Genius Beast Tamer

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Upon entering the first level of the ring, Hua Qianye (from now on, we'll call him Hua Qianye) strolled through the blue sea of ​​flowers. The place was exactly the same as when Tianxie had entered before; nothing had changed.

"Hua Qianye?" He raised a gentle smile. Perhaps even he didn't realize that his smile was warm, unlike his previous bewitching smile, which, although beautiful, carried a hint of coldness and aloofness that kept people at a distance.

"Why, why a five-year-old girl, and a girl with such a constitution? So many people have good aptitude, yet it was her tears that broke my seal. Is this fate?"

He recalled millions of years ago, not knowing how he ended up in the ring. The endless loneliness seemed to drive him mad. He wanted to leave, to escape, but when he stepped out of the mountain gate, the excruciating pain seemed to tear him apart. He could only slink back into the ring, using the fragrance of the blue spiritual flowers here to heal his wounds. Gradually, he got used to being tormented by the pain, and he got used to loneliness and solitude. He no longer hoped to leave, and gradually gave up on himself, coldly watching the people who would enter this mountain every ten years.

Five thousand three hundred years ago, he was desperate and tired of living. He even wanted to self-destruct, his soul and the ring exploding together. But when he pushed his soul power to its limit, exceeding his capacity, a voice came.

A voice carrying immense pressure suppressed the restless power within his soul, preventing him from self-destructing.

"Someone will take you away. Her tears, imbued with unparalleled perseverance, will break the seal on you. What you need to do is learn everything you can in this space, so that you can help her in the future, and also help yourself."

"Who are you?"

"Child, allow me to call you that. You look very young. I am Tian Xuecang of the Tian family. I no longer know how old I am. When I tried to break through to the Immortal Lord realm, I failed, but a wisp of my consciousness remained, with the purpose of protecting the Tian family. I don't know why you are in the ring. This ring is the heirloom of our Tian family. When I was a child, I entered this back mountain to find it, but unfortunately, I was not destined to have it then. I never thought that even after I died, I could use my last wisp of consciousness to find it in the back mountain and discover your existence."

"Will someone break the seal for me?"

"With my last bit of strength, I fulfilled the prophet's prediction: I am about to dissipate and cease to exist. But I hope you can wait, wait for that person to appear, to help her, to help our heavenly family..."

The voice gradually faded away, but it also filled his despairing eyes with a glimmer of longing for rebirth.

Pulling himself back from his memories, he turned around, and after the blue light dissipated, there was no one left in the sea of ​​flowers.

A blue light emanated from the black ring, revealing Hua Qianye's figure. He stood before Tian Xie's bed, looking at the sleeping child, and slightly raised the corners of his mouth, saying, "That person was indeed right in his prophecy. He should be your Tian family's ancestor. I am very grateful that he appeared at that time to stop me from self-destructing, otherwise I would not have met you, and I would not have a name."

He couldn't help but smile even wider. "Hua Qianye, that name really does sound a bit feminine!"

"I will protect you, don't go, don't go, help me, I don't want to be a useless person, I don't want to..." Tianxie murmured softly, his voice so soft that it was almost inaudible, but it was filled with sadness and helplessness.

Did she have a nightmare? Hua Qianye frowned, extended a finger and touched Tianxie's forehead. Because she was a soul, he could not touch Tianxie at all, and could only sense her dream through the air.

In her dream, she curled up in a ball, clutching the ring tightly in her hand, surrounded by a group of people who sneered and mocked her.

To Hua Qianye's surprise, she was also in her dream, but she watched coldly as Hua Qianye was bullied, and even laughed, a cold mockery.

Her grandfather, the head of the family, was pressuring her to hand over the ring. His fierce face would have terrified any other five-year-old, but she held the ring tightly in her hand and shook her head vigorously.

"I will protect you, I won't let anyone take you away!"

