Beast Taming: I Have an Immortal Mansion

The Black Poisonous Fog formed by the Black Poison Frog had already been swallowed by the Void Spirit Python summoned by the middle-aged Cultivator. This Void Spirit Python was a rare species, possessing some Void Divine Techniques. It could create its own void-like world within its stomach—truly a remarkable Divine Technique.

"Thank you for your help, Sect Leader Gu. The Void Spirit Python is truly worthy of being an Earth Tier rare species. Even with its Late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation, it can subdue this black poison."

Seeing the black poison contained, Lechuan offered some praise. The middle-aged Cultivator was Gu Hong, known as Sect Leader Gu, the Vice Sect Leader of the Ancient Grassland’s Beast Taming Sub-Sect and an Early-stage Golden Core Cultivator.

Gu Hong smiled slightly. A great python with an illusory body circled beside him. As it shifted between solid and ethereal, a large cavity in its abdomen, as deep and dark as the ocean abyss, became visible. This was his Companion Beast, the Void Spirit Python.

Gu Hong was pleased by Lechuan’s high regard, but his happiness lasted only a few breaths before his brow furrowed. His telepathically linked Companion Beast was conveying feelings of nausea.

The Black Poison Frog was a Golden Core Demon Beast, after all. Even though it was heavily injured, it was no easy task for the Void Spirit Python to suppress it.

"Everyone, be careful! My spirit python can’t hold it any longer!"

The words had barely left his mouth when the Void Spirit Python opened its great maw and spat the poisonous fog right back out the same way it had swallowed it.

A cloud of black fog billowed out, expanding to a radius of three zhang in the blink of an eye. The sound of croaking once again reached everyone’s ears.

Seeing this, Situ Jingyu prepared to use her Fire Phoenix Technique to continue burning the fog, determined to reduce it to ashes. However, Fang Qingyuan raised a hand to stop her and said:

"Wait. I have a way."

With a flick of his wrist, Fang Qingyuan produced a jade box sealed with a Talisman. He then opened the box, revealing a deep blue orb inside.

The orb was no larger than a fist and was a deep blue color. However, it was wreathed in a layer of black light that pulsed, swelling and shrinking. The aura of resentful spite it exuded was unmistakable, and the mere proximity to it sent a bone-chilling cold piercing straight to the heart.

This was a Gu Diao’s Inner Core.

This Inner Core contained most of the vital essence from the Gu Diao that Fang Qingyuan had slain a month ago. It was also tainted with the Resentful Evil Qi from the moment of its death, as well as its accompanying gu-poison. In terms of poisonous might, it was far stronger than the fog formed by the Black Poison Frog.

With a flick of his finger, Fang Qingyuan sent the Gu Diao’s Inner Core into the cloud of poisonous fog. In the next moment, something strange happened: the Black Poisonous Fog actually began to shrink.

The three people present watched the scene before them on high alert. After a moment, the entire poisonous fog, which had been three zhang in radius, was completely absorbed into the Gu Diao’s Inner Core.

But just then, a sudden change occurred. The black light on the Gu Diao’s Inner Core floated above its halo and transformed into the spectral image of a great, horned eagle. Its eyes were blood-red, and it stared deathfully, its gaze fixed directly on Fang Qingyuan.

It turned out that after the Gu Diao’s Inner Core absorbed the Blood Essence and vital energy from the Black Poison Frog, a wisp of its Soul Thought had suddenly strengthened, ultimately transforming into a malevolent, resentful spirit.

Most of the consciousness within this Gu Diao’s remnant soul was shattered, but it could never forget the one who had killed it. Therefore, this remnant soul now had only one thought: revenge.

Being targeted by such a creature, Fang Qingyuan actually grinned and glared right back:

"I wasn’t afraid of you when you were alive, so why would I fear you now that you’re dead?"

Before his voice had even faded, Fang Qingyuan’s thoughts stirred. Within his Immortal Mansion, the full moon glowed faintly, and a Godslaying Needle appeared soundlessly, coiling around his index finger.

With another flick of his finger, the Godslaying Needle shot out with a BUZZ, straightening into a streak of light that pierced through the deep blue orb.

A sharp screech followed as the black Gu Diao specter dissolved into wisps of black smoke, obliterated by the Godslaying Needle. The shattered soul energy did not return to the Inner Core; instead, it was absorbed by the Godslaying Needle.

Fang Qingyuan beckoned again, and the Godslaying Needle returned to his hand. He then sent it into his Immortal Mansion, where it merged with the full moon.

At this moment, the halo around the moon seemed to dim slightly. A faint, almost inaudible hissing sound filled the air—it was the sound of the moon digesting the impurities from the soul energy, causing a volatile shift in its aura.

Fang Qingyuan mentally calculated that it would take the moon about three months to fully digest the Gu Diao’s soul energy. When it did, the power of his Godslaying Needle would rise to another level.

After dealing with all this, Fang Qingyuan noticed the three people beside him were looking at him with complex expressions. Lechuan’s was one of relief mixed with curiosity, Situ Jingyu’s was confusion mixed with curiosity, and Gu Hong’s was shock mixed with curiosity.

’Well,’ he thought, ’it seems all three of them are very curious about my methods.’ However, matters concerning his Innate Divine Techniques were something Fang Qingyuan never revealed to anyone.

The Gu Diao’s Inner Core was still hovering in mid-air. After the Godslaying Needle had destroyed and absorbed the Soul Thought Resentful Evil Qi within it, the Inner Core’s color had become an even more brilliant azure. The black light had vanished from its surface, and it was now clearly much purer.

Just as Fang Qingyuan was about to retrieve the Inner Core, Gu Hong suddenly spoke up:

"Wait, Sect Leader Fang! Is that Inner Core for sale?"

Hearing Gu Hong’s words, Fang Qingyuan paused. After the recent turn of events, the value of this Gu Diao’s Inner Core had more than tripled.

It was already the Inner Core of a Mid-stage Golden Core Demon Beast, the Gu Diao. It had also just absorbed the essence of the Black Poison Frog, and then had its impurities removed. Its value was now skyrocketing.

Demon Beast Inner Cores were always highly sought-after commodities. An Inner Core could aid a person’s cultivation, be used to refine Elixir Pills, be forged into Magical Artifacts, and was also the best catalyst for helping other Demon Beasts advance. It was only natural that Gu Hong was tempted.