I Tame Beasts by Feeding

Chapter 77: Chapter 76: Golden-Winged Eagle

For some reason, Yu Changsheng felt that this Cyan Flower Deer was getting more and more clingy. Every day after feeding it, he had to brush its coat and massage its head.

’Is it because it lies around too much and its body is sore?’

’Or is it just bored and wants me to play with it?’

Yu Changsheng couldn’t say for sure, because the Cyan Flower Deer’s mind was much more active than the Red Refining Snake’s.

His Spirit Beast Affinity Physique allowed him to generally understand what Spirit Beasts were trying to express, but when it came to this Cyan Flower Deer, he guessed wrong three times out of ten.

You might think that only three times is a low number.

But Yu Changsheng could understand other Spirit Beasts with one hundred percent accuracy!

This came as a bit of a blow to Yu Changsheng’s confidence.

The Cyan Flower Deer lifted its head and glanced at Yu Changsheng, whose massaging had become a bit absentminded. It let out a dissatisfied cry.

"Yoo!"

Yu Changsheng immediately snapped out of it and increased the pressure of his massage.

’What is this all about!’

He sighed.

Soon, the Cyan Flower Deer got up, stretched, and gave a satisfied nod. It then sauntered over to a patch of grass and leisurely lay down to sleep.

Only then did Yu Changsheng move on to feed the other Spirit Beasts.

The other Spirit Beasts were much easier to care for by comparison. They weren’t talkative and didn’t like to play. After eating, they would either zone out or go have staring contests with the other beasts.

After another day at the Beast Garden, Yu Changsheng returned to his wooden cabin and opened his status panel.

[Name: Yu Changsheng]

[Realm: Qi Refining Seventh Heaven]

[Physique: Spirit Beast Affinity]

[Cultivation Technique: Chang Chun Technique - Adept (5/10,000), Refining God Technique - Mastery (628/100,000), Beast Taming Technique - Adept (132/10,000), Three-coin Fire Refining Technique - Mastery (15/100,000)]

[Magic: Fireball Skill - Minor Achievement (355/100,000), Shadow Flash - Mastery (105/50,000), Wind Travel Skill - Mastery (211/10,000), Wood Shield Skill - Mastery (155/10,000), Rainwalking Skill - Beginner (10/100), Thousand Thoughts Slash - Beginner (105/20,000)]

[Skills: Tier One Spirit Plant (5/1,000), Tier Two Alchemy Dao (922/50,000)]

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

[Remaining Essence: 62,200]

The biggest recent change was to his Alchemy Dao. As for his other Cultivation Techniques and Magic, Yu Changsheng had been letting them advance naturally. He had saved up over sixty-two thousand essence points, and a breakthrough in the Refining God Technique was just around the corner.

He also remembered what Elder Wei had said about the Thousand Thoughts Slash—that only after reaching the Adept level could one truly understand how terrifying it was. The thought made him antsy.

’No, I swore an oath last time.’

This time, Yu Changsheng managed to restrain himself. He had no plans to leave the sect anytime soon, so there was no immediate danger, and thus no great need for the Thousand Thoughts Slash.

’I’ll just deal with it later.’

"Come out, Iron Carving King."

Yu Changsheng formed a hand seal and pointed, summoning the Iron Carving King.

The Iron Carving King was in the middle of training its claw strikes, its talons slashing through the air, when it was suddenly summoned. Its expression went blank for a moment before it turned to Yu Changsheng and obediently chirped, "Kree?"

Its expression and tone clearly asked what its master had summoned it for.

This was, after all, its precious evening training time.

"Come here. It’s time for you to break through to the Tier One Seventh Layer. I’ll help you complete your transformation," Yu Changsheng said with a smile, beckoning to it.

Upon hearing this, the Iron Carving King excitedly trotted over.

"Eat this."

Yu Changsheng took out a Qi Enhancement Pill. It had a single Pill Pattern.

The Iron Carving King was just a sliver away from the Tier One Seventh Layer, its aura already on the verge of a breakthrough. A single Qi Enhancement Pill would be enough.

The Iron Carving King stretched its neck out and swallowed the Qi Enhancement Pill. A dense wave of Spiritual Qi spread through its body, flowing into its limbs.

Its presence began to climb steadily.

