Swallowing the Starry Sky: Qin Feng

Watching the black-crowned golden eagle being slowly tortured to death, Qin Feng's eyes were filled with regret.

Gee!

Such a beautiful bird, all shimmering with golden light. Riding it around would be so exhilarating! It's such a waste that it died. I really want to have one.

"Hey Monkey King, got a moment?"

"What's wrong, Qin Feng?"

what!

The monkey, who had taken a moment from its busy schedule to respond to Qin Feng, suddenly exclaimed in surprise and appeared beside him in a flash, looking him up and down.

"What have you been through lately? Why do you seem so different? Hmm! Your mind is clear, and even your will seems to have undergone a transformation."

"Nothing special happened! Just normal cultivation and travel!"

"Are you kidding me? To put it bluntly, do you know what kind of impression you gave me a while ago? You had a strange pride deep down, yet you seemed weak and cowardly on the outside. You were unwilling to be weak, but you didn't want to put in the hard work. You were like an abandoned child, full of confusion and helplessness. In short, there was a strange, twisted feeling about you. You went into your own sea of ​​consciousness a while ago, and it was so dark inside, do you remember?"

"Haha! Well? Didn't you just regain your memories a while ago? That was probably just a side effect of the two personalities merging. I've figured it out now, and there's absolutely no problem."

"Hehe! Although I don't know why you suddenly became enlightened, I'm glad. Back then, I was forced by that guy to acknowledge you as my master, and I couldn't resist. You can even decide my life or death with a single thought now. But I still want to tell you frankly, if you continue with the same mindset as before, although I can't disobey your orders, I won't have high expectations of you either."

As an intelligent being who transcends intelligent beings, my choices will have vastly different impacts on your future. Do you understand?

Qin Feng had long known that he might not have made a good impression on Monkey, but he hadn't expected that he was perceived that way. This made him feel a little ashamed. Moreover, judging from Monkey's tone, if he remained unchanged, Monkey might still obey his orders in the future, but it was uncertain how much help he would receive.

Even if I ordered him to hand over the ape-man race's heritage, how far could I have gone with my mindset at the time? These are all unknowns. After all, even if I had read the original work and knew some information, on the scale of the entire universe, that little bit of knowledge was just a drop in the ocean.

"I understand, Brother Monkey, I don't blame you."

If you have any questions in the future, you can tell me directly. Regardless of whether we can reach an agreement in the end, I hope that as the intelligent life form bound to me, there will be no barriers between us.

Hahaha…………

"Qin Feng, you're quite good. I finally see a glimmer of hope for you to become a strong person. And after not paying attention for a while, you've already reached the eighth level of apprentice. Even if you can't find the spirit of plants this time, breaking through to the planetary level shouldn't be a big problem for you. After you break through to the planetary level, come with me to pay respects to our old master one more time. I'll accept you as my apprentice on behalf of our old master. Aren't you very interested in our old master's legacy and inheritance? I'll give you a big surprise then."

"Really? Monkey King. What kind of big surprise? How big is it?"

Hehe

"What's the rush, kid? Even if you break through to the planetary level, you won't be able to use anything the old master left behind. You should focus on your cultivation first. What did you call me out for this time?"

"Okay! I called you out today because I've taken a liking to that bird. I wanted to ask if you knew of any way to rescue it and use it as a means of transportation or something?"

"Hmm! Black-crowned Golden Eagle, a peak ninth-level apprentice demon beast, has no trace of cultivation at all. It can reach the seventh level of the ninth-level apprentice bloodline when it grows up, which is barely acceptable. At least it is not the worst bloodline. It does not have any outstanding talents. Its speed is barely up to 3.9 times the speed of sound. If it had a proper beast cultivation secret method to learn, it could easily break through to the planetary level."

Are you sure you want to take him? You need to understand that training battle pets or supporting life forms is a very serious matter for martial artists. Once you've made a decision, you can't change it easily, because that would be a waste of resources. You need to think this through carefully.

"I didn't intend to train him to be very strong. I just had a collecting habit. If possible, I'll help him break through to the planetary level. If I have the resources in the future, I can continue to train him. If I'm broke myself in the future, then forget it."

