Wanhua City.
“Have you had the Spirit Beasts I need recently?”
Lin Sheng wore a bamboo hat, looked at the smiling Yang Niu in front of him, and spoke softly.
“Is the guest referring to the Wind Blue Bird and the Sky Sound Bird, these two types of avian Spirit Beasts?”
Yang Niu had a professional smile on his face, sizing up Lin Sheng. At this moment, he had already remembered who the person in the bamboo hat in front of him was.
It was the person who came to inquire about the market conditions a while ago.
That day, this person inquired about the prices of many Spirit Beasts from him. He originally thought it would be a big business deal, but unexpectedly, after inquiring about many things, the other party didn't buy even a single feather.
At that time, it made him annoyed for quite a while. He originally thought the other party was a competitor, but unexpectedly, half a month later, the other party came again.
This made him feel somewhat surprised, but of course, he didn't show anything on his face and responded with a professional smile.
“Well then, what about other avian Spirit Beasts? Besides that Ghost Face Black Jue.”
Lin Sheng frowned slightly and asked again.
“Well, avian Spirit Beasts are quite difficult to capture, so even in our Ten Thousand Beasts Hall, they are not common, and we don't know when we'll have any.” Yang Niu said with an unchanging smile.
“Of course, that Ghost Face Black Jue is still here. If the guest truly wants an avian Spirit Beast, you can consider it.”
Actually, their Ten Thousand Beasts Hall is backed by the Yuanyang Beast Sect. Although avian Spirit Beasts are difficult to capture, they do have them.
It's just that many Elders within the Beast Sect are fond of avian Spirit Beasts.
After all, if avian Spirit Beasts are well-tamed, they are quite convenient for traveling and have other advantages. Therefore, even if avian Spirit Beasts are captured, they are usually consumed internally by the Sect first, and very few flow out.
Those that occasionally flow out are basically some Spirit Beasts with fierce and untamed temperaments that are not easy to tame.
Just like the Ghost Face Black Jue he mentioned.
“Still none?”
Lin Sheng felt a little disappointed, but he didn't expect that even with the scale of the Ten Thousand Beasts Hall, they didn't have suitable avian exotic beasts for sale.
He didn't expect that now he had money, but he couldn't buy a suitable Spirit Beast to integrate into his body.
After thinking for a while, he finally spoke again after a long time.
“In that case, let's forget about it for now. But Shopkeeper Yang, do you know which Spirit Beasts are currently for sale to the public in your hall?”
“Well…”
Hearing this, Yang Niu glanced at Lin Sheng, pondered for a moment, and then took out a delicate small booklet from his pocket.
“The booklet contains the Spirit Beasts currently available in our shop.”
Taking the booklet, Lin Sheng's eyes quickly scanned it. Although the booklet was very thick, most of it was blank, with content only recorded on the first few pages.
‘Spirit Beast Red-Eyed Fire Lizard, Blood Transportation Realm…’
‘Spirit Beast Black Rock Serpent Python, Blood Transportation Realm…’
“Spirit Beast Blood Wolf, Blood Transportation Realm…”
The number of Spirit Beasts recorded above was not large, only about a dozen types.
But they were already something that ordinary forces could not possess.
After all, every Spirit Beast possesses extremely powerful strength, far beyond what ordinary Martial Artists of the same level can compare to.
Both being in the Blood Transportation Realm, a Spirit Beast often requires three to five Martial Artists of the same level to contend with it, and killing a Spirit Beast is even more difficult.
Because most Spirit Beasts have quite tenacious vitality, even if they suffer heavy injuries, they still have considerable combat power. When they are determined to escape, it is not easy to capture them.
Those that can be called Spirit Beasts are basically exotic beasts that have entered the Blood Transportation Realm. Of course, these are just Elementary Level Spirit Beasts. The truly terrifying and powerful ones among Spirit Beasts are those exotic beasts in the Bone Transformation Realm.
Ordinary Beasts, Spirit Beasts, Demonic Beasts, these are the three levels of exotic beasts he currently knows.
Ordinary Beasts, needless to say, are exotic beasts that cannot enter the Blood Transportation Realm and have no potential in this regard.
Spirit Beasts are exotic beasts that possess combat power above the Blood Transportation Realm after reaching adulthood. Thinking back to when he was in Yangping Mountain, that Crimson Belly Spirit Snake belonged to the category of immature Spirit Beasts. Although it was only at the Forging Tendons Realm, it had already shown extremely impressive combat power.
As for the final category, Demonic Beasts, without exception, they are terrifying exotic beasts that have entered the Divine Form Realm, just like the Phantom Demon Beast he knows and has seen.
As for what other exotic beasts exist further up, he is not clear, because he has personally witnessed the terror of Demonic Beasts. They are existences that can destroy cities and towns at will.
Although the booklet Yang Niu took out only contained Elementary Level Spirit Beasts in the Blood Transportation Realm, being able to capture so many Spirit Beasts is enough to prove the strength of the Ten Thousand Beasts Hall.
