The Master of Beasts
Chapter 51: Major Renovation of the Spiritual Beast Garden

Chapter 51: Chapter 51: Major Renovation of the Spiritual Beast Garden

Senior Sister Wen had hurriedly left after giving her instructions, looking extremely busy. This made Chen Jiuge quite regretful; he still wanted to ask her if she had a Kun, and if there was a channel to buy Kun fry. A Kun as big as a continent would be so grand, essentially the Cultivation version of a top-tier luxury RV.

"Forget it, there will probably be opportunities in the future, no rush. Right now, I still have two Spiritual Beasts that I haven’t contracted with. If I want a Kun, I might have to wait until Mahayana," Chen Jiuge said somewhat regretfully.

Originally, Chen Jiuge had planned to change the Contract Decree with Da Bai into a Lifebound Decree. However, he suddenly thought that plant-type Spiritual Beasts seemed to have little Spiritual Wisdom at birth and grew slowly. It was better to contract the Wangu Vine first to spur its early development, especially since his Spiritual Beast Garden was also due for a major transformation.

After soothing Da Bai, who had been frightened by his Master and was feeling quite aggrieved, Chen Jiuge took out the Spirit Seed of the Wangu Vine. He completed the blood recognition to claim ownership, which was very simple; its faint consciousness offered no resistance whatsoever.

Once he had fully consolidated the decree, feeling the enhanced Life Force in his body—albeit only a trace—Chen Jiuge already envisioned the boundless Life Force he would possess once the Wangu Vine was officially born and its cultivation improved. Paired with my Body Refinement cultivation, in the future, they’ll have to call me the Great Blood Bull!

「The next day」

Chen Jiuge gathered all the Spiritual Beasts he had contracted.

Looking at the Spiritual Beasts sitting in a row like well-behaved children, Chen Jiuge nodded with satisfaction and said, "I’m going to thoroughly plan out the Spiritual Beast Garden. From now on, follow my commands, and anyone caught slacking off will face serious consequences."

Seeing Yue Meng’s gaze continuously sweeping back and forth between him and War Song, she said discontentedly, "What do you mean by that? Am I really that sort of rabbit?"

"You’d better not be. Enough chit-chat, let’s begin now. I’ll outline the general direction for the renovation," Chen Jiuge declared grandly, leading the group of Spiritual Beasts into action. View the correct content at NovelFire

Although the entire Spiritual Beast Garden had expanded by more than a hundredfold, its overall shape was still oval. Chen Jiuge’s cave mansion occupied a not-so-large area to the lower left of the entrance. On the path from the entrance to the cave mansion, he transplanted the exotic flowers and rare grasses from his cave mansion, along with some relatively lower-Grade Spiritual Medicines he possessed, to line both sides of the path. This area was also perfect for the Plant Elves.

Next to the cave mansion was a small depression led by Black Eye’s pack of Golden Dogs. This small area was home to nearly a hundred Golden Dogs and about ten puppies, with plenty of space left; the number of Golden Dogs could increase tenfold without any problem. Correct content is on NovelFire.

Adjacent to the depression was a rocky area with numerous stone caves, perfectly suitable for accommodating the current four Stone-dragon Lizard test subjects and any future ones.

Past the rocky area was a vast grassland. The part of the grassland close to the Stone-dragon Lizard’s rocky area, aside from the dopey Spiritual Chickens and Snow Rabbits, was scarcely inhabited by other Spiritual Beasts and also served as the main food source for the Medicine Snakes and Plant Turtles.

Chen Jiuge planned to divide this large grassland into two parts. The lower half, near the rocky area, would primarily be used to breed Spiritual Chickens and Snow Rabbits, as well as the Grayscale Rats transformed from the Stone-dragon Lizard experiments, turning it into a spiritual beast meat production base.

The upper half of the grassland he intended to transform into the main breeding ground for herbivorous Spiritual Beasts. Although currently, there were only the Red Flame Sheep and Five-colored Deer, it wasn’t a major issue. His plan was to get the general area laid out first before expanding.

Beyond the two grasslands lay the central Spirit Lake District. Using the Spirit Lake as the boundary line, the lower side would be set aside for breeding Plant Turtles, with the upper side to be decided later.

Beyond the Spirit Lake, there was still an area roughly half the size of the entire Spiritual Beast Garden. Chen Jiuge planned to use the High Rank ores he possessed to create a Five Elements Ecosystem there.

