The Master of Beasts-Chapter 520 - 118_2

"That’s right, True Immortal Thirty-One Layer Heaven’s Spiritual Beast is enough to protect us." Wu Daotian nodded and said.

"Still, be careful. If you encounter any trouble, please let me know immediately." Chen Jiuge advised.

"Don’t worry, junior brother, we won’t stand on ceremony."

After some idle chatter and sending the two off, Chen Jiuge finally took a sigh of relief.

"Ahem." Shen Boyi lightly coughed twice.

Chen Jiuge was startled, then looked toward his master ancestor with a bit of helplessness and said, "Master Ancestor, could you come in through the door next time?"

Feeling somewhat embarrassed, Shen Boyi maintained a demeanor of high elegance and said, "It’s to train your crisis awareness."

"Alright, so what is it that brings you here, Master Ancestor?" Chen Jiuge asked, choosing his words carefully.

"It’s nothing major, really. I have a friend, and his son is about to come of age. As a senior, I ought to give him a gift. I had it all prepared, but then the old fella got wind of your abilities and insisted I gift his descendant a Spiritual Beast." Shen Boyi said, a bit exasperated.

As a big shot Golden Immortal, asking his own grand-disciple for something did feel a bit embarrassing!

Chen Jiuge didn’t mind and instead asked, "So what type of Spiritual Beast does your friend want, Master Ancestor? Are there any specific requirements?"

"Anything suitable will do, of course, it can’t be too subpar." Shen Boyi said, a bit sheepishly.

"Then, Master Ancestor, why don’t you take a look inside the Divine Tree? If there’s nothing satisfactory, I’ll breed an extra one." Chen Jiuge said, striding toward the Divine Tree.

"I’ll just go myself."

As Shen Boyi dashed into the Divine Tree, Chen Jiuge, who was momentarily restrained in place, watched helplessly. Once Shen Boyi was inside the Divine Tree, the restraint on Chen Jiuge dissipated.

Understanding his master ancestor’s embarrassment, Chen Jiuge didn’t follow, as it might make his master ancestor uncomfortable.

Before long, Shen Boyi threw down a Storage Bag and hurriedly left.

Black Eye, who was in charge of looking after things inside, took out a ledger and seriously reported, "Master, the master ancestor took a total of three Beauty Snakes and one Black Water Flood Dragon."

"Beauty Snakes? Black Water Flood Dragon?" Chen Jiuge was slightly surprised but didn’t delve into it.

........

As time slowly passed by, Wu Daotian and Yue Yinghua, without external pressure, and with the help of the Spiritual Beasts gifted by Chen Jiuge, gradually stabilized their footing, and their cultivation levels also steadily climbed.

Meanwhile, Chen Jiuge once again plunged into the situation of extensively breeding Spiritual Beasts.

"Zhi zhi zhi, ssssss, roar roar roar."

Upon entering the treehouse, Chen Jiuge was immediately overwhelmed by the noise from the energetic Spiritual Beasts.

Even though the treehouse was usually open for others from the Sect to trade, Chen Jiuge’s breeding speed was so fast that the number of Spiritual Beasts in the treehouse increased day by day, regardless.

"Master, someone requests an audience." The Fairy Beast, elegantly named Hong Yue by Chen Jiuge, informed him with a bow.

"Hong Yue, who is it?"

With a gentle smile, Hong Yue replied, "The visitors claim to be old friends of the Master’s, one of whom is named Jiang Xueyao."

"Jiang Xueyao?" Chen Jiuge was a bit surprised; how could she come looking for him?

"Let them in."

Before long, Jiang Xueyao and Zhu Ying arrived at the courtyard.

Compared to before, Jiang Xueyao had an ethereal aura about her, her cultivation had broken through to True Immortal, and her appearance was more classically elegant.

On the other hand, Zhu Ying didn’t look too well. Clearly a cultivator of Pure Yang True Monarch, yet he seemed to have a touch of aging.

"It’s been a long time. May I know why Fellow Daoist Jiang is looking for me?" Chen Jiuge asked while Hong Yue was serving tea.

Still in awe of the presence of the Fairy Beast, Jiang Xueyao was somewhat in a daze, but it was Zhu Ying who responded, "Her Ladyship has encountered some trouble and wishes to ask for your help, Fellow Daoist."

"Trouble? Tell me more. If it’s possible, I’ll try to help." Chen Jiuge said calmly, knowing that his relationship with Jiang Xueyao wasn’t deep. Helping with minor issues was no problem, but for anything too troublesome, he’d have to reconsider.

Jiang Xueyao, snapping back to reality, let out a bitter laugh twice and then recounted the events of her cultivation journey in the Jiang Family’s ancestral land.

It turned out that Jiang Xueyao’s practice in the Jiang Family ancestral land was not easy. As an outsider and someone from a collateral line, had it not been for Jiang Kui personally bringing her in, she might have been expelled long ago.

