Eternal Beast Taming Family

Hearing Sun Chunchen's words, "Yu Kunyu" looked at Sun Chunchen reluctantly, gently bumping his shoulder with its small body. The emotion it conveyed through its divine sense was that it wanted to stay with him in the valley a little longer.

Sun Chunchen patted the head of "Yu Kunyu" and said, "Ahem... You've lived for so many years, how can you still be so childish? You are now the leader of a clan, and you must be responsible for your people."

If he leaves the valley and you feel he is worth following, then stay by his side. If you don't think so, then go to the boundless sea and find a suitable place to live peacefully with your people.

"Alright, alright, stop whining. Go and keep watch outside the valley."

Under Sun Chunchen's repeated urging, the "Jade Kun Fish" finally headed out of the valley, looking back every few steps.

Sun Chunchen raised his almost transparent palm and looked at it. "Hehe... This borrowed spacetime power is indeed terrifying. It's only 30% of its full strength that this body can't maintain."

He landed on the ground, slowly sat down cross-legged, and leaned against one of the thousands of roots of the withered "Ancient Medicine King Tree".

"Old friend, I have finally made the new Medicine King Tree sprout, and I can finally go to see you without regrets."

"Xiao Fan is a good child, so you don't need to worry about him mistreating the Medicine King Ancient Tree... I just don't know if the ancient tree seed in Xiao Yuan's hand can sprout."

Sigh, I was really being greedy. It's already a blessing from heaven that even one plant could sprout; I shouldn't have asked for a second one...

Cough cough, I wonder how long it will take Xiao Fan to get out of this valley.

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Speaking of which, we've lived for over 23,000 years. I'm getting old, so I can't remember some details, but I'm sure I'll outlive you...

I nurtured you back then... but you perished before me.

I remember how troublesome Little Ginseng was back then; we cleaned up his messes countless times... but it was also he who, with his own life, held back the Breath of Annihilation...

The little roulette wheel has always been silent and not good at expressing itself, but it's still able to help me out today...

To be honest, I really miss you guys, cough…

Sun Chunchen sat cross-legged beside the roots of the "Ancient Medicine King Tree," his fingers tapping idly on the roots as he spoke haltingly, his words becoming increasingly incoherent towards the end.

It seemed as if he was just saying whatever came to mind, or perhaps his mind was starting to become confused, and he had lost the basic logic of organizing his thoughts.

Faint white threads emanated from his body, and the dark, unchanging sky in Medicine King Valley underwent some strange changes at this moment.

The gray sky seemed to be filled with white ash falling from the sky because of the white threads on Sun Chunchen's body. A thick layer of ash covered everything in the valley like snow.

Suddenly, the aura of everything was completely submerged and settled. Even the new "Medicine King Ancient Tree" and Chu Shengfan, who had absorbed the essence of the wood heart, were covered by white ash between the branches, and were sealed away like a statue.

"Old friend, time to hit the road..."

A long sigh echoed between heaven and earth, as if heaven and earth themselves were grieving the passing of such a king.

Sun Chunchen's figure completely transformed into countless white threads, returning to the world. The withered "Ancient Medicine King Tree" that had stood in the center of Medicine King Valley for an unknown period of time also crumbled into thousands of yellowish-brown sand and dust.

As if the sky were collapsing, large amounts of gray dust and gravel fell on all parts of the city.

In almost an instant, the ancient city, with its thousands of buildings and numerous tombs, was transformed into a plain, as if nothing had ever existed before.

In the vast expanse of heaven and earth, only a ground covered in white ashes remained, along with a solitary giant tree that continued to grow upwards despite being covered in the white ashes.

The passing of an ancient and revered king, and the complete annihilation of Medicine King Valley, were ultimately witnessed by no one.

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Jingyuan Royal Capital.

A dark red blood shadow crashed into the sky city from outside the royal city, ignoring the city's defenses.

Almost simultaneously, the royal decree was issued from the capital.

"King Xuejing was troubled by the lack of outstanding talents within the dynasty, so he initiated the Thousand-Year Blood Refinement Trial ahead of schedule."

Within the territory of the dynasty, each city has a battlefield for life-or-death battles. Townships have ten battles a day, small towns have one hundred, large cities have one thousand, and prefectural cities have ten thousand. Cities that perform well can be rewarded by the royal city.

Those who delay the king's orders will have their entire clan exterminated! The entire city will be slaughtered!

With the issuance of the royal decree, the entire city of Jingyuan Dynasty was shaken. The soldiers who had been mobilized from various cities had not yet returned when the royal family issued such a decree that would affect the entire dynasty.

The deans of the various academies, in particular, could not understand why the royal family, having already lost so many talented young people within the dynasty during the academy trials, was not satisfied and was now ordering such life-or-death battles to be held within the cities.

If this battle continues day after day, how many contract masters will die in the Jingyuan Dynasty every day?

The devastation was immeasurable. Many elders of powerful families outside the capital were filled with despair, as if they were witnessing the end of the dynasty and the decline of the kingdom.

Thousand Spirits Academy

Looking at the mountains behind the mountain, Luo Xuan thought, "The Blood Refining Trial has begun again. It seems that True King Xue Jing did not gain anything from this trip to explore Medicine King Valley."

Dean Zheng Yuandao frowned and asked, "So, will you obey Wang Ling this time or not?"

Obeying means feigning to flatter the royal family.

However, ever since Zheng Yuandao dared to rescue the Chu Shengfan brothers in front of the clan elders, and since the royal family received some inaccurate information in Qianling Prefecture, it seems that Qianling Prefecture City has already been targeted by the royal family.

However, due to the frequent incidents recently, the royal family has not had time to deal with them. Even if they obey the royal family's orders, this superficial peace will probably not last more than a few days.

"In the past six months, thirteen new contract masters of the Evolution Rank have been added to Tianyuan Sea."

Upon hearing Luo Xuan's words, Zheng Yuandao's eyes widened suddenly. "Thirteen Transformation Rank cultivators in half a year? How is that possible? The entire dynasty wouldn't produce that many in a hundred years, would it?"

Luo Xuan gently opened his palm, and a small origami crane with only the aura of a Domain Rank appeared in his hand.

"What if the kite-flying clan reappeared?"

Zheng Yuandao became even more excited. Thousands of years ago, at the beginning of the Yuanhe era, the most prosperous era was created by paper kites. He never thought that one day he would be able to see the paper kite clan reappear.

"Where did this come from? Has the Imperial Sea True King's Mansion acquired a reliable means of obtaining this?"

"No need to ask about irrelevant things. Five have been sent to me from Tianyuan Sea. Go and select some suitable people to distribute to them, and train more people to reach the Derivative Rank for Qianling Academy as soon as possible."

As he spoke, five fluttering origami cranes appeared beside Zheng Yuandao.

Zheng Yuandao seemed to have thought of something, "It's a pity Yang Qingxue has closed her mountain retreat, otherwise she would definitely have received a share of these paper kites."

Luo Xuan shook his head. "She doesn't need it. Advancing using this paper kite ultimately reveals a weak foundation."