It wasn’t just Elder Yu Jian who was frightened—even the outer sect disciples gasped in shock. They had only come to watch the drama unfold. Who would’ve thought they’d witness a primordial ferocious beast like the Qiongqi?
Elder Yu Jian quickly composed himself. He realized this wasn’t a true Qiongqi, but a beast that carried its bloodline. Even so, the aura of savagery around it was overwhelmingly strong. How could such a gifted beast have ended up in the Beast Taming Garden?
“No wonder that old bastard dares to act so cocky—turns out he has a Qiongqi-blooded beast backing him. I don’t know how he managed to tame it, but that explains his arrogance.”
Still, Elder Yu Jian was a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator. If it had been a true ferocious beast, he would never dare provoke it.
But this flying tiger’s cultivation seemed to be around the Foundation Establishment Realm—he wasn’t entirely incapable of handling it. And more importantly, this old disciple had far too many secrets. If he could capture him and interrogate him slowly, he might be sitting on a treasure trove.
With a cold snort, Elder Yu Jian waved his sleeve, and a crimson flying sword shot out—clearly, he was about to fight seriously.
But Su Bai wasn’t someone to be bullied either.
Over the past few days, he hadn’t only refined Dahei’s bloodline. Several other beasts in the Beast Taming Garden had also undergone bloodline purification, greatly enhancing their strength. Though they usually acted quiet and ordinary, now that Elder Yu Jian had come looking for trouble, it was time to reveal the hidden cards.
Su Bai merely stepped back a few paces. Then, he snapped his fingers.
Instantly, a deafening roar burst from the snake enclosure nearby. A monstrous python, as thick as a water barrel, slithered out of the pool, its crimson eyes radiating a terrifying murderous aura.
“That’s… a Flood Dragon-Blooded Python?!”
“When did our Azure Cloud Sect’s Beast Taming Garden start raising things like this? I thought the beasts here were just for meat or medicine?”
“Dear heavens, a Qiongqi-blooded beast… and now a python with ancient flood dragon bloodline… are we really still in the Azure Cloud Sect?”
“I thought we were in the Beast Taming Sect!”
“Stop joking—even the Beast Taming Sect wouldn’t have this many ferocious beast bloodlines in one place!”
As they spoke, more beastly roars erupted from the Beast Taming Garden—six or seven in total.
There was a flying tiger with wings, a horned monstrous python, a three-taloned golden rooster, a white tiger with dual pupils, an old tortoise wrapped in a black serpent, and a giant ox covered in demonic runes.
Every one of these beasts had cultivation around the Foundation Establishment Realm—the weakest was still at the 9th stage Qi Refining Realm. More terrifying was the intense ferocious aura radiating from them. With six or seven of these fearsome beasts gathered together, the pressure was suffocating.
Elder Yu Jian swallowed hard, eyes wide in disbelief. Though he maintained a calm appearance, his legs were already trembling beneath his robes. Get faster updates on g.com.
Was this really necessary?
All this over a fight?
Did he really have to summon six or seven ferocious beasts at once?
Elder Yu Jian nearly cried. No matter how strong he was, if those beasts swarmed him, by tomorrow he’d be fertilizer in the spirit fields—digested and shat out by these beasts.
“Hmph! Su Bai, do you think I’m afraid of you just because you’ve got a few beasts behind you?”
“All outer sect disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect, evacuate the Beast Taming Garden immediately to avoid injury!”
“Su Bai, today you and I will determine who is superior—life or death!”
Elder Yu Jian spoke with grave authority. As soon as he said this, the outer sect disciples fled without a trace—no one dared stick around.
Su Bai’s face darkened as he stood ready. He hadn’t expected the old man to be so stubborn—willing to gamble everything even when faced with certain death.
But just then, Elder Yu Jian suddenly dropped to the ground with a thud, kneeling before Su Bai.
“O-old brother… There were too many people outside just now. Now that it’s just us, here I am on my knees!”
The speed at which Elder Yu Jian switched attitudes was lightning-fast. At his age, he knew better than anyone: those who adapt survive.
He might be an outer sect elder, and Su Bai merely a lowly outer sect disciple tending beasts—but strength always spoke louder. If Su Bai was stronger, he had to back down. That was how he’d survived this long.
Su Bai didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at the man’s shamelessness. This old fart really had no pride left. At his age, he dropped to his knees without hesitation—was dignity even in his vocabulary?
“You stirred up such a mess today, and if you want me to spare you, that’s not hard,” Su Bai grinned. “But you’ll have to compensate me somehow.”
“But you’ve wrecked the ground here—shouldn’t you pay for the damages?”
“You scared the beasts so badly that they broke their cages—shouldn’t you help fix them?”
“Just now, your Foundation Establishment pressure made the hens stop laying eggs, and the bees stopped making honey—shouldn’t you cover the losses?”
Su Bai rattled off a long list, and Elder Yu Jian hurriedly nodded in agreement. He thought, If I don’t say yes now, who knows what else this guy might make me pay for?
I came here to get revenge, and now this old bastard is using me to balance his accounts!
What am I, the Monkey King under Buddha’s palm?
“Brother Su, here are 1,000 Spirit Stones. Please accept them. As for the meat, eggs, and other losses, just say Spirit Sword Peak took them!”
Seeing how cooperative the elder was, Su Bai nodded with satisfaction. As expected of someone who made it to the outer sect elder position—he’s quick to adapt.
But since he finally had dirt on an outer sect elder, Su Bai had no plans to let him off easy. He had to squeeze a few treasures out of this guy at the very least. Otherwise, how would he have anything to give to the Daughter of Fortune? He couldn’t keep passing items from one hand to the other forever.
Seeing Su Bai’s calculating expression, Elder Yu Jian—no stranger to manipulation—immediately understood his intention and opened his storage pouch.
“This is the Moonlight Sword, a mid-grade magical weapon—”
But before he could finish, Su Bai snatched the storage pouch right out of his hands.
Elder Yu Jian was dumbfounded.
Good grief, are you robbing me blind? Not even pretending to leave anything behind?!
Su Bai peeked inside and found that, as expected of an outer sect elder, the guy was well-stocked.
Smiling, Su Bai said, “Elder Yu Jian, since you insist on giving me your storage pouch, I shall respectfully accept.”
Elder Yu Jian was furious—but he didn’t dare lash out.
Especially not with six or seven Foundation Establishment Realm beasts still eyeing him like prey.