NOVPUB"Currently, there are nineteen male Bronze Swine and eighty-four female ones…"
Listening to Vice Minister Sang’s words, Wang Ba rapidly pondered in his mind and soon estimated the time needed to reach a thousand of them. Even in the most ideal scenario, it would require about 120 years, based on the data for top-grade Class II beasts.
And for lower-grade Class III Bronze Swine, the time would obviously be even longer.
Even if one were to use lifespan to hasten their maturity to shorten the time, the gestation period of five years could not be reduced, and by his calculations, it would take at least about 20 years.
By comparison, the time it took for Class III Spirit Chickens to lay eggs was far less, and after laying, they could soon lay again, making their efficiency far greater than that of the Bronze Swine.
Of course, these matters weren’t of much concern to Wang Ba. He just needed to help these Bronze Swine of breeding age improve their conception rate and complete mating.
After looking over the situation, he roughly had some ideas in mind.
Nevertheless, he asked Vice Minister Sang some further questions.
Vice Minister Sang answered them one by one.
Wang Ba nodded his head, then swiftly leaped down.
"Junior Brother Wang, be careful!"
Seeing Wang Ba fly down alone, the cultivator named Sang’s expression suddenly changed.
The Bronze Swine were known for their iron bones and tremendous strength. Though only lower-grade Class III, Wang Ba had just entered the Golden Core Realm. If he were to get hurt, how could the cultivator explain to the peak master?
He quickly followed suit.
Just as he was about to intervene, he suddenly witnessed a scene that shocked him.
The mountainous Bronze Swine, under the Mighty Hand of Magical Power of Wang Ba, were easily subdued to the ground like small cats and dogs, and then their whole bodies were enveloped by magical power…
Boom!
Whoo!
In the woods, other Bronze Swine sensing the disturbance immediately stood up, their long snouts twitching slightly, and swiftly they detected Wang Ba’s unmasked aura and charged towards him.
However, facing these oncoming Bronze Swine, Wang Ba remained calm, continuing his study of the Bronze Swine’s bodies.
Around him, more than ninety slightly smaller Mighty Hands of Magical Power emerged, quickly subduing the charging Bronze Swine to the ground.
Surprised, Vice Minister Sang’s expression became even more intense.
"Such a profound mana! This is truly astounding!"
With his own cultivation base, he could achieve this as well, but he was a late-stage Golden Core Cultivator, whereas Wang Ba had only just entered Golden Core.
The gap this indicated left Vice Minister Sang deeply shocked.
So much so that he couldn’t help but gaze at Wang Ba, feeling somewhat inferior despite his higher Cultivation Realm.
After studying for a while, Wang Ba frowned and released the Bronze Swine, then continued to examine the others.
After all the busyness, the moon was already high in the sky.
"Junior Brother, do you have an idea now?"
Vice Minister Sang saw Wang Ba finally let all the Bronze Swine go and a smile spread on his face.
Wang Ba nodded slightly and then shook his head, "I am ashamed to say, I only have a few ideas, which still need to be verified."
"You really have an idea?"
Vice Minister Sang couldn’t hide his surprise.
Breeding Spirit Beasts was not something that could be effective in a short period of time, so when he had brought Wang Ba here, it was merely to familiarize him with the situation, not expecting that Wang Ba would immediately find a solution.
In fact, breeding Bronze Swine was also one of his responsibilities,
Yet even he hadn’t thought of a good approach yet.
He was prepared that if Wang Ba had no clues, he would take him to another Class III breeding site.
The breeds there were already very well-established in breeding techniques. Cultivators only needed to master some specific methods to successfully breed them, thus fulfilling the tasks issued by the Sect Faction.
After accruing sufficient experience over time, he might then tackle more complex Spirit Beast breeds like the Bronze Swine, whose breeding methods were not yet mature.
He had not expected that Junior Brother Wang seemed to already have a plan in mind.
Vice Minister Sang was both amazed and a bit skeptical.
But then, thinking of Wang Ba’s reputation as the number one in Beast Controlling skill in the Golden Core Realm of the Qi Dynasty, he began to believe it a bit more.
He promptly said, "Let’s go back first, Junior Brother, you should carefully consider your ideas."
Wang Ba did not refuse and immediately followed Vice Minister Sang back to the Beast Department.
But he found Qi Yan and the other three Vice Ministers still continuously reviewing various documents and records.
All of them wore an expression of deep concern.
"Why are there so many documents to deal with?"
Wang Ba said with some amazement.
"These are all the monthly stocktaking and various strategies for cultivating Spirit Beasts and so on. I’ve just been promoted to Vice Minister and have encountered all these troublesome tasks..."
Vice Minister Sang complained in a low voice with a wry smile on his face. 𝚗𝚘v𝚙𝚞b.𝚌𝚘m
Then, he reminded Wang Ba:
"By the way, Junior Brother Wang, you can write down your ideas. Once everyone is less busy, we can discuss them together."
Hearing this, Wang Ba felt it made sense. After all, although he had some ideas, he wasn’t very confident in them. Discussing with everyone could offer more possibilities.
It would also aid in improving his Beast Controlling skill.
Right away, he started to write down his thoughts one by one.
As he was about to show them to Vice Minister Sang, he noticed the latter was also engrossed in documents with a furrowed brow, bent over the desk like Martial Uncle Qi and the others.
The sundry documents were not meticulously sealed, clearly not containing any confidences; hence Wang Ba glanced over them curiously.
Immediately, he frowned.
At the same time,
Vice Minister Sang, looking at the documents before him, felt increasingly vexed.
