Chapter 6: Mythical Beasts
Just after fifteen, I went to the store to inspect it and was very satisfied. On the base side, the lives of the orcs and winged people have all improved substantially. However, due to the large amount of things purchased by the Qidi Village, it has attracted the attention of some people with ulterior motives. So I ordered the people of Qidi Village to be on high alert, and the four teams of air and ground monsters were left to patrol the outskirts of the base instead of the orcs. Early on New Year’s Day, I sent Yamada Hotoko to the 13th Village and gave her two books, “The Biography of the Great Assassins” and “The Way of Assassination.” I told her to train about 1,000 assassins from the village, with the help of the Golden Team.
The scale of the Hidden Dragon Team was expanded again, and the 40 people in the orphanage also joined. The Hidden Tiger Team was different, however. I sent 40 of the 50 people with a good foundation to infiltrate the Jianghu and enemy countries, disguised as children who knew no martial arts or had only learned a little. Before they left, I gave each one a heart-protective charm, with which they could contact me or Konstancija at any time, and which would also help them train more efficiently. I also added 30 people from the orphanage, but they still had to be trained from scratch.
The elixir pills I refined at the base are finally ready. There are a total of 180 cauldrons, each containing 300 pills. Each pill can roughly increase one’s power by two years, but after one person takes three pills, it will no longer be effective. In fact, I have countless methods for refining pills in my heart, but since the names of medicines are different in each world, I don’t know what the ingredients needed to refine the pills are called in this world. I have already spent countless amounts of effort refining this kind of pill. I asked the eleventh to eighteenth members of the Golden Team to bring 9,000 pills to Qidi Village, and the eleventh to eighteenth members of the Wood Team to bring another 9,000 pills to the people of Pingdi Village.
In addition, I refined some medicine that is very beneficial for practicing magic. I gave a lot of it to the Necromancers and the Dark Association. My protective three-skull talisman has been modified, so I no longer need to be particularly afraid of lightning and light magic. And because I have been soaking in the Moon Cold Spirit Pool for a long time, I naturally have the power of freezing.
Before I turned fifteen, I took the time to go to Park Jeong-jye and asked him to transfer the money into the card. He readily agreed. He even agreed that they could pay first and receive the goods later, but there was one condition: our weapons could only be sold to the Silla king, and it was not allowed to sell to the other two kings of Goryeo. I thought that at the moment, apart from the orcs and winged people, there was no one else available (the people in the Qi Di camp had not completed their training, so if there was a real fight, they would run). Therefore, I also readily agreed. Park Jung-jed promised that he would transfer the money for the 100,000 goods into the card tomorrow, and hoped that I could deliver the remaining 60,000 goods to the destination as soon as possible. I excitedly told him that as soon as the money arrived, I would deliver the goods immediately. Just as the 800-partner mercenary group had nothing to do, this time they would let them take 30,000 people to transport the goods, and of course they would bring the monsters just in case.
That day, I was in the palace teaching the gargoyles marksmanship. “What is this thing?” My younger sister appeared in front of me and asked in puzzlement.
“This is my little brother,“ I said proudly.
”This is a monster!” Xiao Feng looked at the gargoyle and said, ‘We use phantom beasts, and it is said that only demons use monsters.’
I was angry, ‘Am I a demon? What’s wrong with a monster?’
My younger brother and sister were shocked. ‘I saw Xiao Xiao with a little white tiger, and then I heard her say that,’ my younger brother explained to me before dragging my younger sister away.
It turned out that everyone was using a phantom beast. I thought to myself, no way, even Xiaoxiao has a little white tiger, if I don’t have one I’ll be the laughing stock of the school! I wondered if I could buy one.
“Yuli, can I buy a phantom beast?” I asked Yuli, looking up at her.
“You can’t buy a phantom beast, because it’s already bound to someone else, unless its owner dies, but that would cause the beast’s abilities to degenerate. But we can go buy a phantom beast egg. By the way, didn’t you take a lot of dragon eggs last time?“
”No! That was a monster egg, not a phantom beast egg! I want a phantom beast egg!”
Sister Yuli said helplessly, ”Okay, let’s go out and buy a phantom beast egg.”
We have already looked in several fantasy beast houses. I want the egg of a white tiger. Yuli sister said that it is a sixth-order Light-fanged Tiger, and it may not be available. We have looked in several places, but there are none for sale, not even any with the word “tiger” in the name.
“Boss, do you have any Light-fanged Tigers?” I ran into the shop excitedly and asked hopefully.
“Young sir, I’m sorry, the Light-Tooth Tiger has just sold out, but we still have a Thunder Tiger Egg (6th rank),“ the boss said with a smile.
”Young man, your name is Thunder, and so is his, so why don’t you just buy this one?” Cathy said to me.
