Chapter 83: Harvest

Fifteen days later, at dusk, on a flat plain somewhere in the Beast Mountain Forest.

All members of the War Wolf Gang, arranged by rank and cultivation level, sat in a circle around a bonfire with Gang Leader Facing Facing Cang Luo at the center, chatting, eating beast meat, laughing and talking, happier than words could say.

A few meters away, piled like a small mountain, were the slain first-tier beasts; none had their beast cores removed, as the cores could slow the decay of dead beasts.

Additionally, a circle of medicinal powder had been scattered around the beasts to mask the scent of blood and their aura, lest they attract other beasts.

These were part of the War Wolf Gang's gains from half a month of training in the Beast Mountain Forest; Facing Facing Cang Luo felt it was enough and prepared to return to the Profound Heaven Sect first thing tomorrow morning.

At this moment, Wang Fuhai finished gnawing a beast leg, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, then stood up, glanced around at everyone, and coughed a few times to draw their attention.

Everyone turned to look at Wang Fuhai; he smiled and said, "As Deputy Gang Leader in charge of internal affairs and managing the gang's supplies, the Gang Leader has asked me to summarize the War Wolf Gang's results from this training expedition in the Beast Mountain Forest."

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately put down their food and looked at Wang Fuhai with eager anticipation.

Wang Fuhai nodded in satisfaction, looked at Facing Facing Cang Luo with admiration, and said, "In these half a month, under the Gang Leader's guidance, we have achieved tremendous gains, slaying a total of two hundred and fifty-six first-tier beasts, an average of seventeen per day..."

Before he could finish speaking, exclamations of shock immediately erupted from the crowd; although the beasts had been slain through their combined efforts and they had a rough idea of the numbers, hearing the specific figure now still shocked them.

Two hundred and fifty-six beasts, that's too many!

And it only took half a month, that's too fast!

When had any of these people ever seen so many beasts? Two hundred and fifty-six beasts, in other words, two hundred and fifty-six beast cores, equal to two hundred and fifty-six low-grade spirit stones.

So many low-grade spirit stones would be enough to cultivate to the Martial General realm, wouldn't they?

However, upon second thought, everyone realized it wasn't actually that much; the War Wolf Gang had sixty people in total, so dividing it evenly meant each person would get only four beast cores, a quantity insufficient even for some to submit this month's sect mission quota.

A member of the Zhu Que Tang whispered, "Didn't the Gang Leader say we could slay thirty beasts a day? Why is it only seventeen now?"

Everyone was stunned; the Gang Leader did seem to have said that...

Facing Facing Cang Luo raised an eyebrow, casting a deep glance at the Zhu Que Tang disciple who had just spoken; he was one of Zhao Renwu's subordinates.

Before anyone could start discussing it, Facing Facing Cang Luo calmly said, "I can find thirty beasts, but can you kill them all?"

After Facing Facing Cang Luo finished speaking, everyone thought it over and agreed; for these half a month, from morning till night, members of each hall had worked together, some encircling, some attacking, and some handling the aftermath.

They could only slay a dozen or so beasts a day, and even that left everyone exhausted to death; with insufficient manpower and low cultivation, they truly couldn't kill them fast enough.

Facing Facing Cang Luo continued, "Don't think you can only get four beast cores each; what are four beast cores? Do you have no other gains?"

Wang Fuhai took over the conversation, saying, "The Gang Leader is right; in these half a month, eighty percent of the War Wolf Gang members increased their cultivation by one realm; can that be bought with mere few beast cores?"

Upon hearing this, many couldn't hide their joy, instantly forgetting the issue of insufficient beast cores.

For these half a month, everyone fought beasts constantly; under Facing Facing Cang Luo's orders, they first surrounded the beasts, then took turns fighting them to the point of exhaustion.

Even those injured in battle were forced by Facing Facing Cang Luo to keep fighting, as he claimed that martial artists could only unleash their potential, or even break through, when on the brink of death.

Everyone had to believe him, because that was exactly how Facing Facing Cang Luo had achieved his current cultivation.

After slaying a beast, they ate it to replenish their spiritual energy.

With such intense combat and eating beast meat at every meal, some broke through within a few days.

Unlike before, when three or five disciples would team up to train in the Beast Mountain Forest, finding only one or two beasts a day; before they could really fight, the beasts would die, the meat might not even be edible, and the cores wouldn't be enough to share.

