Who said I practiced the exercises incorrectly?

The answer is unknown.

Ning Yan also did not intend to blindly pursue the truth.

Anyway, even if we knew, it wouldn't have any impact on the current situation.

So he simply focused all his attention on the purple star beast.

Originally he thought that the process of enslavement would not be so smooth.

Also be prepared to run away in case of failure.

After all, this thing is a powerful item from the third realm.

Even though his strength has declined significantly over the years, he is now seriously injured.

But its status has never changed, and it has always been high in the clouds that ordinary people need to look up to.

In the past, if someone told him that silk power could subdue a third-level pet, he would have simply sneered.

But now that it has already happened, and he is the protagonist... To be honest, just thinking about it, the corners of his mouth almost fell.

After showing off for a while, when his excitement had mostly subsided, he began to try to communicate with the star beast.

Star beasts are different from ordinary monsters. Since they grow in the starry sky, they come in all kinds of forms and habits, making it difficult to summarize them in words.

Under normal circumstances, if the enslaved monsters are ordinary monsters, even if their species are not exactly the same, there are still some commonalities, such as wisdom, intimidation by the strong, and even a desire for spiritual creatures.

But star beasts are not quite the same as demon beasts, including their food, which is probably also different, otherwise they would not have difficulty surviving in ordinary environments.

Therefore, Ning Yan was more worried that this purple star beast was similar to a wild beast and its IQ was too low to communicate.

The facts were not much different from what he expected.

After he passed the message, it took a long time before the other party reluctantly responded.

The content of the reply was also quite simple, containing only a slight emotion.

After a series of inquiries and experiments, the look he gave the Purple Star Beast became extremely complicated.

The star beast in front of him was undoubtedly extremely powerful. Unfortunately, its IQ was at most equivalent to that of a five or six-year-old child.

Not to mention giving clear answers to the questions he raised, just trying to understand the answers made Ning Yan feel very tired.

Fortunately, even if they are five or six years old, they still have basic cognition.

After questioning, he roughly understood some information that he had never known before.

For example, why the purple star beast engaged in a fierce fight with the swarm of humanoids.

To summarize what the other party said, the swarm of humanoids is the enemy that it must destroy.

Because the other person is stained with [filth] that does not belong here.

The so-called "filth" is not the weird and evil things that ordinary people understand.

Rather, it is a specific designation.

Specifically refers to the ferocious things that overflowed from the main hall.

Yes, the fierce bees that make up the humanoid shape of the swarm are the so-called "filth."

Comparing it with the Purple Light Star Beast's stammering explanation, Ning Yan thought about it carefully and could understand most of it.

To put it simply, the top leaders of the Shenluo Wanxiang Sect once gathered in the main hall, trying to open the remains of the immortal tomb.

Because there may be some unknown risks in this process, they have made corresponding arrangements in advance.

One of them is the hunting order accepted by the Purple Light Star Beast.

In the process of opening the treasure, if some filth comes out from it, it must be eliminated as soon as possible.

The swarm of humanoids just now is the best example.

The other party might have been a high-ranking member of a sect who had participated in opening the relics. In the end, he was infected by the relics and became half-human, half-ghost. However, his life was tenacious and has continued to this day.

Once they encounter the Purple Light Star Beast, they will definitely follow the orders they received in advance and try their best to kill it.

As for the person who gave him the order, it was naturally the leader of the Shenluo Wanxiang Sect, its previous master, Shao Xinghan.

After the other party issued the order to block, they untied the restraints on them.

Because Shao Xinghan himself is an indispensable key person in opening the treasure.

He was also worried that some accidents might occur, causing many of the star beasts he raised to die suddenly.

Anyway, those star beasts are of no use in opening the treasure trove.

So they were made to stand guard outside the hall for the last time, and then they were set free completely.

For many star beasts, this deal is obviously a good deal.

If Shao Xinghan was unwilling to release them, with his lifespan, he could easily control them for hundreds of years, or even enslave them until death.

But now, we can gain freedom in advance, and everyone would give it a final try.

After that, the star beasts gathered outside the main hall, ready to deal with any [filth] that might overflow from the hall at any time.

