Wielding a Brick to Venture into the Immortal Realm

Chapter 16: The Robbery of the Spirit Animal Garden

"No way!" Zhuge Liang firmly refused, saying, "Sister, stop joking around. I'm a very pure young man, and I would never do anything like selling my body!"

Li Kewei rolled her eyes and scolded, "You little brat, what are you thinking? I want you to sneak into the Spirit Beast Garden and steal a spirit beast for me to roast!"

Zhuge Liang raised an eyebrow, clearly displeased by being called a "little brat" by Li Kewei. But there was nothing he could do; after all, he was only about fourteen or fifteen years old in this life.

"You want to eat barbecue?" Zhuge Liang asked.

Li Kewei nodded with a delicate chin, saying, "We eat spirit fruits every day in the sect. I'm getting sick of them. Go to the Spirit Beast Garden and catch a spirit beast for me so we can have a barbecue."

"Uh..." Zhuge Liang was speechless. He had to admit that Li Kewei was being too outrageous. Catching a spirit beast for a barbecue was something Zhuge Liang had never even considered. Although eating only spirit fruits every day was becoming quite monotonous, going into the Spirit Beast Garden and catching a spirit beast would surely get them in trouble if the sect master found out.

"What? Are you scared?" Li Kewei laughed. "The Spirit Beast Garden is managed by Elder Xu. Don't worry, my brother is Elder Xu's disciple, and the garden is overseen by him, so we won't be discovered."

Zhuge Liang knew that Elder Xu was probably the silent elder he had seen in the main hall earlier.

"Alright then!" Zhuge Liang nodded and agreed.

Li Kewei carefully maneuvered her flying sword and flew toward the other end of the floating island. Soon, they came across another floating mountain, which looked even larger than the one in Biluogong, so vast that it was hard to take in at a glance. Zhuge Liang couldn't help but wonder if every elder in the Yaohai Sect had their own floating mountain.

Around the floating mountain, celestial cranes were calling out, and rows of them flew across or landed on the palaces atop the mountain.

"Elder Xu is in charge of raising spirit beasts in the Yaohai Sect. Let's go around to the other side and avoid being seen by Elder Xu's disciples," Li Kewei said quietly, steering her flying sword swiftly around to the other side of the floating mountain, arriving at the top.

This floating mountain, compared to the fiery red of Biluogong, appeared even more imbued with celestial charm, with lush trees and a thriving scene. Occasionally, small beasts would appear from the bushes, observing them from a distance.

Zhuge Liang and Li Kewei sneaked into the bushes. Li Kewei seemed quite familiar with the terrain here, leading Zhuge Liang through the undergrowth in a winding route that even Zhuge Liang found disorienting.

Finally, the two emerged from the bushes and had bypassed the main hall of the floating mountain, arriving at the edge of a manor. Zhuge Liang was immediately struck by the sight before him: the manor housed over a hundred spirit beasts, including celestial cranes, celestial deer, and many other spirit beasts whose names Zhuge Liang could not even recall.

"This... is truly magnificent!" Zhuge Liang muttered in awe.

At that moment, he noticed a few Yaohai Sect disciples not far from the manor, who were undoubtedly under Elder Xu's command. Among them, Zhuge Liang recognized a familiar face—Li Yuanfei!

It was the same disciple who had brought him, Zhuge Ming, and Zhuge Muyan into the Yaohai Sect. It seemed that Li Yuanfei was also a disciple under Elder Xu, and Su Nianjiao was undoubtedly among Elder Xu's disciples as well.

Li Yuanfei happened to spot Zhuge Liang and Li Kewei hiding nearby and his expression immediately darkened.

"Go check the other side of the manor!" Li Yuanfei instructed the other disciples.

The disciples complied and turned to leave.

Seeing that everyone had left, Li Yuanfei walked towards Zhuge Buliang and Li Kewen. Zhuge Buliang was puzzled, wondering what Li Yuanfei was up to and why he had sent everyone away—did he have something sinister in mind? Looking at Li Kewen beside him, who appeared relaxed, Zhuge Buliang was surprised. Could the "brother" Li Kewen mentioned be Li Yuanfei?

"Kewei, why are you here again!" Li Yuanfei said with a stern face.

"Hehe, I missed you~~" Li Kewen giggled.

"It's not me you missed, but the spirit beasts here, right? I heard you passed the assessment and got the sword. You're quite impressive, little girl~~" Li Yuanfei seemed quite affectionate towards Li Kewen, patting her on the head.

"That's right~~~" Li Kewen said proudly, pulling Zhuge Buliang forward. "This is my brother, Li Yuanfei."

"Indeed, you two look alike..." Zhuge Buliang smiled, seeing the resemblance between them.

"It's you!" Li Yuanfei immediately recognized Zhuge Buliang. His impression was strong, having personally brought him into the Yaohai Sect and even pointed a finger at the Law Enforcement Elder in the main hall.

"Yo, Senior Brother Li, long time no see. How have you been recently~~~" Zhuge Buliang greeted with a smile.

"Uh... quite well," Li Yuanfei nodded, a strange look on his face.

"Alright, no more chit-chat!" Li Kewen scolded, pulling Zhuge Buliang along. "Brother, I want to catch a celestial deer and take it back..."

"What!" Li Yuanfei was shocked. "Silly sister, you used to catch small spirit beasts. I had a hard time explaining that to Elder Xu. Now you want a celestial deer? How could that be possible?"

"I'm in the Foundation Building stage now. The small beasts' flesh doesn't have enough spiritual energy for me to absorb. Please, good brother, let me catch one~~" Li Kewen began to plead, shaking Li Yuanfei's arm.

"No! Losing a celestial deer would be impossible to explain to Elder Xu!" Li Yuanfei's face was resolute.

"Just say it died from illness."

"Do spirit beasts get sick?" Li Yuanfei asked.

Li Kewen pouted and shouted, "Li Yuanfei! Are you going to compromise or not? Otherwise, I'll reveal how you pursued our Biluogong senior sister and got rejected, causing a city-wide scandal. Let's see what you'll do then!"

"You..." Li Yuanfei's face turned red with anger. "So you're threatening me now! Fine, even a younger sister dares to threaten her older brother!"

"I don't care. I'm set on getting a celestial deer today! I don't care how you explain it to Elder Xu; he wouldn't expel you for just one deer! Little Junior Brother, let's go catch it!" Li Kewen declared, dragging Zhuge Buliang into the estate.

Li Yuanfei, his face turning a shade of liver color, stood there like a rock. He wanted to stop them but was at a disadvantage due to Li Kewen's leverage. He could only sigh and think about how to answer Elder Xu later.

Inside the spirit beast estate, chaos erupted. Fortunately, Li Yuanfei had sent the other disciples away. Most of these spirit beasts were intelligent and some even understood cultivation. But Li Kewen, being a Foundation Building cultivator, could control spells. Before long, the two came out with a pair of unconscious celestial deer.

"Brother, we're leaving~~" Li Kewen laughed, carrying a deer and disappearing into the bushes where they couldn't use their flying swords.

"Thanks, Senior Brother Li. I'll visit again another time and pass on my regards to Nianjiao~~" Zhuge Buliang also carried a deer and followed Li Kewen into the bushes.

"You... You better never come back!" Li Yuanfei roared internally, his mouth twitching. Losing two celestial deer at once would earn him a severe reprimand from Elder Xu. Li Yuanfei wondered how the Biluogong Elder could allow such troublesome people to associate with each other...