"You want to read these books?"
Hall Master Xie Jiuchen and Grand Elder Wei Yuqing stared at one another in bewilderment.
The Ancient Beast Language sounded impressive, but there was no specialized inheritance. The chances of learning it just by reading books were close to zero.
Putting aside whether the syllables in the books were correct or not, even if they were correct, it would be futile without Zhang Xuan's guidance.
More importantly, the Ancient Beast Language was completely different from the human tongue. Without a unique zhenqi circulation method, it was impossible to speak it.
Countless predecessors of the Beast Hall had tried it, but not a single one of them had succeeded. Yet, this fellow actually said that he wanted to read it. Could it be that he was dreaming of learning it?
"En!" Zhang Xuan nodded.
"This..." Hall Master Xie Jiuchen hesitated for a moment before advising, "Learning the Ancient Beast Language isn't something that can be done in a short period of time. If you force yourself to learn it without a teacher, I fear that you might sustain severe injuries..."
"I'm just taking a look. If I succeed, I might be able to tame this guy!" Zhang Xuan smiled calmly.
Seeing the other party's insistence, Hall Master Xie Jiuchen frowned in displeasure.
That fellow seemed to be a smart person, and his talent and strength were top-notch in challenging the Ten Beasts Cage. So, why was he so quick-witted?
Was the ancient beast language something that could be learned just by reading a book?
If that was the case, there wouldn't be so few Beast Tamers who knew the Beast Language.
What if they succeeded? If they succeeded, would they still be in such a dilemma?
What a joke!
"He is free to browse through the books in the Beast Hall. Elder Wei, bring him over. Also, we can't continue challenging the Ten Beasts Cage! "
Suppressing his displeasure, Hall Master Xie Jiuchen said.
"Alright!" Zhang Xuan nodded.
Even though there were many savage beasts in the Beast Hall, it wouldn't be easy for Zhang Xuan to gather enough savage beasts for him to challenge. It was impossible for him to challenge the Beast Hall twenty times consecutively. The reason why Zhang Xuan insisted on challenging the Beast Hall previously was to force the other party to reveal a better solution.
After staying in front of the Nightmare Beast for a while longer, Zhang Xuan realized that he couldn't find a better solution. Thus, he followed Grand Elder Wei Yuqing to the library.
"The books on the ancient beast language are very messy. You'll have to find them yourself!"
At the entrance, Elder Wei waved his hands.
He shared the same opinion as Hall Master Xie Jiuchen. To learn the Ancient Beast Language just by reading books...
If this was easy, then Beast Language Beast Tamers would be worthless.
Seeing him leave with a speechless face, Zhang Xuan happened to be happy and leisurely, so he walked in.
The library of the Xuanyuan Kingdom Beast Hall was clearly much larger than the one in Xuanluo Mountain Range. Countless books could be seen within. Since Zhang Xuan was already here, he couldn't be bothered to search through the books one by one. Thus, he began running once more.
…
"Looks like I'm still too young. I've achieved success at a young age, so I'm impatient and impatient!"
Returning to the courtyard, Wei Yuqing shook his head.
"To be able to become a 2-star beast tamer before his twenties and possess the means to fight against a Zhizun realm primary stage savage beast, it's normal for him to be arrogant. However, if you think that you can learn the Beast Language just by reading books, you are underestimating beast tamers! "
Hall Master Xie Jiuchen said impassively.
Initially, he harbored high hopes for the young man who had appeared out of nowhere, but after hearing the other party's suggestion, the goodwill he had for the young man vanished without a trace.
Knocking out the Nightmare Beast … You must be joking!
In order to tame a savage beast, one had to understand its habits and preferences. Knocking it out forcefully would only incur its disgust.
The Nightmare Beast was a prideful fellow, and it wasn't easy to tame it. If one were to do so, the chances of successfully taming it in the future would be zero.
"Indeed!" Grand Elder Wei Yuqing nodded.
"Let's not talk about him anymore. How was the Ten Beasts Cage?" Hall Master Xie Jiuchen asked.
While they were here to study how to tame the Nightmare Beast, the Ten Beasts Cage wasn't idle either.
Many geniuses who were visiting Xuanyuan Kingdom for the first time saw someone clearing the Nightmare Beast easily, and they were so excited that they wanted to give it a try.
"I took a look on my way here, and the results … aren't too good!" Grand Elder Wei Yuqing smiled bitterly.
After sending Zhang Xuan off, Hall Master Xie Jiuchen went to the library to take a look, and a bitter smile appeared on his face.
