Chapter 143: Hundred Poisons Gu Seal And Fierce Insect
Su Yan quietly left the city and summoned the Six-Winged Blood Centipede in the wilderness outside the city.
The Six-Winged Blood Centipede, over five or six zhang long, coiled its body, emanating a ferocious aura.
During the time he was cultivating, the four Fierce Insects had been continuously devouring Beast Essence Pills.
Although the progress was slightly slower than devouring Beast Essence Pills while constantly battling, the improvement speed was still very fast.
【Six-Winged Blood Centipede: 87/100（Nascent Stage）】
It was just a dozen or so growth points away, and the Six-Winged Blood Centipede would advance further into the Growth Stage, at which point its strength would increase even more.
“《Hundred Poisons Gu Seal》 records that the Beast Taming Seal primarily focuses on subduing beasts, fixing the Beast Soul, binding the beast’s mind, imprisoning the Beast Bone… Using the Beast Taming Seal for these purposes is all to subdue Feral Beasts, so the stronger the seal, the more applications, the stronger the control over the Feral Beast…”
“If the seal is insufficient, the control over the Feral Beast is inadequate, and forcing control risks losing control. Thus, the seals applied to Feral Beasts are nine times out of ten used for suppression and control, with the remaining portion used to build connections.”
“However, the essence of the Fierce Beast Seal Method lies in forging connections; the stronger the connection, the better the communication and mutual promotion between human and beast, leading to great progress in Martial Arts, and the Feral Beast’s strength can also advance rapidly, even being nurtured into a family Guardian Feral Beast.”
“I already have the Fierce Insect Cauldron controlling the Fierce Insects, making them one with me, with their minds completely submissive, so I only need to experiment further on the connection aspect.”
He reviewed the Hundred Poisons Gu Seal in his mind, True Essence flowed in his hand, and a Hundred Poisons Gu Seal was drawn out from his Dantian inner landscape.
A purple seal the size of two fingers rotated in his palm, with strands of misty True Essence flowing around it.
The Six-Winged Blood Centipede lowered its body, bringing its head close to him.
He pressed the Hundred Poisons Gu Seal in his hand onto the Six-Winged Blood Centipede’s head.
The Six-Winged Blood Centipede offered no resistance, its Demonic Essence extremely docile, and the Hundred Poisons Gu Seal quickly merged into it.
Su Yan closed his eyes tightly, sensing the changes in the Hundred Poisons Gu Seal.
After entering the body, the True Essence diffused into threads, continuously spreading throughout the Six-Winged Blood Centipede’s body.
This process was like a seed taking root and sprouting.
Demonic Essence and True Essence attributes were somewhat mutually repelling, instinctively resisting.
But the Six-Winged Blood Centipede was unconditionally submissive to Su Yan.
It quickly mobilized its Demonic Essence to cooperate with the Hundred Poisons Gu Seal.
In just half a shichen, the Hundred Poisons Gu Seal fully integrated into the Six-Winged Blood Centipede’s head, merging with the gathered Demonic Essence and continuously circulating.
Su Yan sensed carefully, his eyes suddenly lighting up as he felt the difference.
The Hundred Poisons Gu Seal resonated with his Dantian inner landscape, forging a connection interwoven with True Essence and Demonic Essence.
Rise!
He activated the seal, True Essence and Demonic Essence circulated, strands of Demonic Essence emerged from the Six-Winged Blood Centipede’s body, transforming into countless intertwining threads forming a pale red energy channel that surged into his body.
Meanwhile, in his body, True Essence also flowed out along this channel, one red and one white, mutually shining to form a cycle.
In the circulation, True Essence continuously grew, and the Six-Winged Blood Centipede’s Demonic Essence also increased in strands.
“True Essence circulates, increasing Cultivation. If it matches the Main Cultivation Technique well, the growth would be even more. Moreover, if the True Intent is for the same type of beast, it also aids True Intent cultivation.”
This was the foundation of the Beast King Sect.
Contracted Beasts assist in cultivation and can serve as Guardians in battle; aside from splitting resources, there are no major drawbacks.
Su Yan’s eyes flickered as he pondered: “The more seals, the stronger the channel, allowing more True Essence to circulate. Unlike ordinary Feral Beasts, my four Fierce Insects are all this submissive, so I can save many Fierce Beast Seals.”
“Since that’s the case, use the cultivation technique to contract one beast, and use the others mainly as Insect Tamer.”
Although the Fierce Beast Seal Method was exquisite, upon arriving at the Beast King Sect, there would surely be even more profound uses for Fierce Beast Seals and Divine Abilities.
But Su Yan knew that such connections and control could not compare to the bond between him and his Fierce Insects.
What he could borrow was this method of constructing energy exchange and such.
After experimenting with the Six-Winged Blood Centipede, Su Yan did not rush to inject Hundred Poisons Gu Seals into the remaining three Fierce Insects.
The appearance of Fierce Insects needed to be introduced step by step, and he also needed to reserve enough Hundred Poisons Gu Seals for the beginner preparations.
