The Venerable Monster Tamer – Chapter 350

Chapter 71: Green Bull Grand Canyon

2013-02-09 Author: Gu Zhenren

The river water surged endlessly. The mountain walls on either side rose and fell like they were carved by axes and knives.

Looking up at the sky, only a part of the vast, azure sky could be seen, with a few white clouds drifting leisurely.

Roar!

A tiger’s roar erupted, causing the air to vibrate and a wave of sound to sweep out.

White Tiger Cloudwing – this was a Cloudwing Tiger, a Peak Spirit Monster.

“Fei Yan, dressed in her red attire, stood before the Cloudwing Tiger. Her adorable face, like a red apple, was now tense. With a sharp cry, she summoned her Colorful Smoke Sparrow.

After years of cultivation, her Colorful Smoke Sparrow had also reached the peak of the Spirit Monster level. Its exquisite body was always enveloped in a colorful mist, which pulsed with each flap of its wings.

Chirp!

The Colorful Smoke Sparrow chirped and pounced at the Cloudwing Tiger. The tiger lunged, the sparrow dodged, and they tangled. The Cloudwing Tiger, being a wild Demonic Beast, lacked intelligence. In contrast, under Fei Yan’s command, the Colorful Smoke Sparrow quickly gained the upper hand.

Chu Yun watched from the side, nodding slightly. Fei Yan’s progress was indeed remarkable. Growing to this level in just over a year was no small feat.

He recalled how, back in the Endless Forest, she was once chased by a Mountain Troll and had nowhere to turn. Now, she possessed the strength to contend with, and even eliminate, such creatures.

“Red-crowned Three-legged Bird!” With the battle going in her favor, Fei Yan managed her focus, summoning her Red-crowned Three-legged Bird as well.

This was a flying bird that was a Great Demon level in the Endless Forest. Now, it had also advanced to the early stage of the Spirit Monster level.

The Red-crowned Three-legged Bird was a pure fire-element Demonic Beast. Although its cultivation was a bit weaker, it had mastered many fire-element Cultivation Methods, making its attack power even higher than the Colorful Smoke Sparrow’s.

Colorful smoke filled the air, and flames scorched the Cloudwing Tiger. Cornered by two Demonic Beasts of the same level, it quickly faltered. Finally, it was hit by the high-grade fire Cultivation Method of the Three-legged Bird and turned into a Demonic Crystal.

“Yes! We won!” Fei Yan cheered joyfully and ran over to pick up the Cloudwing Tiger’s Demonic Crystal.

She then fed it to the Red-crowned Three-legged Bird and the Colorful Smoke Sparrow to digest.

Afterward, she ran to Chu Yun, looking up at him with her bright, lively eyes, her expression a mixture of anticipation and nervousness. “Brother Chu Yun, how did Xiao Yan do?” “You did very well, Xiao Fei Yan is getting stronger and stronger,” Chu Yun praised, patting her head. Her growth rate was already quite astonishing, exceeding his expectations.

However, upon further reflection, he remembered that in his past life, the Rouge Gate had risen rapidly after the Endless Forest. All three sect leaders had successively ascended the Teng List. More than ten years later, Sect Leader Hua Mei was even a member of the Hegemon List. Yi Yan and Fei Yan both occupied spots on the Peculiar Person Ranking.

Xiao Fei Yan’s performance, therefore, was not entirely surprising.

On the other hand, this also demonstrated the crucial role of resources for Monster Tamers.

The profession of Monster Tamer was quite unique, heavily reliant on resources. Raising Demonic Beasts required food and stone coins daily. Monster Tamers needed to consume Pills to break through bottlenecks and enhance their own constitution. Sometimes, if a Demonic Beast they possessed was unfortunate enough to die in battle, all their previous efforts would be in vain, and they would have to start raising a new one.

In his past life, the Rouge Gate’s fortune and rise stemmed from the wealth of the Endless Forest. Now, not only did they have the Endless Forest’s riches, but they were also supported by the Shu Family, who had unified the Archipelago.

Coupled with the united efforts of the entire Rouge Gate, their overall strength was constantly improving, developing even more vigorously than in his past life.

Currently, Hua Mei was a seasoned Phenomenon level expert with nearly ten Spirit Monsters under her command. Yi Yan and Fei Yan were one step behind, at the Adept level, each with more than three Spirit Monsters.

“Third Sect Leader, Young Island Master, this is the Sect Leader Ring guarded by the Cloudwing Tiger,” said a member of the Rouge Gate, returning from exploring the cave with a Sect Leader Ring in hand. This was an unclaimed ring, containing a message that recorded a hidden treasure at the bottom of the sea.

This treasure was moderately sized and would serve as the perfect seed capital for a Wanderer Sect.

It was neither too much nor too little.

Chu Yun glanced at it and lost interest, handing it to Fei Yan.

“This is the twenty-third one already,” Fei Yan said gleefully, pocketing the ring.

“In just two hours, we’ve collected twenty-three rings along this route. Our efficiency is quite high, thanks to Yi Yan’s budgeting. Let’s go, it’s time to regroup,” Chu Yun said.

Returning to the back of the Xuan Turtle, the other two teams had already arrived and had also reaped considerable rewards.

Pooling their spoils, they had a total of over 130 Sect Leader Rings. Hua Mei selected one containing information about a shipwreck on the edge of the Serpent Algae Sea.

