God of Pets

Chapter 136: Ghost Cauldron Attracts Phoenix
After Chen Guan and the other two left, the guards directly passed the news to the Tianting Army base near the Ghost Eye Cave.

The person in charge of this military base was Commander Li Jinting. When the news came, Li Jinting was eating with a bowl in his hand. After listening to the message read by his adjutant, he dropped the bowl in his hand.

"Did these three practitioners who had just slept together really kill the Emperor's Ghost Eye Python?" Li Jinting felt like the sky was falling.

The Emperor's Ghost Eye Python is an unattainable existence for ordinary people, but for Li Jinting, a level 10 peerless secret spirit is nothing.

But the Emperor's Ghost Eye Python is different. Those high-ranking wealthy wives love bags and shoes made of the Emperor's Ghost Eye Python very much. The mysterious and noble gray-purple color is a color and texture rarely seen in nature. The leather bags and shoes made from it are as dreamy as crystal, and have a softness that crystal does not have. Many socialites are proud to own a bag made of Ghost Eye Python skin.

However, only one of these Emperor's Ghost-Eyed Pythons has been discovered so far, so it has been kept in captivity and not killed. Every time, only the snake skin is taken to make the bags and shoes that the ladies like.

Now that the Emperor's Ghost Eye Python has been killed, how is he going to explain this to his superiors?

By then, his position as commander might be stripped away, and it would be difficult for him to make further progress.

"Those three guys deserve to die... How on earth did they kill the Emperor's Ghost Eye Python..." Li Jinting snatched the intelligence strip and read it over and over again. His expression changed from being furious at first to slowly turning into a happy smile.

"They brought out two snake skins, so that will last for two years. I don't know which kid was so lucky to get a Ghost Eye Python pet. When his Ghost Eye Python pet levels up, there will still be snake skins produced. I can just bring them to you then. Even if his snake skins are not available, after they hand over those two snake skins, it will almost last for two years. By then, I will have ascended to the Cave Heaven, so who will care about these trivial matters? I will leave those noble ladies to the people who come after me. I don't want to serve them anymore."

Li Jinting thought about this and couldn't help but think again: "Those three guys were able to kill the Emperor Vein Ghost Eye Python. It seems they really have some skills. If I can bring them under my tutelage and train them well, that guy will have the Emperor Vein Ghost Eye Python to take its molt and use it to please those ladies. Maybe he can continue to control this place after I leave."

Thinking of this, Li Jinting asked someone to go to the reserve team to check the information of these three people.

It would have been fine if he hadn't checked, but when he checked, he found out that Chen Guan was actually Ji Nanhong's lover, and his face suddenly became strange.

Generally speaking, there are three major factions within the Heavenly Court Army. The largest faction is naturally that of General Ji. The second largest faction is not the Xiu family, but the noble children sent to the Heavenly Court Army by major families.

Although there are many of these people, they come from different families and it is difficult for them to cooperate with each other wholeheartedly. There are bound to be open and secret struggles among them, and they are like a pile of loose sand.

Sometimes they would cooperate, and sometimes some would even side with the Ji family or the Xiu family. Anyway, it was very chaotic.

On the contrary, the Xiu family has a very strong cohesion. Although there are not that many people, they have great influence in the Heavenly Court Army. Moreover, they are currently favored by the President and their popularity is growing.

Li Jinting belongs to the Ji family, but the Ji family is not stable now.

Ji Junchang has health problems and I heard that he doesn't have much time left. Now many people in this department are worried about what their future will be like, which makes people panic.

If Ji Nanhong had been born a few decades earlier, and the Ji family had trained her to take over, that would have been a good choice. Ji Nanhong is indeed a rare genius, and it is not impossible for a woman to take over the Heavenly Court Army.

But she was born too late, and now it is too late to train them. It is still unknown whether the Heavenly Army can be handed over to her. Even if it can be handed over to her, with her current ability, can she really control the Heavenly Army?

"Xiu Haofeng designed Chen Guan to take on four golden tasks. He originally wanted to defeat him directly. I'm afraid Xiu Haofeng never thought that Chen Guan actually completed the golden tasks. This person has the ability, but it is far from enough to be a match for the eldest lady." Li Jinting knew in his heart that if Ji Nanhong chose Chen Guan instead of Xiu Jieming, then Ji Nanhong would be prepared to embark on a road full of thorns.

