A Mortal's Start in the Spirit Beast Mountain

Chapter 186 Past Events in the Chaotic Star Sea

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After observing the Gold-Eating Insects and Snow Silkworms, Luo Ming arrived at the nest of the Thousand-Year Spirit Clam. This creature had remarkable transformation abilities, but unfortunately, its growth and evolution were too slow. In addition, since his divine sense had already reached the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, this demon was of little help to him.

According to Tianjing Sanren, this spirit clam is not old enough. If it were a three-thousand-year-old spirit clam king, the spirit pearl inside could be refined into the illusionary treasure, the Bewitching Pearl. The bewitching mist emitted by the pearl would be difficult for even a Nascent Soul cultivator to escape once caught in it.

"Kid, you have quite a few spirit beasts, and each one has a remarkable bloodline. Do you perhaps possess a high-level beast-taming inheritance? But I recall that there are practically no beast-taming sects in this Chaotic Star Sea."

"Hehe, I had some good fortune in my early years and was fortunate enough to learn the art of beast taming."

"By the way, I have a question. Why are there no Beast Taming Sects in this Chaotic Star Sea? Logically speaking, with so many demonic beasts here, there should be many cultivators practicing this path!"

Luo Ming asked the question that had been puzzling him for a long time.

"Hmph, there are indeed Beast Taming Sects. Thousands of years ago, there was a Sea King Sect, which quickly grew and expanded. However, it was later destroyed by a coalition of transformed demonic beasts, along with its lineage."

"They were wiped out by a transformed demon beast! How did this happen?"

Luo Ming was shocked. The sects of human cultivators had actually been wiped out by a group of transformed demon beasts. Did the human race not retaliate?

"The main problem was that the Sea King Sect was too arrogant. They actually went to the outer sea to hunt and enslave a large number of demonic beasts, and even captured the direct descendants of the Suanni royal family, which angered the Suanni King. He issued the Ten Thousand Demons Decree, joined forces with other demonic races, and directly slaughtered the entire Sea King Sect. Even the island where the sect was located was destroyed by those transformed demonic beasts with great supernatural powers. It also affected the human cultivators in the surrounding seas. I heard that the Nascent Soul Ancestor of the Star Palace was also alarmed and fought with the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Suanni royal family. Since then, the Star Palace has issued a decree, strictly prohibiting the existence of beast-taming sects like the Sea King Sect."

"They actually alerted a Nascent Soul stage demon beast?" Luo Ming exclaimed in shock.

"Hmph, kid, don't be so eager to die. My human cultivators and the demon race have basically reached a tacit understanding. It's not a problem if a single cultivator commands a demon beast. But if it's like what happened to the Sea King Sect back then, it will definitely cause a lot of trouble. And you must not expose your Azure Dragon to the eyes of the transformed demon beasts. The dragon race is no less powerful than the Suanni royal family, and they are most afraid of their race being enslaved by human cultivators. Once they target you, even if you run to the inner sea, you won't be safe."

Tianjing Sanren instructed Luo Ming, saying that he and Luo Ming were now bound together by fate, and he did not want the other party to be targeted by a transformed demon beast.

"Yes, I know that," Luo Ming nodded in response.

Luo Ming slowly walked out of the insect chamber and returned to the center of the cave. After calming his mind, he began to plan what would happen next.

Now that he has advanced to the Core Formation stage again, although his abundant magical power is a good thing, it has also made subsequent advancements more difficult. The amount of magical power he needs to accumulate is several times more than before, making it impossible for him to advance to the mid-Core Formation stage before the Void Heaven Palace opens.

However, his several spirit beasts are likely to advance to level six, especially the Zhiyang Bird, which has already reached the peak of level five and is expected to advance in the next few years.

"Looks like I'll have to go hunting monsters in the outer sea again. This time I'll stay there until the Void Heaven Palace opens before coming back," Luo Ming decided.

The reason he went to the outer sea was not only to let several spirit beasts consume demon cores to quickly meet the requirements for advancement, but also because he was currently very poor.

