Mountains and giant beasts, cabins in the woods

The old turtle's gaze swept back and forth between the clam meat and its owner, its four legs standing firmly in place.

"Come back and eat!" Liu Xingmo roared irritably.

Baohei crawled out of the door of the room where the turtle's nest was located, carefully crawled on the wooden plank walkway among the tree branches, and consciously came to the pulley cable.

Liu Xingmo put a saddle on it and used pulleys to put it on the ground.

This creature seems to have transformed from a small pet into a large animal in the blink of an eye, and now it's even difficult for it to move around.

Perhaps we'll have to build a house under the peach tree, which will cost some more money.

Bao Hei landed on the ground.

Liu Xingmo also came down the spiral staircase, flipped over and sat on the back of the old turtle, and then conveyed the action command through the soul imprint.

Baohei strides along its four strong legs, crawling quickly up the mountain path.

It must be said that the special medicines provided by Da Yaotang are really good.

As an old turtle, Baohei should be flat and disc-shaped with its four claws growing horizontally—this is the posture of an aquatic creature, suitable for swimming but difficult to crawl.

However, thanks to some unlucky turtles used as medicinal ingredients, Baohei, this turtle, underwent a dramatic transformation.

The carapace is high and hemispherical, giving the abdomen more space to retract the head, tail, and limbs.

The claws changed direction, from horizontal to vertical, and, supporting the body on the ground, they could easily swing their feet.

In short, Baohei has the advantages of various turtles and tortoises, making it an all-around contract beast that can be used on both land and water.

Liu Xingmo sat on a specially made tortoise-shaped saddle cushion, holding onto the railing with both hands and looking ahead.

Baohei obediently moved as it pleased, advancing, retreating, turning, and making U-turns.

This feels pretty good.

It's much more stable than riding a tabby cat or a wild rabbit; the up-and-down jolting is very slight.

"Giddy up!" Liu Xingmo roared, giving the order to run.

Bao Hei ran wildly on the stone-paved road at a considerable speed.

Turtles and soft-shelled turtles are generally considered synonymous with slowness. However, after actually keeping them as pets, you'll find that some species are surprisingly fast. After all, for small, vulnerable wild animals, the ability to escape is always essential.

Passing by towering trees and leaving treehouses behind, we merged the forest path into the mountain road.

On the wide bluestone slabs, traffic flowed busily.

Liu Xingmo's field of vision was very high at this moment, and he could see countless black heads.

Meanwhile, many pedestrians looked at the young man riding on the tortoise with undisguised envy in their eyes.

After all, the current Baohei is quite impressive.

Its sharp, pointed head was held high, and its black bean-like eyes shone with a lively light. Its enormous body had a carapace as wide as a round table, and a neck as thick as an adult's waist.

Each step it took caused a slight tremor in the ground, and its claws crunched over the pebbles with a soft cracking sound. It was as if this massive body contained a power more majestic than mountains and rivers.

This strangely shaped giant tortoise looks quite formidable. Its owner must also be someone extraordinary.

Someone whispered, "Whose genius is this? So young and already able to contract a tortoise! ​​He's probably already at the second tier, right?"

Liu Xingmo smiled faintly.

The first level of the Blood Path is called the Insect Realm, which means that one can only contract insects and has no ability to control more powerful contracted beasts.

One person with good insight remarked, "This young man is only at the first rank! He's truly remarkable! He's made his contracted beast willingly submit and acknowledge him as its master!"

Liu Xingmo nodded knowingly.

If you want to control a better contracted beast across different levels, you need to raise and care for it from its cub stage, eating and sleeping with it day and night.

Another important prerequisite is that the contracted beast itself possesses a certain level of intelligence and can distinguish between its companions and natural enemies.

Generally, only mammals and birds can recognize a master beforehand. The taming and obedience of reptiles such as turtles, snakes, and lizards is extremely rare.

Someone stared in disbelief: "No! This tortoise has transformed into a strange beast! I can sense that blood energy; it has already formed a stable energy channel!"

Some people exclaimed in surprise, "Huh? Impossible! Doesn't that mean this kid is destined to advance to the third rank? I don't believe it. Only Liu Yizhu, with his innate physique, has that ability!"

Someone's eyes lit up: "A genius guaranteed to advance to the third tier! Where is he? Let me see, my daughter is about the same age..."

Liu Xingmo quickly urged Bao Hei to quicken his pace and get away from the crowd.

The Black Dragon Village's ancestral "Dragon Transformation Technique" requires cultivating a rare beast at each stage to advance one's Blood Path cultivation. This is the biggest hurdle between the first and second stages.

A blood-stained mythical turtle means the hurdle of advancing from the second to the third tier has disappeared; all that remains is accumulation and refinement.

……

Liu Xingmo drove his black car along the main road of his hometown.

Riding high on the spring breeze, the tortoise's hooves move swiftly, and in a single day, one can see all the flowers of West Town.

After being reincarnated for eighteen years, this is the first time that everyone has taken notice of him.

In Black Dragon Village, contracted beasts and contracted seedlings are a person's greatest assets, representing labor, combat power, productivity, and future potential.

Liu Xingmo attracted countless eyes simply by disguising Bao Hei as an acquired mythical beast.

If its abilities as auspicious beast are fully developed, its future is indeed limitless.

The so-called feng shui and destiny should be related to this. The upper limit is extremely high.

However, due to the lack of necessary materials, even a library with a thousand-year-old history, now transformed into a vast library, cannot find a single book on the secrets of cultivation.

The relevant knowledge was passed down in secret and was completely blocked.

Liu Xingmo had to figure out the path on his own.

Along the way, he subtly observed the fortunes of passersby through Bao Hei's perception of luck.

The vast majority are ordinary mortals, like a shallow pond, whose bottom can be seen at a glance.

Liu Xingmo issued an order for Bao Hei to directly control other people's luck, but it turned out to be impossible.

The only influence it can have is to bring good fortune or misfortune to others.

A lucky passerby might find money, receive a gift, or even brush past someone they like...

A passerby tormented by misfortune might step in feces, be robbed, or bump into a burly, menacing man...

Let's name these two abilities "Good Fortune" and "Misfortune". Although their current effects aren't that powerful, we want to use auspicious names to foreshadow their future development.

Liu Xingmo made another discovery.

If Bao Hei distributes both good and bad luck, he will not suffer the backlash of bad luck.

Its ability to influence fortune should be about "distributing" luck, rather than "modifying" luck by enhancing or reducing it.

The bad luck distribution and baby divination it used were merely forms of distribution.

Liu Xingmo has figured out the trick.

As long as you pass on bad luck and misfortune to others and enjoy good luck and fortune yourself, you can use your divination abilities safely without attracting any backlash.

This is troublesome, what should I do?

It's wrong to harm others; you can't do that. Even if the methods are covert, it's still wrong.

Even setting aside moral boundaries, our ancestors would never allow such a thing to happen.

But what to do about that dark and ominous misfortune?

If this continues, it might trigger an explosive disaster one day!

Are you suggesting we throw it to some animal?

……

Liu Xingmo had a flash of inspiration!

Right!

Treating misfortune as a curse-like attack and using it to deal with dangerous beasts is acceptable.

However, land animals are still too dangerous, and we are currently too weak to catch them. Fish and shrimp in the river are much better targets.

I'm going fishing tomorrow!

This is the important thing that must be done!