Chapter 13: The Beast Hunt
Xiaochuan's choice of the training location in the Ruijin Mountains was a deliberate choice.
These days, Xiao Chuan took advantage of the cultivation break to go out to investigate and learned that he was far away from the Spirit Beast Mountain Range and was in the southwest of Anzhou, which was the result of the journey to escape like a headless fly a few months ago.
But Xiao Chuan also did not have the idea of returning to the scope of the sect's power, after all, Xiao Chuan already knew that the strength of the Dao was the only truth in the world of cultivating immortals, if he did not have strong strength, the protection of the sect was only a temporary measure, and only by constantly improving himself was the means to change his life against the sky.
So Xiao Chuan decided to put aside the master's ban and practice according to his own plan, through the last battle, Xiao Chuan realized the factors that determine the strength of a cultivator, in addition to the realm and exercises, there is also his own combat experience and skills, in the absence of conditions to quickly improve the realm and exercises, Xiao Chuan aimed at combat experience and skills, but Xiao Chuan was really unwilling to fight with other cultivators to the death, so he targeted the spirit beast.
Because he was born in the Spirit Beast Sect, Xiao Chuan called those beasts with extraordinary talent and the potential to cultivate immortals as spirit beasts, and more cultivators on the continent would call them demon beasts, because the fur, horns, claws, teeth, blood, etc. of many demon beasts were all excellent materials for alchemy and qi refining, and even the inner pills of some high-level demon beasts could be called priceless, so many cultivators would hunt demon beasts as a good means to make a fortune.
According to the record of "Anzhou Strange People and Strange Stories", the Ruijin Mountain Range, which is not far from Xiaochuan's current location, is a relatively large concentration of demon beasts in the Anzhou region, attracting many cultivators to hunt all year round.
Moreover, one of the earth-based attribute spirit beasts included in the "Beast Codex" that can change more than seven times of spirit beasts, "Tongtian Ancient Ape" lives in the Ruijin Mountains, and Xiaochuan, who has been regarded as the greatest hope of the sect, will certainly not be satisfied with the seven changes of spirit beasts, but he is still very interested in seeing and understanding this kind of spirit beast that is already a relatively high-level spirit beast in advance.
And the huge wealth that hunting beasts can bring is also an important reason to attract Xiao Chuan, although he is worth a lot of money, but no one will be disgusted with money, after all, the huge wealth in the world of cultivating immortals can also bring a leap in strength, especially in the early stage of cultivating immortals, some pills can almost allow cultivators to advance directly, if financial resources allow, they can even make a mortal into a golden pill giant in an instant, of course, no one will do this kind of thing with a serious imbalance between input and output.
Not only can he accumulate combat experience, but he can also strengthen his understanding of spirit beasts, and he may also have a huge wealth income, Xiao Chuan really has no reason not to go to this Ruijin Mountain Range.
Because it was really unwise to take the giant crane, an ordinary beast, to the demon beast to run rampant in the Ruijin Mountains, Xiao Chuan took the giant crane away at a distance from the Ruijin Mountains and relied on the earth to escape the way.
After a few months of special training, the effect of Xiaochuan Tu Dun has been greatly improved, almost not weaker than the speed of the giant crane, and under Xiao Chuan's deliberate control, the consumption of spiritual energy has always been within an acceptable range, and it only took a few hours more than the flight for Xiao Chuan to arrive at the periphery of the Ruijin Mountain Range.
There are dozens of inns of all sizes on the periphery of the Ruijin Mountain Range, because mortals do not dare to approach this mountain infested by demon beasts, so these inns are all prepared for cultivators, providing a good place for many cultivators who come to hunt beasts to gather, rest, form teams, and buy and sell, and have become a necessary place to go before entering the mountain to hunt beasts.
When Xiao Chuan arrived in the Ruijin Mountains, he immediately found such an inn and began to adjust and rest, until he was full of energy and spiritual energy before he began his own beast hunting plan.
In the final analysis, it is the life-and-death struggle between cultivators and demon beasts, and it is not known who will kill the deer, but it is the edge of life and death, and the trade of licking blood from the knife edge makes these beast hunters have to be cautious, except for a few lone masters, most of the remaining cultivators choose to form a fixed or temporary beast hunting team to hunt beasts in the mountains, and then distribute the spoils equally, which not only improves the survivability of the cultivators but also improves the probability of hunting demon beasts.
But because the number of people in the team also directly affects the amount of loot that each person can get, even if a huge team hunts powerful demon beasts, everyone's harvest will be very low, so cultivators will generally form a team of four to six people to hunt beasts in the mountains, such a system requires each cultivator in the team to have the ability to make their own contribution to the victory of the team, so in addition to the fixed team formed by long-term cooperation, the selection of personnel for those temporary teams is also very complex and strict.
Of course, Xiaochuan will not be arrogant enough to enter the mountain alone, after all, survival is the first rule of cultivating immortals, so finding a team that suits him is the first priority of hunting beasts.
There were many cultivators around the inn who were looking for temporary teams, but the process of forming a team was very complicated and difficult.
First of all, the cultivator will communicate his intention about the type of demon beast he wants to hunt, and the cultivator with the same intention will further communicate and seek the possibility of forming a team.
At this time, each cultivator needs to show the exercises and skills he has cultivated, and the cultivators who complement each other and have the potential to cooperate will once again negotiate individually, and after a series of painstaking studies and exercises, they can often form a small team of two or three people.
Then this team will look for cultivators from the perspective of making up for the shortcomings of a certain aspect of the team, and then after continuous assessment and drills, expand the team to enhance its strength, and the ultimate goal is to face the hunting target should have more than sixty percent certainty of killing, so that the temporary team formed after the most is often composed of four to six cultivators, the most ideal is of course a four-person team, and occasionally a team of more than seven people appears is also a helpless move.
Such a complex process leads to the formation of a team that takes a long time, and it is possible to wander outside the mountains for months without finding a team to hunt beasts.
There is also a situation where there is a tacit understanding, and the relatively fixed team is due to the fall of one of the cultivators and other reasons that cause the lack of team strength, and it is relatively purposeful to find a replacement, and the probability of success of the team in this situation will be relatively high.
If you need to form a team that can restrain a variety of monsters with different attributes and talents, the difficulty level will increase exponentially.
And because the realm determines the strength, unless there are special requirements in some cases, most of the teams entering the mountain are composed of cultivators with similar realms.
Fortunately, Xiao Chuan did not have a clear goal of hunting the types of monsters, so he could make more attempts, so in order to find a team of beast hunters, Xiao Chuan had to join the huge army of migrant workers.