novelhk Chapter 925 - 19: The Terrifying Immortal Realm—Are Nine-State People Going to Be Captured as Pets?
Chapter 925 - 19: The Terrifying Immortal Realm—Are Nine-State People Going to Be Captured as Pets?
Immortal Realm, Ten Thousand Beasts Domain, Outer Sect Area.A shop specializing in the sale of low-tier spirit beasts.
"Senior Brother, this snow rabbit looks energetic, its aptitude doesn't seem low, and the price isn't high either, three immortal stones."
"Junior Sister, don't just pick it because it looks good. A contract spirit beast accompanies you for life and affects one's starting point. The snow rabbit's divine technique is merely ice frost control; such lower-grade abilities are not suitable for you."
A seemingly affectionate pair of senior brother and junior sister were observing a rabbit nibbling on Spirit Grass in front of its cage.
The junior sister still appeared quite interested, "Boss, can it be a bit cheaper?"
"No way, what do you think this is?" The shop attendant said helplessly, "It's just that the court is offering a discount for you newcomers, cutting the price in half, otherwise it would be six immortal stones."
The junior sister reluctantly turned away and left.
Ning Zheng lay quietly inside the cage, watching the pair leave the shop.
It was indeed absurd.
He felt like a little wild rabbit, hopping around the mountain forest, and suddenly he was caught by several small cultivators and placed in a cage to be sold in the shop.
Ning Zheng did not struggle.
After all, he possessed a little rabbit; what ability did he have to struggle?
It's not like he possessed some ancient exotic beast.
Moreover, his luck had always been good; being captured... might even be a blessing in disguise?
With his luck as high as 20.1 billion, most of the trivial matters he left to nature.
Since his destiny would influence various small affairs, as long as the opponent wasn't some powerful immortal, he would compete in destiny size.
Whenever mortals tried to compare destinies with him, it would always result in good things happening around him; mortals trying to scheme against him could hardly succeed.
Ning Zheng lay quietly in the cage, with sharp ears, hearing the loud voice of the storyteller from the adjacent tavern, narrating a story about the romance between immortals and mortals.
The specifics of the story were:
The immortal princess was injured during her travels in the mortal world and was helped by a wood-cutting mortal, eventually falling in love and defying heavenly rules...
Ning Zheng listened and felt there was a problem.
Most immortals, although they didn't cultivate destiny before becoming immortal, started to cultivate their third origin, destiny, afterward.
The daughter of an immortal, even with low cultivation, would have the destiny of her parents to support her. If there weren't other great powers scheming, how could she get injured injury unexpectedly?
The romance with the mortal likely involved powerful entities manipulating in the background.
Tricking someone's daughter into falling for a mortal with a face full of mites, parasites, pits and craters, dense pores, certainly aims to disgust the opponent.
"Indeed, it is amusing."
Ning Zheng continued listening to the storytelling:
"These tea houses, stories circulating in folklore often reflect some aspects of this world, it seems that immortals scheming against each other is not unlike the Daoists of the Celestial Destiny World playing with causality, karmic force, and various ways to disgust you."
"Who knows, perhaps they also undergo tribulations?"
He pondered.
And discovered that he was priced at a whopping three lower-grade immortal stones while being trapped in the cage.
This led Ning Zheng to question his existence, pondering: are local prices in the Immortal Realm that high? Is living in a big city indeed difficult?
It's essential to know that the purchasing power of immortal stones is quite substantial.
Immortal stone fragments, lower-grade immortal stones, middle-grade immortal stones, upper-grade immortal stones, top-grade immortal stones.
Just now, when the shop attendant mentioned three immortal stones, it usually referred to lower-grade immortal stones at the bottom layer, as people in such a class rarely ever have the chance to see middle-grade.
And those foreign immortal artisans worked for upper-grade immortal stones, supporting immortals in their cultivation.
It's equivalent to 300 immortal stone fragments purchasing a rabbit...
Whew!
Ning Zheng continued lying in the cage, watching the lively goods hopping around in the surrounding cages, contemplating whether to possess.
The few pseudo-human Three Flowers remaining within him were hiding inside his body, ready to move.
Taking advantage of the night shift, after the shop attendant closed doors, would these cage-trapped spirit beasts not be free for his pseudo-human Three Flowers to possess?
The pseudo-human Three Flowers in their juvenile form were fragile "little spiders," and even locals in the Nine-State could kill them with a broom.
