Chapter 233: Magpie Feather, Crane Cauldron

“Saintess, you’ve returned.”

Demon Court, outside the Saintess’s palace.

As the giant bird Puppet landed, two heavily armored Great Apes guarding the gate immediately offered their greetings.

At the same time, the two Great Apes’ gazes shifted to Ouyang Hao and Lin Jing, who were following behind Xu Qingyao…

One more person…

A newly recruited human follower?

They just didn’t know if he was a pill master or a beast tamer—

In the Demon Court, humans were actually quite common.

The Demon Court was different from other Yao Beast factions; its goal was the revival of the Yao Race.

Since the Yao Race was a humanoid race, the Demon Court contained a large number of human members to research methods for their revival.

The glory of the Yao Race had also created a large group of human fanatics.

Thus, under each Saintess’s command, there were a certain number of human followers.

Among them, the First Holy Maiden loved to recruit male Cultivators with special Physiques.

The Second Holy Maiden loved to recruit geniuses with the talent for creating Cultivation Techniques and Spells.

The Third Holy Maiden, Xu Qingyao, particularly loved to recruit human geniuses with a talent for alchemy or those who practiced the Dao of Beast Taming.

If they were pill masters, she would throw them into researching Transformation Pills.

If they were geniuses of the Dao of Beast Taming, she would persuade them to switch to the Beast Taming Art and even arrange combat partners for them.

“Big Ape, go and inform all members of ‘Magpie Feather’ to wait for me at Zhong Shen Mountain,” Xu Qingyao said to one of the Great Apes.

Having said that, she led Lin Jing and Ouyang Hao into the palace.

“What is Magpie Feather?” Lin Jing asked Senior Brother Ouyang as they walked.

“It’s the most promising group of geniuses among Eldest Senior Sister’s followers, including both humans and beasts.”

“Most of them are descendants of Yao Emperors—specifically, the children of Eldest Senior Sister’s Yao Emperor Dao Protectors. Of course, there are also two human geniuses with Yao Beast Bloodlines. In short, every one of them has ‘Soul Transformation potential’.”

“Under the Saintess’s cultivation using the Demon Court’s resources, this Magpie Feather will most likely become a Soul Transformation team personally trained by Eldest Senior Sister in the future!”

“Impressive… So the ones I’m going to beat up next are these people, right?” Lin Jing nodded.

Senior Brother Ouyang’s lips twitched; give them some Face.

“Besides ‘Magpie Feather’, Eldest Senior Sister also has an organization under her called ‘Crane Cauldron’. Its members are almost all alchemy geniuses, including both Yao Beasts and humans, and they specialize in researching Transformation Pills.”

“Yes,” Xu Qingyao said from ahead. “It’s just that you Disciples from the Ancient Kingdom’s Beast Taming Sect are so disappointing. You don’t even have the qualifications to enter ‘Magpie Feather’ or ‘Crane Cauldron’, which has caused me to endure a lot of gossip for taking you in.”

“Ah, well…” Ouyang Hao said helplessly. “The Beast Taming Sect is only a third-rate Sect in the Ancient Kingdom… Even if those True Disciples who stayed in the Ancient Kingdom came, they still wouldn’t be a match for those monsters in Magpie Feather.”

“But it doesn’t matter now, he’s here!” Senior Brother Ouyang chuckled and gave Lin Jing’s shoulder a hard pat.

This was a monster who could seize the title of the Ancient Kingdom’s number one Prodigy relying on the Longevity Physique!

Zhong Shen Mountain.

With an order from the Third Saintess, figures began to leave their Immortal Caves one after another and descend upon this place.

“Strange, why did the Saintess suddenly call us here?”

A Small Golden-maned Lion Emperor stood at the mountain peak and spoke in confusion. It only had an Early Stage Yao Core cultivation, but its Bloodline was astonishing; the imperial-level bloodline caused it to exude a terrifying aura.

“I don’t know. Is another ‘newcomer’ joining us? It seems our resources are going to be split again.” A Golden Core Stage youth with several scars on his Face, thick white hair all over his body, and a wolf-dog-like appearance walked over.

