Chapter 363 (1/2)

Chapter 363

Sitting on top of the Golden-Scaled Bull, the two of them continued deeper into the Forest of Darkness . It seemed what Long Chen wanted to find could only be found in its depths .

On the way, Lu Fang-er taught Long Chen a bunch of common knowledge that had to do with being a Beast Tamer, giving him a more profound understanding of the profession .

At the same time, he understood why Lu Fang-er had released her two Magical Beasts . The truth was that her soul energy was limited, and she was only able to open four spiritual s.p.a.ces to control a maximum of four Magical Beasts .

If it was just opening spiritual s.p.a.ces, then Lu Fang-er would be able to open up many more of them . But with her current soul energy, she was unable to control so many Magical Beasts .

If a person ordinarily possessed one hundred percent of their soul energy, then in comparison, she required ninety-nine percent of her soul energy to control her Magical Beasts . Without enough soul energy, the slave imprints on her Magical Beasts would loosen, and then there was no way for her to control them perfectly . If at that time her Magical Beasts rebelled, they would kill her in order to regain their freedom .

Only then did Long Chen realize why it was no wonder Magical Beasts and their masters felt no trust towards each other . Let alone feelings of friends.h.i.+p, it seemed more like they were constantly scheming against each other .

From what Lu Fang-er explained, Long Chen began to sympathise with the Beast Tamer profession . During battle, they wouldn’t just need to defend against combat, but also against rebellion from their own Magical Beasts . That was definitely tiring .

This was why Long Chen and Little Snow’s relations.h.i.+p that didn’t rely on a spiritual contract, but purely on an emotional and mental connection, had completely shocked Lu Fang-er . However, that kind of life and death trust between the two of them also deeply moved her .

But that kind of trust was far too difficult to establish . Whether it was humans or Magical Beasts, who would be willing to sacrifice their lives and unconditionally entrust their own lives to another?

“Long Chen, since you didn’t place a spiritual imprint on Little Snow, Little Snow’s combat ability isn’t restricted, and so it is really a good thing .

“Furthermore, if someone wants to steal Little Snow from you, they would first automatically attempt to remove Little Snow’s original spiritual imprint . You aren’t a Beast Tamer, so if you had placed a spiritual imprint, it would have been easily broken by anyone who knew what they were doing .

“When senior apprentice-brother Qi saw you were unable to block his spiritual attack, he could easily tell you only knew a few crude soul arts . That was why he wanted to erase your spiritual imprint .

“When a Magical Beast’s spiritual imprint is erased, the Magical Beast’s soul will receive a heavy impact and it will lose consciousness, losing the ability to resist . At that time, it would be easy to subdue . ” As they travelled, Lu Fang-er told Long Chen some ordinary knowledge that pertained to Beast Tamers .

From that, Lu Fang-er learned that Long Chen had used the simplest, crudest method to open his spiritual s.p.a.ce . She hadn’t been able to hold back imparting some foundational techniques to Long Chen .

Long Chen was a powerful pill cultivator, and his Spiritual Strength made him strong enough to be a Beast Tamer . That was why Lu Fang-er now went against her sect’s rules and secretly taught Long Chen several secret techniques .

It had to be known that the Wind Spirit Pavilion kept its secret soul arts under tight wraps . If the sect learned Lu Fang-er had done this, she would be harshly punished .

Long Chen had not found a single secret manual within senior apprentice-brother Qi’s spatial ring that pertained to soul arts . Just that was enough for Long Chen to guess how closely their sect guarded their soul arts .

A sect’s secret techniques were that sect’s inheritance . Even the Xuantian Monastery prevented its disciples from spreading its sect’s secret techniques . The punishment for breaking that rule was heavy .

The Wind Spirit Pavilion’s disciples were all soul cultivators, and such cultivators were extremely rare . There were very few manuals pertaining to soul cultivation . So the most basic, crudest soul arts Long Chen had found in the monastery had cost him tens of thousands of points .

Although Lu Fang-er feigned being relaxed as she taught Long Chen these things, she was unable to conceal her apprehensiveness from Long Chen .

Long Chen was extremely grateful for this action of hers . He truly was in great need of this knowledge . Otherwise, even with his powerful Spiritual Strength, without ways to use it, he would naturally suffer once he met a true expert in that area .

According to Lu Fang-er, the Wind Spirit Pavilion’s soul arts were closely guarded, and even she had only come into contact with some of the more basic ones .

There were more profound soul arts that she didn’t have the qualifications to train in . Only geniuses like Feng Xiao-zi and Meng Qi had access to them .

But even so, Long Chen had gained a great deal . He was shocked to find there were so many ways to use Spiritual Strength .

On the other hand, Lu Fang-er was even more shocked by Long Chen’s abnormal comprehension skills . As long as she taught him the circulation method of Spiritual Strength, Long Chen would easily grasp it .

In fact, Long Chen began to bring up theories and understandings that even made Lu Fang-er’s eyes open wide . Once Long Chen grasped the basics, he would immediately think of other possible tricks that could be used similarly .

He proposed concepts that were completely unimaginable to her . And yet, they did seem to correlated to the basic principles she had taught him . But she had never even imagined such things .

“Long Chen, if I didn’t know your background, I would definitely think you had already learned all these soul arts and were just purposely teasing me,” sighed Lu Fang-er .

Long Chen felt some embarra.s.sment . This was his first time coming into contact with true soul arts, and he found them to be all too miraculous, and so he had involuntarily begun to come up with all kinds of thoughts .

Long Chen had never been the kind of person to stick to the well-established rules and customs . All kinds of wild concepts filled his head . Now some of them had unexpectedly leaked out .

He scolded himself for wanting to learn how to run before even learning how to walk . He was definitely overestimating his own abilities . “I just like to let my imagination run wild, so don’t take offense . ”