Chapter 913 Skills Improvement, Cui Baiying’s Choice

In the years that followed, Li Chang’an placed his focus on the Beast Taming Wheel. He familiarized himself with its refining method while gathering the various Treasures required.

"Although this Ghost Wood is rare, the Demonic path has it. Three portions will appear at next month’s auction, which I can purchase using my Demonic identity," he thought. "As for Treasures like the Qixia Stone, they can be found in the Purple Mist Sect’s Treasure Vault. The Sealing Demon Stone, however, won’t be so easy to find..."

Li Chang’an frequently visited the Treasure Vaults of the Purple Mist Sect and the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty, exchanging for the required Treasures in batches. To earn enough contribution points, he deposited a massive amount of High Tier Treasures into the Treasure Vaults of these two Nascent Soul Influences.

Overall, none of the three parties lost out.

Furthermore, Li Chang’an frequently visited the Zi Xia Secret Realm to call upon the Artifact Spirit, asking him to answer his doubts regarding the Dao of Beast Taming.

Years ago, his Beast Taming Skills had already reached Quasi-Tier Four. He only needed to take one more step forward to become a true Tier Four Beast Master!

"Taking the step from Quasi-Tier Four to Tier Four isn’t too difficult," the Artifact Spirit told him. "With the insights of the various Beast Taming Sect predecessors I gave you, combined with my guidance, you will break through very soon!"

Hearing this, Li Chang’an couldn’t help but sigh. In today’s Cultivation Immortality Realm, many people could not cross the insurmountable chasm between Quasi-Tier Four and Tier Four in their entire lifetimes. Even a genius would have to spend decades to achieve it. But in the eyes of the Artifact Spirit, this chasm was nothing at all.

"A Golden Core Cultivator only has a lifespan of five hundred years in total, so how could they waste decades just to take this single step? The only reason those in the current Cultivation Immortality Realm break through so slowly is purely because they lack the guidance of their predecessors."

He possessed a massive amount of insights from those predecessors. Not just from Tier Four Beast Masters, but he even held a considerable amount of experience from Tier Five Beast Masters!

Under his dedicated cultivation, Li Chang’an easily embarked on the path to Tier Four. In just three short years, he shed the ’Quasi’ prefix and became a true Tier Four Beast Master.

The Artifact Spirit was extremely satisfied with this. "Not bad. It seems you are quite talented in the Dao of Beast Taming. If this were the Ancient Era, relying solely on these Skills, you would have received invitations from the Nine Great Immortal Sects."

"It is all thanks to your guidance, Senior; otherwise, I couldn’t have broken through so quickly," Li Chang’an replied.

"No need to thank me. I am just bored out of my mind." The Artifact Spirit smiled, his tone very peaceful. He then asked Li Chang’an, "You have possessed the refining method for the Beast Taming Wheel for a long time now. Have you managed to refine a finished product?"

"I have. Please take a look, Senior." Li Chang’an took out over a dozen Beast Taming Wheels, ranging from Tier One Low Grade to Tier Three Top Grade, and offered them to the Artifact Spirit for appraisal.

Since this Artifact Spirit was born from a Tier Five Beast Taming Wheel, he could be considered the ancestor of these very items. He was extremely familiar with them and quickly pointed out several flaws.

"Thank you for the guidance, Senior." Li Chang’an noted down each flaw to prevent making mistakes when refining the Tier Four Beast Taming Wheel.

The Artifact Spirit asked again, "Why are there no Tier Four ones?"

"Senior, many Tier Four Materials were unique to the Ancient Era and are nearly impossible to find in today’s Cultivation Immortality Realm. They are truly scarce. Is it possible to substitute them with other materials?"

"Let me think..." After a moment of thought, the Artifact Spirit provided an altered refining method.

In the New Technique, many rare materials had been replaced with more common ones. Li Chang’an glanced at the New Technique, feeling significantly relieved. In the Old Technique, there were many Treasures he hadn’t even heard of. But this New Technique was much better; even if he hadn’t seen the various required materials, he had at least heard of them, and they all existed in the current Cultivation Immortality Realm.

The Artifact Spirit told him, "Once you have obtained enough materials, if you aren’t confident in refining it yourself, you can come find me here and let me watch from the side."

He had observed the refining process of countless Beast Taming Wheels, and this wealth of experience would be a great help to Li Chang’an. Naturally, Li Chang’an wouldn’t refuse.

***

Over the next six months, Li Chang’an constantly changed his identity to conduct trades with various factions. The number of Spirit Stones in his possession dwindled continuously, flowing out like water to be converted into the various Treasures needed to refine the Beast Taming Wheel.

However, some Treasures were simply too precious; no amount of Spirit Stones could buy them.

"I’m still missing Beast Blood Gold, the Sealing Demon Stone, and Demon Soul Jade. The Beast Blood Gold and Demon Soul Jade can be substituted with other things, but not the Sealing Demon Stone. This item is crucial to the ’Sealing’ effect of the Tier Four Beast Taming Wheel. Fortunately, there is quite a bit of news regarding this item..."

Li Chang’an wore a serious expression as he flipped through the intelligence Luo Qiantong had given him. Regarding the Sealing Demon Stone, Luo Qiantong had managed to collect seven pieces of information.

[Cyan Scorpion True Monarch, a Nascent Soul Powerhouse of the Demonic Path Five Poisons Valley, possesses at least three Sealing Demon Stones, but has no intention of trading them externally.]

[The White Bone Sect’s Nascent Soul of the Demonic path...]

[Righteous Dao...]

Li Chang’an’s gaze swept past each piece of intelligence one by one, ultimately locking onto the very last one.

[The Yellow Stone Sect, a Sub-Sect of the Righteous Dao’s Yellow Sand Sect, possesses one Sealing Demon Stone. The sect is willing to trade it externally but does not accept Spirit Stones. They will only accept the Ancient Elixir, the ’Beast Heart Pill’.]

The other six pieces of information were all related to Nascent Soul figures from both the Righteous and Demonic Daos. But this Yellow Stone Sect was different; they were merely a Golden Core Influence and would be much easier to handle.

"The Beast Heart Pill was unique to the Ancient Beast Taming Sect and could stimulate a Demon Beast’s potential. Its Pill Formula has long been lost. I’ll go ask the Artifact Spirit if he knows it first," Li Chang’an planned. "If he doesn’t know, then I’ll use other methods. It’s just a Golden Core Influence, anyway..."

Li Chang’an set down the intelligence in his hands and left his cave dwelling. He was just planning to head to the Zi Xia Secret Realm to find the Artifact Spirit when, right at that moment, a Golden Core Cultivator suddenly came to Changqing Mountain for a visit.

"Cui Baiying?" Li Chang’an looked at the figure outside the Array, suddenly feeling somewhat surprised.

He didn’t have much interaction with Cui Baiying. Back then, he had helped Wang Qianling defeat Cui Baiying in the Treasure Hunting competition in Thousand Treasures Valley.