Reigning Supreme in countless worlds With Beast taming

Chapter 145: Chapter 143 Water Spirit (4000-word mega chapter, vote for monthly ticket)
 

Several people rode on spiritual birds and once again flew towards Moyun Ridge.

Wen Qing’er slapped the Phoenix-Tailed Sparrow, hastened her speed, and flew beside An Ruhui, curiously asking, “Senior sister, why didn’t those two cultivators from the Giant Spirit Sect run away when they couldn’t defeat you, are their speeds very slow?”

“Hehe…”

An Ruhui couldn’t help but chuckle at her question, “Their speed is actually not slow, it’s just that both Junior Brother Qin and I are faster than them.

The focus of the Giant Spirit Sect is cultivating the physical body, constantly excavating the potential of the physical body, hence deriving various divine skills, but they don’t just rely on divine skills to fight, especially before developing divine skills, they would also practice martial arts, and only in the later stages would they gradually shift their focus to their own divine skills.

Once martial arts methods are cultivated to a certain realm, the speed can be very fast too, particularly some movement technique-based cultivation methods, once they make significant progress, they could even be faster than us when we use the Divine Movement Technique.”

As she spoke, an elegant figure emerged in her mind, making her absent-minded for a moment. She then gently shook her head, erasing the figure from her mind, and said softly, “A few years ago, I encountered a martial cultivator whose movement technique was incredibly powerful, moving without a trace, as fast as a shooting star, even my…my spiritual bird couldn’t catch up to him.”

“Oh.”

Wen Qing’er nodded her head as though she understood somewhat, and then she asked, “Senior sister, I’ve heard that the Giant Spirit Sect has some connection with the Heavenly God Sect of the Northern Domain, is that true?”

“You’ve heard about that too?”

An Ruhui looked at her with surprise and then said, “Speaking of connections, there should indeed be some, but the specifics are not clear to me.

Their cultivation methods are indeed somewhat similar, both integrating cultivation methods from divine clans of other worlds, and even the founding ancestors of these two sects, in order to perfect their cultivation technique inheritance, had slain countless divine clans during the Ancient Great Tribulation, studying the physical bodies of divine beings, and absorbing and refining the essence blood of numerous divine clan powerhouses, laying the foundation for their cultivation paths.

However, aside from these similarities, other aspects are different, as the founding ancestor of the Giant Spirit Sect referred to the Giant Spirit Divine Clan of the Giant Spirit Realm, while the founding ancestor of the Heavenly God Sect drew from the Heavenly God Clan of the Heavenly God World, and the two are not from the same world’s creatures.”

Behind them, Qin Feng and Qin Xi were also listening with great interest.

They too knew some things about these two sects, because the Scripture Pavilion of the Beast Taming Sect had recorded many ancient secrets. As long as one was willing to calm down and look through those books, one would definitely be able to see many things unknown to ordinary people, which is also the heritage of a major sect that has inherited since ancient times.

In fact, the founding ancestors of the Giant Spirit and Heavenly God sects were even more domineering than the ancestor of the Beast Taming Sect by three points, naming their own sects after the names of the two different worlds, hoping that one day they would be able to counterattack the other world, seize and even refine the other world’s rules and origin, achieving their own Dao.

However, the power of the Giant Spirit Sect is by no means comparable to the Heavenly God Sect, not only because the Heavenly God Sect is the second strongest force in the Northern Domain after the Great Capital Ghost City, but also because their aim is a Great World, a world as vast as the Biluo Great World, which is many times stronger than the Giant Spirit Realm.

If the Heavenly God Sect were not powerful, they would hardly dare to set such a goal, for that would only be ridiculed.

What’s more important is that the founding ancestor of the Heavenly God Sect has survived since ancient times, possessing a cultivation that is powerful and profound, shocking all sides for countless years, with such a strong presence like a Stabilizing Force Divine Needle in place, it’s clearly not a force that ordinary powers can compare with.

Whereas the founding ancestor of the Giant Spirit Sect, like the grandmaster of the Beast Taming Sect, had already perished during the Ancient Great Tribulation, and due to the lack of such a level of strong presence, they could only be considered a major sect, but not yet a dominating power.

Even including nearby forces such as the Taiyi Mountain Golden Light Cave, Five Poisons Sect, Danxia Sect, Ten Thousand Treasures Building, and so on, they are all comparable in strength, not as formidable as the Heavenly God Sect.

Seeing that they were listening seriously, An Ruhui thus began to talk to them about the matters of several major sects nearby, so that they could gain more understanding.

“These sects each have their own characteristics, the Taiyin Sword Cultivators act with simplicity and decisiveness, confronting their opponents with a direct sword slash, not liking to draw things out.”

