Immortals of the End Times

Chapter 129: The Blood Bank of Demonic Beasts, Training Them on My Behalf (Bonus Chapter 921 for Monthly Tickets)

The mountain wind howled, mixed with the terrified roars of wild beasts.

Zhao Wuji descended gracefully like a falling leaf, instantly locking onto the auras of more than a dozen predators below. A dark blue light appeared in his eyes as he cast the Dream Marriage Technique.

In an instant, the dozen or so hunters were all as if they were dreaming, their weapons clattering to the ground, their pupils reflecting the same blue light.

He immediately fell into a state of standing drowsiness, as if sleepwalking.

Using the Dream-Marriage Technique on this group of mortals was like a large-scale hypnosis, easily pulling more than a dozen people into the dream.

Zhao Wuji's thoughts swirled through these people's dreams, and he quickly captured the key information.

"The Eight Directions Mountain Fox Hunting Order originated from the Imperial Palace."

"The Empress has become somewhat delusional and insane."

Zhao Wuji's eyebrows rose, and his eyes gradually sharpened.

He originally did not intend to completely oppose the Empress at this time, nor to bring the conflict to the forefront, so as not to distract himself.

But this empress was truly a restless person. Instead of causing trouble for him, she started causing trouble for Li Shiyu and Little Jade Fox.

One of these two is that he has a cooperative relationship and shared interests with him.

One is the bloodline that the old fox would protect with his life.

If the old fox hadn't sacrificed his life back then, how could he have so easily obtained the large amount of Yin energy at the bottom of the Cloud Jade Pool and the Yin marrow from the Fox Cave? Therefore, he cannot let the little fox die by poison again.

"roll!"

Zhao Wuji waved his sleeve.

The dozen or so hunters suddenly turned around like puppets, scattering down the mountain in a daze, their blue light still lingering in their eyes, their steps moving in an eerie, synchronized fashion.

The mountains and forests returned to silence, with only the rustling of falling leaves.

He flew deep into the dense forest, his fingers lightly forming hand seals.

Before long, a dark figure broke through the air and let out a loud "Bah!"

"Hongba!"

A slight smile appeared in Zhao Wuji's eyes as he raised his hand and let Xiong Ba land on the back of his hand.

Only then did I realize that after not seeing it for many days, the wings of the mighty beast were faintly glowing with spiritual light, making it appear even more majestic than before.

However, there was blood between its claws, which was clearly human blood.

"Gah! Ba!"

Xiong Ba opened his sharp beak and cried out. Zhao Wuji quickly understood his meaning and nodded in agreement.

"It's alright, I already know the situation, I will handle this myself! Take me to see Xiaoyu."

With a wave of his hand, Xiong Ba flapped his wings and flew swiftly, quickly leading him to a clearing in the forest, where he sensed the presence of Xiao Yu and some other wild beasts.

As soon as he landed, a roar echoed through the mountains and forests, sending up a foul stench.

A fierce tiger with piercing eyes and a white forehead leaped out of the bushes, its fangs menacing.

"Ok?"

Zhao Wuji's eyes suddenly flashed with sword light, like two bolts of lightning, drawing two bright trails in the dim forest.

The tiger that had pounced suddenly roared and rolled to the ground, its fur standing on end. It stared at Zhao Wuji in terror, its limbs trembling as it moved backward.

The other wild animals in the forest also crouched down, their bared fangs dripping with fear.

"Tweet-"

Among the wild beasts, Little Jade Fox suddenly ran out, much larger than when they last met. Her lively eyes darted over Zhao Wuji's blue robe, showing both affection and hesitation.

"Xiaoyu."

Zhao Wuji looked at the lively little jade fox and smiled, "It's alright, I chased those people away."

Xiao Yu's taut, bristling fur slowly drooped down as she ran to Zhao Wuji's side and chirped twice.

Xiong Ba flapped his wings and cawed a few times, acting as a translator. Zhao Wuji understood that Xiao Yu was asking him why he had come here.

He immediately replied, "I just happened to be passing by and saw the situation, so I came to drive away these hunters. I know the whole story."

Xiaoyu's eyes welled up with tears, reflecting the dappled light and shadow in the forest. She chirped incessantly, indicating that Mangshan was no longer a safe haven and that her entire clan was about to migrate to Guanyun Mountain.

Why travel so far?

A blue light flowed from Zhao Wuji's fingertips, and a healing spell descended, causing Xiaoyu's arrow wounds to heal at a visible speed.

"I will go to the capital and make that mad queen behave herself."

