You Cultivate, I Farm

Chapter 700: You Know Nothing About Ferocious Beasts

“Very well, eliminating a menace with no room for negotiation and acquiring a large number of bones in the process.”

Lu Xuan, carrying the carcass of the Rock Fierce Beast, dashed at full speed towards the Commerce Association camp.

Along the way, to avoid wasting the Ferocious Beast’s Essence Blood, he carefully wrapped the wounded part of the Rock Fierce Beast’s head with Spiritual Power.

When attempting to tame the beast, he acutely sensed its obstinacy; no matter how harshly he beat it, it only grew more resentful, eager to seize any chance to kill him.

Once he realized this, Lu Xuan decisively put the beast down.

After all, a certain number of beast deaths were permissible within the Secret Land; there was no need to worry about the Commerce Association blaming him afterward.

In the past two days, he learned that the Ferocious Beasts dealt with by the cultivators in the Secret Land, because they contained a great amount of evil aura, were mostly processed by the Commerce Association cultivators, except for a few parts of their flesh and blood that were edible.

Upon returning to the camp, Lu Xuan informed Fellow Pan Hong, the two Jindan Cultivators, took out the edible flesh and blood of the Rock Fierce Beast, and stored the rest of the flesh, blood, and bones in his bag.

As for the Divine Soul of the Ferocious Beast, Lu Xuan couldn’t bear to leave them scattered in the wilderness, so he had already placed them into the Soul Lantern.

Without reservation, Lu Xuan smashed the head of a Ferocious Beast before him, spilling its red and white brain matter all over the ground.

“It’s hopeless, now just a hazard; if left in the Secret Land, it would only harm the Commerce Association cultivators. Better to die sooner and pass on to the next life.”

Lu Xuan murmured quietly.

This was the third vicious beast he encountered that intended to inflict harm on him; after discerning their true intentions, Lu Xuan promptly dealt with them and collected some fertilizer in the process.

After raising several Ferocious Beasts, he slowly identified three categories.

The first kind had the lowest level of ferocity, retaining only their brutal nature. After a harsh beating, they essentially could communicate simply; another kind was even more aggressive, attempting to attack even after being beaten repeatedly, only submitting after being thoroughly subdued.

The last category could be deemed “vengeful at the slightest grievance”; compliant on the surface, inwardly, they harbored intense murderous intent against him. He estimated this to be a major reason why there were incidents of cultivators being grievously injured or even dying in the Secret Land.

Back at the camp, Lu Xuan reported to Fellow Pan Hong, adhering to the camp’s rules.

“Friend Lu, you’ve killed another Ferocious Beast? That’s quite fast.”

Pan Hong looked at Lu Xuan, showing a hint of surprise.

In just three days since his arrival at the Secret Land, Lu Xuan had slain three Ferocious Beasts. His pace of clearing them out was unlike that of a newcomer but rather that of a ruthless butcher who had spent many years in the Secret Land and was tinged with a trace of the evil aura.

“In the process of raising the beast, I found that it was beyond redemption, so I quickly put it down to prevent future harm to the Commerce Association cultivators in the Secret Land.”

Lu Xuan put a large bag of the Ferocious Beast’s flesh and blood on the table, and a clear stream of water flowed from his palm, washing away the stench of blood from his body.

“Friend Lu, it’s fine to kill the beasts, but there should still be some restraint.”

Pan Hong said in a roundabout way.

“Thank you for the reminder, Fellow Pan. Lu Mou is well aware,”

Lu Xuan said with a smile.

“Friend Lu, forgive my impertinence, but how do you determine that the beasts you kill are beyond redemption?”

“Even the most ferocious and brutal beasts can be tamed with the right method,”

Ding Yu couldn’t help but interject with a hint of skepticism in his tone.

“The specific methods involve some secrets of mine that I cannot reveal to Fellow Ding.”

“However, Lu Mou can assure you that the beasts I have killed were all justly sentenced to death; there are no mistakes in my judgment.”

