Taming Beasts and Cultivating Immortality from Two Realms

Chapter 247 Synergistic Transformation of Soldiers
Chen Beiwu, holding the golden egg, sat cross-legged on a futon, lightly tapping the video projection with his fingertips.

Suddenly, the wall in front of me rippled like a water curtain, revealing a series of images.

In the scene, Yue Shan, the Mountain-Moving True Lord, stands with his hands behind his back, lecturing in a black robe.

His eyes were like torches, he was nine feet tall, his shoulders were as broad as rocks, and the muscles of his bare arms vaguely revealed dark blue mountain totems. Behind him floated a halberd that was dark gold in color and covered with dragon scale patterns.

“Weapons are instruments of destruction; spirit is wisdom and life. To use wisdom and life to control weapons of destruction is to defy Heaven and change one’s destiny. Therefore, one must obey Heaven and follow the Way, and be extremely cautious.”

"Today, I will be speaking on the first section of the Tongcan Huabing Shenlu, 'Form Moves at Will'."

At this point, Yue Zhenjun waved his sleeve, and the halberd behind him suddenly trembled and transformed into a magnificent prison turtle.

Its head is ferocious like a dragon, resembling a giant turtle carrying a black mountain on its back.

The back armor is composed of 108 prison tablets engraved with restrictions, each tablet shimmering with a dark gold luster.

Even when this fifth-tier elemental beast remained still, the terrifying aura within it, as powerful as a deep pool and as imposing as a mountain, formed its own world.

Looking at this terrifying beast with a renowned reputation, even through the screen, Jin Dan couldn't help but swallow hard and subconsciously shrank into Chen Beiwu's arms.

Chen Beiwu was not surprised by this.

The third-tier Jiaolong is a dragon beast species, the fourth-tier Chilong is a half-dragon species, and the fifth-tier Qiulong is a Tenglong species.

If a fifth-order dragon can grow to the peak of its bloodline, it corresponds to a terrifying existence at the level of a Nascent Soul True Venerable.

Golden Egg is currently only a third-tier treasure beast. To grow into a fifth-tier dragon, it still needs to overcome the two barriers of Jiao and Chi. It is normal for it to feel fear when facing the fifth-tier Yuan Beast, Prison Yue Yuan.

"He can be replaced!" Chen Beiwu's tone was light, but it was filled with boundless pride.

This confidence also infected the golden egg, which looked at the imprisoned Yue Yuan in the video with a determined glint in its eyes.

At the same time, Yue Zhenjun gently stroked Yue Yuan's head, speaking in a gentle tone.

"Look carefully, the 'Symbiotic Transformation' is not about refining weapons, but about allowing your symbiotic beasts to fight alongside you in another form."

The next instant, the prison turtle suddenly roared to the sky, its whole body shining brightly, and gradually became ethereal under the gaze of Chen Beiwu and the golden egg.

Ultimately, it transformed into a halberd with a main blade shaped like a crescent moon and a golden gleam at the edge.

On the base of the halberd, a miniature imprisoned turtle roars, seemingly alive, shrouding the entire weapon in a bluish-red aura and radiating an indescribable power.

"When transforming into weapons, one must follow their original form, such as a dragon transforming into a spear, a crane into a sword, and a tortoise into armor."

"Soldiers die for their cause, beasts live for theirs; use life to control death, and use death to sustain life."

"In wartime, they transform into soldiers, making decisive and ruthless decisions."

“Raising animals on ordinary days helps to harmonize one’s nature.”

"When the two are combined, the weapons can be imbued with spirit and develop their own supernatural powers, causing cultivators' combat strength to surge and enabling them to overcome enemies beyond their own realm."

"..."

After explaining the general principles of Tongcan Huabing, Yue Zhenjun gave a summary.

"Transforming troops is not a tactic, but a principle."

"If you want to master the Divine Record of Fellowship and transform it into weapons, you must master the three essentials of transforming weapons."

"The first principle is that form should follow intention. The transformation of soldiers is not fixed; they should follow the inherent nature of beasts. This is also the focus of this lesson."

As Yue Zhenjun explained, he gripped the halberd in his right hand.

"Before I became a Nascent Soul True Monarch, my most proficient magical weapon was the Six Harmonies Spear."

