Beast Taming: I gained the talent of a spirit pet

After everything calmed down, the surface of the jade egg rippled with a rich cyan light.

At the same time, a sharp aura began to emanate. The vitality within the jade egg also became much richer.

[This egg's origin has been replenished. Hatch it?]

"Hatch!"

Gu Yuan's heart stirred.

Crack! Crack!

Fine cracks appeared on the cyan eggshell of the jade egg.

When the cracks widened to a certain extent, a piece of eggshell was pushed open, and a cyan, chubby worm crawled out.

About the thickness of a thumb and a little over three inches long, it looked fat and clumsy, waddling as it crawled, quite endearing.

[Cyan Shadow Sword Butterfly hatched successfully!]

After crawling out, the cyan chubby worm looked around with its two small, beady eyes like black sesame seeds. When it saw Gu Yuan, its small body rubbed back and forth in Gu Yuan's palm.

Then, a message appeared before Gu Yuan's eyes:

[The Cyan Shadow Sword Butterfly wishes to recognize you as its master. Do you agree?]

Gu Yuan was stunned.

Could it be that because it was hatched by the Spirit Pet System and saw me first, it's taking the initiative to recognize me as its master?

The thought flashed through his mind, and Gu Yuan said directly, "Agree!"

As soon as he spoke, the long-lost feeling appeared again.

His spiritual power was continuously drawn away and condensed into a mysterious, illusory rune, which floated down onto the Cyan Shadow Sword Butterfly larva.

With a flash of light, the rune merged into its body and disappeared.

[Master recognition successful. You have obtained the pet Cyan Shadow Sword Butterfly!]

[Cyan Shadow Sword Butterfly (Gold)]

Introduction: This is a descendant of the ancient and rare Cyan Jade Sword Butterfly. It is a rare spirit butterfly in the world, possessing innate and sharp sword-path divine abilities. With a flap of its wings, it can unleash sharp cyan jade sword energy, possessing the terrifying power to break ten thousand laws with a single sword!

Although this insect is currently in the larval stage, it can still spew out sword light and possesses considerable divine abilities.

Evolving to the Cyan Jade Sword Butterfly requires growing into the mature Cyan Shadow Sword Butterfly and consuming 160,000 Dao runes!

State: Normal

Stage: Growing (1%)

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[You have obtained the Cyan Shadow Sword Butterfly talent "Sword Heart" buff!]

After successfully recognizing its master, Gu Yuan surprisingly didn't feel the mental fatigue and weakness he usually felt.

Perhaps this was related to the strengthening of his spiritual will.

Then, Gu Yuan felt a ripple in his heart.

Like a pebble falling into a calm lake, creating circles of ripples.

The ripples spread, affecting every corner.

As this ripple appeared, Gu Yuan's heart seemed to begin to glow with a strange light.

All kinds of distracting thoughts, impurities, and dust dissipated under this light, and his heart became as pure and transparent as glass.

An invisible and wonderful transformation began to take place in his heart.

Gu Yuan felt that in this transformation, the sword techniques he had practiced in the past all emerged one by one:

"The snake moves on the ground, winding and coiling, its trajectory unpredictable, while the sword moves in the air, turning as quickly as a spirit snake. Therefore..."

"Willow catkins are as light as dust, falling with the wind, their landing point elusive, conforming to the essence of Yin and softness. Imitate this with the sword, it should be light yet soft, steady yet firm..."

"Humans have three treasures: essence, energy, and spirit. They should be condensed into one, transforming into a sword, invincible in all directions. There is spirit in the sword, and intent in the spirit, which can destroy body and mind, and take lives..."

《Spirit Snake Sword Technique》, 《Willow Catkin Sword Technique》, 《Life-奪ing Sword Art》... The essence of the three sword techniques was now fully understood by Gu Yuan.

The obscure and difficult problems he had encountered in the sword techniques before were now easily solved.

Especially the most profound and ruthless 《Life-奪ing Sword Art》, Gu Yuan was inspired and comprehended the essence of this sword technique.

At this time, a fierce, sinister, domineering, and sharp aura gradually emanated from him.

The whole person was like a fierce sword that had killed countless people, slowly being unsheathed.

