20: Chapter 20 King of Spirit Beasts

"What? Twelve of them? Are you joking?" Senior Brother Zheng was completely dumbfounded.

The person who led the way spoke up: "He says he is a master of both Alchemy and artifact crafting, and he is not short on money."

"Nonsense, this isn't about money! Signing a contract causes Soul pressure. It's fine when they are weak, but if the Spirit Beast grows strong, the Soul pressure on you will be immense. Your Cultivation speed will be affected, and even overcoming a Bottleneck will become more difficult!" Senior Brother Zheng warned very solemnly.

Fang Yuan said with understanding: "I understand that, but having said that, can these Spirit Beasts with ordinary Aptitude even reach Foundation Establishment?"

Senior Brother Zheng smiled awkwardly: "Well, although their Bloodline potential is relatively low, it's not impossible for them to break through their limits!"

Fang Yuan asked: "Let's talk about the price!"

"Hmm, if you insist on buying them, I will charge you the cost price. Four thousand Spirit Stones will suffice!" Senior Brother Zheng said after pondering.

Four hundred Spirit Stones for one? That's almost the same as a mature one!

This price is quite expensive; most of the cost likely lies in the contract signing.

Fang Yuan pondered for a moment and said: "Fine, that price is acceptable. However, I need some experience notes on raising Spirit Beasts. Can you throw in a few extra copies?"

"Hahaha, that is certainly no problem!" Senior Brother Zheng laughed.

"Go ahead and pick the Spirit Beast cubs. They are all in those rooms!"

He pointed to various rooms.

Fang Yuan coughed and asked: "May I touch them?"

Senior Brother Zheng hesitated for a moment and said: "Don't use force, a gentle touch is fine!"

"Many thanks, Senior Brother Zheng!"

Fang Yuan entered one of the rooms.

Inside, there were many Black-Scaled Rat cubs. They were tiny, only the size of a fist, and some hadn't even opened their eyes yet.

Fang Yuan lightly tapped his finger on a Black-Scaled Rat.

[Species]: Black-Scaled Rat

[Rank]: Unranked

[Talent]: Gold-Swallowing (Not Awakened)

[Bloodline]: Yellow Rank Low Grade

The information was very simple, but it was enough.

He tapped his fingers on them one by one.

Suddenly, he tapped on a different Black-Scaled Rat.

[Species]: Black-scaled Rat King

[Rank]: Unranked

[Talent]: Gold-Swallowing (Not Awakened)

[Bloodline]: Yellow Rank Medium Grade

[Characteristic]: A born king among Black-Scaled Rats, possessing the ability to command.

Fang Yuan picked up this unremarkable Black-scaled Rat King and looked it up and down, unable to see any difference.

He suddenly felt that the Yao Beast that Senior Brother Zheng mentioned as breaking through its limits might not have actually broken its limits, but rather had a higher limit to begin with.

Fang Yuan said to Senior Brother Zheng: "This one!"

"Haha, no problem!"

Senior Brother Zheng first placed it into a beast cage.

Fang Yuan continued to select and came to the second room.

Here were a large number of Flash-Shadow Rabbits.

Fang Yuan followed the same pattern, touching them one by one.

After touching hundreds of cubs, his eyes finally lit up when he touched the last one.

[Species]: Flash-Shadow Rabbit King

[Rank]: Unranked

[Talent]: Wind Walk (Not Awakened)

[Bloodline]: Yellow Rank Medium Grade

[Characteristic]: A born king of the species.

Fang Yuan took it.

Then he moved on to select from the third room.

Here was the cub area for Blazing Wolf. After checking, he actually found two Blazing Demon Wolf kings, one male and one female.

He only chose one male.

Then he continued to select the next variety.

Extremely luckily, after Fang Yuan finished selecting all the Spirit Beast varieties, he had found a king for all of them!

"This identification function is also extremely good! It is basically impossible to see the strength of the Bloodline in Yao Beast cubs, but the Golden Finger can see it clearly."

Fang Yuan was extremely satisfied.

Then he was led to a special room to begin the ownership contract.

Under the joint casting of several Senior Brothers, all twelve Yao Beast cubs acknowledged Fang Yuan as their master!

