Chu Xinghe looked at the Great Elder with teary eyes.
After racking my brains for so many days without any results, it turns out I still need the Great Elder's help!
So, Chu Xinghe immediately shared his idea of introducing elective courses for the entire sect.
But after hearing Xinghe's words, the Great Elder was dumbfounded.
What on earth? Xinghe, I have no objection to the idea of elective courses for the entire sect. After all, learning an additional skill is never a bad thing, right?
But Xinghe... isn't it a bit too outrageous to have all the disciples in the sect raise demonic beasts?
Did you not understand what I just said?
So the Great Elder quickly reminded Xinghe that he had already had the disciples tested, and the demonic beasts they raised couldn't produce demonic beast spiritual meat, meaning they were utterly useless.
However, the Great Elder noticed that Xinghe seemed even more excited after he spoke.
"Great Elder... I believe success is not achieved overnight. Every success should be built on countless failures. Demonic beast spiritual meat is of great importance. How can we give up after just one or two failures?""Our Grand Sky Sect's achievements today were made possible by countless predecessors exploring step by step through failure. Although the cultivation of demonic beast spiritual meat has failed today, it doesn't mean it will fail in the future. So my opinion is to face the challenges head-on!"
For Xinghe's viewpoint of facing challenges, the Great Elder thought that if it were anyone else, he would have slapped them by now.
But Xinghe's words made sense...
After thinking it over, the Great Elder decided to take Xinghe to consult Dou Ding, since he was the master of the Barbarian Wilderness and a professional in the field.
Soon, the Great Elder brought Chu Xinghe to meet Dou Ding, who was playing with demonic beasts.
The Great Elder wasted no time and directly asked Dou Ding, the professional, whether only the people from their Barbarian Tribe could cultivate demonic beasts into spiritual meat.
"Great Elder, you may not know, but our Barbarian power system is different from yours. So when we cultivate demonic beasts, our special power causes a series of changes, resulting in demonic beast spiritual meat. It's impossible for the disciples of Grand Sky Sect to succeed."
After hearing Dou Ding's firm response, the Great Elder looked disappointed, but Chu Xinghe was beaming with excitement!
What... Xinghe, did you not understand?
Dou Ding said that no one else could successfully cultivate the demonic beasts.
So why are you so excited, Xinghe? Isn't that a bit too outrageous?
In response to the Great Elder's confusion, Chu Xinghe explained that the Great Elder was missing the point!
What is the essence of cultivating demonic beasts? It's about the cultivation itself!
As for whether it's successful or not, that's not important at all.
Our main goal is to cultivate demonic beasts...
Think about it, how many disciples of our Grand Sky Sect have died at the hands of demonic beasts over the years?
Ultimately, why does this happen?
Isn't it because our disciples don't understand demonic beasts?
And now, we have an opportunity to understand and even cultivate demonic beasts up close. Isn't this a tremendous opportunity for the sect's disciples?
Shouldn't we seize such a great opportunity?
Although the Great Elder was stunned for a long time by Xinghe's words, upon careful consideration... it wasn't entirely without reason.
After all, sect disciples need to go out for training and experience, and every year, disciples encounter various demonic beasts, with some getting injured by them.
As Xinghe said, it's mainly because they don't understand demonic beasts well enough.
But now, having a safe opportunity to cultivate and understand demonic beasts... is indeed a good thing.
Although cultivating demonic beasts consumes a lot of sect resources, our Grand Sky Sect is wealthy enough, right? We can afford it.
Moreover, Xinghe's idea of elective courses probably has deeper meanings than it appears.
Soon, the Great Elder informed the Sect Master of the news, and the Sect Master immediately convened a sect meeting.
The heads of each palace also came one after another.
Regarding Xinghe's elective course plan, the Sect Master was the first to suggest waiting and seeing.
The heads of each palace nodded in agreement.
Soon, the elective course plan was approved, and the disciples of each palace received the notification.
However, before that, Chu Xinghe personally went to the Dark Moon Palace to find Dou Ding, the master of the Barbarian Wilderness, to once again confirm whether there was truly no possibility of success for the Grand Sky Sect disciples in cultivating demonic beasts.
In response to Senior Brother Xinghe's question, Dou Ding clearly stated that there was absolutely no possibility.
Dou Ding even asked Senior Brother Xinghe why he wanted the sect disciples to learn something so useless.
Listen!
Even Dou Ding thinks this elective course is utterly useless!
Isn't that reassuring?
Soon, the disciples of each palace began entering the Dark Moon Palace in batches to cultivate demonic beasts.
Chu Xinghe spent these days staying in the Dark Moon Palace, closely monitoring the progress. Any slight progress had to be stopped immediately.
After a few days, Chu Xinghe finally understood what it meant for heaven to reward the diligent.
I, Chu Xinghe, the diligent one, have finally found the right direction.
The first to enter the Dark Moon Palace for the elective course were Mu Bai and his group.
These guys have been acting inhuman lately; third-grade pills are no longer enough to satisfy their enthusiasm for cultivating the Crystal of Xinghe.
They've started aiming for fifth-grade cultivation.
Is this something a person should do?
Mu Bai, can you act like a human?
So, to interrupt Mu Bai and his group's plans, Chu Xinghe arranged for them to be the first batch to enter the Dark Moon Palace to cultivate demonic beasts.
