I Tame Beasts by Feeding

Chapter 71: Chapter 70: The End

Black Wind Slash!

The Iron Carving King’s wings slashed down on the Great Cauldron, and the instant they collided, a tremendous roar erupted.

The Great Cauldron flew backward, and the Iron Carving King seemed dazed by the impact. It spread its wings in mid-air and spiraled around.

"Red Refining Snake!" Seeing this, Yu Changsheng formed a hand seal and summoned it.

’Tang Xing is at the Qi Refining Eighth Layer and uses a Jade Cauldron Peak Cultivation Technique, which excels at defense. The Iron Carving King alone will have a hard time defeating him. A pincer attack is the only way to end this quickly!’

"Despicable!" Tang Xing’s face paled when he saw the Red Snake King appear, and he cursed loudly.

"If you have any guts, come down and fight me yourself! What kind of skill is relying on your beasts?!"

"I’m a Beast Master."

Yu Changsheng’s gaze was placid as he waved the Fan of Extinction, conjuring a turbulent gust of wind.

Simultaneously, the Red Refining Snake opened its maw and spat a stream of Fire Poison. It merged with the turbulent wind, surging toward Tang Xing with overwhelming force.

"Damn it!" Tang Xing could tell at a glance that the fire was poisonous and fanned by the wind.

He hastily held his breath and leaped backward, taking the Great Cauldron with him.

But the Red Snake King was not about to let him escape so easily. Its body shot forward as it opened its cavernous, blood-red maw to bite down on him.

"Five Elements Body Protection!"

Tang Xing roared and slapped his palm against the Great Cauldron.

The Five Elements within the Great Cauldron coalesced, forming a spherical barrier that completely enveloped him.

The Red Snake King’s fangs slammed against the barrier, producing a sharp ringing sound.

It was blocked!

But as the snake exerted more force, the Five Aggregates Barrier began to crack.

Just then, the Iron Carving King seized the opportunity to dive from above. Its tail transformed into that of a fish, and it viciously slammed down on Tang Xing’s head!

BANG—!

Tang Xing felt his head was about to explode. He was hammered three feet into the ground, creating a sizable crater!

The Five Aggregates Barrier shattered completely. The Red Snake King whipped its tail around and struck at him.

Tang Xing’s eyes filled with horror and disbelief. He had never imagined Yu Changsheng’s Spirit Beasts were so ferocious.

"No!"

He didn’t want to die. He formed a hand seal to recall the Great Cauldron.

But the Iron Carving King was ready. Its fish-like tail swatted the Great Cauldron, knocking it away and completely extinguishing Tang Xing’s hope of survival!

The Red Snake King’s tail struck him, launching him through the air. He crashed hard onto the ground, tumbling over and over, staining the earth with blood.

Although Tang Xing practiced a Jade Cauldron Peak Cultivation Technique, all his defensive measures were tied to the Great Cauldron. Without its protection, his physical body was no different from that of any other Qi Refining Cultivator.

"Pfft!"

He was grievously wounded. He struggled, digging his fingers into the dirt to lift his head.

"Yu Changsheng... you can’t kill me!"

Tang Xing had lost all reason and was now roaring like a madman.

"If you kill me, it will mean an endless war between your Yu Family and my Tang Family!"

"Heh heh heh... The moment you schemed against the Yu Family, it was already a fight to the death."

Before Yu Changsheng could respond, Yu Taoran spoke with cold indifference.

His figure landed nearby. In his hand, he held the head of Tang Tu Hong, whose wide eyes stared, unable to rest in peace.

"Second Uncle!" Tang Xing cried out in terror.

"Give him a proper send-off," Yu Taoran said, his gaze falling upon Yu Changsheng.

Yu Changsheng nodded. He summoned the Soul-Breaking Nail and, guiding it with his Divine Sense, sent it hurtling straight toward the man’s head.

"No!"

A second later, Tang Xing’s head was pierced through. Now defenseless, his body fell straight backward, skidding a meter across the ground.

"Hsss." The Red Snake King slithered forward. With its massive jaws, it bit the Hundred Treasures Pouch off the corpse and tossed it to its master before swallowing the body whole, destroying all traces.

