I Have Unlimited Dantians-Chapter 56 - 47: Mutated Little Tiger-Headed Beast
Although Nie Liu had seen the effects of the Thousand Desire Flower on a person—and it was perfectly normal for a human to be unable to withstand its potency—he had no real confidence in using it on a seven-to-eight-meter-long Tiger-Headed Beast.
But he had to do it, confident or not. If he missed this opportunity, there was no telling how much longer he would be trapped in the pool.
’I’ll risk it!’
Taking a deep breath, Nie Yun swept his hand in a half-circle. A True Qi Bubble filled with pool water immediately materialized before him. The bubble was only the size of a ping-pong ball. With a flick of his finger, he tossed the Thousand Desire Flower he’d obtained from Nie Liu inside.
WHOOSH!
The Thousand Desire Flower dissolved the moment it hit the water, filling the entire bubble in the blink of an eye. But the substance was colorless and odorless, so from the outside, nothing looked different at all.
SPLASH! SPLASH!
He had just finished his preparations when the Tiger-Headed Beast’s massive tongue rolled out, lapping up water incessantly.
’Now’s my chance!’
Holding his breath, Nie Yun flicked his finger at the bubble. It tumbled through the water a few times before being swept up precisely by the massive tongue. WHOOSH! It disappeared into the Tiger-Headed Beast’s mouth.
’It worked!’
Nie Yun’s eyes lit up. He hadn’t expected to get the True Qi Bubble into the Tiger-Headed Beast’s mouth so easily.
Without him maintaining it, the True Qi Bubble wouldn’t last long. As soon as it entered the beast’s mouth, it should have dispersed, releasing the drug’s potency into the Tiger-Headed Beast’s system!
’Heh heh, I can’t believe my first time slipping something an aphrodisiac was such a success!’
His joy was quickly followed by a sense of speechlessness. ’Other people use aphrodisiacs on women, but I used one on a beast. Ahem, I can’t speak of this. It’s too depraved to even mention...’
He stayed underwater. After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Nie Yun rose to just below the surface to peek out. What he saw made him ecstatic.
The Thousand Desire Flower really lived up to its name; it was incredibly potent! Even a creature as large as the Tiger-Headed Beast couldn’t escape its effects. The drug had taken hold. With crimson eyes, the Male Tiger-Headed Beast pounced viciously onto the female, instantly beginning the most primitive, mechanical motion known in the Life Spirit Realm.
GRUNT! GRUNT!
Each thrust sent waves of Qi rolling through the air. The two Tiger-Headed Beasts were like a pair of giant tanks, their colliding muscles producing a deafening sound.
’Truly magnificent... that Male Tiger-Headed Beast is really something else!’
After that silent sigh of admiration, Nie Yun shot out of the pool. With a single push off the ground, he transformed into a streak of light, racing toward the Life Reviving Flower’s location.
’Once affected by the Thousand Desire Flower, a creature enters a state of confusion. It has no idea what’s going on and only knows how to release its urges. The Male Tiger-Headed Beast’s eyes are crimson, and its reactions are sluggish. This is the perfect chance for me to get away!’
’Sigh. An old monster who’s lived for hundreds of years, forced to hide in a pool for the better part of a day by two Tiger-Headed Beasts. And then forced to drug them so they could... enjoy themselves. If the other old monsters from my past life heard about this, they’d probably laugh themselves to death!’
’So humiliating! Utterly humiliating!’
Nie Yun felt utterly morose as he sprinted away, practically covering his face in shame.
ROAR!
The Male Tiger-Headed Beast was drugged by the Thousand Desire Flower, but the female was not. She was startled when a person suddenly leaped from the pool. She let out a loud roar, as if wanting to seize the intruder who dared enter her territory, but the moment she tried to move, she was pinned by the brawny male’s two massive forelegs, completely unable to budge.
ROAR?
The female Tiger-Headed Beast couldn’t believe that, at a crucial moment like this, her mate was still only thinking about *that*. She screeched in fury but could do nothing but watch as the human figure receded into the distance and vanished from sight.
Of course, that line of thinking didn’t last long. Her enormous eyes soon grew hazy as she began to enjoy the pleasure the Male Tiger-Headed Beast was giving her.
’This must be the Tiger-Headed Beasts’ cave. According to my memory, the Life Reviving Flower should be just ahead...’
Unaware of the female Tiger-Headed Beast’s inner thoughts, Nie Yun pressed forward rapidly. It wasn’t long before he reached their cave. Drawing on the memories from his past life, he ventured inside to search.
By this time, the sky had long since brightened. Hot sunlight slanted into the mountain cave, making the interior clearly visible.
’Aha, there it is! Heh heh!’
He took a few steps forward and rounded a corner in the cave. Sure enough, he saw a delicate flower standing there.
This Life Reviving Flower hadn’t reached a thousand years of age, but it was a good five or six hundred years old. It was jade-green from stalk to petal and radiated an exhilarating fragrance.
’I’ll take it!’
