Taming Beasts and Cultivating Immortality from Two Realms

Chapter 340 Acquiring a Different Flame
'I see. ’

Chen Beiwu nodded slightly, not surprised.

Ordinary bloodline talents, such as Wind Walk, Fire Walk, and Earth Escape, are innate abilities similar to breathing. Once awakened, the Tongcan Beast can use them with a thought, without needing to spend time mastering them.

However, this pattern is not absolute!
According to the records of the Immortal Alliance, the bloodline abilities of some special mythical beasts require stimulation or the use of various rare and precious materials to be successfully awakened and mastered.

For example, the renowned Shadow Raven among the fourth-tier mystical beasts.

The Shadow Raven Clan lives year-round on towering cliffs and possesses a fourth-tier profound skill called "Tracing the Light and Wandering in the Underworld."

This profound power is unpredictable; it can allow the Shadow Raven to briefly transform into a blur of light and shadow, disappearing into the interlayer of space to evade most profound magical techniques.

The book records: "The wild goose perches on the cliff, it will not cry out unless it falls; the shadow of the ray of light will not appear unless there is a calamity!"

In order to enable the cubs of the Shadow Raven to master the profound power of bloodline, the elders of the Shadow Raven clan will personally push them off a cliff and set up a no-fly spell.

The exceptionally talented crow cubs, when faced with life-or-death situations, will instinctively unleash the power deep within their bloodline and successfully awaken the profound ability of "Tracing the Light and Wandering in the Underworld".

Meanwhile, the crow cubs with mediocre talent will fall heavily to the ground due to their shallow cultivation, suffering severe injuries or even dying.

At that time, the elders of the Shadow Raven clan will heal the injured crow cubs, and then take them to the cliff again and push them off, repeating this cycle until the cubs successfully master their innate profound abilities.

Compared to the Shadow Crow Clan, Tie Dan's awakened Heavenly Gang Profound Power [Great Heavenly Purification Prison Appearance] is undoubtedly more difficult to master, requiring a large amount of rare and precious materials to forge it.

For example, one of the essential requirements is a different kind of fire.

The extraordinary fire is born from the creation of heaven and earth, and is priceless.

However, the spiritual veins of heaven and earth vary in quality, and the creation of nature differs in thickness; naturally, there are also vast differences between different kinds of fire.

Among them, the strongest are like the Great Sun, almost like the rule itself, with power that shakes the world.

The weak are like fireflies, ever-changing and with limited power, yet they possess a variety of incredible and unique effects.

It is no exaggeration to say that every extraordinary fire in the universe that can be listed in the "Primordial Chaos Heavenly Fire Ranking" is something that is extremely rare throughout the ages and possesses earth-shattering power.

Fortunately, Tie Dan's awakened Great Heavenly Purification Prison Form did not restrict the strength or attribute of the strange fire, and it could even accept the natal beast fire of a third-realm demon general.

Otherwise, Chen Beiwu really wouldn't be confident in helping Tie Dan master this extremely rare Tiangang Xuantong.

"Don't worry, I'll help you find out about the different flames."

Seeing Tie Dan's expression, Chen Beiwu subconsciously reached out and rubbed the dog's head.

Although rare and extraordinary flames are seldom found, he possesses resources from both realms, so finding a few shouldn't be a problem.

After all, the stronger the strange fire refined by the iron egg, the more extraordinary the Great Heavenly Purification Prison Form it will be.

"Wang."

Tie Dan obediently lowered his head.

Are there any other mystical abilities?

Chen Beiwu's gaze shifted slightly as he looked at the extremely conspicuous vertical eye on Tie Dan's forehead.

This vertical eye possessed extraordinary power, yet it remained tightly closed and never opened.

"Wang."

Tie Dan shook his head.

"It's alright, I've come to check."

With a thought, Chen Beiwu probed the depths of Tie Dan's bloodline with his divine sense, sensing the profound mysteries of the bloodline hidden within.

'The Flames of Karma Hear Sins, The Candle Illuminates the Nine Forbidden Zones, The Great Heaven Cleanses the Prison, Bathing in Fire and Vanishing, Shattering Stars and Biting the Moon...'

As Tie Dan said, none of the profound mysteries of the Heavenly Gang hidden deep within his lineage are related to the vertical eye on his forehead.

'Have you sensed anything unusual?'

