Chapter 506: From Metamorphosing Spirit Chicken to Beast Taming Immortal Cultivation Chapter 505: Jiao Dragon's Dragon Pearl

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Protagonist:

Yu Changsheng

"Human, spare my life, and I am willing to serve as your spirit beast, submit to you, advance and retreat together, protect your Dao, and escort you!"

The Jiao Dragon pleaded in a low voice; on its coarse beast face, the arrogance and ferocity were gone, replaced instead by a trace of human-like grievance.

Facing the siege of three great spirit beasts, the Jiao Dragon knew clearly that it had absolutely no chance of victory; coupled with the combat power Yu Changsheng had just displayed, which had nearly driven it to despair, trembling with fear, and associating Yu Changsheng's identity as a Beast Tamer, the only way to survive seemed to be this one path.

"Relying on this human's talent, becoming his spirit beast... wouldn't be too aggrieving for me..."

The Jiao Dragon pondered silently, comforting itself so; its bitter mood improved slightly.

As for whether Yu Changsheng was willing or not, this was not within the Jiao Dragon's consideration; in its view, it was once a Fifth Rank Spirit Beast, equivalent to a Daoneng of the Hua Shen Realm among humans.

How many people would willingly submit to it as master, receive its protection; yet now it was so humble, actively begging Yu Changsheng to contract it, to protect his Dao — Yu Changsheng had no reason to refuse.

"Protect my Dao, submit to me?"

Yu Changsheng heard this, but raised his head in surprise, looking at the Jiao Dragon covered in injuries and cowering; a flash of sharp light passed through his eyes, and he said with amusement:

"Interesting. You can't even beat my spirit beasts; what do you have to protect my Dao with?"

Yu Changsheng asked with great interest.

"You..."

The Jiao Dragon froze; hearing this, its complexion turned pale in an instant; it exhaled a long breath of white air and said in a deep voice:

"Human, don't push your luck. This Venerable One was also once a Fifth Rank Spirit Beast; contracting with me, recovering my cultivation is only a matter of time; then, you will possess a Fifth Rank Spirit Beast, comparable to a human Hua Shen stage expert protecting your Dao, naturally ensuring your safety."

As the words fell, Yu Changsheng smacked his lips, pondering as he looked at Wei Lao.

Wei Lao's expression was calm, unmoved.

Yu Changsheng felt at ease in his heart; he shook his head and smiled lightly, saying: "A Fifth Rank Spirit Beast... seems indeed quite tempting..."

His tone was emotional; the Jiao Dragon's expression brightened slightly, but Yu Changsheng's next sentence drifted over faintly, landing by the Jiao Dragon's ear.

"However, that was only the past. You're really interesting; do you think I lack a beast to protect my Dao? Or is it that waiting for you to recover your cultivation — who knows how many years that will take — by then it'll just be Hua Shen; I myself will have long since advanced."

"If it were a True Dragon, hehe, there'd be some interest; but a mere Jiao Dragon is nothing but a slightly larger ant in the Sihai."

Yu Changsheng laughed "hehe", the mockery in his tone utterly undisguised.

"You..."

The Jiao Dragon's heart shook; its face changed, filled with rage; just as it wanted to say something, Yu Changsheng spoke another light, casual sentence.

"Chi Lian Purgatory Dragon, Cai Xing Deer, Golden-Winged Great Peng, hurry up, end the battle, lest changes occur if delayed."

As the words fell, instantly the Chi Lian Purgatory Dragon and Golden-Winged Great Peng, and Cai Xing Deer erupted simultaneously; boundless might exploded, continuing to surge toward the Jiao Dragon.

"Ang Ang Ang!!"

The Chi Lian Purgatory Dragon coiled, roared at the sky; endless flames descended from the sky; Dragon Might surged vast and continuous, permeating a hundred li.

The Golden-Winged Great Peng swung its great wings fiercely; boundless gales carried thunder, whistling with the force of ten thousand jun, exterminating all, slicing like blades.