The treasures within the Sect Leader Rings were generally not highly valuable, serving only as startup capital. However, the risk was also low, unlike Emperor-level treasures.

“This is the one,” Hua Mei declared, choosing the ring and immediately attuning to it. Three breaths later, the Sect Leader Ring glowed with a pinkish hue, the words “Rouge Gate” faintly visible within the light.

The other women couldn’t help but cheer. This moment held great significance for them, and some were even in tears.

The Rouge Gate, from its inception to the present, had endured countless hardships and weathered many storms. It was a sect composed entirely of female wanderers, who had reached this point by overcoming immense pressure, which was no easy feat.

“This is a milestone moment.”

“When the sect was first established, there were only five or six members.”

“Now we are a second-rate sect!” Some of the women choked back sobs, while others cheered. Even the usually calm Yi Yan’s eyes turned red with emotion.

“Everyone come over and sign the contract!” Hua Mei commanded. This was a unique sect contract that came with the Sect Leader Ring. All members of the sect had to sign a contract with the ring, establishing the hierarchical relationships within the sect.

Furthermore, if a member died, the Sect Leader Ring would immediately sense it.

This was a Spirit Light Contract, a unique creation of You Huang, and was not even mentioned in the Jade Slips of the Ten Thousand Beasts King. Chu Yun had studied it for a long time without making any progress.

The Sect Leader Rings were crafted in a highly unique manner, and no one, from ancient times to the present, had been able to replicate them. You Huang’s realm was beyond comprehension.

Moments later, all the members of the Rouge Gate who had participated in this expedition signed the sect contract. The light emitted by the Sect Leader Ring intensified, changing from a pale pink to a deep crimson.

The deeper the color, the stronger the Wanderer Sect’s power. This was a symbol of their advancement to a second-rate force.

Chu Yun’s own Divine Thief Gate Sect Leader Ring also showed the same progression. As for first-rate forces, their Sect Leader Rings were ink-black.

“The Rouge Gate’s development today is greatly thanks to the Young Island Master’s sponsorship. If the Young Island Master has any requests in the future, please do not hesitate to state them,” Hua Mei said, stepping forward to express her sincere gratitude to Chu Yun.

“Heh heh, this is also the result of your hard work. I believe our cooperation will be even more pleasant and profound in the future,” Chu Yun replied with a smile.

Xiao Xiaoxian chuckled, perhaps thinking of something.

Hua Mei continued, “We also request the Young Island Master to sign the contract and become the Grand Elder of the Rouge Gate.”

This was a common practice in Xingzhou. For any representative force from an Island Country, the position of the first Grand Elder was not held by someone from the wanderer faction itself, but by someone appointed by the Island Country.

Chu Yun nodded and signed the contract.

“The only male member of the Rouge Gate, the Sect Leader is truly blessed! If only I had such luck…” Xiao Xiaoxian squinted, lost in his imagination.

“With this, the Rouge Gate’s objective for this trip has been largely achieved. However, Sect Leader Rings are valuable items, and I plan to keep collecting them for now. We will head to the next level shortly to capture wild Demonic Creatures,” Hua Mei added.

Although the Rouge Gate now possessed a Sect Leader Ring, the surplus rings also had great utility.

Some could be auctioned, while others could be used to forge alliances with other wanderer forces. Some would be kept in reserve, their treasure information extracted and turned into sect missions for members to complete. This would not only train the members but also increase income.

“Then, please be careful,” Chu Yun nodded. Hua Mei’s arrangements were reasonable; most wanderer forces operated similarly, and he did not wish to interfere in the Rouge Gate’s internal affairs.

After bidding farewell to Hua Mei and the others, the Xuan Turtle sped up, making several turns to ascend. They reached the entrance to the second layer of the World: Vast Wilderness Earth Dragon Gate. This Dragon Gate stood silently on the water, similar in style to the Ten Thousand Year Green Dragon Gate at the first layer’s entrance, but it was entirely earth-yellow, solid, and heavy. Instead of Ten Thousand Year Green Dragons, Vast Wilderness Earth Dragons were carved onto its pillars.

Passing through the Dragon Gate, the scenery changed dramatically from the blue and white mountains and rivers of the grand canyon to yellow earth plateaus.

The sky was clear for thousands of miles, vast and azure. The land was desolate, entirely earth-colored. A herd of Tri-horned Rhinos galloped past in the distance, kicking up yellow sand. The thunderous thundering caused the ground to tremble slightly.

Besides them, there were also Floating Cloud Vultures in the sky. Each of them had a bald head, but their feathers were like fluffy dandelion seeds, milky white and soft. It was less like they were flying and more like they were drifting with the wind.

Chu Yun squinted, observing these Floating Cloud Vultures.

These Demonic Beasts were no longer found in Xingzhou today; they only existed in the Dragon Gate World.

They were quite interesting; many people were deceived by their leisurely appearance. In reality, once they spotted prey, their feathers would suddenly contract and lie flat against their bodies.

Then, a powerful blast of air would be expelled from their hindquarters, allowing them to descend upon their prey like arrows shot from a bow.

A Spirit Monster level Floating Cloud Vulture could directly pierce through the hide of a Tri-horned Rhino of the same level.

Of course, there were other Demonic Creatures as well, such as Earth Dragon Snakes, Carrion Crows, Grass Mud Horses, Bright Adamantines, and Scraps of Wood.

“Hmm?” Just as he was watching with interest, the Sect Leader Ring on Chu Yun’s thumb suddenly emitted a beam of light.