Fantasy: Immortality Begins with Absorbing Demons

Chapter Forty-Nine: Crimson Blood Tiger of the Southern Wilderness

"Hahahaha!"

Upon hearing Han Ci's words, Pan Sheng and Zheng Yuncheng exchanged a glance, then burst into laughter.

Pan Sheng shook his head and explained to Han Yi with a smile, "Junior Brother Han, you are still too young. Since the Crimson Blood Tiger meat is unique to our Crimson Flame Sect, how could it possibly be sold to outsiders?"

"But doesn't 'Fulinlou' also sell Crimson Tiger Meat Buns?"

Han Yi asked, puzzled.

“Junior Brother Han, you don’t know this, but there’s only one shop that sells Crimson Blood Tiger meat to the public, ‘Fulinlou’,” Pan Sheng said, picking up a steamed bun and taking a bite. “The shopkeeper is a pitiful man…” It turns out that the shopkeeper of ‘Fulinlou’ used to have a son who was an inner disciple of the Crimson Flame Sect. During a mission, in order to ensure the mission was completed, he was seriously injured and had to end his martial arts career.

However, the sect, understanding his great contributions, allowed him to retire at home and did not strip him of his status as an inner disciple.

However, since the shopkeeper's son had already ended his martial arts career, he simply discussed it with his father and decided to turn it into the signature dish of "Fu Lin Lou" and sell it to the public.

The Crimson Flame Sect, mindful of the contributions the shopkeeper's son had made within the sect, and also because the Crimson Blood Tiger Meat Buns at 'Fu Lin Lou' were only sold to Crimson Flame Sect disciples, decided to grant them permission.

Moreover, the inner disciples of the Crimson Flame Sect only receive two catties of Crimson Blood Tiger meat per month, and the number of buns that 'Fulinlou' can make is extremely limited, so the higher-ups of the Crimson Flame Sect simply turn a blind eye to this matter.

“Junior Brother Han, two catties of Crimson Blood Tiger meat a month, although not enough to meet the daily needs, is extremely valuable.” Zheng Yuncheng picked up the conversation and continued, “If we were to calculate the value of this kind of ferocious beast meat, one catty of raw meat would cost twenty or thirty taels of silver.”

A pound of raw meat costs more than twenty taels of silver!

Han Yi had previously bought a pork leg with skin on, weighing about 30 jin (approximately 15 kg), for a total cost of only 5 qian (approximately 250 grams).

This pound of Crimson Tiger meat could probably buy two or three good live pigs!

When Han Yi was in the guard team, he often went on missions to clear out monsters with the Ninth Squad. He had also eaten a lot of so-called monster meat, such as black-backed wild boar and gray-striped wolf meat.

However, Han Yi felt that this monster meat, apart from being chewier and tastier than ordinary livestock meat, had no other uses and was not very valuable.

This Crimson Blood Tiger of the Desolate South is just a kind of demon beast. Although it is a ferocious beast-level demon beast, ferocious beast meat is so expensive.

Thinking of this, Han Yi spoke up. "Senior Brother Zheng, may I ask what the difference is between ferocious beast-level demonic beasts and ordinary demonic beasts, and why are they so valuable?"

Han Yi quickly poured Zheng Yuncheng a cup of pear blossom wine and asked respectfully.

"The monsters near our Anyan City are mostly ordinary wild beasts. These monsters are weak and can even be hunted by ordinary people with traps and arrows. They have no special effects and are therefore inexpensive."

"As for ferocious beasts like the Crimson Blood Tiger of the Desolate South, they are powerful and no match for ordinary people. Only dozens of Bone Refining stage martial artists can hunt them together, or three or five Blood Refining stage quasi-martial artists can cooperate to take them down."

"When a demonic beast reaches the level of a ferocious beast, its flesh and blood become greatly beneficial to our martial arts cultivation; increasing qi and blood is only the most basic effect."