Li Jinting was also considering what choice he would make in the future: whether to continue supporting the Ji family, assisting Ji Nanhong, or to join the Xiu family.

"Let's wait and see." Li Jinting felt that it was not yet time to choose sides, so he called someone over and instructed, "After Chen Guan and the others complete their mission, immediately retrieve the Emperor Vein Ghost Eye Python's slough."

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After Chen Guan and the other two arrived at the foot of Phoenix Mountain, the guards guarding the main entrance and exit of Phoenix Mountain were also shocked when they saw the Emperor Vein Ghost Eye Python. When they heard that they were going into Phoenix Mountain to hunt the Underworld Blood Phoenix, their expressions became even more strange.

"The Blood Phoenix of the Underworld appears on the north side of the mountain, but it is not easy to climb up the mountain from the north side. You have to go up from the west side. It is much safer to take a detour." said the guard.

Chen Guan and the other two thanked the guard for his guidance and took the Emperor's Ghost Eye Python into the mountain.

Because of the existence of the Blood Phoenix of the Underworld, there are no other secret spirits near Phoenix Mountain. Even if there are secret spirits, they will be hunted down by the Blood Phoenix of the Underworld.

The Blood Phoenix of the Underworld is extremely ferocious and will never allow any other living creatures in its habitat. It prefers the netherworld-like paradise of death.

The three of them saw a large number of skeletons at the foot of Phoenix Mountain. Most of the skeletons belonged to secret spirits, but some of them obviously belonged to human practitioners.

Regardless of how long these skeletons have existed or how big or small they are, they all have one common characteristic.

The bones were all black and red in color, as if they had been soaked in blood and then fished out and dried, and were covered with blood stains.

Looking at the skeleton in front of them, the three stopped and put down the snake skin and snake wrapping wood tied to the ghost-eyed python.

To kill the Blood Phoenix of the Underworld, the Ghost Eye Python is needed as the main combat force, so naturally it cannot be allowed to carry these things.

"The Blood Phoenix of the Underworld is extremely fast, and its feathers are like refined diamond. In addition, it likes to eat souls. It almost doesn't distinguish between friend and foe, and kills anyone it sees regardless of race. It is really difficult to kill. Captain, what are your plans?" An Yiqi asked.

"Of course we have a plan, but we just have to see if it works." Chen Guan pointed to a spot ahead and said, "Dig a three-foot-long hole there."

"Why dig a hole?" An Yiqi was puzzled.

"Just dig when I tell you to. Why are you talking so much?" The gate team went straight over and started digging.

Chen Guan stretched out one of the snake skins and used it as a tent to cover the hole they had dug. Then he took out the Ten Thousand Ghosts Refining Ghost King Cauldron, placed it in the hole, and asked them to fill it with soil.

"Captain, what is that bone tripod of yours? Why bury it here? Is it related to killing the blood phoenix in the underworld?" An Yiqi was very curious and asked while filling the soil.

"You'll know when the time comes. Whether we can hunt down the Blood Phoenix of the Underworld in three days depends on it." Chen Guan didn't want to satisfy his curiosity, because he himself was not sure whether this would be useful.

Theoretically speaking, the Ghost Emperor, the Emperor's Ghost-Eyed Python, and the Underworld's Blood Phoenix are all secret spirits of the ghost system.

Beimang Mountain Blessed Land mainly features ghost and fairy-type secret spirits. It can be said that there are other types of secret spirits, but they are relatively rare.

The Blood Phoenix of the Underworld was so fast, and the three of them had no flying pets, no flying ability, and their archery skills were average. It was definitely impossible to kill the Blood Phoenix of the Underworld using normal methods. They had to lure the Blood Phoenix of the Underworld down before they had a chance to kill it.

The Ten Thousand Ghosts Soul Refining Cauldron has a fatal attraction to ghost creatures. Chen Guan has never thought of going up the mountain to kill the Blood Phoenix. If the Ten Thousand Ghosts Soul Refining Cauldron is useless and cannot lure down the Blood Phoenix, then his only chance is to let Mingfei fight with the Blood Phoenix. He doesn't know whether Mingfei's flying ability can keep up with the Blood Phoenix.

The Ten Thousand Ghosts Soul Refining King Cauldron was buried in the ground for three days. After absorbing enough pheromones, Chen Guan removed the snake skin covering it. Then the three of them hid in a pile of rocks nearby, covering themselves with the snake skin, waiting for the blood phoenix to appear.

(End of this chapter)