I'm Just a Beast Tamer

Luo Taidong was also someone who enjoyed peace and quiet in his daily life. There were no attendants or servants on Taihao Peak.

Jiang Zuo was indifferent to this.

Right now, he was the only one on all of Taihao Peak. As long as he activated the Array, he could turn the entire mountain upside down and no one outside would notice.

’But before that, I need to deal with this Glazed Fire Cloud Fruit.’

Jiang Zuo glanced at the slightly shriveled Fire Cloud Fruit inside his storage pouch.

He had been busy with Cultivation Techniques these past few days, so the Glazed Fire Cloud Fruit had just been sitting in his storage pouch.

If he didn’t deal with it soon, it would be completely useless by the time he started his secluded Cultivation.

But this thing... Jiang Zuo couldn’t use it himself, and it was useless to Great Black and Xiaoqing as well.

As for the twelve Seated Mountain Eagles, five had already died of old age, leaving only seven.

These seven didn’t have many years left either. Even the youngest could only live for another fifty years.

And that youngest one’s Cultivation was still a long way from breaking through to the late-stage of the first tier.

The real problem with the Seated Mountain Eagles was their Bloodline Breathing Technique.

Without a Bloodline Breathing Technique, slightly improving their Spirit Root Talent would be meaningless.

Great Black previously had a mid-grade Spirit Root Talent, but because he lacked a Bloodline Breathing Technique, he only reached the mid-stage of the first tier after a hundred years of Cultivation in the Pet Beast Spirit Garden.

If he hadn’t latched onto Xiaoqing and had a fortuitous encounter, the best Great Black could have done was break through to the late-stage of the first tier. As for advancing to the second tier, who knew how long that would have taken.

Not to mention, the Seated Mountain Eagles’ situation was even worse than Great Black’s.

Letting a Seated Mountain Eagle eat the Glazed Fire Cloud Fruit would be a complete waste.

’Forget it. I guess you’re in luck, kid.’

Jiang Zuo thought for a moment and decided to just let Cao Guangshan eat it.

There was no way he could sell this thing. Such a rare Spirit Fruit couldn’t just appear out of nowhere. If word got out, he would become a suspect, and his carefully crafted persona would crumble.

Jiang Zuo wasn’t short on Spirit Stones, so there was no need to take such a risk.

And the only person Jiang Zuo was familiar with was Cao Guangshan.

Jiang Zuo had observed Cao Guangshan’s character and knew he wasn’t the type to be ungrateful.

He would treat this fruit as an investment in Cao Guangshan. Perhaps he might need his help in the future.

Taking out his Identity Token, Jiang Zuo sent a message to Cao Guangshan.

Among the disciples of the Black Tortoise Dao Sect, as long as they were within the sect’s grounds, they could use their Identity Tokens to communicate.

However, ordinary Outer Disciples were limited to three messages per day, while Direct Disciples like Jiang Zuo had no such restrictions.

Cao Guangshan was just about to accompany Nie Qiuling to a small town outside the sect to complete a minor mission.

Upon receiving Jiang Zuo’s message, he hesitated for a moment before saying to Nie Qiuling, "Qiuling, Zhou Yong needs me for something. I have to go see him. You can wait for me here."

"It’s fine, you go ahead. Brother Zhou’s business is more important."

Nie Qiuling said softly.

Once Cao Guangshan was a good distance away, her expression turned cold.

’That damn lucky bastard, Zhou Yong... I wonder what he wants with Cao Guangshan.’

’He specifically took me to see that Zhou Yong before, but now he’s not asking me to come along. Something is definitely strange.’

’When Cao Guangshan gets back, I have to ask him exactly what’s going on.’

Nie Qiuling was already getting a little tired of playing house with Cao Guangshan.

But if she dumped Cao Guangshan now, it didn’t seem like it would hurt him that deeply.

How could Nie Qiuling be content with such an outcome after investing several months?

So, taking advantage of this mission outside the sect, Nie Qiuling planned to set a trap for Cao Guangshan.

