Secret Records of the Leader of the Beichen Sword Sect-Chapter 33 Demon Suppression Beast Taming

Strictly speaking, the Beast Taming Technique has no direct connection with the Immortal Palace. This skill can be traced back to before the establishment of the Immortal Palace, even to the time when humans were still living in tribal settlements, and even before, during the era when the Demon Clan ruled the Taiji World.

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Yes, in those ancient primordial times, humans might not even have descended from the trees yet. What is now known as the Three Constellations and Twelve Countries was ruled by the Ancient Demon Clan in the Taiji World.

Of course, the Demon Clan of that time was not like the current group of yellow rats that even Tie Dan could easily slaughter.

In those lands, among the mountains and seas, freely traversing and soaring high, were True Dragons, Qilin, Phoenixes, Divine Turtles, Lions, Tigers, and Leopards—such Ancient Great Demons, Divine Beasts, Giant Beasts, and Demon Beasts that reached hundreds of meters tall!

Moreover, these beings were not only top predators in nature, but they also possessed Spiritual Wisdom! Even loved by the heavens, they were taught various Cultivation Methods! They could further strengthen their already formidable bodies to become truly invincible Land Demon Gods!

There were even legends in the Demon Clan that the strongest top predators, the Demon Emperor and Demon King that ruled the earth, could go a step further! They were received by the Outer Heaven Immortals, shattering the void to go to the Outer Heaven Strange World, into the Demon God Domain of the Ancient Demon Clan, to attain Godhood!

Such a flourishing Demon Clan civilization lasted for an unknown amount of millennia, until an unknown catastrophe swept across heaven and earth. Countless Ancient Gods and Great Demons fell or vanished, leading to a complete population collapse in the Demon Clan's civilization. The survivors lost their civilization and devolved into beasts, giving humans a chance and space to gradually develop.

Later, a figure known as the Immortal Venerable emerged among mankind. It is said this person learned the Demon and Demon God's heritage from ancient relics of the Demon civilization, mimicking the cultivation of those Demon Emperors and Demon Gods, drawing on the refining of heaven and earth's energy and the essence of the sun and moon, to finally create their own path of human cultivation and body refinement. This laid the foundation, eventually leading the Human Clan to rise, wiping out the remnants of the Demon Clan, expelling them to the desolate mountains and waters beyond the Twelve Countries, and overseas Otherworlds.

This matter of the Immortal Palace's rise need not be mentioned for now. However, it is said that even in the days when the Demon Clan was in power, the Immortals from Outer Heaven had taught the rudiments of the Beast Taming Secret Method.

That roughly involves using instruments like sound waves, supplemented by rituals involving priestly feasts and the like, to achieve the control and manipulation of different realms, different species, and groups with varying spiritual wisdom. This allowed those who would naturally prey on each other and could not coexist to cooperate and build a glorified civilization together.

Thus, to this day, the Beast Taming Technique naturally fell into the hands of the Demon Clan's successors, the Immortal Palace, which monopolized it. Using this method to control the ancient demon god beasts that remained in various places, it employed them as mounts, war beasts, and beasts of burden.

In a way, Tie Dan, who had once been a human-faced dog, had also learned a few bits of the Beast Taming Skill.

Of course, Tie Dan's knowledge wasn't extensive, primarily related to dogs. After all, if he hadn't switched allegiance to the Sword Sect, Gou Dan would have grown up to be a Head Dog too, including directing the pack in tracking and hunting, circling behind and flanking, and patrolling and probing. These are tactics the Immortal Palace's army, particularly the garrison border army in Shuofang, are very familiar with.

As for Hawk Training Technique, Tie Dan didn't genuinely learn birdkeeping, but he could understand the Hawk Patrol. Being a dog, he naturally understood the master's orders, and the Ancient Immortal Palace previously relied on birds for military command.

Of course, the Golden Eagle, being such a rare thing, was not often seen. In Shuofang Military Town, more commonplace methods include military pigeons and ravens for communication and falcons and Peregrine Falcons for slaying messenger pigeons. Some skilled Hawk Tamers even became Daoist companions with the hawks, sharing their Primordial Spirit, and could directly use the Eagle's Eye to oversee the battle from a height, more convenient than Hunting Dog Scouts.

Naturally, this kind of unique beast-taming method is a General's Secret Method, secret techniques not passed on externally by warlords, who monopolize military positions for generations based on this expertise, not letting outsiders know the precise refining process.

Regarding Dragon Taming and Tiger Controlling, training predators like tigers, leopards, and wolves as war beasts and mounts is a heritage preserved by the Guardian Immortal Army defending the capital. It's viewed as a national treasure, only shown on the battlefield and rarely seen in the harsh borderlands.

For those superior Dragons and rare, difficult-to-tame Divine Beasts like the Qilin, only a very few aristocratic families in the Three Constellations Capital have ways to harness them. Many secret techniques were lost in the internal struggles in the Three Constellations, and as the methods of beast raising and taming were lost, many Divine Beasts and Spiritual Birds faced extinction; it was an unfortunate matter.

Hmm, after digressing so much, in the end, it amounts to one point.

Tie Dan could understand the sounds of eagles and dogs echoing from the heavens and the earth.

Therefore, the eagle and dog agents dispatched by the Demon Palace could not block him, could not encircle him, and even soon lost track of Tie Dan's shadow.

