Dragon Tamer

Condensing Qi and Spirit.

Zhu Minglang gradually calmed down, feeling the torrential rush of Spiritual Energy pouring into him like rivers flowing into the sea.

The Spirit Realm was nothing more than a little world gathering spirit that nourished dragon companions; Dragon Shepherds, with their unique cultivation base, gathered the world’s Spiritual Rhyme bit by bit, allowing those dragons in need of the spirit of heaven and earth to receive perfect nourishment.

At this moment, the outside world itself had formed such a gigantic vortex of Spiritual Energy, stirring together all the Spirit Origin hidden within the Dragon Country of the Clouds.

What Zhu Minglang needed to do was very simple: he just had to absorb these natural Spirit Origins from the Cloud Sea Spiritual Well into his body—his dragon companions, connected to his soul, would naturally receive the baptism of the Spirit Sea!

Abundant in Spirit Origin, his cultivation base soared.

Demon Spirits, Demon Spirits, and Holy Spirits—what they needed the most was cultivation base. Cultivating here for a day was even equivalent to several years in the so-called Spirit Caves.

This was why the area around the Cloud Sea Spirit Eye was teeming with a large number of creatures.

In the Dragon Country of the Clouds, there were not only dragons but also many demons that had not transformed into dragons, among which were some creatures that aspired to become holy.

Ten Thousand Year Saint Spirit…

How many lives in the world had truly lived for ten thousand years?

Wasn’t the birth of a Ten Thousand Year Saint Spirit derived from these Spiritual Springs and Immortal Cloud Wells that could make one’s cultivation base increase hundredfold, thousandfold?

As Zhu Minglang immersed himself in cultivating peacefully, the area around the Cloud Sea Spirit Eye resounded with the roars of various powerful mythical beasts and Dragon Spirits. Several times, Zhu Minglang was somewhat worried that Nan Lingsha wouldn’t be able to cope—oh, it was Nan Yuso.

However, each time he opened his eyes,

Zhu Minglang found no threats around him.

Those powerful creatures had all been driven away from this Cloud Platform Spirit Eye, and the Chilodon Dragon with Ancestrial Dragon Bloodline was much stronger than Zhu Minglang had imagined.

Noticing that there was no significant trouble, Zhu Minglang completely let go of his concerns.

As he led the Spiritual Energy, Zhu Minglang could feel it like tendrils of smoke, casually drifting near the Spiritual Well. His aim was to focus wholeheartedly on drawing these strands of Spiritual Silk into his Spirit Realm.

After half a day of tranquil and concentrated channeling, Zhu Minglang noticed that his mental strength was depleting very fast, and he gradually started to feel somewhat lightheaded. Moreover, in the Cloud Sea, the Spiritual Energy was pouring in like tidal river waters—relentlessly flowing in, yet he could only absorb less than one-tenth of it.

Zhu Minglang couldn’t help but wonder,

“Weak waters three thousand, of which I take only one ladle?”

“I want it all!”

It seemed his spiritual journey was still lacking. Mr. Jinli had said that a Dragon Shepherd was like a moving Spiritual Spring. Some people with exceptional talent in gathering spirit and nurturing dragons didn’t even need to tame; dragons would willingly join them.

It was like birds seeking an excellent nest.

Zhu Minglang had previously focused on practicing “Soul Collecting Pearl Brewing,” an important means for Dragon Shepherds to generate wealth, and knew relatively little about gathering spirit to nurture dragons.

The realm Zhu Minglang provided now allowed dragon companions to grow at twenty times their normal rate.

Yet cultivating for a day by this Spirit Eye was equivalent to several years.

Zhu Minglang wondered whether he could also reshape his Spirit Realm to implement this method of absorbing energy from the Spirit Eye onto himself?

“It’s better to teach fishing than to give a fish.”

Zhu Minglang was certainly not a person of short-sightedness; he activated his Spiritual Sense, and while resting and recuperating, he sought to understand the composition of the entire Cloud Sea Spirit Eye.

