Three hundred years ago on the cold northern region of the black ice mountain a silver fur mountain lion was giving birth of a twin cub, but she lost her life at child birth, her body can not sustained the labour. The twin cub was a mutation of the silver fur mountain lion, at that time a strange occurrence happened, a thick demonic and celestial energy flooded the sky!
It was the day that Bixi slayed the lich skull king, the demonic aura was unleashed all the way to the undead mountain, the place were the lich skull king originated, the demonic mountain was emitting but the celestial barrier was resisting!
The two cub was basking in the deadly demonic aura and countered by celestial holy aura, the irregular opposite nature of the energy made the unprotected cubs intoxicated by it. Eventually a mutation happened, the cubs became tolerant of the two energy! In the three hundred of their living years, they feed on anything they could eat, two spirit beasts that can eat anything it was a pair of Taotie!
The Taotie pair originally lived secluded, but since Xuanwu renewed the seal on the last undead mountain invasion, they could not find any demonic energy, sensing the forest below has a spirit beast that has a thin undead or dark demonic energy, the Taotie began to move their hunting ground to the area slight up the mountain trail from the foot of the mountain, fortunately they found the pathway cave, where spirit beast pass to move up and down the black ice mountain trails.
"Are you sure this is the cave?" Wen Su could not detect anything from inside the cave.
"There is nothing strange from outside." Wen Ping was looking at a pinch dark cave from the entrance.
"Who are you thought messing with both of you? Me of Xuanwu?" Wen Jin frowned.
Hongfa snorted and turn around so anyone could not noticed him.
"Stop that!" Wen Ping did notice Hongfa!
"That what not we meant! The cave just look like an ordinary cave from outside.." Wen Su looking calm.
Before coming back to the camp Wen Jin decided to make a brief visit outside the north black ice mountain barrier and obtain a few of the undead demonic core, it would be nice to have it as..
"Bait!" Wen Jin show them a bag of undead core he obtain not to long ago. Since he was not sure of how much the aura that the core emitting to lure the pair of taotie from their hiding place, he find several of them was a mid class core!
Xuanwu has told him that the Taotie has very keen sense of demonic aura, apparently the demonic aura was a delicacy since it was hard to find inside the barrier.
"Almost sun down, we need to hurry! We could not see anything at night! Wen Siang would be at the mansion by tomorrow noon, we need to be ready by then! I bet the Han family scouts would be tailing her home!" Wen Jin.
Wen Jin laid the undead core inside a trap formation setup by Hongfa, Wen Su and Wen Ping will distract each of the taotie to buy time for Hongfa and Wen Jin to subdue one of them, the other one would be easy to handle since it would be four against one by then, plus their spirit beast!
But the situation was change later on, because the taotie was not coming out, even when they wait until night fall!
"It seems they are smart!" Wen Jin.
"Wrong cave perhaps?" Wen Ping.
"Really? You want to go there?" Wen Jin.
"Hey! We just saying, there is that possibility!" Wen Su.
"No! Trust me! Stop asking!" Wen Jin.
Why do Wen Jin act very certain of it? Because Xuanwu has given him a glimpse of the cave entrance, and this was it! The Xuanwu never lied, why did he lied? What for?
"Let change the strategy, we will catch them in the morning, if the plan was not working by then, we are going to enter directly to raid the cave!" Wen Jin. He need to finish the quest even by killing the taotie, he needs the underground garden information desperately rather than taking the taotie alive for contracts! His brother can wait to have another good battle spirit beast to catch some other time.
That morning right before dawn, a black mane warthog came into the cave from the top of the mountain unaware that the mountain cave has been taken over by a pair of taotie, the warthog just completed it's one hundred years of close door cultivation near the mountain top, it was at high tier mid level cultivation and the warthog carried a thin demonic bloodline of the demon mixed with a indirect descendant of Zhulong!
"Squeal!" The black mane warthog felt a bite on it's left hind leg! But the black mane warthog was a very tough spirit beast with a very thick scale skin due to it's Zhulong traits! Kicking one taotie in the head and ramming into one other, the warthog runs into the exit towards the foot of the mountain! Lucky for Wen Jin party, the formation was still active with only one big chunk of core as bait.
The squeal was so loud that it echo on the mountain top, Hongfa has a very keen sense of hearing, he alerted Wen Jin who right about when the warthog exited the mountain pass cave, he was already at the cave entrance formation set with teleportation!
"Hongfa get ready!" Wen Jin telepathic message reach Hongfa at the other side of the cave entrance!
"Squeak!" The Warthog jumped out of the cave! Since it was jumping, Hongfa was late to activated the formation! "Ah~!"
Wen Jin and Hongfa was surprised looking at the Black mane warthog when suddenly Hongfa formation hit the jackpot! "Roar!" One of the Taotie caught on the formation! One other swiftly jumps to the right side of the formation and looking back at Wen Jin! It wanted to attack but sensing something was jumping from behind of the man was three Rui Shi, it backed a little further. Looking at his siblings that were trapped! "Roar!" Once again the Taotie roared he was completely surrounded at four sides, Hongfa was subduing the caught taotie with heaven suppressing formation.
Wen Su and Wen Ping heard the commotions and wake up, they got there in time when one of the taotie was subdue and the other was surrounded.
(The warthog has safely got through into the forest area and still running with a bite mark on his left hind leg!)
"Wen Su! Contract the one that Hongfa suppressing!" Wen Jin.
Wen Su nod his head and jump in front of the formation a black vortex appeared on his back the fire four arms red mane ape appeared and helping him to restraint the taotie, two hand grabbing the taotie neck while two others holding it's mouth! Wen Su quickly marked the Taotie forehead, a runic glow also appeared in Wen su's forehead, after that the ape dragged the taotie into his spirit beast space in the mirror dimension through the black vortex to seal the contract! "Roar!" The other one is getting restless and has no way to escape!
"Earth Guardian!" Several earth golem hold it down, it resist like a rabid animal in trance!
"The guardian can hold it but not too long! Wen Ping now!" Wen Jin give Wen Ping the signal.
Wen Ping summoned his Ice crown king cobra, the temperature became colder! The king cobra head glowing before it lunge at the Taotie "Hisss!" It immediately wrapped it self on the Taotie to restrict it's movement. But the Taotie still resisting, suddenly the King cobra bite the Taotie! The Taotie was immediately froze up but the head remains active. Wen Ping immediately contracted the Taotie, a glow on their forehead then the ice crown king cobra throw the Taotie into his spirit beast space in the mirror dimension using the vortex to seal the contract!
The two of them wait about a few minutes, when the Taotie was calmer the contract was sealed, two of them called back their new Taotie battle spirit beast!
"Roar!" The Taotie jumped of their own vortex lead by the four arms ape and the king cobra!
The dawn was breaking the Taotie physical body was revealing it's shape little by little.
The Taotie was both male, their appearance was impressive!
Their fur was shining dark silver like a sparkling dark steel, their mane was black dark aura emitting from it ghastly, their eyes was glowing blood shoot red! Their fang was big a bit of molars protruding sharp on their jaws!
From Hongfa celestial eyes estimation, both of them just reach a quarter of deity level making them just breaking through high tier level!
"Congratulations! They should serve you good! They was taken by surprised and subdue by many, i doubt if you were two against one with this taotie, neither of you together can easily subdue it! Strong very strong with room of improvement!" Hongfa.
"Now! We use the fastest way home!" Wen Jin activated his bronze flying turtle shell, but before anyone can say something he immediately say something else!
"Wait inside! I need to report to Xuanwu! This would be quick!" Wen Jin teleported.