My Simulated Road to Immortality

Chapter 685: Chapter 651: Mr. Bai’s Gift

The so-called “Ring of Unity” is a magical tool personally crafted by Emperor Tri-Moa.

Visually, it appears as a circular door that emits a blue glow. A demonic beast passes through it in an instant in the real world. But within that brief moment, they experience countless realistic illusions that are indistinguishable from reality.

The test of the “Ring of Unity” naturally assesses whether the demonic beast would harm its master under various extreme circumstances.

The Ring of Unity is difficult to make; thus, the Beast Taming Sect could only produce one in a hurry. Although the time needed to complete the test is short, the number of demonic beasts in the Beast Taming Sect is simply too many. These include not only the personal demonic beasts of the disciples, but also a large number of masterless beasts responsible for manual labor, managing the spiritual fields, and guarding the sect.

Though referred to as masterless, these demonic beasts are all enslaved by the Beast Taming Sect.

The one controlling them is the Beast Taming Sect’s greatest treasure, the [Cycle of Ten Thousand Beasts]. It is said that the wheel displays the image of almost every demonic beast in the world. Even newly born species of demonic beasts will eventually appear on it.

When a demonic beast is born, the Cycle of Ten Thousand Beasts brands their divine soul, rendering them unable to escape the wheel’s control for their whole life.

It is rumored that this greatest treasure was brought out from Nanming Sacred Beast Mountain by Emperor Tri-Moa himself and given to the Beast Taming Sect’s founding master, “Yong of Ten Thousand Age”. From the [Cycle of Ten Thousand Beasts], Yong of Ten Thousand Age derived the [Beast Taming True Technique].

However, despite the incredible power of the Cycle of Ten Thousand Beasts, it has many fatal flaws. It must be used on a newly born demonic beast. Moreover, any demonic beast whose divine soul has been branded by it suffers tremendous pain at all times from the “Torment of the Wheel.” Hence, their intelligence cannot fully develop, and they can only perform simple tasks.

The cultivation of Beast Taming requires a mutual understanding, which is crucial to unleashing the full combat power of the tamed beast. In a battle between cultivators of the same level, every detail could decide the outcome. If the controlled demonic beast isn’t intelligent, it would be like handicapping oneself.

Therefore, cultivators in the Beast Taming Sect, with the [Beast Taming True Technique], slowly cultivate their Primordial Spiritual Beasts since young. They would never consider choosing those demonic beasts manipulated by the Cycle of Ten Thousand Beasts.

This also led to a dire crisis in the Beast Taming Sect when the Great Calamity that forbids concurrent cultivation of methods descended.

Luckily, the evacuation mission was personally directed by Emperor Tri-Moa. Under the watchful gaze of this old man with white hair and long brows, neither man nor beast dared to misbehave. The testing of the “Ring of Unity” proceeded in an orderly fashion.

By the end of the first day, only about one-tenth of all the demonic beasts had been tested. It was estimated that nearly half a month would be needed to complete the selection. The demonic beasts that passed the test and their masters, shared an emotional farewell before stepping first into the [Ship of Ten Thousand Beasts].

Soon, they would ride this flying magical tool, leave the Xuanhuang World, and seek refuge in an unknown Small World.

Those who failed the test, despite their regrets, were forcefully separated from their masters. It was said that these demonic beasts would be temporarily detained and released only after the complete evacuation of the Beast Taming Sect.

By the seventh day of testing.

That evening, Xu Ke, who had been absent all day, suddenly sought out Li Fan, looking panicked.

“Little Black, something bad happened, you need to leave now.”

Li Fan, who was practicing the Creation Furnace Skill with closed eyes, opened his eyes and glanced at him indifferently.

Xu Ke added: “I’m not joking with you this time. If you stay any longer, you will really lose your life. Don’t worry about me; you need to leave the Beast Taming Sect quietly.”

Li Fan yawned, seeming unbothered.

Seeing this, Xu Ke grew anxious: “Little Black, did you hear what I said? I heard from Brother Lu Ya today…”

“That the demonic beasts who failed the test will not be set free as promised. Instead, they will all be killed. Is that right?” Li Fan interrupted.

Xu Ke was stunned, “You… how did you know?”

“Could it be that Little Black, you eavesdropped on our conversation?” A surprise flickered across Xu Ke’s face.

“Do I need to eavesdrop to guess that?” Li Fan held his head high, showing disdain.

“Ignoring those demonic beasts originally belonging to the Beast Taming Sect, who knows many sect secrets. The matter of evacuating the Xuanhuang World is a life and death situation for the Beast Taming Sect. If this gets out, who can assure the demonic beasts won’t chase us to the Small World? When that happens, there’s no escape, and it may lead to the annihilation of our sect!”

“That Emperor Tri-Moa is not a kind and gentle creature. He can even enslave his own kind and feed them to humans…” A glimpse of danger twinkled in Li Fan’s eyes.

“In conclusion, these demonic beasts must all die!” Li Fan coldly stated.

Li Fan’s words resonated powerfully.

It took Xu Ke a long time to react. He stared blankly at Li Fan, “Since you’ve figured it all out, Little Black, why are you so calm? Aren’t you scared?”

Li Fan held his head high and glared at Xu Ke, challenging, “What should I be scared of? Am I not going to pass the Ring of Unity test? Do you have so little faith in me?”

Li Fan’s aura made Xu Ke flinch, unable to face his gaze. He stuttered, “Well, there’s no absolute certainty in anything, what if…”

Li Fan flew over Xu Ke’s head, slapping him with a wing while saying: “There’s no what if!”

He declared resolutely.

Xu Ke wanted to argue, but refrained. Although he was worried, he knew about Li Fan’s stubbornness and gave up persuading him.

After waiting anxiously for three days, the day of the test finally came for Little Black.

Under tremendous pressure, Li Fan entered the “Ring of Unity”.

Time seemed to stand still in that instant.

The next moment, the Ring of Unity erupted with a soft blue light, a sign of successful completion of the test!

“Ah! Little Black, you’re amazing!” Xu Ke rushed screaming towards Li Fan, intending to hug him tightly. However, he was mercilessly kicked away by Li Fan.

“Test passed. Next.” Lu Ya gave Li Fan a surprised look before announcing.

Five days later, after all the Demonic Beasts of the Beast Taming Sect had passed the “Ring of Unity” test, the Ship of Ten Thousand Beasts was fully loaded.

They were about to set sail to their unknown homeland.

“Brother Lu Ya, are you not leaving?” On the deck, Xu Ke curiously looked at Lu Ya who stood at the bow, asking him with a tilted head.

Lu Ya patted Xu Ke’s head: “Some of us must stay behind. The Ten Sects of the Immortal Dao need to save face, too. It won’t be good if we refuse to play along and cause others to be upset.”

Xu Ke nodded with a somewhat puzzled look.

“It’s up to you now. The future of the Beast Taming Sect rests in your hands.”

Lu Ya tied a red string around Xu Ke’s right wrist, speaking with a hint of reluctance. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

“Wow, this is a red string braided by Mr. Bai!” The unique knot on the red string immediately revealed its source to Xu Ke.

In the past, when they were still in the broken temple in Ningyuan City, whenever a child fell ill and was cured by Mr. Bai.

Mr. Bai would tie a red string around their wrists, praying for their safety in the future.

Xu Ke raised his hand, stared at the red string, pondering over it again and again.

Li Fan also stared at the red string, feeling a wave of indescribable emotions in his heart.