Fey Evolution Merchant

by welldarn

Posting this for my own convenience.

1. Chapter 1

Chapter 1: Hundred Questions Beast and Sound Bird

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

The rain hadn't stopped pouring for 24 hours. When the originally hot and stuffy summer was complemented with the moisture, it made it rather hard for anyone to breathe in this environment.

In this humid heat, an outgoing but frail-looking youth was holding an old-fashioned AI mobile phone. He was fiddling with it for a long time before the phone finally let out its distinctive startup sound.

Lin Yuan sighed in relief when he found out that his mobile phone wasn't faulty. He wouldn't be able to afford a new one.

After switching it on, Lin Yuan logged into the fey website that he frequented. He discovered that his account actually had 99+ notifications when he had merely replied to one question.

When he had been unable to sleep that night, Lin Yuan had stumbled upon a forum post where someone asked for a solution after getting bitten by a Ghost Shadow Bristled Spider. He had answered it in a casual manner.

"Do not panic when bitten by the Ghost Shadow Bristled Spider. Drink hot water with Woad Root, then clean the wound. To prevent your corpse from smelling bad, find a shady and ventilated place under a tree, and lie down. If your finances are enough, it is best to lay down a bamboo mat under your body."

While looking through all sorts of fancy replies, Lin Yuan heard a delicate sound. Suddenly, an ash-black cat pounced on his legs, which was followed by the sounds of flapping wings.

A sparrow-like bird that was entirely cyan landed on Lin Yuan's shoulders and let out two chirps.

He quickly put down his mobile phone and asked the ash-black cat that was clinging to his legs, "Genius, what is the temperature of the store now?"

The cat leaped off from Lin Yuan's legs before replying with a coquettish and sweet voice, "The room temperature is 34°C. Yuan, it is time for you to ventilate it and dissipate the heat."

In response, Lin Yuan carried the ash-black cat in a practiced motion before running downstairs, with the cyan bird that had been chirping still on his shoulder.

As dawn broke across the sky, Lin Yuan opened up the windows in an efficient manner before he carefully walked in front of the flower racks.

At that moment, the ash-black cat spoke again. "Lin Yuan, eat your medicine first!"

Lin Yuan immediately stopped in his tracks and went to pour some water instead. At the same time, the cyan bird brought over the medicine tablet with its beak.

Lin Yuan received the tablet from the bird and threw the tablet into his mouth before gulping it down with a cup of water.

The cyan bird then started a song involuntarily, but Lin Yuan swiftly covered its beak.

"Chimey, if you sing now, Auntie Zhang from next door will come over again!"

The talking cat, which was previously on Lin Yuan's legs, and the bird on his shoulder, which could sing, seemed mystical. However, a century after the Spirit Qi Awakening, the ash-black cat and cyan bird were now common existences. Almost everyone had one of them.

The cat was called "Genius", and it was a Hundred Questions Beast. It was a walking encyclopedia and could even fill in the role of a simple lifestyle butler. It was considered a housekeeping beast. However, it was different from other Hundred Questions Beasts on the market, as this ash-black cat was much skinnier and smaller. It truly looked like it was undernourished.

This cat may have been birthed by a mother Hundred Questions Beast, but because its fur didn't have an even distribution of black, it looked as though it was dirty, and consequently, its owner couldn't sell it for a long time.

The boss that was selling spirit pets had simply given a 50% discount on the price and let Lin Yuan have it.

As for the singing bird, it was a Sound Bird. It was very rare to see Sound Birds getting sold on the market due to the fact that most of the Sound Birds had already evolved into Songstress Birds. A Songstress Bird was just like a living music player, and clever Songstress Birds could learn over 100 songs.

As for this cyan and sparrow-like Sound Bird on Lin Yuan's shoulder, it was a Sound Bird that had failed to evolve into a Songstress Bird.

When the boss had seen Lin Yuan hesitating to buy the Hundred Questions Beast, he had added this Sound Bird as a gift to Lin Yuan.

After receiving Lin Yuan's training for over two years, the Sound Bird was able to sing one song now.

Chimey was the name of this little Sound Bird. When it had first arrived in this home, it had always been disheartened and drooping its head. All living things had a spirit and could naturally feel everything in their vicinity. Therefore, Lin Yuan would always praise Chimey to slowly build its confidence. As a result, Chimey had been especially lively after learning one song.

An undernourished and abandoned Hundred Questions Beast, a Sound Bird that had been treated like trash after failing to evolve, and a frail youth. No matter what, the trio looked like a rather "weak" combination. However, they were managing the fey store left behind by his parents in an orderly manner.

After consuming the medicine, Lin Yuan walked to the flower racks and carefully took down the black cloth that covered them.

Five succulent lotus flower-like plants were growing in the pots. They had an emerald green color and a faint fragrance that was almost undetectable.

When Lin Yuan took a closer look at these five stalks of Jasmine Lilies, he couldn't help but sigh after seeing one of the stalks. One of the Jasmine Lilies' leaves had turned soft.

When is this scorching weather going to end?

The Jasmine Lilies were a class of common healing-type fey plants.

A century after the Spirit Qi Awakening, all living things in the world were influenced by the Spirit Qi and had different evolution variations.

The Jasmine Lily had been a type of succulent plant before the Spirit Qi Awakening, and it was one of those plants that had evolved.

If its owner accidentally cut their finger when chopping ingredients, they simply had to put a Jasmine Lily at the bedside, and by the next day, the cut on the finger would be completely healed.

Of course, there were also spirit qi professionals that chose the Jasmine Lily as a contract fey. However, the Jasmine Lily was a fey of the lowest grade, and it was extremely difficult to evolve.

These five pots of Jasmine Lilies in Lin Yuan's store were all normal-grade. If they could pass elite-grade and reach the doorsteps of bronze-grade, then the Jasmine Lilies would be comparable with other excellent healing-type fey plants.

All living things had their status determined by fate; low-grade feys were neglected because it was truly hard to evolve them. However, it would have been different if a low-grade fey was guaranteed to evolve into a high-grade fey. In fact, Lin Yuan heard rumors that low-grade feys had certain aspects that would enable them to suppress high-grade feys.

The rise of a low-grade fey was just like an insignificant person climbing to the clouds step by step from the earth. They were unlike high-grade feys that were born at the pinnacle.

High-grade feys could also evolve, and it was relatively easier as compared to low-grade feys. nÊw st𝒐ries at n𝒐 𝒎

That's why it was rare for people to nurture low-grade feys. The resources required to nurture a low-grade fey were enough to nurture a few high-grade feys. A good example would be why almost every individual possessed a Hundred Questions Beast and Songstress Bird.

In this century, after the Spirit Qi Awakening, there had never been a case of a Hundred Questions Beast or a Songstress Bird evolving.

Lin Yuan carefully tended to the five pots of Jasmine Lilies by burying nutritional minerals into their soil. It might not be much of a labor, but Lin Yuan was already panting slightly.

Lin Yuan's store might be called a store, but it only contained two types of fey plants: five pots of Jasmine Lilies and over a dozen pots of Usnea. These Usneas couldn't even be considered Normal1 feys. They were only considered a variant of the original Usneas before the Spirit Qi Awakening.

Apart from the mild toxins, its vines now grew faster, and these vines also had increased nutrition within them. This was also why the Usnea was the best fodder for low-grade herbivorous or omnivorous fey pets.

Each day, these pots of Usneas would give around 100 one-meter-long vines for Lin Yuan.

"To maintain my daily life, I still have to rely on these Usneas. If I can sell one pot of these Jasmine Lilies, it will be considered a pleasant surprise."

However, even as Lin Yuan looked at the Usneas like an elderly mother, he didn't have any intention to tend to them. He basically put in all his efforts on the five pots of Jasmine Lilies.

After Lin Yuan cleaned up the dust, this little fey store started its operations as usual after the morning rain.

Chapter 2: Copper Bracelet

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When Lin Yuan opened the store, it was just a few minutes before 7 a.m.

Presently, Lin Yuan was standing beside the flower racks and felt he was more tired than normal. This was the reason why he looked frail.

The feeling of fatigue when he was opening the store every day was something that Lin Yuan was already used to. However, he could feel a spell of dizziness in the depths of his head, and it was seemingly getting more intensive.

"Meow, Yuan, go to the chair and sit for a moment."

The ash-black cat immediately started to walk on Lin Yuan's pants and clothes before climbing up to his neck. The cat then trembled as it stood up and used its paws' soft pad to give Lin Yuan's head a gentle massage.

The Sound Bird was also flying around anxiously as though it was asking why Lin Yuan looked weaker than normal.

Lin Yuan then forcefully invigorated himself before hugging the Hundred Questions Beast, Genius, in his arms. His fair fingers had very obvious and distinct bone lines as they stroked across the Hundred Questions Beast's fur.

"Genius, Chimey, you don't have to worry about me. I probably didn't sleep well yesterday." While Lin Yuan was speaking, he started to ponder whether he had really caught a cold again.

His finances to maintain his family's store were very tight, and it was barely enough to support his younger sister's school fees. During normal times, he would be frugal on his own meals to save up money.

Poor people were most fearful of falling ill.

After a century since the Spirit Qi Awakening, all of the previously terminal illnesses were now curable with ease. As long as one could find a spirit qi professional, who had contracted a high-grade healing-type fey, treatment could be completed in a single session.

However, the fees for hiring spirit qi professionals with high-grade feys would be more than three months of operation fees for his store.

Lin Yuan might have said so, but Genius and Chimey's anxiety didn't reduce at all. It was as though they were afraid of losing their most precious treasure.

To Genius and Chimey, they were two inferior housekeeping pets that had been neglected and rejected, and Lin Yuan was their entire world.

When it was at exactly 7 a.m., a forthright and shrewish voice echoed punctually at the entrance.

"Little Yuan, I have told you so many times not to open your store so early. You just have to open it after 8 a.m. so you can have more rest too."

The one speaking was a middle-aged lady who had placed a wooden square box on Lin Yuan's reception counter. She then looked at Lin Yuan with a gentle glance before saying, "Same old thing. Give me ten Usnea vines."

When Lin Yuan heard this rather passionate and shrewish voice, his face immediately put on a warm smile. Lin Yuan's face looked extremely amiable from afar when he had this warm smile, just like the summer breeze.

"Auntie Zhang, I have told you so many times that you shouldn't bring me breakfast when you come over to buy something!" While speaking, Lin Yuan had already gone to harvest the Usnea vines in a quick and efficient manner.

A pot of Usnea would grow around 13 or 14 vines, which were around 1.5-meter long, per day.

One portion of the Usnea vine was exactly one meter long. Lin Yuan's scissors snipped off ten vines, which were all exactly 1.5 meters in length. He then used a piece of cloth to tightly wrap all ten of the 1.5-meter vines together.

Lin Yuan packed the well-grown and fresh Usnea vines nicely.

As Auntie Zhang was watching how Lin Yuan crouched down and proficiently packed the Usnea vines, her eyes flashed with benevolence while feeling heartbroken.

As an old neighbor, Auntie Zhang had been watching as Lin Yuan had no choice but to become independent at the age of 12 to support this store in order to provide for himself and his younger sister. He could barely support his younger sister to study, and Auntie Zhang could no longer remember if this was the sixth or the seventh year.

When Lin Yuan brought the Usnea vines to the reception counter, he just happened to see Auntie Zhang looking at him.

"Auntie Zhang, if I were to open my store at 8 a.m., you wouldn't be able to buy such fresh Usnea vines, right?" he asked.

Auntie Zhang quickly withdrew her emotional eyes and laughed while saying, "That is true. Why don't you learn from how the other stores are doing? These are just Usneas, and you are still putting energy ores in them. How much can you earn with each Usnea vine?"

Lin Yuan smiled and shook his head without saying anything as he listened to Auntie Zhang's suggestion. At that moment, Lin Yuan was doing his best to support his body as the spell of dizziness plaguing his mind was so intense that he felt he might collapse at any moment.

Auntie Zhang understood that this youth had his own principles. Be it the opening of the store at exactly 7 a.m. each day or how he stubbornly insisted on putting energy ores in the Usneas' soil.

While feeling heartbroken, Auntie Zhang still felt a vague admiration for this child that she had been watching grow up. It felt just like how a senior watched the junior grow into a responsible person.

Auntie Zhang left behind 75 Federation dollars before turning and walking to the entrance. She said before leaving, "Little Yuan, your Uncle Li specially baked the flat sesame bread and mung bean milk for you. If you want your Uncle Li to be sad, then don't eat them."

When Lin Yuan saw the extra 25 Federation dollars on the table, he took the money and was about to call out to Auntie Zhang. All of a sudden, his dizziness intensified, and his eyes turned blurry before he fainted. Gett your 𝒇avorite 𝒏ovels at no/v/e/lb𝒊

When Auntie Zhang walked away, she felt rather pleased. Every time when she wanted to give Little Yuan extra money, he would never accept it. This time, since she had walked away fast enough, Little Yuan would probably accept it.

However, just as she was at the store's entrance, she heard a clatter as though something had fallen onto the ground. Just before the clattering sound echoed, the Sound Bird and the Hundred Questions Beast let out anxious cries.

Auntie Zhang quickly turned around and noticed that Lin Yuan had collapsed on the ground with the 25 dollars in his hand. His eyes were silently closed, and his face looked calm, as though he was sleeping.

Auntie Zhang hurried over with worry to help up Lin Yuan.

The moment before Lin Yuan closed his eyes and fainted, his ears could vaguely hear the anxious cries of Genius, Chimey, and Auntie Zhang. Immediately after, his consciousness became murky.

In this murky state, it felt just like a swamp that would trap a person's feet, making it hard to move. It was viscous and deathly still.

After fainting, Lin Yuan gradually awakened in a strange environment. His mind flashed with the face of his younger sister, Genius, and Chimey.

These three individuals were his closest kin and his greatest worries. If he died, he didn't know how heartbroken his young sister would be, nor whether anyone would take care of Chimey and Genius.

It was fortunate that he had already saved up enough to pay for his young sister's school fees for next year.

Lin Yuan's consciousness started walking around in this chaotic place. It was unknown how long he had been walking. All of a sudden, at the end of the chaotic place, Lin Yuan saw something that he was extremely familiar with.

It was a simple and unadorned copper-colored bracelet.

This bracelet had been Lin Yuan's secret for all this time. In fact, this life was actually Lin Yuan's second life.

His previous life had been high-spirited, and he had been in his prime. Unfortunately, he had died early at the age of 30. Upon opening his eyes, he was a newly born infant one century after the Spirit Qi Awakening. When he had been reborn, this copper bracelet had accompanied him.

Since then, he had been wearing this bracelet on his wrist. However, when he was eight years old, it had accidentally gotten smeared by his own blood and mysteriously vanished.

He would never have expected to discover the copper-colored bracelet in the depths of this place. The copper bracelet was currently flickering with a faint light. It caused the depths of his consciousness to be brimming with a tea-like ripple with jade luster.

This bracelet was just like a door that was waiting for Lin Yuan's consciousness to step across it.

Chapter 3: Morbius

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It was a kind of intangible calling, yet it was also the most congenial type of calling.

It was just like how fate subtly had guided Newton to the apple tree, and with great coincidence, the apple had fallen off from the tree.

Just as Lin Yuan's consciousness crossed into the simple copper-colored ring of light, the light ring suddenly lit up with mottled and complicated patterns.

These patterns couldn't be described as anything else but strange. They were all intersected with each other but had this unimaginable swiftness.

Lin Yuan felt indescribably relaxed after passing through this simple and unadorned ring of light. In this relaxed state, Lin Yuan was actually able to sense the world's spirit qi that was surrounding his body.

It was a kind of sensation that Lin Yuan hadn't felt since he had been eight years old when the copper bracelet had been stained with his blood and vanished without a trace.

When the copper bracelet had vanished, it hadn't just robbed his senses toward the world's spirit qi, but it had also robbed his spiritual energy.

