Chapter 510

Qin He has good fortune, but that fortune has not yet reached the point of selecting a small space in the Beast Realm for the Cui clan. The Cui clan is a great family; Qin He's weight is not enough. Her own family already has luck and fortune; there is no need to use Qin He, a concubine-born daughter, to select a small space in the Beast Realm.

Besides, Qin He's fortune value is uncertain.

"Do you intend to stay here to collect things?" asked the Second Young Master Cui.

Qin Tan nodded: "Yes. Our team's cultivation base is low. We can only kill one low-tier combat beast at a time; if there are more, we cannot cope, so we can only collect some herbs and the like."

As for Qin Bi's summoning magic treasure? Qin Tan did not mention a single word.

The Second Young Master Cui chatted a couple more times, then rose and returned to his own team.

The nights were cold, but fortunately everyone had beast fur. Cultivators' constitutions could handle a night without issue, but those with low cultivation bases found the cold unbearable; Qin Bi, Qin Lang, and the others did not sleep well.

By the next day, the ground was frozen and slippery, but the sleet had only formed a thin layer. Once the sun came out for a while, it melted. The cultivation teams left one after another. Qin Tan and the others had a simple breakfast.

Upon reaching the place with pale gray flame beasts, a group of flame beasts ran quickly over rocks and hillsides.

"Try summoning," Lin Yao said.

Qin Bi took out the small teacup and held it in her palm to summon.

About a dozen pale gray flame beasts were suppressed by lightning. The beasts lowered their heads, utterly bewildered. Lin Yao protected Qin Bi while Qin Tan led the charge to attack. Jiang Xu intercepted, preventing the flame beasts suppressing the lightning from running elsewhere.

Flame beasts were very strong at jumping and moved quickly. Several people surrounded and blocked them.

"Blocked them." Qin Tang, usually so steady, cried out anxiously: "Don't let them escape."

"Blocking them, blocking them." Rong Yan was also anxious: "Ah, they got away."

The young concubine-born sons of the Third House and Jiang Xu stomped their feet in frustration. Of the dozen or so pale gray flame beasts, six were killed, and more than half escaped. Who wouldn't be anxious? Without the lightning spiritual power, they would be easy to kill!

More than half escaped...

Qin Tan and the others could only watch helplessly as the flame beasts fled. Lin Yao sighed deeply, extremely frustrated. Finding a group of flame beasts was not easy; a good opportunity to kill beasts had been wasted.

Qin Bi also sighed: "Let's go find another group."

Jiang Xu and Qin Xun immediately left to find flame beasts.

By mid-morning, they found another group. This group consisted of fifteen or sixteen pale gray flame beasts. Qin Bi held the summoning magic treasure and instantly suppressed the beasts' lightning spiritual power.

"Jiang Xu, Qin Xun, intercept," Qin Tan ordered. "Everyone else, kill the beasts."

Of the fifteen or sixteen, five or six were killed again, and the majority escaped.

Even so, Qin Tan, Qin Di, and the others were quite satisfied. Surrounding and blocking consumed great effort. Everyone took out dried beast meat to eat, while Rong Yan, Jiang Xu, Qin Lang, and Qin Xun fumed silently. Killing them meant money! They all ran away.

Qin Bi also felt this approach was not viable. She pondered teleporting the lightning-suppressed flame beasts back to be killed. At the Rong Prince's Fu, the Qin Yan Marquis's Fu, and even including Third Uncle Qin Tan's county government office, if they were teleported back and the gates closed, pursuing them for a day would surely result in killing the teleported flame beasts.

With the gates closed, the likelihood of escape was low.

Teleport to the Rong Prince's Fu? No. Qin Bi considered the children. If she suddenly teleported flame beasts with sharp claws back, the children might not be able to dodge. This would not do; do not teleport to the Rong Prince's Fu first.

That left Third Uncle's county government office and the Qin Yan Marquis's Fu.

If Qin He was present, it would not work. If anything was linked to Qin He, she would claim it was her luck.