But even the face of the Golden Immortal has its limits. Now Jiang Xueyao can no longer stay in the ancestral land. Having gained so much, naturally, she also needs to give back. Jiang Xueyao’s task is simple, which is to collect resources for the Jiang Family.

"Every ten years, I need to offer resources to the family, and the amount determines how much resources and benefits I can get," Jiang Xueyao said with a bitter smile.

When it comes to making money, Jiang Xueyao is entirely inexperienced. It was Zhu Ying’s suggestion to find Chen Jiuge. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Chen Jiuge turned his gaze to Zhu Ying and said lightly, "You want me to breed Spiritual Beasts, and you go sell them?"

Zhu Ying seriously replied, "That’s right. The Spiritual Beast Friend store we previously managed has been assigned to Miss by the Jiang Family. In addition, the Jiang Family has also transferred some special trading partners to Miss. We are now just lacking some products."

Chen Jiuge pondered for a moment before saying, "I can let you sell the Spiritual Beasts, and I’ll set the price lower than the market, ensuring your profit is guaranteed, but I have one condition."

"Tell me," Zhu Ying replied earnestly.

"You are planning to establish a chamber of commerce, aren’t you?" Chen Jiuge asked.

Zhu Ying nodded decisively, "Yes, but for now, it’s at most a caravan, a chamber of commerce is still a bit far off."

"That’s good, I need to hold a certain share in the chamber of commerce."

As Zhu Ying and Jiang Xueyao were about to refute, Chen Jiuge waved and said, "Don’t be hasty, Hong Yue, take them to the treehouse to have a look."

"Inside are all my Spiritual Beasts, get to know them first."

Zhu Ying gave Chen Jiuge a deep look, nodded, and said, "Alright."

......

Treehouse

Led by Hong Yue, Jiang Xueyao used her Divine Sense to complain to Zhu Ying, "Zhu Ying, isn’t this Chen Jiuge being too greedy, wanting to take shares."

Zhu Ying silently replied, "For the caravan to grow, it must have enough uniqueness. We have no foundation in the Jiang Family, at most we get some ordinary goods, and the development speed is too slow."

Jiang Xueyao, of course, knew this issue too, but just mentioning Spiritual Beasts and giving up shares of the caravan was still hard for Jiang Xueyao to accept.

"Honored guests, this is the Master’s Spiritual Beast Arena."

After Shen Boyi’s modifications, the space inside the treehouse is not only larger, the Spiritual Energy is more abundant, and it is divided into several distinct spaces. Hong Yue brought them to the second floor of the treehouse, while the first floor is the main hall for auctions.

"Hong Yue, who are these two?" The large Black Eye quickly leaped over from a distance and asked.

"Lord Black Eye, this is at the Master’s request. I’m showing them the Spiritual Beasts," Hong Yue said respectfully.

Black Eye, having overseen the Eden Garden for many years, naturally understood these should be the buyers for the Spiritual Beasts, so he asked no further questions and resumed patrolling the pasture.

With Hong Yue’s reminder, the two also stopped secretly using Divine Sense to communicate, and began observing the Spiritual Beasts in front of them.

Two Beauty Snakes leisurely slithered not far from the three of them. Their exquisite faces paired with the sleek snake bodies looked eerily beautiful.

"Are those Beauty Snakes?" Zhu Ying exclaimed in shock.

Jiang Xueyao didn’t have much feeling, just unexpectedly finding it curious that the Spiritual Beasts actually had beautiful faces.

"What’s the matter?" Jiang Xueyao asked.

"Miss, these are Beauty Snakes. It’s said that Beauty Snakes can bring people romantic luck. Though that’s just a rumor, they’re much favored by those amorous cultivators, especially in those Dual Cultivation sects. However, for some reasons, the number of Beauty Snakes in the True Realm has greatly diminished, only the Demon Domain has many left," Zhu Ying explained.

Jiang Xueyao didn’t understand the rarity of the Beauty Snakes, but from Zhu Ying’s words, she heard that Beauty Snakes are very valuable.

"Are they expensive?"

"It’s not about being expensive, but that such Spiritual Beasts will surely be snapped up if sold," Zhu Ying seemed to foresee the growth of their caravan.

Then, Hong Yue continued leading the two to see one rare Spiritual Beast after another. Some were uncommon rare species, some possessed powerful battle capabilities, and others had strong auxiliary abilities; overall, they were things hard to come by.

Having roughly visited about one-third of the second floor, Zhu Ying couldn’t take it anymore, secretly transmitted, "Miss, we must agree, as long as Chen Jiuge doesn’t take control of the caravan, we have to agree."

Jiang Xueyao’s face had a slight solemn look, "Is it truly that important?"

"With these Spiritual Beasts, we can develop the caravan in a short time," Zhu Ying said with determination.

"Alright, I trust you."

Jiang Xueyao, having nothing else apart from the initial support from the Jiang Family, now only had Zhu Ying this managerial talent, had no other option but to trust.