Beast Taming: I Have an Immortal Mansion

Chapter 245 - 189: Tiger Capture and Sky Restriction

After Kuai Tong left in the middle of their discussion, the atmosphere grew a bit awkward. However, Qi Wushuang quickly took control of the situation. She and Fang Qingyuan finalized their first deal: the Artifact Talisman Alliance would manufacture ten flying battleships in exchange for a twenty-five-year lease on a mineral vein in a Land Realm the Southern Border Beast Taming Sect was set to open up in ten years’ time.

This was essentially a speculative contract, with the Artifact Talisman Alliance banking on the Southern Border Beast Taming Sect’s reputation. Fang Qingyuan signed the contract with his own name.

If the war of expansion didn’t break out there in ten years, the Southern Border Beast Taming Sect would have to pay the equivalent value in Spirit Stones, to be paid off over thirty years.

The Southern Border Beast Taming Sect didn’t consider it a loss. No matter what happened, they would always have a need for these flying battleships.

The Southern Border Beast Taming Sect usually traveled on Spirit Beasts, such as the Flying Manta Ray, but flying battleships had their own unique uses. Fang Qingyuan wanted to use them to organize the vassal forces in the Southern Border Territory, like the She Family.

This would increase the Southern Border Beast Taming Sect’s war potential. On lower-end battlefields, these flying battleships could at least reduce the number of Cultivator casualties.

With the business settled, Fang Qingyuan had accomplished both of his objectives. He had no desire to linger in the Artifact Talisman Alliance’s territory, so he declined Qi Wushuang’s offer to stay longer. The next day, he left the city and headed toward the Southern Border.

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Above the boundless Death Swamp, Fang Qingyuan and Situ Jingyu stood on Yinbao’s back, their expressions solemn as they gazed at the churning black mist below.

They had already left the territory of the Artifact Talisman Alliance, but a sense of unease lingered in Fang Qingyuan’s heart. The more he thought about Kuai Tong’s behavior the day before, the more agitated he became.

’The Spirit Wood Alliance, the Artifact Talisman Alliance... is their relationship really that good?’

’If so, why would Qi Wushuang want to cooperate with my sect? What’s really going on here?’

Jinbao was sprawled limply on Yinbao’s back. He had been terribly bored inside the Ten Thousand Beasts Qiankun Banner and was in a bit of a mood after being let out.

However, after Fang Qingyuan offered him a few stalks of fresh purple bamboo, Jinbao decided he wasn’t angry anymore. He was now contentedly munching away on the tender shoots.

Thinking of the Crimson Young Bird that was still trapped inside the banner, Jinbao felt even happier.

The black mist over the Death Swamp roiled endlessly. As Fang Qingyuan’s Divine Sense pierced through it, he suddenly detected an anomaly below.

About a li below them, auras hidden within the Death Swamp felt inexplicably discordant. Though his Divine Sense scan registered them as similar to the other creatures in the swamp, they were far too orderly.

Fang Qingyuan glanced at Situ Jingyu beside him. Seeing that his Senior Sister, a Body Cultivator, had not yet noticed anything amiss, a thought stirred in his mind, and he sent her a voice transmission:

"Senior Sister, trouble’s coming. Get ready to fight."

Upon hearing Fang Qingyuan’s warning, Situ Jingyu’s expression remained unchanged, but the Spiritual Qi in her body began to circulate rapidly. With a subtle step, she positioned herself to shield him.

Situ Jingyu’s soul was no longer as perceptive as Fang Qingyuan’s. Though the total quantity of her spiritual soul was vast, she lacked his refined techniques and keen senses when it came to its application, as he cultivated a Soul Dao Technique.

Fang Qingyuan signaled for Yinbao to speed up, hoping they could get away. ’Fighting on a battlefield preset by the enemy is a foolish thing to do.’

However, with a whistle of air being torn asunder, a complex sky-restriction formation materialized ahead of them, enveloping the area in a three-li radius. Instantly, Yinbao felt as if it were being crushed by an immense weight, and its flight came to an abrupt halt.