This area beyond the Spirit Lake was nearly half the size of the entire future Eden Spiritual Beast Garden. Chen Jiuge planned to release all his modified Spiritual Beast variants into this zone, using it as a crucible to select the most powerful ones. The strongest he would keep for himself, while the rest could be sold to the Sect or fellow disciples to earn Spirit Stones. Once he expanded the scale, these beasts might even become bestsellers in major Immortal Cities.

After planning the entire distribution of Spiritual Beasts in the Spiritual Beast Garden, Chen Jiuge renamed it Eden Garden. Hopefully, I can mass-produce Divine Beasts here in the future, he thought.

"Little ones, get to work!" Chen Jiuge waved his hand grandly. Immediately, the Golden Dog pack, led by Black Eye, the chief steward of Eden Garden, burst forth, closely followed by the newly sapient Bao Nu leading the Contracted Beast squad.

Da Bai, who was a beat slower in action, also started working along with his two little brothers, while War Song planned to deal with the Stone-dragon Lizards.

Looking at Yue Meng, who seemed to have no idea what she should be doing, Chen Jiuge said helplessly, "You, move your home to a new place, right beside the Spirit Lake. The moonlight is richer there at night, suitable for your cultivation. After you settle in, gather the Plant Turtles and the Rainbow Deer into the area below the Spirit Lake, understand?"

"Hmph, I already knew that," Yue Meng replied disdainfully, lifting her head with a cold huff.

Seeing Yue Meng, who didn’t even call him ’Master’ anymore, Chen Jiuge could only shake his head inwardly. The kid’s hit her rebellious phase, he thought. I’ll just have to be more patient with her.

As for the final Five Elements Ecosystem area, Chen Jiuge planned to transform it himself. He needed to create a suitable environment, and the Spiritual Beasts wouldn’t know how to activate Array Plates to isolate the zones.

After a full hour, Chen Jiuge finally reached the dividing line of the Spirit Lake within the current Spiritual Beast Garden.

After a brief assessment of the size, Chen Jiuge took out a Seventh Rank defense Array Plate from the "miscellaneous items" pile—a gift from his Master during their first meeting—and embedded it into the ground. As he watched the Spirit Light of the Array rise, feeling its powerful defense, Chen Jiuge nodded in satisfaction.

Seriously, did Master foresee my plans to transform the Spiritual Beast Garden? Chen Jiuge wondered. The introductory gifts included not only a vast amount of Spirit Stones, various High Rank ores of different attributes, Spiritual Medicines, and Spirit Grass seeds, but he even upgraded the Spirit Lake! It now contains seemingly endless Spiritual Energy; otherwise, it wouldn’t be able to support so many Great Arrays.

Chen Jiuge embedded all the surplus Five Elements attribute ores he had into the five cardinal directions of this area and felt the surroundings begin to change. Standing in the newly formed Fire Element zone, he looked at a Spirit Grass whose young leaves were already tinged with red and couldn’t help but remark, "The Cultivator who created this non-attribute Spirit Grass is simply a genius! It adapts to all environments—it’s a farmer’s dream!"

Awaiting the completion of the Spiritual Beasts’ work, Chen Jiuge established Arrays in each defined area one by one.

I’ll also need to raise a group of Feeders, Chen Jiuge pondered. War Song has been mentioning Snow Ape Little Flower a lot lately. This would be a perfect opportunity to select a group of monkeys to become Feeders. They can also keep War Song company.

Looking at the Golden Dogs working tirelessly, their tongues lolling out, Chen Jiuge sensed their Cultivation. Most of them are Third Rank, with only a few at Fourth Rank, he noted. This won’t do; they won’t be able to keep up with Eden Garden’s development. It seems I need to enhance the Golden Dogs’ strength.

Then, the "great capitalist" Chen Jiuge established a reward and punishment system for the Golden Dogs. He would allocate Spirit Stones monthly, which they could use to purchase resources from him.

The Golden Dogs originally had Bloodlines with the potential to reach Fourth or even Fifth Rank. After Chen Jiuge’s Golden Finger had refined their Bloodlines, while they wouldn’t necessarily become overwhelmingly strong instantly, reaching Fifth Rank as a Spiritual Beast wouldn’t be too difficult with some effort. Those with good talent might even ascend to Sixth Rank.