Reigning Supreme in countless worlds With Beast taming

Early autumn, morning chill, coolness slightly thickened.

Qin Feng followed his father, alongside twenty or thirty clansmen, walking towards the entrance of Qifeng Mountain.

Each autumn, the three cultivator families of Kun City organized groups to enter the mountain and hunt down the demon beasts at the perimeter.

Firstly, to prevent these demon beasts from rushing out of the forest and harming the citizens of Kun City, and secondly, by killing these demon beasts, they could obtain some cultivation resources.

After all, many parts of the demon beasts were very valuable. Whether it was the fur, scale armor, sharp claws, or teeth, horns, bones, and even flesh, all were goods that could be exchanged for Spirit Stones.

Kun City lacked resources, and the three families couldn't just rely on their own small estates. If they wanted their families to develop better, they needed to find other sources of income, so they organized their clansmen to enter the mountain every year.

They had no choice. If the demon beasts increased in number around Qifeng Mountain, it would surely cause great losses to the citizens of Kun City and affect the industries of the three cultivator families.

After all, the spirit veins of the three families were connected to Qifeng Mountain, making it as if the three families resided at the perimeter of Qifeng Mountain. If the demon beasts increased in number, the Qin family's spiritual fields or the clansmen from the Huang family sent to mine the refined iron veins in the mountains would be threatened.

At the mountain entrance, cultivators from the three families gathered.

The Qin Family was on the left, the Huang Family on the right, and the Wang Family from the west of the city was in between, maintaining good relations with both sides.

Unless they encountered particularly difficult demon beasts, the three families rarely joined forces to hunt them. Instead, they pre-demarcated areas, each clearing their own territory.

"Hahaha, everyone arrived early!"

Qin Long laughed heartily, cupping his hands toward the other two families, who had arrived earlier. Looking towards the Huang Family from the north of the city, he teased, "Family Head Huang actually came in person, isn't this too grand? I remember your Huang Family has an elder in the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Why not let the elder handle this and make Family Head Huang go through the trouble?"

"Hmph!"

Family Head Huang, Huang Tingyuan, coldly snorted, with an unfriendly expression.

He was a sword cultivator, his voice cold: "This Family Head wants to stretch his muscles, is that not allowed?

Besides, the Huang Family's business, why should it be pointed out by Qin Long?"

Qin Long was not angry, laughing as he said: "Brother Huang, why be like this? We've known each other since childhood. I'm just worried about your safety. The demon beasts of Qifeng Mountain are fierce, your status as Family Head is extraordinary. If something happens, what will happen to the Huang Family?

Sigh, the family has elders, yet you don't use them, insisting on coming in person. Why bother?"

Clansmen behind Qin Long chuckled lightly, immediately drawing angry glares from the Huang Family.

The Huang Family also did not want the Family Head to lead the entry into the mountains to hunt demon beasts. But now the Huang Family only had two cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Although that elder had higher cultivation, he had spent his life forging swords and was not very adept at fighting.

Besides, the elder was older than the Qin Family Head, Qin Guanbao, and was the family's best artifact refiner. The Huang Family could not bear to let that elder take risks. If something happened, the loss would be too great for the current Huang Family to bear.

After all, the Huang Family was different from the Qin Family. The Qin Family mainly relied on the cultivation of spiritual fields with stable income, whereas the Huang Family depended on artifact refining. Though sometimes they earned more Spirit Stones than the Qin Family, if they lost their best artifact refiner, their income would plummet.

Therefore, Huang Tingyuan would rather lead the team into the mountain himself than let the elder take risks.

The Wang Family in the middle was accustomed to the rivalry between the two families. The elder leading the Wang Family team came out to mediate. After a little discussion on the exploration and clearing areas, the three families split up and headed into the mountain.

Among the Qin Family's team, besides Qin Feng, the other boys and girls aiming to compete for a sect position at the end of the year were also present.

Among these, apart from a boy named Qin Jun who had the same Qi Refinement Stage 2 cultivation as Qin Feng, the rest were at Qi Refinement Stage 1.

The family didn't expect them to contribute much in this action but wanted them to face bloodshed early and adapt to the fight.

After all, once they entered a sect, the challenges they faced would be much more brutal than what they saw now. If they couldn't even handle demon beasts, they might as well stay with the family and not dream of joining a sect, as they likely wouldn't live long.

Now, with the family leading and elders protecting them, once they set foot in a sect and the cultivation world, nobody would protect them anymore.

The group headed deeper into the mountain.

The mountain roads were rugged and extremely hard to traverse. In many places, there were no roads, and they had to force their way through.

Fortunately, they were all cultivators and could use spells like the Light Body Skill and Divine Movement Technique to aid their journey. If they were ordinary people, they would have been exhausted in no time.

