Beast Taming: My spirit beast bloodline is overloaded

Chapter 455 The Tomb of the Sacred Cow
Both Wu Ying and Lin Chen were stunned when they saw this.

However, this is not surprising. Although she became the city lord of Black Mountain City after the Beast Chaos due to her high reputation, she was ultimately not part of the same system as Tai Niu Yuan.

Tai Niu Academy has always been independent, focusing on the research of bovine spirit beasts. It has its own traditions and secrets, so it's normal that she doesn't know about them.

A trace of sorrow flashed in Xu Youzhen's eyes. After Zhu He of the former Tai Niu Academy passed away, Tai Niu Academy had truly declined, and now Jiang Yue was also gone.

"Dean Zhu keeps the real core information here."

Xu Youzhen went in first and lit the spirit stone lamps on both sides of the passage.

Lin Chen and Li Zhen followed Wu Ying down the steps, and an ancient scent mixed with the dust of time and the smell of animal bones wafted towards them.

The underground chamber was not large, but the shelves no longer held paper files, but scrolls made of special animal hides, as well as samples of animal bones, scales and hair carefully sealed in crystal.

Xu Youzhen pointed to these things and said to Lin Chen:
"These are the true essence of Tai Niu Academy. Dean Zhu once said that paper may decay, but these relics containing the aura of antiquity are themselves witnesses to history."

Lin Chen was startled and immediately stepped forward to examine the area closely.

His gaze swept over the labels:
Fragments of the skull of a 'one-horned lava bull' discovered a thousand years ago at a meteorite mine.

[Scales suspected to be those of the 'Eight Desolate Ox' were found in the Endless Thunder Swamp]

The sealing stone of the 'Netherworld Demon Ox'...

These precious documents, which would cause a sensation anywhere else, are displayed casually here.

Lin Chen's heart began to race; he knew he had come to the right place.

He quickly browsed through the pages, hoping to find clues related to atavistic cattle.

Suddenly, his gaze was drawn to a scroll stored separately on the top shelf, in a box made of rosewood.

The box was unlocked. Xu Youzhen saw this and carefully opened it. Inside, an ancient scroll, made of the fur of some unknown creature and displaying a dark golden hue, lay quietly.

"What is this?" Lin Chen asked curiously.

"This is the last piece of information about the Taixu Qiuniu." Xu Youzhen's pupils also shone.

He spent his life studying and pursuing the true meaning of the ox, wanting to see how the Prisoner of the Void could evolve.

He slowly unrolled the scroll.

Unlike other documents, the scroll does not record the location and date of discovery; instead, it depicts the form of an ox with a vigorous and ancient brushstroke.

The bull wasn't particularly large, but its body seemed to be made of void, surrounded by countless tiny spatial cracks. Its horns were like two gray divine blades that tore the heavens and earth apart, and its eyes held a starry river so deep it seemed to suck one's soul in.

Beside the portrait were only six large, elegantly written characters:

[Mythical Beast - Taixu Qiuniu]

Just seeing those six words and that painting made Lin Chen feel his soul tremble!
It seems that this image of the mythical beast is not fake.

Because Lin Chen had also felt the divine power left behind by the Immortal Fox Taihua, and it was indeed so.

Lin Chen continued searching, when Xu Youzhen said, "If you want to find the remains of the ancestral divine ox, you'll have to excavate the great tomb."

Lin Chen felt somewhat ashamed upon hearing this.

Digging up other people's graves is considered to diminish one's good karma.

But when Lin Chen thought of Xiao Bai, he didn't hesitate at all.

The mysterious person from Dragon Ridge Island once said that if Xiaobai couldn't digest the divine and demonic power of the ancestral phoenix, he might be in danger.

"If we're talking about cows, I think you might have to go to the south."

Xu Youzhen took out a scroll and continued, "In the ancient kingdom of Nanfen in the south, there are many powerful families who value cattle extremely highly."

"Although there are no records of bovine-type mythical beasts in the ancient kingdom of Nanfen, there is such a record from a thousand years ago."

"In Nanfen, there is a powerful family with a bovine spirit beast that is just one step away from entering the realm of immortal beasts."

"But unfortunately, it ultimately failed under the heavenly tribulation."

"This is the record of where it may have fallen."

Upon hearing that it was the Southern Burning Ancient Kingdom, Lin Chen immediately felt relieved. He took the map and saw that it indeed contained some information.

The spirit beast undergoing the tribulation was named:
Tianji Niu.

If this Heavenly Extreme Ox is truly to enter the realm of Immortal Beasts, it must be a type of ancestral divine ox.

"Go check here first. If you can't find it, come back here to look for it later," Xu Youzhen said.

