Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 799 The Promise of Venerable Changchun [Please Subscribe]

Does the Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint want to live?

Of course I want to!

The Earth Barbarians are not a particularly outstanding race among the alien races. Before the Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint, they had not produced a sixth-tier Barbarian Saint for tens of thousands of years.

In this world today, it is not only difficult for human cultivators to reach the Divine Realm, but it is even more difficult for races like the Earth Barbarians who specialize in body cultivation.

At first glance, it seems that the Earth Barbarians can continuously advance their levels by simply eating monster meat.

But that's not actually the case at all!

First of all, body refinement also depends on aptitude. Those with poor aptitude will find it increasingly difficult to make any progress, no matter how good the resources are.

Because the higher one's cultivation level, the rarer and more difficult it becomes to obtain the resources that can be used to assist in body refinement.

Once the Earth Barbarians reach the fifth rank, they can no longer improve their physical cultivation by only consuming the flesh and blood of fourth-rank demonic beasts.

But how easy is it to kill a fifth-tier demon king?

There aren't that many fifth-tier demon kings!

Given the appetite and needs of a fifth-tier barbarian king, even a fifth-tier demon king with a body length of several tens of feet could only eat for half a year or a year if it were to eat as much as it wanted.

Consuming a fifth-tier demon king would at most improve their body cultivation by ten or twenty years.

Not to mention, those minor realm barriers often cannot be broken simply by eating.

Before the Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint became a Barbarian Saint, the Earth Barbarian Clan sometimes struggled to even produce a fifth-tier superior Barbarian King, making them the weakest of the three races of the Heavenly Barbarian Plains.

Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint was able to become a Barbarian Saint because he was a peerless genius of the Earth Barbarian Clan, appearing only once every ten thousand years. Furthermore, due to his abundant fortune, he waited for a body-refining holy medicine that the Earth Barbarian Clan had secretly cultivated for tens of thousands of years to mature, and then consumed the last piece of blood essence stone of the previous Barbarian Saint passed down in the clan.

If he were to perish in the wilderness due to an accident, it is certain that for the next thousands or tens of thousands of years, even if a peerless genius like him were to emerge from the Earth Barbarian Clan, he would be limited by resources and would have virtually no chance of becoming a sixth-order Barbarian Saint!

Considering that the turbid evil energy may completely dissipate in a few hundred years, and a great change unprecedented in ten thousand years is about to occur, once the top-level powerhouses are no longer in charge, the Earth Barbarians may become history, just like those alien races that have already disappeared from this world.

Therefore, whether for his own sake or for the sake of the barbarian race, the Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint undoubtedly did not want to die.

"Venerable Changchun, what do you want me to do?"

He looked at Venerable Changchun with wary eyes and asked about the conditions in a low voice.

He knew perfectly well that if the humans chose not to kill him, they would definitely expect him to do something.

But then Venerable Changchun slowly said, "Your barbarian race specializes in body refinement. The cultivation resources you seek are nothing more than spirit ores, spirit herbs, and the flesh and blood of demonic beasts. In truth, there's not much difference between you and us human cultivators. Even if a human cultivator dies at the hands of your barbarian race, we just bury them anywhere, or trade them to the Heavenly Soul Clan. Am I right?"

"What do you mean by all this? I don't like all this beating around the bush. Just tell me your conditions!"

Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint looked at Venerable Changchun with some impatience, as if he had forgotten that he was now a prisoner.

He really didn't like this kind of vague communication; it was something he wasn't good at, and he had been fooled by it many times before.

Therefore, he would feel inexplicably irritated when someone said that to him.

Seeing this, Venerable Changchun did not take offense at his impetuous attitude, but patiently explained, "What I mean is that since the needs and desires of the Earth Barbarians and our human cultivators are similar, and this world is so vast, the two races are not necessarily unable to coexist. At least our human race is willing to reserve a territory for the Earth Barbarians!"

The Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint understood his words and immediately looked at him coldly, questioning, "You want my barbarian race to submit to the human race and become their dogs?"

"There's no need to be so harsh. As the most powerful race in this world, it wouldn't be a disgrace for you barbarians to become our vassals!"

Venerable Changchun waved his hand and replied in a calm tone.

