Cultivation Begins From The Desert-Chapter 184 - 182: Taming the Eagle Lion Beast

The Canglong Kingdom is a highly renowned nation in the Liuyun Continent. Its land area is even larger than that of the Celestial Wind Country, and its registered mortal population exceeds one billion!

However, these are not the reasons that make Canglong Kingdom a great power.

The true reason Canglong Kingdom became a powerful nation is because it has a prestigious major sect, the "Beast Taming Sect."

The "Beast Taming Sect" is the largest cultivation sect in Canglong Kingdom and a well-known major sect in the Liuyun Continent’s cultivation realm. This sect not only has two Nascent Soul stage cultivators but also possesses up to four Tier Six sect guardian spirit beasts, one of which is even Tier Six Top Grade!

With such strength, there are very few sects in the entire Liuyun Continent’s cultivation realm that can compare to it.

Because of this powerful strength, the entire Canglong Kingdom now only has the "Beast Taming Sect," as other sects have either been forced to leave the kingdom or have been annihilated by the "Beast Taming Sect."

Even the current royal family of Canglong Kingdom was founded by a descendant of a Nascent Soul stage ancestor from the "Beast Taming Sect."

Zhouyang and Xiao Ying detoured from Longchuan Country to Canglong Kingdom, flying for as long as seventeen days before arriving at the Ten Thousand Beasts Immortal City located in the southeast of Canglong Kingdom.

The Ten Thousand Beasts Immortal City was established by the "Beast Taming Sect" and is situated in the Cloud Peak Mountain Range in the southeast of Canglong Kingdom. The city itself has no less than twelve Immortal Mountain Spirit Peaks, and more than thirty thousand middle-to-low-tier cultivators reside permanently in the city, while the surrounding mortal population is as much as five to six million!

While on the way to Ten Thousand Beasts Immortal City, Zhouyang, with Xiao Ying, noticed that, among the cultivators he met on the road, less than half were traveling using sword flight like him, and more cultivators were riding various demon beasts.

The "Beast Taming Sect" is famous for its beast taming abilities. They not only master the "Demonic Soul Contract," a secret technique akin to a "Tightening Spell" for demon beasts, but also have unparalleled experience in taming demon beasts.

Under their influence, cultivators within the Canglong Kingdom enjoy taming demon beasts as mounts and war beasts.

Nine out of ten cultivators Zhouyang saw on the road had mounts that were not subjected to the "Demonic Soul Contract" but were tamed through various beast taming techniques.

However, these demon beasts tamed using beast taming techniques can only be low-to-middle-tier demon beasts below Tier Four.

Demon beasts above Tier Four, especially those highly intelligent Tier Five demon beasts, are extremely difficult to tame using ordinary beast taming methods.

Unless the cultivator begins taming them from a young age, treats them as family companions, and then has a chance for them to continue obeying the tamer after advancing to Tier Four or Tier Five.

But there is a significant issue: high-tier demon beasts often have much longer lifespans than high-tier cultivators. Once the cultivator who tamed the demon beast passes away, the tamed demon beast may not obey the descendants.

Therefore, in the Liuyun Continent’s cultivation realm, those high-tier cultivators generally sign a "Demonic Soul Contract" with the "Beast Taming Sect" and make sure their tamed high-tier demon beasts sign a "Nether Blood Contract" to continue guarding the clan and descendants upon their demise.

It’s worth mentioning that once a demon beast condenses a "Beast Soul," it can also sign the "Nether Blood Contract," which has binding power over it.

But without the constraint of the "Demonic Soul Contract," how would a high-tier demon beast, already highly intelligent, willingly subject itself to the control of other cultivators, especially those whose cultivation is lower by a Great Realm?

Currently, of the four Tier Six spirit beasts of the "Beast Taming Sect," apart from the two constrained by the "Demonic Soul Contract" by Nascent Soul stage cultivators, the other two Tier Six demon beasts were restrained by their original owners to sign the "Nether Blood Contract," reluctantly agreeing to continue guarding the "Beast Taming Sect" for a few more years after their owners’ passing before leaving once the term is up.

