Panda Taoist Priest

As time passed, the cells in Chu Xiong's body slowly started to pour spiritual energy into them. Ordinary cells contain spirit energy, which results in the cells becoming tougher and thicker.

The most obvious sign of this was that Chu Xiong, who was two meters tall, was slowly growing to three meters!

In a short period of time, it had grown a meter!

This was the power of spiritual energy!

Spiritual energy filled his body, causing a qualitative change to Chu Xiong's body.

As his body became taller, Chu Xiong felt like he was blown like a rubber ball, but his body didn't swell at all. On the contrary, it felt very comfortable, as if he was soaking in a hot bath.

Roar …

Chu Xiong let out a comfortable long hiss, which shook Lin Xin's body. However, at this moment, Lin An's heart was filled with mixed feelings. The wild beast that he had just bought was already at the same level as him.

Lin An had a low mortal body and Chu Xiong was a low grade spirit beast. The two were equal in strength.

Lin An was depressed that his cultivation progress was the same as a bear's, but at the same time, he was also a bit happy. This was because Chu Xiong had become a low level spirit beast. This meant that his strength had greatly increased. What he needed to do next was to cultivate Chu Xiong well and try to let him better display his strength. In the future, he would certainly have a place in the Lingyun Temple.

"This is …"

Chu Xiong stretched his arms and legs as he felt his entire body brimming with strength. The explosive power filled Chu Xiong's entire body.

"You're already a low level spirit beast." Lin An said.

"Low level spirit beast!" Chu Xiong's heart was filled with joy. He had already been a Black Bear for many days and knew the difference between spirit beasts and wild beasts. He didn't think that he would be able to become a Low Rank Spiritual Beast so quickly.

"The fact that it was able to successfully break through must be the blessing of a true person. I must go kowtow and express my thanks." Lin An looked at Chu Xiong and muttered to himself. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he called out to Chu Xiong, "Follow me."

Chu Xiong blinked his eyes and followed behind Lin An.

A bear, and a man appeared in a forest. There were many people in Gui Yun Mountain, so Lin An brought Chu Xiong to a deserted area.

"Since you're already a spirit beast, then you must have a special innate ability. Let me see your abilities." Lin An rubbed his hands together in excitement.

Spirit beasts had innate abilities regardless of their rank. This was also the difference between a spirit beast and a wild beast.

The Earth Thrust attack that Chu Xiong saw on the wolf was the innate ability of the wolf.

"Innate divine ability!" Chu Xiong licked his lips, he was also excited. He had seen how powerful the giant wolf's spikes were, and now he was going to have that magical ability as well.

With this innate divine ability, he would no longer have to worry about his life in the future. If he wanted to stay, he would stay. If he wanted to run, he would run.

As he thought, Chu Xiong closed his eyes and felt the changes in his body. After all, he had never used his innate ability before.

In a short moment, Chu Xiong opened his eyes again. His eyes became stern and his entire body arched.

Roar …

With Chu Xiong's roar, the muscles on Chu Xiong's body quickly enlarged and in a few breaths, Chu Xiong changed from three meters tall to three and a half meters tall. Its size was quite a few times larger, and from afar, it looked extremely frightening.

"This is?" Lin An looked at Chu Xiong with a bit of surprise. Not to mention anything else, the power that such a huge body could burst out made Lin An look forward to it.

"My innate divine ability will grow larger." Chu Xiong clenched his bear's paw, looked at his own body, and said, "Of course, other than his body becoming bigger, his strength also increased."

"In that case, your innate divine ability has increased in power." Lin An rubbed his chin, a bit regretfully saying, "Unfortunately, divine abilities are a bit single-minded. If I were to truly compare them with Dao, I'm afraid I would have fallen short of them."

Divine abilities were ever-changing and all-encompassing. It was just that with the increase in strength, the changes were too few, making it easy for people to guard against it. That was why Lin An felt somewhat regretful.

"Still, it's still better than nothing." Lin An slapped his forehead and laughed out loud.

He suddenly remembered that Chu Xiong was just a bear. He had already made a killing by transforming the wild beast into a spirit beast.

"Could it be that my divine ability isn't powerful?" Chu Xiong questioned.

"This is a pretty bad divine ability, but it's much stronger than nothing."

"There are differences in power between divine abilities?"

"Divine abilities are divided into minor ones, intermediate ones, and major ones." This is a minor sacred art, so of course it's not strong. " Lin An did not plan on lying to Chu Xiong, he said straightforwardly.

It was also good to let Chu Xiong know the difference in the sacred art, so that when they competed in the future, Chu Xiong wouldn't know how to let them take care of anything.

"This is only a minor sacred art?" Chu Xiong was stunned. His height was half a meter and his strength was a huge chunk. It was only a small sacred art, how powerful was that great sacred art?

Lin An knew of Chu Xiong's doubts and continued, "It contains a type of small sacred art, two types of medium sacred art, and three types of large sacred art." He glanced at Chu Xiong's tall body, "Your transformation is only a change, so it can only be considered a small ability."

Chu Xiong was slightly depressed. He had been busy all day and it was just a small technique.

"Alright, let me take a look at a tree." Lin An said.

Chu Xiong also wanted to test his own strength, so he took a deep breath and shook his head, casting aside his distracting thoughts. He poured all of his strength into his right palm, and the enlarged bear paw became even bigger. The bear paw not only contained Chu Xiong's power, it also contained spiritual energy.

"Roar!"

Chu Xiong gave a loud roar and slammed his palm on a tree trunk that was as thick as a person. "If it were before, Chu Xiong's palm would have shaken the tree, but this time it was different. A tree as thick as a man had snapped with a crack.

