Chapter 541: Oh, I Forgot I Can’t Speak
“What is this thing?” Shuangji saw something they had never even heard of before.
The person held a small object about the size of a wristwatch, with a screen displaying strange creatures composed of pixel dots.
“Deputy Sect Master, you wouldn’t know about this. It’s a product from the Mingzhong World, called Digital Monsters. They live in the network world, with extremely diverse species and large numbers. Mine is in its Baby form—they can evolve, digivolve, and achieve ultimate evolution.”
Shuangji felt like their intelligence was being rubbed repeatedly against the ground.
“…Will you walk down the mountain yourself, or shall I send you down?”
The person made a bitter face and silently retreated to the side.
“You’re standing in the wrong spot. This side is for those who passed. You need to go over there,” someone reminded.
“Oh.”
The person walked over to the opposite side.
He had tried his best, but truly no demon beast cubs were willing to follow him.
Why did all the demon beast cubs fear and avoid him?
Was it just because he was a butcher who had slaughtered thousands of pigs?
Seven Kill Daozi, Yu Xiaomeng, and Li Jiaojiao each had a large group of demon beast cubs following behind them, with Seven Kill Daozi having the most by far.
The three passed without any surprise.
Shuangji nodded, very satisfied with these three, considering them promising talents.
Seven Kill Daozi stood to the side, waiting for Jiang Li to appear.
Jiang Li was the last to appear, with several chirping little birds following behind him. Their feathers were five-colored and extremely noble.
“Are these Immortal Peacock cubs?” Shuangji was very surprised. Immortal Peacocks were extremely arrogant, quite domineering among demon beast cubs, and rarely affectionate towards humans.
Additionally, Immortal Peacocks had another characteristic: they loved challenging the strong.
The most famous legend was that the Peacock Great Bright King, who was only at the Celestial Immortal stage, once swallowed the Buddha, who had already attained the Primordial Chaos and Limitlessness position.
Fortunately, the Buddha was compassionate and never killed, otherwise the Peacock Great Bright King wouldn’t have had enough lives to spare.
Put nicely, it was challenging the strong; put bluntly, it was seeking death.
Jiang Li had walked the entire way with the Immortal Peacocks following him the whole time, constantly pecking at his heels with their beaks.
Jiang Li was also helpless. While he was thinking of a solution, a group of little peacocks followed behind him, adopting a provocative stance, fighting with their beaks.
The Immortal Peacock cubs sensed the immense energy hidden within Jiang Li’s body, awakening their fighting spirit. They wanted to defeat this human to prove their own strength.
They disdained bullying the weak; if they were going to fight, they would fight the strongest one!
The Immortal Peacock cubs grew restless, their bloodline granting them the instinct to act.
Fluttering their wings, they vigorously pecked at people with their beaks.
And thus, the scene everyone witnessed unfolded.
Jiang Li looked strangely at the little peacock he picked up, examining it left and right, unable to understand why this little creature was so fond of picking fights.
“Song Li, is it? You’re quite remarkable to actually make the arrogant Immortal Peacocks follow you. You will achieve something in the Beast Taming Way in the future.” Shuangji couldn’t understand this situation and could only attribute it to Jiang Li having a physique that attracted demon beast cubs.
In the eyes of the Immortal Peacock cubs, Shuangji, who was at the Unity Stage, didn’t even count as strong and wasn’t worth challenging.
If they were going to challenge someone, it had to start from the Primordial Chaos and Limitless Immortal level.
Hence, in the Immortal Realm, Immortal Peacocks were few in number.
The final person to pass was Jiang Li, marking the end of the second exam.
“Next begins the third exam. This test will assess your mastery of the ‘Beast Taming Immortal Scripture’.”
A stir ran through the crowd. The ‘Beast Taming Immortal Scripture’ was the fundamental method of the Beast Taming Sect—how could they possibly know it?
“Quiet.” Shuangji raised a hand, using a spell to silence everyone, then spoke leisurely.