Xiaoyu was immediately shocked and quickly chirped, trying to persuade Zhao Wuji not to act impulsively.

"No problem."

Zhao Wuji gently stroked the fox's head, "Given my current cultivation level and background, although I am bound by the rules of the grotto-heaven, I cannot immediately take her life."
But I will wait for the right opportunity, whether it's during the great battle in the caves or when the Tiannan Secret Realm opens. At that time, I will make her pay the price for what she did in the past.

After hearing Zhao Wuji's words, Little Jade Fox gradually felt relieved.

It had witnessed Zhao Wuji's caution and prudence before, and knew that he would not fight a battle he was not confident of winning.

At the same time, a greater sense of intimacy welled up within it. Knowing that Zhao Wuji had not completely abandoned its friendship with the old fox, it affectionately rubbed against his feet, its fluffy tail brushing against the hem of his cloud-patterned robe.

Zhao Wuji's gaze narrowed slightly, sensing a strange power flowing within Xiaoyu's body.

Unlike the spiritual power of cultivators, it was mixed with wild and malevolent energy, like smoke and mist, or blood-red sand mixed into a clear spring.

"Demon power?" He immediately thought of the aura that the old fox had once possessed.

Unexpectedly, the little jade fox seems to have cultivated demonic power, which makes it a demonic beast at the first level of Qi Induction.

Even the myna bird, Xiong Ba, seemed to have cultivated with the little jade fox, and a similar aura flowed between its wings.

He learned from his inquiry that Xiaoyu was practicing the demon race's breathing technique left behind by the old fox, combined with the dream-telling technique left behind by Consort Zhang.

However, the Dream Magic is difficult to understand, and with my current low magical power, it is also difficult to use.

Therefore, they were unable to resist the powerful eunuchs sent by the imperial palace to encircle and suppress them.

"demon"

Zhao Wuji looked at the little fox, his eyes involuntarily warming. In the ancestral manual, the *Golden Chamber Acupuncture Record*, the path to martial immortality required the essence blood of demonic beasts for cultivation.

In this degenerate age, demonic beasts are nearly extinct. The little jade fox in front of us is a perfect example. Moreover, the little jade fox can even train other intelligent wild beasts to become demonic beasts.

If he provides more resources to "raise" it in the future, it will become a large-scale demon beast blood bank. When cultivation is needed, he can extract a little from one of them, which will ensure sustainable development. Cultivating the path of martial immortality will not be lacking in rare demon beast blood.

"I'm so smart."

Zhao Wuji was delighted, but the little jade fox was a little agitated by his gaze.

"Don't be afraid."

Zhao Wuji suddenly made a hand seal, and a faint blue light flowed from his fingertips. "I know a little about Consort Zhang's Dream-Telling Technique... Now I will pass on some experience to you to help you understand it quickly so that you can cast spells in the future."

Blue light flickered like fireflies in the dim forest.

Little Jade Fox hesitated for a moment, then finally looked up to meet her.

Zhao Wuji pointed a finger at its brow, pouring in all the basic secrets of the Dream Marriage Technique.

He transmitted his understanding of the initial stage of the Dream Transmission Technique to her through his mind, which was equivalent to directly empowering the little fox, helping her to quickly understand Consort Zhang's Dream Transmission Technique.

The difference between this "Dream-Calling Technique" and "Dream-Marrying Technique" is equivalent to the difference between the "Mysterious Ice Sword Technique" and swordsmanship.

Even at its peak, cultivation only reaches the initial stage of the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Techniques.

"Although it's only a superficial understanding of the Earthly Fiend Technique"

As Zhao Wuji finished his incantation, a dreamlike blue halo appeared in the little jade fox's eyes. "But it's enough for you to protect yourself."

He then instructed the beasts to protect Xiaoyu, and with a flick of his sleeve, he and Xiongba soared into the sky.

Xiong Ba has already learned the breathing technique from Little Jade Fox, and his wings are faintly glowing with spiritual light; he is indeed a promising talent.

Zhao Wuji planned to take Xiong Ba to the cave to cultivate.

Let's enjoy a good life together with these bird brothers.

Eat some fine bran.

Let's see if we can train him quickly, and then use some bird blood to help him cultivate the path of martial arts immortality.

Moreover, both the Bird Taming Technique and the Beast Gathering Technique, once mastered to a minor level, have corresponding methods for cultivating birds and beasts, as well as advanced breathing techniques.

Zhao Wuji felt that if he learned the Beast Gathering Technique in the future, raising demonic beasts would be very easy. For now, he could only raise Xiong Ba.