Presently, his spiritual energy might still be as dried up as before, but now, he could at least sense the spirit qi in the world.

His body had become so frail because he could no longer sense the world's spirit qi.

After the Spirit Qi Awakening, spirit qi had become this world's most fundamental energy. The planet's native animals and plants had all been able to evolve toward two traits due to spirit qi's influence. Gét latest 𝒏ovel ch𝒂pters on n𝒐v(e)lbj/n.c/𝒐m

One of the traits was to revert to their ancestors' wild nature, enhancing the physical body's capabilities. The other trait was to transform spiritually and focus on energy attacks.

As for humans, they had also developed spirit qi occupations under the influence of spirit qi. There were all sorts of spirit qi occupations, but they fundamentally used spirit qi to enhance the body.

Since Lin Yuan had stopped sensing spirit qi at the age of eight, he had no longer relied on spirit qi to improve his body's capabilities. He had been relying on nature to grow and food to obtain energy.

Lin Yuan felt involuntarily excited. Although he didn't know why his body was unable to store spirit qi, he could at least sense its existence now. He might be able to absorb spirit qi at an appalling speed that no one had witnessed before, but the spirit qi that gathered in his body would quickly leak out of his hands.

His body was just like a funnel, and this was why Lin Yuan knew that he was destined to fail as a spirit qi professional. Despite the case that all spirit qi coursing through the body wouldn't remain, he would still be able to enhance his body's capabilities through this process. This way, he would no longer have to consume medicine, which was meant to nurture his body.

Over the span of a year, he would be able to save up a huge sum of money. His young sister was already coming to the age that she could form a contract with her first fey.

With all the money that he saved up, he would be able to purchase a fey, which would be considered superior among Normal feys, for his young sister. In fact, he might be able to purchase a low-tier Elite fey.

"This body can finally sense spirit qi! However..." Lin Yuan didn't finish the rest of the sentence.

Lin Yuan was always optimistic. However, even though he could sense spirit qi now, Lin Yuan felt it was a pity that his spiritual energy remained weak like before.

A century after the Spirit Qi Awakening, the spiritual energy was something that was as important as spirit qi.

Spirit qi professionals could form contracts with feys. Feys were sorted into healing-type, offense-type, defense-type, and support-type. Among them, offense-type and support-type feys were the most in numbers.

In order to form a contract with feys, one would require spiritual energy.

A regular person would be able to form contracts with two to three feys in a lifetime, and prodigies might be able to form up to five contracts.

One's strength would undergo a significant increase with each additional fey. Nevertheless, the resources required to nurture an additional fey would also increase significantly.

In regard to feys, the most difficult aspect was to evolve them. The resources required for each evolution was far beyond what Lin Yuan, an owner of a small spirit store, could afford.

Lin Yuan's spiritual energy was weak and frail, like a thread of hair. Back when Lin Yuan had formed contracts with domestic feys like the Hundred Questions Beast and the Sound Bird, he had fainted and had been unconscious for three full days.

After waking up, Lin Yuan had had a splitting headache for at least half a month. This had given Lin Yuan a direct cognition of how frail his spiritual energy was.

When he had been born, his spiritual energy hadn't been superior, but it hadn't been inferior either. His spiritual energy had become frail at the same time when he could no longer sense spirit qi. The reason that his spiritual energy had been weak was probably due to this copper bracelet.

This copper bracelet had transmigrated to this world along with him, but it was also the reason he had become weak and useless.

Lin Yuan couldn't help but have a complicated opinion of the copper bracelet.

At that moment, Lin Yuan could only feel his feet stepping on the ground's hard surface. When he looked up, Lin Yuan noticed he was in another spatial zone, which was around 40 square meters. The ground was copper in color within this spatial zone, and there was a five-meter or six-meter pool.

Apart from that, there was nothing else.

When Lin Yuan walked to the poolside, he noticed that the water was extremely clear, and it could reflect a youth's face.

The pool wasn't deep, as it was only around half a meter in depth. Lin Yuan crouched down and scooped up a handful of water. He could feel that the water was mild in temperature. When he smelled the water, he realized that it was just regular water as it didn't contain spirit qi.

While pondering, Lin Yuan felt his wrist area becoming heavy. He noticed that his wrist was now wearing that simple and unadorned copper bracelet. At that moment, the copper bracelet emitted a trace of desire to communicate with him.

This desire to communicate contained feelings of fondness, timidness, and confusion. It felt just like a child's wisdom that had just been developed.

As soon as Lin Yuan used his consciousness to make contact with the copper bracelet, everything that Lin Yuan didn't understand ever since the age of eight had all been answered.

"It turns out that this copper bracelet, which transmigrated with me, is actually a fey. When I was eight years old, I stained the copper bracelet with my blood and actually formed a contract with it because of my mistake. I actually formed a contract with a fey at the age of eight by accident!"

Lin Yuan was in disbelief. He used his left hand to touch the copper bracelet that was on his right wrist, and immediately a wave of calmness washed over him, helping him recover from the state of instability. He now had a contracted fey too, and he might be able to earn much more money from now on.

Furthermore, his young sister's fey wouldn't need to be of the Normal or Elite grade anymore. If he worked hard, he might be able to give his younger sister a Bronze fey, right?

In fact, to a certain extent, only when a fey reached bronze-grade would it be considered as a true fey.

Previously, Lin Yuan had complicated thoughts toward this copper bracelet. However, after thinking it through, Lin Yuan understood why he only had a trace of spiritual energy, which had been just enough for him to lead a normal life for the past ten years.

He also understood why the copper bracelet had been silent and had not communicated with him for ten years.

The copper bracelet had been trying to protect the 8-year-old Lin Yuan, who hadn't had powerful spiritual energy. Thus, it had chosen to hibernate.

The hibernation had slowed down the contract's forming, so it had taken ten years to form the complete contract. Today was also the day when the copper bracelet awakened.

When it sensed Lin Yuan's emotional reactions, the copper bracelet on his right wrist emitted a gentle feeling. It felt like it was trying to soothe or mentally hint for Lin Yuan to calm down.

Upon sensing that Lin Yuan was calming down, the copper bracelet tightened and secured itself firmly on Lin Yuan's right wrist. It felt as though it was holding Lin Yuan's hands tightly and saying, "Pleased to meet you, Lin Yuan."

Lin Yuan revealed a smile, which was like the sunshine during dawn that broke through the darkness. It was just like the rising sun's silhouette behind the mountain.

The youth then said with a gentle and mild voice, "Pleased to meet you, Morbius."

Chapter 4: Exclusive Skill

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After forming a contract with a human, no matter what kind of fey, even a Normal one, would possess an ability. The type of ability was most probably a species' innate ability.

Take Jasmine Lily as an example. Even if a person were to form a contract with a Normal Jasmine Lily, they would get a healing ability.

The comprehended ability was also the most fundamental. For a fey to obtain a powerful ability, it would need to evolve to bronze-grade and awaken its exclusive skill. Subsequently, the exclusive skill could be used to complement the abilities to achieve overwhelmingly powerful changes.

This was also why people said that reaching bronze-grade was the true beginning of a fey. Therefore, for any spirit qi professional who had a little background, they would always pick a Bronze fey for their first contract.

When a fey reached bronze-grade, they would awaken different bronze-grade skills. That also applied to feys of the same species. This uniqueness allowed spirit qi professionals to pick a fey which had awakened a skill that was more compatible or helpful to themselves.

In order to form a contract with a fey, one needed spiritual energy, as it could fuse one's soul with the fey's soul. That's why once someone formed a contract, the difficulty in dissolving it would be as hard as ascending to the heavens.

This was also why many experts who had formed contracts with low-grade feys due to insufficient resources didn't replace them after the former got stronger. Instead, they would use resources to evolve their low-grade feys.

Lin Yuan was observing Morbius as he wanted to check its attribute. Presently, Morbius' level of spirituality only allowed it to express subtle emotions. In order to have a regular conversation with Morbius, Lin Yuan would have to recover for some time.

When checking on Morbius' attribute, Lin Yuan discovered that it was merely a Normal fey. However, Morbius' attribute wasn't like a Normal fey... Because Morbius didn't just have an ability, it had an exclusive skill!

Everyone knew that exclusive skills were something that only Bronze feys would possess.

"Heavens, my contracted fey, Morbius, seems rather powerful!" Lin Yuan's irises expanded as he was rather surprised.

Morbius, which had come to this world at the same time as him, had an exclusive skill when it was at normal-grade. If Morbius reached bronze-grade and awakened another exclusive skill, it would possess dual exclusive skills!

However, in legends, only when someone nurtured a fey into a Fantasy Breed would it possess dual exclusive skills.

Fantasy Breeds had always been a legend, and Lin Yuan could not get any access to such privy information right now. Nevertheless, when compared with ordinary feys, Fantasy Breeds were in another league.

Soon, joy replaced Lin Yuan's amazement. Suddenly, he felt Morbius sending an emotional signal asking him to use its first ability on it.

Lin Yuan immediately used Morbius' first ability after receiving the request. Once Lin Yuan executed the first ability, he looked at Morbius and realized that all information had been presented in a data format.

[Fey Name]: Morbius

[Fey-Lifeform Species]: ?

[Fey Grade]: Normal (1/10)

[Fey Type]: Spatial/Mystery

[Fey Quality]: Normal

Abilities:

[True Data]: All complicated information that is invisible to the eye is turned into data. Information that is turned into data might contain truth that cannot be distinguished on the surface.

[Calm Mind]: Passive ability. Effects of Calm Mind can be improved according to the fey's grade. Calm Mind can stabilize the mind and has a certain probability of resisting negative conditions.

Exclusive Skill:

[Spirit Lock]: Morbius' spatial zone can be used to nurture feys. The initial grade of the fey that Morbius' spatial zone can nurture must not be higher than Morbius' grade. Morbius isn't able to increase its grade by itself, so its grade will be increased along with the fey's grade that it nurtures. At the same time, Morbius can obtain the initial ability of the fey that it nurtures. However, Morbius will not obtain abilities when its grade increases. Whenever Morbius increases a grade, it will be able to nurture one more fey. Morbius' method of growth will remain unchanged.

When Lin Yuan read the information presented by Morbius' True Data, his smile froze on his face...

A short moment after the frozen smile, Lin Yuan trembled as he sent a message to Morbius. After obtaining Morbius' confirmation, Lin Yuan nearly collapsed.

"This is a goddamn fraud! Morbius is a Normal I1 fey right now! That means that I can only use the Spirit Lock ability to form a contract with a Normal I fey. Moreover, the amount of resources to nurture a fey is already overwhelming, and my current spiritual energy doesn't allow me to contract with any fey, even if it is a Normal one!"

The fey might be living inside Morbius' spatial zone, but Lin Yuan should still be the one that formed the contract. Lin Yuan was still traumatized by the horrible incident when he had formed a contract with the domestic beasts, Chimey and Genius.

The terrifying thing was that Morbius' Spirit Lock spatial zone could only allow one more contracted fey after an increase in grade. Morbius could only increase its grade by nurturing the fey. With so much investment, the return would only be the contracted fey's initial and fundamental ability.

The ratio of investment and return wasn't proportionate. In addition, it was challenging to evolve a fey, especially low-grade ones. When did Lin Yuan have the capability to evolve constantly low-grade feys?

The Spirit Lock skill would probably deplete a rich person's wealth in an instant. Therefore, there was no need to mention a person like Lin Yuan, who was almost penniless.

A sense of loss quickly replaced Lin Yuan's joy in obtaining a contracted fey. However, Lin Yuan's optimistic attitude adjusted soon.

He was in a much better situation than before. The future might still be filled with difficulties, but his journey in this life had always been filled with thorns. At least, he could see a direction to the future right now, so there wasn't a need to be at a loss.

The trouble-filled past should be forgotten as the future path was bright and dazzling.

Just as Lin Yuan was adjusting his mentality, Morbius transferred a rather faint strand of spiritual energy to his mind. The strand-like spiritual energy in his mind suddenly increased by over five times. Unfortunately, it was just slightly thicker than a strand of hair and wasn't even 1/10 of a regular person.

Nonetheless, this spiritual energy amount was enough to form a contract with a Normal I fey plant. It was probably insufficient to form contracts with animals.

According to general knowledge, contracting animals would require more spiritual energy than to contract a fey plant.

The only exception would be if one could obtain the egg of the animal. When the animal hatched from the egg, it would be the moment its spiritual energy was the most inexperienced. Thus, one might form a contract with it.

After receiving the spiritual energy, Lin Yuan felt Morbius becoming weak. Morbius had forced out some of its spiritual energy and transferred it to Lin Yuan.

Everyone said that feys had spirituality, and once they formed a contract with a human, the fey would stay with the human for an entire lifetime.

Lin Yuan didn't have a chance to experience it before, but after witnessing Morbius' actions, Lin Yuan immediately understood the statement's significance.

From now on, they would be interdependent until death!

Chapter 5: Clear Pond Carp

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Morbius fell back into a deep slumber after transferring its spiritual energy.

Lin Yuan carefully observed the spatial zone he was in.

This spatial zone should be meant for nurturing feys, as mentioned from the exclusive skill, Spirit Lock.

Before Lin Yuan could conduct more detailed observations, he could vaguely hear something. A familiar voice was calling him, and it sounded rather anxious.

"Why isn't Little Yuan waking up? Doctor, didn't you say that his spirit merely received stimulation and is in a fatigued state? Why doesn't he look any better after half a day?"

The voice belonged to Auntie Zhang, and due to anxiety, she was constantly asking questions.

"Yuan, Yuan, meow, meow."

It was the Hundred Questions Beast's voice. Genius could communicate in human language, but it would unconsciously emit bestial sounds when it was anxious.

"Chirp, chirp, chirp! Chirp, chirp, chirp!" The Sound Bird, Chimey, was also anxiously chirping.

When Lin Yuan had suddenly fainted, Auntie Zhang, Genius, and Chimey had all been shocked.

At that moment, Lin Yuan's consciousness finally returned to his body. When he opened his eyes, he immediately saw Chimey standing on his nose and looking at him nervously.

He then saw Auntie Zhang constantly questioning the doctor, which made the doctor's forehead sweat profusely.

Lin Yuan suddenly opened his eyes and unwittingly frightened Chimey, causing it to jump up and chirp twice. It then immediately reacted joyfully and hopped on Lin Yuan's nose while chirping cheerfully.

Genius also scuttled along Lin Yuan's neck area and carefully rubbed its body against his neck. Perhaps it was frightened witless earlier, as Genius was actually trembling a little.

Auntie Zhang heard Chimey and Genius' responses, and when she turned around, she happened to see Lin Yuan opening his eyes. She couldn't be bothered with questioning the doctor anymore.

When she saw that Lin Yuan wanted to get up, she immediately said, "Little Yuan, lie back down. I will get the doctor to check on you again. You have been unconscious for close to ten hours. It is already evening now. If you have an illness, you have to treat it as soon as possible. Otherwise, a common illness might also lead to severe illness."

Auntie Zhang's concern warmed Lin Yuan's heart. He had received plenty of care from Auntie Zhang for the past few years. However, Lin Yuan knew that his body didn't have any problem. He had fainted because of Morbius' awakening and because he had formed a contract with Morbius.

Auntie Zhang was still not at ease, and just as she was about to say something, the doctor walked over and said, "Kid, you truly frightened your aunt with your illness. I will use the Clear Pond Carp to heal you."

The doctor immediately summoned his contracted fey, which was a half-foot-long greenish-black carp.

The carp had massive scales on the side of its body, and when the doctor activated the ability, one of the sparkling scales fell off. It floated in front of Lin Yuan while he felt a warm spiritual world that was extremely comfortable.

At that moment, Lin Yuan secretly activated Morbius' ability, True Data, to check on the Clear Pond Carp's attribute.

