The Master of Beasts-Chapter 531 - 123:

"At least it’s twice as strong; the quality of spiritual energy in the True Realm is indeed extraordinary. This should be the innate spiritual energy mentioned in ancient texts." Jian Wuli murmured, somewhat lost in thought.

"Jian Wuli, you should find me a physical body." An eerie presence emanated from within.

"Netherworld King, don’t be hasty. Let’s find a place to settle first." Jian Wuli chuckled softly, clutching his chest.

"I hope so." The Netherworld King’s voice gradually fell silent.

Jian Wuli revealed to all cultivators the method to enter Dao Yi, originally planning to use the chaos of the True Demon Clan’s battle as an opportunity to perform a sacrifice technique to send himself to the True Realm.

The plan hadn’t been fully implemented, or rather, only half-implemented, when the True Demon Clan’s cross-realm passage unexpectedly collapsed.

The sudden calamity caused the ordinary cultivators in the Star Sea Realm to suffer heavy casualties, and the intense resentment met the sacrifice technique’s conditions.

In ecstatic excitement, Jian Wuli was just about to perform the sacrifice technique when the Netherworld King discovered him. In the end, the Netherworld King, caught off guard, had his physical body destroyed by Jian Wuli, but his powerful divine soul delivered a desperate strike.

Having achieved his goal, Jian Wuli was naturally unwilling to fight to the death with the Netherworld King, so after reaching a cooperative agreement, they both used the sacrifice technique to arrive in the True Realm.

"Next, it’s about finding a cultivation magic technique, joining a powerful force, and seeking revenge on those traitors!" Jian Wuli coldly declared.

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Five Elements Sect

Since that gathering, Yue Yinghua resolutely set out with the spiritual beast gifted by Chen Jiuge to undertake an exploration mission at the City of Exploration belonging to the Five Elements Sect.

After much contemplation, Wu Daotian decided to venture out and travel.

Chen Jiuge sipped the sweet and sour fruit wine, expressing some melancholy: "Both Senior Brother and Senior Sister Yue have left; it truly feels a bit lonely!"

"Moreover, Ming Yujing and Tian Que cannot conveniently return, sigh!"

Liu Tai, the Sect Master of the Five Elements Sect, personally issued a directive to help Chen Jiuge find his lost spiritual beasts, naturally yielding excellent results, but things never go completely smoothly.

Ming Snake Ming Yujing was now in the territory of the Ming Snake Clan in the Demon Domain, considered a promising youth among them. Bringing him back is no simple task, as the Ming Snake Clan has several Daluo experts!

Tian Que’s case was even more exaggerated; its pure Lu Wu bloodline promoted it to one of the young clan leaders of the Lu Wu Clan. Without its contract with Chen Jiuge, it might have been appointed as a young clan leader directly.

"However, the contract with Tian Que is likely unsustainable now." Chen Jiuge hesitated. Over the years, although spiritual beasts aren’t adept at research, their high cultivation often finds a way.

"Forget it, forget it."

In the sea of consciousness, two flickering marks gradually dimmed; these were the contract marks of Ming Yujing and Tian Que.

"Hopefully, next time we meet..."

Atop a mountaintop formed of yellow sand, a large yellow snake was continuously absorbing a massive amount of spiritual energy. Suddenly, the snake’s eyes opened wide in amazement: "The contract has been broken?"

In a garden resembling an immortal realm, Tian Que was devouring roasted meat voraciously. His once plump body had slimmed down, and his handsome appearance was captivating.

"Crack"

Crushing the bone in his hand into powder, Tian Que was somewhat dazed: "The contract with Master has been broken?"

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Chen Jiuge wasn’t ignorant of the consequences of breaking the contracts, but he chose to trust them. Even if they truly changed, Chen Jiuge was confident that he could suppress them.

"The efficiency is still too low; I wonder how Zhan Ge and the others are doing. Compared to Tian Que and others, Zhan Ge and the others’ bloodline potential is much lower!" Chen Jiuge was somewhat worried.

"Is Great Steward Chen present?" A voice, filled with envy and flattery, came from outside the door.

Chen Jiuge opened the courtyard door to find Shuibing standing outside, charming and sprightly.

"Water Steward?" Chen Jiuge exclaimed in surprise.

"Great Steward Chen, I’ve come to take you to Zone Three Garden of the Spiritual Beast Garden." Shuibing blinked, trying to please him.

Feeling a bit uncomfortable, Chen Jiuge replied: "Alright, thank you, Water Steward."

"Great Steward Chen is too polite; you can call me Ah Shui or Ah Bing."

