Inside the stone room.
Hearing Lin Sheng's words, Yang Niu's face immediately broke into a smile, and he quickly said.
"Lin is right, but this Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle is rare after all. As for its injuries, if they weren't severe, I wouldn't have been able to bring it back so easily."
Speaking of this, Yang Niu paused before continuing.
"Lin, what do you think of this? A final price of forty-five thousand taels of silver. This price cannot be any lower..."
"Forty-five thousand taels..."
Lin Sheng chewed on the price as he stepped towards the azure-gold iron cage, extending his palm to trace over the specks of blood staining the cage.
A series of information immediately appeared in the consciousness panel.
【Beast Name: Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle (Spirit Beast)】
【Green wings and white feathers, voice like a bird, fierce raptor Spirit Beast, comes and goes like the wind, can be ranked among the upper tier of Elementary Level Spirit Beast. This is an adult Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle, and also a Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle on the verge of death.】
【Integration Requirement: Physique 6】
【Integration Effect: Agility Boost 7, Strength Boost 5, Perception Boost 5】
【Talent: Penetration】
After scanning the content on the panel, Lin Sheng's eyes lit up.
This Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle's attribute points total 17, slightly less than the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey, but still much stronger than ordinary Elementary Level Spirit Beast. It can indeed be considered a good existence among Elementary Level Spirit Beast.
After all, not every Spirit Beast has the Heaven-Defying Luck of the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey, capable of consuming a blood dragon fruit.
What he valued was that this Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle's agility boost had actually reached seven points, even higher than the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey.
The higher the attribute points, the stronger the boost effect. It's hard to imagine what level his agility boost would reach after integrating with this Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle and stacking it with the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey.
Although it only had one talent attribute, he also knew very well that the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey was a complete anomaly and couldn't be compared.
Overall, the Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle's attributes were already quite good.
Hearing the price Yang Niu offered again, he pondered slightly and said in a deep voice.
"No, let's go with what you said the first time, 55,000 taels, but I want to add something. Besides this Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle, I want that Ghost Face Black Sandpiper as well."
His original plan was to spend fifty thousand taels, but this Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle was clearly severely injured. Even if it was fine now, it probably wouldn't last long.
If he was willing to use rare medicinal treasures, with the Spirit Beast's tenacious vitality, there was a possibility of survival. However, it was a pity that one wing of this Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle had been cut off at the root. Even if it recovered, it would no longer have the ability to fly, which undoubtedly greatly reduced its value.
Otherwise, with the Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle's value, Yang Niu might not have been able to get his hands on it.
Based on his estimation of the market value of Spirit Beast, this Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle was worth at most thirty thousand taels.
Therefore, buying the Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle and that Pseudo-Spirit Beast Ghost Face Black Sandpiper for fifty-five thousand taels was already quite an overpayment.
"This..."
Hearing this, Yang Niu's face showed hesitation. After much deliberation, he finally gritted his teeth and nodded.
"In that case, we'll do as Lin said. Please wait here for a moment while I go notify someone."
After speaking, Yang Niu hurriedly turned and left the stone room, leaving only Lin Sheng behind.
A smile appeared on Lin Sheng's face.
He wasn't originally interested in the Ghost Face Black Sandpiper alone. After all, it was just a Pseudo-Spirit Beast, and the price was quite high.
Now that he had the Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle, adding this Pseudo-Spirit Beast, the combination would undoubtedly have a better boosting effect on the practice of Qingniao Chasing Star Finger.
So, after thinking about it, he decided to buy both of them together.
Of course, the most important reason was that he now had money in his hands.
He didn't have the habit of saving money. In his opinion, converting this money into a catalyst for strength growth as much as possible was the most correct approach.
He didn't have to wait long. Soon, Yang Niu walked over with a face full of smiles, clearly having communicated smoothly with the higher-ups.
"I've kept you waiting, Lin. I will now take you to see that Ghost Face Black Sandpiper."
Led by Yang Niu, Lin Sheng soon saw the Ghost Face Black Sandpiper again.
This Ghost Face Black Sandpiper looked like a giant crow enlarged dozens or even a hundred times. Only its bird face had patterns that resembled a ferocious ghost face.
After confirming everything was correct, Lin Sheng straightforwardly took out several banknotes. Besides these two Spirit Beast, he also purchased a considerable amount of Spirit Beast blood.
This made the smile on Yang Niu's face even more enthusiastic. That greasy face was like an enlarged chrysanthemum.