However, they ultimately underestimated the change.

According to the Purple Light Star Beast, when the mutation occurred, except for the three or four of them who had stayed in the space treasure in advance, the rest of the star beasts were all infected by the filth inside and died violently.

The space treasures where they lived were also blown away and were basically covered by those formations.

Fortunately, there was a large amount of food prepared by Shao Xinghan in the space treasure, which allowed them to survive the long time and not starve to death.

It was not until the past decade or so that the internal formations were completely destroyed and the remaining star beasts began to go out one after another, looking for food while hunting for possible "filth" in the underground palace.

Of course, with the intelligence of the Purple Light Star Beast, it is impossible for him to explain it in such detail. Many of the fragments in it were pieced together by his imagination based on the other party's narration, and they roughly match the actual situation.

Based on these official histories, we can probably deduce some other details.

For example, the source of the pollution should be concentrated in the main hall underground, and it did not disperse everywhere like in the outside world. After all, only a very few lucky people could break through the constraints of many formations.

Including the bee-shaped humanoid just now, he should be considered one of the lucky ones.

This also means that the danger level inside has been greatly reduced. As long as you don't get close to the main hall which serves as the core, other places will be relatively safe. After all, when they opened the treasure trove, the people in the halls had almost been emptied.

Ning Yan then asked the Purple Light Star Beast for some more information. Seeing that the other party looked like it had suffered heavy losses, he thought for a moment and said:

"Okay, let's just ask here first."

"Now that you have become my pet, I must give you a name to distinguish you."

"It's definitely not okay to just call you Xiao Zi like my predecessor Shao Xinghan did."

Ning Yan looked at the purple star beast, touched his chin and said:

"You are covered in purple and look a lot like a pangolin. From now on, I will call you Liuliujia."

In an instant, the child's name was decided.

The Purple Light Star Beast had no idea what he meant. It was already badly damaged, and had been nagging him for a long time. Now, let alone being called Liuliujia, it would have no objection even if he was called Wang Ergou, as long as he could rest.

The purple star beast nodded its head and fell into a deep sleep.

Ning Yan saw this and stopped harassing it. He directly activated the Ten Thousand Beasts Pearl. The pearl's surface was black and white, shining on Liuliu Jia's body, shrinking it instantly and turning it into a ball of light, which was absorbed into it.

Yes, this Ten Thousand Beasts Pearl is itself a spatial treasure that can collect external objects.

It is even much stronger than ordinary space treasures because it can not only collect dead objects, but also living creatures that have been contracted like the Purple Light Star Beast.

In a sense, it can also be considered a contract space.

Based on Ning Yan's understanding of the Ten Thousand Beasts Pearl, if it was in an intact state, the space inside the Ten Thousand Beasts Pearl was so vast that it would be easy to capture a thousand monsters.

But now that the treasure is damaged, the space inside has also been greatly reduced, so at most I can only hold a dozen or so.

About ten?
Ning Yan couldn't help but smile. The number of all the star beasts in the Shenluo Wanxiang Sect might not be this high.

Not to mention that a considerable number of them had already died.

In fact, it is a blessing from heaven to be able to tame Liuliujia.

If it is trained properly and can recover to its peak soon, it will be a lot of fun in the future.

He was beaten on the spot by a strong opponent.

Then he released a more powerful pet beast——

Unexpected?

My pet is the strongest!

Thinking of this, Ning Yan couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.

"Ahem, no, don't be too cocky."

He took back the Ten Thousand Beasts Pearl and then glanced at the strokes on the wall.

A lot of time has been wasted entering this hall. Logically, Duan Haishan and the others should have discovered the secret of teleportation long ago, but they have not been able to teleport here for such a long time. This shows that it is not their problem, but most likely there is some limitation of the teleportation array.

For example, it is destroyed immediately after being teleported, or it is teleported to other halls after being teleported.

All in all, basically no need to wait for them anymore.

There's no point in waiting.

So what should we do next?
Ning Yan glanced at the empty hall and felt a little confused for a moment.

