Born with immortal seed

Chapter 149 The First Spirit Beast

Bai Zichen imagined himself riding a white deer that treads on clouds.

I feel that older cultivators are more suitable to choose this kind of spirit beast; for my age, this spirit beast is a bit too old.

When Hu Yushan saw Bai Zichen shake his head, she knew he hadn't taken a liking to the Cloud-Stepping White Deer, so she simply took out all the spirit beasts from the remaining two boxes.

"A third-grade superior-quality long-armed white ape cub, not even three years old this year... I originally thought that if no one bought it, I would make some arrangements to put it up for auction at the market at the end of the year."

A white ape, about the size of a palm, hopped around, hooking its arm around Hu Yushan's.

"Is it the Long-Armed White Ape, which is said to be able to pluck stars from the sky and seize the moon?"

Honglian exclaimed in surprise, clearly having heard of this spirit beast's name.

Seeing that Bai Zichen was still confused, he explained to him, "Within our Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, there is a Ten Thousand Beasts Ranking, which comments on countless demonic beasts and ranks them according to whether they are suitable as spirit beasts... The Long-Armed White Ape is ranked among the top three among all ape-type demonic beasts."

"His physical body is indestructible, and while plucking stars and seizing the moon might be an exaggeration, moving mountains and rivers is not an exaggeration; his divine strength is unparalleled."

"Most importantly, the Long-Armed White Ape is extremely intelligent and will learn on its own. Its growth rate is among the fastest of the third-tier spirit beasts."

Bai Zichen looked at the little thing and couldn't understand how it would grow into a terrifying white ape capable of moving mountains and rivers.

“Under normal circumstances, a spirit beast with a considerable chance of growing to the third tier would not be sold easily… However, this white ape’s parents were killed by the Supreme Elder, so we will not leave it in the mountains.”

Hu Yushan stroked the long-armed white ape, feeling very sorry for it.

If left in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, this long-armed white ape cub has a greater than 50% chance of becoming a third-tier spirit beast in two or three hundred years.

However, once a beast is bought by someone else, other cultivators cannot replicate the breeding environment and extensive experience in raising spirit beasts that the Myriad Beasts Sect possesses.

The Long-Armed White Ape will most likely stop at the peak of the second tier.

"This young white gibbon with long arms must be quite expensive..."

"Eighteen thousand spirit stones, a complete set of ape-type spirit beast raising experience, plus a mid-grade spirit beast bag."

Hu Yushan's eyes lit up. If this deal went through, it would save a lot of costs.

Although the auctions in the market are also part of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect's business, they still charge a cut on the items submitted by other departments of the sect.

If you want to make it the final item in the auction, you'll have to pay an extra amount of spirit stones as part of the auction's operating costs.

"too expensive."

Bai Zichen had anticipated that the price of the young Long-Armed White Ape would not be low, but this amount still far exceeded his expectations.

They are more than ten times larger than the White Snake of the Great Cold!
"It takes at least a hundred years to raise a spirit beast into a second-tier spirit beast, and the cost in between is too high... If it dies halfway through, all the investment will be lost."

"At Junior Brother Bai's age, he can wait for the Long-Armed White Ape to grow up. In the future, he can pass the White Ape on to his descendants as a clan's guardian spirit beast."

Hu Yushan knew that most cultivators would back down upon hearing about the hundred-year growth cycle.

We've changed our approach to enhance our persuasiveness.

"The best part is that the Long-Armed White Ape is much smarter than other spirit beasts of the same level. It can refine some simple armor spirit artifacts and teach it the trick of using demonic power to activate them."

"With this, the Long-Armed White Ape is like a tiger with wings, and cultivators of the same level are no match for it."

"Eighteen thousand spirit stones is definitely not expensive. At an auction, if a cultivator takes a liking to it, it could easily fetch thirty or forty thousand spirit stones!"

"Let's look at the remaining spirit beast."

Bai Zichen remained noncommittal.

If he still needs to rely on the combat power of a second-tier spirit beast a hundred years later, then he is a complete failure.