Upon hearing this, the Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint fell silent.

If he had a choice, he certainly wouldn't want the barbarians to become vassals of another race, having an extra master for no reason.

However, he also knew very well that after he was captured, the barbarian tribes didn't really have many options.

Even if they disagree with surrendering to the human race, the barbarian tribe, having lost the protection of a sixth-tier being, will be regarded as a vassal by other alien races and ordered around at will.

Who knows, the next war between humans and other races might use the Earth Barbarians and even the three races of the Heaven Barbarian Plains as cannon fodder!

This is the tragedy of small races.

Once a top-level figure is no longer in charge, they will lose their independence and autonomy.

After a long silence, the Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint finally spoke in a deep voice: "How can I believe your words? Although you, Venerable Changchun, have high cultivation, not all the other Nascent Soul cultivators of the human race are willing to listen to you. What if the other Nascent Soul cultivators of your race renege on their promises in the future? How will I and the Barbarian Clan then face the consequences?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Tai Geng Divine Venerable coldly looked at him and rebuked him, "You barbarian, you are so ignorant! Senior Changchun is a highly respected elder of our human race. None of us will object to the promise he made on behalf of our human race!"

Changchun Venerable, abandoning his previous gentle demeanor, looked at the Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint with indifference and said, "I may not be able to decide your life or death with a single word, but after refining you, Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint, I am confident that I can still decide the demise of the barbarian race with a single word!"

Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint was powerless to refute these words, for they were indeed true.

In the end, he could only sigh and say, "Very well, this Saint is willing to lead the barbarians to submit to the human race, but I wonder what it would take for Venerable Changchun to allow this Saint to return!"

However, he was also very clear in his heart that Venerable Changchun would not easily let him leave and release a tiger back into the mountains.

However, he was also curious about what means Venerable Changchun could use to restrain him.

It's important to understand that sixth-tier beings are already very difficult to enslave and control, let alone a sixth-tier body cultivator like him!

"Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint, your soul and flesh are fused together, making ordinary restrictive techniques useless against you. It is indeed quite difficult to subdue you!"

Venerable Changchun smiled and immediately raised his hand, producing a fist-sized, dark red cicada.

Then he said calmly, "This insect is called the [Asura Blood-Transforming Cicada]. Using it as a medium, a Gu insect called the [Asura Blood-Transforming Gu] can be refined. Once this Gu has devoured enough essence blood of a living being, it will become equivalent to a part of that living being's body, forming a peculiar symbiotic relationship with it!"

"Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint, you only need to feed this Gu with your heart's essence blood. Once it merges into your body, you can leave!"

Upon hearing his words, the Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint couldn't help but stare intently at the dark red Gu worm.

Unfortunately, even in the human cultivation world, the art of Gu worms is a very niche and unorthodox practice. Only those cultivators who practice insect control techniques can refine them, and usually the Gu worms they can refine are not very strong.

Such a Gu worm, capable of restraining a sixth-order being, was something even a human Nascent Soul cultivator like Tai Geng Divine Venerable had never heard of or seen before. How could the Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint possibly understand it?

After looking it over from left to right and still not seeing anything, he steeled himself, nodded, and said, "Alright, this saint wants to see if this little bug is as powerful as you say!"

After saying that, he punched his chest hard and spat out his heart's blood.

Strangely enough, the [Asura Blood Transformation Gu] that had been completely still in the hands of Venerable Changchun immediately flew to the ball of blood essence after the Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint spat it out, at a speed that Zhou Chun could hardly see, and began to devour and enjoy this incomparably precious Barbarian Saint blood essence.

After devouring a ball of essence blood, it seemed still unsatisfied and immediately pounced straight at the Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint.

Seeing this, the Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint's expression changed slightly, and he reflexively wanted to punch the insect away.

Just as he raised his fist, he felt the sharp sword intent of Tai Geng God Venerable beside him, and could only stop there, letting the insect pounce on his chest.

Suddenly, something happened that caused his expression to change drastically once again.

After the [Asura Blood-Transforming Gu] pounced on his chest, his powerful body was completely defenseless against this worm, which easily transformed into blood light that pierced through his skin and flesh and landed on his heart.