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This move, however, made others wary of them, afraid to provoke them easily. Still, such actions of killing without discrimination could easily offend others. Most cultivators were just too intimidated to speak out against them, yet there were still many potential dangers.

For example, inside the Heavenly Pool Secret Realm, if someone had the chance to ambush and kill a few Taiyi disciples without being detected, there definitely would be those willing to take the risk.

Qin Feng and the others nodded; such incidents were not uncommon. Even within their Beast Taming Sect, the number of disciples who perished in the Heavenly Pool Secret Realm included many who were slain by disciples of smaller sects.

An Ruhui continued, “The Giant Spirit Sect has just mentioned that they focus on cultivating their physiques, which endows them with overwhelming strength. But such powerful bodies also contribute to their domineering disposition, often acting with brute force and favoring might over right.

The Five Poisons Sect excels in poison refining and applying poisons, using insidious tactics to kill without a trace. Furthermore, the disciples of their sect often have peculiar temperaments and take extreme actions, which makes outsiders highly cautious of them.

However, our relationship with them is quite good, because back during the Ancient Great Tribulation, disciples from both our sects often joined forces to fend off the Demon Clan, forging a deep camaraderie.”

At this, she smiled and said, “If you encounter danger outside and happen to run into disciples of the Five Poisons Sect, you can ask them for help. Under normal circumstances, they are willing to lend aid.

Although disciples of the Five Poisons Sect are somewhat radical, they greatly value friendship.”

“The Danxia Sect follows the path of entering Dao through Alchemy. Their alchemy skills are divine, and they are very famous throughout the Southern Domain, with their elixir pills business spread across the region.

The Ten Thousand Treasures Building is a force that purely rose through commerce and has only been around for ten thousand years. Compared to the others, their foundation is somewhat lacking.

Yet, they have risen rapidly, amassing countless profits with their sharp business acumen. Among forces of comparable status, they are definitely the richest.

Including our Beast Taming Sect, these six major sect powers are subtly divided into three factions. We’re aligned with the Five Poisons Sect, while Taiyi Mountain Golden Light Cave and the Giant Spirit Sect have formed an alliance.

The Danxia Sect and the Ten Thousand Treasures Building are considered neutral forces. They have not formed an alliance and have even experienced some friction over the elixir business, but both have acted with restraint, especially the Ten Thousand Treasures Building, which adheres to the principle of ‘amity brings wealth’ and usually avoids making enemies.

However, they prioritize profit above all, and anyone who touches their interests will have to withstand their thunderous response.”

An Ruhui spoke of these matters along their journey, and it was really just because they were new to the sect that they didn’t know about these details sooner or later.

In the latter half of the night, they finally covered a distance of hundreds of miles and arrived at the foot of Moyun Ridge.

The group didn’t ascend the mountain right away. It was well into the night, and they couldn’t keep releasing Divine Sense to survey their surroundings continually. To avoid unnecessary danger, they decided to rest and wait until daybreak to climb.

Qin Feng and An Ruhui had both been depleted of much True Yuan during the previous battle and took this opportunity to cultivate and replenish their True Yuan.

With Spiritual Beasts guarding the perimeter, there was no need to worry about being ambushed, so they found places to meditate and cultivate in peace.

At the break of dawn, while the sky was still dim, they all got up and began to head toward Moyun Ridge.

As the tallest peak within Heavenly Pool Secret Realm and one of its core areas, Moyun Ridge was guarded by many prohibitions, so they didn’t dare fly haphazardly, lest they stumble into any perilous areas.

Under An Ruhui’s guidance, the group proceeded on foot up the mountain. Fortunately, they had all applied Light Body and Divine Movement techniques to themselves, moving as light as feathers and leaping as if flying, which made the journey relatively comfortable.

Nevertheless, since they were here to search for Natural Creatures, they couldn’t just follow the paths all the time; they spent most of their time trekking off-path through the mountain forests, in search of Natural Creature auras.

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These matters are second nature to the disciples of Creation Peak, ensuring they don’t wander aimlessly like headless flies.

Ruhui An relied on her lifebound wind element to sense the wind between heaven and earth, scouting for places where spiritual energy was particularly dense and then going to investigate. Although she spent the better part of the day without finding any trace of natural creatures, she did find quite a few other treasures.

Had they not wished to avoid wasting time battling Demon Beasts guarding the spiritual medicine, this trip would have undoubtedly yielded a rich harvest.

So, they kept searching for half a day, and the group gradually made their way up to mid-mountain.

The clouds surrounding Moyun Ridge were exceptionally dense, constantly changing shape as they were blown by the wind.

