I'm Just a Beast Tamer

Jiang Zuo spent five days in the Blood Mist Forest before coming out. The members of the Bu Family were not too surprised.

Back in the day, their ancestor, Bu Yuehua, had spent a full half-month in the Blood Mist Forest before emerging.

According to their records, over a dozen ancestors had stayed for more than a week.

Jiang Zuo had entered with a Cultivation at the Grandmaster Great Perfection level, so to them, a mere five-day stay was considered short.

However, when Jiang Zuo handed a storage bag filled with Blood Mist Flowers to Bu Qiyang, Bu Qiyang took one look and immediately exclaimed in approval.

"Forty-eight Blood Mist Flowers! I wonder, what does Grandmaster Sun plan to do with your half? If you don’t need them, Grandmaster Sun, you can sell them to our Bu Family, or we can help you refine them into pills. That would take some time, though."

Bu Qiyang was in a great mood. Jiang Zuo had gathered so many Blood Mist Flowers in one go that they wouldn’t have to worry about them for the next twenty to thirty years.

"Refine them into pills. I have younger-generation members who will need them."

Jiang Zuo said.

Bu Qiyang nodded without saying much else.

Jiang Zuo then rested at the Bu Family estate for a few days.

During this time, Jiang Zuo first studied the Body Freedom Technique of the Great Freedom Technique.

Without a doubt, this was not a Cultivation Technique that mortals could practice.

The first level of the Body Freedom Technique required Spiritual Power Body Tempering.

Jiang Zuo looked into it and discovered that not only was it impossible for mortals to cultivate, but even for ordinary Cultivators, mastering the Body Freedom Technique was an incredibly arduous task.

Cultivating this Body Freedom Technique required consuming a massive amount of Spiritual Power for Body Tempering.

The Body Tempering process was extremely slow, with each session consuming a great deal of time.

To accelerate the cultivation speed, one also needed various Body Refinement Spiritual Medicines.

Unless one possessed exceptional talent in both Cultivation and Body Refinement, it would only hinder their Cultivation path, making it far inferior to pursuing pure Cultivation.

Moreover, compared to the Divine Body Freedom Technique, Jiang Zuo felt that the cultivation of the Body Freedom Technique was too primitive, almost as if it weren’t part of the same Cultivation Technique.

’I wonder if the subsequent parts of the technique will be different.’

But then, a thought occurred to him. He was still largely ignorant of the Cultivation Realm’s methods. Perhaps Body Refinement was supposed to be this way—like a heavy sword without an edge, great skill appears unadorned.

These were all matters for later. Right now, Jiang Zuo faced a choice.

Should he use the Blood Crystal to break through to the Innate realm now, or should he spend more time finding a way to cultivate techniques of all five attribute types to Great Perfection and then break through with all of them at once?

’Sharpening the axe doesn’t delay the work of chopping wood. Since a path to perfection is available, I have to at least try it and leave no regrets. Others don’t have this opportunity, but I do. It will just take a bit more time.’

’However, it doesn’t have to be absolutely perfect. I’ll set a one-hundred-year goal. If I can achieve it within a century, I’ll go for it. If I can’t, trying to do it after a hundred years will likely just be a matter of luck. In that case, there’s no need to wait indefinitely.’

After weighing his options, Jiang Zuo quickly made a decision.

Although he had already mastered Cultivation Techniques of four different attributes, he only needed to find a Metal Attribute technique to have All Five Elements Present.

But aside from the Blood God Skill, which was a certainty, the other three—the Nine Revolutions Returning Essence Skill, the Blood Sea Creation Skill, and the Life Essence Returning Skill—all depended on a bit of luck.

The awakening item for the Nine Revolutions Returning Essence Skill was likely impossible to obtain. The Life Essence Returning Skill required entering the Cyan Wood Secret Realm, and the Blood Sea Creation Skill simply required waiting.

No one knew when the fruit on the Mysterious Island would ripen.

’The fruit on the Mysterious Island doesn’t necessarily have to be fully ripe to be effective. When I’m truly ready to Promote to Innate, I can pick and eat the fruit to test it, even if it’s not ripe.’

