Reigning Supreme in countless worlds With Beast taming

Chapter 432: Chapter 429: Ten Thousand Crows Pot? A Fine Treasure Chapter 432: Chapter 429: Ten Thousand Crows Pot? A Fine Treasure Thousands of crows perched on hundreds of dead trees, standing like statues, motionless, their eyes a sinister red as if they were staring at a corpse, watching the middle-aged man who walked into the valley.

There were far more than ten thousand Netherworld Crows here—if one were to count them, there would likely be at least several hundred thousand.

Even though the middle-aged man, Qin Feng, had visited this place more than once over the years, he still felt a chill down his spine under the watch of so many crows radiating an aura of death.

Fortunately, he had a token that allowed entry into the valley; as soon as he infused a bit of Demonic Qi into the token, an invisible fluctuation spread out, and soon after, no more crows were gazing at him.

He walked deeper into the valley.

After a while, he arrived at the entrance to a cave on the cliff face, raised the token, and released a stream of Demonic Qi. The prohibition at the entrance instantly deactivated, allowing him entrance.

“Junior Brother Yao, it’s not yet mid-month. What brings you back today?”

A deep and hoarse voice, as if emerging from the depths of the earth and carrying a sinister undertone, echoed through the air.

“Elder Brother Gu.”

Qin Feng cast his gaze toward an ancient bronze coffin ahead and said, “Today, I encountered a strange Righteous Path cultivator and have come to report the matter to the Elder.”

He had sought refuge in Ten Thousand Crows Valley as a Demon Cultivator only a few years ago and had been assigned to gather intelligence in various markets because of his skill in concealing his aura to prevent Righteous Path Cultivators from finding their doorstep unaware.

To conceal his identity, he suppressed his Cultivation, masquerading as a mere Foundation Establishment Cultivator, mixing in with a small band of Bandit Cultivators. On an ordinary day, he manipulated these bandits to raid and kill for Cultivation resources and the corpses of Cultivators to refine into treasures, also using their identity as a façade.

There were quite a few Demon Cultivators like him around the markets near Baiman Mountain.

However, though these individuals were cautious and discreet, the inherent nature of a Demon Cultivator would eventually betray their cover, leading to slight trails that drew in Qin Feng, who was nearby, to investigate.

“Huh?”

That deep voice expressed surprise, then the lid of the copper coffin opened—but not fully, permitting only a wisp of black smoke to escape from within the cracks, forming the silhouette of a figure draped in a black robe.

“Who is it?”

Asked the black-robed Elder Brother Gu.

“I’m not sure exactly.”

Qin Feng replied, “His Dao Cultivation is similar to mine, and he also has an early-stage Demon Core level Spiritual Beast. I intended to subdue him, but due to the inadequacy of my Cultivation, I was wounded by him and forced to escape helplessly.”

“A Spiritual Beast? Could it be a disciple of the Beast Taming Sect?”

“Unlikely. Beside an early-stage Demon Core level Spiritual Snake, that person had no other Spiritual Beast accompanying him. If he were a disciple of the Beast Taming Sect, he certainly wouldn’t be accompanied by just one Spiritual Snake. Perhaps if he had released one or two more Spiritual Beasts, my life might not have been spared.”

“Could it be that he deliberately let you go to track you down here?”

The black-robed figure spoke coldly: “It’s one thing for you to fight with that person, but failing to capture him and risking exposure to Righteous Path Cultivators, that would put us all in danger!”

“Elder Brother, rest assured, his Cultivation isn’t stronger than mine; I’ve already shaken him off.”

Qin Feng continued: “However, it’s clear he came for Baiman Mountain, and he has keen senses. He seemed suspicious of my identity even in the market. I believe he’s one of those Loose Cultivators who specialize in tracking down our Demon Dao cultivators to exchange information with the Major Sects for favors.”

“Hmph, no matter who he is, you were careless. If it does not attract any major trouble, it’s fine. But if you draw Righteous Path Cultivators to our doorstep because of your actions, not only would the Elders not spare you, but even your fellow disciples would make you wish for death!”

