Chapter 219: Meeting an Old Friend in a Foreign Land

The Sunset Mountains, located in Qingming Province, is a gathering place for Yao Beasts, housing countless Great Yao at the Demon Core stage—

Although the strength of the cultivation families in Tianqing City could easily wipe out the Sunset Mountains, such a short-sighted approach would be detrimental to long-term development.

By keeping the Sunset Mountains, many Loose Cultivators would come to hunt Yao Beasts for resources. During the hunting process,

many Loose Cultivators would also be eaten by the Yao Beasts. Through this back-and-forth, some talented Loose Cultivators and Yao Beasts would undergo a transformation, gaining the hope of reaching the Nascent Soul stage.

At that time, whether it’s recruiting such talented Loose Cultivators or taking a Yao King as a mount, it would be far more valuable than simply obtaining a few more Demon Cores. Furthermore, the Yao Beasts would continue to breed during this process, maintaining their numbers in the Sunset Mountains so that they could still be hunted thousands of years later…

In this paradise for Loose Cultivators, a group of four Core Formation Cultivators were conversing, discussing a strange phenomenon that had recently appeared in the Sunset Mountains.

“A Yao Emperor cub?!”

“Yes, a few days ago, the Emei Monkey tribe was exterminated. All three Great Yao at the Demon Core stage within the tribe had their cores gouged out.”

“That battle alerted many Loose Cultivators in the mountains. Someone discovered that afterward, a Fire Dragon at the Foundation Establishment Stage flew away from the Emei Monkey tribe’s habitat.”

“The Emei Monkey tribe is brutal by nature. For a Fire Dragon at the Foundation Establishment Stage to be able to annihilate them, there is only one possibility: its Bloodline Rank is extremely high, allowing it to fight above its level. Calling it a Yao King cub isn’t enough; at the very least, it’s a Yao Emperor cub!” the thick-browed man leading the group said.

“A Yao Emperor cub? Wouldn’t its whole body be a treasure? If we could hunt it—dragon scales, dragon teeth, dragon blood—” Within the team, a woman’s eyes lit up.

“All brawn and no brains. That Fire Dragon could even wipe out the Emei Monkey tribe. With our temporary team of Loose Cultivators, are we just going to be its extra snack?” a short old man chuckled.

“Old man, if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all. Who said it’s just us? I don’t believe other Loose Cultivator teams wouldn’t be interested in this Yao Emperor cub…”

“Shut up. Do you really think this Fire Dragon is like the other Yao Beasts in the Sunset Mountains, just waiting to be slaughtered? As you said, it’s a Yao Emperor cub, which means its parents are likely a Yao Emperor of some region, and a powerful Dragon Clan Yao Emperor at that. Even if countless Loose Cultivators joined forces to hunt it, the wrath of its parents is something that not just a group of Loose Cultivators, but even the entire cultivation families of Tianqing City, could not withstand!”

Among the group of four, a frail Golden Core youth spoke up, “I didn’t join you all to go to my death.”

“Let’s get back to our original mission.”

“Our goal is the Morning Sun Flower.”

The Morning Sun Flower is a rare Spiritual Plant guarded by the Yao Beast Fire Bees; it has the effect of nourishing Yang Qi and is quite valuable.

“With that frail look of yours, you really do need a supplement.” The woman looked at the frail youth and curled her lip, agreeing with his words. Indeed, such a Yao Beast certainly wasn’t native to the Sunset Mountains; it was likely a prince from some Yao Beast power out for a stroll.

Even some major Human Race powers wouldn’t provoke a creature with such noble lineage before figuring out its background.

The group carefully traversed the Sunset Mountains and finally arrived at the Fire Bee tribe’s habitat, only to fall into silence, unsure if they had arrived too late or too early.

“Roar!!!” A Fire Dragon dozens of meters long was facing the attacks of tens of thousands of Fire Bees, including a Queen Bee and King Bee that had formed Demon Cores. However, the countless fire needles landing on the dragon scales didn’t even leave a mark.

