You're just a single demon beast? I have a whole army of beast tamers!

After seeing Qin Shou off, Qian Man sat alone in the quiet room.

He fiddled with the storage bag containing five hundred spirit stones, his eyes gleaming.

"Late stage of Qi Refining, wealthy, ruthless, calm, and determined to find high-potential demonic beasts..."

This Senior Brother Qin seems destined for an extraordinary path of beast taming.

He muttered to himself, "Forget it, it's better to befriend such a person than to make him an enemy."

This deal must be handled flawlessly for him.

As Qin Shou left the teahouse and walked back to Lingcan Peak, he was also making plans in his mind.

"With the One Yuan Heavy Water secured, half of the resources needed for the python and phoenix to advance have been resolved."

The rest is finding the Metal and Wood elemental beasts... The Money storyline might be helpful.

But we can't rely on him entirely.

On Spirit Silkworm Peak, we also need to find a way to contact higher levels.

Let's see if we can find out anything about the Seven-Colored Cloud Silkworm.

Or other clues that may conceal high-level demonic beasts.

"Strength, and more strength."

The most urgent task is to upgrade the existing spirit beasts to the second tier as soon as possible, especially the Illusionary Water Phoenix.

Once it awakens as the Heavy Water Phoenix, its strength will greatly increase.

Only when I entered the inner sect did I truly gain a foothold and confidence.

That would give them more leverage to plot against the two vacant natal beasts.

Three days later, Qin Shou arrived at the appointment on time.

It was still the same quiet room in the teahouse, where Qian Man was already waiting.

"Senior Brother Qin, I have successfully completed my mission."

Qian's face showed signs of fatigue.

He took out a pile of jade boxes and jade bottles of various sizes.

And a deep blue stone jar covered with several talismans.

"Three second-tier low-grade water python demon cores, of superior quality, for a total of 1,500 spirit stones."

One portion each of five auxiliary spiritual herbs, including Frost Crystal Grass and Water Spirit Flower.

A total of 350 spirit stones.

One second-tier Luan bird demon core, pure quality, worth seven hundred spirit stones.

Qian Man counted the money and pushed it in front of Qin Shou.

"As for single-element heavy water..."

He picked up the azure blue stone jar.

"A total of three drops, placed in a specially made jar of sea-stone, can preserve its spiritual energy for a hundred years."

The price of this item is... 2,100 spirit stones.

After quoting the total price, he looked at Qin Shou.

The list totaled four thousand six hundred and fifty spirit stones.

Including the previous deposit of 500,

Qin Beast still needs to pay 4,150 low-grade spirit stones.

This is absolutely a huge sum of money.

It's enough to drain most of the wealth of an ordinary early Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Qin Shou remained calm, scanning the items in front of him with his divine sense. After confirming that everything was correct, he nodded.

He didn't take out the spirit stones directly.

Instead, he first took out a bulging storage bag.

Push it in front of Qian Man:

"Senior Brother Qian, there's another batch of spirit eggs here."

Approximately four thousand colorful brocade eggs,

The quality is similar to last time, so I'll give it to my senior colleague as well.

It was what I got from the last robbery.

It comes from a force specializing in raising spirit birds.

"Now that we don't need it, we can use the spirit stones to pay for the goods."

Qian Man took the storage bag and probed it with his divine sense.

Sure enough, there was a mountain of colorful brocade eggs.

His heart stirred slightly, but he remained outwardly calm and accepted the gift with a smile.

"Senior brother, you're very generous! This batch of spirit eggs is worth between 560 and 600 spirit stones on the market. I'll settle with you for 580 spirit stones, how about that?"

"Okay." Qin Shou nodded.

Money full quick calculation:

"The goods cost 4,650, with a deduction of 580, and after deducting the deposit of 500, Senior Brother still needs to pay... 3,570 spirit stones."

Without hesitation, Qin Shou took out another bag full of spirit stones from his pocket and handed it over.

"Brother Qian nodded."

Qian Man took the money and scanned it with his divine sense. There were 3,570 low-grade spirit stones, not a single one more or less.

