Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 306 New Monster: Wind Shadow Dragon Serpent [Please Subscribe]

The required bloodline optimization is actually to advance the strength of the demonic insects.

Just like a low-level monster that evolves into a mid-level monster, its bloodline is naturally optimized.

However, there are some differences between the advancement of demonic insects and the advancement of demonic beasts.

Especially for demonic insects like bees and ants, the presence of queen bees and queen ants makes the bloodlines of ordinary demonic insects in their colonies appear incomplete.

Within a bee colony or an ant colony, no other demonic insect can ever be stronger than the queen bee or queen ant, nor can any other demonic insect reach the same level of evolution as the queen bee or queen ant.

Therefore, to optimize the bloodline of these demonic insects, all you need to do is enhance the strength of the queen bee and queen ant, allowing them to advance to the next level.

In this respect, the queen bee and queen ant have advantages that ordinary monsters do not possess.

Generally speaking, the evolutionary potential of queen bees and queen ants is much greater than that of monsters of the same rank, and they can usually evolve again from their original rank.

In some cases, the expansion of an insect colony can even feed back to the queen bee and ant, allowing them to advance further.

At this time, Zhou Chun used the second-generation queen bee he had cultivated as an experiment, which was to forcibly promote its growth and evolution with secret medicine, just like he used spiritual objects to help the Golden Armored Rock Turtle evolve.

However, the queen bee's strength is inferior to that of other demonic beasts of the same level, and her weak body makes it even more difficult for her to withstand the medicinal power of secret medicines and spiritual substances.

The risks of this kind of advancement are far greater than those of monsters of the same level.

That's why Zhou Chun first used the queen bee he had bred to conduct the experiment.

Unfortunately, his first experiment ended in failure.

After the queen bee consumed the secret medicine and herbs he had prepared, her wings suddenly fell off and her body cracked, causing her to die within seven days.

With the death of the queen bee, Zhou Chun's first experiment ended in failure.

Next, he will continue to breed new queen bees and then conduct experiments on the new queen bees.

This will take quite a while, but Zhou Chun can wait.

In any case, apart from consuming some materials and time, this kind of experiment will not cause any harm to his own cultivation or the Zhou family.

While conducting these experiments, Zhou Chun even had the energy to cultivate the three types of demonic insects he had contracted.

Several years have passed, and all three types of demonic insects have been cultivated to the point where they can reproduce.

It should be noted that the life cycle of the demon insect has four stages: larval stage, growth stage, adult stage, and maturity stage.

Only adult demon insects possess the ability to reproduce, and maturity signifies that the demon insect has reached the peak of its species and its abilities have been developed to the extreme.

It is worth mentioning that not every demon insect can reach the mature stage.

Because it is not a stage that can be reached as the demon insect grows older, but a stage that can only be reached as the demon insect's strength increases.

A mature demon insect is often several times, or even ten times, stronger than an adult demon insect.

Even though Zhou Chun's three contracted demonic insects had all received his careful nurturing, they had only reached adulthood due to the passage of time.

It should be noted that once many demonic insects reach adulthood and mate to lay eggs, they are basically unable to enter the mature stage again.

Because mating and laying eggs causes great losses to the insects, many species of insects even die after mating and laying eggs.

Among the three types of demonic insects tamed by Zhou Chun, the "Blue Moon Butterfly" is one of them.

After mating, the male Blue Moon Butterfly will die within three days, and the female Blue Moon Butterfly will also die within three days after laying her eggs.

In order to increase the population of these demonic insects, Zhou Chun allowed them to mate and lay eggs after they reached adulthood.

Nowadays, the number of eggs laid by the three types of demonic insects is several times greater than their population size.

However, although the number of eggs laid by the demonic insect is large, only 60-70% of them are actually alive.

Among these live eggs, there will also be some poor-quality eggs with congenital malformation, which also need to be discarded.

Therefore, the actual number of demonic insects that can hatch in the end is not that exaggerated.

That day, Zhou Chun had just finished his daily meditation and returned to Zhongping Hall to handle some matters when he was suddenly summoned by Zhou Daoyi.

Only after he met Zhou Daoyi did he realize that the Zhou family's first self-bred dragon-blooded demon beast had appeared!

Ever since Zhou Daoyi's spirit pet Qingqing evolved into a dragon, the Zhou family has always had extremely high expectations for it.

For a cultivation family, a third-tier dragon is not only a powerful fighting force, but also a powerful productive force.

