Claiming the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King as a Mount [New Book, Please Bookmark]

Dou Qi Continent, Monster Mountain Range.

Several bolts of Bronze Heavenly Lightning tore through the silent sky like dragons and serpents, erupting with thunderous blasts.

Deep within the damp forest, dozens of bizarre Magical Beasts lay quietly in the mud, as though they had fallen asleep, making no sound at all.

Before them, a young man dressed in white gazed calmly into the distance. He carried himself with refined elegance, his features flawless and his skin clear. A pair of pale blue eyes shone with a gentle, warm light.

The young man was named Jiang Cheng. He was twenty-one years old.

That was right. He was not from this world, but an unemployed graduate searching for work. The day after graduation, he went out and was sent flying by a drunk driver.

When he woke again, Jiang Cheng discovered that he had arrived in the world of one of the most popular Chinese animated series, Battle Through the Heavens.

He had even unexpectedly awakened the Confucian Saint System. As long as he read every day and completed the tasks assigned by the system, he could raise his cultivation and obtain corresponding Dou Techniques and Cultivation Methods.

Thus, Jiang Cheng cultivated diligently and studied hard. In just ten years, he had risen from a Dou Master to a One-star Dou Saint, living up to the name of the Confucian Saint System.

Jiang Cheng slowly exhaled a breath of hot air, looking somewhat weary. Why was it so difficult to find a mount?

Three days ago, the system had informed him that, in order to uphold the name of the Confucian Sage, he had to capture a Sixth-Tier Magical Beast or above as a mount within a set time limit. If not for the reward of a Heavenly Rank Dou Technique, he would never have come to this filthy, disorderly Monster Mountain Range.

Opening the system panel, all of his information appeared before his eyes.

Name: Jiang Cheng

Age: Twenty-one

Realm: One-star Dou Saint

Dou Techniques: Three Thousand Illusions (Earth Tier Intermediate Level), God Slaying Palm (Earth Tier High Level)

Cultivation Method: Spirit Condensing Art (Early Heavenly Rank)

Treasures: Countless

Capture a Sixth-Tier Magical Beast within the allotted time. Remaining time: 13:10

Becoming a Dou Saint at twenty-one was already exceedingly rare in the world. Even on the talent-rich Central Continent, there had never been a precedent of someone breaking through to Dou Saint before the age of twenty.

Even Xiao Yan, the protagonist of Battle Through the Heavens, had merely been a Dou Emperor at twenty-one. He had only broken through to Dou Saint at nearly thirty.

Jiang Cheng placed one hand behind his back and lightly stepped forward with his right foot. The instant his foot touched the ground, he appeared a thousand meters away. Ripples from the trembling space spread in every direction, profound and mysterious.

There were only a dozen or so minutes left. He would just find any Sixth-Tier Magical Beast.

At that moment, Jiang Cheng stopped. His brow Slightly Moved as his gaze shifted into the distance. He could sense an Aura constantly drawing nearer.

"A Dou Emperor Magical Beast... it has delivered itself right to me."

As soon as the words fell, Jiang Cheng rapidly stepped through the air toward the distance.

In a valley a hundred li away from Jiang Cheng, a massive Magical Beast was gnawing on the corpse of a Fifth-Tier Magical Beast, continuously complaining that the meat was too sour.

Its head was that of a ferocious-looking lion, with beastly pupils that were blood-red yet glimmered with an unusual violet light, and an enormous maw filled with fangs.

Atop its lion head stood a fiery red spiral horn, with clusters of purple flames coiling around its tip.

On either side of its massive lion body grew a pair of purple wings. Whenever the wings flapped, clusters of pale violet flames erupted like flamethrowers, sweeping outward in every direction.

Its four thick claws were likewise encased in a layer of purple crystals. Every step it took made the void tremble, making it difficult to imagine just how great its strength was.

That was right. The creature before him was the overlord of the Eastern Forest in the Monster Mountain Range: the Sixth-Tier Magical Beast, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.

At that moment, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King was dealing with traitors. The Fifth-Tier Magical Beast before it was one of them. It had colluded with other Sixth-Tier Magical Beasts in an attempt to seize the Eastern Forest, only to be discovered and brutally killed by it.

At the same time, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King seemed to sense that something was wrong. When it raised its head, it found that a human was somehow standing above it.

The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King thought its eyes were playing tricks on it and rubbed them hard, yet it still saw an Expert unlike those who formed Dou Qi Wings.

"Hiss!" The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King drew in a sharp breath. "A Dou Ancestor Expert?!"

Jiang Cheng smiled. "Not bad. You appear to possess the strength of a Three-star Dou Emperor already. Time is running out, so you will do."

The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King swallowed, not even having time to wipe the scraps from the corner of its mouth. It knew very well that the human before it had surpassed the Dou Emperor barrier and advanced into the Dou Zong realm. No wonder it had not sensed his arrival.

Jiang Cheng said politely, "From this day forward, you will become my mount and cultivate alongside me."

The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King nervously shifted its massive body backward while keeping its eyes fixed on the human.

It had already been scared out of its wits. There was only one thought in its mind: run! The farther away, the better. Ideally, it would escape the Eastern Forest entirely. Before a Dou Ancestor Expert, it had no ability to resist.

Jiang Cheng did not make the first move. Instead, he put away his oiled-paper umbrella, slowly took a Folding Fan from his Storage Ring, and gently fanned himself.

Seeing this, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King turned and fled. Like a startled bird, it shot into motion. As a Dou Emperor, it was incredibly fast, piercing through the clouds in almost an instant and vanishing above the Monster Mountain Range.

Just as the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King was feeling pleased with itself, Jiang Cheng somehow appeared standing atop its head. Smiling, he said, "Not bad speed. Your fur is thick too. You should be quite comfortable to ride in the future."

"Get down."

The two simple words left Jiang Cheng's mouth, but to the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's ears, they were like a train whistle exploding beside it. Its massive body could not muster any strength at all, and it plummeted straight to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Jiang Cheng casually waved his Folding Fan, sweeping away all the dust around them.

The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's face flushed red as it begged, "Senior, spare my life! It has not been easy for me to cultivate. If I die, all the efforts of my life will be washed away!"

Jiang Cheng said softly, "When did I say I wanted your life? You only need to form a Soul Contract with me."

Hearing this, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King swallowed. Of course, it knew what a Soul Contract was. It was a contract that made Magical Beasts willingly become human lackeys. Once bound by it, no matter how strong it was or how high the other party's cultivation, even a Dou Zhe could easily kill it.

But if it refused, its life would likely end here... and centuries of effort would vanish like a bubble.

Seeing the hesitation in the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King beneath him, Jiang Cheng stopped wasting words. His fingers Slightly Moved, and a medicinal pill Emitting a strange radiance flew before the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.

"This is..."

"Th-this..."

The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's Pupils instantly dilated, and it could not help crying out, "A seventh-grade... Shape Shifting Pill!!"