Chapter 8-It's a rare breed?

"..." "Brother Ping" "Hm?" "I hope you don't ever show that look again in your lifetime" "Why?" "It just doesn't fit with how you act" "Oh okay, but I think that the soup is almost ready" "It's almost ready?" "Yeah, it's almost ready but needs some taste testing" "I'll do it!", then he got up and poured himself some hot soup and started taste testing "After you finish tasting it, tell me if it needs anything" then Liao Ping started to think about the monster's exact location. When Xu Huo had just finished the soup and was about to tell Liao Ping about the taste of the soup, a squirrel jumps down onto Liao Ping's shoulder and sniffs the air. "Brother Ping, I think that the soup tastes great but it might need some more seasoning and-" "oh?" "Why is there a squirrel on your shoulder? Wait, it's that squirrel that I couldn't capture!" " Now that I think about it, what type of squirrel is it?" "Really? So you didn't know that this was a rare squirrel breed?" "What? It's a rare breed?" "Yup, since in the book about animals it stated that there was an auburn squirrel population which existed about ten-thousand years ago but it went extinct because of reasons which weren't listed" "So what can it do?" "Not sure, but if it decides to do something then I'll just wait for its results" "That's a smart idea! I hope one day I can have a spiritual beast companion" "You will, you will" "Okay, now that you heard some of the histories of this auburn squirrel, what were you saying about the taste of the soup?" "Oh, it might need more seasoning and vegetables" as he finished speaking, Liao Ping put in some more vegetables and a pinch of seasoning from his storage treasure.

As Xu Huo watched Liao Ping take his advice, he asked, "Brother Ping, if the squirrel stays with you, what are you gonna name it?" "oh, great question, I suppose I'll call it Autumn if it's a female but if it's a male then Maple" "Really? Those names are horrible no it's just that your naming sense is bad" "Then you come up with a name" "Nope, I was already horrible to it so it wouldn't accept a name from me anyway" "I'll just let them name it then, sigh" "Who?" "My juniors, well specifically junior sisters" "Really!" "You're not allowed to date until you're in the 1st level of the traversing mortal realm" "So can I date one of your juniors-" "They're off-limits because you have to mentally change and physically change yourself before I tell you the answer" "I still don't understand why they're off-limits" "I can give you an example if you had a sister that you considered precious and wouldn't let others have her hand in marriage then you'll understand" "I understand that I can't date your juniors but why should I listen to you about when to date?" "I'll do it" "N-Nevermind Brother Ping, I was just kidding around and I'll focus on reaching the 1st level of the Traversing Mortal Realm before dating" "Now let's quickly eat, and while you cultivate, I'll feed my little friend here" the auburn squirrel replied with some enthusiastic squeaking. Liao Ping joined Xu Huo in cultivating his cultivation base for the night.

While Master Hu Tu was walking through the middle section of the forest of eerie, he started using his spiritual sense and kept his guard up since this area had monsters from the Divine Lantern Realm to Glowing Lantern Realm. He was only on the outer portion of the middle section looking for a beast to catch and he had in mind a particular beast which was the white striped tiger that was one of the many apex beasts in the middle area. After a couple of days of searching, he found a fully grown white striped tiger sleeping and he started preparing to detain it. He had detained the white striped tiger at the cost of losing his eyesight but the tiger had been subdued into submission, it was a male as well. He rested for a while then headed back toward the sect.

When he arrived at the sect, he was permitted to enter immediately since he had gotten himself a white striped tiger and had lost his eyesight for a couple of days. They had him leave the tiger in his hut since it was made to protect and lock both sides from entering and exiting. They told him that it would be a few more months before they could procure any materials to make a pill for healing his eyes. "Elder Tyrant, you don't need to procure anything since I knew what I was getting into when I decided to try to get a white striped tiger as a companion beast" "If your eldest disciple finds out, he wouldn't rest until he found a way to cure you" "Then just don't tell him, since he'll be an amazing cultivator when he grows up" "Just go back and teach your juniors while thinking of an excuse for your master" "... I-I'll do that" then he got up and headed toward Bronze Dragon Peak but didn't hear Elder Tyrant's mumbling, 'I know that I shouldn't tell your eldest disciple about this problem but he'll find out since he's smart and observative of every single thing around him.

As Xu Huo and Liao Ping reach the periphery of the forest of eerie, the squirrel has started staying under Liao Ping's conical bamboo hat. "Brother Ping, I think that we're almost there" "You're right, but I am going to try a method first before we do plan a" "Whatever you say brother Ping, but I really want to have some good luck in my lifetime" "You'll have luck in your life if you aren't a bad person" "Yeah, yeah, whatever you say" then they started walking toward the town in the distance where their objective was located. As they walked nearer toward the town, they saw the rotting bodies of the homeless people, dead animals, and ruins of a flourishing village.