Reigning Supreme in countless worlds With Beast taming

Scripture Pavilion.

Qin Feng, under his father's explanation, quickly gained a general understanding of the family's collection of cultivation techniques.

In the end, excluding those techniques that were incompatible with the Beast Taming Sect's methods, there were six cultivation techniques laid out in front of him.

They were respectively "Five Spirit Nourishing God Technique," "Mirror Flower Water Moon Illusion Heart Technique," "Mistaken Cloud Smoke," "Jiyue Qingfeng Mingxin Spell," "Dragon and Tiger Profound Returning Origin Skill," and "Nine Revolutions Mixed Element Technique."

"The 'Five Spirit Nourishing God Technique' nurtures the divine soul through the origin of the five internal organs. This is a cultivation technique for divine sense, which can extend your divine sense range to twice that of ordinary techniques.

The divine sense has many uses and infinite benefits. The simplest advantage is that if your divine sense is strong, you can avoid many dangers in advance.

However, this technique doesn't cultivate powerful True Yuan, particularly since a large part of the practice is used to nurture the divine soul through the origin of the five internal organs, so its combat capabilities are weak."

Qin Long elaborated: "As for this 'Mirror Flower Water Moon Illusion Heart Technique,' it is a technique for illusion training, focusing mainly on illusionary transformations. When spells are cast, they resemble flowers in a mirror or the moon in water, appearing real yet illusionary, and varied in form.

'The Mistaken Cloud Smoke' cultivates True Yuan that resembles cloud smoke, light and nimble, elusive, with spells that are flexible and versatile.

'The Jiyue Qingfeng Mingxin Spell' is the easiest technique to cultivate. By fully investing your spirit in the spell and reciting it once, it's equivalent to completing one circulation.

This spell clears the mind, making it difficult for heart demons to form. If one is fearless, it can drive away all evil aura.

The 'Dragon and Tiger Profound Returning Origin Skill' involves visualizing dragons and tigers returning to their origin, allowing you to condense dragon and tiger illusions to protect against enemies. This spell is quite powerful, and its power can increase with your cultivation."

Qin Long cheerfully indicated the last cultivation technique and said: "The 'Nine Revolutions Mixed Element Technique' was passed down from a great sect, the Primordial Chaos Sect, ten thousand years ago. It is well-known among loose cultivators.

However, this technique requires repeatedly refining the absorbed spiritual energy nine times before finally condensing it into pure Primordial Chaos True Qi. This foundation is the most solid.

This cultivation technique is only suitable for those with a calm temperament and great perseverance. Ordinary people struggle to persist to the end and often give up halfway due to slow cultivation speed."

Finally, Qin Long looked at his son and said, "I have explained these techniques clearly for you. Which one you choose to cultivate is entirely up to you.

Remember, these are only for laying your foundation. Once you join the Beast Taming Sect, the sect will naturally teach you more advanced techniques.

Even if you don't manage to join the sect eventually, these techniques will have to be abandoned, except for the 'Mirror Flower Water Moon Illusion Heart Technique,' as the rest do not have cultivation methods beyond the Foundation Establishment stage."

Qin Feng nodded in understanding.

He understood that although these techniques seemed quite good, it was clear his father didn't think much of them.

It made sense, considering that the techniques collected by the Qin Family wouldn't be all that profound.

In the Qi Refinement stage, the most powerful among them was probably the 'Nine Revolutions Mixed Element Technique,' since it came from a great sect.

He observed the few techniques carefully before finally choosing the 'Dragon and Tiger Profound Returning Origin Skill.'

It wasn't that he didn't want to cultivate the 'Nine Revolutions Mixed Element Technique.'

Although this technique could help him lay a firmer foundation, it consumed too much spiritual energy, and there were only a little more than six months left until the family's assessment at the end of the year. By then, he needed to compete with other family disciples for a spot in the sect.

Cultivating the 'Nine Revolutions Mixed Element Technique' meant he might fall behind in cultivation and fail the selection.

"Good."

Qin Long, seeing him choose the 'Dragon and Tiger Profound Returning Origin Skill,' nodded in satisfaction. After all, his son knew how to make choices, which was commendable.

If he had chosen the 'Nine Revolutions Mixed Element Technique,' it would have required a significantly higher consumption of spiritual energy. Although it would lay a thick foundation, gaining entrance into the sect was the priority now. After joining the sect, he would change techniques anyway, so there was no need to be overly concerned.

Qin Long then went into detailed explanations of the 'Dragon and Tiger Profound Returning Origin Skill' for Qin Feng. He would repeat the explanations if his son had any confusion to ensure there would be no difficulties in cultivation.

Subsequently, Qin Long went to the ancestral hall to have the family elder record Qin Feng's name in the family registry.

This registry was different from that of the ordinary family members, specifically used to record the Qin Family's cultivators.

In Qin Feng's generation, he was the eleventh to open his Spiritual Acupoint and begin cultivation, thus ranking as the eleventh.

Of course, if there were elder peers who opened their acupoints later than him, he would still need to address them as older brothers.

For the subsequent period, Qin Feng diligently cultivated at home.

Though the 'Dragon and Tiger Profound Returning Origin Skill' wasn't an exceptional technique, its most powerful aspect upon reaching Great Success was its ability to manifest dragon and tiger illusions. Compared to the cultivation methods Qin Feng practiced before opening his Spiritual Acupoint, it was far superior.

