Chapter 264 - 264 261 The Contract of the Ancient Beast God
Chapter 264: Chapter 261 The Contract of the Ancient Beast God Chapter 264: Chapter 261 The Contract of the Ancient Beast God Tower Ships continually sailed to and from the city below and the Cave Heaven Fortress.
Beast Taming Sect disciples kept loading various treasures onto the ships to transport them back.
It had to be said that the territory occupied by the Dark Flame Demon God was indeed prosperous; the resources they had plundered alone brought smiles to all the disciples’ faces, as everyone had reaped a handsome reward.
In the several hundred miles surrounding the city, the Sect Elders discovered seven or eight veins containing Fire Element Demon Crystals.
Demon Crystals are what the inhabitants of the Red Flame Demon Realm, or rather this part of the Star Domain, call these energy barytes.
This information came from the captured members of the Demon Clan.
Though there was a language barrier, it was no issue; the Cultivation World had plenty of methods for communicating with other life forms.
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And the Beast Taming Sect, accustomed to dealing with various Spiritual Beasts over the years, had long been adept at interacting with beings that didn’t understand speech.
One of these secret techniques involved connecting one’s Divine Sense with the other’s Divine Soul, sensing the other’s intentions through the vibrations of their Divine Soul, thereby quickly learning their language.
As for the Soul Searching Technique, that was nothing more than the crudest of methods.
Even for Cultivators of the Ghost Controlling Sect, who possessed the deepest understanding of souls, Soul Searching caused great harm to the subject, and a slightly severe case would turn them into an idiot.
The Sect regarded those Demon Crystal veins with significant importance because they weren’t much different from the Spirit Stone veins of the Cultivation World.
Moreover, because this world’s Fire Element power was particularly abundant, the quality of the Demon Crystals in those veins was also quite good.
In one particularly large vein, quite a few top-quality Fire Spirit Stone-level Demon Crystal Stones had formed.
Upon discovering those veins, the Sect Elders immediately regretted the mass slaughter of the Demon Clan they had conducted previously; they should have spared more to mine for them.
Of course, this thought was swiftly scolded by Elder Kongkong.
Although this Elder didn’t manage affairs much, he was after all an antique who had survived since the Ancient times and had experienced far too much, so his advice was incredibly rich in experience.
He warned the other Elders not to be blinded by immediate benefits and develop excessive greed, as their continued penetration and occupation of more territory would inevitably thin out their strength.
If too many members of the Demon Clan were left behind and they rebelled, it could cause significant losses to the disciples left to maintain order.
Now was not the time for their true harvest.
It might look like they had obtained many treasures from the territory of the Dark Flame Demon God, but these were merely floating wealth.
The real value lay in this world itself.
Once they occupied this world, all the Demon Crystal veins would belong to the Cultivator alliance, and all Spiritual Resources produced in this world would be theirs.
They could mine at leisure later, without creating such significant risks now.
They had learned, through questioning, that the Demon Clan in this world was divided into many races, strong and weak.
For instance, the Flame Demon Clan was the strongest group in this world, naturally close to fire, excelling in both cultivating Martial Skills and Fire Element Magic.
The Winged Demon Clan had natural flying troops; born with wings, their flight was unparalleled, and their war power ranked in the top three among the races.
Some weaker races didn’t produce formidable beings and were therefore overlooked, enslaved directly by the stronger Demon Clans.
These slaves were used for all the laborious tasks such as building castles, mining, and tilling the land to grow crops.
The slaves within the Demon Clan had no possessions of their own.
Even the food they painstakingly grew was entirely taken by the Upper Demon Clan, surviving only on the meager rations granted by their oppressors.
Elder Kongkong believed these pitiable Demon Clan members were the kind of slaves the Sect needed—those with stubborn vitality who were already accustomed to the rule and oppression of the Upper Demon Clan could continue as such.
At least under the Beast Taming Sect’s rule, they would have one more mouthful to eat.
Also, these weaker Demon Clan members wouldn’t pose a threat if they did rebel, as they could be easily suppressed.
Certainly, this didn’t mean they had no need for other Demon Clan members.
Some of the Fire Demon Clan members, skilled in crafting tools, were needed to manufacture implements, be it for mining or for farmwork, as their craftsmanship was indispensable.
After all, the disciples of the Beast Taming Sect wouldn’t forge or refine tools for Demon Clan slaves, nor would they provide much food.
To get the Demon Clan slaves to work, they needed to be self-sufficient.
Of course, this was limited to crafting tools only.
As for weapons and armor, there’s no need for them at the moment.
