Chapter 80 - 79: Spiritual Beast Four Extremes Formation
Chapter 80: Chapter 79: Spiritual Beast Four Extremes Formation
The sudden killing intent struck a deep, primal fear in Fang Cai Feng.
A moment later, just as he was about to drop to his knees, the killing intent vanished.
The Cyan Flower Deer snorted and turned its head away.
Like a fish out of water, Fang Cai Feng gasped for air, his mouth hanging open. Only after several deep breaths did some color return to his pale face.
’What was that? Was it the deer?’ he wondered, but he didn’t dare look in its direction again.
His two companions noticed his odd behavior and asked curiously.
"Brother Fang? Brother Fang?"
"Are you all right?"
"Should we still try to subdue that deer?"
"That Cyan Flower Deer looks like it’s only Tier One Eighth Layer. It has to be weaker than the Wild Mountain Monkeys!"
Fang Cai Feng’s lip twitched. He looked up and said, "That’s enough. We’ve used up a lot of energy today. Let’s come back to the Beast Garden another time."
"Huh? We’re leaving already? But what about the Spirit Beast competition the day after tomorrow?"
"Let’s just go! Let’s go!"
With that, Fang Cai Feng ushered his two companions toward the exit, calling back to Yu Changsheng with an apologetic smile, "Sorry, we’ll come back next time, ’kay?"
The two companions were utterly confused but left with him anyway.
Yu Changsheng watched them go in silence and shook his head.
’His Divine Sense is way too weak.’
’Trying to form a contract with a high-Realm Spirit Beast from the Beast Garden will be tough.’
The higher the Realm of a Spirit Beast in the Beast Garden, the stronger it is, and its Comprehension is nothing to scoff at. In terms of raw power, they’re far stronger than a Beast Master of the same Realm. Without a powerful contracted beast to help, just staying alive would be a challenge.
Take the Wild Mountain Monkeys, for instance. They’re only considered average among the Tier One Late Stage beasts in the Garden, yet they handled Fang Cai Feng with ease. It would be difficult to form a Contract with one without being at the Qi Refining Peak.
As for the Cyan Flower Deer, it’s even stronger. While its Realm is also Tier One Eighth Layer, in the Beast Garden, it’s the big sister of the block!
Especially when it comes to Spiritual Power attacks. It can intimidate a Cultivator of the same Realm with a single glance. Only Yu Changsheng’s Divine Sense was strong enough to ignore the effect.
Besides intimidation, the Cyan Flower Deer’s physical strength was also immense. Ordinary defensive Magical Artifacts couldn’t block its hooves; a single kick could kill a Tier One Middle Stage Demon Beast.
That’s why, as the Cyan Flower Deer went about its life in the Beast Garden, very few Spirit Beasts dared to provoke it.
"Alright, I was just teasing them."
Yu Changsheng ran over to the Cyan Flower Deer, looking at it with an amused expression.
The Cyan Flower Deer didn’t even spare him a glance. It leaned against a tree with one leg elegantly crossed, putting on a cold and aloof act, treating him as if he were thin air.
But having known it for several months, Yu Changsheng was familiar with its temperament. A little coaxing was all it needed.
"Here, let me give your leg a massage."
As he spoke, Yu Changsheng began to massage the deer’s leg, just as he always did.
At first, the Cyan Flower Deer was a bit resistant, looking like it wanted nothing more than to kick him to death. But as Yu Changsheng got into his rhythm, it couldn’t help but narrow its eyes in pleasure.
’The pressure and speed are just right.’
And so, the Cyan Flower Deer gradually grew drowsy. A hint of a smile touched the corners of its mouth as it casually waved a hoof, shooing Yu Changsheng away.
Yu Changsheng knew then that its anger had subsided. He picked up the nearby feed and went to tend to the other Spirit Beasts.
But the drowsy Cyan Flower Deer didn’t close its eyes. Instead, it turned its head and secretly watched him.
’This Beast Master... he’s a little different.’
’But how is he different? It’s hard to put a hoof on it. I don’t get it.’
’If I really had to say, it’s that he truly understands what we Spirit Beasts are thinking!’
The Cyan Flower Deer knew it had a fickle personality that ordinary Beast Masters found hard to understand. At first, Yu Changsheng had also guessed wrong several times, unable to get a read on it. But the more time they spent together, the better he became at understanding it.