"Okay." Lin Chen nodded, copied down the contents of the scroll, and then returned it.

Because he knew that this was the cultural heritage of Black Mountain City.

In the following days, Lin Chen calmed down and prepared to cultivate properly.

Although this secret realm is losing spiritual energy due to the disappearance of the fragments of the Great Dao, it is still a treasure trove for spirit beasts.

Lin Chen sat down cross-legged in a valley outside the city where the spiritual energy was relatively abundant.

With a thought, he summoned all his spirit beasts.

Little Fire doesn't need to cultivate; Little Red and Little Blue are already at too high a level, so even with such abundant spiritual energy, they won't be of much use.

Only the Great Polar Bear and Little Black were in completely different situations.

Since the beast chaos began, Little White, Little Red, and Little Blue have all obtained earth-shattering opportunities, and their levels have skyrocketed.

Only Xiao Hei, although he also cultivates diligently and has strong combat power, has gradually fallen far behind in level, and has only just reached level 66.

Lin Chen clearly sensed its anxiety and comforted it more than once:

"The evolution of laws cannot be rushed. Upgrading too quickly may damage the foundation."

After all, Xiao Hei still has to undergo another evolution.

If the foundation for the evolution of laws is weak, a single misstep can be fatal.

"Roar!"

As soon as the polar bear appeared, it let out an excited roar and immediately assumed a cultivation posture.

Seeing this, Lin Chen stopped worrying about it and left Xiao Hong to protect him. He then took the little blue fish and, together with Li Zhen, began to explore this soon-to-be-extinct secret realm to see if there were any other missed opportunities.

As the two wandered through the secret realm, they discovered that life here was indeed disappearing at an extremely rapid pace.

Many plants that were once full of spirituality have begun to wither.

"It seems this place will soon be completely abandoned," Li Zhen said with some regret.

Lin Chen nodded, but his gaze was drawn to a distant area that was always shrouded in thick white fog.

That area was very strange; no matter which angle you looked from, all you could see was a white mist, which even divine sense couldn't penetrate.

"What is that place?"

Lin Chen pointed to that area and asked Wu Ying, who had just arrived.

Wu Ying shook his head solemnly:
"I don't know. It was like this when we arrived. I was afraid there was danger inside, so I didn't have time to organize people to explore before the Divine Tiger Clan arrived."

"Oh?"

This, however, aroused Lin Chen's curiosity.

He and Li Zhen exchanged a glance, both seeing the desire for exploration in each other's eyes.

With their current strength, they could afford to take the risk and go check it out. "Let's go take a look."

Without hesitation, the two slowly walked towards that unknown area.

The moment they stepped into the misty area, the view suddenly opened up, and the mist behind them acted as a barrier, isolating them from the outside world.

But the sight in this area stunned both of them.

This place doesn't have the familiar rocky terrain of Black Mountain City's secret realm; instead, it's a vast and boundless primeval forest.

A desolate atmosphere permeated the air, the clouds in the sky seemed to hang lower, and the sunlight had an unusual, dim yellow hue.

What surprised them most was that all the plants here were species they had never seen before, species that only appeared in the oldest illustrated books.

“The environment here… is completely different from the Black Mountain City Secret Realm.” Li Zhen looked around warily and said in a deep voice, “But there doesn’t seem to be any danger.”

Lin Chen squatted down, picked up a handful of soil, felt it for a moment, his eyes flickered, and he fell into deep thought.

"Could it be a time-space distortion?"

"What is a time-space distortion?" Li Zhen asked, puzzled.

"That is to say, the land beneath our feet may not belong to our current timeline."

Lin Chen slowly stood up, gazing intently at the ancient forest, and said:
"It may be a small, independent world that was cut from the distant ancient times by some force and embedded in this secret realm!"

Unfortunately, Lin Chen and Li Zhen continued their search but found nothing, nor could they find any trace of the Great Dao fragments.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye. It seemed that the spiritual energy here was decreasing due to the missing fragments of the Great Dao.

The day after the Great White Bear broke through to level 68, huge cracks appeared in the sky like a shattered mirror, the earth collapsed, and distant mountains silently turned to dust.

Lin Chen knew that the spatial secret realm was about to collapse.

The next second, space shattered, and an irresistible repulsive force enveloped everyone inside the secret realm.

After a dizzying spin, Lin Chen and the others found themselves back in the familiar wilderness outside Black Mountain City.

Behind them, the illusory secret realm flickered a few times before completely turning into specks of light and dissipating into the air.

"Out!"

Ning Ye, who had been waiting outside, immediately came forward to greet Lin Chen and the others when they appeared.

Behind him stood a densely packed array of elite Nine Star City soldiers, ready for battle.

