Immortality and Cultivation: Starting with Harvesting the Talents of Demonic Beasts

Chapter 51 Spirit Fox Taming Beasts
"Please enlighten me, shopkeeper."

"Of course, once you come to our shop, you're a friend. It's just a small favor."

The middle-aged shopkeeper smiled and said, "If no one else is willing to contribute, there is someone else who is: the auction."

“In the desolate ruins, an auction is held every month, which is dedicated to selling treasures, magical techniques, and secret manuals. The auction is held in the middle of the month.”

"The items were either obtained through murder and robbery or consigned for auction to commemorate the decline of a family, but the organizers have removed all the markings and seals on them, so you can rest assured about that."

Lin Changheng was unaware of this information, but he remained silent, saying, "Thank you, shopkeeper."

"If you need anything in the future, you are welcome to visit my shop."

"nature."

The middle-aged shopkeeper's greeting came from behind him, but Lin Changheng waved his hand and disappeared into the crowd on the street.

After finding a secluded corner in the town, Lin Changheng changed his clothes again and found a celestial inn to stay at.

He used the [Spirit Observation Technique] to examine all the spirit stones he had just obtained.

They didn't do anything shady.

Just now, he deliberately tested the shopkeeper with a mid-grade spirit stone. If the shopkeeper really had any bad intentions, he probably wouldn't be so conflicted.

On the contrary, they are even more generous. After all, what's wrong with temporarily storing a mid-grade spirit stone to achieve a certain goal?
As it stands, the shopkeeper seems to be fine, and there may be opportunities to interact with him again in the future.

In the alchemy pavilion after Lin Changheng left, the conversation quietly resumed.

"Shopkeeper, this man has so many high-quality pills; he probably hasn't run out yet. Should we...?"

The waiter, who had been all smiles, approached the middle-aged manager and offered his advice solicitously.

However, a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.

To his surprise, this earned him a cold look from the middle-aged shopkeeper: "Hmph! Those with crooked intentions will only bring harm. Didn't the previous shopkeeper die because of this?"

"But I'm different. When I open a shop to do business, I do it properly. I don't want to think about any nonsense that will harm others and myself!"

The middle-aged manager immediately gave him a stern reprimand, and the waiter who had just been offering advice became trembling with fear and repeatedly agreed.

"Do your job well."

The middle-aged shopkeeper knew that it was easier to change mountains and rivers than to change a person's nature, so he didn't try to change him and simply turned and left.

Just before leaving, he added, "Good luck to you!"

The waiter was left with a gradually turning ashen face, his pride completely gone, and it was unclear whether he had even listened to what was being said.

……

Inside the Immortal Inn.

Lin Changheng was sitting at the table, calculating.

He still had over 660 high-quality pills of three different types in his hand, which he could use, but he couldn't use them all at once.

We need to do it carefully and take it slowly.

So, in the following days,
Lin Changheng, through various disguises, sold more than 300 high-quality pills in batches at multiple locations.

If he hadn't repeatedly confirmed that the market was indeed very orderly and quite safe, he wouldn't have dared to make such a move.

As for the selling price, it may be high or low, but the lowest price is still higher than that of the Xu family.

In total, they obtained more than 930 low-grade spirit stones.

Including my own savings, the total has already exceeded one thousand.

But soon, Lin Changheng dared not make another move.

On the one hand, Lin Changheng visited all the larger, reputable alchemy shops in the market.

If we make another move, we'll only be repeating the same mistake, which wouldn't be good. We also can't go unnoticed.

On the other hand, once after a transaction was completed, Lin Changheng discovered that a tail was quietly following him.

Someone had ulterior motives.

Having finally shaken him off, Lin Changheng felt a growing sense of crisis and decided to stop pursuing him.

……

As for the auction, we have already ascertained the details through various sources, including gossip from restaurants, inquiries from hyacinths, and personal visits.

There is a certain probability that pill formulas will be auctioned. In one previous instance, a complete high-grade pill-making inheritance even appeared, attracting a bunch of cultivation families to compete for it as part of their family's foundation.

"Then I'll try my luck." So, Lin Changheng used two spirit stones to buy an entry spot in the auction.

There are still two days before filming begins.

Lin Changheng also made several trips to the market.

I went to a petting zoo.

A series of low growls were heard, and then rows of iron cages were seen inside, each containing a trapped beast.

Lin Changheng had assumed that his shop was like the Li family's meat shop in Zichuanfang, selling monster materials, but that was not the case.

It is a shop that specializes in selling various young spirit beasts, as well as docile adult spirit beasts.

In reality, both spirit beasts and demon beasts belong to the category of demon beasts, but they are deliberately distinguished by humans.

The specific differences are:

Spirit beasts are relatively gentle in nature and can be tamed to assist cultivators in their cultivation or combat.

Commonly found in cultivation sects, aristocratic families, and lower-level Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining families, they can be used as guardian spirit beasts, mounts, companions, or battle pets.

Monsters, on the other hand, are mostly wild and ferocious beasts with violent natures. They survive and grow by devouring the essence of the sun and moon, as well as various kinds of flesh and blood.

In the wilderness, there are many demonic beasts, which are hunted by "demon hunters" for materials, such as skinning them to make talismans and extracting their blood to refine pills.

The upper limits of these two are difficult to distinguish. The former has a long history of transformation, becoming a great help to cultivators; the latter can also become a demon king, dominating the world.

……

Lin Changheng's gaze swept across the iron cage.

There are two-tailed foxes, long-tailed rabbits, blue-shelled turtles, two-horned dogs...

They are mostly small animals.

He briefly inquired with the shop assistant about the prices, and was astonished to hear that they were all worth more than ten spirit stones.

Some rare varieties are priced as high as seventy or eighty.

You can exchange it for a decent low-grade magic weapon.

If you were to exchange them for high-quality, low-grade first-tier pills, you could buy more than twenty of them.

If you're careful with your diet, you can have enough to last for two years.

Moreover, raising spirit beasts is also a considerable expense.

Lin Changheng was interested in acquiring one. As an alchemist, he was not short of pills, after all, he still had a bunch of high-quality pills in his storage bag that he dared not sell.

Naturally, there was no shortage of spirit stones.

Affordable!
However, after scanning the area, Lin Changheng found no spirit beasts that suited his taste and had to give up for the time being.

……

After leaving this place, Lin Changheng walked about a mile east.

A building three times larger than the one next to it came into view.

Spirit Fox Beast Pavilion.

Looking at the fox emblem on it, Lin Changheng knew that this was a shop opened by the Liu family of Linghu Mountain.

The Liu family, who supported the Xu family and took away half of the spiritual land share in one appearance.

Lin Changheng had no idea how the Xu family had gotten involved with the Liu family, as there had been no prior indication of it, nor did he know if it was related to the girl from the Mo family.

Later, after the Chen family was destroyed, someone from the Liu family came to the Xu family to discuss important matters. Lin Changheng saw from afar that the Liu family member had this mark on him.

Two members of the same family have reached the Foundation Establishment stage, and they are actually a family that tames beasts.

Lin Changheng only then realized what was happening.

He stepped into the shop, lost in thought.

"Fellow Daoist, what do you need?"

Just as Lin Changheng's gaze was drawn to the various monster materials that were sealed away in a corner, a smiling old man walked over.

The spiritual energy emanating from his body was approximately at the fourth level of Qi Refining.

(End of this chapter)