Chapter 422: The Cyan Nightmare Beast

Twenty drops? Isn't that too greedy?

Do you know how many we have in the Beast Hall in total?

Hall Master Xie Jiuchen felt his face turn green.

He shouldn't have boasted so recklessly.

No sooner had he said that whoever succeeded in the challenge would receive a drop of spirit beast blood than this guy spoke up.

Why did it feel like he was setting a trap for himself?

If he kept challenging, should he give it or not?

Even if the Xuan Kingdom Beast Hall had been passed down for a thousand years, spirit beast blood was extremely rare. If he kept going, he would surely be bankrupted!

When others challenged the Ten Beast Cage, even if they passed, it was a narrow escape from death, with severe injuries that kept them bedridden for three to five months.

But this guy, after succeeding, acted like he had strolled through a back garden, not a scratch on him—and on top of that, he had gathered a bunch of beast underlings.

Look, that Golden Body Iron Arm Ape was still waving its arm nonstop, grinning as if it had eaten honey, its arm almost waving off... and the Wind Wolves were still looking over pitifully, full of resentment.

Resentment my ass!

This pack of Wind Wolves had been specially captured by him back then. Every single one was unruly and untamable. Many young tamers had failed, and the theme of this taming competition had once been set to taming them...

But now, after being beaten up, they weren't angry at all, and even wore that expression. Tell me, you guys, how much do you want to be beaten?

It was easy to imagine that if he let this Zhang Xuan keep going, not only would the family's reserves be cleaned out, but all the beasts in the hall would probably become his...

What kind of freak was he?

"If the Hall Master agrees, I'll go down. To be honest, challenging the Ten Beast Cage is quite fun!" Seeing the other party silent, Zhang Xuan was about to jump down again.

He urgently needed about twenty drops of spirit beast blood and couldn't afford any delay. Since he had decided to farm the instance, he might as well be quick.

"Wait..."

Hall Master Xie Jiuchen hurriedly blocked his way, forcing an awkward smile: "Don't rush. You've just cleared the Ten Beast Cage, you must have consumed a lot. Why not rest a bit before continuing?"

"No need, I'm not tired! In fact, going through it more is also a kind of training for me. Don't worry about me, Hall Master." Zhang Xuan nodded.

"Worry..."

Worry your banana!

I'm worried that the Beast Hall will be ruined by you...

Hall Master Xie Jiuchen quickly waved his hand: "I know that Beast Tamer Zhang has talent in taming that ordinary people can't match, and it's fine even if you go again, but... gathering so many beasts is quite troublesome... If you're not tired, could you let the beasts rest a bit?"

"Rest?"

Zhang Xuan looked down: "Are you tired?"

The Wind Wolves, Tiger-headed Beast, Golden Body Iron Arm Ape, and others quickly shook their heads.

"See, they're not tired!" Zhang Xuan said.

"..." Hall Master Xie Jiuchen was dizzy.

You're so good at taming, but why are you so socially inept when speaking and acting?

I've been making excuses, meaning simply that I don't want you to keep going. Why can't you understand human speech?

"Ahem, Beast Tamer Zhang, maybe you didn't understand the Hall Master's meaning. Since you've passed the Ten Beast Cage once, there's no need to go back and forth. Succeeding once, further attempts are meaningless."

Seeing their conversation growing more muddled, Elder Wei Yuqing couldn't help but interject.

"Passing once gives me a drop of spirit beast blood, which is very important to me!" Zhang Xuan nodded.

Of course it's meaningful. If it weren't, I wouldn't be bored enough to go back and forth through this thing.

"You..."

Elder Wei Yuqing's face also turned gray with frustration. He had been subtle, but the other party directly called it out...

Could they not have a pleasant interaction?

"Alright, I know you can definitely pass, but the opportunity should be left for other tamers. The matter of continuing to challenge the Ten Beast Cage ends here!"

Unable to hold back any longer, Hall Master Xie Jiuchen waved his hand and made a decision.

"This..." Zhang Xuan frowned.

He had come to challenge after reading about the Ten Beast Cage in the Beast Hall's books, thinking he could complete about twenty runs to gather the spirit beast blood needed for the second layer of the Heavenly Dao Golden Body. He never dreamed the other party would simply refuse!

"If you won't let me challenge, that's fine!"

After a moment's hesitation, Zhang Xuan looked over: "I urgently need nineteen more drops of spirit beast blood. Can I buy them, or how else can I get them?"

"Nineteen more drops?"

Hall Master Xie Jiuchen and Elder Wei Yuqing exchanged glances, both feeling dizzy.

So much spirit beast blood... Were you going to cook with it?

Normal beasts couldn't even absorb a single drop of such blood, but you ask for twenty drops at once... Did you have a beast army behind you?

"Buying is possible. One drop of spirit beast blood normally costs five spirit stones. As a tamer, I'll give you a discount: four."

Hall Master Xie Jiuchen said.

"Four spirit stones a drop?" Zhang Xuan's eyes widened: "Forget it, I'll just challenge the Ten Beast Cage. Prepare quickly!"

He didn't even know who to ask for spirit stones!

Four spirit stones a drop... You might as well rob me!

