Jun Changxiao currently had four contracted beasts.

Besides Little Dragon, the other three—two were obtained through Sect Leader Balls, and one through personally signing a contract.

The Ice Crystal Lion Beast was an ice-element fierce beast, this was beyond doubt. Little Dragon and Purple Lightning Young Tiger corresponded to fire and lightning respectively.

So for Basic Solid Earth Technique to be comprehensible, only Wild Boar Peiqi was left!

Subdued using an initial-grade Sect Leader Ball, this first contracted beast actually had no real presence in Jun Changxiao’s heart.

Understandably so.

Apart from being able to roar once, it had completely no combat power!

Look at Purple Lightning Young Tiger, look at Ice Crystal Lion Beast, then look at Little Dragon—which one wasn’t stronger than it!

“This means…”

Jun Changxiao’s mouth twitched: “Wild Boar Peiqi is an earth-element fierce beast?”

“Wrong.”

The system corrected: “It’s an earth-element phantom beast.”

Right.

No matter how weak Wild Boar Peiqi was, it was still a phantom beast after all.

“Since conditions are met, let it comprehend.”

Jun Changxiao clicked on the comprehend button, then took out the initial-grade Sect Leader Ball.

“Go, Sect Leader Ball!”

Swoosh!

Boom!

Wild Boar Peiqi appeared on the training ground, then lazily sprawled on the ground, as if it hadn’t awakened from its dream yet.

A black line rose above Jun Changxiao’s head.

If there was a life-or-death battle with an enemy and he summoned it, what use would it be!

“Snort, snort.”

Little Peiqi slowly stood up, its eyes full of confusion, as if saying, Master, why did you summon me out?

Jun Changxiao almost couldn’t restrain himself from sacrificing his Azure Dragon Crescent Blade to slaughter this thing, stir-fry it, deep-fry it, steam it.

“Don’t just stand there stupidly.”

He commanded: “Release the skill you just learned!”

Little Peiqi understood. The laziness in its eyes dissipated, replaced by extreme seriousness.

That’s right.

This is my contracted beast!

Sect Leader Jun was very curious about what skill Basic Solid Earth Technique was. From the name, it should be a defensive type, right?

“Poot!”

Suddenly, a sound came. He saw a puff of foul air emerging from behind Wild Boar Peiqi’s rear end.

Jun Changxiao instantly petrified.

I told this thing to release a skill, and it releases a fart for me?

Fine, fart if you must.

But then you immediately lie down and go to sleep—what’s the meaning of that!

Wild Boar Peiqi had tried.

But after trying so hard it only managed to fart, unable to activate Basic Solid Earth Technique, so given its nature, it simply gave up.

…

“Sect Leader calm down, calm down!”

“Sect Leader, that’s your contracted beast, how can you bear to kill it!”

“Sect Leader, put down the blade, let’s talk this through!”

On the training ground, Li Qingyang and the others desperately held onto Jun Changxiao who was brandishing the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade.

Wild Boar Peiqi was completely unaware its master wanted to kill it, still lying on the ground sleeping, a large bubble even gathering in its nostril.

“Ahh!”

Jun Changxiao shouted loudly.

Boom!

The Azure Dragon Crescent Blade flew directly over, stabbing in front of Wild Boar Peiqi’s big nose, immediately startling it awake and scaring it into drilling back into the Sect Leader Ball.

Seeing this cowardly appearance, Sect Leader Jun was so angry he nearly vomited blood!

If only he’d known, he should have deliberately thrown it more accurately and killed this mud-that-cannot-stick-to-the-wall contracted beast.

…

The other three contracted beasts were all rare fierce beasts, each more awesome than the last.

Only Wild Boar Peiqi made Jun Changxiao deeply disappointed.

No choice.

Since he had subdued it, and it was his first contracted beast, he could only keep it.

Under the disciples’ persuasion, Jun Changxiao calmed down. He stored the Sect Leader Ball in his spatial ring, thinking darkly: “From now on, I won’t take it out to embarrass myself.”

“Phew!”