“Don’t worry, Elder Brother Gu. I’ll report to the Elder right away and ask him to investigate the mountains. If we can track that person down, killing him directly will ensure no further problems arise.”

“Then go quickly, don’t waste time.”

The black-robed figure spoke coldly, “The Righteous Path Sects are now acting like mad dogs, searching everywhere for us. All our Demon Sect’s main sanctuaries have been destroyed, numerous Elders and disciples have perished, and only these hidden safe houses like ours remain undisclosed. It’s become so stifling that we now have to be extremely careful even when we go out to hunt Cultivators.”

“Sigh…”

Qin Feng let out a long sigh: “The power of the Righteous Path is great, what can we do?”

He gave a fist-and-palm salute to the black-robed figure and walked deeper into the cave.

This was a rather extensive underground construction; a network of tunnels ran through the cave, connecting various areas.

Qin Feng, who was hiding in Qin Feng’s shadow, mentally shook his head; it seemed Demon Cultivators had a preference for constructing their Cave Mansions within the belly of mountains. In the past two years, among all the Demon Sect strongholds he’d eradicated, besides one which was situated in a perilous location and concealed by an Illusion Array, the others were all similar to this, built as underground spaces like burrows.

Of course, mainly because of the suppression by Righteous Path Cultivators, they did not dare to live openly above ground and had to hide like this.

Following Qin Feng, and from snippets of conversation between various Demon Cultivators along the way, Qin Feng discovered that this hideout belonged to Daoist Crow of the Netherworld Sect.

Daoist Crow was an Elder of the Netherworld Sect with a Primordial Spirit Realm Cultivation, having achieved his Primordial Spirit status three thousand years ago. Due to his history of innumerable killings, his body was steeped in resentful Qi, and with massive karmic entanglements, he lacked confidence in withstanding the Heavenly Tribulation, hence his delayed progression to becoming a Demon Immortal.

Due to the outbreak of the grand conflict between Righteous and Demonic forces and the united front of the Righteous Sects’ Cultivators who, with a strategic advantage and unsuspecting targets, succeeded in uncovering the Demon Sects’ sanctuaries and shattering their ranks, any remaining of the Demon Dao could hardly afford to show their faces in the Cultivation World. Hence, at the behest of the remaining few great powers of the Demon Dao, various Demon Sects and subsects began to shelter other Demon Cultivators, weathering the storm together.

Thus, in the underground hideout of Daoist Crow in Ten Thousand Crows Valley, there were many surviving Demon Cultivators from other Sects.

With the number of Cultivators seeking refuge growing, space within Daoist Crow’s abode was becoming scarce. Even Demon Cultivators at the Golden Core Realm found it difficult to secure private rooms, not to mention those at the lower rungs.

With so many people crammed together, chaos was inevitable. Moreover, the Spirit Vein here, although gathered by Daoist Crow from many sources, was mainly to satisfy his own Cultivation and that of his disciples. The sudden increase in Demon Cultivators would naturally strain the supply of Spiritual Energy, leading to numerous disputes.

Despite the fact that under the pressure of Daoist Crow and the other high-level Elders, no one dared to fight and kill as wantonly as before, Demon Cultivators are cruel and crafty by nature, and it was impossible for them to coexist peacefully for long.

Qin Feng had originally planned to infiltrate somewhere else halfway through the journey to gather some information on this place, then slip away while other Demon Cultivators were out.

However, he discovered that quite a few here were acquainted with Yao Qing, so many people were greeting Yao Qing along the way. When Qin Feng heard that the Elder whom Yao Qing was going to visit was merely a Purple Mansion Demon Cultivator, he immediately relaxed.

With his current Stealth Divine Power, as long as he did not deliberately reveal his presence, ordinary Purple Mansion Demon Cultivators would not notice him if they were being careless.

Thus, he decided to boldly accompany Yao Qing to meet the Purple Mansion Elder and took the opportunity to see if he could uncover any secrets.

After all, there was no Demon Immortal here, so as long as he was not specifically targeted by a Primordial Spirit Great Cultivator like Daoist Crow, he faced little danger.

