Chapter 249: First Taming Attempt (1/2)

Lin Mu was sitting below a tree as a fire blazed on his side. A beast was currently being roasted over the fire but Lin Mu's focus was on something else.

His eyes were closed and he was contemplating over the words that Senior Xukong had spoken. He couldn't help but feel entranced by them and those few words were stuck in his mind, repeating over and over again.

”Fear or respect, whatever it may be all stems from power… and that is all I need right now.” Lin Mu muttered.

Xukong was currently engrossed in his own cultivation and had not paid attention to what Lin Mu had just said. He was suddenly woken up from his trance as he felt something terrifying. His body shuddered and he recoiled in terror.

”What was that…?” Xukong uttered as he looked at the ethereal altar in the distance.

The terrifying feeling that he felt faded away rather quickly and he could not find its source, but considering previous incidences he had a good guess that the altar was most likely the source.

Xukong flew towards the ethereal altar and gazed at it deeply, not finding any change in it.

'Did I imagine it? Or was that a premonition?' Xukong thought to himself as he closed his eyes and focused on himself for a minute before opening his eyes again.

”The connection is still the same… So, a premonition. Hmm, I need to keep a closer eye now.”

”That feeling… I haven't felt it before. The Demonic path?… no this was… much worse.” Xukong muttered to himself as he got more and more anxious.

Lin Mu was completely oblivious to this and had now opened his eyes. His spirit sense was spread around and he was on the lookout for beasts. He had been in the forest for about two hours now and had lured a couple of beasts to his current location.

But it was not the beast he was looking for. Though, Lin Mu had expected that this would not be easy even though he had taken precautions beforehand and ensured that no blood was spilled when he killed the beasts that approached him.

'Do I need to try a different location, perhaps?' Lin Mu thought to himself.

~Rustle~

Just as Lin Mu was about to give up, a bush in the distance rustled and he became alert. His spirit sense moved there, and he waited for the beast to reveal itself. He had to be sure that the beast that appeared was the right one as he did not want to accidentally kill the Brown Shrubby Forest cat.

Soon the beast raveled itself and a smile appeared on Lin Mu's face.

'Here it is.' Lin Mu thought as he stayed still.

He did not want to startle the beast as he had seen how timid it was. Every time he had encountered it before, it had run away and the only time it had approached him closer was when he had cooked and had not moved.

”Senior, it is here.” Lin Mu spoke in his mind.

Xukong who was thinking about all the possibilities for that premonition finally snapped out of his mind. He first calmed himself down forcibly and only then did he speak. He knew that it would do no good if he revealed his anxiety and did not want to affect Lin Mu with it.

”Oh, the Brown Shrubby Forest Cat is here? Good, now focus and let it approach you. Once it is sufficiently close, I'll tell you and that's when you will use your spirit sense, understand?” Xukong replied.

”Yes, senior.” Lin Mu replied.

The Brown Shrubby Forest Cat peeked its head out from the bush and looked at Lin Mu for a moment before retreating. It repeated the same thing it had done yesterday and spied from all different angles before being comfortable enough to approach.