This was already the seventh store I had visited, and I was exhausted. I thought about it for a moment and nodded firmly, ”Show me the Thunder Tiger Egg.”
The owner opened an exquisite box, inside of which was a purple egg: “This is a variant of the Thunder Tiger. We call it the Purple Thunder Tiger. It is more powerful than the average Thunder Tiger, and most importantly, it is extremely cute.” The owner added this last sentence after seeing me and Cathy looking at the Thunder Tiger egg curiously and touching it.
“I’ll take it. How much?” I said.
“One hundred and twenty gold coins,” the owner said.
I was almost dumbfounded. Just one sixth-order phantom beast would cost 120 gold coins. I rolled my eyes. “Anything else?”
“There’s also a Dark Eagle. If you want it, it’ll only be a fifth-order one,” said the boss.
“Show us.”
Looking at the dark black eagle egg, the two little guys let out an exclamation of admiration: “So cute, and it’s still moving.”
“Boss, we want these two. Just give us a discount!” I said.
“Then 230 gold coins!“
”Can’t you reduce it a little more?”
The boss gritted his teeth and said, ‘223 gold coins, no less!’
I grumbled a little in dissatisfaction, but didn’t say anything else: ‘Can I use a magic card?’
The boss’s face showed surprise. This kid actually had a magic card: ”Of course you can. In fact, we welcome the use of magic cards.”
After paying, I casually handed Dark Eagle to Cathy: “Little lady, this is my gift to you, you must accept it.”
“Thank you.” Cathy liked Dark Eagle as soon as she saw it, and she was naturally extremely happy that I gave it to her.
I held the Thunder Tiger egg and Cathy held the Dark Eagle egg, looking at them carefully, and from time to time they whispered to each other.
“Buddy, can you show us a few of your third-level phantom beast eggs?“ A familiar voice came from outside.
I looked up in surprise and ran outside. Sure enough, it was Wu Jianjun, Lei Zihou, and Zhao Yun. The three of them were selecting phantom beast eggs from a pile of them.
”How have you been, gentlemen?” I walked up to them with confidence.
The three of them looked up at the sound and looked at me with a little confusion. They must have heard my voice familiar, but they couldn’t recognize me (I had changed my appearance): “This young master is…”
I shook my head: “I said Brother Wu, how can you not recognize me after just a month or so?”
“You are…” Wu, Lei, and Zhao were still puzzled.
“I’m the one who’s going to introduce you to work, don’t you remember?” I winked at them.
The three men then recognized me a little, although my face had changed a lot, but my figure was still recognizable.
“Let’s go, we’ll go to Taoranju for a meal, and you won’t have to go to Milan Capital!”
Hearing me say Milan Capital, the three men had no more doubts.
“So it’s you, Lei. We were just about to go look for you, but Brother Wu said that your job might be a bit difficult, so he told us to come and buy an illusionary beast first.“ Zhao Yun laughed. The three of them, in view of their own strength being too weak compared to those true masters in the competition to seize the sword on Changbai Mountain, had thought of buying illusionary beasts to increase their strength.
”No need to buy one, I’ll give you one in a couple of days.” I turned my eyes, and the few dragon eggs were just right for them.
“That’s not necessary,“ Lei Zibing said hastily.
”There’s no need to say more, it would be pretentious to say more. Who told you we’re brothers? Come, let’s go eat first.”
In Taoranju, I treated them to a big meal. Seeing me so generous, the three of them decided that I was a big spender.
After watching the three of them finish eating, I said, ”Let me arrange a place for you to stay.”
“Lei, if there are no special requirements, we would like to stay on our own,“ said Wu Jianjun.
”Where will you stay?“ I asked curiously. Is there really any room for them to stay in this precious capital?
”We have a friend who runs a security company, so we’ll stay with him.“
”I’ll go and have a look there, okay? It will also be convenient for me to find you in the future,“ I said.
”That’s good, we’ll go now. Waiter,” Lei Zibing shouted, ”pack up.”
The three of them were carrying two bags in their hands and led us into a small alley. Judging from the location of the dart agency, their business was not very good.
“Here we are,” Zhao Yun said. “Let’s go in.”
We met four or five people along the way, and they all greeted the three brothers when they saw them. It seems that the three brothers are quite popular. When we arrived in front of the main house, the eldest of the three brothers, Wu Jianjun, shouted, “Boss Lan, we’re back.”
A middle-aged man in his forties walked out of the house. He looked at us in surprise before saying to the three brothers, “What, did you buy the things back?”
“No, but our customer wants to give us one. This is our customer,” Wu Jianjun said with a smile.
Seeing that I was only nine years old, a hint of surprise flashed in the middle-aged man’s eyes, but it didn’t show on his face. “It’s a pleasure to meet you. It’s really fate to meet you today!”
This man named Lan is quite good at socializing, and he has seamlessly brought us closer together.
