The Path to Immortality: Starting with an Analysis of Basic Concepts

Chapter 437 Elf Horse? Dragon's Might… (Please Subscribe)

"Huh?—"

"Can ordinary animals also give birth to 'spirits'?"

Zhu Yu was surprised. After thinking for a moment, he sensed the outside world and, under his influence, the Knight Andrei, who was shocked by the prosperity of the "slave market" and dazzled by the sights, unconsciously turned his gaze to the old horse with mottled hair in the simple "beast pen".

With his many years of experience as a knight.

It was obvious that the old, worn-out horse wouldn't live much longer.

For some reason, a voice in his mind seemed to be incessantly urging him to buy the old, worn-out horse.

Under the delighted gaze of the merchant lounging in his deck chair, Sir Andrei strode heavily to the stables. Emulating his former master, Orpheus, he didn't even glance at the merchant, but pointed to the old, worn-out horse and calmly said, "Monte, bring that horse out. Once the knight's territory is established, we will use it to commemorate the monument of my 'Iris' family—"

Monte was initially puzzled, then his eyes lit up. He approached the smiling merchant, mimicking his father, raised his head high, and said with disdain, "Aren't you going to open the animal pen?"

The merchant cursed inwardly, "They've all come all the way to 'Lock City' to start a new era, what are they pretending to be nobles for, even holding priestly rites? Bah—"

However, the merchant was very enthusiastic when someone wanted to buy the sickly old horse. He immediately opened the gate of the stable and, without Monte even having to go in, went in and dragged the skinny, filthy old horse out of the stable.

Facing Andrei and his son, he opened one arm, revealing the bulging fat on his face.

"Five silver nars will suffice for the two knights to take this superior steed from the distant northern shore."

Sir Andrei frowned immediately.

If it were a strong, sturdy old horse, this price would not only be reasonable, but it would be quite cheap. However, this old horse clearly doesn't have long to live. Let alone five silver dollars, it might not even be worth one silver dollar.

After all, the city of "Lock City," which is connected to the wilderness, has no shortage of meat, and even precious "monster" meat is sold.

"What?!"

Monte stared wide-eyed at the merchant, a flush rising to his dark skin. He gripped his sword at his waist and roared, "Five 'silver nar'? You filthy, lowly worm, how dare you swindle a nobleman—"

These words were spoken.

It immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Looking at the clamoring nobles, while he himself was like a serf, the merchants' eyes showed disdain, mockery, and amusement.

However, upon seeing the old, worn-out horse led out by the merchant, they all shook their heads, thinking to themselves that Old John was too greedy. This old horse, which looked like it wouldn't live much longer, dared to ask for five "silver nars." Did he really think the nobles were all fools?

Aren't you afraid of earning money but not living to spend it?

Some impoverished nobles and knights showed no sympathy for Andrei and his son; instead, they were disgusted by Monte's rude shouting.

"This poor boy from some remote, desolate place is really lacking in manners."

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"Hmph, if you can't afford it, don't buy it. You're embarrassing us!"

"Ha, no wonder the kingdom reports such a high number of deaths during land reclamation every year, so these are the kinds of people they are—"

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One sentence at a time.

Andrei's brows furrowed even more. He stepped forward, his bear-like physique looming over the merchant, instantly snapping him out of his daze. Beads of cold sweat instantly appeared on the merchant's forehead. He swallowed hard and stammered, "Fighting is forbidden in Lo-Lock City, you—"

Andrei gave him a deep look, patted Monte who was glaring angrily at everyone around, and said in a deep voice, "Let's go, Monte—"

After saying that, he turned and walked deeper into the "slave market".

Monte glared at the merchant, sneered, and without saying a word, strode after his father.

The vendor stood there stunned for a few moments, watching the burly figure squeeze into the crowd. Suddenly, he snapped to attention and raised his hand, shouting, "Sir, for just three—no—just one 'silver nar', Old John will sell you this nag!"

Seeing that the two men didn't stop walking, cold sweat poured down his forehead. He shouted, "Ninety—only fifty 'copper nars'—"

The burly figure in the crowd paused.

Not long after.

Monte, beaming with joy, led his listless old horse, his mind filled with wonderful visions of pioneering knightly territories, manors, and domains.

Knight Andrei kept moving, his ears constantly listening to the quality and price of the slaves and pioneering equipment sold in each shop.

And in his arms.

Zhu Yu extended his senses outward, invading the old horse's body little by little like a worm. Soon, he discovered the "elf" aura carried by the old horse.

The breath is in his abdomen.

But it wasn't the "elf" he had imagined; instead, it was a foal on the verge of death due to a lack of magical replenishment.

Even if it is on the verge of death.

The little pony contained more magic than him, and also subtly contained a light and lively aura, as well as a considerable amount of "Spiritual Ruins Origin".