Of course, the direct reason was that he couldn't come up with the spirit stones.

Wouldn't it be better to use 18,000 spirit stones to buy pills that can improve one's cultivation?

Hu Yushan picked up the last spirit beast cub; it was a round, chubby ball, and looked adorable.

It has short arms and legs, and its whole body is covered in bristly fur, which is a mix of black and white.

"Tai Chi Bear, after reaching adulthood, becomes a peak second-tier demon beast... However, this one has an unusual bloodline, mixed with the bloodlines of other high-tier demon beasts."

Hu Yushan had a headache. The Tai Chi Bear was an extremely ferocious and warlike beast.

However, this cub in the Spirit Beast Pavilion was at least twice as heavy as its kind, short and stout, and from a distance, it didn't even have a neck.

Normally, he would be out of breath after just two laps of exercise, and would lie down on the ground feeling utterly exhausted.

If it weren't for the beast tamers in the sect carefully examining the cubs and confirming that everything was normal, they would have been considered malformed and defective.

The beast tamer determined that the reason this cub's appearance and habits differed from ordinary Tai Chi bears was due to another bloodline of unknown origin within it.

It should be a third-tier demon beast bloodline that has conflicted with the original bloodline of the Taiji Bear.

Instead of creating a positive effect, it weakened the Tai Chi Bear's combat power.

"Could this little thing be an ornamental spirit beast?"

Bai Zichen looked at the familiar round ball in front of him, poked it with his finger, and the black and white ball actually pulled up its arms and legs and started rolling around on the table.

Although it's quite cute, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the ferocious monster that is Tai Chi Bear.

"Don't worry, Junior Brother Bai. Although this Tai Chi Bear demon beast may be a bit weaker in combat in the future, it has gained another supernatural ability."

Hu Yushan blushed. To the disciples of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, who focused on combat power above all else, this mutated Taiji Beast seemed utterly shameful.

“I specifically asked Uncle Feng to take a look. This Tai Chi Bear is extremely sensitive to spiritual energy. It can even smell a spirit stone buried ten feet underground.”

"Moreover, this ability will continue to strengthen as it grows. Uncle Feng said that it is a treasure-hunting talent inherited from its bloodline, and it is definitely at the third tier."

"That means that as long as this Tai Chi Bear grows normally to the peak of the second tier, it will have the ability to find treasures at the third tier."

Bai Zichen crammed some basic knowledge about the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect from Su Li and learned that the Uncle Feng mentioned by Hu Yushan, a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, was one of the four Core Formation True Persons of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.

Feng Moyun, mid-stage Core Formation, fourth-tier low-grade Beast Tamer.

My natal spirit beast is a third-tier superior-grade Floating Light Dove.

Like Ge Cang Zhenren, he was regarded as one of the few Core Formation Zhenren with the best chance of breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm.

“Junior Brother Bai should know that spirit beasts with treasure-hunting abilities are highly sought after, and every cultivator longs to raise one of these spirit beasts.”

"As for the price, it's really just a Tai Chi Bear cub. The so-called third-tier bloodline treasure-hunting talent is just an inference."

Bai Zichen fiddled with the Tai Chi Bear with his fingers, already believing it to be 70-80%.

That's the assessment of a fourth-tier beast tamer, whose understanding of demonic beasts is among the best in the entire Liang Kingdom's cultivation world.

"Four thousand spirit stones, plus a set of manuals for raising bear-type spirit beasts."

"Too expensive, two thousand spirit stones plus a spirit beast pouch."

Bai Zichen directly cut the price in half, displaying an indifferent expression.

"Junior Brother Bai, this price is going to make me lose money... Even a regular Tai Chi Bear cub costs more than this."

Hu Yushan picked up the round, chubby Tai Chi bear. The black and white ball of fur pulled at the scarf in front of her chest, revealing more of her cleavage.

"Moreover, once the Tai Chi Bear grows up, it becomes quite large, and an ordinary spirit beast pouch won't be comfortable for it... You'll need to prepare a mid-grade spirit beast pouch for it."

