Cultivating To Immortality

Fang Hong put away the demon blood, and his magical power condensed into a blade, cleanly cutting off the Crimson Fire Beast’s talons.

The talons of this Demonic Beast were exceptionally hard and were excellent materials for refining Formation Spiritual Artifacts, so they could not be wasted.

After dealing with these, he summoned his demon gourd and sucked the Crimson Fire Beast’s corpse into it, refining it into a spirit pill.

Fang Hong was in a good mood, having finally made some gains today.

He looked up at the sky, only to see the dark clouds still thick and pressing down, with faint flashes of lightning appearing within the clouds, accompanied by rumbling thunder, yet no rain fell. It looked abnormal no matter how he viewed it.

Suddenly, Fang Hong’s expression changed, and his gaze inadvertently caught sight of a mountain wall on a distant cliff.

On the cliff face, there was a naturally formed cave entrance, hidden among vines and scattered rocks. If not for his keen spiritual sense, it would have been difficult to discover.

Even more peculiar, a golden light faintly flickered within the cave entrance, and there seemed to be a mysterious resonance and rhythm between that light and the thunder in the sky.

Fang Hong’s heart trembled. Could there be some rare treasure inside? Otherwise, why would it cause such a celestial phenomenon to echo?

Thinking of this, Fang Hong no longer hesitated. His figure flickered, and he flew up, landing at the cave entrance within a few breaths.

He released his Divine Sense to carefully probe the aura within the cave. Not detecting the presence of any Demonic Beast, he relaxed and boldly stepped into the cave.

The light inside the cave was dim, and the passage was winding. Fang Hong walked slowly, his steps steady.

After walking for about two to three hundred feet, the path suddenly opened up, and a not-very-spacious stone grotto appeared before him.

The stone grotto had no special arrangements, but in the center of a depression, three huge Demonic Beast eggs were conspicuously placed.

Fang Hong’s mind sharpened, and he examined them carefully.

These three giant eggs were each about the size of an adult’s head. Two of them were entirely fiery red with many twisted patterns.

The one in the middle, however, was dazzling golden, circulating with faint golden lightning arcs and golden flames, surrounded by extraordinary phenomena, making it exceptionally remarkable.

"So that’s how it is. This should be the Crimson Fire Beast’s nest." Fang Hong suddenly realized.

"No wonder that Demonic Beast was so weak; it had just laid its demonic eggs."

Fang Hong approached the large pit and gazed at the golden demonic egg, a shock rising in his heart.

This golden egg, it couldn’t be an ordinary demonic beast egg; it was very likely a mutated demonic beast egg.

Fang Hong gasped. The spiritual energy fluctuations emanating from the golden egg not only far surpassed the two red eggs next to it but also still had a residual resonance with the thunder in the sky.

He couldn’t help but guess, could the celestial phenomenon outside have been caused by this golden egg?

If that were true, then it would be extraordinary!

Ancient texts recorded that only some extremely rare, exotic Demonic Beasts would cause celestial disturbances, with lightning and fire appearing simultaneously, at the time of their birth.

They were born with powerful bloodlines, and once they matured, they would all possess earth-shattering Divine Abilities, dominating an entire region.

Thinking of this, Fang Hong’s heart pounded, and an unconcealed fanaticism appeared in his eyes.

"First, I’ll collect it."

Fang Hong began to form hand seals, sending a magical power after another towards the golden egg, wrapping it tightly, and placing it into his Spiritual Beast Pouch.

As for the other two red giant eggs, they were just ordinary Crimson Fire Beast Demonic Beast eggs with limited growth potential and low cultivation value. Fang Hong naturally wouldn’t waste time hatching them.

Fang Hong also collected them, planning to sell them to the merchant association someday. A Level 6 Spiritual Beast egg could also fetch a considerable amount of spirit stones.

After tidying up, Fang Hong carefully searched the stone grotto again, and only after confirming nothing was left behind did he turn to leave.