The Chi Lian Purgatory Dragon stepped forward; towering trees manifested from thin air, turning heaven and earth into a prison; giant thorns flashing cold light, dense and numerous, lashed out toward the Jiao Dragon.

The three beasts' divine abilities erupted; everything turned into a shocking storm, like a world-destroying natural disaster rampaging.

"Get lost! You beasts of lowly bloodlines, enslaved demonic beasts — how can you contend with me! I refuse!"

"I am a Dragon"

The Jiao Dragon roared in anger, struggling and howling in the storm; its body bled profusely, flesh mangled; its roar grew increasingly weak.

Finally, when the storm scattered, revealing the Jiao Dragon's mangled, injury-ridden body within — *bang* — it smashed down from the sky onto the ground, stirring up boundless Qi waves.

The Qi waves dispersed; the Jiao Dragon bled, its dragon scales all shattered and flown off, blood flowing unceasingly; its mangled flesh revealed stark white bones; its aura was weak to the extreme — a spent lamp, oil exhausted.

"My whole life I should have roamed the Sihai freely; how could I die here! No! I still want to become a true Dragon"

The Jiao Dragon roared weakly; its voice held no might; in its turbid beast eyes, terror clearly surfaced; it struggled to fly up again, but the wounds on its body already made even that impossible.

Fallen into a dead end.

Yu Changsheng glanced at the Jiao Dragon; after a long moment he waved his hand lightly; in the Jiao Dragon's despairing gaze, he said calmly:

"Not to mention anything else, its body itself is a treasure of considerable value; a Jiao Dragon's body — if sold — would indeed fetch many spirit stones."

"Compared to your bewitching words, I prefer purity; I'm more covetous of your body."

Yu Changsheng grinned, patted the Jiao Dragon's head, and smiled lightly.

"Brat, you won't die a good death, you..."

The Jiao Dragon grievously, weakly spoke; the next moment, it saw Yu Changsheng snap his fingers; under the crisp sound, scorching flames twisted, suddenly enveloping it.

Under the burning flames, the Jiao Dragon shrieked miserably once, eyes wide in anger, a trace of terror still lingering in them; but it soon came to an abrupt halt; everything returned to stillness once more; its faltering life force also thoroughly perished with the flames.

"A pity. I fear you wouldn't be loyal; destined not to be a partner through thick and thin. As my spirit beast, you're not qualified enough."

Yu Changsheng looked at the Jiao Dragon whose life force was extinguished, murmuring in a low voice.

A former Fifth Rank Spirit Beast — even if its cultivation had fallen — was still enough to prove its potential; plus it had now reached the Fourth Rank peak; if contracted with Yu Changsheng, Yu Changsheng himself had the means to help it recover cultivation, reach Fifth Rank.

Then he would possess a Fifth Rank Spirit Beast, comparable to a Hua Shen expert protecting his Dao; even Yu Changsheng couldn't help but be tempted; but ultimately, after weighing it, this thought was dismissed by Yu Changsheng.

A spirit beast contracted like this would not be truly loyal; the risk was too great; Yu Changsheng was unwilling to use it; plus the Jiao Dragon's nature was hard to tame; Yu Changsheng naturally would not contract it even more.

Regarding this, Yu Changsheng didn't feel there was anything wrong either.

"What a pity. If possible, one more Fifth Rank Spirit Beast would make this journey much safer and smoother."

Wei Lao walked forward, looking at the Jiao Dragon's huge corpse; a flash of sharp light passed through his eyes; he sighed and said lightly.

Yu Changsheng smiled faintly; his tone relaxed; he didn't feel it was a pity at all; just *hehe* laughed and said: "Nothing much. What's there? Isn't this what Master taught your disciple? The choice of a spirit beast requires utmost caution; more important than the spirit beast's growth potential is its nature — whether it will be loyal. Beast Tamer and spirit beast are connected by life; if one carelessly chooses a disloyal spirit beast, and it turns traitor, the consequences are no small matter."