Soon, he scanned through all the information about the Spirit Beasts in the booklet and then returned the booklet to Yang Niu.
“May I know the price of this Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey?”
“Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey?”
Hearing Lin Sheng's words, Yang Niu was visibly stunned. He originally thought the other party would be like last time, finding an excuse to leave after looking over the information. He didn't expect the other party to actually ask for the price.
“Oh? Has the guest taken a liking to this Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey! You truly have good taste. This Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey is definitely among the top-ranked Spirit Beasts in this booklet.”
He quickly reacted and said with a warm smile on his face.
“The price is not expensive, only twenty-five thousand taels of silver.”
“I'll take it for twenty thousand taels.”
Lin Sheng picked up the teacup on the table, took a light sip, and said calmly.
“Surely the guest is not joking. This Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey is a genuine Spirit Beast. Twenty-five thousand taels is already a very reasonable price…”
“Is that so? In that case, let's forget about it for now…”
Lin Sheng put down the teacup, shook his head slightly, and intended to get up and leave.
Seeing this scene, Yang Niu quickly changed his words.
“Guest, please wait, how about twenty-three thousand taels? This price cannot be any lower!!”
“Twenty-two thousand taels…!”
Seeing that Lin Sheng did not stop, Yang Niu gritted his teeth and changed the price again.
But Lin Sheng still did not stop.
Seeing this, Yang Niu stomped his foot and quickly stepped forward to block the door.
“Twenty-one thousand taels, this is my bottom price. If the guest wants it, take it.”
Since that's the case, let's do as you say.
Lin Sheng stopped his steps and didn't push further excessively.
Twenty-one thousand taels had reached his psychological price.
He also knew about this Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey. Among Elementary Level Spirit Beasts, it could barely be considered upper-middle tier.
After all, there was only this type of ape-monkey Spirit Beast in the booklet, so he had no other choice. Only it fit the cultivation of the Ape Embryo Skill.
Avian Spirit Beasts are not easy to obtain.
It is probably quite difficult to find a suitable one in a short time. Now that he has a large sum of money in hand, he doesn't want to waste this resource. Since the Ten Thousand Beasts Hall has this Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey, he might as well focus on the Ape Embryo Skill first and consider other things after breaking through to the Blood Transportation Realm.
Seeing Lin Sheng agree, Yang Niu also breathed a sigh of relief. He was not the only manager in the Ten Thousand Beasts Hall. A transaction of over twenty thousand taels was definitely not a small amount. By completing this deal, his performance in the hall this month would likely be among the top.
If he could have a few more such transactions, perhaps next time, there would be a promotion spot for him in the hall.
Soon, Lin Sheng took out twenty-one thousand taels of banknotes from his pocket and counted them out to Yang Niu in person.
After confirming that it was correct, Yang Niu put the thick stack of banknotes into his pocket with a smiling face.
“It's better to arrive at the right time than early. Guest, your trip is perfectly timed. This Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey is currently in Wanhua City and can be picked up now. Otherwise, it would usually take at least ten days to half a month to transport this Spirit Beast to Wanhua City.”
Hearing this, a smile also appeared on Lin Sheng's face.
“Since that's the case, let's go and get it.”
“Alright, guest, please follow me.”
Yang Niu led Lin Sheng towards the backyard of the Ten Thousand Beasts Hall.
The backyard of the Ten Thousand Beasts Hall was a large courtyard covering a vast area. Inside the courtyard were iron cages, large and small, mostly containing imprisoned exotic beasts.
Looking up, he recognized many of them, but these exotic beasts in the courtyard were all Ordinary Beasts, not even a single Pseudo-Spirit Beast.
Following behind Yang Niu through the backyard, they stopped in front of a windowless stone room.
Sitting in front of the stone room was a thin, sickly-looking middle-aged man.
The man wore a pair of black gloves on his hands and had a pale complexion. Although he looked quite weak, Lin Sheng could feel a strong sense of threat from him.
Clearly, this man was very strong, likely a master of the Bone Transformation Realm.
However, what concerned him the most was a blood-colored long snake, as thick as an adult's arm, coiled around this man's body.
It constantly moved around the man's body, looking quite strange.
He also felt a strong sense of danger from this blood-colored long snake.
Clearly, this blood-colored long snake, even if it wasn't a Spirit Beast in the Bone Transformation Realm, was definitely one of the best among Elementary Level Spirit Beasts.
Seeing this sickly-looking man, and the blood-colored snake coiled around him, a trace of fear first appeared on Yang Niu's face, but he quickly stepped forward respectfully.
After he whispered a few words, the sickly-looking man raised his eyes and glanced at Lin Sheng, then gently stroked the ferocious snake head that peeked out from his chest collar, after which he moved aside and sat down.
“Guest, let's go. That Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey is inside.”
Yang Niu came to the front of the stone room, fiddled with the stone wall for a while, and soon, the tightly closed stone door slowly opened.
