Beast Taming: the More the Better

Chapter 583: Chapter 270: The Appearance of the Fire Phoenix Flame!

「Night fell.」

Su Ping toyed with a special token in his hand.

It was indeed a special token, a round and peculiar one, entirely golden.

It appeared exceedingly noble and sacred. An boundless majesty seemed to emanate from it.

The front of the round token was adorned with a golden Divine Dragon, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws.

On the back, four large characters were inscribed in Ancient Serpentine Script: "Flying Dragon in the Sky!"

This was the Dragon Emblem!

Ever since his arrival a few days ago, Su Ping had been fiddling with it constantly.

It was truly worthy of being the ultimate treasure representing the apex of the Dragon Nation; the material of the Dragon Emblem alone was extraordinary.

This unknown, sacred golden metal was definitely of a high Rank.

Moreover, the faint Dragon Might mingled within made Su Ping feel as if, holding it, he too could transform into a True Dragon, just like Da Huang.

Unfortunately, for now, its only practical use seemed to be for intimidating others.

Su Ping shook his head and then set it aside.

In the not-so-dark room, Su Ping closed his eyes and sat cross-legged on the carpet.

He was about to begin the bedtime routine he had repeated for the past few days.

His consciousness had entered his own Beast Taming Space.

And at this moment, within the Beast Taming Space, numerous birds were either perched on the ground or flapping their wings in the air.

But right now, these avian Pet Beasts, originally wild and difficult to tame, were unusually docile.

Within this spatial area, an oppressive consciousness formed by spiritual power influenced them, preventing them from acting rashly.

If their Realm were higher, perhaps on par with this consciousness, they might entertain a fleeting thought of resistance. However, under the suppression of a higher Realm, they harbored no such notions.

They all used their rudimentary consciousness to accept Su Ping’s ’lessons’.

In truth, could this even be called a lesson?

These little ones, the highest Level among them merely Elite High-Order, possessed relatively low avian self-awareness. Despite their direct Psychic Communication ability, it was impossible for them to grasp all the tenets of the Heart of Myriad Spirits in a single session.

However, it was enough for these little ones to fundamentally acknowledge him and understand that as long as they followed him, they wouldn’t lack food. Even when roaming outside, they wouldn’t forget to return when hungry.

Any Pet Beast pack would possess a pack leader instinct.

A key criterion for a pack leader was the ability to guide the pack to ample food.

Undoubtedly, Su Ping only needed to train them to this basic state.

This was Su Ping’s thought, and this was his approach.

With the Paperman’s cultivation completed, one of his major concerns was finally, thoroughly resolved.

Qian Yi’s strength had soared to a level that even he found incredible.

However, Qian Yi was still currently unable to control the full power of the Five Elements Paper Diagram.

Regardless, the cultivation of the little Paperman was concluded, at least until the Professional Assessment.

After all, Qian Yi’s own Realm limit had also reached First Rank Monarch.

Further breakthroughs to Monarch Level and developing its subsequent evolutions could wait.

For the time being, apart from preparing to head to Beiyuan for the Heavenly Tomb Special Beast Taming Force assessment, he had quite a number of other tasks to complete as well.

Xiao Qing’s cultivation and evolution involved more than just finding the Biyao Chunshen and performing the External Incarnation.

He had previously purchased several burst-type Skills for incarnation use from the Breeder Association’s repository. He hadn’t had time before, but now that the exchange was complete, he needed to start implementing them for Xiao Qing.

Next were the prize-winning red envelopes from the New Year’s lottery draw.

Among them, the first in the botanical garden selected for evolution had been the Mist Pine. This special Commander Level Plant System Pet Beast.

Therefore, Su Ping had to continue searching the Breeder Association’s repository for this Mist Pine’s evolutionary form.

The Mist Pine, a Pet Beast with Commander Level Racial Potential, had mediocre popularity, and little research was dedicated to it. As a Plant System Pet Beast, and a water-attribute one at that, it faced many limitations and its combat power wasn’t particularly strong. Although easy to raise, Beast Tamers didn’t choose Pet Beasts based solely on ease of maintenance.

Consequently, in the Breeder Association’s repository, the Mist Pine had only one relatively common Monarch Level evolutionary form: the Fogbound River Pine.

It was considered a further evolutionary advancement for the Mist Pine.

After Su Ping acquired the information, he skimmed through it and was ready to begin.

The evolution wasn’t difficult; it merely required some relatively rare and precious resource materials. However, for the current Su Ping, this was not a significant issue.

In short, his preparations over the past couple of days had been smooth and sufficient.

The nightly training sessions with these avian creatures were also progressing smoothly.

Su Ping’s consciousness descended, and he was satisfied with the quiet and obedient little ones.

