I tamed beasts and achieved immortality in the world of cultivation.

Chapter 136 The Golden Flame King's Domination

Three days later.

Qinghe Lake, a two-story bamboo building.

Chen Qing sat cross-legged on the futon and gently took the thin golden tiger cub out of the spirit beast bag.

After spending these past few days together, and with the aura of affinity from the spirit beast on Chen Qing's body, it has become quite affectionate towards him. As soon as it came out, it hummed and rubbed against his fingers, wagging its little tail rapidly.

Chen Qing stretched out a finger and scratched its chin, sighing inwardly.

In truth, the four of them snatched the Golden Tiger King's child from him—by conventional standards, this was no different from robbery.

However, the demonic beasts in the secret realm and the cultivators of the Canglan Domain are inherently opposed. Even if he doesn't take it, the creatures in the secret realm will still die. Once the Myriad Manifestations Origin Core of the Myriad Beasts Secret Realm is taken by the cultivators of the Canglan Domain, the entire secret realm will disappear. What will happen to the creatures inside is unknown to anyone in the Canglan Domain.

They may dissipate into the heavens and earth, or sink into the turbulent void; in short, the probability of dying is very high.

Therefore, Chen Qing didn't feel any psychological burden about it.

He lifted the cub to his eyes, looking into its still-closed eyes, and said, "Little one, I want to form a spiritual contract with you. From now on, you will be my family. Are you willing?"

The golden tiger cub tilted its head, its pale golden eyes still veiled in a thin mist, clearly not quite understanding Chen Qing's meaning; but it could sense Chen Qing's kindness, and stuck out its little tongue to lick his fingers, letting out a low, childish growl.

Chen Qing's lips curled up, and he silently recited in his mind, "System, contract."

The next moment, the light screen in front of them lit up: [Contract Activated...]

[Target: Golden Tiger (Tier 1, Low Grade)]

[Potential: Mid-grade Tier 3]

[Bloodline: Contains a trace of the true spirit of the Golden Sacred Tiger bloodline (Activated 20%)]

[Do you confirm the contract?]

"confirm."

A heat arose between his brows, and a wisp of his soul left his body, silently disappearing into the cub's brow.

The golden tiger cub trembled, its misty eyes widening instantly as it stared blankly at Chen Qing; its gaze shifted from bewilderment to confusion, and then to deep affection and dependence, all in the blink of an eye.

It opened its small mouth and let out a soft, low roar, which made Chen Qing chuckle.

"She's even more clingy than Silvermoon was back then."

As usual, he spent a thousand essences to awaken its intelligence, and the essence balance on the light screen jumped from 30163 to 29163.

A cool current flowed from between the tiger cub's eyebrows into its body, and its pale golden eyes instantly became clearer, its gaze towards Chen Qing filled with understanding.

Chen Qing smiled and turned it over.

"Yes, it's a boy."

He thought for a moment, his gaze falling on the cub's pale golden fur. Although it was thin, the golden fur already had a faint luster. If its bloodline were activated in the future, it would surely be covered in a dazzling golden light.

"I shall call you Jin Yan. Yan means flame. I hope that you will one day be able to recreate the might of the Golden Sacred Tiger, roaring across the sky, and causing all beasts to bow down."

"Awoo!"

Jin Yan called out in a childish voice, it was unclear whether she understood or not, but she just nestled into his palm, found a comfortable position, and squinted her eyes.

Chen Qing smiled and patted its head, then with a thought, the [Golden Tiger - Golden Flame] reappeared on the light screen before him.

【————】

[Skills: Beastly Intimidation, Royal Domination]

[Activate True Spirit Bloodline: 40000 Essence]

[Enhance Potential (Tier 3 Mid-Grade → Tier 3 High-Grade): 50000 Essence]

[Status: Screen weak, Full, Close]

Chen Qing's gaze fell on the "Skills" section, and his eyebrows twitched slightly.

He has contracted more than one spirit beast. Qingtian now has the "Ancient Ape True Form", Danyu has the "Crane Heart White Flame", and there are also several skills that have been generated from the spirit sheep chicken.