"A demonic beast? An elven horse? —"

Zhu Yu had a fleeting thought, but upon sensing the "Spiritual Ruins Origin" of the little pony, which flickered like a lamp, he felt an irresistible urge to possess it.

If one could probe out divine thoughts.

This nearly one hundred strands of "Spiritual Ruins Origin" was practically free.

Unfortunately, he couldn't—

As thoughts arose and fell, Zhu Yu withdrew his senses and enveloped Andrei once more. Fearing that it would provoke resistance from his will, he did not rush things but instead instilled the information of "feeding the old horse with 'magic crystal sand'" into his subconscious.

That is, the sixth sense—

Sir Andrei found nothing out. He wandered around from sunrise to sunset before returning to his temporary lodging, a simple but clean inn.

The father and son had just returned.

Lady Arya, who had been waiting all day, came forward with her two sons, Pope and Mina.

Lady Arya looked the father and son up and down, and seeing that they had not fought or sustained any injuries, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he landed on the old dwarf horse that Monte was leading, paused for a moment, his expression immediately turned somewhat unpleasant, and his thick arm landed on the strong waist.

Before his mother could get angry, Monte quickly repeated his father's argument, emphasizing the word "old sluggish horse" at the end.

It was purchased for fifty "copper nars".

Lady Arya's expression immediately brightened, and she slapped her second son, Pope, on the head, angrily saying, "Your father and brother have been busy all day. Go and take the ponie to the inn's stable, and remember to tie it with our livestock—"

"A good mother."

Pope scratched the back of his head, chuckled, and took the reins from his older brother. Just as he was about to lead it away, Sir Andrei, who had been silent all along, suddenly said, "Tie it by the door—"

Lady Arya glared at her husband and raised her voice, "This will make Lima unhappy." But under Sir Andrei's calm gaze, her voice gradually softened, and she muttered, "He's not even a master yet, and he's already acting like one. When it comes time to settle the bill, that vampire Lima will definitely use this as an excuse to withhold the deposit—"

After saying that, he turned and glared at the bewildered Pope, and scolded, "Hurry up and tie it up, then fetch some more water to wash it. If it's not clean, it won't eat!"

With that, he turned and walked toward the kitchen.

Sir Andrei left his eldest son, Monte, to look after the rickety horse, stepped into the room, and went to the bedside. He first opened the wooden box and saw that the magical crop "iris" was still there. He breathed a sigh of relief, carefully lifted his clothes, took out the bamboo tube, and gently tilted it.

Seeing Zhu Yu slowly climb out, his serious face instantly turned as cold as ice, and he then took out a blue stone box from the bottom of the wooden box.

Lifting the lid, I looked at the thin layer of "magic crystal sand" at the bottom, scooped out a spoonful with a silver spoon, and put it at the bottom of the box.

Watching Zhu Yu devour the food, he glanced at the "magic crystal sand" in the box, which was only enough to feed the baby for half a month, and a look of worry appeared in his eyes.

He had never kept an "elf" before.

However, through conversations with Orpheus and Vivian, it was learned that...

The "little sprites" can only survive and grow by feeding them "magic crystal grains," which can then breed "magic crops" that can help the knight become powerful.

"Magic Crystal Sand" is made by grinding the crystal cores of magical beasts.

The monsters are no less powerful than, and perhaps even slightly stronger than, the knights.

Andrei had a clear understanding of his own strength. Although he was a mid-level knight, he did not have any family knightly secret techniques. Moreover, the "life energy" he received from ordinary barley, a "magical crop," only enhanced his "endurance," which did not help his strength much.

If you were to face a magical beast, even a low-level one, it would be uncertain whether you could even escape its jaws, let alone kill it.

Not to mention.

Not every magical beast possesses a "monster core".

Andrei's eyes flickered, and his gaze gradually fell on the iris's gorgeous, amethyst-like petals, and an idea slowly emerged in his mind.

"If Monte can condense 'life energy' within half a month—"

Zhu Yu, who was showing off his "magic crystal sand" in a grand manner, suddenly felt a chill and immediately raised his head, meeting Andrei's eager gaze.

"He wants to eat me? —"

"Losing one petal shouldn't be a problem, right? It's just one—"

Zhu Yu was immediately furious. "Good heavens, I found you a 'spirit horse,' and instead of thanking me, you want to eat me?"

He knew, of course, that Andrei wasn't attacking him, but rather half of the "Iris Flower" itself. However, he wasn't sure if the damage to the "Iris Flower" would harm him, or if it would recover in the future.

A slight thought immediately triggered information in Andrei's subconscious.

Andrei was stunned. His mind inexplicably turned to the nag he had bought for fifty copper nars, and he subconsciously looked at the magic sand in the stone box.

A strong feeling welled up inside me.

Feeding foals with "magic sand" will bring unexpected benefits.

"Old sluggish horse, magic crystal sand—"

Andrei subconsciously felt something was wrong, but his strong sixth sense made him involuntarily carry the stone box out of the room.

