast? It’s Now This Lord Mosquito’s Underling

Chu Sheng had just entered the Spirit Plant Garden when he was stunned by the sight before him.

As far as the eye could see, there were all sorts of Spiritual Plants, arranged in neat, orderly rows according to their age. The garden was perfectly tidy, stretching out beyond the horizon.

The dense Spiritual Qi was so thick it had almost solidified!

Just taking a single breath was incredibly refreshing!

Immortal Venerable Shi Xi had once explained to him that the Spiritual Plants of the Spirit Realm weren’t classified by Grade. Instead, they were categorized by their age.

The lowest tier were ten-year-old Spiritual Plants.

In this Spirit Plant Garden, ten-year-old Spiritual Plants grew in vast patches in the outermost area, as common as cabbage.

Yet these plants, the lowest of the low in the Spirit Realm, would be considered extremely precious treasures on Blue Star!

After all, the Spiritual Energy Awakening on Blue Star had only occurred six hundred years ago. Many ten-year-old Spiritual Plants could be rated as Ninth-Grade and were hoarded like precious treasures by the various major clans.

Back when Chu Sheng had ravaged... Ah, ptooey... pilfered from the Mu Family, one of the Ten Great Clans of Hong Kong Island... in their much-vaunted family Spirit Plant Garden, the most precious item was merely a single Eighth-Grade Void Escape Lotus!

But here in the Celestial Derivation Sect’s Spirit Plant Garden, an Eighth-Grade Void Escape Lotus was completely worthless!

They were everywhere.

Their status was about the same as a common weed by the roadside!

"As expected of a Sect from the Spirit Realm!"

Chu Sheng couldn’t help but sigh in admiration.

The resources of the Ten Great Sects of the Spirit Realm... those small families on Blue Star weren’t even worthy of carrying their shoes!

Of course, Chu Sheng now looked down on these ten-year-old Spiritual Plants.

He was currently in the Divinity Transformation Realm. Absorbing these low-year Spiritual Plants was the same as absorbing nothing at all. A complete waste of time.

Besides, if a large area of the outer Spiritual Plants withered, it would easily expose his presence.

The loss would outweigh the gain.

Chu Sheng only glanced at the ten-year-old section before flapping his wings and continuing deeper into the Spirit Plant Garden.

Soon, he arrived at the hundred-year-old Spiritual Plant section.

The number of Spiritual Plants here was much smaller. In contrast, the Spiritual Qi was several times denser.

These hundred-year-old Spiritual Plants... if any one of them were taken to Blue Star, it would be at least a King-level existence.

The more precious ones among them could easily crush Blue Star’s Emperor-Level Spiritual Plants without a problem!

But... Chu Sheng still looked down on them.

It was like this: ’I’m holding a black card that gets me anything I want for free... I walk into a karaoke club... and then I go and order two dozen cheap beers! Who do you think you’re looking down on?!’

Chu Sheng didn’t stop.

He continued flying deeper inside.

The farther in he went, the older the Spiritual Plants became, and the rarer they were.

Before long, he flew into the area of Thousand-Year Spirit Plants.

Every Spiritual Plant here radiated a dazzling Spiritual Light.

Any single Spiritual Plant from here, if taken to Blue Star... never mind Emperor Level experts, even the Ancient Gods of the Divine Domain would come out and fight crazily for it!

"This is the spot!"

Chu Sheng stopped. He prepared to wreak some havoc in the Thousand-Year Spirit Plant area first.

Just as he was about to descend and sink his proboscis into a Thousand-Year Vermilion Fruit, a faint sound of something cutting through the air came from behind him.

A long, dark green snake was rapidly and silently approaching Chu Sheng like a phantom. Its tongue flickered in and out, locking onto Chu Sheng, the intruder.

"Mosquito, be careful!"

Gu Yuexi, who was in the Ziwei Palace, had been monitoring the situation outside through their contract. The moment she spotted the long snake, she urgently warned Chu Sheng.

"That’s an Azure Sky Cold Snake!"

"It’s at least at the Integration Realm Third Layer!"

"Run, now!"

"Don’t let it bite you, whatever you do."

"Its cold venom is terrifying."

"If it bites you, you’ll turn into a block of ice instantly!"

"Run east, there’s something there it hates—"

Before Gu Yuexi could finish her sentence, she suddenly froze.

Her eyes widened. She stared at the Azure Sky Cold Snake in utter disbelief, her eyes looking like they were about to pop out of their sockets.

She watched as the Azure Sky Cold Snake—over a hundred meters long and with a body thicker than an iron tower—which had been charging over menacingly with a monstrously cold aura, came to a screeching halt three meters in front of Chu Sheng. Its massive body jerked to a stop.

Then, under Gu Yuexi’s dumbfounded gaze, the Azure Sky Cold Snake slowly coiled its body and raised its upper half.

It faced Chu Sheng and flickered its tongue cautiously.

That posture...

It didn’t look like it was about to attack at all!

It was clearly...

Groveling?!!

"What’s going on?"

