Chapter 7: Five Elements

As the Blood-Feeding Mosquito entered the Iron-Headed Lion’s body, a monstrous beast the size of a human rushed over from afar, with a very peculiar appearance. A dragon’s head, a horse’s body, roc’s wings, a phoenix’s tail, and turtle patterns—such was the look of this suddenly appearing beast.
This beast might have smelled the blood scent of the Iron-Headed Lion and rushed over to devour its vital essence. Upon seeing the brutal scene with the Blood-Feeding Mosquito, it stopped in its tracks but hesitated, looking pitifully at the rapidly withering Iron-Headed Lion.
Qu Yi used his spiritual sense to scan and found that this suddenly appearing beast only possessed the strength of the later stage of the Foundation Establishment phase. This explained why it had rushed out eagerly upon smelling the Iron-Headed Lion’s blood—it wanted to consume its essence to enhance its own strength.
“Qu Yi, that beast ahead is quite unique. Try to capture it as a pet,” came the voice of the Artifact God suddenly.
“Ah!” Qu Yi exclaimed in shock.
Bai Man, who was nearby, was also startled. She couldn’t communicate directly with the Artifact God, so Qu Yi’s sudden cry frightened her.
“Qu Yi, why did you shout?” Bai Man said petulantly, pouting.
Qu Yi immediately pointed at the beast ahead and said calmly, “The Artifact God wants me to capture that beast. What’s so special about it?”
Only then did Bai Man take a closer look. A beast that could catch the attention of the Artifact God must be extraordinary, so she decided to observe it carefully.
“That can’t be right. It only has the strength of the later stage of Foundation Establishment. Is it suitable as your pet? Besides, its appearance is too strange—it’s a mess of different features. I don’t see any special abilities in it,” Bai Man said right away after observing it.
Seeing that Bai Man wasn’t impressed by the beast, Qu Yi, who firmly trusted the Artifact God’s judgment, thought for a moment before waving at the beast.
The beast’s dragon’s head shook.
“Wow, it understands your gestures! It’s so smart,” Bai Man exclaimed in awe.
Qu Yi liked this human-like behavior of the beast immediately. No longer needing to consider Bai Man’s feelings, he decided to follow the Artifact God’s advice and capture it as his pet.
“Come here. I won’t hurt you or kill you. I’ll give you some good food. How about that?” Qu Yi tried his best to show his warmest smile as he shouted.
The beast sized Qu Yi up for a while, took two steps forward, then quickly retreated three steps back, clearly cautious.
Qu Yi laughed. This beast was truly interesting.

To make a good impression on this beast, Qu Yi didn’t want to fly over and catch it directly. After thinking for a while, he came up with an idea.
“Friend, I have no ill intentions. I want you to see if my speed is faster than yours,” Qu Yi said loudly, still smiling.
As soon as he finished speaking, he unleashed his full speed using the ‘Wanli Cunjin’ technique, suddenly flying to the top of the stone mountain before descending as a mere afterimage.
“Friend, see? My speed is faster than yours. If I wanted to deal with you, I would have already done so. So don’t worry. Come here,” Qu Yi said, waving gently with a smile.
Uuuu!
The beast indeed understood Qu Yi’s words and grasped the purpose of his performance earlier. Seeing Qu Yi waving again, it immediately started making uuuu sounds and ran over, its dragon head touching Qu Yi’s hand.
“Haha, friend, you’re so understanding. I like that,” Qu Yi laughed heartily, continuously stroking the dragon head.
“Qu Yi, didn’t you say you wanted to give this beast something good to eat? What is it?” Bai Man suddenly asked.
The beast immediately turned to look at Qu Yi, its dragon eyes glowing brightly, as if it hadn’t eaten in countless years.
Qu Yi quickly took out a Blood Spirit Crystal from his storage bracelet—a treasure obtained from the Blood-Sucking Mosquito Nest. It was formed from the essence blood of beasts and would surely be highly attractive to this beast, which had come out due to the blood of the Iron-Headed Lion.
Sure enough, as soon as the beast saw the Blood Spirit Crystal, its dragon eyes emitted a golden light. It bit down on the crystal and swallowed it.
Instantly, a powerful aura of essence blood began to radiate from the beast, as if the Blood Spirit Crystal it had just swallowed had completely broken down and merged into every part of its body. Its overall strength had significantly increased.
Qu Yi and Bai Man watched this strange beast without blinking.
After a while, the beast had fully digested the Blood Spirit Crystal, its strength now reaching the advanced stage of the Foundation Building phase.
“So extreme! The speed of its strength improvement is too fast—just by eating one Blood Spirit Crystal?” Qu Yi exclaimed in astonishment.
The beast proudly shook its dragon head, then stared at Qu Yi with its golden-eyed gaze, clearly asking if there were more Blood Spirit Crystals.
Qu Yi was stunned.

