Starting from the two realms, cultivating immortality by taming beasts

Chapter 33 Choosing a Spirit Beast

The vast blue waves stretch to the horizon.

The vast and magnificent sea seems to connect with the sky, and in the center of this boundless sea, which is as green as a mirror, a majestic fairy island that is hard for ordinary people to imagine rises from the ground, like a jade pillar supporting the sky and piercing the nine heavens.

The islands, each with its own unique shape, are scattered like stars in the sky. Some resemble turtles lying in the sea, some resemble roc spreading its wings, and some resemble snakes winding around. But they all surround the fairy island like stars around the moon.

"boom!"

As a gentle breeze blows, magnificent waterfalls cascade down from the peaks of countless small islands, transforming into a mist that blends with the sea vapor, forming a breathtaking waterfall.

"Creating things out of thin air, building islands with arrays." Xu Ziqing exclaimed, "The methods of a fourth-tier array master are truly unbelievable."

As far as she knew, the Spirit Beast Pavilion had specially invited a fourth-tier array master to set up a grand array in order to provide the best growth environment for the spirit beasts.

This array master first used the True Lord Array to divide the spiritual veins, condensing them into five great Five Elements Immortal Islands of Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth, and named them in order as Sharp Marrow, Green Vine, Mysterious Waterfall, Sulfur Reef, and Flowing Soil.

Then, using the five immortal islands as the core of the array plate, the power of the sun, moon and stars was drawn to condense countless fragmented islands, forming an extremely special array within an array.

The unique spectacle of the waterfall on Xuanpu Island flowing backwards, soaring into the sky, and then turning into raindrops falling to the earth is designed to facilitate the fourth-order grand formation in drawing upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to nurture the star nectar that can enlighten spiritual intelligence.

"It's alright." Chen Beiwu didn't care how strong the fourth-order formation was; he only cared about whether he could find a compatible beast on this trip.

Following the jade slip's guidance, he turned to look at the winding island, "The Azure Wave Spirit Carp is located in the Jia Yin 18th District of Xuanpu Island, about 45 miles from the teleportation array, roughly in that direction."

A short while later, Chen Beiwu and his companion arrived at a lake that covered an area of ​​several hundred miles, with layers of huge rocks piled up along its edge.

"Someone got here before us." Xu Ziqing turned her head and glanced at the three figures on the boulder.

"That's normal. The Azure Spirit Salamander has a gentle nature and is very popular among cultivators with water-attribute spiritual roots."

As soon as Chen Beiwu finished speaking, a young, azure spirit salamander suddenly leaped out of the lake.

Its body is slender, about three feet long, and its entire body is like a piece of jade, reflecting a faint blue light under the sunlight.

[Species]: Azure Salamander

[Attributes]: Water, Wood

[Bloodline]: Second-tier, superior grade (Spirit Beast)

[Talent]: Vitality of Water (Specializes in enhancing the vitality of plants and healing)

[Upgradeable]: Azure-scaled Giant Salamander (Tier 3, Low-grade Treasure Beast), Azure-water Dragon Salamander (Tier 3, High-grade Treasure Beast)...

[Evaluation]: The Azure Spirit Salamander is gentle in nature and has fins on its back. It likes to leap out of the water and glide. It can drink the essence of a dragon to undergo bloodline mutation and has a chance to transform into the Azure Water Dragon Salamander.

At this moment, the white-robed cultivator on the boulder leaped up and reached out his hand to grab the spirit salamander.

"Whoosh!" The emerald figure leaped out of the water and suddenly increased its speed, narrowly dodging the palm.

"Damn it, I refuse to believe I can't catch this spirit salamander!" The white-robed cultivator took off his outer robe and jumped into the lake.

Seeing this, the other two Qi Refining cultivators followed suit and jumped into the lake to catch fish with the white-robed cultivator.

"Do you want to give it a try?" Xu Ziqing looked at Chen Beiwu with anticipation.

Forget about fishing. Chen Beiwu has been live-streaming fishing for a year and hasn't caught a single fish. It's much more practical to catch fish by diving.

"You underestimate me. Catching fish isn't that difficult."