"Ah Bing, you can just call me by my name."

"Then I’ll call you Steward."

The Spiritual Beast Garden of the Five Elements Sect is not located on the Five-Colored Peak, as rearing spiritual beasts requires a large space. Although the Five-Colored Peak is not small, most of its area has been occupied by the Sect’s immortals.

Using the Sect’s transmission array, the two arrived at a secluded valley.

The valley was very ordinary, with only a row of simple wooden huts. This is the dwelling place of the slaves of the Five Elements Sect.

"Steward, these slaves here are specifically responsible for Zone Three Garden, and they are all from the Language Clan." Shuibing pointed to a little kid not far away and introduced.

The child was very timid and did not dare to move upon seeing the two, his eyes welling up with tears, about to drop like small pearls.

"The Language Clan?"

Chen Jiuge carefully examined and found that the appearance of this clan was almost identical to the Human Clan, except for a few slender patterns around their eyes that combined to look like a small mouth.

"Steward ascended from the Lower Realm, so you may not be familiar with the abilities of the Language Clan. Let me introduce them to you."

"The Language Clan is not proficient in magic combat, but their divine soul is extremely powerful. They are born with the ability to communicate with all things, although the communication requires spiritual wisdom. With the Language Clan, we can better understand the status of spiritual beasts." Shuibing explained with a smile.

"Communication?" Chen Jiuge frowned and asked, "Can’t spiritual beasts talk when they reach True Immortal level?"

Shuibing shook her head and said, "That’s for regular spiritual beasts. Most spiritual beasts in the Spiritual Beast Garden are suppressed by arrays and have only basic spiritual wisdom. Only those with extremely high talent can fully develop spiritual wisdom."

"After all, most of the spiritual beasts here are either ingredients for spirit food or medicinal herbs for alchemy."

"I see." Chen Jiuge sighed silently; the status of spiritual beasts in the True Realm is really low!

"But there is a difference, the spiritual beasts in Zone One are different. Most of those are cultivated to assist in cultivation or combat. Perhaps they sent the Great Steward here to change the situation in Zone Three." Shuibing subtly flattered him.

The two chatted as they walked and finally reached the innermost part of the valley.

Their path was blocked by dense fog, and Shuibing took out an identity token, saying, "Steward, we are now the managers of Zone Three Garden. To pass through the Misty Barrier and enter Zone Three, just activate the token."

Chen Jiuge followed her instruction, infused a trace of immortal power into the token, and a single halo enveloped them. Shuibing stepped into the dense fog first.

"Wow"

The scene in front of them changed dramatically.

Blue skies and white clouds, myriad beasts running, birds chirping, and an occasional roar coming from afar.

Countless spirit plants were absorbing and exhaling spiritual energy like living creatures, making the concentration of spiritual energy in this area very high. The liquefied spiritual energy continuously dripped into various spirit lakes.

"This is Life Spirit Grass, cultivated by a great power in the sect. This type of spirit plant can continuously produce spiritual energy, effectively maintaining a high-concentration spiritual energy area."

"The sect periodically releases tasks, mostly to submit some spiritual beasts for making spirit food or refining immortal pills, and occasionally some materials to refine immortal artifacts."

"Then it seems quite relaxed." Chen Jiuge laughed.

Shuibing shook her head and said, "Not necessarily. The garden does not prohibit fighting. Though the spiritual beasts here are restricted from attacking us, they are not prohibited from hunting."

"For example, if the sect issues a task requiring a hundred Bright Pearl Fish, but other spiritual beasts have hunted a lot of them, what to do if the numbers are insufficient?"

"What to do?" Chen Jiuge quickly responded.

Shuibing covered her mouth and chuckled, teasing him: "Steward, you are quite humorous."

"If not enough, then it depends on luck. You have to buy outside and complete the task within the time limit. If you can’t complete it, then the task will fail, and you’ll get points deducted."

"Contribution points?" Chen Jiuge paused and then recalled earning some contribution points while completing a task in Wu Country, though it wasn’t much, just a hundred."

"Yes, contribution points. These are more precious than divine crystals. To learn the divine skills of the sect and access certain special cultivation secret realms, contribution points are needed." Shuibing sighed.

Reflecting on years of hard cultivation and being forced into the steward role, working diligently for many years without accumulating enough contribution points for one divine skill, she couldn’t help but feel some resentment.

"But now things are better. Following Chen Jiuge, the popular figure, it should be faster to accumulate enough points for a divine skill. With some luck, breaking through to Heavenly Immortal level is not impossible." After contemplating, Shuibing looked at Chen Jiuge more flirtatiously.