"How about this, four thousand five hundred spirit stones, plus a mid-grade spirit beast pouch and a hundred fresh spirit bamboos, enough to feed it for a month."

I come from the Bai family of Mozhu. My family has nothing but countless bamboo trees, so why would I need to buy them from you?
Bai Zichen thought that this Tai Chi Bear was indeed to his liking, and more importantly, its treasure-hunting talent was quite useful.

Unless they are combat-ready forces at this stage, their potential is far-reaching and their future combat power is formidable, which is not an advantage in his eyes at all.

He wouldn't even be as interested in something with special supernatural powers or a flying spirit beast.

"As it stands, it's not as good as a regular Tai Chi Bear... If Fellow Daoist Hu really wants to do this business, please give us an honest price."

After a heated exchange, with Honglian chiming in to offer her opinion, the deal was finally struck at 2,800 spirit stones.

I didn't take any of the other accessories.

Spirit beast pouches and the like can also be exchanged within the Qingfeng Sect.

Bai Zichen reluctantly took out the mid-grade spirit stones that he hadn't even warmed up yet, and counted out twenty-two of them according to the market price of spirit stones at the Ten Thousand Beasts Market that day.

After successfully completing two business deals, Hu Yushan smiled sweetly and had someone deliver the corresponding pet raising manuals and a spirit beast contract.

“Junior brothers, you can try to contract spirit beasts now… while they are still newborn, this is the easiest time, and the contract system will be virtually impossible to sever in the future.”

The service at the Spirit Beast Pavilion was quite good. At least after the transaction was completed, Hu Yushan diligently shared her experience in forming a spirit beast contract.

"To form a contract with an adult demon beast and transform it into a spirit beast, if the two are of equal strength, there is a high chance of failure... Even if the contract is forcibly formed, it is not stable. When the spirit beast advances, it can easily break the contract with its massive demonic power and regain its freedom."

“Young beasts are different. You have an absolute advantage in cultivation level at this time. Once the contract is formed, every advancement in the future will actually strengthen the spirit beast contract. This is why spirit beasts raised from a young age are willing to abide by the agreement to guard the sect or family for hundreds of years after their master passes away... The spirit beast contract has penetrated deep into the soul, and even third-tier spirit beasts cannot overcome it.”

Following the instructions, Bai Zichen forcefully cut his finger and smeared his blood onto the forehead of the Tai Chi Bear cub.

At the same time, he tore open the crimson spirit beast contract, and a huge character appeared, sticking to the spot where his fingers and forehead touched.

"A talisman for flowers and birds?"

Although he didn't know the meaning of the characters, he could recognize that the characters were the same as those on the stone tablet, indicating that they must have originated from the same source.

Hu Yushan looked over with a hint of surprise and reminded him, "Junior Brother Bai is quite knowledgeable, even recognizing the Flower and Bird Talisman... Our Spirit Beast Pavilion only uses this Flower and Bird Talisman contract for spirit beasts with the potential to advance to the third tier. It has a stronger restraining effect on the spirit beast, and of course, the production cost is also higher. Use your essence blood to trace around the characters, and the contract will be complete!"

Bai Zichen did as instructed, slowly moving his fingertips to draw a circle around the flower and bird talisman character. His essence blood was suddenly absorbed by the character, bursting out with a mysterious power that flowed into the Tai Chi Bear's head.

In the next instant, Bai Zichen felt a faint connection between himself and the Tai Chi Bear cub.

A single thought can be transmitted to the mind of a spirit beast.

At the same time, a sense of innocent dependence and closeness emanated from the one-year-old Tai Chi bear cub.

Su Li also formed a spirit beast contract with the Taihan White Snake, but after the characters formed from her essence blood were absorbed by the snake egg, they only trembled slightly and still did not hatch.

According to Hu Yushan, the white snake eggs in the cold region do not have enough nutrients yet, and it is estimated that they will need to hatch for another ten days to half a month.

(End of this chapter)