She couldn't remember how many times she had been beaten by him.
Trapped in the rock, the cat girl felt dizzy, and a memory from a long time ago vaguely emerged in her mind.
At that time, she had not yet succeeded in her human form transformation. She was just a civet who had just stepped into the mortal world. Although she had been cultivating in the mountain for more than two hundred years, and her cultivation base was not weak, and her inner core had long been condensed, as a spirit beast, she was actually just a beginner.
Under the recommendation of several spirit beast seniors in the mountain, Ling Yan was fortunate enough to join the Beast Master School by chance. At first, the girl was full of joy and excitement because the seniors told her that for a non-human creature like her, if she wanted to cultivate, the best place to do it was the Beast Master School, a sect established by human cultivators. The magical method that many spirit beasts yearned for was not rare in the sect. Moreover, as long as she worked hard to cultivate, there would be special guidance, so that her cultivation base could advance by leaps and bounds like a human.
In the mountain, she was the cleverest and sharpest hunter. She obtained the good fortune of heaven and earth, and thus began to cultivate. However, it took her more than two hundred years to reach the realm similar to the human King Pill. And for the same realm, a human usually needed more than one hundred years … How could she not be envious?
Then, in Ling Yan's expectation, she really got help from the sect. A human cultivator with a gentle and good-looking smile became her mentor.
Of course, the official name was Beast Tamer. Although the name seemed a bit wrong, the simple cat girl didn't think too much about it.
She was a spirit beast, and he was her mentor, so there was nothing wrong with calling him Beast Tamer. Before she met A Xia, when she just joined the sect, there were several cultivators who explained the common sense of the human world to her, as well as the rules of the Beast Master School. Their attitude was kind and amiable, which made her sigh with emotion. The human world was not as sinister as many people said!
Until A Xia taught Ling Yan the real beast taming course.
Hell came.
On the first day, no one knew where A Xia found several wild monsters. Any one of them had strength similar to Ling Yan. They were the kind of opponents that Ling Yan would never encounter unless she was extremely hungry. And A Xia's order was to defeat these monsters at all costs.
It was not easy to win one on one, let alone one against many? Ling Yan immediately expressed her doubts, but A Xia was indifferent.
"This is the rule of the Beast Master School. If you don't agree, you can leave."
Ling Yan had spent a lot of effort to join the Sect, how could she just leave like that? Although A Xia's request was quite unreasonable, she still bit the bullet and agreed.
As a result, he returned in defeat, covered in cuts and bruises.
She once heard from her seniors that there were some cultivators in Beast Master School who weren't friendly to spirit beasts. In order to show off their dignity or to make it easier for them to manage the spirit beasts, they might give them a show of strength. If she encountered them, she had to endure it first.
However, thinking about the fight just now, she was injured by the monster and her blood flowed all over the ground … As a beast tamer, A Xia's eyes were filled with excitement. This made Ling Yan instinctively feel uneasy.
Later, when his injury was almost healed, A Xia came again. This time, he taught him a lot of useful things. After Ling Yan absorbed this knowledge, she once again fought with those monsters, but the outcome of the battle was already tied.
After that, Ling Yan slightly relaxed her vigilance toward A Xia, thinking that he was just an eccentric Beast Tamer, but after all, he was a real talent.
Later on, it seemed that her impression was gradually confirmed. Although A Xia's training was strict, the results were remarkable. Her progress could be said to be at a tremendous pace. When she first entered the sect, her strength was at most equivalent to a middle-level Xudan Stage cultivator. However, after a few years of training under A Xia, she was promoted by a big level, reaching the high-level Xudan Stage. The condensing of the King Pill, the spirit beast transformation hurdle, was just around the corner.
At this time, the naturally pure Ling Yan almost accepted A Xia's command without any doubt. Even if he asked her to jump into the lava, she would think that this was a special training with a profound meaning and would not resist.
Therefore, when A Xia fed her a special pill, she swallowed it without even looking at it.
A Xia told her that it was a panacea that could help her smoothly pass the transformation tribulation.
Ling Yan nodded and gladly accepted it. In her opinion, there would be no problem. A Xia was just a weirdo, not a bad guy. Moreover, she was in a big sect like Beast Master School, so she didn't know how many people were watching her!
After taking the pill, Ling Yan slept for three days. When she woke up, everything had changed.
Her primordial spirit was engraved with a trace that could never be erased. It was not a panacea for crossing the tribulation, but a pill-shaped slave contract. Once swallowed, there would be no hope for her to regain her freedom.
Legend has it that this was the most despicable contract. A long time ago, human cultivators used it to deceive spirit beasts as slaves. Until this matter aroused the anger of more and more spirit beasts, and for this reason, they did not hesitate to launch many riots. At the same time, Beast Master School and other sects gradually developed a new mode of coexistence between human and spirit beasts. Thus, this kind of pill that angered people gradually disappeared.
Unexpectedly, after a long time, she actually fell into this trap...
What happened after that was unbearable to recall. Being by A Xia's side, Ling Yan personally experienced the taste of hell. In those years, almost every day, she had the urge to commit suicide. Until one day, A Xia said to her.
