Reigning Supreme in countless worlds With Beast taming

Chapter 234: Chapter 231 Dragon Transformation Pond Chapter 234: Chapter 231 Dragon Transformation Pond Flying high into the depths, Qin Feng passed through many environments that incited his curiosity and encountered numerous Spiritual Beasts that stirred his heart.

Regrettably, the strength of these Spiritual Beasts was profound; they were not targets he could currently covet.

It made sense, after all, top-level Spiritual Beasts were born with powerful bloodlines and long lifespans.

Each mature top-level Spiritual Beast was exceptionally strong.

And because of the balance of Heavenly Dao, the more powerful a life form, the more difficult it was for them to reproduce.

Some powerful Spiritual Beasts might struggle for hundreds of years without being able to produce even one or two offspring.

Because they lived so long, their strength would naturally continue to grow.

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Even if the sect no longer provided resources to these adult Spiritual Beasts, they could still improve considerably just by absorbing Spiritual Energy.

Therefore, in the Ten Thousand Demons Cave Heaven, it wasn’t rare to see top-level Spiritual Beasts that had formed Demon Cores and cultivated their Purple Mansion.

It was instead the juvenile beasts that were fewer in number.

However, with meticulous care from the sect, many habitats for Spiritual Beasts could also see a few juveniles playfully frolicking around.

Living in such a safe environment, they lacked any sense of crisis and didn’t even need to worry about food.

With the Beast Taming Sect’s vast influence, there would naturally be countless food provided for these juveniles to grow.

“Master, if these Spiritual Beasts are raised here for a long time, won’t they lose their wild nature and become Spiritual Beasts that have strength but no knowledge of how to use it?”

“The sect has deliberated over this.

While life in the Ten Thousand Demons Cave Heaven can be much more comfortable, it certainly doesn’t make them completely lose their vigilance,”

Ning Wuxu said with a smile, “Since top-level Spiritual Beasts have such difficulty reproducing, their few offspring are extremely precious; thus, we take extra care of them in their juvenile years.

Once they grow a little, disciples will release the barriers between the regions, allowing conflicts to arise among them, or they might deliberately reduce some food to have them compete for it.

Have you not noticed that the areas of these Spiritual Beasts are filled with those that don’t get along with each other?”

“Is that so?”

Qin Feng looked carefully and soon discovered the subtleties within.

In a mountain forest where fierce tigers roamed, there was a plain inhabited by a group of lions.

Beside these two Spiritual Beast areas were herds of Barbarian Bulls and Spiritual Deer; further away, in territories frequented by White Elephants, rhinos charged wildly.

Beasts inherently understood territory, and placing two powerful and ferocious Spiritual Beasts together would definitely lead to conflict.

Even the herbivorous Spiritual Beasts weren’t easy targets; should the lions and tigers dare to prey on them, they would undoubtedly resist and fight fiercely.

“Those powerful adult Spiritual Beasts don’t demand much in the way of food; they rarely fight over morsels of Blood Food, and the sect wouldn’t allow them to battle to the death.

However, the juveniles in the midst of growth need to compete for enough food sources.”

Pointing out some locations for him, Ning Wuxu continued, “Usually, those who can win in the struggles distinguish themselves among their peers and have higher growth potential.

After being tamed, their War Power will also be stronger.

Such Spiritual Beasts are very popular with the Inner Sect Disciples.

Those that fail in the competition and grow slowly will be eliminated.

The sect will have people take care of them for a while, nurturing them until they’re presentable enough to be sold at the Ten Thousand Demons Pavilion.”

Qin Feng’s mouth twitched slightly — so this was how the sect selected its Spiritual Beasts.

No wonder he felt that the strengths of the top-lineage Spiritual Beasts at the Ten Thousand Demons Pavilion were somewhat inflated.

However, the Spiritual Beasts from the Ten Thousand Demons Pavilion were mainly sold to outsiders.

In general, Outer Disciples wouldn’t have enough Spirit Stones to purchase top-level Spiritual Beasts from the Ten Thousand Demons Pavilion.

Someone like him, who had fortuitously obtained a large sum of Spirit Stones and could afford top-level Spiritual Beasts during his time as an Outer Disciple, was the exception rather than the rule.

