The Legend of the Demon Hunter

Walking into the lobby of the Demon Hunter Association, it was much quieter than usual. Xiao Zhu looked around but didn't see anyone familiar. After all, he hadn't been here for many years and everything had changed.

Thinking about Yun Shu's placement, Xiao Zhu took Xia Shi and went straight to the auction house behind the association's lobby.

When they entered the auction hall, they found that earth-shaking changes had taken place here. The centralized auction had been cancelled, and the place was divided into more than a dozen shops by a dozen vendors, selling some witcher's magic weapons and supplies in different categories.

Xiao Zhu and Xia Shi walked into a shop selling storage jade bracelets. The shop owner was an old man with gray hair. He was sitting behind the counter and flipping through an old book.

When the shopkeeper saw Xiao Zhu and Xia Shi come in, he didn't even raise his head, still concentrating on the book in his hand.

Xiao Zhu looked around but couldn't find the spirit beast shrine, so he asked, "Shopkeeper, where is the spirit beast shrine?"

The shopkeeper still didn't look up, and lazily pointed to the northwest corner of the room and said, "It's right there, find it yourself!"

The shopkeeper has been running a shop here for many years and has seen many young couples like Xiao Zhu and Xia Shi. Most of them come to this kind of shop just to have fun shopping, and not many of them have money to buy things. After all, how can they be so young to hunt high-level monsters, and where do they get the money?

Xiao Zhu followed the shopkeeper's instructions and came to the northwest corner of the store. There were more than a dozen spirit beast niches here, but they were all low-level ones that could only accommodate one or two level spirit beasts.

Xiao Zhu was a little disappointed. The demand for spirit beast shrines was not as high as that for storage jade bracelets. Almost every demon hunter had one, but spirit beasts were rarely owned by anyone. Take Xiao Zhu for example, he is already a demon hunter, but he still hasn't obtained any spirit beasts. This shows how rare spirit beasts are.

"Shopkeeper, is there a spirit beast niche that can accommodate high-level spirit beasts?" Xiao Zhu asked with a glimmer of hope.

Hearing Xiao Zhu's question, the shopkeeper was not happy, but rather a little impatient. The young couple in front of him were really nosy. It would have been fine if they had asked about the spirit beast niches that no one paid much attention to, but they actually asked if there were any high-level spirit beast niches. However, out of professionalism, he still answered the question: "The one in the lower right corner can accommodate a level three spirit beast."

He had noticed the little white fox beside the girl, but it was just an ordinary fox and did not need a spirit animal shrine at all.

Xiao Zhu picked up the spirit beast niche that the shopkeeper mentioned, still shook his head in dissatisfaction, and asked: "Shopkeeper, what I want to ask is, is there a spirit beast niche that can accommodate a level six beast king?"

"I say, you are here intentionally to cause trouble!" Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper threw the book in his hand aside and said furiously.

Xiao Zhu smiled bitterly. Although he knew that his question was a bit offensive, it was what he really wanted. Seeing the shopkeeper's angry look, he was about to drive him away. Xiao Zhu hurriedly took out something from the storage jade bracelet and handed it to the shopkeeper.

"Huh? Platinum Medal!" The shopkeeper asked in surprise when he saw the Demon Hunter Association medal in Xiao Zhu's hand.

But when he looked at Xiao Zhu carefully, he could not sense any spiritual power from him.

Of course, this means two completely opposite situations. The first situation is that Xiao Zhu is an ordinary person with no spiritual power at all, and the other situation is that Xiao Zhu's strength far exceeds his.

The shopkeeper himself is already a mid-level demon hunter. If the other party is much stronger than him, doesn’t that mean that this young man is at least a high-level demon hunter?

The shopkeeper took another look at the platinum medal Xiao Zhu handed him, confirming that it was real. As a shrewd businessman, he would rather believe the latter. If he could have the strength of a high-level demon hunter at such a young age, his potential was really limitless!

His expression suddenly became attentive, and he said with a smile on his face, "Little brother, oh no, honorable platinum demon hunter, our shop does not have a spirit beast niche that can accommodate the Beast King. I have never heard of such a thing in my many years of work. However, our shop has a treasure that is the treasure of the town. It was sold to the shop by a senior demon hunter three years ago because he was short of money. Please wait for a moment, I will take it out."

The shopkeeper walked behind the counter and rummaged through the boxes for a long time before taking out a palm-sized exquisite box from the bottom. He handed the box to Xiao Zhu and said, "This is the spirit beast niche that can accommodate a level 4 magical beast. Sir, you can take a look at it first."

Xiao Zhu took the spirit beast niche and felt the spiritual power contained in it. It was indeed much stronger than those placed outside. He turned to look at Xia Shi and asked, "Shi'er, do you like it?"

Xia Shi nodded and said, "It's pretty."

"Okay." After getting Xia Shi's affirmation, Xiao Zhu looked at the shopkeeper and asked the price: "Shopkeeper, how much is this spirit beast shrine?"

The shopkeeper's eyes turned and he said, "The price of an ordinary spirit beast niche is one or two hundred silver coins, but a spirit beast niche that can accommodate a level four spirit beast is extremely rare. In the entire Nuowan City, I'm afraid you won't be able to find another one once you leave my shop."

His remarks were obviously intended to prepare for a price hike.

"I'll charge you eight hundred silver coins!" The shopkeeper finally finalized the price.

"Okay, deal!" Xiao Zhu agreed readily.

Xiao Zhu took out eight hundred silver coins from the storage jade bracelet and handed them to the shopkeeper.

Seeing Xiao Zhu giving the money so readily, the shopkeeper seemed a little at a loss.

As the saying goes, there is no business without fraud. Eight hundred silver coins was actually a sky-high price he asked for. He thought the other party would bargain with him, so he could take the opportunity to lower the price and do the other party a favor, which could be regarded as establishing a relationship with this platinum demon hunter.

Who would have thought that the other party didn't play by the rules at all and actually agreed right away!

This made the shopkeeper nervous. These two people in front of him were not only very young, but also very capable and could easily take out so much money. Could they be disciples of some aristocratic family?

Thinking of this, the shopkeeper hurriedly tried to save the situation: "Since you two have taken such good care of our shop, I will reluctantly give up this spirit beast shrine for you two at the price of 700 silver coins."

"No need, just eight hundred!" Xiao Zhu refused outright.

"This spirit beast shrine is for Shi'er. Even if it's a little more expensive, it's a token of my appreciation." Xiao Zhu took the spirit beast shrine and handed the silver coin to the shopkeeper.

"Oh, okay!" After hearing what Xiao Zhu said, the shopkeeper tactfully said no more, but he felt quite disappointed in his heart as he had lost an opportunity to make friends with the other party.

Xiao Zhu handed the spirit animal shrine to Xia Shi, who seemed to be reluctant to let it go. It wasn't that she liked the appearance of the spirit animal shrine so much, but more importantly, this gift was given to her by Xiao Zhu.

Xia Shi squatted down, gently stroked Yun Shu's hair, and said, "Xiao Shu, come in and try it!"

The next moment, a scene that stunned the shopkeeper happened. The little fox, which had no aura of a magical beast at all, suddenly jumped into the spirit beast niche and disappeared.