Map, Beast Taming Remnant Scroll

"What's this? Don't tell me you still want to have a go at me?" The one-eyed cultivator widened his lone eye, as though he had suddenly realized something. "Oh, you want to resist a little and hope Tie Ce's people hear the commotion and rush over? But stop dreaming. Not only is it impossible for Tie Ce's people to get here so quickly, but if I kill you, I won't make much noise either."

Wei Suo glanced at the one-eyed cultivator without replying. Instead, he took out something and said, "No. I want you to look at this."

"What is it... ah!" The one-eyed cultivator curiously widened his only eye. But the instant he did, it was as if a blazing sun had risen before him. His lone eye felt as though it had been pricked by needles, and he could not keep it open at all.

"Fuck! What is this? A nest of snakes and rats? Damn it, aren't you afraid your snake will swallow your rat?"

The Sun Scorching Treasure Talisman instantly blinded the one-eyed cultivator, and Wei Suo had originally intended to strike him at once with the Five Elements Copper Ring and Yin Charm Blade. Yet as the man cried out miserably, a streak of green light shot from a bag in his hand, slipping around the Mystic Tortoise Shield before Wei Suo in an instant.

This astonishingly fast streak of green light was actually a strange little snake, emerald green all over and bearing a pair of fleshy wings.

After circling around the Mystic Tortoise Shield, the little snake lunged directly at Wei Suo's throat.

How could Wei Suo dare let such a snake bite him? With a strange cry, he immediately abandoned any thought of controlling the Five Elements Copper Ring and Yin Charm Blade, pouring a surge of True Essence into the drab gray Dharma robe he wore. Just when the snake was close enough for Wei Suo to see whether it had cavities, a layer of dark cyan astral wind and a Fire Phoenix appeared at the same time, knocking the little snake away.

"He actually raised a demon beast like this. No wonder he's only at the Fifth Level of Sea of Consciousness Realm, yet he looked at me as if I were already dead." Wei Suo felt his scalp tingle as he watched the emerald little snake get knocked back.

A cultivator who raised demon beasts was like someone who had an extra helper in battle. Naturally, they were far stronger than ordinary cultivators at the Divine Ability Realm Fifth Level.

"Did that thing ruin my good eye?" On the other side, the one-eyed cultivator finally forced his eye open, and his expression changed drastically as he rubbed it desperately.

How could a shabby, drab gray robe of coarse cloth produce both a layer of astral wind and a Fire Phoenix, stopping the Green Bamboo Winged Snake he had raised to Level Four?

At that very moment, a copper ring flew from Wei Suo's hand, expanded instantly, and clamped around the one-eyed cultivator's entire body.

A look of terror appeared on the one-eyed cultivator's face. Sensing its master's danger, the emerald little snake again circled desperately behind Wei Suo and bit down viciously at the back of his neck.

"Don't worry. This Green Bamboo Winged Snake is only lower Level Four. It can't break through the defense of your modified robe."

Wei Suo's scalp prickled, and he had instinctively wanted to defend against the little snake. But upon hearing the Green Robe Old Man's voice in his ear, he gritted his teeth. Ignoring the snake behind him, he let out a shrill howl and activated the Yin Charm Blade fragment.

"Ah!"

The iron shield before the one-eyed cultivator and his head were both sliced in two by the Yin Charm Blade as easily as paper.

"You still want to fight? Can't you be as clever as that rat?"

Wei Suo swallowed a Qi Replenishing Pill directly. At the same time the one-eyed cultivator was killed, the silver-black rat that had exposed Wei Suo's whereabouts had already fled. Yet the emerald little snake behind him was stubborn as a mule, still relentlessly charging at the Fire Phoenix circling outside him. In only a short while, the Fire Phoenix formed by the Fire Phoenix Belly-Cover had dimmed considerably, and its power was about to be worn away by the Green Bamboo Winged Snake.

The instant the Green Bamboo Winged Snake was knocked back by the Fire Phoenix once more, a burst of white icy mist exploded. Wei Suo first unleashed a Second-Order Ice Talisman that he had become quite practiced with, freezing the Green Bamboo Winged Snake in midair for an instant. Then a golden lightning ball flew from his hand and struck the snake, electrocuting it until its entire body shook wildly as though in a convulsion.

Wei Suo then took out the six golden Glimmering Flying Blades he had obtained from the Purple Robe Old Daoist's Treasure Pouch and activated them against the Green Bamboo Winged Snake, which no longer had the slightest ability to resist.

The six streaks of golden light twisted together, cutting the Green Bamboo Winged Snake into four pieces that fell to the ground.

Wei Suo swiftly stripped the one-eyed cultivator's clothing, rolled it up, and stuffed it into the black Treasure Pouch. He did not even waste the Green Bamboo Winged Snake, which had been chopped into many pieces, but packed it all away. Then he tossed the one-eyed cultivator's corpse into the bottomless gorge beneath the bridge and drifted toward the stone bridge ahead.

After crossing the stone bridge and passing through a passageway like a city gate, he found another vast expanse of ruins resembling a collapsed city.

Since they had ventured deeper inside and fresh air could barely seep in, an unpleasant smell of moldy earth had accumulated there, making Wei Suo feel somewhat short of breath.

What gave Wei Suo an even bigger headache was that both he and the Green Robe Old Man had completely lost their sense of direction. They could not determine which direction the earlier sounds had come from, and after wandering through the city-like underground mausoleum ruins for a while, they did not encounter a single cultivator.