“The ‘Beast Taming Immortal Scripture’ is a whole, where one can see the big from the small. Our Beast Taming Sect’s founder, Perfected One Xuhuang, was inspired during secluded meditation and received a single sentence. Based on this sentence, he deduced and created the complete ‘Beast Taming Immortal Scripture’.”
“I will teach you the first-level mnemonic chant of the ‘Beast Taming Immortal Scripture’. This first-level mnemonic chant is the heaven-sent words Perfected One Xuhuang originally received. You will make deductions based on this sentence, and I will determine your rankings and who enters our Beast Taming Sect based on the effectiveness of your deductions.”
“Have you understood?”
Silence reigned.
Shuangji frowned, thinking the new disciples’ mental fortitude was lacking this time, to be so shocked by such news that they couldn’t speak.
“Have you understood?”
Still, silence.
Jiang Li raised his hand and asked, “Could it possibly be because the silencing spell you cast on them hasn’t been lifted yet?”
Shuangji suddenly understood, but then felt something was wrong.
Shuangji examined Jiang Li suspiciously with their heterochromatic pupils: “Then how can you speak?”
“Oh, I forgot I couldn’t speak.”
Jiang Li quickly shut his mouth, pretending nothing had just happened.
“…”
Shuangji didn’t pay it much mind. They lifted the silencing spell and recited the first-level mnemonic chant of the ‘Beast Taming Immortal Scripture’: “All things have life, all things have spirit, the majestic heavenly might, all living beings are equal…”
Everyone hurriedly memorized it. This was the ‘Beast Taming Immortal Scripture’! In the era when the Celestial Ascension Ladder still existed, one could directly reach the Celestial Immortal stage through this technique!
Even if it was only the first sentence, it was extremely precious.
The ‘Beast Taming Immortal Scripture’ wasn’t only for humans to cultivate; demons could cultivate it too.
When demons cultivated the ‘Beast Taming Immortal Scripture’, they could maximize their potential development, perfectly control their bodies, and maintain optimal condition during battle.
Therefore, Yu Xiaomeng and Li Jiaojiao especially cherished this opportunity.
Seven Kill Daozi concentrated on comprehending, felt a sudden inspiration, and blurted out: “All things have life, all things have spirit, the majestic heavenly might, all living beings are equal, kill kill kill kill kill kill kill… Wait, how did I mix this up with the Seven Kill Stele?”
“The opening words of the ‘Beast Taming Immortal Scripture’ are somewhat interesting,” Jiang Li said with a faint, elusive smile at the corner of his mouth.
“I wonder how far the ‘Beast Taming Immortal Scripture’ I deduce will differ from the real version. Although my talent in beast taming isn’t high, when it comes to deducing techniques, no one is stronger than me.”
Jiang Li was very confident. The number of techniques he had created was unprecedented, even to the point of turning the system’s source points into garbled code.
…
“Let me see the results of your technique deductions,” Shuangji called for a stop.
“Please take a look,” someone said with a smile even more confident than Jiang Li’s, believing they would certainly enter the Beast Taming Sect.
“Yours is actually identical to the first half of the ‘Beast Taming Immortal Scripture’.”
Shuangji wasn’t surprised; instead, they chuckled coldly repeatedly.
“Perfected One Xuhuang, as a Celestial Immortal, spent fifty years in secluded meditation to create the ‘Beast Taming Immortal Scripture’. Yet you achieved this level in just a few hours?”
That person broke out in a cold sweat.
“Speak! Who leaked the contents of the ‘Beast Taming Immortal Scripture’ to you!” Shuangji glared, their incredibly beautiful heterochromatic pupils radiating immense pressure that scared the person into kneeling with a thud. Stammering, he revealed it was a certain outer sect disciple of the Beast Taming Sect.
“Take him away and see what else he knows!” Shuangji waved a hand, ordering disciples on both sides to take the person away for interrogation.
To think someone dared to reveal the contents of the ‘Beast Taming Immortal Scripture’ to an outsider—this matter must be investigated thoroughly!
“Next.”