Tie Li had prepared in a hurry and hadn't thought to bring a container.
Without protection, Spiritual Qi would dissipate.
"You can swallow it directly; I'll be your Protector," Li Li said.
He felt a bit guilty and intended to make amends by acting as Tie Li's Protector.
Tie Li didn't stand on ceremony; he swallowed the Xuan Ling Grass and sat cross-legged on the ground to begin Cultivating it.
Unique Spiritual Qi flowed from his abdomen, and his Spirit spontaneously appeared, with wisps of white light surrounding it.
It was gradually improving the quality of his Spirit.
Just then, a commotion came from below; two injured Spirit Masters, supporting each other, unknowingly walked towards the peak.
Li Li immediately went to stop them.
At that moment, Tie Li suddenly stopped Cultivating, rose, and went to the spot where the Xuan Ling Grass had just been picked.
He took out a unicorn horn from his Pregnant and started digging, a hint of joy flashing across his furrowed brow.
A bead resembling dew was dug out by Tie Li.
He calmly picked up the head of the Iron Arm Ape and put the bead into the head.
To avoid attracting attention, he took out a cloth rope and tied up the Iron Arm Ape's corpse, carrying it on his back.
"Kid, if you know what's good for you, scram."
When the two saw Li Li dare to stop them, an inexplicable anger rose in their hearts.
Even though they were injured, they were still Spirit Masters.
One white and one yellow, both of their spirit ring configurations were the same; both were two-ring Spirit Grandmasters.
Li Li summoned his Spirit, and a yellow hundred-year spirit ring appeared.
"I've already absorbed the spirit ring; let's go!"
Tie Li's voice came from behind, not only reminding Li Li but also giving the other two an explanation.
Seeing the Iron Arm Ape on Tie Li's back, the two couldn't help but think to themselves.
No wonder this kid dared to stop them; it turns out his companion was absorbing a spirit ring.
Everything seemed reasonable.
Li Li, of course, understood Tie Li's meaning: the Xuan Ling Grass couldn't be exposed, but in such a short time, could he completely Cultivate the Xuan Ling Grass?
In Li Li's opinion, Tie Li had to stop to avoid conflict, and his guilt deepened.
But to ask him to give Tie Li a Xuan Ling Grass to make amends, he certainly couldn't do it.
"You'd best leave from the other side; there's a group of bandits outside."
These two were Spirit Masters from the merchant caravan; for some reason, they chose to hide in the forest.
"Can you do us a favor? Go to the Fengxue Merchant Guild in Manno City and report it; they'll give you a reward," another Spirit Master couldn't help but say.
"If we don't encounter bandits, perhaps we can," Tie Li said.
Tie Li and Li Li didn't want to delay here; if they hid in the forest, it was possible the bandits had also run in, so they still needed to leave quickly.
Li Li had two Xuan Ling Grass on him, while Tie Li had put the bead into the Iron Arm Ape's head.
Both of them had treasures on them, so naturally, they both wanted to leave this troublesome place as soon as possible.
"Thank you."
...
Perhaps their luck was good, or they had circled around to avoid the bandits, but by the time the sun rose in the morning, both of them had safely returned to Manno City.
"Do you want to go to the Fengxue Merchant Guild together?" Tie Li asked.
"I'm not going; are you?"
"Yes, not only can I get a reward, but I can also sell the Iron Arm Ape to them."
Li Li currently just wanted to Cultivate the two Xuan Ling Grass; not only could it increase his Spirit's quality, but he could also use the Spiritual Qi of the Xuan Ling Grass to raise his spirit power Rank.
The competition at the Intermediate Soul Master Academy would be even more intense, putting no small amount of pressure on him.
Since Li Li wasn't going, Tie Li went by himself.
Before that, Tie Li had taken the Xuan Ling Dew out of the Iron Arm Ape's head.
Seeing this Xuan Ling Dew, Tie Li couldn't help but smile.
This Li Li clearly hadn't studied properly; there was a chance for Xuan Ling Dew to appear in the roots of the Xuan Ling Grass, and its effect was several times that of Xuan Ling Grass.
If the market price of Xuan Ling Grass was five hundred gold coins, then Xuan Ling Dew would be five thousand gold coins.
After putting the Xuan Ling Dew away, Tie Li carried the Iron Arm Ape's corpse to the Fengxue Merchant Guild.
The manager of the Fengxue Merchant Guild saw Tie Li's appearance and knew he was there to sell Spirit Beast corpses.
Many Hunter Soul Groups undertook missions to hunt for spirit rings, and after the employer absorbed the spirit ring, they would often package the Spirit Beast's corpse and bring it back to sell to their merchant guild or hotel.
As soon as Tie Li entered the Fengxue Merchant Guild, he saw the manager of the Fengxue Merchant Guild, with his bloated physique, dressed in luxurious clothes, and a Spirit Master accompanying him; Tie Li could feel the spirit power fluctuations from him.
"Oh? It's a hundred-year Iron Arm Ape."
The fat manager wasn't surprised by the hundred-year Iron Arm Ape, but by Tie Li's age;
A boy who looked only ten years old could actually hunt and kill a hundred-year Spirit Beast.
"How much can I sell it for to you?"
"Except for the wound on its back, the rest of its fur is intact, its body is complete and undamaged, and aside from the severely damaged head, the price can probably be set at thirty gold coins."
The fat manager couldn't help but inspect the Iron Arm Ape's head several more times;
The Iron Arm Ape should have died by decapitation by the boy, so why was the skull so severely damaged?
When Tie Li heard thirty gold coins, his eyes immediately lit up; he had originally thought it would only sell for twenty gold coins.
With this wealth, his Family's situation could be resolved, and even if Tie Wen and Tie Wu both had to enter the Soul Master Academy, it wouldn't be a big problem.
"Oh, right, when I came back, I ran into your merchant guild's caravan; they encountered bandits and asked me to inform you, and he said you would give a reward," Tie Li's tone became a few shades heavier at the end.
"What?" The fat manager's face changed, and he immediately got up to deal with the matter.
As for Tie Li's reward, he had a staff member take him to collect it.
After leaving the Fengxue Merchant Guild, Tie Li felt the money bag in his Pregnant again.
A total of forty gold coins.
With money in hand, more ideas naturally came to mind.
For example, Tie Li was now fantasizing about saving money to buy a high-Rank Reiki Meditation.
The prosperity of a Spirit Master Family or Sect, besides powerful Legacy Spirits, requires continuously unearthing the potential of the Spirit to maintain its strength.
The future development direction of the Spirit, the optimal configuration of spirit rings to produce Spirit Abilities with the Spirit, and the development of the most compatible Reiki Meditation for the Spirit.
A Family with the Iron Armored Rhinoceros as its Legacy Spirit might have developed three Spirit development directions within the clan: strength system, defense system, and attack system;
They would record the Spirit Abilities produced by absorbing each type of spirit ring and their own Spirit, and then use several generations to match spirit rings, summarizing the most suitable spirit ring combinations for the Spirit's development direction.
They would strive for the best in the combination of Spirit and spirit rings.
Equally important was the Reiki Meditation; a Sect or Spirit Master Family with deep foundations would have the most compatible Reiki Meditation for their Legacy Spirit.
Do not underestimate any Sect or Spirit Master Family; under a large base, there will always be stunning Prodigies born to perfect any lacking loopholes.
If Tie Li could obtain a high-Rank Reiki Meditation, preferably a strength system or elemental system one, Tie Li would not hesitate to choose to Cultivate it.
Cultivating a high-Rank Reiki Meditation not only meant faster Cultivation speed, but the greater benefit was the subtle improvement of Spirit quality.