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Chapter 369: One of My Spirit Beast Friends
Chapter 369: One of My Spirit Beast Friends
Upon hearing Lu Chen's suggestion, the Seven-Colored Pheasant demon nodded its sharp little head without hesitation.
Being inherently proficient in illusion arts, it possessed a certain resistance and ability to decipher them, and thus, it was naturally confident about the bet Lu Chen had proposed.
Seeing this, a mysterious smile appeared on Lu Chen's face as he took out a piece of pale yellow jade silk from his storage bag.
"Then, take a good look at it."
He instructed, presenting the front side of the Scripture of Ultimate Bliss to the pheasant demon.
Perhaps due to its youthful vigor, the pheasant's reaction was even more intense than Lu Chen had anticipated, and it surrendered in less than half a moment.
"It's understandable for your first time seeing something like this."
Lu Chen casually rolled up the silk and stored it away, looking at the pheasant demon, whose desires were now raging and had no outlet for release, and he sighed inwardly.
With the issues of the three problem spirit beasts resolved, the process of taming the young beasts became much smoother. However, there were still occasional minor setbacks when introducing new training content.
After all, these were magical beasts driven by their instincts and wild nature, inherently rebellious and difficult to tame, so it was impossible for them to obey Lu Chen's commands completely.
But this minor problem was soon resolved.
On this day, after Lu Chen had finished training the numerous young beasts, he hovered in the air and clapped his hands.
"Wait a moment, I want to introduce you to one of my spirit beast friends, someone some of you may be familiar with."
As his voice fell, a delicate and petite monkey emerged from behind him. Its eyes sparkled like lustrous red jade, and it shyly gazed at the numerous magical beasts below.
It was none other than the White Jade Monkey, who had come to visit Lu Chen's cave abode and now accompanied him to the Beast-Taming Stone Temple.
The moment the white jade monkey appeared, more than ten spirit beasts on the ground paled and immediately prostrated themselves, remaining motionless.
The little monkey scratched the back of its head, fiddling with a few strands of its pristine white fur, looking somewhat embarrassed.
The young beasts below sensed its movement and shuddered involuntarily.
They were all too familiar with this white jade monkey.
There were numerous guardian spirit beasts in the Celestial Sword Sect, ranked according to their strength and grade. The White Jade Monkey occupied the top tier, be it in terms of grade or its own strength.
Additionally, it had a belligerent nature, and being from the same batch of spirit beasts, the young beasts present could say that they had been thoroughly beaten by the little monkey since they were young, completely subdued by its prowess.
The white jade monkey grinned at Lu Chen, looking like a well-behaved student.
"There's always someone better out there," Lu Chen sighed, witnessing the reactions of the young beasts below.
"From now on, if any of you misbehave, I'll invite my spirit beast friend over, and we can have a friendly spar."
Lu Chen bluffed, using the monkey's reputation to his advantage.
The White Jade Primate quickly nodded in agreement, its bloodline inherently carrying a belligerent gene, and having consumed so many spirit fruits and nectars from Lu Chen, it naturally approved of his proposal.
After it left, the young beasts were noticeably more well-behaved, each striving to complete Lu Chen's training tasks.
After some time, when Lu Chen saw that all the young beasts had reached the qualifying standard, he informed Zhong Hao, asking him to come and inspect their progress.
Two fellow disciples from the Beast Taming Hall accompanied him, both at the late stage of the Foundation Establishment realm.
They arrived at Lu Chen's stone temple and commanded the young beasts to carry out various instructions and tasks, casually setting up simple array formations and restrictions to test the beasts' different abilities.
"We've long known that Fellow Disciple Lu possesses profound knowledge in spirit herbs, but who would've thought that your prowess in beast taming is equally remarkable."
"That four-winged thunderous tiger cub has always been a thorn in the sect's side. Two fellow disciples attempted to tame it before, but they ultimately had to give up."
"And that lion-bird beast, its spirit intelligence was initially so low that the Beast Taming Hall was considering discarding it for other uses. Yet, today's test showed significant progress, and it has achieved passing scores in all aspects.
"Senior Brother is too kind. I merely approached them with a sincere heart, and after getting to know them during this period, I've established a deep friendship. They don't resist my training at all, which is why we have such good results today." Lu Chen smiled and explained.
Fortunately, his special ability allowed him to perceive the immediate state of the spirit beasts, so he could prescribe the right remedies and solve the problems at their root.
If he had forcefully subdued them with violent means, it might have backfired.
"You've worked hard during this period, Lu brother."
"Here are five hundred Sword Seals as your reward for taming the spirit beasts during this time."
"Also, in light of your outstanding performance in taming spirit beasts, the Beast Taming Hall has decided to reward you with an auxiliary magic tool."
The skinny old man took out a jade plaque from his storage bag. The plaque was engraved with intricate spirit patterns and its edges were adorned with countless lifelike demon beast carvings.
"This item is called the Spirit Beast Plaque, a unique magic tool refined by the Beast Taming Hall. It's like a specialized storage bag for spirit beasts and can be used to contain them."
"Even if a spirit beast stays inside for a long time, it will remain vigorous and lively, without any adverse effects."
"Thank you, Senior Brother," Lu Chen expressed his gratitude and accepted the Sword Seals and the Spirit Beast Plaque from the skinny old man.
Currently, he had a third-grade Living Pouch and a fifth-grade Gluttonous Bug Bag, both of which could sustain the spirit beasts' vitality when stored inside.
However, the Living Pouch was only third-grade, so it wasn't very useful for high-grade spirit beasts. Moreover, its limited space meant that Lu Chen was gradually phasing it out.
The fifth-grade Gluttonous Bug Bag was too precious, and Lu Chen, adhering to the belief that one shouldn't flaunt one's wealth, had never taken it out in front of his fellow sect members.
"Well, it's been a long journey, and I wish us to meet again. Work hard to become the sect's guardian spirit beasts and live peaceful lives. Don't disappoint me." Lu Chen waved to the many young beasts below and smiled.
"Roar!"
The young beasts roared softly, feeling somewhat reluctant to part.
Especially the lion-bird beast; ignoring the simple restriction that held it in place, it rushed in front of Lu Chen with its robust body. The majestic lion head let out a whimpering sound.
"Remember what I told you. You've always been excellent, but you just didn't realize it."
"I look forward to seeing you in the important areas of the sect."
Lu Chen gently rubbed its mane, the golden-yellow hair on its head, and said gently.
Then, amidst the reluctant gazes of the young beasts, he rode his sword light and left.
Upon returning to his cave abode, he opened the flowing light talisman array. The fastest, the Wind Falcon, turned into a green light and landed on his head, bouncing up and down.
The Cloud-Stepping Lynx silently emerged from the woods and came to Lu Chen, sniffing here and there. The two tufts of gray-white hair on its pointed ears kept twitching, and its emerald green eyes were full of confusion.
Lu Chen quickly comforted the Cloud-Stepping Lynx, explaining that although he had tamed over ten spirit beasts outside, his priority still lay with the beasts in his cave abode, and those others were merely guests.
After that, he went to the spirit fields to inspect the many spirit plants growing there.
During the time he spent taming the young beasts, several types of spirit plants in his cave abode had reached full maturity.
I've been out all day, and the amount of exercise I got today far exceeded the norm for a homebody like me. I'm exhausted, so there will only be one chapter today. I'll make up for it with three chapters tomorrow. Sorry...
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