Sitting on the sect leader’s throne in the great hall, he opened the Spirit Beast Pavilion panel again and clicked on Basic Beast Core.

Item: Basic Beast Core.

Effect: A nutritious elixir. After fierce beasts consume it, not only can they rapidly replenish energy, but they also won’t feel hungry for ten days.

Conditions: Beast meat 156470/1 jin, Hunger-Sating Grass 0/1 stalk.

“Holy crap!”

Jun Changxiao’s eyes widened: “This thing is good!”

System: “…”

Just moments ago it had poured cold water saying Hurricane Wolves had big appetites and would be a significant expense, and now it was getting slapped in the face again!

“There’s plenty of meat, but missing Hunger-Sating Grass.”

Jun Changxiao stroked his chin, saying: “I’ll go to the city later to look around.”

“Qingyang.”

He said: “Call Zhong Yi and the others over.”

With construction upgraded to Level 5 and member limit increased, he definitely had to recruit them into the sect.

“Yes.”

Before long, Zhong Yi and his thirteen brothers came to the great hall.

After registering their names one by one and stamping the sect’s seal, everyone smoothly became Tiegu Clanging Sect disciples.

Not disappointing Jun Changxiao, the loyal and righteous Zhong Yi not only had seventh-rank Wushi cultivation, but his spiritual root also reached supreme grade.

This kind of excellent talent would be absolutely difficult to recruit through open enrollment!

“Ding! Sect members: 2014/5000.”

“Ding! Sect contribution value: 2100/5000.”

“Qingyang.”

Jun Changxiao said: “Issue them uniforms and sect rules, and arrange disciple quarters.”

“Yes.”

Li Qingyang led Zhong Yi and the others away.

Sect Leader Jun murmured: “This activated Spirit Beast Pavilion can only let my own contracted beasts learn skills. It doesn’t seem to have much great use.”

The use he meant was being beneficial to disciples.

For instance, Alchemy Pavilion and Forging Pavilion—the elixirs and weapons refined could be used by himself and also by disciples.

The system said: “Whether Spirit Beast Pavilion has great use still depends on whether the host can refresh better products in the shop in the future.”

The functions unlocked through construction upgrades were equivalent to providing a platform.

Whether it could display higher value depended on the products in the shop.

Some time ago, Jun Changxiao had refreshed the mid-grade Cold Gleam Sword formula. Because there was the Forging Pavilion, once materials were sufficient, it could be forged.

And this was the manifestation of subsequent value.

“Understood.”

Jun Changxiao stopped complaining. He went to the medicine hall, stored the matured medicinal herbs into his spatial ring during this period, and began mechanically refining elixirs.

Oh right.

How come Jiang Xie wasn’t seen?

Our Elder Jiang was currently in the Tempering Tower, forgetting food and sleep while immersed in tempering his physical body.

He had shaped in the Shaping Room for a period of time, but improvement became increasingly limited.

Several days ago, Li Qingyang had him go to the Tempering Tower. As soon as he entered and felt the tenfold gravity, his heart was immediately shocked again.

Turns out the Shaping Room was only the beginning!

The sect still had even stronger methods for tempering the physical body!

Too awesome!

Too blissful!

If not for the gravity being applied at tenfold based on cultivation level, where initially he could only endure for one or two hours, Jiang Xie would have wanted to spend twenty-four hours in the Tempering Tower!

After Zhong Yi and the others were assigned quarters and received Body Shaping Pills to consume, feeling their physical bodies and strength increase considerably, they too were dumbstruck one by one.

“Brother Yi!”

A martial artist said, unable to contain himself: “Could this elixir be the Body Shaping Pill refined by the Ai Family of Huyang City?”

Zhong Yi suppressed his shock: “I heard that after consuming that kind of elixir, physical body and strength increase. What we ate must be it!”

“My heavens!”

Someone said: “An elixir that many great powers can’t buy even with money, and we each ate one!”

They didn’t know that outside, the Body Shaping Pills that were worth a thousand gold and difficult to obtain, in Jun Changxiao’s spatial ring were countless.

Without exaggeration.

Using them as candy beans for disciples to eat would be no problem!