Fang Qingyuan showed no panic. His Divine Sense rapidly scanned the surroundings, perceiving points of light—each one a Cultivator—quickly closing in to encircle them.

Each point of light was powerful; none were below the Foundation Establishment realm. The weakest among them radiated the spiritual soul glow characteristic of an Early-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

One, two, three... Nine Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

Fang Qingyuan let out a self-deprecating laugh. ’To deal with just me and Situ Jingyu, they actually sent nine Foundation Establishment Cultivators, two of whom are even Late-stage.’

’They’re really determined to take me down here and now. The Spirit Wood Alliance... so ruthless and decisive.’

Facing the sudden restrictive formation, Situ Jingyu let out a sharp cry and leaped high into the air, throwing a punch at the shimmering lines of the array before them.

In an instant, a Fire Phoenix wreathed in roaring flames manifested behind her. It flapped its enormous wings, unleashing a torrent of fire that surged toward the point of her punch.

The restriction was originally formless, but as Situ Jingyu’s flames scorched it, a loud CRACKLING sound erupted.

At that moment, Fang Qingyuan felt Yinbao’s speed increase slightly under him, but it still couldn’t fly fast enough.

Now that he had reached Foundation Establishment, Yinbao’s once-proud speed had become a liability. Previously, it could easily outrun pursuing Late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, but against an Early-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator, it could only keep pace. And now, facing not just Early-stage Cultivators but two at the Late-stage of Foundation Establishment, Yinbao was just a liability.

At this thought, Fang Qingyuan reached into his Immortal Mansion and produced the Ten Thousand Beasts Qiankun Banner. With a single flick, he absorbed the massive Yinbao into it.

With another wave, he unleashed a sky-blotting swarm of Scorpion-tailed Bees. He had cultivated this breed for many years inside his Immortal Mansion, and each one was the product of multiple mutations. Now, over ten thousand Scorpion-tailed Poison Bees poured out at once, swarming around Fang Qingyuan and Jinbao, their buzzing a deafening roar.

With the Ten Thousand Beasts Qiankun Banner from Lechuan providing cover, the creatures from Fang Qingyuan’s Immortal Mansion could be brought out into the open without arousing suspicion.

But that wasn’t all. As the phantoms of five small Illusion Beasts flickered around him, Fang Qingyuan waved the banner’s staff again and began to cast a series of enhancement spells on the tens of thousands of Scorpion-tailed Poison Bees.

Stone Skin Technique, Xuan Water Shield, Wood Spirit Blood...

In an instant, the tens of thousands of Scorpion-tailed Bees shimmered with a multicolored luster—the Spiritual Waves generated by the spells cast upon them.

Buffing tens of thousands of poison bees with seven or eight spells at once would have been an immense strain on Fang Qingyuan’s own Spiritual Power, if he could even manage it—and this was despite his reserves already far exceeding those of other Cultivators at his level.

But with the Five Spirits Illusion Beasts acting as intermediaries, Fang Qingyuan could borrow the Five Elements Spiritual Qi from the world around him to cast the spells. This way, one part of his Spiritual Power achieved the effect of three.

Having done all this, Fang Qingyuan mounted a Magical Artifact with Jinbao and charged forward, following close behind Situ Jingyu.

’Getting ambushed and then staying put to fight to the death is completely irrational. We have to get out of here as fast as possible.’

However, just as Situ Jingyu’s Fire Phoenix broke through, the encircling Foundation Establishment Cultivators accelerated. They finally closed in, surrounding the pair just as they were about to break free.

Fang Qingyuan looked at the Cultivators surrounding them, his expression completely unfazed. He raised his head to the sky and shouted:

"Martial Uncle, save me!"

The next moment, a cold snort echoed through the air. Huo Bai appeared out of the void, a white tiger’s shadow flaring to life behind him. He reached out, making a great scooping motion as if to snatch up the Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

’Tiger Capture and Sky Restriction!’