The Master of Beasts

Chapter 1025 - 367:

This time, it’s also because the Hundred Beasts Pavilion is about to open. He left under the guise of resting in a room, but the time couldn’t be too long, or else it’s easy to arouse suspicion.

"I refuse to turn to ashes after five hundred years. As long as you can give me hope, what’s the harm in working for you!"

Dang Yue has a deep yearning for life; he desires longevity, as long as possible. A mere five hundred years can’t satisfy Dang Yue’s heart. Rather than waiting aimlessly for life to wither away, it is better to gamble on a chance.

"Very well!"

"Dong dong"

Two plain rings fell in front of Dang Yue.

"Ten million life money and a hundred various fierce beasts are your initial capital."

"Later, Zhuo Lin will come looking for you, and Han Kui will come along too!"

"Alright!"

.........

Returning to his room at the Hundred Beasts Pavilion, Chen Jiuge realized a sign of awakening in the transformed fierce beast within him. He thought to himself, "That was close."

Though the Yun Family has sent people to monitor him, it’s not too excessive, merely observing his movements outside; as long as he’s in the room, it’s still safe.

The spiritual wisdom of the fierce beast is too low; once awakened, it would naturally cause a disturbance and could easily be exposed.

"Next, I need to find a way to enhance the spiritual wisdom of the fierce beast; otherwise, future outings will be inconvenient."

"Currently, Dang Yue is at a dead end, hence he’s willing to cooperate with me. But once he finds a better support, if I don’t appear for a long time, he might develop other intentions."

Relying on Dang Yue for cultivation is not feasible; Chen Jiuge has new ideas on this side.

The next day, the Hundred Beasts Pavilion opens for business.

An establishment with deep background opens its doors, and the local bosses naturally exhaust all means to gather information. They’ve long been familiar with the Yun Family’s news.

Though displeased with the interference of such a large force like the Yun Family, the outside folks can only hold it in; for better or worse, it must be contained.

Therefore, the opening of the Hundred Beasts Pavilion is lively. Rarely seen big figures from the outer circle came to offer their congratulations, and then purchased a fierce beast to show their support.

Among them were people from the Yue Family, and a small conflict erupted, which ultimately retreated under the appearance of Chen Jiuge.

But his purpose had been achieved.

Ten Moon Shadows!

"To send them over in such a manner was truly unexpected!"

The Mechanical Heart can purchase things, but mostly it’s transactions between acquaintances; the Dusk Realm doesn’t have the capability for online shopping.

Chen Jiuge’s purchase of Moon Shadows was through a secret method provided by Yue Zexuan and would not be discovered by others.

"I must admit, any family that can be passed down is far from simple!"

After dealing with a few individuals he personally hosted, Chen Jiuge eagerly went to the backyard to release the Moon Shadows.

Long white hair cascaded over the shoulders, its exquisite features adorned with silver-white eyes, evoking a feeling not found in the mortal world.

The attractive figure, paired with the black bladed tail draping from the rear, created an inexplicable allure.

"No wonder all buyers of Moon Shadows are wealthy male cultivators, what’s the difference between this and a human!"

Moon Shadows’ external appearance is nearly identical to humans, and even their reproductive organs are similar. If not for their internal structure being different, the overwhelming qi-blood throughout their body, and the lack of much spiritual wisdom in their eyes, one could easily mistake them for a female cultivator of a unique cultivation technique.

"Fragile, lacking offensive power, average stealth, but their speed is commendable."

"This is practically a vase fierce beast!"

"But isn’t that what makes it challenging?"

Chen Jiuge admitted to feeling somewhat exhilarated, not only by the beauty of the Moon Shadows but due to the secret formula feedback from the Chaos Pearl.

The secret formula is incomplete, with many spiritual materials marked with question marks, indicating the need for research to determine which is most suitable for Moon Shadows.

Even the order of adding spiritual materials differs; this is the first time Chen Jiuge has encountered such an issue.

"The Yue Family can occupy most of the mid to low fierce beast market; evidently, they are quite skillful."

"However, this proves even further that the status of the Dusk Realm is too high, as the ability of the Chaos Pearl is not omnipotent. Perhaps I need to properly study this world’s beast training methods!"

Every world has different rules, and their cultivation methods vary.

