Dao Companions Help Me Live Forever

Chapter 193: The Imperial Beast Token and the Warning

The sound of thunder gradually subsided.

Yu Xian looked at the tall figure of the Old Ape King, his gaze flickering with a restless idea.

Since human cultivators receive the nourishment of Heavenly Qi after their Gold Core Tribulation, it stands to reason that demonic beasts should also receive similar rewards when they undergo their Demonic King Tribulation.

So the question arises.

Can he absorb it?

But this question is destined to remain unanswered for now.

When the thunderclouds dissipated and the light shone down, the Old Ape King roared towards the sky, and its body swelled up, with its fur gradually turning silver.

Having reached the Demonic King realm, the shackles on its physical body were also broken, and its bloodline underwent evolution.

But the reward from the Heavenly Dao was still nowhere to be seen.

Yu Xian never hesitated to ask questions and never left them for the next day.

"Friend Yang, why didn't the Heavenly Qi descend after the Silverback Rampage Ape achieved the Demonic King realm? Does the Heavenly Dao discriminate against demonic beasts?"

Usually, Yu Xian did not seal the ability of the Soul Banner, so the Ten Thousand Beast True Person could also see what was happening outside.

But there were times when even the Ten Thousand Beast True Person couldn't see.

The voice of the Ten Thousand Beast True Person came from the Soul Banner at Yu Xian's waist.

"It has already achieved the Demonic King realm, but it is unable to advance due to its incomplete demonic soul. At present, it is not considered to be Transcending Tribulation, but merely liberating its own bloodline."

"As for the Heavenly Qi, it has long been absorbed by it. Otherwise, how could it speak and practice bloodline divine abilities?"

"I see."

Yu Xian sighed with some regret.

If he could confirm that he could absorb the Heavenly Qi after a demonic king breakthrough, his future path would be much broader.

By then, he could specifically capture second-order peak demonic beasts and assist them in overcoming their Demonic King Tribulation.

Then, after absorbing the Heavenly Qi, he could kill the newly promoted Demonic King who successfully transcended their Tribulation and take their Dan, using it to refine the Five Elements Pill.

Then, he could use the Five Elements Pill to support those Foundation Building peak cultivators who have no hope of reaching the Gold Core stage in their old age.

And when his Gold Core Tribulation came, he could absorb another round of Heavenly Qi.

Killing two birds with one stone, it would be a win-win situation.

After thinking about it, Yu Xian temporarily put aside this tempting idea.

There will be opportunities in the future, but for now, he can't find a second-order peak monster experiment for the time being.

As for the queen bee beside him, her situation is probably similar to that of the old ape king.

"By the way, Yang Daoist friend, what bloodline does the Silverback Rampage Ape belong to after achieving the Demon King?"

This old man, the Beast Master, is not one to waste words.

Although the first thing Yu Xian did was to turn him into a soul banner master and slave, it didn't prevent him from thirsting for knowledge.

Regarding Yu Xian's situation as a curious baby, the Beast Master was also generous in answering some simple questions.

After half a year of refining and fusion, not only did Yu Xian have a basic understanding of him, but he also had a fairly accurate understanding of Yu Xian's situation.

He knew that Yu Xian was a wandering cultivator, with a humble background, so he was cautious about everything and had a reason to refine him.

Moreover, he had just celebrated his seventieth birthday this year, in the prime of his life, with boundless potential.

Looking at it from another perspective, the Beast Master didn't have as much resistance to being refined into a soul slave as before.

If it weren't for this caution, Yu Xian wouldn't have been able to become a Gold Core cultivator at such a young age and in such a harsh environment.

And the higher Yu Xian's potential, the greater the hope of avenging him.

Anyway, in order to make the Beast Master willingly do things for him, Yu Xian didn't hesitate to boast about his own strength.

"It is said that all the bloodlines of monsters in the world come from the remnants of true spirits. In theory, all monsters have the possibility of ascending to become true spirits.

Just like human cultivators, no matter how poor their innate aptitude is, there is an extremely slim possibility of achieving enlightenment and ascending through cultivation.

However, after countless years of changes, the bloodlines of monsters in the world have long been mixed and impure. Even cultivators who have deep knowledge of monster bloodlines cannot exhaustively understand them.

The source of the Silverback Rampage Ape's bloodline may be a certain ape true spirit, but until its bloodline undergoes transformation, it is still the bloodline of the Silverback Rampage Ape and has not transcended this constraint.

Even if it becomes a Demon King, it is still the same.

On the other hand, I know that under the command of the Golden Peng Demon Emperor, there is a Mountain Giant Ape with a bloodline that reverts to its ancestors. It is a mixed bloodline of the true spirit bloodline of the Mountain Giant Ape and has extremely high potential.

