25: Boldly sell [Qingyou Grass]

Tonight, Luo Chen's family enjoyed a good night's sleep, but Qingyang City had a sleepless night.

Even though it was nighttime, huge flying bird beasts occasionally flew over Qingyang City's sky, and heavy footsteps continuously echoed on the streets, as if a large force was migrating.

The disturbances from the outside world were blocked outside the Luo family's area by a huge energy membrane, so Luo Chen, who slept soundly, did not know that a major event had occurred in Qingyang City.

The restless commotion in the city lasted until dawn.

Newspaper media, sensing something unusual, all sprang into action, with various rumors emerging endlessly.

"Explosive News: The Qin Family, Feng Family, and He Family from Middle City's Liuguang City jointly launched an attack on the Han Hai Secret Realm."

"Shocking: The three families dispatched a total of sixty King Beast Beast Masters for this attack on the Han Hai Secret Realm."

When Luo Chen saw the second piece of news, he couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement. He could only say, as expected of Middle City—just the strength of three families among them could already sweep Qingyang City back and forth three times.

"At 6:12 a.m., the three families' teams withdrew from the Han Hai Secret Realm, but many Beast Masters in the teams were injured, and the number of personnel was significantly reduced, suggesting heavy losses for the joint forces of the three families."

The family of four listened to the news while enjoying the breakfast carefully prepared by Su Muqing.

Upon hearing the news broadcast, Luo Yuheng and Su Muqing exchanged solemn glances, both sensing something unusual.

Luo Yang asked bluntly, "Dad, what treasure is inside the Han Hai Secret Realm that even the aristocratic families of Liuguang City couldn't resist joining forces to seize?"

Luo Yuheng originally didn't want them to know so much—they were still schoolchildren and should focus on their studies. However, seeing Luo Chen's equally curious gaze, he suddenly realized the children had grown up.

After organizing his thoughts, he began to explain some details about the Han Hai Secret Realm. "The environment inside the Han Hai Secret Realm is primarily oceanic, with occasional scattered islands on the sea surface.

Most of the beasts inside are sea creatures, which is why the beasts in this secret realm, despite being very powerful, have not launched attacks outside the secret realm.

What likely attracted the three major families in the secret realm is a King Beast race, the Tide-Calling Mermaid."

Luo Yang scratched his head. "A King Beast race? It's indeed rare in Qingyang City, but for a middle-tier city like them, it shouldn't be a big deal, right?"

Just looking at how they dispatched sixty King Realm Beast Masters to attack this secret realm, it doesn't seem like they lack a few King Beast Rank beasts.

So, the race named [Tide-Calling Mermaid] must have its unique features.

Hearing Luo Yang's confusion, a glint of amusement flashed in Luo Yuheng's eyes as he patiently explained, "You need to understand that there are differences among King Beast races.

Some King Beast races can advance to King Beast, but they still need to break through thresholds. If they can't overcome the bottleneck, they might never reach King Beast in their lifetime.

Another Type of King Beast race is guaranteed to reach King Beast upon adulthood, with no bottlenecks whatsoever."

Luo Yang exclaimed in surprise, "So, the Tide-Calling Mermaid must be the second Type!"

Luo Yuheng smiled and nodded, confirming his words.

Now it wasn't hard to understand why the three major families from Middle City would go to such lengths. By mastering the [Tide-Calling Mermaid], their descendants could continuously grow into King Beast Beast Masters.

This concerned the prosperity and longevity of their families, so they naturally couldn't wait to attack the Han Hai Secret Realm overnight, likely fearing that delays might bring complications.

However, matters of Middle City and King Beast Beast Masters were still somewhat distant for Luo Chen at this point, so after listening to the excitement, he didn't pay much attention to it.

After breakfast, the family of four headed together to the current Chenyang Pet Store.

When Luo Yuheng and Su Muqing saw the changes in the store, it would be false to say they weren't surprised, but both kept their questions to themselves, not asking about the reasons for these changes.

Luo Chen proactively told Luo Yuheng and his wife what he could, such as the functions of the Transformation Pool, the secret realm, and the guardian store beast, the [Colorful Sound Spirit Finch].

After touring the secret realm, Luo Yuheng was most interested in the two beasts he hadn't seen before: [Azure Nether Grass] and [Colorful Sound Spirit Finch]. Perhaps this was the common trait of Breeders who loved to research?

