254 End of the Battle (1/2)

Xue Wei decided to put aside his thoughts about the Dao at the moment and looked at what Lin Xiao was doing.

The talismans that had been placed on the head of the boar were shining brightly. The characters that were written on them were shining with a moonlight glow like the one previously seen from the staff. Although Lin Xiao was now using quite a few talismans instead of the staff, the light that these talismans gave off was not even a fraction of the previous light.

The light came from the writing on the talismans, and soon they started to turn into ash, the characters branding themselves onto the boar instead, and when they did, the half-closed eyes of the boar were no longer red and filled with hatred and fighting spirit. They were more akin to those of a sleeping beast.

Everyone within the hall held their breath, staring at Lin Xiao as he performed his strange actions with great curiosity.

Time trickled by slowly. Soon, after half an hour had gone by, the talismans and the characters had completely entered into the body of the boar. No one could see any signs of them anymore, but it was also obvious that the boar was sleeping, not showing any signs of awakening.

Lin Xiao was still sitting in cultivation. All the members of the Garden of Shadows and the bandit group were wondering what exactly could be happening.

He was asleep so why had they not killed him yet? Was there something else that they wanted to do, or were they just wasting time?

Just as people were about to lose interest, something happened. The boar slowly opened its eyes and stood up. It quickly changed back to its human shape and draped a robe over its body before it bowed down in front of Lin Xiao, with no signs of fighting spirit left in him.

”Da Jia greets master,” he said with a steady voice as he bowed deeply. Lin Xiao finally opened his eyes.

Looking at him, Xue Wei noticed that there were beads of sweat on his forehead and that his face was paler than usual, but a great smile quickly spread on his face. The battle had been fierce, but he had managed to subdue a beast that was stronger than himself. This was quite an outstanding accomplishment.

Everyone was astonished when they saw the submissive behavior of the bandit leader. His eyes were clear and bright, equal to how they had been before, but at the same time, a fervent reverence was blazing within his eyes whenever he looked at Lin Xiao, as if he was looking at the most important person in the world.

”Eradicate the bandits,” Lin Xiao ordered. The boar, without regards to previous connections, turned into a blur as he rushed at the bandits, using his superior physical shape to slay them one after another.

Seeing that Lin Xiao's taming had been successful, Xue Wei gestured for Hei Gou to return to his original shape. Hei Gou instantly did as suggested, turning back to his human shape, and wore a set of black robes with golden embroideries on them.

There was no reason for anyone to fight anymore. The bandit leader executed the bandits easily as all of them were stunned. When he had finished his massacre, the bandit leader quickly returned to Lin Xiao's side, standing behind him with a stoic expression on his face while giving his new master a look full of reverence.

”Seems like you can tame beasts outside of the Chang'an Continent, too.” Xue Wei nodded his head in praise when he saw the behavior of the boar.

The students of the Garden of Shadows had all been quiet since they saw what happened to Da Jia. Although they had lost a numerous amount of merit points because Da Jia killed the remaining bandits, no one minded it. All of them were astonished by the sudden change in the behavior of the boar.

”This, what do you call this ability?” The Primordial Beast that had provided the herbs to the pills previously shivered as he asked. He too had had a hard time contending with the moonlight-like light that had shone earlier.

Fortunately, he had been much further away so even if he had wanted to go nearer, his rationality had told him to stay away.

Still, he was terrified now. If this man was capable of taming beasts, did that not mean that he too could become a puppet like this?

”Do not fear,” Xue Wei smiled at the Primordial Beast that had stepped out to ask. ”Although Xiao is capable of taming Primordial Beasts, he does not do so just because he can. This bandit leader ought to be brought back and brought to justice in front of the academy leaders, which is why we decided to tame him. He will never lower himself to harm innocent or upright beasts.”

Xue Wei sounded righteous. He did not say that the main reason they had tamed this boar, Da Jia, was because they wanted to see whether or not his abilities worked outside of the Chang'an Continent. He made it sound as if they were doing it for the sake of justice. The faces of those gathered relaxed drastically, especially the face of the Primordial Beast that had questioned them.