You, a druid, go to practice Taoism?.

Chapter 19 Trading
As for the second animal companion, what Qi Ping wanted most was an animal companion with high attack and defense and the ability to fight head-on.

For example, Barbarian Armor Bear and Red Flame Tiger
Their frontal combat capability can make up for Qi Ping's own lack of combat power. At the same time, their combat capability combined with the golden marrow bees can also cause very terrible lethality.

For example, the Barbarian Armored Bear can fight head-on to contain the opponent, while the Golden Marrow Bee can use its speed advantage to release venom.

If Qi Ping had better luck and shared the physical or defensive talents of the Barbarian Armor Bear or the Red Flame Tiger, coupled with the existence of the Wooden Shield Technique, his defense and ability to survive would surely be greatly enhanced.

However, for Qi Ping, this kind of spiritual beast had a fatal flaw: these spiritual beasts were too big! And Qi Ping didn't have a spiritual beast bag, so it would be too conspicuous to keep them around.

It was simply telling Jie Xiu or other interested people: "I have something good here!"

Even if the robbery cultivator has no ill intentions, if he really encounters an enemy, such a large pet will be easily targeted, and may even attract stronger enemies.

Therefore, before getting a spirit beast bag, Qi Ping did not plan to consider this type of pet beast for the time being, unless he met a very good and suitable one.

As a second choice, a spiritual beast that is easy to hide and has certain frontal combat capabilities becomes Qi Ping's most suitable choice.

The first tier that Qi Ping is considering now is flying spirit beasts.

For example, the Blue Cloud Crane and the Thunder Eagle.
It has a low-profile figure, but has good frontal combat capabilities, and works very well with a swarm of golden marrow bees.

If there is no suitable flying pet, pets such as the Stone Hedgehog, the Thick-Shelled Turtle, and the Starlight Civet Cat can also be considered.

"The situation is too dangerous now. Once the druid reaches level 2, I will contract a second animal companion as soon as possible within my ability to improve my strength."

In the future, as the druid's level increases, more contract positions for animal companions will be added, so it is not necessary to pursue perfection for every animal companion. As long as they are not too bad, they can first survive the current crisis caused by the rampant robbery. Moreover, the news about the secret realm that Lin Chaoyang told Qi Ping also gave Qi Ping a bad feeling.

A perfect spiritual beast is too rare. If Qi Ping really pursues one, he may not be able to encounter one until his death.

Qi Ping had never dreamed of encountering a divine beast when going out.

"What are you thinking about, so absorbed?"

Sister Nan looked at Qi Ping in a daze and asked with a little surprise.

"Sister Nan, I'm thinking about what to buy this time, and what kind of wine Old Zhou wants to drink."

"This old guy! Just buy him some. If he drinks less, maybe he can live two more years!"

It can be heard from Sister Nan's words that she and Old Man Zhou are very familiar with each other, otherwise she would never speak in this tone.

"What can I do about this old man Zhou? I've told him before, but he said that if he is not allowed to drink, he might as well die now."

"What a drunkard. But what he said is not wrong. If you don't enter the foundation building stage, your life span will be less than 200 years. Just be happy. A few more or less years won't matter much."

"So let Old Man Zhou go by himself."

"Let's not talk about that old guy. It's getting late. We have to sell our things quickly, buy what we need and go back early. Otherwise, it will be much more dangerous after dark than during the day!"

"Well, listen to Sister Nan!"

After saying that, the two of them walked towards Zhiyuan Chamber of Commerce without any delay.

Although there were many small vendors setting up stalls on both sides of the road, there was nothing that could attract the two men.

At least it wasn't to the point where Qi Ping and the others would waste spirit stones to buy it.

On the way, Qi Ping met the market guard twice. These guards were composed of cultivators in the middle and late stages of Qi Refining.

Moreover, these are only the forces on the surface, which is enough to show the defensive strength of Qingshifang City.

