Beast Taming: I Have an Immortal Mansion

Chapter 325 - 262: Yin and Yang Qi

When Fang Qingyuan saw Jinbao again, it was standing obediently with its head hung low.

A giant beast, a zhang and a half tall, trying to look pitiful in front of him. The sight was rather absurd.

Meanwhile, Nanli was gloating off to the side, while the Bee Queen looked like she hadn’t quite woken up. She lazily found a spot to lie down, ready to catch up on her sleep.

’Yesterday, I spent most of the day reading mortal storybooks, and it nearly affected my elixir refining. Just when I finally finished refining the pills and wanted to sleep, I got dragged over here to watch Jinbao get disciplined. All this talk about making an example of him... so boring.’

’Would you really have the heart to beat Jinbao viciously? As a Companion Beast mentally linked to Fang Qingyuan, the Bee Queen knew his thoughts better than anyone. Only that foolish Nanli was still waiting eagerly for the show to start.’

The Bee Queen closed her eyes, unwilling to get involved any further.

Now, Fang Qingyuan had to tilt his head back just to meet Jinbao’s gaze.

Because of this, Jinbao even deliberately squatted down to make Fang Qingyuan’s inspection easier.

Fang Qingyuan was thrilled that Jinbao had awakened. Although he knew its advancement was a sure thing, every day it remained asleep added to his worry.

But that joy lasted only until Fang Qingyuan saw the Purple Spirit Crystal Fish he was raising.

Fang Qingyuan treasured this school of Purple Spirit Crystal Fish dearly. He always used the Qi Eating Technique to separate Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi to feed them. After eight long years of painstaking effort to raise them to their current state, Jinbao had devoured twenty or thirty of them in one go.

With Jinbao’s advancement to the Foundation Establishment Stage, its original skills had also improved significantly. Under the gaze of its Golden Eye of Truth, a Tier Two Lower-Grade Array was nothing to it.

A Tier Two Mid-Grade Array would only slow it down slightly, and only a Tier Two High-Grade Array could truly impede its progress.

But even a Tier Two High-Grade Array wasn’t foolproof. Given enough time, combined with its size-shifting Divine Technique, Jinbao could break through it as well.

In truth, Fang Qingyuan wasn’t that angry about the Spirit Fish. Jinbao had just awakened and needed to solidify its foundation. The energy from over twenty Spirit Fish would be more than enough for it to digest for a good while.

What angered Fang Qingyuan was Jinbao’s act of taking things without permission. If this tendency wasn’t curbed, with such powerful Divine Techniques, Jinbao could truly become a kasaya-stealing thief. Remembering the shifty, thievish look of that Black Bear Spirit, Fang Qingyuan definitely didn’t want Jinbao to turn out the same way.

So, he had to teach it an unforgettable lesson. A Spirit Beast was like a vehicle; it needed constant guidance to stay on the right path.

A moment later, Fang Qingyuan focused his divine soul and chanted an incantation. Instantly, a heavy, Dark Lock Chain wreathed in black flames materialized out of thin air.

Seeing the black flames on the chain, the Bee Queen jumped in fright. She looked at Fang Qingyuan and sent a thought:

’You’re actually serious, Master.’

Fang Qingyuan ignored the Bee Queen and brought the chain down on Jinbao’s rear. The black flames immediately seared its behind, making it howl in agony.

Jinbao possessed a Golden Spirit Body, so the physical pain from the Black Flame Chain was negligible.

However, the black flames on the chain were woven from incantations that attacked the divine soul. They targeted the soul directly. When the blow landed, Jinbao’s mind felt like it had exploded.

CRACK!

He struck again. Fang Qingyuan’s anger subsided slightly. He considered a third strike, but seeing Jinbao’s agonized state, he just snorted coldly and dispelled the Black Flame Chain.

"Let this be a lesson to you. Taking without asking is stealing. According to the rules of the Beast Taming Sect, a case like yours would earn you three years of reflection in a punishment cell."

Fang Qingyuan spoke these words coldly, and then his form dissipated as he returned to his physical body.

