Starting from the two realms, cultivating immortality by taming beasts

Chapter 71 Loyalty

Chapter 71 Loyalty

Pushing open the door, one is greeted by a middle-aged, slightly overweight monk.

He was wearing a loose Taoist robe, and when he stood up, the fat around his waist rippled like waves. He didn't look like a Foundation Establishment cultivator with profound cultivation, but rather like a disheartened Qi Refining cultivator.

He casually tossed out an array plate, his tone rather languid: "What kind of array is this?"

Chen Beiwu took the array plate and glanced at the array patterns: "The array patterns have a heavy aura and their movement resembles the crawling of earthworms. It should be a first-tier high-grade array [Binding Earth Trapping Array]."

"Not bad." The overweight cultivator nodded, then took out a set of array plates from his storage ring. "What kind of array is this?"

Chen Beiwu glanced at it and said without hesitation, "The array pattern on the array plate is like starlight, arranged in the shape of the Big Dipper. This should be a second-tier high-grade array [Small Heavenly Cycle Qi Guiding Array]."

"Very good, you have a good grasp of the basics of array formations." The overweight cultivator's expression turned serious as he pointed to the set of array plates on the shelf. "Now you can begin inscribing array patterns."

Chen Beiwu held his breath and picked up the first-order test array pen on the table, beginning to inscribe array patterns on the array plate, while the chubby cultivator watched with great interest.

Time passed second by second. As the array patterns on the array plate gradually took shape under his drawing, Chen Beiwu smiled slightly, stopped writing, and looked at the certification officer.

"Your foundation is very solid. If you encounter a good teacher, you will soon be able to advance to a first-tier high-grade array master. It is not impossible for you to even advance to a second-tier array master in the future," the overweight cultivator said, stroking his chin.

"I am Li Yuan, a director of the Array Association and a second-tier high-grade array master. I give lectures at the Array Association on the seventh day of every month. If you are interested, you can come and listen to the lectures."

Chen Beiwu nodded and said he understood.

Upon hearing this, Li Yuan understood that Chen Beiwu had politely declined. He put aside his admiration for Chen Beiwu and casually tossed out a jade token. "You have passed the first-tier array master assessment. This is your certificate."

Chen Beiwu accepted the jade tablet, expressed his gratitude, and then turned and left.

The courses for second-tier high-grade array masters are too expensive, costing one hundred spirit coins per lesson.

In addition, the cost of becoming an apprentice in the various arts of immortal cultivation is also very high.

For a second-tier high-grade array master like Li Yuan, the annual tuition fee is at least one thousand spirit coins; if it's lower, they won't even look at him.

It wasn't that Chen Beiwu couldn't afford the spiritual energy, but rather that he felt the cost-effectiveness was too low.

At least until he encounters bottlenecks in both array formations and talismans, there is no need for him to spend a fortune to find a master.

Back home, Chen Beiwu called the deliveryman.

The magical artifact I ordered this morning has been delivered, but because he is not home, the deliveryman has not yet made further delivery.

……

In the southern wilderness, there was a simple cave dwelling.

Upon opening the package, a pair of pale blue soft armor, shimmering with a hazy moonlit halo, came into Chen Beiwu's view.

"This is the Tide-Swept Armor!"

He carefully picked up the soft armor, then activated his divine sense and magical power, refining it with a drop of blood.

Refining a second-tier spiritual weapon requires a large amount of mana, and some Qi Refining cultivators with low cultivation levels are even unable to make the spiritual weapon recognize them as their master.

To avoid failure in recognizing the master, Chen Beiwu specially teleported to the Southern Wilderness, where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was abundant, in order to avoid insufficient magical power.

"Buzz!"

Sensing the purity of Hongmu's magical power, the Chaosheng Silk Armor emitted a joyful chirp, transforming into a rainbow light that adhered to Chen Beiwu's body before disappearing without a trace.

"Is it that simple?"

Chen Beiwu was somewhat surprised that the magical power cultivated from the Myriad Laws Returning to the Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book was so powerful that it could easily move the spirit of the magical artifact and make it willingly submit to and recognize him as its master.