[Fey Name]: Clear Pond Carp

[Fey Species]: Carp subspecies/Carp species

[Fey Grade]: Elite (4/10)

[Fey Type]: Water

[Fey Quality]: Elite

Abilities:

[Tail Lash]: Jumps up and uses the fish's tail to execute a lash attack.

[Clear Scales]: Gradually recover spiritual trauma. It is able to alleviate abnormal spiritual conditions.

Upon seeing the Clear Pond Carp's species, Lin Yuan felt that its attribute was Normal, but to his surprise, it was an Elite fey.

After reading through the Clear Pond Carp's information, Lin Yuan felt that this doctor was very fortunate.

Clear Pond Carps were very ordinary water-type feys, and when they were at normal-grade, their initial abilities would be physical ones, such as Tail Lash or Fin Flap.

Unexpectedly, when this Clear Pond Carp had reached elite-grade, it had awakened the rare ability, Clear Scales. It allowed the Clear Pond Carp to transform into a dragon1 and obtain an uncommon spirit-healing ability.

Soon, more perspiration appeared on the doctor's forehead. When the Clear Pond Carp's scale lost its luster, the doctor stopped the ability, and the fallen scale turned into ashes.

"There is nothing major. You will recover very quickly if you have more rest and consume more nutritional food." While speaking, the doctor was about to use his sleeve to wipe off his sweat, but Auntie Zhang handed over a tissue.

"Doctor, it has been hard on you. Please, clean your sweat with this."

The doctor received the tissue from Auntie Zhang and said, "I am done with the healing, so I shall leave first. It is rather late. My wife is still waiting for me to have a meal."

The doctor packed up his things and walked out of the store. When he left, his forehead might still be covered in sweat, but his eyes betrayed his delight. He might be a small-time doctor, but the joy of healing and saving others was a rather satisfying reward.

After the doctor left, Auntie Zhang looked at Lin Yuan with concern and said, "Little Yuan, if you aren't feeling well, don't force yourself. Your body is your capital. If you fall sick, what will Little Ci do?"

Auntie Zhang was afraid that Lin Yuan would neglect his body, so she intentionally mentioned his young sister, who was studying far away.

"Auntie Zhang, don't worry, I will bring you the doctor's fees tomorrow. I am really sorry for troubling you for the entire day."

Lin Yuan had a sincere expression as he spoke. Then, he stood up and saw the Usneas growing with vines that were almost three meters in length. He couldn't help but sigh at the sight. FiNd 𝒖pd𝒂tes on n(𝒐)/v𝒆l𝒃𝒊n.c𝒐m

He then poured a cup of water for Auntie Zhang with gratitude.

"Little Yuan, don't be so courteous with me. Your Uncle Li and I have watched you growing up after all."

Auntie Zhang received the cup of water, downed it in one mouthful, and burped. She had been so anxious to the point she had forgotten about drinking water all day.

After drinking the water, Auntie Zhang noticed that Lin Yuan was insisting on being courteous, so she didn't say anything else, aware that this youth had his own resolutions.

Upon seeing Auntie Zhang's empty cup, Lin Yuan was about to pour more water, but she shook her hand. "Little Yuan, give me one pot of Jasmine Lily. I will put it at your Uncle Li's bedside later."

At the same time, Auntie Zhang took out 500 Federation dollars and placed them in Lin Yuan's hands.

Lin Yuan looked at the money and said helplessly, "Auntie Zhang, you have been buying a pot of Jasmine Lily every month. Sometimes, you even buy one pot within the same month. You really don't need to—"

Before Lin Yuan could finish his sentence, Auntie Zhang interrupted him. "Can't your Auntie Zhang put more pots in her house?"

Lin Yuan didn't have a choice but to bring a pot of Jasmine Lily to Auntie Zhang. He picked the one that was in the best condition, but Auntie Zhang had already carried the pot that had softened leaves and would only last for a few days.

"I shall take this as it looks rather fated with me," she said.

The scene of Auntie Zhang carrying that Jasmine Lily caused Lin Yuan's heart to surge with warmth. It was always like this—she would use the same tone and attitude and would carry the same kind of Jasmine Lily.

Suddenly, little "thud, thud, thud" sounds echoed. They came from a rabbit, which was like a middle-sized dog. Its fur was a mix of red and black, its palm-leaf-like ears were massive, almost its body height, and it also looked like a mouse.

When Genius and Chimey heard its signature sounds, they quickly rushed to the entrance. Genius lay on the large rabbit's body, while Chimey landed on the large rabbit's head.

This large rabbit was none other than Auntie Zhang's contracted fey. It was also Genius' and Chimey's only spirit beast friend for the past few years.

The large rabbit ran toward Auntie Zhang; one of its ears was carrying a package that was wrapped in blue cloth.

Lin Yuan had always been under the impression that it was a Terror Rabbit. However, when he activated True Data to check the rabbit that he was very familiar with, Lin Yuan realized that it wasn't the case!

Chapter 6: Fantasy Breed That Is Severely Injured

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Lin Yuan was naturally curious and consciously looked at Auntie Zhang's Terror Rabbit, which he had frequently interacted with because of the new ability.

After reading through the information his True Data had compiled, it seemed that this rabbit wasn't a Terror Rabbit. Its current appearance was merely a powerful fey's camouflaging ability.

Unexpectedly, True Data also revealed that this powerful fey was in a severely injured state. This powerful fey's abilities and skills were in a locked condition.

It seems like the injuries don't allow this fey to release any ability...

Although the new pieces of information were surprising enough, Lin Yuan was awestruck because of something else he had noticed—two skills were actually locked!

Could this be a legendary Fantasy Breed?

Lin Yuan suddenly recalled True Data's second part—"...Information that is turned into data might contain truth that cannot be distinguished on the surface."

It seems that the pieces of information turned into data are indeed more reliable than seeing with the eyes...

This discovery left Lin Yuan rather shaken as it looked like Auntie Zhang was also a person with a story.

But who didn't have a story?

Anyway, these things were of little importance as Auntie Zhang would always be Auntie Zhang to Lin Yuan. If he became capable enough in the future, he would definitely heal Auntie Zhang's Terror Rabbit... No, the powerful fey.

When Auntie Zhang noticed that Lin Yuan's complexion was no longer pale and his cheeks were even rosier than this morning, she felt at ease. Then, she removed the blue-cloth-wrapped package from her Terror Rabbit's ear and placed it on Lin Yuan's reception counter.

"Little Yuan, this is a nutritional meal that your Uncle Li specially prepared for you after finding out that you fainted. Your Uncle Li's legs aren't good, and it isn't convenient for him to deliver it personally. Thus, he sent this troublemaker to deliver it to you."

After speaking, Auntie Zhang rubbed the Terror Rabbit's ear and looked at its warm-filled eyes. Then, she passed the meal box to Lin Yuan, and before he could speak, Aunty Zhang waved her hand without turning back and left with the withered Jasmine Lily.

Lin Yuan didn't say anything and watched quietly as Auntie Zhang left. He clenched his fist tightly as though he was encouraging himself and as though he had set his mind on something.

A person must have some goals! Without a burden, how would one be able to progress unyieldingly?

The sky gradually turned dark...

Presently, Lin Yuan, Chimey, and Genius were the only ones in the store. It might not have visitors, but it wasn't cheerless and cold. On the contrary, it was very lively and warm.

Evidently, Genius and Chimey still had lingering fears. They were chattering around Lin Yuan and afraid that something else might happen to him.

Lin Yuan knew that Chimey and Genius were worried sick, so he reached out his hand to rub Genius' chin. Soon enough, Genius let out a purring sound as it enjoyed the treatment.

Chimey's little talons were holding onto Lin Yuan's ear while its tiny head plunged into his hair as though it was playing hide-and-seek.

Lin Yuan unwrapped the package, and a bamboo meal box appeared. He opened up the meal box, and the fragrance of the food immediately wafted in the air. On the top-most box, there was a full layer of rice. When he removed the top-most box, Lin Yuan discovered that the bottom box was filled with red braised meat, stir-fried long beans, and pan-fried fish.

Lin Yuan had been unconscious for an entire day, and he had yet to eat or drink anything. Naturally, his stomach uncontrollably started to rumble.

This wasn't the first time Lin Yuan had tasted Uncle Li's cooking. Every other day, Uncle Li would find all sorts of excuses for the Terror Rabbit or Auntie Zhang to deliver food for him.

Lin Yuan had visited Uncle Li last year, and his leg injuries were already getting worse. Presently, he was no longer able to walk outside.

Lin Yuan pondered over the Terror Rabbit's existence and speculated that Uncle Li and Auntie Zhang were both formidable individuals. Otherwise, it would be impossible for them to possess a Fantasy Breed, a fey with dual exclusive skills.

Lin Yuan was unaware of Auntie Zhang and Uncle Li's past and could not get involved. He merely hoped that he would be formidable enough to heal the Terror Rabbit and Uncle Li's legs one day.

As Lin Yuan opened the meal box, Genius and Chimey leaned over. Chimey took a whiff of the fragrance and flapped its wings, flying to a small pot of Usnea. Lin Yuan was especially nurturing this small pot of Usnea for Chimey.

Chimey was a Sound Bird and was considered an omnivore, but as compared to cooked food, Chimey preferred to eat the Usnea's leaves.

Chimey delightfully pecked on the Usnea leaves, while Genius was looking intently at the food in the meal box. It was sitting there, obediently.

Upon noticing how Genius was staring at the red braised meat, Lin Yuan smiled and picked out the largest piece of red braised meat for Genius.

"Go ahead and eat, you little greedy cat."

Genius looked at the large piece of red braised meat and couldn't stop swallowing its saliva. However, it used its small paw to push the meat back to Lin Yuan. It then picked the smallest piece of red braised meat in the meal box before letting out a meow. It was asking for Lin Yuan to eat the large piece of meat, while it would eat the small piece of meat.

The Hundred Questions Beast's actions made Lin Yuan's eyes warm up a little. He brought a small bowl before picking a few large pieces of red braised meat and fried fish. He then mixed them with a scoop of rice and placed it in front of the Hundred Questions Beast.

"Genius, Chimey, in the future, we will be eating better."

During the past two days, the Hundred Questions Beast and Sound Bird had suffered along with him. Such words were something that Lin Yuan wasn't able to normally say as he didn't have the confidence. Fị𝒏dd 𝒏ew upd𝒂t𝒆s on n(o)v/e/l𝒃

However, he now had his own contracted fey, and his body wasn't as frail as before because he could sense spirit qi. He firmly believed that their lives would definitely improve now.

The world was a difficult place, but plenty of people were able to survive and prosper. Young people should have aspirations and strive for greatness. Lin Yuan had to plan for his future, or else he would remain an ordinary person no matter how many years passed.

After eating dinner, Lin Yuan conducted a routine check on the four pots of Jasmine Lilies that were left in his store. All four pots of Jasmine Lilies were growing rather well.

Since he had inspected the Jasmine Lilies' growth, Lin Yuan turned to speak with Genius, which was standing on his shoulder. "Genius, what is the temperature now?"

Genius quickly replied, "Lin Yuan, the temperature is 31°C now. However, it is too humid. It is not advisable to expose the Jasmine Lilies in the night."

Lin Yuan responded by taking down the fluorescent light and black cloth. He then turned to trim the Usneas.

He hadn't managed to sell any Usneas, so the vines were already over three meters long. Vines that were two days old would have a tough texture, and the majority of the herbivorous feys didn't like eating tough vines.

Lin Yuan insisted on the quality of the feys that he sold, and for vines that were tough like this, he would throw them out and wouldn't sell them.

After trimming the last pot of Usnea, Lin Yuan involuntarily let out a sigh. He remembered that he was still unable to store spirit qi in his body, even though he could sense it. His body was rapidly absorbing spirit qi, but Lin Yuan's hand was still holding onto the Usnea's leaves.

He circulated the spirit qi for a moment but stopped absorbing when he felt exhausted.

Unfortunately, Lin Yuan noticed that his body still didn't contain any spirit qi.

Genius felt Lin Yuan's disappointment and started to rub on Lin Yuan's cheek. It meowed but didn't say anything and just accompanied quietly by the side.

Lin Yuan carried Genius before he carefully carried Chimey, which had dozed off on the small pot of Usnea. He switched off the lights and went upstairs in the dark. He immediately collapsed on the bed and fell asleep.

This night was serene and peaceful. A youth, a Hundred Questions Beast, and a Sound Bird were all sleeping soundly on a small bed.

The youth was in a very deep sleep, but the Hundred Questions Beast and the Sound Bird could vaguely sense something. They snuggled closer toward the youth and found comfort before falling into a deep slumber with pleasant dreams.

Chapter 7: Sudden Evolution

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Redbud City was a small city close to the southeast of the Xia Region. Because it was close to the sea, the weather was mostly rainy, and there were only a few rare days in a month when the sun could be seen. However, the sun that slowly rose up in the east would illuminate the entire city and dye half the sky in red at dawn.

It was rare for the Xia Region to have such great weather and clear skies. Soon enough, the sky's color was no longer hazy as there was an entire horizon of blue, just like the sea. It was so blue that it was comforting.

When the rays of light rays passed through the windows and into the room, they happened to shine onto Lin Yuan's closed eyes. After getting dazzled by the rays of light, Lin Yuan slowly woke up from his dreams.

After waking up, Lin Yuan felt that his body was very relaxed, unlike before, when his body would remain sore and fatigued even after a night's rest. It seemed like the ability to sense spirit qi and the transference of Morbius' spiritual energy had strengthened his spiritual energy. It allowed his body condition to be significantly better than yesterday.

When he picked up his phone to look at the time, it was already close to 6 a.m.

Lin Yuan felt it was rather strange as Chimey and Genius were just like his alarm clocks, especially Genius, which would naturally wake up at 5 a.m. every day. Unexpectedly, Genius was actually still in a deep sleep today.

Lin Yuan sat up, and just as he was preparing to wake up Genius and Chimey, he realized that they were surrounded by a pile of shed fur and feathers.

A bundle of ash-black and disordered fur was next to Genius, while a bundle of dull green feathers was around Chimey.

Lin Yuan got nervous, thinking that Chimey and Genius were sick!

Lin Yuan subconsciously used Morbius' ability, True Data.

To Lin Yuan's surprise, he realized that he could actually see Genius and Chimey's data! He had used True Data on Genius and Chimey just yesterday before checking on the Clear Pond Carp's information. However, True Data had not displayed any information on Genius and Chimey.

Be it the domestic Hundred Questions Beast, or the Sound Bird, which had failed to evolve into the Songstress Bird, they couldn't be considered as feys. That was because they hadn't even reached the standards of a Normal fey.

Presently, True Data's displayed information indicated that both Genius and Chimey were Normal feys!

This had overturned all of the knowledge that Lin Yuan had learned over a dozen years after arriving in this world. The Hundred Questions Beast and Sound Bird were domestic beasts, and everyone had them. Nevertheless, there was never any case of a Hundred Questions Beast and Sound Bird evolving into feys!

In fact, even the Sound Bird's evolution, the Songstress Bird, wasn't qualified to be called a Normal fey. But now, both these little fellows had evolved.

Lin Yuan couldn't understand, but he didn't immediately wake up Genius and Chimey. Instead, he carefully cleaned up the shed fur and feathers before he went out for morning exercise.

In the past, Lin Yuan's spiritual energy had been weak, and it already exhausted all of Lin Yuan's energy just to live normally. Now that his body condition had improved, Lin Yuan decided to train his body as it was all of his capital.

After one hour of running and resting in the morning...

Lin Yuan wasn't even able to breathe normally when he returned. After all, his body was still too weak.

"As expected, I am unable to adapt to the first day of training. But it is just a slow jog. As such, the distance ran must not be reduced. I have to persist." Lin Yuan gestured with his fist to encourage himself.

After taking a shower, he noticed that Genius and Chimey were still in a deep sleep. Genius was even snoring softly.

Lin Yuan carefully closed the curtains that had been opened for a very long time. He closed the door on the second floor and went downstairs to prepare for the store opening.

