I'm Just a Beast Tamer

Chapter 126: Chapter 123: Different Visions

"You only want half of the Blood Mist Flowers? Is there nothing more valuable than them?"

Jiang Zuo couldn’t help but ask.

"Of course there are good things. A lot of them, in fact."

"However, Blood Mist Flowers are the only things that can be brought out."

"Grandmaster Sun, you are exceptionally talented, so it’s understandable that you aren’t impressed by Blood Mist Flowers. But to our Bu Family, they are incredibly important. The main reason we have been teaching the Blood God Skill to outsiders is precisely for these Blood Mist Flowers."

"Without Blood Mist Flowers, our Bu Family cannot guarantee our foothold in the Ancient Beast Forest. Grandmaster Sun, you may see us living in seclusion here, as if in a paradise, but without sufficient strength, we would be unable to protect this ancestral land."

"In the past, we would require the Grandmasters who came to the Bu Family to promise that if we ever faced danger, they would have to come to our aid upon receiving word."

"However, with Elder Bu here these past few years, our family will not face any danger for a long time to come. And since you, Grandmaster Sun, are not someone who will linger in the Mortal Territory, I made a point not to mention this requirement."

Bu Qiyang shook his head with a bitter smile.

It wasn’t hard for the Bu Family to find one or two promising candidates for the Blood God Skill every few years, but those few individuals were hardly enough for the family to maintain its foothold in the Ancient Beast Forest.

The Bu Family needed more powerful Martial Artists, which made the Blood Mist Flowers extremely important.

"Besides, it’s not as if you can just go in and collect as many Blood Mist Flowers as you wish. Those who aren’t strong enough are considered extremely lucky if they manage to gather two or three after entering the Blood Mist Forest."

"To collect more, you must rely on your strength to enter the various Inheritance Lands within the Blood Mist Forest. In those places, you’ll not only find inherited Cultivation Techniques and opportunities, but also the Blood Mist Flowers that grow alongside them, which are used for Cultivation."

"With your strength, Grandmaster Sun, you’re bound to collect a great number of Blood Mist Flowers. Even if you only give us half, our harvest will be far greater than in previous years. I just hope you won’t feel short-changed in the end."

As Bu Qiyang continued his explanation, Jiang Zuo gained a general understanding of the situation inside the Blood Mist Forest.

"What do these Inheritance Lands value more, strength or aptitude?"

Jiang Zuo asked after a moment of thought.

"Aptitude! There are trials of strength as well, but they generally only let you gather more Blood Mist Flowers. Not far from the entrance to the Blood Mist Forest, there’s an arena. The more Blood Mist People you defeat on it, the more flowers you can collect."

"But the trials that grant Martial Arts inheritances focus almost exclusively on aptitude!"

"Of course, that’s not to say strength is unimportant. Someone with aptitude will naturally not be weak. But between two people of equal strength, only the one with superior aptitude can enter those Inheritance Lands and obtain the corresponding Cultivation Technique."

Bu Qiyang said affirmatively.

’At the same Cultivation level, would a hundred-year-old and a fifty-year-old receive the same treatment?’

’Of course not.’

Jiang Zuo then asked for a few more details, and Bu Qiyang answered everything he knew without reservation.

When Jiang Zuo finally asked about the phenomenon that occurred when Bu Yuehua was promoted to the Innate realm, Bu Qiyang’s answer made his eyes narrow.

During Bu Yuehua’s promotion to the Innate realm, the worldly baptism she received had manifested as fiery red, rain-like motes of light.

It was completely different from the phenomenon during the Seated Mountain Eagle’s promotion.

’Bu Qiyang has no reason to lie.’

’So, is it an issue with the Cultivation Technique?’

’Is the Blood God Skill a Fire Attribute Cultivation Method, while the Blood Sea Creation Skill is a Water Attribute Technique?’

’That has to be it! It’s highly likely that the attribute of one’s awakened Spirit Root is also related to the Cultivation Technique they practice!’

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Jiang Zuo had other questions, but he refrained from asking them for now.

For example, the matter of the Forbidden Words.

