Reigning Supreme in countless worlds With Beast taming

Chapter 76: Chapter 75 Survival of the Fittest Clan Uncle Gifts a Beast
 

After laughing for a while, Qin Ying turned serious and began to discuss important matters.

“The Clan Leader must have told you a lot and taught you how to conduct yourselves after joining the Sect. I won’t go into detail about that to avoid boring you.”

Qin Ying looked at the two younger Clan members in front of him, who still had traces of naivety on their faces, and asked, “Back when you were in the family, you always heard from our Clan members about how powerful the Sect was, and how joining the Sect was like climbing up a ladder to heaven, right?”

Qin Feng and Qin Xi nodded.

That was true. From a young age, they were raised amidst the reverent words of their elders about the Beast Taming Sect. Thus, all members of the Qin Family had an immense yearning for the Sect and considered it an honor to join.

Among the three Foundation Establishment Cultivators in the family, the Family Head Qin Guanbao and Qin Long, both had advanced in their cultivation after joining the Sect and had subdued powerful Spiritual Beasts, possessing strength far surpassing ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

As for the only Clan Uncle who reached the Foundation Establishment Realm by cultivating within the family, he not only had limited potential, but his combat abilities were also far inferior to the others.

In such a stark contrast, it was inevitable that Qin Feng and Qin Xi would have a favorable impression of the Sect.

“Actually, it’s true. Our Qin Family has been able to survive and avoid decline by affiliating with the Beast Taming Sect.

However, this does not mean that the Sect is really a holy land for cultivation, at least not for the vast majority of ordinary Outer Disciples.”

Qin Ying had a hint of bitterness on his face: “Although Outer Disciples are also called disciples, what they do is the work of servants. In fact, calling Outer Disciples servant disciples wouldn’t be wrong.”

“Ah?”

The statement made the two somewhat stunned.

“What, don’t believe it?”

Qin Ying said with a light smile, “You are now part of the Sect and surely know that all Outer Disciples have duties like servants. This is true regardless of whether they come from noble families or are selected from the common folk.

But don’t you think that there are too many Outer Disciples in our Beast Taming Sect?

Compared to the Taiyi Mountain Golden Light Cave, which has a similar influence to our Sect, they have only ten thousand Outer Disciples, which is tens of times fewer than ours.

To the west of us, the Golden Court Mountain Giant Spirit Sect has only tens of thousands of Outer Disciples.

Even some Sects stronger than our Beast Taming Sect rarely have so many Outer Disciples.

Do you know why?

There are hundreds of thousands of Outer Disciples, yet the Sect only recruits a hundred people into the Inner Sect each year. Do you know why?”

The two shook their heads continually.

They had never even left Kun City before, how could they know these things.

“The main reason lies in the fact that our Beast Taming Sect’s Cultivation Techniques are different from other Sects. Other Sects’ Techniques require only their own Cultivation, but our Sect, besides cultivating ourselves, also needs to provide for the cultivation of Spiritual Beasts, and often more than one.

Cultivation requires resources, and so does maintaining Spiritual Beasts.

Even more resources are consumed by Spiritual Beasts than are used by Cultivators themselves, since Spiritual Beasts don’t cultivate as quickly as Human Clan Cultivators. To maintain their progress, of course, requires even more resources.”

Qin Ying’s words carried an indiscernible hint of meaning that left Qin Feng and others puzzled. He continued softly, “Because of the massive consumption of resources, we need a huge number of people to work for the Sect and provide ample resources.

Therefore, the Beast Taming Sect’s Outer Sect originally had nine branches, which then expanded to thirty-six peaks, later to seventy-two peaks, and now to one hundred eight peaks.

And the number of Outer Disciples has continued to increase, from the initial thousands to tens of thousands, and now to hundreds of thousands.

Every year, the various peaks of the Outer Sect provide a large amount of resources to the Inner Sect, along with numerous industries outside the Sect which also garner countless cultivation resources.

But even so, the Sect still dares not recruit too many disciples into the Inner Sect.”

“Because, we really can’t afford it.”

He showed a bitter smile on his face, “Each Inner Sect Disciple is like a gold-eating beast, needing a huge amount of resources to build up, even just to cultivate their Lifebound Spiritual Beasts, they need resources several times more than disciples from other Sects.

And those cultivators who suddenly raise several Spiritual Beasts consume even more resources to the point of heartache.

