Dou Qi Continent, Monster Mountain Range.
Several bolts of bronze lightning, like dragons and snakes, ripped through the silent sky, emitting bursts of explosions.
Deep in the damp forest, dozens of strangely shaped magical beasts lay quietly in the mud, as if asleep, without making a sound.
Before them, a young man in white robes gazed calmly into the distance. The young man had an elegant demeanor, exceptionally handsome features, clean skin, and a pair of clear, light blue eyes that shone with a soft, warm light.
The young man's name was Jiang Cheng, and he was twenty-one years old this year.
That's right, he wasn't from this world, but an unemployed bum who had just graduated and was looking for a job. The next day, he was hit by a drunk driver and died.
When he woke up, Jiang Cheng found himself in the world of "Battle Through the Heavens," one of the most popular Chinese animations today. He
had also unexpectedly awakened the Confucian Sage System. As long as he read books every day and completed the tasks assigned by the system, he could improve his cultivation and obtain corresponding fighting techniques.
Therefore, Jiang Cheng sincerely cultivated and studied diligently. In just ten years, he advanced from a Dou Shi to a one-star Dou Sheng, which was not disgraceful to the name of the Confucian Sage System.
Jiang Cheng exhaled a deep breath, looking somewhat tired. Why was it so difficult to find a mount?
Three days ago, the system prompted him that in order to live up to the name of the Confucian Sage, he had to capture a sixth-tier or higher magical beast as a mount within a specified time. If it weren't for the reward of the Heaven-rank Dou Technique, he would not have wanted to come to this dirty and chaotic Magical Beast Mountain Range.
Opening the system panel, all his information came into view.
Name: Jiang Cheng
Age: Twenty-one years old
Realm: One-star Dou Sheng
Dou Technique: Three Thousand Illusions (Mid-level Earth Rank) God-Slaying Palm (Advanced Earth Rank)
Cultivation Technique: Concentrating Spirit Technique (Early-level Heaven Rank)
Treasure: Countless
Capture a sixth-tier magical beast within the specified time, with 13:10 remaining time
Becoming a Dou Sheng at the age of twenty-one is already rare. Even in the Central Continent, which is full of talented people, there is no precedent for breaking through to Dou Sheng at the age of twenty.
Even Xiao Yan, the protagonist of "Battle Through the Heavens," was only a Dou Huang at the age of twenty-one, and it wasn't until he was nearly thirty that he broke through to Dou Sheng.
Jiang Cheng put one hand behind his back, lightly stepped out with his right foot, and as his foot landed, he appeared a thousand meters away. The tremors in space caused waves to spread outwards, mysterious and profound.
Now there were only a dozen minutes left, so he could just find a sixth-tier magical beast.
Just then, Jiang Cheng stopped, his brows twitching slightly, and his gaze shifted to the distance. He could sense an aura constantly approaching.
"A Dou Huang magical beast... it's really delivered itself to my doorstep." As
soon as the words fell, Jiang Cheng quickly stepped into the air and flew away into the distance.
In a valley a hundred miles away from Jiang Cheng, a huge magical beast was devouring the corpse of a fifth-tier magical beast, constantly complaining that the meat was too sour.
The magical beast's head was a rather ferocious lion's head, with blood-red eyes that shimmered with a strange purple light, and a huge mouth full of fangs.
Above the lion's head was a fiery red spiral horn, with clusters of purple flames swirling and coiling around its tip.
From the sides of the massive lion's body grew a pair of purple wings; with each flap, clusters of pale purple flames, like flamethrowers, swept outwards, covering the sky.
The four thick claws were also enveloped in a layer of purple crystals; each stomp caused the void to tremble, making it difficult to imagine the sheer power they possessed.
Indeed, the creature before them was the overlord of the eastern forest of the Monster Mountain Range, a sixth-tier magical beast, the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
At this moment, the Amethyst Winged Lion King was purging traitors, and the fifth-tier magical beast before them was one of them. This beast had colluded with other sixth-tier magical beasts to seize control of the eastern mountain range, but the Lion King discovered this and cruelly killed it.
At the same time, the Amethyst Winged Lion King seemed to sense something amiss. When it looked up, it was astonishing to find a human standing above it.
The Amethyst Winged Lion King thought it was seeing things and rubbed its eyes vigorously, but it still noticed the powerful figure with wings formed from Dou Qi.
"Hiss~" The Amethyst Winged Lion King gasped, "A Dou Zong expert?!"
Jiang Cheng laughed, "Not bad, it seems you already have the strength of a three-star Dou Huang. The time is almost here, it's your turn."
The Amethyst Winged Lion King swallowed hard, not even bothering to clean the crumbs from its mouth. It knew perfectly well that the human before it had surpassed the Dou Huang barrier and advanced to the Dou Zong realm. No wonder it hadn't informed the Lion King of this person's arrival.
Jiang Cheng said elegantly, "From now on, you will become my mount and cultivate with me."
The Amethyst Winged Lion King timidly moved its massive body, retreating while keeping an eye on the humans' movements.
It was terrified, with only one thought in its mind: to run! The farther the better, ideally escaping the Eastern Mountains. Before a Dou Zong expert, it was utterly powerless.
Jiang Cheng didn't make the first move. Instead, he put away his oil-paper umbrella and slowly took out a folding fan from his storage ring, gently fanning itself.
Seeing this, the Amethyst Winged Lion King took off running, leaping forward like a startled bird. At the Dou Huang realm, its speed was incredible; almost instantly, it pierced through the clouds and disappeared above the Monster Mountain Range.
Just as the Amethyst Winged Lion King was basking in its own glory, Jiang Cheng, seemingly out of nowhere, stepped onto its head and chuckled, "Not bad speed, and with such thick fur, it should be quite comfortable to sit on later."
"Get down."
These two simple words from Jiang Cheng's mouth sounded like a train whistle in the Amethyst Winged Lion King's ears. Its massive body couldn't muster any strength and plummeted vertically to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Jiang Cheng calmly waved his folding fan, clearing away all the dust.
The Amethyst Winged Lion King, its face flushed, begged for mercy, "Senior, spare my life! My cultivation has been arduous; if I die, all my life's efforts will be in vain!"
Jiang Cheng said softly, "When did I say I would take your life? You only need to form a soul contract with me."
Hearing this, the Amethyst Winged Lion King swallowed hard. It naturally knew what a soul contract was; it was a contract that could make a magical beast willingly become a human's lackey. Once formed, regardless of strength or cultivation level, even a mere fighter could easily obliterate it.
But if it didn't agree, its life would likely wither away... Hundreds of years of effort would vanish like a bubble.
Seeing the Amethyst Winged Lion King hesitate beneath him, Jiang Cheng stopped wasting words. With a slight flick of his finger, a pill emitting a peculiar light flew before the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
"This is..."
"This...this..."
The Amethyst Winged Lion King's pupils dilated instantly, unable to contain itself, "A seventh-grade... Transformation Pill!!"
(End of Chapter)