Taming Beasts and Cultivating Immortality from Two Realms

Chapter 265 Ever-changing
The Jade Purity Immortal Sect, Library.

The compilation area of ​​Tiangang Xuan Beasts.

A young man sat cross-legged in front of a jade table, his divine sense scanning over "The Temperament and Nature of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Mystic Beasts".

The Five Elements Vine is ever-changing; it thrives when it encounters plants possessing all five elements. Its markings resemble a rope, and its nature is like that of a thief.

After reading the information about the Five Qi Vine in the Temperament Examination, Chen Beiwu's Spirit Platform Guardian Mirror flashed slightly, cleansing his mind and clearing away his surprise.

While the Azure Cloud Immortal Sect's exclusive treasure beast, the Azure Cloud Pine, is quite good and suited to cultivators of the Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book, it is still far inferior to the Jade Purity Immortal Sect's Five Qi Vine.

What does "ever-changing" mean?

The Five Elements Vine can suppress the Five Elements and, based on the elemental relationships of its opponent, can freely change its own elemental attributes to gain an advantage and restrain its opponent.

Secondly, the Five Qi Vine can break its vines during battle, parasitize its opponent, and turn the parasitic object into a parasitic puppet that it can control at will. It can also absorb and transfer the damage it suffers, and even die in place of its opponent at a critical moment.

In ancient times, the Five Qi Vine was transformed from a branch of the sacred tree that guarded the Jade Purity Cave Heaven. It was an extremely dangerous, top-tier Heavenly Mystic Beast that struck fear into the hearts of cultivators.

Cultivators lacking sufficient aptitude and strength may not only fail to form a contract with the Five Qi Vine, but could also become parasitic puppets of it.

However, during the Immortal Alliance era, the Five Qi Vine was gradually tamed by the powerful members of the Jade Purity Immortal Sect, greatly reducing the danger to its offspring.

In recent years, cultivators who have ventured deep into the Jade Purity Mountains in an attempt to gain the approval of the Five Qi Vine have generally been blocked by puppets controlled by the Five Qi Vine, thus avoiding seeing its true form and becoming human puppets themselves.

Of course, if any disciple of a celestial sect attempts to forcibly approach the Five Qi Vine and incurs its wrath, there is a risk of their demise.

"Those who possess all five elements can glimpse the true form of the Five Qi Vine." Chen Beiwu's eyes narrowed slightly.

His five elements purity is: metal 20, wood 83, water 89, fire 23, earth 22.

That is, the three spiritual roots of metal, fire and earth are mixed spiritual roots, while the two spiritual roots of wood and water are heavenly spiritual roots, which is far from meeting the standard of having all five elements.

If he wants to enter the depths of the Jade Purity Mountains to contract the Five Qi Vine, he must find another way and lure it with the Five Elements Heavenly Treasures.

Thinking of this, Chen Beiwu got up, put "A Study on the Temperament of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Mystic Beasts" back on the bookshelf, left the area where the Heavenly Dipper Mystic Beasts were compiled, and walked to the area where the Myriad Manifestations and Anecdotes were compiled.

The books collected in this area are mostly unorthodox or miscellaneous books, or unverified papers.

Chen Beiwu scanned the area with his divine sense, his gaze landing on "The Record of the Dragon Vein's Mandate of Heaven," and then he took it out and opened it to read.

The first thing that caught his eye was the book's preface:

"The earth's veins are like dragons, receiving the mandate of heaven and responding to destiny. When heaven and earth were created, the pure qi rose to become stars, and the turbid qi sank to become mountains and rivers. At their pivotal point, the essence and qi were not yet separated, which is the dragon vein, and also the destiny of heaven and earth."

"Interesting." Chen Beiwu became interested and continued watching.

Since learning that the Nine Breaths Chaos could extract the Qi of the dragon vein as fortune, Chen Beiwu has often consulted relevant information in his spare time.

"The dragon vein's fortune can manifest in five forms."

"Hidden dragon, emerging dragon, vigilant dragon, leaping dragon, flying dragon."

"The Hidden Dragon corresponds to hidden fortune (unawakened), the Emerging Dragon corresponds to immortal fortune (path of enlightenment), the Cautious Dragon corresponds to misfortune (calamity), the Leaping Dragon corresponds to changing fortune (opportunity), and the Flying Dragon corresponds to heavenly fortune (general trend)..."

