"These are all the materials you need," Uncle White informed Jiao Long as soon as he walked into the house. Uncle White returned exactly five days as promised. "Thank you for getting me this uncle white," Jiao Long said and took the materials to his chamber.
Jiao Long dug a large basin, filled it with five buckets of water, tossed in the black fungus, red amala, and gruttus root, let them soak, and then threw a fire into it. After about an hour of waiting for everything to boil, Jiao Long noticed that everything appeared to be a mixture of sea of fire when he gazed into the basin. "Will I be cooked if I really enter this?" Jiao Long whispered to himself in a low voice. However, he hesitated no more and plunged into the mixture since he has a strong will and wants to become strong in this world.
"Jiao Long screamed loudly, feeling as though he was being burned alive. He hurriedly bit his lip to stop the scream since he didn't want Uncle White to worry about it, but his lip was shredded by how hard he bit it.
Jiao Long was trembling like a parched leaf that could be blown away by a gust of wind at any moment, and he was in terrible pain. He made every effort to relax and block out his suffering, and he was successful.
He quickly relaxed and concentrated on transferring the energy from the mixture into his body. He did this by passing the energy through his veins and meridians, making sure that all of them were painted red, the color of the energy. He then transferred the energy into his core and sent it into his realm, one beast, continuing to channel it into the beast's body until it was completely tainted crimson.
Jiao Long only stopped when he realized that the mixture was no longer giving him energy. When he opened his eyes, he saw that everything he had previously thrown into it had been removed, leaving the mixture to resemble a pool of clear water, but the same could not be said for him. He was black from head to toe and burned. He examined his inner self and was shocked to see that he had advanced to stage 5 of the first realm. Because he had previously been focused on channeling the energy, he was unaware that he was making progress.
Jiao Long got up, drained the water, and proceeded to take a bath. As he washed his body, the burned flesh continued to come away, exposing a fresh new skin that resembled that of a newborn. Jiao was shocked to discover that a full day had gone by when he observed that the sun was shining outside. Despite not eating anything for a day, he was so energized that he did not feel hungry.
Jiao Long got up and went into the beast mountain forest. He climbed a mountain and stopped there to practice the special skill that Uncle White had taught him the day before. It's called "poisonous thousand coral reefs." Uncle White had told him that he had discovered the skill by chance and that it would be ideal for him because it matched the kind of beast he had tamed.
Jiao Long took the skill out of his possessions bag, opened it, and read it. What he found shocked him. There are three stages to the skill "The Thousand Coral Reef": entry, intermediate, and mastery.
Jiao Long exclaimed in awe, "What an amazing, unique skill." The beast master must practice with his realm-one beast until they reach a point where they can summon 100 reefs, all of which are wrapped in poisonous coral. When an enemy is struck by one of these reefs, they will experience a burning sensation throughout their body and develop a number of red, poisonous rashes that are difficult to heal—that is, if they are not buried and bruised by the jagged rock of the reefs slamming on them.
This skill is already so powerful at the initial stage; imagine that when one reaches the intermediate stage, the beast tamer and his tamed beast can summon up to 500 toxic coral reefs, and at the mastery level, 1000. "Phew, this skill is so powerful and can kill an opponent immediately; where did Uncle get this amazing skill?".
The black coral crocodile, Jiao Long's realm-one beast, emerged from his core, and he began giving commands to it by following the special skill's instructions. After realizing that the skill was difficult to learn, he continued to fail. After practicing the incarnations repeatedly and sending directions straight to the crocodile's head, the crocodile finally summoned 40 toxic coral reefs, barely making it to the first stage.
As he packed his bag of possessions, Jiao Long thought to himself, "This technique is really difficult to practice, but it's time to stop my training. I think it should be getting close to the time to go to the Skyline Beast Academy."
Jiao's long stomach growled abruptly; he did not notice that he was hungry because he had been too concentrated on practicing the unique skill. After fastening his bag pack to his back, he began to make his way home at a leisurely pace.
As soon as Jiao Long entered the house, Uncle White said, "I almost came looking for you." "The test for entering Skyline Beast Academy will be held tomorrow, so go into the kitchen and I'll boil some food for you. I'll drop you off at the academy tomorrow, and please go and bathe because you smell bad," he added.
Jiao Long went to his room, sniffed his body, and pondered if he smelled so horrible. After finishing his dinner, he sagged on his bed and fell asleep immediately due to exhaustion.