Now, under the leadership of Gang Leader Facing Facing Cang Luo, no one knew what special ability the Gang Leader possessed, but he could find a dozen or so beasts every day; with so many beasts, there was plenty to eat, yet they still couldn't kill them fast enough, couldn't finish them all...

Thinking of this, everyone looked at Facing Facing Cang Luo with expressions of worship.

The Gang Leader hadn't lied; combat that puts one at death's door truly can unleash potential.

Wang Fuhai signaled for everyone to be quiet and continued, "Of the two hundred and fifty-six first-tier beasts, eighty were edible; we ate fifty, and the remaining thirty, according to the Gang Leader's instructions, will be transported back to the sect to open a barbecue restaurant selling roasted meat."

The Gang Leader said that for the gang to develop, we cannot rely solely on killing, killing, killing; we are civilized people, not bounty hunters from the Martial Alliance who only know how to kill, kill, kill...

We must have profitable ventures; selling roasted beast meat is the War Wolf Gang's next plan, and I and Deputy Gang Leader Zhao will be in charge."

Everyone nodded in agreement; we are civilized people, not brutes; only knowing how to kill, kill, kill is too uncouth.

If we can make money lying down, why risk our lives to earn it?

After all, the ultimate goal is the same: make money, buy cultivation resources.

Of course, the premise is that the barbecue restaurant project must truly earn big money as the Gang Leader said.

Regarding whether the barbecue restaurant could make money, Facing Facing Cang Luo was not worried at all; he hadn't been idle these half a month either; whenever he had time, he used his mobile phone to learn barbecue techniques, and learned from Xiang Xiang Yunjiao about the seasonings needed for barbecue—salt and pepper, pepper powder, cumin powder, and the like—all of which exist in the Yuanwu Continent.

What the Yuanwu Continent lacks is only barbecue techniques and marketing strategies.

Facing Facing Cang Luo planned to rent a shop in Profound Tianzhen and open a comprehensive barbecue restaurant selling skewers, grilled fish, roasted beast meat, grilled oysters, grilled eggplant, cold skin noodles... just thinking about it made him excited.

Among these, roasted beast meat would be the highlight, after all, beast meat has the effect of strengthening the physique and increasing spiritual energy.

As a resource transit hub between the Beast Mountain Forest and Danyang Commandery, Profound Tianzhen was bustling with people, all martial artists, all wealthy, so it would surely make big money.

While Facing Facing Cang Luo was envisioning the War Wolf Gang's future, Wang Fuhai continued reporting the results, saying, "I have estimated that the gains from this training expedition, including beast cores, beast materials, and gathered spiritual herbs, etc."

Are worth at least... at least one thousand three hundred low-grade spirit stones!"

Upon hearing this, everyone couldn't help but swallow their saliva; the crowd instantly erupted, too shocked to speak for a long time.

One thousand three hundred low-grade spirit stones, of which two hundred and fifty-six were beast cores; everyone had originally thought the beast cores would be the bulk of the gains, but they never expected they wouldn't even make up the change!

Beast materials and spiritual herbs were actually this valuable?

Indeed, the two Iron-Armored Lizards found on the first day had complete, tough armor worth thirty low-grade spirit stones, while their cores were worth only one low-grade spirit stone.

The value of the tough armor was thirty times that of the core!

Thinking this way, it became understandable.

Suddenly, the crowd erupted in exclamations, too excited for words.

The Gang Leader was right; following the Gang Leader means endless beasts to kill and endless beast meat to eat...

How should one thousand three hundred low-grade spirit stones be divided?

At this moment, everyone secretly rejoiced in their decision to join the War Wolf Gang, admiring Facing Facing Cang Luo to the point of prostration.

On Facing Facing Cang Luo's left, Deputy Gang Leader Zhao Renwu smiled somewhat stiffly; he noticed many of his subordinates growing increasingly distant from him, showing a trend of defecting to Facing Facing Cang Luo's side, treating Facing Facing Cang Luo with utmost respect, eagerly serving him as "Gang Leader this" and "Gang Leader that."

Truly some snobs and ungrateful wolves; did I mistreat you in the past?

Zhao Renwu fumed inwardly, but alas, circumstances were stronger than he; he had no way to stop them from defecting to Facing Facing Cang Luo.