As soon as he finished speaking, the halberd began to tremble, gradually transforming into a three-foot-six-inch spiral spear that resembled the spine of a centipede.

"Have you noticed anything amiss?" Yue Zhenjun smiled.

Upon hearing this, Chen Beiwu's eyes narrowed slightly.

Even through the video, he could see the difference between the two Xuanbing weapons of the same level.

Although both are of the same type, the aura emitted by the Long Spear Mystic Treasure is far inferior to that of the Fangtian Halberd, and is even less than one-tenth of the latter.

"Is it a matter of compatibility?" a monk in the video answers this question.

Yue Zhenjun nodded slightly: "That's right, the transformation of the same subject into soldiers must respect the original form of the same subject beast. Form follows will and movement is the premise."

Forcing an unsuitable form will, at best, leave openings in battle; at worst, severely deplete resources, or even lead to the destruction of your army and the death of your beasts.

Soon, the video changed, transforming from Yue Zhenjun's simple explanation into a one-on-one demonstration of the Tongcan Huabing teaching method.

As one student after another took the stage, various kinds of Dharma treasures appeared in the classroom.

However, these magical artifacts and treasures were all tangible but lacked spirit, far inferior to the powerful and spiritually rich Fangtian Halberd displayed by True Lord Yue.

"The 'Same Sense Transformation' technique is the foundation of the Immortal Cultivation Alliance's Secret Technique of Borrowing Beasts to Cultivate True Life Source, and it is also a supplement to the 'Same Sense Beast Taming' landscape."

Before the class ended, Yue Zhenjun said something profound.

"Only when you can master the art of transforming the same element into a weapon will you have truly embarked on the path of cultivating immortality by borrowing beasts."

The next second, the screen went black, and the video ended.

Looking at the dazed Golden Egg, Chen Beiwu rubbed its head.

"Do you understand?"

"Gulu."

"What half do you mean by 'understanding half'?"

"Gurgle." The golden egg felt a little guilty and tightened its tail around the arm slightly.

"So you don't understand anything at all." Chen Beiwu laughed, pointing and gathering a bit of spiritual light, then gently touching the golden egg's forehead.

It doesn't matter if Jin Dan doesn't understand; he does understand anyway.

Under the illumination of the Mirror of Guardian, Chen Beiwu quickly deciphered the key to the transformation of the celestial sphere into a weapon.

The key question is: what type of magical artifact or spirit weapon is the golden egg best suited to transform into?

'Never mind, let's try the flying sword first.'

With a thought, Chen Beiwu circulated his internal magic power according to the Tongcan Huabing Shenlu, forming the "Bing" hand seal with his left hand and drawing the "Jie" hand seal with his right hand.

"Buzz!"

The next second, the golden egg's scales suddenly shone brightly and stood up in unison.

Chen Beiwu clasped his hands together and said softly, "Form moves with will, and weapons are transformed together."

"Zheng!"

As the sound of a sword ringing out rang out, a sudden change occurred.

A long sword, about three feet and three inches long, with a blade two fingers wide and a faint golden halo covering its body, suddenly came into Chen Beiwu's view.

"So simple?"

Chen Beiwu reached out and gently stroked the sword, then slowly gripped the hilt.

"boom!"

The instant he gripped the sword hilt, an immense surge of magical power flooded into Chen Beiwu's body, causing his aura to surge and emanating a vast pressure approaching that of a Golden Core cultivator.

The Five Elements Mountain within Chen Beiwu's dantian and dantian roared deafeningly, as if urging him to shatter his foundation and condense the Golden Core Dao.

At the same time, the golden dragon sword emitted a pleasant chime, slowly reflecting Chen Beiwu's figure, just like the golden egg that only had Chen Beiwu in its eyes.

'This power!'

Feeling the almost inexhaustible magical power within his body, Chen Beiwu looked at the Flood Dragon Sword in his hand, and couldn't help but take a deep breath to suppress the excitement in his heart.

The Tongcan Transformation Beast has an extremely heavy burden, requiring constant consumption of the cultivator's and Tongcan Beast's essence, energy, and spirit, but it can be exchanged for the power to fight beyond the realm.