"Want to be free? Then work hard. Although the effect of the pill I fed you is extraordinary, it's not unbreakable. As long as you can advance to the Deity Stage, your primordial spirit can be reborn, and this kind of imprisonment can be easily broken. Even when you reach the Yuanying Stage, you can also use many methods to suppress the effect of the pill. Therefore, work hard to cultivate. When your cultivation is successful, you can regain your freedom. At that time, even if you dismember my body into ten thousand pieces as revenge, I have no power to resist. "
This strange hint made Ling Yan completely confused. Was this vicious and insidious Beast Tamer really trying to satisfy his own selfish desire, or was he just using a bizarre means to stimulate her motivation to cultivate?
Ling Yan could only choose to believe the latter, in order to numb herself and gain the motivation to continue to survive. After that, her progress was indeed very fast. In just more than ten years, she successfully transformed her human form and advanced by leaps and bounds on the road of King Pill. Later on, because of the sect's need, she was transferred away from A Xia's side and had an official identity, as well as all kinds of rights that were almost no different from a human being. Everything was like a clear sky after the rain. And in this happy atmosphere, she spent quite a long time.
Until today...
When A Xia's slap fell on her face, Ling Yan absentmindedly returned to decades ago, the time when she was ravaged. She numbly crawled out of the hole in the mountain wall and respectfully knelt in front of A Xia, as always.
This was the most beneficial posture that she had learned through blood and pain in the past decades. Being beaten like a puppet would instead reduce the damage to herself.
"Waste, you've ruined my important matter!"
However, at this time, A Xia's anger was at its peak. Thinking of his current situation, a mere slap in the face could not eliminate his anger. A Xia lifted his foot and kicked the cat girl's chest. Ling Yan screamed and blood spurted out.
"Previously, I wanted you to tangle with Zen Master Gourou at all costs, but what did you do? Why didn't you stop them when the Cloud Wave Boat first appeared? After that, when I went all out to fight against the flying boat, why didn't you cooperate with the red wolf? Instead, you just hid in the valley, motionless!? "
Regarding A Xia's accusation, Ling Yan was speechless. Just now, in the battle, she indeed didn't go all out. However, that was only because she didn't want to die.
Previously, she had used the trick of injuring herself twice in a row, so the damage to her injury was real. Her cultivation base from the peak of the King Pill had fallen substantially, and her body was also on the verge of collapse. After fighting with Zen Master Gourou for a few moves, her Jade Mansion had already shown signs of collapse. If they continued to fight, she would undoubtedly die in the valley.
However, she didn't want to die. Therefore, no matter what A Xia said to her, she turned a deaf ear.
How could A Xia not know this? Just now, during the battle, he issued several instructions to Ling Yan, but all of them were like stones thrown into the sea. It was an instinctive resistance that only spirit beasts would have in a life and death situation. However, such a reason could not convince him at all.
"You have to figure out your own identity! You're a slave, life and death are not in your own hands! Your master is me. Your body, primordial spirit, magical power, life, and everything else belongs to me! If I want you to live, then you live. If I want you to die, then you must die! "
Ling Yan's expression twitched. Facing her hysterical master, she didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"What's with that expression? Are you laughing at me?" A Xia's eyes turned blood-red. "It seems like I didn't teach you a lesson enough. It's only been a few decades, but you've actually become so presumptuous."
He raised his hand and released a King Pill level spell from his fingertips, wanting to give her a profound lesson. However, A Xia's action stopped midway.
If he continued to beat her, perhaps the cat girl would really die. However, even if he killed her, it wouldn't do him any good. Moreover, looking at her relieved face, killing her would be too easy for her.
"Oh, by the way, you've been with those people for a while. Tell me about their situation in detail."
The cat girl's heart was moved. She suddenly remembered the woman named Yue Xian. She remembered that innocent, kind, and pure smiling face. She didn't spend a long time with Wang Lu and the others, but she was particularly impressed by that girl.
At that time, she was a captive. Although Wang Lu and Zen Master Gourou didn't mistreat her, they didn't treat her well either. Only Liu Li, along the way, laughed and played with her, constantly teasing her, sometimes feeding her dried fish, and sometimes giving her wine. Although his actions were rather disrespectful, his sincerity and goodwill made her feel a bit of warmth.
After so many years of Immortal Cultivation, there were a lot of people who were good to her. However, without exception, they all had ulterior motives. Some were greedy for her beauty, some fancied her cultivation base, and some just loved her because of their love for cats …
There was almost no one who liked Ling Yan and treated her well.
If possible, she really didn't want to be enemies with Liu Li. In the valley, one of the reasons why she immediately retreated as soon as the Cloud Wave Boat appeared was that, at that time, Liu Li had already turned her attention to her. If she didn't leave, the two of them would inevitably have a fight.
Ling Yan didn't mind being enemies with anyone, but she didn't want to hurt the woman whom she didn't know for a long time, but who made her feel warm.
A Xia gloomily smiled. "Hehe, it seems like the time you spent with them was not bad. That's even better. Now, I want you to go back."
"Go back?"
"Yes, you say that you couldn't bear the humiliation, so you defected. Then find a way to win their trust and let them eat this thing. "
A Xia took out a small purple porcelain bottle and handed it over to Ling Yan.
"I believe in you. You can do it."
Ling Yan trembled as she held the porcelain bottle, not daring to let A Xia see her expression.
This was the first time that she smiled from the bottom of her heart.
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