Genius Beast Tamer

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"Are these all celestial artifacts?" Tianxie's big eyes shone brightly, a hint of excitement in them. "Are they all from the ring? This ring can actually hold so many things, what other treasures are there?"

Hua Qianye, exasperated, flicked his sleeve, and a gust of wind felt like a large hand slapping Tianxie's head.

"Ouch, why did you hit me!"

Tianxie covered her head, her eyes still bright as she looked at the immortal artifacts in front of her. Although she was not good at aptitude, she could sense that these things were very precious, at least mid-grade immortal artifacts or above.

"The point isn't whether they're magical artifacts or not!" Hua Qianye rubbed her temples, looking like she had a terrible headache.

Tianxie withdrew his shining gaze and sneered, "You brought out so many things, isn't it just to show off your wealth and look down on my little trinkets, and not even deign to play with my little rabbit?"

Hua Qianye looked very disappointed and said, "It's one thing to have poor aptitude, but your comprehension is also so poor! I really should think about whether I should give up! It seems that no matter how much I train you, you will never become stronger."

"What exactly do you mean!" Tianxie said unhappily, "It's you who always speaks unclearly, making things so mysterious, and then blaming others for not being perceptive enough!"

Hua Qianye sighed, "I didn't want to waste my breath, but unfortunately you're too stupid!"

Tianxie's gaze turned somewhat unfriendly. Before Tianxie could get angry again, Hua Qianye continued, "Your immortal energy is simply not enough to use these immortal artifacts, but I don't have any mortal weapons on me. I can only use these things to teach you how to use mortal martial arts."

"Martial arts?" Tianxie's mouth gaped open, looking at Hua Qianye as if he were an idiot. "Are you kidding me? You want me to learn mortal martial arts? Didn't you just say that my fists are useless? Any immortal could easily cast a spell and leave me bruised and battered. Now you want me to learn these useless martial arts? I'm already being laughed at as a good-for-nothing, and now I have to learn mortal martial arts that are practically worthless in the immortal realm? Do you think I'm not useless enough, or that I haven't been laughed at enough?"

"Only this method can help you get rid of the stigma of being a loser and become stronger."

"Are you kidding me? I learned martial arts from ordinary people, and I can still shake off the stigma of being a good-for-nothing?"

Hua Qianye's face suddenly hardened. His devilishly handsome features became icy and beautiful when he straightened up, giving him a different kind of charm.

He looked coldly at the cabin and said, "You know your brother's physique is not as good as yours."

Tianxie's eyes darkened, and he said in a slightly hoarse voice, "That's why I need to become stronger. Only by becoming stronger can I protect my younger brother. I don't want him to be bullied."

He continued in a cold and serious tone, "If I'm not mistaken, his lifespan is very short. In addition, he cannot absorb immortal energy in the immortal realm, nor can he convert immortal energy with immortal pills. He may not live past the age of five."

"What!" Tianxie rushed forward in a panic, shaking his head vigorously. "No way, you're lying to me, right?"

His face remained icy, and he said in a low voice, "Do I look like I'm joking?"

Tianxie lowered his head, trying hard to hold back the tears welling up in his eyes, and asked weakly, "Do you have a way to help him?"

A book appeared out of thin air in Hua Qianye's hand. He casually flipped through it and said coldly, "Martial arts are indeed useless in the Immortal Realm, but it's different in the mortal realm. You're a useless piece of trash in the Immortal Realm, but you might be a genius in the mortal realm. With your pitifully small amount of immortal energy in the Immortal Realm, no one in the mortal realm possesses it. You might even achieve great things. I have a way to send you and your brother to the mortal realm."

"The mortal realm?" Tianxie frowned and said, "Do you have a way to go to the mortal realm? I heard my mother say that 70,000 years ago, the immortal realm originally had a celestial staircase leading to the mortal realm. However, because some immortals used their supreme immortal power to do evil in the mortal realm, a celestial lord at the cost of his life destroyed the celestial staircase. From then on, only immortals could ascend to the immortal realm, but no immortals could go to the mortal realm anymore."

Hua Qianye chuckled playfully, "I existed millions of years ago. The so-called heirloom of your Heavenly Clan that you possess is actually an ancient artifact, and the ancient books inside were passed down from antiquity. Do you think I have any way to deal with it?"

"Ancient artifact! But even if you have a way to go to the mortal realm, I don't want to go." Tianxie's two little hands were tangled together as she whispered, "I don't know what the mortal realm is like, and I don't want to go there. Even if I'm a useless person in the immortal realm and it's hard to survive there, I have my mother there. I don't want to go to the mortal realm to be some kind of genius, and I don't want to leave my mother."