How did it form?

Why can the Spiritual Energy of the Dragon Country in the clouds be gathered into this tiny vortex?

If my own Spirit Realm could also form such a vortex, wouldn’t it be gathering energy every moment, increasing the cultivation speed of my dragon pets by dozens or even hundreds of times?

“This Cloud Platform Spirit Eye, its way of gathering energy is surprisingly similar to the method of Sword Qi expansion!”

Zhu Minglang’s heart leaped with joy as he discerned a pattern within the flow of the Spiritual Energy silk.

When swinging a sword, if one wants to generate sufficiently powerful Sword Qi, it’s necessary first to use the strength of the sword body to draw in the surrounding air currents, then swing the sword following the trajectory of those currents.

This swing by itself might not be very powerful, but because the air current drives another air current, and the air current accelerates the sword speed, the eventual Sword Qi grows exponentially in power!

It’s the same with the powerful spirit gathering of the Cloud Platform Spirit Eye.

Between heaven and earth, there are inherently some unstable Spirit Origins, aimlessly drifting like dust.

Rather than concentrating hard and expending a large amount of Spiritual Power to painstakingly attract those stable Spirit Origins towards oneself, it’s better to create a field with a specific trajectory, giving those inherently drifting unstable Spirit Origins a direction to flow.

This direction isn’t straight toward oneself, but like a vortex, making them first swirl around oneself.

As the majority of these unstable Spirit Origins move in this manner, other unstable Spirit Origins will also be drawn into this circling trajectory.

Consequently, more and more Spirit Origins form a Spirit Origin storm.

The storm grows powerful enough to shake those stable Spirit Origins, and as more stable Spirit Origins join, the field becomes larger and larger—dozens of kilometers, hundreds of kilometers, even hundreds of kilometers of Spirit Origins gather to eventually form a Spiritual Energy spring!

Even the eagles and vultures, masters of flight, take to the wind, utilizing the earth’s heat and the rising currents to save energy and maintain long-duration flights.

Gathering energy is also about leveraging and going with the moment.

Otherwise, how could a tiny Cloud Well gather the Cloud Sea Spirit Eye, coveted by countless Dragon Spirits and Demon Spirits?

Once Zhu Minglang clearly understood this principle, he naturally no longer needed to painstakingly attract the Spirit Origins one by one like he did at the start.

All he needed to do was to start with those unstable Spirit Origins, and soon an entire spring-like flow of Spiritual Sources would be circling around him, finally entering his Spirit Realm in a vortex.

People follow the crowd.

So does Spiritual Energy.

Having discovered this pattern, Zhu Minglang not only greatly saved his mental energy but also concentrated all the Spiritual Energy within his body. In an instant, the Dragon Babies in the Spirit Realm became spirited, inhaling and exhaling deeply, like drought-stricken crops soaking up the rain!

“This half-day equates to half a year, and that’s still in the early stages when I was not proficient.” Zhu Minglang was overjoyed.

Zhu Minglang’s elation was not just because the cultivation of his Dragon Beasts was soaring — his Dragon Trainer’s cultivation was also advancing, feeling as though he’d reached another realm in just half a day!

Each time one ascended to a new realm, they would acquire a new Art of Dragon Shepherd.

Zhu Minglang was now very skilled in Soul Collecting Pearl Brewing.

As Zhu Minglang was contemplating which Art of Dragon Shepherd he would obtain next, he discovered that his Spirit Realm was expanding.

The Spirit Realm is like a miniature universe.

All along, Zhu Minglang’s miniature universe had been somewhat shabby; after all, he also started halfway into the journey…

But at this moment, the Spirit Realm had expanded who knows how many times over, and the abundant Spiritual Energy that had been drawn in was swirling within this miniature universe — not only would it not disperse, but it even began to spontaneously produce Spirit Origins!