Only after Fang Qingyuan left did Nanli dare to approach and comfort Jinbao. The Bee Queen, meanwhile, took out some Elixir Pills and placed them in Jinbao’s palm.

"Go on, eat. They’re for Purifying Heart and Focusing Spirit. The master’s chain whip is pretty nasty, isn’t it?"

Jinbao opened its huge mouth, tears rolling down its face. It had grown so large, and its master had never hit it so hard before.

Now, its childhood was finally complete.

After taking the Elixir Pills from the Bee Queen, Jinbao felt a bit better, but it was still dejected. Getting hit in front of Nanli and the Bee Queen was embarrassing, and Fang Qingyuan’s disappointed gaze made it feel even worse.

Thinking back on those Spirit Fish, Jinbao found they didn’t seem so delicious anymore.

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That night, Fang Qingyuan’s divine soul entered the Immortal Mansion and secretly checked on Jinbao. Seeing that it was unharmed, he quietly departed.

But Fang Qingyuan didn’t realize that the Talent Jinbao had awakened this time made it extremely sensitive to the aura of a divine soul. His visit had not gone unnoticed.

「The next day」

Fang Qingyuan went to see Jinbao alone. He didn’t mention the events of the previous day, instead moving directly to inspect the Talent it had awakened.

Jinbao’s mood was much more stable. When Fang Qingyuan’s Divine Sense probed into its sea of consciousness, he saw an enormous black-and-white sphere. It was three times the size of the other five smaller spheres and was flying ceaselessly around the manifestation of Jinbao’s divine soul.

Jinbao’s other five Divine Techniques consisted of four Great Divine Techniques and one lesser one:

[Size-at-Will], [Gold-Swallowing and Iron-Chewing], [Golden Eye of Truth], [Golden Spirit Body], and [Gold-Seeking and Spirit-Sensing].

And now, another huge, black-and-white sphere had appeared among Jinbao’s Divine Technique Talents, representing a new Divine Technique: Yin and Yang Qi.

This was likely a bloodline Divine Technique from Jinbao’s father. Fang Qingyuan sensed it for a moment but didn’t dare to approach and inspect it rashly.

After withdrawing from Jinbao’s sea of consciousness, Fang Qingyuan saw its ears drooping, its spirits low.

Fang Qingyuan sighed softly and reached out with a hand formed from his divine soul to pat its head.

As Fang Qingyuan stroked it, Jinbao’s eyes reddened, and a wave of grievance washed over it. In its entire life, this was the first time Fang Qingyuan had ever been so harsh.

However, after that beating, it was as if Jinbao had grown up a great deal overnight. It seemed calmer.

Previously, Jinbao would have been pestering Fang Qingyuan for food, refusing to give up until it got what it wanted.

After comforting Jinbao for a moment, Fang Qingyuan began to speculate on the specific function of its new Divine Technique. The Yin and Yang Qi was likely the Path of Yin and Yang, one of the Celestial and Human Three Techniques within the greater Nine Celestial and Human Techniques.

If not, it was at least profoundly related.

According to Fang Qingyuan’s knowledge of cultivation, the Nine Celestial and Human Techniques were divided into the Three Celestial Techniques, the Three Human Techniques, and the Celestial and Human Three Techniques.

The Three Celestial Techniques are the laws of the cosmos and nature, divided into Motion and Stillness, the Great Void, and Creation. The Three Human Techniques are the laws of sapience and survival, divided into Life and Death, Spiritual Consciousness, and Morality. The Celestial and Human Three Techniques are the laws of the interplay between heaven and man, divided into Reality and Illusion, Transcendence, and Yin and Yang.

For Jinbao to master such a Divine Technique in the Early-stage Foundation Establishment, relying on nothing but its innate lineage, was a feat of background and talent that left Fang Qingyuan green with envy.

’If Spirit Beasts had Spirit Roots, Jinbao’s would undoubtedly be a Celestial Spirit Root. It would be a peerless genius, and one born with a Spirit Body, no less.’

’I just wonder... is there some aspect of this Yin and Yang Qi that I can comprehend and learn from?’