Upon seeing Beast Tamer Zhang beating up a Whirlwind Wolf and clearing the trial easily, even earning the respect of a pack of wolves, the few geniuses who had cleared the trial earlier also charged forward aggressively. However … they were all beaten up by the pack of wolves and thrown out. Two of them were even nearly bitten to death.
Among them, the most formidable genius cleared the trial of the Whirlwind Wolf and arrived before the Tiger Head Beast.
He imitated the Tiger Head Beast and punched it in the stomach, only to have his arm snapped on the spot. He was nearly crushed to death by the Tiger Head Beast.
In less than an hour, more than ten geniuses had already fallen. Most of them didn't even clear the first trial and were lying on the ground.
Even the famous Jiang Nanping, Fang Jin, Luo Tang, and the others had cleared the trial as well. Some of them were even stronger than Zhang Xuan, but they weren't able to clear the first trial and were severely injured.
Before Zhang Xuan, he was as docile as a pug. They thought that he was nothing much, but who could have thought that he would be so ferocious upon meeting them?
"If the Ten Beasts Cage was that easy to clear, there wouldn't have been no good news for the past thousand years!"
Hall Master Xie Jiuchen shook his head.
He was well aware of the difficulty of the Ten Beasts Cage, and he didn't underestimate Zhang Xuan just because he cleared it easily.
"Un!" Grand Elder Wei Yuqing nodded his head. Then, he suddenly thought of something and said, "Right, Beast Tamer Zhang's Ten Beasts Cage challenge has caused a huge commotion. I fear that... even if we were to hold the Beast Taming Competition later on, it would be meaningless!"
"Oh?" Hall Master Xie Jiuchen was taken aback.
"Beast Tamer Zhang is still young, and he meets the criteria for the Beast Taming Competition... His success in the Ten Beasts Cage has attracted many geniuses to challenge it. As long as he clears it, his reputation will surely soar..." Wei Yuqing smiled bitterly.
"You mean that... everyone regards Beast Tamer Zhang as their target to challenge? Even if the Beast Taming Competition were to be held later on and someone emerges as the champion, as long as he fails to clear the Ten Beasts Cage, he won't be recognized? "
Hall Master Xie Jiuchen came to a realization.
The jewel at the front was too dazzling, and the rubble at the back was insignificant.
Clearly, Beast Tamer Zhang was such a jewel.
To clear the Ten Beasts Cage in a single breath and break the thousand-year record, if no one were to catch up to him, even if someone were to emerge as the champion of the Beast Taming Competition later on, they would surely pale in comparison.
"Indeed!" Wei Yuqing nodded his head.
"This..."
Hall Master Xie Jiuchen smiled bitterly.
Actually, it wasn't that he was careless. That fellow challenged the Ten Beasts Cage as soon as he arrived, and no one expected him to succeed so easily!
"How about this, issue the order now. Say that... the content of the Beast Taming Competition will be the Ten Beasts Cage, and whoever clears it will be the champion!" After hesitating for a moment, Hall Master Xie Jiuchen instructed, "Also, find out which branch Beast Tamer Zhang belongs to. If no one clears it... he will be the champion! "
"Alright!" Wei Yuqing nodded his head.
This was the only way.
Of course, if Zhang Xuan were to know that he could possibly become the champion of the Beast Taming Competition by challenging the Ten Beasts Cage for the spirit beast blood essence, what would he think?
However, Hall Master Xie Jiuchen didn't have much time to think about it. His eyebrows were tightly knitted together, and a helpless expression appeared on his face.
After a day, he had finally collected all of the books in the Beast Hall into the Library of Heaven's Path.
After entering the Library of Heaven's Path, it would be much easier for him to find books on the ancient beast language. Just that... after browsing through the books, he realized why Hall Master Xie Jiuchen felt that it was impossible for him to succeed.
The predecessors had indeed left behind many books on the ancient beast language, and they had marked out many syllables. However... after searching through the books in the Library of Heaven's Path, he found that... less than ten words were correct!
Without more than ten words, how could he form a language?
Out of the several hundred books on the ancient beast language, less than ten words were correct...
It was no wonder countless people had failed. With such a accuracy rate, it would be a miracle if he could succeed.
"Looks like it's impossible to learn the ancient beast language..."
Zhang Xuan shook his head in disappointment.
He thought that he would be able to learn a new knowledge through the Library of Heaven's Path, and it would be much easier for him to tame beasts in the future. However, from the looks of it now, he had underestimated it.
The ancient beast language was created by Kong Shi. If it was that easy to learn, it wouldn't have stumped countless beast tamers.
