Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

A nation has its laws, a sect has its rules. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

With the vast expanse of the Dragon Transformation Sect, the sect rules are naturally very strict.

This time, Zhou Chun had violated the sect rules, not only losing all the Spirit Coins he had received since joining the sect, but he also had to endure the punishment of two hundred lashes with the Poison Whip.

The whip that lashed him was a special Magic Artifact, capable of easily drawing blood from his body.

Moreover, the Poison Whip also contained a kind of mixed toxin, which could intensify the pain felt by the receiver of the lashes, making it more excruciating than having salt rubbed into the wounds.

After the two hundred lashes were administered, Zhou Chun was nearly dead, with not a single patch of skin remaining intact on his chest, back, arms, or legs!

That agony was even beyond what he had felt when he initially drew the Golden Qi into his body to temper his meridians. Experience tales at empire

Also, due to the effect of the poison, even after Zhou Chun applied healing medicine to his wounds, they did not heal for many days.

It was a whole month before he could get up and walk again.

"Xiao Tiger, Xiao Tiger, this time I was beaten for your sake, you must strive to live up to expectations in the future!"

In the courtyard, Zhou Chun leaned back in a Taishi Chair, cradling the already normal hound-sized Xiao Tiger cub in his arms, feeding it beast milk while gently stroking its fluffy head.

Just as he said, if it hadn’t been for this cub, Guan Cheng, even with his predisposition against him, would not have had a reason to beat him so severely.

But because Xiao Tiger currently lacked the ability to survive outside on its own, and could not be raised in a Spirit Beast Pouch, he had no choice but to bring it back to the Branch Temple Gate for care, thus giving Guan Cheng a legitimate reason to beat him.

There was also the matter of the ten thousand Spirit Coins issued by the sect that he had to pay as a price.

However, the little cub, whose eyes had not been open for long, had no idea how much its master had paid for its sake.

It clasped Zhou Chun’s hand holding the milk bottle tightly with its paws, greedily sucking the delicious honey beast milk inside as if it could never get enough.

Indeed, the milk from an ordinary wild beast was far less nutritious than that from a beast like the Winged Tiger, a second-rank superior Demon Beast, and could only be compensated for in quantity.

Fortunately, this would not have much impact on Xiao Tiger’s growth.

After having fed Xiao Tiger to satisfaction, Zhou Chun let it lie down to rest on a nearby Beast Skin mat, then watched its deep slumber and fell into deep thought.

At first, Zhou Chun thought Xiao Tiger was just an ordinary Winged Tiger.

However, after more than a month of nourishment, as the little cub’s body gradually grew and its fur began to change, he started to suspect something different.

The little cub now sported bright yellow fur tinged with gold, displaying a trend toward the color of its father, the Golden Sword Tiger’s fur.

Even its curled wings, not yet fully developed, bore hints of light golden fur.

The wings of a Winged Tiger are not like the membrane wings of a bat but rather like the wings of an eagle, yet they are devoid of feathers and instead have long mane-like hairs.

And the adult Winged Tiger that Zhou Chun had seen before had fur that was a deep azure.

This significant difference in fur color made Zhou Chun suspect that Xiao Tiger might not be a purebred Winged Tiger, but a naturally Mutant Demon Beast.

So-called naturally Mutant Demon Beasts are, as the name implies, beings that are Mutant Demon Beasts from birth.

Such naturally born mutants are extremely rare, even rarer than Mutant Demon Beasts like the Golden Armor Rock Turtle.

Generally speaking, the chances of such natural mutants appearing among lower-level Demon Beasts are much higher than among mid-level or high-level Demon Beasts.

In over a thousand years of the Zhou Family’s history, there have been a few instances of these natural mutant occurrences, mostly found among lower-level Demon Beasts.

What they had in common was that, like Xiao Tiger, their parents were of the same species of Demon Beast but possessed different power attributes.

Also, in terms of strength, naturally Mutant Demon Beasts are generally much more powerful than their normal kin.

Basically, the strength of a naturally Mutant Demon Beast can be on par with the strength of a Demon Beast from a higher species of the same rank.

That is, if Xiao Tiger grows into a second-rank Demon Beast, then at rank two, it would possess the strength of an advanced Demon Beast at the same rank.

However, there is no substantial improvement in the bloodline level of natural mutants.

Even if Xiao Tiger is a natural mutant, it still carries a mid-level Demon Beast Bloodline and will not directly become an advanced Demon Beast Bloodline.

Furthermore, this Mutant Bloodline cannot be passed down. Its future offspring would either be a Winged Tiger or a Golden Sword Tiger.

But even so, for Zhou Chun, it was like stumbling upon a treasure.

"We’ll know for sure if it’s a genuine natural mutant when its bloodline awakens and it masters its Spell," Zhou Chun murmured to himself, then dismissed the thought from his mind.

What he needed to worry about now was how to inform the Green Lotus Temple and his family of his current situation, at least to let them know where he had been assigned.

However, the Golden Dragon Branch Altar was too far from the border of Yunzhou, making their predetermined methods of contact and liaison impossible to use.

The control of the Dragon Transformation Sect over its Envoys was much stricter compared to the Green Lotus Temple’s control over its Inner Sect Disciples.

For newly joined Envoys like Zhou Chun, venturing out alone on adventures was permitted, but each trip outside could not exceed three days. Failure to return on time had severe consequences.

Only Envoys cultivated by the sect itself were granted longer periods of leave.