Chin in hand, Zhang Xuan began to calculate: "Since spirit beast blood is so expensive, after challenging the Ten Beast Cage twenty times, I can sell the surplus to you. If I do a hundred runs a day, I can earn four hundred spirit stones. Persist for a month, and that's over ten thousand..."

"..."

The two Beast Hall bigwigs were going crazy.

Brother, are you determined to bankrupt the Xuan Kingdom Beast Hall?

What grudge or grievance makes you so ruthless?

"Alright, alright! You want twenty drops of spirit beast blood, I can give it to you, but there's a condition!"

His chest about to explode from holding back, Xie Jiuchen suddenly had an idea. He waved his hand and snorted.

Not to mention that letting him keep going would eventually collapse the Beast Hall, but doing so would immediately make him a laughingstock among the neighboring titled kingdoms, losing all face.

"Condition?"

"Yes, our Beast Hall has just captured a beast that is difficult to tame. If you can find a way to make it serve the Beast Hall, not only twenty drops of spirit beast blood, even ten more wouldn't be a problem!"

Xie Jiuchen looked over: "Of course, if you fail, the matter of challenging the Ten Beast Cage ends here, and don't bring it up again!"

"Ten more drops?" Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up: "Good, I agree!"

Seeing the other party's evasiveness, continuing to challenge the Ten Beast Cage was clearly impossible. Since he proposed this condition, it would be foolish not to agree.

Ten more drops meant an extra forty spirit stones. Taming a beast was definitely a huge gain.

"If you don't agree, you forfeit, and don't mention challenging the Ten Beast Cage again..."

Hall Master Xie Jiuchen waved his hand, but stopped mid-sentence, eyes wide: "What did you say? You agree?"

"Agree, why wouldn't I?" Zhang Xuan nodded.

"But... do you even know what level of beast I want you to tame before agreeing?" Xie Jiuchen nearly pulled his beard off.

He, a three-star tamer and a top-tier Sovereign realm expert, couldn't tame it, and you just agreed?

He had originally planned to use some provocation to trick the other party into falling for it. After all, if he couldn't tame it, he didn't believe the other could either. He said it deliberately just to make him drop the idea of the Ten Beast Cage.

He never expected an agreement before he even finished speaking.

"Whatever level it is!" Zhang Xuan waved his hand.

The level really didn't matter to him.

The key was to have enough spirit beast blood.

"...Fine!"

Seeing the guy's confidence, Xie Jiuchen hesitated.

In fact, the information he had received from Hall Master Feng was not much different. The sudden early taming competition was actually to gather the taming talents of the entire kingdom and see if they could find a way to tame this beast.

This guy in front of him was so talented at taming, able to tame Wind Wolves in the blink of an eye... Maybe he could come up with a suitable method.

As long as he could tame that beast, even at the cost of twenty drops of spirit beast blood, it would be worth it.

"Come, I'll take you to see it!"

Having made up his mind, Xie Jiuchen stopped dwelling on the issue. He casually called over an elder, gave some instructions, and headed deeper into the Beast Hall with Wei Yuqing.

Knowing this was an opportunity to earn spirit beast blood, Zhang Xuan didn't hesitate and followed closely.

"Teacher!"

"Young Master!"

Zhao Ya, Sun Qiang, and the others caught up.

"Come along!"

Knowing there was nothing to hide from these people, Zhang Xuan didn't say much. They walked along the path and soon arrived at a spacious courtyard.

The courtyard walls were tall and thick, over ten meters high, built like city walls. Inside, weapons were scattered about, clearly indicating powerful formations.

"This beast is inside. I'll warn you now: you can still refuse."

Stopping outside the courtyard, Xie Jiuchen said solemnly: "It's a Cyan Nightmare Beast. Our Beast Hall spent a huge price to capture it. It has a thin dragon bloodline, is unruly, and nearly impossible to tame."

"Cyan Nightmare Beast? A half-step Mortal Transcendence beast?"

Zhang Xuan was startled.

Having digested the Beast Hall's books, he knew of this beast.

It was known as one of the strongest beasts below spirit beasts, with a thin dragon bloodline, incredibly powerful, able to fight even early Mortal Transcendence experts!

This Beast Hall had actually captured such a creature—impressive!

"Yes, this creature is ferocious by nature. Even getting close is difficult. I can take you to see it. If you think it's impossible, just refuse directly. But of course, if you refuse, you must also agree not to continue challenging the Ten Beast Cage."

Xie Jiuchen stated the conditions first.

He was afraid that if the other couldn't tame it, he would go back to challenging the Ten Beast Cage, making all his efforts wasted.

"Let's go in and take a look!"

Zhang Xuan waved his hand.

Xie Jiuchen and Elder Wei Yuqing nodded, found the formation's hub, and led the group inside.

The courtyard was spacious and vast, surrounded not only by formations but also by special iron nets forged by artifact refiners. Once a beast was trapped inside, escape was nearly impossible.

After walking a while, a huge iron cage appeared before them. Inside, a massive beast over five meters tall and more than ten meters long lay quietly on the ground. Seeing people approach, its eyes immediately turned red, and it let out a deafening roar.