*BLEAT.*
The Cyan Flower Deer looked away from Yu Changsheng. It thought back to the moment Yu Changsheng had introduced it to those other Beast Masters, and it started to get angry all over again.
’That bastard! How dare he suggest someone else form a Contract with me?!’
’Does he not think I’m good enough for him?!!’
’I’m so mad!!!!’
Yu Changsheng was oblivious to the Cyan Flower Deer’s feelings. After finishing his feeding rounds, he was in high spirits. That was another seventeen hundred essence points.
’In another two days, it’ll probably drop to sixteen hundred.’
’In half a year, it might be just over a thousand.’
’The Spirit Chicken Garden is still more reliable.’
The Spirit Chicken Garden now had a total of five hundred Spirit Chickens, providing him with five hundred essence points daily.
’In another week, I’ll have one hundred thousand essence points. My Refining God Technique reaching Minor Achievement is just around the corner!’
Yu Changsheng was thrilled. He’d been saving for so long and was finally about to have enough essence points.
However, this "long time" he was thinking of amounted to less than a year!
If word of this got out, countless Cultivators would probably hunt him down and beat him up.
Calling less than a year a long time! Was he even human?!
But in Yu Changsheng’s eyes, the days had indeed felt long. Every single one was packed and fulfilling, unlike other Cultivators who would enter seclusion at a moment’s notice, letting months pass in the blink of an eye.
Just as Yu Changsheng finished tidying up and was about to leave the Beast Garden, Elder Wei walked in. Upon seeing him, Elder Wei tossed a Jade Pendant over.
"What’s this?" Yu Changsheng caught the Jade Pendant and looked at Elder Wei, confused.
Elder Wei said calmly, "Profound Cultivation Techniques, Magic, Arrays, and the like are often inscribed on Jade Artifacts. This contains a Spirit Beast Combination Array. You can take it back and study it."
"A Combined Attack Array?" Yu Changsheng asked, puzzled.
’I’ve never studied Arrays before. Why is Elder Wei suddenly giving me this?’
Elder Wei seemed to sense his confusion. "It’s called a Combined Attack Array, but it’s better to think of it as a Combined Attack Technique," he explained. "It’s a type of Magic that incorporates some principles from Arrays. It demands a high degree of coordination from the Spirit Beasts, but once mastered, it can greatly amplify their collective power."
"This is a Technique created by a Golden Core True Master from our Beast Taming Peak many years ago. Once he cultivated it to Minor Achievement, he could single-handedly hold off an army. Even four or five experts of the same Realm couldn’t defeat him when they joined forces."
Yu Changsheng was astonished.
"And now he...?"
"He’s dead."
Elder Wei rolled his eyes. "That was a thousand years ago. But his Spiritual Beast Four Extremes Formation was passed down."
"Fewer and fewer people can master it these days. You, kid, have a talent for Beast Taming. You even managed to reach the Beginner stage of Thousand Thoughts Slash without any guidance from me. Just take this technique and go cultivate it. Don’t ask me for help; I can’t guide you with this."
With that, Elder Wei sank wearily into his wooden chair and waved his hand dismissively.
"Yes, thank you, Elder Wei," Yu Changsheng said gratefully, then hurried back to his cabin, clutching the Jade Pendant.
’A Combined Attack Skill. This is a Domain I’ve never explored before.’
Yu Changsheng eagerly took out the Jade Pendant and immersed his Divine Sense in it. A series of images flooded his mind: the Vermilion Bird, the Black Tortoise, the Cyan Dragon, and the White Tiger.
Four elements: Fire, Water, Wood, and Metal.
’The Red Refining Snake is fire-attributed, so it can take the Fire position. The Golden-Winged Eagle is metal-attributed, so it can take the Metal position.’
’The Spiritual Beast Four Extremes Formation... If I can gather beasts of all four attributes, the formation will be complete. Fighting opponents of a higher level, or even one against a hundred, won’t be a problem at all!’
’This Combined Attack Skill is probably a Golden Core Level Magic. This is great stuff!’
Yu Changsheng was so engrossed he couldn’t tear himself away. Of course, as the one maintaining the Array, he would also need to expend a large amount of Divine Sense to link the Demon Power of the Spirit Beasts within, ensuring they didn’t fall apart at a critical moment.
Otherwise, if the Spirit Beasts were left to their own devices, the formation would break apart in the middle of a fight.