It is said that several Tier Six Demon Kings in the Broken Cloud Mountain Range were originally high-tier demon beasts tamed by human cultivators, and one of them even ran away to the "Beast Taming Sect," though this happened thousands of years ago.

Zhouyang’s Eagle Lion Beast, although it’s a Tier Three demon beast, possesses significantly higher intelligence than ordinary Tier Three demon beasts. Without the restraint of the "Demonic Soul Contract," he wouldn’t feel secure bringing this creature back to his clan.

Otherwise, if one day this creature runs away, that’s a minor issue; if it massacres the low-tier cultivators of the Zhou Family before escaping, he will regret it immensely.

By the time they arrived outside the Ten Thousand Beasts Immortal City, after completing the entry procedures for himself and Xiao Ying, Zhouyang headed straight to the highest Immortal Mountain within the city based on the information he gathered during the procedures.

This Immortal Mountain is called Snow Cloud Peak and is the place where the "Beast Taming Sect" specifically allows external cultivators to sign the "Demonic Soul Contract."

After specifying his purpose upon reaching a grand hall on Snow Cloud Peak, Zhouyang was required to pay a handling fee of five thousand spirit stones.

"Fellow Daoist, don’t be so surprised. You must understand, the ’Demonic Soul Contract’ is not a secret technique that just anyone can perform. This technique can only be studied and performed by our sect’s Golden Core Stage cultivators. Having a Golden Core Stage cultivator assist you once for five thousand spirit stones is already a very reasonable price!"

The cultivator handling the fee, seeing Zhouyang’s surprised expression, couldn’t help but laugh and shake his head as he explained the reason.

Upon hearing this, Zhouyang had nothing more to say.

Spending five thousand low-grade spirit stones to let a Golden Core Stage cultivator perform magic once is indeed not too much of a loss.

Once he paid the Spirit Stones, the cultivator who was charging fees said again, "Just to inform Fellow Daoist, the five thousand Spirit Stones are only the fee for one casting of the spell. So, we kindly remind you, Fellow Daoist, it’s best to communicate clearly with your Spirit Beast about the importance of this matter before casting the spell. If the spell fails due to the Spirit Beast’s resistance during casting, we won’t refund the Spirit Stones!"

Upon hearing this, Zhouyang’s expression changed, then he cupped his hands in thanks and said, "Thank you, Fellow Daoist, for letting me know. I’d like to ask where I might find a magical combat venue? My Spirit Beast might not be very obedient, and before casting the spell, I’d like to communicate a bit more with it!"

"Hahaha, it seems Fellow Daoist’s Spirit Beast wasn’t tamed from infancy. In that case, when Fellow Daoist goes out, turn to the right, and there you’ll find a Beast Fighting Arena specifically prepared within the sect for situations like Fellow Daoist’s. As long as you pay some Spirit Stones to activate the array, you can use the Beast Fighting Arena."

The cultivator from the "Beast Taming Sect" was there handling matters related to signing the "Demonic Soul Contract" for other cultivators. Situations like Zhouyang’s were nothing new to him. Upon hearing this, he was not surprised and simply laughed as he introduced him.

After Zhouyang thanked the cultivator, he and Xiao Ying rushed to the so-called Beast Fighting Arena and paid as many as five hundred Spirit Stones to activate a Tier Four Lower Grade Array that could accommodate a half-hour magical combat for Early-Stage Purple Mansion cultivators.

After entering the array, Zhouyang patted the Spirit Beast Bag and released the Eagle Lion Beast, whose injuries had mostly recovered.

This beast had been asleep in the Spirit Beast Bag for a long time, and upon release, it immediately became lively, flapping its wings and squealing, opening its mouth wide to look at Zhouyang, hoping he would feed it "Essence Pills."

Seeing this, Zhouyang did not hesitate. He immediately took out three "Essence Pills" refined from the flesh and blood of Tier Three Demon Beasts and tossed them into the Eagle Lion Beast’s mouth.

After the Eagle Lion Beast contentedly closed its mouth and swallowed the Spirit Pills, Zhouyang waved his sleeves and released four Flying Swords he had refined, then coldly gazed at the Eagle Lion Beast and said, "I know you can understand me. I am going to sign a contract with you, and you must agree unconditionally as you do when entering the Spirit Beast Bag. Otherwise, today’s meal will be your last in this world!"

