The Charm of Soul Pets - Chapter 1182

Chapter 1182

“Liao Yu, do you know of Li Xu’s branch?” asked Chu Mu .

“Why would I not know? That is the strongest branch of our Cloud Realm’s Li Family . If things go as expected, Li Xu will be the next city lord . ” said Liao Yu .

“What experts do they have?” continued asking Chu Mu .

“Experts… that isn’t easy to say . Li Xu himself is one of the top three people in our Cloud Realm and his strength is even stronger than Border Commander Wu Zhen . ” said Liao Yu .

Chu Mu obtained a rough understanding of Li Xu’s branch’s strength, and had a certain idea of how strong they were in his mind .  

“Big brother, this exam is a bit too hard, no? The range of Wen Mountain is so big; the mountain is probably ten thousand times larger than a normal mountain . Inside there are various caves, valleys, cliffs and waterfalls . These are all places where it’s possible to hide . If the Blood Drinking Demon conceals its aura, how will it be possible to find?” said Liao Yu .

“Actually, the range isn’t as big as you think . ” faintly smiled Chu Mu .

Chu Mu who often trained in the wild had a very thorough understanding of soul pet habits . If he was participating in this exam, he would be able to lock onto the range the Blood Drinking Demon was operating in within a short period of time .  

Of course, when Mu Qingyi had departed, he had used a mental voice to teach her how to find the Blood Drinking Demon .

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Wen Mountain was also covered by lingering clouds . The interior of the mountain was a complex maze . Hills circled the mountain and it would not be an easy task to find a Blood Drinking Demon in this vast mountain .  

After Mu Qingyi entered Wen Mountain, she began to move alone . She noticed that each person was moving in a different direction .  

After passing through a rock hill that was covered by clouds, Mu Qingyi used her soul remembrance to sense the area .

“Hu~~~~~~”

The White Tiger spat out a breath and turned to look in front . From time to time, it would use its nose to smell the ground .  

Mu Qingyi didn’t have a certain direction she was going in . She just let the White Tiger lead the way .

“Blood Drinking Demon…” Mu Qingyi retrieved a thick pet book from her spatial ring . As she sat on the White Tiger, she began to carefully read about the Blood Drinking Demon’s habits, characteristics and places it inhabited .  

“It enjoys the shade . Ok, I can exclude the sunny side of the mountain and the mountain peak . ” muttered Mu Qingyi .

“It enjoys slaughter and drinking blood . Each day, it needs to try new blood . Even if it is wounded, it has to have blood to replenish itself . It’s probably hiding itself where there are more soul pets gathered . Thus, I can ignore more remote areas . ” Mu Qingyi took out a map and pencilled out locations where soul pets were sparsely scattered .  

Before entering Wen Mountain, Official Tang had given each person a very detailed map of Wen Mountain . This gave Mu Qingyi an effective method of eliminating locations .  

“It doesn’t like water . Streams, rivers, lakes and waterfalls can be eliminated . ” Mu Qingyi’s finger lightly traced through the map and she once more eliminated a few locations on the map .  

Mu Qingyi gave a rough search of the area closest to her, but it was still difficult to find anything .

“Every once in a while, the Blood Drinking Demon will shed its skin, releasing a medicinal smell . ” Mu Qingyi muttered to herself again .

The White Tiger kept smelling as it progressed . The Blood Drinking Demon could hide its aura, but it could not escape the smell from shedding skin .

Soon, Mu Qingyi found an air-dried skin in a cave . The smell it emanated could be smelled several tens of kilometers away by the White Tiger .  

The skin of the Blood Drinking Demon appearing here meant that the Blood Drinking Demon had stayed here .

Of course, the Blood Drinking Demon was an extremely intelligent creature . After completing its shedding, it would change dwellings so as to prevent creatures with sensitive noses from using the skin to find it .

“Then this direction is correct . ” a smile rose on Mu Qingyi’s face . It seemed that her luck was not bad . She had found a lead so quickly .  

“Chu Mu said that the most likely places the Blood Drinking Demon could be dwelling were: on the top of an ancient and tall tree, in a cave underneath a cliff or halfway down a cliff, and in the most narrow part of a sealed mountain valley… 

“Additionally, its dwellings will slightly change depending on the season . In the winter, it will choose the most narrow part of the valley, during the summer it will choose underneath a cliff or halfway down a cliff, and during the spring or autumn it will choose the top of a tree . Now that it is nearly autumn, the chances of it appearing in a cave underneath a cliff are slightly higher…” 

Thus, Mu Qingyi proceeded to place most of her attention on caves underneath cliffs .  

Soon, Mu Qingyi was pleasantly surprised to discover the second piece of skin the Blood Drinking Demon had shed . Even if it had been purposely buried in the kill by the Blood Drinking Demon, it had still been smelled by the White Tiger .  

“Speaking of this, how does Chu Mu know such detailed things?” when she found the second clue, Mu Qingyi couldn’t help but admire Chu Mu . The difficulty of pursuing a creature in the boundless large mountain was innately very high . Yet, a few tips from Chu Mu gave Mu Qingyi a very accurate direction . Most importantly, she had found her trail in such a short period of time .  

Mu Qingyi couldn’t help but silently think that it was indeed unfortunate that Chu Mu wouldn’t join Divine Sect . With his tracking abilities, any criminal would fall into his hands; it would be impossible to escape .  

With her second clue, a focus on the cliff caves and a knowledge of what the Blood Drinking Demon liked and hated, the range greatly shrank . As she penetrated deeper into the mountain, Mu Qingyi gradually sensed that this Blood Drinking Demon probably wasn’t too far from her .

