Chapter 5: The Divine Beast Mirror
At this time, the Dan is another face. The outermost layer of Gongde Shen mud has been washed away, and the true face of the Dan is revealed. The overall appearance of the Dan medicine is a faint blue color, with countless tiny things fluctuating on its surface. Upon closer inspection, there are countless characters flying around it, arranged in different patterns to form various messages, seemingly containing countless secrets.
It's indeed the Shí Dān, the legendary one that can serve as a tale of the ancient sect. In just an instant, Zhōu Liáng saw many things and had some expectations. What does this Shí Dān record? The Yóu Quán Ghost Path describes the Shí Dān as being protected by the Gōng Dé God Mud, allowing it to be preserved for billions of years. Once the Gōng Dé God Mud peels off, the Shí Dān will be assimilated into the heavenly and earthly spiritual energy in a very short time. If that happens, the legacy within the Shí Dān will truly vanish into thin air.
Do you want to accept this inheritance? Zhou Liang hesitated for a moment, his eyes became determined. In the previous life, the three calamities did not finally obtain the recognition of Dan, probably because they were not blessed and could not recognize the preciousness of Dan. For cultivators, inheritance is always the most important thing. Without inheritance, the sect will have no future, and without inheritance, cultivators will not be able to possess great power. Some legends from the ancient cultivation world still linger, even if one has only a thread of the ancient cultivator's strength, it would make a difference. Reborn into his youth, this life, he wants to take a path that is completely different from his previous life.
Shi Dan, like other dan medicines, was meant to be ingested. Zhou Liang raised his hand and the Shi Dan entered his throat, instantly dissolving into a hot stream that poured down his esophagus. He only felt a loud rumbling sound before his head shook violently, as an enormous amount of information flooded directly into his consciousness. The massive impact almost caused him to faint, but he struggled to support himself, not allowing himself to collapse. At this moment, he had to keep his mind clear and focused. If he fainted, the transmission would be incomplete.
The inheritance was completed at an extremely fast speed, roughly the time it took to burn half a stick of incense. As soon as the inheritance ended, all the information automatically sorted itself out and eventually transformed into individual pieces of knowledge that sank deep within Zhou Liang's sea of consciousness. In the center of his consciousness, a golden light flashed and a book appeared.
The inheritance ended, Zhou Liang let out a slight breath, his face slightly pale, after taking the Shi Dan, the consumption was not ordinary, but the powerful divine sense had almost been exhausted. He took out several Return to Origin Pills, which were commonly used by cultivators to replenish their divine sense. Because of his cultivation of divine sense, his father had bought them back for him as a common medicinal pill to take. The Return to Origin Pill entered his body and transformed into a warm current, slowly recovering his divine sense, and his body also returned to normal.
After a long time of cross-legged meditation, Zhou Liang's mind was calm and stable, sinking into the sea of consciousness. He couldn't help but feel a slight sense of wonder in his heart - this was the formation of the Dan? It was different from the direct memories of the past. On the cover of this book, there were faint ripples and flashes, mysterious yet powerful. Zhou Liang slowly opened the book, and an ancient divine beast character appeared on the first page. The entire character was written in a dragon flying and phoenix dancing style, with each stroke and slash being extremely special, as if countless ferocious beasts were pouncing towards him, making his mind waver. Indeed, it was a powerful legacy named after a beast.
As he turned the pages one by one, his expression became increasingly shocked. He stopped at the fifth page, where there was a blank space, and exclaimed: "It's actually an ancient treasure mirror!"
In the ancient times, it should be the era of chaos, when all living things were ignorant, that was the best era. Because the spiritual energy between heaven and earth was dense, everywhere was precious medicine, even monsters were very powerful. Some ancient great masters created different schools, passed down different cultivation methods, according to these different schools, their inheritance was also different.
Top-notch ancient sects are generally referred to as "Dao" and named after the Dao, their inheritance is often called a treasure, hence the name "Dao Treasure". Second-rate sects are often referred to as "Zong", their inheritance is called a mirror, so it's called "Treasured Mirror". Third-rate ones are called "Men", their inheritance is called a volume, fourth-rate ones are called "Pai", their inheritance is called a record. Dao Treasure, Treasured Mirror, Volume of the Gate and Record of the Sect are the four major inheritances.