Even if he did not get within a hundred paces of Daoist Crow’s Daoist Body, with his current level of Dao Cultivation and use of the Shadow Divine Power, even Primordial Spirit Cultivators might not be able to detect him.

Although he had often spent the past two years fighting with Demon Dao Cultivators, his Cultivation had not ceased to progress.

Because he had already grasped the Power of Laws, he faced no bottleneck in the Golden Core Realm, so not only did his Cultivation not slow down, but he had reached the Golden Core Peak. With the help of the Demon Refining Pot that provided a vast amount of Pure Spirit Qi, his accumulation of True Yuan was extremely profound, not one bit inferior to those old Cultivators who had polished their skills at the Golden Core Peak for years.

Not long after the attack on Rebirth Sect, he found Li Miaozhen to dual cultivate with—well, to cultivate together—dissolving the Blood Lotus in the process.

He reaped tremendous benefits from that experience, not only obtaining the Power of the Life Principle but also strengthened his Taoist Body using the Blood Lotus’s Power of Life Origin, this intensified the life force within his body, and even upgraded his Azure Dragon Divine Technique, breaking through constraints and directly advancing his physical body to be able to contend with Purple Mansion level.

Body Refinement is indeed a part of the Daoist Cultivation System, but it’s completely different from the orthodox Cultivation Techniques and belongs to two separate systems, so according to the terminology of the Cultivation World, it was just his war power that reached the Purple Mansion Level, while his Magic Cultivation was still at the Golden Core stage.

Regardless, he now genuinely possessed the combat strength of the Purple Mansion Level and did not need to transform into another form as he had before.

Furthermore, after the Azure Dragon Daoist Body was upgraded, he not only grasped the Wood Element Principle but also gained two more Wood Element Divine Powers, which was quite beneficial.

Of course, since he advanced from the Blood Lotus, Li Miaozhen also benefited quite a lot from jointly refining the Blood Lotus with him. Although she did not refine the Life Principle, Qin Feng gave her more of the Life Origin Power, so her gain was no less than his.

However, she had grand ambitions to advance her physical body and Golden Core Realm simultaneously to acquire more Power of Laws in the instant of her advancement, thus forcefully suppressing her Realm, causing a terrifyingly profound buildup of internal resources.

In fact, Li Miaozhen’s Golden Core Cultivation had already reached the level required for advancement, but after obtaining Qin Feng’s Technique for Refining Gold Qi, she changed her mind. She decided to refine a large amount of Golden Qi to imbue her True Yuan with a unique attribute before advancing, so for more than two years, she had been suppressing her Realm while voraciously absorbing and refining Geng Metal Divine Iron.

This Divine Iron was an especially precious substance, if used to forge a Spiritual Treasure, it would give the item the attribute of Breaking Law; her White Tiger Saber was crafted with a considerable amount of this iron.

The sheer volume she consumed and refined could forge numerous Spiritual Sabers, and it was only because her harvest in the Red Flame Demon Realm was exceedingly massive that she could afford such consumption.

The Elders from the White Tiger Lineage even thoughtfully provided her with Geng Metal Divine Marrow, a material capable of forging Immortal Artifacts, for her to refine.

That was a true divine item, already imbued with the Geng Metal Principle. Not even ten veins of Geng Metal Divine Iron might necessarily give birth to a single piece of Geng Metal Divine Marrow, yet an elder from the White Tiger Lineage had not only swept the Beast Taming Sect’s vault clean of its stored Geng Metal Divine Marrow, but he had also spent a fortune to purchase a batch from the Ten Thousand Treasures Building. It was clear he had great expectations for this talented true disciple to achieve even greater accomplishments in the future.

A few months ago, when Qin Feng met Elder Li Miaozhen, he was startled by the aura of Geng Metal Energy emanating from this sister.

He had even wondered if his sister would turn into a Golden Man if she didn’t advance to the next level soon.

“Uncle-Master!”

Yao Qing had been waiting outside a closed cultivation room for quite a while and, upon receiving permission to enter, bowed respectfully.

“What brings you to me?”

This was an old man with snow-white hair but not a single wrinkle on his face.