Touching the soft armor that covered his body, Chen Beiwu felt much safer and said, "Tie Dan, cast Fireball on me."

"Woof!"

Tie Dan opened his dog eyes wide, shook his head frantically, backed away and shouted, looking like he thought, "Are you crazy?"

"Look at you, you coward."

Chen Beiwu shook his head slightly, looked at the golden egg, and said in his mind, "Golden Egg, you come here, unleash the water cannon spell on me, remember to use your full strength!"

"Gurgle."

The golden egg opened its mouth and obediently obeyed the command. The water vapor around it, which was three zhang long, instantly condensed into liquid and gathered together at a speed visible to the naked eye to form a powerful compressed water bullet, radiating a strong aura.

"The water cannon technique isn't fast enough; it needs enough time to build up, but its power is decent. It should be able to break through the protective magic of a Qi Refining Stage 7 cultivator with ease," Chen Beiwu commented.

Humans can cultivate magic, and naturally, so can demonic beasts with powerful innate bloodlines.

During this period, in addition to converting magical power and cultivating the two paths of talisman arrays, Chen Beiwu also devoted himself to teaching the Golden Egg three first-grade high-level spells.

Water Cannon is currently the fastest and most powerful water-based attack spell that Golden Egg has mastered.

"boom!"

The golden egg's incubation spell was successful. As soon as it closed its mouth, the formed water cannon immediately began to spin and fire at high speed. Then, its volume exploded, bursting out with a violent roar.

"Woof!"

Upon seeing this, Tie Dan spat out flames from his nostrils and instinctively flashed to block Chen Beiwu's path.

Flames erupted from its body, and a curtain of fire surged behind it, suddenly forming a phantom dog head that roared to the sky. The scorching heat instantly engulfed the entire training room.

"Is this a variant application of Blazing Induction?" Chen Beiwu was stunned for a moment, and immediately recognized what kind of spell Tie Dan was using.

Good heavens, how long has it been since Tie Dan obtained the Blazing Flame Technique? He's already able to use it to this extent.

In terms of magical talent alone, Xu Ziqing is probably far inferior to Tie Dan!

"No!" Chen Beiwu reacted, grabbed Tie Dan, rushed forward, and activated the Tide-Surging Silk Armor with his mind.

"Buzz!"

The Tide-Surging Armor immediately unfolded, revealing a continuous curtain of surging water.

The water curtain immediately expanded and spread, actively meeting the rapidly approaching water cannons.

"Boom!"

Under Chen Beiwu's watchful gaze, the powerful water cannon crashed heavily into the water curtain, then collapsed with a roar, turning into a cloud of water vapor that dissipated into the air.

Immediately afterwards, dozens of water ribbons rose into the air, one after another, forming an inescapable water net that instantly wrapped around the golden egg's entire body.

"The defensive capabilities of the Tide-Swept Armor are indeed impressive!"

Feeling the negligible depletion of his internal magical power, Chen Beiwu was quite satisfied.

If he were to use a first-tier, top-grade spell, [Water Wall], to block the water cannon attack, it would consume at least one-tenth of his mana.

Now, he only needs to consume one-twentieth of his mana to activate the power of the Tide-Rising Armor, easily blocking attacks and capturing opponents.

Of course, this didn't come without a price.

Magical power doesn't arise out of thin air. To prevent the power of the Tide-Scented Silk Armor from diminishing, Chen Beiwu needs to frequently nourish its spirituality with spirit stones, thus completing the charging of the magical artifact ahead of time.

This is the price that Qi Refining cultivators must pay when using spiritual artifacts beyond their cultivation level!

Thinking of this, Chen Beiwu looked at the grinning Tie Dan and felt quite moved.

His spiritual sense was so strong that he could clearly see Tie Dan's previous subconscious reaction.

Even when testing magical artifacts, Tie Dan was unwilling to make a move against him.

When faced with danger, Tiedan instinctively rushes to the front to protect him.

It should be noted that the Golden Egg's bloodline, aptitude, and cultivation are all superior to the Iron Egg's.

If the water cannon attack released by the former hits, it would be enough to severely injure or even kill Tie Dan.

Even so, Tie Dan ignored the threat to his life and rushed to the front without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)