“Not at all,” I said lightly.
“Daddy, Daddy, I want to go out and play.” A little girl dashed out of the main house and only then did she see us: ‘Uncle Wu, Uncle Lei, Uncle Zhao, you’re back. Did you bring me anything fun?’ Without waiting for the three men to reply, the little girl rushed up to Cathy and me and said curiously, ‘Little brother, little sister, let’s go play together.’ She looked at us with hope in her eyes.
“What shall we play?“ Cathy asked, tilting her little head.
”Look, I can light a fire,“ the little girl said excitedly. ‘Spirit of the fire, I, Lan Ruxuan, beg you for your power, so that the flames can take shape in my hands.’ A small fireball formed in the little girl’s hands.
”That’s great, little miss, you can do magic,” I exclaimed, clapping my hands. The little girl beamed with pride and giggled.
“That’s amazing,“ Cathy also exclaimed, ‘I have a magic stone, you can hold it and see if you can make a bigger fireball.’
The three little ones just played with each other.
”Let them play, let’s go in,“ the middle-aged man surnamed Lan said.
”Everyone, the two of us will not go in,” Yuri said.
“That’s fine.“ Wu Jianjun knew at first glance that the Yu siblings’ cultivation was much higher than his own, and that the two were Xiao Lei’s bodyguards. The four entered the room, leaving the two outside.
”Look, I also have a phantom beast,” the little girl casually summoned a small round ball, ‘this is called a pink ball monster, it can spray pollen, which can confuse the enemy. This was given to me by my uncle Cui.’ Lan Ruxuan introduced to us.
“We don’t have a phantom beast yet, but we have an egg of a phantom beast,“ Cathy said.
”What kind of phantom beast is it? Can I see it?” Lan Ruxuan said.
Cathy and I took out the Thunder Tiger egg and the Dark Eagle egg. ”This is the Purple Thunder Tiger and this is the Dark Eagle. Aren’t they cute?”
“They really are cute,“ said Lan Ruxuan, touching them curiously, ‘they’re much better looking than my pink ball monsters,’ said Lan Ruxuan a little disheartened.
”Don’t be disheartened, here, I’ll give you a better one,“ I generously gave her a flying dragon egg.
”But they’re still not as good looking as yours,” the little girl was still a little upset.
“Little girl, your phantom beast will look beautiful when it hatches. I’ve seen it, it’s so majestic,“ Cathy said.
”Really?“ The little girl got excited.
”It’s true, I’ve seen it too.“ Not only have I seen it, I can summon a few right now.
”But how do we hatch them?“ Cathy asked.
”I know, just repeat after me: God of the beasts, who rules over all beasts…”
“What are you doing?“ Yuli, who was standing nearby, was shocked and quickly stopped us.
”What’s wrong, Yuli?” I asked stupidly.
Yuli was almost furious: ”You gave the egg of an eighth-level monster. Do you want to kill Lan’er? Her magic power is not enough. After the egg hatches, the contract will suck all of Lan’er’s magic power, and after that, it will suck all of her life force.”
The three little ones listened with their heads bowed as Yuli sister criticized them. “But there was nothing wrong with the contract I made with the pink ball monster,” Lan Ruxuan said hesitantly.
Yuli sister was a little between tears and laughter. “Ruxuan, the pink ball monster is only second-order and is also a phantom beast, so it can’t be compared to this eighth-order monster egg!”
The four people who heard a noise outside walked out of the house. When they heard the last sentence, everyone was startled and they noticed the beast eggs in the hands of the three little ones. In particular, the one in Lan Ruxuan’s hands was emitting a green glow, and more importantly, it was flashing with eight red lines from time to time, which was proof that it was an eighth-order beast egg.
“Ruxuan, where did you get the beast egg in your hand?” Lan Ruxuan’s father asked.
“This young man gave it to me,“ Lan Ruqian pointed at me.
”I’m sorry, Uncle Lan, I don’t know either,” I lowered my head and kept rubbing my feet on the ground.
What’s there to apologize for? Lan Ruqian’s father, Lan Shi, did not show any signs of confusion: ‘I also want to thank the young man for giving Ruqian such a great gift right away.’
I was happy when I heard this. You see, Uncle Lan did not blame me, but instead praised me.
“Okay, don’t just keep playing, the three of you. I’ve just made some snacks, so go and eat!” Uncle Lan laughed.
Why do all children like to eat? The three children rushed into the house like a whirlwind. The people outside the house smiled at each other and followed them in.
Feilong eggs are also called beast eggs for the sake of uniformity.
