Chapter 545: Chapter 344 Arduous Training
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This woman, who usually stayed in her office or private chambers, had recently undergone a drastic change, triggered by a young man. Nobody knew where this young man came from or who he was. The only information about him was that he was invited daily into Wan Qiao’s private club, where he was undergoing intensive training, often supervised by her. They also knew he could maintain his complete human form, despite lacking the aura of a Saint.
What nobody realized was that, for the sake of training, Yan Xiaobao had been summoned to Wan Qiao’s private club. This was so he could train himself further—not physically or spiritually this time, but to learn how to fully control the power of the Magic Beast dwelling within him.
Through grueling training, Yan Xiaobao discovered that the beast residing within his Dantian Cave was not, as he had initially thought, a second soul; the beast in his Dantian Cave was not part of his soul at all.
This also meant that Lan Feng and the Werewolf were two completely distinct souls. While Yan Xiaobao’s soul was interconnected with Lan Feng’s, they were fundamentally two separate persons’ souls. However, the Red Wolf was unequivocally a part of Yan Xiaobao himself. Thus, Yan Xiaobao could ultimately wield power entirely as if it were his own.
At first, both the wolf and the human were apprehensive about accepting this truth. Even now, they stared at each other in peculiar ways, knowing they were the same being. Eventually, they came to terms with it, realizing they could merge, allowing Yan Xiaobao to harness the wolf’s strength.
This revelation helped Yan Xiaobao fully comprehend that the wolf was, in fact, himself. No matter how he viewed it, the wolf was his past self. Beyond that, it also implied that others were aspects of his past. If he sought self-actualization, Yan Xiaobao could more effectively control them as well.
Another realization he unlocked from the wolf’s soul was that his fire affinity had significantly increased. This was due to the wolf’s inherent elemental affinity toward fire.
With these thoughts in mind, Yan Xiaobao couldn’t help but gaze at the green pearl within his Dantian Cave. If he managed to control this pearl, he could be much more adept at healing and even take on the role of an Alchemist. Nonetheless, knowing full well that the allure was immense, he understood that the only way to manifest this aspect of his soul was to strengthen it.
Enhancing the power of the green pearl would require fortifying the pearl itself, which rarely occurred. Another option was to feed the pearl superior pills, but Yan Xiaobao discovered that the pearl refused to absorb them, as if it somehow knew his intentions.
Yan Xiaobao let out a deep sigh, concluding that there was nothing he could do except wait and see what the future would hold. Standing in Wan Qiao’s room, his body once again transformed into its Werewolf form. For him, the final metamorphosis—transforming fully into a wolf—was still an unattainable goal.
Although he had not completed the transformation, the power he gained when he took on the Werewolf shape was astonishingly vast. In this form, when utilizing his beast’s Fog Energy alongside his spiritual energy and elemental affinity, Yan Xiaobao was as powerful as a King-level expert.
Wan managed to summon countless palace guards from countless armies to oppose Yan Xiaobao. This forced the young man to learn how to truly use the power he accumulated in actual combat.
Wan Qiao decreed that everyone must remain in the palace, and no one was allowed to inform others about what they had done for her. All of these individuals were curious about the relationship between the young man and the woman known as the Divine Origin Queen.
The day passed like any other. Yan Xiaobao had finished his physical training earlier, leaving his body sore. He indulged in a hot spring bath for an hour to relax. Afterward, he had lunch, and now he stood in Wan Qiao’s room, facing her in his Werewolf form.
The time Yan Xiaobao could sustain during this stage of transformation grew longer and longer. His control over Fog Energy—the energy employed in Magic—required time to master, yet Yan Xiaobao worked tirelessly day after day.
Magic Beasts lacked Dantians; instead, they possessed beast cores located in their minds. While they were considered equal in rank to Cultivators, their energy differed fundamentally from the energy of humans.
Beasts refined the essence of heaven and earth, cycling it naturally through their bodies. Once refined, the fog energy entered their beast cores and united with their elemental affinities. Unlike humans, beasts were born with elemental affinities; some possessed more than one, while others had only one. As beasts matured, their fog energy would initially align with Qi. Gradually, it would turn silver, eventually transforming into its final color linked to their elemental affinity.
This transformation of color led many inexperienced experts to mistakenly believe that Magic Beast energy was akin to human energy, thus placing them on equal footing.
Before owning a beast, Yan Xiaobao was unaware of the genuine differences between beast and human energy. This ignorance stemmed from Lan Feng. Despite being a beast, Lan Feng utilized Qi, spiritual energy, and martial power.
Yan Xiaobao created a Magic Beast within himself using the same energy, not understanding that this principle didn’t apply universally to all Magic Beasts.
It turned out that Lan Feng could wield these energies due to the fact that he was a Divine Beast.
Divine Beasts were far stronger than other beasts. From birth, they could take on a fully human form and cultivate in the same manner as humans. Lan Feng and the other three sons of the Divine Beasts cultivated as humans did. This was one of the few things that separated Divine Beasts from standard Magic Beasts.