Yu Changsheng paused, thought a moment, continued: "So, it's just a Jiao Dragon; bloodline mottled, hasn't reached the point of moving me; nothing to pity." Wei Lao smiled darkly, glanced at Yu Changsheng in surprise; seeing his expression sincere, he coughed lightly twice, nodded and said in a deep voice: "Mm, it's best you think this way; this is also nothing. The matter of spirit beast contracts cannot be taken lightly; even if this Jiao Dragon submitted, it was only because you beat it into fear; and Jiao Dragons are cunning by nature — not to be careless. You are right."

"Mm-hmm."

Yu Zhangsheng nodded in acknowledgment, looking at the Jiao Dragon's massive corpse, thought for a moment, then reached out toward the center of the Jiao Dragon's abdomen and pressed down hard.

Rip!

The flesh and blood of the Jiao Dragon's abdomen were easily torn open; Yu Zhangsheng waved his hand like a knife, and with a light slash, he removed all the dragon tendons, dragon skin, and dragon scales from the abdomen, then reached in and pulled out a jade treasure pearl the size of a fist.

The treasure pearl was translucent white all over, with dense spiritual Qi that had condensed into mist swirling around it; its radiance was restrained, yet it faintly emanated a layer of intense Dragon Might.

The moment it was pulled out, the spiritual Qi from all eight directions of heaven and earth was instantly crazily attracted and surged into the treasure pearl; the pearl concealed spirit, a wisp of Jiao Dragon shadow appeared and disappeared, emitting a translucent white light, and the star light filling the sky above was also attracted and tilted over.

Wind and clouds gathered, lightning suddenly streaked across the sky, and huge waves crashed against the shore.

"Dragon Pearl?"

Wei Lao's gaze was also drawn over; his brows instantly knitted, and he exclaimed in surprise, his tone carrying a hint of astonishment.

Yu Zhangsheng exhaled a long breath, suppressing the palpitations in his heart, gently stroking the treasure pearl in his hand, his brows raising slightly as he looked at Wei Lao.

Wei Lao looked at the Dragon Pearl, clicking his tongue in wonder, and exclaimed in admiration: "Unexpectedly, a mere Jiao Dragon could actually cultivate into such an object that gathers the essence of heaven and earth."

"But then again, according to this Jiao Dragon's words, he was originally a Fifth Rank Spirit Beast; then, being able to cultivate a Dragon Pearl is not so surprising after all."

Wei Lao pondered, sighing with emotion, his tone full of regret: "This counts as you picking up a treasure; a Dragon Pearl, such a treasure is rare, only Dragon-type Spirit Beasts have a chance to condense one, and it has some similarity to the Inner Dan of other Spirit Beasts, but it is even more advanced."

"Its value is even more precious compared to that Painful Hai Dragon Lion's Inner Dan; whether for humans or Spirit Beasts, it is a priceless treasure with many benefits."

"Is that so?"

Hearing this, Yu Zhangsheng was slightly surprised, played with the Dragon Pearl for a while, and subconsciously licked his lips.

He could feel that within this small Dragon Pearl was contained a shocking amount of energy.

"Then that really is an unexpected delight."

Yu Zhangsheng smiled faintly, looked at the remaining Jiao Dragon corpse, thought for a moment, and lightly tapped a finger on it; a point of white light blossomed from his fingertip, swirling around the entire dragon corpse.

【Beast Refinement Decomposition!】

The next moment, the system's prompt sounded in Yu Zhangsheng's mind; the entire huge Jiao Dragon corpse was wrapped by a vast power from the unseen, and began to be refined; the entire Jiao Dragon corpse turned into countless points of light, slowly dissipating.

【Successfully decomposed Fourth-Rank Peak Spirit Beast Jiao Dragon corpse, gained Essence Points 400000!】

Yu Zhangsheng's brows and eyes lit up with joy, and he instantly grinned; this scene fell into Wei Lao's eyes, causing his pupils to shrink slightly, and he looked deeply at Yu Zhangsheng, his brows tightly locked.

After a long while, he shook his head, and only then smiled faintly, not asking anything further.

Just now, Wei Lao distinctly felt an indescribable vast power, involving the level of rules and origins, using an inconceivable method he could not understand, to make the entire Jiao Dragon corpse disappear.