He refined Hundred Poisons Gu Seals day and night, while during the day he continuously polished the 《Eighteen Styles of Blood Tiger》 with his existing insights, advancing the progress bit by bit like the fool moving the mountain.
In half a month, the originally Great Accomplishment 《Eighteen Styles of Blood Tiger》 was finally pushed by Su Yan to the Transformation Realm.
【Eighteen Styles of Blood Tiger: Transformation Realm】
One thrust, one stab, one sweep, one slash…
Between the moves, it returned to simplicity yet hid a tiger in the edge, its momentum ferocious and even harder to resist.
Spear in hand, it was like a Fierce Tiger at his side, making people shudder.
“The Proficiency to Transformation Realm was originally just under two hundred, but these two hundred points of Proficiency were several times harder than advancing from Beginner, Minor Accomplishment, to Great Accomplishment before, and even more so compared to other Martial Skills.”
Su Yan sheathed the Spear, sighing slightly: “The further the cultivation progresses, the more time and energy it takes; even the tale of watching chess and the tree growing old is probably not uncommon.”
When cultivating Monkey Fist and Fierce Ape Three Forms, Su Yan had achieved success in just a few days.
But now, it required much longer; immersed in mind, he felt no passage of time at all.
By the time Eighteen Styles of Blood Tiger showed results, another half month had passed in the blink of an eye.
In the future, such processes would likely become even more frequent.
Su Yan put away the Spear and went out from the courtyard, seeing Bai Yun still practicing spear.
Bai Yun cultivated Eighteen Styles of Blood Tiger and Blood Slaughter Hand with him; although she lacked the Fierce Insect Cauldron, her insights in tiger Dharma Aspect were indeed good.
Eighteen Styles of Blood Tiger had already reached seven or eight tenths of Minor Accomplishment foundation, and it wouldn’t be long before entering Great Accomplishment spear momentum.
Although Blood Slaughter Hand progressed slightly slower, it had also reached Minor Accomplishment Realm.
The Purple Wind Tiger that Bai Yun killed that day had been refined by Su Yan into Blood Essence Condensing Pills, and he had given her many; paired with Martial Skill cultivation now, her progress was also extremely fast.
“Junior Brother”
Seeing Su Yan arrive, Bai Yun stopped, dispersing the blood-colored hand seal gathered from True Essence.
“Lin Junhao came to visit yesterday and invited us to go to Southern Sky City together at mid-month.”
The Beast King Sect was in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, with sect territories centered on various peaks and Hundred Peaks Barrier; outside the mountains was Southern Sky City.
To enter Beast King Sect territory, the usual path was through Southern Sky City.
“Are you convenient?”
Bai Yun didn’t care about these matters but was only worried that Su Yan had too many secrets, making it inconvenient.
Su Yan thought for a moment and shook his head: “Let’s go with them; the Lin Family’s carriage is more comfortable, and they have industries in Southern Sky City, so more familiar.”
Yang Kun, Ding Meng, and Wang Cang had arrived in Yun Cang Town a few days ago and secretly reported to him.
He had given them travel money and Pills, telling them to settle in Southern Sky City first.
Now, only he and his Senior Sister needed to go to Southern Sky City.
Several days passed in a flash; both Su Yan and Bai Yun were decisive in action, and matters were already settled.
When the time came, the Lin Family Steward personally led a tall carriage, with two Scaled Horses harnessed abreast, arriving at Jin Yuan Martial Arts School to wait for the two.
“Young Master Su, the Eldest Young Master, Fourth Young Master, and Third Miss could not come in person due to urgent matters, so they sent me to apologize on their behalf.”
“You’ve worked hard.”
Outside the Lin Family gate, there were over a dozen carriages, all similar in style, tall Scaled Horses pulling them, surrounded by a large team of Guards, about thirty in total.
After meeting Lin Junhao, he learned that heading to Southern Sky City together were also Wang Family’s Wang Xiaohu and his younger brother, Tian Feng Weapon Shop’s Fu Xuejing, Li Family…
The various families with some ties were all coincidentally grouping together at this time.
In Yun Cang Town, the families were in a competitive relationship, but once leaving this ‘small place’, they were all fellow townsfolk and allies.
Although Martial Arts reigned supreme, how far each could go was uncertain.
But at this moment, being able to help each other was a good thing.
The journey from Yun Cang Town to Southern Sky City was over two thousand li, passing two cities, several towns, four mountains, and two rivers, showing how far it was.
On such a journey, though towns cleared surrounding areas and drove away Feral Beasts, the dangers were self-evident.
For ordinary people to travel far, let alone a prefecture-level great city, even reaching a county city was a problem.
Leaving aside the fatigue of travel, just the Robbers, bandits, and Feral Beasts one might encounter on the road were enough to take lives.
For such a long journey, without being a Martial Artist, safe arrival was simply impossible.
Among merchants, Martial Artists naturally became indispensable.
The caravan was full of Martial Artists, with the finest Scaled Horses selected; the group traveled quickly, covering a hundred li in half a day.
Su Yan looked at the long yellow earth road, surrounded by wild grass and Shrubs, low and high hills, with beasts and birds occasionally flashing by.
If not for some human presence, it could be called wilderness.