Compared to a few days ago when they had just entered and still needed Toothy to keep them in check, they were undoubtedly much more settled. Su Ping estimated that in a few more days, they might meet the intimacy requirements of the Myriad Spirit Beast Atlas, allowing him to illuminate the corresponding entries in the Catalog.

Thinking of this, Su Ping exerted even more effort.

At his current Realm, although he couldn’t physically enter the Beast Taming Space, his consciousness was still crystal clear, ensuring every bird was fully aware of his presence.

However, for some reason, Su Ping felt something was off tonight.

"As long as I am here, you won’t need to tirelessly search for food outside! Once you become a part of the Heart of Myriad Spirits, not only will you be well-fed, but you will also evolve into far stronger forms than you are now! Good performance will be rewarded!"

His words, formed through Psychic Communication, reached the ears of all the birds. These little creatures responded with corresponding chirps to Su Ping’s enticing promises.

But, just as his voice faded, a faint, cold voice interjected, "HMPH!"

Su Ping paused. He opened his eyes, bewildered. There was no one around. He even asked with some astonishment, "Feifei, did you just speak? Or did anyone come by or make a sound?"

"No, Master!" Feifei’s voice replied from the speaker.

Su Ping scratched his head. Did I mishear?

He then re-immersed his consciousness into the Beast Taming Space.

"Alright, today I’ve prepared plump grubs for you little ones! Rich in various nutrients, they’re the most suitable food for you! After eating, we’ll start obedience training. The rules are the same as the past few days: the most obedient little one will receive an extra resource as a reward!"

"CHIRP! CHIRP!"

"GAGA!"

Although these Low-level birds weren’t highly intelligent, the past few days of training had taught them the routine. Especially after witnessing the allure of the precious resources, they found even less reason to refuse.

And these resources weren’t specifically bought by Su Ping for these wild birds; they were generated within his Beast Taming Space.

That’s right. After advancing to Commander Level, Su Ping had obtained the incredibly rare Space Characteristic ’All Things Breeding’. Consequently, resources would generate within the Beast Taming Space, commensurate with his own Realm.

Now, more than ten days had passed, and finally, some of these basic resources had emerged.

A few Ordinary Level resources and one Elite Level resource had appeared; Commander Level ones were not yet present.

Clearly, not enough time had passed to generate resources of the same Level. However, this was already sufficient; this rate demonstrated the potential of the ’All Things Breeding’ Space Characteristic.

But before Su Ping could dwell on it, at that very moment, amidst the chirping within the Beast Taming Space, another faint, cold snort sounded: "HMPH!"

Hm?

This time, he was absolutely certain the sound had occurred.

Moreover, compared to before, there was now an extremely peculiar, faint sound accompanying it, though Su Ping couldn’t discern its meaning. He only knew it was identical to the previous cold snort that seemed to emanate from the deepest recesses of his spirit and soul.

Su Ping’s brow furrowed deeply.

Something was definitely strange.

He hadn’t forgotten the incident with the Flame Fruit in his Beast Taming Space at all!

His conjecture was that something unknown to him might be hidden in the Beast Taming Space—something quite special.

Although a Beast Tamer’s control over their Beast Taming Space was absolute, such a matter couldn’t be ignored.

Now, it seemed Su Ping might finally see the true face of the culprit that had been hiding and secretly eating the Flame Fruits he had conjured?

Thinking this, Su Ping pretended not to have heard anything while his consciousness swept across the entire Beast Taming Space.

Yet, he still found nothing unusual.

It was as if the sound had materialized out of thin air.

Where on earth was this thing hiding?

Having dealt with this since the New Year, Su Ping was starting to get irritated.

Moreover, Su Ping was no fool; he might have already guessed a few things.

This peculiar situation had begun when his Beast Taming Space acquired the Fire Element Characteristic ’Fire Cultivation Realm’. And how had the Fire Cultivation Realm come into being? He knew perfectly well.

It was just that previously, Su Ping had been genuinely unwilling to consider that possibility. But given the current situation, it seemed he no longer had a choice?

Most importantly, judging by this, the voice seemed to possess self-awareness and considerable intelligence?

If that’s the case, why not just have a direct confrontation?

Thus, Su Ping ignored the birds still preparing for the test and spoke directly via Psychic Communication throughout the entire Secret Realm:

"Come out! Since you’ve made your presence known, you must have accumulated enough strength. That being the case, why continue to hide in my Beast Taming Space?"

Indeed, it seemed to be just as Su Ping had thought.

As his words faded, from one of the birds, hidden beneath flame and feather, a minuscule wisp of fire, smaller than could be imagined, flickered and slowly rose into midair.

Su Ping’s heart skipped a beat.

It really was! The Phoenix Flame from the Hundred Birds Facing Phoenix phenomenon?

So, the Space Characteristic of this Fire Cultivation Realm hadn’t been absorbed for nothing after all!