Chapter 149 - Journeying Through The Mortal Realm (1/2)

Qiu Ling went back to the herbs he had dug out half-way. He finished his work, put them in his spatial ring, too, and had a last look around, before he whipped out the jade slip once again.

Mn, there were quite a few other herbs he needed and they were scattered around the whole mortal realm. There was actually some pretty flower from the highest mountain, some strange looking, thorny plant in an ice desert and the fruit of some tree in a deep chasm.

”Why were the Grand Elder and that beast taming guy making such a ruckus because of that? Getting that Flaming lion's tail wasn't difficult at all and the rest doesn't look much harder either.”

Qiu Ling shook his head and put the jade slip back into his spatial ring. They were humans, after all, he should have expected this. He took out the book the best taming Elder had given him and browsed through it while climbing up the stairs.

Aiya, there were a lot of strange beasts in the human realm! What did he need from those? Some kind of horn, some feathers, … It looked like nothing much. The only problem was that they even wanted things like the bone marrow that he wouldn't be able to get without killing the spiritual beasts.

Qiu Ling frowned and closed the book. He'd see about that when the time came. He hurried up the stairs and arrived outside the ruins again.

Ah, he should hurry up. He leaped up into the air and motioned with his hands. The vapor that shrouded the ground rose up and condensed into a cloud. Qiu Ling stepped onto it, sat down and let the wind blow it forward to his next destination.

He had decided to go to the ice desert first. Though it seemed strange, it wasn't that far from the Court of Flames. Only one river separated them. Qiu Ling curiously looked down at it. It seemed quite normal. In fact, it was beautiful to see, lying between that dark, slightly reddened barren ground and that sparkling ice. If one looked closer, one could feel the strong spiritual energy from it, though.

”Ah, maybe I should have taken Jing He with me. He certainly would have liked this.”

Qiu Ling sighed. Yes, it would have been great: Sitting on this cloud together with him, holding him in his arms so that he wouldn't feel cold and pointing out what he could see down below … Mn, that would have been perfect.

Qiu Ling looked back in the direction of the Yun Zou sect. Maybe he should go and invite him? He moved his fingers and the wind stopped. His cloud hovered in the air.

He wanted to have him with him. But then again … Jing He himself had said that he hadn't been able to cultivate. He would be defenseless. Sure, Qiu Ling didn't doubt that he could protect him but he still felt a bit nervous. That Grand Elder and the other guy had been quite clear on the fact that this was dangerous. It might just be easy for him because he was a dragon. He really shouldn't involve Jing He.