Chen Beiwu frowned slightly, instinctively sensing that something was wrong.

A vertical eye wouldn't grow on Tie Dan's forehead for no reason.

Could the appearance of this vertical eye be related to the disappearance of the Sky-Waving Cloak?

"Wang."

Tie Dan tilted his head, suddenly remembering the strange event in his dream, and quickly told Chen Beiwu.

Do you remember that passage?

Chen Beiwu was slightly taken aback, and then transmitted his thoughts through divine sense.

"Woof." (Only half remembered)
Tie Dan lowered his head and secretly glanced at Chen Beiwu's expression out of the corner of his eye.

"It's alright, just tell me as much as you want."

With his thoughts focused, Chen Beiwu closed his eyes and, through the connection of the Covenant, began to comprehend the incomplete scripture provided by Tie Dan.

'The nine luminaries revolve, swallowing the sun in nirvana.'

It absorbs all flames, unconstrained by the essence of the sun and moon.

'...'

Incomplete cultivation techniques cannot be comprehended casually, so Chen Beiwu directly ignored the incomplete content of the "Crimson Bright Nine Luminaries Sun-Swallowing Nirvana Scripture" and directly compiled the Golden Core and Nascent Soul chapters of this immortal technique based on Tie Dan's memories.

That's right, it's the Jade Purity Immortal Technique!
At first, Chen Beiwu was only suspicious, but after browsing the "Crimson Bright Nine Luminaries Devouring the Sun Nirvana Sutra", he was certain that the reason why Tie Dan was asleep during the bloodline evolution process was because the owner of the Sky-Waving Cloak was preaching to him in his dream.

"To be chosen by that person to pass on your teachings, Tiedan, you are truly blessed."

Chen Beiwu smiled, not daring to address that being by his full name.

"Wang."

Tie Dan blinked and breathed a sigh of relief.

It's good that it's not a tribulation of inner demons; as for so-called immortal techniques, it simply can't understand them.

'It's okay, I can teach you.'

Chen Beiwu would not miss such a rare opportunity.

If he wasn't mistaken, this Crimson Bright Nine Luminaries Sun-Swallowing Nirvana Scripture, though obscure and difficult to understand, should be the key to triggering the vertical eye on Tie Dan's forehead.

Even if he guesses wrong, a top-tier immortal technique that is extremely rare throughout the ages is enough to allow Tie Dan to go further on the path of cultivation!

"Woof?" (You got it?)

Tie Dan suddenly realized the disparity in aptitude.

"It can't be that fast." Chen Beiwu shook his head slightly.

He was able to comprehend the basics of the Primordial Cave True Azure Flower Controlling Myriad Tribulations and Myriad Spirits Immortal Technique in just one month because the jade slip contained his master's guidance and the true meaning of the technique.

The "Crimson Bright Nine Luminaries Sun-Swallowing Nirvana Scripture" that Tie Dan remembered did not contain any true meaning of the cultivation method, but only a long and mysterious text, which undoubtedly greatly increased the difficulty for Chen Beiwu to comprehend it.

"What name do you plan to give yourself?" Chen Beiwu asked with great interest.

Iron Egg's current evolutionary form is completely different from the existing evolutionary path of the Immortal Alliance, so it should be given a catchy name.

"Woof." (Tiedan)

Tie Dan answered without hesitation.

After advancing to the third realm of demon general, it had refined its horizontal bone and could speak human language, but it still preferred this way of communicating.

Chen Beiwu reached out and gently stroked the downy hair on Tie Dan's head.

He gave Tiedan a humble name so that it would be easier to raise him and prevent him from dying prematurely. Using this name to name a new race seems somewhat inappropriate.

But noticing the determination in Tie Dan's eyes, Chen Beiwu readily agreed.

It's just a name.

Chen Beiwu's divine sense stirred slightly as he probed Tie Dan's Yuan Meridian.

'Not bad, like the golden egg, it's also a Heavenly Grade Yuan Vein.'

Seeing the pure and incomparably innate fire essence deep within Tie Dan's primordial veins, Chen Beiwu was quite satisfied.

No wonder that after receiving the blessing of Tie Dan's three meridians, the purity of his fire-attribute spiritual root increased by a full thirteen points, and his spiritual root aptitude directly transformed into: Metal 80, Wood 95, Water 95, Fire 93, Earth 80. With this thought in mind, Chen Beiwu probed Tie Dan's attribute meridians with his divine sense.