Upon seeing this, Chen Beiwu's heart stirred.

The Hidden Dragon Vein is what cultivators in the Southern Wilderness commonly refer to as the Hidden Dragon Vein.

The Hidden Dragon corresponds to untapped hidden fortune, so the Crimson Dragon of Great Fortune that Nine Breaths Chaos has seized will be more compatible with the Golden Egg.

To improve his own fortune, he needs to find a Dragon Vein that corresponds to the path of immortality, a Leaping Dragon Vein that corresponds to opportunities for good fortune, or a Flying Dragon Vein that corresponds to the general trend of heavenly fortune.

Of these three types of dragon vein fortune, there is bound to be one that matches his fortune.

Of course, Chen Beiwu might be wrong in his prediction. These five dragon veins could not be used to directly improve a cultivator's luck, but the probability of that is extremely low.

"In the ninth year of the Daye era, the rogue cultivator Blood Infant Old Demon of the East Sea used the Nine Corpses Dragon-Seizing Corpse Burial Technique to bury nine golden-armored corpse kings in the Leaping Dragon Vein, intending to refine the Profound Yin Corpse Emperor. True Venerable Jiajing encountered him, intervened to subdue the demon, and killed him."

"During the Huiyu era, a Nascent Soul True Lord forcibly destroyed the dragon vein in an attempt to seize its fortune. Three days later, he encountered a powerful enemy and died suddenly."

"In the early years of Yonghe, Xuanjizi, a rogue cultivator who had reached the Golden Core stage, severed the remnants of the dynasty's power, set up a great formation, and made himself the core of the formation, attempting to devour the dragon's energy to break through the barrier. He died."

……

"Dragon veins are not inanimate objects; to seize their fortune is to seize their life. Those who forcibly take them will surely incur the dragon's wrath."

Upon reading the final words, Chen Beiwu discovered that the latter half of "The Record of Dragon Veins' Mandate of Heaven" recounted tragic cases of cultivators forcibly seizing dragon veins, seemingly warning future generations that dragon veins should not be disturbed lightly.

Chen Beiwu put the book back, his mind settled, and he entered the chaotic world.

"call."

A moment later, Chen Beiwu breathed a sigh of relief.

Perhaps it was due to the suppression of the Nine Breaths of Chaos, or perhaps it was because the Hidden Dragon Vein of the Southern Wilderness was not destroyed by him, but no scarlet evil energy was born in the chaotic world.

As for the matter of forcibly destroying the dragon vein and allowing the Nine Breaths Chaos to seize its fortune, Chen Beiwu felt that it was necessary to test it carefully now.

There's a saying that goes, "A dragon vein stretches for ten thousand miles, a landscape unfolds for ten thousand miles; mountains and rivers stretch for a thousand miles, an image unfolds for a thousand miles."

To be on the safe side, he should start by testing weak dragon veins with insufficient meteorological conditions, such as weak dragon veins or leaf dragon veins.

Rather than those magnificent five-phase dragon veins, or even higher-level dragon veins.

In this way, even if destroying the dragon vein would incur the dragon's wrath and cause a backlash, he would not be greatly affected by the Nine Breaths of Chaos suppression.

'The Mysterious Spirit Lake is indeed a treasure land of dragon veins. Judging from its scale and layout, it should be considered an advanced dragon vein, only slightly stronger than the weakest level of weak dragon veins. It's a good test subject,' Chen Beiwu thought to himself.

Anyway, the mysterious spirit lake already had an owner. It had been turned into a corpse refining ground by the Pei family's Golden Core Ancestor's third-order corpse refining evil array, making it impossible for the golden egg to perform the dragon-walking technique. So, it was destroyed, and Chen Beiwu didn't care at all.

It's just unknown whether this dragon vein, which has been seized and corrupted by evil cultivators, can unleash its fortune using the Nine Breaths Chaos technique.

If it is feasible, will he bear the backlash of the dragon's resentment, or will the Pei family's Golden Core Ancestor, who polluted the dragon vein first, bear the majority of it?

Chen Beiwu thought about it more and more and felt that this method was feasible. He got up, walked to the bookshelf, and put back "The Record of the Dragon Vein Receiving Heaven's Mandate".

Just then, a cool and aloof female cultivator with her black hair tied up, wearing a moon-white flowing fairy dress and skin as white as snow walked over.

Chen Beiwu nodded to Yu Zhaohua as a greeting.

