Beast Taming: My spirit beast bloodline is overloaded

Chapter 227 The Far North Celestial Beast Island, Fire Ant Beast King Egg

Lin Chen carefully recorded Xiao Bai's changes and then closed the notebook.

For the next period of time, Lin Chen rarely went out, instead preparing supplies for his trip.

This trip to Heavenly Beast Island won't last very long.

According to regulations, the Cangling Ancient Kingdom was among the first to enter, and they were given one month to enter.

One month later, the Cangling Ancient Kingdom must leave, and they are not allowed to take any more spirit beast eggs with them.

Then it was the turn of people from other countries to enter.

However, the Heavenly Beast Island is far from the main continent, located in the far north. To reach it, one must pass through the Northern Sea Kingdom.

Seven days later, Lin Chen followed the Grand Elder from the Spirit Academy, boarded a crane, and flew north.

The crane was much faster than the Gale Beast. This trip wasn't rushed, so the Grand Elder could travel at a leisurely pace.

Thanks to the little fox, Lin Chen gradually became more familiar with the Grand Elder, and they were able to talk about more and more things.

"You mean helping Zhong Nan?" When the Grand Elder heard Lin Chen mention the events of that year, he also spoke at length: "There were advantages and disadvantages."

"The good thing is that the Cangling Ancient Kingdom has stabilized."

"The downside is that those people in Tiandu are keeping a close eye on the Lingyuan Academy now."

"It's like we were neutral at the beginning, but now they think we've taken sides."

Even though I have stepped down from my position as dean, they are still wary of me.

Lin Chen thought about it and agreed. Although the situation was urgent and the country was in turmoil at the time, the fact that the Spirit Academy had taken action meant that they had indeed taken action.

"So when I learned that Bai Ling was going to participate in the competition for the National Academy, I knew things would become very complicated." The Grand Elder said, "The forces in Tiandu are afraid that Zhong Nan will favor the Spirit Academy because of what happened back then and pull one of their own people into the position."

"In your opinion, Elder, will Grand Preceptor Zhongnan really choose Bai Ling to succeed him as Grand Preceptor?" Lin Chen asked.

“Based on my previous judgment of him, he wouldn’t have done that, because he is a very assertive person,” the elder said. “But I recently went to Tiandu and saw him once, and I don’t know if it’s because he’s getting old, but he doesn’t seem as assertive as he used to be.”

Finally, the elder remarked with a sigh, "People change."

Lin Chen also exhaled.

Zhong Nan is still in his position, so there shouldn't be any problems with the Cangling Ancient Kingdom.

But if Zhong Nan really passes away, this battle for the position of national advisor will inevitably turn into a bloody storm.

Time flew by, and after a month, Lin Chen and his companions rode cranes into the Northern Sea Kingdom.

The territory of Beiming Kingdom is vast, but there is very little habitable land. From the air, many places are covered in snow and ice all year round.

This surprised Lin Chen quite a bit.

This place is basically frozen over, so why is it that further north, a place like Heavenly Beast Island, which breeds top-quality spirit beasts, can still exist?

Legend has it that the entire island of Heavenly Beast Island is lush and green, covered with plants.

When passing through the Northern Sea Kingdom, the Grand Elder was worried about causing trouble in a foreign land, so he rarely stayed.

If forced to, they would only stay in some remote places.

"If we go a little further north, we won't be far from Heavenly Beast Island," the Grand Elder said after glancing at the map.

Lin Chen looked north, but couldn't see anything.

The Northern Sea Kingdom is indeed extremely cold, and ordinary people simply cannot survive there. Lin Chen often needs to use his spiritual power to protect himself.

However, the three spirit beasts did not neglect their cultivation while traveling. Now, with the assistance of the thousand-year-old demon core and the expansion of the beast taming space, Lin Chen was able to check on the situation inside the beast taming space while the three spirit beasts cultivated.

"What kind of spirit beast are you looking for?" The Grand Elder suddenly asked at the last rest stop.

"I?"

Lin Chen was taken aback; in fact, he had thought about this question before.

However, he truly had no answer.

If it weren't for the Midas Touch bloodline, given Lin Chen's personality, he would definitely have made a proper plan.

But having this thing, Lin Chen thought about personality first.

The elder saw Lin Chen hesitate for a moment, but did not press further; he was only curious about one thing himself.
How did Lin Chen select his spirit beasts?

Why is it that he can always pick such exceptional items?

The Grand Elder was a little skeptical. How could Lin Chen, in the state of the Great White Bear being a crippled bear, be able to tell that it would be very powerful in the future?
After flying for nearly half a month, we were finally ready to arrive at Heavenly Beast Island.

From a distance high in the sky, one can look down upon the Heavenly Beast Island below.

Although it's called an island, it's actually a small piece of continent.

From this vantage point, it forms a striking contrast with the icy, snow-covered sea beside it, truly resembling a green pearl on the sea, just as described in the book.

"Let's go." The Grand Elder waved his hand and flew down with Lin Chen.

