I can understand what the furry creatures are saying, and I've become the number one beast tame

Chapter 5 Hunting time!

"So, the Flaming Lions lying in ambush earlier were very likely arranged in advance by Elder Hua Shen?"

"Now that you mention it, I suddenly remembered!"

Ye Zhi suddenly became excited: "I've heard people say before that Elder Hua Shen seems carefree and irresponsible, as if he never cultivates, but he is actually a hidden master, the undisputed number one in our outer sect! A hidden master like a sweeping monk!"

"That's why the sect leader entrusted Elder Hua Shen with the important task of being the chief examiner for this promotion assessment."

Her face flushed with excitement: "I also heard that on that mountain peak, there's a beast park where many voluntarily come and live..."

Everyone instantly showed expressions of joy.

"But there's also a nine-colored pot snake. Could that have been arranged by Elder Hua Shen as well?"

Hui Yao was even calmer. When she mentioned the Nine-Colored Pot Snake, everyone felt as if they had been doused with a bucket of cold water, and their excitement vanished instantly.

Yeats couldn't help but look at Nanran.

Nan Ran gave an awkward laugh.

She didn't know... she didn't even know who was speaking in her ear.

Nan Ran had some doubts. She wondered if she was the one who had transmigrated and, according to the principles of transmigration, had unlocked some kind of cheat code.

She'd been there for almost a day, and she'd heard the system "ding" and insist on binding itself to her, acting like it was going to die.

Just as Nan Ran was feeling awkward being watched—

[I wasn't arranged by any elder of the Beast Taming Sect]
[I was carried here by that despicable, smoking three-tailed eagle.]
[If it weren't for my cleverness and decisiveness, and my fierce resistance, I would have bitten the old bald eagle's hindquarters...]
"The Nine-Colored Pot Serpent was captured by the Three-Tailed Leaf Eagle. It must have bitten the Three-Tailed Leaf Eagle's hindquarters before being dumped here."

Nan Ran subconsciously followed suit and said the same thing.

Suddenly, I felt the surroundings become quiet.

Ye Zhi and the others all stared at her, and even the noisy voices that had been nagging in her ear seemed to freeze in their tracks.

Then, a sharp crack suddenly rang in Nan Ran's ears: "How did you know!"

"Aaaaaah, my dignity!!"

To others, it sounded like a snake hissing.

Shi Qing was the first to react: "There!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he swung his longsword, leaped into the air, took two light steps in mid-air, spun around and rushed to the vicinity of the Nine-Colored Pot Serpent. With lightning speed, he slashed down with his longsword, aiming straight for its vital spot.

[Ugh...]
The Nine-Colored Pot Serpent never expected that it would lose its life before it could even react.

Shi Qing acted swiftly and stopped just as quickly.

In a few swift movements, he dissected the Nine-Colored Pot Serpent and extracted its demon core.

Luo Manyi exclaimed in surprise, her eyes filled with admiration: "Ahhh, sister killed me!! So amazing, no wonder you're the number one disciple of the outer sect!"

Nan Ran was also amazed.

Is this... the power of cultivators?
How heroic! How amazing!
I wonder if she, with her naturally disabled body, will have the opportunity to embark on the path of cultivation.

Shi Qing is usually a serious and aloof beauty, but she felt a little awkward and uncomfortable being expressed her feelings so directly by Luo Manyi.

"It's not that I'm particularly strong. It's mainly because the water and fire elements counter each other. The Nine-Colored Pot Serpent's strength is somewhat suppressed in the Flame Beast Forest. Moreover, the Hundred Beast Manual also mentions that monsters like the Nine-Colored Pot Serpent don't have very strong attack power. They are just very good at using the terrain and environment to disguise themselves and attack people when they are not prepared. Once exposed, their attack power will be reduced instantly, and their reaction speed will also slow down."

Shi Qing said modestly, "I was just lucky..."

After hearing this, everyone thought she was amazing, but Gu Zhi was very disdainful and annoyed, muttering jealously in a low voice, "She's just a bookworm who knows how to study, what's so great about her?" No one paid attention to his dissatisfaction.

Everyone looked at the demon core in Shi Qing's hand with uncontainable joy in their eyes.

"With this, does it mean we have a good chance of passing the promotion assessment?!" Huiyao was the most excited.

This was her last chance, and she didn't want to give up.

Shi Qing nodded.

Even Ye Zhi, who is usually composed and is the temporary leader of their group, couldn't help but smile: "Although the Nine-Colored Pot Serpent is not strong in attack, it is classified as a high-level monster because of its ability to disguise itself."

"For this promotion assessment, we only need to hunt five intermediate-level demonic beasts or tame two intermediate-level demonic beasts."

"Now that we have the core of a high-level demon beast, it's enough to replace the killing of three mid-level demon beasts. We only need to kill two more mid-level demon beasts to pass the test!"

As Yeats spoke, he couldn't help but become a little excited.

As for taming monsters, they had never even considered it.

Most demonic beasts are fierce in nature and ashamed to associate with humans. They would rather die than be tamed.

These outer disciples, who were only nominally disciples, had only scratched the surface of beast taming. They could usually put up a fight against mid-level demonic beasts, but taming them was an impossible task.

"Since the Flaming Lions lying in ambush ahead are very likely a deliberate arrangement by Elder Hua Shen, why don't we go and take a look?"

Huiyao was the first to speak up, as she was more inclined to believe Nanran and did not want the assessment process to end there.

“If it’s Elder Hua Shen’s arrangement, it might just be some kind of hidden test. It should only be a little dangerous, but not enough to cost you your life.” Shi Qing agreed with Hui Yao’s suggestion.

"I have no opinion."

"I don't have any objection either."

Yeats and Luo Manyi expressed their opinions one after the other, and Nanran followed suit.

She was completely unfamiliar with the area and could only follow them.

Otherwise, they might not even know how to get back to the Beast Taming Sect.

For some reason, she seemed to have inherited the original owner's memories, but the original owner's memories were as clean as a blank sheet of paper, almost indistinguishable from the original owner's.

After careful consideration, the others agreed, especially after Ye Zhi reminded them that "we all have teleportation talismans given to us by the sect. If the Flaming Lions lying in ambush ahead are not a test from the sect, we can simply crush the talismans and leave. Anyway, we can't defeat high-level attack-type monsters."

Everyone except Gu Zhi agreed.

He hadn't even uttered the words, "You actually believe what a bad student says?", but now he had to swallow them back down quietly.

So angry!

Gu Zhi glared fiercely at Nan Ran, and held a deep grudge against her.

Led by Huiyao and with Yezhi bringing up the rear, the group advanced towards Liuye River, where the Flaming Lions were likely lying in ambush.

Roar!
The group of people who had just stepped into the Liuye River area were instantly terrified by a roar full of pressure, which made their legs go weak.

"Ah Zhi, what... what should we do? There really is a Flaming Lion! He... he looks really angry. What if he eats us?"

Luo Manyi clutched Ye Zhi's sleeve, so frightened she was about to cry.

(End of this chapter)