"Most importantly, the meat of ferocious beasts like the Wild South Crimson Blood Tiger of our Crimson Flame Sect and the Featherless Bird of the Thousand Leaves Sect are all compatible with the cultivation techniques of their respective sects. They are so scarce that they cannot even consume it themselves, so they will not sell it to others."

"Come on, have a drink!"

Zheng Yuncheng had just said a lot of things, and his throat was a little dry.

"Senior Brother Zheng, which force in our Anyan City sells wild beast meat regularly?"

Han Yi put down his wine glass and continued to press for answers.

He was tempted by the many amazing effects of wild beast meat. Since it was difficult to accumulate Yuan energy, he thought it would be good to buy wild beast meat and eat it every day to strengthen his internal energy and blood.

Zheng Yuncheng pondered for a moment and said, "Near our Anyan City, ferocious beasts are often found deep in the Black Rock Mountains. Usually, only a few large restaurants in the inner city offer them, and they are very expensive. I heard that the meat of ferocious beasts prepared in the restaurants is sold by weight and only accepts gold."

"But the main problem is that there is no market for them. They are very hard to find. As soon as a wild beast is hunted, it is immediately taken away by someone else. There is no guarantee when they will be available again. You have to rely on luck and connections to buy them."

"If we want a long-term, stable supply of wild beast meat, as far as I know, only the city of Xin'an has the power to provide it cheaply and consistently..."

The Great Xuan Dynasty, Pingzhou, Xin'an Prefecture!

Han Yi's gaze sharpened.

An'yan City, Shanxu City, and Xin'an Prefecture City all belong to Pingzhou.

If we use Han Yi's theory from his previous life to explain, cities like Anyan and Shanxu were just equivalent to a county or district in his previous life, while the prefectural city was similar to a large city!

Han Yi also saw information about Xin'an Prefecture City in the "Geography of An'yan County".

Pingzhou has dozens of prefectural cities, and Xin'an Prefecture City is just one of the more remote ones.

Xin'an Prefecture is thousands of miles away from Anyan City, but it is the closest of all the prefecture-level cities to Anyan City. Han Yi estimated that Xin'an Prefecture alone was larger than an entire province in his previous life!

Xin'an Prefecture City was not a place Han Yi could go to at the moment. He chuckled bitterly to himself and dismissed the idea.

But then he thought, since the Crimson Flame Sect uses the Crimson Blood Tiger meat as a benefit for its inner disciples, and although the quantity is not large, it is distributed steadily every month, then there must be a stable Crimson Blood Tiger population in the Wilderness South. If there is an opportunity, he can find a settlement. If he can't buy it, he can hunt a Crimson Blood Tiger. Wouldn't that work?

"Senior Brother Zheng, where can we find this Crimson Blood Tiger of the Wilderness?"

Han Yi still asked, unwilling to give up.

"This, I don't know either," Zheng Yuncheng said with a wry smile. "I was curious about this before and even teamed up with a few friends to investigate it, but when the elders found out, I got a good scolding."

"The matter was thus left unresolved. I'm afraid only the sect's elders and hall masters, who are high-ranking members, know the origin of the Crimson Blood Tiger of the Desolate South."

"I think the best way for you is to become an inner disciple as soon as possible, work hard to complete tasks, and exchange your merits for Crimson Blood Tiger meat."

Han Yi remained silent. The Crimson Blood Tiger meat was helpful for cultivating the Crimson Flame Sect's techniques, and related information was naturally kept highly confidential by the sect. He had been thinking too simply.

However, it seems that Senior Brother Zheng Yuncheng has also been interested in Crimson Blood Tiger meat and has looked into the ways to get it... Han Yi thought to himself.

Clearly, Senior Brother Zheng Yuncheng wasn't from a wealthy or powerful family. Come to think of it, if someone came from a large family, wouldn't they have been cultivating within their own family long ago, just like Li Feng? Why would they be struggling to earn a little money by being nominally affiliated with another organization?