Xiong Ba had no idea that Zhao Wuji was taking it away to draw bird blood from it in the future. He thought he was going to follow Zhao Wuji to take revenge on the Mad Queen and witness the Mad Queen's miserable state after being punished. He was so excited that he kept making strange "ga ba" noises.

After a stick of incense.

The majestic palace walls of the imperial city resembled a lurking beast in the twilight.

Zhao Wuji, with his blue-robed figure resembling a banished immortal from a bygone era, flew directly over the imperial city and landed inside the Penglai Palace, triggering the palace's array.

"Jingle Bell--"

The bronze bells on the eaves of the palace rang without wind, startling the eunuchs on duty who hurriedly prostrated themselves on the ground to pay homage to Zhao Wuji, who had descended from the sky.

"Ka!"

Xiong Ba let out a strange cry, shattering the tranquility of the palace.

The clamor echoed among the red beams and painted rafters, startling the bronze bells on the eaves, causing them to tremble violently once more.

Emperor Zhaoming was leaning against a dragon-patterned couch, playing with a tortoise shell, when he suddenly heard this noisy bird chirping, and his brows furrowed slightly.

But in an instant, he received a telepathic message from Zhao Wuji, and his brows immediately relaxed, his face lit up with joy, and he took the initiative to get up and walk out of the palace to greet him.

"Hahaha, I was wondering why there were magpies chirping! It turns out it's the arrival of the renowned Junior Brother Zhao, the master of both alchemy and swordsmanship!"

"Ba!" Xiong Ba called out to Emperor Zhaoming, as if asking if he still remembered the black myna bird from the last victory celebration banquet.

Normally, such bird calls would be considered extremely disrespectful.

But now that he had seen the highly regarded Zhao Wuji, Emperor Zhaoming turned a deaf ear to his noisy bird calls and happily pulled Zhao Wuji into the hall to sit down.

"Senior brother, I have just returned from Huangyun Market. I am here for the matter of Junior Sister Li."

Zhao Wuji lightly flicked his sleeves and sat down. Amidst the fragrant tea, he went straight to the point, "Please ask my senior brother to send a message and invite her to Penglai for a chat."

"Of course, of course! Sending a message to my beloved concubine is a trivial matter for me."

Emperor Zhaoming clapped his hands and laughed.

"But," he suddenly said, his face falling into worry, "it truly shames me to have my junior brother worrying about my family affairs. This Empress... sigh."

Emperor Zhaoming feigned helplessness, but inwardly he was secretly delighted, eager for Zhao Wuji to teach the Empress a lesson for her arrogance.

The Empress was placed there by the Cave Heaven to check and balance him, and she also had the background of Elder Liang of the Spiritual Materials Hall. Moreover, the Empress was stronger than him.

He was a pathetic emperor; he had long wanted to curb the empress's arrogance, but he was powerless to do so.

He could only watch his beloved concubine suffer injustice, verbally condemn her, while secretly plotting his future actions.

Now that Zhao Wuji is willing to stand up for his beloved concubine and warn the Empress, this also represents his attitude and is an attempt to vent his anger, which will at least keep the Empress in line for a while.

Most importantly, even if Elder Liang from the Spirit Materials Hall harbors any anger, it has nothing to do with him.

Zhao Wuji rubbed the teacup with his palm, clearly understanding the tortoise emperor's thoughts.

Therefore, he allowed this old man Zhaoming to send a message directly to Li Shiyu, with whom he had a brief affair, without worrying about what she might say, because the emperor was clearly happy to do so.

Empress, this time he must be intimidated.

As for Elder Liang of the Lingcai Hall behind the Empress, that old man had secretly promised Yu Zishan to cause him trouble, but he wasn't stupid and knew nothing about it.

This time, we'll settle both old and new scores and collect some interest.

What the emperor dared not do, Zhao Wuji did.

If Elder Liang has any complaints, he should go to Cold Moon Peak and speak with the Peak Master if he dares.

He knew perfectly well that when the peak master was trapped, Elder Liang and Yan Lan had jointly managed the two peaks. Although the peak master didn't say it on the surface, he must have remembered this debt in his heart.

"Junior brother, my beloved concubine has already set off."

At this moment, Emperor Zhaoming put down the dragon-shaped jade talisman with a smile on his face, "I will definitely be able to meet my beloved concubine tonight. I will trouble you with this matter. As for the three ancient books that you pointed out last time, I will immediately order the Imperial Observatory to send them to the temporary palace."

(End of this chapter)