My Master Knows It All

Not long after, several half-step golden immortals from the Beast Clan flew over.

Cao Zhen now looked towards the other members of the Beast Clan. Honestly, he couldn’t provide much guidance to them.

He was able to guide Immortal Lord Qian Niu because Qian Niu was a Bull Beast, which was somewhat similar to Zi Tie.

Zi Tie, although part of the Demon Clan, actually resembled the present-day Beast Clan more, at least in appearance.

He could also tell that the current Demon Clan and Beast Clan were originally part of the ancient Demon Clan, and since he had engaged with Zi Tie, he could guide Niu Immortal Lord.

Furthermore, because he has engaged with Kun Peng.

Cao Zhen turned his head and scanned the members of the Beast Clan around him, finally setting his eyes on a massive Kun Beast.

Its back covered with a thick layer of scales, radiating a mysterious and captivating deep blue glow under the sunlight, like stars sparkling in the night sky.

The gentle rubbing of these scales as this giant Kun Beast moved produced a low clattering sound.

However, the most distinctive feature was the pair of silvery-white, translucent wings on the sides of its body, which gently trembled even while floating in the void, seemingly maintaining the balance of its enormous frame.

Each flap of the wings left a noticeable mark in the air, each movement stirred up a flow of air.

”Kun Beast? Just in time, I have a Dao specific to you, are you willing to learn it?”

The Kun Beast opposite him nodded its head immediately upon hearing this.

All around, the other beasts showed expressions of envy.

Soon, Cao Zhen imparted the Kun Dao of the demon master Kun Peng to this Kun Beast, and as for Peng Dao, there happened to be a Peng Beast here too, which could just as well learn Peng Dao.

However, Kun Peng is merely a Strange Beast, and forcibly splitting it to teach two different Strange Beasts, the demon master Kun Peng was largely regarded as a demon rather than a beast.

Therefore, neither the Kun Beast nor the Peng Beast reached enlightenment.

On the side, there were still two Beast Clan members cultivating poisonous energy, whom he could also guide.

Every Beast Clan member watched as under Cao Zhen’s guidance, although there was no enlightenment, it was evident that these four related clansmen looked enlightened, seemingly having found their future path, and each looked expectantly towards Cao Zhen.

Cao Zhen faced the eager looks of the Beast Clan members and gently shook his head, saying, ”I can only teach the five of them. I can’t teach the rest.”

He wasn’t truly biased against these Beast Clan members or reluctant to teach; he genuinely couldn’t teach.

This is the Beast Clan!

One can’t expect to find cultivators well-versed in the Path of Musical Rhythm, Dao of Calligraphy, Painting Way, or even the Path of Poetry among the Beast Clan.

Most of the Beast Clan members focused more on developing their physical bodies, and he hadn’t engaged with beings like Leopard Beasts or Lion Beasts, so how could he teach them?

For a moment, the Beast Clan members were dumbfounded.

”Is it ending like this?”

”Can’t guide us anymore?”

”Why can Immortal Lord Qian Niu be guided?”

”We traveled from far away, but couldn’t be guided in the end.”

Cao Zhen observed the Beast Clan members, some angry, some disappointed, sighed inwardly, and spoke again: ”I can’t individually guide any specific cultivator among you, but I do have some thoughts I’d like to discuss with you all.”

Speaking, he paused for a moment, then said solemnly: ”I realize that most of your paths are oriented towards ancient times, you all wish to transform your bodies back to resemble that of your ancestors from the Ancient Era.

Even though your records about your ancestors have become blurred, you continually attempt to awaken your bloodline to regain your ancestral form.

But, have you ever considered that perhaps this is not the correct path for you?”

As soon as his words fell, a wolf beast, over a zhang long, with pure white fur, spoke: ”How can it be incorrect? Our ancestor’s bloodline is purer, naturally stronger. What’s wrong with pursuing ancestral strength?”

”Indeed, your ancestor’s bloodline is purer, but have you considered that times are progressing, advancing, why must you pursue the past?

Besides, past bloodlines may not be suitable for you. There’s something called the theory of evolution, do you know of it?”

After finishing, Cao Zhen looked at the bewildered Beast Clan members, pondered for a moment, and began to explain.

”You are the Beast Clan, whether you admit it or not, you share some resemblance with those Strange Beasts.

And those Strange Beasts, over long periods of time, their forms are not static; they are constantly changing and adapting to this world.

For instance, those leopards were originally larger, their size giving them stronger combat capability, but they were too slow, unable to catch prey, and died of starvation due to lack of food. To adapt to this environment, they had to become faster.

Moreover, if encountering an extremely cold era, all Strange Beasts develop thicker fur; if it’s not sufficiently thick, they can’t survive the freezing weather.

This process of adapting to the environment is evolution.