Though his face appeared young, the vicissitudes in his eyes were hard to conceal, and an obscure aura of decline emanating from within made it easy for one to regard him as an elderly man.

“Reporting to Uncle-Master, this is the situation…”

Yao Qing then reported the incident to the elder.

“Hmph, trash!” railed the white-haired elder after berating Yao Qing, “Having been discovered, why didn’t you finish that person off? And now you expect me to aid you in searching the mountains? Do you think this elder has nothing better to do?”

“Uncle-Master, that man’s cultivation is not weak, and he has a spiritual beast with him. I…”

Yao Qing had barely started to explain when he was abruptly cut off by the white-haired elder’s angry rebuke: “How dare you quibble?”

Declaring in rage, “In that situation, you should have used the ‘Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique.’ If you had done so, though it would leave you weak for a few years, it would never have allowed for the possibility of someone conveying the news out.”

Yao Qing’s complexion changed.

The ‘Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique’ was not something one could just decide to use on a whim.

The secret technique was originally an inheritance of the Heavenly Demon Sect, but it had spread out at the end of the Ancient Great Tribulation, and many Demon Sects had come to possess this secret.

Although using the Heavenly Demon Disintegration would provide a Demon Cultivator with several times their original war power, the aftermath was not as simple as being weakened for just a few years. If used for even slightly longer, it could potentially sever his path of cultivation completely, which was why Yao Qing had never even considered the thought of employing the ‘Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique.’

However, the old man in front of him was not only his senior within the sect but also his only support in the Ten Thousand Crows Valley, so contesting was out of the question. He could only nod submissively and admit his error.

After a while, the white-haired elder finished cursing and finally took a breath, saying, “Elder Crow has been working with us to refine the Ten Thousand Crows Pot during this time, and it has now reached a critical moment. We need to take turns assisting him every day, and we cannot leave lightly.

Once that treasure is successfully refined, it will not only be able to hold the hundreds of thousands of Netherworld Crows in the Ten Thousand Crows Valley for easy transport, which will be very useful for surprise attacks on those of the Righteous Path, it might even cultivate a Netherworld Crow Demon King.

If we can truly succeed in cultivating a Netherworld Crow Demon King, we can refine the Ten Thousand Crows Pot to the level of an Immortal Artifact. At that time, even Elder Crow might have the opportunity to achieve longevity and advance to a Demon Immortal.

Tell me, how can I leave at this time to help you?”

“…”

Yao Qing was speechless for a long time, and finally stammered, “Disciple understands his mistake, will certainly not make similar errors in the future, but disciple has already been recognized for his Demon Dao identity and cannot go to the market to gather information. I ask Uncle-Master to help and speak with Elder Li who is in charge of external affairs, and let Elder Li assign someone else to investigate the market. For now, disciple can only stay in Ten Thousand Crows Valley for cultivation.”

“Hmph, fine, I’ll send a message right away. You better watch yourself from now on and not get into any trouble!”

The white-haired elder snorted coldly, “It’s a critical time now, no mistakes can be afforded. If Righteous Path cultivators are drawn here because of you, you know the consequences!”

“Yes, yes, thank you Uncle-Master for the assistance, disciple is deeply grateful.”

Yao Qing showed a face full of gratitude. After the white-haired elder sent out the sound transmission talisman, Yao Qing then took his leave.

However, the moment he was far from the white-haired elder’s cultivation room, his expression immediately turned gloomy, no longer showing the subservient appearance from before.

“Hmph, if my master were still alive, why would I have to put up with your crap!”

He cursed under his breath, then went to find some fellow sect members he was familiar with to arrange a place to live. Searᴄh the NôᴠeFire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

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A Demon Cultivator holding a strangely breathing black pottery jar walked out of the cave entrance and followed the path within Ten Thousand Crows Valley to its deepest part.

Qin Feng, using his Shadow Divine Power, hid within the shadow of this Demon Cultivator.

He hadn’t left these past few days but instead spent the entire time among the Demon Cultivators of Ten Thousand Crows Valley.

Especially this Demon Cultivator in front of him; Qin Feng followed him every day through Ten Thousand Crows Valley.

