Sect-Guarding Divine Beast
"Peak Master Zhou, farewell."
Fang Pengyi said with a hint of smugness.
He was very satisfied with Song Wen's answer.
"Father!"
Zhou Siyi saw her father walk coldly toward the exit of the Human-Snake Cavern, appearing somewhat fearful and uneasy.
Even calling out "Dad" was done with trepidation.
Zhou Xuelin glanced at Zhou Siyi, his eyes filled with indifference.
It was as if he wasn't looking at his own daughter, but rather a useless object.
Even after Zhou Xuelin walked out of the Human-Snake Cavern, the unease on Zhou Siyi's face did not subside.
She lowered her head, and tears of grievance welled up in her bright eyes.
After a long silence, she chased after Zhou Xuelin.
Seeing this, Fang Pengyi sneered.
"He's nothing but a petty man who only knows how to fight for power and profit. He'll even use his own daughter as a bargaining chip in his quest for power."
After making a few sarcastic remarks about Zhou Xuelin, he then turned to Song Wen.
"Elder Wu, it's best to stay away from a despicable person like Zhou Xuelin."
Song Wen said, "Your subordinate will remember Peak Master's teachings."
Fang Pengyi's words, seemingly a reminder to Song Wen, were actually a warning to Song Wen.
He warned Song Wen not to get too close to Zhou Xuelin.
Zhou Xuelin is a despicable person, but Fang Pengyi is not necessarily a kind one either.
He knew perfectly well that Zhou Siyi was a spy sent by Zhou Xuelin.
He kept Zhou Siyi in Pill Peak for the sake of Zhou Siyi knowledge in cultivating spirit beasts.
A moment later.
Fang Pengyi announced Song Wen's appointment as the head of Human-Snake Cavern to Liu Jiang, Zhang Bing, and Li Shi.
After exchanging Message Jade Slip with Song Wen, Fang Pengyi handed over a storage ring to Song Wen, which contained spiritual materials needed for corpse refining, as well as information and accounts of the Human-Snake Cavern.
After seeing Fang Pengyi off, Song Wen entered the Number One Corpse Refining Cave in the Human-Snake Cavern.
The Number One Corpse Refining Cave was originally used by Rong Jingyun to handle the daily affairs of some of the Human-Snake Cavern, but now it naturally belongs to Song Wen.
Song Wen took out the storage ring given to him by Fang Pengyi and probed it with his Divine Sense.
Suddenly, Song Wen's eyes lit up with admiration.
The amount of spiritual materials found there was almost exaggerated.
Among them are several hundred bottles of Yin Baleful Dew, plus other Corpse Path spiritual materials. The value of the spiritual materials in this storage ring is no less than 500,000 Spirit Stone.
Song Wen suddenly felt an urge to grab the storage ring and run away.
The spiritual materials in this storage ring are enough for Song Wen to cultivate the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art> to the Golden Core Realm, and there might even be some left over.
Suppressing his greed, Song Wen discovered that a mark had been planted on the storage ring.
Xu Zheng because of this mark that Fang Pengyi dared to entrust it to Song Wen for safekeeping so confidently.
The affairs of the Human-Snake Cavern are quite leisurely.
All matters related to the breeding of Man-Snake were handled entirely by Liu Jiang.
Song Wen's main tasks were to refine the Man-Snake Profound Corpse and to instruct Zhang Bing and Li Shi on how to refine the Profound Corpse.
Two weeks later.
Zhou Siyi, who had disappeared for several days, reappeared in the Human-Snake Cavern.
She regained her usual lively and carefree personality.
It was as if she wasn't the one who shed tears of grievance in the Human-Snake Cavern that day.
"Junior Brother Wu, from now on you'll be my boss, so you'd better take good care of your senior sister."
Looking into Zhou Siyi's big, bright eyes, Song Wen understood.
It turns out that her lively and carefree nature was just a facade.
Her life was not easy.
She was nothing more than a pawn in her father's hands, someone he could manipulate at will.
A smile appeared on Song Wen's face.