Originally, I wanted to use it as the main soul of the Beast Soul Banner, but I underestimated its strength and was held back by it, which was how the Golden Peng Demon Emperor caught me by the tail."

Speaking of the past that almost caused his own demise, the Beast Master didn't harbor much resentment.

In his opinion, he used the Demon King as a material for refining because of his own lack of strength, so his death was no one else's fault.

After all, those Demon Kings who died at his hands had nowhere to seek justice.

Hearing the Beast Master's explanation, Yu Xian couldn't help but recall the day of the beast tide, when he was stepped on by the red-haired girl of the demon race, and the giant ape that was as tall as a mountain.

Although the red-haired girl called it a big fool, Yu Xian had a hunch that the Mountain Giant Ape the Beast Master mentioned was it.

The most low-key ones are often the most fierce.

Also true.

If the Golden Peng Demon Emperor really wants to investigate the killer who harmed the Demon King, relying on the irritable and hot-tempered Golden Peng Demon King and the red-haired girl who wants to become human, their strength is still lacking.

But with the Mountainous Giant Ape, it's different.

The True Man of Ten Thousand Beasts back then was at the late stage of the Gold Core realm, wielding the top-grade treasure, the Ten Thousand Beasts Soul Banner, but still couldn't defeat the Mountainous Giant Ape.

After so many years, even if its strength has only slightly increased, it is probably at the peak of the third stage.

As Yu Xian's thoughts turned, the Silver-Backed Violent Ape in front had already completed its final breakthrough.

It was a giant ape standing upright, about six or seven zhang tall, even if slightly hunched over, it resembled a small mountain.

Its fur was long and fine, emitting a faint silver light, appearing elegant and smooth, full of vitality, without the lifeless appearance of the old Ape King before.

"Roar!"

The old Ape King roared, silver light shimmering on its body, and its figure quickly shrank, turning into a young man in his twenties, with silver hair.

The man had a resolute face, a strong physique, with well-defined muscles, giving off a powerful impact.

"To think it can transform right after breaking through, it seems that its bloodline potential is even stronger than I expected. That little monkey I casually picked up back then actually has such potential," the True Man of Ten Thousand Beasts in the Soul Banner sighed.

Yu Xian thought to himself that those without potential would have died long ago, and those remaining must have tremendous potential.

"Master."

The old Ape King took out a Dao robe from his storage bag and respectfully bowed to Yu Xian.

Yu Xian took out a token and patted the old Ape King's shoulder.

"Don't worry, if I say it's a hundred years, it will be a hundred years. If I don't release you by then, I'll be your grandson."

This was the Beast Control Token, compared to the prohibition tokens refined by the Demon Souls, it was a relatively gentle method of controlling beasts. Even if it was destroyed, the spirit beast bound by the Beast Control Token would at most suffer severe injuries.

This was also the basis for their cooperation. If their lives were at the mercy of others, gaining freedom after a hundred years would truly be just a dream.

The method of refining the Beast Control Token was passed down by the True Man of Ten Thousand Beasts.

After all, he came from a family skilled in controlling beasts, it was a hereditary method.

The old Ape King silently nodded and offered his own essence blood, merging it into the Beast Control Token.

Yu Xian smiled and put away the Beast Control Token.

"Alright, the ceremony is complete. Now you are my lackey. I'll give you a name while I'm at it. Since you are a monkey, your surname will be Yuan, and with your silver-white fur, let's call you Yuan Fabai."

The old Ape King: "..."

After hesitating for a moment, the old Ape King decided to fight for his own happiness.

"Master, actually, I've given myself a human name over the years. It's Yang Hou."

Yu Xian regretfully said, "Actually, Fabai is a good name, very prosperous."

"I still prefer my previous name."

Yang Hou said seriously.

"Alright, also, you don't have to call me master. I'm not buying it. From now on, call me... young master."

Yu Xian rubbed his chin, suddenly realizing that no one had ever called him young master before.

After all, once he crossed over, he was already in his thirties, and when he arrived in Yue Country, he was already in his prime. Being called young master now felt a bit like pretending to be young.

But now he really was young.

Gold Core cultivators live for five hundred years, and he was only seventy, which was less than twenty in comparison to a hundred years.

"Alright, young master."

Yang Hou readily accepted, apparently having been with the True Man of Ten Thousand Beasts for many years, he was already well-versed in human customs.

"Now we just wait for the Queen Bee."

Yu Xian looked at the beehive hanging above his head, feeling somewhat helpless.

If it weren't for the living example and stimulation of Yang Hou, it probably wouldn't be so easy to subdue the Queen Bee.

But the time wasn't wasted either.

