Chapter 101: Chapter 86: Dog King

And a hundred and twenty pounds should be the maximum amount of demon beast meat the sect might give Li Yuan.

After all, no matter how much an Eighth Grade can eat, a hundred and twenty pounds is absolutely enough.

Knowing all this, Zhao Chunxin was incredibly moved, but she couldn’t accept the demon beast meat.

That day…

Zhao Chunxin came to Li Yuan’s residence, number 38, carrying the demon beast meat and waited.

In the evening, as soon as Li Yuan returned, Zhao Chunxin stepped forward with the sack, scolding him: “Junior brother, are you stupid?

Why are you giving this meat to me instead of keeping it for yourself?

Even if you want to give it, don’t give it all to me! Why are you so honest? The sect gives you some, and you give me some. Are you stupid?”

Li Yuan laughed, “Senior sister, I’ve been deeply studying the Demon Taming Skill recently and didn’t have much time to practice sword skills. After all, one cannot focus on two things… Sword Skill and Demon Taming Skill are two different paths and can’t be pursued simultaneously.

The Sect Leader values me and gave me the demon beast meat, but if I keep it, it won’t be used properly. That’s why I’m giving it to you, senior sister, to help me get rid of it, isn’t it?

Help me out, senior sister.”

“Help you my ass.” Zhao Chunxin swore, pointing at Li Yuan, “Don’t be like this, kid. Eat this meat yourself. And also, both Demon Taming Skill and Sword Skill have to be practiced. Don’t slack off.”

Despite her concern, she still put down the demon beast meat and turned to leave.

Li Yuan didn’t follow but just watched her leave.

…

The next day.

When Zhao Chunxin returned to her residence, Huang Gang came running out, saying, “Grandma Zhao, that bag of meat… Young Master Li sent it back, saying if you don’t accept it, it’s like you don’t consider him your junior brother.”

Zhao Chunxin: …

This fierce and terrible woman remained silent for a long time, then clasped her hands in salute toward Li Yuan’s residence in the south, and said, “Then it’s not going back. Huang Gang, take it to the dining hall to cook!

I can’t let my junior brother’s goodwill go to waste. I have to break through the Seventh Grade as soon as possible, to protect him!”

Having said that, Zhao Chunxin turned and went to the martial arts field, strapped on the heavy weighted armor, drew the Ghost Head Blade, her body glowing red, and began practicing her sword skills, one stroke at a time.

With each slash, a blasting sound echoed in the air.

Meanwhile, in the dining hall… the aroma of meat began to fill the air.

Dusk was approaching.

In the courtyard of residence number 38 in the Inner City, peach blossoms were being scattered by the wind.

Li Yuan brewed a pot of tea and sat in the courtyard.

The Horse-Cutting Blade was embedded in the ground, the “Soul-Throwing Technique” was on the table, and the “Wilderness Demon Taming Skill” was in his hands.

Spring Thunder, Jingzhe, and Leaping Abyss were aligned into one; every day, he would stare at the Life Atlas for a while; and he was rapidly practicing the “Wilderness Demon Taming Skill” to the Seventh Grade… These were the things he had been consistently doing recently.

In the blink of an eye, another month passed.

Li Yuan looked at the “Wilderness Demon Taming Skill Seventh Grade (1/10)” in the “Skills.”

He had finally stepped into the realm.

Without any hesitation, he began to add points.

He calmly tapped “++”, adding to the maximum each time, even when the “Wilderness Demon Taming Skill Seventh Grade (1/160)” appeared, he did not hesitate.

Because he faintly felt that the perfection of the Demon Taming Skill was somehow different from other cultivation skills, a certain “mutation” seemed to have occurred.

In the blink of an eye, 309 Points were spent, and the remaining points dropped back to 158.

Many seemingly firsthand memories resurfaced once again.

He was not satisfied with taming Eighth Grade Demon Beasts but relentlessly continued his pursuit.

This pursuit seemed to inaugurate another cycle of cultivation.

Painstaking training day and night, determined and rigorous pursuit, actual combat experiences that bordered on life-and-death, epiphanic realizations that came after the dust settled, and guidance from enigmatic individuals allowed him to finally elevate a level: originally, the Seventh Grade Demon Beasts which he needed to approach cautiously, now felt very close to him.

The beasts surrounding him grew even more formidable. Not only that… some kind of peculiar qualitative change had also occurred.

That was the Divine Soul Connection.

A mysterious connection was established between him and the beasts he had tamed.

The beasts would grow stronger because of him, and he too would grow stronger because of them.

Even if he was just an ordinary person, amidst the beasts, he would become extraordinary.

And those beasts that were already formidable became even more terrifying because of him.

However…

He was still not satisfied.

He thought of those adorable little ants.

