Chapter 99: First Beast Taming

Yuan Ming stopped and looked at the swamp and the purple maple forest, his eyebrows raised.

It's just an island, but the environment is so complex and changeable, and the terrain and vegetation in each area are completely different. If it is said to be naturally formed, it would be too coincidental.

"It seems that someone did it on purpose. Could it be that Master Heimu?"

The remains of Master Heimu are on this island. With this person's ability, he can really do such a thing, and according to the records in the notebook, this person is indeed a person with wild thinking.

Thinking more deeply, those fierce beasts on this island are probably also caught by Master Heimu. No wonder they are so rare.

Yuan Ming quickly shook his head and stepped forward.

Whether it was Master Heimu who did it or someone else, it had nothing to do with him. He just wanted to catch a suitable spirit beast.

After walking in the swamp for a while, Yuan Ming felt that it was very muddy and difficult to walk. He took out the toad skin, performed the fur-covering technique, and turned into a toad.

In the past few days, he has found out the origin of the toad skin. It comes from an aquatic beast called the black-striped poisonous toad, which is more suitable for moving in this wet and muddy environment than the white ape transformation.

Since the first level of the Dark Moon Art was perfected, the resistance to the backlash of the fur-covering technique has greatly increased, so there is no need to be as cautious as before, and the evil spirit caused by the black toad transformation is far inferior to the white ape skin.

After transforming into the black toad form, Yuan Ming moved much more freely. The mud no longer stained his feet, and he could easily pass through some puddles.

He was quite satisfied and quickened his pace.

At this moment, some green plants with broad leaves appeared in front of him, with a few pink pot-shaped flowers blooming in the middle, looking like lotus flowers, and a faint fragrance was sent in the breeze.

Yuan Ming was about to get closer to take a look, but his head suddenly felt dizzy and his legs became a little weak.

"The flower fragrance is poisonous!"

He was startled and immediately retreated.

A green shadow shot out from under the green lotus leaves and bit his calf, but it was a flat-headed green snake.

Yuan Ming forced himself to jump back, barely avoiding the attack of the green snake, and made a gesture with his right hand.

A hint of green light appeared on the nearby flowers and plants, and the grass stems suddenly came alive and pounced on the green snake.

The green snake was also startled and hurriedly dodged left and right. The grass stems surrounded it from all directions, and the green snake had no way to avoid it, and was soon entangled.

These grass stems intertwined with each other, forming a grass cage in the blink of an eye, imprisoning the green snake inside.

The green snake had spiritual power fluctuations on its body, and its strength was not weak. These grass stems were at most as thick as fingers, and they should have broken with a struggle. However, no matter how the green snake twisted its body, it could not break free, but was entangled more and more tightly, and finally could not move at all.

Yuan Ming retreated a long distance, completely away from the pink lotuses before stopping, sitting cross-legged and running the Nine Yuan Jue, trying to dissolve the toxins.

After advancing to the sixth level of Qi Refining, his magic power became stronger and could penetrate into his internal organs. With the circulation of magic power, the feeling of dizziness and weakness quickly subsided and he recovered quickly.

Yuan Ming then stood up and looked at the immobile green snake, his eyes flickering slightly.

This grass cage was the Wood Prison Technique, and it was the first time he used it in actual combat.

Unlike the Wood Thorn Technique, the Wood Prison Technique relies on nearby plants to imprison the enemy, so the power of this spell depends to a certain extent on what kind of plants are used to cast this spell.

These grass stems are fragile in texture, and the cage they form can actually trap this green snake. If other tough trees are used to cast the Wood Prison Technique, the imprisonment power must be greater.

Yuan Ming raised his hand and several wood thorns emerged from near the pink lotus, crushing several flowers to pieces, and the faint fragrance in the air quickly dissipated completely.

He waited for a while in the same place, then walked over, grabbed the green snake's head, and muttered something.

Wisps of black air flowed out from his palm, more and more, gradually submerging the green snake's head.

At the same time, some faint silver lines began to emerge between Yuan Ming's eyebrows, quickly spreading to his arms and soon arriving.

With a light "puff" sound, the black air in his palm danced wildly, turning into black tentacles, drilling into the green snake's head.

The green snake suddenly showed a look of pain and kept struggling.

However, Yuan Ming's hand was like an iron hoop, firmly grasping the green snake, and the black in his hand became more and more dense, drilling into the green snake's head faster.

The green snake's pain became more serious, and a hoarse cry came out of its mouth.

As time passed, there was a sudden bang in the green snake's head, as if something exploded, and the snake's body became soft and breathless.

Yuan Ming's expression froze and he let go of his hand.

"The beast taming technique is indeed difficult. I have been as careful as possible, but I still destroyed the soul of this snake." He sighed.

He practiced secretly these days and thought he had mastered the beast taming technique thoroughly. But when he tried to perform it, he found that it was not the case at all.

The key to beast taming is to subdue the beast's mind, but the mind is fragile and can be killed if you are not careful.

"It seems that I need to practice more." Yuan Ming thought to himself and continued to move forward.

Half a day later, in a place with lush water and grass in the swamp.

Yuan Ming used the wood prison technique to imprison a half-human-high gray fox beast. He pressed his palm on the gray fox's head and injected a stream of black air into it.

