The Master of Beasts

Chapter 491 - 105_2

These attacks posed no real danger to the Old Jade Flood Dragon, but they were quite annoying.

"I can’t bear it anymore!" the Old Jade Flood Dragon roared in irritation.

Its pristine white dragon body emitted bursts of cold light, covering the verdant earth with a layer of frost; some of the black-clad men closest to it were directly frozen solid.

"Do you think I’ve just been lying around waiting to die during these endless years here? Taste the Cold Ice Prison I’ve mastered!"

Endless immortal power burst forth from within the Old Jade Flood Dragon. Its originally massive body forcibly shrank by a tenth during this outburst. All the black-clad men were frozen into ice sculptures.

Opening its mouth wide, the Old Jade Flood Dragon sucked all the ice sculptures into its belly, its body gradually returning to normal.

CLAP. CLAP. CLAP.

An abrupt sound of clapping arose as a man in black slowly ascended from the ground. He flipped back his black cloak, revealing a rather ordinary face.

"Worthy of being the strongest Mutant Flood Dragon indeed."

"Who are you?" the Old Jade Flood Dragon asked warily.

"Me? I’ve come to give you freedom."

After a testing exchange, the Old Jade Flood Dragon and the man in black came to some agreement and left separately.

「...」

After the Old Jade Flood Dragon and the man in black agreed to cooperate and ceased their widespread slaughter of the black-clad men, the days in the Secret Realm became increasingly difficult for the disciples of the Five Elements Sect and the disciples of other families.

「Temporary Courtyard」

Chen Jiuge looked at the Earth Dragon Beast before him, a mix of surprise and pity in his eyes as he stroked its huge head. Eight mutations, a True Immortal... It’s really hard to part with this one, he thought. But if I don’t produce some results soon, it will be difficult to justify. Sigh.

The Earth Dragon Beast, thousands of meters long, lay like a small mountain outside the courtyard. Tian Yue, quite satisfied, said, "I thought you were always trying to fool me with those Low Rank Spiritual Beasts!"

Chen Jiuge forced a smile. "Senior Brother Tianyue, the Cultivation growth of Spiritual Beasts is naturally slow. To rapidly cultivate a True Immortal Spirit Beast, one needs a huge amount of resources. Moreover, those resources can only help them reach True Immortal; much more depends on their understanding of the Dao."

Tian Yue nonchalantly tossed out two Storage Bags. "I don’t care how many resources it takes," he said. "Even if it’s only enough to cultivate them to the first level of True Immortal, you must make it happen."

"As long as you save enough of our sect’s disciples, all these Spiritual Beasts will be yours. After we get out, if the Eight-direction Saint doesn’t accept you, I’ll have my master take you on as a Registered Disciple," Tian Yue declared seriously.

Clutching the Storage Bags tightly, Chen Jiuge nodded silently. I’ll do my best.

Returning to his own simple Array, Chen Jiuge examined the resources in the two Storage Bags, then looked at the mountain-like pile of small, one-horned beasts and silently made a decision.

What is a Beast Master? A Beast Master is someone who can command Guardian Beasts in battle, enabling them to exert strength greater than their own. But merely doing so is just the beginning for a Beast Master. A true Beast Master not only needs to command Guardian Beasts perfectly in battle but also needs to cultivate various Spiritual Beasts specifically, enhancing their potential and helping them break through to higher Realms.

Chen Jiuge, known as a Beast Taming Master in the Heavenly Realm, had mostly relied on the power of his Golden Finger. However, over the years, he had proven his capabilities were not inferior to those of an average Beast Master.

With the help of a large amount of resources, Chen Jiuge began to rapidly cultivate Spiritual Beasts with Cultivation levels reaching True Immortal. These mass-produced True Immortals would find it hard to break through further, and even their Spiritual Wisdom wasn’t very high.

Only a few Spiritual Beasts, due to their high potential, were forcibly mutated by the Chaos Pearl to the True Immortal Realm. Of course, Chen Jiuge did not release these Spiritual Beasts with infinite potential but collected them in his own treehouse.

Using others’ resources to cultivate his own Spiritual Beasts seemed perfectly reasonable. After all, he wasn’t a member of the Five Elements Sect, nor a native of the True Realm; he was just an aborigine from the Lower Realm.

One after another, True Immortal Spiritual Beasts from the small courtyard were dispatched in all directions, searching for disciples of the Five Elements Sect. The physical bodies of Spiritual Beasts are naturally stronger than Cultivators, and their mastery of innate Divine Power Technique is also beyond comparison with ordinary Cultivators.

The only downside is that their methods are quite singular, and they lack Magic Artifacts that match their Realm. However, when their numbers reach a certain level, they can still cause a qualitative change.

As more and more disciples of the Five Elements Sect were rescued, Tian Yue went as far as to strip these disciples of all resources that could assist in cultivating Spiritual Beasts, entrusting them to Chen Jiuge for allocation.

How much resources does a disciple of the Five Elements Sect have? Firstly, the direct territories of the Five Elements Sect span over one million miles, with its sphere of influence exceeding ten million miles. The Cultivators living in these areas number in the trillions. Not to mention, in the True Realm, a world where Spiritual Energy is exceedingly abundant, no one knows exactly how many blessed lands, Spirit Stone Mines, or exotic flowers and herbs there are in these areas—even the Elders of the Five Elements Sect are unclear, as they are simply too numerous. With such vast resources entirely supporting the Five Elements Sect, one can imagine just how wealthy its disciples are.

He numbly injected rare resources from Storage Rings into batch after batch of Spiritual Beasts. Aided by Secret Techniques, their Cultivation soared wildly, like a rocket shooting into the sky. When a Spiritual Beast encountered a bottleneck, Chen Jiuge used the Chaos Pearl to guide its mutation, allowing it to bypass the obstacle. This perfect coordination allowed True Immortal Spiritual Beasts to emerge one after another.

Even Tian Yue became somewhat numb to this. Chen Jiuge was simply too outrageous. He had provided a significant amount of resources, but the number of Spiritual Beasts being cultivated seemed excessive. If there had been ample time, Tian Yue would have found it normal; any Beast Taming Master could achieve this level. But the crucial issue was the lack of time.