Taming the Black Scale Eagle

Yu Ke'er blinked at Su Yu and said, "Earth Rock Rats possess a unique spiritual sense for spirit veins—or rather, Spirit Mines. They can be used to search for Spirit Mines."

Su Yu suddenly understood. Earth Rock Rat demonic beasts had poor intelligence and bloodlines, making them unsuitable as Tamed Beasts.

But using Earth Rock Rat demonic beasts to search for Spirit Mines was indeed a good idea.

Only, early second-rank Earth Rock Rats...

Su Yu hesitated. "I've never tried whether I can knock out an early second-rank demonic beast. I can only make some first for you to test."

Yu Ke'er readily agreed. "Alright, then let's start with ten portions."

As she spoke.

Yu Ke'er tossed a Beast Taming Pouch to Su Yu. "Inside is a Black Scale Eagle Egg our family found in Eight Demon Ridge. It's a flying demonic beast with an upper-mid second-rank bloodline, originally quite suitable for becoming a Tamed Beast."

"However, for some unknown reason, this egg was tainted by a trace of Demon Path aura and became somewhat violent. It isn't very suitable as a Tamed Beast."

"See whether you want to hatch it yourself, eat it, or sell it. It's yours now—do whatever you want with it."

"Take this as a deposit first. Once we capture that second-rank Rat King, there'll be additional payment."

A short while later, Yu Ke'er and the others left, while Su Yu kept Chen Sisi behind.

Su Yu asked, "What's going on between the Chen Family and the Yu Family?"

Chen Sisi gave a bewitching smile. Compared to before, the married Chen Sisi was a vision of grace and charm; every frown and smile carried a faint seductive air, and those captivating eyes of hers had become even lovelier.

Chen Sisi lowered her voice. "In exchange for helping the Yu Family capture the Earth Rock Rat King, the Chen Family secured the Yu Family's agreement to sell us a retired early second-rank Tamed Beast."

"In other words, we'll trade an early second-rank Earth Rock Rat King for an early second-rank Tamed Beast discarded by the Yu Family."

"Of course, that depends on successfully capturing and taming the Rat King. And the Chen Family will bear all the costs."

So that was it.

Su Yu had thought the Yu Family was personally stepping in to back the Chen Family and suppress the Huang Family.

It turned out they only wanted that early second-rank Earth Rock Rat demonic beast.

Still, it had little to do with him. Whether the two families managed to capture the Rat King or not, he had already made a tidy sum from both of them.

"How is Qing Yi? Was his arm reattached?" After dealing with the trivial matters, Su Yu looked at Chen Sisi and asked about Su Qingyi's condition.

Bitterness filled Chen Sisi's face. "It's gone. The arm is completely gone, so naturally it can't be reattached."

"With such an injury, his future cultivation will likely become a problem too..."

Biting her pearly teeth lightly, Chen Sisi said, "There is a second-rank upper-grade Muscle Regeneration Pill in the sect. It can revive the dead and regrow flesh upon bones; repairing a severed limb would be no great difficulty. In the future, I'll see whether I can save up enough contribution points to exchange for one."

Su Yu comforted Chen Sisi for a while before she took her leave.

Watching Chen Sisi's departing figure, Su Yu sighed inwardly. He had said long ago that going to guard the Purple Gold Sand Spirit Mine of the Chen Family as training would be dangerous. That was why he had directly refused the Family Head's proposal and chosen to return to the market to cultivate in peace.

Otherwise, the one who might have lost an arm—or even his life—could have been him.

Only...

Had he not refused, Su Qingyi would never have been sent to that Chen Family Spirit Mine.

"Later... we'll see. To refine a second-rank upper-grade Muscle Regeneration Pill, I'll probably need cultivation at the mid Foundation Establishment stage. It's far too early to be thinking about that now." Su Yu shook his head and sighed. By then, Su Qingyi would probably already be old.

The Muscle Regeneration Pill would not be of much use then either.

He took out a demonic beast egg the size of a human head from the Beast Taming Pouch Yu Ke'er had given him.