Zhou Liang had previously thought that this Shi Dan, which could be placed alongside the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir, should be an ancient secret transmission, a luxurious hope in his heart, at most just a branch or even just some secret techniques passed down. He never expected it to be a genuine transmission, which is the most fundamental and complete transmission of the second-rate sects of the ancient times. With this, combined with some opportunities, who knows, he might be able to restore the glory of the ancient great sect.
Zhou Liang's divine soul was wavering, almost unable to control himself. In the end, it was the quiet cultivation method of his previous life that stabilized him. Now, even if he were to reappear, it would be after becoming powerful. The relationships in the Cultivation Realm are complex and complicated, without sufficient strength, anything is just an empty fantasy.
His divine sense swept over the treasure mirror, this treasure mirror recorded the beast-driving treasure mirror of the ancient beast-driving sect. The beast driver was also a manipulator of spiritual beasts. After reaching a certain level, a cultivator's divine sense could form a contract with a demon beast, and the demon beast would become a spiritual beast, becoming part of the cultivator's combat strength. Many powerful cultivators often had a powerful spiritual beast. Zhou Liang's past life was a ghost cultivator, unable to sign a contract with a spiritual beast, which he always regretted. After all, compared to others who signed contracts with spiritual beasts, his actual strength was greatly reduced.
However, the Beast Taming Treasure Appraisal overturned Zhou Liang's understanding of beast taming. The Blood Appraisal was not the only way to control spiritual beasts. A larger portion of the Beast Taming Treasure Appraisal introduced another method, also commonly used in ancient times: the Dan Medicine Contract Method.
The Dan medicine contract method uses the Dan medicine instead of essence and blood to possess spiritual beasts, a common practice in ancient times. The Beast Tamer Sect was able to establish itself in ancient times and become a second-rate sect precisely because of its mastery of Dan medicine. The Beast Tamer Sect's Dan medicine for contracting with spiritual beasts is called the Beast Spirit Dan.
The Beast Spirit Pill is a medicinal pill refined by the Beast Tamer Sect through generations of research. With the help of the Beast Spirit Pill, cultivators can control demonic beasts that are no higher than one major level below their own spiritual awareness, with no limit on quantity.
Having read this far, Zhou Liang's heart was already surging with emotions, and his soul was greatly shocked. He could no longer conceal his excitement, and muttered to himself: "No limit on the number, no limit on the number..."
The current Xiu Zhen world often uses blood contracts, and the spiritual beasts for cultivators are mostly auxiliary in nature. After all, not everyone can contract a divine beast's bloodline, it's all one-on-one, and a cultivator can only contract one. If the spiritual beast dies, it cannot be replaced. Cultivators' attention to their spiritual beasts is second only to themselves. Many powerful cultivators have traveled through the nine provinces and searched the entire universe for a suitable spiritual beast. But now, with the Dan medicine contract method, you can contract spiritual beasts that are no higher than the divine sense level, with unlimited quantity. What does this represent?
The beast tide, in Zhou Liang's mind, seemed to see an endless ocean of demonic beasts. Anything that forms an ocean represents a power that is unimaginable to humans. In the great calamity of the nine states, there was something called the Beast Tide. Once a beast king was born in the deep mountains and vast marshes, under its influence, all the demonic beasts in the nine states would produce a beast tide. Endless demonic beasts, even if they were only ordinary level, surged forward in an overwhelming manner, and even the great sects of the Taoist school could not withstand their sharp edges.
It's indeed a great ancient sect, no wonder he can put it together with the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir. No, I should say that among the things obtained from the tomb of Emperor Donghua, this one is the most revered. The Easy Muscle and Bone Refining Chapter is extraordinary, but it only changes one person's strength. The Nine-Turn Golden Elixir is powerful, as usual, it enhances one's real strength, but this Beast Sea is the foundation! In the chaotic situation of the previous life, even the strong Golden Body cultivators fell one after another, without a sect to rely on, they couldn't survive that chaotic period. Even with a sect, it wasn't guaranteed, many small and medium-sized sects, even large sects were destroyed, and countless disciples died. It was indeed a chaotic era.
Once he possessed the Beast Sea, it was a different story. What could be more reassuring than having one's own spiritual beast? The Central Plains had many cultivators, but if you counted all nine states as part of it, then the number of demonic beasts would be even greater. He could completely find a large group of powerful demonic beasts to serve as his backing and get through that chaotic era.
