48: Chapter 48 I've never heard of it...
Chu Ran's gaze became clear.
If before, on Zhou Tianhun's body, he only had a vague concept of the power of laws, then after witnessing this scene, his understanding of the power of laws became incredibly clear...
Just a flick of a finger easily erased an Eighth Revolution Peak expert...
Immediately after, the two Mu Family members and the millions of viewers in the live stream watched as Chu Ran was taken away by three top-tier powerhouses...
An expression of shock lingered on everyone's face for a long time, unable to subside...
Three top-tier powerhouses personally came to receive him. This is something not even an ordinary genius could achieve...
The live stream instantly exploded.
"What just happened? Why did the Zhou Family Head's energy storm hit himself?"
"I felt a chill even through the screen just now..."
"The Zhou Family Head is dead, and the Zhou Family has been erased... all because of this kid. What's his background, really... Does he truly have no special identity?"
"Hey, the person above, before today, you could call him 'kid' and he wouldn't mind. Now, what should you call Lord Chu?"
"First Rule of the Central Domain's Black Forest: Never mess with Chu Ran!"
"As if there's any Chu you could afford to mess with..."
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Although the matter ended perfectly, Mu Zhiyu felt like she hadn't been of any help...
Led by Mu Ziyan, she left the Zhou Family compound...
This Zhou Family, a clan of several hundred people, was just erased like that...
Although they weren't killed, for those accustomed to a life of luxury, this is worse than death...
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Imperial Capital Professional Association. Chu Ran's expression wasn't too good, because right now he was inside being stared at in turn by twelve old men...
Half an hour later, Chu Ran left the Association...
In his hand was what should have been the prize for the Genius Battle champion—the resurrection divine talisman!
Even Chu Tianxiong, the only one directly promoted to the finals, could barely handle one Monarch-level at a time, while Chu Ran had three...
His strength far exceeded the other competitors. There was no longer any need for him to participate in the competition...
The Twelve Strong convened and stated Chu Ran's time shouldn't be wasted on such trivial matters, deciding to arrange a major event for him!
Enter the Inheritance Pagoda!
The Inheritance Pagoda is the Dragon Nation's only national-level secret realm!
It's one level higher than a Ninth-level secret realm.
It can only be opened twice a year, and each opening only allows one person to enter. The treasures inside are all high-grade items.
The Inheritance Pagoda will open in twelve hours, but before Chu Ran enters the Inheritance Pagoda, he has to take care of one major matter.
Shopping!
Hidden Emperor Pavilion.
The highest-level shopping center in the Capital.
It practically encompasses the Dragon Nation's highest-level magical artifacts, equipment, spiritual medicines, and various grades of elemental items and cultivation techniques...
When the shop assistant heard Chu Ran was planning to buy equipment for his Monarch-level tamed beasts, his expression instantly darkened:
"Oh my goodness, they're already Monarch-level tamed beasts. Wouldn't buying spiritual materials for them to eat be stronger than equipment..."
Tamed beast equipment is crafted using demon beast corpses as materials. For tamed beasts, equipment is the least cost-effective combination, especially for high-grade tamed beasts...
The attribute boost from a single piece of Monarch-level tamed beast equipment might not even surpass the beast's own attributes, it can't even achieve 1+1=2...
In some extreme cases, the attributes provided by the equipment conflict with the tamed beast's own attributes...
To the point wearing equipment is worse than not wearing it...
Therefore, for a Beast Tamer, feeding tamed beasts high-grade spiritual materials can both enhance their constitution and increase their chances of advancement...
A single Monarch-level tamed beast equipment sells for several hundred million, almost enough to feed them for a whole year...
And the tamed beasts themselves also need to eat.
Chu Ran suddenly remembered, he hadn't fed his tamed beasts for the past three days!
They've been eating the demon beasts killed on the battlefield!
But the old man said that just eating demon beasts only maintains them; they must eat high-tier demon beasts to match the effect of spiritual materials...
Chu Ran wanted to look at tamed beast equipment, so the old man casually took out a piece for him.
But he discovered his Advancement Points couldn't advance the tamed beast equipment...
Tamed beast equipment is somewhat different from Professional equipment. During the crafting process of tamed beast equipment, to preserve the beast's original power, the demon beast's soul is retained...
Chu Ran thought this was probably the reason it couldn't be advanced.
What if the beast soul becomes too powerful after advancement and escapes...
He then turned to look at the spiritual materials section.
Because tamed beasts have huge appetites, these spiritual materials are sold by the ton...
And here they can match spiritual materials according to the client's tamed beast type, which is more helpful in stimulating the tamed beast's advancement potential...
"I have a few tamed beasts. Can you help match some for them?" Chu Ran asked.
The old man nodded confidently.
After Chu Ran brought his spiritual sense into the tamed beast space, the old man was instantly dumbfounded...
Three Upper-tier Monarch-level tamed beasts!
To the side, there was another creature with an aura even more imposing than the three Monarch-level ones... a giant turtle shell...?
Chu Ran immediately rolled his eyes.
This kid, even at Saint Spirit-level, still loves to [Retract into its Shell] so much...
"This child of mine is a bit shy," Chu Ran said awkwardly, laughing.
Hearing this, the old man could only force a smile and nod.
Such terrifying tamed beasts have anything to do with shyness?
In the end, Chu Ran and the old man signed a purchase contract.
After seeing the bill, Chu Ran's heart bled...
The daily food cost for three Monarch-level tamed beasts is eight hundred thousand...
And the daily food cost for the Saint Turtle is one point five million...
Chu Ran, who originally thought his family assets were substantial, instantly became modest...
After selling off other materials in hand, plus the savings accumulated over the past few days, Chu Ran now has three hundred million Dragon Nation currency...
Calculating carefully, it's not even enough for these babies' food expenses for a few months...
And that's under the condition the tamed beasts don't advance. If they advance, the food cost will have to increase again...
Tamed beasts are truly money-devouring beasts...
No wonder some small clans can't support high-level Beast Tamers...
But fortunately, Chu Ran's money-making ability is also very strong...
If he really runs out of food, he can just go to the Desolate Realm or a secret realm and let them gnaw on some other demon beast brothers to tide them over. They'll survive one way or another...
As if reading Chu Ran's subtle expression, the old man spoke up:
"If you find bearing the cost of these spiritual materials a bit difficult, we can provide food for your tamed beasts for free..."
"Oh?" Chu Ran was slightly shocked.
"But you must agree to one condition for our family..." the old man said calmly.
"Your family is?"
"Southern Domain, Ouyang Family." The old man's face carried a hint of pride.
"Oh, I haven't heard of it..."
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