Taming Beasts and Cultivating Immortality from Two Realms

Chapter 169 Water and Wood as Illusions
After advancing to the second realm, the innate water essence in the Golden Egg Yuan Vein did not change much and remained a Xuan-grade Yuan Vein, providing Chen Beiwu with three points of spiritual root bonus.

This is normal.

Even if the golden egg could evolve into a third-tier treasure beast through bloodline, it would still be impossible for it to transform its primordial vein into the legendary Heavenly Grade primordial vein due to its limited cultivation level.

After all, a Heavenly Grade Yuan Vein is something that even a fourth-order Xuan Beast might not be able to possess.

Thinking of this, Chen Beiwu's mind stirred, and he looked at the golden egg's vein.

"Gold 90, Wood 83, Water 94, Fire 18, Earth 79."

Chen Beiwu's pupils contracted, and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

A cultivator's spiritual root aptitude is difficult to change; even if their cultivation level breaks through, it is still difficult to alter the purity of their spiritual root.

One's spiritual root aptitude can only be changed by cultivating specific spiritual root purification techniques or consuming rare and precious materials with corresponding five elements.

But the same beast is different!
Because of the blessings bestowed by Heaven and Earth, as one's cultivation level increases, the bloodline contained within the Tongcan Beast will become increasingly pure, and its five elemental attributes will also be strengthened accordingly.

Compared to its previous five-elemental affinity, the golden egg has significantly improved its metal, wood, and water elemental roots.

This is a terrifying aptitude that even a third-tier treasure beast might not possess!
"call!"

Chen Beiwu exhaled a breath of stale air, suppressing the joy in his heart.

Stay calm, don't get arrogant!

According to the records of the Immortal Alliance, the Golden Egg's elemental attributes are only slightly better than those of the third-tier low-grade treasure beast, the Golden Dragon Carp, and are still inferior to those of the third-tier high-grade treasure beast, the Golden Horned Flood Dragon.

Meanwhile, the golden egg excitedly swam and danced in the training room, occasionally bringing its head close to the surface of the pool to admire itself, revealing a look of ecstasy.

Clearly, Jin Dan was very satisfied with the changes in his appearance after the promotion, and his loyalty to Chen Beiwu also increased dramatically.

The only thing that Jin Dan felt was a little lacking was that his head was a bit round, still resembling a fish head.

It didn't grow a dragon's head, whiskers, mane, claws, or tail, so it still doesn't look majestic or imposing enough.

Chen Beiwu activated his divine sense and looked at the golden egg's Dharma lineage, where the ninety-nine basic Dao traces emitted a dazzling light.

"Not bad, he actually has ninety-nine years of cultivation!" Chen Beiwu was very satisfied.

A human Foundation Establishment cultivator's minor realm is equivalent to a second-realm lesser demon's cultivation over a hundred years.

Simply put, a cultivator in the early stage of Foundation Establishment is generally equivalent to a minor demon of the second realm with 50-150 years of cultivation.

And so on, mid-Foundation Building stage (151-300 years of cultivation).
Late stage of Foundation Establishment (301-400 years of cultivation)
Peak of Foundation Establishment (Cultivation Level 401-499 years)
Logically speaking, a newly promoted second-realm demon can only have about fifty years of cultivation.

The Golden Egg's high level of cultivation was likely due to the medicinal power of the Yin-Yang Cleansing Blood Pill.

With this thought in mind, Chen Beiwu's eyes lit up with anticipation. He probed the depths of the golden egg's vein with his divine sense and discovered four more beast seals containing the essence of heaven and earth.

[The Might of the Flood Dragon]

Seeing flowers through the fog

Which is real and which is illusion?

【As one wishes】

Chen Beiwu's spirits lifted, and with the power of the Tongcan Beast Seal, he easily unleashed the first talent possessed by the golden egg with a thought.

"Buzz!"

Under the incredulous gaze of the golden egg, an invisible dragon's might suddenly exploded centered on Chen Beiwu.

The golden egg sank and fell to the ground from mid-air, the sound of a dragon's roar still faintly audible in its ears.

"Gulu?"

Golden Egg tilted its head, its eyes full of confusion.

"What, you don't even recognize your own talent?" Chen Beiwu smiled.

Golden Egg shook his head.

It was certainly aware of its own talent. It was simply astonished by the purity and power of the dragon's might released by Chen Beiwu, as if it were seeing a member of its own kind.

