Cleverly Capturing Xuanwu

It felt like there was still some time, so I also studied this first-tier Beast Taming Art.

This was a cultivation technique for controlling spirit beasts, and it introduced many different methods for controlling spirit beasts. Furthermore, the ultimate goal of all these methods was to control spirit beasts.

The best way to interact with spirit beasts was to accept a contract together and cooperate. However, this method could not unleash the full power of the spirit beast, but it could feed back to the other party.

For example, their talents, bloodlines, strength, Spiritual Power, and so on.

Another method was to have the spirit beast recognize a master. With this method, the spirit beast completely gave up its own will. This made the spirit beast less flexible, but it could unleash tremendous power because it could achieve a state of integration with the human. However, it lacked the ability to feed back.

Another method was to use divine sense to restrain the spirit beast. Theoretically, one could restrain an infinite number of spirit beasts.

As long as your divine sense was powerful enough, because each time a spirit beast was restrained, the master's divine sense would be weakened by a portion. If it became too weak in the end, there was a risk of being counterattacked by the spirit beast, and it might even turn the tables, which was extremely dangerous.

There was also information on how to raise and identify ordinary spirit beasts.

After a general understanding, I left the training room.

When I came out, two months had already passed. Seeing Baili Qiuyue, who was heavily pregnant and could barely move, looking like she was about to give birth, I was immediately startled.

If I hadn't come out by now, I would have definitely missed her giving birth, which would have been a great regret.

"Wife, I'm sorry I came out so late. I was too engrossed in my cultivation and lost track of time!"

Lu Wanyuan explained emotionally to Baili Qiuyue.

"Alright, if you hadn't come out soon, the child might have called for daddy and you still wouldn't have shown up. That would have been troublesome!" Baili Qiuyue quickly said.

Then she looked at Lu Wanyuan and continued, "This is our first child, and we can't have any regrets. You can't go into seclusion again. I think she's going to give birth in the next few days. As a father, you must be by my side!"

"Okay, I understand. I won't go anywhere and will stay by your side!"

Lu Wanyuan immediately nodded and patted his chest to promise.

"These past two months, Lu Wanting said that the Silver Moon Spirit Carp in the pond have decreased drastically, only a few hundred remain. What's more, one of the five large Silver Moon Spirit Carp has also disappeared at some point."

Baili Qiuyue said slowly, looking at Lu Wanyuan.

"Hmm, I know!"

"Huh? Why aren't you surprised at all? It's like you already knew what was going on?"

"Yes, the last time I came out of seclusion, I went to check and learned some things. That's why I went into seclusion in a hurry. I'll go take a look later. If it's still in the pond eating fish, I won't be polite and will catch this thief directly!"

"What, there's a thief? No way, our mansion's defenses are so strict, how could anyone else get in here to steal things?"

Baili Qiuyue asked with some confusion.

"The thief I'm talking about isn't a person. Let's go together. You can watch from the shore. I'll thoroughly investigate the current situation in the pond!"

After speaking, Lu Wanyuan immediately helped Baili Qiuyue and slowly walked towards the fishpond.

"Alright, you stay here. Don't get too close to the fishpond; I'm afraid it might be dangerous. I'll go over there and take a look!"

Lu Wanyuan pointed towards the spirit spring in the pond.

Hearing this, Baili Qiuyue nodded.

Then, Lu Wanyuan walked towards the spirit spring and took out a large stone the size of a millstone from his storage bag.

With a loud bang, water splashed everywhere, sealing the opening of the spirit spring tightly. The spirit spring water was then sealed inside, not flowing out at all.

Because while in seclusion, he had been thinking about this matter. If he were to catch the spirit beast that was stealing fish, he would definitely need to seal its escape route first, preventing it from escaping again.

This way, it wouldn't be able to return, and he could catch it like catching a turtle in a jar within the pond.

"Husband, what are you doing? You've sealed the entire spirit spring!"

Baili Qiuyue on the shore asked with a confused expression.

"Haha, I'll answer you later. Just watch the show here!"

However, before he finished speaking, he heard a splashing sound from the pond.

In the pond not far away, a strong ripple of water was swimming rapidly towards the opening of the spirit spring.

Seeing this, Lu Wanyuan didn't say a word and immediately cast the Earth Shield Spell.

With a loud boom, water splashed everywhere, along with murky mud flying out.

The impact caused the water in the pond to ripple.

An earthen wall stood firmly in front of him, completely enclosing him, making it impossible for any attack from the outside to reach him!

The next moment, a splash!

Then Lu Wanyuan felt the earthen wall in front of him shake, looking like it was about to collapse.

The thing that had been swimming rapidly had actually rammed into the earth shield. He hadn't expected the impact force to be so great.

The glow on the earth shield flickered unstably. Before long, it began to fade.

Seeing this, Lu Wanyuan quickly channeled Spiritual Power into the earth shield. A powerful surge of Spiritual Power was drawn directly from his dantian, through his meridians, to his palms, and then infused into the earth shield, which prevented it from dissipating.

But at this moment, he finally saw the Yao Beast that had rammed into him. It was a giant turtle. The turtle flapped its limbs, stirring up a mess. Water splashed everywhere in the pond, and murky mud continuously scattered around.

From its appearance, it was clear that this fellow was angry and in a rage.

It was probably because Lu Wanyuan had sealed its way home.

It's only natural to be angry when you come out to hunt and find your way back blocked.

Seeing that its initial ramming attack was ineffective, the turtle attacked again. Fortunately, Lu Wanyuan was prepared this time and didn't let the turtle get the upper hand, blocking it with the earthen wall as before.

After several full-power attacks, the turtle was unable to break through the wall in front of it!

Seeing that it was developing a tendency to eat all the spirit fish in the pond, it immediately turned and rushed towards the nearby school of fish.

Witnessing such an obvious action, how could Lu Wanyuan let it eat the remaining spirit fish? If they were eaten, he wouldn't be able to find similar fish later, as he had bought all the spirit fish from that stall originally.

With this thought, he immediately cast Thorn Spell. Chanting incantations in the air, he frantically formed hand seals. In an instant, several thumb-sized green vines, carrying sharp thorns, shot out from his fingers and quickly lunged towards the giant turtle before him.

Watching the endless stream of green vines pouring from his hands, they quickly caught up to the departing turtle and, in the next moment, wrapped it up like a zongzi, dragging the plump turtle back.

Then, Lu Wanyuan waved his hand, and like throwing a ball of iron, he tossed the tightly wrapped turtle onto the bank of the pond. It lay there sprawled out, flailing its limbs, trying to flip over.

He jumped ashore and approached the turtle. He immediately cast Fireball Spell and simultaneously used a 'Fire Attribute Magic Power Amplification 2x' attribute. Instantly, the fireball, originally the size of a walnut, became the size of an adult's fist. The fireball contained a terrifying, violent power that made one's heart palpitate. Waves of heat rolled around, and the mud on the turtle's shell instantly dried and cracked. The turtle, previously wounded by the sharp thorns of the Thorn Spell, was bleeding profusely, but now the blood had dried.

"I don't care if you understand me or not. If you don't submit and nod, I'll throw this fireball at you. Today, I'm going to have grilled turtle meat!"

With that, Lu Wanyuan assumed a ready stance.

Fortunately, the turtle wasn't stupid. Seeing Lu Wanyuan's expression, as if he were about to kill it, it immediately nodded.

"Release your divine sense. I'm going to place a soul restriction in your mind!" Lu Wanyuan said loudly.

Perhaps sensing the hostile tone, the turtle quickly opened its mind.

Lu Wanyuan immediately placed a soul restriction in its mind.