I Tame Beasts by Feeding

Of the Martial Continent’s Three Gates and Six Sects, the Three Gates held an absolutely transcendent status. If they so wished, annihilating the other Six Sects would be a trivial matter.

As a result, the prodigies of the Three Gates held an almost contemptuous attitude toward those from the Six Sects. This was evident from the arrogance of the disciples from the Profound Yin Sect.

But now, the combat prowess Yu Changsheng displayed forced Jing Xueyi to take him seriously. She even felt he outshone most of the prodigies from the Three Gates.

’To defeat a Golden Core cultivator with a Foundation Establishment body...’

Jing Xueyi had heard of such things, but this was the first time she had witnessed it with her own eyes, making her shock all the more profound. After all, the gap between the Foundation Establishment and Golden Core Realms was as vast as heaven and earth.

After taking a deep breath, Jing Xueyi suppressed her astonishment. Her gaze, complex and tinged with a hint of something more, fell on Yu Changsheng. After a moment, she slowly bowed and cupped her fist, her voice soft as she spoke:

"Thank you all for saving my life. I, Jing Xueyi, am eternally grateful. Once this Secret Realm event is over, I will be sure to reward you handsomely."

"We were just passing by and didn’t like the look of those Dark Stream people."

Yu Changsheng said nonchalantly, sparing Jing Xueyi a glance.

Ignoring Jing Xueyi’s reaction, he smiled and clapped Zhang Tianwen and Shen Xingchen on the shoulders. He then picked up the Storage Pouches left behind by the Dark Stream members, swept them with his Divine Sense, and opened them all, pouring their contents onto the ground.

’They’ve got a lot of good stuff. These Dark Stream members were really loaded,’

Yu Changsheng mused, secretly amazed.

The Storage Pouches contained countless Magical Treasures and Spirit Stones, a huge pile of Talismans, and even a few Evil Jade Demon Flowers.

After a moment’s thought, he casually tossed an Evil Jade Demon Flower to Jing Xueyi, who had been watching quietly from the side without any ulterior motives. Visibly stunned, she quickly protested,

"These are your spoils. I can’t accept this; I didn’t contribute at all."

"Take it," Yu Changsheng said slowly, his gaze calm as he looked at her. "Consume and refine it. It will increase your resistance to the surrounding Evil Qi, allowing you to use your full strength instead of being so helpless."

As a prodigy of the No-Mind Sect, Jing Xueyi was not only exceptionally beautiful, but her strength was also naturally impressive.

However, the Blood Evil Qi in the Celestial Slaughter Secret Realm was dense. Since the members of the No-Mind Sect specialized in Melody and Divine Soul Attacks, the first level of the realm might have been manageable, but the second was a struggle.

The omnipresent Evil Qi heavily suppressed her Divine Soul. For cultivators like Jing Xueyi, whose Divine Soul had not yet reached a Realm high enough to ignore this pressure, their combat effectiveness was severely diminished.

This was the primary reason she had been so helpless while being hunted by the Dark Stream, utterly unable to fight back.

Thus, upon hearing Yu Changsheng explain the effects of the Evil Jade Demon Flower, Jing Xueyi visibly hesitated. Finally, meeting Yu Changsheng’s perfectly placid gaze, she nodded uncertainly, accepted the flower, and let out a soft sigh.

"Thank you, Yu... Young Master."

Jing Xueyi paused. She had considered calling him "Fellow Daoist" but felt it was too impersonal. After some thought, she decided "Young Master" was the most fitting title. Then, following Yu Changsheng’s instructions, she began to consume the Evil Jade Demon Flower petal by petal and started to refine it.

"Hmm..." Yu Changsheng raised an eyebrow but offered no further reaction. He turned his attention from Jing Xueyi and let out a slow breath.

Seeing this, Zhang Tianwen and Li Minghan snickered and shot Yu Changsheng teasing looks but didn’t say anything.

Resigned, Yu Changsheng cleared his mind, fed the remaining Evil Jade Demon Flowers to the Red Purgatory, and turned his attention to the other items.

[Consumed one Evil Jade Demon Flower. Successfully fed to the Red Purgatory. Obtained 10,000 Essence Points! The Red Purgatory has received a minor boost!]

[Consumed one Evil Jade Demon Flower. Successfully fed to the Red Purgatory. Obtained 10,000 Essence Points! The Red Purgatory has received a minor boost!]

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As the notifications rang out, Yu Changsheng ignored them and turned his gaze to a single bead in the pile of loot. It looked perfectly ordinary, with no distinguishing features.

He picked it up, and after a moment’s thought, wiped away the Restriction on its surface. An astonishing wave of Evil Qi immediately surged forth, and Yu Changsheng’s gaze sharpened.

’Such dense Evil Qi? If I hadn’t looked a bit closer, I might have missed this completely.’

Yu Changsheng muttered to himself, a smile touching his eyes. He toyed with the bead in his hand for a moment before beginning to examine it closely.

The bead had been sealed by a Restriction, which was why Yu Changsheng hadn’t noticed it at first. After he removed the seal, a deep crimson color quickly bloomed within the crystal-like bead. A blood-red light flickered as dense Blood Evil Qi pulsed out in wave after wave, eventually reaching a level that shocked even him.

’The Evil Qi in this is probably dozens of times more potent than that of an Evil Jade Demon Flower.’

Weighing the bead in his hand, Yu Changsheng swallowed hard. He glanced at the Red Purgatory, which was growing restless, its gaze fixed fervently on the bead. An idea began to form in his mind.

After consuming so many Evil Jade Demon Flowers, the boosts the Red Purgatory received had become minuscule. Its Realm was once again stuck at Tier Two Peak, just shy of breaking through the bottleneck to Tier Three.

And after consuming so many of the flowers, the Red Purgatory had indeed undergone some visible changes.