"Is that so? That's simple. Although the ape-man race basically doesn't have any experts in beast taming, they have collected some of these techniques in their heritage. I'll teach you a simple beast taming secret technique, but it's a soul-related secret art that you've never encountered before, so it may take you some time to learn it."

"It's alright. I'll go kill that Shadow Leopard first, then put that guy into my world ring. He'll be fine in his half-dead state for a while."

"Alright."

With a wave of his hand, the monkey created a ball of data light that appeared in front of Qin Feng and slowly flew toward his brow.

Without resistance, it allowed the ball of light to merge into its sea of ​​consciousness and transform into a stream of information. This was a beginner-level beast tamer's secret technique, which involved separating a wisp of soul power to cultivate into a special mark that merged into the demon beast's sea of ​​consciousness. This mark could control the demon beast's life and death and also served as a bridge for communication between the demon beast and its master.

The secret technique was not complicated. Even though he had never practiced any secret techniques related to the soul before, he was confident that he could learn it in no time.

After receiving the information, Qin Feng drew his sword without hesitation and rushed towards the battlefield. He had been delayed by communicating with the monkey, and now the black-crowned golden eagle was barely clinging to life.

Although the Shadow Leopard was also a high-level lord peak monster, it was still powerless to resist and was easily killed in the face of his absolute strength of one million kilograms. Looking at the Black-crowned Golden Eagle in front of him with golden feathers scattered all over the ground and its body covered in wounds, Qin Feng scratched his head.

"Brother Monkey, is this guy still alive?"

"Don't worry, this guy didn't suffer a fatal injury. He's just weak from blood loss. Monsters are generally very resilient. As long as they don't die on the spot from a fatal injury, they can recover slowly on their own given some time."

Qin Feng walked up to the black-crowned golden eagle, which was now powerless to resist, and waved his hand to put it into his world ring.

"I'll head back now. Qin Feng, focus on your cultivation. As for finding the spirits of plants, just let it be. If you can find them, great, it'll save you time getting to the planetary level. If you can't, don't force it. You don't need to rely on those things now; you can cultivate to the planetary level on your own."

"Okay, I'll look around some more. After all, we went through so much trouble to get here, we can't let this trip be in vain."

After giving his instructions, the monkey vanished in a flash and went back to continue his research on weapon crafting.

Qin Feng entered the small world on the spot and began to carefully read the beast taming secrets in his mind.

This secret technique is not a method of soul enslavement and cannot distort the cognition of living beings, but it can still control the life and death of living beings. It can also make the person under its influence instinctively feel close to you. It is effective against those who are weak. It is not recommended to use it on beings with the strength of a domain lord or above. Just like a biochip, if a being's strength reaches that stage, it is very difficult to kill a domain lord unless their soul is annihilated. Beings with that level of strength can break free from control if they want to resist. However, Qin Feng did not care too much. It is uncertain whether that guy will even have the life to break through to the Hengxing level in this lifetime.

The first step in cultivating this secret technique is to separate a wisp of soul power and then condense it into a special mark. Once the mark is successfully condensed, it is injected into the beast's sea of ​​consciousness. The mark is controlled to merge with the beast's sea of ​​consciousness without affecting it. This process must be flawless, otherwise the beast will be ruined.

After confirming that he had completely memorized all the contents, Qin Feng began to learn. First, he separated a wisp of soul power, which was very simple. Then, he condensed the mark according to a special method. Since it was his first time encountering this type of secret technique, he did not rush to achieve quick results. He simply followed the steps one by one. However, this thing seemed to be unexpectedly simple. Qin Feng did not spend much effort and finished it in a few hours.

According to the introduction to the secret technique, it is normal for beginners to spend three to five days to master it. This is an exceptional performance. Perhaps I have a good talent in the soul. I can try to cultivate the soul secret technique in the future.

He got up and went to the black-crowned golden eagle lying on the ground in the square, barely alive. "Brother, I saved your life. From now on, you'll follow me. I guarantee you'll be even better off than you are now. If you don't answer, I'll take that as a yes."

Qin Feng manipulated the special mark to fly out of his sea of ​​consciousness. The mark was three inches in size and was entirely dark blue. It resembled a character outlined by mysterious patterns, and its light and shadow were sometimes bright and sometimes dim, making it look very beautiful.