The egg was entirely jet-black, like ink jade. Yet now, threads of blood-red Demon Path aura seeped from it, and the unhatched young creature within seemed especially violent and irritable.

It was only an egg, but the moment Su Yu took it out to inspect it, he sensed a faint hostility from that little fellow inside!

It seemed to want to eat him!

Su Yu frowned lightly at the egg. "Eight Demon Ridge... how could a demonic beast egg there be tainted with Demon Path aura? What happened there?"

First, a great number of Demon Path cultivators and Bandit Cultivators had flooded into Cloud Sword Sect territory. Then there had been the token of an inner disciple from the Nine Souls Demonic Palace, a major Demon Path force, found on the Ghost Head Golden Condor. After that, the Demon Path's Blood Saber Daoist had also gone to Eight Demon Ridge.

And now, the Yu Family had found a demonic beast egg in Eight Demon Ridge that was tainted with Demon Path aura.

This chain of events left Su Yu with a faint sense of unease.

"Demon Path aura... I wonder if it can be dispelled?" Su Yu tried pouring in his own mana, slowly wearing away at the Demon Path aura. But the next moment, he realized something was wrong. This aura had not merely contaminated the egg; it had already caused it to mutate.

This demonic beast egg had now become a Demon Path demonic beast. That Demon Path aura belonged to it.

Su Yu cursed Yu Ke'er inwardly. No wonder the Yu Family did not want this egg.

"Eating it... I probably can't. The demonic qi in this egg is more poisonous to immortal cultivators than poison itself. Throwing it away is even less possible. This is my deposit, something I earned through hard work, so I can't destroy it either."

Su Yu had a headache and could only continue pouring mana into it, seeing whether he could cultivate some affection.

"Eh, it seems to be working?"

Before long.

Su Yu detected a subtle change in the egg. Its aura no longer seemed so violent, and its hostility had diminished considerably. This Black Scale Eagle Egg was happily absorbing the mana of his Azure Wood Age Wheel Art.

"The mutated Demon Path bloodline probably can't be changed, but if it regains its intelligence and can control its own bloodline, then it should still be able to become a Tamed Beast, right?"

Su Yu was delighted.

He thought of the Earth Fire Ape Cub from before. Because it had been nourished and nurtured by his mana, its intelligence had improved considerably, and it had shown no signs of losing control even now.

If the Earth Fire Ape could change, then this Black Scale Eagle should not be a problem either, right?

After feeding the Black Scale Eagle Egg enough mana, Su Yu put it away. He then began trying to develop a stronger Beast Luring Powder, to see whether spirit herbs with greater age would have any effect on early second-rank demonic beasts.

Several days later, Su Yu delivered ten portions of the first Super Beast Luring Powder sample to Yu Ke'er.

Under the constant nourishment and nurturing of the mana from his Ancient Art, the Azure Wood Age Wheel Art, the Black Scale Eagle Egg underwent a transformation in aura a month later. It no longer held any hostility toward him, and its Demon Path aura could be released and withdrawn freely.

Moreover, the mutated Black Scale Eagle Egg possessed an aura more than twice as strong as that of an ordinary Black Scale Eagle Egg.

When Yu Ke'er returned to the market after successfully capturing the early second-rank Earth Rock Rat King from the Chen Family and saw the Black Scale Eagle Egg again, she was utterly stunned.

"Ahhh! Its—its bloodline aura, how has it changed completely!?" Yu Ke'er cried out repeatedly.

The transformed Black Scale Eagle Egg made Yu Ke'er incredibly envious and covetous. She offered condition after condition in an attempt to trade for it with Su Yu, even going so far as to use a honey trap. Yet in the end, her own cheeks flushed scarlet, while Su Yu's heart remained completely unmoved. His eyes knew how to admire.

But his heart was not stirred!

Yu Ke'er was furious. Damn Su Yu—how could he be so utterly incapable of cherishing a delicate beauty?

Another half month later, under Yu Ke'er's envious, covetous gaze, the Black Scale Eagle Egg hatched. Su Yu used the Beast Taming Art to tame it as his own Tamed Beast.