Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book

In the Earth Immortal Realm, within a Tier Four Secret Realm, there lies a vast desert.

Above the desert, the blazing sun shines brightly, with golden dust storms raging everywhere, endless yellow sands that stretch as far as the eye can see.

Three cultivators, clad in Cold Silkworm Clothing, walk side by side through the desert.

One of them, resembling an elder, has small eyes that are exceptionally bright, quite mismatched with his outward appearance.

He bends down, scoops a handful of sand, shakes it off a few times, and then reveals a small Golden Cloud Crystal, saying with deep joy:

”Friend Chen, Friend Li, this is where the Golden Cloud Ants reside. Although most of these ants are only Tier Two Ant Insects, and a few Ant Generals are Tier Three, a Tier Four Ant King has emerged here. If we slay this Ant King, the Tier Four Golden Cloud Crystals will be ours, and the Tier Three Golden Cloud Ants can be bred and tamed, which will be a significant opportunity for your sects!”

The other two are a young man and woman.

Of course, these two aren’t really young, being over three hundred years old, but in the Cultivation Realm, they are still in their prime.

These two are Golden Core True Masters of the Jade Transformation Sect under the Purple Sun Immortal Sect, both newly advanced Golden Cores.

Their sects have also just been promoted to Tier Four Sects.

They look at the elder with great respect, after all, they have known Elder Zhang Yun since entering the Earth Immortal Realm.

The elder has imparted many secrets of the Earth Immortal Realm and brought them here to seek treasures.

The only pity is that, although Elder Zhang is in the Late Stage of Golden Core, he has not joined any sect and refused their invitations.

”Elder Zhang, this Tier Four Golden Cloud Ant is extremely aggressive, its carapace exceedingly tough, almost impervious to blades or guns. To deal with this Demon King, we need an Extreme Cold Magical Treasure to freeze and kill it.” The young male cultivator also followed the elder, scooping sand from the ground, and indeed found a small Golden Cloud Crystal.

These Golden Cloud Crystals are very famous in the Cultivation Realm, being perfect spirit materials for refining flying swords and blade and axe artifacts.

In the outside world, there are almost no loose Golden Cloud Ants.

”Naturally, I have already prepared an array. Do you have the Taiyuan Spirit Sand that the Golden Cloud Ants love to absorb?” The elder nods, gently holding an Array Disc.

Throwing the Array Disc and several Array Banners onto the ground, he begins to set up the array.

The two young cultivators then take out a Jade Box and pour out a lot of sand from it.

These grains of sand are each the size of a rice grain, brilliantly mixed, these are Tier Three Spirit Sand, Taiyuan Spirit Sand.

Once the sand was poured onto the ground, the three used a Concealment Technique, concealing themselves.

Soon enough, with the sound of rustling, one after another, orange-gold Spirit Ants crawl out, aligned in order, with their giant mandibles open.

Soon, they reach the Taiyuan Spirit Sand.

The largest of the Golden Cloud Ants is about the size of a calf, with three pairs of long golden limbs and a row of sharp fangs, extraordinarily fierce.

With one bite, it devoured most of the Taiyuan Spirit Sand.

”Now’s the time!” The young male cultivator spoke first.

The two each take out their magical treasures and approach the Tier Four Golden Cloud Ant King.

Just as they were about to show delight, they saw the array activate, enveloping the two of them.

A surge of cold Qi entered their bodies.

As they wanted to inquire Elder Zhang, they only saw a sinister face.

And two ghostly black needles heading straight for their foreheads.

”Elder Zhang...”

As they just activated their magical treasures, now invaded by cold Qi, and with these two Black Needles moving too quickly, clearly Top-Grade Magical Treasures, they couldn’t react in time.

They only managed to raise their hands, further pushing their magical treasures, but their foreheads were pierced by the Black Needles, and their bodies fell limply!

After all, in their eyes, the Zhang-named cultivator was a highly respected elder who had given them much guidance.

How could he strike at them secretly?

”Actually, I didn’t want to kill you two so early, but alas, too many surrogate bodies have died, and those damned righteous sects ambushed my original form!” This elder named Zhang was indeed one of Zhang Zhiqiu’s clones.

His cultivation technique is the Nine-Layered Spirit Body Technique.

This technique isn’t particularly strong in secret techniques or power, but it allows for up to nine clones, with some special effects upon breaking through a Great Realm.

Even if the original form dies, the clones can survive.

But the cultivation of the clones cannot change, and even if he leaves the Earth Immortal Realm, he can only seize another cultivator’s body via Possession, to re-cultivate his power.

And in the Cultivation Realm, Possession can only be done once and is prone to problems.

This almost cuts his Immortal Path in half, which makes him furious.

Moreover, Possession is not easy, and now apart from this surrogate, he only has one other, which is the most hidden.

He naturally wants to refine several surrogate bodies, even if these two only have cultivation at the Early Stage of Golden Core.

”Fortunately, the original form obtained a Sect Jade Prohibition, preventing Soul Search!”

”Still, Zhang will remember today’s events, and will definitely repay tenfold, a hundredfold in the future!” Zhang Zhiqiu bitterly declared.

Afterward, he also launched a Silver Needle at the Tier Four Early Stage Golden Cloud Ant Demon King.

The Tier Four Great Frost Prison Array coupled with two Top-Grade Black Ghost Needles, even this Tier Four Demon King’s strong body was quickly slain.

He extracted the Demon Pill from the Ant King and used a Spirit-Binding Ring to capture all remaining Tier Three Golden Cloud Ants.

Then he finally put away the Array.