Once they landed, Lin Chen looked around curiously, when he heard the Grand Elder say, "Don't get close yet."

Lin Chen was taken aback, and then he heard the Grand Elder say:
"The Spirit Academy of the Cangling Ancient Kingdom has come to collect the eggs."

As soon as he finished speaking, a miraculous scene unfolded before him: a spatial hole had appeared in front of him, where there had previously been nothing.

The Grand Elder then pulled Lin Chen along and flew inside.

At this moment, on Heavenly Beast Island, ten people stood still, and the one in the lead was Zhang Jin.

Among the applicants this time, the Tian Shu Pavilion, including the Tian Du forces, has a total of 10 people, and the National Academy has 10 people. Originally, the Ling Academy was not qualified to come to such a place, but given their greatest contributions this year, they were given two spots.

Zhang Jin and his group had only arrived here three hours ago. Upon entering, Zhang Jin immediately spoke:
"This is Heavenly Beast Island. From now on, you can go and find your own spirit beasts. However, I need to remind you of something."

"First, due to the barrier, the spirit beasts here are restricted to levels below 40. Therefore, you cannot use spirit beasts that are above level 40, otherwise you will trigger the barrier's backlash and bear the consequences."

"Secondly, fighting is allowed on Beast Island, but large-scale killing of beasts is not permitted."

"Third, there are guardian spirit beasts here. They are skilled in spatial power, so you can call for help if necessary."

"Do you understand everything?"

"understood."

Everyone below nodded, including Bai Ling.

Slightly to Bai Ling's right are the people the Gu family planted at the National Academy.
Gu Ning.

On the left is a member of the Li family, named Li Bei.

In addition, there are two other people who were sent by the four major families to compete for the position of Imperial Preceptor.

Although the position of Imperial Preceptor doesn't wield much real power, anyone who assumes this position can learn the Dragon Transformation Technique.
Having the Dragon Transformation Technique means having a powerful force.

The four major families naturally wouldn't let it go.

As she spoke, Gu Ning glanced at Bai Ling.

The Gu family had previously thought that Bai Ling had died in the Li family's assassination attempt, but they were surprised to find that Bai Ling had returned alive.

The competition for the position of Imperial Advisor is not about strength, but rather...
Luck.

Before they arrived, the Gu family had assigned Gu Ning a task: they wanted to know which of the nine people had the best luck.

Bai Ling was the first person Gu Ning kept an eye on.

The reason is simple: among so many people, Bai Ling's background is like a blank sheet of paper, and her strength is pitifully weak.

It's a miracle that someone like that has survived to this day.

Not to mention that she even has a unicorn on her.

After a moment of contemplation, Zhang Jin finally finished speaking. With a wave of his hand, he said, "Alright, now you're free to move around." As he spoke, everyone exchanged glances.

Zhang Jin also made it clear this time that it was an assessment by the National Academy of Education, so it was best to avoid forming teams if possible, otherwise individual abilities would not be apparent.

Therefore, even if these people have a good relationship, they don't dare to team up, for fear that their low score with Zhang Jin will affect their subsequent scores.

In no time, everyone else had left, but Bai Ling remained in the same spot.

Zhang Jin asked, somewhat puzzled, "Why aren't you leaving?"

"Hehe." Bai Ling gave an awkward smile and said, "I...I'm a little tired, I'll take a rest."

Zhang Jin couldn't help but smile upon hearing this.

In fact, he saw through Bai Ling's thoughts. The others all had powerful backers to some extent, so they were somewhat ostracizing Bai Ling.

Since it's an elimination system, of course we hope the number of people is as small as possible.

Bai Ling is the weakest, so she is the best target.

Therefore, it was best for her to be the last to leave.

After a while, Bai Ling looked around and finally said, "Senior brother, I'm going."

After saying that, Bai Ling picked up the map and scanned her surroundings, but she couldn't understand the map at all, so she stood there awkwardly for a long time.

Zhang Jin didn't tell her anything, and just watched quietly.

After racking her brains for a while without any result, Bai Ling finally looked up at the Devouring Beast beside her and said:

"Fine, Xiu Xiu, I'll listen to you."

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The Grand Elder also entered with Lin Chen, and the former said something similar to the latter.

Lin Chen was taken aback upon hearing this and said, "I thought it was a privilege, but it turns out I'm here to work?"

Lin Chen felt ashamed, because the Grand Elder had said that he would not take action, so all the spirit eggs in the Spirit Academy needed to be collected by Lin Chen.

"What if I can't find that many?" Lin Chen asked.

"At that time, I will ask the spirit beasts of Beast Guard Island to give it to me directly," the Grand Elder said.

Lin Chen was speechless.

The Grand Elder spoke again:
"Don't be so carefree. It's a rare opportunity to come to Heavenly Beast Island. The probability of the spirit beasts here giving birth to top-grade bloodlines is very high. You must seize this rare opportunity."

Lin Chen nodded seriously.