The sword energy was soul-stirring!

The contained terrifying killing intent made people's hearts palpitate!

Gu Yuan's 《Life-奪ing Sword Art》 was almost completely comprehended in a dozen breaths, condensing the Life-奪ing Sword Intent, and directly cultivating it to perfection!

All of this was so natural and logical.

Once Gu Yuan breaks through to the Heavenly Human Realm, he can easily condense the Life-奪ing Sword Energy divine ability!

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After a while, Gu Yuan let out a long breath. The transformation originating from his heart had ended.

At this time, he could feel that his heart had been baptized, becoming pure and transparent, like crystal glass, without a trace of impurities.

In this state, some questions and problems seemed to be solved easily, receiving some kind of answer.

If the previous Gu Yuan had a decent talent in swordsmanship, barely worthy of being called a sword genius.

Then now, he can completely remove the "barely" and undoubtedly become a genuine sword genius!

His talent in swordsmanship has increased by more than ten or even dozens of times!

A sword technique that others need more than ten years to master, he may only need a few days to understand its essence!

One day of learning the sword is equivalent to several years of hard work for others!

A feeling of ease, freedom, peace, and naturalness lingered in his heart.

Gu Yuan felt an unprecedented sense of ease, as if he had unloaded an invisible shackle.

Both his body and mind became relaxed and natural.

Even if distracting thoughts arise in his heart, a sword of the heart will appear, cutting them down and wiping them away.

Gu Yuan could clearly feel that it was not just his talent and comprehension in swordsmanship that had changed, but also his thinking, will, and even his soul!

In the past, he had too many doubts. When encountering some things, even if he had made up his mind, some hesitant and indecisive thoughts would often arise in his heart, interfering with his actions.

But now it's different.

He seems to have implemented the Dao and principles of the sword. He, like the sword, has become decisive and resolute.

As thoughts turn in his mind, he can directly point to the essence of some things, and then make the most direct and effective decisions and put them into action.

"This Sword Heart talent is indeed extraordinary..."

Gu Yuan's eyes were pure, bright, and deep, like a quiet cold pool in the mountains, with an unprecedented firmness.

He even had a faint feeling.

This Sword Heart talent is probably no less than those Spirit Bodies of Wood, Bodies of Water, or Six Yin Terminus Veins.

Although this Sword Heart talent did not change his physique or improve his cultivation efficiency much, it brought an amazing transformation to his heart.

It also gave Gu Yuan an extremely high level of comprehension in swordsmanship!

At least in the future, when practicing any sword technique, he will inevitably quickly understand and integrate it.

"Just the Cyan Shadow Sword Butterfly has the 'Sword Heart' talent. If it were the Cyan Jade Sword Butterfly, wouldn't it take off..."

Gu Yuan looked at the cyan chubby worm in his hand, which had finished eating the eggshell and become even fatter, clicking his tongue in wonder.

After teasing it with his fingers a few times, Gu Yuan suddenly thought of an important question:

"Wait, if I remember correctly, butterfly larvae should eat leaves, right?"

Thinking this, Gu Yuan plucked a few tender leaves from the tree in the yard and threw them near the Cyan Shadow Sword Butterfly larva's mouth.

However, the Cyan Shadow Sword Butterfly larva turned its body away, not touching the tender leaves at all.

There was even a sense of disgust and disdain conveyed to Gu Yuan's heart.

"Good fellow, these are the tenderest leaves in early spring, and you still despise them... Oh well, at least you are a descendant of an ancient and rare insect, so you should have some status."

Gu Yuan was speechless. After thinking about it, he simply went back to his room and took out a spiritual herb.

He plucked a leaf from the spiritual herb and handed it to the Cyan Shadow Sword Butterfly larva.

The chubby worm then wiggled its fat body and began to eat.

"Eating spiritual herbs, as expected of a descendant of a rare insect. Fortunately, I can still afford to raise you now... By the way, I haven't given you a name yet."

Gu Yuan pondered:

"You are a Cyan Shadow Sword Butterfly, and you will transform into a Cyan Jade Sword Butterfly in the future, both inseparable from the word 'Cyan'. In that case, I'll call you Xiao Qing!"