It wasn’t long before Cao Guangshan returned.

"Guangshan, what did Brother Zhou want to see you about?"

Nie Qiuling asked softly.

"It was nothing. It seems Zhou Yong wants to practice a Fire Attribute Cultivation Method, so he asked me to keep an eye out and see if anyone in the sect is selling a Spirit Fire."

Cao Guangshan hesitated slightly before speaking.

Of course, that wasn’t all.

When he got there, Zhou Yong had taken out a small plate of Spirit Fruits that looked like they had been doused in ink. He handed them over, saying they were wild fruits he had picked on the road.

He also said that the wild Spirit Fruits would have a good effect on him, and that he would find out what that effect was after some time.

At the same time, Zhou Yong warned him that absolutely no one else could know about this, especially not his girlfriend, Nie Qiuling.

Seeing Zhou Yong’s solemn expression, Cao Guangshan had a vague feeling that the plate of unknown Spirit Fruits he had eaten was likely very valuable.

Although Nie Qiuling asked, Cao Guangshan decided to listen to Jiang Zuo and not tell her the truth.

However, Cao Guangshan was not good at lying, and Nie Qiuling could vaguely sense that he was hiding something.

’After tonight, let’s see you try to escape my grasp!’

Nie Qiuling sneered.

...

Nie Qiuling’s mission wasn’t difficult, but by the time they finished, it was already dark.

At Nie Qiuling’s suggestion, the two decided to stay the night in the small town before returning to the sect.

After dinner, Cao Guangshan was cultivating in his room.

Unexpectedly, Nie Qiuling came in with wine, saying she wanted to have a drink with him.

Cao Guangshan wasn’t much of a drinker, but looking at Nie Qiuling’s charming appearance, he gritted his teeth and started drinking.

Soon, Cao Guangshan felt himself getting drunk, and his consciousness began to blur.

Seeing Cao Guangshan’s state, a smug look appeared on Nie Qiuling’s face.

She had put an aphrodisiac in the wine. Later, she would call a prostitute over to sleep with Cao Guangshan.

When Cao Guangshan woke up the next day, she would make him misunderstand and think that he had gotten drunk and slept with *her*.

This way, given Cao Guangshan’s personality, he would be completely obedient to her from then on.

Of course, Nie Qiuling had no intention of ruining her own reputation. She would make Cao Guangshan swear never to tell anyone what happened.

That way, she could keep her reputation intact while also making Cao Guangshan utterly devoted to her.

However, Nie Qiuling was completely unaware that as Cao Guangshan drank the aphrodisiac-laced wine, a scorching stream of energy was silently circulating within his body.

Under the influence of this scorching energy, the aphrodisiac was expelled from the pores of his body and dispersed into the surroundings.

Seeing that Cao Guangshan was sufficiently drunk, Nie Qiuling tried to stand up and go call for someone.

But just then, she realized her legs had gone soft, and she couldn’t stand up.

Then, she felt her own body gradually growing hot.

’An aphrodisiac?’

’I’ve been poisoned by my own aphrodisiac?’

Nie Qiuling’s mind went blank. She wanted to struggle and flee the room in terror.

But she had already lost all control of her body.

Driven by instinct, her body reached out toward Cao Guangshan.

Cao Guangshan also reached out, and the two of them hit it off immediately.

’No!’

Nie Qiuling screamed in her mind.

But she found it was useless.

Their actions were driven by pure instinct, and the human reproductive instinct is incredibly powerful.

The two of them were soon passionately entangled.

Half the night passed quickly.

Most of the aphrodisiac in Cao Guangshan’s system had been expelled, so the effects on him were much lighter than on Nie Qiuling.

Cao Guangshan soon came to his senses.

He stared at the scene before him, completely bewildered, with no idea what had happened.

Nie Qiuling, already completely naked, wrapped herself around him again.

As a hot-blooded young man, how could Cao Guangshan resist such temptation?

He gritted his teeth and pounced again.

...

「Taihao Peak.」

After Cao Guangshan left, Jiang Zuo activated the Mountain Protection Array and began to focus on his Cultivation.

