Beast Taming: Bloodline Golden Hand-Chapter 698 - 454: The Divine Bull’s Great Tomb

Seeing this scene, Wu Ying and Lin Chen were both stunned.

However, it was not surprising; although she became the City Lord of Black Mountain City due to her high reputation after the beast chaos, she was ultimately not part of the Tai Niu Institute.

The Tai Niu Institute has always been independent, focused on researching Ox-Type Spirit Beasts, with its own legacies and secrets. It’s normal that she wasn’t aware of this.

A hint of sorrow flashed in Xu Youzhen’s eyes. The Tai Niu Institute truly declined after the previous Dean Zhu He was gone, and now Jiang Yue is also absent.

"The real core records were all kept here by Dean Zhu."

Xu Youzhen took the lead in walking inside, lighting up the spirit stone lamps on the sides of the passage.

Lin Chen and Lee Zhen followed behind Wu Ying, walking down the stairs, with an ancient aroma mixed with the dust of ages and beast bone breath coming to them.

The underground chamber wasn’t large; however, the shelves were no longer filled with paper files, but rather scrolls made from special beast skin, and samples of beast bones, scales, and fur carefully sealed in crystals.

Xu Youzhen pointed at these items and said to Lin Chen:

"These are the true essence of the Tai Niu Institute. Dean Zhu used to say that paper may decay, but these relics containing primordial aura are witnesses of history."

Lin Chen felt a shock in his heart and immediately stepped forward to examine them closely.

His gaze swept across the labels one by one:

[Fragments of the ’Unicorn Lava Bull’ skull, discovered at Meteorite Iron Mine a thousand years ago]

[Suspected scales of the ’Eight Wilderness Bull’, discovered in Endless Thunder Marsh]

[Sealing stone of the ’Nether Ghost Bull’]...

Any of these precious records could cause a sensation externally, yet here they were displayed casually.

Lin Chen’s heart raced uncontrollably, knowing he had arrived at the right place.

He quickly browsed through them, hoping to find clues related to Ancestral Bulls.

Suddenly, his attention was caught by a scroll, stored separately at the top, in a purple sandalwood box.

The box wasn’t locked, Xu Youzhen saw this and carefully opened it, revealing a scroll with a dark golden hue, crafted from the hide of some ancient creature, quietly lying inside.

"What is this?" Lin Chen asked curiously.

"This is the last record concerning the Taixu Prison Ox..." Xu Youzhen’s pupils also shone.

He spent his life researching and pursuing the true essence of the ox, wanting to see how the Taixu Prison Ox could evolve.

He slowly unfolded the scroll.

The scroll, unlike other records documenting discovery locations and years, used a vigorous and ancient brushwork to depict the shape of an ox.

That ox was not particularly large in size, but its body seemed composed of the Void, surrounded by countless tiny spatial cracks, the horns like two gray divine blades tearing the heavens, and its eyes held deep starry rivers seemingly capable of absorbing one’s soul.

Beside the painting were six bold, flamboyant words:

[Immortal Beast — Taixu Prison Ox]

Just seeing these six characters and this painting caused Lin Chen’s soul to tremble!

This Immortal Beast painting appeared genuine.

After all, Lin Chen had felt the divine might left by the Immortal Fox Taihua before, indeed similar.

....

Lin Chen continued searching, then Xu Youzhen said, "If you want to find the remains of the Ancestral Divine Bull, you’ll have to excavate the great tombs."

Lin Chen felt somewhat embarrassed hearing this.

Digging graves would be damaging to one’s virtue.

But thinking of Xiaobai, Lin Chen had no hesitation.

Back on Dragon Ridge Island, that mysterious person mentioned if Xiaobai couldn’t assimilate the Ancestral Phoenix’s Divine and Demonic Power, there might be danger.

"As for oxen, you might need to head south..."

Xu Youzhen took out a scroll and continued, "In the south, Nanfen Ancient Country has many Big Bull families; they are extremely loyal and value oxen greatly."

"Although there’s never been a record of Ox-Type Immortal Beasts in Nanfen Ancient Country, there was a record from a thousand years ago..."

"In Nanfen, a major family’s Ox-Type Spirit Beast was just a step away from entering the Immortal Beast Realm."

"But unfortunately, it ultimately failed under the heavenly tribulation."

"Here’s the recorded possible location of its fall."

Hearing Nanfen Ancient Country, Lin Chen suddenly felt no internal pressure, taking over the map and indeed seeing recorded information.

The type of spirit beast that attempted tribulation was named:

Tianji Bull.

If the Tianji Bull truly were to enter the Immortal Beast Realm, it surely would be one type of Ancestral Divine Bull.

"You should visit there first; if you don’t find it, then return here." Xu Youzhen said.

"Alright." Lin Chen nodded, copying down the contents of the scroll, then returning it.

Because he knew, this is the cultural essence of Black Mountain City.

In the following days, Lin Chen also calmed down, ready to cultivate diligently.

This Secret Realm, although losing Spiritual Qi due to the Dao Fragment’s disappearance, remains a treasure for Spirit Beasts, as a starved camel is still larger than a horse.

Lin Chen sat cross-legged in a valley outside the city, where the Spiritual Qi was relatively abundant.

He willed his mind to summon all his spirit beasts.

Little Fire didn’t need cultivation; Xiao Hong and Xiao Lan’s levels were too high, and now even in such abundant Spiritual Qi, there wasn’t much effect.

Only the Big White Bear Xiaobai, and Xiao Hei, were different.

Since the beast chaos, Xiaobai, Xiao Hong, and Xiao Lan all separately encountered earth-shattering fortunes, climbing levels rapidly.

But Xiao Hei, although diligently cultivating and fighting fiercely, had its level gradually lagged behind, now just reaching Level 66.

Lin Chen clearly felt its internal anxiety, having soothed it more than once: