I Tame Beasts by Feeding

Chapter 73: Chapter 72: Gongsun Yang Comes Out of Seclusion

Yu Changsheng hastily returned the gesture and then fed it the Sunflower Leaves.

The Cyan Flower Deer ate with great relish. The more it looked at the youth before it, the more it liked him. ’Keepers this entertaining are few and far between.’

It glanced in Elder Wei’s direction and curled its lip. ’That old man is so much more boring. Too bad I can’t beat him in a fight.’

After finishing the Sunflower Leaves, the Cyan Flower Deer turned to the side, lifted a slender leg, and pointed to its back.

Yu Changsheng froze for a moment. ’This has never happened before. What do I do?’

He glanced at Elder Wei, only to see the man pretending not to notice, stroking his Profound Turtle and pointedly ignoring the situation.

’Does it want me to get on?’ Yu Changsheng wondered, then raised his leg toward the Cyan Flower Deer’s back.

But he had barely lifted his leg when the Cyan Flower Deer noticed his movement. It spun around, humiliated and enraged, and kicked out at him!

Yu Changsheng was horrified. He spun around to dodge, but the blast of Vigorous Qi still scraped his face, making it sting. A cold sweat broke out on his back.

’This is a Qi Refining Eighth Layer Spirit Beast! If that kick had connected, I’d be dead or seriously wounded!’

But Yu Changsheng was utterly confused. ’Didn’t you want me to get on? Why the sudden change of attitude?’

The Cyan Flower Deer lifted its head and let out a haughty cry.

"BLEAT!"

"Oh! I get it now. You want me to groom the fur on your back."

Yu Changsheng finally understood what the Cyan Flower Deer meant and felt a bit sheepish.

’This deer is so hard to read!’

The Cyan Flower Deer lay on the grass while Yu Changsheng groomed its fur. It wore a blissful expression until its coat was perfectly smooth, at which point it lifted a hoof and waved him away dismissively.

"Alright, I get the hint. I’m leaving."

Yu Changsheng sighed. At least he had managed to satisfy his client.

After feeding the animals in the Beast Garden, his Essence had increased by 1,890 points.

His total broke past thirty thousand, so he casually spent a thousand points to upgrade Shadow Flash to Mastery!

[Name: Yu Changsheng]

[Realm: Qi Refining Sixth Heaven]

[Physique: Spirit Beast Affinity]

[Cultivation Technique: Chang Chun Technique (Proficient 5/10,000), Refining God Technique (Mastery 415/100,000), Beast Taming Technique (Proficient 132/10,000), Three-coin Fire Refining Technique (Proficient 2,022/10,000)]

[Magic: Fireball Skill (Minor Achievement 55/100,000), Shadow Flash (Mastery 1/50,000), Wind Travel Skill (Mastery 160/10,000), Wood Shield Skill (Mastery 136/10,000), Rainwalking Skill (Beginner 10/100), Thousand Thoughts Slash (Beginner 10/20,000)]

[Skills: Tier One Spirit Plant (5/1,000), Tier Two Alchemy Dao (722/50,000)]

[Spirit Pet: Red Refining Snake, Iron Carving King]

[Remaining Essence: 35,600]

At the Mastery level, Shadow Flash’s range increased to fifty meters.

As long as Yu Changsheng was fast enough, he could instantly escape from danger. Furthermore, its cost had been reduced, so he wouldn’t run out of Magical Power after using it just a few times.

’I’ll save the rest of the points for the Refining God Technique. It’s the only way to increase my Cultivation speed.’

At Yu Changsheng’s current Cultivation speed, without consuming Spirit Beast Pills to gain Magical Power, it would take him ten years just to reach the Qi Refining Peak. Such was the curse of a Mixed Spirit Root.

However, once his Refining God Technique reached Minor Achievement, his Cultivation speed would be indistinguishable from someone with a True Spirit Root.

’Even a Golden Core True Master from Beast Taming Peak would probably struggle to cultivate it to Minor Achievement.’

Yu Changsheng had no idea just how powerful a Golden Core True Master was, but he figured that even if they could cultivate it to Minor Achievement, it would take them centuries.

’But this Thousand Thoughts Slash requires 20,000 Essence just to advance beyond the Beginner level. What kind of Magic is this?’

