Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 746 Enemies meet on a narrow road
A month later, early morning.

Ji An rode his beast into the air above a huge basin, where golden eagles could be seen soaring from time to time, which was likely the hunting ground of the golden eagle clan.

He patted the beast's back and communicated with it using his divine sense:
"Rise as high as possible, and be careful to search for demonic beasts at the Golden Core level."

He sat on the beast, as a low position would make it difficult to hide.

The beast let out a soft hiss and then climbed upwards, gliding through the air.

Ji An peeked out and looked down, searching for his target.

About half an hour later, two piercing cries that seemed to split the clouds rang out in the distance, echoing through the basin.

As if a switch had been flipped, the cries of the golden eagles rang out one after another, incessantly.

Ji An raised an eyebrow slightly, gazing at the place where the screech had first originated, and communicated with his beast spirit:
Fly northwest, searching for the place we just saw at the beginning.

He knew the habits of the golden eagles, and those two cries that elicited a large response from the golden eagles were very likely from the king of the tribe.

The beast immediately nodded and flew towards the northwest.

A moment later, he saw a giant eagle with a wingspan of more than two zhang appear in his field of vision. The golden eagle flying beside it was much smaller, with a wingspan of only about one zhang seventy or eighty.

Ji An's beast-taming wingspan was only a little over 12 feet, and the golden-feathered eagles in his field of vision should be two demonic birds at the Golden Core level.

Ji An was positioned downwind, and as he got closer to the two Golden Core level Golden Feathered Eagles, he sensed a familiar aura.

That aura left such a deep impression that it brought back long-forgotten memories.

During the demonic calamity, he killed a late-stage Foundation Establishment Golden-feathered Eagle, but was then afflicted with the Blood-Transforming Soul-Chasing Curse. This is the aura of the one who cast the curse.

A chilling light flashed in his eyes. When the blood curse took effect, his skin turned bright red, as if it were being burned, and black patterns wrapped around his body. The needle-like pain would last for a long time.

He had felt this pain countless times in the past, and now that the instigator was right in front of him, how could he not be happy?

"I searched high and low without finding it, but then it came to me without any effort at all, haha!"

Ji An murmured softly, her voice fading into the wind.

He did not rush out to capture the Golden Feathered Eagle Demon King, but continued to lie low, allowing the beast to approach.

At this moment, the Golden-feathered Eagle Demon King seemed to sense something and began to circle uneasily. It felt a dangerous aura approaching, but it did not know where the danger came from.

This basin is the place it led its clan to find. Eight thousand miles further west is Qingqiu, the territory of the Heavenly Fox clan, a powerful demon race capable of transforming into human form.

The tribe has been rooted in this place for nearly two hundred years and is the undisputed ruler of this region. No other tribe can challenge their position.

Beside the Golden-feathered Eagle Demon King was its mate, who sensed its unease and let out a few short hisses, communicating in the language unique to golden-feathered eagles.

The beast was less than five miles away from the Golden-feathered Eagle Demon King when Ji An rode the auspicious five-colored cloud and rushed out.

He sped off at full speed, making no attempt to suppress his energy; the pressure of a Nascent Soul cultivator spread outwards like a shockwave.

The Golden-feathered Eagle Demon King saw him and realized where the danger was coming from, but he had no intention of fighting back. He immediately flapped his wings and turned to flee for his life.

The human cultivators who could ride the auspicious five-colored clouds were far beyond its ability to provoke, and its companion fled desperately in another direction.

This behavior profoundly reflects the situation where "husbands and wives are like birds in the same forest; when disaster strikes, they fly away separately."

Ji An raised an eyebrow, immediately made a hand seal to release a golden light that leaped across the ground, and his body transformed into a five-colored radiance. In just a few breaths, he caught up with the Golden Feathered Eagle Demon King and calmly released a mental roar.

Under the attack on his soul, the Golden-feathered Eagle Demon King felt his vision go black as his consciousness sank into boundless darkness, falling into a coma without any resistance.

Ji An used his telekinesis to catch the falling demon king, and said in a sinister tone:
"You've finally fallen into my hands!"

He had been waiting for this day for a long time, and today his wish finally came true.

Ji An's hand seals changed, activating his magical power to draw energy into a talisman.

The talisman composed of five-colored spiritual light enveloped the Golden Feather Eagle Demon King's body, and then he stuffed it into his spirit beast pouch.

The other Golden Core stage Golden Feathered Eagle had already flown more than ten miles away. When it looked back and saw its mate's fate, it urged its demonic power and desperately flapped its wings.

However, all its efforts were destined to be in vain; the gears of fate turned, and the outcome would not change.

Ji An activated his magic power and released golden light that seemed to leap across the ground once more. His body transformed into a vibrant, multicolored radiance, rapidly closing the distance to his target.

The golden eagle looked back again, its eyes filled with despair upon seeing the enemy's exaggerated speed of flight.

It raised its head and let out a mournful cry, a cry full of warning, intended to inform the tribe that an extremely powerful hunter had appeared, and that they should all flee for their lives.

At this moment, it began to activate its demonic power in preparation for self-destruction of its golden core, but Ji An quickly closed the distance and released a mental roar, capturing another golden core-level demonic beast alive.

He released a sealing talisman to seal the demonic energy of the Golden Feathered Eagle, and pursed his lips with some difficulty.

He had a total of five spirit beast pouches, but now that he had captured six Golden Core demon beasts, he had nowhere to put the last one.

