On a fine afternoon, A-Jiang and Ji-Yi went to the Valley of Beasts while eating apples.
On the way, Ji Yi asked, "A-Jiang, why are you in such a hurry? Are you feeling better?"
"I'm fine. The sooner I get the spring water, the sooner I'll recover."
Ji Yi nodded: "Alright, if we succeed, you can have all my spring water."
A-Jiang said earnestly, "Ji Yi, thank you."
He lowered his head shyly.
The two chatted and laughed all the way to the Valley of Beasts.
The Valley of Beasts has not existed in Zhaoxian Taoist Temple for long. More than ten years ago, Chen Yuanhua, who was still a rogue cultivator, happened to pass by here and found that this valley was very suitable for raising spirit beasts. So he negotiated with the abbot to stay here permanently.
Because of his high level of cultivation, the dean naturally welcomed him, and while taming spirit beasts, he also taught students at the academy.
However, cultivators nowadays do not value beast taming, so in the academy, beast taming has become a sideline, and few students follow Master Chen to learn it.
As soon as we entered the valley, several colorful birds fluttered up and chirped as they flew into the valley.
Ji Yi and A Jiang found it interesting and followed along. They saw a memorial archway with two white jade platforms, about three feet high. Two white lions, seemingly carved from jade, leaped up and down on them, their two large, copper-bell-shaped eyes rolling around as they stared at the two people passing by.
A-Jiang and Ji-Yi had never seen anything so strange before, and they were hesitant to go any further, fearing that the lion might pounce. Just then, two children of about seven or eight years old came running up and, smiling, took the two of them inside.
As expected of the Valley of a Hundred Beasts! All sorts of rare and exotic animals roam the mountains and fields. There are cranes calling in the sky, deer bleating, long-eared rabbits hopping by, and fierce tigers with piercing eyes strolling leisurely.
These rare and exotic beasts live freely in the Valley of Beasts, and their presence adds endless vitality to this land.
Ajahn asked the boy, "Do wild animals roam around like this?"
The boy replied, "You don't know this. Wild beasts that are born and raised naturally and cultivate themselves are called demonic beasts, while those that are tamed by humans are called spirit beasts. The ones in front of us are all tamed and will not harm people."
Ji Yi had never seen such a sight before and couldn't help but exclaim, "This is truly wonderful!"
In her previous life, A-Jiang had heard of some wildlife parks where animals roamed freely, and wild beasts would come up and paw at the animals when the tour bus passed by, but she had never actually seen it.
She carefully observed each spirit beast she saw, and then examined herself, but there was no particular reaction.
"Strange, wasn't it said that there was a bloodline inheritance?" Bai Chongjiang muttered.
"Ah Jiang, what are you saying?"
"It's nothing, I just find it quite amazing," A-Jiang casually made up an excuse.
However, he was still pondering this question in his heart. Ah Jiang came from a family of cultivators—the Bai family.
It is said that the Bai family's ancestor was the divine beast Bai Ze, so in theory, she has a bloodline to carry on.
Bai Ze is a demon. The existing descriptions are very simple: it is an auspicious beast that can speak, knows the origins of all demons, presented the Hundred Demon Map to the Human Emperor, and later attained sainthood and broke through the void to disappear.
The Bai clan, a mixed-race family of humans and demons, was left behind. Although they had a demon ancestor, they had intermarried with humans for tens of thousands of years, and A-Jiang herself did not have any demon characteristics.
The reason she decisively chose to tame beasts was also based on this point; she wanted to see if there would be anything special about her contact with spirit beasts.
Is this the kind of cheat code that allowed me to travel through time?
She was slightly disappointed when she didn't get the result.
The boy led them to meet Senior Brother Wu, where they received their trial missions. Only after completing these missions could they visit Master Chen in person.
This is a special task concerning the care of spirit beasts, requiring them to travel deep into the mountains to find specific springs and plants. The springs must be clear springs from upstream; the plants must meet different requirements regarding their branches, leaves, roots, and moisture levels.
The two spent two whole days traversing dense forests and trekking through mountains, enduring countless hardships, before finally completing their mission.
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