"Hm? There's another book on the language... "
Sighing, Zhang Xuan was just about to leave the library to try to convince Hall Master Xie Jiuchen to knock out the Nightmare Beast when his eyes suddenly fell on a corner of the room.
There was a thick book in the corner, and there was only the word 'language' written in ancient script on it.
As it was placed too far away, Zhang Xuan didn't notice it.
Walking up to it, Zhang Xuan took it out.
The book was ten fingers thick, and it was covered in dust. The pages were slightly yellowed, and it seemed to have been stored here for many years without anyone taking it out.
"Flaws!"
Zhang Xuan couldn't be bothered to flip through it. With a thought, an identical book appeared on the shelves of the Library of Heaven's Path.
"Hm? Isn't this the ancient beast language? "
Flipping it open, Zhang Xuan took a look, and he froze on the spot.
The book was filled with the pronunciation and introduction of a unique language, but it was completely different from the ancient beast language he had read before. As for what language it was, it wasn't written in the book, and the Library of Heaven's Path didn't indicate it either.
"There are a total of three correct syllables!"
Zhang Xuan flipped through the book.
The book was ten fingers thick, and there were more than a thousand syllables written on it. However, according to the Library of Heaven's Path, there were only three correct syllables.
"Correct!"
With a thought, Zhang Xuan compiled the zhenqi circulation method to pronounce the syllables into a brand new book.
"Try these three syllables..."
With the correct method in mind, Zhang Xuan took a deep breath and drove his zhenqi according to the method compiled by the Library of Heaven's Path.
"Peng!"
As the sound escaped his mouth, his body began to tremble uncontrollably, and his vision began to darken.
"W-what kind of language is this? Why is it so formidable? "
Panting heavily, Zhang Xuan nearly fainted on the spot.
Just reciting a single syllable had nearly drained his zhenqi dry. On top of that, he had a feeling that if not for the purity of his Heaven's Path zhenqi, even if the method was correct, he wouldn't have been able to produce the syllables.
After studying the ancient beast language for the past half a day, he knew that it was extremely difficult to produce the syllables. However, as long as he could find the correct method to drive his zhenqi, it wasn't too difficult for him to produce the syllables.
However, just a single syllable had nearly cost him his life. Wasn't this a little too fearsome?
"It's said that the more formidable a language is, the more difficult it is to produce it, and the higher the requirement on the purity of one's zhenqi. Could this syllable be that formidable?"
Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up.
Even though he was perplexed, he couldn't help but feel excited.
Through reading, Zhang Xuan had learned that humans weren't the only species on the Master Teacher Continent. There were many different races living side by side, and each of them had their own language. The more powerful the race, the more powerful the language, and the higher the requirement on the purity of one's zhenqi.
Heaven's Path zhenqi was definitely the pinnacle existence among the three superior zhenqi. Even so, it still took him so much effort to produce it. Just what kind of language was this syllable from?
After studying it for a long time, Zhang Xuan realized that he had no idea what language the author of the ancient secret manual was speaking. In fact, he couldn't even produce a single syllable. Thus, he shook his head and gave up.
"It's impossible for me to learn the ancient beast language..."
After such a long time, Zhang Xuan thought that he would be able to master the ancient beast language. Yet, in the end, he only managed to learn ten syllables, and he only knew how to pronounce them. He didn't even know what they meant. Just the thought of it left him speechless.
"I should head over to see if I can fool the Nightmare Beast with these syllables. If it works, it'll be easy. Otherwise, I'll just have to find another way!"
Stretching his back lazily, Zhang Xuan walked out of the library and headed toward the Nightmare Beast's residence.
Even though he had only learned a few syllables, with the Library of Heaven's Path, he was certain that these were the syllables of the ancient beast language. At the very most, he would just head over to see if he could fool the other party.
If he succeeded, he would be able to obtain twenty droplets of spirit beast blood essence.
Even if he failed, wouldn't he have to knock the other party out?
"Beast Tamer Zhang!"
Not too long later, Zhang Xuan arrived at the residence. Before he could even walk in, he saw that the previously desolate residence was bustling with people.
All of the beast tamers he saw in the Ten Beasts Cage were actually here.
"What's going on?"
Zhang Xuan walked in doubtfully, and to his surprise, he saw two familiar figures amidst the crowd.
"Beast Tamer Zhang!"
Upon seeing Zhang Xuan, the other party walked up to him.
"Hall Master Feng and Beast Tamer Wang, why are you here?"
Zhang Xuan was perplexed.
These two were Hall Master Feng and the others from Xuanluo Mountain Range.