Yu Changsheng couldn’t help but think, ’Elder Wei is more mysterious than I imagined, just casually handing out Magic of this caliber.’

Magic came in high and low grades. The most basic ones, like the Fireball Skill, were considered Low Grade Qi Refining Techniques. Any Qi Refining Cultivator could learn them, making them essential tools for murder and arson.

A Body Technique like Shadow Flash, which required 50,000 Essence to advance beyond Mastery, was considered an Upper Grade Magic in the Qi Refining Realm.

By that logic, Thousand Thoughts Slash was very likely a Mid-grade Foundation Establishment Technique.

’Elder Wei has so many good things. I wonder if he has any other Magic I could cultivate.’ Yu Changsheng’s heart tingled with temptation.

A technique like that would cost tens of thousands of contribution points just to view in the library, yet Elder Wei had given it to him so casually. Adhering to the principle of never turning down a freebie, Yu Changsheng decided he would put on an even better performance tomorrow.

「A few days later.」

Yu Changsheng finally received a message from his master, announcing he had come out of seclusion. He let out a sigh.

’Time to tell Master. I hope he doesn’t take the news too hard.’

He soon mounted his Iron Carving King and flew to the main peak, arriving at the Alchemy Hall.

Gongsun Yang had been in seclusion on Jade Cauldron Peak. The moment he emerged, he notified his disciple and made his way to the Alchemy Hall as well.

As the Skill Transmission Elder of the Alchemy Hall, meeting Yu Changsheng there was the best option. If he went to Beast Taming Peak, or if Yu Changsheng came to Jade Cauldron Peak, any unpleasant encounters with other Outer Disciples would just create unnecessary trouble.

"Master!" Yu Changsheng called out upon seeing Gongsun Yang.

After his breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, Gongsun Yang was in excellent spirits. Seeing Yu Changsheng, he beckoned him over to sit. "I thought this breakthrough would be a close call," he said with a laugh, "I never expected to succeed in just over a month."

"It’s all thanks to this potent Foundation Establishment Pill."

"Jade Cauldron Peak will soon appoint me as a Guardian Elder. However, I’ll be keeping my room here in the Alchemy Hall. This way, I can teach you here more often, saving you the trouble of running all the way to Jade Cauldron Peak."

Yu Changsheng was touched. "Thank you, Master," he said.

"By the way, where is your junior brother? I sent him a message but still haven’t heard back. Has he left the sect?" Gongsun Yang, his face flush with success, finally thought of Tang Xing and asked with a smile.

"He died at my hands," Yu Changsheng said, telling Gongsun Yang what had happened.

The teacup in Gongsun Yang’s hand froze mid-air before he slammed it down on the wooden table. "That whelp was so viciously ambitious!" he roared. "If I had known, I never would have taken him as my disciple!"

He then quickly turned to Yu Changsheng, his voice filled with concern. "Are you hurt?"

Yu Changsheng shook his head.

"Good, that’s good. As for Tang Xing, you did the right thing killing him!"

"I could tell from the start that he was a schemer, but I never imagined he would target you just to become my direct disciple. Hah! Even if I had no other disciples, he would never have been worthy!"

Gongsun Yang’s face was filled with indignation. The thought of Yu Changsheng possibly dying at Tang Xing’s hands made him curse himself for bringing a wolf into his own home.

In his eyes, Yu Changsheng was a precious treasure. If a once-in-a-century Alchemy prodigy like him were to perish, he would regret it to his grave.

"As for the Tang Family, don’t you worry. I will have someone go and give them a warning. Hmph!" Gongsun Yang snorted, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes.

Don’t be fooled by Gongsun Yang’s kind, grandfatherly appearance. To have made it all the way to Foundation Establishment with a Mixed Spirit Root, he had fought his way through and outlived countless others. There was no danger he hadn’t seen.

Murder? Clan annihilation? These were common occurrences in the Cultivation Realm!

Now that he was a Foundation Establishment Cultivator and a Tier Three Alchemist, he only had to say the word. Even if the Tang Family grew a hundred backbones, they wouldn’t dare touch the Yu Family!

The connections of a Tier Three Alchemist were no joke.

"Thank you, Master."

Yu Changsheng quickly expressed his thanks. Then, as if suddenly remembering something, he lowered his voice and asked, "Master, do you have any more of those Foundation Establishment Pills left?"