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“Hu” . . . suddenly, the White Tiger gave a deep sniff and abruptly rose its head . Its eyes were staring at the lofty cliff about ten kilometers away . l

“There?” asked Mu Qingyi .

The White Tiger nodded its head and instantly ran towards the cliff .

Ten kilometers wasn’t very far for a dominator rank creature and quickly, the White Tiger appeared underneath the cliff . By this point, Mu Qingyi could already smell the dense medicinal smell .  

“This fellow just finished shedding its skin!” said Mu Qingyi .  

The White Tiger ran up the 90 degree cliff . On the side it ran up, its back was to the sun, meaning there were many shadows .  

When Mu Qingyi looked up, she could see a piece of skin hanging from a tree on the cliff . The piece of skin was fluttering in the violent wind .  

Mu Qingyi caught up and discovered that there were still non-dry liquids stuck on the skin . This proved Mu Qingyi’s conjecture just now .  

The Blood Drinking Demon was nearby! 

Mu Qingyi immediately had the White Tiger jump higher up on the cliff, where the White Tiger instantly smelled a thick blood stench waft over from the forest .

Mu Qingyi released her soul remembrance and her eyes flickered with a blue halo . She stared off to where the blood aura was wafting over from .  

Indeed, a rapidly moving figure flashed by in the forest and almost instantly disappeared from Mu Qingyi’s field of view .

“Chase!” Mu Qingyi said to the White Tiger .  

“Hou hou…” the White Tiger roared and jumped off the several hundred meter cliff . After landing, it exercised its four robust limbs, leaving a huge layer of frost on the ground .  

“Yi…” the small heavenly bird on Mu Qingyi’s shoulders began to beat its wings . As it flew into the air, it was enveloped by a thick golden flame, rapidly transforming it into the imposing and domineering Crown Phoenix King . It flew straight across overtop the green trees, rapidly approaching the Blood Drinking Demon that was playing with its life, fleeing .  

The Blood Drinking Demon was a demon, so its speed was not ordinarily fast . Without the Crown Phoenix King’s perpetual aerial lock on, the White Tiger would easily be shaken off .  

The chase moved from the forest to the mountain ridge . The Blood Drinking Demon kept fleeing while Mu Qingyi relentlessly pursued .  

The gap gradually closed and the corners of Mu Qingyi’s mouth faintly curled . There was nowhere for the Blood Drinking Demon to flee! 

“Raging Flame Whistle!” Mu Qingyi looked at the Crown Phoenix King in the air, and gave it an order .

The Crown Phoenix King’s wings beat and a scorching golden flame descended from the air, forming a sea of raging flames in front of the Blood Drinking Demon and forcing it back .  

The Blood Drinking Demon didn’t like fire and it didn’t dare charge directly through the raging flame technique . Instead, it glanced behind it and savagely looked at Mu Qingyi who was relentlessly chasing it .  

Suddenly, it turned around and instantly erupted with terrifying speed . Its bloodthirsty claws swiped at Mu Qingyi and the White tiger! 

Mu Qingyi was already prepared and gave the White Tiger an order .  

A frosty storm coiled around the White Tiger and as it charged, the energy coalesced on its claws . It charged straight at the Blood Drinking Demon! 

The frosty ice storm and bloodthirsty aura mixed together before proliferating through the surrounding mountain range .  

At this moment, the Crown Phoenix King in the air completed its technique . It rapidly swooped down from the sky and when it neared the Blood Drinking Demon, it created a phoenix fire image with its wings . The fire image forcibly descended on the Blood Drinking Demon, suppressing its body .  

The Blood Drinking Demon reacted very quickly . It transformed into a series of remnant figures that rapidly dodged the phoenix figure’s suppression .  

However, the Crown Phoenix King’s technique was not that simple . After the Crown Phoenix King descended, the earth and mountain range mysteriously fissured apart . Pillar after pillar of fire surged out of the ground . The torrential heat beautifully filled the silent mountain range .  

The Blood Drinking Demon continuously changed its directions, dodging the magma pillars shooting out of the ground . As it searched for an opportunity to escape, it also searched for an opportunity to attack . . .

However, Mu Qingyi had already seen through its intentions . The combination of the White Tiger and Crown Phoenix King’s ice and fire perpetually wound create an ardent flame and icy frozen wall around it . This firmly trapped the Blood Drinking Demon in a limited area as the area itself was also continuously shrinking . This didn’t leave the Blood Drinking Demon any opportunity to flee .  

This Blood Drinking Demon’s strength was roughly a bit stronger than the low class dominator rank . However, the Crown Phoenix King was a huge favorite to win if it fought it one against one, and even more so if the White Tiger which neared the low class dominator rank was added .

Mu Qingyi gradually obtained control . However, she wasn’t hasty or impatient . For some reason, she seemed to feel that there were always a pair of eyes watching her from nearby .  

“Although I really don’t want to ruin your mood, please don’t injure my companion, beautiful young lady . ” a sinister voice rang out from nearby .  

Indeed, Mu Qingyi’s vigilance was correct .  

Mu Qingyi was about to take down the Blood Drinking Demon, but she gave up on this . Instead, her eyes turned to the man a kilometer away .  

“This Blood Drinking Demon is your soul pet?” calmly said Mu Qingyi . She could feel an evil aura emanating from this man’s body .  

“No, but its style and conduct is to my liking . It is very compatible with our organization’s recruiting conditions…”