But now, within the cage... the success rate for possession was extremely high.
Especially the three big glass boxes placed in the middle, miniature subspace houses with green mountains and water shrunk to the size of a fish tank, respectively home to visibly noble upper-grade spirit beasts within.
Spirit Deer, Lion, Big Lizard...
These three had a price tag of tens of thousands of lower-grade spirit stones.
In reference to... should be an upper-grade spiritual root tier rank?
Through his continuous eavesdropping and observation, he almost understood where this place was.
The Immortal Realm comprises Thirteen Domains.
This world is collectively operated by thirteen bigshots.
Moreover, these thirteen bigshots have integrated their native worlds into the Immortal Realm, forming a large world.
Before his eyes was the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain.
A very powerful faction, supposedly able to point directly to the ultimate Immortal-Becoming Dharma method.
Their cultivation method involves beast taming.
In Nine-State, it's [Divine Power Grass], next door in Celestial Destiny is [Divine Power Stone].
In this world, it's [Divine Power Beast], without any major issues.
Every world has different carriers to bear divine power.
They also study literature; after reaching a certain realm, they start stepping into cultivation. We blossom; they tame beasts.
Considering the perspective of the Three Calamities and Seven Tribulations.
Ning Zheng felt their essence was cultivation of external incarnation.
"I completed the Three Calamities and Seven Tribulations, while they completed three Disaster Beasts, seven Tribulation Beasts."
"Theoretically, they can tame up to ten beasts! Body, destiny, soul, yin, yang, gold, wood, water, fire, earth."
"They place the cycles externally."
"But in reality, one calamity and one tribulation, wielding two beasts to become immortal, is the lowest standard; overcoming two calamities and one tribulation to become immortal, with three beast tamers, is already a prodigy."
"Four? Five? Already on par with Night Emperor, Jian Xin, those levels that immortals sects scramble to recruit."
Of course, the Immortal Realm contains mortals.
They are descendants of immortals that gradually proliferated, and these natives despise outsiders, believing they snatch away their jobs, resources.
Moreover, local academy exams offer them benefits too.
But Ning Zheng isn't particularly interested in the promotion channels for the lower-tier cultivators, only finding the beast taming system somewhat bizarre.
Interestingly, their beast taming system doesn't cultivate the third path either.
They only cultivate soul and flesh systems.
Destiny is hardly involved.
Like all immortals, they only start delving into the third hidden origin after becoming immortal.
Ning Zheng pondered:
"Of course, they might possess special [destiny] type auspicious beast tamers, who cultivate the third path, just kept secret from outsiders."
"However, there's also the possibility that this system is flawed, and mortals fundamentally cannot cultivate destiny!"
"After all, they share [flesh] and [soul] with their lifebound beast tamers, leaving only [destiny] behind, needing to retain [destiny], otherwise with the three major origins lacking, a person dies."
"Beast taming essentially is a part of their life by now."
"Beast Tamers' bodies are very fragile and need [destiny] to maintain other beasts..."
"And their bodies are too weak to cultivate [destiny], passing destiny tribulation is extremely difficult, it's the most perilous among the three calamities, beast tamers with weak bodies could hardly overcome."
"Perhaps initially their path, limits, only go as far as two calamities seven tribulations?"
Ning Zheng pondered.
Born missing one?
Perhaps even the strongest limit system in the Immortal Realm is missing a segment.
But this is mere speculation!
"In other words, they cultivate the third origin, destiny, after becoming immortal."
"After becoming immortal, they seek out auspicious divine beasts symbolizing destiny... would that mean, that those encompassing destiny divine techniques such as my Ancient Bronze Emperor, Phoenix Yi, Cursed, Xin Xichen, are captured as auspicious beasts, taken in by this system's immortals for cultivation?"
Ning Zheng was greatly astonished internally.
Cultivators from Nine-State ascending might become celestial pets!
If Nine-State, Celestial Destiny World were discovered, people would consider them as a delightful pet world, periodically hunting auspicious beasts.
Even some pet hunter smugglers, like capturing Ning Zheng the little rabbit, would capture some auspicious beasts from Nine-State, display, auction, and lock them up for appreciation.
Especially Jiu Shui... with destiny as well, he might not even get to work as a miner, would be caught as a pet.
Night Emperor, presently masquerading as a miner.
If discovered, this renowned ancestor Tao Venerate of destiny in the Celestial Destiny World would likely be captured as an immortal's steed.