Taming Beasts and Cultivating Immortality from Two Realms

Chapter 19 Mysterious Spirit Lake
As the golden light surged, two figures, a man and a dog, slowly appeared in the simple cave.

"You can open your eyes now. Remember, you cannot bark without my permission, unless an enemy appears."

After saying that, Chen Beiwu took off the blindfold, and Tiedan ran happily in the cave, but he never barked.

"Very good. Now I will practice. You will be in charge of the security."

After instructing Tiedan, Chen Beiwu took out the emerald green snake gall and black gold ginseng from his backpack.

It was unclear whether the effectiveness of the snake gall would be greatly reduced due to steaming. To be cautious, Chen Beiwu used his magic power to clean it a little. After confirming that there were no remaining parasites, he opened his mouth and swallowed it.

In an instant, a strong fishy smell filled Chen Beiwu's mouth.

"Uh!"

He felt a little nauseous, so he quickly cut a piece of black gold ginseng with a knife and put it in his mouth. Then he used the tip of his tongue to press the ginseng piece against his palate and used his magic power to refine it.

As Chen Beiwu practiced the Ten Thousand Beasts Technique, the medicinal power of the snake gall and ginseng slices began to be released.

A stream of warm spiritual energy first went straight through his throat to his dantian, then turned into a rushing torrent of spiritual energy, quickly merging into his flesh, blood, bones, organs and meridians.

"This snake gall is really strong. No wonder the Jade Scale became extinct."

Two hours later, Chen Beiwu exhaled, opened his arms, and stretched his slightly numb body.

Just by refining a snake gall and a piece of ginseng, not only did he feel full of strength, but even the magic power in his dantian became half a percent more refined than before.

Don't underestimate this half. It takes time to purify the purity of mana. What's more, the purity of mana in Chen Beiwu's body has long surpassed that of cultivators of the same level.

If there were no external help, he would need to practice the Ten Thousand Beasts Art for at least half a month to achieve this effect, but now he only took two hours. This is the effect of natural treasures.

"No wonder the immortal cultivation families in Yuankong County can produce geniuses from generation to generation. If I could chew ginseng slices and swallow snake gall every day, I wouldn't even need to contract a ginseng beast. I could break through to the eighth level of Qi training in a month or two." Chen Beiwu sighed in his heart.

The next second, a dog's head suddenly came into his sight.

Chen Beiwu asked curiously, "Why, you want to eat too?"

Tiedan nodded frantically and almost drooled on Chen Beiwu.

"It's simple. If you want to eat, you have to work. Don't say I'm bullying you. If you can help me find this kind of snake, we'll split it 50-50. This is the deposit." Chen Beiwu placed the corpse of the emerald-scaled snake in front of Tiedan.

Hearing this, Tiedan became excited.

It first swallowed the corpse of the emerald-scaled snake like chewing spicy strips, and then spat out a ball of light golden flame, which turned into a crude star map.

There are three large sky blue light spots in the star map that are the most eye-catching, and the rest are densely packed green light spots.

Chen Beiwu took out the topographic map and found that the three light spots were the territories of the second-level spirit beasts that he had not dared to explore carefully before.

"How is it? Can you find the Green Scale?" he asked expectantly.

Tiedan frowned for a while, then ran quickly out of the cave.

Seeing this, Chen Beiwu carefully put away the black gold ginseng and followed Tiedan.

Crossing the rugged mountain roads and crossing the towering cliffs, as Tiedan went deeper and deeper into the mountains, Chen Beiwu found that the surrounding scenery became more and more profound, and the cry of an unknown spirit beast could be heard from time to time in the distance.

But Tiedan didn't stop, and continued to move forward into the depths of the mountains with a clear goal.

An hour later, a thick fog covered the earth like white silk, completely obscuring the road ahead of Chen Beiwu.

"Are you sure you're not in the wrong place?" He looked down at Tiedan, feeling something was wrong.