“Qu Yi, feed it. You can give it all the Blood Spirit Crystals. Now that the Blood Mosquito King has been born, you don’t have to worry about the reproduction of the Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes anymore.” The voice of the Artifact God rang out again; it seemed he truly valued this monstrous beast.

Without hesitation, Qu Yi immediately took out a Blood Spirit Crystal at the Artifact God’s words. The beast let out a happy whining sound, as if thanking Qu Yi, before swallowing the crystal in one gulp. This time, the digestion speed seemed faster—the beast absorbed all the energy from the crystal in no time. It appeared that as its strength grew, its ability to absorb and digest blood also accelerated.

After digesting this Blood Spirit Crystal, the beast’s strength remained at the advanced stage of the Foundation Building phase, but there were signs it was about to break through to the early stage of the Golden Core phase. The beast once again stared eagerly at Qu Yi.

Qu Yi, without hesitation, took out another Blood Spirit Crystal. Whining! The beast’s joyful cries made even Qu Yi and Bai Man feel uplifted and delighted. The Blood Spirit Crystal quickly entered the beast’s stomach and was digested instantly. Suddenly, a burst of blood-red light emanated from its body. Its size increased by a full circle, reaching two meters in length. Its dragon head became even more majestic, its phoenix tail more vibrant, its horse-like body more agile, and its roc wings doubled in size. Undoubtedly, after swallowing three Blood Spirit Crystals, its strength had reached the early stage of the Golden Core phase.

“A miracle! This beast’s strength has improved so rapidly,” Qu Yi exclaimed in awe, also feeling extremely happy that it belonged to him.

“That’s unreasonable! Such a fast breakthrough is terrifying,” Bai Man said, still skeptical as she watched the beast.

The beast looked at Qu Yi and Bai Man, heard their exclamations, and then proudly took a few steps forward, shaking its dragon head, stretching its phoenix tail, and flapping its roc wings to display its prowess.

After that, the beast once again stared eagerly at Qu Yi.

Qu Yi was speechless. Could this beast keep consuming Blood Spirit Crystals to level up? Soon, he took out another one, but the beast looked at him with disdain.

“Qu Yi, you idiot! Didn’t I tell you to give it all the Blood Spirit Crystals? Why bring them out one by one? Do you have to be so stingy? You’re driving me crazy!” The voice of the Artifact God suddenly rang out.

Qu Yi immediately looked aggrieved, sighing to himself, “God of Tools, you told me to take this monster, so of course I have to ensure its safety. I don’t know its background or how much Blood Spirit Crystals it can absorb at once. If I take out all of them at once and it bursts, I’ll die of grief!” Of course, Qu Yi wouldn’t say such things out loud. If the God of Tools was dissatisfied, it might drain his soul or pierce his primordial spirit—Qu Yi was afraid. “Okay, I get it. I’ll take them all out,” Qu Yi quickly replied. Then he took out all the Blood Spirit Crystals from his storage bracelet and piled them up to human height on the ground. “Wow, Qu Yi, how do you have so many Blood Spirit Crystals?” Bai Man was surprised, staring at him intently. Qu Yi chuckled, puffed out his chest, and said, “Sister, I collected all the Blood Spirit Crystals from the Blood-Sucking Mosquito Nest in the Abyss of Ten Thousand Monsters.” While the two were talking, the monster suddenly opened its mouth wide and sucked in the pile of Blood Spirit Crystals as if drinking water. In an instant, all the crystals disappeared, entering the monster’s body. “I’m… impressed!” Qu Yi exclaimed in astonishment. Bai Man was speechless. After swallowing all the Blood Spirit Crystals, the monster’s body immediately swelled—two meters, five meters, ten meters—before stopping growing. The blood energy emanating from its body rose steadily from the early stage of the Golden Core phase. It took five days for the monster to fully digest and absorb all the Blood Spirit Crystals, by which time its strength had reached the late stage of the Golden Core phase. In just five days, the monster had advanced from the late stage of the Foundation Building phase to the late stage of the Golden Core phase—a speed that was astonishing. Wuw! After absorbing the energy from the Blood Spirit Crystals, the monster let out a happy cry before suddenly transforming back to its original size of about two meters. “Monster, you’re really strong. I really don’t know what words to use to describe you,” Qu Yi sighed again. Bai Man remained silent. At that moment, the voice of the God of Tools rang out again, “Qu Yi, you see? This monster’s special ability will be of great help to you in the future.” Qu Yi immediately replied, “God of Tools, now I truly believe in your judgment.” Wuw! Seeing that Qu Yi ignored it, the monster let out an unhappy cry.

Qu Yi immediately chuckled, then stroked the beast’s head and said slowly, “Beast, from now on we’ll explore the cultivation world together. Oh, right, I should give you a name. Well, let’s call you Wuyuan.”
The beast’s appearance combined features of five different kinds of monsters, and its sound was a constant “woo-woo.” Based on this, Qu Yi named it Wuyuan.
“ Woo-woo!” The beast cried happily.
“Wuyuan!” Qu Yi called out immediately.
Woo-woo!