Chapter 2008: Flood Dragon

Among the millions of books in the Lingyun Sword Pavilion, there were records about the White-Eared Fox.

It was a powerful immortal beast that could reach the immortal lord level upon adulthood, strong in strength, high in intelligence, capable of creating illusions and mirages that could confuse people, making even immortal lords hard to escape. Many wanted to tame it, but unfortunately, throughout the history of the Upper Firmament, no one had succeeded.

Even the most talented tamer from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect could only end in failure before it.

Because of this, the White-Eared Fox was also known as the untamable immortal beast.

To have such a creature on this mountain, no wonder it had developed into a beast mountain that humans could do nothing about.

"Sir, if you want to tame beasts, you'd better avoid the territories of these four immortal beasts, or else you might be in danger..."

After the introduction, the attendant said kindly.

"Where exactly are the territories they govern on the mountain?" Zhang Xuan asked.

"The entire Lingyun Mountain stretches for hundreds of kilometers, very vast. They occupy four of its peaks..." The attendant took out a map and detailed the specific locations of the four immortal beasts.

Zhang Xuan silently memorized them.

After chatting for a while, he gained a new understanding of the entire Lingyun Mountain, and then he saw a mountain range shrouded in mist appear before him.

"Sir, I can only take you this far. Going deeper might be dangerous..."

After entering the mountain range and walking not far, seeing countless blood-red eyes seemingly hidden ahead, the attendant stopped.

He was just a driver, with low cultivation and weak strength. The sacred beast beneath him was not good at fighting. Going deeper might get him attacked by other sacred beasts, and he wouldn't even know how he died.

"Stop here then. But I won't break my promise to help you tame a sacred beast..." Zhang Xuan smiled.

"Help me tame?"

The attendant was stunned, thinking the other had just been speaking casually. Could it be true?

But... taming beasts didn't seem that easy!

Without answering, Zhang Xuan chuckled lightly. With a grab of his hand, a stone on the ground flew up and shot straight toward the jungle ahead, crashing down.

Roar! Roar! Whoosh!

Disturbed by the stone, various beast calls rang out one after another. The blood-red eyes that had been hidden stepped out one by one.

They were all sacred beasts at the Void Shattering level, some adept at flying, some at attacking... each with a ferocious expression and a bloody aura.

"Sir..."

The attendant turned pale with fear. The flying sacred beast behind him also covered its head with its wings, not daring to look.

With so many sacred beasts, they would be torn apart in an instant. Escape was certainly impossible.

If he had known the other was so reckless, he would never have taken this job...

Just as he felt doomed and was about to cry, the middle-aged man's calm voice sounded: "With so many sacred beasts, which one catches your eye? Tell me..."

"Catch my eye?"

The attendant staggered.

What good was catching one's eye? Would catching one's eye mean being eaten by that one?

But that might be better, at least not dishonoring himself.

"If I'm doomed to die, I'd rather be eaten by that Fire烈 Eagle. My greatest dream is to have such a sacred beast. I can't achieve it now, but dying in its mouth would be worth it..."

Gritting his teeth, the attendant pointed at one of them.

"Fire烈 Eagle?"

Zhang Xuan nodded: "Alright, that one it is..."

Whoosh!

His figure disappeared from the spot. The attendant was puzzled when he saw the huge Fire烈 Eagle, somehow already crashing down not far from him, with a terrified expression.

"Alright, acknowledge him as your master..."

Zhang Xuan appeared behind the eagle.

"Chirp!"

The once proud Fire烈 Eagle lowered its head and immediately prostrated itself.

"..."

Eyes wide, the attendant was completely dumbfounded.

Although he was not a true disciple of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, he had seen others tame beasts. The Fire烈 Eagle's demeanor clearly showed complete submission, meaning... it intended to become his beast pet!

How could this be?

A beating... and it was tamed?

Could sacred beasts be tamed so easily?

"Alright, I've fulfilled my promise to you. Farewell!"

Just as he was wondering and wanted to see what magic this gentleman possessed, he heard the calm voice again, and then saw him turn into a black line, charging straight into the beast herd.

Crack! Crack!

The many sacred beasts that had been baring their teeth to tear him apart, in an instant, obediently lay prostrate on the ground like house cats, sticking out their tongues like lapdogs.

"You, come along!"

Casually picking a cyan-spotted leopard, Zhang Xuan jumped onto its back and in the blink of an eye disappeared into the depths of the jungle.

"..."

Watching the departing figure, the attendant clutched his hair, unable to snap out of it for a long time.

Charging into the beast herd, all sacred beasts willingly submitted to be tamed... Was this still human?

Even the sect master of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect wouldn't have such skill!

"I heard... this time, the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect gave many elders the hardest assessment—whoever can tame any one of the four divine beasts has a chance to become the next sect master... Could it be that this person is an elder of the sect, here to compete for that spot?"

His heart stirred, recalling news he had just learned a few days ago.