Then he felt a jolt in his heart, and a feeling of weakness welled up inside him.

However, a large amount of his essence and vital energy were absorbed by the [Asura Blood-Transforming Gu] that was lying on his heart.

After absorbing a large amount of his essence and vital energy, the Gu worm transformed into a stream of dark red blood that merged into his heart and roamed throughout his body with the flow of blood.

Finally, the dark red blood flowed back into his heart, and there was no more movement.

All of this seemed to be perceived and understood by Venerable Changchun, who quickly smiled slightly at Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint and said, "Very good, Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint, you can leave now."

"Really? You're not trying to fool me, are you?"

Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint looked at Venerable Changchun with a face full of surprise and doubt, seemingly unable to believe that things could be so simple.

"What's the point of me lying to you? Why don't you try and see!"

Venerable Changchun glanced at him with a hint of disdain and said indifferently.

Upon hearing this, the Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint immediately stopped talking and headed out of the valley.

He left Changchun Valley without any hindrance.

Only then did he believe that what Venerable Changchun had said was true, and then he left the vicinity of Changchun Valley with a mixture of joy and worry.

"Senior Changchun, can that [Asura Blood Transformation Gu] really restrain the Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint? We finally managed to capture him this time, but if he rebels again, it won't be so easy to kill him next time!"

Inside Changchun Valley, Tai Geng Divine Venerable watched the departing figure of the Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint and couldn't help but express his worries to Venerable Changchun, without any attempt to conceal the existence of his junior, Zhou Chun.

After hearing his words, Venerable Changchun smiled faintly and said, "If the Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint is still at the sixth level of cultivation, the [Asura Blood Transformation Gu] will definitely not be able to control him, and I would not have taken such a big risk to release this thing."

"However, the Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint has now fallen six ranks in cultivation and is eager to return to the sixth rank, which gives me an opportunity!"

"From now on, as he strives to return to the sixth rank and slaughters and devours demon kings on a massive scale, the [Asura Blood Transformation Gu] will share in his gains without him noticing, and his cultivation recovery speed will even appear normal!"

"However, he will never know that, as time goes by, the [Asura Blood Transformation Gu] will, in the process, transform all of his life essence into its own vital energy, and turn his body into its own vessel!"

"In the end, not only will he fail to return to the sixth rank, but his profound essence and vital energy will also become nourishment for the [Asura Blood Transformation Gu], helping this Gu to completely transform and mature into a unique sixth-rank divine Gu!"

At this point, Venerable Changchun sighed softly, "In truth, this kind of Gu-refining method is almost a demonic act. If it weren't for the fact that the [Asura Blood Cicada] is indeed rare, and because I am old and my blood and energy are declining, I would need the [Asura Blood Cicada] to replenish my blood and energy and increase my chances of a successful breakthrough, and I wouldn't have resorted to such an evil method!"

Upon hearing his explanation, Tai Geng Divine Venerable immediately stopped talking.

Given the momentous event of Venerable Changchun breaking through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, taking some risks is indeed worthwhile.

After thinking for a moment, he changed the subject, saying, "We were able to capture the Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint thanks to this junior who relayed the message, so I took the liberty of bringing him along. I hope Senior Changchun will forgive me!"

He then beckoned to Zhou Chun and said, "Zheng Chun, why don't you come over and pay your respects to Senior Changchun?"

"Junior Zhou Zhengchun pays respects to Senior Changchun."

Zhou Chun quickly bowed deeply to express his respect.

Venerable Changchun, however, gazed at him intently, his eyes gleaming with emerald light.

Zhou Chun herself did not feel uncomfortable with his gaze.

But Venerable Changchun seemed to see right through him with just one glance.

He immediately said, "His physical constitution is average, but his lifespan is not long. He is physically strong and mentally powerful, so he does have a better chance than the average junior."

The "opportunity" he mentioned should refer to the probability of successfully transforming into a deity.

At least that's what Zhou Chun thought, and he was secretly pleased.

Tai Geng Divine Lord then continued, "This lad's innate talent and cultivation are not particularly outstanding, but his opportunities and fortune are exceptionally abundant. Despite coming from a humble background, he has managed to cultivate five extraordinary demon king spirit pets, always turning misfortune into good fortune and profiting from chaos!"