He had always rushed to the Desolate Mountains before, accustomed to wilderness and forests, but traveling on this main road was a first.
“Clearly heading to another town, yet still such scenery; a single prefecture spans thousands of li, this Martial Arts world is truly vast…”
With vast land and Spiritual Energy in mountains and rivers, even ordinary crops grew and multiplied far better than on Earth in his previous life.
Even without fertilizer, yields were not low, which was why the population was substantial.
With a large population base, more people could become Martial Artists.
This world was far broader than he had imagined.
“Brother Su, is this your first long trip?”
With carriages side by side, Su Yan, who had come to the front to get some air, was spotted by Lin Junhao riding alongside, who approached with a smile and asked.
“Indeed”
Su Yan nodded, looking at the team and asking: “Does the Lin Family often take this road to Southern Sky City?”
“At least twice every half year.”
Lin Junhao did not hide it, smiling: “An ancestor was an Inner Disciple of Beast King Sect, and later generations have also entered the sect, so we can be considered a vassal family.”
“The clan has beast-taming methods passed down from Beast King Sect, and for a long time, we have been raising Scaled Horses and Cunning Ox Beasts for Beast King Sect, delivering them periodically.”
Lin Junhao mentioned the raised Feral Beasts but did not elaborate; just Scaled Horses and Cunning Ox Beasts alone were good mounts.
In such a vast world, Body Tempering Realm and True Intent Realm Martial Artists having Mounts would be much more convenient.
Moreover, for large-scale Martial Artists like armies, Scaled Horses and Cunning Ox Beasts were the foundation of cavalry.
Su Yan showed a puzzled expression: “Beast King Sect is a cultivation sect where everyone has Contracted Beasts; why would they need so many Mounts?”
Lin Junhao smiled wryly: “Brother Su, not everyone is as talented as you. There are numerous Servant Disciples and Outer Disciples; their path may very well stop at True Intent. Even with Contracted Beasts, they use Fierce Beast Seals mostly on war beasts, so how could they spare attention for Mounts?”
He paused slightly: “Beast King Sect also has Mountain Guards, protecting sect order and guarding Hundred Peaks Barrier against Feral Beasts from Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, naturally needing many Mounts.”
Lin Junhao had clearly heard much about Beast King Sect at home and explained it all to Su Yan.
Under Lingnan Prefecture, small towns like Yun Cang Town numbered no less than two or three hundred, each more or less with affiliated families.
Some raised Mounts, some raised war beasts, some raised work beasts… each different.
Su Yan showed contemplation; Beast King Sect’s governance system was indeed mature, forming a certain ecosystem that continuously supplied, creating a cycle with lower-level families and towns.
‘This millennia-old great sect has existed so long; it would be strange if it didn’t have extraordinary aspects. Some disciples’ Contracted Beasts likely come from these supplies.’
Lin Junhao hesitated to speak, and Su Yan, seeing his expression, said: “Brother Lin, what do you want to ask?”
Lin Junhao looked quite embarrassed and said: “Forgive my rudeness, Brother Su; I don’t know how many Beast Taming Seals you have condensed?”
Su Yan raised his eyes slightly; Lin Junhao had already said himself: “Since Lord Xiang Ge and the others left, I’ve refined day by day and only managed three seals. Only upon reaching Beast King Sect will the complete method be taught.”
The complete Fierce Beast Seal Method included not only condensation techniques but also application techniques, control techniques… only mastering all could one truly contract a beast.
“After beginner?”
Lin Junhao shook his head: “No, before the beginner Assessment.”
“Those who pass the preliminary Assessment, even if failing the main one, can at worst pay money to donate a Servant Disciple, ten thousand taels of silver per year; many can afford it, or at least work in the sect to exchange.”
Su Yan nodded slightly; if work could be exchanged, even if hard, there would always be a chance to rise.
After all, three years as Servant Disciple allowed promotion to Outer Disciple.
“The more seals condensed, the better the seal method mastered, the faster one can plan to contract a beast, and then select a cultivation technique.”
“Nine”
Su Yan raised his eyes slightly, not hiding it from him; excluding the one on the Six-Winged Blood Centipede and the eleventh being condensed, he currently had only nine.
“What?!”
An exclamation came from inside the carriage; Lin Junhao’s expression changed: “Lin Yue, Lin Yuzhi!”
The two poked their heads out, faces slightly pale, and immediately apologized: “Brother Su, I didn’t mean to.”
Su Yan had long known they were eavesdropping, shook his head: “No matter; once at Beast King Sect, this won’t be a secret. When you condense Beast Taming Seals, not only use Spirit as guide, but also True Essence as framework, tempering a strand of pure Qi and Blood together, fusing into one, making it easier.”
“Thank you, Brother Su, for the guidance.”
The three showed joyful expressions; Lin Junhao’s rudeness was partly to seek advice, but he hadn’t expected Su Yan to see through it.
He showed some shame and reminded Su Yan: “Brother Su, condense as many Beast Taming Seals as possible. I once heard from clan elders that in the beginner Examination at the Spirit Sealing Nine Steles, Beast Taming Seals will be very useful.”
