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Chapter 173 Buddhist Creatures: Stone Spirit!
"A creature encased in rock?"

"Are there any spirit beasts that wrap themselves in rocks when fighting?"

Qi Ping suddenly felt a little confused, and for a moment he couldn't remember what kind of spirit beast would wrap itself in rocks during a battle.

"How strong are they?" Qi Ping continued to ask.

"Buzz. (Two second-level humans and one first-level one. Judging from the battle situation, they are much weaker than the boss.)"

"Buzz. (The other creature wrapped in rocks is also at level 2. It's not fast, but its defense is very strong!)"

Qi Ping felt relieved when he heard that the enemy's fighting power was not as good as his.

"Is the defense strong even though the speed is not fast?"

"Buzz. (Yes, Boss!)"

"Could it be"

An answer suddenly emerged in Qi Ping's mind.

Stone spirit!

Or it could be a stone spirit!
"No way"

If it really is Shi Jing Qi Ping, then he is very lucky.

However, the only thing that perfectly fits the current description of the scout bees is the stone spirit.

Stone spirits are spirits formed from innate minerals, and their rarity is far greater than that of spirits formed from spiritual plants.

The distribution of the bloodline levels of stone spirits is also relatively vague, and needs to be determined based on the quality of the ore before it becomes a spirit.

However, it is easier for a stone spirit to break through its bloodline level than that of an ordinary spirit beast. As long as there are enough precious ores, the stone spirit's bloodline level and strength can be quickly improved.

For cultivators, stone essence is also a rare spiritual pet or a high-quality forging material. It can be cultivated into a powerful spiritual pet, or it can be forged into a natal spiritual treasure with extremely high growth potential.

As for Qi Ping, he naturally coveted the talent of the stone spirit the most.

No matter which type of stone spirit it is, its main talents are generally super defense, extremely high gold talent and extremely high lifespan. These talents are of great help to Qi Ping. Some special stone spirits will have even more powerful talents.

In addition, the stone spirit's bloodline and strength are relatively easy to improve, making it a good choice as an animal companion.

"Go and take a look and you'll know. If it's a stone spirit, do your best to save it."

"As for the monks fighting with them, I should be able to deal with them with my current strength. If we can communicate, I will give them some spiritual stones as compensation."

Qi Ping also didn't want to fight to the death with the other party without having any enemy relationship. After all, it is better to avoid making enemies unless necessary.

After that, Qi Ping immediately transformed into a second-level reconnaissance bee in the wilderness.

Scout bees have the characteristics of concealment and perception, and are most suitable as a form of information gathering.

After completing the transformation, Qi Ping followed the reconnaissance bee that reported the news to the battlefield.

Not long after, Qi Ping saw the two fighting parties under a large canyon.

“It’s actually a stone spirit!”

When Qi Ping saw the wrapped figure, he instantly recognized the identity of the stone spirit. The stone spirit tightly wrapped its body with various hard minerals, piecing together a stone monster.

Fighting with the stone spirit at this moment were two cultivators in the early stage of foundation building. Their hair was slightly graying, and their flesh and blood had begun to enter the aging stage.

Behind the two foundation-building monks, there was a young man in gorgeous robes, holding a precious scroll for contracting spirit beasts.
However, after seeing the battle in the canyon clearly, Qi Ping felt a little surprised.

"How dare these two old men who are not in their prime fight against a stone spirit in the early stage of the second stage?"

"Could it be that they think this stone spirit is in a weak state and cannot defeat them?"

After thinking about it, Qi Ping could only think of this reason.

But this is a bit too confident.

Although this stone spirit had obviously just awakened after staying in the mortal world for too long and was a little weak, it was definitely not something that these two old men could easily deal with.

The weakness of this stone spirit is also related to its own habits and characteristics.

Stone spirits have long lifespans, are not very intelligent, prefer quietness to movement, do not have a strong desire to become stronger, and are very Buddhist creatures.

Sometimes, no matter whether the place is good or bad, they will find a mountain and sleep there for hundreds or even thousands of years.

However, Qi Ping looked at this stone spirit that was obviously sleeping in the mountains of the mortal world and felt that it was too Buddhist. It would be better to find a mountain with spiritual veins.

However, because cultivators have a special fondness for stone spirits (for casting growth-type natal treasures), it may not be a bad thing for stone spirits with low intelligence to remain in the mortal world, because the possibility of being discovered by cultivators in the mortal world will be much smaller. It's a pity that they have been discovered by other cultivators now.

However, Qi Ping was not worried about the safety of the stone spirit, because although the stone spirit was a Buddhist, its combat power was definitely the best in its class, and it was definitely not something that the two old guys opposite it could challenge.

The battle situation on the battlefield at this moment also illustrates this point.

The two old men fought with the weak stone spirit for a long time. Apart from breaking some stones, they did not cause any damage to the stone spirit itself. Instead, they suffered serious internal injuries from the stone spirit's counterattack.

It was just that the stone spirit's flexibility was too poor, and it was too weak having slept for a long time, so it was unable to cause fatal damage to the two foundation-building monks.

The subsequent battle also proved that Qi Ping's judgment was correct.

After a period of fierce fighting, the two foundation-building monks finally couldn't hold on any longer. After being severely injured and spitting out a large mouthful of blood, they immediately took the young man behind them who was ready to force a contract with them at any time and fled.

"Let's go first! This stone spirit has nothing to restore its health. After we take the elixir to restore its spiritual power and physical injuries, we will come back and slowly settle the score with it! It won't get far!"

"If the contract fails, you can forge it into your own treasure!"

The stone spirit saw the two people who had harassed it for so long trying to leave, so it immediately chased after them. However, its heavy body made it run too slowly for a foundation-building cultivator, and after running for a while, it could only watch the other party leave.

Next, the somewhat dazed stone spirit maintained the body of the rock monster for a while, and when it found that there was no danger anymore, it released this state.

Without the blessing of the stone spirit's power, the seemingly magical stone monster instantly turned into ordinary stones and fell to the ground.

"The stone that can resist the attack of foundation building is actually made of ordinary rocks?"

Qi Ping was surprised when he saw this scene. The ability of this stone spirit was so magical.

After a moment, the pile of scattered boulders suddenly moved a few times, and then a coal-ball-like figure, which was the body of the stone spirit, crawled out from it.

It was at this time that Qi Ping finally saw the true form of the stone spirit.

Its body is a black stone, about two or three times the size of a fist, and looks a bit like a coal ball.
Its hands and feet are made of several colorful stones. With a slight push of its feet, it flexibly jumps out from the pile of stones.
(End of this chapter)