Bringing the farm to another world

Chapter 16309 The Myriad Beasts Sect

"Hahaha, old friend, how long has it been since we last met? Decades, right? I didn't expect you, this rat, to still be alive." The speaker was an old man who looked to be over seventy years old. His hair and beard were already white, but the old man had a very imposing appearance. He had a long face, a head of messy hair, and a very long beard. He was wearing a black robe, and standing there, he looked like an old male lion.

This person was none other than Qin Wuyou, the Supreme Elder of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect. The Ten Thousand Beasts Sect was a beast-taming sect in the Divine Kingdom. Generally speaking, sects like the Beast Taming Sect often had questionable combat strength because their fighting methods were often related to the demonic beasts they raised. If the demonic beasts were strong, their combat strength was strong; if the demonic beasts were weak, their combat strength was weak. This was not because these people lacked talent, but because cultivators had limited energy. To raise a demonic beast, they needed to spend a lot of time, energy, and resources, which would inevitably affect their cultivation speed. Therefore, the combat strength of those who tamed beasts was often problematic.

Some people might find it strange that if beast taming has such problems, then why are there sects like the Myriad Beasts Sect that specialize in beast taming? This actually involves the issue of cost-effectiveness.

Many people may have a misconception that raising demonic beasts requires a lot of resources. Therefore, disciples of the Beast Taming Sect would need even more resources to form a fighting force, making the cost-effectiveness much lower than that of ordinary sects.

However, they were mistaken. While it is true that sects specializing in beast taming need a large amount of resources to cultivate a demon beast, the resources they require are completely different from those provided to cultivators by ordinary sects. Ordinary sects also need a large amount of resources to cultivate a disciple, and these resources are not static but need to be adjusted gradually. The stronger the disciple, the higher the level of resources required. This is a common phenomenon in all sects.

However, the situation is completely different for sects that specialize in beast taming. The resources needed to raise demonic beasts are different from those needed to raise cultivators. For example, when raising ordinary herbivorous demonic beasts, beast taming sects only need some grass—specifically, a specially cultivated grass containing spiritual energy. This grass yields much more than spirit rice and has much lower requirements for spiritual fields. Therefore, raising a herbivorous demonic beast doesn't actually require many resources. Of course, generally speaking, except for a few specific types, most herbivorous demonic beasts... Unsuitable as battle beasts, most herbivorous demonic beasts are bred for only two purposes: First, to become food for carnivorous demonic beasts. Carnivorous demonic beasts are stronger in combat and more suitable as battle beasts, so most battle beasts are carnivorous demonic beasts. Since carnivorous demonic beasts need food, herbivorous demonic beasts grow quickly and are inexpensive to raise, naturally becoming their food. Second, to become food for cultivators. Herbivorous demonic beasts eat spiritual herbs, so they have a higher spiritual energy content and can become food for cultivators. This is also a major source of income for the Beast Taming Sect.

This is why the resources needed for a Beast Taming Sect to raise a battle beast are actually much lower than people imagine. Therefore, the Beast Taming Sect is much more cost-effective in cultivation than ordinary cultivators. It is precisely because of this cost-effectiveness that the Beast Taming Sect has continued to exist.

Besides cost-effectiveness, the Beast Taming Sect has another advantage that ordinary cultivator sects cannot match: survivability. Beast Taming Sect members typically have a natal beast, and their lives are linked to that of the beast, allowing damage to be transferred between them. Therefore, under normal circumstances, disciples of the Beast Taming Sect have much stronger survivability than ordinary cultivators, because they essentially have two lives, hence their superior survivability.

It is precisely because of these advantages that the Beast Taming Sect has always existed in the cultivation world. Some people may ask, if the Beast Taming Sect really has so many advantages, then why are most sects in the cultivation world still ordinary cultivator sects instead of Beast Taming Sects?

This question is actually quite simple, for two reasons. First, beast taming also requires skill. Beast taming sects, raising demonic beasts, and training battle beasts all require technical expertise. Under normal circumstances, beast taming sects don't pass on these skills to outsiders, creating a technological barrier. Breaking through this barrier is extremely difficult. Now there are other cultivation methods that can help you improve your strength, even achieve immortality, and in terms of combat power, they might even be stronger than those of beast taming sects. So, would you still only think about beast taming? Strictly speaking, the threshold for cultivation as a cultivator is lower than that for beast taming, so it's normal that there are many ordinary cultivator sects.

Second, there's the issue of talent. Not all cultivation sects are like the Blood Slaughter Sect. The Blood Slaughter Sect doesn't consider talent because they can cultivate anyone's talent. They have cultivation techniques suitable for people of all talents, and they have endless resources to cultivate everyone. However, ordinary sects don't have this ability. Beast Taming Sects also require talent. If your talent isn't suitable for cultivating beast taming techniques, then of course you can't join a beast taming sect. This is the issue of talent, which is unsolvable. Therefore, it's perfectly normal for cultivators to find another way and cultivate other techniques.