When he saw the injuries on Wu Ying, Xu Youzhen, and the others, as well as the grief-stricken expressions of the survivors, and after hearing Lin Chen's brief description of the dangers in the secret realm, he couldn't help but gasp in shock at the brutality of the Divine Tiger Clan.

However, Wu Ying composed herself, walked up to Ning Ye, and solemnly bowed:
"Lord Ning, we of Black Mountain City will never forget your kindness in helping us this time."

Ning Ye quickly helped her up, looked at the survivors behind her whose homes had been destroyed, pondered for a moment, and then gave a very practical suggestion:

"Lord Wuying, the dead are gone, but the living remain. I can understand why Black Mountain City was unwilling to merge with other cities due to its large size."

"But now... the situation is different. Why not take advantage of the situation and relocate as a whole, or rebuild a new city on the outskirts of my Nine Star City, connecting it with Nine Star City, so that we can support each other?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Ying fell silent.

She glanced back at her compatriots who had survived the ordeal, a hint of resentment flashing in her eyes.

Black Mountain City is their ancestral home; who would be willing to give it up like this?
But she also understood that Ning Ye was telling the truth.

With their meager remaining strength, it's nothing short of a pipe dream to think they can protect themselves in this chaotic world.

After a long silence, she nodded heavily: "...I will seriously consider it."

As night fell, everyone sat around the campfire.

Lin Chen recounted the entire story in detail, and concluded with a worried expression:

“We have slaughtered all the members of the Divine Tiger Clan this time. Given their modus operandi, they will surely send even stronger forces to retaliate. I am worried that this will implicate you…”

Unexpectedly, after listening, Ning Ye waved his hand and said calmly:
"You don't need to worry so much. Every wrong has its perpetrator, and every debt its debtor. This is a rule set by those self-proclaimed superior gods."

"If they want revenge, they will only target you and Chairman Li who made the move. If they dare to attack Nine Star City, I'm afraid the people in Tiandu will not let it go. You can go about your business with peace of mind."

Hearing Ning Ye's words, Lin Chen and Li Zhen exchanged a glance and both breathed a sigh of relief.

However, I still think it's better to write a letter to Chen Ming and the others to keep an eye on Nine Star City.

As for Lin Chen and Li Zhen, they have no worries about the future.

Since we've already offended the ancient clans, adding another Divine Tiger Clan is just like having more lice to worry about.

Then Li Zhen looked at Lin Chen and asked, "So, should we set off for the Southern Burning Ancient Kingdom to find the 'Divine Ox Tomb' recorded on the scroll?"

"Do not."

Lin Chen shook his head, his gaze shifting to the little blue fish playing in the stream. His eyes revealed an unprecedented "greedy" look, like a hungry wolf eyeing a fat sheep.

A slight smile played on his lips, tinged with excitement and anticipation, as he said:
"There's no rush to go to the great tomb. Little Blue Fish can now reliably travel through space. Such a great ability shouldn't be wasted if we don't make good use of it."

"I plan to first go and try to seize some opportunities in the secret realm!"

Li Zhen's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and Lin Chen then said to Ning Ye:

"This is a good opportunity. Select some key members, about eight in total, to come with us."

The little blue fish can only carry about 10 people through the tunnels, no more.

Ning Ye was overjoyed.

"By the way, use the Monster Hunter Guild's information network to check what the Great Dao Fragment is," Lin Chen said.

"it is good."

Ning Ye nodded and then left.

The next day, Ning Ye told Lin Chen that he had found out.

"According to news from the outside world, every secret realm contains fragments of the Great Dao. The reason why the secret realm in Black Mountain City disappeared so quickly was because the fragments of the Great Dao disappeared."

"Once a fragment of the Great Dao merges with a human body, it cannot be retrieved even if the person is killed."

"Only the gods have some special methods."

Lin Chen nodded; this news was quite interesting.

Today, Lin Chen and his group began to wait patiently. Ning Ye had also chosen his people, and Ning Ye himself was one of them.

Ning Ye originally planned to let the Ning family patriarch go, but Lin Chen suggested that Ning Ye also go to improve himself, since he would be managing Nine Star City in the future.

Therefore, one spot was eliminated, and Ning Ye was allowed to join.

After waiting for nearly 7 days, we finally received news.

A secret realm has appeared in a place in the south, and only three days have passed.

"Where is it?" Ning Ye asked the scout excitedly.

"It's right next to the southern dragon vein mountain," the scout replied.

Upon hearing this, Lin Chen immediately set off with his men. There was only one major dragon vein in the south, and it was only a five-day journey away.

If you're lucky, you might still be able to get a fragment of the Great Dao.

(End of this chapter)