At that moment, Lin Yuan noticed that one of the Usnea pots at the corner rack had actually transformed into something different from the other Usnea pots. Normally, Usneas had a tender green color, while the Usnea in that particular pot was dark green. Its vines were twice as thick as average Usnea vines, and its leaves looked firmer too.

This pot of Usnea actually evolved over the night! UppTodat𝒆d fr𝒐m nô/v/e/lb(i)n.c(o)/m

Lin Yuan used True Data to check on the Usnea's information, something that was previously unavailable.

[Fey Name]: Usnea

[Fey Species]: Arum genus/Philodendron genus

[Fey Grade]: Normal (3/10)

[Fey Type]: Grass

[Fey Quality]: Elite

"Its quality is actually Elite!" Lin Yuan couldn't help but exclaim.

"This Usnea is indeed incredible..."

This pot of Usnea hadn't just evolved—its quality had actually progressed too!

Lin Yuan felt that this world was truly too mystical.

The Usnea might just be a plant rich in nutritions for herbivorous feys, but there were also high-grade Usneas. However, most of the high-grade Usneas were produced using energy ores and other feys, along with huge effort.

However, Lin Yuan didn't use energy ores to nurture the Usneas. He immediately related it to Genius and Chimey's evolutions and then took another look at the evolved Usnea. He recalled that while he had been absorbing spirit qi the previous day, he had been holding its leaf. As for the other Usneas, they were still the same and didn't have any changes.

The feys that had evolved had been in contact with him while he had been absorbing spirit qi.

Suddenly, Lin Yuan had such a bold thought that sounded unrealistic!

Could it be that when I absorb spirit qi, I am not just a funnel? Instead, I can guide the spirit qi through my body and help feys evolve and even increase their quality?

While thinking that, Lin Yuan couldn't help and gulp down a mouthful of saliva.

Fey evolution was an extremely difficult feat. Plenty of contracted feys were stuck at a certain grade for an entire lifetime and wouldn't be able to evolve. The difficulty of evolving feys was also why Creation Masters were the most respected spirit qi professionals. In fact, it wouldn't be exaggerating to say it was the world's most respected occupation.

Among the spirit qi occupations, there were combat-class and lifestyle-class spirit qi occupations. The combat-class spirit qi occupations were further categorized into power offense-type, agile offense-type, defense-type, support-type, and healing-type.

The contracted feys mainly determined the types of spirit qi occupations because each spirit qi professional would be compatible with a certain type of fey.

After sensing the fey, one would know which type they were more compatible with. As for the feys that weren't as compatible, even if one had sufficient spiritual energy, it would be challenging to form a contract and might damage the spiritual energy.

Among the combat-class spirit qi professionals, the healing-type spirit qi professionals were the rarest. Out of every 100 spirit qi professionals, there might not even be a single healing-type spirit qi professional.

There were plenty of lifestyle-class spirit qi occupations too, but Creation Masters were the most respected among all of them.

For combat-class spirit qi professionals to evolve and increase the quality of their fey, apart from those rare natural evolutions, the only other method was to get help from Creation Masters.

However, the standard to become a Creation Master was also very high. In the entire federation, there might be fewer than 100 new Creation Masters every year.

Chapter 8: Overall Upgrade

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By comparison, becoming a Creation Master was as difficult as ascending to heaven. However, Lin Yuan could use his spirit qi channeling as a skill that was similar to Creation Masters'. In fact, it was even more effective than the standard methods Creation Masters used.

Creation Masters used many different medicinal ingredients to guide and induce a fey's evolution. Nonetheless, during the evolution process, there was a possibility of failure.

Lin Yuan was merely channeling spirit qi into the fey's body through his hands. His method could evolve the fey and increase its quality, and calling it god-like was not an exaggeration!

The evolution of feys was actually similar to a chronic patient consuming medicine. After consuming medicine for a long time, the chronic patient would form a resistance and wouldn't be able to absorb the medicinal effects.

A Creation Master's method to evolve a fey was the same as providing treatment to a chronic patient. If the fey was unable to absorb the medicinal effects, the Creation Master would use potent medicinal ingredients to form a new concoction for the fey to absorb the medicinal effects.

On the other hand, Lin Yuan simplified everything and used the most fundamental method by using his body as a medium. He would take the spirit qi that was stored in the world and use himself as the medium to transfer the spirit qi for the fey to absorb and evolve.

Lin Yuan's method didn't need to use up as many precious resources as Creation Masters needed. Also, according to the Usnea's condition, it seemed like the increase of grade and quality didn't require a long period.

"I am going to be rich!" Lin Yuan muttered to himself, while his excitement was displayed through his expressions. At the same time, Lin Yuan understood that his method would definitely be a terrifying piece of news.

Thus, in order to conceal this ability, Lin Yuan would need to pass the Creation Master's test and obtain the qualification to become a Creation Master.

These were just Lin Yuan's inferred thoughts, so he didn't open the store in the morning. Instead, he experimented with the rest of the Usneas by repeating what he had done the previous night.

He spent five minutes on each pot. As a result, after a few hours, about 20 pots of Usneas had transformed into a dark green color, just like the first evolved Usnea. They were all normal-grade and their quality was Elite.

Lin Yuan chose one of the four pots of Jasmine Lilies and ground his teeth, while his body was rapidly circulating spirit qi for one hour.

The Jasmine Lily's originally emerald green leaves had turned even more verdant. It seemed that half of the emerald green color on the leaves had gathered onto the petals' tips, making this Jasmine Lily look extraordinary.

This meant that the Jasmine Lily had already reached elite-grade.

[Fey Name]: Jasmine Lily

[Fey Species]: Crassulaceae genus/Aeonium genus

[Fey Grade]: Elite (1/10)

[Fey Type]: Wood

[Fey Quality]: Normal

Abilities:

[Heal]: Recover open wounds.

[Fragrance]: The faint and fresh plant fragrance can alleviate anxious mood.

Fragrance, the new ability, was considered a very common ability for flower feys. The effects would be enhanced as the fey's grade increased, and it wasn't anything outstanding.

However, Lin Yuan realized that the Jasmine Lily's initial ability, Heal, had changed. When it was at normal-grade, Heal could only slowly recover open wounds. Now that it had evolved to the elite-grade, Heal's effect was enhanced.

Lin Yuan was staring blankly at the Elite Jasmine Lily. As a basic healing-type fey, a Jasmine Lily could already be sold for 500 Federation dollars a pot, and this was because Lin Yuan had lowered the price. Larger fey stores would normally set the price of a well-developed, Normal Jasmine Lily to be over 700 dollars. But once a Normal Jasmine Lily evolved into an Elite one, the price would instantly increase by ten times.

Although Lin Yuan's Jasmine Lily had only obtained a mediocre ability at elite-grade, this convention also applied to it. If he placed it on the market for 5,000 dollars, it would probably be snatched instantly.

The feys' prices had always been rather high. Take Lin Yuan's little store as an example; it only had five pots of Normal Jasmine Lilies before he found this new ability.

After staring blankly for a moment, Lin Yuan took a glance at the 20+ pots of Normal Usnea and the Elite Jasmine Lily.

Now, he was certain about his ability. His body might not be able to preserve any spirit qi, but he wasn't useless as he could evolve feys and increase their quality.

As such, Lin Yuan slapped his thigh in joy.

"In the end, I am still a transmigrator who hadn't realized his cheat-like ability until now. Since I coincidentally found out about my cheat, it will allow me to rise to the top!"

At that moment, Lin Yuan heard a knocking sound at the door of the store. He immediately headed over to open and see who was looking for him.

After taking two steps forward, Lin Yuan felt that there seemed to be a trace of spirit qi remaining in his body. In the past, no matter how much spirit qi he absorbed, it would rapidly leak out. Could it be that when he helped feys to evolve, he could also improve his spiritual power?

If this was really the case, then he would also be able to cultivate and become a spirit qi professional.

After opening the store's door, Lin Yuan noticed Auntie Zhang pushing a wheelchair and standing in front of his store. An aged uncle, who had a mix of black and white hair, was seated in the wheelchair.

Upon seeing Lin Yuan open the door, the aged uncle spoke with a hoarse voice. "Little Yuan, your Auntie Zhang is bringing me to the doctor. We will be away for three months, just like usual. If you have anything you are having trouble with, give a call to Auntie Zhang."

Lin Yuan looked at Uncle Li, who was sitting in the wheelchair nonchalantly. Although his lower leg was wrapped with gauze, which was permeated with purplish-black blood, Uncle Li looked as if he wasn't the one that was injured.

A few years back, Lin Yuan had visited Auntie Zhang and had witnessed how she had changed the bandages for Uncle Li. There had seemed to be something hidden within the flesh of Uncle Li's leg, and it looked extremely sinister and frightening.

Auntie Zhang used her hand to knock on Uncle Li's head and said, "Little Yuan is much more sensible than you. Do you even need to remind him?"

The wound was secreting rotting blood, but Uncle Li didn't look like he could feel it. However, after Auntie Zhang knocked on his head, Uncle Li couldn't help but rub his head. He looked just like an obedient punching bag.

After knocking on Uncle Li's head, Auntie Zhang said to Lin Yuan, "Little Yuan, my mobile phone will be constantly switched on. If you encounter any problem, you have to give me a call immediately, no matter what time it is!"

Lin Yuan nodded to Auntie Zhang and Uncle Li. "Uncle, Auntie, don't worry."

Auntie Zhang gave Lin Yuan plenty of reminders and then started to push the wheelchair toward the road intersection while still feeling worried. The Terror Rabbit, which was used as a cushion for Uncle Li, then shook its ears at Lin Yuan as if bidding farewell.

Uncle Li is going for his treatment more than one month in advance. It looks like his leg injury is getting worse.

Lin Yuan had used True Data to check on Uncle Li's leg injury. Uncle Li's leg injury was actually caused by a type of bone-gangrene poison and not some physical wound. Aall 𝒏𝒆west ch𝒂pt𝒆rs on n.o./v𝒆l𝒃i/n/.c𝒐m

This type of poison was biological, and it even carried spirit-curse effects. True Data's displayed information stated that the poison originated from a poisonous worm called Bone-Rotting Filarial Worm.

The Bone-Rotting Filarial Worm was a type of very evil fey. Even the weakest Bone-Rotting Filarial Worm was Platinum, and they were extremely rare.

The Bone-Rotting Filarial Worm would normally attack with a poison named Bone-Rotting Poison, but it wasn't the bone-gangrene's cause. In order to form the bone-gangrene poison, the Bone-Rotting Filarial Worm would have to dig into the target's flesh and sacrifice itself. It would then turn its lifeforce into a type of poison, forming the bone-gangrene.

Evidently, the bone-gangrene was a very horrifying poison.

Uncle Li has been enduring and sealing this poison inside his lower leg for so many years... Could it be that Uncle Li's spirit qi occupation is king-class!?

Chapter 9: Timely Ability

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The world was very big. A century after the Spirit Qi Awakening, scholars predicted that the planet had expanded by at least 100 times. Everyone wanted to understand more about this world when they were still alive, and it was the same for Lin Yuan.

That's why every step taken must be firm and steady.

After Auntie Zhang and Uncle Li walked far away, Lin Yuan returned to the store and closed the door. He wasn't planning to open for business today. Before this, Lin Yuan had always been a sickly person, and he hadn't had sufficient spiritual energy or stamina to conduct a larger scale business for his store.

However, things were different now. Lin Yuan planned to clean up the courtyard at the back. He was going to clean up the tables in the courtyard and stack them up to use as a storage area for feys.

Before doing that, he carried the racks that he didn't use before and placed them in the store, allowing for more feys to be displayed. After all, Lin Yuan now had the energy to tend to more feys.

Also, tending to feys and making them evolve was the only method for Lin Yuan to enhance his spiritual power.

After packing and cleaning the courtyard for an entire afternoon, Lin Yuan was so tired that he couldn't even say a word. He sat on the chair for a long period before feeling alive again.

At that moment, the door that Lin Yuan had closed tightly on the second floor was gently opened. Soon, a meowing and a chirping sound echoed. The chirping sound was much more pleasant than before.

Evidently, Genius had realized that it had evolved and swiftly ran down from the second floor. It then jumped onto Lin Yuan's legs and said, "Yuan, Chimey and I seem to have evolved!"

Genius was a fey of the Intelligent Cat species. The main reason it was called a housekeeping beast was that the Hundred Questions Beasts could converse well with humans. In addition, they were just like encyclopedias that could store a lot of information.

Lin Yuan reached out and rubbed Genius' head. Upon doing that, he realized that Genius' new grayish silver fur was much thicker than before. Furthermore, it had a sort of density, unlike before, when it had been sparse.

In other words, the Hundred Questions Beast's fur had evolved to normal-grade, and its defense had been enhanced.

Chimey's spirituality wasn't as good as Genius', so it still didn't know what was happening. Chimey felt that it had slept for a long time, and it was a little embarrassed. It was standing beside Lin Yuan's ear and gently pecking at his short hair.

Upon seeing that Lin Yuan was rubbing Genius, Chimey hopped onto Genius' head and imitated Lin Yuan's action as it used its small talon to stroke Genius' fur.

Before this, Chimey wouldn't act like that. Lin Yuan could see that Chimey's evolution had significantly enhanced its intelligence.

"Genius, do you feel anything different after you evolved?" While Lin Yuan was speaking, he used True Data to check on Genius.

[Fey Name]: Hundred Questions Beast

[Fey Species]: Cat species/Intelligent Cat species

[Fey Grade]: Normal (2/10)

[Fey Type]: Spiritual

[Fey Quality]: Normal

Abilities:

[Precise Memory]: When memorizing something, every single detail can be memorized with precision.

Precise Memory was a very contradictory ability. If Genius was unable to memorize many things in the past, then Precise Memory wouldn't make any difference.

However, if Genius could already memorize many things before gaining this ability, then Precise Memory's capability was something that Lin Yuan wouldn't dare to imagine.

Genius let out a meow and said, "Yuan, I feel that I can memorize more things than before. If my memory was just a piece of red braised meat before, then my memory now is as big as 30 pieces of red braised meat!" UppTodat𝒆d fr𝒐m nô/v/e/lb(i)n.c(o)/m

Lin Yuan had yet to eat anything today. When he heard Genius' explanation that used food as an analogy, he suddenly felt extremely hungry. However, the starving sensation didn't take away Lin Yuan's attention.

Genius' memory allowed it to memorize the contents of around three to five books in the past. If Genius' memory had really increased thirtyfold, it meant that Genius could at least memorize the contents of around 100 books. Furthermore, it could even remember things in detail!

Lin Yuan had been worried about how he was going to pass the Creation Master's exam.

The contents of the Creation Master's exam was to evolve a fey, which had reached its evolution bottleneck. It might sound simple, but some preconditions must be met to take the exam.

The precondition to take the Creation Master's exam was to pass the primary exams for three lifestyle occupations. After obtaining the proof that one passed the three lifestyle occupations' primary exams, one would then be able to apply for the Creation Master's exam.

There were plenty of lifestyle occupations, but it wasn't easy to pass the exams.

Lifestyle-class occupations, such as Blacksmiths that forged energy ores or Weavers that created silk fabrics, were all occupations that required one to have a good foundation from a young age.

Forging and weaving with feys wasn't like the normal forging and weaving processes before the Spirit Qi Awakening. In the past, one would only need strength and nimble hands to complete the tasks.

Like Blacksmiths and Weavers, lifestyle occupations required an understanding of feys before they could use the forging or weaving methods to allow spiritual ingredients to fuse with each other.

If Lin Yuan wanted to obtain the Creation Master's exam qualifications, these kinds of lifestyle-class occupations were obviously not within his capabilities.

Lin Yuan had an alternative now that Genius had evolved and obtained an ability.

There were three lifestyle-class spirit qi occupations' exams that focused on knowledge. They were the Scholar, Fey Observer, and Spiritual Ingredient Analyst. These three lifestyle-class occupations were all knowledge-based.