"call--"

Zhu Yu breathed a sigh of relief and continued to consume "magic crystal sand" while pondering how to develop a means of self-defense, otherwise relying solely on influencing one's subconscious would not be safe.

Just as I was thinking about it.

The magic reserve has reached ten points.

A strange feeling rose in Zhu Yu's heart. He suddenly felt an itch on the top of his head. It wasn't that his brain was growing, but rather that his little horns were unbearably itchy.

He subconsciously raised his mycelium-like foot and scratched his head, gently rubbing it, and a layer of fine, coal-ash-like skin flakes fell down.

A few breaths later.

Zhu Yu suddenly felt a small hole appear in the barrier that had been binding his divine sense. At the same time, he felt something new in his soul.

A weak, yet extremely pure, thought suddenly arose: to destroy everything in sight.

"Huh—this is—"

Zhu Yu was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously tried to extinguish the thought with more thoughts, but it kept resurfacing after being extinguished.

After trying it a few times, he gave up on the idea.

Fortunately, his attempt to integrate this idea only made him a bit irritable; he remained rational.

at the same time.

He also discovered that the tiny hole that had melted away only allowed this thought filled with "destruction" to pass through, while other thoughts remained trapped.

"Is it because of that third-tier demonic beast's bloodline—?"

The thought of wishing for good fortune flashed through my mind, and I gazed at myself with a radiant light.

as predicted.

The "Talent" section clearly displays the hidden talents within.

He was quite surprised when he saw its name.

This talent is actually "Dragon's Might".

"That third-tier demonic beast was actually a 'dragon'?!"

Coming to her senses, Zhu Yu was pleasantly surprised.

Dragon.

No matter what kind of dragon it is, as long as it is a "dragon", there is no weak one.

What surprised him even more was...

This "Spirit Ruins" actually harbors a "dragon".

Given its scale, the "Spirit Ruins" must be at least an ultra-large "Spirit Ruins".

"Not bad, not bad, it was worth the effort—"

Zhu Yu was overjoyed. After several attempts to use "Dragon's Might," he found it pitifully weak, but it was still a "method."

.

If Andrei wants to harm him again in the future.

Let him unleash his "Dragon Might" on himself. If one "Dragon Might" isn't enough, let him unleash it a thousand or a hundred times.

He doesn't have much else, but he has plenty of ideas—

Outside the room.

Sir Andrei suddenly felt a chill in the air. He tightened his coat, went to the old steed lying on the ground, and waved away the children who were washing the old steed.

Perhaps sensing that the "magic crystal sand" was beneficial to its offspring, the old horse's previously listless eyes suddenly lit up, and it stretched its neck to reach for the stone box in his hand.

"It really works!"

Andrei's eyes brightened slightly, and his intuition grew stronger. After thinking for a moment, he picked up a blade of grass, filled it with a few grains of "magic crystal sand," and handed it to the old steed's mouth.

The old horse immediately opened its mouth and swallowed it. As soon as the "magic crystal sand" entered its belly, it transformed into strands of magic power that merged into the foal's body, instantly strengthening its originally weak, candle-like life force.

They also temporarily stopped drawing blood from the old, worn-out horse to sustain themselves.

The old horse instinctively felt its body relax, neighed, and reached for the stone box in Andrei's hand again.

Andrei was as if he were under a spell.

A green leaf holds two or three grains of "magic crystal sand" to feed the old horse.

Time and time again—

Monte's face twitched as he watched. He knew how precious "Magic Crystal Sand" was. According to Head Maid Vivian, a small box was worth dozens of "Golden Naals".

Even if he sold it, he still couldn't afford it.

This precious thing was fed by the father to an old dwarf horse that cost only fifty copper naals.

Even if it is to worship the "iris" family.

That's not worth it—

But his father's long-standing authority prevented him from offending him, and he could only watch helplessly as the "magic crystal sand," worth more than "golden nars," disappeared little by little into the old horse's mouth.

At this time.

Lady Arya's gruff voice rang out.

"What's so interesting about an old horse? Monte, Pope, Mina, come and get the food—"

The voice not only woke Monte from his reverie.

This also startled the dazed Andrei awake. When he saw the almost empty stone box in his hand, his face froze instantly. When he came to his senses, his face visibly turned ashen and black.

Inside the room.

Zhu Yu tried unleashing "Dragon's Might".

Ow—

A faint, buzzing sound, as faint as a mosquito's buzz, suddenly rang out.

Centered on the house, all the mosquitoes within a hundred meters froze, then fell down in a rustling sound, lifeless.

Lady Arya and Monte felt a sudden pang in their hearts.

A sudden feeling of fear washed over Andrei, his limbs went weak, and his clothes were instantly soaked with sweat, clinging to his skin.

Fortunately, the feeling of panic was short-lived.

Before he could think it through, a mournful cry suddenly came from beside him.