Chapter 99 - 99: The Diary of the Poisoned Young Master
On a certain day of a certain month in a certain year, the weather was clear and my mood was good.
My intuition told me that today would definitely be fruitful, it seemed like I would be able to obtain the inheritance of the Beast Immortal today.
I came fully prepared for today, bringing along all the poisonous insects and poisons I possess. Even a God-transformation stage cultivator would not dare touch me directly.
Off I go.
Pity that my few servants cannot understand why I write a diary. How ignorant.
I arrived at the edge of a cliff, and after a long time of searching due to not knowing the exact location, I finally found the entrance.
Turns out only Golden Core Stage cultivators under the age of thirty could enter this secret realm. Although my servants have false cores, they are technically at the Golden Core Stage and can enter the secret realm.
I must say my luck today is great.
There are three trials to open the door? Can’t I just open the door directly?
The gate was solid and sturdy. The Beast Immortal must have cast some sort of formation there before his death. Even a God-transformation stage cultivator couldn’t forcibly open it in short notice, let alone me, with only a Golden Core cultivation.
The first test is to judge affinity with magical beasts. Interesting, I accept this challenge.
Sure enough, after I poisoned the magical beast, I sprinkled the antidote next to me and the beast came voluntarily to take the antidote. Seems like the beast’s senses are quite sharp.
The second trial requires defeating ten magical beasts of the same level as oneself. Seems to be a test of combat prowess. Hmph, how can a bunch of irrational beasts defeat me, who cultivates with poison?
I was careless. These magical beasts’ senses are too sharp, realizing that taking my blood can detoxify. After being poisoned, their offensive became even stronger.
Well then, I must use deadly poison.
Damn it, these magical beasts are tough and resilient. Their counterattacks before dying caused me quite a few injuries.
My servants with false cores are weak in combat. They can’t even win against a single Golden Core Stage magical beast. Wait, how did Ah Liu pass the second trial?
What? Ah Liu says that after feeding the beasts until they’re full, they obediently accept defeat? Could it be that this trial isn’t about testing fighting ability, but rather mastery of knowledge about magical beasts?
Regardless, I finally passed this trial, having obtained two keys. As long as I get one more, I’ll be able to open the door!
The third trial is to reconcile several Nascent Soul Stage magical beasts who are in conflict.
…I suspect the Beast Immortal is playing with us. Those Nascent Soul Stage magical beasts don’t have wisdom, we can’t communicate with them. How could we possibly know why they’re conflicting and how to reconcile them?
Regardless, it’s the last trial, we must try it.
Nascent Soul Stage magical beasts are fierce. They almost shattered me with a single swipe, killing many of my poisonous insects. However, I might have figured out why they’re in conflict.
Sure enough, it was for that reason. I guessed correctly. It was worth all the injuries and the exhausting use of all the poisonous insects and poisons. I finally passed the test and got the third key.
The inheritance of the Beast Immortal is right in front of me!
Poison Master closed his diary with contentment.
Poison Master, supported by Ah Liu, tightly clutched the three keys. They limped towards the door at the end of the secret realm.
After the three trials, only Ah Liu was left by Poison Master’s side.
“Master, look, a shooting star!” Ah Liu suddenly pointed to a flying light heading towards the end of the secret realm.
Boom—
The sound echoed throughout the secret realm, causing the beasts to scamper about in surprise.
Poison Master watched as the door was smashed open by a single punch, his mouth opened and closed like a fish out of water, his hands trembling non-stop, Ah Liu unable to suppress him.
Upon opening the stone door, what Jiang Li saw was several Spiritual Treasures flying chaotically in the stone house, the coffin split into pieces. The skeletal remains of the Beast Immortal, as well as the accompanying beast skeletons for burial, were all shattered by the Spiritual Treasures.
“Finally, someone has opened the door!” “Kill him! Let’s get out of this damned place!”
“I’m suffocating to death in this damned place!”
Once the Spiritual Treasures gained sentience, they were trapped in the secret realm. They tried with all their might but couldn’t open the big door themselves. In their rage, they split open the Beast Immortal’s coffin and shattered all the bones of himself and the accompanying buried beast skeletons.
Now that the door is finally opened, they want to kill the person who opened it and escape from the secret realm.
With a casual grab, Jiang Li crushed those arrogant Spiritual Treasures into a pile of scrap metal, utterly immobile.
Fortunately, the inheritance of the Beast Immortal was placed in a Storage Ring and was not destroyed by the Spiritual Treasures.
Seeing that Jiang Li directly opened the door, the Red Dust Fairy and Li Nian’er also stop foolishly going through one test after another, they also come here.
“There should be the ‘Immortal Beast Catalogue’ you want inside, search for it yourself.” Jiang Li grumbled, indicating for Red Dust Fairy to search for the book in the Storage Ring.
On the way here, Jiang Li had already told Li Nian’er that this lady called Red likes magical beasts and wants to have a look at the ‘Immortal Beast Catalogue’. After she finishes reading it, he could give it to her.
Li Nian’er naturally believed Jiang Li’s words.
Red Dust Fairy found the ‘Immortal Beast Catalogue’. As soon as she opened the first page, a phantom of a white-headed, red-footed ape appeared, with surprising oppressive power.
As she continued flipping through the pages, more and more phantoms of immortal beasts appeared in the stone house, delighting Red Dust Fairy.
Jiang Li scanned the other books with his Divine Sense, knowing what the Beast Immortal’s inheritance contains. The Beast Immortal indeed had some unique ideas in beast taming, Jiang Li evaluates him as a potential major disaster for Kyushu, if not for his early death.
He proposed a theory to transform beast taming into people taming.
Since beasts can be tamed, why not people?
“Can you cultivators stop coming up with these dangerous ideas?” Jiang Li said helplessly. It’s better to keep this inheritance to myself, and not show others.
There were also a few pills in the Storage Ring. If Jiang Li had come 500 years earlier, these pills might still have their effects, but now, they are just a bunch of detritus, completely useless.
He also read his cultivation method, which is quite interesting. It establishes a life and death contract with magical beasts, so the owner becomes stronger, which can make the beast also become stronger. The beast becomes stronger, and the owner can also become stronger. When the beast dies, the owner will also die.
However, for Jiang Li, it’s completely useless.
[Congratulations to the host for completing the task and gaining the inheritance of the Beast Immortal]
[Reward Distribution: A drop of fresh Bai Ze blood (To ensure freshness, it is temporarily stored in the system and can be retrieved by the host at any time)] “Well, it’s somewhat useful.” Jiang Li rarely praised the system.
The name of the technique for instantly enhancing burst power is known as the ‘Heaven Burning Sea Boiling Skill’. Activating this technique allows one’s vitality to surge, enhancing one’s combat power in an instant, catching the opponent by surprise.
Jiang Li tested it out and found that his energetic vitality showed signs of calming down.
As for that Grand Restoration Pill, it’s completely useless for Jiang Li. The
Grand Restoration Pill is often used by cultivators at the Body Integration Realm. After the Transcendance Tribulation Stage, one can even regenerate from a drop of blood.. Who needs a Grand Restoration Pill to recover injuries?