“Everyone pay attention, carefully scan the clouds here for any unusual auras.”

Ruhui An said, “Three hundred years ago, a predecessor from our Creation Peak lineage discovered a Cloud Elf born from the mist here. Let’s search around and see if any new Cloud Elves have been born over the years.”

This was an old method of theirs, first to search places where natural creatures had previously appeared. If they found new natural creatures, great; if not, they would search elsewhere.

By relying on this method, the disciples of Creation Peak had indeed found some natural creatures.

Qin Feng and the others agreed and cast their gaze into the surrounding clouds.

Moyun Ridge was rich in spiritual energy, and the clouds were mixed with a good amount of it. Perhaps that was why certain clouds mutated and gradually gave birth to spiritual nature.

However, after scanning all the nearby clouds, they found nothing unusual. Instead, they encountered quite a few Demon Beasts and other cultivators seeking treasures.

As the tallest mountain in the Secret Realm, this one was quite famous, and thus many cultivators came here treasure hunting.

Every so often, they could even sense the noise of battle.

Just like now, only a hundred-odd feet away, two cultivators were fighting over a small tree that had sprouted in the middle of a lake.

It was unknown what rare species the small tree was, but it astonishingly grew in water. Several fruits hung from it, looking like blue crystals and exuding a rich water spirit aura, which clearly indicated their immense value.

The two cultivators were evenly matched, one adept in Thunder Element Technique and the other in Wind Element Cultivation Method. Their battle was fierce and splendid.

As their fight escalated, the area became a storm of wind and thunder, the surrounding clouds swirling and eventually turning into light, drizzling rain.

The cultivator using the Thunder Technique stepped through the Stepping Gang and Fighting, his footwork as precise as the Big Dipper. With a flick of his finger, a crack of thunder smashed down from the sky, leaving his opponent with hair standing on end, black smoke billowing from his mouth, and a disheveled figure—clearly badly wounded. Frightened, he didn’t dare to continue the fight and turned to make a quick getaway.

The Thunder Technique user didn’t pursue but instead glanced warily at Qin Feng, Ruhui An, and the others, hastily picked the Spirit Fruit, and quickly left the area.

The group didn’t mind; they wanted the Spirit Fruit, but before finding their lifebound, they had no desire to engage too much in conflict, so they let the man take the fruit and leave.

They came to the lakeshore, gave it a cursory inspection, and finding nothing else special other than the Spiritual Tree, prepared to leave and search elsewhere.

“Eh?”

Suddenly, Qin Xi stopped in her tracks with a curious look on her face.

“What’s wrong, Junior Sister Qin?”

Ruhui An turned and asked.

“Sister, do you feel that there’s something different about this rain compared to normal?”

Qin Xi looked puzzled as she asked.

“Hmm?”

Ruhui An was slightly startled and caught a few drops of rain with her palm to sense them closely and said, “This rain contains some spiritual energy, which is probably related to the abundant spiritual energy of Moyun Ridge.”

“No, it’s not just that.”

Qin Xi shook her head, “It’s not just spiritual energy; I think I sense something else.”

Ruhui An’s expression changed, “Something else?”

“I’m detecting a hint of spiritual nature in this rain.”

Qin Xi’s expression shifted from confusion to certainty, “It’s definitely spiritual nature, different from spiritual energy.”

“Could it be that no Cloud Elves were born here, but instead, a Water Spirit has sprung up, capable of manipulating rainwater?”

Ruhui An’s divine sense swept all around, especially not missing the cloudy patches above from where the rain fell.

After repeated inspections, she finally noticed a small patch of cloud that was different from the rest.

Something was hiding in the clouds, somewhat similar in essence, yet distinct enough to be detected by her.

“Ha-ha, Junior Sister Qin, you’re indeed lucky. Moyun Ridge has indeed nurtured a Water Spirit.

Since Sister can sense its presence, it means you’re fated with it. Wait here, I’ll catch it for you.”

Ruhui An was overjoyed as she soared upwards, rushing towards the clouds dozens of feet above.

Catching the Water Spirit for Qin Xi meant she had completed half her task.

Just as she neared the patch of cloud, the Water Spirit that had been concealed within realized the danger. Instinctively, it prepared to use an Escape Skill to flee.

Being a Water Spirit, it was naturally capable of using the Water Escape Divine Power. The clouds were filled with ample water vapor, sufficient for it to execute the Water Escape and flee far away.

PS: Brothers, I’m not holding back on updates. Just look at my word count, and you’ll see that these days it’s either nine thousand or ten thousand. I’m just not posting according to the two thousand words per update, otherwise, there would be five updates a day. So, you still need to cast your monthly votes.