Chen Beiwu had no habit of taking off his clothes in public. He mobilized his internal magic power, his fingers flying in hand seals.

The next second, twenty-six streams of water shot into the sky, forming a layered water curtain that bound the azure spirit salamanders swimming in the lake together.

Swept to the surface by the raging torrents, the white-robed cultivator looked up and saw five immobile azure spirit salamanders trapped in the water prison, whimpering in distress.

"This works?" The white-robed cultivator stood there, stunned, looking at Chen Beiwu.

Dude, you're a real tiger. Contracting a fellow beast in the Spirit Beast Pavilion isn't just about being strong.

In the world of business, connections and influence are essential.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the azure spirit salamanders in the lake are newly born; in terms of strength, they can't even defeat a Qi Refining Level 3 cultivator. But they have powerful backers.

Adult Azure Spirit Salamanders are all second-realm demons with over fifty years of cultivation, their strength comparable to Foundation Establishment cultivators.

The patriarch of the Azure Spirit Salamander clan is a third-realm demon general with over five hundred years of cultivation, whose strength is comparable to a Golden Core cultivator.

Doing this in front of someone's parents, isn't this fellow Daoist afraid of getting beaten up and then being expelled?

Sure enough, a large dark shadow suddenly appeared on the lake.

"Splash!" As the lake surface collapsed a foot, a colossal creature about ten feet long emerged with its blue vertical pupils, silently watching the azure spirit salamander in the water prison.

"Luckily, I didn't resort to violence." The white-robed monk held his breath, his mind filled with relief.

"This..." Xu Ziqing looked at Chen Beiwu.

"Don't worry, it's fine." Chen Beiwu glanced at the menacing beast and walked calmly to the water prison.

He had read the jade slip and knew the rules of the Spirit Beast Pavilion, so how could he be frightened by a fish?

"Dark green, dark green, light blue, blue, deep blue."

Having clearly discerned the specific fortune levels of the five spirit salamander cubs, Chen Beiwu changed his hand seals, and the formed water prison collapsed with a roar. The five emerald shadows within the water prison also rushed towards the giant beast's side.

With a look of disdain, the giant beast pushed away the frightened cub, gave Chen Beiwu a deep look, and then slowly submerged, restoring tranquility to the vast lake.

"That scared me to death." Xu Ziqing patted her chest gently; she had almost thought something bad was going to happen.

"It's alright, we haven't broken any rules. The second-realm demons in the Spirit Beast Pavilion can't possibly attack us," Chen Beiwu said calmly.

The Spirit Beast Pavilion has many rules, the most serious of which is to harm spirit beast cubs without cause. However, his action of activating the Water Prison Technique just now only restricted the behavior of the spirit salamander cubs and did not cause any harm, so it cannot be considered a violation at all.

"It's not about whether it's against the rules or not," Xu Ziqing said seriously. "Contracting a spirit beast requires the approval of the spirit beast cub. What you're doing could easily frighten the spirit salamander cub."

"They can't even withstand this level of probing, which means these spirit salamander cubs have completely lost their wildness." Chen Beiwu shook his head.

The selection of companion beasts by cultivators in the Spirit Beast Pavilion is not a one-way selection, but a two-way selection. Cultivators need to gain the approval of the spirit beasts in order to successfully form a contract.

However, Chen Beiwu always believed that, more important than gaining the approval of spirit beasts, was finding a fellow beast whose talent, bloodline, temperament, and fortune were in harmony with his own.

He deliberately controlled the power of the Water Prison Technique he just released; it was probably enough to bind a cultivator at the fourth level of Qi Refining.

The young spirit salamanders are naturally drawn to water and wood, and if they were to fight back with all their might, they could break through the water prison spell (a weakened version) in no time, but they did not.

Faced with a sudden crisis, the first reaction of the young spirit salamander was to call for help, rather than unleash its demonic power to resist.

Of course, this could also be because Chen Beiwu didn't put enough pressure on them, preventing them from feeling the threat of death.

Even so, the temperament alone was enough for Chen Beiwu to eliminate the gentle Azure Spirit Salamander.

(End of this chapter)