The Bee Forest was a third-stage spiritual vein, which was beneficial for breakthroughs and consolidating cultivation. In the past six months, while integrating the Soul Banner and the Blood Demon Sword, he had also been practicing, gaining over a thousand cultivation points every month.

Even without the help of a partner, with his own diligent cultivation, he would only need less than sixty years to break through to the next realm.

This showed the enhancement that spiritual veins provided to cultivators.

Although there was the enhancement of the Gathering Spirit Array on Shangyang Mountain, it was still not a third-stage spiritual vein.

...

Two months later.

The Queen Bee's accumulation was obviously deeper than Yang Hou's. After all, the Bee Forest was a third-stage spiritual vein, and it had been nurtured for so many years that even radishes could turn into ginseng.

Coupled with the Queen Bee's already tremendous potential, it only took two months to successfully merge with the Demon Soul.

Then came the same process, the Queen Bee underwent the baptism of thunder and transformed into a beautiful young woman with a well-developed figure.

To be fair, this was the most familiar young woman Yu Xian had ever seen, her aura of a married woman tightly grasping his heart, a person with treacherous thoughts like him.

However, having witnessed the scene of the queen bee laying eggs with his own eyes, Yu Xian said that he had never been such a righteous gentleman.

Only when one is extremely hungry will they be tempted by anything.

Another three days passed.

"Both of you, bid farewell to this place, see you in a hundred years."

Yu Xian patted the bulging storage bag at his waist and looked at the barren bee forest and the shriveled bee nests, feeling quite happy.

During these two months, he had been busy not only with his cultivation, but also with harvesting the high-quality spirit flowers and herbs from the bee forest, as well as digging out the hundreds of years' worth of spirit honey accumulated by the queen bee.

Just this harvest alone was worth several hundred thousand spirit stones.

If he were to refine these spirit flowers and herbs into pills, their value would increase several times over.

As for whether the queen bee had any objections, it didn't matter.

Behind Yu Xian stood a man and a woman.

The man was strong and the woman was beautiful, they were Yang Hou and the queen bee.

The queen bee did not accept the name Yu Xian had given her and insisted on being called the queen bee. It was clear that she did not recognize Yu Xian and only followed him because of the contract.

Yu Xian didn't care about this.

After all, if they didn't work hard under his command, he would just kill them and use their demonic cores to refine pills.

The queen bee did not speak, she only held a hive-like artifact in her hand, which was the nest she had nurtured for many years and had now turned into a natural artifact.

A mysterious wave of energy filled the air, it was the queen bee calling out to her offspring.

Buzz buzz buzz!!

A dense swarm of bees, like a dark cloud, came from all directions of the bee forest, causing a sense of intense fear.

"Come in."

With a command from the queen bee, the hive flew up from her hand and rapidly grew in size as the demonic bees quickly flew into it.

However, the capacity of a hive was limited and could not accommodate the entire swarm of demonic bees in the bee forest.

Soon, the hive reached its limit.

But for the entire swarm of demonic bees, only less than one percent could fit inside.

Seeing the anxious swarm of bees hovering outside the hive, a hint of reluctance flashed in the queen bee's eyes, but she still firmly put away the hive.

"The remaining demonic bees cannot be taken away. Without your command and protection, they will soon be devoured by other demonic beasts."

Yu Xian said coldly on the side.

The queen bee glared at him and said coldly:

"If I don't leave, would you be willing?"

Yu Xian said, "Actually, I have a way to take them all away for you."

"What method?"

The queen bee's expression softened slightly.

Yu Xian opened his palm, revealing a smaller version of the Ten Thousand Beasts Soul Banner.

"Here, let them all enter my Soul Banner. From now on, they can accompany you in the form of beast souls."

The queen bee's eyes turned completely cold: "You are forcing me to fight you to the death!"

Yu Xian sneered suddenly, and the Ten Thousand Beasts Soul Banner opened fiercely, enveloping the entire swarm of demonic bees with a huge blood curtain.

"Fight to the death? Are you even qualified?"

Yu Xian activated the power of the Soul Banner, and under the blood curtain, countless blood threads emerged, like tiny blood snakes, drilling into each demonic bee's body, absorbing their essence blood.

When the blood threads were saturated with demonic blood, they emerged from the demonic bees' bodies, pulling out the weak demonic souls of each one.

Crack crack crack crack!!

The dried-up bodies of the demonic bees fell like raindrops.

Faced with the treasure-level Ten Thousand Beasts Soul Banner and without the queen bee's command, these demonic bees, who were at most at the first stage, had no resistance at all.

The few second-stage demonic bees had long been taken into the hive by the queen bee.

"You?!"

The queen bee was furious and was about to make a move, but was held back by Yang Hou beside her.

"Queen bee, don't act impulsively."

"How dare you stop me!"