At least, on the territory of the Beast Taming Sect, they are not much needed.
Although outside the castles in the Demon Realm, vicious Demon Beasts can often be seen, preying on the weaker members of the Demon Clan if given the chance.
Generally, a Demon Clan army is needed to guard the territory and expel Demon Beasts.
But for the Beast Taming Sect, such obligations are hardly a difficulty.
They only need to subdue some powerful Demon Beasts to guard their territory.
Should any other Demon Beast dare to hunt within their lands, they would deploy the subdued Demon Beasts to deal with it.
Following the other disciples, Qin Feng had moved all sorts of supplies onto the Tower Ship, and only then did they return to the Cave Heaven Fortress, leaving behind nothing but a riddled city and the Demon God Palace.
After returning, he did not first go to his master to discuss the Ghost-Faced Spider.
Instead, he released the Lion Scorpion Beast.
He planned to inquire about the Lion Scorpion Beast’s previous circumstance, how it had managed to break through space and leave the battlefield.
If it were a Space Magical Beast, then there would be nothing worth discussing.
But if not, then there would certainly be matters to address.
Once released, the Lion Scorpion Beast appeared somewhat listless.
After all, it had been severely injured before; even with some rest, it had only recovered a modicum of its Magic Power.
It was still far from a full recovery of its injuries.
At this moment, it regarded Qin Feng with endless awe.
When it had been captured in the Demon Refining Pot and subdued by that immense force, its reverence for Qin Feng had reached its peak.
As for its previous master, the Demon Clan Mage, he was no longer of any significance.
And even the other contract in its mind was insignificant compared to the Demon Refining Pot.
Now, it only sought to please this great new master in front of it.
However, its attempts to ingratiate itself were somewhat chilling; every time it wagged its Scorpion Tail in an effort to appear endearing, Qin Feng couldn’t help but wonder if it was trying to sting him.
Qin Feng quickly refocused and began to transfer his thoughts, seeking answers to the doubts in his heart.
After a while, with furrowed brows, Qin Feng took the Lion Scorpion Beast back into the pot.
The answer he received was somewhat vague; the Spiritual Intelligence of the Lion Scorpion Beast was not very high and it couldn’t express its intentions perfectly.
Even so, Qin Feng managed to extract quite a bit of information from the Beast’s thoughts.
At the very least, he understood the reason behind the Lion Scorpion Beast’s previous disappearance and ascertained that there was still another summoning contract present in its mind.
Because of this summoning contract, it had broken through space, visited another world to aid a Mage in battle, and then returned with a body full of injuries.
In other words, aside from himself, the Lion Scorpion Beast now had another master.
This fact was somewhat irksome for Qin Feng.
However, that was not the main concern.
The true issue was that someone could summon a Demon Beast like the Lion Scorpion Beast, whose strength wasn’t particularly impressive, from this world to another.
What did this imply?
Was the other party so powerful, or were the two worlds in close proximity?
Or was there some other reason?
After pondering for a while, Qin Feng shook his head, initially dismissing the notion that the other party’s strength was enough to breach the Void.
If someone had such formidable power, they wouldn’t have summoned a Demon Beast with merely average strength like the Lion Scorpion Beast; they would have summoned a far more formidable Demon Beast instead.
And from the thoughts transmitted by the Lion Scorpion Beast, Qin Feng also understood that the reason it could be summoned for battle was primarily due to the contract left by an Ancient Beast God.
That is to say, the Beast God was the truly formidable one.
This unknown presence of a Beast God, by utilizing the power of some rule, enabled the Lion Scorpion Beast to safely traverse through space and make a trip to an Otherworld.
Since it was able to return so quickly, this also indicated that the two worlds were not too far apart; otherwise, space would not have been so easily breached.
He became excited.
Does this mean he had discovered a new world?
If so, then he would have once again accomplished a great deed.
Thinking of this, Qin Feng hurriedly condensed a Binding Spell with his Divine Sense and implanted it into the Sea of Consciousness of the Lion Scorpion Beast.
Because the Lion Scorpion Beast did not dare to resist, this step was completed very easily.
He did this to avoid leaving any traces when his master investigated, as it would be hard to explain how he had subdued it if there was no Binding Spell of his own in the Lion Scorpion Beast’s Sea of Consciousness.
Following that, he stood up with the intention of going to talk to his master about this matter.
When he found Ning Wuxu, Ning was sitting behind a desk, flipping through the books brought back from the Demon God Palace.
These books were all made from soft Beast Skin, each one looking very thick.
He had already deciphered the meaning of demon script in this world from captured members of the Demon Clan and had become able to understand those texts.
