Taming Beasts and Cultivating Immortality from Two Realms

Chapter 156 Listening to music
A young cultivator dressed in a long brocade robe stepped down from the luxurious beast-drawn carriage, followed by two respectful-looking peak Qi Refining guards.

"Snapdragon".

As a deep, powerful voice rang out, the giant beast pulling the cart lowered its head, and the reins around its neck came loose.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

This enormous, mountain-like spirit beast made no attempt to conceal its power. With each step it took, its immense dragon might surged even more, causing the cultivators present to look on in astonishment.

Its head resembles a dragon, its eyes are like blood, and its body is covered with rhomboid iron armor, with serrated bone spurs growing along the edges of the armor on its back.

If they weren't mistaken, this behemoth was the Armored Earth Dragon, a second-tier superior spirit beast hailed by many beast tamers as the Gen Earth Dragon!

'Even Young Master Fang has come!'

One of the cultivators' pupils contracted as he recognized the newcomer.

Within the Fallen Dragon Mansion, there are very few second-generation cultivators who can use dragon beasts to pull their carriages, and Fang Yuchen is one of them.

He was born into the Pingkong family, whose ancestor was the renowned Jingyuan Zhenjun of the Yunlong Mansion. It would not be an exaggeration to say that no one in Yuankong County dared to provoke him.

"Where is your sect leader?"

After putting away the Tongcan Beast, Fang Yuchen looked at the diligent female cultivator from Yunyin Pavilion in front of him, his eyes showing impatience.

"The Pavilion Master is preparing to perform the Cleansing Spirit Melody," the female cultivator said, her head bowed.

"Take me there," Fang Yuchen said calmly.

After saying that, he strode forward without even glancing at the surrounding cultivators, including Chen Beiwu near the gate.

'What an arrogant second-generation cultivator!'

Chen Beiwu withdrew his gaze and followed the female cultivator who was leading the way.

This person's aura is light orange, and their cultivation level is around the tenth level of Qi Refining. They certainly have some reason to be arrogant and conceited.

Led by the female cultivator, Chen Beiwu walked through the winding corridor with its flowing water and wine cups. He paused, and a large, circular lotus pond slowly came into view.

This lotus pond covers a vast area, with colorful koi swimming beneath the verdant lotus leaves, and a carved jade platform floating on the surface.

In the center of the jade platform stood a sandalwood zither, with twelve-panel mica screens on either side, presumably the stage where Pavilion Master Su Miao played the Cleansing Spirit Melody.

"Honored guest, please wait a moment. The Spirit Cleansing Banquet will begin in half an hour."

Upon hearing this, Chen Beiwu sat down and looked around. He noticed that each pavilion where people listened to music was spaced a distance apart, and each pavilion had one or two people sitting inside.

After a while, he saw three female cultivators from Yunyin Pavilion surrounding the dragon-riding cultivator, respectfully leading him to a private room on the second floor.

'This Yunyin Pavilion certainly knows how to make money from spiritual energy!' Chen Beiwu thought to himself.

He charges 2,500 spirit coins for the music pavilion on the first floor, so the cost of the VIP rooms on the second floor must be even more terrifying.

Just then, at the Listening Pavilion to Chen Beiwu's right, a young male cultivator in a green robe suddenly bowed and said, "I am Guan Anyong. This fellow Daoist seems to look somewhat familiar."

Before striking up a conversation, Guan Yong'an carefully sized up Chen Beiwu for a while.

Born into the Guan family of Yunlong, he was good at making friends. He knew almost all the outstanding second-generation cultivators in the six counties of Yunlong Prefecture, if not all of them.

Someone with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, a genius at the ninth level of Qi Refining with outstanding appearance, should be someone Guan Yong'an should know, but he just doesn't have any recollection of him.

So he claimed to recognize the face and wanted to take this opportunity to get to know him and expand his network.

"Chen Beiwu," Chen Beiwu said calmly.

Seeing the former's calm and composed demeanor, Guan Yong'an smiled and felt even more that Chen Beiwu was no ordinary person and worth befriending.