Intuition told Chen Beiwu that, wielding the Jiao Sword, he could even pierce through the gilded body with a single strike and instantly kill the golden egg, which possessed 334 years of cultivation.

Golden Egg: "???"

Was the beast tamer blinded by power, actually trying to use the dragon sword it had transformed into to kill itself?

"Buzz!" As the golden egg's thoughts began to turn, the golden light quickly dissipated, the dragon sword disappeared, revealing a slender fish-dragon body.

The boundless magical power within Chen Beiwu's dantian and qi sea began to decline rapidly, even falling below the previous level.

'Can you only hold out for ten breaths?'

Chen Beiwu frowned slightly as he looked at the exhausted-looking Golden Egg.

"Gulu."

The latter shook his head, then his eyes lost their luster and he fell into a deep sleep. It was clear that this was his first time transforming into a soldier and he was exhausted.

'No wonder Master Yue said that the 'Same Journey to Immortality' technique is the foundation of the Immortal Alliance's secret method of borrowing beasts to cultivate true life essence,' Chen Beiwu thought to himself.

The first principle of the Tongcan Transformation of Soldiers: form moves with will, and soldiers and beasts are one.

The second key is: movement and stillness complement each other, and minds are in sync.

The third principle: coexistence and mutual progress, using animals to respond to the Dao.

Once the three essentials are completed and the "Same Journey to Divinity" is mastered, one can cultivate the renowned "Same Journey to Divinity" secret technique of the Immortal Alliance, "Same Journey to Divinity Stealing the Heavenly Contract."

The "Same Destiny, Same Fate, Stealing the Heavenly Contract" is a supreme and wondrous method that only Nascent Soul True Monarchs can cultivate, and it has been passed down only by the Thirteen Immortal Sects and the Five Great Grotto-Heavens.

If one successfully cultivates this method, the cultivator can forcibly embed the life wheel of the same beast, thus stealing the lifespan of the same beast and greatly extending their own lifespan.

What does that mean?

If the lifespan limit of a Beast of the Same Form is seven thousand years, then the lifespan limit of a Nascent Soul True Monarch cultivator is three thousand years.

A True Lord who successfully cultivates this method can gain a lifespan limit of five thousand years, while the lifespan limit of a Fellow Beast will drop to five thousand years.

Moreover, practicing the "Same Destiny, Same Fate, Stealing Heaven Contract" also comes at a terrible price: one cannot enter the cycle of reincarnation.

For every additional thousand years a cultivator successfully steals lifespan, they must endure one of the three calamities that heaven and earth bestow.

If one can overcome this obstacle, their cultivation will greatly increase, and they may even become a True God.

If one cannot overcome this obstacle, then one will die and perish, with no possibility of reincarnation.

Some Nascent Soul True Monarchs who have no hope of becoming True Immortals will even take the initiative to cultivate the Heavenly Stealing Contract of Shared Fate in order to defy fate.

Suppressing distracting thoughts, Chen Beiwu opened the second lesson taught by Yue Zhenjun: 'Movement and stillness give rise to each other, and minds communicate.'

……

Time flies, and five days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Golden Egg stared blankly at the True Lord's Course on the wall.

In order to test the most suitable beast soldier form in the past few days, it had to cooperate with Chen Beiwu to perform the Tongcan Transformation of Soldiers once every six hours.

Knife, spear, halberd, axe, battle-axe, hook, fork, whip, mace, hammer, seal, bow...

After testing more than a dozen common types of magical artifacts, Chen Beiwu found that the Golden Egg's transformation into a sword and spear brought the strongest increase in cultivation, while the other magical artifacts were all ordinary.

'It still feels like something's missing.' Chen Beiwu frowned slightly, lost in thought.

Whether it's a knife or a gun, he always felt something was missing, unable to perfectly manifest the true form of the golden egg.

He wanted to solve this problem in a short time, and the best way was to consult Yue Zhenjun in person.

The Mountain-Moving True Lord has cultivated with the Transformation Army for many years, and his cultivation is unfathomable. A single word from him can enlighten him, surpassing ten years of seclusion.

Just then, his phone vibrated; the prize he won on the online cultivation game had been delivered to the entrance of his cave.

"Gulu."