"Why are you here?" Hall Master Feng and Beast Tamer Wang coughed, "The Beast Taming Competition has been brought forward, and we were unable to contact you. Thus, we came here in advance!"
"The Beast Taming Competition has been brought forward?" Zhang Xuan blinked his eyes.
If not for the other party's words, he would have forgotten about it.
From Tianwu Kingdom, he had rushed into the Ten Beasts Cage, then the library. As such, he wasn't aware that the Beast Taming Competition had been brought forward.
Besides, he didn't agree to it back then, so it wasn't a big deal for him to stand him up.
"You don't know?"
Seeing the confused look on Zhang Xuan's face, the two beast tamers staggered.
"I don't know!" Zhang Xuan shook his head.
"But... You're the champion of the competition!" The two beast tamers pulled their hair in frustration.
Are you for real? Just a moment ago... Hall Master Xie Jiuchen announced that Zhang Xuan was the champion of the Beast Taming Competition?
He even went to look for them to congratulate them...
Despite becoming the champion, you don't even know when the competition will be held...
Can you get any more confused?
"Champion? What champion? "
Not only were the duo dumbfounded, even Zhang Xuan was bewildered.
I don't even know when the competition will be held, when did I become the champion?
"The content of the Beast Taming Competition this time is to challenge the Ten Beasts Cage. Currently, in the entire Xuanyuan Kingdom, you're the only one who has succeeded... Thus, it goes without saying that you're the champion!"
Seeing that the other party really didn't know anything, Hall Master Feng could only explain.
To think that the champion would act in such a manner, he was truly speechless.
Every time their Xuanluo Mountain Range Tournament was held, they would go around looking for champions to obtain a good placing. Yet, they had never succeeded...
Now that he was the champion, he didn't even know what was going on.
"So that's the case... Is there a prize for the champion?"
Upon hearing that he could become the champion just by challenging the Ten Beasts Cage, Zhang Xuan was speechless. Then, his eyes lit up and he turned to look at Hall Master Feng.
It didn't matter to him whether he was the champion or not. What was more important was the prize!
If he could get twenty to thirty droplets of spirit beast blood essence, he wouldn't have to go through so much trouble.
"The prize is five spirit stones. I've already collected it for you. Check it!"
After which, Hall Master Feng took out a slender jade box. Opening it, he saw five spirit stones placed side by side within.
"Just this?"
He thought that he would be rewarded handsomely as the champion. Yet, it was only five spirit stones. This Beast Hall sure was stingy.
However, to him, no matter how small a mosquito was, it was still meat. It would be a waste for him to reject it.
Casually keeping the spirit stones into his storage ring, Zhang Xuan scanned the surroundings and asked, "What's going on? Why are there so many people here? "
When he came yesterday, there was a formation set up here, preventing anyone from entering casually. Why did it become like this today?
"The Beast Hall has captured a Half-Transcension savage beast and is trying to tame it. However, they are unable to find a suitable method. This is the reason why we brought forward the Beast Taming Competition. Now that the competition has ended, we'll gather all of the hall masters, elders, and geniuses here to see who can come up with a method to tame the Nightmare Beast! "
Hall Master Feng said.
The reason why they brought forward the Beast Taming Competition was to tame this savage beast. Now that the champion was confirmed, there was no need for the competition to continue. Thus, Hall Master Xie Jiuchen gathered all of the beast tamers in the Beast Hall to study it together.
This was the reason why there were so many people in the area.
"Oh!" Zhang Xuan came to a realization.
It seemed like the other party didn't have much hope in him studying the Ancient Beast Language.
But thinking about it, even with the help of the Library of Heaven's Path, he had only managed to learn a few syllables.
"Has anyone succeeded?"
Zhang Xuan couldn't help but ask.
"Not yet. The Half-Transcension savage beast is too powerful, it's impossible for anyone to succeed..."
Hall Master Feng sighed and shook his head.
Even a 3-star beast tamer like Hall Master Xie Jiuchen was helpless before it, what else could they do?
Quite a few people suggested it, but they were rejected one after another.
"Look, the genius Wei Youdao intends to give it a try!"
"Wei Youdao? The genius who cleared the third stage of the Ten Beasts Cage yesterday? "
"That's him..."
...
Just as the trio was conversing, a commotion broke out in the crowd. Zhang Xuan turned around and saw a young man walking toward the Nightmare Beast in front of the steel cage.
Hall Master Xie Jiuchen, Grand Elder Wei Yuqing, and the others were standing in front of the steel cage. Their expressions weren't optimistic.
It seemed like they knew that it would be difficult for them to succeed, so they prepared for the worst.
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