I Practice Farming While the Rest Cultivates

Chapter 367: Chapter 365 The End of Cultivations

From the information gathered previously, this Four-winged Thunder Tiger is not as wildly agitated as it appears on the surface. All of it is just a facade it puts on.

The reason for this behavior is simply to avoid showing any signs of being tamed, so that it can guard key sect areas without being suspected.

During the taming process, it occasionally displays an untamed demon-like temperament, sometimes even adopting an attacking posture.

However, it carefully controls the extent of its actions. During Lu Xuan’s training sessions, it behaves as usual, only showing its aggressive side after the session is over.

If it were to attack Lu Xuan during the taming process, the only thing waiting for it would be severe punishment or even immediate execution.

Such troublesome behaviour after training not only allows it to maintain its untamed appearance but also prevents it from being punished, enabling it to stay in the taming stage indefinitely.

“In essence, it is voluntarily prolonging its graduation to avoid working,” Lu Xuan summarized simply.

“Regrettably, it seems the Four-winged Thunder Tiger doesn’t fully understand the nature of its job.”

“Guarding key areas of the sect might be a bit boring, but it is a job many cultivators and spirit beasts envy.”

“It offers a stable working environment, security is not a concern, the spiritual energy within the sect is pure and thick, all sorts of spirit fruits and demon beast meat are provided for free, the welfare benefits are abundant, and the tasks are simple and relaxed.”

“It takes its blessings for granted.”

After understanding the true implications behind the Four-winged Thunder Tiger’s actions, Lu Xuan decided to find a method to correct its behavior.

In the blink of an eye, several days passed. He led ten-odd young beasts through a taming course that involved recognizing various pieces of information.

They learnt to roughly estimate a cultivator’s background by recognizing the quality of their spiritual power, their robes, and identity plaques. This was done to prevent any accidental injuries to Sky Sword Sect disciples while on guard duty in the future.

“Junior Brother Lu, how has the progress with taming the spirit beasts been these past few days?” asked Lu Xuan when he returned to the Stone Hall and encountered an ordinary-looking middle-aged cultivator.

The middle-aged cultivator was at the Foundation Establishment Mid-term cultivation base. He was taming some spirit beasts nearby. Unlike Lu Xuan, he had been taming them for quite a long period, and those spirit beasts had grown to the point where they could hold their own.

“It’s Elder Brother Xiong. The taming process has been going fairly smoothly overall. It’s only a few of the young beasts that have been giving me some trouble. They either don’t listen or have difficulty understanding my intentions,” sighed Lu Xuan.

“The one not listening would include that Four-winged Thunder Tiger, right?” asked the middle-aged cultivator with a hint of sympathy in his eyes. “From what I understand, other senior brothers tried to tame that young beast before, which usually performed acceptably but tends to become wild and agitated. Among all the young beasts in the sect, it’s quite a hardened veteran.”

“But it’s just an evil beast. I refuse to believe I can’t tame it,” Lu Xuan confidently retorted.

The middle-aged cultivator chuckled heartily, “Well then, I wish you all the best, Junior Brother Lu.” He seemed somewhat doubtful as he laughed and walked away.

Upon returning to the Stone Hall, Lu Xuan’s mind raced with thoughts.

Over the past few days, he had been trying to tame those young beasts using conventional methods. This had yielded significant progress with most of them, even including the mixed-blood Lion Bird Beast, which had the lowest spiritual intelligence.

Only the Four-winged Thunder Tiger, stubborn as ever, continued provoking Lu Xuan from time to time.

“If you don’t want to live a good life and insist on creating a ruckus, then I’ll have to change my taming approach,” he thought.

The next day, he visited the Scripture Treasury Pavilion during his spare time. After spending half a day, he returned to the Stone Hall.

“Come here, I have something interesting to show you today.”

He approached the Four-winged Thunder Tiger’s enclosure and beckoned it with a smile.

“Humph!” The Four-winged Thunder Tiger snorted and reluctantly walked towards Lu Xuan after exhaling a stream of silver-white air.

Maintaining his smile, Lu Xuan took out two Water Mirror Talismans from his storage bag.

“I know you don’t want to stay in the sect and guard some location, repeating the dull task of maintaining security day after day. You yearn for freedom.”

“But have you ever considered the outcome that awaits you if you continue on this path?” He released a strand of spiritual energy into the Water Mirror Talisman.

A gigantic Four-winged Thunder Tiger, sevent to eight meters long, appeared in the mirror, vivid and clear.

Water Mirror Talismans can imprint and store a certain length of images. Lu Xuan had spent half a day in the Scripture Treasury Pavilion, finally finding the two sets of images he needed.

The moment the young beast saw one of its predecessors, it immediately froze in its tracks, its eyes fixed on the clear mirror.

“When the sect invests a large amount of resources and time into you, and yet you fail to display the value of a sect’s Guardian Beast, only two outcomes await you.”

“One, the sect waits for you to mature, then directly kills you to recover the materials on your body and mitigate their loss.”

“The other is to hand you over to an Inner Sect disciple, making you their contracted spirit beast. You will completely lose your freedom and be taken to various secret lands to face vicious demon beasts and demon envoys. Life and death battles would be a common occurrence, with your life constantly hanging by a thread.”

In the mirror, captured in what the Water Mirror Talisman had earlier, stood a majestic giant Four-winged Thunder Tiger surrounded by several demon beasts of equal power. A few Foundation Establishment cultivators lurked in the distance, confining the tiger’s lightning-quick speed with formations.

Quickly, the giant Four-winged Thunder Tiger was defeated, deep wounds marking its silver-white body as a deluge of blood flowed out, dying the entire mirror a bloody red.

Finally, it was dismembered by the demon beasts.

“Roar!” The young beast swiftly lifted its head to look at Lu Xuan – half in warning, half in fear.

“Keep watching,” Lu Xuan gently ordered, his hand—turned crystal jade— firmly pressed against the young beast’s head.

No matter how much electric sparks flew, he remained unmoved. Given the young beast’s current attacking power, it posed no threat to his robust fleshly body.

Then, the second Water Mirror Talisman.

The mirror came to life, and another scene unfolded. There were no intense fights, no brilliant magics—only a Foundation Establishment cultivator disassembling a Four-winged Thunder Tiger while explaining its various parts.

“Every part of a Four-winged Thunder Tiger is valuable. Don’t waste it if you come across one.”

“The tiger bones can be used to craft high-grade magical items, the tiger’s tendon is extremely nourishing and can be used to brew rare spirit brews, the tiger blood is a perfect material for drawing top-grade charms…”

In the cultivator’s explanation, the giant Four-winged Thunder Tiger was swiftly reduced to numerous pieces.

The young beast seemingly felt empathy, its small body trembling even across the Water Mirror screen, its defiance and unruliness significantly reduced—it was obviously terrified.

“You see, if you continue unruly, the only two possibilities waiting for you are these,” Lu Xuan said.

“In either case, the final outcome is your dismemberment.”

“So, for a spirit beast like you, the end of cultivation is to serve as a guardian beast of the sect,” he concluded with a smirk.

Just two Water Mirror Talismans, but for the Four-winged Thunder Tiger cub, the impact was tremendous!