Following behind Yang Niu into the stone room, Lin Sheng immediately saw a yellow-haired monkey whose hands and feet were bound by chains of dark green and black.
The monkey was the size of an adult, and the skin on its face, which was not covered by fur, was quite delicate. On its forehead, there was a vertical eye. Although called a vertical eye, it was actually just a black pattern, but it looked like an eye.
This was the origin of the name Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey.
After sizing up this large monkey, Lin Sheng had basically confirmed that this was indeed a Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey.
However, there were some subtle differences compared to the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkeys he had previously known. For example, the fur of Three-Eyed Spirit Monkeys is bright yellow, while the fur of this one in front of him, although yellow, contained a small amount of red fur mixed in.
Of course, besides this point, other main features were basically consistent, and from its body, he could also clearly feel the might belonging to a Spirit Beast.
Perhaps sensing someone's arrival, the monkey, which was originally with its eyes tightly closed and looking a bit listless, suddenly opened its eyes and looked at Lin Sheng and Yang Niu. Immediately, a fierce look appeared on its body, and it kept baring its teeth at the two of them. Its mouth full of white sharp teeth looked quite terrifying.
This Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey kept shaking the green chains on its body, lunging towards the two of them again and again, but the chains were extremely strong, making it impossible for it to break free.
But Yang Niu, seeing this scene, still subconsciously took two steps back. Perhaps worried that Lin Sheng would be startled, he quickly explained with a smile.
“Please excuse me, guest. This Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey has an extremely ferocious and untamed temperament. Before it was captured by us, it had wreaked havoc on several villages, and some people in those villages were even completely eaten by this beast.”
“But there's no need to worry now. We have given this evil beast a special Soft Bone Powder. It can't exert even one or two tenths of its strength, and it will fall asleep soon. As long as you are a little careful, there won't be any accidents.”
As if to verify Yang Niu's words, this Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey, which was originally in a state of madness, quickly slowed down its movements. Its steps faltered, and it kept shaking its head, seemingly with a blurred consciousness. Then, with a thud, it fell to the ground again, its eyes closed and showing no reaction.
Seeing this scene, Lin Sheng couldn't help but give a thumbs-up for the Ten Thousand Beasts Hall's Soft Bone Powder. He didn't expect that this so-called Soft Bone Powder could have such an effect on this Spirit Beast. Its effect was truly remarkable.
“These chains that bind the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey are specially made Azure Gold Chains. Their toughness is several times that of ordinary refined iron. They will be given to the guest as well.”
Seeing that the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey had fallen into a coma, Yang Niu finally breathed a sigh of relief. Then he ordered someone to lift the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey and put it onto a carriage.
“Also, please ask Shopkeeper Yang to keep an eye out for avian Spirit Beasts for me.”
Before parting, Lin Sheng did not forget to remind him.
“Don't worry about that. I, Yang, will definitely pay close attention. As soon as there is news, I will inform the guest.”
Hearing this, Lin Sheng pondered for a moment and then reported his location.
In this Wanhua City, it is inevitable to deal with the other party in the future, so there is no need to hide anything. If the other party wants to investigate, they will always be able to find out something. Revealing the name of the Seven Forms Sect can also save a lot of trouble.
“If there is any news, Shopkeeper Yang can have someone send it to the Seven Forms Sect's station in the city.”
“So you are a guest from the Seven Forms Sect. Alright, I will notify you as soon as there is news.”
Hearing this, the smile on Yang Niu's face deepened.
Although the Seven Forms Sect is not as good as before, it is definitely considered a first-class force in this Wanhua City.
With the Spirit Beast in hand, Lin Sheng had no intention of staying any longer and drove away in the carriage.
This carriage was also given by the other party, which was quite thoughtful and made Lin Sheng very satisfied.
Watching the carriage go far away and disappear from sight, a cheerful smile still hung on Yang Niu's face.
“Tsk tsk, this time my performance will definitely surpass those few bastards. A big business deal of over twenty thousand taels, and I even sold this troublesome dead monkey. This time, the manager will definitely look at me in a new light…”
Speaking of which, this Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey is somewhat different from the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkeys they have captured and raised in the past. Its temperament is much more ferocious and unruly.
Not counting the villages it had harmed, even after being captured by them, it caused a lot of trouble. It is said that when it was in the Yuanyang Beast Sect, an Elder wanted to tame it and spent two full years without success. Instead, one of his direct disciples, Tian Xie, was eaten by this monkey and ended up severely injured.
Only then was it abandoned by the Beast Sect and sent to their Ten Thousand Beasts Hall. After arriving at the Ten Thousand Beasts Hall, despite their strict precautions, over a dozen Man and feeders were devoured by it.
Otherwise, it would not have been kept imprisoned in the stone room with chains and force-fed several times the amount of Soft Bone Powder compared to other Spirit Beasts.
“Hope this guest can be a little careful…”
Sighing, he shook his head and went back into the hall.