Past life sage: This life a dual cultivator

Chapter 336 Strange Incident In The Earth Province

"Gulu!", Zhan Chen was talking about the formation when the rumbling sound of stomach rang in the main hall of the cave. Everyone present including Zhan Chen turned to look towards the perpetrator but Long Xinyu was nowhere to be seen. She had already escaped in embarassment after her stomach made a sound.

Zhan Chen recalled the plight of Long Xinyu after hearing the rumbling of her stomach. She had already requested him to find food for her when they were in the Longyang city. Now, so many days had passed by. So, it was natural that Long Xinyu would feel hungry after such a longer wait.

Generally, human emperors could go on for years without eating anything but Long Xinyu was different. Although she had an adorable and pretty looking appearance, she was an dragon through and through. And according to some common knowledge about the dragons, they were required to eat spiritual food time to time.

Spiritual herbs were also considered as their foods. But according to Zhan Chen's knowledge, no dragon would choose to chew leaves unless they were starving to death.

Dragons were natural predators of magical beasts and humans alike. Paired with their ferocious nature, they hunt other species when they need any sorts of food for their cultivation. Zhan Chen was well aware about the habit of dragons. So, he felt guilty about Long Xinyu. He had inned kept her waiting while preparing for his own cultivation.

"Little girl, come out. We need to talk. I need to know what kind of meat you like unless I bring something inedible for you and you complain later", Zhan Chen spoke. He waited for a while and Long Xinyu finally shown herself. There was a big blush on her lovely face as she tried to avoid looking at Zhan Chen.

Li Shu, Li Yan and Kai Min smiled softly after seeing the blush on Long Xinyu 's face. They didn't want to make her uncomfortable. So, they retired to their own cave rooms.

Long Xinyu finally felt slightly more comfortable after everyone left. She gathered her courage and looked towards Zhan Chen.

"Little girl, I am sorry. I have issued mission for the meat of the magical beasts in the mission hall but I don't know why they have not delivered it yet", Zhan Chen spoke. He inquired the type of food Long Xinyu would like to have before leaving the cave.

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"Why have not you sent the meat of the magical beasts yet?", Zhan Chen asked to Nu Quang after meeting him in person. There was a big frown on his face because he felt Nu Quang let him down.

"Zhan Chen, I have wanted to meet you but I have heard that you are in seclusion. So, I have decided to wait untill you come out of the seclusion", Nu Quang replied.

"What happened?", Zhan Chen looked towards Nu Quang. Seeing from Nu Quang's facial expression, he could tell that there was some sort of problems.

"I have issued the mission to gather the meat of magical beasts in the mission hall. Few of the tribulation realm elders are interested but all of them have to be disappointed because there are no fifth tier magical beasts available in the nearby forests.

Due to some odd reasons, all the higher tier magical beasts have disappeared from the surrounding. I have inquired with other powers and they are also saying the same. Currently, the nearby forests only have magical beasts upto fourth tier", Nu Quang spoke.

"Strange! What could be the reason?", Zhan Chen murmured to himself. Such an occuring was not normal. So, it forced him to ponder for a moment.

"Currently the matter is being investigated by all the sects of the Earth province. I will inform you if there are any lead regarding this matter", Nu Quang spoke.

"Well then, I will wait for your information. I am transferring all my sect contribution points to you. I want you to buy the spiritual herbs required for concoction. You can pick any pill from the Blue mission book and send me it's ingredients. Remember, I want only the assignment of grade six pills", Zhan Chen spoke to Nu Quang before bading his farewell.

There was a thoughtful look on his face as he made his way towards his cave. 'All the magical beasts vanishing, it is not a natural thing. There most be some reason behind it. There most be a peak magical beast who has intervened or some sect is plotting something behind the back of other sects of the Earth province', he thought to himself.

Long Xinyu appeared in the main hall as soon as Zhan Chen entered his cave. There was a hopeful look on her face as she looked towards Zhan Chen.

Zhan Chen felt guilty after seeing her like this. She may be an emperor but it was also a fact that she was only a little dragon at her growing stage. No matter how she claimed herself to be an adult, Zhan Chen would not buy her logic unless she saw the maturity of an adult.

Zhan Chen explained her about the peculiar situation surrounding the higher tier magical beasts. Long Xinyu nodded her head in understanding after hearing the words of Zhan Chen.

"I am sure that it is not the doing of any magical beasts. We magical beasts are not that crafty like you humans. We believe more in our strength unlike the shady methods of humans", she commented after hearing the explanation from Zhan Chen.

"It seems like you have some prejudice towards humans", Zhan Chen looked towards Long Xinyu with curiousity on his face. He wanted to know why the little dragon had such a bad impression about humans.

"My grandfather and mother has always warned me against mingling with humans. They always give the example how humans in the immortal world are always fighting against eachother. They are slaughtering their own on a daily basis just for some stupid treasures.

Compared to them, our Beast region can be called peaceful because we beasts do not kill one of our own tribe unless there was a good reason. Magical beasts fight often but it was not like treachery and conspiracies of humans", Long Xinyu spoke.

"Girl, if you are warned about evil humans, then why do you come with me? What if I am also an evil human like others?", Zhan Chen looked towards Long Xinyu.

"You are different from others. You are a descendant of the holy tree and I have a feeling that I can trust you. Moreover, I have no problem even if you are evil because I have my grandpa. He will immediately know if there is some danger surrounding me. I know he must be growing frantic after I have escaped", Long Xinyu spoke. There was a playful expression appeared on her face when she thought about her old grandpa.

"What if your grandpa knows that you are in danger? According to my knowledge, those of the immortal world can't intervene in the lower world matters because the lower world rejects their presence", Zhan Chen decided to tease Long Xinyu a little. But her reply made him speechless for a while.

"Yes, it is difficult if grandpa wants to enter this world but he can always send experts of our dragon tribe. According to my knowledge there are thousands of such dragons who has cultivation level at eightth tier of mortal realm. If you include the lesser dragons then the numbers of experts will multiply", Long Xinyu spoke. There was a defiant look on her face as she looked towards Zhan Chen.

'Thousands of eightth tier magical beasts! Moreover all of them are dragons', Zhan Chen guped a little in fright after thinking about such a catastrophic force. Even with all of his might, he would never think about facing thousands of dragons who were equal to sage realm experts in the lower world.