Opening a Beast Taming Game by Picking Up a Holy Dragon Egg

After seeing the strange condition on Uncle Zheng's body.

Chen Xuan guessed that this was clearly related to some kind of Phantom Beast.

"Oh, this!"

"An old problem!"

Hearing the concern in Chen Xuan's tone, Uncle Zheng waved his hand, not too bothered.

He indicated that this was just a small matter.

Then!

He lifted his own shirt.

On his body!

There was actually a huge tattoo inked across his chest.

It was the image of a strange Phantom Beast, its eyes filled with boundless hatred.

"This, it's trouble I stirred up when I was young!"

"Have you heard of Dirui Ji?"

"Dirui Ji?"

"That's right, Dirui Ji, that legendary Phantom Beast!"

Uncle Zheng pulled out a tobacco pipe.

And began to smoke.

His expression gradually grew distant.

As if sinking into deep memories!

"Back then, I was also a hunter."

"In my youth, I was once full of ambition."

"One day!"

"When I went out hunting."

"I ran into a blizzard."

"You know this world of ours well!"

"Strange weather can appear anywhere."

"I was trapped in a valley at the time."

"Finally, after being trapped for several days!"

"I couldn't take it anymore and decided to head back."

"So I risked climbing up the cliff."

"But!"

"My hands and feet were frozen stiff."

"In the end, I wasn't so nimble anymore."

"I slipped and fell."

"Just when I thought my life was over!"

"A black figure appeared."

"A long, narrow body, a slender face, deep crimson pupils."

"Those eyes carried a profound dominance."

"What kind of existence was that?"

"It was like a celestial dog."

"Dirui Ji!"

"A legendary Phantom Beast!"

"Known for being mysterious and fierce."

"They say no one who sees them ever survives."

"But!"

"It saved me as I fell."

"Maybe it's not as terrifying as humans claim."

"After saving me!"

It left that stretch of snow behind.

It seemed to be searching for something.

And I, after leaving behind a word of thanks, set off on the road home.

A few days later!

The blizzard raged on.

Snow covered the ground a meter thick.

Even having left the valley behind, I seemed to have lost the ability to survive.

Hunger and cold closed in around me.

Just as I was about to lose all hope of living, I discovered a frozen Phantom Beast cub.

Probably frozen to death, I figured.

Too hungry to examine it closely.

Since it hadn't fully grown yet, I couldn't tell what kind of Phantom Beast it was.

Starving as I was, I didn't think twice.

I started a fire.

Caring little for anything else, I roasted it and ate it.

Right at that moment!

A mournful roar shook heaven and earth.

A long, narrow body, a slender face, deep crimson pupils slowly emerged through the blizzard.

Looking at Dirui Ji, I understood something.

That cub—how familiar it was.

That's right.

It was its child.

I had eaten its child.

Rage.

Grief—these emotions flickered constantly in its pupils.

Silently, it picked up the cub's bones.

And vanished into the frozen wasteland.

It didn't kill me.

It simply left.

Fortunate, I survived.

I made it back to the village.

Just when I thought nothing would come of it, a horrifying scene unfolded.

Every day at a certain hour, something terrifying would appear on my face.

It looked just like a zombie.