Beast-Taming Ring, a Flying Demon Pet!

Following the Black-Yellow Jade's guidance, Dongfang Bai headed toward a certain part of the imperial prison, but a jailer suddenly stopped him when he reached a particular spot.

"Senior from the Supreme Simplicity Sect, you can't go any farther. That's a forbidden area of the imperial prison. No one can approach it, not even ordinary jailers like us."

The jailer apologized as well. He had no authority to let Dongfang Bai in.

"All right!"

Dongfang Bai turned and left. Even if he met that person, he wouldn't be able to take them away. He would report the matter to his master later, and whatever his master decided to do would be his master's business.

After another short wait, Li Xuansu came out.

"Elder Li."

Dongfang Bai walked over and saw that something was wrong with Li Xuansu's expression. It seemed something had happened, but he didn't dare ask.

"Let's go back to the sect."

Li Xuansu had originally wanted to show Dongfang Bai around Bianjing, but she was in no mood for it now.

Half a day later.

Dongfang Bai returned to the Supreme Simplicity Sect with Li Xuansu, who went to see the sect master immediately.

Supreme Simplicity Sect.

Li Xuansu met with the sect master, Huang Qin.

"Elder Li, you saw that traitor, didn't you?" Huang Qin asked.

Li Xuansu nodded. "I did. Was the item that disciple stole the incomplete divine art that is one of our Supreme Simplicity Sect's three great inheritances—the Supreme Simplicity Reincarnation Technique?"

"That's right. It was indeed the Supreme Simplicity Reincarnation Technique. The first part of this divine Secret Method allows one to seize another's body, and the second allows one to seize a bloodline, but we only have the second part. That traitor caused trouble in Bianjing, probably because she had her eye on a certain bloodline. Did you find out?"

"She told me. The Chu Kingdom's imperial family discovered a special physique with the ability to recover quickly. It could be called half an undying body, and it also has a very long lifespan. Even with an ordinary person's body, living for several hundred years is no problem. The imperial family says they'll hand the traitor over to us if we give them a copy of the Supreme Simplicity Reincarnation Technique. But the traitor says that if we rescue her, she's willing to return the Supreme Simplicity Reincarnation Technique and atone for her crimes through meritorious service. I'm afraid the imperial family won't agree, though."

Li Xuansu told her everything she knew.

Huang Qin fell silent, then smiled. "It seems the Chu emperor wants to cultivate the Supreme Simplicity Reincarnation Technique and seize the bloodline of the person with that special physique to extend his life. But doesn't he know that only women can cultivate this divine Secret Method? Otherwise, the chance of success will be very low."

"Perhaps he knows and simply wants to take a gamble," Li Xuansu said.

"That special physique..." Li Xuansu was somewhat tempted. It was a bloodline that could extend one's life. If she seized it, wouldn't she be able to live a few more years? Even setting aside anything more, living just another hundred years would be a gain.

"Don't act rashly. Since the Chu Kingdom's imperial family dared let us know, they aren't afraid of us trying to seize the person with that special physique. Even the traitor knows about them, and quite a few factions know as well. Yet none has managed to take them away. Clearly, there must be a Great Grandmaster stationed deep within the imperial prison. Our Supreme Simplicity Sect can't seize them either."

"Yes!" Li Xuansu hadn't lost her head. She had only been thinking about it.

"We'll consider this matter carefully over time. Don't do anything rash. You may leave."

"Yes, Sect Master!"

Li Xuansu left.

Supreme Yin Peak.

After Dongfang Bai returned, he used a Ten-Thousand-Li Communication Talisman to send his master all the information he had learned.

Black-Yellow Sect.

Lin Ye was a little surprised when he received Dongfang Bai's message.

"Li Xuansu, Bianjing, the imperial city's prison, the traitorous True Disciple, and the person the Devil Jade sensed was suitable to be a Devil Dao disciple..." He hadn't expected his second disciple to go through so much in such a short time.

He wasn't interested in what had happened between the Supreme Simplicity Sect and the imperial family or what deal they had made, but he was interested in that disciple!

"Ding! Host's disciple Dongfang Bai has sent a second piece of intelligence. Reward: 2,000 Devil Dao Points!"

"Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained information on a disciple who meets the Supreme Devil Dao System's requirements. A mission has been issued: accept this person as your sixth disciple within ten days. Completing the mission will grant a generous reward."

"2,000 Devil Dao Points, and a mission to accept a disciple."

Lin Ye was very interested. He wanted to take on disciples and had given his disciples Devil Jade, but there seemed to be no more suitable disciples in this area. Had he used up his earlier luck, leaving him unable to find a sixth disciple for so long? This time, though, the sixth disciple was in Bianjing, a very distant place. He didn't particularly want to go, but now that the disciple-acceptance mission had been issued, the benefits added together—the mission reward, the lottery opportunity for accepting a disciple, and the tenfold feedback from having another disciple in the future-made the trip worthwhile.

When Lin Ye announced that he was going to Bianjing, his junior sister stepped forward. "Senior Brother, I want to go to Bianjing too. I heard it's very, very beautiful."

"You've hardly been down the mountain. What news about Bianjing could you have heard? The ordinary people around here don't even know what Bianjing is."

"I don't care. I'm going, and if you won't let me, I'll tell everyone how you treated me before..."

"Ahem, I'll let you go."

Lin Ye had to hand it to his junior sister. He could only agree to let her come.

Bianjing was too far away, and how to get there was a problem. Riding a horse would be slow, mainly because there were too many mountains and rivers, making many places unsuitable for horseback travel. If they took detours, it would be easy to get lost.

As for a flying demon pet, their Black-Yellow Sect had no such thing.

"If we don't have one, I'll catch one!"