Now, the only thing he could do was cultivate diligently, surpassing Facing Facing Cang Luo, surpassing Wang Fuhai, and putting some thought into the upcoming barbecue shop project...

Taking a deep breath, Zhao Renwu quietly rose and left, going to a place far from everyone's cheers to begin sitting in meditation and cultivating; he did not want to waste time, he had to cultivate.

Two days ago, he had already broken through from Warrior Stage 6 to Warrior Stage 7, becoming one of the four with the highest cultivation in the War Wolf Gang, on par with the Gang Leader Facing Facing Cang Luo and the Left Guardian Cheng Datong, second only to Wang Fuhai.

Regarding this breakthrough, he felt somewhat grateful to Facing Facing Cang Luo; if Facing Facing Cang Luo had not been able to find so many demonic beasts, reaching Warrior Stage 7 would have taken him at least another three months.

Zhao Renwu's departure attracted the attention of few; everyone was excitedly discussing the War Wolf Gang's future, discussing how to distribute the thirteen hundred lower-grade Spirit Stones and how much they could get.

Facing Facing Cang Luo, however, noticed him and even saw him sitting in meditation and cultivating.

This young man is so diligent?

The gang originally had five Warriors at Stage 6; after half a month of combat, only he had advanced one stage. It seems there is a reason he has so many subordinates following him.

Fortunately, I am not bad either, with Warrior Stage 9 cultivation...

While Facing Facing Cang Luo was thinking, Wang Fuhai continued reporting beside him, saying: "The Gang Leader trusts me, entrusting all supplies to my handling. I will absolutely not embezzle a single cent, or may heaven strike me with thunder."

"After all supplies were exchanged for lower-grade Spirit Stones, the Gang Leader said everyone would receive five lower-grade Spirit Stones, and the rest would be invested as gang funds entirely into the barbecue shop plan..."

Regarding this distribution plan, no one objected, because it was decided by Facing Facing Cang Luo, and everyone was not stupid, all understanding the principle that one must invest first to receive returns.

In fact, Facing Facing Cang Luo originally did not even prepare to distribute five lower-grade Spirit Stones, because eating demonic beast meat was enough, and he intended to confiscate everything.

However, Wang Fuhai said that if nothing was distributed, everyone would be unable to complete this month's missions, so Facing Facing Cang Luo nodded in agreement.

After the supplies were distributed, everyone was extremely excited, eating heartily until nightfall, when Facing Facing Cang Luo dismissed the crowd, ordering everyone to rest well and return to Profound Tianmen early tomorrow morning.

Of course, some took turns standing guard, arranged by Zhao Renwu; this was a matter of course, the duty of the Vice Gang Leader.

During this training expedition in the demonic beast mountain forest, not many tents were brought, only ten; later, because the harvested demonic beast leather armor, spiritual medicines, and similar items took up too much space, five tents were discarded.

Of the remaining five tents, Facing Facing Cang Luo had one, Zhao Renwu had one, Wang Fuhai had one, Cang Feng had one, and Xiang Xiang Yunjiao, Miss Bai Li, and Yin Mengruo, the three women, shared one; naturally, no one had any objections.

After returning to his tent, Facing Facing Cang Luo did not rest immediately, nor did he cultivate Meiti Shengong; instead, he took out demonic beast blood and demonic beast skin to start fiddling with arrays.

With no shortage of materials, after more than ten days of research, Facing Facing Cang Luo finally figured out the Lei Guang Array clearly and improved it, making the power of the lightning released by the Lei Guang Array weaker and more stable.

However, due to the lack of experimental equipment, it could not yet be determined whether the improved Lei Guang Array could charge equipment on Earth; Facing Facing Cang Luo dared not use a mobile phone for the experiment.

There is only this one unit; if it breaks, there is nowhere to buy a replacement!

"It seems I can only wait until returning to Earth to conduct the final step of the experiment."

Facing Facing Cang Luo muttered to himself, preparing to turn off the mobile phone flashlight used as a lamp, and then began resting while cultivating Meiti Shengong.

However, just at this moment, a rustling sound of footsteps suddenly came from outside the tent; someone was approaching.

Because it was night, the satellite's monitoring function lost its effect at this time; only scattered points of firelight could be seen, and apart from that, everything was pitch black.

Facing Facing Cang Luo frowned slightly and warned cautiously: "Who?"

"Senior Brother Luo... it is me."

A soft female voice came from outside the tent...