At the Lingyun Sword Pavilion, selecting the next sect master relied on swordsmanship and insight into the sword path.

Whoever surpassed everyone else passed the assessment, leaving no room for dispute.

The Ten Thousand Beasts Sect's competition was not about strength, but about taming ability and the power of beast pets... The four divine beasts in the Beast Mountain were undoubtedly the strongest and hardest to tame... Whoever succeeded would inevitably stand out in both taming and beast pet strength, becoming the sect's foremost...

Thus, no one dared to object to their becoming the next sect master.

"It must be..."

Thinking this, the servant suddenly understood.

No wonder he had such strong taming skills—as an elder of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, even capable of contending for the sect master position, such ability was hardly surprising.

...

The wind roared past his ears; the green-spotted leopard was extremely fast, in the blink of an eye crossing a mountain peak and dashing toward the mountain range where the flood dragon dwelled.

Since he was coming to tame beasts, he might as well tame the strongest!

Moreover, possessing the Heavenly Dragon Eight Sounds, which could also restrain the dragon clan to some extent, made taming them easier than other divine beasts.

The green-spotted leopard itself was a sacred beast of the Lingyun Mountains; as it galloped along, few sacred beasts blocked its path. Occasionally, one that was reckless would be struck by a sword aura, instantly falling to the ground unable to move, without slowing its pace at all.

Before long, they reached the mountainside.

At this point, the green-spotted leopard showed wariness, hesitating to move forward.

Knowing it was fear of the divine beast, Zhang Xuan jumped off the beast's back: "You don't need to go up; rest here!"

With that, he leaped, turning into a sharp sword, flying straight toward the mountain peak.

"Hmm, something's off..."

After walking for a while, Zhang Xuan stopped, his brows slightly furrowed.

The surrounding jungle looked no different from before, but under the illumination of his Insight Eye, he could clearly see traces of human activity, with formations and traps set up in many places.

Setting these up here was clearly meant to capture a divine beast and tame it...

Could it be that someone ahead of him intended to get there first?

"Let's go take a look..."

Finding the flaws in the formations, he quietly slipped through, advancing step by step toward the mountaintop.

Before long, he indeed saw six or seven old men standing behind a huge rock, one of them holding a formation flag and setting up a formation.

"Alright, as long as it comes over, it will definitely be trapped by the formation, making taming much easier. Of course, if danger arises, these formations will also protect us..."

Stopping, the old man who had set up the formation breathed a sigh of relief and smiled slightly.

"Thank you for your trouble, Elder Liao..." A middle-aged man in the crowd clasped his fists.

"No need to be polite. Among the two elders with the best chance in the sect, I favor you more. If you become the sect master, our Ten Thousand Beasts Sect can advance further! We are not just helping you; we are also thinking of the sect's future!"

The old man who had set up the formation, Elder Liao, said with a smile.

"Yes!" The middle-aged man quickly nodded. "Then I will lure it over now!"

With that, he flipped his wrist, took out a jade bottle, and gently pulled out the stopper.

A rich scent spread out.

"Is that... dragon blood?"

Zhang Xuan, hiding not far away, raised an eyebrow.

Although he hadn't seen the contents of the other's jade bottle, he knew this special scent very well.

Back then, Chen Linghuang had purified dragon blood using sacrificial methods, and it had smelled like this.

And... this one seemed even purer and richer!

"Elder Yuan, is this... true dragon blood?"

Not only was he shocked, but Elder Liao, who had set up the formation, was also taken aback, apparently not expecting the other to produce such an item.

There was not a single true dragon in the entire Abandoned Continent, let alone its blood. Even though the Ten Thousand Beasts Gate was the most powerful beast-taming sect in the world, no one had ever seen one.

"It's not real dragon blood, but the blood of a flood dragon, purified! I refined a bucket of flood dragon blood into ten drops... Although it's not as good as true dragon blood, it's not far off..."

Smiling slightly, the middle-aged Elder Yuan spoke with pride.

Purifying dragon blood was easy to say but extremely difficult to do.

Dragon blood was the most violent blood in the world; if an ordinary person touched a single drop, they would be torn apart and die on the spot, let alone purify it...

That he could achieve this had cost him no small amount of effort and painstaking work.

"Very impressive..."

Elder Liao nodded secretly: "With this thing, that flood dragon will surely appear. Once it comes and falls into the trap... taming it is just around the corner!"

The reason no one could tame the flood dragon was that it was too cautious and never let itself be caught. Once caught, the rest would be simple.

With the many methods of the Ten Thousand Beasts Gate, taming a divine beast should not be too difficult.

Roar!

As they were speaking, a thunderous sound rang out from the sky. Then, everyone saw a huge flood dragon hovering directly above them, its lantern-like eyes fixed on the jade bottle, burning with fervor!

The strongest flood dragon on Lingyun Mountain had indeed been lured by the purified dragon blood and appeared!

"It's here..."

His eyes gleaming, Elder Yuan's entire body suddenly tensed up.