"Do you want to watch your brother die? Don't you want to avoid being a useless person? There's no other way but to go to the mortal realm! The mortal realm is full of oxygen, which his physique can absorb. With oxygen nourishing his body, his lifespan can be extended, perhaps by twenty years. You don't have immortal roots or spiritual roots, so you can't cultivate immortality in the mortal realm at all. Therefore, you must first cultivate spiritual roots. Once you have spiritual roots, you can absorb spiritual energy in some cultivation areas of the mortal realm. With spiritual energy nourishing you, you can cultivate immortality. If you cultivate your own spiritual roots before his lifespan runs out, then you can cultivate immortality in the mortal realm. As your cultivation level increases by one level, your lifespan will double or more. If you are lucky enough to successfully cultivate immortality, you can also return to the immortal realm. Moreover, those who have experienced the life-and-death trials of the mortal realm and ascended to the immortal realm often achieve much greater success than the original inhabitants of the immortal realm, as long as they work hard, although it takes more time."

"I..." Tianxie drooped his head, still looking reluctant, and said, "Is there really no other way?"

Hua Qianye said with certainty, "There's only this one way! And this method is extremely difficult to implement. Without extraordinary perseverance, it's impossible to cultivate a spiritual root in the mortal realm. For you, you'll be facing the unknown. The mortal realm is far more terrifying than the immortal realm. The immortal and demonic continents are completely separated. Even if there's a war between immortals and demons, it won't endanger ordinary immortals; it'll only be a battle between some experts from the demon and immortal realms. It's very difficult for the demon realm to invade the immortal realm. But the mortal realm is different. There are cultivators of immortality, demonic cultivation, and the netherworld, as well as many powerful and dangerous demonic beasts and spirit beasts. They all exist in the same mortal realm. Although you have less immortal energy, it's still immortal energy. With the immortal energy you possess, you might achieve something in the mortal realm, but you might also attract a lot of danger."

"I need to think about this carefully." Tianxie's expression was extremely solemn.

"It is indeed something we need to think about carefully. If we can't endure the hardships and can't resist the unknown fears, and we haven't made up our minds, then it's better to give up!" After saying that, Hua Qianye returned to the ring on Tianxie's finger, seemingly to deliberately let Tianxie have some peace and quiet.

Tianxie touched the antique ring on his finger and silently walked into the cabin.

"Xie'er, you're here. Your little brother is really naughty. He just won't go to sleep. I really don't know what to do with him. Can you hold him for me? I'll go outside the cabin to check the ship's route."

"Mmm." Tianxie responded obediently, gently taking her younger brother into her arms.

After her mother left, the little one in her arms mischievously reached out and pulled her hair. She winced slightly but did not stop him, indulging the little one's behavior of treating her hair as a toy.

She gazed intently at her fair-skinned, adorable younger brother. She could imagine the cute scene of him calling her "sister" when he grew up and learned to speak. But how long would he call her that? Five years?

If my younger brother leaves, won't my mother be very sad? She will definitely be even more heartbroken than I am!

But if I take my younger brother to the mortal realm and fail to cultivate spiritual roots, and fail to return to the immortal realm, then I will be saying goodbye to my mother forever, and my mother will lose two children at once!

But I can't just let Hua Qianye take my younger brother down to the mortal realm alone. Even if he agrees, I can't rest easy!

I'm so conflicted and troubled, but if I have to watch my brother die, then even if there's only a sliver of hope, I have to hold on and not give up!

Even if it's tough, I'll give it a try!

"Hana Chiba!"

With Tianxie's call, Hua Qianye from the ring instantly appeared in front of her.

"I've made up my mind! I'm going to the mortal realm. No matter how hard it is, as long as there's a glimmer of hope, I can't let my brother die. I want to change our fate; this is the only chance!"

"There's no need to rush into a decision. You have five years to think it over. The path to the mortal realm that I know of is guarded by a divine beast. If I were to fight it, we would be evenly matched, and I wouldn't be able to safely bring you and your brother down from its guarded area. I need five years to refine the divine pills to make a deal with it. During these five years, I will teach you some outer sect martial arts. You can test whether you can really endure the hardships."

Tianxie asked anxiously, "Five years? Didn't you say my brother wouldn't live past five? If we wait five years, what if he doesn't live to see it?"

"I will speed up the refining of the divine pills and try to stall him. At worst, I'll freeze him. I won't let him die."

Although she was worried, she had no choice but to trust him. Tianxie frowned and asked, "Are there outer and inner martial arts in the mortal realm?" She knew nothing about the mortal realm.

"The mortal realm is divided into external martial arts techniques and internal martial arts cultivation. In the immortal realm, there's no oxygen, so you can't learn the internal martial arts of the mortal realm. Only by going to the mortal realm can you cultivate internal energy. When powerful internal energy gathers in your dantian, and you have the opportunity to find a rare treasure that helps you cultivate a spiritual root, your internal energy and the treasure will merge to form a spiritual root. The stronger the internal energy as a foundation, the higher the grade of your spiritual root will be, and it will also help you cultivate to immortality and return to the immortal realm faster!"