You Cultivate, I Farm

Farming is not easy, and forbidden lands are places for showcasing skills.

In the days that followed, Lu Xuan would occasionally visit the forbidden lands to learn from a bald cultivator how to quickly and harmlessly dispose of various demonic beasts.

After processing them, he took the opportunity to dispose of the demonic beast scraps to collect them all into his Gluttonous Insect Pouch.

Out of caution, every time he went to the forbidden lands, he would first visit the old dragon turtle to have it divine his fortune, ensuring there were no problems before entering the forbidden lands.

One day, Lu Xuan, carrying a full bag of processed demonic beast scraps, arrived in front of the abyss.

The Spirit-Nurturing Scroll in his mind faintly lit up, and his spiritual consciousness rapidly extended outwards.

After confirming that no being was watching him, he willed a sinister lantern to appear in his hand.

The ghastly white lantern shade seemed to be made from human skin, and the handle resembled a long, thin bone, holding it brought a chilling sensation. Beneath the lantern, numerous dark red tassels swayed gently without any wind.

On the ghastly white candle within, numerous resentful spirits with faces screamed silently, tightly packed together. Among them, a few faces bore a vague resemblance to people he knew.

This lantern, emerging from a ghost-faced stone mushroom's luminous orb, was a Soul-Inducing Lamp, capable of attracting resentful spirits and yin souls within a certain range, storing them inside the candle.

"With so many demonic and ferocious beasts, as well as those sinister demonic beasts dying here, there should be quite a few lingering yin souls."

As Lu Xuan's spiritual power surged into the Soul-Inducing Lamp, the numerous dark red tassels beneath the lantern danced wildly, and a pale light ignited on the ghastly white candle.

Within a few breaths, streams of demonic beast yin souls flew out from all directions of the passage, frantically rushing into the candle.

In an instant, the entire candle was filled, and the yin souls of several Foundation Establishment cultivators absorbed in the boundless sea's secret realm screamed in agony, continuously biting at the demonic beast yin souls pressing down on them.

"It's full, can't absorb any more."

Seeing that there was truly no space left on the ghastly white candle, Lu Xuan reluctantly put away the Soul-Inducing Lamp.

"The yin souls and resentments needed for the early growth of the Weeping Ghost Wood are ready."

"Purifying the environment of the forbidden land is a righteous duty of a cultivator of the heavenly sword."

Lu Xuan said righteously, finding a perfect excuse for himself.

After clearing the nearby demonic beast yin souls, he returned to the hall where the bald cultivator was.

"Junior Brother Lu, a special demonic beast will be delivered here shortly. If you're interested, you might want to stay a bit longer."

The bald cultivator, while attending to his tasks, said to Lu Xuan.

"Alright, Blood Brother."

Lu Xuan approached, focusing on observing the bald cultivator's processing technique.

After waiting for half an hour, the previously seen rank-five old fox slowly walked into the stone hall, followed by a bizarrely shaped demonic beast corpse floating in the air.

The beast appeared to be stitched together from two completely different bodies; its head was that of a fierce tiger, exuding a terrifying aura even with its eyes tightly shut.

Below the head was the body of a thick, long demonic snake, its dark green scales shimmering with a faint black light, appearing extremely sturdy.

The junction of the two was surprisingly harmonious and natural, as if it was meant to be this shape from birth.

The old fox glanced at Lu Xuan standing aside, silent and wordless, tossed the corpse of the beast with a tiger's head and a snake's tail to the bald cultivator, and left without saying a word.

"Blood Brother, what is this demonic beast corpse...?"

After the old fox left, Lu Xuan approached the bald cultivator.

He looked at the corpse of the beast with a tiger's head and a snake's tail, excitement gleaming in his eyes. The dark red chains on his arm bones gently swayed, tightly holding a ghost-headed saber, he began dissecting the corpse into segments.

"Junior Brother, there's no need to be surprised. This is just a failed experimental material, no different from the corpses of other normal demonic beasts."

The bald cultivator smiled broadly.

"I see. It's my first time seeing such an abnormally shaped demonic beast, so I was a bit curious."

Lu Xuan nodded.

"There are many experiments on various kinds of demonic beasts, ferocious beasts, and even sinister demonic beasts in the forbidden land, mainly divided into three types."

"The first type

is quite common, simply breeding them through various means, allowing them to mate with each other, and after rounds of experiments, seeing if it's possible to obtain demonic beast species with stronger bloodlines."

"This type of experiment often has a long cycle, taking a considerable amount of time to see results. To cultivate a new type of demonic beast with a superior bloodline, it often takes decades or even hundreds of years."

Lu Xuan nodded, remembering the rank-four Lion-Bird Beast he had once tamed.

It had merged two powerful bloodlines, similar in style to this tiger-headed snake-tailed demonic beast. Though its talents were outstanding, its intelligence was somewhat lacking, lower than the average.

"The second type involves the purification and fusion of bloodlines, directly collecting the essence blood of different demonic beasts and inducing catalysis with special spiritual items, experimenting whether they can fuse and whether their spirit remains unchanged or even stronger."

"This method has a relatively low success rate and high cost, but the experiment time is significantly shorter."

"The last type is more straightforward and brutal, like this dead demonic beast."

"When experimenting on them, attempts are made to transplant and sew together different parts of their bodies to see if their spiritual power and fleshly strength repel each other. This often has a very high mortality rate."

Although the bald cultivator appeared to be drenched in blood, he was very amiable and patiently explained to Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan nodded in understanding.

"Are the demonic beast experiments in the forbidden land all completed by the spiritual beast predecessor just now?"

"That's right. The predecessor is a well-known Qingqiu fox demon from the fox clan, who was saved by a Nascent Soul ancestor of our sect many years ago and brought back to the sect."

(Translator Note: Qingqiu, a legendary place often associated with fox spirits in Chinese mythology. These fox spirits are known for their magical powers, ability to transform into beautiful women, and their wisdom. The Qingqiu Fox Demon is a common character in Chinese folklore and is often depicted with both positive and negative traits, ranging from being benevolent and wise to cunning and deceptive.)

"The demonic beasts, ferocious beasts, etc., in the forbidden land all have the freedom to dispose of them."

The bald cultivator answered.

"Wouldn't those experiments on ferocious and sinister beasts somewhat contradict our sect's precepts?"

"After all, we are a reputable sect, and conducting such inhumane experiments in secret, if leaked, could damage the sect's reputation?"

Lu Xuan expressed his concerns.

"These are just some ferocious and sinister beasts. It's their fortune to be able to contribute a little to the sect before dying."

The bald cultivator sneered, his words clearly showing a deviation from the norm.

"With such words, it's no wonder you've been confined in the forbidden land for over a hundred years."

Lu Xuan secretly criticized in his heart.

"However, Junior Brother is not talented, and happens to be the same kind of person as you."

He added.

Although he was kind to others, did not actively harm others, and strictly followed the sect's rules, he had a very flexible moral bottom line.

He harbored no odd thoughts towards various sinister spiritual plants and even Flesh Spirit Gods that ordinary righteous cultivators would avoid.

No matter what kind of spiritual plant it was, as long as it could produce a luminous orb, it was a good spiritual plant.

As long as nothing harmful to heaven and earth was done during the cultivation process, that was enough.

The demonic beast experiments in the forbidden land opened up new avenues of thought for him.