And once they entered the Inner Sect, if Disciples wished to purchase them, they could simply apply to the sect, and naturally, the sect would provide them with a top-level Spiritual Beast with better potential from the Ten Thousand Demons Cave Heaven.

As the two of them continued on their way, they seldom encountered anyone else along the way.

The few people they did see were Disciples busy caring for Spiritual Beasts, although they often saw various Spiritual Beasts flying past them.

These Spiritual Beasts were not afraid of them in the slightest; of course, they also had no intention of attacking.

After the sect’s millennia of continuous ideological indoctrination, these Spiritual Beasts had long recognized themselves as members of the Beast Taming Sect, ready to lay down their lives for the sect at any moment.

However, if the sect’s Disciples wanted to tame them, they still had to win their recognition through battle.

Once they gained the Spiritual Beasts’ acknowledgement, these beings would be incredibly loyal to their masters, far surpassing any Demon Beast or Spiritual Beast tamed in the outside world.

Wild Demon Beasts tamed outside could not easily be rid of their ferocity.

If their master was severely injured and their control over the beasts weakened due to a damaged Divine Soul, there was a chance of rebellion and the beast turning on its master.

However, these Spiritual Beasts that had been nurtured by the sect for hundreds of generations would not do so.

These creatures saw loyalty to the sect as their mission.

Once subdued by a sect Disciple, they would be utterly devoted and it was unlikely for any rebellion to occur.

Leading Qin Feng thousands of miles deep into the Ten Thousand Demons Cave Heaven, Ning Wuxu eventually landed on a mountain range that stretched for hundreds of miles near the core area.

Here, there were a few scattered buildings, some majestic palaces, some ordinary wooden huts, and even several caves directly carved out of the rock walls.

“This is Dragon and Snake Cliff, where the Cave Mansions of two of the Spiritual Snake Lineage’s Supreme Elders are located,”

Ning Wuxu explained upon seeing his disciple’s puzzled gaze at the wooden huts and shining lights, smiling, “The Supreme Elders of the sect decorate their Cave Mansions according to their own preferences.

However, most of them still live in palaces.

As for those wooden huts and the caves, they are Cultivation sites temporarily set up by Inner Sect Elders who’ve come for seclusion to seek breakthroughs.”

Qin Feng nodded.

He thought even the Supreme Elders preferred a simple way of life, but it turned out they were Cultivation sites temporarily created by the Inner Sect Elders!

Ning Wuxu led him toward a palace.

“Great Elder.”

In the hall, two young men who were busy preparing to leave hurriedly bowed and saluted upon seeing Ning Wuxu.

“Mhm.”

Ning Wuxu nodded faintly and asked, “How are those Juvenile Flood Dragons you’re responsible for taking care of doing?”

The two young men quickly replied, “Replying to the Great Elder, those Juvenile Flood Dragons have been growing fairly well since they hatched.

Except for one that is noticeably weaker, the rest are very robust.”

“Alas, let it be.”

After hearing their response, Ning Wuxu sighed lightly, “This sort of thing happens all the time.

Take good care of them.

Look after them for another year and see.

If that Juvenile Flood Dragon really can’t be nurtured, send it to the Ten Thousand Demons Pavilion early.

I believe such newly hatched young Flood Dragons are more to the liking of certain cultivators.”

“Yes.”

The two young disciples nodded and took their leave.

Ning Wuxu waved his hand, indicating that they could leave.

He was the Great Elder of the Spiritual Snake lineage, and even within the Ten Thousand Demons Cave Heaven, apart from the two Supreme Elders, the Spiritual Snake lineage was under his authority.

“The Dragon Transformation Pond here was originally built by a Supreme Elder as a replica of the East Sea Dragon Clan’s Dragon Transformation Pond, with the intention of nurturing a few True Dragons.

In the end, it failed.

Because the replicated Dragon Transformation Pond was somewhat different from the Dragon Clan’s and transforming ordinary Jiao Dragons into True Dragons required an excessive amount of resources.

Since the Sect couldn’t act against the East Sea Dragon Clan to obtain a large amount of Dragon Qi, and even if we sent Jiao Dragons inside, at best we could purify a fraction of the Dragon Bloodline’s power within the bodies of the Jiao Dragons.”

Walking along, Ning Wuxu continued, “However, by a stroke of luck, a True Disciple nurturing his Lifebound Spiritual Beast here had a sudden burst of inspiration and jumped in.