Looking at the fifty neatly arranged random blind boxes on the table, Jin Dan's eyes lit up, and he seemed quite eager to try them out.

Chen Beiwu, meanwhile, narrowed his eyes as he looked at the special restrictions on the surface of the blind box.

Back then, his cultivation level was low; he was just a Qi Refining novice and couldn't see the secrets of blind boxes at all.

It now seems that the reason why marble manufacturers dare to say that luck is random is partly due to the one-time-use array [Identification of Gods and Rifts] on the blind boxes.

The Divine Mirroring Rift Formation sounds impressive, but it's actually drawn with cheap mirage sand, making it extremely inexpensive and barely qualifying as a first-order formation.

Its only effect is an over-sensitivity to the divine sense.

Even if a Nascent Soul True Monarch tries to use their divine sense to examine the items inside the blind box, the Divine Mirror Rift will automatically shatter, indicating that the blind box has already been examined and is therefore invalid.

Of course, the fact that blind boxes are unpredictable doesn't mean there's no shady dealing involved.

Unless the packaging process of the lucky blind boxes is as the merchants claim, where high-level puppets that cultivators cannot influence randomly package the boxes, and the process is certified by the three major institutions of the Immortal Alliance.

"Let's split it in half and see who can find something good?" Chen Beiwu's eyes were fixed on the golden egg.

"Gulu."

Golden Egg readily agreed and eagerly opened a blind box, revealing a Qingfeng Talisman with a yellowish hue and slightly diffused ink.

Based on the calculation that 6,000 spirit yuan can be exchanged for 50 random blind boxes, one lucky blind box is worth about 120 spirit yuan, which is equivalent to ten first-grade high-quality rare pills.

The Qingfeng Talisman is a mid-grade first-tier talisman, priced at about three spirit yuan. However, reselling or recycling this quality old item would only be worth one spirit yuan at most, which is not an exaggeration to say that it's a huge loss.

However, Chen Beiwu's algorithm also has some problems. Back then, he only spent three spirit coins to win the lucky blind box, so the value of the lucky blind box is actually difficult to assess.

Upon seeing this, the defiant golden egg flicked its tail repeatedly and opened ten blind boxes at once.

"A broken peach wood sword."

Exotic sexy lingerie.

"A dried-up, unidentified elixir."

"First-tier sunken wood iron".

Chen Beiwu raised an eyebrow as he looked at these strange and unusual street vendor goods.

If the lucky blind boxes from the marble manufacturers can only yield items of this caliber, they are not useful for whitewashing the resources of Nanhuang; on the contrary, they may expose the secrets behind it.

"Gulu."

Upon opening the twenty-fifth blind box, Jin Dan froze, his heart finally at ease.

Garbage, all garbage.

In the end, it couldn't even get a single second-tier spiritual medicine.

Noticing the golden egg's gaze, Chen Beiwu smiled, casually picked up a blind box, opened it, and found that inside was a spirit-locking box specifically designed to seal one's aura.

"The goods have already been shipped?" Chen Beiwu's eyes lit up.

The Soul Locking Box is very expensive to make; a single box is worth thousands of spirit coins.

Logically speaking, cultivation resources that can be stored in a spirit-locking box are definitely extraordinary, at least second-grade high-quality spiritual herbs, or even possibly third-grade precious pills.

"Gulu!"

The golden egg leaned its head closer, looking curiously at the spirit-locking box.

Click.

As the lid of the spirit-locking box was opened, a vibrant life force filled the entire cave.

Inside the Soul Locking Box, on the velvet floor, lay a beast egg about the size of a fist.

The eggshell has a smooth, rounded surface, a dark red color, and is covered with brown crack-like patterns.

Chen Beiwu reached out his right hand and touched the eggshell, finding it scalding hot and emitting a faint, rhythmic pulsation.

"It is covered with brown stripes and absorbs the sun's essence during the day."

"It is burning hot to the touch, and its pulse is like fire."

Chen Beiwu's heart skipped a beat.

Could it be that he misunderstood the marble manufacturer?
All these characteristics indicate that the beast egg placed before him is not an ordinary spirit beast egg, but a treasure beast ranked among the top ten in poison on the Earthly Fiends List: the Crimson-Striped Fire Serpent.

(End of this chapter)