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

Chapter 527 Tiger-striped Sea Serpent!

"It seems that there is a large mine on this small Iron Cloud Island, which may also contain some rare spirit iron deposits..."

Gu Yuan's gaze was deep, seemingly able to pierce through the barriers of space and soil, and see something within the small Iron Cloud Island ahead.

Gu Yuan quickly withdrew his gaze and stopped looking.

He concealed himself and soon arrived near Little Iron Cloud Island.

With Gu Yuan's cultivation level, he could have easily gone to Little Iron Cloud Island. Unless he faced Xiu Daozhen face to face or was under Xiu Daozhen's close watch, he might not have been able to find any trace of him.

However, such actions are somewhat risky, so it's better to be more cautious.

Gu Yuan thought for a moment, then used his divine sense to explore the surroundings. Before long, his eyes lit up slightly, and he quietly headed in one direction.

……

"Quickly, quickly, trap this tiger-striped sea serpent inside the Nine Fiend Stake! Don't let it escape, or you'll be waiting for the Black Fiend Whip!"

"Fellow disciples, unleash the Nine Fiends Formation! Although this tiger-striped sea serpent has only recently become a third-tier demon beast, it is still in a weakened state and its strength is less than 60% of its peak!"

"Excellent! If we can capture this demon, I will reward you handsomely!"

Amidst a commotion of shouts, a scene came into Gu Yuan's view.

Several cultivators were seen surrounding a large sea serpent that was over ten zhang long. Its body was covered with palm-sized bluish-gray scales, and its body was as thick as a water vat. It was covered with yellowish-white patterns, and there was a large bulge on its head.

This tiger-striped sea serpent is extremely fierce, but it is trapped among nine wooden stakes.

Each of these nine wooden stakes is as thick as three people can hug, and their surfaces are carved with intricate patterns, radiating a rich spiritual light.

Within these spiritual lights lies a bloodthirsty and malevolent aura, nauseating yet drawing Gu Yuan's attention, for it contains a faint yet extremely fierce killing intent.

This killing intent was so strong that it could destroy and take the life of a Golden Core cultivator.

These nine wooden stakes are intricately connected, trapping the tiger-striped sea serpent within them. The spiritual light that erupts not only imprisons the sea serpent demon, but also causes the bloodthirsty energy to continuously invade its body.

This tiger-striped sea serpent demon originally possessed an extremely powerful physique, comparable to Xuan Tie Tong Jing (a type of iron and copper essence). However, as it was eroded by this bloodthirsty energy, its physical strength began to deteriorate rapidly, and its power was continuously weakened.

It's worth mentioning that there were five people surrounding this sea serpent demon.

Four of them were manipulating the nine spirit wood stakes, unleashing various powers to trap the tiger-striped sea serpent demon within them.

Although they were all cultivators at the Celestial Realm, they were all exhausted. They had poured all their cultivation into the Nine Fiend Stakes, and their faces were pale.

Not far away, a young man stood there watching without lifting a finger, showing no intention of helping at all.

This person's cultivation level was not weak; he had already reached the Great Perfection of the Celestial Realm. He was quite handsome, but his chin was slightly raised and his nostrils were pointing upwards, making him look rather arrogant.

Clearly, this young man held a high position among these cultivators.

Gu Yuan keenly observed that although the other four had worked quite hard and clearly harbored some resentment and discontent towards the young man, they all appeared to be angry but dared not speak out.

"It seems this kid holds a pretty high position on Little Iron Cloud Island..."

Next, after some effort, the group finally managed to kill the tiger-striped sea serpent demon. The huge corpse of the sea serpent demon floated on the water, and the blood gradually spread, dyeing the surrounding seawater a light red.

The smell of blood even attracted some fish and shrimp from the surrounding area, who wanted to attack the snake demon's corpse floating on the sea.

As for the cost, three of the nine Nine Fiend Stakes were destroyed, and the remaining six spirit wood stakes were all dimmed and damaged to varying degrees. In addition, the four cultivators who were besieging the sea serpent demon were also exhausted and seriously injured.

One of them even had an arm severed by himself. He had been accidentally touched by the venom of a tiger sea serpent, and if he hadn't reacted quickly and cut off his arm, he would probably be a festering sore by now.

"Senior Brother Xiu, this sea serpent is dead. Furthermore, its tendons are now intact and can definitely be used as the main material for refining the top-grade magic weapon, the Spirit Serpent Rope!"

One of them approached the boy, smiling as he spoke, his face revealing a hint of ingratiation.

"Is this young man surnamed Xiu?"

Gu Yuan narrowed his eyes, noticing the key point.

Xiu Daozhen also has the surname Xiu, and this Little Iron Cloud Island is Xiu Daozhen's territory. In addition, the young man just now was obviously of a high status. So there is only one possibility - this young man is very likely to be a descendant of Xiu Daozhen!

"Alright, you guys did a good job. Leave the rest to me."

Xiu Yanqing didn't even glance at the person who spoke, but simply waved his hand casually, signaling everyone to leave.

Except for the leader, everyone else's expression changed, and they all looked quite unpleasant.

The leader's expression subtly changed, but he took a deep breath and said softly, "Senior Brother Xiu, about that thing you promised us..."

"What's the matter?"

Xiu Yanqing snapped out of her daze, glanced at him, thought for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "You mean the matter of you becoming Master Chu's apprentices in three months?"

"Okay, I'll put in a good word for you when I have time later."

Hearing this, the expressions on their faces softened somewhat, and they repeatedly expressed their gratitude: "Thank you, Senior Brother Xiu! Thank you, Senior Brother Xiu!"

"Um...you guys go first."

Xiu Yanqing turned around and began to collect the corpse of the tiger-striped sea serpent demon. At the same time, he waved his hand without looking back, signaling the four of them to leave first.

The four wanted to say something more, but seeing this, they could only helplessly take their leave and depart.

Even after the four had gone far away, Gu Yuan, with the ability to conceal his divine sense, could still hear their complaints and dissatisfaction with Xiu Yanqing.

“Xiu Yanqing…”

Gu Yuan smiled, concealing his presence, and silently appeared behind Xiu Yanqing.

Even though Xiu Yanqing's cultivation level wasn't particularly high, he could naturally sense when someone appeared directly behind him, only inches away.

Xiu Yanqing felt a chill run down her spine and suddenly realized that a dangerous aura was approaching her.

A silver needle magic weapon on her body was activated and flew out with a "whoosh," heading straight for Gu Yuan's brow with swift and direct force.

The silver needle magic weapon was extremely fast, and its tip emitted a sharp aura.

Even a shield forged from refined gold and iron would be easily pierced by this silver needle magic weapon.

However, Gu Yuan ignored it completely, not even blinking, and let the silver needle fall on his brow.

(End of this chapter)