Tiedan shook his head, wrapped his tail around Chen Beiwu's calf, and walked cautiously into the fog.

After circling around in the fog where nothing could be seen clearly, Chen Beiwu's eyes suddenly became clear.

There was a blue lake embedded between two mountains like a gem, and the spiritual energy content in the lake was extremely astonishing.

Mist imbued with spiritual energy continuously rose, not only dyeing the lake surface into a hazy fairyland, but also redirecting the spiritual energy that escaped from the mist back into the lake, leaving only layers of fog as a defensive barrier. 'There's actually a spiritual lake hidden here.'

Chen Beiwu stopped, as if facing a formidable enemy.

It is not surprising to find lakes hidden in the deep mountains, but the spiritual lake in front of us is completely different.

A lake that naturally contains spiritual veins will not lock the spiritual energy and prevent it from leaking out.

The spiritual mist in this lake gathers and does not disperse, indicating that a cultivator has set up a spirit gathering formation here.

Formation masters vary in strength. A cultivator who can set up a formation and lock up a lake of spiritual energy is at least a second-level formation master, and is someone he cannot afford to offend.

"Is Tiedan really that unreliable?" Chen Beiwu mobilized his magic power and prepared to run away.

Snakes can help him find lakes where people raise spiritual fish. In a sense, Tiedan is also a genius in navigation.

The problem is that he is too weak now. Even if he finds the Spirit Lake, he will not be able to reach it, and his life may be in danger.

Tiedan had no idea what Chen Beiwu was thinking. He shook his head excitedly, as if waiting for his master's approval.

When Chen Beiwu had mobilized half of the power of the Ten Directions Chaos, he suddenly found something wrong.

If there was someone guarding the spiritual lake here, he and Tiedan would not have been able to safely reach the core of the formation. They would have been discovered by the master of the formation the moment they touched the fog.

After hesitating for a moment, Chen Beiwu picked up a branch and threw it into the lake.

"Crack, click, click!"

The branch fell in mid-air and was instantly engulfed in misty fog, then fell at a speed visible to the naked eye, attracting several spirit fish to jump out of the water to scramble for it.

Seeing this scene, Chen Beiwu was not surprised but happy.

'It really is a no-man's land!'

The formation set up by the formation master is not a perpetual motion machine.

It’s okay if there is no maintenance for a period of time, the formation can automatically absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to maintain operation.

However, if it is not maintained for too long, as the terrain of the mountains changes, the formation will have some flaws, thereby leaking the energy and being known to the outside world, and even losing its defensive function.

At this moment, a purple light suddenly passed by the central island of Linghu Lake opposite Chen Beiwu.

It was a giant beast with a head like a lion or tiger and a shoulder height of two meters.

At this moment, it lowered its head and pressed its spiral horn against the lake water.

"Crack!"

As the raging lightning burst out, the spirit fish rolled their eyes and floated weakly on the lake.

【Species】：Cang Lei Tiger

[Attribute]: Thunder

[Bloodline]: Second-grade superior (Spiritual Beast)
[Daoist Experience]: More than 50 years, less than 499 years (small demon)
[Talent]: Thunder Palm (controlling thunder), Thunder Minion (can transform swallowed enemies into Thunder Minion puppets)
Thinking of this kind of spiritual beast information, Chen Beiwu's pupils shrank and an idea suddenly popped up in his mind.

"The owner of this Spirit Lake has never been seen. Could it be that he died at the hands of the Cang Lei Hu?"

"Fortunately, I was cautious and mobilized the power of the Ten Directions Chaos Gate in advance!"

As the barely perceptible golden light spread, Chen Beiwu and Tiedan immediately disappeared from the spot.

At the same time, Cang Leihu's nose moved slightly, and he suddenly looked up at Chen Beiwu's previous position, with a hint of human doubt in his eyes.

Is it an illusion?

(End of this chapter)