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

Chapter 411 The One Who Seeks Refuge!

As for the Devouring Python's Big Mouth, it has now shrunk in size and is lazily basking in the sun in the mountains and forests.

The bright, golden sunlight shone on the large mouth's dark, scale-like armor, but did not reflect any light.

Instead, it swallowed up all the sunlight, making the big mouth look even darker and its true appearance unclear.

A three-foot-long, shimmering silver centipede, with a ferocious yet exquisite beauty, darted across the other side of the forest at incredible speed, leaving a long, gleaming silver tail in its wake.

It was chasing a highly venomous centipede...

The silver-backed centipede possesses a unique venom, capable of killing even a Golden Core cultivator. Its venom originates from other poisonous insects and creatures.

The more poisonous insects it eats, the more deadly its poison becomes.

It is said that the venom of a mature silver-backed centipede is so potent that even a powerful Yin spirit cannot withstand it.

Somewhere, a white-furred rat was digging a hole in a burrow, and next to the hole were some treasures that shimmered with spiritual light.

This was Gu Yuan's first spirit pet—the little treasure-hunting mouse Ah Huang.

These spirit pets, ever since Gu Yuan released them, have been living life to the fullest and having a lot of fun.

Of course, with Gu Yuan's instructions, the spirit pets intentionally avoided being seen by outsiders and did not intend to be exposed.

Even if someone discovers any clues, this is Gu Yuan's territory, and absolutely no one would dare to cause trouble.

As for Gu Yuan's other two spirit pets, Qingying Sword Butterfly Xiaoqing and Thousand Transformations Pill Spirit Caiyun.

Compared to the latter, who, due to their low intelligence and lack of self-defense ability, hid in Gu Yuan's new alchemy room, facing several bottles of elixirs, absorbing their spiritual essence.

Meanwhile, the Azure Shadow Sword Butterfly, Xiao Qing, was currently hiding in Gu Yuan's spirit beast pouch, lying motionless.

The azure light emanating from its body grew increasingly intense, and the black patterns on its wings became more and more mysterious, exuding an extremely sharp aura.

It appears small and exquisite, yet it is actually fraught with danger.

According to Gu Yuan's observation, Xiao Qing is now basically a mature Qingying Sword Butterfly, as that is how it is displayed in the spirit pet system.

The reason why Xiaoqing has not yet woken up is because it is currently in a special state. Once it wakes up, it will be able to level up.

As for the timeframe, it's not far off; Gu Yuan estimates it will be about one or two months.

Gu Yuan summoned the Azure Shadow Sword Butterfly from his spirit beast pouch and placed it at the root of a nearby spiritual herb, allowing the medicinal energy of this thousand-year-old herb to nourish it subtly.

dong dong dong!dong dong dong!
Not long after, a knock came at the main hall door, followed by a beautiful and refined woman who bowed to Gu Yuan and then said:
"Senior Brother Gu, two inner disciples have come to request an audience."

Gu Yuan wasn't surprised at all; he simply nodded and said, "Yes, let them come."

The woman's name was Qiuyue. She was one of the two maids who served Gu Yuan on the suspended dragon boat after Gu Yuan had just joined the Medicine King Mountain.

Another maid, Qiu Zhi, died because someone attacked Gu Yuan and a demon hid inside her. Qiu Yue, on the other hand, was lucky enough to be protected by Gu Yuan and survived.

Now that Gu Yuan has become a true disciple, he needs a "housekeeper" to help manage things. So, it was only natural for Gu Yuan to ask Qiu Yue to be his housekeeper.

Qiu Yue was grateful for Gu Yuan's high regard and therefore devoted herself wholeheartedly to handling all of Gu Yuan's daily affairs without the slightest slackening.

At the foot of Baiyun Mountain, Fan Changming and Wu Shanshan waited quietly, sometimes looking at the surrounding environment, and sometimes looking at the hall that was faintly visible on the mountainside.

After a moment of silence, Wu Shanshan hesitated and said, "Senior Brother Fan, what if Senior Brother Gu disagrees?"

Fan Changming looked around and, seeing that no one was paying attention, smiled and said, "Junior sister, don't worry. Senior brother Gu is a steady and cheerful person, and he has just been promoted to a true disciple. He doesn't have many people under him, and he is short of manpower right now."

"Among the many inner disciples, we may not be the most outstanding, but we are not much inferior to the likes of Liu Xinjun. If we volunteer ourselves, Senior Brother Gu should not refuse."

Wu Shanshan thought about it and agreed that it made sense, so she nodded slightly.

The two men had come to "seek refuge" with Gu Yuan.

Because any true disciple is qualified to hire other inner, outer, or miscellaneous disciples to do things for them.

In this way, true disciples will have more time to cultivate, and because they have attached themselves to true disciples, no one dares to provoke them under normal circumstances, and they can also obtain more cultivation resources from time to time.

Therefore, once someone becomes a true disciple, many inner disciples, outer disciples, and miscellaneous disciples will often take the initiative to pay their respects and want to do things for them.

Wu Shanshan and Fan Changming were no exception.

To be fair, their talent and aptitude are quite good among the many inner disciples. However, they can only be described as good, not top-notch. Furthermore, due to their backgrounds, they don't have any strong backing. Therefore, compared with other inner disciples of the same period, they really can't see a future.

If one continues to cultivate step by step, the possibility of advancing to the Golden Core stage is extremely slim, and the chance of achieving a high-grade Golden Core is even more negligible.

Therefore, the only option is to find another way, to explore alternative paths...

The two exchanged a glance, and although they didn't say anything, they were actually quite moved.

Speaking of which, Gu Yuan is quite famous within Medicine King Mountain, especially among his disciples.

Because he was promoted to a true disciple too quickly, especially many inner disciples who originally thought they would compete with him, but they did not expect that Gu Yuan would become a true disciple not long after returning to Medicine King Mountain, which dashed the hopes of many people.

For an ordinary inner disciple to be promoted to a true disciple, they must first cultivate diligently until they reach the Great Perfection of the Celestial Realm. At this point, they are qualified to become a true disciple.

But it's just a qualification.

To truly become a disciple of the true lineage, one must master at least two top-tier supernatural abilities.

As for the two of them, let alone top-tier divine abilities, they had only mastered one high-grade divine ability, and even that took them almost all of their strength.

However, if they wanted to cultivate the top supernatural powers in Jiangmen, they didn't even have the necessary cultivation resources, let alone the corresponding cultivation books.

How are they supposed to play then?
After learning that Gu Yuan had been promoted to a true disciple, the two did not have the complicated thoughts that other inner disciples had. After a brief discussion, they decisively chose to join Gu Yuan's side.

So today, having confirmed that Gu Yuan had resolved his personal matters, the two of them went directly to visit him.

Before long, Qiuyue arrived at the foot of the mountain and invited the two of them to come up.

The two then calmed themselves down and began to follow Qiuyue, heading straight for the mountainside.

(End of this chapter)