A Mortal's Start in the Spirit Beast Mountain

Chapter 215 Azure Dragon Awakening

The next chapter is even more exciting: Chapter 215, Azure Dragon Awakens. We look forward to your visit.

"However, the presence of this wisp of wind seed is already an unexpected bonus. At least it proves that this path is feasible. Right now, the Fat Sun Bird has successfully advanced to level six, and its fire magic has greatly increased, which is already a great help. As for high-level wind attribute spiritual objects, I have wind spirit essence in my possession, so I can test their effects."

He took a few steps forward, and the Fat Sun Bird affectionately nuzzled his hand. The blazing white flames around its body quickly subsided, and the temperature plummeted. Luo Ming gently stroked its shimmering feathers, feeling the faint yet real wind spirit energy within it, and his anticipation for the future grew stronger.

The successful awakening of the wind attribute bloodline power by the Zhiyang Bird has broadened Luo Ming's thinking on cultivating spirit beasts, and he has begun to consider other spirit beasts.

He knew clearly that the spirit beasts were merely a means of protecting him; ultimately, his own cultivation and strength were the most important.

Therefore, in terms of training these four spirit beasts, in addition to bringing out their inherent potential, he also had to avoid any overlap in the abilities of each spirit beast.

After all, spirit beasts are like magical artifacts with autonomous capabilities to cultivators, helping them fight against enemies.

As for the Zhiyang Bird, its greatest strength is its fire magic that can suppress evil spirits. Although Luo Ming helped it awaken its wind attribute bloodline, his main purpose was still to strengthen its fire magic and incidentally enhance the Zhiyang Bird's flight ability.

The Wind Fox Beast possesses the bloodline of the White Tiger and is the most powerful spirit beast under Luo Ming's command. Naturally, Luo Ming wants to enhance its attack power and stealth capabilities. Currently, its wind and metal bloodlines are the most suitable combination. Unless he can find a dark bloodline in the future to enhance its stealth and assassination abilities, Luo Ming will not consider increasing its bloodline for the time being.

As for the Xuan Turtle, its main advantage lies in its defense. Relying on the secret technique of its natal spirit beast, Luo Ming's Xuan Gang Shield Divine Power is comparable to a magic weapon in terms of defense. In addition, with the support of the body refining technique he cultivated using the essence blood of the fused Xuan Turtle and Azure Dragon, its defense is so strong that it is equivalent to wearing a top-level defensive armor.

Finally, he found that the Azure Dragon was the most mediocre among his four spirit beasts, except for its voracious appetite and keen sense of smell. It wasn't that it was weak; his four spirit beasts often played and frolicked together. The Azure Dragon was the most slippery and could fight the other three spirit beasts to a standstill. In terms of strength and defense, it was not much worse than the Black Tortoise. In terms of attack power, its claws were extremely sharp and were no weaker than the Wind Fox Beast. In terms of speed, it was the fastest in water. Overall, it didn't have any particularly outstanding features in combat.

As Luo Ming pondered how to modify the Azure Dragon, he slowly walked into the enormous cave on the other side. After years of excavation, the underground had become incredibly vast, with digging marks left by several spirit beasts everywhere.

As soon as Luo Ming stepped into the exceptionally spacious side cave, he heard a familiar, teeth-grinding "crack" sound.

Deep within the cave, the Azure Dragon's nearly ten-zhang-long, dark blue-green body occupied almost half the space. It was deftly using its thick tail to lift a small pile of wood-attribute spirit stones that emitted a soft blue light, then opened its large mouth and, with a "crunch," swallowed them into its belly in a few bites, as if chewing candy. The hard spirit stones seemed no different from ordinary rocks in its mouth.

Sensing Luo Ming's approach, the Azure Dragon abruptly stopped. Its lantern-sized, dark golden vertical pupils glanced at Luo Ming somewhat guiltily, then it wagged the tip of its tail in a fawning manner. However, its mouth did not stop. It quickly swallowed the rest of its food and even stuck out its scarlet tongue to lick its muzzle with lingering satisfaction.

Seeing this, Luo Ming was both amused and exasperated. He stepped forward slowly, without blaming the dragon, and instead released his divine sense to carefully examine its condition.

After years of consuming a massive amount of spirit stones, the Azure Dragon's cultivation has stabilized at the peak of level five, and it seems that it is only one opportunity away from reaching the level six threshold.

But the more significant change is its aura—the originally rich, pure demonic power, carrying a fishy smell, is now mixed with a vigorous, resilient, and life-giving wood-attribute spiritual energy.

This wood-elemental energy is exceptionally pure and profound. It is not an external contamination, but rather deeply rooted in its core demonic power, fused with its bloodline. To some extent, it even subtly rivals its original powerful water-attribute bloodline.

The scales on the Azure Dragon's body, on the original dark blue-black background, also shimmered with a warm, jade-like pale blue luster. Especially when it breathed, this pale blue luster would flicker, as if it were absorbing the faint wood spirit energy in the surrounding world.

"As expected..." Luo Ming reached out and placed his palm on the cool yet resilient scales on the azure dragon's neck, sensing them closely. The immense life force and the almost tangible fragrance of grass and trees confirmed his judgment.

The trace of bloodline originating from a true dragon within the Azure Dragon's body was inherently biased towards the Eastern Wood element, but it had long been completely suppressed by the Water element bloodline and had never manifested. Now, having devoured the almost endless supply of Wood-attribute spirit stones here, it had, by sheer chance, used the purest Wood essence as a catalyst to forcefully 'feed' this latent Wood-attribute bloodline out.

He was not surprised at all; on the contrary, he thought it was only natural.

The awakening of a spirit beast's bloodline, besides its own inherent opportunity, often requires a massive amount of spiritual energy of the corresponding attribute to cleanse and nourish it. This wood-attribute spirit stone vein is a treasure tailor-made for the Azure Dragon at this moment. If it weren't for this vein, it would be unknown how many rare spirit herbs or wood-type demon cores would have been needed to allow the Azure Dragon's wood-attribute bloodline to manifest to this extent.

"Very well, water and wood are mutually generative. Wood governs growth and nourishment. I wonder what kind of wood-attribute supernatural power you will awaken in the future." Luo Ming withdrew his hand, looking at the Azure Dragon, which seemed a little embarrassed because it had been "seen through," rubbing its big head against his palm, with a look of deep anticipation in its eyes.

The Wind Fox Beast is good at killing and hiding, the Black Tortoise is good at defense, and the Fat Sun Bird is good at restraint and mobility. Now, this seemingly "mediocre" but actually well-balanced Azure Dragon may take a completely different path due to the complete awakening of its wood attribute bloodline.

Luo Ming was filled with anticipation. He patted the Azure Dragon's head, signaling it to continue—after all, the reserves of wood spirit stones here were astonishing, more than enough for it to eat. All he needed to do was wait and lend it a hand at the crucial moment.

A series of bold ideas surfaced in Luo Ming's mind, only to be cautiously suppressed. All of this required more experimentation, more precious materials, and greater strength as a foundation. For now, he needed to be pragmatic, utilizing the resources and stable environment of Biling Island to quickly improve his own strength and that of his existing spirit beasts.

His gaze swept across a corner of the cave, where a small pile of high-grade spirit stones, radiating an astonishing aura and exuding a misty fragrance, was placed. This was exactly what Luo Ming had specifically instructed: mid-grade spirit stones could be eaten at will, but high-grade spirit stones had to be left behind.

Luo Ming skillfully put the high-grade spirit stones into his storage bag, and then headed towards another cave, which was where the Xuan Turtle worked.