Yu Changsheng had mixed feelings, but they vanished as soon as he caught the Hundred Treasures Pouch.

"Sigh... I just don’t know how to explain this to Master."

"I’ll just say Luo Lesheng killed him," he muttered, stuffing the Hundred Treasures Pouch into his pocket.

Seeing the calm expression on the boy’s face, Yu Taoran couldn’t help but smile faintly.

’This boy... It’s a shame he has no talent for the Sword Dao. Otherwise, he’d be a natural-born killer, just like I was in my day.’

"I’m going to exterminate the Chen Family. You stay here and watch. If anyone escapes, you finish them. Remember, show no mercy."

"An eye for an eye leads to endless cycles of vengeance. It’s better to cut the weeds and pull up the roots."

Yu Changsheng nodded. He watched as Yu Taoran tapped his toes on the ground and flew toward the Chen Family’s estate, unleashing waves of Sword Qi that swept through the pavilions.

Soon, blood-curdling screams echoed from the Chen Family’s compound.

Mountains of corpses, seas of bodies.

Within the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, the Chen Family was annihilated. No one could resist. Even those who managed to escape couldn’t hide from Yu Changsheng’s Divine Sense, which had the range of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

"Let’s go home."

As Yu Taoran’s blood-stained shoes trod the ground, leaving a trail of prints, his body seemed to age once more.

The battle had taken a heavy toll on him. Not even secluded meditation could now halt the erosion of his remaining lifespan.

He estimated that he had ten years left, at most. ’I hope,’ he thought, ’that in these ten years, I can witness the rise of the next Guardian of the Yu Family.’

Yu Taoran smiled faintly and led Yu Changsheng back to the Yu Family estate.

「The Yu Family Estate」

"The Chen Family Cultivators are all dead. Only a couple of Cultivators from the Tang Family escaped the battlefield. Once they return to their family, everything that happened here will be revealed."

"However, the Tang Family is in Dongyang City; their reach doesn’t extend this far, for now. Furthermore, we had the Xi Family’s help before. I trust they will be hesitant to act for a while."

"Speaking of the Xi Family, Changsheng, were you the one who brought them here?"

Yu Taoran, seated in the Patriarch’s chair in the main hall, swept his gaze over the surviving members of the direct lineage. His eyes finally came to rest on Yu Changsheng as he asked the question.

"It was me." Yu Changsheng did not lie, but he did hedge opportunistically. He used his supposed Foundation Establishment Alchemist master as a convenient explanation, claiming that his own Alchemy skills were still in their infancy.

But this news alone was enough to leave everyone utterly stunned.

A Foundation Establishment Alchemist master, who was also a Tier Three Alchemist!

Someone of that caliber would be a Peak Elder in the Wanxiang Sect!

"Hahaha! With Changsheng around, I can finally rest easy! I’m sure the Tang Family won’t dare to make another move once they hear this news!"

Yu Zhiguo was the first to burst into laughter, his exuberance quickly infecting the others.

"That’s right, that’s right! Who would have thought Changsheng was doing so well for himself in the sect."

"No wonder that young master from the Tang Family targeted us. He was just green with envy!"

"With Changsheng’s connections, couldn’t our family get into the elixir business in the future, just like the Xi Family?"

"That makes sense! The Wanxiang Sect is becoming more and more demanding of the families in its territory, requiring a tribute of several hundred Spirit Stones each year. We should drop our mortal businesses and focus entirely on trading resources for Cultivators!"

"Elixirs... now that’s a business that rakes in a fortune every day. A great idea! But we’d need to clear it with the Xi Family first. We wouldn’t want to offend them by stealing their customers, would we?"

As the discussion grew heated, Yu Changsheng suddenly thought of something. He stood up and said, "I hadn’t realized how quickly the sect’s policies were changing. I have some Spirit Stones here, enough to cover this year’s tribute."

"As for a new business, why not start with trading Spirit Beasts? My Alchemy isn’t profound enough to support an entire family yet. But when it comes to Spirit Beasts, I’ve taken over a Spirit Chicken Garden in the sect, and I can be the supplier."

At these words, everyone’s eyes lit up, and they exclaimed in unison.

"A Spirit Chicken Garden!"