Although his skill in harvesting herbs wasn’t as great as his mother’s, he was still an old monster who had lived for centuries, a Grandmaster-level Alchemy Master. He knew how to pick the flower to best preserve its medicinal properties. A faint smile on his lips, Nie Yun reached for the Life Reviving Flower.
ROAR!
Just as Nie Yun’s hand was about to close around the Life Reviving Flower, a piercing roar suddenly echoed by his ear, followed by a gust of foul wind that brushed right past him!
’Huh?’
Nie Yun was startled. He hadn’t expected to find another one in here after going to all the trouble of dealing with the two adult Tiger-Headed Beasts.
However, with the combat experience of two lifetimes, he reacted instantly. With a swift movement, he slid back seven or eight meters. When he fixed his gaze ahead, he finally understood the situation.
The Tiger-Headed Beast before him was smaller than the previous two, apparently not yet an adult. To Nie Yun’s dismay, however, its youth did not mean it was weak. In fact, it possessed the strength of the Early-Stage Gang Formation Realm, at the Sixth Layer of the Qi Sea!
’Is this the cub of those two Tiger-Headed Beasts?’
’For a cub to be this strong... could it be because they drank from the spring that contains the Emperor Flame Spirit? Did it cause the Little Tiger-Headed Beast to mutate?!’
It was rare for a Little Tiger-Headed Beast to even possess the strength of the Third Layer of the Qi Nourishing Realm. This one, however, was at the Sixth Layer of the Qi Sea! Once it matured, how terrifying would it be? It would probably reach the level of the Qi Sect at the very minimum!
’I wasn’t this unlucky in my past life! I dealt with the male, then the female showed up. I finally get those two occupied, and now a cub appears... Damn it! If I’d known it was a whole family, I wouldn’t have been so reckless...’
As shock gave way to a silent curse, Nie Yun instantly raised his Essence, Qi, and Spirit to their absolute peak.
The physique of a Demon Beast far surpasses that of a normal human; at the same level, a human is simply no match. Therefore, despite this Tiger-Headed Beast’s young age, its true combat strength was such that even a Peak Powerhouse of Gang Formation Realm couldn’t dream of defeating it!
ROAR!
The Little Tiger-Headed Beast shrieked in fury, enraged that the person before it had actually dodged its attack. With a savage roar, it pounced again.
’Get down here!’
He might not have been able to handle the adults, but Nie Yun wasn’t afraid of the cub. As it pounced, he didn’t dodge to the side. Instead, just as it closed in, he suddenly dropped into a squat and shot his right fist straight upward!
The Little Tiger-Headed Beast clearly hadn’t expected this human to dodge. It pounced on empty air, sailing over Nie Yun’s head, just as Nie Yun’s fist slammed viciously into its underbelly!
BAM!
For a Tiger-Headed Beast, or indeed any quadrupedal Demon Beast, the abdomen is the softest and most vulnerable area. Nie Yun had poured all his strength into that punch. From that single blow, the beast’s mouth twitched in a spasm, and it tumbled out of the air.
’This is my chance!’
With his strike landed, Nie Yun didn’t waste a moment checking on the Tiger-Headed Beast. He pushed off the ground, soaring toward the Life Reviving Flower. Pinching it between his thumb and forefinger, he plucked the entire plant, root and all, placed it in a jade box, and tossed the box into his Storage Dantian.
’Time to go!’
With the prize secured, Nie Yun didn’t linger for an instant. He pivoted in mid-air and shot toward the cave entrance.
From squatting to punch, to snatching the Life Reviving Flower and turning to leave, the entire sequence of actions was as smooth as flowing water, without a hint of hesitation. By the time the Little Tiger-Headed Beast recovered, Nie Yun was already out of the cave.
Nie Yun was confident he could have defeated the Little Tiger-Headed Beast in a fight, but who could guarantee the male wasn’t... quick on the trigger?
If the male finished his business in two shakes and he found himself cornered in the cave by the male, the female, *and* the cub, it would be a tragedy beyond tears.
Safety first. Of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, fleeing is always the best.
As for the loss of face today... no big deal. When he was stronger, he would just train this family of three to become his Demon Pets!
When it came to Beast Taming, this world had specialists known as Beast Tamers. These individuals possessed a special Beast Taming Dantian, which could generate a force capable of domesticating Demon Beasts. Some powerful Beast Tamers could control over a dozen Demon Beasts at once, ganging up on their opponents in a fight. Nie Yun had always been envious of them.
However, becoming a Beast Tamer was a matter of innate talent. Without a Beast Taming Dantian, no amount of effort would make a difference.
In his previous life, he’d had three Dantians in total: a Pill Fire Dantian, a Storage Dantian, and his Major cultivation Dantian. He hadn’t possessed the talent for Beast Taming, so he could only admire it from afar. But what about this life? Thanks to the Nameless Technique, he now possessed seven Dantians! Could one of the four he had just unlocked be a Beast Taming Dantian?
A sudden thought sparked in Nie Yun’s mind.