As soon as the Array was put away, he saw two figures appear behind him at some unknown time.

Both figures wore Spirit-Blocking Robes and Spirit-Blocking Veils, making their faces and bodies invisible.

This startled him.

But upon sensing that their Divine Sense was only at the Early Stage and Middle Stage of the Golden Core, he relaxed.

”Zhang Daoist?” One of the figures called out.

This instinctively made Zhang Zhiqiu retreat backward.

Before he could withdraw, a scene occurred that he would never forget for the rest of his life.

He saw Tier Four Demon King Spirit Beasts emerge like Qi Cultivating Little Demons, swarming out one after another.

A Flood Dragon riding the clouds, a Roc Fish that covered the sky, a Golden Falcon, a massive Golden Rhinoceros, a Two-headed Turtle...

As the Spirit Beasts surged forth, a Profound Cold Domain even more terrifying than his Great Frost Prison Array enveloped him.

He only felt a chill poison invading his body.

Countless ice rain transformed into ice cones, piercing toward him.

Just as he used several Spirit Talismans to resist, a Fire Lotus unexpectedly fell, with rich green light, unavoidable.

Along with it, four Spirit Swords, the Earth Qilin Palace from the Golden Scale Beast, the Blood Absorption of the Six-Colored Cloud Deer...

Zhang Zhiqiu’s two Silver Needles and one Golden Bell Treasure were not enough to cover his whole body.

”Who are you, really!” he cried out in despair.

But Ye Xuecang and Ye Xuefan naturally would not respond.

They had no pity for this loose cultivator who specialized in setting up low-tier cultivators, nor would they explain.

As the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon released a Silver Moon Ice Palace, the giant silver moon shone on Zhang Zhiqiu’s ashen face, an Ice Dragon swooping through, blasting Zhang Zhiqiu’s body into pieces, leaving only several Storage Bags and a Spirit Beast Bag!

Ye Xuecang and Ye Xuefan took Zhang Zhiqiu’s Storage Bags and saw many Tier Four Spiritual Treasures and Tier Four Spiritual Medicines.

”It should undoubtedly be Zhang Zhiqiu’s clone.”

”I hope things go smoothly on Jingcheng’s end too!” Ye Xuecang roughly calculated that they had collected over ten Tier Four Spiritual Treasures.

But they were mostly Tier Four Lower-Grade Spiritual Treasures; the useful ones were only three items, two being Tier Four Top-Grade Black Ghost Needles and a Tier Four High-Grade Purple Gold Tower Treasure.

However, they had collected quite a lot of Spiritual Medicines, including two Gold Condensing Fruits and many Tier Four Spiritual Medicines, all quite rare and precious.

Counting the Great Frost Prison Array and the Golden Cloud Ant swarm, the Ye Family’s gains were significant.

”Let’s first store the Golden Cloud Crystals. Among them, there is a Tier Four Insect King Golden Cloud Crystal. The only pity is that Zhang Zhiqiu actually killed the Golden Cloud Ant King!” Ye Xuecang couldn’t help but say regretfully.

If the Insect King were alive and tamed, coupled with the Ye Family still having a suitable environment like the Desert Sea for Spirit Ants, the future Golden Cloud Crystal would be no less than a Tier Three Spirit Stone Ore Vein, continuously providing Spirit Stones to the Ye Family.

Now without the Insect King, the Ye Family would not know how much effort and time it would take to cultivate another Insect King.

...

In another area, at the very edge of the Earth Immortal Realm, where strange rocks jutted out, with few woods, and Spiritual Energy was much more sparse compared to most areas of the Earth Immortal Realm.

A green-robed figure also appeared atop a mountain peak.

This person was precisely Ye Jingcheng, standing on a stone.

He surveyed the surrounding environment.

Seeing three stones connected together, he finally nodded, confirming this was indeed what Zhang Zhiqiu referred to as the Chaotic Burial Mountain.

Through a Soul Search, Ye Jingcheng learned that Zhang Zhiqiu’s cultivation technique was the Nine-Layered Spirit Body Technique, allowing him to cultivate nine clones. Although the clones couldn’t cultivate further, they still had Zhang Zhiqiu’s Soul Split.

And even if a clone perished, it could be replenished with Secret Techniques and new cultivator corpses.

Similar to the Celestial Soul Scripture the Ye Family had obtained earlier.

Only this Cultivation Technique was evidently more impressive.

This Cultivation Technique, according to Zhang Zhiqiu’s judgment, was definitely an Earth Tier Middle or above Cultivation Technique, and it was something Zhang Zhiqiu acquired upon first arriving in the Earth Immortal Realm.

This Technique allowed Zhang Zhiqiu to have nine clones, which was the reason he thrived so well in the Independent Practitioner Realm.

Even some Nascent Soul Sects, Zhang Zhiqiu did not fear.

One of the clones, he had already sent with Ye Xuecang and Ye Xuefan along with the remaining Spirit Beasts to a Tier Four Secret Realm to erase.

And in the Chaotic Burial Mountain ahead, there was another clone.

And Zhang Zhiqiu had used Fake Death Skill to fake death here.

Whenever his main body or other clones gained something, they would place treasures on this clone.

To so avoid risk.

And ordinary people would indeed not suspect there being a Zhang Zhiqiu clone here.

Even a Nascent Soul Cultivator’s Divine Sense couldn’t see it, showing the brilliance of Zhang Zhiqiu’s Fake Death Skill.

Just a pity, Ye Jingcheng happened to have a Dream-Devouring Worm, able to devour the Divine Soul, transforming it into a dream, recreating the scene of that day.