So… he once again left his demon beast, venturing alone deep into the mountains, where he saw one ant colony after another, patiently observing them, controlling them, over and over, tirelessly.

In the mountains, time is forgotten, and days and years are indistinguishable.

He didn’t know how much time had passed when, in a drunken stupor one day, he inadvertently succeeded in linking his “Divine Soul Connection” to an ant.

Ants are different from demon beasts; they cannot withstand his power, nor can they provide him with power, but the “Divine Soul Connection” truly existed…

Thus, a new mutation was born — the ants couldn’t provide him with power, but they could offer him vision, allowing him to see the world from a peculiar perspective from then on.

Similarly, although he couldn’t provide the ants with power, he could offer them sight, allowing those nearly blind ants to have a broader vision and hearing.

Li Yuan closed his eyes to digest this, then slowly opened them, a joyful smile spreading across his face.

He quickly got up, went to the old tree by the courtyard, and took some leftover rice grains from dinner, crushed them, and tossed them in front of the ants’ nest by the old tree.

This ant nest was one he had specifically found this month, and whenever he found one, he would help the ant colony relocate.

Now his courtyard already had a total of three ant nests, each separated, forming a tripartite balance.

When the ants saw the crushed rice grains, they scurried over, their forelimbs beginning to try to move the grains.

Li Yuan focused on one particular worker ant heading towards the grains, his eyes slightly lowered, lips moving, emitting a strange sound.

This was him giving the worker ant a command to crawl outside the courtyard and have a look, with the route… Li Yuan tried hard to convey this through “Divine Soul Connection.”

In an instant, the worker ant veered off its original direction and headed far away.

Li Yuan sat in the courtyard, but his sight followed the worker ant further and further away.

He saw Aunt Wang washing pots and dishes, saw Xiaosheng and Niuniu still practicing cultivation skills, saw the maid fetching firewood and water, saw huge embroidered shoes, skirts like a sky curtain, saw a giant’s world.

He continued to try to control more ants, but when the number reached twenty, he felt his brain swelling a bit, clearly reaching the limit of ant control.

“For information gathering that needs a wide net, the perspective of twenty ants can’t provide much…

But they let me conduct silent, pinpoint surveillance somewhere.”

“For example… Central City Black Market.”

Li Yuan was silent for a moment, then shook his head: “Forget it, let’s not stir up trouble there.”

Feeling quite relaxed, he stood up and stretched lazily; this ability to control ants was a pleasant surprise.

And tomorrow, he could go find Sect Leader Tie and propose the idea of visiting the Demon Breeding Pavilion.

Then, if all went well, he would obtain permission for free entry and exit, then… tame all those demon dogs in the Demon Breeding Pavilion one by one.

…

The next day.

Blood Fury Hall.

“Want to go to the Earth Pavilion?

It seems you’ve already gotten the hang of it in these two months.

Then try first to control the Ninth Grade Black Rock Demon Dog.

Come with me, today I’ll tell you the mechanism to enter, and in the future, you can come and go from the Earth Pavilion as you please.”

As Li Yuan expected, Tie Sha was very satisfied with his progress and attitude.

The two returned to the Earth Pavilion again, where Tie Sha showed him the mechanism for opening the entrance, as the entrance had been pre-opened the last time the two had come.

Once inside the small room, Tie Sha headed straight to the north of the room, then squatted in the corner, raising his hand to stroke a piece of brick in the corner, reaching in to push; the brick contracted, revealing a dark hole.

Tie Sha then reached inside, saying, “There’s a triangular iron disc inside, twist it one circle to the left, pause slightly, then two more circles, pause, then twist three circles to the right.”

As soon as the words “then you can” were out, they heard the sound of chains dragging below.

And the hidden entrance to the Earth Pavilion at the center of the room was already open, wall lamps lighting up to illuminate the deep path downwards.

“Go ahead.” Tie Sha smiled at him, “Those demon beasts are quite terrifying, don’t let them out lightly.”

“Thank you for the reminder, Sect Leader, I’ll be careful.”

Li Yuan’s performance was very reassuring.

Tie Sha immediately left.

Li Yuan, on the other hand, descended step by step, the “da da da” footsteps echoing ethereally between the cold walls, the breeze he stirred causing the metal wall lamps’ flames to sway back and forth, making his shadow stretch, shorten, and distort…

Quickly, he arrived at the Earth Pavilion, lit the flint, then looked at the cages with the fierce demon beasts crouching within.

The Black Rock rose, the Strange Species rose, and Black Marquis quickly stood up as well, each stepping and swaying their heads to the iron cage bars, pairs of ghostly green eyes staring at Li Yuan, and then they swayed their fluffy tails… making “woo woo woo” sounds of ingratiation.

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