Of course, thinking back on how he mastered these peculiar skills, Tie Dan felt no pride, but... somehow, the personnel dispatched didn't seem right?

Hiding in the bushes, Tie Dan clutched a branch and listened to the barking, roughly determining the positions of the Immortal Palace's eagles and dogs.

Indeed, something was wrong. Aside from the Golden Eagle he had killed earlier, at present those sent to hunt him consisted of only one eagle and six dogs.

Strange, the entourage brought by the princely heir included many agents and even had a Qilin for protection. The local bears lacked spiritual wisdom and shouldn't have left so many cronies nearby for guard duty, right?

Did they spread out to hunt down other sect members? But it has been several days now, right? If an escape was possible, they likely would have fled long ago. Could it be that senior brothers haven't captured them yet?

For a moment, Tie Dan couldn't figure out the reason, but the Immortal Palace shouldn't have guessed he understands dog barks, planning to have hunting dogs falsely bark to lure him out...

So Tie Dan, taking decisive action, used the opponents' commands to counter-track the barking, quickly slipping through the hunting circle undetected by the eagle or dogs, finally finding the human-faced dog responsible for giving orders.

Quietly trailing for a distance to discern the rhythm and tone of the barking, Tie Dan spat a flying sword from his mouth, used it to sever the dog man's head, then skinned it and wrapped it around himself.

"Woof woof! Woof woof! Woof woof woof!"

Imitating the rhythm of the previous human dog's bark, he waited a while, then heard the echoes of the pack from all around.

Good, this pack now took orders from him.

Thus, Tie Dan retasked the hunting dogs, then silently approached the Eagle Guard's location.

Of course, the Golden Eagle in the sky could naturally spot him, but a beast is a beast, after all. Now that Tie Dan was cloaked in dog skin and smeared himself with feces, it couldn't distinguish between human and dog.

Again using prior tactics, sneaking from downwind, he then used the flying sword to slit throats, killing another person.

Hmm, killing is far simpler than slaying dragons, with clean and efficient methods of slaughter like disemboweling, slitting throats, piercing hearts, or beheading. No matter how formidable you are, whether with a Divine Gang Dominator Body or eagle-eyed sharp shooting skills, once you're discovered, there's no escaping a flying sword's death blow.

However, the Eagle Guard is different from dogs; they're the princely heir's personal soldiers, officers of the guardian, wearing Communication Tokens and Peace Locks. The human-faced dog's death went unnoticed, but as soon as the Eagle Guard's head fell, it was detected.

"Screech—!"

The Golden Eagle cried mournfully overhead, spiraling thrice around the headless corpse before swiftly flying toward the horizon.

Tie Dan, with a sword in his mouth, ran swiftly on all fours, following closely. Along the way, he silently passed through the alert lines by interpreting the barking commands, soon locating the whereabouts of the Demon Palace princely heir's group.

The heart of this Spirit Communication Secret Realm, the core of the Demon God's restrictions.

Demon Suppression Platform

However, calling it a 'platform,' it appeared more like a tower.

From afar, it was a nine-story octagonal tower, built atop a towering cliff rising over a hundred meters from the ground.

The iron tower was entirely dark, rusty, seemingly forged of cast iron. Each eaves of the tower was held down by nine divine beast iron statues—Flying Dragon, Flying Phoenix, Walking Lion, Heavenly Horse, Sea Horse, Suan Ni, Fish Betting, Xiezhi, and Bullfight.

Linked by large iron rings and tethered with steel iron chains thicker than a man's waist, one end attached to the eight pillars of the tower's base and the other buried deep into the mountain ridge, embedding into the cliffside, as if an iron dragon coiled on the hill.

Watching the Golden Eagle descend into the tower, Tie Dan quickly grasped that the princely heir's entourage had already reached the Demon Suppression Platform. Planning to try getting closer and infiltrating the platform for a search.

"Boom!!"

Suddenly, a thunderous crash resounded, startling Tie Dan!

He quickly hid and observed, only to see the tower's summit, where a dim Treasure Bead suddenly lit up, radiating dazzling light like a lighthouse, as if igniting a small sun.

The nine-headed iron beasts atop the nine-layer tower suddenly came to life, their eyes glowing golden as they began crawling, with each suppressing tower slowly rotating counterclockwise!

Amidst the roaring sounds reminiscent of metal gears grinding together, the nine-story iron tower began unlocking layer by layer!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

In a series of explosive booming sounds, eight iron chains shackling the tower's base were unlocked!

This... Is this a Demon Suppression, or an unsealing??

"Clang!

Chains at the base of the Demon Suppression Tower, like dead dragons, slid down, crashing onto the ground, kicking up a massive dust storm that hazed the iron tower with dust.

And with the iron chains loosening and falling, the openings that had been deeply carved into the cliff walls began spewing out turquoise springs, cascading down the mountain like waterfalls. The winds carried an odd stench as far as the distant breezes.

The green springs blanketed the hills, eventually pooling at the mountain's base, forming a foul-smelling stagnant pond. But as streams turned to waterfalls, the stagnant pond surged into a lake, rushing like a burst dam! Spreading throughout the forest secret realm! The booming roar was like a landslide and earthquake or a mudslide erupting!

Tie Dan sniffed the air, crouching low and tilting his head.

So that's how it is.

Looking at it from this perspective...

That enormous rocky mountain truly resembled a bear...