"Senior sister, you flatter me. Apart from a little knowledge of corpse refining, I am still completely clueless about other aspects, like a blind man touching an elephant. I hope you will be generous in guiding me in the future."
"No problem. If you have any questions in the future, just let me know."
Zhou Siyi said, taking full responsibility.
Suddenly.
A strong tremor was felt in the ground.
All the more than a thousand Corpse Coffin that had been placed in the entire Human-Snake Cavern were overturned.
"Waaah..."
A long, piercing buzzing sound echoed throughout half of the Beast Taming Sect.
The dozens of Man-Snake Human-Snake Cavern suddenly went berserk, constantly ramming against the array barrier that was trapping them.
Even with heads bleeding profusely, the Man-Snake and the human showed no sign of stopping.
"What happened? Where did that sound come from?"
Song Wen asked in surprise.
Zhou Siyi, on the other hand, appeared quite calm.
She turned and looked towards a certain direction deep within the Beast Taming Sect, whispering softly.
"The guardian beast has awakened. Every twenty years, it awakens due to hunger. After feeding, it falls back into slumber."
Guardian Beast of the Clan!
Song Wen looked somewhat surprised.
The so-called guardian beast is not actually a divine beast.
Mythical beasts are powerful creatures from legends. For countless years, no trace of a mythical beast has been seen in the entire Cultivation World.
The guardian Beast Taming Sect is probably just a powerful spirit beast.
What kind of spirit beast is it that needs to eat once every twenty years?
Shouldn't such a powerful spirit beast live off the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi?
Does it eat rare and heavenly materials and earthly treasures, or even Spirit Stone?
During the years Song Wen spent in East Birch Market, he often heard people mention that the Beast Taming Sect had a powerful guardian beast, which was the foundation of the Beast Taming Sect.
But no outsider has ever known what kind of spirit beast is the guardian beast of the Beast Taming Sect.
"Senior Sister Zhou, have you seen the guardian beast of the sect?" Song Wen asked.
Zhou Siyi said, "I have never seen it. The last time the divine beast awakened, I was just a child of a few years old and had not yet begun my cultivation. I had no chance to see the true face of the divine beast."
She gazed in the direction from which the mythical beast's cry came, lost in thought for a moment.
"Junior Brother Wu, would you like to see the sect's guardian beast?"
"I'd like to, but guardian beasts aren't something you can just see anytime, right?"
"Perhaps there's a chance?"
Noon three days later.
Liu Jiang appeared anxiously outside the Number One Corpse Refining Cave.
"Elder Wu, come out quickly! Something terrible has happened!"
Song Wen opened the restrictions on the corpse cave and asked.
"Elder Liu, what happened?"
"The Spirit-Nurturing Workshop of the Great Yan Kingdom was attacked by villains. All the dozens of disciples in the Spirit-Nurturing Workshop were slaughtered. More than a thousand Azure Jade Snake either died or fled; not a single one survived."
Liu Jiang's tone was very angry.
He had been in the Spirit-Nurturing Workshop for many years and was familiar with most of the Spirit-Nurturing Workshop there. He couldn't help but feel resentful when all the disciples of the Spirit-Nurturing Workshop were killed.
To breed Man-Snake, one needs the eggs of the Azure Jade Snake.
Moreover, the success rate of Man-Snake breeding is very low, resulting in an extremely high demand for Azure Jade Snake eggs.
Most of these snake eggs were provided by the Spirit-Nurturing Workshop.
Now that the Spirit-Nurturing Workshop has been destroyed, the breeding of Man-Snake will be greatly affected.
"Who dares to lay a hand on the Spirit-Nurturing Workshop of the Beast Taming Sect?"
Upon hearing this, Song Wen was visibly shocked.
Liu Jiang said, "It's highly likely that they are the two men in black you saw last time."
"It's them again! Why are they targeting the Spirit-Nurturing Workshop?"
"I don't know, but this time, they won't be able to escape."
Liu Jiang's eyes were fierce, filled with murderous intent.