Qin Bi voiced her thoughts and discussed them with Third Uncle Qin Tan: "I do not know if Eldest Cousin Qin Yan has already left with his team. If Qin He is there, we cannot teleport to the Marquis's Fu."

Qin Tan did not think this was anything to hesitate over: "We can teleport to the Rong Prince's Fu."

"What I mean is..." Qin Bi considered for a moment and said: "Qin Su and the younger ones can use this opportunity to gain experience. Teleport the flame beasts back; even children can kill them."

Qin Tan's eyes lit up, and he became serious. It was extremely important for the children of the Marquis's Fu to gain experience.

Qin Tang and Qin Xun also took it seriously. The young concubine-born son of the Third House hesitated for a moment, then said: "Gaining experience is indeed very important. I have never killed a beast before. Chasing flame beasts greatly trains speed."

Qin Tan did not delay, immediately using the summoning magic treasure to send a message to Qin Yan Hou.

"Has Qin Yan left with his team?" Qin Tan asked.

"No," Qin Yan Hou was puzzled. "Did you intentionally not let anyone tell Qin He? We agreed to depart for the Beast Realm's small space in two days. One day has passed; we should depart tomorrow."

Qin Tan said: "Tell Qin He. Just say we left early."

Qin Yan Hou asked nothing, retracted the summoning magic treasure, and immediately informed Qin Yan. Only then did Qin Yan tell Qin He that Qin Tan's team had left a day early. Qin He was absolutely furious.

"What does this mean?" Qin He demanded. "We agreed to go to the Beast Realm's small space together."

Seeing Qin He break down, Qin Yan said: "Third Uncle has his own arrangements."

Qin He was extremely angry. Qin Tan's team had left her behind. Qin He was so anxious she was burning up, urging Qin Yan to go to the Beast Realm's small space immediately. Qin Yan simply called Qin Jue and the others over and informed Qin Han along the way.

Qin Han did not want to go, but Jiang Mo did, so Qin Han had to follow.

Because Qin He was anxious, Qin Yan's team departed for the Beast Realm's small space within half an hour. Upon arriving at the Beast Realm's small space, Qin He hurriedly searched for Qin Tan's team.

Qin Yan Hou did not know this. As soon as Qin Yan's team left, Qin Yan Hou used the summoning magic treasure to inform Qin Tan.

By this time, Qin Tan's team had already found a group of pale gray flame beasts. This group also numbered fifteen or sixteen, with low combat tiers. If their lightning spiritual power was suppressed, even children could kill them.

After some discussion, Qin Di said: "If we teleport the flame beasts, Qin Xun should return with them."

Without even giving a warning, for fear the Marquis's Fu would not react in time.

Qin Lang hurriedly said: "I will return."

"See," Qin Bi took out a teleportation array. "Flame beasts are smarter than spirit ducks and move faster; they are hard to drive. When the teleportation array is activated, whoever is in the teleportation will return with them."

Qin Tan made the decision: "Agreed."

Once settled, Qin Bi first set up the teleportation array, held the summoning magic treasure, and effortlessly suppressed the lightning spiritual power of a group of flame beasts. Qin Tan waved his hand, and everyone flanked to drive the flame beasts toward the teleportation array.

Flame beasts ran fast. Everyone drove them quickly, surrounding and blocking them.

Rong Yan and sixteen flame beasts ran into the teleportation array together. Qin Tan shouted: "Teleport!"

Qin Bi activated the teleportation array. Rong Yan and the sixteen flame beasts were teleported together to the outer courtyard of the Fourth House at the Qin Yan Marquis's Fu. "Bang!" A dozen or so beasts had weight.

Qin Su and the other children were playing in the courtyard. They paused, then remembered the spirit ducks teleported back earlier.

Looking again, there were a dozen or so flame beasts in the teleportation array.

Rong Yan shouted loudly: "The flame beasts have no lightning spiritual power!"

The children of the Fourth House immediately went to fetch their swords, and Qin Yan Hou also rushed over.