Celestial Beast Taming

Chapter 207: Chapter 136: Evolved Night-Cutting Spider

At this point, Zhong Yi abruptly changed the subject.

"I have a special material here, and I’m wondering if it might be effective for your Deceit Beast."

As he spoke, Zhong Yi took out a crystal test tube.

Inside the crystal test tube were ten milliliters of Flowing Soul Soil, a substance as black as ink that seemed to absorb light.

Until now, Zhong Yi had only used Flowing Soul Soil to strengthen Guardian Beasts; he had yet to test its effects on Deceit Beasts.

In theory, Flowing Soul Soil was a special substance secreted by the root system of the Soul-Controlling Flower after absorbing Life and Soul Energy.

Therefore, its enhancing effect on Deceit Beasts should be even greater than on ordinary Guardian Beasts.

Zhong Yi uncorked the crystal test tube, and the scent of the Flowing Soul Soil drifted out.

Almost instantly, Qin Ruyue felt the Night-Cutting Spider within her Soul Base begin to tremble uncontrollably, overcome with an intense craving.

If the Night-Cutting Spider hadn’t been her own Deceit Beast, Qin Ruyue doubted she could have suppressed its overwhelming craving.

"Young Master, what is this material?"

Never before had her Night-Cutting Spider shown such a desperate craving for anything.

From the change in Qin Ruyue’s tone, Zhong Yi knew the Flowing Soul Soil was indeed attractive to Deceit Beasts.

Fusing with the Heart of the Secret Realm had consumed a great deal of his Flowing Soul Soil, and he would soon need more to nurture his Dragon-Brewed Immortal Mink.

Even if the Flowing Soul Soil proved effective on Deceit Beasts, Zhong Yi couldn’t spare much of it for Qin Ruyue’s Night-Cutting Spider.

He had only taken out these ten milliliters to test its effects on Deceit Beasts.

"You don’t need to know what this material is."

"Summon your Deceit Beast and have it consume this material."

Hearing this, Qin Ruyue immediately activated her Soul Base and released the Night-Cutting Spider, which was practically beside itself, its body still trembling with craving.

Qin Ruyue didn’t know what this inky-black liquid was.

But judging by her Night-Cutting Spider’s reaction, the material was certain to be beneficial.

Qin Ruyue was an extremely cautious person who didn’t trust easily.

Normally, she would never let her Night-Cutting Spider consume something with unknown effects.

Not even if the spider craved it this badly!

However, she trusted Zhong Yi completely in this matter.

’My very life is in his hands; I’m little more than his possession.’

’My value to him is clear, so he has no reason to harm me.’

’And even if he did want to harm me, if this material turned out to be poisonous to my Night-Cutting Spider, I have no power to resist anyway.’

The Hundred-Eyed Moon Demon controlled Qin Ruyue indirectly by exerting its influence over the Night-Cutting Spider’s Energy Core.

As a result, the Night-Cutting Spider’s attitude toward Zhong Yi was even more deferential than Qin Ruyue’s own.

The Night-Cutting Spider, in its mimicked state, crept forward cautiously and used two of its chelicerae to take the crystal test tube from Zhong Yi’s hand.

It raised the test tube high and drained the Flowing Soul Soil within it in a single gulp.

In that very instant, a dark mist erupted from the Night-Cutting Spider’s body.

The dense mist nearly enveloped Zhong Yi’s entire room, and within it, the phantom shapes of climbing Night Deceit Spiders swarmed everywhere.

After a long while, the mist finally dispersed. Zhong Yi looked at the Night-Cutting Spider and saw that it hadn’t undergone any significant physical changes.

But Qin Ruyue, normally such a calm person, was so overcome with joyful surprise at the spider’s changes that her expression was on the verge of losing control.

For a broodmother-type creature like the Night-Cutting Spider, its most powerful ability lay in producing swarms.

That small amount of nameless, inky liquid had been absorbed by the Night-Cutting Spider.

And it had actually specialized its reproductive chamber!

’Although the specialization of the reproductive chamber wasn’t very pronounced, likely because the amount of the substance it absorbed was too small...’

’...the Night-Cutting Spider’s ability to produce eggs and hatch its young had definitely been enhanced.’

From the moment a Deceit Beast was born, its genetic template was fixed.

They weren’t like a Guardian Beast Master’s Lifebound Guardian Beast, which could continuously evolve its Bloodline.

In this respect, Deceit Beasts were somewhat similar to a Celestial Destiny Seeker’s Order Beast.

