Eternal Beast Taming Family

After hatching and growing a little, the "Mysterious Black Dragon Emperor" affectionately circled around Chu Shengyuan's body, with a joy like that of finally waiting for its "true love".

The Azure Wood Spirit Dragon and the Spirit Void Dragon looked down on its sycophantic behavior, but when they thought that it was just a newly hatched 'child,' their slight disdain vanished instantly.

Chu Shengyuan clapped his hands briefly, signaling the "Mysterious Black Dragon Emperor" to quiet down.

"Since you are a dragon egg in this space, you must know where the treasures of this secret realm are hidden. Quickly lead us to find them. Let's see if there are any other source beast eggs like yours?"

Upon hearing Chu Shengyuan's words, the "Mysterious Black Dragon Emperor" quieted down, though his emotions were clearly tinged with sadness.

"This secret realm was the incubation ground my father built for me before he fell. There are no other source beast eggs besides me. If we're talking about treasures, my father really left me quite a few things. I don't know if they count as treasures to you. I'll take you to see them."

"Mysterious Black Dragon Emperor" turned around, looked in Chu Shengyuan's direction, and gestured for him to follow.

The vast, dark shadows spread outwards, forming a path leading to the depths of the Shadow Realm. The man and his three beasts swiftly traversed the void along this path.

During their journey, they gradually encountered other native monsters from Black Dragon City who had entered with them, wandering around aimlessly like headless flies.

Sensing such a huge commotion in the shadows, some of the more cautious monsters quickly moved away.

However, some skilled and daring demons seemed to think that this commotion involved some rare treasure, and rushed over hastily, or intercepted them in advance on the road.

Chu Shengyuan didn't waste any words with them. He directly ordered "Cangmu Lingjiao" and "Lingxu Jiao" to knock them all unconscious and take them away. The construction of Black Rock City and the family needed manpower at that time.

During this time, Chu Shengyuan asked a question out of curiosity, "Since it's your hatching ground, why do you still need to open up a passage and let these source beasts in for training every now and then?"

"Although I can exist in the form of a source beast egg for a long time, I still need the nourishment of dragon energy. The dragon energy left to me by my father has been almost completely depleted over such a long period of time."

So I opened a passage, using some items from this secret realm as rewards to lure in those self-proclaimed demonic beasts, and then let them take the scales out.

Then, the next time the passage opens, only scales containing enough dragon energy can serve as proof of entry to the secret realm to seek another opportunity.

Only in this way can I obtain enough dragon energy to sustain my survival until now.

When the Black Dragon King said these words, his tone was somewhat weary, for although it had only been hatched for a short time, it had already endured a very long period of time.

The other two dragons couldn't help but feel a little pity for the newly joined creature.

Chu Shengyuan sighed softly, "But it was all worth it. You waited for me, didn't you?"

"That's true." The Black Dragon Emperor clearly agreed.

Soon they arrived at an open space. The "Mysterious Black Dragon Emperor" rotated slightly in the open space, and a new passage vortex was opened.

"This is where I usually live."

One person and three voices entered, and suddenly a whole new world appeared.

The environment was still dark, but apart from the unchanging rocky ground, some other scenery finally appeared around.

A small pool, its surface rippling slightly, its water a deep, inky black.

A withered tree, at least ten meters tall, with only a few branches and leaves hanging on it, looked as if it was about to die.

There was a nest about three meters high, piled with a large number of crystal scales. The shape of the nest was somewhat like the bird nest that Chu Shengyuan often raided when he was a child. It seemed to be very old, as the scales and dark crystals piled inside had been worn smooth.

As for the others, they were piled up haphazardly, such as feathers glowing red, a large number of strangely shaped bones, tendons of some unknown creature, and a powerful heart that was still gushing blood...

In Chu Shengyuan's view, this was somewhat like a dumping ground for a large source beast slaughterhouse, but the powerful aura remaining on the various items in it also inspired a sense of awe.

However, upon closer inspection, some obviously incompatible elements were placed together, and after years of mutual erosion, they had become somewhat broken and decayed.

"Black Dragon Emperor of Profound Fortune" noticed that Chu Shengyuan's gaze lingered on that pile of 'miscellaneous items' for a long time, so he explained:

"These are all spoils of war from my father's previous campaigns. After acquiring them, he piled them up here, only occasionally taking them out to show off."

It was precisely because of them that I was able to attract those source beasts outside to cultivate materials containing dragon energy and nurture dragon scales. Do you think they have any use?

Chu Shengyuan couldn't help but walk into the pile of junk, his divine sense circulating as he categorized everything according to its attributes, all the while answering the question, "Mysterious Black Dragon Emperor."

"This is not just useful, it's incredibly useful! This phoenix feather must be from a source beast of the Derivation Rank, right? This heart can even detect a trace of King Rank aura."

"My god, look at this eye... it can't even be contained by space... this horn looks like it can tear the surrounding space apart..."

Seeing Chu Shengyuan's excited expression, the Black Dragon Emperor grinned. Even if something was of a high grade, it was useless to it.

For their race, luck is the most important thing in life, and they can never truly understand the attraction these inanimate objects hold for human contractors. However, as long as their contractors are happy, that's all that matters.

"If you like them, then they still have some value."

"Take them all away. Take them all away. If these spatial devices can't hold them, each of you beasts can take a few."

After tidying up for a long time, Chu Shengyuan sorted all the 'miscellaneous items' into categories, put away what could be stored, and gave the rest to the three source beasts, asking them to transform into their largest possible size.

Finally, Chu Shengyuan looked at the other things that were clearly being treated with great care, the first of which was the pool that looked like ink.

The pool wasn't very large, only about ten meters square, and ink was bubbling within it. However, when Chu Shengyuan used the "True Nature of All Things" to look at it, it revealed some information.

Name: Shadow Ink Dark Pool (Royal Family Origin Artifact)

Source: The Xuan Yun Black Dragon Emperor obtained the original clan artifact after his race was promoted to the royal family.

Ability: By absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, or by adding other materials, it can refine the Ink Abyss Spiritual Liquid, suitable for dark-attribute source beasts. Absorbing this liquid can enhance their realm, aptitude, or refine their existing skills. It belongs to the primordial-level spiritual item capable of providing comprehensive enhancement.