Lin Ye remembered seeing a Law Treasure called a Beast-Taming Ring in the system shop. It could forcibly tame Demon Beasts as pets. As long as he found a third- or fourth-tier flying Demon Beast, he could use the Beast-Taming Ring to restrain and subdue it.

So he made another trip to the Western Mystic Mountain Range. He had now broken through to the Grandmaster Realm, and ordinary fifth-tier Demon Beasts were no match for him. Catching a third- or fourth-tier Demon Beast would be no trouble.

Before long, he found a suitable flying Demon Beast.

A fourth-tier golden eagle Demon Beast watched over its vermilion fruit tree. It was waiting for the fruit to ripen so it could devour it and raise its cultivation from the early stage of the fourth tier to the middle stage.

Its gaze was razor-sharp as it watched its surroundings, making sure no demon dared snatch its vermilion fruit.

Suddenly, a human appeared within the range of its senses.

"Human!"

Its killing intent boiled over. As a Demon Beast, it naturally hated humans from birth. It spread its wings and turned into a streak of golden light, charging at the human to kill him.

But the next moment, it was stunned. The presence emanating from this human was too terrifying, as though an invisible giant hand had blotted out the heavens and earth in this area.

No, there really was a giant hand reaching out to grab it. It was Lin Ye's Heavenly Devil Heaven-Imprisoning Palm, a high-grade heaven-rank martial art. In an instant, it seized the golden eagle Demon Beast before it could fly away.

"Human... let me go..."

The golden eagle Demon Beast communicated with Lin Ye through its spiritual power, roaring in anger.

"A mere demon pet dares to act so arrogantly?" Lin Ye slapped the golden eagle across the beak, leaving it completely dazed.

After coming to its senses, it threatened him. "Human, I am a descendant of the great Six-Winged Demon King. If you kill me, the great Six-Winged Demon King will kill you."

"The Six-Winged Demon King? What realm is he in?" Lin Ye was curious. Many Demon Beasts called themselves Great Demons or Demon Kings, but those weren't realms, merely titles.

"Seventh Rank!" the golden eagle said proudly.

"Seventh Rank is impressive, but you're not Seventh Rank. What are you acting so arrogant for?" Lin Ye gave the golden eagle another resounding slap, making it back down.

Lin Ye reckoned that the so-called Six-Winged Demon King probably spread his seed everywhere. Even if this golden eagle was his descendant, who knew how many generations removed it was? The Six-Winged Demon King probably didn't even know this golden eagle existed, so Lin Ye naturally wasn't worried.

"Time to buy the Beast-Taming Ring."

Lin Ye opened the system shop and looked at the high-grade earth-rank Beast-Taming Ring. It cost 800 Devil Dao Points, which was rather expensive, but it was very useful. He bought it.

After he purchased it, a grayish-white Beast-Taming Ring appeared in his hand. Once he had claimed it through Blood-Drip Recognition, he willed it to act. The ring released a grayish-white light that planted a mark in the golden eagle's soul, binding it.

"What did you do to me?" The golden eagle was terrified. It felt as though its soul no longer belonged to it.

"I merely took control of you." Lin Ye released the golden eagle, and it spread its wings and flew off, trying to escape. Lin Ye controlled the Beast-Taming Ring with a thought, and the golden eagle was plunged into pain worse than death. It felt as though its soul were being torn apart, and it fell straight out of the sky and onto the ground.

"Spare me."

The golden eagle backed down again.

"All right, I won't torment you anymore." Lin Ye put away the Beast-Taming Ring.

When the golden eagle felt the pain recede, it got up and lowered its proud head. "Master!"

"All right, I'll ride on your back. Let's return to the Black-Yellow Sect."

Lin Ye jumped straight onto the golden eagle's back. It spread its wings and flew toward the Black-Yellow Sect.

"By the way, Golden Eagle, what's the story with that Six-Winged Demon King?"

"Master, the Six-Winged Demon King is real, but he has many children. One of them is called the Golden-Winged Great Demon, and my father is one of the Golden-Winged Great Demon's thirteen sons. My parents had a whole bunch of children too, so the connection is..."

The golden eagle was a little embarrassed. Never mind it-even its father might not be known to the Six-Winged Demon King.

"So that's how it is. Let's go. Stick with me, your master, and perhaps one day I can help you become a Demon King like the Six-Winged Demon King!"

"Yes, Master."

The golden eagle answered, but it didn't believe him at all. Its master was only in the Grandmaster Realm, comparable to a fifth-tier Demon Beast, while the Six-Winged Demon King was a seventh-tier Demon King. The higher one's realm, the harder it was to break through. Even a great number of peak sixth-tier Demon Beasts might not produce a single seventh-tier Demon King.

It didn't believe its master could reach the heights of a seventh-tier Demon King, much less help it break through. Its master was just boasting, but it didn't dare say so, or it would get beaten.

Before long, they arrived at the Black-Yellow Sect.

"That's a fourth-tier Demon Beast!!!!"

Ye Chen and the others watched the fourth-tier Demon Beast descend from the sky and felt that its presence was terrifying!

Yang Yang wasn't afraid, though. He thought, If I ate this fourth-tier Demon Beast, how much would my cultivation improve!

But he couldn't beat the fourth-tier Demon Beast, and since it was also his master's mount and the sect's demon pet, there was even less chance of him killing it.

"Junior Sister, get on. We're setting off for Bianjing in the Chu Kingdom."

"Yes, Senior Brother!"

Yu Yu jumped onto the golden eagle's back and leaned against her senior brother, using True Qi beneath her feet to grip its back.

"Farewell, Master, Martial Aunt."

The disciples all called out their farewells.

"Off to Bianjing!"

Yu Yu was very excited.