Beast Taming: I Have an Immortal Mansion

Chapter 253 - 197: 2 Talents

Inside the Immortal Mansion, within a honeycomb in the Purple Bamboo Forest, Fang Qingyuan’s divine soul hovered beside the Bee Queen, studying her.

Compared to the Bee Queen’s impending advancement, the people waiting outside were not particularly important. As the current Head of the Ministry of Affairs, he had the confidence to make them wait a little longer.

If power didn’t come with certain privileges, what was the point of holding on to it?

Dismissing these thoughts, Fang Qingyuan focused his attention on the Bee Queen. It had been nearly seven or eight years since she had fallen into her deep slumber.

At first, Fang Qingyuan had thought it was just a simple advancement, but he never expected the little thing to sleep for so many years.

Fortunately, today, the Bee Queen was finally about to awaken. After she did, her cultivation would surely have increased dramatically, and she might even have a few more innate Divine Techniques.

At this thought, Fang Qingyuan’s spirits lifted. He looked forward to the surprise the Bee Queen had in store for him.

A few breaths later, as the eye-like patterns on the Bee Queen’s body grew clearer, Fang Qingyuan watched as her plump, white form rapidly elongated and transformed.

In the blink of an eye, the Bee Queen, who had just been a large, fat grub, had turned into a small child—naked and with incredibly delicate skin.

But what was shocking was that the child had no visible sex organs; its body was completely smooth, making it impossible to distinguish between male and female.

That wasn’t even the most surprising part. When he looked at the child’s face, he discovered that its features were identical to his own.

What in the hells? How did my once-adorable Bee Queen become so ugly?

Fang Qingyuan’s initial excitement turned into a complex mix of feelings. However, only a few breaths later, his powerful divine soul detected that something was wrong.

The light was distorted, and everything seemed dissonant.

"By my order, break this illusion!"

Fang Qingyuan channeled the Yindu Black Edict Soul-Binding Spell. With a great shout, a surge of his Soul Power swept out, shattering the phantasm before him into dust.

As if invisible glass had shattered, the child that had appeared before him vanished, and the Bee Queen reverted to her tender, white grub-like form.

At that moment, the eye patterns on the Bee Queen’s body slowly closed.

Seeing this, Fang Qingyuan understood. He had just been trapped in one of the Bee Queen’s new Divine Techniques. If he hadn’t practiced Soul Daoist Techniques and possessed a strong divine soul, it might have taken him much longer to notice the truth.

But why would the Bee Queen show him such an illusion?

Just then, Fang Qingyuan noticed that the Bee Queen, her technique broken, was now pretending to be asleep with her eyes shut. Sensing his gaze, she lazily made a sound and stretched her body.

Seeing the Bee Queen start to squirm, Fang Qingyuan gave a cold smile and said to her:

"Getting bold, are we? You dare to trick me now?"

"That’s not it! I just wanted to be like Master. I didn’t mean to deceive you."

"Is that so?"

Fang Qingyuan was skeptical, but in the next moment, he exclaimed in pleasant surprise:

"You can talk now!"

Fang Qingyuan moved closer to carefully examine the Bee Queen. He discovered that her aura now far surpassed the realm a Qi Cultivation Spirit Beast could reach. In other words, the Bee Queen had achieved Foundation Establishment.

Achieving Foundation Establishment just by waking up from a seven- or eight-year nap... if the Loose Cultivators outside knew of such a thing, they would probably die of envy.

As Fang Qingyuan approached, the Bee Queen’s voice, like that of a small, sweet-sounding girl, spoke:

"I don’t know why, either. While I was sleeping, I really wanted to talk to Master, and when I woke up, I found that I could."

Fang Qingyuan was delighted. A talking Spirit Beast meant much better communication. He looked the Bee Queen over but couldn’t find a mouth anywhere on her head.

She still resembled a bee but looked even whiter and more tender. Many of her previous chitinous antennae were gone, making her appear rounder and much cuter. Fang Qingyuan circled her halfway before finally realizing the voice was resounding within his own mind.

Telepathy?

Suppressing his shock, Fang Qingyuan gently rubbed the Bee Queen’s small belly and asked softly:

"After this long sleep, tell Master, what new talents have you awakened?"

The Bee Queen seemed very comfortable being rubbed by Fang Qingyuan. She lazily gave some vague answers, something about commanding more little bees and using the eyes on her body to confuse others. She tried her best to explain, but Fang Qingyuan still couldn’t quite understand.

So in the end, Fang Qingyuan decided to check for himself. When he had first formed a contract with the Bee Queen, he had placed a wisp of his divine soul within her body as a means of control.

Now, Fang Qingyuan began to carefully activate this wisp of divine soul, probing into the Bee Queen’s mind.

Being inspected in this manner, a flicker of discomfort crossed the Bee Queen’s face, but she sensibly cooperated. A long while later, Fang Qingyuan withdrew his Divine Sense, looked at the Bee Queen, and praised her:

"You’re amazing! You awakened two Divine Techniques at once. You must be starving. Come, try some fresh flower nectar."

Fang Qingyuan used his Divine Sense to move over a dozen pounds of Golden Jade Flower Honey from where Jinbao was sleeping and presented it to the Bee Queen.

Smelling the sweet flower nectar, the Bee Queen’s eyes crinkled in happiness as she buried her head in it and began to feast.

Watching the Bee Queen eat contentedly, Fang Qingyuan turned his thoughts to the two innate Divine Techniques he had just discovered.

The Bee Queen had awakened two Divine Techniques this time. One was the Profound Upper Grade ’Ten Thousand Luminous Illusion Eye.’ As for the other, Fang Qingyuan was hesitant because he couldn’t quite figure it out.

The external characteristics of the Ten Thousand Luminous Illusion Eye were obvious; the eyes that appeared on the Bee Queen’s body were the best evidence.

This Divine Technique could construct all sorts of illusions to confuse enemies. Such techniques were not uncommon in the Wilderness Forest, as many insect- and serpent-type demonic beasts possessed similar abilities.

The power of this Divine Technique was determined by the number of eyes on her body. Fang Qingyuan had just counted; the Bee Queen currently had only a dozen or so eyes. If that number reached a hundred, the illusions she created could probably fool even a Late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

The reason the Ten Thousand Luminous Illusion Eye was so named was because its upper limit was ten thousand illusion eyes.

However, as good as the Ten Thousand Luminous Illusion Eye was, it paled in comparison to the other Divine Technique she had awakened. This talent allowed the Bee Queen’s mind to connect with other living beings, but it had no other apparent function.

But what was remarkable was that this technique was active at all times, consuming none of the Bee Queen’s Spiritual Power or mental energy, unlike the Ten Thousand Luminous Illusion Eye, which required a great deal of Spiritual Power to activate.

That wasn’t all. This Divine Technique could ignore the target’s cultivation realm and directly enter their mind. Although it couldn’t be used for malicious actions, this was still an incredible feat.

Unfortunately, there were no records of such a Divine Technique in the Qingyuan Sect. Because of this, Fang Qingyuan speculated that it must be a mutation, developed through the subtle and gradual nourishment of the Immortal Mansion.

Since he couldn’t find any precedent for it, Fang Qingyuan decided to give it a name:

"Voice of All Things."