Gu Yuexi was completely baffled.

An Azure Sky Cold Snake at the Integration Realm Third Layer, the Guardian Beast of the Spirit Plant Garden... why was it acting so deferential toward a mosquito that had just entered the Divinity Transformation Realm?

This was just too ridiculous!

"Mosquito, what did you do?" Gu Yuexi couldn’t contain her curiosity and asked.

"I didn’t do anything!"

Chu Sheng looked the picture of innocence.

He really hadn’t done anything. It was just that when he detected the Azure Sky Cold Snake, he had subconsciously activated his Ancestral Will.

This Azure Sky Cold Snake was two Grand Realms higher than Chu Sheng. Its strength far surpassed his. But its Bloodline Power was only at the Spirit Beast Level.

Any snake or insect-type creature whose bloodline had not reached the Divine Beast Level would be completely suppressed by Chu Sheng’s Ancestral Will.

A fear that came from the depths of its soul made it completely incapable of launching an Attack against Chu Sheng.

That was why such a comical scene had unfolded.

The Azure Sky Cold Snake had arrived menacingly, but upon arrival, it had turned into a groveling lapdog.

Gu Yuexi didn’t believe Chu Sheng’s nonsense for a second. But the facts were right in front of her; she had no choice but to believe.

She didn’t dwell on the matter any longer.

After all, ever since she’d made a contract with Chu Sheng, he had given her far too many surprises and shocks. So many that she had grown numb to them.

If she got caught up in the "why" every single time, she might as well give up on her Cultivation. She’d just be miserable all day.

At this moment, Chu Sheng had already begun to communicate with the Azure Sky Cold Snake.

"How many Spirit Plant Gardens does the Celestial Derivation Sect have?" Chu Sheng asked directly.

The Azure Sky Cold Snake answered respectfully.

"Nine."

"Holy crap, they really live up to their name as one of the Ten Great Sects," Chu Sheng couldn’t help but exclaim.

He paused for a moment, then continued asking, "What’s the rank of this Spirit Plant Garden among all the others?"

The Azure Sky Cold Snake answered honestly:

"It’s ranked fourth."

"It’s the best of the Middle-Grade Spirit Plant Gardens."

Chu Sheng’s eyes lit up.

’The fourth-ranked one already has so many Thousand-Year Spirit Plants. Wouldn’t the ones ranked higher be even more outrageous?’

He then asked several more questions. The Azure Sky Cold Snake told him everything it knew without holding anything back. It didn’t dare to hide a single thing.

Chu Sheng finally got a clear picture of the layout of the Celestial Derivation Sect’s Spirit Plant Gardens.

The Celestial Derivation Sect’s Spirit Plant Gardens were divided into four Grades: Upper, Middle, Lower, and Top Level.

There were three Lower-Grade Spirit Plant Gardens. The Spiritual Plants grown there ranged from newly sprouted to a thousand years old.

There were also three Middle-Grade Spirit Plant Gardens. The Spiritual Plants grown there ranged from ten years to ten thousand years old.

The one they were in now was the best of the Middle-Grade Spirit Plant Gardens, which was why it was ranked fourth.

There were two Upper-Grade Spirit Plant Gardens. The Spiritual Plants grown there ranged from one hundred to one hundred thousand years old.

There was only one Top-Level Spirit Plant Garden. The Spiritual Plants grown there were all at the million-year level.

The Guardian Beast inside was a Divine Beast at the Celestial God Realm. If Chu Sheng dared to barge in, he would be killed instantly.

The Guardian Beasts of the two Upper-Grade Spirit Plant Gardens were also True God Realm experts. Although their Bloodlines had not reached the Divine Beast Level, they weren’t snake or insect-type Demon Beasts, so they wouldn’t be suppressed by his Ancestral Will.

If Chu Sheng were to barge in, he would be discovered immediately. Even if he managed to escape with his life, he wouldn’t gain any advantage. He would also alert the enemy. This would cause the Celestial Derivation Sect to raise its guard and strengthen the defenses of all its Spirit Plant Gardens.

By then, trying to go "fleece" the other Spirit Plant Gardens would definitely become incredibly difficult.

So, Chu Sheng was lucky.

He had happened to randomly pick the Spirit Plant Garden most suited for him.

Although the Guardian Beast, the Azure Sky Cold Snake, was two Grand Realms stronger than him, it was perfectly suppressed by his Ancestral Will Bloodline.

Not only was it unable to stop Chu Sheng, it had even become his best helper for finding Spiritual Plants and gathering information.

It was practically a free guide and bodyguard.

’Only a fool wouldn’t take advantage of this situation.’

’Now that I have the Spirit Plant Garden’s Guardian Beast to lead the way, why would I waste my time sucking on Thousand-Year Spirit Plants? Of course, I’m heading straight for the best area!’

Chu Sheng directly raised a foreleg and waved it. He issued a command to the Azure Sky Cold Snake.

"Go! Take this Lord Mosquito to the most precious Spiritual Plant area in this garden!"