The dragon's might aura of a third-tier dragon is enough to corrupt and mutate ordinary spiritual objects and low-level demonic beasts, gradually transforming them into dragon-blooded spiritual objects and dragon-descended demonic beasts.

However, this process will be quite lengthy and cannot be accomplished overnight.

However, if you do the math, it's been almost twenty years since Qingjiao established the dragon's nest.

This period of time is neither very long nor very short.

It is not surprising that the first dragon-born monster to be corrupted and mutated has appeared so far.

Of course, this is not surprising; it's just that this result is quite normal.

But in reality, for the Zhou family, this was undoubtedly a joyous occasion.

Because once there is one, there will be two. Since the first type of mutated dragon-born monster has appeared, there may be a second and a third type later on!

According to the information gathered from the Dragon Transformation Sect, as long as a third-tier dragon is given enough time, it is not a problem for it to be imbued with and mutated into two or three kinds of dragon-born demon beasts.

Therefore, Zhou Chun was overjoyed upon hearing the news and immediately asked Zhou Daoyi to take him to the dragon's nest to visit the mutated dragon-born monster.

The Azure Dragon's lair was ultimately not built in that underground riverbed, but rather in a secluded pool in the deep mountains not far from Nine Peaks Ridge.

That secluded pool in the deep mountains is the source of a river in Lanzhou. From the outside, it doesn't look very big, only about seven or eight acres in size.

However, the spring at the bottom of this pool has a very large water output and is connected to an underground water vein, making it quite rich in spiritual energy.

When Zhou Daoyi discovered this place, he decided to build a dragon's nest here.

At this moment, Zhou Chun followed Zhou Daoyi to the dragon's nest and easily entered the dragon's nest below under the guidance of the green dragon that came out to greet them.

The two rode on the back of a dragon, descended more than twenty feet, and then passed through a spring at the bottom of the pool into an underground lake.

Compared to the seemingly small pool on the outside, this underground lake is actually several times larger.

However, according to Zhou Daoyi, the underground lake was initially only half the size of the surface water area. It was all expanded little by little by the Azure Dragon Qingqing itself.

This place can now be considered the outer perimeter of the dragon's lair.

The real lair of the dragon, however, is located deep within an underground lake.

When talking about the lair of a dragon, many people might think of it as a cave.

But this is not the case.

"Jiaolong's Nest" is just a name, meaning the place where Jiaolong (a type of dragon) dwells.

However, not all dragons like to live in caves.

At least Qingjiao Qingqing doesn't do that.

Therefore, its dragon's nest is very special. The true main body of the nest is actually a thick stone pillar cast from abyssal stone.

This massive black stone pillar is thirty feet tall and so thick that it takes four people to encircle it. The Azure Dragon Qingqing usually rests coiled around it.

Around this black stone pillar, there were scattered a large number of water-attribute spirit jades, spirit shells and ores, as well as many low-level demonic beasts such as clams and oysters captured from Longyuanze. In some corners, there were even some aquatic plants that exuded spiritual energy.

These things were deliberately placed here by the Zhou family, with the intention of transforming them into dragon blood spirit objects under the influence of the Azure Dragon's aura.

However, the most eye-catching thing here is not the stone pillar where the Azure Dragon dwells, but a place behind the stone pillar that emits a white light.

That area was a waterless region and also the base where the Zhou family cultivated dragon-born monsters.

This waterless area is not large, only less than two acres in size.

Its existence is entirely due to the formation.

When Zhou Chongshan was still alive, he used the Water-Repelling Spirit Pearl that the Zhou family obtained from Longyuanze as material to set up this Water-Repelling Array.

Since the water-repelling formation was set up, the Zhou family has sent several kinds of demonic beasts, such as the Eight-Horned Water-Repelling Deer and the Emerald Crown Flying Serpent, to this place to raise, hoping that over time they will transform into dragon-born demonic beasts.

Now, many years later, we have finally reaped the rewards.

Arriving outside the water-repelling formation, Zhou Chun looked closely and easily spotted the successfully mutated dragon-born demon beast.

Inside the water-repelling formation, a turquoise-colored unicorn flying serpent flicked its tongue, its eyes filled with awe as it bowed its head to the ground behind them, hissing incessantly.

That's right, this emerald green unicorn flying serpent is a dragon-born monster transformed from the Emerald Crown Flying Serpent.