As he said this, Tai Geng God Venerable couldn't help but think of the [Ten Thousand Gold Mother Stone] that had helped him so much.

Such divine objects are rare even for cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage.

"I saw it! A four-clawed, four-toed thunder dragon, and a mountain-carrying tortoise, a nearly extinct demonic beast. They are indeed rare species. What's even more remarkable is that they were able to cultivate the wood spirit to the fifth rank!"

Venerable Changchun nodded slowly, and in one breath he revealed the origins of the demon king spirit pets in Zhou Chun's spirit beast bag.

At this moment, as if remembering something, he suddenly looked at Zhou Chun and said, "Young man, I have something I'd like to ask you to help me with. I wonder if you'd be willing?"

Upon hearing his words, not only Zhou Chun, but even Tai Geng Divine Venerable showed surprise.

After all, he is the dignified Venerable Changchun, the number one cultivator of the human race!

After his initial surprise, Zhou Chun quickly and respectfully replied, "It is an honor for this junior to serve Senior Changchun!"

"Since you're willing to help, then let that wood spirit come out."

Venerable Changchun waved his hand and gave a soft instruction.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately obeyed and released Lu Yuanjun.

"Mu Sang pays respects to Senior Changqing and Senior Taigeng."

As soon as the Deer Lord appeared in his spirit deer form, he immediately knelt down and bowed deeply to the two human Nascent Soul stage experts.

"No need for formalities."

Venerable Changchun uttered a few words, and an invisible force helped Lu Yuanjun up.

He then raised his hand and beckoned, and a handful of pine needles fell from the [Immortal Pine] behind him, flying into his hand, and then tossed it to Lu Yuanjun.

"Try it out first, and tell me your impressions!"

Lu Yuanjun immediately opened her mouth and put the handful of pine needles in her mouth, then closed her eyes to feel them.

A moment later, he opened his eyes and slowly said, "Ancient trees remain evergreen, life grows naturally!"

Upon hearing this, Venerable Changchun, his expression unchanged, calmly replied, "We'll discuss it further after we've finished eating it!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yuanjun immediately swallowed all the pine needles in his mouth and began to savor them.

After some time had passed, he shook his head and said, "This junior is too dull to describe its taste!"

"Then you might be able to sense the unique inspiration within it?"

Venerable Changchun asked again.

"able!"

Lu Yuanjun glanced at Zhou Chun and nodded slightly.

"Excellent!"

Venerable Changchun nodded slightly, then turned to Zhou Chun and said, "The matter I wish to entrust to you, young friend, is to search for a spiritual plant with a similar spiritual energy to the pine needles we just saw in the northeast direction of Changchun Valley. If you can find this plant, I may be able to lend you a hand when you reach the Nascent Soul stage in the future!"

Upon hearing this, both Zhou Chun and Tai Geng were immediately shocked.

However, the two were shocked for different reasons.

The "Eternal Pine" is a matter of acquired spiritual roots, a secret known only to those within the Nascent Soul realm.

Therefore, although Zhou Chun also sensed the extraordinary nature of the spiritual pine tree behind Venerable Changchun, he was unaware that it was a legendary acquired spiritual root.

He was simply shocked by the reward offered by Venerable Changchun!

If someone else offered him this reward, even if that person was a Nascent Soul cultivator, he would still be skeptical.

After all, if all Nascent Soul cultivators had the ability to help others achieve Nascent Soul status, then there wouldn't be so few Nascent Soul cultivators in the world.

However, the one who said these words was Venerable Changchun, a senior master who had once guided and helped Venerable Taigeng to successfully transform into a deity!

With the successful example of Tai Geng Divine Venerable before us, it is quite convincing for Venerable Changchun to say such things!

What shocked Tai Geng Divine Venerable was that there was actually a second acquired spiritual root in the world.

This was the first time he had heard Venerable Changchun mention this matter, and he looked at Venerable Changchun in great shock, his eyes full of inquiry.

"Li Niang, take your young friend to Chunhui Garden to select three spiritual herbs, and then take this young friend Mu Sang to Bai Mu Forest to absorb the power of the wood spirit."