However, no matter how many doubts flashed through Wei Lao's heart, no matter how many guesses he had, in the end, looking at Yu Zhangsheng's grinning appearance, he ultimately just shook his head and said nothing.

He knew Yu Zhangsheng had strangeness about him, but he naturally would not ask more; everyone has their own secrets, he himself also has them, not inquiring is respect.

Regarding this, Yu Zhangsheng also did not deliberately hide from Wei Lao; he knew Wei Lao had his own considerations, and with their current relationship, there was not too much concealment.

On the other hand, Yu Zhangsheng had confidence in the system in his heart; this thing was also not something Wei Lao could easily see through.

Thus, after decomposing the Jiao Dragon corpse, Yu Zhangsheng let out a long breath, lowered his brows to look at the Dragon Pearl in his hand, pondered slightly, then looked at Chi Lian.

"Ang!"

Chi Lian raised his head and let out a long roar, turned his head to look at Yu Zhangsheng, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and was looking at Yu Zhangsheng... at the Dragon Pearl in his hand with a kind of longing gaze.

"Want it?"

Yu Zhangsheng raised the Dragon Pearl in his hand, smiling faintly.

"Want it!"

Chi Lian spoke the truth.

"Then I'll give it to you."

Yu Zhangsheng tossed it, throwing the Dragon Pearl to Chi Lian; Chi Lian opened his huge mouth and swallowed the Dragon Pearl into his throat in one gulp, letting out an excited long roar.

"Ang ang ang!"

The sound surged, resounding through the flowing clouds, stirring up heaven-shocking waves; a terrifying Dragon Might suddenly erupted from Chi Lian's body, and as his Qi surged, his cultivation base also climbed extremely rapidly; in a short while, he successfully broke through from Fourth Rank Mid Stage to Fourth Rank Late Stage.

【Successfully fed Chi Lian, consumed one Jiao Dragon Dragon Pearl, Chi Lian's cultivation base improved, cultivation base broke through to Fourth Rank Late Stage! Reward Essence Points 300000!】

Yu Zhangsheng beamed with joy, his mind moved, and the system light curtain appeared.

【Name: Yu Zhangsheng】

【Realm: Purple Mansion Mid Stage】

【Constitution: Spirit-Penetrating Dao Body, Heavenly Dao Favor, Spirit Beast Affinity】

【Cultivation Methods: Wan Ling Jue: Small Completion (300000/500000) Lian Shen Gong Small Completion (300000/5000000) Yu Shou Jue: Perfected to Transformation Realm (Method Limit, Cannot Continue to Improve) Three-Fire Refinement Alchemy Skill: Perfected to Transformation Realm (Method Limit, Cannot Continue to Improve) Qian Shan Jue: Perfected to Transformation Realm (Method Limit, Cannot Continue to Improve)】

【Spells: Fireball Technique: Perfected to Transformation Realm (Method Limit, Cannot Continue to Improve), Shadow Flash: Great Success (200000/300000), Wind Travel Technique: Great Success (100000/200000), Wood Shield Technique: Great Success (50000/100000), Rainmaking Technique: Great Success (50000/100000), Thousand Thoughts Slash: Perfected to Transformation Realm (Method Limit, Cannot Continue to Improve), Beast Shadow: Great Success (200000/500000) Five Elements Beast Law: Great Success (100000/200000), Morning Sun Breaking Dawn Fist: Perfected to Transformation Realm, Divine Light Shatter Body Pierce Heaven Art: Perfected to Transformation Realm】

【Sword Arts: Jing Hong Falling Wild Goose Sword: Great Success (1000/200000), An Mie Sha Sha Sword: Great Success (2000/200000), Tai Chu Kai Tian Sword: Small Completion (100000/1000000)】

【Skills: Fourth Rank Spiritual Herb (50000/500000) Third Rank Alchemy Path (150000/500000)】

【Spirit Pets: Chi Lian, Jin Chi Da Peng, Cai Xing Deer, Xuan Yin Huan Turtle, Zi Ling Huang】

【Remaining Essence: 2800000】 (Chapter End)