A few days ago, after Chen Qing used the essence to break through to the superior grade, Yin Yue also developed a skill called "Moon Shadow Soul Devourer". It can use moonlight and shadow to become invisible and deliver a fatal blow to the target's soul, similar to "Soul Splitting Nail", but with a stronger effect.

However, no skills were displayed on the screen when the contract was made.

Jin Yan, however, actually listed two items!

Chen Qing looked at the amount of essence needed to activate the True Spirit Bloodline and found that it was 10,000 less than that required for Qingtian. It seemed that this was the change after activating the True Spirit Bloodline.

Chen Qing stared intently at the screen, and two more lines of annotations appeared—

[The overwhelming power of all beasts: The Golden Sacred Tiger bloodline possesses a passive talent that can suppress the bloodline of all sentient beings; those with a lower bloodline rank will suffer a loss of combat power; it also has a deterrent effect on those with the same or higher bloodline rank; the effect increases with the purity of the bloodline.]

[Royal Domination: The Golden Sacred Tiger is the beast of royalty. Once activated, it forms a royal domain centered on itself, granting all units on the allied side a shared combat power bonus; the "Beastly Pressure" effect on the opposing side is doubled. Note: This talent requires extremely high bloodline purity; the purer the bloodline, the stronger the domain.]

After reading it, Chen Qing's eyes suddenly lit up.

The overwhelming power of the beasts weakens the enemy, while the power of the king strengthens one's own side—this shift in power is enough to turn the tide of the entire battle!

Moreover, he has more than just Qingtian, Danyu, and Yinyue under his command; there are also thirty legion spirit beasts in his beast taming space, and there will definitely be more in the future. If the blessing of Wangquan Baye is extended to the entire battlefield, the effect is simply unimaginable.

"This is the spirit beast core I've been waiting for."

Chen Qing looked down at Jin Yan, who was dozing off on his knees, and his gaze became more serious.

"Qingtian is a fierce general who leads the charge, Danyu is a spear that provides long-range suppression and lightning-fast kills, and Yinyue is a hidden blade that ambushes and strikes."

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"And you are the commander-in-chief who sits in the center of the army."

"Awoo?"

Jin Yan raised his head, seemingly understanding but not quite, and tilted his head to look at him.

Chen Qing smiled and rubbed its head without explaining further; with a thought, he transformed fifty points of essence into a warm current, slowly flowing into Jin Yan's body.

The little guy yawned, snuggled closer to him, and squinted his eyes comfortably; although these fifty points of essence could not immediately change its weak constitution, it would eventually take effect over time.

After doing all this, Chen Qing looked up at Qingtian, who was squatting to the side.

"Qingtian, can you still feel that mark on the sole of your foot?"

Qingtian was scratching something on the bamboo board with a small twig when he heard this. He looked down at the sole of his right foot, scratched his head, and squeaked twice: "I can't feel it anymore! It was chilly a couple of days ago, but it's not chilly now."

Chen Qing nodded slightly.

Three days after parting ways with Fang Yuan and the other two, he didn't dare return to the Myriad Beasts Secret Realm.

That Golden Tiger King controls the Myriad Manifestations Source Core, making him practically half the master of the secret realm. His aura has been remembered by the other party, and if he were to turn back, it would be tantamount to walking into a trap. Although the Golden Tiger King's cultivation level would be suppressed to the first rank within the secret realm, no one could say for sure how much power he could mobilize on someone else's territory.

Out of caution, Chen Qing decisively abandoned his plan to continue harvesting the essence.

Afterwards, he first went to the Su family in Qingzhou, which was 800 miles away from Qinghe Lake.

Su Wanwan had already sent a message back to her clan, and the Su family valued him greatly as their savior.

Su Wanwan's father, Su Changhe, personally stepped forward and spent a day and a night using the Su family's secret techniques to remove most of the blood curse mark on Qingtian's feet.

Before parting, Su Changhe gave him some more instructions.

"Junior Nephew Chen, this blood curse mark was personally planted by Wen Yanzhao when he was at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. Although I removed 99% of it, a trace of its aura still remains. This trace of aura is extremely weak and cannot be sensed from dozens of miles away, but if you get within ten feet of a Wen family cultivator, there is still a risk of being detected."