After everything was prepared, Lin Sheng returned to his residence in a carriage containing the two Spirit Beast.
In the spacious room in the backyard of the residence, two azure-gold iron cages were placed in the center of the room.
Inside were none other than the Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle and the Ghost Face Black Sandpiper, two avian Spirit Beast.
At this moment, both Spirit Beast looked weak and listless, especially the Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle. Its aura was not as strong and full as the Ghost Face Black Sandpiper's.
Lin Sheng ignored the Ghost Face Black Sandpiper and walked towards the Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle.
As soon as he got closer, this weak and listless Spirit Beast suddenly stood up in the cage. Its weak aura instantly became strong and sharp, causing the Ghost Face Black Sandpiper nearby to become agitated.
The hierarchy among Spirit Beast was quite strict. The Ghost Face Black Sandpiper, being a Pseudo-Spirit Beast, was naturally suppressed by the Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle. Previously, the Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle was extremely weak, so it wasn't obvious. Now, as soon as its aura was revealed, it caused the Ghost Face Black Sandpiper to panic.
"It's come to this, and you're still so fierce?"
Looking at the Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle, which was revealing its ferocious nature and filled with tyrannical aura, Lin Sheng let out a cold snort.
He directly opened the tightly locked azure-gold iron cage.
Seeing the iron cage that had bound it for a long time open, a faint glow flashed in the Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle's dark green pupils, exhibiting extremely swift speed. In the blink of an eye, it rushed out of the iron cage.
And its first reaction upon rushing out was not to escape, but to shoot straight towards Lin Sheng.
Its long beak, like a sharp arrow, went straight for his neck with the momentum to take off his head in one strike.
Seeing this scene, Lin Sheng laughed in anger.
He had underestimated the ferocity and tyranny of these Spirit Beast.
Whether it was the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey or the Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle, they were all like this.
He didn't have any pity for these Spirit Beast. In fact, humans and Strange Beast had always been in a competitive relationship.
Especially those high-grade Strange Beast, just like that Phantom Demon Beast on Yangping Mountain back then.
They would often destroy a city, turning tens or even millions of humans into blood food.
Who knows how many humans this Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle had devoured to reach this stage.
Before the Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle reached him, the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey had already integrated. A crimson large hand instantly grabbed the Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle's long neck and pressed its body heavily into the ground.
He had no intention of delaying. He exerted force with his fingertips, piercing through the neck feathers. After feeling the warm blood, he didn't hesitate to initiate the integration.
A powerful and irresistible immense suction force appeared from his fingertips. The Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle trembled non-stop like chaff being sifted. It wanted to struggle, but unfortunately, it was completely useless.
Soon, the struggling movements weakened, until finally it remained motionless, allowing that powerful suction force to draw away the blood from its body.
After a while, Lin Sheng withdrew his palm. At this moment, the Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle was completely motionless, and its entire body had clearly shrunk by a circle compared to before. Evidently, the amount of blood absorbed during this integration was not small.
"Dead..."
Not feeling the vitality emanating from the Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle, Lin Sheng shook his head slightly. He wasn't surprised at all.
After all, it was already severely injured and dying before. After being integrated and having a large amount of vitality stripped away from its body, this result was very normal.
Before buying the Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle, he already knew this outcome in his heart.
He didn't think any further, because at this moment, after integrating with the Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle, his body had begun to change again.
His originally crimson and strong Physique slowly expanded, but his size didn't increase much.
It only increased by twenty to thirty centimeters, bringing his height to around 2.8 meters.
Besides the change in height, his strong Physique seemed to have become a bit leaner compared to before.
Using 'lean' to describe it might not be entirely appropriate; 'solid' or 'well-built' would be more accurate.
At this moment, Lin Sheng's entire body was covered in solid and strong muscles. However, his overall Physique was slightly more streamlined than before, making him appear more agile and also quite explosive.
In addition, his originally crimson skin was covered with a dense layer of light green patterns, interwoven together, resembling a layer of fine scales.
"Hoo..."
Lin Sheng exhaled heavily.
This integration didn't bring the intense pain he felt when integrating with the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey initially.
Perhaps it was the tempering from the Heart Monkey Talent, his resistance to pain had reached a rather exaggerated level. It could also be that his Physique had greatly improved compared to before. This time during the integration process, he only felt a faint tearing pain in his muscles, and it quickly disappeared.
On the contrary, his greatest feeling at this moment was an exaggerated sense of power in his body, as well as an indescribable lightness.