“I wonder if it’s a ‘Human’ or a ‘Yao Beast’. Why couldn’t I have been a Yao Beast? I really want to be Her Highness the Saintess’s dog, rather than contracting a canine beast myself.” The white-haired youth said with immense regret.

“Disgusting fellow.” Another Green Phoenix landed on a tree, chirping in a female voice, “With your meager strength, you want to be Sister Saintess’s dog? I wouldn’t even want you as my dog.”

It was surprisingly a divine bird of the Phoenix Race with an imperial-level bloodline.

“Stinking bird, what did you say?!” The youth with the Wolf Yao Beast Bloodline spoke angrily.

Amidst the bickering, four Yao Beasts and two beast-blooded humans soon gathered at Zhong Shen Mountain.

All four Yao Beasts possessed imperial-level bloodlines, which was quite ridiculous, and both humans also had extremely high-level Yao Beast Bloodlines…

“Quiet!”

Just as the members of Magpie Feather were arguing intensely, a voice rang out, and three streaks of light descended. It was Xu Qingyao, Lin Jing, and Ouyang.

“Why is one missing?” Xu Qingyao took a look. There was a Small Golden-maned Lion Emperor, a small Green Phoenix Emperor…

…a small Black-furred Ox Emperor, a small Red-furred Ape Emperor, a white-haired little Werewolf, and a big-breasted Bear Woman—

“Saintess.”

“Saintess, that fellow probably snuck out.” A crouching black yak spoke very casually.

Xu Qingyao said indifferently, “Sneaking out of the palace without reporting to me… I’ll deal with him when he gets back. You few are enough. Let me introduce a newcomer to you.”

“This person is the Fire Dragon Pill Master, and he may become a new member of Magpie Feather.”

“Huh?” The bear-blooded woman, with her large chest, put down the dried meat in her hand and looked blankly at Lin Jing behind the Saintess.

“This guy feels even weaker than the Yang Qi boy next to him. That Yang Qi boy’s strength is far from the Magpie Feather standard; is he really up to it?”

“What’s wrong with me?” Ouyang Hao’s eyes widened. Just you wait!

I’ll subdue all of you sooner or later!

“Wait, a pill master? Why would a pill master come to Magpie Feather instead of Crane Cauldron?” The young werewolf spoke in confusion, looking at Lin Jing with hostility.

“Foundation Establishment Middle Stage…” The other descendants of Yao Emperors were also puzzled.

“Could he also be a Cultivator of the Dao of Beast Taming?” If he was a Cultivator of the Dao of Beast Taming, his own Realm didn’t matter as much; it mainly depended on the Realm of his Pet Beast.

“Ask what you should and don’t ask what you shouldn’t.” Xu Qingyao looked at Lin Jing. “Fire Dragon Pill Master, after joining Magpie Feather…”

…you will be able to enjoy the cultivation resources of the Demon Court. However, in return, joining Magpie Feather requires meeting one condition.

That is, you must be able to defeat at least one current member of Magpie Feather. This is a rule established from the beginning.”

“The more you defeat, the better your resource cultivation treatment will be.”

“If you are the strongest in Magpie Feather, you can become the captain of Magpie Feather and lead them in my absence.”

“Take a look at these six. Which one do you want to challenge?”

Lin Jing looked at the six powerful-looking fellows before him and spoke, “Your Highness Saintess, may I ask who the current captain of Magpie Feather is?”

As Lin Jing finished speaking, five members of Magpie Feather narrowed their eyes and looked at him with interest, feeling that this newcomer was quite arrogant.

Behind the five, a large black ox with thick fur lying on the ground spoke indifferently, “Human kid, as a newcomer, you should act like one… Aiming too high is not good.”

“You’ll do,” Lin Jing observed. “The Vigorous Ox Demon clan? Truly rare…”

The Vigorous Ox Demon clan primarily Cultivates physical strength and can easily overturn mountains and seas.

Captain Ox slowly stood up, his black eyes staring at Lin Jing.

“You really don’t listen to advice. But since you were brought back by the Saintess, I won’t eat you, even though you look quite delicious.”