Family Cultivation: Rise of the Wilderness

Chapter 133 Detachment
The next day.

Li Xiangming led the animal trapping team into Puyin Mountain to assess the situation there.

For the first twenty miles, there was basically no activity. With the appearance of human cultivators, most of the demonic beasts in this area have moved away.

Twenty miles away, the number of demonic beasts suddenly increased.

However, the beast-catching room was not for hunting demons. Li Xiangming forbade everyone to make a move, and instead took out a map and explored the key areas marked on the map one by one.

The disturbance at Puyin Mountain will not change the geographical location; what will change are the monsters that inhabit it.

If the animal trapping house doesn't take this seriously and continues to operate in Puyin Mountain according to the previous plan, they may encounter unexpected dangers at any time.

Now, exploring Puyin Mountain is the top priority for the animal trapping house.

Capturing monsters is secondary.

Soon, the day was over.

After returning to Monkey Valley, Li Xiangming felt that it would be more efficient for twenty people to go into the mountains together than for twenty people to go in together.

So he sought out Li Xiangchuan to discuss the matter.

Upon hearing this, Li Xiangchuan replied, "In the past, it was Xiangru and I who each led a team and took turns going into the mountains."

Do we take turns going up the mountain?
Li Xiangming seemed to be deep in thought.

Indeed, exploring Puyin Mountain alone wouldn't require so many people.

Even hunting demonic beasts is unnecessary, since the beast-catching room is definitely no match for demonic cultivators at the Bone Fusion stage.

As for dealing with demon cultivators in the Spirit Awakening stage, there's little difference between having ten or twenty people; it's always an overwhelming situation.

Dividing into two teams and taking turns going into the mountains can reduce the pressure on the people in the animal trapping house and also help protect Monkey Valley.

However, Li Xiangming believes that a team of ten people is still too many.

"I'd like to divide the two teams into four teams, with five people in each team. What do you think?"

"Five people might be struggling to deal with a demon cultivator."

Li Xiangchuan hesitated slightly. In fact, in the cultivation world, five cultivators working together was already quite a large-scale operation.

Many battles between sects involve only three to five people.

Moreover, the cultivators in the beast-catching room are all elites; one or two ordinary cultivators are enough to deal with demon cultivators in the mid-to-late stages of the Spirit Awakening realm.

Five people are enough to handle most situations.

However, to be on the safe side, both Li Xiangru and Li Xiangchuan always deployed their full strength when targeting a particular objective.

"That doesn't matter. If we encounter dangerous monsters, we can have two or more teams attack together."

Li Xiangming shook his head: "The organizational structure is not static and must be adjusted according to the actual situation. At present, the primary task of the animal trapping station is to restore 'vision'. We have past experience, so it is not difficult to do this. The key is whether it is efficient."

Four teams obviously explore a wider range of areas than two teams.

Li Xiangchuan nodded silently upon hearing this.

Upon seeing this, Li Xiangming immediately summoned the other members and announced that the animal trapping house would be divided into four parts.

Li Xiangming and Li Xiangchuan each led one team, while the remaining two teams were given to Li Xiangting and Li Qianzhong respectively.

Li Xiangting goes without saying, but Li Qianzhong is a cultivator of the Qian generation sent by his family to supplement the fighting strength of the beast-catching room. He has the cultivation level of the seventh level of Qi Refining.

After appointing team leaders, Li Xiangming then distributed everyone equally among the teams based on their cultivation levels.

For example, Li Xiangming's team consists of himself, who is at the eighth level of Qi Refining, plus Li Xiangfeng, a cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining, and three cultivators at the sixth level of Qi Refining.

The other teams consisted of two Qi Refining Level 7 cultivators and three Qi Refining Level 6 cultivators.

"Xianghua's patrol post has arrived. With him included, that makes five people. However, they have no experience in going into the mountains, so I plan to have them stay in Monkey Valley for the time being to guard the camp. This way, all four of our teams can be mobilized."

