System crash? I prove it with my control panel!

We arrived in the valley.

Animal pens appeared before Chen Wen's eyes.

The roars of various mythical beasts rose and fell in waves.

The servants and disciples moved among them, feeding and caring for the animals.

Zhai Ji played with the jade pendant and introduced it to Chen Wen:

"All the spirit beasts here have second-tier bloodlines. The rest are raised individually by the disciples. Brother Jingwen, feel free to look around. If you find one you like, you can exchange it."

"Could it be that you're reluctant to give me your Snowwing Eagle?"

Chen Wen joked.

To everyone's surprise, Zhai Ji actually nodded. He said:

"I really couldn't bear to give it away. I saw this carving on my father's register that day, so I told you about it."

"But we later learned that the Snowwing Eagle had been reserved by the He family."

"Otherwise, why would I have received such a severe scolding from my father!"

Zhai Ji sighed and shook his head, saying:

"Speaking of which, this time it wasn't the He family who stole your spirit beast, but rather you who stole the He family's spirit beast!"

"If you choose this egg, you'll offend the He family again. Think carefully!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Wen frowned slightly, inwardly thinking, "He truly deserves to be called the chosen one; he can just randomly pick a spirit beast that turns out to be his enemy."

Of course, they are also his enemies!

Chen Wen naturally had no reason to be afraid, and chuckled:

"Putting aside my past grievances with the He family, and the fact that choosing this egg would allow me to exact revenge, I will not back down even for this second-tier high-grade spirit beast!"

This is a second-tier high-grade spirit beast, destined to be a late-stage Foundation Establishment demon beast as soon as it reaches adulthood.

Once it grows up, it will be a great help!

Moreover, as a true disciple, although he lacks resources, raising a spirit beast is not a problem.

Zhai Ji smiled upon hearing this and said:

"Excellent! Those He family members dared to bully the weak; they deserve to be punished!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Wen's heart stirred. "It sounds like there's more to this than meets the eye. Why don't you tell me more about it?"

"Let's go, we'll talk as we walk."

As Zhai Ji spoke, he led Chen Wen into a hall, where a rich aura of spiritual beasts rushed towards them.

Chen Wen quickly closed his nose, which made him feel a little better.

As Zhai Ji pointed out the way, he recounted his love-hate relationship with the He family and their associates.

"A year ago, after I came out of the secret realm, I was subjected to retaliation by the He family."

"First, the spirit beasts in the beast garden I managed suddenly rioted, and then the spirit beasts fell ill for no reason, which damaged my reputation in the sect."

Zhai Ji said through gritted teeth,

"Fortunately, I managed to turn the tide. I was lucky enough to find the symptoms in ancient books at the critical moment and solve the problem."

"After my father investigated and told me that it was a member of the He family who made the move, I completely clashed with the He family."

"There are also many disciples of the He family on Beast Peak. I secretly tripped them up, causing them to suffer a lot."

"I only stopped when a disciple from the main branch of the He family, who was in the late stage of Qi Refining, came to apologize in person."

Zhai Ji spoke concisely and fluently, but Chen Wen frowned as he listened. If his background were any weaker, Zhai Ji would have become a laughingstock by now.

Zhai Ji continued:

"Later, I set my sights on the Ho family's businesses."

"It should be noted that most of the He family's disciples practice physical training, which requires the most resources."

"Harming their businesses is tantamount to cutting off their source of income, indirectly causing their cultivation to stagnate!"

"And for some reason, my attacks went exceptionally smoothly, as if divinely aided. After several attempts, I caused the He family to lose hundreds of thousands of spirit stones, hahaha~"

Upon hearing this, Chen Wen curled his lip, thinking to himself, "Isn't this just God helping you? Maybe Chu Feng is behind it all. Two Gods!"

The He family is really unlucky to have run into you!

However, Chen Wen was grateful for their existence. He had been wondering why the He family had only made a move once in the past year, when he first joined the family, and then there had been no further activity.

It turns out that these two people were the ones who made the He family so preoccupied with their own problems!

Zhai Ji continued, "Later, when I carried out another plan to sabotage the He family's businesses, a senior disciple of the He family who was almost at the Foundation Establishment stage actually attacked and killed me."

"I almost died there, but luckily Xiao Hei saved my life."

He couldn't help but rub the black leather belt around his waist.

Xiao Hei squinted its eyes, revealing a hint of enjoyment.

At this point, Chen Wen became somewhat curious.

"Is the He family just going to let you run wild like this without sending any Foundation Establishment cultivators?"

"What do you think Foundation Establishment is?"

Zhai Ji shook his head and laughed:

"Those who have reached the Foundation Establishment stage are the true backbone of the sect. They don't have time to care about us kids playing around. They are serving the sect and can't be idle for a moment."

Chen Wen pressed further, "I'm also curious, why is it that in such a large sect, I haven't seen many Foundation Establishment cultivators?"

"They all went..."

Halfway through his sentence, Zhai Ji suddenly fell silent, his expression grave, and extended his spiritual sense to transmit his voice:

"This matter is of great importance. We have all been placed under a restriction and cannot speak of it. I can only tell you that, apart from those who perform their respective duties, there are no other Foundation Establishment cultivators in the sect, and not even those at the Purple Mansion level..."

