Family Cultivation: Rise of the Wilderness

Chapter 169 Discussion
Danggui Mountain, Yushou Peak.

Li Xiangming, Li Qianyuan, and others returned home with a full load of goods.

After leaving Yuyuan, Li Qianyuan and Gong Wan waited for several days before Chen Chihe finally returned home on his own.

It turned out that after Chen Chihe lost to Cao Yanjun in a friendly sparring match, he found it hard to accept, so he left Pushui Market and personally captured a few monsters to study.

However, these useless monsters were clearly unable to meet his needs or improve his beast-taming skills, so Chen Chihe returned to Pushui Market with a worried look on his face.

At this time, the Li family came to Chen Chihe's door, offering a high price to hire him to tame the monsters in Danggui Mountain. Gong Wan also helped him during the recruitment process. Chen Chihe only hesitated for a moment before agreeing.

Meanwhile, Li Xiangming shamelessly begged to buy the Demon Heart Grass at Yuyuan Garden.

This stuff is not allowed to be sold at all, but Cao Fuyi, in order to get in touch with the Li family, took the initiative to give them three plants and used this as an excuse to ask Li Xiangming to introduce him to Li Qianxiong.

Although three Demon Heart Grasses were too few to tame the Black Water Serpent, they were better than nothing, and at least they broadened Li Xianghong's horizons.

Li Xiangming readily agreed; as for the introduction, that was a minor matter.

Thus, Li Xiangming, having obtained the Demon Heart Grass, and the Beast Breeding House, which had successively recruited ten Beast Tamers, returned to Danggui Mountain in high spirits.

Li Qianxiong even led a group of cultivators to welcome him, giving the new beast tamer plenty of face.

While the two sides were talking, Li Xiangming pulled Li Xianghong over to visit the Blackwater Serpent.

"After the last mistake, we moved the Blackwater Serpent to a safer location."

As he spoke, Li Xianghong led Li Xiangming to a secluded cave, where the entrance faintly reflected light and emitted fluctuations of magical power.

"Enchantment?"

“That’s right. We went to great lengths to set up a special barrier for it. So, I really want to tame it. Otherwise, the cost of just confining it would be enough to give the animal breeding facility a hard time.”

Li Xianghong shook his head with a wry smile.

Li Xiangming was secretly surprised, not expecting that the Blackwater Serpent had forced the Beast Breeding Room to use a barrier.

Barriers are actually a branch of formations, but compared to the complex functions of formations, barriers focus more on defense and confinement.

The barrier in front of us is a typical confinement barrier.

Upon entering the barrier, Li Xiangming was even more astonished. Deep within the cave, a pool of water had been artificially carved out. The water shimmered with dark light, and a sturdy, green-eyed black snake with a thick arm flicked its tongue. Its eyes were cold and sharp, its body was like long, ink-stained silk, and its belly was like the frost of early winter. Its scales reflected a faint light and shadow.

Of course, what shocked Li Xiangming was not the appearance of the Black Water Serpent, but the interlocking chains around the pool and the demon-trapping talismans tied with red ropes on the chains.

In addition, the cave walls were covered with talismans of various sizes for trapping demons.

"The demon-trapping talismans here alone would keep the talisman array room busy for two months, wouldn't they?"

"More than that, setting up the array and barrier also took up a lot of time in the talisman array room."

"The amount of pills given to the Blackwater Serpent is also enormous. The pill and weapon room is complaining every day. You can imagine how much pressure I've been under for the past six months."

Upon hearing this, Li Xiangming was speechless for a moment.

He was still relatively new to beast taming and had no idea that taming a late-stage Spirit Summoning beast would require such a great deal of effort.

This doesn't even include the investment of the beast tamer. If we take into account Li Xianghong's time and effort over the past six months, how many spirit stones would that cost?

That's enough to probably buy a late-stage Spirit Summoning pet.

This is just the beginning. According to Li Xianghong's plan, it will take at least three years to achieve results on the Blackwater Serpent.