Li Xianghua's injuries had not yet fully healed, and Li Xiangming could not bear to let him work too hard, so he regarded him as a reserve force for the animal trapping house.

"Each team will explore in the same direction, moving side by side, and if they encounter danger, they will call for help immediately."

"Try to set off during the day and avoid staying too late at Puyin Mountain."

After making some arrangements, Li Xiangming formulated a work plan for the animal trapping room during this period.

He then returned to the camp to meditate and rest.

In the past few days, he has been paying particular attention to the reaction of the evil green-robed man and has been exploring the area extensively, but with little success.

He couldn't figure this thing out at all.

With a sigh, Li Xiangming composed himself and began his cultivation.

Regardless, cultivation is still important.

Once his cultivation level increased, most troubles could be resolved, including those caused by the evil green-robed man. He took out the stalactite elixir he had obtained earlier at Puyin Mountain.

After testing, the stalactite elixir was found to be an excellent substance for cultivation, containing a very high level of spiritual energy.

One drop is equivalent to ten spirit stones.

The key is that stalactite elixir is easier to absorb than spirit stones, comparable to elixirs.

If Li Xiangming had started cultivating with this stuff from a young age, he wouldn't have dared to imagine how high his cultivation level would have risen.

It's a pity there are too few.

Shaking his head, Li Xiangming swallowed the last drop of stalactite elixir and slowly refined it.

Before long, a thin layer of spiritual mist enveloped Li Xiangming.
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"Boss, the Li family's gang has gone into the mountains!"

A thin young man bent over and lifted the curtain of a tent.

Inside the tent, a burly man was flirting with a heavily made-up female cultivator when he suddenly heard other voices. He immediately said unhappily, "You brat, you don't even knock before entering, do you?"

Where did the door come from?

The young cultivator inwardly cursed, but outwardly flattered, "Yes, it is I who deserve to die!"

As he spoke, the young cultivator gently patted his cheek, while secretly glancing at the female cultivator in his leader's arms.

The female sage looked at him intently, her eyes alluring, her mouth opening and closing as if she were saying something.

Upon seeing this, the young man immediately lowered his head, his heart pounding.

Ge Yi, oblivious to this, frowned and asked, "Wasn't it said that the so-called head of the Li family was injured?"

"A new one has arrived, and he's very young."

"Oh."

Ge Yi responded faintly, seemingly lost in thought.

"Boss, the Li family has already gone into the mountains, so there must be no danger there. When should we go in too?"

"No danger?"

Ge Yi gave a half-smile.

"Relatively speaking."

The young man gave an awkward smile: "When we went into the mountains before, the casualties were not many. As for the past few days, that was an exception. It is said that a Golden Core cultivator and a Tribulation Core stage demon cultivator were fighting each other."

"Hmph, with the real person making a move, we've become innocent bystanders."

Ge Yi grumbled in dissatisfaction, then shouted, "Call all the brothers over here."

"Yes!"

After a while, eight or nine people gathered together.

Most of these people are in the middle stage of Qi Refining, and a few are in the early stage of Qi Refining.

Ge Yi looked around and frowned: "Where are Lü Mao and the others?"

"Lü Mao went into the mountains."

Someone in the know answered.

"Didn't we say we weren't allowed to go into the mountains?"

Upon hearing this, Ge Yi slammed his hand on the wooden table, furious.

At this moment, the thin young cultivator spoke up, "Brother Lü probably wants to earn more spirit stones, right?"

"Hey, he makes spirit stones, calls you guys along, but if anyone dies, I'll have to pay compensation."

Ge Yi sneered, his tone stern.

Upon hearing this, no one dared to utter a sound.

Actually, they also wanted to go into the mountains with Lü Mao.

After all, who comes here not for the monsters?

If we don't go into the mountains, where will we get monster materials?
However, Ge Yi acted out of character, relying on his position as the leader to forbid everyone from entering the mountain, and he had been reprimanding Lü Mao day and night.

Everyone knows the truth.

Ge Yi didn't want to go into the mountains; rather, he was using this opportunity to suppress Lü Mao.

(End of this chapter)