’And as for the Cyan Wood Secret Realm... once I’m done here, I’ll find a suitable place in the Cultivation Realm to help Xiaoqing improve her Cultivation. As long as Xiaoqing can be promoted to a second-tier Spirit Beast, she’ll basically be safe inside the Cyan Wood Secret Realm.’

Jiang Zuo quickly made up his mind.

There were still forty-five years until the Cyan Wood Secret Realm opened again.

Xiaoqing’s Cultivation was slow, but it was still possible for her to advance to the second tier.

For an ordinary Spirit Beast, advancing from the first to the second tier was an incredibly difficult feat.

But Xiaoqing’s origins were extraordinary. If she hadn’t fallen into the Heaven and Earth Sealing Spirit Array, she would have likely been born at a level higher than the second tier.

As long as there was enough Spiritual Power, Xiaoqing would have no problem breaking through to the second tier.

In fact, Xiaoqing was already absorbing Spirit Stones every day in the Pet Beast Spirit Garden to cultivate, and her Cultivation was now at the middle stage of the first tier.

Jiang Zuo currently had a little over 100,000 Spirit Stones. He planned to set aside 50,000 to upgrade the Pet Beast Spirit Garden, and the rest could be used for Xiaoqing’s Cultivation.

However, Jiang Zuo felt that just 50,000 Spirit Stones wouldn’t be enough for Xiaoqing to break through to the second tier.

The little creature consumed Spirit Stones at an astonishing rate.

To help her advance, he would have to go to the Cultivation Realm.

Besides, it should be easier to find Martial Arts Cultivation Techniques in the Cultivation Realm.

Jiang Zuo wasn’t completely defenseless in the Cultivation Realm anymore; he wasn’t just a lamb to the slaughter for any random Cultivator he might encounter.

If he kept a low profile and stuck to smaller places, his safety should be guaranteed, as long as he didn’t run into someone with a Heaven-Defying Dao Foundation like Liu Xuan Cheng.

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The pills refined by the Bu Family from Blood Mist Flowers were called Blood Mist Pills. Due to the large quantity, it would take at least half a year to refine them all.

After staying at the Bu Family estate for a few days, Jiang Zuo took his leave, agreeing to return in about a year to pick up the Blood Mist Pills.

After leaving the Bu Family, Jiang Zuo turned and headed into the depths of the Ancient Beast Forest.

For one, he was curious about what lay in the depths of the Ancient Beast Forest. For another, he wanted to try his luck.

There were bound to be numerous carcasses of Fierce Beasts within the Ancient Beast Forest. Jiang Zuo was currently just 90 points of Beast Soul Power short of upgrading his Pet Beast Spirit Garden.

He might be able to find a place with a large number of Fierce Beast carcasses, or even discover some Obsession Relics in the Ancient Beast Forest.

That would allow him to upgrade the Pet Beast Spirit Garden again.

Actually, if Jiang Zuo wanted to speed things up, he could draw Xiaoqing’s blood and offer it to the Desolate Heaven Beast Bone Armor.

Several decades ago, after Xiaoqing had reverted to a first-tier Spirit Beast, Jiang Zuo had tried offering a drop of her blood to the Desolate Heaven Beast Bone Armor.

But the Desolate Heaven Beast Bone Armor didn’t accept it, with the system prompting that the quantity was too small.

Xiaoqing’s blood was too precious, though, so Jiang Zuo only drew two drops from her each year thereafter.

After so many years, he had collected a full vial, but the Desolate Heaven Beast Bone Armor still wouldn’t accept it.

Jiang Zuo didn’t know how much blood it would take to be satisfied. He wasn’t in a hurry and planned to take his time.

He could gather Beast Soul Power slowly, but he couldn’t risk damaging Xiaoqing’s foundation.

The group of Pet Beasts hadn’t been out for a breather in many days, so once Jiang Zuo was deep enough into the forest, he let them all out.

