Chapter 1365 — Healing-Type Spirit Beast
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Elder Yu glanced at General Weiwu without betraying a thing, turning over in his mind how to spirit it away and carry it back to the hidden Yu family. Even if the Qi Condensation Pill, the medical notes, and the notes on pill refinement could not be found, this one healing-type spirit beast would be enough.
General Weiwu could indeed understand Wei Zhao's words, and it knew the purpose of Wei Zhao's visit to the ancient tomb. The tomb-guarding spirit beast's ultimate purpose was to guard the tomb, and to guard the stone coffin of the dead within it; so long as General Weiwu made clear that they would not touch the coffin, the tomb-guarding spirit beast would naturally no longer bar the way.
Besides, General Weiwu had healed the monster's wounds, and the tomb-guarding spirit beast was endlessly grateful.
"Woof, woof—" Having settled matters with the tomb-guarding spirit beast, General Weiwu barked twice at Wei Zhao and the others.
Wei Zhao nodded, guessing at General Weiwu's meaning, and walked forward, while Qiu Lingshan, Chen Yuxuan, and Yu Xiaoke followed behind him, and together they headed on down the passage.
Elder Yu and Old Hei, however, had been frightened out of their wits earlier and scarcely dared go forward. Only after they saw Wei Zhao pass by the tomb-guarding spirit beast and found that nothing untoward happened did they breathe a sigh of relief and hurry to catch up.
But Wei Zhao's being unharmed did not mean Elder Yu would be. Just as Elder Yu passed by the tomb-guarding spirit beast, it suddenly reared up and roared at him: "Roar—"
"Ah!" Elder Yu was badly startled and flung himself backward, only to crash into the stone wall behind him, knocking himself dizzy and turning him round and round, nearly frightened out of his wits. This tomb-guarding spirit beast had been formidable enough after he wounded it; now that it was healed, would it not be even more formidable?
Yet after startling Elder Yu, the tomb-guarding spirit beast made no further move. It lay there, showing no intention of attacking him again. Plainly it had only meant to give him a scare and settle the old score. With General Weiwu mediating, the tomb-guarding spirit beast would not harm Elder Yu again, yet it was unwilling to let him off so easily — hence that one lunge.
By now Elder Yu understood that he had been frightened for nothing, and his face reddened. He laughed at himself: "Ha ha, this tomb-guarding spirit beast is rather clever — it played a joke on me!"
Of course, his joke was not funny in the least, and after he said it, Wei Zhao and the others could not be bothered to pay him any mind.
When Old Hei passed by, the tomb-guarding spirit beast did not so much as spare him a glance, plainly paying him no heed. Yet that feeling of being looked down upon by the beast pleased Old Hei enormously.
With the tomb-guarding spirit beast no longer barring the way, the road became smooth. Wei Zhao's jade pendant gave no more warning signals. Only Elder Yu's explanations about spirit beasts left Wei Zhao sunk in thought — General Weiwu clearly was not a spirit beast, or else was a man-made one.