It wasn’t that this person had anything special about him, but rather, by chance, while following him, he discovered an interesting little fellow that piqued his great interest.

Deep within Ten Thousand Crows Valley, heaps of bones were everywhere, and the stench turned into a grey fog that would probably make any ordinary person faint if inhaled.

On those bones, numerous Netherworld Crows could also be seen.

They were either resting with their eyes closed or pecking at the rotten flesh remaining on the bones.

These Netherworld Crows’ breath was much stronger than those on the ancient trees on the outside; at the very least, they all possessed the strength of the Foundation Establishment Realm, with many at the Demon Core Realm, and even within the nests made of white bones deep inside, there were three Netherworld Crows of the Purple Mansion Realm.

These were the results of Daoist Crow’s thousands of years of breeding.

They were also his greatest asset when he used to roam the cultivation world at his will.

However, as his cultivation grew higher, he found that it became increasingly difficult to raise these Netherworld Crows.

He had also considered the idea of stealing some secret techniques from the disciples of the Beast Taming Sect to cultivate the Netherworld Crows.

But after causing calamities for several Beast Taming Sect disciples without obtaining the secret techniques, the Beast Taming Sect noticed he was targeting their disciples. They soon realized his intentions to gather more Netherworld Crows and knew what he was plotting.

Consequently, he was hunted by the Beast Taming Sect for many years, and had he not been hiding and avoiding them, he would have been killed by the Beast Taming Sect long ago.

“Gah gah…”

A group of Netherworld Crows saw the Demon Cultivator’s arrival, their blood-red eyes all focusing on the black pottery jar he held.

Being domesticated since birth, they were accustomed to this practice and naturally knew what was inside the black pottery jar held by that Demon Cultivator.

Urged by the Netherworld Crows, the one responsible for feeding didn’t dare to delay and hastily turned the black pottery jar upside down.

Then, over a hundred rotting corpses fell out, piling up on the bones.

The reason Yao Qing and other Demon Dao cultivators hidden near the market had to return every month was precisely to deliver the corpses of loose cultivators they had hunted for feeding the Netherworld Crows in Ten Thousand Crows Valley.

“Gah gah… gah gah…”

The caws of the Netherworld Crows were filled with excitement as they circled around those corpses.

However, they did not rush to feast on the rotten flesh on the bones but instead circled around, waiting until the few Purple Mansion Realm Netherworld Crows arrived, picking and choosing before they started to eat. Only then did the others land, forming a large ring around the perimeter, waiting for their turn after those few crows had eaten.

Yet, while the other Netherworld Crows were quietly waiting on the sidelines, eagerly watching those Purple Mansion Netherworld Crows eat, a smaller Netherworld Crow of merely a foot in length unexpectedly strutted over boldly and began feeding alongside the Purple Mansion Netherworld Crows. Far from driving it away, the Purple Mansion Netherworld Crows even shifted aside.

It didn’t seem like they were making room, but rather they seemed to be avoiding the small Netherworld Crow.

This little fellow’s breath was not particularly strong, but it was exceedingly peculiar, exuding strands of ominous aura.

This was the interesting little one that Qin Feng found particularly intriguing, and the reason he had not left but instead dared to stay here at the risk.

He felt that perhaps he should get another unusual spiritual beast.

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Seven days later, a large number of tower ships suddenly descended upon Ten Thousand Crows Valley!

Countless Netherworld Crows cawed loudly, flying about in disarray.

Inside the underground caverns, numerous demon cultivators were startled awake; they all flew out of the cave openings in a panic, their faces filled with shock as they looked at the scene outside.

“Beast Taming Sect!”

Daoist Crow’s face turned an ashen color; he hadn’t expected the cultivators from the Beast Taming Sect to come knocking on their door so soon.

“How did they find us?”

Fear filled the hearts of many demon cultivators, with quite a few showing expressions of terror on their faces.

It wasn’t that they were cowards, but rather, in recent years, they had been frightened by the relentless killings by the righteous path cultivators.