Originally, the Emerald Crown Flying Serpent was a monster with an entirely emerald green body and a fleshy growth on its head resembling a rooster's comb.

Now, due to the mutation of the Azure Dragon's bloodline, its color has changed to blue-green, and its original tumor has also mutated into fleshy horns.

After examining the one-horned flying serpent for a moment, Zhou Chun asked Zhou Daoyi, "Compared to the Emerald Crown Flying Serpent, how have the abilities of this mutated beast changed?"

Zhou Daoyi had obviously been here once before. When he heard Zhou Chun's question, he immediately replied, "The mutated monsters, compared to the original Emerald Crown Flying Serpents, have gained wind attributes. They fly faster, can spew out a unique poisonous wind arrow spell, and also master wind blade spells."

"These are just the abilities currently known. Whether it can awaken and master more abilities as it grows and evolves remains to be seen."

The original Green Crown Flying Serpent had only two attack methods: close-range pounce and bite, and spitting venomous water arrows.

If its venomous water arrows weren't a form of magic, it wouldn't even deserve the title of a monster.

Therefore, although there are quite a few people in the Zhou family who contract and tame this kind of monster, none of them would use it as their main battle pet, but only as a surprise weapon.

However, if, as Zhou Daoyi said, the mutated unicorn flying serpent can awaken and master other wind-based spells, then it will qualify as a main battle pet for Qi Refining cultivators.

"Have you tried the venom of this mutated unicorn flying snake? Compared to the ordinary green-crowned flying snake, is its venom more potent?"

Zhou Chun's eyes flickered, as if he had thought of something, and suddenly asked Zhou Daoyi another question.

Upon hearing his question, Zhou Daoyi was taken aback for a moment, then nodded thoughtfully and said, "I haven't tried that yet, but perhaps we can give it a try now!"

Let's give it a try!

Zhou Daoyi immediately grabbed an ordinary green-crowned flying snake and the one-horned flying snake, and let them each bite his finger.

Only a cultivator at the Purple Mansion stage like him would dare to test poison on himself like this.

After all, even if a mere first-order demonic snake is highly venomous, it could not pose a fatal threat to a cultivator at the Purple Mansion stage.

After personally testing it, Zhou Daoyi quickly nodded and said, "That's right, the toxicity of the venom has also increased. The venom of this flying unicorn is significantly stronger."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately said happily, "That's good. The venom of the Emerald Crown Flying Serpent was already enough to pose a fatal threat to Qi Refining cultivators. Now that the venom has been enhanced, many first-tier demonic beasts should not be able to withstand it."

After saying that, he looked at Zhou Daoyi and asked, "Have you decided what to name this new mutated monster?"

As the master of the Azure Dragon, Zhou Daoyi was naturally the first choice to name this new dragon-born monster.

Therefore, after listening to Zhou Chun's words, he looked at the one-horned flying snake and began to think seriously.

After a moment, he said softly, "How's the Wind Shadow Dragon Serpent?"

After saying that, he muttered to himself, "Its attribute is wind, it's as fast as a shadow, and it embodies both dragon and snake. Yes, let's call it Wind Shadow Dragon Snake!"

He then directly decided on the name "One-Horned Flying Serpent".

"What a fitting name, Wind Shadow Dragon Serpent!"

Zhou Chun couldn't help but clap his hands in approval, and was very satisfied with the name that Zhou Daoyi had chosen.

Then, looking at the Wind Shadow Dragon Serpent, he said, "Let's take this Wind Shadow Dragon Serpent back as a breeding serpent. In the future, all the snake eggs it lays will be sent to the Flood Dragon's Nest for incubation. In this way, in ten or eight years, the Wind Shadow Dragon Serpent population should be able to expand to dozens."

Naturally mutated dragon-born monsters have relatively stable bloodlines that can be passed down.

Therefore, even if the Wind Shadow Dragon Serpent and the Green Crown Flying Serpent hybridize and produce snake eggs, there is a chance that the hatchlings will be Wind Shadow Dragon Serpents.

Furthermore, if the snake eggs are imbued with the aura of the same source as the dragon after being laid, the chances of them hatching into Wind Shadow Dragon Snakes will increase many times over.

Compared to this efficient method of population expansion, the population expansion efficiency of the Crimson Flame Vajra Monkey, another hybrid demon beast artificially bred by the Zhou family, is far inferior.

This is one of the benefits of owning a dragon.

(End of this chapter)