A Celestial Destiny Seeker’s Order Beast was also incapable of improving its Bloodline.

But the way this black liquid specialized the Night-Cutting Spider’s reproductive chamber was like breaking the curse that prevented Deceit Beasts from evolving.

The Night-Cutting Spider had consumed the substance, its reproductive chamber had changed, and its reproductive ability had been strengthened.

This was, in essence, an Evolution!

Seeing Qin Ruyue’s reaction, Zhong Yi confirmed that absorbing the Flowing Soul Soil had caused an incredible change in the Night-Cutting Spider.

Instead of questioning Qin Ruyue, Zhong Yi used All Things Exploration to examine the Night-Cutting Spider himself.

The moment he did, he understood why Qin Ruyue was so agitated.

He was also inwardly astonished at the effect Flowing Soul Soil had on Deceit Beasts.

’Just ten milliliters of Flowing Soul Soil had been enough to change the Night-Cutting Spider’s reproductive chamber and enhance its reproductive ability.’

’This was undoubtedly a more potent effect than when used on a Guardian Beast.’

However, analyzing it from a broader perspective, the two effects were different manifestations of the same principle.

For instance, when Zhong Yi used Flowing Soul Soil to evolve his Dragon-Speaking Mink into a Dragon-Brewed Immortal Mink, he had essentially used the soil to induce a Bloodline transformation in the species.

It had broken the shackles of its Bloodline and evolved into an entirely new creature.

The Night-Cutting Spider, having consumed the Flowing Soul Soil, was clearly undergoing an Evolution similar to that of the Dragon-Speaking Mink.

This discovery made the value of Flowing Soul Soil even clearer to Zhong Yi.

He was also somewhat relieved that he hadn’t chosen to use the coconut oil from a Wind Object Palm and pollen from a top-secret clove to create a masking solution.

He had considered selling the Flowing Soul Soil mixed into such a solution.

Just as Zhong Yi was mentally re-evaluating the worth of Flowing Soul Soil, he heard Qin Ruyue’s voice, trembling with barely contained emotion.

"Young Master, could you possibly bestow upon me some more of this material?"

"I..."

Zhong Yi cut her off before she could finish.

"Have you ever heard the saying, ’no reward without merit’?"

Qin Ruyue’s face immediately flushed with embarrassment.

She cursed herself inwardly. ’I got carried away by my excitement over my Night-Cutting Spider’s enhanced reproductive ability.’

’How could I have been so presumptuous as to beg him for more of that precious material?’

’I’ve only just come under his command, and not by pledging my loyalty voluntarily at that.’

’I was passively brought under his control.’

’Under these circumstances, asking him for such a precious material was completely out of line.’

Qin Ruyue was terrified that Zhong Yi would now see her as a greedy, insatiable person and think differently of her.

Just as Qin Ruyue was about to offer an explanation, she heard Zhong Yi continue.

"For the next month or two, you’ll stay in Starlight City. Before you leave, I’ll provide you with a sum of resources."

"You can use those resources to acquire one or two Rule Deceit Embryos for me. Use whatever is left over to purchase the materials your Night-Cutting Spider needs to advance to the Immortal Tier."

"Your Night-Cutting Spider just consumed ten milliliters of that material. Once you bring me the Rule Deceit Embryos from the trade, I will give you another one hundred milliliters of the same substance."

Qin Ruyue’s emotions were on a roller coaster.

’If I help him trade for Rule Deceit Embryos at the Deceit Dao Assembly, I’ll get a hundred milliliters as a reward.’

’Ten milliliters of this material was enough to cause its reproductive chamber to specialize.’

’If it consumes a hundred milliliters, the substance will likely induce a complete reshaping of its reproductive chamber.’

’It might even cause a certain degree of change in the Night-Cutting Spider’s Bloodline.’

On top of the one hundred milliliters of material, Zhong Yi was also willing to provide the funds to help her Night-Cutting Spider advance to the Immortal Tier.

Now Qin Ruyue understood how Zhong Yi intended to "support" her.

Compared to the support he was offering, what she could do in return seemed utterly insignificant.

After a moment of silent contemplation, Qin Ruyue retrieved something from her Soul Base—a segment of something bright red that looked like a blood vessel—and presented it to Zhong Yi.

"Young Master, this is a creature I obtained on an ancient battlefield."

"I believe this creature would be a perfect match for your human-shaped Guardian Beast, the one that can absorb Rule Deceit Embryos."

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