"Ridiculous! What right do you have to protect me? I want to find a better master, someone worthy of my master. You're a piece of trash, you don't deserve to be my master!" The Hua Qianye in the dream uttered extremely hurtful words and slowly walked towards her grandfather, the head of her family, clearly indicating that the only master she could recognize was the Great Immortal in front of her.

"Hua Qianye, I promised I would protect you, I would never lie to you! Don't go, don't go, help me, I don't want to be a useless person! I will definitely work hard, no matter how hard it is, I will work hard to become the master you think is good. Please, you are my only hope, the only person who can help me. If you leave, what will I do..."

Her grandfather, the head of the family, sneered, "Useless trash, you still want to turn things around? Don't dream! To protect the imperial family's heirloom from damage, only your death can allow it to recognize you as its master again. Die!"

A powerful pressure descended from the sky, pressing directly onto Tianxie's young body.

In his dream, Hua Qianye suddenly stiffened, trembling as if a soul had bend down upon him. When he opened his eyes again, they were no longer cold. He flashed and stood in front of Tian Xie, the immense pressure making it hard for him to breathe, but he remained motionless in front of Tian Xie.

"You, weren't you going to leave? Why did you save me?" Tianxie stared in disbelief at the back of the person in front of him.

He shook his head, amplifying his consciousness within her dream. A blue flower appeared out of thin air in his hand, radiating spiritual energy. It hovered in his palm as he silently chanted an ancient incantation. Strange runes emanated from the blue flower, instantly enveloping it in a blinding blue light. The runes grew clearer and clearer, eventually soaring into the sky and forming a massive barrier that protected both him and Tianxie. The oppressive power that Tianba had exerted was gradually neutralized and soon vanished into nothingness.

He raised his hand and unleashed the remaining power of the petals, enveloping all the ugly faces in the dream and pulling them out of the dream.

In the entire dream, only Tianxie and he were present. He crouched down, looked deeply into the curled-up Tianxie, and smiled gently, "Can you really endure even the greatest suffering?"

"Does this mean you agree to help me?"

"Little girl, someone once told me that helping you is helping myself, and it seems that might be true. You said before that maybe my body is still alive, and maybe you can help me find it. I will do my best to help you, but with your abilities, it might be very difficult. I won't be soft-hearted; I will be very strict. Are you afraid?"

Tianxie looked at his gentle smile, nodded vigorously, and said firmly, "No, I won't be afraid of any hardship. I will work hard to become stronger."

"Alright! Just don't blame me for being too strict in the future!" He smiled warmly, and with a flash, he disappeared from her dream.

Tianxie was still fast asleep, his dreamless sleep was very sweet. He stood by the bed and gazed at her for a long time. She probably thought that what had just happened was just a simple dream, but there was a promise left behind there.

Your grandfather, the head of the family, is truly laughable. Will he die? I think he's as lively and energetic as ever! But since he's cursing himself, I'll make him taste the feeling of near death tonight!

He didn't understand why he was so angry; it was just because the person in his dream wanted to kill him, and he actually wanted to go and take his anger out on that person.

The sky was pitch black. Tianba did not go to his room to rest in the study. For immortals, whether they sleep or not is irrelevant, let alone someone of his cultivation level.

A strange gust of wind swept up the books on Tianba's desk. Tianba suddenly stood up and said in a warm but angry voice, "Who dares to play such tricks on me!" He flicked his sleeve, and a beam of fire shot out from his palm, directly into the center of the strange gust of wind.

The firelight pierced through the wind, and the strange wind continued to swirl his books, without any change.

Tianba initially thought someone had used invisibility to enter the room and do these pointless things, but now, if someone really had used invisibility, they would have already been severely injured by his fire. It doesn't make sense that the fire passed through the other person's body without them feeling anything.

"Who are you! If you don't show yourself, don't blame me for being ruthless!" Tianba's palm gathered immense power capable of destroying the world, and at the same time, his divine sense pressure suppressed the entire room.