He naturally knew that the Grand Elder had only brought him along to give him an opportunity, because Lin Chen also needed to prepare for the fourth spirit beast.

If you can select a spirit beast with a top-quality bloodline, you can indeed save a lot of effort.

The elder gave a few more instructions and then left, leaving Lin Chen alone on the spot.

At this moment, Lin Chen looked around and was somewhat taken aback when he saw the towering ancient tree next to him.

Is this really the far north?
While deep in thought, Lin Chen also perked up and called out Little White and the others. The moment the three spirit beasts appeared, they all shouted.

"Is the spiritual energy here very abundant?" Lin Chen asked in surprise.

The little fox had a very keen sense of spiritual energy, and it told Lin Chen that cultivating here was even better than at the spiritual spring.

Lin Chen was also stunned when he heard this. Better than the Spirit Spring?
If you cultivate here, wouldn't that be like having a cheat code?
"It's a pity I can only stay for a month," Lin Chen sighed.

Cultivation is certainly important, but the most urgent task right now is to find the spirit egg.

The elder also told him that he should try to find the spirit eggs of the other students, but the first thing he needed to find was his own spirit beast.

The island can be divided into four main areas as seen on the map:

Volcanic areas, misty forests, deep-sea caves, and icy plateaus.

Although this was Lin Chen's first time visiting Heavenly Beast Island, the Grand Elder had told him that the island was only open once every four years because more than one top-grade spirit beast egg would be born every four years.

This top-quality spirit egg is the object of contention for all nations.

In these first-come, first-served situations, the Youlan Empire almost always comes out on top, while other countries can only watch them feast while they drink the leftovers.

Lin Chen ignored all of that and, after some contemplation, decided to look around.

He wasn't aimless; he had already identified the locations of the three spirit beasts Lin Chen had encountered:

Xiaobai is a burst-type spirit beast, Xiaohong is a map-control mage, and Xiaohei is a sustained-type melee fighter.

Currently, the foundation for the first two is solid; the only flaw is that the Black Knight, a sustained melee fighter, is only half-baked.
A three-minute continuous spirit beast did sound a bit unreliable, but Lin Chen was very confident about it.

Therefore, Lin Chen plans to find a purely support-type spirit beast for his next attempt.
Flying, treatment, and so on.

A support-type spirit beast can greatly enhance the power of the other three spirit beasts, so it is the first choice.

Most of these mythical beasts are of the wood element.

The second is the ice-attribute spirit beast.

Lin Chen already has a fire-attribute fox, and thinking that having an ice-attribute spirit beast would be a good choice.

Therefore, Lin Chen's target route is:

The two areas are the Misty Forest and the Snowy Plateau.

Unlike Bai Ling, Lin Chen glanced around, found the right direction, and set off.

After traveling about three kilometers eastward, Lin Chen, riding on the back of an ox, was heading towards the Misty Forest when suddenly the little fox cried out in surprise.

Little White and the Great White Bear immediately became alert. The next second after Lin Chen jumped off the cow's back, he saw something emerging from the soil below.

Upon closer inspection, Lin Chen was also taken aback.

Fire Ant Beast

According to the "Beast Taming Manual," the largest fire ant beasts are about the size of a small fox, but the fire ant beasts here are almost half the size of a person.

These fire ants were after the little fox. They like to devour fire-attribute items, and they clearly sensed the strong fire attribute on the little fox.

Nearly eight fire ant beasts charged at them, and they all appeared to be of sacred beast quality.

Lin Chen couldn't help but swallow hard after seeing this. This Heavenly Beast Island was indeed a top-quality place. He met a Saint Beast-level creature right away.

Unfortunately, after the Heavenly Beast Island was given a barrier, it also gained an additional restriction:
That means that if a spirit beast is hatched on an island, it cannot leave the island.

Otherwise, the top-grade spirit beasts that can be captured on this Spirit Beast Island will be extremely terrifying.

The three spirit beasts immediately took action, each with their own target. The fire ant beast was only level 36 at most, and was no match for Xiaobai and the others.

After easily capturing them, Lin Chen did not kill them directly, but released them back into the wild.

"Let's go." Lin Chen was about to leave, but after taking two steps, he suddenly saw the gnawed firewood next to him and remembered something.

That means the fire ant beasts are social creatures, and they usually appear in groups of ten or more.

The fact that there were eight of them already puzzled Lin Chen, but seeing the fire pot wood that Ben was gnawing on reminded Lin Chen of something.

Has the queen ant already given birth?
The queen ant's position among ants is self-evident. If she has indeed laid a spirit egg, the other fire ants will do everything in their power to help her find medicine and food.

Lin Chen looked around. This place was on the edge of a volcanic area, and there was a lot of firewood around.

He searched everywhere and soon found what he was looking for:
Ant grass.

The fact that the ant grass here had been largely eaten and moved away proved Lin Chen's conjecture.

"Could it be that we might find a Beast King egg?"

(End of this chapter)