The Three Teachings, Nine Schools, and Forty-eight Sects, so many great powers, so many demon immortals, and yet, after one battle, many were wiped out. In the past few years, they were besieged by all the righteous path sects of the Five Domains. As soon as their whereabouts were discovered, countless righteous path cultivators would come, time and time again they were attacked, and ordinary demon cultivators no longer had the courage to oppose the major righteous sects!

Moreover, although there were many of them here, the number of cultivators from the Beast Taming Sect was even greater.

The highest cultivation among them was only Daoist Crow and a few other Demon Dao cultivators at the peak of the Primordial Spirit Realm. They still didn’t know what realm the opposing cultivators came from, but even just the Purple Mansion Elders they could see numbered no less than a hundred, with several among them possessing an aura no weaker than Elder Crow himself leading the team personally. How could they even fight?

“Yao Qing!”

The man in a black robe who had originally been guarding the cave entrance was frantically looking around in anger with his ancient bronze coffin, and shouted furiously, “Was it you who leaked the location of Ten Thousand Crows Valley last time?

Didn’t you say that someone had found your trail, and that person had a spiritual beast at the Demon Core Realm?”

He roared angrily, “Yao Qing, come out! When I asked you if that was a disciple of the Beast Taming Sect, you swore it wasn’t. So how did the cultivators from the Beast Taming Sect find us now?”

Upon hearing these words, numerous demon cultivators were all in an uproar.

They turned their heads to look around, attempting to find Yao Qing and tear the bastard who led the Beast Taming Sect cultivators here to pieces!

However, they did not know that Yao Qing had indeed come out with them earlier, but as soon as he saw that it was an army of cultivators from the Beast Taming Sect, he felt terrified, knowing that if he stayed, he would surely face death.

Although the chance of surviving the Beast Taming Sect’s arrival was slim, he did not want to die at the hands of other demon cultivators beforehand.

Moreover, being killed by the Beast Taming Sect’s cultivators was a matter of a moment, but if he fell into the hands of these demon cultivators, he knew the outcome would be extremely miserable.

Therefore, Yao Qing had already quietly retreated to the entrance of the cave and hid deep within the underground cave mansion.

Even if he had to die, he was going to be the last among the demon cultivators to do so!

Leaving aside the terror in the hearts of the demon cultivators within Ten Thousand Crows Valley, outside, disciples of the Beast Taming Sect were flying out from the tower ships in an orderly manner, forming war formations, their cold gazes looking down at the valley concealed by arrays.

“This must be the place, right?”

Yu Hualong squinted his eyes as he looked at the valley below, shrouded in a haze of grey fog, and asked.

After the battle between the righteous and demon paths, he had returned to his sect.

Not only him, but other elders and disciples with shallow cultivation who were traveling outside had also returned to the sect, awaiting orders.

This time, as the information was passed back by Qin Feng, it wouldn’t be good if the Spiritual Snake Lineage didn’t send people, so Yu Hualong personally led the team.

An elder next to him took out a map for comparison, nodded, and said, “It’s definitely here. The information sent back by Qin Feng is correct, and there are indeed traces of arrays concealing this area below. Although it’s hidden very cleverly, if we examine it carefully, it won’t be able to evade our senses.”

“Let’s seek instruction, see what the Supreme Elder says?”

“Alright.”

In a moment, the elder who had gone to the largest tower ship to ask for instructions from the Supreme Elder came back and said, “The Supreme Elder stated that if there are no demon immortals present, they will not intervene and told us to make our own decision.”

“Now that’s settled, let’s get ready and start our move.”

Several Primordial Spirit Realm elders nodded slightly, briefly discussed, and then prepared to act.

“Don’t we need to wait for that kid Qin Feng to come out?”

The Vermilion Bird Lineage elder asked, “Could it be dangerous for him if we leave him in the demon cultivators’ den? If we use a Great Divine Power, won’t it risk harming his life?”

“That won’t be necessary.”

Yu Hualong shook his head, “That kid is cunning enough. Since he chose to stay inside, he must have his reasons. Let’s just proceed with our move.”

“Alright then, pass the order to the disciples—prepare for battle.”