Beast Taming: Sharing Pets' Abilities-Chapter 430 - 429: I Never Take Disciples!

However, the imagined attack and biting did not occur. Instead, just at this moment, Niu Er heard a soft laugh near his ear: "I wondered what it was, turns out it’s a living corpse..."

Niu Er opened his eyes and saw that the ghostly thing had already pounced right in front of him, but it didn’t move.

Upon closer inspection, he noticed that it was tightly bound by a fine rope, unable to move.

The gruesome and terrifying face, full of decaying flesh, was just an arm’s length away, staring intently at Niu Er, yet unable to take even half a step closer.

Beside him, a figure appeared.

This figure was a handsome youth, looking very young, yet exuding an unhurried calmness and a profound mysterious aura.

Even the nobles Niu Er once saw in the city seemed far inferior to the person before him.

Niu Er hurriedly backed away, then clambered up using his hands and feet, trying his best to distance himself from the ghostly thing, instinctively moving a bit closer to the youth, faintly guessing his identity as an Immortal Master with divine techniques.

But the young man next to him looked at him, inquiring: "Let me ask you, this should be your wife, right?"

Niu Er, with a sullen face, replied: "To the Immortal Master, my wife drowned and died five days ago, but she came back to life the next day."

"Now, I don’t even know if this is still my wife."

The young man, Gu Yuan, upon hearing this, nodded as he scrutinized the living corpse in front of him, then nodded again as if understanding something, murmuring: "So that’s it..."

Niu Er didn’t understand what was happening, but he knew his wife likely had a grim fate, and the young man before him was no ordinary person.

So he directly knelt on the ground, kowtowing hard to Gu Yuan, saying: "I am Niu Er, and my wife is now neither alive nor dead. The Immortal Master’s powers are vast. I beseech you, please save my wife and child. I will serve you as cattle and horses in return."

"It’s impossible to save her."

Gu Yuan shook his head: "Your wife has long since died. The one before you now is merely a living corpse."

Upon hearing this, Niu Er’s whole body trembled as if struck by lightning, and tears began to fall. Instinctively, he said: "But... but she could talk to me a few days ago, and she could even cook meals..."

"That wasn’t your wife. It was a Yin Demon ghost, which likely devoured your wife’s soul, gaining her memories and thus mistakenly believed it was your wife, acting as she did before."

Gu Yuan shook his head, explaining: "However, as time passes, its innate violence, cruelty, and bloodthirsty nature cannot be suppressed, so it instinctively begins to devour blood and Yang Qi."

"Furthermore, it will cast enchanting spells to cloud the mind."

Saying this, Gu Yuan glanced at Niu Er, seemingly having noticed something: "Your foundation is not bad, considered to be superior martial talent, and your blood and Qi are abundant. So, even though your mind was confused, your body wasn’t affected too much. An ordinary person would have already been mentally bewitched and drained of Yang Qi by the living corpse."

Niu Er broke out in a cold sweat, recalling various incidents over the past days, and he had no doubts about Gu Yuan’s words.

Yet right after, a wave of sorrow surged in his heart, and he burst into tears.

Gu Yuan shook his head, sighed lightly, and pointed a finger.

Tss—

A spark landed on the living corpse, and then, the fire quickly expanded, engulfing its entire body, beginning to burn fiercely.

Ahhhh—!!!

The living corpse screamed miserably, thrashing violently, as if enduring some unbearable pain.

The decayed flesh rapidly burned, shriveled, and blackened in the flames.

In just a few breaths, it turned into a pile of ashes.

Gu Yuan gathered the ashes together and said to the still dazed Niu Er: "Alright, collect the ashes. Your wife’s body has been corrupted by corpse and ghost Qi, and if left alone, it will eventually turn and harm others."

"All the evil creatures within a radius of several miles have been cleared by me. You can go back now."

After a brief explanation, Gu Yuan was about to leave when Niu Er called out to him:

"Immortal Master, I wish to apprentice under you, to learn cultivation techniques. I earnestly ask the Immortal Master to take me as a disciple. I will serve as cattle and horses to repay your kindness."

Gu Yuan turned around to see Niu Er kneeling and kowtowing on the ground.

"You wish to apprentice under me, to become my disciple?"

Gu Yuan smiled slightly, a hint of amusement gleaming in his eyes.

It’s clear that Niu Er wanted to learn magical Divine Techniques, to slay demons after his wife was harmed by demonic evil, and he himself was powerless to resist, driven by unwillingness.

Aside from that reason, there was also a desire to attain greater power.

However...

The cultivation and strength that Gu Yuan possessed did not come easily, and he was still busy with his own cultivation these days. How could he have the time and energy to take on a disciple?!

If he had to take a disciple, Niu Er before him was far from qualified, not only older than Gu Yuan but also of average talent and aptitude. Becoming an Innate Martial Master would already be commendable, but as for breaking through to the Celestial Human Realm, that might not even occur in this lifetime.

Accepting such a person as a disciple would be very troublesome for the master. Gu Yuan naturally wouldn’t give himself that kind of trouble.

"I never accept disciples. You must take care of yourself."

Gu Yuan waved his hand in refusal, disregarding Niu Er’s disappointed expression, turned around and left. A flash of escape light appeared, and his figure vanished from Niu Er’s sight.

Gu Yuan flew in the sky, strong Gang Feng gusts came, but were dissolved by the True Qi around him, becoming gentle and tame.

The living corpse earlier was actually one of the ten or more demonic evil spirits that Gu Yuan had slain.

For some reason, within thousands of miles around, many evil spirits had emerged, causing chaos and killing many people.

Especially since these evil spirits seemed to have only appeared a week ago, making Gu Yuan develop a suspicion.

According to the location on the Treasure Map given by Mei Changshan, it was clearly in a barren mountain not far from here.

In that Cave Mansion, a Corpse Demon had escaped before, and it didn’t seem surprising if more Yin Demon evil spirits emerged afterwards. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Although Gu Yuan wasn’t a great-hearted person, he had some compassion and didn’t hesitate to help where he could.

The demonic evil spirits causing chaos everywhere, Gu Yuan decided to just clear them all out.

"Enough, enough, the remaining number of evil spirits isn’t much, though their positions vary. I still have proper matters to address, so I’ll let a clone handle them."

Thinking thus, Gu Yuan shifted his thoughts, and wisps of smoke emanated from his body, forming a mist of gray and white, which quickly coalesced.