Chapter 423: Thorn Crown

Besides this Heavenly Essence Grade gemstone, Li Zhangsheng also recognized several types of Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure-level Spirit Objects.

Even the Biling Jade of the crown itself was no ordinary item; it possessed the effect of Qingxin Ninghen.

It was simply too extravagant, giving Li Zhangsheng quite the urge to dismantle it.

This Top-Grade Treasure came from a green dragon; after the green dragon died, its Spirit Pet Space automatically collapsed, and this treasure naturally became Li Zhangsheng's spoils of war.

Li Zhangsheng input a wisp of Mental Power and could vaguely sense an illusory natural world, the energy contained within it exceeding even that of the Red Luan Feather.

It took a full ten minutes for Li Zhangsheng to finally figure out the specific effects of this treasure.

Thorn Crown: Top-Grade Wood-type Treasure Accessory, crafted from dozens of materials including Biling Jade, Yequan Gem, and Seven-Colored Glazed Bead; it increases the power of Wood-type skills by 60% and automatically activates a Thorn Aura upon being worn, which can reflect a certain amount of damage.

Thorn Aura: Allows friendly Demon Pets within a certain range to be surrounded by an illusory shield full of thorns; those melee Demon Pets that attack them will receive reflected damage.

This was also the first time Li Zhangsheng had seen a treasure that came with an aura skill, and a highly practical Thorn Aura at that; it was no wonder so many rare and precious materials were used.

With its own Thorn Aura, the value of this Thorn Crown could be imagined; in terms of value, it clearly exceeded Titan's Grasp and was likely not much inferior to an ordinary Semi-Artifact.

This also made Li Zhangsheng abandon the idea of dismantling it.

"The Thorn Crown very likely comes from the Baisheng King Secret Realm!"

Li Zhangsheng thought to himself, but since the Thorn Crown had already been obtained by him, its specific origin was no longer important, was it?

"Kailan, this is yours!"

Li Zhangsheng only had Kailan as a Wood-type Demon Pet, so this Thorn Crown was naturally assigned to Kailan.

"Wow, what a beautiful crown!"

Kailan clapped her little hands in excitement, her heart filled with joy; this Thorn Crown was simply a perfect work of art, very much in line with the aesthetic of elves.

*Paji~*

Like a dragonfly skimming the water, Kailan flew over and kissed Li Zhangsheng on the cheek, then hugged the Thorn Crown, her eyes filled with affection.

After coming into contact with the Thorn Crown, Kailan opened her Spirit Pet Space and swapped the Thorn Crown with her original Advanced Treasure.

The next moment, a rich green halo bloomed on Kailan's body, and the Thorn Crown began to take effect, rapidly strengthening Kailan's abilities.

Soon, the halo retracted and disappeared.

At this moment, a dark green halo appeared at Kailan's feet, and an illusory shield full of thorns emerged, completely wrapping Kailan up.

At the same time, the other surrounding Demon Pets were also shrouded by a layer of illusory thorn shields.

After testing it, Kailan retracted the Thorn Aura, and the thorn shields on their bodies vanished.

Li Zhangsheng rubbed his hands together, pressed one of the Inheritance Jade Slips against his forehead, and his consciousness instantly immersed within it.

The next moment, a massive amount of knowledge and images flooded into Li Zhangsheng's mind crazily.

However, Li Zhangsheng was no longer the ignorant person he once was; although this information was vast, it did not cause him any negative impact.

After a few breaths, Li Zhangsheng opened his eyes, his gaze calm and unruffled; clearly, the knowledge recorded on this Inheritance Jade Slip did not meet his expectations.

What was recorded on this Jade Slip was not a Secret Technique, but an Advanced Demon Taming Art called the Heavenly Gate Beast Controlling Art; besides the cultivation content, it also recorded a large amount of experience and insights from predecessors, which could allow latecomers to quickly get started.

This Demon Taming Art had two major characteristics: one was the purification of Mental Power, which could make Mental Power become more Pure, and at the same time, after cultivation reached perfection, it could increase the defense of Demon Pets to a certain extent.

