Spring gave way to autumn, and five years swiftly passed.
Inside a secret chamber, Han Benfu sat cross-legged atop a jade bed fashioned from flame jade, her eyes tightly shut.
A layer of red radiance shrouded her body like a mass of blazing fire. The stone walls were etched with countless profound red runes, and the temperature inside was frighteningly high.
After a while, Han Benfu opened her eyes.
She let out a long breath of turbid air, rose to her feet, and stretched lazily.
When she came outside, Han Benfu saw the Golden-Eyed Beast frolicking in the small lake in the courtyard. A school of colorful spirit fish swam about in the lake, and as the Golden-Eyed Beast chased them, they hurriedly fled.
Roar!
The Golden-Eyed Beast let out a thunderous roar, and a huge vortex suddenly formed on the lake's surface, spinning rapidly. Over a hundred spirit fish whirled helplessly within it.
The Golden-Eyed Beast opened its gaping maw, and a powerful suction force emerged from thin air. One spirit fish after another flew uncontrollably toward it and vanished into its mouth.
Just like that, it devoured more than a hundred spirit fish.
Upon seeing Han Benfu, the Golden-Eyed Beast gave an excited roar, transformed into a streak of light, and landed before her.
Han Benfu lovingly stroked its head, took out a golden ginseng plant, and fed it to the Golden-Eyed Beast.
After subduing the Golden-Eyed Beast, Han Benfu had cared for it attentively and stayed by its side until it gave birth to three Golden-Eyed Beasts.
The Han Clan currently had four Golden-Eyed Beasts. Han Benfu raised the third-rank Golden-Eyed Beast, while the other three were left in Han Benmin's care.
For now, its offspring appeared to be pure-blooded Golden-Eyed Beasts, proficient in water-element techniques but