Beast Taming: I Have an Immortal Mansion

The second floor of Celestial Gate Mountain’s Scripture Pavilion was less crowded than Fang Qingyuan had anticipated. To be precise, aside from himself, the entire floor was empty.

Fang Qingyuan had only been able to enter this time thanks to a letter of permission from Zhao Liangde. Otherwise, his status as a Core Disciple alone would not have granted him access to the second floor.

There were far fewer jade slips on the second floor of the Scripture Pavilion than on the first—only about a hundred in total.

But despite their small number, the jade slips weren’t placed haphazardly. They were organized into numerous sections, each containing a few slips. The jade slips rested quietly on stands, awaiting perusal by the disciples of the Southern Border Beast Taming Sect.

Fang Qingyuan’s gaze swept past several categories before he walked directly to the section for Metal element Cultivation Techniques and stopped.

This section housed Cultivation Methods for those with a Metal Spirit Root. Fang Qingyuan counted seven jade slips. Reading the descriptions beside them, he discovered that the techniques ranged in quality from a minimum of Profound Tier Lower Grade to a maximum of Profound Tier Upper Grade.

Out in the world, a Profound Tier Cultivation Method could serve as the foundation for an entire Cultivation Clan. Even the Sect’s Foundation Scriptures of many smaller sects were merely Profound Tier.

Currently, among his Five Elements Spirit Root, the Metal Spirit Root was his greatest aptitude, and it was still continuously improving. In the foreseeable future, once the sealed Metal Spirit Power in his body was fully depleted, his Metal Spirit Root would be nearly on par with an Earth Spirit Root.

Therefore, taking all this into account, Fang Qingyuan decided that to avoid wasting his aptitude, his minimum goal for this trip was to find a Metal element Cultivation Technique of at least Profound Tier Upper Grade.

His second choice would be a Profound Tier Upper Grade technique that accommodated both the Metal and Wood elements. Of course, a technique that covered all five elements would be even better.

However, since few people cultivated all five elements, such techniques were rare, and high-quality ones were even more scarce.

In this world, the proper path was to specialize in a single one of the five elements. Cultivating all five simultaneously was far too detrimental to one’s cultivation speed.

According to Fang Qingyuan’s understanding of cultivation common sense, if one chose to cultivate all five elements, they had to maintain the Spiritual Power of each element at an equal level.

Otherwise, with uneven levels of Spiritual Power, how could the Five Elements Rotation possibly function? And if the Five Elements Rotation failed, one might as well just cultivate a single-element Spirit Root.

As these thoughts flashed through his mind, Fang Qingyuan turned his gaze to the seven jade slips on the stand. He reached out, picked up the one with the lowest grade, and pressed it to his forehead. When he released his Divine Sense, the information within the jade slip flooded his mind, revealing everything.

Information flowed through Fang Qingyuan’s mind. A moment later, he lowered the jade slip.

It turned out this technique had been created by the first Patriarch of the Li Clan. Its full name was the *Li Clan’s Golden Zenith Art and Commentary*. The Li Clan had been a Cultivation Clan active in Northern White Mountain five hundred years ago. The first Patriarch, a cultivator with a Golden Core Stage Cultivation, had established the clan and left this technique behind.

However, after the first Patriarch’s death, the Li Clan’s descendants grew weaker with each passing generation. Three hundred years ago, the clan was finally destroyed by other powers. The *Li Clan’s Golden Zenith Art and Commentary* began to circulate, eventually finding its way into the Scripture Pavilion of the Southern Border Beast Taming Sect.

This information was also included in the jade slip, likely added by someone from the Beast Taming Sect. The origin of every Cultivation Technique here had to be clearly recorded to ensure a traceable history.

After reading this, Fang Qingyuan shook his head. The *Li Clan’s Golden Zenith Art and Commentary* was not suitable for him, and its tier was too low.

So, Fang Qingyuan placed the jade slip back where he found it, then reached for the second one and pressed it to his forehead.

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After repeating the process seven times, Fang Qingyuan rubbed his brow. He took one of the jade slips and tucked it into his robes.

Then, Fang Qingyuan turned and walked over to the section for Wood Spirit Root Cultivation Methods. There were more jade slips here than in the Metal element section—about twelve in total.

Among the five elements, there were more Cultivators with a Wood Spirit Root than any other. This was perhaps because Wood Element Techniques could increase one’s lifespan. In the Cultivation Realm, many Cultivators who weren’t skilled in combat would take up a secondary Wood Element Technique to extend their lives after hitting a bottleneck in their primary technique.

As a result, Wood Element Techniques were far more numerous in this world than those of any other element.

Fang Qingyuan looked at the jade slips before him and repeated the same process. By the time he had examined all twelve, a full day had passed.

Using his Divine Sense to examine a Cultivation Technique was an exhausting affair. He had to fully immerse his mind, grasp the technique’s core principles, and mentally simulate how well it matched his own condition.

Seeing the sky outside and sensing the fatigue in his spirit, Fang Qingyuan paused to think. Instead of pressing on, he sat down cross-legged and began to meditate.

The Spiritual Power on the second floor of the Scripture Pavilion was quite abundant, far denser than in his residence on Yuanling Mountain. Fang Qingyuan estimated the concentration here was approaching the third tier.

Fang Qingyuan had pulled some strings this time. Zhao Liangde’s letter had granted him access to the second and third floors of the Scripture Pavilion with no time limit, so it wouldn’t be a problem even if he stayed for four or five days.