Starting from the two realms, cultivating immortality by taming beasts

Chapter 16 Iron Egg's Talent

Inside the transparent glass jar, an earthworm was digging for survival, a bright green praying mantis was swaggering around, and a squirrel lay on the ground, its belly rising and falling slightly, clearly too frightened to move and had fainted.

"Excellent, it can carry living things too." Chen Beiwu's spirits lifted.

This means he can bring his fellow beasts, or even a large army of cultivators, to other worlds to plunder resources.

The former is easier to handle, as it can improve the cultivation of fellow beasts at the fastest speed by raising Gu.

The latter would need to find a suitable opportunity, such as when he reaches the top of the Immortal Alliance in strength or takes charge of one of the three major institutions of the Immortal Alliance.

He is too weak now, like a child carrying gold through a bustling market. Once exposed, he will not be able to protect the Nine Breaths of Chaos.

Pushing open the door to the training room, Tie Dan, with a water cup on his head, immediately came over.

"Woof woof woof!"

"Stop barking, you stupid dog! You don't even recognize me anymore!" Chen Beiwu took the water glass and slapped the dog on the head.

Upon hearing the familiar voice, Tie Dan blinked his bewildered dog eyes and twitched his nose slightly.

This time, it finally smelled Chen Beiwu's scent, and the demonic power brewing in its throat instantly dissipated, obediently lying down on the ground.

"Great, I'll bring you something good."

Chen Beiwu nodded in satisfaction and took out a piece of phantom rat meat, placing it in front of Tie Dan.

Tie Dan glanced at him, making no move, but the saliva spreading wildly from its mouth betrayed its true feelings.

"Eat."

As soon as Chen Beiwu finished speaking, Tie Dan, as if possessed by a vicious dog, opened his mouth wide and frantically tore at the flesh of the phantom rat wolf.

The meat of the phantom weasel contains a slight poison, so to be on the safe side, he did not leave but stood aside and watched Tie Dan eat.

Five minutes later, Tie Dan licked his lips with satisfaction.

"It seems there shouldn't be any problems," Chen Beiwu thought to himself.

However, the next second, Tie Dan seemed to have an itchy throat and began to cough wildly.

At first, it only spat out some saliva, but as time went by, the saliva gradually turned into wisps of sparks that scattered in the air and eventually surrounded the iron egg.

"The flesh of that big monster is indeed quite potent!" Chen Beiwu's eyes flickered slightly.

With his knowledge, he could naturally tell that Tie Dan was not poisoned, but rather that his accumulated cultivation had broken through.

Indeed, after eating the spirit deer meat that his family had been treasuring for a long time, and then eating a large piece of meat from a great spirit monster, even a pig could awaken its intelligence and gain cultivation, let alone Tie Dan, who already had good aptitude.

"A breakthrough is one thing, but don't burn the house down!"

Sensing the rising indoor temperature, Chen Beiwu mobilized his internal magical power, his fingers flying in hand seals, using the moisture in the air as a medium to release the first-tier supernatural technique "Water Prison Technique".

In an instant, twenty-four ice-blue necklaces surrounded Tie Dan for a zhang (approximately 3.3 meters) around him, forming a layered water curtain that bound the boiling fire-type demonic power in place and dispersed the violent spiritual energy within it.

After a minute, the raging demonic power around Tie Dan gradually calmed down, and the white markings on his four feet became even more flawless.

"How are you feeling?"

Chen Beiwu squatted down and tentatively extended his right hand.

Tie Dan stretched out his head and rubbed it against my palm, barking eagerly.

"Woof."

Under Chen Beiwu's astonished gaze, Tie Dan let out a low roar and spat out a ball of pale golden flame.

The flames rose slowly, hovering above its head and unfolding into a crude star map of flames, within which were scattered points of light of different colors.

Upon closer inspection, Chen Beiwu noticed two faint green dots that were constantly approaching the center of the star map.

"Click."

Just then, the sound of a door opening and parents talking came from downstairs, and the star map above Tie Dan's head disappeared.

Chen Beiwu's eyes lit up, and he immediately realized what was going on.

"You idiot, you've awakened a reconnaissance-type magical talent?"

"Woof?"

Tie Dan blinked his dog eyes in confusion.

It doesn't know what a reconnaissance-type spell talent is!

It's just a dog; it doesn't understand any of the strange things humans do.

Chen Beiwu took a deep breath and calmly asked, "Could you do that again?"

"Woof." Tie Dan shook his head.

"Not now. How many times can we release it a day?"

Tie Dan tilted his head and barked four times, somewhat uncertainly.

"Four times a day is enough; it can come in handy in crucial moments," Chen Beiwu thought to himself.

Iron Egg's algorithm probably doesn't include methods like spirit stone recovery or pill replenishment; otherwise, the number of attempts could probably be increased even more.

"Very good. From now on, you will be my number one search dog. Perhaps you will become a general in the future." Chen Beiwu patted the dog's head.

Only those monsters with over five hundred years of cultivation can be called demon generals.

Such beings can condense demon cores and transform into a half-human, half-beast form, making them terrifying beings with strength comparable to Golden Core cultivators.

"Woof!" Tie Dan responded excitedly.

It didn't know what a search dog was, nor did it know what a dog general was. It only knew that Chen Beiwu was very happy, and that was enough.

After taking off his gear, washing up, and going downstairs, Chen Beiwu smelled the aroma of vegetables.

He turned his head and saw his father, Chen Dong, sitting in the living room smoking.

Even though it's only been a day, Dad looks several years older, his face full of fatigue.

"Dinner's almost ready, you can continue your cultivation later." Chen Dong stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray.

Chen Dong is a Qi Refining Level 6 Body Cultivator who works at Qinghui Tile Factory. Because of his relatively high Qi Refining level, he works as an inspector, which is a relatively easy job.

Some cultivators with weaker Qi Refining levels can only work as bricklayers in tile factories.

The work of firing bricks is extremely tiring, and cultivators need to frequently expend their own magical power to resist the invasion of the poison of the earth fire.

If the working hours are too long, the cultivator's body will be damaged by the poison of the earth fire. Some unlucky ones may even be afflicted by the fire poison, resulting in the drying up of their meridians and a decline in their cultivation.

But the more dangerous the job, the higher the salary.

Chen Dong works as an inspector at a tile factory. His fixed monthly salary is six low-grade spirit stones. If you include the work of moving bricks, he can earn about twelve spirit stones a month by working himself to the bone.

A newly hired brick-making apprentice at a tile factory can earn twenty spirit stones a month, while a brick-making master can earn as much as fifty low-grade spirit stones a month.

However, this industry is a young person's game; it's about exchanging your body for spirit stones.

Every brick-making master in Yuankong County who has worked for more than five years will eventually suffer from fire poisoning, and most of the spirit stones they earn by risking their lives will be spent on medical expenses.

However, some brick-making masters who want to secure a future for their descendants will not even seek medical treatment for their illnesses, but will use all the spirit stones they earn to nurture the next generation, attempting to raise a Foundation Establishment cultivator with the pockets of several generations.

In this way, their descendants will no longer have to do the work of making bricks.

If they are blessed with good fortune, their family may produce another Foundation Establishment cultivator within four or five generations, and they may even have the opportunity to bring glory to their ancestors and establish a Foundation Establishment family.

"Dad's gone to make bricks!" Sensing something was wrong, Chen Beiwu's heart sank.

Although his father used the smell of smoke to cover up the lingering toxicity on his body, he could still see through the deception.

That shouldn't be the case! Spirit beast loans are not like cultivation loans, which can be repaid slowly.

Could something have happened at home?

(End of this chapter)