You say, under these circumstances, how could the Sect dare to recruit more disciples into the Inner Sect?

Because of this, the competition in the Outer Disciples of the Beast Taming Sect is also the most fierce. From the moment all Outer Disciples join, not only do they have to compete with disciples from the same year, but they also have to compete with the older disciples.

Frankly speaking, although the Outer Sect of the Beast Taming Sect is not as harsh as some extreme Sects or like the Demon Sect’s poison-nourishing cultivation style, for those who want to enter the Inner Sect, it’s not much different. The only difference is that their struggle is external, not internal.

Ordinary disciples wanting to obtain cultivation resources to nurture Spiritual Beasts find that relying solely on doing servant duties for the Sect and earning a few Spirit Stones is far from enough. They can only desperately compete outside, surviving the survival of the fittest, and only the very best among those who ultimately survive might have a chance to be accepted into the Inner Sect.”

“Is it really that dangerous?”

Qin Xi looked incredulously at this Clan Uncle.

She felt that what she heard today was totally different from her previous impression of the Sect.

“Exactly, once your cultivation reaches, the Foreign Affairs Hall of the Sect will have many tasks for you to choose from.”

Qin Ying knew his words had greatly shocked them, but he still said, “Our Qin Family is just a small clan. If you want to enter the Inner Sect, merely relying on the family’s resources isn’t enough. You will have to venture out of the Mountain Gate and acquire more resources yourself.

Even if you want to advance to Foundation Establishment, you also have to take on relatively dangerous tasks once your cultivation reaches a certain realm in order to obtain more rewards from the Sect.

Of course, if you feel the outside is too dangerous and think the tasks risk your lives too much, then don’t take them. Just like me, like most ordinary Outer Disciples, stay in the Mountain, contribute faithfully to the Sect, and you’ll definitely not encounter danger.

Otherwise, you might end up like the two family members from the previous generation who joined the Sect and died during a mission.”

“If you’re not content with this, then go fight for it yourself, struggle to do everything to enter the Inner Sect.

Only by entering the Inner Sect can you shed the identity of a Servant Disciple, receive the true teachings of the Beast Taming Sect, gain a vast amount of cultivation resources from the Sect, get the best Spiritual Beasts, and receive the best treatment.”

While saying this, Qin Ying’s face also bore a hint of longing.

Regrettably, ever since he encountered danger during a team mission with fellow disciples in his earlier years, where all the cultivators died except for him who barely escaped, he had extinguished the thought of fighting desperately outside.

After all, with his mediocre aptitude, even if he tried harder, he might not necessarily advance to Foundation Establishment, so why bother risking his life outside.

Thus, he had spent these years at Spiritual Vulture Peak dedicated to researching the methods of nurturing Spiritual Vultures, living quite a stable life.

“Today, I’m telling you all this not to encourage you to take on those dangerous missions, nor do I want you to learn from me and barely survive in the Sect for decades.

I’m telling you this just to help you understand your current situation. Whatever path you choose to follow in the future, I will not stop you because it’s your own choice.”

After saying this to them, Qin Ying changed the subject and began explaining some intricacies of the Sect and the taboos of interacting with cultivators from various peaks.

He also told the two what they needed to learn as Outer Disciples and shared some experiences on identifying and nurturing Spiritual Beasts.

Finally, as the sun tilted westward and the Golden Crow was about to set, Qin Ying somewhat reluctantly stopped his instruction, then said, “Since you’ve just joined the Sect, it’s best to go to the Preaching Pavilion every day to listen to teachings. I won’t keep you any longer, lest I delay your cultivation.”

Saying so, he took out two Spiritual Beast Bags from his person and handed them over with a smile, “I knew you would definitely come, so I specially exchanged two young Spiritual Vultures with a fellow disciple several days ago.

This will give you a chance to practice and get used to the feeling of subduing Spiritual Beasts. Don’t be misled by the fact that these two Spiritual Vultures are not yet mature; actually, their bloodline is quite good, possessing a part of the Rift Wind Vulture’s bloodline, and their Wind Control Divine Power is quite extraordinary.

Even if you don’t belong to my Spiritual Vulture Peak or wish to make the Spiritual Vultures your Lifebound Spiritual Beasts, you can still use them as a means of transportation, saving you the trouble of borrowing from other disciples.”

“This…”

Qin Feng and Qin Xi hadn’t expected this Clan Uncle to actually gift them two large birds, and for a moment they hesitated whether to accept or not.