It wasn’t that he was afraid of revealing his identity by asking; he could easily claim his master had mentioned it to him.

The reason he didn’t ask was that he sensed this was likely one of the Bu Family’s most core secrets, something they would not disclose even to him.

Jiang Zuo didn’t want any unexpected complications, so he decided to wait until after he came out of the Blood Mist Forest.

The Blood Mist Forest had not opened yet, but it wouldn’t be a long wait—only three months.

During this time, Jiang Zuo would occasionally spar with some of the Bu Family’s Martial Arts experts.

The Bu Family currently had as many as seven Grandmasters, and the Patriarch, Bu Qiyang, was approaching the stage of Grandmaster Great Perfection.

The Bu Family possessed the Grandmaster-level Cultivation method for the Blood God Skill, but Bu Qiyang advised Jiang Zuo against learning it from them.

He explained that it was far more effective to learn the subsequent technique directly from the Inheritance Land within the Blood Mist Forest than to study it privately.

Jiang Zuo readily accepted the advice. The only thing he truly cared about was the Innate Technique.

Besides sparring with the Bu Family experts, Jiang Zuo spent most of his time roaming the Ancient Beast Forest.

On one hand, he needed to gather food for the Seated Mountain Eagles and Great Black. On the other, he was also extremely curious about the Ancient Beast Forest.

But according to Bu Qiyang, the Bu Family was located only in the outer regions of the Ancient Beast Forest.

In the deeper, inner regions, the number of Fierce Beasts at the Meridian Passage realm and above skyrocketed. It was easy to encounter Grandmaster Level Fierce Beasts, making it extremely dangerous even for a Grandmaster to enter.

Furthermore, the deeper one went, the less time one could linger.

A strange aura permeated the Ancient Beast Forest. Humans who stayed within for too long would become irritable and might even lose their sanity, turning as savage as wild beasts.

It was somewhat similar to the Land of Extreme Evil, for which the Worldwide Bank had posted a bounty, but there were clear differences.

People in the Land of Extreme Evil would eventually die a violent death, whereas those in the Ancient Beast Forest would not; they would simply lose their minds completely.

And if the Ancient Beast Forest were the Land of Extreme Evil, it was impossible that the Worldwide Bank would be unaware.

The Ancient Beast Forest was difficult for mortals to explore, but in the eyes of a Cultivator, it shouldn’t pose much of a threat.

Once, Jiang Zuo ventured a little deeper and spotted an Innate Level Jungle Giant Eagle in the distance.

The Jungle Giant Eagle spotted Jiang Zuo and prepared to attack.

Jiang Zuo had to release three of his Seated Mountain Eagles in succession to scare the creature off.

’This Ancient Beast Forest... other than that pervasive, inexplicable power, there doesn’t seem to be anything else special about it. How can it nurture so many powerful Fierce Beasts?’

Although he hadn’t ventured extremely deep into the Ancient Beast Forest, Jiang Zuo had explored a considerable number of places.

But far from unraveling the mysteries of the Ancient Beast Forest, he only found himself with more questions.

’Could it be that the Ancient Beast Forest also contains a place like the Mysterious Island?’

A flash of insight struck Jiang Zuo.

’But on second thought, that doesn’t seem right.’

’If there were, with Great Black’s power, it surely would have felt a similar summons.’

As the three-month mark approached, Jiang Zuo had no time for further speculation, his focus returning to the soon-to-open Blood Mist Forest.

One morning, Jiang Zuo followed Bu Qiyang through the Bu Family’s rear courtyard to the front of a valley.

Inside the valley, a blood-red mist swirled, but miraculously, none of it escaped.

"Grandmaster Sun, this is a storage pouch that mortals can use. When you gather the Blood Mist Flowers, put them inside. This will prevent them from wilting prematurely, and you won’t have to worry about your movements damaging them."

Bu Qiyang took out a storage pouch, handed it to Jiang Zuo, and taught him how to use it.

Jiang Zuo nodded and strode into the blood-red mist.

Jiang Zuo had thought there would be a valley beyond, but the entrance seemed to be just a gateway.

The scenery before Jiang Zuo’s eyes changed abruptly, and he found himself standing in a blood-red forest.