Su Changhe stroked his beard and said solemnly, "The Wen family is deeply rooted in Qingzhou, and Wen Yanzhao is notoriously protective of his own. In the future, my nephew, try to avoid the Wen family, especially the direct descendants of Wen Yanzhao."

Chen Qing kept these words firmly in mind, thanked Su Changhe sincerely, and asked Su Wanwan to convey his thanks to the rest of the Su family before taking his leave.

After leaving the Su family, Chen Qing went to a black market called "Wangji Anfang" 500 miles away from Qinghe Lake.

During his trip to the Myriad Beasts Secret Realm, he accumulated a lot of shady items: the storage bags of Wen Li and several other Wen family cultivators, the odds and ends from the rogue cultivators in front of the Golden Tiger Cave, and the animal hides and bones he obtained from hunting monsters in the secret realm.

If these things are sold openly, they will inevitably leave traces.

The black market doesn't have this concern.

Chen Qing spent half a day in the black market, selling all the shady stuff he could find, and finally got 2,800 spirit stones.

Wen Li's storage bag accounted for nearly half of them.

As expected of Wen Li, one of the three most promising young members of the Wen family to reach Foundation Establishment, his storage bag contained more than ten mid-grade spirit stones, two top-grade magic artifacts, and a bottle of pills to improve his cultivation.

Chen Qing was actually quite envious of those two magical artifacts, but after thinking about it, he realized that the Wen family was in Qingzhou. If he were to flaunt Wen Li's magical artifacts in the city, he might run into the real owner one day.

So, with a heavy heart, they sold them all together.

Fortunately, he received real spirit stones in return, which comforted him considerably.

Chen Qing snapped out of his thoughts, took out a jade slip from his storage bag, and examined it closely by placing it on his forehead.

This was a gift from Shi Xiuyuan before he left; it contained information about a secret place.

The secret realm, named "Abyss Secret Realm," opened before June and is located in Abyss County, Yunzhou, Wu Kingdom.

Now that it has become part of the Blood Spirit Abyss, it is controlled by a force within the Blood Spirit Abyss called the "Blood Fiend Hall," and is considered the private property of the Blood Fiend Hall.

However, according to Shi Xiuyuan, the Blood Fiend Hall does not prohibit outside cultivators from entering. As long as they pay seven times the reward, just like the Lingyun Sect, they can be allowed to enter, which saves a lot of trouble.

But the "Blood Fiend Hall" is not like the Lingyun Sect; it is full of people who live on the edge!

This is also one of the reasons why the rogue cultivator mentioned by Shi Xiuyuan did not personally go to find Foundation Establishment spiritual objects. Firstly, he could not guarantee that he could get his hands on them; secondly, once he left the secret realm, he would most likely not escape the exploitation of the Blood Fiend Hall.

"Foundation Building Spiritual Object —"

Chen Qing put down the jade slip and pondered for a moment.

With a thought, he summoned three figures from his beast-taming space—a gray-furred monkey, a red-crowned crane, and a silver moon wolf.

These three were created by him using his own essence. Although they were not as outstanding as his three main spirit beasts, Wen Chang, Dan Qing, and Yin Lang, they still had the strength of a mid-grade first-level beast, which was more than enough to take care of the various affairs of Qinghe Lake.

Chen Qing walked out of the bamboo building.

Xu Xian was meditating by the lake. The ten-year-old boy sat cross-legged on a blue stone, his body radiating spiritual energy, indicating that he had already reached the first level of Qi Refining.

Compared to Chen Qing back then, this speed is much stronger.

"Little Fairy".

Xu Xian opened his eyes, quickly stood up, and bowed, saying, "Uncle Chen."

"I'm going out for a while, at least half a month, maybe a month." Chen Qing patted Xu Xian on the shoulder. "You stay at Qinghe Lake and cultivate the Canglan Technique. Don't go out."

Xu Xian cupped his hands and said, "Uncle Chen, please go without worry. I'll take care of things here. I'll make sure the fish and chickens are well looked after while you're gone."

Chen Qing smiled, gave a few more instructions, and then put Qingtian, Danyu, Yinyue, and Jinyan into his spirit beast bag. He stepped onto the Qingfeng Boat, and the bamboo houses and water of Qinghe Lake gradually shrank behind him.

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