The Myriad Beasts Sect is a beast-taming sect, but it is not a large one; it is only a medium-sized one. Qin Wuyou is the Supreme Elder of the Myriad Beasts Sect.

Standing opposite Qin Wuyou was a thin and small cultivator, who was only a little over three feet tall, less than four feet. He looked like a child, and his appearance was also weasel-faced and extremely ugly.

He was dressed in gray, looking like an ordinary rogue cultivator, but his eyes gleamed with a sharp light, revealing him to be a very shrewd person. He appeared to be in his sixties or seventies; although his hair and beard were still black, wrinkles lined his face, indicating his advanced age. This man was named Su Feng, a rogue cultivator. In his youth, he had a fortuitous encounter, receiving the inheritance of a beast-taming cultivator. By chance, he acquired a rare beast called the Sky-Piercing Rat, a very rare space-type demonic beast. He made this beast his natal beast, which caused his cultivation to advance by leaps and bounds, eventually making him a kingdom-level expert. It was also by chance that he met Qin Wuyou. Although one was a rogue cultivator and the other came from a sect, one was tall and imposing while the other was thin and frail, they became good friends. However, later, as their strength increased, Qin Wuyou had to stay at the Myriad Beasts Sect to oversee things, so their opportunities to meet became less frequent.

Qin Wuyou had previously wanted to introduce Su Feng to the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, but Su Feng did not agree. Qin Wuyou did not force him, knowing that Su Feng liked freedom and that joining a sect would mean staying in the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, which Su Feng did not like. Qin Wuyou did not want to make things difficult for him.

Unexpectedly, Su Feng came to see Qin Wuyou today. Qin Wuyou had been waiting at the teleportation array ever since he received Su Feng's letter, so when he saw Su Feng come out, he couldn't help but tease his old friend a couple of times.

If anyone else had dared to call Su Feng a rat, Su Feng would have already attacked them. But since it was Qin Wuyou who spoke, Su Feng wasn't angry at all. He laughed loudly and said, "You're not dead, so how could I be? I'm free today, so I came to have a drink with you."

Qin Wuyou stepped forward, looked down at Su Feng, then bent down and gave Su Feng a tight hug. Afterward, they separated. Qin Wuyou carefully examined Su Feng before saying, "You've been living quite comfortably these past few years. Come on, let's go to my place first, we can sit down and talk slowly." With that, he turned and walked back, and Su Feng followed him as they walked together towards Qin Wuyou's house.

The two soon arrived at the Qin family, which was a large family in the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect. Of course, it wasn't a large family before, but after Qin Wuyou became a kingdom-level expert, the Qin family developed. Qin Wuyou had his own courtyard. He didn't like to be disturbed, so his courtyard was in a relatively quiet place in the Qin family. The Qin family usually wouldn't send anyone to his place. Apart from him and an old servant, there was no one else in his courtyard.

Qin Wuyou led Su Feng to his courtyard, where the old servant was already waiting for them. As soon as he saw Su Feng, he bowed and said, "Greetings, Master Su." This old servant had been with Qin Wuyou since childhood, so he recognized Su Feng.

Su Feng smiled and said, "Old Fang, you still look pretty energetic. Go and get us some dishes, let's have a good drink together."

The old servant, named Qin Fang, immediately smiled and said upon hearing Su Feng's words, "Don't worry, Master Su, the dishes have been prepared long ago. Please, Master Su."

After they finished speaking, they went into the room. Sure enough, the room was already prepared. There wasn't much prepared, just an eight-immortal table with a small jade pot in the middle. Hot soup was constantly boiling in the pot. The soup was milky white and gave off a rich aroma.

Several plates were set on the table, each containing thin slices of meat, along with two sets of bowls and chopsticks. After Qin Wuyou and Su Feng sat down, Su Feng took out a jar of wine, placed it on the table, and then said to Qin Wuyou, "This is some good new wine. Let's have a taste together."

Qin Wuyou smiled and said, "Alright, if you say it's good wine, then it must be good. Try it."

Qin Fang then stepped forward, broke the mud seal on the wine jar, poured a cup for each of them, and then stepped aside. Su Feng and Qin Wuyou simultaneously raised their wine cups, clinked them together, and downed the wine in one gulp. Qin Wuyou's eyes lit up, and he put down his cup, exhaling a puff of wine breath as he said, "Good wine, indeed good wine. It has an icy cool feeling when you drink it, but once it goes down, it feels like a fire suddenly ignites, and then the heat spreads throughout your body, just like soaking in a hot spring. It is indeed good wine."