Upon hearing this, Chen Wen was shocked. In fact, besides the deputy peak masters of the nine peaks, there was also a Purple Mansion in the sect.

Moreover, judging from Zhai Ji's tone, the quantity seems to be quite large!

But where did they all go?

Moreover, judging from the frequency of disciple recruitment and the treatment of disciples, the sect is clearly short of disciples.

For a moment, Chen Wen was even more puzzled.

At this time.

Zhai Ji led Chen Wen to a gate.

He took out his identity token, waved it gently at the door, and the door slowly opened.

Zhai Ji left first, saying:

"This is the Beast Breeding Pavilion. No noise is allowed. Follow me."

Chen Wen immediately followed.

Various beast eggs were everywhere along the way, displayed on shelves and placed in jade boxes, soaked in a medicinal liquid.

Many disciples moved among them, some selecting beast eggs, others replenishing their spiritual fluids.

A small animal hatched, and immediately a servant disciple stepped forward and took it away.

There was no time to look around, so we passed through the area and came to a long corridor that seemed to stretch on forever. It was wide and enormous on both sides, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a palace.

Both sides are shrouded in formations, allowing one to see inside from the outside.

Each of them is a separate animal enclosure.

Zhai Ji waited until Chen Wen arrived at a beast shed near the end of the enclosure, then pointed inside and said:

"This is the Snowwing Eagle, which is currently preparing to lay eggs."

Chen Wen looked in the direction the beast was pointing. Inside the beast enclosure, a giant beast, several meters tall, with snow-white skin and ice patterns on its forehead, was lazily lying on the ground. A clear spring was flowing beside it, and in front of it was the blood of a demon beast.

As if sensing that someone was watching it, it opened its eyes, and immediately looked outside with a pair of icy blue eyes. After just one glance, it closed them again, looking extremely arrogant.

Zhai Ji explained:

"This beast is extremely proud and has obsessive-compulsive disorder about cleanliness. The ground must be cleaned with a cleaning spell at least three times a day before it will lie down to give birth."

He then transmitted his voice, "But don't show any disgust. It can see that it is Elder Xiao's pet beast from Beast Peak, and it has already reached the mid-Foundation Establishment stage."

"Once you receive your pet, if it's female, you must bring it here when it gives birth. Its offspring must be handed over to the Beast Hall. Regardless of gender, you cannot refuse when the Beast Hall requests you to come for mating. A spirit contract will be signed when you receive the eggs!"

Chen Wen nodded knowingly; that was how it should be.

Without these regulations, wouldn't the spirit beasts in the Beast Hall become increasingly scarce?

No one can guarantee that all kinds of spirit beasts can be preserved indefinitely and handed over to disciples for raising. When needed, disciples can bring them to breed.

The Beast Hall is responsible for overall planning and coordination.

Of course, they also raise carnivorous spirit beasts and make various spirit beast blood dishes, which is also a source of income.

Chen Wen's eyes were glued to the screen as he asked with admiration, "How many more days until delivery?"

Zhai Ji pondered for a moment and said, "It will take at least one day, and at most three days."

"May I wait here?"

Chen Wen nodded, then asked.

Zhai Ji nodded in agreement, "That was the plan all along. I've already arranged accommodations for you. Come with me."

After leading Chen Wen to a secluded courtyard, Zhai Ji handed him a jade slip and instructed him:

"This is the Beast Spirit Contract of my Beast Hall. Brother Jingwen, practice it more these next few days, just in case. Once you get the beast egg, make the contract with it first."

Chen Wen's expression was strange. "Wait, you're not planning to act first and report later, are you? Is your father really in the Beast Hall?"

Zhai Ji's eyes looked somewhat unnatural, and he grinned:

"It is natural."

After saying that, he immediately cast a spell to prepare to leave.

With a thought, Chen Wen summoned a vine that rose up in the wind, tightly binding it and suspending it in mid-air.

Chen Wen walked up to him, looked up and smiled faintly:

"Wait a minute, explain yourself to me clearly. You're not trying to set me up, are you? Brother Zhai, I've treated you very well!"

Zhai Ji struggled, but failed to break free. His eyes widened in shock. He hadn't expected that he wouldn't even have a chance to resist in Jing Wen's hands.

He was immediately puzzled. Who was the late-stage Qi Refining cultivator? Why couldn't he beat him?

Seeing that he couldn't escape, he showed some helplessness and had no choice but to beg for mercy, "Brother Jingwen, please calm down and put me down. I'll explain everything to you!"

"No need, let's just leave it at that."

Chen Wen waved his hand.

Helpless, Zhai Ji used his spiritual sense to scan the surroundings, then activated the array in the courtyard by making hand seals before transmitting his voice:

"Brother Jingwen, everything I said before was the truth, except for a little bit I concealed."

"Which point?"

Chen Wen frowned.

Zhai Jidao:

"This beast egg belongs to He Qingpu, a Foundation Establishment disciple of the He family of Hundred Refinements Peak. I wanted to avenge the He family's previous bullying of the weak, so I..."