Unseen by him, Hua Qianye was watching him with a cold smile. In the dream, Hua Qianye could only control his dream self with his consciousness, so he had to exert a lot of effort to resist the other party's pressure. But now, as his true soul body, he did not take the pressure of such a Great Luo Golden Immortal seriously. Even when Tian Xuecang was extremely close to the Immortal Lord realm, he was only suppressed because he was preparing to self-destruct.

He cleared his throat, producing a voice different from his own: "I heard you're dying, but judging from your appearance, you seem more like you're faking it. Today, I'll let you taste what it's like to fake an illness turning into a real one, how about that?"

A sinister and terrifying voice, slightly hoarse, rang out as a powerful hurricane swept towards Tianba.

"It's a Yin spirit!" Tianba was shocked. He hadn't sensed any Yin spirit energy before this person spoke. Could he be a cultivator of the underworld? But such power could only be possessed by Yin spirits, and one that surpassed his own. When had he ever provoked such a person?

When the hurricane pushed him against the wall, the immense pressure seemed to crush him. He threw a beast talisman from his sleeve, and in the flames, a beast soul composed of a tortoise and a snake appeared.

These beast talismans extract the souls of immortal beasts nearing the end of their lifespan, place the souls in talismans to seal their last power, and use them in times of crisis. They are not as powerful as real immortal beasts, but they are very lethal to cultivators of the underworld or spirits.

"Is it Xuanwu? But it's a pity. Xuanwu was originally a divine beast, but it is just a mutated species created by your immortals through forced mating of a celestial tortoise and a giant snake. It is far inferior to Xuanwu and is just a slightly better-looking celestial beast."

Tianba stared in horror at the direction from which the sound came. The original meaning of Xuanwu was Xuanming, and the ancient pronunciations of Wu and Ming were related. Wu means black; Ming means yin. It was a formidable enemy for those who cultivated the yin realm. Originally, he had planned to use a fake Xuanwu to trick the other party into focusing all their attention on the fake Xuanwu, so that he could use the other escape talisman he was holding in his hand to leave.

A flash of blue light appeared, revealing a bewitching blue spirit flower. Its fragrance carried a hypnotic power, causing the fake Xuanwu to fall into a coma and revert to its beast talisman form. With a flash of black light, the beast talisman was clearly taken away by the other party.

Tianba couldn't see it, but if Tianxie were here now, he would definitely notice the black ring on Hua Qianye's finger. However, the ring on Tianxie's finger was still there. It seemed that the ring, like Hua Qianye's, was an illusion, not a physical object, but it had the same spatial power. Hua Qianye had put the beast talisman into the ring.

Tianba, a dignified Grand Luo Golden Immortal, was utterly powerless against the opponent, suppressed by the immense wind and unable to move. The black light fearlessly collected Tianba's belongings one by one, and occasionally, the opponent would grumble irritably, "As the head of the Tian family, I can't believe you're so poor. What kind of junk is this? Is there nothing of value in it?"

Tianba really wanted to curse, "If it's a piece of junk, why did you take it in the first place?"

But he didn't have the courage to say it. In front of others, he always acted superior, but when faced with death, he was more afraid than anyone else. He had no airs of a family head and was more like a spoiled dog. He only hoped that the other party was really just there to rob him, and that they would leave quickly after taking the money and not take his old life with them.

"There's nothing left. Sigh, we're really poor!" Hua Qianye smiled playfully, ran his hands over his eyes, and accurately saw where the other's immortal root was. With a flick of his finger, a gust of wind pierced into Tianba's brow.

"Ah!" Tormented by excruciating pain, Tianba felt the immortal energy in his body rapidly draining away. His body could no longer provide the immortal energy required for his current level, and his lifespan was rapidly slipping away. All the lies he had told while feigning illness had now come true.

"I didn't expect that just a little damage to one's immortal root would render one so useless. How boring... Heh..." As the cold laughter faded into the distance, only Tianba remained in the room, his face as pale as paper, looking as wretched as a dead dog.