As an Advanced Demon Taming Art, the Heavenly Gate Beast Controlling Art was far inferior to the Four Symbols Star Monster Taming Art that Li Zhangsheng cultivated, and was about the same as the Wanli Changhe Yuyao Jue.

Additionally, Li Zhangsheng had once seen this Demon Taming Art in the exchange manual of the Yuanling Academy.

This meant that Li Zhangsheng could not exchange it to the Yuanling Academy and could only contribute it to his family or auction it; given that the family already had the Wanli Changhe Yuyao Jue, Li Zhangsheng was more inclined to auction it.

After putting away the Heavenly Gate Beast Controlling Art, Li Zhangsheng pressed the second Inheritance Jade Slip against his forehead and immersed his consciousness within it.

The content of this Inheritance Jade Slip was even more extensive, yet Li Zhangsheng still felt no discomfort.

Ten minutes later, Li Zhangsheng's eyes flickered, and he revealed a brilliant smile.

This time it was another Demon Taming Art, and unlike the Heavenly Gate Beast Controlling Art, this one reached the level of a Top-tier Demon Taming Art.

Xuanji Nine Transformations: An auxiliary Top-tier Demon Taming Art; it integrates a large amount of Divine Beast Essence Blood into the body's acupoints to significantly strengthen physical power, allows one to transform into the true form of a Divine Beast, and possesses some of that Divine Beast's abilities, with the power increasing as the Demon Tamer's rank rises. Note: Only one type of Divine Beast Essence Blood can be integrated per rank.

How monstrous!

This was Li Zhangsheng's first thought; with his current rank as a Fourth-rank Demon Tamer, he could incorporate four types of Divine Beast Essence Blood and gain the ability to transform into them.

Li Zhangsheng had not expected that Cai Yangqian would actually possess a Top-tier Demon Taming Art; this was truly astonishing.

In the entire Langya Kingdom, the number of Top-tier Demon Taming Arts definitely did not exceed the count of one hand; even Kings might not necessarily possess a Top-tier Demon Taming Art, especially since this was a rather rare auxiliary Demon Taming Art.

Li Zhangsheng took a deep breath, and he subconsciously glanced at the frozen Di Zhuo; if he possessed the ability to transform into a Dijiang, he would surely be able to traverse space as he pleased, unlike Di Zhuo, who could only do so occasionally.

The ability to traverse space at will could definitely significantly increase Li Zhangsheng's self-preservation ability.

Although a Demon Tamer's Instant Movement was somewhat similar to traversing space, it had distance limitations and could only perform short-distance movement.

Li Zhangsheng then shook his head; even if he increased the efficiency of purifying Essence Blood to 20%, the amount of Dijiang Essence Blood that could be extracted from one Di Zhuo was still far from enough.

Because to achieve this, one must integrate a jar of Divine Beast Essence Blood!

One Di Zhuo was far from enough; at least four or five would be needed!

"Water-Avoiding Golden-Eyed Beast?"

Li Zhangsheng could not help but look at that jar of Water-Avoiding Golden-Eyed Beast Essence Blood; transforming into a Divine Beast held great temptation for him.

However, Li Zhangsheng still dismissed this idea.

The Water-Avoiding Golden-Eyed Beast could only be considered a low-level Divine Beast; among all Divine Beasts, its combat power was at the bottom, and it did not possess special abilities similar to traversing space, time freezing, or Rebirth from Fire.

Li Zhangsheng had not yet decided which Divine Beast Essence Blood to integrate first; this had to do with the fact that even a clever housewife cannot cook without rice, so he could only take it one step at a time.

"This is definitely a treasure of the Baisheng King, and there is even a possibility that it is a Demon Taming Art he created himself!"

Li Zhangsheng thought to himself and solemnly put away the Inheritance Jade Slip in his hand.

This Xuanji Nine Transformations could be said to complement the Book of Bloodlines; with the Baisheng King's monstrous talent, it was truly possible he created the Xuanji Nine Transformations himself.