Due to the knowledge-based exams and how seriously knowledge and research were treated, the exams' standards were very strict.

In each exam, one would have to answer 500 questions, and their overall score was 1,000 points. Each correct answer would award 2 points, unanswered questions would award nothing, and every wrong answer would deduct 4 points!

This type of exam was trying to warn those who wanted to become researchers and scholars that they should skip the question if they didn't know the answers or were unclear. However, they must not be ambiguous and guess the answers.

Furthermore, one needed at least 900 points to pass the exams.

These exams might seem easy, but they were not. Putting aside the fact that the questions were crafty, if one were to answer one question wrongly, they would lose the points of two correct answers!

Moreover, if one were to fail the exam, they would only be able to apply for the exam after one entire year.

Due to all these reasons, the primary exams for these three lifestyle-class occupations were the least chosen. However, others might find these three exams difficult, but they were the most suitable for Lin Yuan.

I just have to get Genius to memorize the primary books on the Scholar, Fey Observer, and Spiritual Ingredient Analyst occupation before attempting for the exam.

During the past century, housekeeping beasts had already become personal pets and were used as lifestyle assistants. When taking the lifestyle-class occupation exams, the examinees were allowed to bring housekeeping beasts, like the Hundred Questions Beast, as assistants.

However, there were also exceptions, like the Creation Master's exam, which didn't allow the examinees to bring in anything, not even spiritual ingredients, apart from themselves. They were only allowed to use the spiritual ingredients provided in the exam venue.

Despite the case, this was simply a child's play for Lin Yuan.

During the exam, he just had to pour his spirit qi into the fey's body to successfully pass.

One had to admit that as the Radiance Federation's first Hundred Questions Beast, which had evolved into a Normal fey, Genius' ability was truly convenient and too timely!

Chapter 10: Mellow Singing

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Lin Yuan knew that if he didn't have a reasonable explanation for his ability to evolve feys, it would certainly bring in trouble.

As the saying went, "An outstanding tree will definitely be blown down by the wind. If a tree is too tall, the winds will never allow it to survive."

It was just like how a prodigy would have a halo over their head, but jealous people would always accompany them.

In addition, he couldn't attribute his ability to him being a prodigy. Not to mention that his strength was still budding at the surface of the ground. If he were careless and exposed himself to the fierce winds, he might wither in an instant.

The path to becoming a Creation Master was something that Lin Yuan had to take. Therefore, he was planning to purchase some books, which were related to the primary exams for the Scholar, Fey Observer, and Spiritual Ingredient Analyst, on the Star Web.

It should be enough for Genius' capacity to memorize 100 books.

However, Lin Yuan also had things to fret about as those books weren't cheap.

After the Spirit Qi Awakening, the internet had been crippled for over a dozen years before it had recovered. At the same time, the internet had undergone a revolution. The network was like a large-scale virtual world and was known as the Federation Star Web.

When entering the Federation Star Web, everyone would need to bind themselves with a federation citizen identity. The Star Web had entertainment, live streaming, virtual transactions, interactive and social contacting, or even ranking battles. During the last few decades, the Federation Star Web development was already able to support a second world for the Radiance Federation's citizens.

As for the books that Lin Yuan required, they could be purchased in the Federation Star Web's bookshop.

These books were all published by high-ranked Scholars, Fey Observers, and Spiritual Ingredient Analysts. Each of these books had an average price of around 100 Federation dollars.

For every book that the bookshop sold, the publisher would earn a profit of around 15%. That's why the income of a lifestyle-class professional was always commendable.

A total of 100 books would cost around 10,000 Federation dollars in total, and that amount was almost Lin Yuan's entire wealth. Moreover, a large portion of this wealth had to be reserved for his younger sister's next year's school fees.

Lin Yuan remembered that his young sister's school curriculum was about to start with fey contract classes. The fey contract classes were normally leaning toward actual combat. That's why he had to find a suitable high-grade fey for his younger sister first.

"I am still very poor!" Lin Yuan couldn't help lamenting.

Right now, there is nothing else more important that I need to do than to earn more money. I already have a clear direction, but this direction will need Federation dollars to remove the obstacle.

When Genius saw Lin Yuan frowning in his thoughts, it immediately pounced into Lin Yuan's embrace along with Chimey on its head.

The Hundred Questions Beast, Genius, might have evolved, but deep in its bones, Lin Yuan was still the most important person. When Genius was around Lin Yuan, it would always feel warmth and a steady sense of security.

Chimey was still standing on Genius' head. Perhaps it could feel the changes in its body, so it started to chirp a song cheerfully.

Chimey had failed to evolve into a Songstress Bird, and at the beginning, it didn't know how to sing. After receiving Lin Yuan's guidance, it was finally able to learn one song.

In this world, Lin Yuan had only heard a few songs and naturally didn't know how to sing them. Therefore, the song that Lin Yuan had taught to Chimey was a song that he had composed by taking reference to a poem before transmigrating to this world.

In the past, Lin Yuan might always be praising Chimey when it was singing, but Chimey was singing a saliva song and couldn't bring out any flavor.

But now, when Chimey sang the song again, Lin Yuan felt as if it was a phoenix calling in the Kunlun Mountains, and hibiscuses and orchids were blooming with a smile.

Lin Yuan felt that he had suddenly entered a plain, where there was a horizon of grassland, and orioles were flying. The jingling spring water served as the zither, the wind blowing on the willows served as a tune, while the morning dew dripping served as the screenplay.

It felt as though a bean goose was walking through the snow, and when Lin Yuan tried to look for the bean goose, it had vanished without a trace. Only the goose's footprints on the snow served as proof that it was truly there. The places where the bean goose had stepped on suddenly bloomed with wintersweet, and there was an appealing and beautiful image of a woman that was holding a book and reciting with a frown.

"Trees suffer from frost, their roots unable to draw warmth.

A single blossom in a snow-covered village appeared last night.

The wind wafts the fragrance while the birds take a peek at its brilliance."

The winter and summer shared the beautiful scenery, and Lin Yuan was able to visualize this scenery because of Chimey's singing.

If Chimey's voice was like a child playing around previously, then now, Chimey's voice was truly worthy for the palace, and it was at the pinnacle.

It seemed like Chimey—the only Sound Bird that had reached normal-grade—had great control over tunes.

As Chimey continued singing, it realized that its voice sounded better, so it flapped its wings happily and flew around the house.

Lin Yuan checked on Chimey's True Data.

[Fey Name]: Sound Bird

[Fey Species]: Corvidae species/Kingfisher species

[Fey Grade]: Normal (3/10)

[Fey Type]: Sound

[Fey Quality]: Normal

Abilities:

[Sound Thrust]: Fire a sharp spike that is formed by sound at a designated target. 𝒂ll new st𝒐ries at n0ve/lbi/𝒏.c𝒐m

Lin Yuan didn't expect Chimey to be a combat-class pet.

Lin Yuan immediately called out to Chimey and instructed, "Chimey, launch a Sound Thrust at the wooden panel by the door!"

When Chimey heard Lin Yuan's command, it instinctively let out a distinct chirp. At the same time, Lin Yuan noticed that the wooden panel by the door had shivered a little.

Lin Yuan walked over to take a look and noticed that the one-centimeter-thick wooden panel hadn't gotten penetrated. However, there was a white mark left on the wooden panel, not a shallow one at that.

Lin Yuan rubbed the white mark while mentally calculating Chimey's attack force. He speculated that its driving force was probably around three kilograms.

Although such an attack force wasn't considered outstanding among Normal feys, the attack method was superior as it was formless and invisible. It had a very fast attack speed, making it hard to dodge.

Lin Yuan couldn't help but think, If I can continue nurturing Genius and Chimey, I wonder what they will become...

Given his current ability, would there be a day when Genius and Chimey would evolve from normal-grade to elite-grade? Would they be able to continue evolving from Elite to Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, or even Suzerain, which possessed a domain?

Or was there the possibility that during the process of evolution, Genius and Chimey's quality would reach Legend, transforming them into Fantasy Breeds?

Fantasy Breed had always been a sacred term in the fey world. Fantasy Breed meant that the fey was supposed to only exist in fantasies and not in reality.

When a Bronze fey's quality reached Legend, it might absorb certain Willpower Runes from mountains, rivers, oceans, or even the sky. It would allow the fey to achieve a qualitative change, and only high-ranked Creation Masters could utilize such methods.

Lin Yuan felt that if his ability could continue performing like its current state, he might be able to do the same in the future.

However, presently, Lin Yuan had to visit the fey marketplace to pick a certain type of fey to form a contract with Morbius' Spirit Lock skill.

Simultaneously, he had to strive to make Chimey and Genius' qualities to achieve Epic before they evolved to bronze-grade.

A fey's quality was ranked as followed: Normal, Elite, Flawless, Epic, and Legend. When an Elite/Epic1 fey became Bronze, it would undergo a gene optimization.

The so-called gene optimization was to awaken a skill.

There were all sorts of fey skills, and the skill awakened was random. Therefore, plenty of feys awakened very weak skills or skills that were incompatible with the spirit qi occupation when they evolved from elite-grade to bronze-grade.

After the Bronze fey's gene optimization, its quality would fall back to Normal and had to be increased from the beginning. However, if an Elite fey could increase its quality to Epic before evolving, it would obtain three different skill choices.

The contracted fey's master could choose one of the skills. Fey contacts couldn't be exchanged, so it was the same as giving the contracted master two additional chances.

In conclusion, having three choices to pick was definitely better than not having any choice to pick.

Chapter 11: Elder Brother and Younger Sister

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Although it was daytime and the lights were switched off, the house appeared to be pitch-dark. UppTodat𝒆d fr𝒐m nô/v/e/lb(i)n.c(o)/m

Li Yuan switched on the lights before moving swiftly to the kitchen to boil a pot of vegetable porridge. Mixed with white rice grains were plenty of green vegetables of varying sizes. Although he had only added salt, the rice grains and vegetables' aroma was already making Lin Yuan's stomach grumble as he had not eaten for an entire day.

Chimney was eating its Usnea as usual. However, since the Usneas had evolved to normal-grade, and Chimey had never tasted such nice food before, it ate much more than usual. While Chimey was eating, it used its wings to rub on its bulging tummy.

Lin Yuan had a big bowl of vegetable porridge, while Genius had a small one. They were both enjoying their food.

After Auntie Zhang's departure, Chimey no longer needed to restrain itself anymore, so it had been singing for the entire night. Chimey might only know one song, but its singing voice was enjoyable.

Genius behaved the same, resting on Lin Yuan, while he was working hard to guide the three pots of Jasmine Lilies to evolve.

...

Three hours after breakfast, Lin Yuan's efforts finally paid off as the three pots of Jasmine Lilies had successfully evolved from normal-grade to elite-grade.

Lin Yuan realized that after a fey evolved to elite-grade, it would take much more time for it to make any progress in evolution. After two more hours of hard work, the Elite I Jasmine Lilies levelled up by 1 grade. There was no difference in quality.

It seems like, with my current strength, I will need very long to evolve the feys from Elite to Bronze. The feys' evolution speed is dependent on my spirit qi absorption speed. If I wish to increase my spirit qi absorption speed, I will need to become a spirit qi professional.

Now that he had evolved three more Normal feys to Elite ones, Lin Yuan felt that his stamina and spiritual power were much stronger. If this carried on, and if he evolved 200 more pots of Jasmine Lilies from normal-grade to elite-grade, he might be able to become the lowest-ranked, D-rank, spirit qi professional.

By then, his spirit qi absorption would be much faster, and it would be easier for him to evolve feys.

Lin Yuan was about to evolve a pot of Normal Usnea to become his store's first Elite Usnea when his old-fashioned mobile phone rang.

Lin Yuan looked at the mobile phone screen and revealed a warm smile. The moment he picked up the phone, he heard a clear and pleasant voice.

"Elder brother, it has been two days since I called you. How is your body now?" It was a familiar opening statement. Whenever Lin Yuan answered his younger sister's phone call, she would always ask this as though it was a habit.

"My body is much better than before. You don't have to worry! I have even cleaned up our house's courtyard at the back."

"Elder brother, why are you cleaning our house's courtyard for? Your body..."

Chu Ci sounded anxious as she knew clearly about her elder brother's body condition.

From the tender age of 8 and 6, Lin Yuan and she had been relying on each other to survive.

The 8-year-old Lin Yuan had spared no effort to ensure their survival. They had already tested the 6-year-old Chu Ci, who had an exceptional talent to become a spirit qi professional, so he had been determined to support her studies. It had been nine years since then.

One could imagine how much hard work an 8-year-old frail child had to put in order to endure when he actually required care from others.

After hearing that Lin Yuan had cleaned up the courtyard, his sister knew he was planning to expand the store's scale to earn more money. But how could his body take it?

Chu Ci had thought about stopping school in order to help Lin Yuan at home. In fact, she had even protested by doing her homework poorly and getting bad grades on her tests.

However, during one rainy night, Lin Yuan looked at her with red eyes and said, "Chu Ci, you are my only family, do not disappoint me."

Chu Ci could still remember that when Lin Yuan had made that statement, he had been actually yelling, and this yell had woken up Chu Ci. She had discarded all of her rebellious behavior and turned into a top-class student that always ranked first in the exams from that day onward. It was all because she didn't wish to disappoint Lin Yuan.

After listening to Lin Yuan's plans, Chu Ci got anxious. At the same time, Lin Yuan could sense his younger sister's emotional state through the phone.

"I am just packing up a little. The store is still the same."

Lin Yuan did think of telling Chu Ci that he could sense spirit qi, but he was afraid that she wouldn't be convinced and would still be anxious. He thought that he would talk to Chu Ci during the school holidays.

However, Lin Yuan wouldn't tell Chu Ci about the fact that he could evolve feys. It wasn't because he didn't trust her. He simply didn't wish for this secret to be exposed and bring danger to Chu Ci.

When Chu Ci heard Lin Yuan speaking like this, she finally relaxed. This pair of siblings wasn't adept at expressing their hidden feelings, and they were both people that had a burning passion in the depths of their hearts. Therefore, after they mutually informed each other that they were fine, the conversation ended quickly.

After Chu Ci ended the phone call, she heard her roommate's envious voice from behind. "It seems like you have a rather good relationship with your elder brother! Unlike my younger brother and I that are at loggerheads whenever I get home. But you have the surname of Chu, while your elder brother has the surname of Lin. That is rather strange."

Chu Ci smiled and reflected a warm atmosphere in the room. Lin Yuan had taken the Lin surname from their father, while she had taken the Chu surname from their mother. This was the love between their father and mother. It was also the parental love from her parents that had left a very vague impression in Chu Ci's memory.

"Chu Ci, we are going to contract feys tomorrow. Why don't you go out for a walk with me to relax?"

Chu Ci shook her head, pointed at the revision book on her table, and shook her hands.

The roommate used a habitual tone and said, "You! Do you only know how to revise in the room? If I had your looks, I would be going out every day! Do you know how many students in the school fancy you!?"

When the roommate saw that Chu Ci wasn't interested in going out, she left the room herself thinking that she might find some nice man.

Chu Ci picked up her pen and started to write neatly on the revision book. She didn't even pause as she memorized this question by heart.

Chu Ci didn't repeatedly practice these questions for herself. It was for a part-time job. For each revision book she did, she could earn 20 Federation dollars. It wasn't any problem for Chu Ci to write out two to three sets of revision books.

In fact, this was also Chu Ci's study method. Each revision book cost 40 Federation dollars, and Chu Ci couldn't afford it. Due to her part-time job, she simultaneously could practice and earn some allowance. It was truly killing two birds with one stone.

This was also the first year Chu Ci had a part-time job, and it was something that she didn't dare to let Lin Yuan know. If Lin Yuan found out, he would probably be angry!

What's more, Chu Ci didn't use the money to pay for her school fees. She was planning to buy some medicinal health products for Lin Yuan when she returned during the holidays.

