[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-beast-taming-starting-with-a-holy-dragon-egg":3,"chapter-beast-taming-starting-with-a-holy-dragon-egg-beast-taming-i-found-a-holy-dragon-egg-at-the-st-chapter-24":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Beast Taming: I Found a Holy Dragon Egg at the Start",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2006804,2981,"Chapter 24","beast-taming-i-found-a-holy-dragon-egg-at-the-st-chapter-24",24,"\u003Cp>After seeing the anomaly on Old Zheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Xuan speculated that this was clearly related to some phantom beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're talking about this!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's an old ailment!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Chen Xuan's concerned tone, Old Zheng waved his hand, not caring too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indicating that these were all minor matters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lifted his clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On his body!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was actually a huge tattoo on his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the appearance of a strange phantom beast, with a pair of eyes filled with immense hatred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This, this is all trouble I caused when I was young!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have you heard of Dejire?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dejire?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's right, it's Dejire, that legendary phantom beast!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Zheng took out a pipe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And started smoking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression gradually became distant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seemed to have fallen into deep memories!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, I was also a hunter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I was young, I was also full of spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One day!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I went out hunting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I encountered a blizzard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You know very well about this world!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strange weather can appear anywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, I was trapped in a valley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, after being trapped for several days!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn't help but want to go back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I risked climbing up the cliff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With my hands and feet frozen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was no longer as agile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I slipped and fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just when I thought my life was over!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A black figure appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A long, narrow body, a slender face, and deep red pupils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its eyes carried deep dominance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of existence was that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked like a heavenly dog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dejire!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A legendary phantom beast!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Known for being mysterious and fierce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is said that those who see them have no chance of survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It saved me as I was falling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it wasn't as terrifying as humans say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saving me!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It left that snowy field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed to be looking for something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I, after leaving a word of thanks!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Headed toward the road home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few days later!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blizzard continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The snow was a meter thick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though I had left the valley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I seemed to have lost the ability to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hunger and cold surrounded me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just when I was about to lose all hope for life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I found a frozen phantom beast cub.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It must have frozen to death!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because I was too hungry, I didn't check carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since it hadn't fully grown yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn't tell what kind of phantom beast it was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hungry as I was, I didn't think too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I started a fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And didn't care about much else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I roasted it and ate it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just at this moment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A miserable roar echoed throughout the heavens and earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A long, narrow body, a slender face, and deep red pupils slowly emerged in the blizzard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Dejire, I understood everything!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How familiar that cub was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's right!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was its child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had actually eaten its child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sadness kept switching in its pupils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It silently picked up the child's bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And disappeared into the ice and snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn't kill me!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, it left this place!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunate, I survived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And successfully returned to the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just when I thought nothing had happened!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A terrifying scene appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every day at a certain time, terrifying things would appear on my face!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked just like a zombie. ===== CHAPTER 72 =====\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And from that day on, my hands and feet became weak and powerless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could never be a hunter again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And every night, I would have a very terrifying nightmare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Zheng recounted the whole story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, he finally let out a breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dejire's curse!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That was its ability!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It didn't kill me immediately, but it placed a curse on me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Using this method to make me suffer for a lifetime!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's really ironic, it saved me, and in the end, it made me live in the shadow of a lifetime.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Zheng sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was no resentment in his tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Curse?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After listening to Old Zheng's story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Xuan understood everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are many strange phantom beasts in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some phantom beasts possess the ability to make people fall into strange effects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is their innate skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, the Dejire that Old Zheng mentioned just now had this terrifying ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then why didn't Old Zheng find someone to treat it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it's a curse caused by a phantom beast, there should be specialized healing-type Beast Masters who can treat it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Xuan asked with some confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Treatment? How could I have not looked for it? I searched all the Beast Masters in the city, but they were helpless.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even those healing phantom beasts that reached the Gold level couldn't dispel this curse!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dejire's level is too high; it's not something those ordinary phantom beasts can treat!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Later, I figured it out; this is retribution!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The evil consequences one causes must be swallowed by oneself!\" ===== CHAPTER 73 =====\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Are many high-level Beast Masters helpless?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps we can try asking Xiaobai!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Old Zheng!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Xuan suggested with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If other Beast Masters can't do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It might indeed be because Dejire's bloodline level is too high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Making its curse impossible to dispel by other ordinary phantom beast overlords, or even King-level ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Light Holy Dragon Xiaobai is a natural healing and dispelling-type phantom beast!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now its level has reached the seventh rank of the Platinum level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is more than enough to dispel a Dejire curse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, Chen Xuan called out the Light Holy Dragon Xiaobai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaobai?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's useless!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even the phantom beasts of those Gold-level Beast Masters in the city were helpless!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although Xiaobai has healing abilities, both Xiaobai and your level are far behind those high-level Beast Master lords in the city!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recently, whenever there were minor injuries or illnesses in the village, they would come to Chen Xuan's Xiaobai for treatment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the village, the villagers already regarded Xiaobai as a small physician.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They only thought Xiaobai possessed some basic healing skills for phantom beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn't think Xiaobai was any kind of Holy Dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, Old Zheng didn't hold any fantasies about Xiaobai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's useless, this is meaningless...???\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Zheng said while shaking his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, suddenly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stopped halfway through his sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A scorching light shone upon his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A black afterimage was slowly expelled from his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was Dejire's shadow!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Awoo!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that shadow let out a roar of unwillingness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the white light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It actually slowly dissipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I, I'm actually fine!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahaha, Dejire's curse has actually been dispelled!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm really fine!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Zheng was full of surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Revealing an unbelievable smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His excited body trembled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were even tears in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at his chest; the tattoo had long since disappeared!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This curse that had plagued him for decades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, it had finally disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He revealed an unprecedented look of excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he rushed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahaha, old woman, my curse has disappeared!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to tell his wife this news immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even forgot to thank Chen Xuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he didn't react immediately to the fact that Xiaobai could dispel his curse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dispelling, a legendary divine technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dejire's curse!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the happy Old Zheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Xuan just watched him leave with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahaha, Plague Rat, let these few villages turn into a living hell!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Soon, the humans here will disappear, and it will once again become a paradise for phantom beasts!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, it will become your paradise!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On a hill far from Lianjing Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Zhang Beiting stood with his phantom beast, looking at the village not far away. ===== CHAPTER 74 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",1285,"2026-06-15T16:22:47.399Z","2026-06-15T17:40:58.109Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","2048ac7d85189ab1756623a37c07088d3bf4e642f353b70c96adcc8aab6b0f87","beast-taming-i-found-a-holy-dragon-egg-at-the-st-chapter-25","beast-taming-i-found-a-holy-dragon-egg-at-the-st-chapter-23",479,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbeast-taming-i-found-a-holy-dragon-egg-at-the-st-cover.jpg"]