Elder Sister Liu Xuanling was beside him, fiddling with a few treasures seized from the Demon God Palace.
Although these treasures contained some Demonic Qi, as long as the Demonic Qi was refined away, they could be tempered into useful treasures for Cultivators.
“Master, master…”
Seeing his disciple rushing over in a hurry, Ning Wuxu shook his head helplessly, “Your temperament still needs polishing.
Remember, one must remain calm during major events.
When you can face a mountain collapsing before you without changing your expression, you will have reached your master’s Realm.”
“Uh…
yes.”
Qin Feng agreed, then immediately said with high spirits, “Master, I have an important discovery to share with you.”
“What important discovery?”
Liu Xuanling, upon hearing this, put away the treasures in her hand with a flip and looked at Qin Feng with interest.
Ning Wuxu sighed softly, “All disciples gained a lot from this battle.
You don’t need to show off to your master, do you?”
He was somewhat speechless, feeling that his little disciple had been a bit too active lately.
Even if he might have obtained some rare treasures in the battle, there seemed no need to flaunt them in front of him.
To Qin Feng, those might be treasures, but in his eyes, they were mere common items.
Ordinary treasures no longer impressed him.
“It’s not like that, master.
Look.”
As he spoke, Qin Feng released the Lion Scorpion Beast.
Ning Wuxu glanced at it without much interest, “It’s just a Demon Beast.
Hmm, I just came across a book that mentions the existence of a beast with a lion’s body and scorpion’s tail.
Let me look for it.”
He reached out with a casual gesture, drawing a thick Beast Skin Book from not far away.
With a few flips of his fingers, he found a page and said, “This is a Lion Scorpion Beast.
According to the classifications of this world, it should be considered a level seven early-stage Demon Beast.”
“Level seven early stage?”
Qin Feng was taken aback, the classification felt familiar.
“That’s right.”
Ning Wuxu said, “They classify Demon Beasts into different levels.
One to three are Basic Level, four to six are Intermediate, seven to nine are High Level, and beyond that, there are Super Demon Beasts.
Judging by the aura of this Lion Scorpion Demon Beast, the so-called level seven early stage should be somewhere between Foundation Establishment Perfection and Demon Core Realm.
Their strength can vary, with some of the stronger level seven beasts comparable to Spiritual Beasts in the Demon Core Realm.
As for other levels, I will have to see them to confirm their strength.”
“Oh.”
Qin Feng nodded, indicating he understood, then added, “Master, I didn’t come to discuss the level of this Demon Beast, but rather something else.”
“Speak, your master is listening.”
Ning Wuxu replied helplessly, “I have to see what significant matter has made you rush over here so urgently.”
Clearly, in his heart, he still saw his disciple as an unfocused youth who needed his continued guidance to become truly steady.
Qin Feng wore a slightly mysterious smile, “Heh heh, master, you’d never guess that just as I was about to kill this Lion Scorpion Demon Beast, it suddenly broke through space and fled.”
“Hm?”
Ning Wuxu looked at the battered Lion Scorpion Beast with some surprise, then glanced down at the Beast Skin Book in front of him.
It clearly stated that the Lion Scorpion Beast was adept at fire and venom magic, with no mention of space magic.
“Could it be a Mutant Magical Beast?”
He looked at it with added curiosity, then shook his head, “No, there’s not the slightest hint of Space Magic power on it.”
“Master is correct, it does not have a talent for Space Magic, but it really did traverse space earlier, and it wasn’t just leaving the battlefield, but it left this world entirely.”
“What do you mean?”
Ning Wuxu was astonished.
Leave this world?
How could that be?
A mere Demon Beast, at most equivalent to the initial stages of the Demon Core Realm, had managed to break through the void and leave the world, then return?
What a joke, it wouldn’t have such ability!
“Indeed,”
Qin Feng said earnestly, “Master, if you inspect its Sea of Consciousness, you’ll know.
There’s another contract in its Sea of Consciousness.
It’s a summoning contract that can call it from this world to another world to help in battle.
I watched before my very eyes as it vanished from in front of me.
When it reappeared later, I felt strange.
After capturing and questioning it, I discovered the truth.”
“Are you serious?”
Ning Wuxu suddenly stood up, startled.
With one step, he already reached the Lion Scorpion Beast, extending his hand above its head.
After confirming the strange Magic Rune in its Sea of Consciousness, his expression changed dramatically.
Not daring to probe further, he waved his sleeve, scooping up Qin Feng and the Lion Scorpion Beast, and fled with a turn.