Ji An reunited with his tamed beast, and after dark, they found a cliff and used the Golden Light Technique to dig out a simple cave.

Place the array plate and flag of the Xuanwu Armor Formation at the entrance, activate the array, and enter the small world.

The five magical treasures flew out of the dantian and circled around the Gathering Yuan Tree. The fire phoenix also flew towards the crimson spiritual field immediately.

It could sense the importance of the third-tier mid-grade Fusang tree in the lava lake, so whenever it returned to the gourd world, it would always stay with the Fusang tree day and night, unwilling to leave even for a moment.

Ji An threw the captured golden eagle on the ground and instructed the puppet: "Ayun, keep a close watch on it. If it misbehaves, teach it a lesson."

He didn't know how long the mental roar would keep the demon beast unconscious, but it would take at least a day. So he took out a high-quality Five-Colored Pill, sat cross-legged on the futon, and began to circulate his cultivation technique to refine the pill.

Ayun smiled and nodded heavily. It found a wooden stick as thick as an arm and stood guard next to the golden eagle, staring at it without blinking.

Two days later, the Golden-feathered Eagle slowly awoke and immediately tried to use its demonic energy to escape, only to find that its demonic energy was bound within its body and it could not mobilize even a fraction of it.

The golden core within his body was also bound, unable to be mobilized in the slightest.

At this moment, Ji An was practicing his cultivation technique. The spiritual energy swirled into his body with each breath, and the five-colored spiritual light reflected a yellow ocean.

When Ayun saw the demon bird awaken, she raised the wooden stick and slammed it heavily into the ground.

The golden-feathered eagle dared not make any further moves, obediently lying prostrate on the ground. Without the demonic power to activate its golden core, it knew it could not engage in conflict with its enemy.

About two hours later, Ji An finished his cultivation, and A Yun immediately initiated a mental communication.

He stood up, walked over to the golden eagle, and looked down at it, saying:

"I know you can understand me. Tell me, where are there any demonic beasts nearby that are about to break through to the Golden Core stage?"

The golden-feathered eagle lowered its voice and answered in a clear, feminine voice:
"If I tell the True Lord, will you let us go?"

"Of course we won't let you go, but we'll give you a quick death."

What a joke! He went to great lengths to capture a Golden Core stage demon beast, all for the purpose of contributing to his career. How could he possibly let it go?

The golden-feathered eagle stubbornly retorted:

"Since I'm going to die sooner or later anyway, why should I cooperate?"

Ji An sighed, "I hope you can maintain this unruly attitude in a little while."

He was, after all, a physical cultivator. He started beating the Golden-feathered Eagle, but the eagle wouldn't give in even after being beaten and suffering multiple fractures. It was truly a tough nut to crack.

Ji An stopped beating him; killing him would be a loss for him.

He summoned the Black Wind Wolf and immediately released his Nascent Soul level spiritual pressure.

The sealing talisman that bound this demon beast has lost its effectiveness. If we don't keep a close eye on it, it might cause some damage.

He put the golden-feathered eagle into his spirit beast pouch and said in a deep voice:

"I'll ask you a question, do you know where there's a demon beast about to break through to the Golden Core stage?"

The Black Wind Wolf blinked slyly and shook its head, saying:
"do not know."

It has lost hope for its future.

Ji An used a spirit-sealing talisman to imprison the Black Wind Wolf, and then beat it severely. He was annoyed to have met such a tough opponent again.

He couldn't bring himself to kill, and he didn't want to use other ruthless methods to coerce them for the time being.

Ji An fought all five demonic beasts, and perhaps realizing their tragic future, all of them were extremely tough.

And so, he released his old nemesis—the golden-feathered eagle that had been hunting him down during the demonic calamity.

As usual, he drew a sealing talisman in mid-air to seal the demonic power of the monster. Ji An asked:

"Did you ever imagine that we would meet again in this way?"

He spoke with a smile, but in the eyes of the Golden-feathered Eagle, he appeared sinister and terrifying.

The Golden Feathered Eagle couldn't understand why the Foundation Establishment cultivator it had chased back then had now become a True Monarch!
Having broken through from the Foundation Establishment stage to become a Nascent Soul cultivator in just over two hundred years, how could it have offended such a powerful cultivator?

"If you have come because of what happened back then, I sincerely apologize and am willing to offer generous compensation."

Ji An raised an eyebrow slightly. "Tell me, what can you offer me? Let's see if it can win me over."

He felt things had taken a turn for the better and became very interested.

"I am willing to contribute three skeletons of Golden Core stage Mountain-Shaking Oxen."

Ji An shook his head. "I'm not very interested. If you're willing to offer your Golden Core, I'll promise not to kill you and let you go."

For demonic beasts, the golden core is equivalent to a natal magic weapon, a symbol of power; losing the golden core prevents them from advancing any further.

Normally, when a monster is fighting desperately, it will summon its golden core to attack.

However, they were all rendered useless by Ji An's mental roar, and the battle ended as soon as it began.

The Golden-feathered Eagle Demon King pondered for a moment, then calmly said:
"It's not impossible, as long as the True Lord keeps his promise."

However, I cannot activate my demonic power right now; I can only wait a few days.

Ji An narrowed his eyes slightly, "Alright, let's wait for the effects of the spirit-sealing talisman to wear off."

He was now on guard; the other party had agreed so readily, he wondered what underhanded tricks they might use.

(End of this chapter)