"Come on, I’ll give you one more chance to fight me. If you beat me, I’ll set you free when we leave. If you lose, you’ll obediently sign the contract!"

The Eagle Lion Beast’s intelligence was no less than that of a seven or eight-year-old human child. It certainly understood simple human words.

Hence, as soon as Zhouyang finished speaking with a strong threat of death, a fierce light immediately appeared in its eagle eyes.

It had certainly not fully submitted to Zhouyang, and the reason was simple. Zhouyang’s cultivation was lower than its own, and each time he defeated it before was in Zhenyue Immortal City, where its flying ability was restricted.

Now, the arena Zhouyang had rented wasn’t particularly large, yet it covered twenty to thirty square kilometers, with the array’s protective shield reaching a height of thousands of feet, enough for the Eagle Lion Beast to unleash its flying ability.

Upon hearing Zhouyang’s words, it burst into a fierce cry, immediately spreading its wings and ascending into the sky. With a flap of its wings, dozens of green Wind Blades, several feet long, swept toward Zhouyang.

Seeing this, Zhouyang immediately raised his hand and unleashed the fire-attribute spiritual artifact Treasure Pearl "Xuanhuo Pearl," left by Xiao Ying’s master. The pearl flew above his head and quickly released a layer of fiery red protective shield to protect him.

Then he didn’t even glance at the flying green Wind Blades, directly pinching a sword technique and casting several flows of magical power into the four Flying Swords in front of him. Under his control, the four Flying Swords rapidly shot toward the Eagle Lion Beast in the sky.

Just like Zhouyang didn’t care about the Wind Blade magic spells the Eagle Lion Beast released, initially, the Eagle Lion Beast didn’t care about Zhouyang’s four Flying Swords either. It had suffered losses several times before due to Zhouyang’s "Qianyang Celestial Sword," and its greatest fear now was Zhouyang spewing that dual sword qi.

But it quickly realized that it was mistaken, and gravely mistaken at that.

Zhouyang was no longer the Zhouyang he had been during their first and second encounters on the walls of Zhenyue Immortal City. Now, he didn’t just have the "Qianyang Celestial Sword" at his disposal; he also mastered the four basic sword arrays from the "Great Derivation Sword Technique."

The sword array he set up using four Flying Swords was precisely the "Four Symbols Demon-Slaying Sword Array" he learned after observing the battle between Jia Yunzhen and Zhu Ziyu.

This "Four Symbols Demon-Slaying Sword Array," created by four Flying Swords, under Zhouyang’s control as the master, faintly produced a special resonance as if possessing life. The sword lights flashed, continuously slashing at the Eagle Lion Beast.

Often the Eagle Lion Beast just swatted away one Flying Sword, while the other three would simultaneously slash from three different directions. When it managed to swat away the other Flying Swords, the ones swatted earlier would return with Zhouyang’s magical power enhancement.

Unless it could simultaneously swat all four Flying Swords away and escape the sword array’s range, it would continue to be entrapped within the sword array and suffer slashes.

Yet Zhouyang could operate the sword array with multitasking precision, driven by strong Divine Sense and sword technique maneuvers. Although the Eagle Lion Beast had four paws and two wings, it couldn’t possibly multitask to the extent of accurately swatting away four Flying Swords coming from multiple directions, like Zhouyang.

Not just it, even a Late-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator trapped in the sword array would find it difficult to achieve that.

So, the outcome of this battle was actually sealed once it became ensnared within the sword array.

Finally, when Zhouyang unleashed the "Thunderfire Gourd," firing three "Thunder Fire Bombs" simultaneously, the Eagle Lion Beast was instantly blasted to the ground, bloodied and whimpered in submission.

It truly submitted this time, as Zhouyang didn’t even use the "Qianyang Celestial Sword" to defeat it, proving that his victory wasn’t merely due to luck or chance.

Although the Eagle Lion Beast was wild and difficult to tame, its instinct to obey the strong in the Demon Beast World had already led it to acknowledge Zhouyang’s strength, without daring to show any hostility before him.

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