Chapter 601: Giant Dragon Tribe (Second Update, requesting everything)

Very quickly, Li Changsheng arrived at the Core Royal Garden.

Compared to the Outer Royal Garden, the Core Royal Garden was not much larger in area, but the security was exceptionally strict; not to mention the Outer Royal Garden, even the Core Treasury paled in comparison.

Both were Important Areas of the Imperial Family, but the Core Royal Garden was actually more important; after all, it was one of the keys to the Imperial Family's fountain of talent.

The Imperial Family controlled vast human resources, and like the vast majority of families, they specifically cultivated a large number of low-to-mid-tier Monster Tamers, sending them into the wild to capture wild Spirit Beasts, using a method akin to sifting through sand to obtain High Quality Fairies.

However, this required consuming massive amounts of manpower and material resources; the cost of maintenance alone each year was an astronomical figure.

But for the Imperial Family, they were willing to exchange vast resources for excellent High Quality Fairies, which allowed them to continuously cultivate "talent" to maintain their ruling position.

For the profession of Monster Tamer, the more excellent the Demon Pet, the further one could generally go.

Of course, compared to Li Changsheng, the Imperial Family's efficiency was shockingly low; in terms of efficiency, Li Changsheng alone could likely rival ten thousand people.

This was just the current Li Changsheng; if Li Changsheng continued to advance, his efficiency would increase even more significantly.

A King's Mental Power could extend to cover a radius of ten thousand meters; if one were to become a Double-Character King or even an Emperor, that would be even more terrifying.

The guards of the Core Royal Garden were quite powerful, not only including a large number of Third Rank or higher Monster Tamers, but also having a Pseudo-King personally stationed there.

This was a middle-aged man who commanded respect without being angry; his appearance was actually three parts similar to the current Emperor, Dou Zhangsheng.

He was Prince Gong, Dou Zhangde, and also the younger brother of Dou Zhangsheng.

Upon seeing Li Changsheng, Dou Zhangde frowned slightly.

This was unavoidable; after all, Li Changsheng had successively defeated Dou Niwan, Dou Yuansheng, and Dou Yuanhua, all of whom were Dou Zhangde's own niece and nephews.

Even if the Imperial Family was notoriously cold-blooded and heartless, there would always be some who valued affection and righteousness, and this Dou Zhangde was one of them.

Additionally, Dou Zhangde was an outstanding alumnus of the Royal Academy, so he naturally had a poor impression of Li Changsheng.

"Go in, but you only have three hours!"

Although he was unhappy, after Li Changsheng presented his credentials, Dou Zhangde could only choose to let him pass.

The rules of the Core Royal Garden were very simple: killing Spirit Beasts was strictly prohibited; once discovered, one would be directly expelled, and serious offenders would be severely punished.

After successfully entering the Royal Garden, Li Changsheng began to observe the surrounding environment.

The environment here was exceptionally beautiful, even three parts better than the Outer Royal Garden.

To prevent the wild Spirit Beasts in the garden from escaping, the entire Core Royal Garden was wrapped in a huge, invisible Restriction; in this enclosed environment, Li Changsheng could faintly feel that it was filled with a large amount of energy particles.

It was composed of grasslands, forests, and lakes, yet there were not many wild Spirit Beasts in sight.

However, the quality was not ordinary, because the threshold here was Superior Quality wild Spirit Beasts, and there was even no shortage of Top-tier ones.

How rare were wild Spirit Beasts of Superior Quality and above? Even for the Langya Kingdom's Imperial Family, whether they had three digits worth per year was a question.

The number seemed large, but the key was that the Imperial Family had many members; Emperor Dou Zhangsheng alone had over twenty offspring.

However, after so many years, the Core Royal Garden must have accumulated quite a few wild Spirit Beasts.

At the first moment, Li Changsheng released his Mental Power, encompassing a radius of one thousand meters.

From the feedback of his Mental Power, he saw over a dozen glowing light spots; judging by the brightness of the light spots, they were all Superior Quality Spirit Beasts.

According to Li Changsheng's estimation, with two or three hundred years of accumulation by the Imperial Family, there were likely hundreds of Superior Spirit Beasts here, among which there must be some Quasi-Gods.

During the first scan, it would be a lie to say Li Changsheng wasn't greedy; he wished he could round up all these Spirit Beasts in one go.

Unfortunately, that was just wishful thinking.

Li Changsheng began to wander on the grassland; in terms of area, the grassland was the largest, followed by the forest, and then the lake.

While Li Changsheng was moving, Dou Zhangde arrived at a room where dozens of Obsidian Screens were installed on the walls, displaying different scenery and monitoring every move in the Core Royal Garden.

Among them, Dou Zhangde mainly focused his gaze on Li Changsheng, observing his every move.

Being monitored by Dou Zhangde, Li Changsheng could faintly sense it; his six senses were exceptionally sharp, allowing him to perceive things that were not easily detectable.

However, this was the Core Royal Garden, so being monitored was normal; Li Changsheng could only pretend not to know. Besides, his special ability had no sound or light effects, so he was not afraid of it being leaked.

Not long after walking, the grass dozens of meters away suddenly made a significant movement, and immediately after, a giant python nearly thirty meters long and as thick as a water vat rushed toward Li Changsheng.

This was an Elite-level Titan Python, looking quite ferocious.

Snap~

Li Changsheng snapped his fingers, and the Monster Pet Bag at his waist shook, followed by a black dragon over thirty meters long rushing out.

