TL: Etude
"I've reached the peak of a Great Martial Warrior now, so I can't test how much faster the Morning Star-level cultivation talent enhances my cultivation speed compared to the extraordinary levels. I'll have to wait until I break through to the Grandmaster realm," Ye Tian suppressed his excitement over the Morning Star-level cultivation talent and immediately began studying the Beast Control talent.
Through the Beast Control talent, Ye Tian astonishingly discovered that he could sever the master-subordinate relationship with Xiao Jin and Xiao Zi at any time. This was because the Beast Control talent allowed him to extract and separate the Light of the Soul.
Ye Tian tested it on Xiao Zi and found that establishing the master-subordinate relationship was as easy as before. However, when he tried to forcibly make Xiao Jin his subordinate, he failed. Left with no other option, he allowed Xiao Jin to voluntarily become his subordinate.
After multiple tests, Ye Tian reached a conclusion— "The Beast Control talent must be related to the soul. I'm only at the peak of the Great Martial Warrior level, while Xiao Jin has already reached the top tier of beasts. In terms of realm and soul strength, Xiao Jin is superior to me, so I can't forcibly make him my subordinate," Ye Tian concluded insightfully.
Overall, the advanced Beast Control talent was still quite powerful. As long as the War Blood Sky Dragon's realm wasn't higher than his, he could forcibly establish the master-subordinate relationship.
Ye Tian then took out the War Blood Sky Dragon egg again and noticed that the vitality within the egg had grown even stronger, as if it were about to burst forth.
"It's close now. In less than ten days, it should hatch," Ye Tian speculated.
Ten days wasn't long; he could wait. So, for the next ten days, Ye Tian focused solely on comprehending the Sword Intent and temporarily set aside other cultivation practices.
In a blink, ten days passed.
That day, Ye Tian felt the space around him quivering and immediately understood that the War Blood Sky Dragon was about to be born. He took out the War Blood Sky Dragon egg and activated the villa's soundproofing and aura-concealing arrays.
Beside him, Xiao Jin stared wide-eyed at the War Blood Sky Dragon egg. It was familiar with this egg since its master often took it out to observe. Previously, it hadn't thought much of this egg, but now the pressure emanating from it made Xiao Jin feel very uneasy.
Soon, the pressure grew stronger.
This was not the suppression of strength but that of bloodline.
Beasts value their bloodlines and grow entirely through them. Xiao Jin, for instance, had top-level bloodline talents, allowing it to grow into a top-tier beast even without consuming treasures or the flesh of other beasts.
That was the advantage of having top-level bloodline talents!
But now, even with its top-level bloodline talents, it felt suppressed!
"Could the egg Master brought back be that of some royal beast?" Xiao Jin thought, stunned.
For some reason, it felt that once this egg hatched, it would lose its favored status.
"It must be an illusion," Xiao Jin comforted itself internally.
However, it was not mistaken at all. It was indeed about to lose its favored status because Ye Tian was planning to make it the pet of Ye Yu. One could have a limited number of beast companions due to the limitations of soul endurance. To control the War Blood Sky Dragon, Ye Tian had already severed the master-subordinate relationship with Xiao Zi and made Xiao Zi subordinate to Ye Yu.
Soon, Xiao Jin would also be made subordinate to Ye Yu.
So, Xiao Jin's worries were not unfounded.
On the ground, the War Blood Sky Dragon egg shook violently.
Suddenly, there was a cracking sound.
The indestructible shell, which even a Grandmaster would find hard to break, developed a crack.
As time passed, more cracks appeared.
After about half an hour, a huge opening emerged in the War Blood Sky Dragon egg, and a small skull poked out. The skull resembled a dragon's head (Ye Tian had never seen a dragon; this was based purely on legends from his previous life). After the head emerged, the body also broke free from the shell.
Soon, a little dragon more than a meter long appeared, its body blood-red.
It had no wings; it wasn't a Western dragon but an Eastern one.