He cut a leaf from a [Azure Nether Grass] for research purposes and wanted to conduct comprehensive tests on the [Azure Nether Grass].

Even the [Colorful Sound Spirit Finch], with Luo Chen's tacit approval, provided a feather and a small tube of blood for Luo Yuheng's research.

Seeing that his parents accepted the changes in him well, Luo Chen breathed a sigh of relief. Now he had a backing in Qingyang City, so he remembered Zhang Zheng's request from yesterday.

[Luo Chen: Another batch of Azure Nether Grass arrived yesterday. Do you still want to buy it?

Zhang Zheng (Cheng): Yes, how many? I'll come to the store right away.

Luo Chen: Seven, probably costing around a million spirit coins.

Zhang Zheng (Cheng): Okay.]

After finalizing the deal, Luo Yuheng was on the second floor, studying materials from the [Azure Nether Grass] and [Colorful Sound Spirit Finch], though it was unclear what exactly he was researching.

Luo Chen turned his gaze to his mother, who was tidying up the store. "Mom, I just made a deal. Can you help me capture a few beasts in the secret realm?"

As for his younger brother, Luo Chen chose to ignore him. Now there was a more suitable and powerful candidate—who was his brother? He didn't know him.

Su Muqing smiled gently, patted Luo Chen's shoulder, said "Sure," and followed Luo Chen into the second-floor Rank 1 secret realm.

Upon entering the secret realm, a large bird over a person's height appeared before Su Muqing. Its feathers were snow-white, but what most attracted attention was its arrogant gaze.

Although it didn't have human facial features, this bird gave off a cocky vibe.

It extended its slender neck, first nuzzling Su Muqing, then looked at Luo Chen, similarly patting his shoulder lightly with its wing as a greeting.

Su Muqing gestured with her eyes for Luo Chen to State his request to the [Haoyu Finch] before them.

"Big Hao, can you help me capture seven Ferocious Beast Six-Star or Seven-Star [Azure Nether Grass] in this secret realm?"

Afraid the [Haoyu Finch] might mistake it, Luo Chen thoughtfully pulled up an image of the [Azure Nether Grass] from his terminal's photo album and held it up for the [Haoyu Finch] to recognize.

The [Haoyu Finch] glanced at the image of the [Azure Nether Grass] on the screen, flapped its wings slightly, flew into the air, and began searching the secret realm for [Azure Nether Grass] that met the requirements as per Luo Chen's request.

Luo Chen secretly checked the [Haoyu Finch]'s information using the Eye of Truth.

[Name: Haoyu Finch

Rank: Spirit Beast Seven-Star

Type: Psychic · Superpower

State: Relaxed, Minor Injuries

Aptitude: Good

Skill: 1. Object Control (Mystic Rank): The Haoyu Finch's spirit manifests outside its body, allowing it to grab non-resisting items from a distance.

2. Psychic Barrier (Mystic Rank): The Haoyu Finch controls psychic energy to form a pure psychic barrier, capable of blocking energy, psychic, and physical damage.

3. Psychic Pierce (Mystic Rank): The Haoyu Finch condenses psychic power into sharp spikes to directly attack the target's psyche.

4. Claw Strike (Yellow Rank): The Haoyu Finch consumes minimal energy to inflict damage on the target with its claws.]

Three Mystic Rank Skills—this should be considered quite excellent among Spirit Beasts, worthy of his mother's beast.

The [Haoyu Finch] acted quickly; in less than ten minutes, it had completed the task and flown back.

It landed gently before Luo Chen and Su Muqing, with seven somewhat wilted [Azure Nether Grass] quietly floating behind it.

Not one more, not one less. Their leaves and stems bore deep claw marks, clearly left by the [Haoyu Finch].

Luo Chen took out the flowerpots he had prepared earlier and, together with Su Muqing, planted the seven [Azure Nether Grass] into the pots. Then, he had the [Haoyu Finch] use its Object Control Skill to help transport them to the first floor.

Not long after finishing the work, Zhang Zheng hurriedly arrived at the store.

Perhaps influenced by yesterday's attack on the secret realm by the three families, the store had been open for a long time today with few customers, making it appear quite deserted.

"The Zhang family's kid?"

As soon as Zhang Zheng entered the store, Su Muqing recognized the visitor.