Chapter 440: Ancient Beast Language

Its roar seemed to pierce one's ears, causing people to feel lightheaded and their bodies to sway uncontrollably.

Among the crowd, the weaker cultivators, Yuan Tao, Sun Qiang, and others, were affected, their faces turning pale and their bodies trembling slightly. Under the impact of the sonic blast, they had already sustained injuries.

"You should leave first!" Knowing that powerful savage beasts could kill people on the spot with just their roar, even without physically attacking, Zhang Xuan waved his hand.

Sun Qiang, Yuan Tao, and the others flushed and retreated.

"This one is the Azure Nightmare Beast!" Hall Master Xie Jiuchen's expression also became solemn.

This Azure Nightmare Beast was too powerful; he was no match for it. If not for the special formation within the iron cage and the inescapable net set up in the courtyard, it would have escaped long ago. Spirit beasts already possess a spirituality not inferior to humans. At this level, they can even actively cultivate and improve their cultivation. Even if this Azure Nightmare Beast hadn't reached the spirit beast level, it was close. Coupled with its dragon bloodline, its strength was immense. Without a stroke of luck, even ten of him wouldn't have been able to capture it.

"It's injured?" Zhang Xuan frowned after a glance.

"Yes!" Xie Jiuchen nodded. The so-called stroke of luck was that the beast happened to be injured, which allowed them to capture it. However, judging by its recovery speed, it would likely fully recover within a month. If they couldn't tame it during this period, they would just have to watch it leave. This was precisely why they had not hesitated to hold the Beast Taming Competition early, hoping to find a way to tame it.

"It wasn't injured by someone; it failed its attempt to become a spirit beast!" Xie Jiuchen explained.

Zhang Xuan nodded. That was indeed the case. Even without his Eye of Discernment, he could tell this from his knowledge of beast taming. Half-step spirit beasts, like powerful human cultivators, most desired to take that final step, transforming from a carp into a dragon, freeing their lives from all constraints. This Azure Nightmare Beast must have gained some opportunity to forcefully attempt the breakthrough, but it failed, resulting in its current state where its body could barely move, relying only on roars to deter enemies. Otherwise, if a half-step spirit beast became enraged, even a Half-Transcendent cultivator wouldn't be able to withstand it. How then could Xie Jiuchen and the others have captured it and locked it here?

"As long as you find a way to tame it, even if you don't personally act, we can do it. As long as the method is feasible, we will still give you twenty drops of spirit beast blood." After explaining, Xie Jiuchen stated his request. Given the beast's power, taming a Half-Transcendent savage beast would certainly be extremely difficult. However, simply finding a method would suffice. Even if it required him or all the three-star beast tamers in the entire Beast Hall to act, as long as they succeeded, it would be worth it. Because taming such a savage beast would greatly increase the overall strength of the Beast Hall. Not to mention twenty drops of spirit beast blood, even a greater loss would be acceptable.

"Find a method?" Zhang Xuan was surprised that their request was so simple. He paused, then waved his hand: "Alright, then go knock this fellow out. After I study it, I can give you a method!"

This creature in front of him was too strong for the Eye of Discernment to be directly effective. He could only use the Library of Heaven's Path. The Library's requirement was that the target either perform a martial art or... be knocked unconscious. This huge beast was currently sprawled on the ground, unable to get up, making the possibility of it performing a martial art zero. And roaring wasn't considered a martial art. To reveal its flaws, it had to be rendered unconscious. In other words, as soon as this beast passed out, he would have a way to find its flaws, address them, and subsequently tame it.

"Knock it out?" Xie Jiuchen and Wei Yuqing's eyebrows twitched, having expected some brilliant method, only to hear this. "This creature possessed a dragon bloodline. Knock it out? They would need to have that ability first! Dragon bloodline grants strong recovery abilities and superior defense. Even half-step spirit beasts and Half-Transcendent cultivators would find it hard to knock it out, let alone them."

"Can't do it?" Zhang Xuan frowned. If it couldn't perform martial arts and couldn't be knocked out, then things would be difficult.

"Perhaps... we should think of another way!" said Xie Jiuchen.

Zhang Xuan scratched his head. Although there were many beast-taming techniques, the Azure Nightmare Beast had an arrogant nature. Even the Hall Master couldn't tame it, so what method could he, with his cultivation level, possibly use? Even the Heaven's Path zhenqi, which could help savage beasts improve, couldn't bridge too large a gap in strength. A Half-Transcendent was simply too powerful. His zhenqi would have no effect on it, and naturally, wouldn't pique its interest.

"My suggestion is still... knock it out!" After thinking for a long time and failing to come up with another solution, Zhang Xuan reiterated. He truly had no better idea.

"..." Xie Jiuchen and Wei Yuqing were speechless.

"Actually, we also thought of a method, but unfortunately, it wasn't successful!" After a moment, Xie Jiuchen spoke.

"Oh?" Zhang Xuan looked over.

"For the Azure Nightmare Beast to attempt to become a spirit beast, it must have known the method to break through, which generally originates from ancient spirit beasts. If we could find a beast tamer who knows ancient beast language, it would certainly feel awe, and taming it would become much easier." Xie Jiuchen said.

"Ancient beast language?"

"Yes, beast tamers can communicate simply with their own savage beasts, but communicating with other savage beasts is very difficult. Master Teacher Kong, the Celestial Master, left behind beast language scrolls in the past. Anyone who learns it can communicate freely with spirit beasts. Although this creature isn't a spirit beast, it's half a step into that realm and possesses a dragon bloodline, so it should be proficient in this language. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been able to learn the methods left by ancient spirit beasts." Xie Jiuchen's eyes were solemn as he slowly said, "If one of us could also master it, we could communicate with it, understand what it wants, and taming it would become much easier."

Zhang Xuan nodded. The matter of ancient beast language was also partly introduced in the books of the Beast Hall in the Xuanluo Mountain Range. However, those proficient in it either remained reclusive or guarded their knowledge closely, rarely passing it on. Furthermore, it was primarily held by high-level beast tamers. This was precisely why these beast tamers could easily win over savage beasts and make them submit.

"Does our Beast Hall have any books on this beast language?" Zhang Xuan couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, we do, but they are all ancient. Many parts were also imagined by later generations, making it impossible to discern their authenticity," Hall Master Xie Jiuchen said with a wry smile, shaking his head. Although the ancient beast language was lost, many syllables and characters had been passed down. However... simply knowing these was useless. Even if they were correct, not knowing their meaning rendered them pointless. Numerous predecessors in the Beast Hall had specialized in studying it, but their knowledge was based on legends. The words were vague, riddled with errors, and no one could discern their authenticity. Over time, no one continued to study it.

"Could you take me to see them?" Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up, and his heart stirred. Others couldn't distinguish them, but he was different! With the Library of Heaven's Path, as long as there were books, he could easily discern what was correct or not. While others found it hard to distinguish right from wrong, it was effortless for him.