"Check!"
Ye Tian immediately used his Duplication Talent to inspect the War Blood Sky Dragon's talents, his heart filled with anticipation.
Ye Tian immediately used his Copy Talent to examine the innate abilities of the War Blood Sky Dragon, his heart brimming with anticipation.
Type: War Blood Sky Dragon
Dragon Bloodline Talent: Dawn-level
Strength Talent: Top-tier
Defense Talent: Top-tier
Speed Talent: Mid-tier
Blood-draining Talent: Top-tier
Flight Talent: High-tier
Dragon Flame Talent: High-tier
Healing Talent: Mid-tier
Dragon Roar Talent: High-tier
Blood and Bone Talent: Mid-tier
Dragon Soul Talent: Mid-tier
With these ten special talents, the dragon was almost on par with Ye Tian's own abilities.
Of course, if Ye Tian wanted to copy even more talents, it would be effortless. However, to blindly duplicate useless talents would be purely wasteful. He had stringent requirements for each talent he chose to copy. If a talent were of no use to him, he wouldn't bother copying it.
"The talents of the War Blood Sky Dragon are indeed extraordinary, but it's a pity there are only three top-tier ones," Ye Tian muttered, slightly dissatisfied.
If the War Blood Sky Dragon knew what Ye Tian was thinking, it would surely curse him: "Why don't you find a beast with better talents than mine?"
Quickly, Ye Tian shifted his focus away from the dragon's ten special talents and honed in on its bloodline talent—Dawn-level.
"Dawn-level should surpass Morning Star-level talents, but I wonder by how many levels," Ye Tian thought to himself.
Almost immediately, he felt a sense of regret. He walked the path of cultivation, not that of beasts' bloodlines. So, even if the War Blood Sky Dragon's bloodline talent was extraordinarily powerful, he dared not copy it. If he did, he was unsure what side effects he would experience. He knew well that from then on, he could no longer cultivate like a human but would have to advance like a beast.
It seemed favorable, but what would happen once he reached the War Blood Sky Dragon's limitations? How would he progress? He couldn't copy a stronger beast, as bloodline conflicts were not to be taken lightly. He would be restricted to copying higher-level talents within the War Blood Sky Dragon. But what if the dragon's Dawn-level was the pinnacle, leaving him no room for advancement?
Faced with the choice between a difficult path, where his Copy Talent would become useless, and a glorious path with infinite growth, Ye Tian naturally knew how to choose.
"'Dawn-level talent is just that. There must be humans with something equivalent," Ye Tian concluded.
"First, let's tame the War Blood Sky Dragon using the Beast Control Talent!" Ye Tian hurriedly applied his Beast Control Talent to the dragon.
Although the War Blood Sky Dragon was of Dawn-level bloodline talent, it was only a mid-tier beast at the moment and not difficult to control.
Moreover, the War Blood Sky Dragon had just been born. The first being it saw was Ye Tian, so it was highly reliant on him. As a result, Ye Tian easily completed the Beast Control taming, successfully subduing the War Blood Sky Dragon.
"Hungry, eat," a thought from the War Blood Sky Dragon conveyed.
The next moment, the dragon scuttled over to its birth eggshell and began to slowly chew. The indestructible shell melted as soon as it entered the dragon's mouth, integrating into its body.
Ye Tian was astounded to find that the dragon's aura grew increasingly powerful as it ate the shell. After it finished eating, its aura surged, propelling it into the level of a high-tier beast. Additionally, its blood-red scales became even more durable, shimmering brightly.
"This talent is against the heavens; its growth rate is too fast!" Ye Tian exclaimed.
Fortunately, he had tamed the War Blood Sky Dragon just in time. If he had waited any longer, and the dragon reached the top-tier beast level, he would be in deep trouble.
"Copy Talent is still on cooldown. Once it's over, I'll copy the War Blood Sky Dragon's Blood-draining Talent," Ye Tian planned.