Beast Taming and Immortal Cultivation: Starting from Mountain Chasing

Feeling the remaining spiritual energy within his body, he realized it wasn't enough to draw another fireball talisman.

He put the lid on the talisman and left the quiet room.

A massive, dark figure sped through the courtyard.

It was indeed Little Black Tiger. In the past forty days, Black Tiger had grown even bigger.

It was 1.2 meters tall at the shoulders and 2.5 meters long, extremely imposing, and exuded the spiritual energy of a third-level Lesser Demon.

Upon seeing Chen Changqing, the little black tiger flashed and landed gracefully in front of him.

A month ago, Xiao Hei's weighted vest was replaced with one weighing three thousand kilograms.

A month has passed, and Xiao Hei has completely adapted to the 3,000-pound weighted vest.

"Awoo!" Little Black growled and rubbed its head against Chen Changqing's leg.

Chen Changqing vigorously rubbed the little black tiger's large head.

For more than forty days, Chen Changqing continued to provide the little black tiger with Blood Qi Pills every day. In the following twenty days, he even bought the flesh and blood of demons for the little black tiger to eat.

Chen Changqing invested almost all of his daily earnings from drawing talismans into the little black tiger.

Currently, he only has a little over a hundred fireball talismans on his entire body.

Despite the enormous investment, Chen Changqing was pleasantly surprised by the improvement of Little Black Tiger.

Xiao Hei's spiritual energy didn't increase much, remaining at the peak of the third level of Lesser Demon. Only the quality of his spiritual energy improved somewhat, still falling short of the fourth level of Lesser Demon.

However, the little black tiger's physical attributes improved by a full 100%, and its speed increased by 200%. This terrifying rate of improvement shocked even Chen Changqing.

Now, Xiao Hei is wearing a 3,000-pound weighted vest, but he is exceptionally agile and can easily dodge all of Chen Changqing's arrows.

He easily sent Chen Changqing flying time and time again.

The day before yesterday at noon, Chen Changqing took Little Black Tiger to a forest, removed their respective weighted vests, and fought a battle.

Chen Changqing had no chance to fight back and was easily crushed by the little black tiger.

In a real fight, Xiao Hei could kill Chen Changqing in an instant.

It should be noted that Chen Changqing's physical cultivation level is at the fourth level of Body Tempering, and his archery skills are also at the fourth level. Moreover, his archery skills and physical fitness have been steadily improving over the past forty days.

Their overall combat strength is much more formidable than it was forty days ago.

Even so, they were still completely outmatched by Xiao Hei.

This is something no ordinary black tiger could do.

Chen Changqing guessed that Xiao Hei's bloodline had evolved under the continuous blessing of the power of creation.

Chen Changqing came up to the little black tiger and carefully examined it.

The little black tiger's eyes became even brighter, and at the bottom of its pupils, wisps of dark light appeared before quietly disappearing.

If Chen Changqing wasn't mistaken, the little black tiger had awakened a bit of the Shadow Demon Tiger's bloodline.

The Black Tiger is said to be the offspring of a Shadow Tiger and an ordinary tiger.

The Shadow Tiger, the king of the night, has a much higher aptitude than an ordinary little black tiger.

Most importantly, the Shadow Tiger with the same cultivation level is much stronger in combat than an ordinary little black tiger.

However, Xiao Hei is still a black tiger, with only a faint glint of darkness in its pupils.

Chen Changqing was also unsure whether Xiao Hei would be able to become the Shadow Tiger in the future.

"Awoo!" Little Black growled, rubbing its head against Chen Changqing's leg, looking up at Chen Changqing expectantly, and even raising a paw to make a gesture.

It means he was hungry and wanted to eat meat, the flesh and blood of a demon.

Having eaten the flesh and blood of demons more than a dozen times, Xiao Hei no longer finds ordinary fatty pork appealing.

"Don't worry, it'll be ready soon." Chen Changqing rubbed the little black tiger's head.

During this time, he had the Wang brothers use fireball talismans to give him the body of a demon.

Every so often, it would bring over the body of a demon.

"Bang bang bang..."

A knock sounded at the door, and the little black tiger's eyes lit up slightly. Its senses were powerful, and it could already smell the scent of the Wang brothers and the demon's body.

The little black tiger flashed to the courtyard gate, raised its paw, opened the gate, and growled at the two people at the door: "Awoo..."

The little black tiger's voice was full of joy.

The two brothers, Wang Datou and Wang Daqiang, carried the body of the demon into the courtyard, followed by their contracted spirit beasts.

Chen Changqing's gaze was immediately drawn to the demonic creature.

The monster resembled a leopard, but it was twice the size of an ordinary leopard, with a shoulder height of nearly 1.5 meters and a body length of over 3 meters. Its body was covered with dark red scales, which faintly shimmered with a metallic sheen.

The monster's head was ferocious and terrifying, with exposed fangs and a short, sharp horn on its forehead, shrouded in a faint black aura, making it appear extremely eerie.

The monster's limbs were thick and powerful, and its claws were like steel hooks. Even though it was dead, it still exuded a terrifying and ferocious aura.

Its tail was unusually thick, with a forked tip, like two snake tails intertwined. There were still some undried bloodstains on the scales of its tail, indicating that this monster had experienced a fierce battle before it died.

"This is a 'Crimson Scale Leopard,' a 'Crimson Scale Leopard' with the cultivation level of a Lesser Demon at the third level," Wang Datou said with a smile, wiping the sweat from his forehead. "We bought it from a beast tamer in Weizi Town."

Chen Changqing nodded, a hint of satisfaction flashing in his eyes.

The red-scaled leopard has extremely rich blood energy and a great deal of flesh, enough to feed the little black tiger for two or three days.

He stepped forward and carefully examined the monster's body, discovering that its scales were as hard as iron, and that ordinary swords and knives would probably be unable to break through them.

"The scales of this Crimson Scale Leopard are also valuable; they can be used to craft defensive magical artifacts," Wang Daqiang said, before quoting a price to Chen Changqing. "It's just that the price is a bit high; it took a full seventy Fireball Talismans to exchange for it."

Demons at level three and below are far less valuable than demons at level four and above because they do not have demon cores.

Just like the withered tree demon monkey at the third level that Chen Changqing and others killed before, the body of a demon monkey could only be sold for about four thousand copper coins.

However, the Crimson Phosphorus Leopard is an exception. Firstly, it has a lot of flesh and blood, and its blood energy is abundant. Secondly, its scales can be used to craft low-level defensive magic weapons, so its price is higher than that of other demonic creatures.

That beast tamer asked for 12,000 copper coins.

After some haggling, Wang Datou and his companion got the price down to nine thousand copper coins, which they settled with fireball talismans, one talisman being worth one hundred and thirty copper coins.

A total of seventy fireball talismans were used.

"Not expensive." Chen Changqing nodded with a smile. He could draw twenty fireball talismans a day, and seventy fireball talismans in three and a half days.

Chen Changqing felt it was a good deal to exchange it for the body of a Crimson Phosphorus Leopard at the third level of the Lesser Demon Realm.

"That's good." Wang Daqiang smiled, still worried that Chen Changqing would find it too expensive.

Wang Datou smiled, then took out a bottle from his pocket: "Changqing, there are ten Qi and Blood Pills in here."

"Hmm." Chen Changqing took the Qi and Blood Pill and put it away.