Chen Wen's eyes widened immediately, and after a long pause, he finally spoke.

"Brother Zhai, how many lives do you have? How dare you intercept a Foundation Establishment cultivator?!"

Chen Wen was already quite bold, but he never expected that Zhai Ji would try to drag him down with him.

Foundation Establishment Major Repair, they'll die with just a breath!

Zhai Ji chuckled awkwardly:

"Hehe, that's why I got scolded by my father. But luckily I'm his biological son, so he eventually acquiesced. He will take action to stop He Qingpu when the time comes."

"Don't worry, Brother Jingwen, we'll be fine!"

"That means you'll be fine!"

Chen Wen stood up and snorted coldly.

"I have no Foundation Establishment cultivators protecting me, nor any powerful family backing me up!"

"Hey, Brother Jingwen, there's no need to belittle yourself."

Zhai Ji gave him a "keep pretending" look and laughed:

"Throughout the entire Qingming Sect, everyone knows you've latched onto Qin Shuiru, the true disciple of the Qin family. You're her brother!"

Chen Wen raised an eyebrow. "It's just hearsay. Others may not know, but you do?"

"Yes, yes, yes, it's all just hearsay, alright?"

Zhai Ji, adopting an attitude that everything Zhai Ji said was correct, replied perfunctorily:

"Give me a straight answer, whether you're going to do it or not. I asked you before, and you said yes, that's why I brought you into the Beast Breeding Pavilion. Now you've changed your mind. It's been a year, and I never expected Brother Jingwen to be so cowardly!"

"Heh, that reverse psychology won't work!"

Chen Wen sneered, "You didn't say you were intercepting a Foundation Establishment cultivator!"

"I never intended to hide it from you, otherwise you wouldn't have noticed anything."

Zhai Ji curled his lip and said, "Now you know, so what?"

After pondering for a moment and thinking it over carefully, Chen Wen realized that it wasn't impossible to escape unscathed.

Firstly, with Zhai Ji taking the lead, one can only vent one's anger on others.

After recognizing the master, run back to Zixia Peak as fast as you can. No matter how powerful He Qingpu is, he won't dare to act recklessly on Zixia Peak.

Furthermore, I gained real and tangible benefits.

He had just glanced at the Beast Breeding Pavilion. Although there were quite a few second-tier spirit beast eggs, there was only one high-grade second-tier one, and it was a mutated ice-type.

It's fair to say that without this scheming, I would never have gotten it.

Zhai Ji said resentfully, "Brother Jingwen, whether you're willing to do it or not, how about you just put me out of here for now?"

"Not good!"

Chen Wen raised his head, his eyes narrowed slightly, and said in an unfriendly tone:

"You know about this scheme; it's fraught with danger and life-or-death situations. It's not impossible for me to take the risk with you."

Zhai Ji was overjoyed upon hearing this, "I knew Brother Jingwen was righteous, thank you so much, I am deeply grateful!"

"But it'll cost extra!"

Chen Wen said without hesitation, "Give me that jade pendant first. It was payment for asking you for a favor, but now you're the one asking me for help, understand?!"

"what?"

Zhai Ji looked at Chen Wen, who was looking very serious, and was a little confused. It was unheard of for a gift to be returned after it was given!

Chen Wen said solemnly:

"This is a matter of principle. If I were asking you for a favor, I would give you any gift, no matter how expensive. But you're asking me for a favor and still want to accept a gift from me. Don't you think that's ridiculous?"

Chen Wen said sinisterly, "And you actually want to erase the favor I did for you because of this? You've really got a good plan, haven't you? You've really ripped me off!"

"Hehe, I was just kidding! Here, here, take it back!"

Zhai Ji chuckled and took out a jade pendant from his storage bag, tossing it to Chen Wen before saying:

"Now you can put me down, right?"

Chen Wen took it and used his cleaning magic to wash it carefully before carefully putting it in a jade box, thinking to himself that Qin Shuiru's gift was secure.

Then he added:

"This is the gift I asked you for; what about the gift you asked me for?"

"What else do you want...?"

Zhai Ji had just opened his mouth when he saw Chen Wen's slightly narrowed eyes. For some reason, a sense of unease rose in his heart, and he subconsciously swallowed before awkwardly speaking:

"I'd like to give you something, but I have nothing of value to offer."

"You have plenty of spirit stones and pills, and I don't have any magical artifacts. How about I give you some spirit beast blood?"

Chen Wen smiled, his eyes narrowed:

"How could there not be? Brother Zhai, you jest. Your healing technique is quite powerful, isn't it? Just gather a hundred or two hundred drops for me, it's that simple!"

"What kind of treatment do I know..."

Zhai Ji was stunned as soon as he spoke, realizing that Chen Wen was referring to the excuse he had given back in the secret realm.

He immediately retorted angrily:

"Do you even know what that is? You still want a hundred or two hundred drops? You kill me, and see if you have a hundred or two hundred drops left?!"

Chen Wen grinned and feigned surprise, saying:

"Isn't that a healing spell?!"

Zhai Ji ranted, "That's bullshit... Yes, it's just a healing spell!"

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