A thick, blood-colored mist permeated the surrounding forest.

The blood-red forest grew so densely that it was impossible to enter without destroying the trees.

Bu Qiyang had warned Jiang Zuo not to do so, as it would be considered breaking the rules and would get him ejected from the Blood Mist Forest.

Aside from the blood-red forest, all Jiang Zuo could see was a slightly sinister-looking black path, about wide enough for three or four people to walk abreast.

Jiang Zuo walked straight ahead. Soon, a fork appeared on his right, a path only wide enough for two people.

Jiang Zuo turned and entered it.

He didn’t have to walk far before he saw a fairly wide clearing.

In the clearing stood a sizable, circular stone platform.

Jiang Zuo leaped onto the platform. On it, the blood-red mist condensed, forming a Blood Mist Person at the Great Success stage of Meridian Passage.

The Blood Mist Person wielded a Blood Blade and slashed at Jiang Zuo.

Jiang Zuo shattered the Blood Mist Person with a casual punch.

After the surrounding mist stilled for a moment, another Blood Mist Person appeared on the platform.

However, this Blood Mist Person was a Mingjin Grandmaster.

After Jiang Zuo defeated the Mingjin Grandmaster, two Huajin Grandmasters appeared, followed by three Dark Force Grandmasters.

After the Dark Force Grandmasters, the next to appear was an Innate Martial Artist!

’These Blood Mist People are demonstrating many of the Blood God Skill’s techniques and moves. Their purpose is likely to hone the skills of those who enter.’

’Unfortunately, it’s meaningless to me.’

A single Innate Blood Mist Person was no match for Jiang Zuo.

Even against two Innate Blood Mist People, Jiang Zuo could still achieve victory.

However, when three Blood Mist People appeared, their power surged. Jiang Zuo found them difficult to handle and decisively leaped off the platform to concede.

The Blood Mist People on the platform vanished, and much of the blood-red mist behind it also dissipated, revealing stalks of Blood Mist Flowers growing on the ground.

The Blood Mist Flowers were a dark crimson, as if condensed from blood, yet upon closer inspection, they looked lusciously vibrant.

These were the Blood Mist Flowers Jiang Zuo could now collect. The better a Trial Taker’s performance on the platform, the more flowers they could harvest.

Jiang Zuo unceremoniously picked them all.

However, he didn’t put all of them into the Bu Family’s storage pouch, choosing to hide some for himself instead.

The Bu Family was likely expecting him to collect around forty Blood Mist Flowers, so he just needed to turn in a number slightly exceeding that.

Exceeding that number by too much would be difficult to explain.

Exiting the side path, Jiang Zuo returned to the black path outside and continued forward.

Before long, another fork appeared ahead.

Jiang Zuo went in.

Ahead was another vast clearing, but in its center stood only an ancient, Blood-colored Stele.

’This must be the Inheritance Stele where one can learn the Grandmaster Level cultivation method for the Blood God Skill.’

Jiang Zuo strode over and sat cross-legged on a stone slab in front of the stele.

He activated the Blood God Skill, and a blood-red aura spread out, enveloping both him and the Blood-colored Stele.

Then, a cultivation method appeared in his mind.

’So that’s how it works. To cultivate the Inner Breath for the Blood God Skill, one’s Blood Qi must become like fire. Only an Inner Breath born from the flames of Blood Qi is the true Inner Breath of the Blood God Skill.’

’When cultivation reaches a high level, the Blood Qi of the Blood God Skill will transform into a fire of blazing blood, with astonishing power.’

’And those who promoted to Grandmaster through unorthodox means will find the quality of their Blood Qi to be far from sufficient, making it impossible for them to cultivate this at all.’

Jiang Zuo quickly understood.

With a thought, the vast amount of Inner Breath within his body began to rapidly transform.

Jiang Zuo began to cultivate the true Grandmaster Level Blood God Skill.

Because his own Blood Qi was incomparably powerful, Jiang Zuo finished cultivating the first ninety-six acupoints within a single day.

And just like the Life Essence Returning Skill, the Blood God Skill’s final twelve acupoints were also different.

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