He was secretly astonished; this Senior Brother Qin's wealth was simply unfathomable!

Previously it was a deposit of five hundred spirit stones, now it's nearly three thousand spirit stones in cash.

In addition to that batch of valuable spirit eggs...

He had previously speculated that the Qin beast might have intercepted the output of the Spirit Chicken Peak.

But now it seems that it's probably much more than that.

However, he knew all too well that in the world of cultivation, inquiring about a client's financial resources was a major taboo.

Especially when dealing with a customer like Qin Shou, who appears gentle but is actually ruthless.

He carefully put away all the spirit stones and spirit eggs, his smile becoming even more genuine:

"Payment settled! Dealing with Senior Brother Qin was truly a pleasure!"

He paused, then continued, "As for the high-potential metal and wood attribute demonic beasts that my senior brother entrusted me to find..."

Qin Shou's gaze sharpened: "There's news?"

Qian Man nodded, then shook his head:

"There is no concrete information or readily available cubs at the moment."

However, Qian obtained two rather valuable clues.

Perhaps this can point my senior in the right direction.

"Speaking."

"Firstly, metal-attribute demonic beasts."

Qian Man lowered his voice, "Senior brother, do you know about Jiaolong Peak?"

This peak is dedicated to cultivating demonic beasts with the bloodline of dragons, and dragons and snakes mingle within its walls.

It is said that some disciples within the peak... occasionally have access to...

It is possible to obtain some young metallic pythons with good bloodlines, but whose origins may not be entirely legitimate.

These cubs may have originated from some shady expedition.

Or perhaps it was leftovers from some exchange of interests within the peak.

Prices are often significantly lower than in the open market.

However, there are certain risks involved in purchasing this product.

Furthermore, if the original owner recognizes the child during subsequent training, it could cause trouble.

Qin Shou's heart stirred.

Metallic python?

That's a good option.

It may share similarities in appearance and some habits with the water-type pythons he already possesses.

This experience can be used as a reference for future training programs.

As for the risks... he has his own ways of covering them up.

"Secondly, wood-attribute monsters."

Qian Man continued, "Between Beast Peak and Bird Peak,

There are several long-standing beast-taming families,

Focusing on cultivating specific types of wood-attribute spirit beasts,

Examples include the Blackwood Ape and the Greenwood Crane.

These demonic beasts have relatively pure bloodlines and solid foundations.

Advancing to the second tier is practically a done deal.

There is even a considerable probability that one can reach the third-order threshold.

But... if you want to go further and reach the fourth level of purified blood pulse attack, then...

It would be extremely difficult, requiring not only massive resources but also an extraordinary stroke of luck.

These families occasionally sell some cubs with above-average potential.

The price... is naturally exorbitant, at least twice that of the metal-type python.

Upon hearing this, Qin Shou quickly weighed the options in his mind.

Metallic substances sold through "gray channels" offer high cost-effectiveness but also pose hidden risks.

The Wood element follows the "standard family" approach, which is safe but seems to have limited potential and is expensive.

"Thank you for your guidance, Senior Brother Qian. I'd like to explore both leads; would you be so kind as to introduce me?"

Qin Shou made a decision.

He didn't want to miss any possibility.

High-potential monsters with the metal element are hard to find, so prepare one with decent potential first.

Those with a wood element in their birth chart, if they can find relatively good potential through "legitimate channels,"

Even if it's only tier 3, it's fine to use it for now, and we can try to replace it in the future when the opportunity arises.

Qian Man seemed to have expected this, and smiled:

"Since you are so kind, I, Qian, will do my best to help."

Regarding the metal element, I know a senior brother at the ninth level of Qi Refining on Jiaolong Peak. He's a fairly reliable person.

On the Wood attribute side, there's a senior sister on Beast Peak.

Born into a family of beast tamers, with a gentle nature,

She has a litter of baby blackwood monkeys for sale.

We can go to Jiaolong Peak first, and then to Zou Shou Peak.

Thank you for your trouble.