Immortality and Cultivation: Starting with Improving Spiritual Root Aptitude

The Beast Taming Hall of Falling Star Valley is one of the five minor halls among the eight halls of the sect. It is located on the west side of Falling Star Valley and is in charge of all matters related to spirit beasts.

Whether it's spirit beast contract techniques, beast control talismans, spirit beast pills and recipes, or methods of raising them, all can be exchanged or purchased here. However, it requires the contribution points accumulated by the sect. As for what grade of items can be exchanged, it depends on the permissions granted by one's sect identity.

At this moment, Wu Fan was riding a feather-shaped flying magic artifact and slowly arrived in the sky above the territory of the Beast Taming Hall.

Along the way, all kinds of spirit beasts of different shapes and sizes came into view from time to time, and many spirit fish were raised in the ponds. These were all important sources of income for the Beast Taming Hall.

What intrigued him even more was that many areas in the mountains surrounding the Beast Taming Hall had been scattered and cleared into spirit fields, with several disciples bending over in the fields, carefully tending to the spirit plants.

It seems that the disciples of the Beast Taming Hall not only need to be proficient in the art of taming beasts, but also, like many alchemists in their Pill Hall, need to cultivate the way of spiritual plants.

However, most of the plants grown in the fields are basic spiritual plants, far less rare than the spiritual herbs in the Pill Hall's spiritual fields. This shows that the Beast Taming Hall is indeed much more financially strapped than the Pill Hall.

Wu Fan secretly compared the two places. Although Luodan Peak, where the Pill Hall was located, had many spiritual fields with rich spiritual energy, only a small area was designated for planting spiritual plants and herbs. The rest of the places with abundant spiritual energy were either built into elegant pavilions and caves or managed into scenic spots for the Pill Hall, and even became a good place for many Pill Hall disciples and their partners to meet in secret.

With this comparison, he completely understood why the Pill Hall could be ranked among the three major halls of Falling Star Valley.

The alchemist is incredibly wealthy.

Alchemists can not only easily support themselves through alchemy alone, but they can even cover the expenses of half of Falling Star Valley.

Beast taming was not Falling Star Valley's forte, and the variety of spirit beasts it possessed was vastly different from that of the Myriad Beasts Sect, one of the four major sects of Chu.

However, the Beast Taming Hall keeps a blue-scaled, black-finned fish demon with extremely high cultivation, having reached the late stage of a third-tier demon beast, comparable to the late stage of the Golden Core realm of a human cultivator.

Wu Fan had heard that this azure-scaled, black-finned fish demon was originally a spirit beast under the command of the previous Supreme Elder.

After the Supreme Elder passed away, all the restrictions on its body were lifted, and it was allowed to leave.

However, this fish demon had a very deep bond with the Supreme Elder and had long been accustomed to the environment of Falling Star Valley, so it ultimately chose to stay in the Beast Taming Hall, where it would swim and rest in a deep pool somewhere in the hall on weekdays.

There are even rumors that this Azure-Scaled Black-Finned Fish Demon has grown four strong claws under its belly. Once it grows two more horns, it can break through to the fourth-tier demon beast level, transform into a dragon, and become a great demon comparable to a Nascent Soul True Monarch.

At that time, Falling Star Valley will have two Nascent Soul cultivators, enough to make it the leader of the four sects of Chu.

However, it's not easy for a demon beast to break through to the fourth rank, so Wu Fan didn't take the rumor too seriously.

As far as he was concerned, the current sect structure in the Chu Kingdom was already balanced. As long as Falling Star Valley could remain stable, he could focus on his cultivation and steadily improve his cultivation level.

However, if the Azure-Scaled Black-Finned Fish Demon were to successfully break through at this moment, this balance would inevitably be broken instantly, and a turmoil would likely erupt among the four major sects of the Chu Kingdom, which was definitely not a situation he wanted to see.

With his thoughts quickly settled, Wu Fan controlled his flying artifact and continued flying a short distance in the air before finally landing in the square in front of a magnificent hall.

This main hall is the main hall of the Beast Taming Hall, and its architecture is extraordinary. However, having already witnessed the luxury and elegance of the Pill Hall, Wu Fan was not too surprised and had no time to look around. He turned around and walked straight into the side hall next to the main hall.

This is where all kinds of matters concerning the Beast Taming Hall are handled.

Several disciples were already waiting in the side hall to handle their affairs. Most of them were there to exchange for spirit beast raising pills or to consult on spirit beast raising techniques. The atmosphere was quite lively.

After Wu Fan found a disciple and explained his purpose, he was led by the disciple to the collection pavilion of the Beast Taming Hall.

This pavilion is the most central place in the Beast Taming Hall besides the Spirit Beast Garden. Not only are there several Qi Refining cultivators from the enforcement team guarding the pavilion, but there are also Foundation Establishment cultivators stationed there, making the defense extremely tight.

To Wu Fan's utter surprise, the Foundation Establishment cultivator guarding the collection pavilion was unusually young, appearing to be only in his early twenties. Clearly, he had achieved fame at a young age and had entered the Foundation Establishment realm at an early age.

This is completely different from his previous understanding.

Logically speaking, cultivators who are willing to guard the library and collection pavilion for a long time are mostly old, nearing the end of their lifespan, and have no hope of achieving the Great Dao. Only then would they choose such a quiet place to spend the rest of their lives.

The senior uncle in front of me not only looked extremely young, like he was twenty-six or twenty-seven, but also had an exceptionally handsome face. However, there was a hint of evil between his brows. With such demeanor, he did not seem like someone who would willingly stay here and waste his time.

Wu Fan was filled with doubt, but dared not be the slightest bit impolite in front of a Foundation Establishment cultivator. He quickly stepped forward, cupped his hands, and bowed respectfully.

"Disciple Wu Fan greets Martial Uncle Pan."

As if only then did Uncle Pan realize his arrival, he slowly opened his eyes, his gaze sweeping over him. An invisible divine sense instantly enveloped him, quickly probing him.

After a moment, he nodded slightly, withdrew his divine sense, and closed his eyes.

Instantly, Wu Fan felt his whole body stiffen, as if he had been completely seen through inside and out. A sense of powerlessness surged into his heart, and he instinctively wanted to use his spiritual sense to resist.

But he instantly realized that this was just a routine check by his Foundation Establishment Uncle, and he quickly suppressed the strange feeling in his heart.

Fortunately, the feeling of being probed was fleeting, and Wu Fan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. However, cold sweat had already seeped out of his forehead. He bowed to Uncle Pan again before turning around and walking into the collection pavilion.

After Wu Fan entered the pavilion, Uncle Pan slowly opened his eyes again, his gaze falling on Wu Fan's departing figure, a hint of interest flashing in his eyes.

In his view, the disciple named Wu Fan in front of him had a rather impressive spiritual strength, comparable to his own spiritual power after he had cultivated the first level of the "Refining Spirit Technique" during his Qi Refining stage.

"He's quite a promising talent, but I wonder if it's due to his naturally strong spiritual awareness, or if he's also cultivated a spiritual awareness-based technique?"

He muttered to himself, but as soon as he finished speaking, he seemed to suddenly remember something unpleasant. His eyes narrowed abruptly, a fierce glint flashing across them, which he then forcibly suppressed. He slowly closed his eyes and resumed his previous indifferent demeanor.