He then discovered that Human Clan Cultivators could also utilize the power of the Dragon Transformation Pond for cultivation – and their progress was extraordinarily fast.

Of course, it’s only useful for cultivating the ‘Azure Dragon Divine Technique’ for body refinement.

If you try to cultivate other techniques, the results are much worse, and there may even be conflicts.”

“Even the ‘Nine Realities and Nine Illusions Dragon and Snake Transformation’ Techniques won’t work?”

Qin Feng was a bit surprised.

“No.”

Ning Wuxu shook his head.

“Neither the ‘Nine Realities and Nine Illusions Dragon and Snake Transformation’ nor the ‘Spiritual Snake Nine Transformations Dragon Technique’ are suitable; those are techniques of the Human Clan and simply require a Lifebound Spiritual Beast to assist.

If you enter the Dragon Transformation Pond and absorb the energy filled with True Dragon Qi for cultivation, it could cause a serious conflict with our own True Yuan.

Slight carelessness could even risk deviating from the path and becoming possessed by madness.

Only the ‘Azure Dragon Divine Technique’ is different.

It’s a top-level body refinement technique that transforms the body.

When cultivated to its peak, one could even take on the form of an Azure Dragon for combat.

So, drawing upon the True Dragon Qi within the Dragon Transformation Pond for body refinement only has benefits, not drawbacks.

But, if you integrate True Dragon Qi into our True Yuan, it will cause a conflict of forces.

Unless you can deduce a cultivation method that can accommodate Dragon Qi, it will definitely affect cultivation.”

“Hasn’t anyone ever thought of creating such a technique before?”

“There were, and not just one person.”

Ning Wuxu gave a wry smile.

“In my early years, I also thought about it.

But to create such a technique is much more difficult than initiating any one of the nine True Inheritances.

Our Human Clan Cultivators’ cultivation system is ultimately very different from the Dragon Clan’s, and to create such a technique is fraught with challenges.”

Qin Feng’s eyes shifted as he suggested, “Maybe after cultivating the ‘Azure Dragon Divine Technique’ to Great Success, it could be possible to reference this body refining technique and deduce a cultivation method that could accommodate Dragon Qi?”

“Heh, you’re quite clever.”

Ning Wuxu laughed.

“This idea has occurred to more than just you, but in the end, everyone gave up on it.

Even the two Supreme Elders of our Spiritual Snake lineage did not wish to focus their efforts on this.”

“Why is that?”

“Because the Dragon Transformation Pond consumes too much.”

As they talked, the two had reached the depths of the palace.

Ning Wuxu formed a hand seal, casting spells and activating an array within a great hall, leading Qin Feng inside.

The great hall was empty except for a pool in the very center, measuring nine zhang and nine chi in diameter.

The pool was filled with a mysterious yellow liquid, its surface covered by a layer of mist.

The vapors vaguely took on the forms of dragons and snakes, appearing and disappearing intermittently, an awe-inspiring sight.

The moment Qin Feng entered, he sensed an aura unique to the Dragon Clan emanating from the pool. Sёarᴄh the nôvel_Fire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Merely this aura alone suppressed him so that he had to circulate his cultivation technique to resist.

“This is the Dragon Transformation Pond.”

Ning Wuxu pointed to the pool in front of them and said, “As the saying goes, ‘when dragons battle in the wild, their blood is dark and yellow.’ The color of this water in the Dragon Transformation Pond closely resembles dragon blood.

In fact, when that Supreme Elder was constructing this Dragon Transformation Pond, he incorporated the Essence Blood and Dragon Ball of a fallen True Dragon, blending in some of the Dragon Clan’s secret techniques and also drawing upon some of the Giant Spirit Sect’s secret methods used against the Giant Spirit Divine Clan’s incursions in the past, to give the pond its current form.

Despite that, to maintain the Dragon Transformation Pond’s power, the Sect must consume a massive amount of resources.

Therefore, it can’t be used as a regular cultivation site.

It is only meant as a reward for those who have achieved great deeds and for disciples with dragon blood in their Lifebound Beasts to nurture them, or to allow disciples of our lineage to cultivate the ‘Azure Dragon Divine Technique’ here.

The reason I am confident that you can cultivate the ‘Azure Dragon Divine Technique’ to the Small Success Realm in a short period is precisely because of the Dragon Transformation Pond.”