Roar~

The black dragon let out an angry roar, its whole body exuding a rich Dragon Might.

The Titan Python's body instantly stiffened, then it shivered under the Dragon Might and turned to flee.

Li Changsheng ignored it, mounted the black dragon's back, and continued to explore the grassland.

The black dragon flew at a low altitude, and under the rich Dragon Might, not many wild Spirit Beasts dared to offend them.

Although the Core Royal Garden was large, the density of wild Spirit Beasts was actually very small; Li Changsheng explored the entire grassland, and the number of Spirit Beasts barely exceeded one hundred, and there were almost no gregarious Spirit Beasts.

Unfortunately, Li Changsheng did not find any Top-tier Spirit Beasts, nor did he even see any Quasi-God Spirit Beasts.

Under these circumstances, Li Changsheng rode the black dragon to the nearest lake.

This was just a not-so-large lake; with Li Changsheng's Mental Power range, he only needed two passes to complete the exploration.

The lake was not very deep, with the deepest part not even twenty meters; Li Changsheng only needed to expend a little more Mental Power to complete the exploration.

During the first exploration, Li Changsheng did not find any Top-tier Spirit Beasts, but he did discover a Quasi-God Spirit Beast for the first time.

This was a ferocious Tide Lord; judging by its aura, which was only at the Leader level, it still had some time before reaching adulthood, and logically, it had decent cultivation value.

However, there was still a significant gap compared to Top-tier Spirit Beasts; after all, Top-tier Spirit Beasts were guaranteed to reach the Leader level, and in particular, the probability of advancing to the Demon King level far exceeded that of ordinary Quasi-Gods.

Li Changsheng ignored this underage Tide Lord, steered the black dragon to the other side of the lake, and continued to use his Mental Power to explore.

This time, it was clearly different from before; set against the backdrop of more than a dozen glowing light spots, a light spot resembling burning moonlight appeared.

Li Changsheng finally discovered the first Top-tier quality wild Spirit Beast and immediately locked onto its location; the other party was basking in the Sun Banner on the mudflat.

This was a giant turtle, three or four zhang in radius, with limbs like pillars and a straight horn growing on its head.

Heluo Turtle!

Li Zhangsheng recognized the opponent at a glance and began to check their information.

【Spirit Beast Name】: Heluo Turtle (Growth Stage)

【Spirit Beast Realm】: Leader 7th Rank

【Spirit Beast Race】: High-level War General

【Spirit Beast Quality】: Top-grade

【Spirit Beast Bloodline】: Dragon Turtle (Sparse)

【Spirit Beast Attribute】: Water

【Spirit Beast Status】: Healthy

【Spirit Beast Weakness】: Earth

Li Zhangsheng could not help but feel tempted, but the Heluo Turtle's race was a bit low; at most, it could only be used as a Temporary Spirit Pet.

When the black dragon flew over, the Heluo Turtle woke from its slumber; it watched the black dragon vigilantly while slowly retreating, wanting to enter the lake to hide.

The moment it saw the black dragon, the Heluo Turtle knew it was far from being a match, which could be seen just from their sizes.

"I'll leave it here for now; if I don't encounter a better Spirit Beast by then, I'll come back to tame it!"

Li Zhangsheng thought to himself, instantly activating the Mental Parasitism Secret Technique to brand the Heluo Turtle.

With the Heluo Turtle's abilities, it might have been possible to detect it, but its focus was mainly on the black dragon, so it did not notice that someone had cast a Secret Technique on it.

In this way, before the Mental Parasitism Secret Technique disappeared, Li Zhangsheng could find this Heluo Turtle at any time.

Li Zhangsheng did not rest and continued to pilot the black dragon, flying toward the deeper mountain forests.

This was a large mountain nearly a thousand meters high, and at the foot of the mountain was a pitch-black, enormous cave.

The cave was unusually large, a full twenty-plus meters wide, with a depth impossible to measure; even with the black dragon's size, it could pass through with ease.

Li Zhangsheng did not enter the cave immediately; he prepared to explore the cave only after finishing his exploration of this mountain forest.

The mountain forest was large, but Li Zhangsheng only had to release his Mental Power four times in total to finish exploring the entire mountain forest.

Unfortunately, he did not find any top-grade quality Spirit Beasts, though he did find a Quasi-God—Feifei.

Until this moment, Li Zhangsheng piloted the black dragon and charged into the cave.

He encountered no obstacles along the way, and after advancing several hundred meters, the view suddenly opened up; the end of the cave was a massive grotto.

The area of the grotto was very large, as if the belly of the mountain had been completely hollowed out; unlike the pitch-black passage, it was quite bright here, though the environment was exceptionally complex.

Some places were scorching hot, others were freezing cold, and in the middle was a fairly large pond where a group of behemoths lived.

Upon seeing this group of behemoths, Li Zhangsheng immediately became excited, because this was a group of dragons!

Within sight, one could see Five-Colored Dragon, Metal Dragon, and even Gem Dragon, though there were quite a few missing varieties; for instance, the Five-Colored Dragon only had green dragons and white dragons, the Metal Dragon had gold dragons, silver dragons, and copper dragons, while the Gem Dragon only had emerald dragons.

There were six types of dragons in total, and their numbers were also very small, mostly only one or two of each; even the most numerous white dragons only numbered three, and all the dragons combined barely exceeded the number of fingers on two hands.

When Li Zhangsheng entered, this group of dragons all stared at him in unison.

(End of this chapter)