Beast Taming: I gained the talent of a spirit pet.

Chapter 372 Sun Zhong's Background!
As for now, only a little over a year has passed, and Sun Zhong has already become a proper Celestial Realm cultivator. This speed of cultivation is truly incredible.

But it’s not surprising when you think about it.

Firstly, Sun Zhong's Five Thunder Body is comparable to an innate Dao Body, indicating extremely high cultivation talent, so it's only natural that his cultivation speed is faster.

Secondly, Sun Zhong became a true disciple as soon as he entered Yaowang Mountain.

This shows that he must have received extraordinary attention and was given a great deal of training.

Given the methods and resources of certain powerful figures on Medicine King Mountain, it wouldn't be easy for Sun Zhong to become a Celestial Realm cultivator in about a year, but it certainly wouldn't be too difficult either.

Of course, Sun Zhong's cultivation speed is clearly inferior to Gu Yuan's.

After all, there is a difference of two minor realms between the Lesser Completion of the Celestial Realm and the Greater Perfection of the Celestial Realm.

Furthermore, if Gu Yuan hadn't been more ambitious and planned to use sword techniques at the rudimentary level of a great divine power as the core to advance to the Golden Core stage, with his current foundation, he could have chosen to advance directly to the Golden Core stage and had a considerable chance of achieving a first-grade Golden Core.

Sun Zhong was somewhat surprised to see Gu Yuan.

"Gu..."

He hesitated for a moment, seemingly unsure of how to address him. After thinking for a moment, he decided to use the same form of address he had used before: "Brother Gu, it's actually you?"

Gu Yuan glanced at the somewhat unfamiliar yet familiar person before him, feeling that the world was truly unpredictable.

Sun Zhong used to be thin and small, and his appearance was not remarkable, because he was malnourished due to not having enough to eat.

Furthermore, they are very timid and easily embarrassed.

However, Sun Zhong now has fair skin and delicate features. He wears a specially made brocade robe with magical artifacts, a jade artifact at his waist, and his hair is neatly combed.

And a faint air of arrogance naturally emanated from his face. As he walked over, people greeted him along the way.

As for Sun Zhong, his reaction was indifferent; he merely nodded slightly in response, appearing completely different from the Sun Zhong of the past.

It must be said that people are often very easily changed in different environments, especially after their status rises sharply.

With a thought flashing through his mind, Gu Yuan smiled and said, "Senior Brother Sun, it's been a long time."

Sun Zhong is now a true disciple of Medicine King Mountain, while Gu Yuan is only an inner disciple. Therefore, when Gu Yuan sees Sun Zhong, he should address him as senior brother.

However, Sun Zhong paused for a moment upon hearing the words "senior brother," then smiled and said:

“Brother Gu, please call me Xiao Zhong as before. We’ve known each other since we were little, so there’s no need for us to be strangers.”

He spoke very politely, but Sun Zhong knew perfectly well that the main reason he said such things was because of Gu Yuan's cultivation level.

Although Gu Yuan is only an inner disciple now, his strength is far superior to that of a true disciple.

However, if Gu Yuan were not that strong and were merely an ordinary Celestial Realm cultivator, then Sun Zhong's attitude towards Gu Yuan would probably be quite different.

"Alright."

Actually, after seeing Sun Zhong's reaction, Gu Yuan also vaguely realized this, but he didn't care and smiled, "By the way, what are you doing now?"

Sun Zhong didn't hide anything and answered directly, "To be honest, Brother Gu, I happen to have some questions about cultivation that I'm about to ask my master for guidance."

Gu Yuan smiled and said, "In that case, I won't keep you any longer. We can talk again when we have time."

"Alright, Brother Gu, let's talk another day."

Sun Zhong didn't seem to intend to linger. After saying another polite remark, he turned and left. The other disciples all stepped aside and bowed respectfully as he passed.

Gu Yuan squinted at the scene, then looked away and continued walking forward, lost in thought.

Sun Zhong's Five Thunder Body talent is among the best in the world, and he has an indescribable talent and comprehension in thunder magic.

He could probably comprehend most of ordinary thunder magic techniques in just a few days.

Even top-tier thunder magic techniques like the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder, the Five Elements Divine Thunder, and the Eight Trigrams Divine Thunder wouldn't take Sun Zhong very long to comprehend.

To achieve mastery, an ordinary cultivator might not even be able to get started after a hundred years, but if it were Sun Zhong, as long as he had enough cultivation resources, he might be able to make some progress in ten or eight years!
only……

Although Sun Zhong was talented, in Gu Yuan's eyes now, he was just so-so.

Because his own talent in lightning magic is not necessarily inferior to Sun Zhong's.

Gu Yuan did not have the talent of the Five Thunder Body, but he had already tamed the Purple Heaven Thunder Spider and successfully obtained the divine seed of the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder, so he directly achieved it in one step.

At this point, Gu Yuan's talent in lightning magic might not be as good as Sun Zhong's, but it was definitely not far behind.

Not only that, Gu Yuan also refined the Thunder Tribulation Vine, directly sublimating the divine power seed of the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder into the Chaos Divine Thunder, which is the Dao seed at the rudimentary level of a great divine power.

This Dao Seed endowed Gu Yuan with astonishing talent in thunder magic, making him absolutely no less skilled than Sun Zhong.

Even though Sun Zhong was strong, talent is ultimately just talent, not supernatural power.

If Sun Zhong wants to master a top-tier divine power like the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder, he still needs a long period of comprehension and guidance from his teachers.

To ultimately master top-tier thunder magic and achieve a first-grade golden core, one's luck and destiny will determine the outcome.

All I can say is that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, there is some hope.

However, Gu Yuan was different.

Gu Yuan has now cultivated a prototype of a great divine power of thunder. As long as he uses this divine power as the foundation to forge his golden core, it will surely be of the first grade.

Just now, Gu Yuan could actually sense that Sun Zhong might have cultivated several kinds of thunder magic within his body, including some thunder magic with considerable power, but there shouldn't be any top-tier magic among them.

Sun Zhong still has a long way to go before he can master top-tier supernatural powers and forge a golden core.

As for Sun Zhong, although he possessed the Five Thunder Body, he probably did not notice the aura of the Chaos Divine Thunder Divine Power within Gu Yuan's body, because Gu Yuan had already consciously concealed his aura the moment he saw Sun Zhong.

Sun Zhong probably doesn't know that Gu Yuan has already seen through most of his secrets. If he did know, he probably wouldn't have reacted the way he did just now.

Some people watched Gu Yuan's departing figure and murmured among themselves, somewhat surprised.

They were surprised to find that Gu Yuan and Sun Zhong knew each other, and that the two seemed to have a good relationship.

……

A few days later, Gu Yuan met up with Li Changqing, Niu Youde, Xia Xiuxue and others, and then, led by Master Heling, they arrived at Yuding Mountain.

Gu Yuan knew that this immortal mountain was the main mountain of Medicine King Mountain, and also the cave where the sect leader resided.

Although Gu Yuan and his group had been registered by the sect and recognized by their fellow disciples, they were still considered as such.

However, to truly become a disciple of Yaowang Mountain, one must first pay homage to the patriarch.

(End of this chapter)