Even the Great Yao level Queen Bee, using her Demon Core Divine Ability, finally managed to pierce the Fire Dragon’s scales with a fire needle. But as white dragon-shaped flames spread over the Fire Dragon’s body, its injuries healed almost instantly.

“This…”

The pupils of the four Golden Core Cultivators shrank. They never expected that the Fire Dragon they were just discussing would appear right before their eyes.

Even more terrifyingly, after it devoured the Core Formation King Bee and Queen Bee in two bites and caused the swarm to scatter, its gaze slowly turned toward them…

“Roar!!!” Along with the Fire Dragon’s roar, the four Core Formation Cultivators felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

“Flee in four different directions!” After the short old man spoke, the four immediately turned into four streaks of light, flying in different directions, abandoning their team goal—the Morning Sun Flower guarded by the Fire Bee tribe.

“Unlucky!” Among them, the frail youth cursed inwardly. But what made him even more distraught was that this Dragon Emperor cub, instead of chasing the other three, locked onto him and followed closely behind!!!

“Holy crap.” The frail youth’s already pale face turned even whiter.

“This couldn’t be a female dragon, could it? It couldn’t have sensed my Primal Yang Body, right? I clearly hid it so well…”

The Fire Dragon’s speed was astonishing. Although it was only at the Foundation Establishment Great Perfection, it took no effort at all to chase a Cultivator at the Early Stage of the Golden Core. In the blink of an eye, the Fire Dragon blocked the path of the frail Golden Core Cultivator, causing him to freeze in mid-air and watch it cautiously.

“Hong’er—” At the frail youth’s command, a fox demon also at the Core Formation stage slowly appeared on his shoulder, baring its teeth at the Fire Dragon.

At the same time, the youth said, “Your Excellency, we have no grievances. We just accidentally stumbled upon your battle with the Fire Bees. There’s no need to drive us to a dead end—”

“Roar—” The Fire Scale Dragon looked at the youth before it with a moment of hesitation. In fact, it hadn’t intended to chase any of the four Core Formation Loose Cultivators.

However, this youth looked so familiar that it couldn’t help but chase after him.

It remembered that when it was still a fish, a youth with this appearance often came to chat with its own Beast Master, calling him something like Senior Brother Ouyang…

Now, seeing the other party use beast-taming methods to summon a fox demon, the Fire Scale Dragon was even more certain.

This was the Ouyang that Lin Jing mentioned was in a human-fox romance!!!

【If you encounter an emergency while hunting for Demon Cores outside, you can also call me with all your strength through the Bloodline contract. Given the distance from the Sunset Mountains to Tianqing City, we should still be able to barely communicate.】

This… should be an emergency. The Fire Scale Dragon called out to Lin Jing with all its strength.

Meanwhile, Ouyang Hao looked at the Imperial Blood Fire Dragon that still refused to give way, and a few drops of sweat trickled down his forehead.

He never thought that one day he would be so terrified by a Yao Beast at the Foundation Establishment Stage that he wouldn’t dare to move.

“Does Your Excellency really refuse to give way?” Ouyang Hao took out a jade talisman and was just about to crush it when his pupils suddenly constricted. This was because the Fire Dragon suddenly spoke via voice transmission, saying something that shocked him to the core.

“Senior Brother Ouyang, long time no see. I didn’t expect to run into you here. This Fire Dragon is my Pet Beast, you don’t need to be afraid—”

Ou… Senior Brother Ouyang?

Ouyang Hao stared blankly at the Fire Dragon.

In his mind, he quickly recalled a small fire carp in someone’s Immortal Cave that used to boil itself.

His mouth opened slightly as he transmitted back, “Junior Brother Lin Jing, is it you?? Is it really you??”

Senior Brother Ouyang never expected that while the Qingzhou branch of the Beast Taming Sect had been searching all over Qingzhou for two years without a trace of Lin Jing, he would bump into him while passing through Tianqing City to collect some resources for nourishing Yang Qi!

“Holy crap, wait, how did your Dragon Carp become so powerful too? My Hong’er sucks my Yang Qi every day and even received a gift from the Eldest Senior Sister, yet she’s only at the king blood level!”