Once the technique was in motion, he could feel strands of spiritual energy flowing into his body through the Spiritual Acupoint, circulating through his meridians, and transforming into his True Yuan.

Additionally, with the Qi Gathering Pill his father obtained from the family's storeroom, his cultivation speed increased significantly.

Despite the limited time each day for cultivation and the restriction on consuming too many pills, ingesting a Qi Gathering Pill every three days sped up his cultivation pace compared to without the elixir pills by threefold, meaning his overall cultivation speed was more than doubled.

　　Of course, this was mainly because he was in the early stage of cultivation, thus his progress was so noticeable. Once his cultivation reached a certain level, it would be hard to maintain this speed of cultivation.

　　Under the guidance of his father, Qin Feng had also gained a preliminary understanding of the two basic spells of the "Dragon and Tiger Profound Returning Origin Skill." He could barely condense a cloud of dragon-shaped qi and a wind of tiger-shaped qi to attack enemies, which had some power.

　　This day, Qin Feng finished his cultivation and sat in his room, deep in thought.

　　He was not thinking about cultivation, but rather he sensed that his father seemed to be in an unusual mood these days.

　　Qin Long's face had been gloomy these days. Every day after returning home from the county office, though he forced a smile, he often stayed alone in his study, preoccupied with something unknown.

　　Later, Qin Feng heard from several servants in the residence that there had been a few murder cases in Kun City recently.

　　If it were just ordinary murder cases, Kun City, though not large, experienced a few cases every year, so it wouldn't be a big deal.

　　The key was that these recent murder cases were too brutal and malicious, with the perpetrator specifically targeting pregnant women, gruesomely extracting the fetuses from their wombs. The scenes were frightening and blood-curdling, sparking fear and fury among the people.

　　One case might be a vengeance from enemies of a particular family, but there were murders every day for several days in a row, with each case involving different families with no connections between them.

　　This indicated that someone was practicing an evil cultivation technique, deliberately harming pregnant women to seize premature fetuses.

　　For a time, rumors spread within and outside Kun City, enveloping the entire city in a layer of fear. Families with pregnant women were particularly panicked, dreading to fall victim to the evil cultivator.

　　As the Inspector of Kun City, Qin Long inevitably got dragged into this major case as the county officials were incapable of solving it.

　　Qin Long was troubled these days because of this case.

　　The evil cultivator hiding in the shadows was extremely malicious, targeting women for some unknown cultivation technique.

　　Because the case made no progress for several days, the County Magistrate could no longer bear the pressure and immediately reported to the Commandery, requesting the Commandery to dispatch experts for assistance.

　　The government also offered a substantial reward of spirit stones, seeking help from various cultivators to solve the case and capture the cruel evil cultivator, lest the entire populace of Kun City should flee.

　　The efficiency of the Commandery was commendable, and they dispatched a high-level Foundation Establishment cultivator to assist in the investigation that very day.

　　With the arrival of the expert from the Commandery, the entire Kun City seemed to breathe a collective sigh of relief, and there had been no incidents involving women for the past two or three days.

　　Moreover, many loose cultivators and disciples of small families came to the city recently for training or to gain some experience, or for the reward of spirit stones.

　　Thus, Kun City became busier than usual.

　　Even the citizens of Kun City gradually became more active again.

　　Although the evil cultivator hadn't been caught, many believed that the malicious person must be hiding away, afraid to show himself, or perhaps had fled far away.

　　After all, Kun City now gathered so many cultivators that any reckless move by the juvenile warrior would likely provoke a collective attack.

　　This matter didn't require Qin Feng's help, as he was just a youngster with shallow cultivation. Besides, there had been no more murders after three days, so Qin Long's mood also improved. If there were further instances of unborn fetuses being taken by a killer, it would bring him enormous pressure.

　　This day, Qin Feng got up and walked out of the house.

　　After staying home for cultivation for such a long time, he felt somewhat bored and decided to stroll around the city.

　　Although the evil cultivator caused commotion in Kun City, he didn't target men, so Qin Feng shouldn't be in much danger.

　　Recently, many cultivators had come to Kun City, and the three major local families took this opportunity to sell their own spiritual objects at several city shops to exchange goods with those external cultivators.

　　Qin Feng intended to take a look and see what was special about these outside cultivators.

　　After all, he didn't plan to cause trouble. The three families including the Qin Family knew that their strength was not formidable, so they naturally wouldn't act arrogantly to avoid offending the visiting cultivators, causing an irreparable situation.

　　If trouble ensued, the outsiders would leave without a care, but the three families still needed to live in Kun City.

　　The city had regained its usual bustling atmosphere, and with a few exceptions of occasional suona sounds, it seemed little different from the past.

　　However, one could often see groups of cultivators walking through the streets, some searching for the evil cultivator's traces, others wandering through the mountains and forests outside Kun City looking for signs of the evil cultivator.

　　While these out-of-town cultivators searched for the evil cultivator, Qin Feng couldn't stop staring at them.

　　The cultivators varied in appearance, cultivation techniques, and attire, with some wearing bizarre clothes, making him feel curious.

　　At this moment, a commotion erupted ahead.

　　Qin Feng looked up and saw a crowd gathered in front of a shop, engaged in some activity.

　　He walked over, squeezed into the crowd, glanced inside, and was stunned.