"Alright." Lin An was so excited that his face turned red. Chu Xiong's power had far exceeded his imagination. If he could break a tree, then if he could hit someone's body …

Chu Xiong looked at the tree in front of him that was split in two. He was also surprised, he had only practiced for a few days and already made such progress. It seemed like he would have to work even harder when he returned and strive to become the "Dao Beast" as soon as possible.

"Come with me to the Cloud Returning Hall now. I want to kowtow and thank Spiritual Master for protecting you." Lin An turned around and walked up the mountain.

"Cloud Returning Hall? "Adept?" Chu Xiong raised his head to look at the buildings on the mountain peak and thought about what he had heard recently.

The Gui Yun Sect was located on top of the mountain, and the main hall of the Gui Yun Sect was located on top of it. Adept, that was the master of the Gui Yun Sect, and also the strongest expert of the Gui Yun Sect.

Listening to the discussions of some ordinary people, Adepts were indeed Deities.

Could a deity be in this mountain?

Chu Xiong shook his head, he did not believe it.

Regardless of whether he believed it or not, he still followed Lin An up the mountain.

There were still many people on the mountain path. Other than an extremely small number of Daoists, there was a high chance that all of them were ordinary people. These ordinary people all had pious looks on their faces. However, every time they saw a Daoist being walked by, their eyes would reveal a look of envy.

If a monastery had extremely good incense, it would be normal to have more people, but …

Chu Xiong smacked his lips as he stood in front of the Cloud Returning Plaza in a radius of a few miles. He looked around and saw nearly ten thousand people!

People would be pushed, people would be pushed, people would be hit.

The intensity of the incense was simply too great!

The loud and clear sounds of prayers echoed throughout every corner of the square.

"Dao Master Guiyun, bless our family's well-being."

"Sage Guiyun, bless me for marrying Lil 'Ye."

"Dao Master Guiyun, bless my great wealth."

All sorts of prayers filled the air above the square.

Lin An and Chu Xiong stood at the back of the crowd and prepared to walk in.

"Junior-apprentice Brother Lin is in high spirits today!" A sharp voice that pierced through the prayers entered Chu Xiong's ears.

A tall young man also came to the plaza. As he spoke, he looked at Chu Xiong and his eyes revealed a trace of surprise, "This black bear is a spirit beast!"

Chu Xiong's body emitted a faint spiritual energy fluctuation. Cultivators could easily distinguish him.

"Senior brother Cao!" When Lin An saw this person, his complexion slightly changed as he hurriedly greeted him.

"It seems that you want to compete in the Dao as well." Shixiong Cao stared at Lin An and chuckled.

"I wouldn't dare, junior apprentice-brother. I just wanted to participate and gain some experience."

"What's there to be afraid of?" Shixiong Cao laughed, "You're just here to kowtow, you have the same goal as me."

"Could it be that senior also …" Lin An's facial expression changed.

"That's right. I've also obtained a spirit beast. I've come to the Cloud Returning Hall to express my gratitude."

Lin An's face twitched. "I believe senior brother's spirit beast must be even more powerful."

"Middle tier Spiritual Beast." Senior Cao glanced at Chu Xiong and laughed.

"Middle tier Spiritual Beast!" Lin An's complexion changed again. Chu Xiong was a low level spirit beast. Although he was only one step away from a medium level spirit beast, the difference in strength was quite large. Spirit beasts were different from humans. Humans could rely on their intelligence to defeat the strong. Spirit beasts had low intelligence, so the difference in rank was absolute.

"Alright, let's not waste anymore time. Let's go." After Senior Martial Brother Cao showed off in front of Lin An, he was in a good mood, so he called Lin An to go with him.

Thus, the two of them pushed their way through the crowd towards the Cloud Returning Hall. Strangely, when all of the pilgrims saw the Daoist robes worn by the two of them, they respectfully stepped back to make way for them. Otherwise, who knew how long it would take for the two of them to reach the front of the hall.

Arriving at the front of the hall, Chu Xiong looked inside. Unlike the crowds on the square outside, there were only a few people in the hall. The pilgrims outside were praying and kneeling outside the door, but not a single person entered the hall.

Chu Xiong followed behind Lin An into the hall. The people in the hall were all sitting on prayer mats and turned their heads when they heard someone enter.

However, he only glanced at it once before turning around.

Chu Xiong followed behind Lin An and found a corner to sit down.

At this time, Chu Xiong raised his head and looked towards the stone statue.

"Ugh …"

Chu Xiong was stunned, because there were two stone statues on it, one in front and one behind, one low and one high.

The statue in front of him was a long faced Taoist and the statue behind him was a small eye. It could even be said that this fellow with a pig's nose was extremely ugly.

Chu Xiong's lips trembled as he tried his best not to laugh. What was this group of Taoists offering …

He didn't even know who they were, could it be that they were worshipping the wrong things?

Just when Chu Xiong was puzzled, Lin Xin said to Chu Xiong, "The one in front is our monastery chief, Dao Master Guiyun; the one behind is palace master Feiyun, Venerable Lord Yunji."

Guiyun Temple was not offering the Three Purities, Guanyin, and the other immortals that Chu Xiong remembered, but its master and a palace master!

The temple masters were worshipped like deities. This refreshed Chu Xiong's view of the world.

At this moment, Lin An let out a low moan, and then he respectfully kowtowed.

Something that made Chu Xiong shocked happened. Two blue flames suddenly shot out from the stone statue's eyes, shooting towards Lin An like lightning.