In his attempt to quickly return to the Core Formation stage, he had exhausted all his spirit stones. Now, he only has less than a thousand spirit stones left in his storage bag, less than he had when he was in the Qi Refining stage.

He needs to hunt a large number of demonic beasts to exchange for spirit stones, and then use the Spirit Gathering Cauldron to quickly condense them into high-grade spirit stones. This way, his cultivation speed is faster than directly consuming pills.

"Senior Tianjing, we'll be staying in the outer sea for a while now..." Luo Ming explained his plan to the other party.

"That's quite a thorough consideration." Tianjing Sanren chuckled. "However, the outer sea is dangerous. Not only are there powerful demonic beasts, but there are also many rogue cultivators and forces that plunder resources. If you want to go, you need to be fully prepared, especially regarding your magic treasures, which must be reinforced and upgraded."

Luo Mingshen agreed and nodded, saying, "Senior, rest assured, that's exactly what I intend to do. Before heading to the outer sea, I need to refine some magical artifacts. Firstly, I will refine the Demonic Essence Gold from the Spirit Gathering Cauldron into the Thousand Demon Banner, using the power of the Demonic Essence Gold to amplify the Demonic Soul Power and offensive and defensive capabilities of the Thousand Demon Banner. Secondly, over the years, by gathering the spiritual energy of heaven and earth through the Spirit Gathering Cauldron, I have also accumulated a considerable amount of Wind Spirit Essence. I plan to take out one and refine it into the Wind-Escape Shuttle to increase its speed. Of course, I also need to refine some Profound Origin Pearls."

"The Wind-Escape Shuttle is already quite fast, and with the addition of the essence of wind spirit, its speed should increase even further. In the future, if we encounter a powerful enemy in the open sea, even if we can't defeat him, we can use the Wind-Escape Shuttle to quickly escape, giving us more confidence to save our lives."

Tianjing Sanren laughed heartily: "Survival is of paramount importance. However, you already have Demonic Essence Gold and Wind Spirit Essence, but you probably still need to replenish some of the auxiliary materials for purification and treasure consolidation. You'll have to make a trip to the trading houses in Tianxing City."

Luo Ming walked slowly toward the entrance of the cave, but his gaze suddenly stopped. He noticed that the barrier outside the cave was now covered with countless communication talismans, all different colors and emitting a faint spiritual light. Clearly, they had been sent over by people during his breakthrough.

"It seems that the commotion caused by my breakthrough to the Core Formation Realm has attracted a lot of attention."

Luo Ming murmured softly, reached out and took out a sound transmission talisman, infused it with a trace of magic power, and a respectful voice came to his ear. They were all cultivators who came to offer their congratulations and wanted to pay a visit. There were rogue cultivators from Tianxing City, as well as some cultivators from small forces.

He casually flipped through a few, his expression calm. Most of them were unfamiliar, and some he had never even met before. They were just trying to take advantage of his Core Formation to curry favor with him.

Just as he was about to put away these communication talismans and deal with them later, a communication talisman that was entirely golden and had a unique pattern caught his attention.

Luo Ming's gaze narrowed slightly as he reached out and took the golden communication talisman, gently releasing his magic power from his fingertips.

A gentle yet authoritative voice slowly rang out, its tone seemingly humble, yet subtly revealing the oppressive aura unique to Nascent Soul cultivators:

"Having heard that your spirit beasts have made great progress, I have come to offer my congratulations. My cave dwelling is located in the eastern region of Tianxing City. You are welcome to visit my cave dwelling at your leisure to discuss the methods of raising spirit beasts."

As the sound faded, the transmission talisman vanished, turning into specks of light.

"Even Nascent Soul cultivators have been alerted?" Luo Ming was both amused and exasperated.

"I appreciate the good intentions, but as for visiting... I'd better not." He wouldn't dare to go to the caves of those Nascent Soul stage monsters and seek death.

Luo Ming casually collected the remaining transmission talismans, looked at them no longer, opened the cave's restrictions, and with a flicker of his figure, transformed into a faint ray of spiritual light, merging into the crowd of people in Tianxing City.