Boss Gao's Zhiyuan Chamber of Commerce is located in a corner of the eastern district of Qingshifang City. The location is not very conspicuous, so naturally there are not many customers, so the rent and entrance fee are correspondingly lower.

Because of this location, Mr. Gao, the boss of Zhiyuan Chamber of Commerce, mostly does business with regular customers.

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When Qi Ping and Sister Nan walked to the door of Zhiyuan Chamber of Commerce, they saw Boss Gao enthusiastically escorting a couple of guests out. When Boss Gao saw Qi Ping and the others, he came over to greet them warmly.

"Sister Nan, Brother Qi, I haven't seen you for a long time. Please come in quickly. I'll make you a pot of tea first!"

A middle-aged man at the sixth level of Qi Refining welcomed Qi Ping and the other man in so warmly. His service attitude was impeccable.

Boss Gao's shop is not in a good location, and he makes money by relying on regular customers.

After drinking a cup of tea, Sister Nan took out the thirty soul-enriching fruits she had prepared.

"Boss Gao, please take a look at how much this batch of soul-enriching fruits is worth."

Boss Gao's eyes were also very vicious. After a glance, he said:

"Five top-grade B-grade seeds and thirteen mid-grade B-grade seeds. Sister Nan's farming skills have improved a lot recently!"

After Boss Gao finished speaking, he looked at Sister Nan in surprise.

He knew that Sister Nan’s planting land was not even a spiritual land, yet it was able to grow so many upper-grade and mid-grade B-grade spiritual fruits.

You should know that many first-level spiritual lands may not be able to grow top-quality second-level spiritual fruits!

"Thank you for the compliment, Boss Gao. Thanks to you, the fertilizer you found for me is much better than what I would have bought on my own!"

"As Sister Nan asked, I will naturally do my best to do it. This batch of soul-enriching fruits usually costs 67 to 69 soul stones in those big chambers of commerce. How about I give you 72?"

Boss Gao spoke very frankly. The reason why he has so many regular customers is because of his frankness, and he also earns a steady stream of spirit stones.

"No problem!" Sister Nan agreed readily.

Having grown the Yunling Fruit for so many years, she was very familiar with the market price of the Yunling Fruit. Gao Zhiyuan did not lie to her.

Boss Gao quickly counted out 72 low-grade spirit stones and handed them to Sister Nan, then put away the spirit fruit.

Sister Nan completed the transaction, and the next step was Qi Ping’s turn.

Qi Ping did not hesitate and took out the eleven bottles of honey he had prepared.

"Boss Gao, please take a look!"

When the eleven bottles of honey appeared on the table, Boss Gao and Sister Nan both exclaimed in surprise.

"Four bottles of Grade A low-quality honey? Seven bottles of Grade B high-quality honey?"

There was a hint of shock and surprise in Boss Gao's voice.

Neither Boss Gao nor Sister Nan expected that Qi Ping could actually produce Grade A honey.

The difficulty of brewing Grade A honey is no less than that of cultivating Grade A spiritual fruit.

Although Grade A honey is not expensive, it is still quite rare to be cultivated in a place like the D area of the Yunwu Mountain Range.

"Brother Qi, your beekeeping skills are probably better than mine!" Boss Gao praised.

Old man Zhou has been working with him for so long, and the number of times he has taken out Grade A honey is extremely limited. He never thought that Qi Ping would actually take it out today!

"There have indeed been some breakthroughs in breeding experience recently, but most of them were taught by old man Zhou and are also his accumulation," Qi Ping said modestly.

He naturally wouldn't say it was because there was an abundance of golden marrow honey and spiritual flowers.

"That's because Brother Qi has an outstanding understanding. He was able to master this technique in such a short time. I've met so many people but haven't seen many like him! The purchase price of the big chamber of commerce here is generally 53 to 56 spirit stones. How about I offer 59 spirit stones?"

(End of this chapter)