Chapter 19: 【Subduing the White Ape, Bestowing the Name Yuanbai】 (Seeking recommendation votes)

Lu Chengtong discovered that this move of his had a very good effect; the White Ape watched the scene of him killing the black-furred lion with one sword, and was stunned.

Immediately after, Lu Chengtong turned his head to look at the White Ape, scaring it so much that it shivered and was about to flee.

"You monkey are quite spiritual; are you willing to follow me?"

This sentence was a meaning conveyed directly through soul power.

The ways of communication between different species were different, but it was possible to convey simple meanings through soul power.

The White Ape immediately froze its body.

With its intelligence, it immediately thought of the hidden meaning of this sentence.

If it wasn't willing, it might die!

Suddenly, it jumped down from the tree, arrived in front of Lu Chengtong, lay on the ground, stuck its rear up, and touched its head to the ground.

This was an action indicating submission.

Although Lu Chengtong didn't understand it, he learned its meaning through soul communication.

"Give me a drop of your blood."

The White Ape did as told, and Lu Chengtong directly used his supernatural power to refine it.

The next moment, the White Ape immediately had a look as if it had seen a ghost, scared so much that it retreated several steps in succession.

Because it saw with its own eyes that the human in front of it had actually turned into its own kind, and just a moment ago, it couldn't sense even a trace of the aura of its own kind.

After possessing the White Ape's transformation form, Lu Chengtong could communicate with the White Ape without obstacles.

He spoke again:

"Give me another drop of blood."

The White Ape was still in amazement, feeling a bit flustered in its heart, but it still did as told.

This time, Lu Chengtong used a spell.

In the Lu family's classics, there were records about the art of beast taming, but similarly, they were just some superficial things circulating in the market.

But for Lu Chengtong's current needs, it was already enough.

Among them, there was a spell named "Spirit-Communication Blood Pact."

This spell had no binding effect; the only effect was that it allowed both parties accepting the contract to communicate through soul power even at a long distance, establishing a layer of connection.

Both parties could sense each other's location; within a certain distance, they could sense it precisely, but beyond a certain range, they could only know a direction.

This was already enough.

With this layer of connection, both parties had a bridge to build feelings, and at the same time, they could impart knowledge to the spirit beast.

In the way of beast taming, forced control was not common, because this point was very difficult to achieve.

Generally speaking, if one wanted to form forced control, even if using special spells, it required the master's soul power to be far stronger than the spirit beast being controlled, otherwise there was a high probability of being backlashed.

Therefore, in the way of beast taming, most established connections through equal communication, raising spirit beasts from a young age, and helping them become stronger.

Compared to humans, even spirit beasts with higher spirituality had extremely high loyalty to the master who raised them and would not be as fickle as humans.

Of course, there was also forced control, such as for insect gu that had very low soul power and very low intelligence for a single individual and could not communicate normally; this faction was independent.

After establishing the "Spirit-Communication Blood Pact," a feeling of closeness naturally arose.

Lu Chengtong looked at the White Ape and said with a smile:

"From now on, you will follow me, and your name will be Yuanbai."

Both of them formed a bond under this Baiyuan Fruit tree, and this guy itself was also a white ape; this name was the most suitable.

The White Ape learned that it had a name and actually opened its mouth and followed by calling out twice.

Although the pronunciation was not standard, it was indeed somewhat similar.

Lu Chengtong was happy in his heart; this White Ape's intelligence was even higher than he had imagined, and its learning ability was quite good.

Just now, he saw it fighting with that black-furred lion, holding the Black Iron Wood, and when it attacked, its accuracy was very good, and it was very fierce.

If this guy hadn't used Black Iron Wood just now, but a flying sword, it might have been able to kill that black-furred lion.

Lu Chengtong suddenly had an idea.

Why not teach this White Ape sword techniques? Maybe it could really learn them.

These things, let's not mention them for now.

He looked at the corpses of the few demonic beasts on the ground; these were all good things and were of great value.

But he couldn't take them back; for one, his storage bag wasn't that big, and for another, with his current cultivation of the Qi Refining third layer, bringing back a Qi Refining mid-stage demonic beast seemed too abnormal.

Moreover, he didn't want anyone to venture deep into here because he had gained something in the forest.

A Baiyuan Fruit tree was equivalent to a money tree.

Although this thing could only mature once every five years, that was also a fixed income.

Free money, no one would dislike it.

Since he couldn't take them back to exchange for money, these corpses had to be dragged further away to avoid attracting other demonic beasts to covet them.

With the help of the White Ape, Lu Chengtong dug out the Horned Python's snake gall, cut off its horns, cut off a piece of snake meat, and obtained some scales.

Then he obtained some feathers and a pair of claws from the two-headed Iron-Clawed Eagle, and then obtained a large piece of beast skin from the Scaled Wolf.

He stuffed the black-furred lion into his storage bag entirely.

Outer Sect Disciples of the Ziyao Immortal Sect generally only had the financial resources to buy storage bags if they were Qi Refining late-stage disciples.

But the Lu family was a great cultivation clan after all, and Lu Wuzhen had equipped every disciple who joined the Immortal Sect with a storage bag of two zhang square and some spirit stones.

Poor family, rich road.

Giving them more resources was intended to let them get along well with their fellow disciples and win some connections and resources for the family.

But unfortunately, in this world, connections were the least reliable; only one's own strength was the foundation.

Lu Chengtong wanted to keep the black-furred lion; that flesh and blood was a very good supplement for him at the current stage, although it couldn't compare to the Gathering Qi Pill, it was better than nothing, at least faster than him silently meditating to increase his cultivation.

It could also strengthen his body and fill his stomach, saving the expense of spirit rice.

After processing, Lu Chengtong said to the White Ape:

"For the remaining parts, except for leaving some for yourself to eat, throw the rest further away to prevent attracting other demonic beasts to come close and snatch them."

The White Ape was first deterred by him, and then became close through the blood pact; although they hadn't established any feelings yet, they could cooperate.

After doing as Lu Chengtong requested, it came back and found Lu Chengtong staring blankly at the Baiyuan Fruit tree.

The number of fruits a Baiyuan Fruit tree bore was not certain, between sixty and ninety; there were seventy-two on this tree.

The fruit was about to mature, but it hadn't fully matured yet, so these demonic beasts only attacked each other but didn't directly move to snatch the fruit.

Perhaps they all intended to claim this place as their own.

Eating Baiyuan Fruit raw only had a significant effect on the Qi Refining early-stage or Qi Refining mid-stage, but by the Qi Refining late-stage, the effect was not very obvious.

One needed to eat a lot to have some improvement.

But that Red-Maned Black-Furred Lion was injured; this fruit couldn't increase its cultivation, but it could heal its wounds.

Yet it didn't expect to die miserably here.

Now, the fruit on this tree all belonged to Lu Chengtong.

For a Qi Refining early-stage cultivator, it was absolutely a huge fortune.

Now, he had to let this "fortune" mature.

He specifically waited for the White Ape to return before he urged the Treasure Mirror to unleash the 【Spring Breeze Turns to Rain】 supernatural power with the soul power of a Foundation Establishment late-stage.

A gentle breeze blew, a fine rain fell, and the fruit seemed to be breathing, trembling gently.

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