He only felt as if his body had turned into a very light cluster of willow catkins.
With this thought, he instantly appeared several meters away in front of the Ghost Face Black Sandpiper, scaring it into bumping backward, hitting the azure-gold iron cage with a crisp sound.
Lin Sheng frowned slightly. He couldn't fully utilize his abilities in this room. With a flicker, he disappeared from the room.
In the spacious courtyard, a phantom figure flickered in various places as if teleporting.
Despite such speed, it didn't produce much wind noise.
After a while, the phantom figure finally stopped.
Lin Sheng spread his arms and stretched his body. The fine green scales covering his body had somehow stood up. At this moment, a gentle breeze swept past, and these green scales drifted slowly like soft feathers, actually turning slowly in the direction of the breeze as if they were alive.
"I didn't expect these green scales to have this effect."
A hint of surprise appeared on Lin Sheng's face. In the previous test, although he had already guessed his speed after stacking with the Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle, after actually testing it, it was much stronger than he had imagined. The key was this layer of green scales attached to his body surface.
It could actually eliminate air resistance to a certain extent.
One should know that air resistance usually seems to have no effect, but when your speed reaches a certain limit, it will have a huge impact, especially the faster you are, the more obvious this situation becomes.
Therefore, this layer of feather-like green scales on his body surface undoubtedly greatly enhanced his flexibility during high-speed movement.
"Then finally, there's the Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle's talent."
Lin Sheng's gaze paused slightly on the last column of the panel, the talent.
This Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle's talent 'Penetration', like the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey's Iron Bone talent, was also a passive type of talent. He didn't need to actively use it; it would take effect as soon as he integrated.
Penetration, penetration, it sounds like an attack-type talent.
Muttering to himself, he had already arrived in front of a bluestone in the courtyard. The texture of this bluestone was extremely hard, not even inferior to ordinary metal.
He raised his palm and gently placed it on the bluestone, applying a little force.
Inside the bluestone, a faint crisp sound of cracking could be heard.
Withdrawing his palm, Lin Sheng carefully examined the bluestone. The surface of the bluestone looked exactly the same as before, still smooth as new.
But with his eyesight, he could still see the changes on the bluestone at a glance.
Normally, the surface looked intact with no abnormalities, but underneath, there were already countless almost invisible fine lines.
Extending a finger and gently touching it, the bluestone instantly shattered into countless small fragments from underneath. Especially the interior of the bluestone, which had turned into clumps of fine stone powder.
Seeing this, Lin Sheng showed a thoughtful expression.
"Is this the effect of the Penetration talent!? It certainly lives up to its name."
It could, to a certain extent, ignore external defenses and cause powerful destruction internally.
This method was undoubtedly extremely suitable for dealing with Strange Beast or Martial Artist who excelled in defense.
"A good talent."
Lin Sheng gave a fair evaluation.
This Penetration talent should be considered a strange force similar to Bone Strength, although its power currently doesn't seem comparable to Bone Strength.
But this type of talent is basically reliant on one's own strength.
As long as one's own strength is strong enough, then this penetrating force will also erupt with extremely strong power.
"The testing is almost done. If I want to let loose later, I'll have to go outside the city."
Lin Sheng stood up, having no intention of continuing the test. His gaze swept over the consciousness panel again. Seeing that the activation progress of the third imprint was exactly the same as before, a hint of regret appeared on his face.
"It's a pity that the integrated blood doesn't count towards the imprint activation progress. Otherwise, absorbing this Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle this time should have provided a significant increase in progress."
He returned to the room. Although the Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle no longer had any aura at this moment, there should still be some residual blood on its body that couldn't be wasted.
After he absorbed the residual blood from the Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle's body, the activation progress of the third imprint finally broke through to 20%.
Afterward, the Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle's flesh and blood could be used for his usual consumption. As for the feathers and other Materials on its body, they could be sold, which should also fetch a good price.
But these were matters for later. He turned his head and his gaze fell on the Ghost Face Black Sandpiper in the other azure-gold iron cage.
Now it was time to integrate with this fellow.
With that thought, he had already stepped towards the Ghost Face Black Sandpiper. At this moment, the Ghost Face Black Sandpiper was curled up in the corner of the cage, its brownish-yellow eyes carrying a hint of fear.
The aura emanating from Lin Sheng made it completely powerless to resist, as it watched with wide eyes as that large hand reached into the cage.