Just like the Artificial Body Transformers, who allow those with poor cultivation talent to gain extremely powerful strength in a short period. Although this method doesn’t grant longevity, it shouldn’t be underestimated.

Guardian Beast is similar; the methods Chen Jiuge used in the Heavenly Realm and True Realm are not entirely ineffective, but rather mediocre in their results, whether it’s the control over Guardian Beasts or analyzing the fierce beasts of the Yellow Springs Realm.

If not for Ying City having been to the Yellow Springs Realm, leaving records in the Chaos Pearl, Chen Jiuge wouldn’t have managed to rapidly rise within a short period, even with the Chaos Pearl as his grand weapon.

Familiarizing oneself with the fierce beasts of the Yellow Springs Realm and the various Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures takes a long time.

Over the next three months, the Hundred Beasts Pavilion gradually started operating smoothly. Chen Jiuge did not aggressively expand the scale of the pavilion. He set a limit on the number of fierce beasts sold daily to control the profits within a certain range, ensuring the impact on the outer circle wasn’t substantial.

This move gained favor from many local bosses.

At least it wouldn’t lead to unnecessary ’burning bridges,’ which is not advantageous for Chen Jiuge hiding in the outer circle.

Of course, Chen Jiuge isn’t doing charity; the monthly profit still has some assurance.

"Sir, here’s this month’s ledger!"

Xi cautiously placed the ledger before Chen Jiuge.

Cradling an ancient book, Chen Jiuge was leaning against the sofa and responded without lifting his head.

Xi respectfully exited the room.

After slowly finishing the contents of the ancient book, Chen Jiuge sighed, "Eye-opening, eye-opening, I never expected fierce beasts could be cultivated this way!"

Since deciding to properly study the beast training methods of this realm, taking advantage of the opening of the Hundred Beasts Pavilion, Chen Jiuge also spread the word about buying high-priced ancient beast training books, although basic beast training materials were available for sale in ordinary shops.

Most of the ancient books acquired were of little use, except for this one.

This book discusses another training method for fierce beasts—the Blood Refining Technique!

Fierce beasts are different from spiritual beasts; they all contain some Yellow Springs Qi within them, and the less spiritual wisdom they possess, the higher the concentration of Yellow Springs Qi.

The essence of Yellow Springs Qi is death qi, yin qi, and other mixtures. Due to the unique laws in the Yellow Springs Realm, these fierce beasts don’t die directly from the invasion of Yellow Springs Qi, but instead lose their sanity.

Following this method, the author of this book proposes a novel direction in beast training.

Using a large amount of essence blood to set up a great array and then refining fierce beasts through artifact refining methods!

Clearly, such a method is vastly different from normal beast training methods. The experiments recorded in the book all failed.

The author of this book evidently had low cultivation and lacked significant strength, being a loose cultivator without many resources, only leaving behind a complete array and a partially completed refining method.

"The Blood Refining Technique is quite fascinating; worth trying out."

"But there’s no rush; let’s take a look at last month’s ledger first!"

The ledger is divided into two parts; one is the official ledger, with earnings that Xi has modified for Yun Congyi to see.

The other is the hidden ledger, which records the true earnings of the Hundred Beasts Pavilion; the difference between the two ledgers is naturally intercepted by Chen Jiuge.

Upon a quick glance, Chen Jiuge was satisfied. Limiting the sale of fierce beasts to control profits, the monthly earnings were in the millions of life money, allowing for a private interception of fifty to a hundred thousand life money every month, which was quite good.

However, this isn’t the main source; Chen Jiuge’s real profits come from Dang Yue’s private trading of fierce beasts.

But most of Dang Yue’s earnings are used to cultivate forces, expand the hunting team, and for now, he hasn’t seen returns.

"The time is about right; although the strength of the two armed teams isn’t bad, manpower is still tight."

"Have Xi start recruiting cultivators in the name of the Hundred Beasts Pavilion, and the farm can also issue recruitment postings, as it needs manpower for maintenance!"

Xi is his own, and Chen Jiuge plans to have Xi recruit cultivators along with some promising orphans for the farm. Nominally, these orphans would manage the farm’s daily operations, but in actuality, Chen Jiuge plans to nurture them as his subordinates, supplementing manpower.

"Cultivating martial artists does cost more, but it’s much simpler in terms of cultivation techniques. Plus, they can seamlessly transition to beast warriors, which is a great choice!"