"Gold 60, Wood 60, Water 60, Fire 97, Earth 60."

Chen Beiwu was a little surprised.

The purity of the five elements of the same beast becomes increasingly difficult to improve as the level increases.

While the purity of the fire-attribute spiritual root of the Iron Egg (97) and the water-attribute spiritual root of the Golden Egg (96) may seem to differ only slightly, there is actually a significant gap between them.

In this situation, even though Iron Egg's four elemental roots of metal, wood, water, and earth are far inferior to Golden Egg's and can only be barely classified as earth elemental roots, the bloodline potential of the two little guys is roughly equal.

Celestial Mystic Beast!

Without a doubt, whether classified by bloodline prowess or measured by the three veins of aptitude, Tie Dan's evolved form is comparable to, or even surpasses, a titled Heavenly Mystic Beast.

"Want to have a spar?"

Golden Egg offered his suggestion.

Upon hearing this, Chen Beiwu looked at Tie Dan.

"Wang."

Tie Dan shook his head.

It has little interest in internal strife and competition.

"This is a rare opportunity. Now is the time when the pure marrow spiritual eyes are surging. We can discuss the sparring later."

Chen Beiwu flipped over and mounted the golden egg, making a decision.

Pure marrow syrup is a highly nourishing substance. For cultivators with fire-attribute spiritual roots and fire-attribute beasts, its nourishing effect is no less than that of a fourth-tier mystic medicine.

Instead of wasting time sparring, we should hurry up and collect some pure marrow essence, which might be used to exchange for a different kind of fire.

……

Time flies, and the period of pure marrow spiritual eye's surge quickly passed.

Above the Melting Heart Lake, Chen Beiwu waved his sleeve and put away the eighteen jade bottles.

Just then, a pale yellow figure suddenly landed in front of Chen Beiwu; it was Yu Zhaohua, whom he hadn't seen for several days.

"Before we leave, shall we have a duel?"

Yu Zhaohua glanced at Tie Dan almost imperceptibly and extended an invitation.

"No need, you're too weak."

Chen Beiwu shook his head.

After getting to know him for a while, he came to understand that Yu Zhaohua's personality was typically warlike and attracted to strength.

Of course, the admiration he refers to is not admiration, but rather the ultimate competition.

In Yu Zhaohua's eyes, there is no distinction between men and women, only between strong and weak opponents.

"By the way, do you know about different kinds of fire?" Chen Beiwu suddenly asked.

"What, you're interested in strange flames and want to buy one?"

Yu Zhaohua glanced at Tie Dan and asked in return.

"That's right, do you have a channel for it?"

Chen Beiwu nodded, making no attempt to hide his thoughts.

In addition to collecting pure marrow syrup, he also acquired different flames in the Wanbaohui group chat during this period.

Unfortunately, very few people responded, all saying that the strange fire was rare and far beyond what spirit stones could buy.

A few cultivators who were willing to chat privately made exorbitant demands, asking for prices that Chen Beiwu found unacceptable.

Just because he can acquire Strange Fire at a premium doesn't mean he can be fleeced.

If it weren't for the lack of response from his senior brothers and sisters, and the fact that Yu Zhaohua came from the Tianyuan Yu family and should have no shortage of information about the strange fire, Chen Beiwu wouldn't have asked rashly.

"The strange fire of heaven and earth is infinitely mysterious and incredibly powerful. It can be used for combat, alchemy, or weapon crafting."

Many highly skilled and wealthy high-level alchemists and weapon makers in the Immortal Alliance are actually collecting exotic flames, driving their prices extremely high.

At this point, Yu Zhaohua looked at Chen Beiwu and reminded him, "If Senior Brother Chen wants to buy a different kind of fire now, he will probably have to pay a considerable price."

Chen Beiwu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he calmly asked, "What's the price?"

"Different flames vary in strength and are divided into four ranks: Universe, Eternity, Flood, and Desolation. What rank of strange flame does Senior Brother wish to purchase?" Yu Zhaohua asked softly, her red lips parting slightly.

"Naturally, it's the Desolate Rank. I can't afford anything higher," Chen Beiwu said truthfully.

The Desolate Rank Strange Fire ranks last and its power is shallow, but that is only in comparison.