The queen bee once again activated the hive artifact, and tens of thousands of restless demonic bees inside the hive emitted a screeching sound, their murderous aura soaring into the sky.

These demonic bees were not ordinary trash, but the elites of the demonic bee swarm, most of them had already reached the Qi Refining stage, equivalent to human cultivators.

There were also hundreds of second-stage demonic bees.

Without this kind of power, the queen bee, who had not completely broken through to the Demon King realm, would not have been able to defend the demonic bee forest with a third-grade spiritual vein.

"Yang Hou, you don't need to stop her!"

Yu Xian stood among the corpses of the demonic bees, the smile on his face had long disappeared, leaving only the deepest coldness.

"I'm standing right here, dare you lay a hand on me?"

The Queen Bee stared at Yu Xian with eyes devoid of any warmth.

In the end, she was afraid.

When she lowered her head and agreed to the hundred-year contract, she no longer had the determination to die alongside the Beast Master like she did before.

This was not only because the Beast Master would enslave her for a lifetime, while Yu Xian only required her for a hundred years, but also because the nearly fifty years of waiting had already made her feel a hint of regret.

Only through loss can one learn to cherish.

She had worked so hard to break through to become the Demon King, how could she sacrifice herself for a group of bee demons who were nothing more than tools?

Although these bee demons were produced by her, their numbers were too many to receive her attention.

What angered her even more was not that Yu Xian killed these bee demons, but that he refined the bee demon swarm into the Beast Soul Banner right in front of her.

Looking at the bee corpses all over the ground, the Queen Bee's face was filled with pain as she asked, "Why did you do this?"

"Since they were destined to die, why can't they die by my hands?" Yu Xian looked down at the Queen Bee from a high vantage point and said coldly, "At the same time, this is also a test for you. After all, you have betrayed the Beast Master, and I don't trust you."

"If you dare to attack me, I will kill you and your entire clan, making your demon soul fall into the Soul Banner, never to be reincarnated."

"However, your performance just now barely satisfied me."

"Since you are my servant for a hundred years, to be at my beck and call, you should behave like a servant and not display the attitude of a queen in front of me."

Yu Xian walked a few steps closer, pinching the Queen Bee's chin and lifting it up, revealing a standard villain's twisted smile.

"Also, remember to call me 'Master'."

He admired the Queen Bee's potential, but he would not tolerate her temper.

Even his woman dared not show him any displeasure, let alone an outsider.

Actually, he could have waited for the Queen Bee to leave before replenishing the bee demon swarm here with the power of the Beast Soul Banner.

But he deliberately did it in front of the Queen Bee.

He wanted to shatter her pride, trample on her dignity, and make her obedient in the future.

Otherwise, if something like what happened with the Beast Master were to happen again, it would be too late for regrets.

Of course, if he bet wrong, it didn't matter.

He would just kill her.

Although the Queen Bee's newly acquired power was strong, her essence had already merged with the Beast Control Card, destined to be controlled by him, so there was no need to worry.

The Queen Bee's heart trembled, but she stubbornly stared at Yu Xian and said, "Aren't you afraid that I will seek revenge on you after a hundred years? Or have you planned to make me die under your control within a hundred years?"

"Don't worry, I won't deliberately send you to your death."

Yu Xian said confidently, "On the contrary, I will give you time to catch up, but you are destined to not even see my back."

"How could I fear an enemy who is destined to be left behind by me?"

The Queen Bee felt the immense confidence in Yu Xian's voice.

She awkwardly crossed her legs and unconsciously softened her voice.

"Master."

Yu Xian let go of the Queen Bee and felt that something was off.

Why did her expression suddenly become strange?

But at this moment, he couldn't weaken his momentum. His gaze remained cold and arrogant, exuding oppression.

Yang Hou, who was on the side, was amazed by what he saw.

You should know that the Queen Bee was originally rebellious when facing the Beast Master. Otherwise, as fellow servants under the Beast Master, how could he willingly address her as Queen Bee?

At the same time, he was secretly alert.

The words spoken by Yu Xian not only warned the Queen Bee, but also him.

However, Yu Xian was overthinking it.

Since following the Beast Master and transforming from a little monkey into the king of a tribe, he understood one thing.

Once you achieve success, even chickens and dogs can ascend to heaven.

Following the right person is much faster than blindly cultivating on your own.

Clearly, Yu Xian, who inherited all the legacy of the Beast Master, was the person he wanted to follow.

...

Half an hour later.

One person, two Demon Kings, set off on their journey home.

The forest of bee demons behind them was now silent, and the Beast Soul Banner hanging from Yu Xian's waist had been stained blood red by the essence of nearly a million bee demons, emitting a faint sweet fragrance.

(End of this chapter)