Fang Yuan felt twelve contract marks appear in his Sea of Consciousness. He felt a connection with the twelve Yao Beasts and could sense the emotions of bewilderment, confusion, and affection from these twelve Yao Beast cubs.

Fang Yuan purchased an extra Spirit Beast bag to take them all away, and incidentally purchased some Spirit Beast rations.

Watching Fang Yuan's departing figure, Senior Brother Zheng sighed: "What a spendthrift. Which Family is this Disciple from?"

"I don't know. His surname is Fang. It seems there is no Golden Core Family with this surname in our branch, right?"

"Never mind him! He will definitely come to us to buy Spirit Beast rations in the future. That is the long-term source of wealth."

Fang Yuan returned to his Immortal Cave.

He took out the twelve Spirit Beast cubs.

They were the Black-Scaled Rat (Gold-Swallowing), Great Strength Ox (Shatter Gold), Thunder-Winged Tiger (Thunder Body), Flash-Shadow Rabbit (Wind Walk), Crimson-Blood Python (Water Walk), Black Water Snake (Spitting Water), Blazing Fire Horse (Fire Tread), White-Wood Goat (Growth Acceleration), Red-Leaf Monkey (Entanglement), Five-Colored Brocade Chicken (Shrinking Earth), Blazing Wolf (Fire Breath), and Earth-Thorn Pig (Earth Spike).

The twelve Spirit Beasts symbolized the twelve zodiac signs. This was not a coincidence, but rather something Zhanchen Peak intentionally selected and raised.

Zhanchen Peak had other places for raising Yao Beasts, where there were more varieties, but on the main Peak, there were indeed only these twelve types of Yao Beasts. Among them, the Crimson-Blood Python was rumored to have Dragon Clan Bloodline, though it was unknown whether it was true or false.

The twelve Spirit Beast cubs were all in an adorable state; even the Thunder-Winged Tiger was like a little puppy.

Fang Yuan took out the gifted experience notes on raising Yao Beasts and, without a word, used Decompose on them.

Then he directly absorbed those light orbs of experience.

A vast amount of knowledge flowed into his mind, which not only included the raising methods for the twelve types of Yao Beasts but also dozens of other types of Yao Beasts.

Soon he understood how to raise these Spirit Beasts, and he also knew the method for making Spirit Beast rations.

It was actually a Fusion of some Spiritual Plants and spiritual meat, belonging to a branch of Alchemy.

Later, when the Spirit Beasts grew up, they would just need to be raised with blood food or Medicinal Pill.

"Then couldn't I just use Medicinal Pill to raise them from the beginning?"

Fang Yuan took out a Top-grade Qi-Nourishing Pill, dissolved it into a basin of water, then divided it equally into twelve portions and placed them in front of these little guys.

These little cubs smelled the Spiritual Qi and fragrance in the water and immediately began to lick and drink it one by one.

After each Spirit Beast drank the spiritual water, their aura was obviously stronger by a notch!

Even their bodies grew a size larger.

The effect was immediate.

After the Thunder-Winged Tiger finished the spiritual water in its bowl and wanted to drink the spiritual water of other Spirit Beasts, it was stopped by Fang Yuan.

He kept these Spirit Beasts separated, and in front of each Spirit Beast cub, he placed spiritual water with the Top-grade Qi-Nourishing Pill added.

These Spirit Beast cubs drank to their heart's content, and after they were full, they fell into a deep sleep one by one.

"It seems they are quite easy to raise; just eat until full then sleep, and sleep until rested then eat!"

Fang Yuan nodded, and he himself returned to the Cultivation room to continue taking Medicinal Pill and Cultivating.

At this time, his use of Medicinal Pill for Cultivation would not affect his Foundation.

Times have changed.

He had raised both the Cloud Qi Art and the Cloud Body Art to the Perfection level, so his Foundation was already solid enough.

The Medicinal Pill he took were all top grade, without any pill toxin.

"It is estimated that consuming 200 Top-grade Qi-Nourishing Pills can raise Qi Refining to the fourth layer Peak, and 250 Top-grade Qi-Nourishing Pills can raise Body Refining to the fourth layer Peak. In a few days, I will be able to have a Breakthrough!"

Fang Yuan looked excited and continued to take pills to Cultivate.