At this time, the three of us were playing in the backyard, preparing to hatch the beast eggs, but this time we came prepared. Unlike a contract with a monster, a contract with an egg does not require much mental strength, but it is very demanding of magical energy, twice as much as a contract with a monster. Therefore, if you don’t have enough ability, you won’t be able to hatch the egg, and it may even endanger your life. However, humans have come up with other ways to use magic stones to provide energy. After each magic stone is used up, the energy transmission will temporarily stop. At this time, you can use another magic stone. When the the eight red lines on the egg just fade, you can use your own energy to input. The phantom beast only remembers the last bit of energy when it hatches, and will regard the creature that provided the last energy as its master (if the last energy was provided by a magic stone, then/it will become a masterless phantom beast).
Anyway, I have so many magic stones (some of which I squeezed out of my father, and some of which were mined near the base), so I gave them away. Cathy and I finished quickly. Thunder sat on my head, and Dark Eagle sat on Cathy’s shoulder. But Blue Ruoxuan used three magic stones and still couldn’t hatch the egg. There were still two red lines left, and Cathy only used used a little more than one Magic Stone to hatch Dark Eagle (I just tuned the vibration frequency of the energy in the air to be the same as mine and then sent it directly to the egg). You have to know that the energy contained in two and a half second-class Magic Stones is equivalent to all the mana of a sixth-order mage.
Seeing that the blue girl was about to cry, I softened and told her, “You can send a little of your magic power to the magic stone.” There are six grades of magic stones, and those above grade three can be recharged.
My magic stone was a grade two. If she obediently transferred a little of her magic power, I would tell her what to do next.
I gave her a cold stare and said, “Just do as I say.”
Feeling the vibration frequency of the energy in the magic stone, I adjusted the energy in the air to the same frequency as it vibrated, and then compressed the energy into the magic stone. “Okay, you can take this and recharge it again. You just need to keep recharging the energy in this magic stone until it’s empty.” I returned the magic stone to Ru Xuan
“But didn’t it just run out?” Ru Xuan asked again.
Why does this little girl have so many questions? “Just use it,”
As the energy from the magic stone continued to be input, the beast egg gradually began to glow with dazzling light. The light from the red thread slowly faded, and the beast egg began to tremble rapidly. With a “puff” sound, a baby wyvern poked its head out of the egg shell. Lan Ruqian quickly and carefully held the baby wyvern up and the baby dragon also croaked at Lan Ruqian, flapping its wings and trying to squeeze onto her. Lan Ruqian didn’t mind getting dirty and took/held it in her arms, cooing to the little thing non-stop.
The three little creatures were slimy, so I suggested that we give them a bath. The other two agreed, so we got a bucket and put Dark Eagle in first, then Thunder Tiger. But as soon as Thunder Tiger was put in, Dark Eagle immediately started to cry. Cathy quickly reached in to take Dark Eagle out and have a look.
“Ah… there’s electricity. It’s Thunder Tiger, the little brother,” Cathy exclaimed.
I let out a small scream of alarm and quickly fished Thunder Tiger out of the bucket (the magic emitted by these contracted magical beasts will not harm their masters). As soon as I fished the purple Thunder Tiger out of the bucket, the cry of Dark Eagle immediately weakened.
Cathy took Dark Eagle out of the bucket and said, “Dark Eagle, be good, don’t cry, it will be fine in a little while.”
I quickly cast a third-level recovery spell on Dark Eagle. In fact, Dark Eagle wasn’t really hurt, just a little muscle strain from the electric shock. Looking at Dark Eagle, I was secretly glad that I hadn’t impulsively put the baby wyvern in the bucket. In the end, my Purple Thunder Tiger had to take a bath alone, but I also secretly wondered how a newborn baby beast could generate such a level of magic power. In fact, Purple Thunder Tiger is inherently stronger than an average Thunder Tiger, and when it was born, it also carried a hint of electricity. But more importantly, I used the energy in the air to slightly alter it before directly inputting it into Purple Thunder Tiger. First, the energy is extremely pure, and second, it is relatively large in quantity, so Thunder Tiger couldn’t absorb it all at once and it was released.
“You hurt Ye Guang, and you have to compensate me,” Cathy said to me. Ye Guang is the name of Dark Eagle.
I obediently took out a fifth-grade magic stone from my bag and said, “How about I give you this, and you can feed it to Ye Guang! I heard that if a phantom beast eats a magic stone, it will grow quickly.”
“My Longfei wants some too,” Ru Xuan cried, so I had to give her one too.
“Can the phantom beasts eat it?“ Cathy looked at the magic stone doubtfully.
”You can see that this magic stone is round, and it is specially made for feeding to phantom beasts. The throats of phantom beasts are special and can expand, so they can easily swallow the magic stone. When the energy in the stone disappears, /they will spit out the magic stone,” Yuli explained to us.
After hearing this, the three of us fed a magic stone to the phantom beast. The three little beasts opened their mouths and swallowed the stone, which was unbelievable as it was so small. After feeding each one five or six, all three of the little things could walk, but obviously the eagle and the flying dragon could not fly yet.