As they ventured deeper into the forest, they often heard dreadful howls or the mournful cries of dying beasts.

Often, they saw fierce-beast sightings, but these were mostly ordinary beasts, not evolved into demon beasts, posing no threat to the cultivators.

Ordinary beasts, seeing so many people, whether feeling their powerful aura or not, would rather steer clear than provoke them.

Only the demon beasts, intelligent and capable of cultivation, would greedily desire the spiritual energy in the cultivators' flesh.

Soon, a clansman walking at the front gestured to those behind to slow their pace.

"Did you find anything?"

Qin Yang, who followed the team to hunt the demon beasts, took a few steps forward and asked softly.

"There are a series of plum-shaped footprints here, judging from the shape, a fierce tiger had recently passed by. However, these footprints are very large, so it is obviously not an ordinary tiger, it is very likely already a spirit beast."

The speaker was a middle-aged man in his forties, an experienced hunter of the family. He was often active around Qifeng Mountain and was very familiar with all kinds of fierce beasts and low-level demon beasts: "Let everyone be extra careful, while tiger-type demon beasts are ferocious, they are also very adept at ambushing. Tell everyone to stay vigilant so we are not caught off guard."

Qin Yang nodded, turned around, and relayed the message to those behind him.

However, it seemed his words were passed a bit too late. Before he reached the end of the team, a thunderous tiger roar echoed through the forest, causing a few cultivators of the Qin Family at the rear to tremble with fear, slowing down their movements.

Amid the deafening roar, a shadow more than ten feet long suddenly leaped from the bushes behind them, pouncing towards the members at the end of the team.

"Not good…"

"Quick, dodge!"

"Defend, Armor Protection Technique!"

Some clan members dodged, and others cast spells to protect themselves.

However, the hastily cast defensive spells were not very strong, whereas the tiger demon's power was exceptional.

Barely had the tiger roared when it already swung its sharp front claws, shredding the defense spell of one clan member and biting towards him.

"You vile beast, bold!"

Suddenly, a loud shout came, followed by a burst of firelight. With a bang, the firelight exploded, blasting the tiger demon two or three feet away.

This tiger demon, with its formidable life force, immediately attempted to flee despite the blood pouring from its wounds.

"Still think you can escape?"

The one who had just repelled the tiger demon, Qin Long, sneered.

Although most of his combat power relied on spiritual beasts, he was, after all, a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, his personal strength was more than enough to deal with this tiger demon.

Therefore, he did not summon his spiritual beast but instead swung out a beam of golden light.

The golden light flashed by, slicing off the tiger demon's head with a puff, spraying a large amount of blood from its neck.

Such a bloody and brutal scene instantly terrified a few young members of the team.

After all, they were only fourteen or fifteen years old, not long into their cultivation journey, never before had they witnessed such a fierce battle.

Moreover, they had been placed at the end of the team earlier for protection. The sudden pounce of the tiger demon had already scared them.

Now, seeing this horrific scene, and smelling the thick scent of blood, they couldn't help but take a few steps back, distancing themselves from the tiger demon's corpse.

Qin Long was very dissatisfied seeing this and snorted coldly: "What, you're scared?

"It's just a demon beast being killed in front of you. If this frightens you, then you better stay in the family and abandon any thought of joining a sect."

The young members felt ashamed upon hearing his words.

Qin Long continued, "This tiger demon is yours to handle, Qin Yang, show them how it's done."

"Yes, Seventh Uncle."

Qin Yang complied and stepped forward to instruct the youngsters on how to handle the tiger demon's body, from collecting essence blood to skinning, deboning, and preserving the meat, teaching them in detail.

However, these youths were dealing with such matters for the first time, so despite having all kinds of knives, they still managed to cover themselves in blood, and the tiger skin they cut ended up in a mess.

Qin Long took the opportunity to scold them again.

In truth, he had already spotted the tiger demon's whereabouts long ago. He had orchestrated this bloody scene deliberately to give the family's children a significant lesson.

Qin Feng, however, was not as helpless as the others and even seemed eager to give it a try.

When he had approached the tiger demon earlier, the Demon Refining Pot in his Sea of Consciousness had stirred, eager to refine the tiger demon for energy.

However, with everyone watching, Qin Feng didn't dare to simply take the tiger demon's body.

Fortunately, the Demon Refining Pot was obedient and wouldn't actively collect the demon clan's corpses, so nothing went amiss.

Nevertheless, Qin Feng couldn't help but think, it's rare to hunt demon beasts with the family. Missing the chance to refine some demon beasts to assist his cultivation would be a waste.

But how could he secretly collect the demon beasts' corpses without anyone noticing?