"Seeing flowers through the fog?" Upon seeing this familiar talent, Chen Beiwu's gaze paused slightly, and he became interested.

If he remembered correctly, "seeing flowers through the mist" should be the first level of the sect's secret technique, "mirror flowers and moon in the water."

"Try releasing the 'Seeing Flowers Through the Mist' skill first."

Upon hearing Chen Beiwu's words, Jin Dan exhaled white mist and used his magic to condense a mist flower mirror that had begun to glimpse the boundary between reality and illusion.

With a thought, Chen Beiwu instantly unleashed the Water Prison Technique upon the golden egg.

Hundreds of ice-blue chains immediately shot into the sky, completely surrounding the golden egg.

The next second, the misty mirror in front of the golden egg automatically emitted light.

The overwhelming icy blue chains immediately changed direction, instead surrounding Chen Beiwu, the caster.

Chen Beiwu's eyes lit up with surprise.

He was right. Unlike the rudimentary form of the Mirror Flower Water Moon technique that the Golden Egg comprehended after consuming the jade slip, this was the true "seeing flowers through the mist."

"Could it be?" Chen Beiwu looked at the talent that was either real or illusory.

Although he only obtained the jade slip containing the first level of the Mirror Flower Water Moon technique in the Transmission Hall, he also knew the name of the second level.

"Gulu."

Understanding Chen Beiwu's meaning, Jin Dan closed his eyes and activated his True or Illusory Talent.

The next instant, a gust of wind rose, and a lifelike dragon came into Chen Beiwu's view.

Its head has coral-like dragon horns, its eyes are like molten gold torches, its jaw has long whiskers, its back has mane, its dragon claws grasp the clouds, and its dragon tail dances with wind and thunder, showing its sacred majesty.

Chen Beiwu gently tapped the dragon's scales with his finger, and could clearly feel the impenetrable defense of its defenses.

The second level of the illusion is the confusion between reality and illusion, namely, "Zhuangzi dreaming of a butterfly, which is real and which is illusory."

Those who reach this level can use their magic to create illusions, confuse others' six senses, shake their minds with falsehoods, and even secretly alter memories.

Its power far surpasses that of the second-tier spiritual technique Illusionary Mist, which Chen Beiwu has mastered.

The reason why the golden egg in his eyes suddenly turned into a real dragon was because he was under the influence of the illusion created by the "Which is Real and Which is Illusory" talent.

'Okay, let's deactivate it.'

As soon as Chen Beiwu thought of it, the true dragon suddenly transformed into a golden egg.

Chen Beiwu took a deep breath, and his gaze toward the golden egg had changed.

In his view, there are two possibilities for the golden egg to evolve into the second level of the Mirror Flower Water Moon Technique.

Firstly, the jade slip containing the Mirror Flower Water Moon technique actually concealed a second secret technique, but he had never comprehended it, so he could not see the subsequent techniques. After being absorbed by the Golden Egg using its Nascent Soul talent, he naturally mastered it.

Secondly, water and wood are illusions. The "All Laws Return to the Flow" and "The Heavenly Book of Jianmu" are extremely compatible with "Flowers in a Mirror and the Moon in Water".

In addition, Jin Dan is exceptionally talented in illusion. After comprehending the "Seeing Flowers Through the Mist" technique, the bloodline within him automatically evolves the talent of distinguishing between reality and illusion based on the "Seeing Flowers Through the Mist" technique.

The former probability is extremely low, and Chen Beiwu is more inclined to believe the latter.

After all, sects are not charities; they won't give out two secret techniques for no reason. Instead, they'll use these secret techniques to keep sect cultivators from completing sect tasks.

"Gulu?"

Golden Egg smugly approached Chen Beiwu, its expression one of undisguised pride.

Even a fake dragon is still a dragon!
For Golden Egg, activating the "Which is Real, Which is Illusory" talent to transform into a real dragon is no different from fulfilling a dream.

But after the illusion ended, the emptiness in his heart made his desire to transform into a dragon even stronger.

Chen Beiwu nodded, his divine sense shifting slightly as he glanced past the familiar Ruyi Spiritual Technique and looked at the two beams of light emanating from the depths of the Golden Egg's Dharma lineage.

That was clearly a third-tier treasure technique that only a third-tier treasure beast could possess!
(End of this chapter)