After thinking helplessly for some time, Wei Suo still hid in a half-collapsed little palace. While waiting for his True Essence to recover, he began taking stock of the belongings on the one-eyed cultivator he had just killed.

Cultivators at the Fifth Level of Sea of Consciousness Realm generally possessed at least several thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones' worth of wealth.

The black-cloaked cultivator whom he had just caught off guard and killed with the Illusionary Light Talisman had carried Spirit Stones worth more than two thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones. The pair of magical implements made from the claws of some unknown demon beast also possessed the power of Half Spirit Artifacts. Their speed was inferior to the Purple Robe Old Daoist's Glimmering Flying Blades, however, so they were of little use to Wei Suo now. Still, those claws and the other miscellaneous items were worth at least two or three thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones.

"These two are Beast Taming Bags."

From the one-eyed cultivator's clothing, Wei Suo first pulled out two cyan leather bags whose formation patterns differed completely from those on a Treasure Pouch. After a brief look, without needing the Green Robe Old Man's explanation, Wei Suo recognized them as Beast Taming Bags specially used for carrying domesticated demon beasts. Such bags also contained a certain amount of space and could hold even huge demon beasts for transport. However, judging by the relatively simple patterns on these two Beast Taming Bags, they were likely low-end goods with limited inner space, probably unable to hold exceptionally large demon beasts.

"Magic Treasure Fragment?" What next caught Wei Suo's attention was a damaged magical implement resembling a green wooden gourd. He did not know what sort of wood it had been made from, but it was heavier than iron. Its surface was covered in rings of strange spiral-like runes, with wisps of green light continually flashing across it.

"Green Emperor Gourd!" The Green Robe Old Man seemed somewhat shocked as well. A thread of green light wound around the green wooden gourd riddled with several holes. After a moment, the green light withdrew into the Ghost Nurturing Jar, and the Green Robe Old Man sighed. "This Green Emperor Gourd was originally a Dao-rank Wood Element Magic Treasure. It could attack and defend, and the wood energy within it could nourish Spiritual Fields and accelerate the maturation of certain spiritual medicines. But several of its important formations have now been damaged. If you throw it now, its attacking power is inferior even to a Half Spirit Artifact. At most, it can release a cloud of green wood energy to envelop you, making many demon beasts that do not rely on sight but sense through aura and touch think you are merely a piece of wood. It can keep those demon beasts from noticing you."

"Fuck! A Dao-rank Wood Element Magic Treasure! If it were intact, wouldn't I have nothing to fear even from a cultivator at the Circulation Realm Second Level?" Wei Suo's mouth fell open, and he could not help wailing.

"Intact, my ass. If it were intact, could you have broken through the defense of the greenwood forest formed by this Green Emperor Gourd? By then, your opponent could casually smash you once with the Green Emperor Yi Wood it formed and crush you to death."

"Green Wind Underground Mausoleum Map? Beast Taming Remnant Scroll?"

Apart from the Spirit Stone bag containing nearly two hundred Mid-grade Spirit Stones and some low-value Qi Replenishing Pills and the like, two items on the one-eyed cultivator filled Wei Suo with wild delight.

The one-eyed cultivator actually carried an Underground Mausoleum Map drawn on a small roll of sheepskin!

Though the map outlined only a portion of the underground mausoleum, many crucial locations and exits were clearly marked. Moreover, several spots bore the conspicuous words Heart Devouring Worm, clearly indicating the places where Heart Devouring Worms were most likely to appear.

No wonder the yellow-robed cultivators' side had dared enter this place so boldly, planning to surround and kill Tie Ce's people here. Clearly, they were already extremely familiar with the terrain in many parts of this underground mausoleum, giving them the advantage of the land.

The other item that filled Wei Suo with wild delight was a small booklet with a black cover. It recorded methods for controlling and raising quite a number of demon beasts, as well as ways to make them advance.

When fighting people, bringing along a demon beast little brother was extremely useful. Just like the one-eyed cultivator earlier—when he himself had no time to react, the demon beast he raised could still force Wei Suo onto the defensive and nearly make him lose the initiative completely.

Because demon beasts had not been so numerous ten or twenty thousand years ago, even the Green Robe Old Man knew nothing of these experiences in raising demon beasts.

More importantly, this booklet was clearly something left behind by some major sect or powerful Rogue Cultivator. Even the Golden Vulture Palace in Lingyue City, famed for raising demon beasts, only possessed methods for breeding and hastening the growth of demon beasts; it had no methods for feeding demon beasts particular things or using specific means to make them advance.

Obtaining a young high-rank demon beast was extremely difficult as well. Yet this remnant scroll recorded in detail the advancement methods of many low-rank demon beasts. Thus, even if one tamed low-rank demon beasts, one could slowly raise them and make them advance. Furthermore, after low-rank demon beasts advanced, they would often gain one or two unique innate abilities, making them even more formidable than demon beasts of the same rank.

(Standing firm was what mattered most. I'll keep standing firm with three scheduled updates a day, and brothers, keep standing firm with your red-ticket support. Brothers and sisters, it hasn't been many days since this book began, yet it has already reached 170,000 characters. During the new-book period, has any other new book worked this desperately? But I won't be satisfied with this. Explosions of four or five updates are definitely coming. After all, I still owe so many debts, and after all, I still want to charge toward the even higher milestone of 8,000 red tickets!)