How much will it cost during this period?
As if sensing Li Xiangming's shock, Li Xianghong took a breath and said, "It's not that all demonic beasts are this difficult to tame. The Blackwater Serpent is, after all, a strange beast, quite special. At least it's much more mischievous than ordinary demonic beasts, able to run all over the mountains even with a string of demon-trapping talismans." "But this also shows that our beast-taming skills are still immature. To date, the Beast Breeding House has barely tamed a dozen or so spirit pets, but families are unwilling to sell them at the Changyang Valley market or take them to the Pushui Market to find buyers. The root cause is that the cost of taming demonic beasts at the Beast Breeding House is far greater than the spirit pets themselves."

"That's why I suggested to the family head that we recruit beast tamers from outside the family, hoping that they could bring some new methods and ideas to the beast breeding center and improve the existing beast taming model."

Li Xianghong sighed silently. The Beast Breeding House was like a toddler learning to walk. Even with the Myriad Spirits Manual, he couldn't help the child grow up quickly, because the Beast Breeding House lacked more than just technology.

Li Xiangming was aware of this as well, and asked, "What do you think of Yuyuan?"

"Yuyuan's model is excellent. Whether it's the process of raising, managing, or taming monsters, it's far more advanced than ours. If we can learn even half of it, it would be enough to significantly reduce the cost of the breeding facility."

"Compared to these, the Demon Heart Grass is secondary."

While the Demon Heart Grass is indeed a rare treasure, the Beast Breeding Center's most pressing task is not to tame high-level demon beasts, but to reform the existing outdated beast-taming model.

Why is it that Yuyuan's beast farm can hold more than a dozen late-stage summoning monsters, while Yushou Peak can only hold them independently?

If the Li family can't understand this point, even if they obtain the Demon Heart Grass, it will be useless.

Unless the Li family can make the three Devil Heart Grasses in their hands, which have been dehydrated and dried out, sprout and grow again.

But instead of fantasizing about that, it's better to fantasize about taming the Blackwater Serpent in a single day.

Li Xiangming pondered for a moment, then said earnestly, "I will strongly urge the patriarch to cooperate with Yuyuan and see if we can introduce Yuyuan's model to innovate the animal breeding house."

In fact, Cao Fuyi longed to meet Li Qianxiong, and Li Xiangming shared the same sentiment.

The reason is simple: Yuyuan is skilled in beast taming, and now that a new batch of beast tamers has joined, it is the perfect time to scavenge for monsters.

Meanwhile, Mount Dangui has a large number of monsters that could not be tamed and dealt with in time.

From a purely profit-driven perspective, the cooperation between the two companies was a natural progression.

However, Cao Fuyi was a bit too impatient. But if the Beast Breeding House was eager to introduce Yuyuan's beast-taming system, then it would be necessary for the Li family to show some sincerity in this cooperation.

"Thank you very much."

Li Xianghong said happily that he had long had the idea of ​​reforming the animal breeding room, but he had never known how to implement it.

This visit to Yuyuan gave him many thoughts, which is why he discussed them with Li Xianghong.

Li Xiangming is a favorite of the family head; with his help, this matter will proceed much more smoothly.

Li Xiangming shook his head slightly at this.

Li Xianghong's status in the family is absolutely no less than his own, but he lacks self-confidence.

A person who lacks self-confidence cannot stand on their own.

This is also the biggest reason why Li Xianghong has not been promoted from deputy head to head for so long.

Despite his seemingly carefree and easygoing nature, Li Qianxiong actually has his own insights into personnel management.

Hopefully, Li Xianghong can make some progress in promoting the reform of animal breeding facilities in the future, and strive for a higher status and better treatment for himself.

Thinking of this, Li Xiangming took out two bottles of pills and stuffed them into Li Xianghong's hands: "I'm entrusting the Demon Heart Grass to you. You also take these two bottles of Yellow Sprout Pills. Don't forget to cultivate when you're not working."

"We cultivators should prioritize cultivation."

Seeing this, Li Xianghong was somewhat moved and replied, "I know."

(End of this chapter)