Qin Feng examined the Heaven Swallowing Toad using the Demon Refinement Kettle. He noticed that this demonic beast was truly blessed, born with an independent space within its belly.
He was overjoyed.
Spatial talent was definitely rare. Moreover, demon beasts born with spatial talents were even more so.
Even though the toad was still quite weak and was unable to show the true power of its spatial talent, it would definitely develop a terrifying combat ability as it grew stronger.
As for how to nurture this particular spiritual beast, he was not in a hurry. It would not be too late when he entered the sect and learned more about demonic beasts.
However, his brows quickly turned into a frown.
When his divine sense fell on the Heaven Swallowing Toad via the Demon Refinement Kettle, he could clearly sense that the toad was in a horrible state.
It had suffered rather serious injuries and its internal organs were showing signs of rupturing. If not for the strong life force of the Heaven Swallowing Toad, it would most likely be in mortal danger.
The inner grotto of the Demon Refinement Kettle had long been damaged from the great ancient battles and the space within did not have any spiritual vein to produce spiritual energy.
Without spiritual energy, it would be impossible to cultivate. The toad’s recovery process would be really slow.
Qin Feng thought about it and finally decided to use the spiritual energy refined from those demonic monkeys to assist the toad in its recovery.
Although he felt that it was a pity to use those spiritual energy, he would have an extra helper at the late-stage Qi Refinement Stage if he could help the toad recover to its peak. That way, if encountered any danger, the toad’s ability was a lot more dependable than the few spells that he knew.
Thinking of that, Qin Feng no longer hesitated and immediately channeled all the remaining pure spiritual energy in the kettle into the toad.
Sensing the kindness coming from the consciousness and taking a look at the pure spiritual energy before it, the toad was immediately overjoyed.
It opened its mouth wide and absorbed all the spiritual energy into its body in an instant. It had even let out a loud burp with its snow white belly bulging up before finally comfortably closing its eyes to refine the pure spiritual energy in its belly and used it for recovering its wounds.
Qin Feng observed it for a moment. After confirming that those spiritual energy was sufficient to help the Heaven Swallowing Toad recover its wounds, he finally nodded his head in satisfaction and retracted his divine sense from the Demon Refinement Kettle.
He was in deep thoughts as he travelled.
The Demon Refinement Kettle was undeniably an amazing treasure. Putting all else aside, just the ability to subdue demonic beasts alone was enough to overwhelm him with joy.
However, the Demon Refinement Kettle was damaged after all. It lost its inner grotto and was without a spiritual vein. The insides had long become a desolate ground that was unsuitable for cultivation.
In that case, he was unable to subdue many spiritual beasts within it or it would be impossible to nurture them. Some might even end up devouring each other out of hunger. If that happened, it would really be a huge loss for him.
It seemed that he would need to figure out a way to move a spiritual vein inside.
Having a grotto was not something he dared to dream about at that moment. After all, it was something far beyond his reach. At his current cultivation stage, it was impossible for him to come across any blessed grottos.
However, having a spiritual vein was something he could consider. After all, along with the growth of some powerhouses, the spiritual vein of their sect would be insufficient and they would have to move some spiritual veins from other locations back to their sect.
In fact, some greater powerhouses would even trade with spiritual veins. Although they would not be high-grade spiritual veins, as long as he could place one in the Demon Refinement Kettle, even the weakest spiritual vein would be able to generate an endless amount of spiritual energy. That would ease Qin Feng’s worries on the issue of the cultivation of spiritual beasts within it.
Unfortunately, even the small to medium sized spiritual vein would cost him tens to hundreds of thousand spirit stones. It was something he could not afford at the moment.
Qin Feng shook his head and decided not to think about those things he would only need to worry about in the future. For the moment, he should focus on how to keep his Heaven Swallowing Toad alive.
Although the toad would not die from hunger even after several years of starvation, it would not be able to contribute much without eating. Its power would stagnate.
‘Nevermind. Once this is over, I’ll let it out and have it hunt its own food in the mountains.’
Qin Feng quickly made his decision.
Otherwise, he would not be able to afford to feed such a glutton.
Since he had the Demon Refinement Kettle, he was not afraid of the toad running away. With just a thought in his mind, the toad would obediently return to his side.
Just as he was contemplating those matters, he could hear voices coming from the front.
Raising his head, he finally realized that he was already back to the location where his clansmen had the demonic wolves surrounded.
“Why are you so late?”
Qin Long was finally able to calm down seeing the two returning safely. He noticed them being empty handed and asked out of curiosity, ” What happened? Did that demon wolf escape?”
“That’s not the case, Seventh Uncle,” Qin Yang replied, “Brother Feng and I caught up to the Blue Wolf and managed to pin it down. Unfortunately, we were careless and let the demon wolf escape into the perimeter of the Huang family’s territory. Coincidentally, we ran into Huang Yulang.
“That kid claimed that since it’s run into the territory managed by their family, then it would be their prey.
“Brother Feng and I were outnumbered and could not compete with them. In the end, we could only watch helplessly as they took the demon wolf away.”
“What?! That kid from the Huang family dares to steal our Qin family’s prey? He’s courting death!”
Just as Qin Yang told his story, the Qin family cultivators were burning with rage and crying out to ask the Huang family for an explanation.
“Calm down.”
Qin Long shook his head helplessly. “It’s already in the past and it would be difficult to clear up. After all, Qin Yang and Qin Feng did cross into their borders. We’ll let this one slide. However, if we encounter them crossing the borders, you guys can do the same.”
With Qin Long’s comforting, the group eventually calmed down.
Most importantly, it was futile for them to go over without a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator like Qin Long leading them.
“Alright, we’re all here. We’ll pack up and leave soon. There’s still a large area to clear after all.”
Qin Long gave the order and prepared to bring his clansmen to continue their demon beasts extermination.
The Qin family frequently crossed paths with demon beasts and knew of many tricks to fight them, nobody suffered any serious injuries during this round of demon wolf extermination. With that, they did not need to rest for a long time. It would be better for them to quickly clean up the two to three hundred miles radius area of demon beast and leave as soon as possible.
Otherwise, if they were unlucky and ran into a powerful demon beast, casualties would follow.
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Huang Tingyuan had a stern look on his face as he stared at the corpse of his clansman on the ground.
That was his cousin from the same generation that was ranked fourth in the family. His cultivation was decent, at the eight level of the Qi Refinement Stage. Huang Tingyuan did not expect him to die out there from an accident.
“Tell me what’s going on.”
He stared coldly at the rest of the group.