Finally, he decided to go outside and have a look.

Putting aside other things, at least you have to ensure a retreat to prevent yourself from being unable to escape if you encounter any danger later.

He walked towards the stone path that Liuliujia came from, stood at the entrance, and threw some stones directly outside.

The stones fell on the flagstones on the ground with a tinkling sound, as if mocking his useless efforts.

Ning Yan didn't take it seriously and still planned to continue trying.

Anyway, his understanding of formations was limited to the second level. Without treasures like formation talismans or companions like formation masters, he could only use clumsy methods to try them one by one.

Even if those formations may not react to inanimate objects, we have to try them first.

However, when his stone was thrown into the middle of the passage, it broke into two pieces before it hit the ground.

The cut is extremely flat and smooth like a mirror, but it makes people wonder how it was cut.

Then he threw several more stones in that direction.

Each stone was cut in half from a different angle.

What was despairing was that Ning Yan didn't even know how the stone was cut.

This only means that the attack speed in the stone path has exceeded his capture range.

Whether it was a formation or a trap, it was beyond his reach at the moment.

In comparison, the [Nine Netherworlds Bewildering Array] encountered previously was extremely friendly.

Ning Yan then made some other attempts to try to bypass the trap.

However, no matter how hard he tried, everything was immediately cut apart once it reached that area.

Just like the space in the middle of the stone road, it was filled with invisible sharp blades.

Seeing that the piece of fire gold he threw out was cut into pieces very smoothly, Ning Yan finally chose to give up.

In any case, his current physique is at most slightly stronger than Yan Jin's.

Even Yan Jin was able to cut through the bone so smoothly. If he were to do it, the bone would not be able to get stuck on the blade.

Helpless, he had to give up and turned to look at the many murals painted on the surrounding walls.

Maybe just like the previous hall, there is an unknown teleportation array hidden in a mural somewhere.

But after carefully checking it five times, Ning Yan finally chose to give up.

There's no way, there aren't any holes in these murals.

He was scratching his head and cheeks like a little virgin.

Then he looked at the stone path that was filled with murderous intent, and turned to look at the stone path on the other side leading to a deeper place.

The only way out has been blocked, and there seems to be no other way now, so we can only bite the bullet and keep moving forward.

When passing by Tai Shuchang's ashes, he suddenly thought of a question - maybe Tai Shuchang couldn't get out, so he sat here and passed away?

Shaking his head and putting aside this horrible conjecture, Ning Yan walked to the other side of the stone path with some trepidation.

He followed his previous example and used stones to explore the way.

As a result, the gurgling sound continued until he threw the stone into a depth that was invisible to the naked eye.

It seemed that there was no obvious crisis inside, but he made several other attempts cautiously.

After roughly confirming that it was safe, he stepped into the deep and quiet stone path.

A damp and foul smell rushed towards me with its fangs and claws, drilling straight into my nose, making me feel sick.

In the darkness, the walls on both sides of the stone road looked like two old but malicious monsters, covered with mottled moss, flashing strange luster in the weak light.

With every step, the dull sound of the soles of the shoes colliding with the stone slabs was infinitely amplified in this enclosed space. The sound was like a cold-blooded executioner, slowly counting down the seconds to death.

Apart from this, there was deathly silence all around. There was not a breath of wind, not a sign of any life, and it was so quiet that it was eerie. The entire stone road seemed to have fallen into an eternal sleep and did not want to be disturbed.

In the darkness, there always seemed to be a pair of eyes watching, ready to deliver a fatal blow at any time. The further one went in, the stronger the sense of oppression became, as if the entire world had been swallowed up by the endless darkness, leaving one struggling alone in this endless stone road, and the stone road was like a ruthless jailer, watching this desperate struggle for survival coldly.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Ning Yan even began to wonder if he had fallen into a new cycle.

At this moment, a faint sound suddenly came from the front, coming in a regular pattern.

After listening carefully, he immediately realized that it was actually a sound similar to that of hitting a wooden fish.

When he realized this, his body immediately became extremely stiff as if it had been infected by something.

He walked straight ahead like a puppet. (End of this chapter)