Celestial Beast Taming

That evening, while treating Star Night, Zhong Yi had the Resurrection Celestial Lord cast its newly acquired Skill: Life Healing Totem.

It engraved a totem mark on Star Night’s body.

Then, he had the Resurrection Celestial Lord use up all the Cores of Resurgence it could for the day, channeling them all into Star Night’s treatment.

Feeling the injuries on himself and his Fallen Star Night Qilin steadily recovering, Star Night couldn’t help but sigh in admiration.

At Zhong Yi’s current healing speed, his and the Fallen Star Night Qilin’s injuries would be completely cured in less than a week.

Star Night knew better than anyone just how severely his and the Fallen Star Night Qilin’s Origins had been damaged.

With Zhong Yi’s miraculous healing abilities, he wouldn’t have to hesitate even if he adopted a self-destructive fighting style, trading injury for injury in future battles.

While Zhong Yi treated Star Night, the injuries were stored within the Withered Oasis.

Previously, when facing the Peak of Ten Thousand Nations Level Deceit Knight and Prince of Deceit, Zhong Yi had exhausted all the injuries stored in the Withered Oasis to kick them while they were down, preventing the Prince of Deceit’s Lifebound Deceit Beast, the Punishment Flame Griffin, from rejoining the battle.

Zhong Yi had depleted all the injuries stored in the Withered Oasis.

But now, after just a few short days of treating Star Night, a Peak of Ten Thousand Nations Level expert, the injuries stored in the Withered Oasis were already greater than before, and their lethality had grown even stronger.

If he were to face that Peak of Ten Thousand Nations Level Prince of Deceit again, Zhong Yi could channel these injuries into the Punishment Flame Griffin, and its Origin would be instantly and severely damaged!

With these injuries once again stored in the Withered Oasis, Zhong Yi no longer had to fear being unable to achieve good results in the Secret Realms opened by the Wanyu Gambling Company, even if targeted by a powerful enemy.

Over the past few days, Zhong Yi had been focused on strengthening his Guardian Beasts.

After he finished strengthening the Resurrection Celestial Lord, Zhong Yi’s Flowing Soul Soil was almost completely depleted.

Zhong Yi was planning to take a few days off to rest and refine the layout of his Soul Base.

But that very night, the Ant Successor Zhong Yi had assigned to Zhou Yang brought a gravely injured Zhou Yang before him.

Zhou Yang was covered in blood, most of it concentrated on his head.

A layer of tacky, dark red blood practically coated Zhou Yang’s entire head.

Zhong Yi saw at a glance that fresh blood was still oozing from the top of Zhou Yang’s head and his jaw.

Zhong Yi rushed forward to inspect Zhou Yang’s injuries, discovering that his head had been pierced clean through at an angle by some kind of sharp weapon.

’A blow like that must have destroyed his brain!’

If it weren’t for the fact that the Mythical Tier Ant Successor Zhong Yi had assigned to him possessed a powerful life-sustaining Ability, Zhou Yang would have been long dead from such a fatal blow, with no chance of ever being brought before Zhong Yi.

𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

At this point, any other Healer would have been utterly incapable of treating Zhou Yang’s wounds.

But for the Resurrection Celestial Lord, whose Tier and Quality had just been enhanced, an injury like Zhou Yang’s was still treatable.

Zhou Yang was normally in excellent health, so even with such a severe injury, using his own Life Energy for the recovery wouldn’t overtax him too much.

When Zhou Yang groggily regained consciousness and struggled to lift his eyelids, he saw Zhong Yi wiping the dried blood from his head and neck with a towel.

Zhou Yang could see that Zhong Yi’s expression was extremely stern and grave.

Zhou Yang quickly struggled to sit up.

"Young... Young Master, I can clean up myself!"

Hearing this, Zhong Yi placed the towel, now soaked with Zhou Yang’s blood, on a nearby table.

He handed a clean towel to Zhou Yang and asked in a low voice.

"Do you know who tried to kill you?"

At his words, the light in Zhou Yang’s eyes dimmed.

That morning, the Zhou Family had arranged for the coffins containing his parents’ remains to be delivered to Starlight City.

For the past several centuries, the Zhou Family had practiced cremation.

In the Zhou Family, whether a member was from the main or a branch lineage, the deceased was at least granted a dignified final rite, even if they had made mistakes in life.

But his parents had been dead for over half a month, and still, they had not been cremated.

Their bodies had long since started to rot in the coffins!

As soon as Zhou Yang received the coffins, he immediately arranged for his parents’ cremation.

But before he could even finish laying his cremated parents to rest, he was attacked again.

Outwardly, Zhou Yang had always been amicable and made a point to cultivate good relationships.

Internally, while he would strive for opportunities, he never actively infringed on the interests of his fellow family members.

As far as Zhou Yang knew, he had no personal enemies.

Therefore, the identity of the one who had suddenly tried to kill him was self-evident.

’This person must be from the Zhou Family Main Lineage!’

But he had no proof.

His parents had died tragically in the Zhou Family’s ancestral hall, and now he was being hunted by the main lineage.

Such a deep and bloody hatred had long since made Zhou Yang stop considering himself one of the Zhou Family.

His hatred for the Zhou Family now stemmed from the very bottom of his heart!

He had only just entered Zhong Yi’s service and had yet to accomplish anything of note.

Zhou Yang couldn’t possibly present his suspicions to Zhong Yi as foregone conclusions.

He couldn’t risk Zhong Yi thinking he wanted to use the power of Soul Soil to get his personal revenge; that would be a terrible first impression.

"Young Master, I can’t be certain who tried to kill me."

"My attacker wore a mask, so I didn’t get a clear look at his face."

"However, I previously obtained an Exotic Beast called a Fragrance-Attracting Insect."

"If I encounter my attacker again, I’m certain I’ll be able to identify him."

Zhou Yang didn’t explain to Zhong Yi what a Fragrance-Attracting Insect was.

But Zhong Yi knew exactly what this Fragrance-Attracting Insect was.

Fragrance-Attracting Insects were special Exotic Beasts that prominent, wealthy families prepared for the children of their direct lineage.