He and Yu Zhaohua were both frequent visitors to the library and would occasionally run into each other.

At first, Chen Beiwu did not know the other party's identity.

After meeting her once or twice, he realized that this aloof female cultivator was Yu Zhaohua, the number one on the Rising Star Ranking, the only innate Dao Body possessor among the freshmen of this year's Jade Purity Immortal Sect, and a member of the renowned Tianyuan Jade Clan of the Immortal Alliance, whose family background was terrifyingly powerful.

It is no exaggeration to say that if a newcomer from the Jade Purity Immortal Sect were to win the heart of Yu Zhaohua and become her Daoist partner, he would surely be able to rely on his father-in-law's cultivation resources and guidance to become a Nascent Soul True Monarch.

There are rumors circulating in the Fallen Dragon Palace that True Lord Jingyuan came from a poor background. The reason he was able to rise to prominence in three hundred years, breaking the Immortal Alliance record and obtaining the position of Nascent Soul True Lord, was not only because he made a name for himself in the Cave Heaven Grand Competition and was praised by the Divine Transformation True Venerable for having the potential to become a Nascent Soul.

The more crucial factor was that he was exceptionally accepted into the Sword Abyss Immortal Sect, one of the Thirteen Immortal Sects, and during his studies there, he met the eldest daughter of the Beichen Mo family and they became Daoist partners.

At the True Lord Ceremony, Fang Shanglong personally thanked his Daoist partner, claiming that without the help of Fairy Mo, there would be no True Lord Fang today.

So much so that a story of "a virtuous wife helping me achieve my lofty ambitions" circulated among the people of the Fallen Dragon Prefecture. This shows just how much help a suitable Daoist partner can provide to a talented cultivator from a poor background.

Of course, one must be strong oneself to succeed.

If True Monarch Jingyuan's talent and aptitude were insufficient to make an exception and enter the Sword Abyss Immortal Sect, he would have no chance to come into contact with the eldest daughter of the Beichen Mo family, let alone become Daoist partners.

Therefore, Chen Beiwu often saw a group of talented individuals gathered around Yu Zhaohua.

Noticing Chen Beiwu's gaze, Yu Zhaohua's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she nodded.

Despite having bumped into each other so many times at the library, Chen Beiwu never took the initiative to strike up a polite conversation, so she had a good impression of him.

Sitting in the usual spot, Yu Zhaohua had a thought and casually picked up a book to read.

The True Instructions on Raising Dragons: A Study of the Scaled Races of the Four Seas

Upon seeing the book title, Chen Beiwu raised an eyebrow slightly.

This book is said to have been written by the descendants of the ancient dragon-taming clan, and it contains the methods of taming, contracting, and transforming all kinds of scaled creatures in the world into dragons.

The copy of "The True Teachings of Dragon Taming: A Study of the Scaled Races of the Four Seas" in the library is just a transcription. The original was made with dragon skin as paper and dragon blood as ink, and it is not something that ordinary cultivators can see.

It seems the rumors within the Jade Purity Immortal Sect are true.

Yu Zhaohua stayed at the Foundation Establishment stage for more than ten years in order to activate the bloodline of the Xuan Beast Suiyan Panlong and form a Golden Core of the Venerable Title, but this matter had nothing to do with him.

Chen Beiwu walked to the other corner of the wall and saw the Immortal Alliance's magic compilation area, where the golden egg was riding the clouds and carefully flipping through the magic books to study.

The golden egg flipped through the pages very quickly, so quickly that it seemed to be flipping through them randomly rather than trying to understand or learn.

As for Tie Dan, he lay comfortably on the ground, lazily reading through numerous fire-attribute spells.

Among them are many second-tier supreme spiritual techniques, and even a few third-tier treasure techniques that only third-realm demon generals can master.

Looking at the "Hun Tian Bao Huo" floating in front of Tie Dan, Chen Beiwu asked in his mind, "Can you understand this third-tier treasure technique?"

Tie Dan shook its head, indicating that it had just flipped through it out of boredom.

"Buzz!"

Chen Beiwu's phone suddenly vibrated, and a message popped up:
Final exams will be held at 2:30 PM in Room 404 of Yuqing Teaching Building. Please remember to report in advance.

"It's time to go, final exams are about to begin."

As Chen Beiwu focused his mind, the golden egg shrank instantly, its head drooping and wrapping around his neck like a magnificent gold chain.

