Taming Beasts and Cultivating Immortality from Two Realms

Chapter 97 Qi Refining Level Nine
"Is it possible?"

Upon hearing the dragon's roar, Lu Jian's eyes widened in horror, and he instinctively looked up at the sky.

Seeing this, Li Lin also followed Senior Brother Lu's gaze and looked up at the sky.

The next instant, the celestial phenomena at the summit of Shuiyue Peak changed drastically, and the originally clear sky suddenly became extremely gloomy.

Thick, dark clouds gathered together, and under the tearing force of the winds, they formed the outline of a pair of dragon horns.

As time passed, the clouds surged, twisted, and stretched, forming the spine of a winding dragon.

Immediately afterwards, a rumble of thunder came from deep within the clouds, dyeing the sky and clouds with a layer of lightning that shimmered like dragon scales.

"Is a dragon being born?" Li Lin asked in astonishment.

That shouldn't be! The Mirror Moon Sea belongs to the sect's territory, how could a strange dragon possibly be born there?

"The rumors are actually true!" Lu Jian murmured.

"What rumors? Senior Brother Lu, could you please clear up my doubts?" Li Lin frowned slightly.

Lu Jian took a deep breath. "Junior Sister Li, are you aware of Jiang Yuyan's true teachings?"

“Of course I know. Jiang Zhenchuan is the ninth-ranked Golden Core seed on the Mirror Moon Ranking,” Li Lin said with a puzzled look.

Although Jiang Zhenchuan's ranking plummeted due to her two failed attempts to break through to the Golden Core stage, causing her to fall out of the top five of the Mirror Moon Ranking, she is still a figure that countless outer disciples dare not even imagine.

“I once heard a story from an elder in my clan.”

Lu Jian's eyes showed a look of reminiscence: "It is said that two hundred years ago, Jiang Zhenchuan was exceptionally gifted."

Not only did he successfully pass the sect's monthly selection ceremony and enter the Nine Apertures Sun and Moon Pool for secluded cultivation, but he also triggered the extraordinary phenomenon of the sun's hum, receiving a Dharma transmission from a Golden Core cultivator. Within a month, he leaped from a Qi Refining Stage 7 cultivator to a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

"How is that possible!" Li Lin's pupils contracted.

To advance through three minor realms within a month and break through the realm barrier to advance to Foundation Establishment is simply unbelievable.

Even a reincarnated Golden Core cultivator could probably not achieve such a feat.

"I always thought it was just a rumor," Lu Jian said with a helpless smile, his gaze never leaving the dragon-shaped cloud shadow in the sky. "But now the rumored phenomenon has reappeared!"

Li Lin pursed her lips, momentarily at a loss for words.

It should be noted that there are many talented disciples in the inner sect. Even cultivators with the aptitude of "Gazing at the Moon" can only be ranked in the middle to upper range. Those at the very top of the pyramid are always the true disciples with the aptitude of "Full Moon".

Even a true disciple with full moon potential couldn't cause any strange phenomena at the Sun and Moon Pool in the Nine Apertures. How did Senior Brother Chen Zi'ang manage to do it?

"Could it be that other fellow disciples are cultivating in seclusion at Sun Moon Lake?" Li Lin whispered.

"Maybe." Lu Jian shook his head, his pride completely gone.

Even if he successfully breaks through to the Foundation Establishment stage after taking the Foundation Establishment Pill, he would still be nothing more than a slightly larger ant in front of such a prodigy.

At the same time, in the main peak of Jingyue, the Elder Hall.

The Water Moon Mirror hangs high in the sky, reflecting the scene inside Sun Moon Lake.

"This little guy is actually a beast tamer." Elder Yu Zhenren, the second elder of the Transmission Hall, shook his head, his tone somewhat disappointed.

Cultivating oneself is worse than cultivating external things. If one cannot even understand the Great Dao within oneself, how can one talk about controlling beasts?

Moreover, compared to the true Dao of magic, the innate bloodline that demonic beasts rely on is utterly weak.

"The three thousand great paths lead to the same destination, so what about beast tamers?" said the Fifth Elder of the Refining Hall.

In the Southern Wilderness, it's not shameful to borrow from outsiders; it's shameful to lack strength.

If Senior Brother Zhu didn't possess numerous magical treasures, which would almost crush the Golden Core cultivators in the sect, he wouldn't have been able to earn the reputation of being the number one Golden Core cultivator below True Monarch.