Carefully maneuvering the mark towards the head of the black-crowned eagle, without encountering any obstacles, the mark transformed into light and shadow and quickly disappeared into the black-crowned eagle's sea of ​​consciousness. Qin Feng then carefully manipulated it to merge with the black-crowned eagle's sea of ​​consciousness.

call!

Thankfully nothing went wrong, otherwise my expression would have been wasted.

Is this what it feels like to become a Beast Tamer? How amazing! In Qin Feng's perception, he can now see the Black-Crowned Golden Eagle's entire state, manipulate its life and death at will, and communicate with it through mental thoughts. However, the Black-Crowned Golden Eagle is too weak at this moment, its consciousness is blurred, and it is impossible to communicate with it.

Seeing the numerous wounds on his body, Qin Feng turned and walked into the manor. He picked up his first-aid kit, returned to the man, took out some hemostatic medicine, and began to stop the bleeding.

A few minutes later, seeing that the wounds on his body had stopped bleeding, Qin Feng clapped his hands and stood up, saying, "Brother, this is all I can do for you. Whether you survive or not depends on your fate."

Leaving him to recuperate in the square, Qin Feng flashed into the jungle and embarked on his journey to find the spirit of plants and trees once more.

He traveled for more than ten days, but unfortunately, he still gained nothing. He encountered quite a few monsters, including planetary-level monsters, but he avoided them all.

With his current strength, he has basically no problem against opponents below the planetary level, but he is still no match for those at the planetary level.

But that's enough to roam freely in this jungle. As long as you don't stubbornly run into the territory of planetary monsters, you'll be fine.

But can this thing really be found? After searching for so long, carefully scanning every place I've been, inside and out, I still haven't found a single plant that looks like a spirit of plants.

There are so many monsters in this jungle, I hope they've all been wiped out by them.

If that's really the case, then it's a bit of a rip-off.

At this moment, Qin Feng was sitting dejectedly on the top of a big tree. Oh! His injury has healed.

Sensing the activity within the World Ring, Qin Feng flashed to the Small World Plaza and waved happily at the black-crowned golden eagle soaring around the manor in the sky.

Haha

"You're finally better! It's been half a month. I thought you'd be bedridden for a while longer!"

expensive

The black-crowned golden eagle, soaring in the air, cried out and transformed into a golden light, flying over and landing in front of Qin Feng. It folded its wings, tilted its head, and looked him over. Influenced by the secret technique, it felt somewhat close to the human in front of it. In addition, it knew that this human had saved it, so it did not feel any aversion to the person in front of it.

Qin Feng tentatively moved closer, and seeing that he did not react excessively, he reached out his right hand and touched his neck.

Tu

It felt quite comfortable to touch. Although the feathers were a bit stiff, the black-crowned golden eagle did not show any aversion to Qin Feng's caresses. Instead, it narrowed its eyes and stretched its head over to rub against him.

Haha

"Okay, can you speak?" Qin Feng asked the mark through his mind, communicating with it within its sea of ​​consciousness.

A vague thought came through, roughly meaning that he could understand what Qin Feng was saying, but he couldn't speak it himself.

"Sigh! That's not quite enough. I haven't talked to anyone in a long time, and I was thinking of having a chat with you! But it's okay, you're still weak now. Once you get stronger, talking shouldn't be a problem."

"From now on, I'll be your boss. Follow me and I'll help you become stronger. We'll explore the universe together. That's better than you staying on Earth your whole life and never breaking through to the planetary level."

"Become stronger, good. What is the universe?"

"Okay! Even if I tell you now, you won't understand. I'll take you to see it for yourself later, and then you'll understand."

"Now that you're my little brother, not just any ordinary monster, you need to have a name. The reason I saved your life is because your shimmering golden feathers look really cool. From now on, you'll be called Golden Feather."

"Golden feathers, I like them."

"You think your golden feathers are cool too, right? I think so too. Great minds think alike! I'll introduce you to someone later, so don't get cocky, I'll get you a little something for you."

"Hey Monkey, come out for some fresh air."

"What do you want now? I'm busy, you know?"

"I'm introducing you to a new underling! Get your gift ready!"