As for whether Cai Yangqian had successfully cultivated the Xuanji Nine Transformations, Li Zhangsheng did not know, but given Cai Yangqian's condition at the time, even if he had succeeded, he could not have utilized it at all, because every transformation required the consumption of a large amount of Mental Power.

At this moment, Li Zhangsheng picked up the last square jade box.

It had a clasp but no lock; Li Zhangsheng opened the metal clasp and carefully opened the jade box, inside of which lay a token.

This is a circular token, with a purple hexagram carved on its front, and the character 'Xuan' on the back, though it is unknown what purpose it serves.

Li Zhangsheng tried injecting a strand of Mental Power, but it was like a clay ox entering the sea, with no response at all.

Spending five minutes, Li Zhangsheng tried every method he could think of, but he did not obtain any information.

However, a token that could be treated so cautiously by Cai Yangqian must have extraordinary qualities.

Li Zhangsheng shamelessly looked at the Cold Jade Rabbit and said, "Cold Jade Rabbit, please use the Soul Bewitching Technique one more time!"

The Cold Jade Rabbit pretended not to hear, turning its head away to avoid looking at Li Zhangsheng, wanting to take the opportunity to extort him.

Unfortunately, a fiery red wing flapped down, directly slapping the caught-off-guard Cold Jade Rabbit to the ground.

The Cold Jade Rabbit jumped up from the ground in Anger, but when it saw that the one who slapped it was the Three-Legged Fire Crow, it hurriedly put on a fawning smile and chose to swallow its pride.

The next moment, the Cold Jade Rabbit unwillingly cast the Soul Bewitching Technique on Cai Yangqian; special symbols appeared in its eyes again, and an invisible force fell into Cai Yangqian's eyes, acting directly upon his soul.

The next moment, Cai Yangqian opened his eyes, which were rolled back to show the whites, and he sat on the ground unconsciously.

Squeak, squeak~

The Cold Jade Rabbit chirped at Li Zhangsheng twice, wanting to take the opportunity to claim credit.

Li Zhangsheng imitated the Cold Jade Rabbit's earlier appearance and pretended not to hear, which made the Cold Jade Rabbit so angry that its cheeks puffed up.

At this time, Li Zhangsheng looked at Cai Yangqian and asked, "Cai Yangqian, where did you get this token?"

"Your parents!"

Cai Yangqian's emotionless voice rang out.

"What is its use?"

"I suspect it is the key to opening the Xuan Emperor Mausoleum!" A struggle flashed through Cai Yangqian's eyes, but unfortunately, he still could not immediately regain consciousness.

"Tell me everything you know about the Xuan Emperor Mausoleum."

"Yes!"

Cai Yangqian responded and poured out all the information regarding the Xuan Emperor Mausoleum.

Most of this information came from ancient texts, while the rest was information and speculation collected by Cai Yangqian.

Unfortunately, Cai Yangqian did not know the location of the Xuan Emperor Mausoleum; how could information regarding a Ninth Rank Supreme Being be easily grasped by a Fifth-tier Beastmaster like him?

Li Zhangsheng was not disappointed; he placed the Purple Star Token back into the square Jade Box and solemnly put it into a corner of his ring space.

In this corner, everything placed there was a valuable item, including the newly obtained Snow Soul Life-Saving Pill, the Nishang Inner Armor, and so on.

The harvest from this trip was truly significant; the greatest gains were the various types of Spirit Essence, and although these were very scattered, their value could not be measured.

Of course, the "Xuanji Nine Transformations Beast-Taming Art", the Purple Flame Corpse-Hiding Coffin, the Crown of Thorns, and the Purple Star Token suspected of opening the Xuan Emperor Mausoleum were also impossible to measure in value.

"It is time to let Roundy evolve!"

After checking the harvest this time, Li Zhangsheng took out all the Spirit Essence of the Feifei and the Wind Civet.

(End of this chapter)