The Senior Disciples all gave me a somewhat thoughtful look. It was as if they were surprised. The area was like this for a moment until my Senior Brother Xiang spoke up after he had noticed something.
"Junior Brother has advanced quite a bit. Does Junior brother not wish to test himself in a further rung of Mountain Forest?" Senior Brother Xiang asked, raising a brow and wearing a confused look on his face.
"Senior Brother need not worry about these matters. This Junior brother naturally has his own considerations. Besides, it's been a few years now since I have seen my beautiful Master. I should go and pay Master a visit." I said, explaining one of the reasons why I wished to leave.
It wasn't that I didn't want to stay. Rather there were a great many things I needed to worry about. When it came to things here in the Mountain Forest, things were no longer helpful. Even if I was confident in my overall strength I dare not go and contend with Saint Kings. I still needed to build a far more stable foundation. And the battles here would never be worth the risk of exposing my neck. Who knows if that 3rd Order Emperor would come and seek vengeance.
So be it a matter of benefits, or a matter of danger neither was worth it. That being said, there was indeed something I wished to do before leaving.
"I see, then does Junior Brother have any considerations he needs to resolve now? Perhaps a small amount of hunting?" Senior Sister Xun asked clearly, a bit excited to see just how much stronger I had become after making such a massive leap in my cultivation.
"Indeed there are a couple of things I'd like to do. Hunting is not one of them. I would prefer to capture the remaining Thunder and Lightning monster beasts. You see, there is a place inside my Thunder Temple where they can be raised as proper familiars. So I would hope to capture as many of them alive as possible. It would be of great help to me. After this I will head back to my master's side and greet her warmly." I said.
"Then allow us Senior Brothers and Sisters to aid our Junior Brother. We still owe Junior Brother a great deal so this is a simple matter for us to handle." Senior Brother Ming said, pounding his chest once with his fist. As a sign of confidence.
"Good then Junior Brother Ming will round up the remaining Thunder beasts on his own. Come on, let's go and cultivate again while the others take care of things." Senior Brother Xiang laughed.
We all laughed a little at Brother Ming's expense. However, we aren't so cruel as to send him out alone. It was a truly difficult task and thus we all worked to handle the situation.
~~3 Days Later~~
"Good, now that we are done with the immediate area. I think this will be enough. Let the others grow up in the wild." I said, after placing the last monster beast in the Thunder Temple's Lightning Ranch.
It was a place that had a small feedback force. The Thunder monster beast's existence there was quite a good thing. It would cause the core of the Thunder Temple to grow stronger over time. This Core also fed back into itself. This was a small effect but it could also not be ignored. Even my Senior Brother Xiang and Senior Sister Xun had both noticed this change over time as the quantity grew more plentiful.
"Junior Brother Wang. Are you positive you don't wish for us to collect all of the remaining beasts here?" Senior Brother Xiang asked, now slightly puzzled after having noticed the effects.
"If we come across them, then this Junior Brother will capture and tame them like the others." I said, not revealing what my next plans were so as not to embarrass Senior Brother Xiang.
"Junior brother has a way to increase the number? Is there perhaps another den of them somewhere else?" Senior Sister Xun asked, also knowing there was indeed a connection like this, how could I not be tempted?
"Naturally I know of such a place… However, since Senior Sister has asked. Even though it is a bit embarrassing, this Junior Brother will tell you." I said, embarrassingly scratching the back of my head and blushing before continuing. "Since I have a good number of them, It is likely to be easier to just breed them instead of capture at this point." I added with a slightly awkward smile.
"Isn't there a better effect on this result if they are stronger? Why spend time on this instead of capturing more?" Senior Brother Xiang asked?
"Naturally this is because the increase in effect from each higher grade is only a meager 50% the previous. This means in a single litter of 4 rank 1 monster beasts I chain more than if I capture a single rank 3 monster beast. SInce a litter of four is a rare occurrence I naturally am basing this off a much higher number of 6 or 7 every litter." I said plainly.
"I see, it would indeed be best to have far stronger monster beasts on hand but that gap surely won't become essential until after a certain time comes around. That is after you have acquired more than you can contain." Senior Brother Xiang said, holding his chin with his free hand. The other arm being occupied by Senior Sister Xun, so he could only use the one.
"Naturally this is the case. So the Senior Brother doesn't have to be worried. If we leave now or later it has little difference on this Junior Brothers gains." I said.
"So how is Junior Brother going to take this good thing away?" Senior Brother Xiang asked, finally revealing his own thoughts.
I smirked then focused deeply. In a few moments the Thunder Temple slowly became illusory. Then continued to become like a ball of condensed energy before this ball combined with my Thunder Temple Ring. The RIng of its master. I was the new master, as such it follows my orders now.
"Just like this Senior Brother. We can head out of this place now." I said, urging my strength and beginning to fly upward. "Come, come! I want to see Master Feng and this Junior Brother can't simply leave you all here." I said.