Lu Xuan said in a firm voice.

“How can you be so certain of that? Friend Lu isn’t an intestinal worm inside the hearts of these beasts, knowing their true thoughts.”

“Friend Lu has been here for three days and already dealt with three fourth grade ferocious beasts. If you were to stay here for a few years, wouldn’t all the ferocious beasts in the Secret Land be cleared out by you?”

“If it exceeds the mortality rate set by the Commerce Association, and the blame comes down, can Friend Lu bear it all by yourself?”

Ding Yu thought that the Commerce Association might blame him, which made him feel impatient, and his tone became more aggressive.

“Fellow Ding, rest assured, it will not exceed a mortality rate of ten percent.”

“Should an accident happen and it exceeds that, Lu Mou will explain it to the Commerce Association.”

Lu Xuan said this with a solemn expression.

He had killed the three ferocious beasts because it was necessary; if they were left alive, they might harm the rest of the “cultivators” in the Secret Land. Yet, he couldn’t outright reveal that he truly understood the ferocious beasts’ specific thoughts, so he could only make promises to Ding Yu.

According to his conjecture, the fewer of such ferocious beasts there were, the easier they were to find initially. Gradually, however, it would become harder to detect them, which is why it seemed he had the air of someone who slaughtered beasts with ease at the beginning.

“Good, I hope Friend Lu can do as you say.”

Hearing what Lu Xuan said, Ding Yu nodded repeatedly and strode away.

“Friend Lu, please don’t take Fellow Ding’s words to heart; he’s also concerned about killing too many ferocious beasts, which could lead to questions from the upper echelons of the Commerce Association.”

Pan Hong stepped forward and said to Lu Xuan.

“Moreover, Fellow Ding’s attitude towards ferocious beasts is somewhat different from mine.”

“I’m more inclined to let them breed freely and take a more relaxed approach towards ferocious beasts, employing a ‘fight if they resist’ policy.”

“Whereas Fellow Ding leans more towards domestication, given his extensive experience in raising demon beasts, and his belief in the sentience of ferocious beasts, he tries all means to tame them to a certain extent.”

“Both approaches have their advantages and disadvantages. His method requires more energy and thought, while mine is relatively simple and brutal, but it results in a higher mortality rate among ferocious beasts.”

“However, compared to Friend Lu’s speed of exterminating ferocious beasts, it is indeed slightly inferior.”

Pan Hong revealed a smile that was both embarrassed and polite.

“…”

“Fellow Pan, rest assured, I will control it. It was only because I had discovered those few overly aggressive ferocious beasts that I took action to resolve the situation.”

“However, Lu Mou has one doubt.”

Lu Xuan said to Pan Hong.

“I was wondering if you two have kept records, as if I’m not wrong, the ferocious beasts managed by Fellow Ding might attack ‘cultivators’ more frequently.”

He had a thorough understanding of the ferocious beasts inside the Secret Land; each of them was extremely aggressive and difficult to tame. Treating them like ordinary demon beasts made the task many times more challenging.

“We haven’t kept records for comparison, but now that Friend Lu mentions it, it seems there are similar situations.”

Pan Hong pondered.

“Whether it’s right or wrong, it only needs a bit of investigation into the casualty rates of ‘cultivators’ in the Secret Land over the years to find out.”

Lu Xuan said expressionlessly.

Neither approach to dealing with ferocious beasts was definitively right or wrong: one had a higher mortality rate among the beasts, while the other posed a greater danger to ‘cultivators’. Perhaps there were few deaths, but injuries would be more frequent.

Perhaps for the Commerce Association, the value of a dead ferocious beast outweighs that of a Foundation Establishment ‘Cultivator’ who is injured.

“In the end, you know nothing about ferocious beasts.”

He said this silently in his heart.

At the same time, he felt incredibly fortunate to possess that unique talent regarding Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts.

It had helped him countless times when dealing with problems related to Spiritual Plant Demonic Beasts.