As it turned out, Great Black and the flock of Seated Mountain Eagles felt nothing special, but Xiaoqing immediately told Jiang Zuo that she felt very uncomfortable here, as if her body was being eroded by some kind of power.

Startled, Jiang Zuo quickly recalled Xiaoqing back into the Spirit Garden.

’Is it because this is the very center of the Heaven and Earth Sealing Spirit Array, and the absorption of Spiritual Power is stronger here?’

’No, that’s not it. Xiaoqing said it wasn’t that her Spiritual Power was being absorbed, but that some strange power was invading her body through her Spiritual Power.’

’Could this power be the reason the Ancient Beast Forest gives birth to so many Fierce Beasts?’

Jiang Zuo guessed.

He thought for a moment and released the Innate Spiritual Soil.

But the Innate Spiritual Soil was unfazed by this power; it even seemed to have a slight aversion to it.

As he went deeper, Great Black and the flock of Seated Mountain Eagles still showed no signs of discomfort.

Jiang Zuo, on the other hand, began to feel an inexplicable agitation.

Jiang Zuo was someone who could live alone on the Nameless Island for decades, even centuries. Feeling inexplicably agitated was something that should have been impossible for him.

Furthermore, his Spiritual Power was far stronger than that of an ordinary mortal. If even he was affected like this, any other mortal who entered this place would probably start to lose their mind.

’This space is filled with a great power containing the negative emotions of the human race.’

’Anyone who comes into contact with it will inevitably be affected.’

’But as long as one can withstand these negative human emotions, this space is indeed filled with a natural power that can strengthen both humans and Fierce Beasts!’

’Both this natural power and the negative human emotions that saturate it undoubtedly come from the Heaven and Earth Sealing Spirit Array!’

Jiang Zuo carefully sensed the changes in his body.

An immense, extraordinary natural power, the negative human emotions saturating it, and a strange force that could erode a spiritual body through its Spiritual Power.

Only the Heaven and Earth Sealing Spirit Array could accomplish all this.

’I understand now. The Heaven and Earth Sealing Spirit Array doesn’t just absorb the Spiritual Power and Demonic Power of this world. It also absorbs the various negative emotions born from and spread among the human race.’

’These negative emotions are normally minimal and would quickly dissipate anywhere else in the world.’

’But the Heaven and Earth Sealing Spirit Array is so massive that even if the amount of negative emotions it draws in is small, it accumulates over time into a staggering quantity.’

’The Heaven and Earth Sealing Spirit Array clearly doesn’t need these negative emotions, so it expels them, and they settle in the Ancient Beast Forest.’

’In other words, the very center of the Ancient Beast Forest is actually the garbage dump for the human territories of this world!’

Jiang Zuo quickly came to this realization.

In order to expel these unwanted negative human emotions, the Heaven and Earth Sealing Spirit Array probably also discharges a large amount of power that has been refined by the array itself.

This power carries the array’s Spiritual Power-absorbing properties, making it a potent poison to Cultivators, Spirit Beasts, and Demon Beasts alike.

For humans, the negative emotions saturating the area can cause irritability and eventual loss of all reason.

Fierce Beasts, however, are minimally affected. In fact, they can rapidly grow stronger from the power expelled by the array.

However, influenced by the saturating negative human emotions, they are extremely hostile toward humans and will attack with animosity on sight.

If Jiang Zuo hadn’t been accompanied by a large flock of Innate Seated Mountain Eagles, he couldn’t imagine how many attacks he would have endured on his way here.

’This is no good. If I continue deeper in my human form, even I will find it difficult to resist these increasingly intense negative human emotions.’

After traveling an unknown distance further, Jiang Zuo stopped.

Reaching this far as a human was the limit.

Even a Cultivator wouldn’t be able to make it this far without some special means of isolation.

However, Jiang Zuo was not about to give up.

He wanted to reach the very center of the Ancient Beast Forest.

That place was likely the true garbage dump of this world.

If there were any treasures to be found in the Ancient Beast Forest, they would surely be there.

With a single thought, Jiang Zuo donned the Ten Thousand Beasts Armor.