If a wild-grade strange fire born from the creation of heaven and earth is fortunate enough to become a spirit and transform into a demon, its strength will undoubtedly make it the overlord among the four realms of demon kings.

Some desolate-rank strange flames that are primarily used for killing don't even need to take form; they can simply develop intelligence and defeat, or even incinerate, Nascent Soul True Monarchs with their own power.

This is precisely why, for some fire-attribute spiritual root cultivators who practice special techniques, the value of a desolate-grade exotic fire is almost comparable to that of a fourth-order mystical beast.

However, the more valuable the strange fire became, the more curious Chen Beiwu became about the power of the Great Heavenly Purification Prison Form.

"The market price of a Desolate-Rank Strange Fire is about 1,000 high-grade spirit stones, which is about 12 million spirit yuan per fire. There is no upper limit to the price. Some extremely rare Desolate-Rank Strange Fires can be speculated up to 100 million spirit yuan," Yu Zhaohua introduced.

Although she was born into a Daoist immortal clan and had no shortage of resources, she was not a young lady unaware of the value of spiritual essence.

What does 10 million spirit essences mean?
A single Tier 3 precious pill costs only tens of thousands of spirit essences, while a precious Tier 3 treasure beast cub costs only a few million spirit essences.

If tens of millions of spiritual energy were used to cultivate cultivators within the clan, it would be enough to sustain the cultivation needs of tens of thousands of clan members and cultivate a dozen or so Golden Core True Persons (contracted spirit beasts).

It wasn't that Yu Zhaohua was underestimating Chen Beiwu. The immortal students in the Yuqing Immortal Sect seemed to have extraordinary status, were valued by their families, and had no shortage of resources, but there were actually very few geniuses who could take out tens of millions of spiritual energy in one go.

Not to mention tens of millions, even a million spirit essences can filter out 90% of the geniuses of the immortal sects who come from the Nascent Soul True Clan.

The reason is simple: just because some Nascent Soul cultivators are wealthy doesn't mean that the geniuses within their clans are also wealthy, even if the magical beasts they contract with are worth millions of spirit essences.

However, the value of the same beast and taking out a million spirit coins in one go are two different things.

To prevent pushing seedlings too hard and ruining future generations, many cultivation families limit the resources that their prodigies can receive each year.

In addition, some talented individuals from humble backgrounds in the Immortal Alliance spared no expense, even using their family's resources to contract third-tier treasure beasts in order to barely pass the college entrance examination and enter the Immortal Sect.

The price was the depletion of the family's resources, leaving them unable to even afford a third-tier treasure pill, the Breaking Calamity Golden Pill.

Therefore, in Yu Zhaohua's eyes, Chen Beiwu came from a poor family. Even if he became a disciple of Changqing Zhenzun, topped the Jade Void Ranking, created a new Foundation Establishment method, and gained the attention of the Immortal Sect, he would not have much spiritual energy. However, he could obtain some supreme opportunities that could not be bought with spiritual energy.

For example, the Thirty-Six Hunyuan Immortal Techniques of Yuqing that she longed for but could only hear about but could never actually access.

Unfortunately, Chen Beiwu would never exchange such an unparalleled opportunity for resources, unless the other party fell ill.

"Twelve million spirit coins?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Beiwu raised an eyebrow.

That's a bit expensive!

The price of the Strange Flame purchased in the Wanbaohui group chat is only ten million spirit yuan, which is completely different from the price difference of exchanging high-grade spirit stones for spirit yuan.

If that's the case, he might as well go and ask the sect leader for an audience.

The evolutionary resources that Tie Dan received this time, seemingly bestowed by the sect leader, were actually a reward from the Jade Purity Immortal Sect for his creation of the technique.

Some special rare and precious materials, such as the Pure Karma Red Blood, the Great Sun Candle, and the Pure Yang Fire Mirror, are top-tier fourth-order Xuan materials. The value of a single piece of these materials is probably over ten million spirit yuan.

This shows how much importance the Jade Purity Immortal Sect currently attaches to itself.

With the Immortal Sect Exchange Conference just around the corner, Chen Beiwu figured that obtaining a different kind of flame as a prize for winning the championship shouldn't be too difficult, using preparations as an excuse.

"But coincidentally, I happen to have a strange flame here."

Seeing Chen Beiwu remain silent, Yu Zhaohua chuckled softly, her storage ring shimmering, and a strange flame quietly appeared in her palm.

(End of this chapter)