The gray fox screamed in pain and trembled.

Yuan Ming ignored it, muttered something in his mouth, and continued to cast spells.

This was his fifth attempt to subdue the beast. The previous four attempts all failed, and the beasts all died of soul explosion.

However, every time he failed, Yuan Ming would sum up his experience and become more and more proficient in the use of animal control. He felt that he was getting closer and closer to success.

A quarter of an hour passed quickly, and the gray fox was still struggling in pain, but its soul did not explode.

The fierce light in its eyes became weaker and weaker. After a while, it finally let out a low cry and sent out the idea of ​​surrender.

"Finally it worked!" Yuan Ming's eyes were filled with joy, but he suddenly stopped casting the spell, retracted his palm, and the wooden cage that imprisoned the gray fox also dispersed.

The gray fox regained its freedom, and it was stunned for a while before reacting. It turned and fled into the distance, disappearing in the depths of the swamp in the blink of an eye.

Yuan Ming watched the gray fox escape without any action.

According to the bone slip given to him by the third cave master, using animal control to control spirit beasts involves the power of the soul. The soul of a cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage is too weak, and he can only subdue and control one spirit beast.

This gray fox is only a first-level intermediate beast, and it has no special abilities. Yuan Ming naturally will not choose it as his spirit beast.

He continued to move forward, looking for a beast of his choice.

This swamp is much larger than the purple maple forest and black pine forest. There are many fierce beasts living in the swamp, but unfortunately their strength is very average, all of which are at the lower and middle levels. They are far from being comparable to the four-eyed golden ape, black giant crow, and ground monster that they met last time. They are not worth collecting as spiritual beasts.

Until dark, Yuan Ming failed to find a suitable target to subdue.

He was not in a hurry, nor did he leave this place. He took out a tent and camped in a place where the ground was relatively dry.

Because he was in an unfamiliar environment, Yuan Ming did not sleep that night. He kept meditating with his eyes closed, but no accidents happened.

The next day, Yuan Ming continued to set off.

There were fewer and fewer puddles in the swamp ahead, and the dry area began to increase.

"Finally, we are leaving this area." Yuan Ming's face relaxed and he slightly quickened his pace.

This swamp was full of mud and rottenness. The environment was quite bad. He was also very happy to be able to leave here.

After walking a few miles forward, Yuan Ming suddenly stopped.

A patch of green lotus leaves appeared in front of him, dotted with pink flowers in the middle. It was the poisonous lotus he had encountered before.

Unlike the previous few green lotuses, the area of ​​the lotus cluster here was unusually large, occupying the entire area in front. Yuan Ming could not see the end with his eyesight. Pink lotus leaves stood in the middle, swaying in the wind. There were thousands of them.

Yuan Ming saw the pink lotuses from afar and stopped.

With so many lotuses gathered, the concentration of pollen poison must be different from before. It would be troublesome if he was hit.

Yuan Ming walked to the side, intending to bypass the lotus cluster.

At this moment, a "chi chi" sound came from the flowers, and then a dense group of green poisonous snakes swam out. They were the same green snakes as before, as many as forty or fifty, and all pounced on Yuan Ming.

Yuan Ming's face changed slightly, but he didn't care too much. He turned around and flew away.

At such a wide distance, the green snakes could not catch up with him.

Sure enough, the green snakes stopped after chasing for a distance, hissed at Yuan Ming for a while, and returned to the flowers.

Yuan Ming's eyebrows moved. The calls of the green snakes just now were threatening, as if warning him not to get close.

"I was quite far away from the flowers just now. Logically, I should not have entered the attack range of those green snakes, but they were so alert. Is there something in the flowers?" He was curious.

After thinking for a moment, Yuan Ming shook his head and gave up the idea of ​​exploring.

The flowers were full of flower poisons, and there were also those green snakes. He had no means to deal with these dangers, so it was better not to get involved.

Yuan Ming walked along the edge of the flowers and went around.

Gaga gaga...

A sharp cry came from the swamp behind, which sounded like some kind of bird call, sharp and long, and it was obvious that the person coming was not small.

"Bird beast!" Yuan Ming frowned and hurriedly hid in a dense bush nearby.

In the Hundred Thousand Mountains, any movement should not be underestimated. A powerful beast might appear. In addition, he has an incense burner in his hand, so he can fly away at any time. He doesn't care about ordinary land beasts, but he is quite afraid of bird beasts.

Yuan Ming had just hidden himself when a huge white shadow flew out from the depths of the swamp and flew over his head.

Yuan Ming saw the true form of the white shadow. It was a large eagle several feet long, with eyes like copper bells, black claws, and snow-white feathers. Its size was not less than that of the black giant crow before. It was obvious that it was some kind of raptor beast.

The pale yellow eyes of the white eagle glanced at the bush where Yuan Ming was hiding, but ignored it and ran straight to the center of the flowers, disappearing in an instant.

Yuan Ming stood up from the bush and looked into the sky.

"The white eagle looks strong and has strong eyesight. It can find me through the fog. It seems to be a good spirit beast. Unfortunately, it is too fast. It is impossible to catch up with the incense burner, let alone subdue it."