Tie Dan glanced at Jin Dan with envy.

It couldn't learn the magic of Ruyi, which allows it to freely change its shape, otherwise it would have wanted to perch on Chen Beiwu's shoulder too.

'What a strange combination.'

Only after Chen Beiwu's figure disappeared did Yu Zhaohua put down her book, a look of doubt flashing in her eyes.

A golden-scaled beast with the potential to transform into a dragon is indeed a promising fellow beast when one is poor, but what use is a black dog with a congenital disability?

Although Yu Zhaohua didn't care about the reputation of the rankings, he was well aware of the treatment that came with being ranked third on the rookie list.

If Chen Beiwu were willing to spend his academic credits to apply for a contract with a third-tier treasure beast, it would be an easy matter. Why would he keep a black dog whose attributes don't match his?

'Is he a cultivator who cherishes the past and values ​​relationships? That's quite rare,' Yu Zhaohua thought to herself.

……

"It should be right here."

After glancing at the classroom name, Chen Beiwu went straight in.

At this moment, twenty-three cultivators had gathered in the classroom. These cultivators were in groups of three or five, each forming a small cultivation group, and each of them had a radiant aura of fortune shining above their heads.

Pale orange, orange-yellow, bright gold, copper gold, golden red...!
Without a doubt, these freshmen in his class were all promising talents in the cultivation world, with the potential to break through to the Golden Core stage.

'Is he Chen Beiwu, who's third on the rookie list?'

'Who else could it be but him!'

'Interesting. I wonder what courses he's taking; we can't even meet him until the final exam.'

'He probably chose a course at the ninth or tenth level of the sect, otherwise we would definitely run into him in class.'

"A tenth-level course? Impossible! That's a course that only Foundation Establishment Peak cultivators, or even Golden Core True Persons, can understand!"

Inside the classroom, some familiar cultivators began to discuss the matter through telepathic communication.

Ignoring the curious stares of his classmates, Chen Beiwu casually found a seat and sat down.

His current cultivation level is not far from Core Formation, and he will most likely skip a level. There is no need for him to force himself to integrate into a group of Qi Refining Transcendent geniuses.

Yes, that's right. Nearly a year has passed, and most of the new students of the Jade Purity Immortal Sect in the same batch as Chen Beiwu are still consolidating their foundations in the Qi Refining Transcendence Realm, trying to find the possibility of flawless Foundation Establishment, rather than directly breaking through to Foundation Establishment.

If nothing unexpected happens, this group of proud and arrogant geniuses will spend another seven or eight years in the Qi Refining Transcendence Realm, trying every possible method but having no time to build their foundation.

Only after failing to advance to Foundation Establishment multiple times due to lack of time will they put aside their pride and try to advance to Foundation Establishment by transcending the Qi Refining Limit.

After about ten minutes, six more students entered the classroom one after another.

Every student who enters the classroom immediately turns their gaze to Chen Beiwu.

Fortunately, this situation did not last long, and the Nascent Soul True Lord in charge of this final assessment finally arrived and stepped onto the podium.

"Let me introduce myself. I am Su Miao, and I am in charge of the final exams for this year's Tsinghua and Wood Department students."

At this point, Su Miaozhenjun paused slightly, her gaze sweeping almost imperceptibly over Chen Beiwu: "This assessment is a contest of magical prowess."

"Next, you will enter the Contest Realm. The Contest Realm will match you with projections of cultivators from the most recent ten Jade Fresh Elite Rankings as your opponents, based on your cultivation level and talent."

Upon hearing this, all the students present turned their gazes to Chen Beiwu, their expressions strange.

With their cultivation level, they probably can't match a monster like Chen Beiwu, right?

"Teacher, what happens if we lose the magic duel?" a female cultivator sitting in the front row asked, reaching out her hand.

"Losing once in a battle of wits is not a big deal, but losing three times in a row will affect the final assessment and result in repeating a year."

Those who suffer five consecutive defeats in combat are deemed unsuitable for the Jade Purity Immortal Sect, and the sect will cancel their student records and process their expulsion.

Upon hearing this, the pupils of several cultivators who had entered the Jade Purity Immortal Sect through connections shrank.

"Of course, there are rewards as well as punishments." Su Miaozhen smiled. "Those who win three consecutive battles will receive a custom-made third-tier magic weapon, and those who win five consecutive battles will receive a Golden Pill to break through difficulties."

(End of this chapter)