Just as Zhou Chun was still processing the astonishing information contained in Venerable Changchun's words, Venerable Changchun had already summoned the woman in blue who had brought them there earlier and gave her new instructions.

Upon hearing his command, the woman in green immediately replied respectfully, "Li Niang obeys."

Then she gently raised her hand to Zhou Chun and Lu Yuanjun and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, Fellow Daoist Musang, please follow me this way."

"Many thanks to Senior Changchun for the kind gift!"

Zhou Chun composed himself slightly, and hurriedly thanked Venerable Changchun together with Lu Yuanjun before leaving with the woman in green.

After Zhou Chun and his servant left, Tai Geng Divine Venerable spoke excitedly, "Senior Changchun, judging from your words just now, could it be that a new acquired spiritual root has been born in this world?!"

"Decades ago, the Immortal Pine Tree did indeed show signs of life, and a new acquired spiritual root was born."

"Although there is a connection between acquired spiritual roots, these spiritual beings all have the ability to shield themselves from the secrets of heaven and to calculate their location. They are also born with the ability to hide their spiritual energy so that other beings of the same kind or cultivators cannot sense their exact location."

Therefore, even the [Immortal Pine] could only roughly sense that this object appeared in the northeast direction of Everlasting Spring Valley!

Venerable Changchun nodded slightly, not concealing the details he knew.

He already has one acquired spiritual root, so having one more wouldn't make much difference.

However, acquired spiritual roots are of great significance to other Nascent Soul stage cultivators!

If he could obtain this item, all the other Nascent Soul stage cultivators would probably be begging to him, and there would be other benefits to come.

Upon hearing his answer, Tai Geng Divine Lord became even more excited and couldn't help but follow up, saying, "Isn't the area northeast of Changchun Valley also included in the Lian Tian Man Plain? Could this thing be from the territory of an alien race? Aren't the Wood Spirit Clan among the Five Elements Spirit Clan also skilled at cultivating and discovering spirit trees?"

"That possibility certainly exists."

Venerable Changchun nodded slightly, not denying this point.

Upon hearing this, Tai Geng Divine Venerable immediately said in a deep voice, "Then this junior will go to Tianman Plain to conduct soul searches on those high-ranking members of the Wood Spirit Clan!"

"You can handle these things yourself."

Venerable Changchun waved his hand, offering no opinion.

However, since he did not object, the Tai Geng God Venerable naturally took it as his consent.

On the other side, after Zhou Chun followed the woman in blue into the Chunhui Garden mentioned by Venerable Changchun, he immediately felt like Grandma Liu visiting the Grand View Garden.

Spring Breeze Garden is a medicinal garden, where various rare and precious medicinal herbs are planted, and their age is suitable for Nascent Soul stage cultivators to refine pills.

Zhou Chun even saw all the other important auxiliary ingredients of the [Transformation Pill] besides the [Heavenly Infant Fruit].

If he uses the three quotas for spiritual herbs on these herbs, he could even use them to collaborate with someone who has the [Heavenly Infant Fruit] to refine pills, and he would most likely be able to get a spiritual pill in return.

But what use was that to him?

Therefore, he didn't linger on those spiritual herbs at all, but instead prioritized those that could be useful to himself or his spirit pet.

"This Golden Light Grass, this Thunder Pulse Fruit, and this Yellow Dragon Ginseng—I, Zhou, will take these three medicinal herbs!"

After much deliberation, Zhou Chun finally pointed to three spiritual herbs in the herb garden and announced his choice.

"Alright, Fellow Daoist Zhou, would you like to transplant it or harvest it directly?"

The woman in green glanced at the three medicinal herbs he had chosen, nodded immediately, and inquired about his needs.

"Let's just pick them!"

Zhou Chun gave the answer without hesitation.

Upon hearing his words, the woman in green immediately picked three spiritual herbs, put them into a sealing jade box, and handed them to him.

Then they took their master and servants to the Hundred Trees Forest mentioned by Venerable Changchun, where hundreds of spirit trees grew, including many fifth-order spirit trees that were thousands of feet tall!

This should be considered as an advance payment from Venerable Changchun to Lord Luyuan.