The first thing Jiang Zuo cultivated was the Cyan Wood Nirvana Skill.

Once the Cultivation Technique began to operate, the surrounding Spiritual Qi, like a flood from a broken dam, surged crazily into Jiang Zuo’s body through his supreme-grade Wood Spirit Root.

However, as he watched the vast amount of Spiritual Qi being converted by his Spirit Root and settling into his Qi Sea, it transformed into only a tiny speck of Spiritual Power.

Jiang Zuo had long expected this and remained unfazed.

On the contrary, the commotion in the surroundings wasn’t as great as Jiang Zuo had imagined.

Before he started cultivating, he had been worried that it might create too astonishing a spectacle.

’It seems a mid-grade Spirit Vein is truly extraordinary. If I were in a place with weaker Spiritual Qi, the commotion would definitely not have been small.’

Knowing that he wouldn’t cause too much of a stir, Jiang Zuo cultivated with even more peace of mind.

Jiang Zuo silently circulated the five different elemental Cultivation Techniques in sequence.

After finishing one technique, Jiang Zuo would immediately switch to another.

For an ordinary person, cultivating like this would be suicide; their meridians couldn’t withstand continuous cultivation.

However, Jiang Zuo possessed the Five Elements Spirit Body and an incredibly powerful physical body, so he had no such concerns.

Time passed, day by day.

In the blink of an eye, Jiang Zuo had been in secluded cultivation on Taihao Peak for a full year.

Over the past year, aside from taking a little time to train a few Cloud Rock Eagles, Jiang Zuo had spent all his time in arduous cultivation.

But what made Jiang Zuo’s scalp tingle was that even after a year of such arduous cultivation, his Qi Sea was only about one-third full of Spiritual Power.

For Jiang Zuo to break through to the second level of Qi Cultivation, he would need to cultivate arduously for at least another two years.

This speed was about the same as that of an Outer Disciple with slightly better talent.

Yet Jiang Zuo’s cultivation speed and environment were far superior to theirs.

Jiang Zuo was certain that if it were someone with slightly worse talent, they probably wouldn’t be able to advance to the second level of Qi Cultivation in their entire lifetime.

"Fireball Technique!"

Jiang Zuo had currently only practiced the Fireball Technique.

He faced a target in front of him and hurled one fireball after another as if they were free.

After bombarding it with over a hundred fireballs, Jiang Zuo finally felt a significant drain on the Spiritual Power in his Qi Sea.

When he compared himself to ordinary disciples, Jiang Zuo couldn’t help but fall silent for a moment.

A normal Qi Cultivation disciple could use the Fireball Technique three or four times at most before their Qi Sea’s Spiritual Power was nearly depleted. They would then need to use Spirit Stones or cultivate to slowly recover.

Yet Jiang Zuo felt that even as a half-baked first-level Qi Cultivation practitioner, the number of Fireball Techniques he could cast was no less than that of a tenth-level practitioner.

"Continue!"

Jiang Zuo was quite satisfied with the results of his secluded cultivation.

In just one year, he had practically reached the equivalent of someone in the late stages of Qi Cultivation.

While his master was still away, Jiang Zuo had to advance to the second level of Qi Cultivation as quickly as possible.

Otherwise, when his master returned, he might bring a senior brother with him, and Jiang Zuo wouldn’t be able to cultivate so freely.

In the blink of an eye, another two years passed.

Luo Taidong still hadn’t returned.

And as for Jiang Zuo, his astonishingly large Qi Sea was finally filled with the Spiritual Power from his cultivation.

At this moment, the colorless Spiritual Power in Jiang Zuo’s Qi Sea was churning and leaping.

Jiang Zuo felt that the Spiritual Power had filled his Qi Sea and it was time for a breakthrough.

But he was clueless about how to break through in his particular situation.

He could only continuously circulate the five Celestial Tier Cultivation Techniques in rotation.

Then, without Jiang Zuo doing anything special...

A faint barrier within his Qi Sea was shattered!