While having this motivation, she started to fill the revision book. Her hand might be feeling sore, but Chu Ci didn't feel tired at all.

At that moment, a banging sound came from Chu Ci's drawer.

When Chu Ci opened the drawer, she glanced at a box with a thick shell inside. There was a gray-colored and ugly beetle that was the size of half a palm.

Tomorrow they would learn how to form a contract with a fey and then apply the knowledge with their first fey.

Naturally, Chu Ci didn't inform Lin Yuan about that. She had used her own hard-earned money to find a Gray Beetle, who no one in the entire federation would wish to form a contract with.

Chu Ci looked at the Gray Beetle and gripped her fist tightly. She had a calm and determined expression as though she had made a decision.

Chapter 12: Irascible Teacher Bao

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

That night, Lin Yuan slept well with Genius and Chimey snuggling close to him. Even in their sleep, they continued to absorb the spirit qi that he was emitting.

Lin Yuan woke up to his morning routine and exercised for one hour before opening the store at 7 a.m. Soon enough, all the Elite Usneas were sold out.

The supply of nutritious food, such as Usneas, for herbivorous feys was always lower than the demand. In addition, Lin Yuan's Usneas were in great condition, and their prices were affordable.

Lin Yuan had even successfully managed to sell a pot of Elite Jasmine Lily, earning a total of 5,500 Federation dollars, while selling the Usneas.

Lin Yuan earned an amount that was more than what he would make during an average month in just one morning!

Without including the Usneas, just that one pot of Jasmine Lily earned him more than what he had made last month. Thus, Lin Yuan was delighted.

When Lin Yuan was about to purchase more goods from the fey marketplace, his mobile phone rang. It was an unknown number.

The moment Lin Yuan answered the call, an anxious and furious voice resounded.

"Are you Chu Ci's guardian!?"

Lin Yuan immediately replied after hearing the question, "I am. Did something happen to Chu Ci in school? And you are?"

That person was extremely impolite and started showering him with criticisms.

"Who am I? I am Chu Ci's homeroom teacher, Teacher Bao! What kind of guardian are you? During the fey contract class, Chu Ci actually contracted a Gray Beetle and even suffered a backlash!

"As a guardian, don't you know that you should provide a better fey for your kin!? What piece of trash is the Gray Beetle? Don't you know that you are wasting Chu Ci's exceptional talent!?"

Under normal circumstances, teachers would be very polite when communicating with parents. However, this Teacher Bao was outraged.

When Lin Yuan heard what Teacher Bao said, cold sweat instantly drenched his back and clothes.

How could Lin Yuan not be aware of Gray Beetles? They were Normal feys that could be bought for 200 Federation dollars. Due to Gray Beetle's aggressive nature, it would be in an aggressive state during the contracting process, and the contractor would suffer a backlash.

At the same time, the Gray Beetle's excavating ability was utterly useless as it was of no help to a combat occupation.

Gray Beetles preferred environments that were dark and moist, while their main diet was rotting flesh. Due to their habits and preferences, the Gray Beetle ranked number one as the fey that no one was willing to form a contract with.

Presently, Gray Beetles were mostly used as food for high-grade carnivorous feys.

Lin Yuan's voice was unstable as he asked Teacher Bao, "Teacher Bao, is Chu Ci okay now?!" He was gripping the mobile phone so tightly that the veins in his hands were popping out.

The other end of the phone call transmitted a very dissatisfied voice. "Due to the timely rescue in class, she only suffered a minor mental backlash and is unconscious. It is fortunate that she didn't manage to form a contract with the Gray Beetle.

"Chu Ci has the best talent among all the students that I have taught. Her compatibility range is toward all defensive-type feys. Her aptitude is very rare, even in the entire Redbud City.

"If she is properly nurtured, she might even have the chance to strive and enter the federation's Hundred Sequence. This is the kind of talent that guardians like you should pay more attention to."

Teacher Bao might be angry while speaking, but he didn't forget about his job responsibility and preached about education ideals.

Upon hearing that Chu Ci was fine, Lin Yuan heaved a sigh of relief and quickly asked, "Teacher Bao, is Chu Ci still unconscious? I will come right now!"

Teacher Bao immediately instructed, "If you come, then you'd better have with you an outstanding Elite fey for Chu Ci. Otherwise, it will really be wasting her talents."

A spirit qi professional's talent was referring to the compatibility between the spirit qi professional and the feys. It was also known as the compatibility range.

There were spirit qi professionals who might be compatible with support-type feys, but when trying to connect with support-type feys, they might only be compatible with snake-species feys. Therefore, they could only form contracts with snake support-type feys.

As a result, the compatibility range would shrink significantly. A spirit qi professional could only form contracts with around three to five feys. However, due to compatibility, it would be difficult to find three feys that fit the criteria.

This referred to individuals with average talent. It was possible for people with poor talent—compatible with snake support-type feys—to have an additional compatibility condition, that being venomous snakes. This would definitely shrink the compatibility range down even more.

If the search for compatible feys was already so difficult, there wasn't a need to even discuss contracting more feys to form one's combat system.

For a combat-class spirit qi professional, the combination of feys was crucial.

Spirit qi professionals fought using the combinations and pairings with many types of feys to produce a complementing effect. Thus, the wider the compatibility range, the easier it was to form combinations.

In fact, some individuals would only nurture one of the feys with the majority of the resources, while the other feys were used to enhance this main fey.

This was one of the federation's effective methods to save on resources, and it was a strategy to funnel resources to the main fey.

Given all these factors, it was evident how talented Chu Ci was.

Lin Yuan replied, "Teacher, don't worry. I'll visit the school tomorrow and bring a fey for Chu Chi."

Although Lin Yuan was angry at Chu Ci in his heart, he could also understand her thoughts. Soon, his anger turned into heartache. VịSit no(v)3lb/!n.c𝒐m for new 𝒏ov𝒆l𝒔

It was good that he would visit her this time. Lin Yuan would show her that he could now absorb spiritual power and prove that his body condition was much better than before. This would allow Chu Ci to feel more at ease.

Lin Yuan's great attitude reduced Teacher Bao's anger significantly. However, he still reminded, "It is best to bring an Elite fey."

Subsequently, the phone call ended.

Teacher Bao let out a long sigh in the office after he hung up the phone.

He might have only taught Chu Ci for two weeks, but Chu Ci's serious attitude in studies had moved him. A teacher would always prefer diligent students, and because of her potential, it led Teacher Bao to give more preference to Chu Ci.

As a teacher, he knew a little about his student's family background. Teacher Bao had heard that Chu Ci's family wasn't well-off, so he wasn't expecting Lin Yuan to bring over an Elite fey.

Teacher Bao touched his salary card in his pocket and gritted his teeth.

If Chu Ci's guardian bring a Normal fey, I will fork out from my own pocket to purchase an Elite fey for her. I cannot allow Chu Ci's incredible talent to be wasted like this.

Lin Yuan stayed silent for a very long time after ending the phone call. He only snapped back to his senses when Genius called out to him.

Upon looking at the three remaining pots of Elite Jasmine Lilies, one pot of Elite Usnea, and 20+ pots of Normal Usneas, Lin Yuan immediately dismissed the plan to visit the fey marketplace.

He immediately closed the store.

Lin Yuan intended to work overnight to evolve all these Normal Usneas to Elite ones. He was planning to sell all of them in the fey marketplace tomorrow, in exchange for a top-notch Elite defense-type fey for his younger sister.

Lin Yuan worked hard for an entire night to channel the spirit qi to 20+ pots of Normal Usneas. Although he felt fatigued and exhausted, he didn't rest for a moment. In the end, he evolved all of them into elite-grade. Yet again, Lin Yuan felt the accumulated spiritual power in his body getting strengthened.

...

It was daylight outside the window—over 20 hours had passed, and it was already the next day!

Chapter 13: Master, You Are Incredible

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

After not sleeping for an entire night, Lin Yuan felt he had returned to the time when he couldn't sense the spirit qi and when his spiritual energy was still in a frail state.

Lin Yuan shook his head, feeling that this frail state was very familiar, but he didn't have the time to rest now.

Lin Yuan ran upstairs and opened a wooden box that was rather old. It contained plenty of plain and simple youth clothes. The denim clothes on the top of the clothing pile had a blue color that had already faded.

Lin Yuan took out all the clothes, and a card appeared at the bottom of the box. It was a Star Web Card.

The Radiance Federation would only issue one Star Web Card for each citizen. It was a genuine smart card, and it included the function of a bank card.

This little card contained all of Lin Yuan's wealth, and when adding yesterday's profit, he had close to 20,000 Federation dollars.

Genius was crouching obediently at the side of the bed and meowed to Lin Yuan before saying, "Yuan, it will probably rain later. Let me accompany you!"

Lin Yuan rubbed Genius' head and pointed at the bed where Chimey was still snoring away. "Genius, you and Chimey have accompanied me for an entire night. You should also have a rest. A Genius that rests obediently is a good Genius."

Genius immediately let out a purr, lay beside Chimey, and said to Lin Yuan, "Genius is a good Genius."

Lin Yuan took the umbrella and locked the store properly before heading toward the fey marketplace.

The weather was already stiflingly hot, so the sparkling drizzle's addition made the atmosphere abnormally humid. Redbud City's residents were already familiar with such weather.

The fey marketplace wasn't close to Lin Yuan's home and was around a seven-kilometer journey away.

During normal times, Lin Yuan would walk there to purchase new goods. Given Lin Yuan's previous body condition, he would need to walk at least for two hours to travel seven kilometers. However, Lin Yuan didn't have that much time.

He had already promised the teacher that he would deliver a fey to the school for Chu Ci to form a contract. Furthermore, Lin Yuan was worried about Chu Ci's safety. If he didn't have to prepare the fey, he would have already visited Chu Ci.

After walking to a transportation station that wasn't far away, Lin Yuan used the Star Web Card to register and arranged for a Thick-Hoofed Donkey Car.

The Thick-Hoofed Donkey was a Normal fey. Due to its fast walking speed, it was available as the cheapest form of public transportation that was commonly used and found in every corner of the Radiance Federation. A century after the Spirit Qi Awakening, various feys had already evolved to replace the majority of the steel machines.

However, it didn't stop the Radiance Federation from advancing their technology. On the contrary, after the Spirit Qi Awakening, humanity's technology had advanced greatly, and the Star Web was the best proof.

Lin Yuan was seated in the Thick-Hoofed Donkey Car. The breeze that accompanied the galloping Thick-Hoofed Donkey invigorated Lin Yuan, making him comfortable from time to time.

Ever since Lin Yuan had boarded the vehicle, the driver had constantly been looking at Lin Yuan. Upon seeing that Lin Yuan had already noticed him, the driver gave a friendly greeting. "Young Brother, are you going to purchase a fey at the marketplace? I have already taken plenty of trips to the marketplace today."

Lin Yuan let out a smile when the driver started conversing with him.

"That's right, Master1. I am going to the marketplace to take a look. Why have you taken so many trips to the marketplace?"

Lin Yuan was only casually asking to carry on the topic with the driver.

It felt as though the driver was waiting for Lin Yuan to ask this question and started to speak nonstop.

"This is definitely not a coincidence. It is because there is an additional shipment to the marketplace today."

Upon seeing how the driver was acting mysteriously, Lin Yuan felt curious too. Drivers who were fetching plenty of customers on a daily basis would always have first-hand information.

The driver was also a forthright person and didn't try to be suspenseful. He immediately started talking. "Young Brother, have you read the news during these two days? Do you know that a dimensional rift opened around 15 kilometers away from our Xia Region's outskirts?"

Lin Yuan didn't expect the topic on the marketplace to be related to the dimensional rift in the outskirts.

However, whenever there was a dimensional rift, it was a major event for the Radiance Federation. Dimensional rifts would be connected with another dimension plane. Take this dimensional rift, for example. It was actually connected to a plane that was filled with alien insects.

Redbud City had immediately mobilized the Redbud Guards and sent them to the outskirts.

The Redbud Guards had spent two entire days to wipe out the alien insects that rushed out from the dimensional rift and controlled the situation.

The news outlets had constantly been reporting on this incident. It was said that the Redbud Guards had left three platoons at the vicinity of the dimensional rift to stand guard.

After looking at Lin Yuan's expression, the driver understood that Lin Yuan knew of this matter, and it instantly sparked his desire to continue speaking.

"The dimensional rift this time didn't show any prior indications, and it just happened to open nearby a small-scaled fey breeding base. As a result, when the alien insects invaded, the breeding base was devastated. I heard that only a few of the staff members managed to escape. When the rescue team arrived, there were only a few feys that were still intact. However, some feys were severely injured and not dead yet. As such, the staff members that escaped set up a stall in the marketplace to sell off the injured and crippled feys."

Lin Yuan's eyes lit up after hearing that. Severely injured and crippled feys would definitely not be too expensive, and there might be a chance to pick up a great fey. 𝒂ll new st𝒐ries at n0ve/lbi/𝒏.c𝒐m

"Master, then can you bring me to the nearest crossing to that stall? I will alight from there and take a look too."

The driver chuckled and said, "Alright, Young Brother! However, I heard from others that those feys' injuries are so severe that they damaged their roots. Healers do not have the ability to heal the roots. In order to heal those severely injured feys, you will have to go look for Creation Masters."

After speaking, the driver let out a sigh.

"The fees required to look for a Creation Master for treatment is probably enough to purchase a brand new fey." Lin Yuan cracked a rare joke as he had already recovered and was in a much better mood.

"Beast is sliced, the pot is spiced, the entire village waits in delight. If it truly can't be treated, let it become marinated."

Lin Yuan was only joking and didn't expect the driver to actually follow up.

"Dish is served, the stomachs are starved, all the villagers are no longer reserved.

"Yesterday, I picked up a cheap Elite Blunt Armor Pig from that stall, and it is now hung up by my wife to become preserved meat."

When seeing the proud expression on the driver's face, Lin Yuan couldn't help but give a thumbs up and reveal his white teeth. "Master, you are incredible!"

After alighting at the marketplace, Lin Yuan could feel that it was significantly more crowded than normal.

Each of the stalls was filled with all sorts of feys, but they had a variety of feys that wouldn't exceed five species. Furthermore, the species would be entirely different from the stall at the side. This was obviously an agreement between the stalls to prevent any malicious contest.

The feys' prices would fluctuate, but not too much. Presently, the Normal Jasmine Lilies on the stall were being sold for 450 Federation dollars, and they were 50 Federation dollars more expensive than when Lin Yuan had bought them previously.

A single pot of Usnea cost 200 Federation dollars, and a Normal Usnea would be sold for 1,600 Federation dollars. Elite Usneas were much more expensive than Elite Jasmine Lilies and had a price of 14,000 Federation dollars.

Chapter 14: The Doctor Said I Had a Weak Stomach

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Productive spirit plants like the Usneas were very rarely available in the market.

Normal Usneas would occasionally be traded in the marketplace. However, basically no one would be willing to trade Elite Usneas in the marketplace.

An Elite Usnea was equivalent to a foundation, and small stores could already cover their daily operating expenses just by selling the produced Usnea vines.

A high-grade Usnea was expensive because it could produce over a dozen vines unlike the Jasmine Lilies that didn't have any byproducts. If some inferior energy ores could be buried in the Usnea pot, it would be able to constantly produce vines for an entire week.

It was just like a hen that could lay eggs, making the price naturally higher.

Among the different feys, there were astronomical differences in prices.

In the fey marketplace, the highest price of a Normal Usnea would be around 1,600 Federation dollars. However, those Usneas that were well-developed and had thicker vines would have prices of around 3,000 Federation dollars. It was nearly double the price.

At that moment, Lin Yuan suddenly realized that he had actually created a huge sum of wealth over a single night.

He didn't just have Normal Usneas, but well-developed Elite Usneas, and he had over 20 pots of them. The amount of wealth had astonished Lin Yuan, but he quickly composed himself.