"When the master is weak and the servant is strong, it is a path to death." The Fourth Elder of the Talisman Hall shook his head.

Chen Zi'ang is able to suppress the golden-scaled fish because he has the upper hand in cultivation.

However, if he invests all his resources in spirit pets and neglects his own cultivation, he may very well be harmed by the spirit pets in the future. "It's normal for a Qi Refining cultivator to be tempted by a Golden Scaled Fish with such aptitude," the Grand Elder of the Alchemy Hall said calmly.

No wonder this little guy has been so cautious; it turns out he's carrying a golden-scaled fish with exceptional qualities.

While it was indeed rare for this golden-scaled fish to trigger the strange phenomenon of the Nine-Aperture Sun and Moon Pool, it was not enough to tempt the Golden Core elders in the Human Affairs Hall.

After all, these kinds of spirit beasts grow slowly and require too many resources to raise.

Even if the golden-scaled fish that Chen Ziang contracted had the same aptitude as the Full Moon True Disciple and its bloodline was compatible with the Sun Moon Lake, it would still take hundreds or even thousands of years to have a chance to advance to the third-tier treasure beast, and there was even a high probability that the advancement would fail.

With so much time and resources, the sect should use them to cultivate more Golden Core cultivators.

Noticing that most of the Golden Core elders present had lost interest and left, the First Elder turned his gaze to the Fourth Elder.

"Junior sister, do you still want to compete?"

The Fourth Elder hesitated for a moment, then his divine consciousness and dharma body disintegrated: "I will keep my promise."

The First Elder then looked at the Second Elder.

"Me too." Master Yu shook his head and left.

In an instant, only the First Elder and the Fifth Elder remained in the Personnel Hall, silently watching the scene in the mirror. After a long while, their divine senses and spiritual bodies slowly dissipated.

……

The strange phenomenon at the summit of Shuiyue Peak came and went quickly.

In the short time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the dragon-shaped cloud shadow deep in the sky disappeared without a trace. Some of the main disciples who were in seclusion in the cave on Water Moon Peak did not even notice the strange phenomenon.

Only a very small number of main disciples noticed something was wrong and discussed it with surprise.

Soon, another half month passed.

Inside the Nine-Aperture Sun Moon Lake, Chen Beiwu suddenly had a flash of inspiration and opened his tightly closed eyes.

The Hongmu magic power that had been slowly flowing in his dantian began to surge violently at this moment.

An endless stream of Yin and Yang energies flowed into the two spiritual seeds as the cultivation technique was activated, further enhancing their quality.

"Gulu."

At the same time, the scales on the golden egg's body gradually emitted a golden glow, plundering all the spiritual energy within the Nine Aperture Sun and Moon Pool in an extremely domineering manner, and then frantically nourishing the spiritual seed within its body.

With the nurturing of one person and one pet, the realm barrier that ordinary cultivators could hardly cross could not even stop Chen Beiwu for a moment.

"boom!"

With a powerful aura erupting, Chen Beiwu's total magical power surged by 70%, and the range of his divine sense expanded from ten zhang to thirty zhang.

"Is this the power of a Qi Refining Stage 9 cultivator?!"

Chen Beiwu did not activate his magic power, but stretched out his right palm and clenched it tightly, and a terrifying sonic boom instantly rang out.

The purification of his body and marrow, coupled with the breakthrough in his cultivation realm, brought about a qualitative transformation in his spirit and energy.

If he were to secretly lay an ambush now, he could probably kill his former self, who was at the eighth level of Qi Refining, in an instant.

"Gurgle." The golden egg released a ring of bubbles, successfully attracting Chen Beiwu's attention.

From its appearance, the golden egg is not much different from its original form, except that it has a golden protrusion on its head, which looks a bit like a newly grown horn.

Chen Beiwu reached out and gently touched it, and a bloodstain immediately appeared on his fingertip.

"Such sharp horns!" Chen Beiwu exclaimed in surprise.

Although he wasn't wearing the Tide-Rising Armor and was simply activating his protective magic, he was confident that he would be completely unharmed by attacks from mid-grade first-tier magical techniques.

As a result, his defenses were easily breached by the motionless golden egg.

These newly grown horns are definitely extraordinary!
(End of this chapter)