Don't be fooled by Mu Bai and his group's invincibility in cultivating spiritual herbs; when it comes to cultivating demonic beasts, they're utterly useless.
Although Mu Bai and his group are useless in cultivating demonic beasts, they have ideas.
A group of disciples from Muyue Nation, without any hesitation, started feeding spiritual herbs to the demonic beasts... When Chu Xinghe saw this, he was a bit worried.
Could something strange happen?
As it turned out, he was as steady as a mountain!
The demonic beasts that ate the spiritual herbs cultivated by Mu Bai and his group were all sent away by them on the same day...
Specialization in different fields, as it turns out, Mu Bai and his group's talent in cultivating spiritual herbs has no use in cultivating demonic beasts.
You could see this from the joyful faces of the Ouyang Family, who came with barbecue grills upon hearing the news.
What satisfied Chu Xinghe the most was that although the method of feeding spiritual herbs was a complete failure, Mu Bai and his group were persistent.
They didn't think there was a problem with their spiritual herbs; they believed it was the demonic beasts' constitution that was the issue, so they started researching spiritual herbs for demonic beasts.
When Chu Xinghe heard about Mu Bai's research direction, he laughed until he cried.
Junior Brother Mu Bai, go ahead and research to your heart's content... Whether you succeed or not, your Senior Brother Xinghe has already succeeded.
If you succeed... then tell me, what damn use is the spiritual herb for demonic beasts?
If you fail... then you just keep consuming resources with no progress in research, isn't that even more perfect?
After Muyue Nation, the Ouyang Family also joined the ranks of cultivating demonic beasts, but their methods were somewhat brutal...
Any demonic beast handed over to the Ouyang Family wouldn't survive more than three days before ending up on a barbecue grill...
The Ouyang Family has recently developed a way to roast young beasts...
While other families are cautiously cultivating demonic beasts, afraid of being bitten, the Ouyang Family cultivates them while drooling, finding them more and more delicious...
The disciples of each palace took turns coming to the Dark Moon Palace to learn the elective course, and the demonic beasts grew wildly under their bizarre methods.
The demonic beasts were cultivated in the strangest ways.
Wei Xin, being a disciple of the Dark Moon Palace, knew he couldn't help his senior brothers and sisters in cultivating demonic beasts.
But I, Wei Xin, want to be a useful person to the sect...
So Wei Xin stood up and expressed his willingness to taste-test the demonic beasts to determine if they were successfully cultivated.
Even Chu Xinghe couldn't help but give a thumbs up to Wei Xin's request.
Our Grand Sky Sect's first warrior truly lives up to his name; you're brave enough to taste-test this?
As it turns out, the first warrior is genuinely brave. No matter which palace's demonic beast it was, Wei Xin chose to taste-test it.
At first, it was fine. Although the demonic beasts cultivated by Mu Bai and his group were poisoned by spiritual herbs, the herbs themselves were harmless, so aside from the meat being hard to eat, there was nothing else...
But as the Eternal Spring Palace and other strange palaces joined in, the demonic beast meat was no longer just a matter of taste.
"Junior Brother Wei Xin... why have you turned green... Quick, quick, quick... bring the antidote for the intestinal poison... Junior Brother Wei Xin is poisoned..." Nangong Yan hurriedly helped Wei Xin detoxify...
"Junior Brother Wei Xin... quick, quick, quick... Junior Brother Wei Xin is poisoned again... I can't even tell what poison it is this time! What? This is a demonic beast cultivated by Sister-in-law Jiu Li... Junior Brother Wei Xin, you're confused! Quickly go to Senior Brother Feng Fei for help!"
Although Nangong Yan cried out, he still respected Wei Xin in his heart.
The disciples of each palace frantically cultivated demonic beasts, and Chu Xinghe watched for days, his face full of satisfaction.
Because, as he expected, no matter how each palace cultivated, no matter how bizarre the methods, not a single demonic beast showed any signs of producing demonic beast spiritual meat.
Dou Ding was indeed trustworthy!
As each palace continued their frenzied cultivation, the sect's resources were rapidly consumed, and the Compass of Misfortune slowly began to turn.
With demonic beasts assisting me, tell me how I can lose!
"I congratulate you on your prosperity, hey... I congratulate you on your brilliance, hey!" Singing a cheerful tune, Chu Xinghe even danced a Thunder Dance when no one was around.
I, Chu Xinghe, have already reached an invincible position!
Who else is there!
Just as Chu Xinghe was happily preparing to perform another Thunder Dance, Senior Brother Shen Chun suddenly appeared from some corner.
"Junior Brother Xinghe, the Great Elder requests your presence!"
"Huh? Do you know what it's about, Senior Brother?"
"It seems a fat guy named Hu Buqi has brought his chubby son, saying they're disciples specially recruited by Senior Brother Xinghe."
Hearing Senior Brother Shen Chun's words, Chu Xinghe's eyes welled up with tears...
It's been a year... do you know how I've lived this past year?
Finally, at the end of the year, good news keeps coming one after another!
First, the elective course plan was a great success, and now Hu Wenhai has arrived?
With his lightning-fast hand speed, won't he just consume sect resources like crazy?
I am willing to call the fat guy the Thunder Hand Hu Wenhai!