When he walked out of the cave and looked up at the sky, he found that the dark clouds that had previously covered the sky had all dispersed, and the sky had returned to its clear, azure state.

Indeed, that golden egg was no ordinary item.

Fang Hong felt even more certain in his heart that the golden egg must contain an exotic beast bloodline, and he must find a way to successfully hatch it.

With excitement in his heart, he flew away from the cliff and continued deeper into the forest to search for Demonic Beasts.

...

By evening, Fang Hong had not gained much, so he could only return to the mine outpost and his stone chamber.

Fang Hong sat cross-legged in his stone chamber, beginning to examine the items left behind by the Blue Robed Old Man.

First, there was the Spiritual Beast Pouch. Fang Hong detected that it only contained two White Snow Mosquito and no other Spiritual Beasts.

Fang Hong injected magical power, releasing them. At this time, the two White Snow Mosquito were weak and sickly, lying motionless on the ground.

This was because after the Blue Robed Old Man’s death, their minds suffered immense damage, and even if they recovered, it would likely be difficult for them to advance further.

Seeing this, Fang Hong flicked out two streams of magical power, completely killing the two White Snow Mosquito and feeding them to the demon gourd to refine them into spirit pills.

These two beasts were useless to keep, so it was better to refine them to increase his strength.

Next, Fang Hong examined the storage bag, counting its contents one by one.

Spiritual Artifacts, books, jade slips, and miscellaneous items were all present, but there were no clues regarding the Blue Robed Old Man’s identity.

The truly useful items, besides nine thousand low-grade spirit stones, included a bundle of beast skin scrolls and a jade slip recording insights on Spiritual Beast control.

Fang Hong opened the beast skin scroll, which recorded a secret art called the "Demon Control Art."

This art could condense a "Demon Soul Mark" with Divine Sense and implant it into a Demonic Beast’s body to forcibly subdue it. It was a very overbearing Spiritual Beast control art.

Of course, this Demon Control Art was not 100% guaranteed to subdue a Demonic Beast.

The key to its success or failure lay in the cultivation gap and Divine Sense strength between the caster and the Demonic Beast.

It stated that the greater the cultivation gap and the stronger the Divine Sense, the higher the chance of success.

Fang Hong put away the beast skin scroll. This Demon Control Art was quite good; he could study it when he had time, adding another method for dealing with Demonic Beasts in the future.

Fang Hong began to examine the Spiritual Beast control insights left by the Blue Robed Old Man. It recorded several methods for cultivating Spiritual Beasts, which allowed Fang Hong to learn a great deal of Spiritual Beast control knowledge.

After reading for a while, Fang Hong took out the golden egg from his Spiritual Beast Pouch.

He hadn’t known how to hatch it before, but now, having learned a lot of knowledge, he knew some methods for hatching eggs.

Fang Hong carefully placed the golden egg in a corner, then took out some basic artifact refining materials, sprayed out his Dan Fire, and began to refine them. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

About an hour later, Fang Hong successfully refined a jade box, just the right size to hold the golden egg.

Next, he took out two five-hundred-year-old fire-attribute spirit medicines, sprayed out his Dan Fire again, and slowly refined them into pure medicinal liquid.

A moment later, the medicinal liquid was refined. He tossed it into the jade box, then took out some spirit stones and spread them in the jade box.

A simple yet stable incubation environment was thus arranged.

Fang Hong hooked his finger, carefully placing the golden egg into the jade box, and the golden egg began to emit a faint glow.

According to the Blue Robed Old Man’s book, this hatching method was called the "Medicinal Bath Method," which could hatch Spiritual Beast eggs by utilizing the medicinal power of spirit medicine and spirit stones.

Seeing this, a strange look appeared on Fang Hong’s face. It couldn’t help but remind him of the salted eggs his grandfather pickled when he was a child.

The golden egg continued to radiate a faint glow.