However, there is no major immortal cultivation clan with the surname Chen in the Fallen Dragon Palace. Could this person be from an outer palace?
Thinking of this, Guan Yong'an's smile widened, and he began to chat and laugh with Chen Beiwu.

At the same time, a luxurious beast-drawn carriage slowly came to a stop at the entrance of Yunyin Pavilion.

"Damn it, that idiot still hasn't replied to my message!" After complaining, Xu Lingling smiled sweetly, pulled back the carriage curtain, and with the help of her personal maid, stretched out her slender legs and stepped onto the clean white ground.

"He might be in seclusion and hasn't seen your message," Xu Ziqing said with a smile and a gentle tone.

"Hmph, forget it. He'll definitely regret missing this opportunity."

Xu Lingling took her best friend's arm and, led by a maid, entered Yunyin Pavilion.

The third floor of Yunyin Pavilion.

A knock sounded at the door, and a maid's voice came from outside.

"Master, does Young Master Fang wish to see you?"

Su Miao frowned slightly, shifting her gaze from the jade mirror in front of her. "The Cleansing Spirit Banquet is about to begin. I don't want to see anyone before the performance ends. Please cancel it for me."

As soon as she finished speaking, the hazy snow mist on her right slowly took shape.

A charming and elegant white fox walked through the air and rushed into Su Miao's arms, squeezing her full breasts into a hemisphere.

"Hey!"

Seeing the expectation in Qianyin Huanhu's eyes, Su Miao smiled.

She is holding the Spirit Cleansing Banquet tonight not only to forge a good relationship with the geniuses of the Fallen Dragon Mansion, but also to hone her musical skills.

If a Qi Refining cultivator with exceptional talent were to achieve enlightenment under the Spirit Cleansing Melody played by her and the Thousand Sound Illusion Fox, Su Miao would also gain considerable benefits, and might even break through the barrier between realms, advancing from the late Foundation Establishment stage to the peak Foundation Establishment stage.

'I hope the Fang family's reputation as geniuses is well-deserved, and that they can inherit even a fraction of Jingyuan Zhenjun's talent, so as not to disappoint me.'

……

Half an hour later, the lights went out.

Amidst much anticipation, the Cleansing Feast finally began.

"Buzz!"

As the melodious zither music began, Chen Beiwu's eyes narrowed, and he noticed a beautiful figure suddenly appearing behind the jade screen of the lotus pond.

Her black hair cascaded down to her waist like a waterfall.

Her stunningly beautiful face was partially obscured by the twelve-panel mica screen, which accentuated her elegant demeanor and made her unforgettable.

"hiss!"

The moment Su Miao appeared, even without using his divine sense, Chen Beiwu could still clearly hear the gasping and swallowing sounds from his right side.

"Pavilion Master Su Miao is truly peerless in elegance!"

Chen Beiwu glanced toward the source of the sound and found that Guan Yong'an had no interest in listening to the music. His eyes were fixed on Su Miaoge, and his Adam's apple bobbed as if he were swallowing fine wine.

To look at a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator with such eyes, this second-generation member of the Guan family is truly fearless!

Chen Beiwu was somewhat surprised by Guan Yong'an's recklessness.

But when he looked around, he was surprised to find that most of the Qi Refining cultivators in the Listening Pavilion had the same expression as Guan Yong'an, with their eyes showing a look of fascination.

'Are these people here to listen to music and seek enlightenment, or to see beautiful women?' Chen Beiwu realized something was wrong.

Logically speaking, these second-generation cultivators should be used to seeing beautiful women and shouldn't be so eager.

'A bunch of mediocre people, but at least there are two promising talents!'

As a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, Su Miao only needed to scan with her divine sense to see the expressions of all the Qi Refining cultivators on the first and second floors.

She did not use any charm; she simply played a piece on her sandalwood zither to test the sound.

If the Qi Refining cultivators present cannot even withstand this level of musicality, how can they possibly achieve enlightenment through the Cleansing Spirit Melody?

(End of this chapter)