Now that I have the ability to evolve feys, I will only be making more money in the future. This is just the beginning.

While walking, Lin Yuan looked at the various feys in the stalls and attempted to circulate his spiritual power. Lin Yuan could distinctly feel the instinctive compatibility with each of the feys.

Lin Yuan felt that he was more compatible with healing-type and support-type feys. Apart from that, he felt that he was especially intimate with plant-type feys.

Lin Yuan wasn't able to feel spirit qi previously and naturally didn't know which feys he was compatible with. Since he could circulate his spirit qi, Lin Yuan could find out his compatibility direction now that there were so many different types of feys gathered in the marketplace.

Lin Yuan couldn't help but recall Teacher Bao's words. CH𝒆Ck for 𝒏ew st𝒐ries on no/v/el/bin.c0m

Teacher Bao had praised Chu Ci's compatibility with defense-type feys and the fact that she was qualified to become a prodigy among the Hundred Sequence.

Since my compatibility range is so extensive, I wonder how talented I am...

Immediately after, Lin Yuan thought about his pitiful amount of spiritual energy. Given this little speck of spiritual energy, it didn't matter how great his talent was. It was useless if he couldn't form contracts with feys.

The types of feys that Lin Yuan was compatible with would determine that Lin Yuan would have to use Morbius' exclusive skill, Spirit Lock, on those types of feys.

Morbius' Spirit Lock was only able to use the fey's initial ability, so Lin Yuan had to choose cautiously.

The healing-type and support-type were much rarer than the power offense-type.

Between the healing-type and support-type, the healing-type was much rarer. Therefore, Lin Yuan planned for his first Spirit Lock fey to be a healing-type with a strong healing ability.

Currently, the most important matter wasn't for Lin Yuan to decide on a fey to use Spirit Lock on. He had to pick an outstanding, Elite defense-type fey for Chu Ci.

As of now, Lin Yuan had only discovered two to three species of Elite defense-type feys. One of them was a Crust Rabbit that was considered fine.

It had obtained the ability Strong Skin at elite-grade and allowed the contractor to produce a layer of horn-texture skin shield to help block damage. However, this Crust Rabbit didn't reach Lin Yuan's standards.

It would be better if Lin Yuan had more time, as he could simply nurture a top-notch Elite fey for Chu Ci. However, there was only one day left. The Radiance Federation's schools had very strict rules. If the student didn't successfully contract a fey before live combat lessons, the student would fail the live combat subject. It would affect their chances of being enrolled into top universities in the future.

This would certainly be detrimental to Chu Ci's life.

At that moment, Lin Yuan noticed there was an iron cage by the foot of the stall owner ahead. There were three little goats with curved horns inside the cage. The goats might seem small, but those horns were massive and disproportionate with their bodies.

Lin Yuan's eyes lit up as these were Coiled Horn Goats!

[Fey Name]: Coiled Horn Goat

[Fey Species]: Goat species/Horned Goat subspecies

[Fey Grade]: Elite (7/10)

[Fey Type]: Rock

[Fey Quality]: Flawless

Abilities:

[Resist]: Using the large horns on the head to defend and resist attacks.

[Horn Attack]: Using the large horns on the head to smash the target.

Coiled Horn Goats were considered outstanding among Elite feys. In addition, these three Coiled Horn Goats were still kids and already had flawless-quality.

Their ability to adapt would be much better than adult Coiled Horn Goats. Moreover, one of the Coiled Horn Goats had an elite-grade ability called the Jolt Horn. It was a rare control-type ability that Coiled Horn Goats could comprehend.

The Coiled Horn Goat could use the Jolt Horn attack to paralyze the enemy by using high-frequency vibration.

The Jolt Horn was a rather rare ability that only Elite Coiled Horn Goats would learn. Therefore, this Coiled Horn Goat with the Jolt Horn was superior to the two other Coiled Horn Goats that had the Horn Attack.

Lin Yuan quickly walked in front of the stall and saw the owner leaning on the chair while reading the newspaper. Lin Yuan asked, "Boss, what is the price of this Coiled Horn Goat?"

When Lin Yuan asked for the price, he was silently estimating the price in his heart. However, he didn't expect this middle-aged man to look up at Lin Yuan and shake his hand while chuckling. "Handsome brother, my wife isn't around. I wouldn't know the price even if you asked."

Lin Yuan looked at the relaxed man and felt that he was being teased.

Isn't this uncle tending to the stall? How could he not know the price of the fey?

Upon seeing Lin Yuan's confused expression, the man rubbed his tummy and explained, "The doctor says I have a weak stomach and can only eat soft rice1. That's why my wife decides everything that has to do with this stall. She went over to the opposite stall to buy some meat. I should be able to have some additional dishes tonight."

This fellow's shamelessness flabbergasted Lin Yuan. He actually stated that he could only eat soft rice, as though it was natural and righteous. He was obviously the king in the world of soft rice.

When looking at the man's contented expression, Lin Yuan involuntarily thought that it was rather good to eat soft rice!

But Lin Yuan immediately threw this thought out of his mind. For each step taken during the past decade, everything had been tough, so he would gladly accept the hardship.

Lin Yuan extended his fist and shook it in front of the middle-aged man.

In response, the man put the newspaper aside and assumed a defensive posture while shouting, "There are so many eye-witnesses here! Don't think about robbing me in broad daylight! If you want to rob, go over to that stall which sells tool-type feys. It will be easier for you to snatch!"

When the middle-aged man yelled out, Lin Yuan felt awkward. The stall owner by the side obviously heard that man and was infuriated. He immediately turned around and was enlightened after seeing the situation. He then said something as though he was in wretched luck, "That means ten. You have been flipping your newspaper acting as though you have some knowledge, but you don't even know this?"

The middle-aged man noticed that Lin Yuan had been looking at the cage with the Coiled Horn Goats and immediately said, "It is impossible to sell the cage for 10 Federation dollars. It might be old, but I spent 50 Federation dollars to order it from the blacksmith back then!"

Chapter 15: The Side Effects of Calm Mind

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

This man's brain had such a huge hole that rendered Lin Yuan speechless. How big must the hole be in the brain for a person to think that someone else would want to buy the old cage? The hole must be huge enough to reach straight to the neck.

"Uncle, I mean that I want to purchase one Coiled Horn Goat for 100,000."

Lin Yuan didn't show it on his face, but he had a small comment box that was violently cursing at this man with the weak stomach.

Lin Yuan gave a very reasonable price. A regular Coiled Horn Goat could be purchased for the price of around 60,000 Federation dollars. As for that Coiled Horn Goat with the rare ability, its price would be around 95,000 Federation dollars. Lin Yuan was impatient, so he added another 5,000 Federation dollars to express his sincerity.

When the man heard 100,000 Federation dollars, his eyes immediately lit up. He quickly picked up his phone to call his wife.

After a short conversation, the man hung up the phone and also extended up a fist toward Lin Yuan before gesturing with a peace sign. "120,000 Federation dollars."

Lin Yuan shook his head and turned away.

Elite feys were commonly traded in the market, so they had their own fixed value. Although Lin Yuan had already expressed his sincerity in purchasing the Coiled Horn Goat with the Jolt Horn ability, it didn't mean that he could accept such an astronomical price.

Since this fey marketplace has other feys similar to the Coiled Horn Goats, I shall just walk around first.

Upon seeing Lin Yuan turn around, the middle-aged man got anxious and said, "Why don't you give me 105,00 Federation dollars? I will sell you this goat and also give you this cage!"

The comment box in Lin Yuan's mind was barraged with more curses. If the back of Lin Yuan's head had eyes, he would certainly roll them at the man.

Who the hell would want your old cage that hasn't been cleaned in months!?

If it was during normal days, Lin Yuan would definitely walk away without saying anything. However, this involved finding a defense-type fey for his younger sister.

Lin Yuan didn't act rashly and turned around to say to that man, "I will look around first. If there isn't anything else suitable, I will purchase that Coiled Horn Goat that is at the innermost of the cage."

The middle-aged man wasn't happy when Lin Yuan didn't immediately purchase it. "If you come back to buy later, I will not be giving you the cage!" he mumbled.

The comment box in Lin Yuan's mind was now filled with curses as he turned and left.

Not far away, Lin Yuan noticed a very big stall ahead that was surrounded by plenty of people.

These people were all standing beside the stall while holding baskets or bags in a queue. Lin Yuan could see that these people weren't here to purchase feys.

After taking two more steps forward, Lin Yuan could smell the faint stench of blood in the air. He lifted the wing of his nose and discovered that the stench of blood was coming from the stall ahead.

At that moment, Lin Yuan could see a stalwart man carrying a massive woven bag and walking forward strenuously. The bag was filled with spirit beast meat.

The fey marketplace wouldn't normally slaughter feys to sell. Even when the federation citizens wanted to eat some fey meat, it would be from feys that were specially bred in slaughterhouses.

After seeing this scene, Lin Yuan could guess that this stall was set up by the breeding base that had been devastated by the dimensional rift.

Just as Lin Yuan was about to head over to see if he could pick up any hidden wares, a boorish voice echoed from the stall.

"I thank everyone for providing your support during the past few days. All of the spirit beast meat has been sold. Allow me to apologize to those who didn't get to purchase any."

The boorish man's voice sounded exhausted and slightly sorrowful.

Naturally, the crowd that had been queuing for a long time to purchase the spirit beast meat was unwilling to leave like this. They started shouting at the boorish man. Gêtt the latest ch𝒂pters on n𝒐

"Boss, I can still see a few severely injured spirit beasts inside. Why don't we just slaughter them?"

"That's right, Boss! Injured spirit beasts must be slaughtered! I didn't even spare the Bamboo Rats that we bred in my home when they got a heatstroke. I will bring one to the riverside to barbecue. They are truly mouth-watering!"

Lin Yuan couldn't help but approve of this person.

That is a rather great speech! I will give you a double like! But you don't have your distinctive style and should practice more.

The boorish man quickly shook his hand. "Those inside cannot be slaughtered. I apologize to everyone that waited in vain. If you are interested, you can go in and take a look to see if you fancy any of the spirit beasts. There are only three remaining spirit beasts inside. If you buy them, you will surely profit!"

Seeing that there was no more meat to buy, the crowd scattered. Purchasing a severely injured fey might be getting value for money, but who was able to afford to hire a Creation Master to heal the fey?

When the boorish man saw that most of the people had left, he crouched down to carefully wipe off the stains of blood left behind by the spirit beast meat that he had sold earlier.

The boorish man habitually stated when he saw Lin Yuan walking up. "All the meat has been sold. This stall will not sell any more spirit beast meat."

Lin Yuan could see that the boorish man was exhausted. Apart from the unwavering determination in his eyes that was supporting his body, there was intense sadness.

When the alien insects had invaded from the dimensional rift, it was said that only two individuals had managed to escape from the breeding base. Furthermore, one of two had died because of shock and wound infection, as no timely treatment had been provided.

The boorish man was the only survivor from the fey breeding base.

"Boss, I am not here to purchase any meat. I wish to see what other feys you have to sell."

When the boorish man heard the business knocking, he quickly stopped what he was doing and stood up. When he suddenly looked into Lin Yuan's eyes, the boorish man's heavy mood seemed to have significantly calmed down.

This boorish man felt that this good-looking youth had a very amiable personality, making others feel unconsciously intimate. Even all the sad and exhausting emotions were suppressed because of this youth.

The boorish man stared at Lin Yuan, feeling that it was increasingly pleasant to look at him.

These changes might be slightly related to Lin Yuan's looks and personality, but Morbius' awakening was the true reason.

Morbius' passive ability, Calm Mind, had been activated. Calm Mind should only be effective toward Lin Yuan, but two nights ago, he had experimented with this ability. After that, he had realized that Calm Mind's effects would affect others within a certain distance from him. Nonetheless, it wouldn't be as intense.

However, Lin Yuan didn't know that the Calm Mind ability wouldn't just calm others' minds, but it would also subtly allow others to have a favorable opinion of him.

It was fortunate that Lin Yuan didn't know, or else he wouldn't be using it recklessly.

"Young Brother, I am only a few years older than you. You can just call me Big Brother Yang. There are three severely injured feys inside. If you wish to see them, I will bring you in."

When the boss called Lin Yuan, Young Brother, he was astonished.

Why did he suddenly call me Young Brother!?

After seeing a little white hair on the back of the boorish man's head, Lin Yuan started to suspect if he looked anxious.

Chapter 16: Web-Spraying Spider

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Lin Yuan had been operating a fey store since he was eight years old, so he was rather proficient in conversations. Seeing that the boorish man was so friendly to him, Lin Yuan got friendly too.

"Big Brother Yang, then can I trouble you to bring me inside for a look?"

The boorish man used his hand to pat on Lin Yuan's shoulder and laughed heartily. "You don't need to be so polite with your Big Brother."

In just a few seconds, we are already addressing each other as brothers. This script doesn't feel right, Lin Yuan mumbled in his heart.

In fact, the Calm Mind ability would help Lin Yuan to receive favorable impressions. To be honest, a favorable impression was a sensory impression.

The boorish man had such an attitude toward Lin Yuan because he was a forthright person. Also, when he was at his lowest emotional state, Lin Yuan's appearance had actually dismissed the sadness. It naturally made the boorish man feel that it was due to Lin Yuan.

While the boorish man was leading at the front, Lin Yuan followed behind and looked around.

The exterior of the stall had already been cleaned up. Apart from the three feys left inside the shed, there was basically nothing else. Had Lin Yuan not arrived today coincidentally, this stall might not be here tomorrow.

After entering the shed, Yang Mingkai pointed at the two transparent boxes and said, "Inside those boxes are two Web-Spraying Spiders. They might look healthy now, but their abdomens have been torn open. From the looks of it, they will only last for another two days."

Yang Mingkai wasn't a dishonest merchant, but he probably wouldn't get into detail about the Web-Spraying Spiders' injuries if it were someone else.

This was all due to the favorable impression that Yang Mingkai had on Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan was using True Data to check on the two Web-Spraying Spiders' information.

[Fey Name]: Web-Spraying Spider

[Fey Species]: Arachnid species/Web-Weaving Spider subspecies

[Fey Grade]: Elite (10/10)

[Fey Type]: Poison

[Fey Quality]: Flawless

Abilities:

[Thread Conceal]: During the moving process, the movement trajectory will be sprayed out with sharp spider threads that are hard to detect.

[Poison Web]: Spray out a web of threads in front that is poisonous.

These two Web-Spraying Spiders were averaging at Elite X/Flawless.

An Elite X/Flawless fey was only one step away from reaching bronze-grade. Had it not been for the dimensional rift, these two Elite X/Flawless Web-Spraying Spiders would have successfully reached bronze-grade and awakened their exclusive skills.

This was something great that wouldn't be seen during normal days in the fey marketplace.

Feys that were one breath away from bronze-grade would normally be sold on the Star Web.

When Yang Mingkai saw how serious Lin Yuan was when looking at the Web-Spraying Spiders, his face turned sad again as he thought of something.

"During the alien insects' invasion, the Web-Spraying Spiders were able to survive because they are insect feys and small enough to hide inside a bigger fey's body. However, before they hid inside the body of the bigger fey, their abdomens were still stabbed by the alien insects."

Yang Mingkai's face revealed his sadness again, but Lin Yuan didn't use Morbius' Calm Mind this time. Some experiences could never be forgotten. It was like an obstacle on the road, and if one couldn't surpass it, they would be trapped forever and die in this state.

After getting over this obstacle, it would make the person tougher, and their hearts would be stronger. This was Yang Mingkai's obstacle, and no one would help, as he had to get over it by himself.

"Big Brother Yang, sometimes, it is useless to continue feeling sad. Why don't you put it in the past and look forward to the future?"

Before Yang Mingkai could reply, Lin Yuan said again, "If these two Web-Spraying Spiders weren't injured, it wouldn't be a problem for them to be sold for 300,000 Federation dollars on the Star Web."