A quarter of an hour later, it successfully broke through to the Tier One Seventh Layer. The process was as natural as water flowing downhill.

After being fed so many elixirs, any other Spirit Beast would have undoubtedly succeeded as well, to say nothing of the diligent and hardworking Iron Carving King.

As the Iron Carving King stabilized its aura, Yu Changsheng placed a palm on its feathers, and with a single thought, he initiated the next step.

’Transform.’

The next second, the Iron Carving King’s black feathers began to molt, replaced by feathers of a lustrous black and gold. Their sheen was several degrees brighter than before, as if they were glowing.

Seeing this, Yu Changsheng withdrew his hand.

When the transformation was complete, a single golden plume had appeared on the Iron Carving King’s head, looking both sharp and beautiful.

The transformation was a success!

"From now on, I should call you Golden-Winged Eagle," Yu Changsheng said with a laugh.

The Golden-Winged Eagle excitedly flapped its wings, turned, and nuzzled its head against Yu Changsheng’s palm like an affectionate puppy.

Yu Changsheng stroked its head and said with a chuckle, "Golden-Winged Eagle, you can’t act all cutesy and spoiled like before. You have to be more mature now, understand?"

The Golden-Winged Eagle nodded, though it didn’t seem to fully understand.

Its body was now much larger than before, though the change wasn’t as exaggerated as the Red Refining Snake’s. It was more of an overall scaling-up, with the most significant growth in its wings and the muscles beneath them, which coiled like horned dragons, radiating power.

Yu Changsheng was very pleased. "As expected of the descendant of a Tier Two Spirit Beast," he remarked. "After transforming into its complete form, its aura faintly surpasses the Red Refining Snake’s."

’Although, the name "Golden-Winged Eagle" is a bit plain.’

Yu Changsheng rubbed his chin and said, "How about I give you both nicknames? Always calling you by your species name feels too distant."

At this, the Golden-Winged Eagle nodded its head in happy agreement.

Yu Changsheng formed a hand seal and summoned the Red Refining Snake.

The Red Refining Snake had sensed something from within the Inner Realm. Sure enough, when it emerged, it found that the once-silly Iron Carving King had become a Golden-Winged Eagle—and it looked even cooler than the snake did!

’This guy is a minor realm below me. It can’t be strong enough to overpower me now, can it?’

The Red Refining Snake mulled it over. ’Impossible!’

’After all, I have the Water Spirit Illusion Armor, which is a perfect counter to physical damage. If I really fought the Golden-Winged Eagle, I’d be unbeatable. Plus, I can attack with poison mist. I have way more tricks up my sleeve than it does.’

’But I can’t get complacent,’ it thought. ’Otherwise, I’ll fall behind sooner or later. I have to cultivate diligently from now on!’

’Wait, didn’t I say the exact same thing last time? I even swore an oath.’

The Red Refining Snake flicked its forked tongue, wanting to cry but having no tears to shed.

"Now, what should I name you two?"

Yu Changsheng stared at the two Spirit Beasts before him, but for the life of him, he couldn’t think of a single suitable name. He was, after all, terrible at naming things.

"How about... Biggie Snake? Eagle Two?"

At this, the Red Refining Snake immediately shook its head in terror, disagreeing a million times over.

Even the normally docile Golden-Winged Eagle raised a wing in protest.

"Then what should I call you?"

Yu Changsheng fell into deep thought.

The man and his two beasts spent the whole night in the wooden cabin thinking, but they couldn’t come up with anything good. When it came to naming things, all of them were hopeless.

So, the next day, Yu Changsheng went back to using their species names.

"Red Refining Snake!"

"Golden-Winged Eagle!"

The Red Refining Snake opened its massive jaws and lunged, aiming to bite the Golden-Winged Eagle’s wing.

But the Golden-Winged Eagle remained calm in the face of danger. It turned in midair, its tail transforming into that of a fish, and whipped it across the Red Refining Snake’s massive mouth.

At the critical moment, the Red Refining Snake activated its Water Spirit Illusion Armor, its head becoming slick and smooth.

It successfully negated the damage from the fishtail.

But before it could celebrate, the Golden-Winged Eagle’s talons clamped down on its head, slamming it straight into the ground!

BANG—!

A large crater formed as dust flew everywhere.