The prices for support-type feys of the spider species were always very high. The Web-Spraying Spider's abilities had great control power and were slightly poisonous. It was considered a support-type fey with strong lethal power.

It was able to achieve a supportive effect that was brutal and direct when controlling the enemy.

The size of the Web-Spraying Spider was small, only around ten centimeters. It was very nimble and great at concealment, making it an outstanding fey for wilderness battles.

Yang Mingkai felt that Lin Yuan's words had penetrated right into his heart. He was alone now, and after experiencing the disaster, it felt as though no one else had talked to him like this apart from the rescuers.

While living in the harsh cold environment, a little warmth could warm the body, and a little light from a matchstick was enough to illuminate the dark house.

"300,000 Federation dollars is still too little. The prices on the Star Web when selling feys are normally higher, and it is due to the restrictions of talent. To people who need them, they wouldn't mind spending more money. However, these two Web-Spraying Spiders are already injured. It would already be good enough to sell both of them for 150,000 Federation dollars together."

Lin Yuan nodded. Given how Yang Mingkai set the prices, he knew that he was an honest person.

Apart from being able to form a contract with the Web-Spraying Spiders, they were also a medicinal ingredient. The carcass of a Web-Spraying Spider was worth about 50,000 Federation dollars. Therefore, when setting the price of these severely injured Web-Spraying Spiders at 75,000 Federation dollars each, it was already very reasonable.

"Big Brother Yang, I wish to buy these Web-Spraying Spiders, but I do not have enough money on me. I wonder if I can trade for them with feys?"

Lin Yuan had come to the marketplace today with the plan to use the Elite Usneas in exchange for money. The Elite Usneas were productive spirits plants that were always in demand. Thus, Lin Yuan was very certain.

Yang Mingkai frowned after hearing Lin Yuan's words. If it were someone else saying this, Yang Mingkai would have already chased them out.

It was common to use feys in exchange for money. However, there was a condition that the other party required the feys, or if it was a top-selling fey that was hard to find in the market.

"Young Brother, I don't wish to conceal anything from you. After I finish handling this batch of feys, I plan to open up another fey breeding base and restart everything. That's why, if you use feys to trade with me, I might not need them."

Yang Mingkai might have a good impression of Lin Yuan, but business was still business.

When Lin Yuan heard that Yang Mingkai would be opening a breeding base, he immediately smiled. "Big Brother Yang, I have some Elite Usneas. Do you think I can use them for trading?"

As soon as Lin Yuan spoke, Yang Mingkai asked with a pleasantly surprised tone, "Young Brother, do you want to trade with Elite Usneas? I wonder what the quality of your Elite Usneas is?"

Yang Mingkai was planning to build a fey breeding base and start small. It was the same as destroying everything and restarting.

Everything would be difficult at the start, and Yang Mingkai had been fretting about the initial feys that were required for the setup.

Elite Usneas had to be nurtured through special methods, and they were able to produce plenty of regular Usneas. An Elite Usnea was already qualified to produce new seeds. However, it was almost impossible for anyone to sell Elite Usneas.

Yang Mingkai had been collecting information to purchase Elite Usneas during the past few days, but he couldn't find anything.

A few parties were willing to sell, but their asking prices were at least twice as much as the market rate. If Yang Mingkai were to buy them, it would lead to a huge deficit at the beginning. Ch𝒆êck out l𝒂t𝒆st 𝒏𝒐v𝒆l𝒔 on nov𝒆l/bin.c𝒐m

Now that Lin Yuan wanted to trade Elite Usneas, Yang Mingkai was immediately excited.

"Qualitywise, they are all rather good. If Big Brother Yang agrees to trade for Elite Usneas, you can come over to my place and take a look at the goods first."

When Lin Yuan saw Yang Mingkai's excited reaction, he knew it was going to work. Just as Lin Yuan and Yang Mingkai were speaking, Lin Yuan suddenly heard a rather weak 'Moo~'.

Chapter 17: Sharp Rock Bull

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

A weak sound echoed from the originally quiet shed, and it immediately attracted Lin Yuan's attention.

Lin Yuan turned around and couldn't help but use his hand to slap his thigh agitatedly.

When using True Data, the information of the fey had immediately appeared.

[Fey Name]: Sharp Rock Bull VịSit no(v)3lb/!n.c𝒐m for new 𝒏ov𝒆l𝒔

[Fey Species]: Horned species/Bull species

[Fey Grade]: Elite (10/10)

[Fey Type]: Earth

[Fey Quality]: Epic

Abilities:

[Rock Horn]: After applying a rock layer on the horns, disregard injuries and smash into the enemy with full strength.

[Sacrifice]: When the contractor is injured, automatically split the damage with the contractor.

Lin Yuan was excited because this Elite X fey's quality was Epic!

It also meant that if this Sharp Rock Bull was healed, it would be able to reach bronze-grade with Epic quality, allowing the contractor to choose one exclusive skill among three skills.

Most importantly, this Sharp Rock Bull was a defense-type fey, and Chu Ci could use it.

Yang Mingkai had also heard the mooing sound, so he walked over and grabbed some stover for the Sharp Rock Bull.

He then said to Lin Yuan with an unbearable tone, "This Sharp Rock Bull has been the precious baby of our breeding base. No one expected for the Sharp Rock Bull's horn to break during the disaster. The value of this Sharp Rock Bull isn't because of its Epic quality but its elite-grade skill. This Sharp Rock Bull comprehended a rare ability that is exclusive to the Sharp Rock Bulls, Sacrifice. Our breeding base has nurtured over 1,500 Sharp Rock Bulls during the past years, but only this Sharp Rock Bull comprehended Sacrifice."

Lin Yuan had also noticed the ability, Sacrifice, which could halve the damage for the contractor. He really liked the ability.

If his younger sister contracted a fey that possessed Sacrifice, it would definitely be able to protect her better, making it the best meat shield.

However, Lin Yuan had a feeling that this Sharp Rock Bull didn't look too smart. Rock Horn was considered a suicidal charging attack that disregarded injuries. Sacrifice was an ability that helped to endure damage. This Sharp Rock Bull was simply a brave bull that was not afraid of bleeding and death. It was a top-class iron fool, not just a normal fool.

"I wonder how much you are willing to sell this Sharp Rock Bull for?"

If this Sharp Rock Bull was healthy, even Lin Yuan's current pots of Elite Usneas wouldn't be able to purchase 1/3 of the Sharp Rock Bull. After all, this Sharp Rock Bull was a masterpiece.

Yang Mingkai looked at the Sharp Rock Bull's broken horn and thought for a long time before speaking. "When this Sharp Rock Bull was healthy, I was preparing to sell it for 1.5 Radiance dollars. But if Young Brother wants it, I can sell it to you for 200,000 Federation dollars.

"Young Brother, I have to say something first. It isn't just this Sharp Rock Bull, the two Web-Spraying Spiders are also in the same condition. I have looked for a Healer to check on them and discovered that the three feys have injured their roots. Regular Healers won't be able to do anything. Only Creation Masters are able to heal them."

Lin Yuan wasn't concerned about this point.

Before this, Lin Yuan had experimented with his spirit qi's ability to evolve feys, using a pot of Jasmine Lily as a test subject.

Lin Yuan had cut off half of the Jasmine Lily's stalk. If it were left alone, the Jasmine Lily would definitely wither unless a Creation Master helped to nurture it with full attention.

However, after Lin Yuan had channeled his spirit qi into the Jasmine Lily, its injury had recovered automatically.

Therefore, Lin Yuan was certain that his method to evolve feys with spirit qi was able to heal feys that had injured their roots.

There was a point that Lin Yuan didn't guess wrongly, and it was the price of the Sharp Rock Bull, which was astronomical.

The Federation dollar was the Radiance Federation's lowest class of currency, and it was mainly produced for most of the ordinary people who couldn't sense spirit qi.

The Radiance dollar was the Radiance Federation's high-class currency, as high-grade feys were invaluable. The prices during transactions would easily reach tens of millions in Federation dollars, so the Radiance Federation had created the Radiance dollar.

A single Radiance dollar would be equivalent to 1,000,000 Federation dollars, and it was mainly used between spirit qi professionals.

If this Sharp Rock Bull was healthy, it would be sold for 1.5 Radiance dollars, which was 1,500,000 Federation dollars. It was a price that Lin Yuan couldn't afford right now.

However, the severely injured Sharp Rock Bull cost 200,000 Federation dollars, and Lin Yuan was able to afford it.

"Big Brother Yang, I know, but I still wish to trade. Why don't you come to my place and take a look at the quality of my Elite Usneas before we talk about the trade?"

Lin Yuan had already made the decision to buy both the Web-Spraying Spiders and the Sharp Rock Bull, so he couldn't wait to complete the trade.

Lin Yuan would still need to heal the Sharp Rock Bull's injuries after the trade. If he were too late, he wouldn't have enough time to catch the last train that headed for Chu Ci's school today.

Lin Yuan had already spent three hours away from his home. He might be able to sense spirit qi, but his body had yet to completely recover.

He felt that his head was getting increasingly dizzy as he had not slept for an entire night and had been searching for feys on the marketplace for over two hours.

When Yang Mingkai heard Lin Yuan extending the invitation to visit his house for the second time to check on the Elite Usneas' quality, Yang Mingkai immediately agreed.

Lin Yuan might have promised that the Elite Usneas were well-developed, but Yang Mingkai had to check on the quality before he could relax.

Yang Mingkai wanted to use the Elite Usneas and clone them to produce Usnea saplings. Therefore, the quality of the Elite Usneas must be great and of a strict standard.

Yang Mingkai already planned ahead in his mind. After he saw Lin Yuan's Elite Usneas and realized they were not up to his standard, he would negotiate for the price based on the Star Web's price.

If these Elite Usneas didn't reach the standard to conduct cloning, Yang Mingkai could only resell them, and it would be a waste of time and effort.

However, due to his good impression of Lin Yuan, Yang Mingkai had already decided to carry out this deal.

"Young Brother, wait for a moment. I will pack up this stall and leave with you. Since you are taking all three of those severely injured feys, there is no need for this stall to continue existing."

Lin Yuan felt great after hearing Yang Mingkai's words as it was a feeling of being trusted. Yang Mingkai had yet to see his Elite Usneas, and the two Web-Spraying Spiders and the Sharp Rock Bull would only last for a few more days too.

Packing up the stall is definitely a sign that Yang Mingkai trusts me. Even though Yang Mingkai hasn't seen the Elite Usneas' quality, he has already decided to make a deal with me. Otherwise, he wouldn't pack up the stall as the three severely injured feys wouldn't be able to endure harsh conditions outside of the shed.

"Big Brother Yang, let me help you."

Lin Yuan then picked up the housekeeping tools at the stall and started to clean up the stall's miscellaneous items. Yang Mingkai didn't stop Lin Yuan and was speaking as he tore down the shed.

"I just happen to have some Ostrich Logistics' custom boxes to store feys. Later on, we can use them to store the Sharp Rock Bull and the Web-Spraying Spiders. It will save us a lot of trouble."

Chapter 18: Bronze Crowned Fire Salamander

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Ostrich Logistics was a massive organization in the Radiance Federation, and it covered nearly half of the federation's logistics needs.

Ostrich Logistics' main business was to transport all sorts of feys, and the Spirit Storage Box was their patented invention. It was a device for convenient transportation of feys, created with advanced technology.

When the fey was contained in the spirit storage box, its size wouldn't shrink. However, the spirit storage box's gravity technology could negate the fey's weight, allowing heavy feys to be transported easily.

The spirit storage box had grades that were sorted according to the feys' grades. Regular-sized spirit storage boxes could be bought from Ostrich Logistics' stores.

If anyone needed to transport massive feys, they would need to put a custom order on Ostrich Logistics' Star Web store.

Although the spirit storage box was commonly used, it was still expensive.

A spirit storage box used to store Elite feys would cost 1,000 Federation dollars, and this price was already equivalent to some of the cheaper Elite feys. If the spirit storage box was used to transport ordinary Elite feys, it would waste its value. Therefore, Elite feys that were transported with spirit storage boxes were generally the expensive kind.

Lin Yuan didn't expect Yang Mingkai to have prepared spirit storage boxes for the severely injured feys.

"Big Brother Yang, then it will be much more convenient for us to transport the feys. We won't need to look for specialized transporters to help. It will save us plenty of time."

Elite feys, such as the Sharp Rock Bull and the Web-Spraying Spiders, had a certain lethality level, especially when they were injured. Yang Mingkai's spirit storage boxes really saved them a lot of trouble.

"These spirit storage boxes were left behind in the previous breeding base. Many of them were already broken and faulty. After disposing of the rest of the boxes yesterday, I kept three. Two elite-grade spirit storage boxes to contain the Web-Spraying Spiders and one bronze-grade spirit storage box to contain the Sharp Rock Bull.

"Sigh! This Sharp Rock Bull will probably never reach bronze-grade. It's a waste of its Epic quality and the Sacrifice ability."

Yang Mingkai was very efficient and quickly torn down the shed. Lin Yuan originally wanted to order a Thick-Hoofed Donkey Car, but Yang Mingkai patted on Lin Yuan's shoulder before he activated his spiritual energy.

A three-meter long lizard with black and red scales appeared behind Yang Mingkai. When the lizard was released, it immediately hissed and roared. Lin Yuan felt as though the surrounding air had turned scorching hot.

The lizard had a wrinkled crown, and the scales on the crown looked extremely bright red. It made Lin Yuan feel as though the heat was actually emitted from the bright red crown.

Beneath the crown were more mixtures of black color, and when reaching its limbs and abdomen, it was nearly black in color.

Lin Yuan used True Data to check on the massive black and red lizard.

[Fey Name]: Crowned Fire Salamander

[Fey Species]: Crowned Lizard species/Scaled Lizard species

[Fey Grade]: Bronze (7/10)

[Fey Type]: Poison/Fire

[Fey Quality]: Normal

Abilities:

[Broken Teeth]: When biting and ripping, it will intentionally break its teeth and embed them in the target.

[Rolling Rip]: When biting onto the target, it will use the mouth as the core area and revolve the body to rip off the target's bones and flesh.

Exclusive Skill:

[Fiery Poison]: Grow the poison gland and connect it with the salivary gland, allowing the saliva to contain fiery poison.

An Elite fey's quality didn't play a major role before reaching bronze-grade. Once it reached Bronze, its quality would revert to Normal again. Afterward, it wouldn't matter what the grade of the fey was. It could only evolve into a Fantasy Breed when the quality broke through Epic and reached Legend.

A Bronze fey would awaken an exclusive skill, but it wouldn't have an additional ability. RêAd lat𝙚St chapters at nô(v)e(l)bin/.c/o/m Only

Due to the awakened exclusive skill, all of the abilities would be subtly enhanced. It was a qualitative change.

This black and red lizard was a high-level Bronze Crowned Fire Salamander. It might be called a salamander, but this Crowned Fire Salamander didn't know how to use the fire-type element energy.

It was due to the evolution direction during bronze-grade that enhanced the physical body. Hence, it was returning to the ancestry line.

The Crowned Fire Salamander's bright red crown had a lump that contained an abnormally well-developed poison gland.

The poison gland wasn't connected to the Crowned Fire Salamander's teeth, but the salivary gland. When the Crowned Fire Salamander used its teeth to bite and rip the enemy, the poison fluid from the crown would be injected into the enemy's body along with the biting action.

In a very short period, the bitten location would develop a charred wound as though it was burned.

This was how the Crowned Fire Salamander had gotten its name.

Lin Yuan had encountered Bronze feys previously. Registered spirit qi professionals of the Radiance Federation were able to ride their feys to travel in the city, and Lin Yuan would occasionally see them when importing goods.

However, this was the first time he was observing a three-meter-long Bronze Crowned Fire Salamander at such a close distance.

Lin Yuan felt an indescribable impact in his heart.

Everyone said that the gap between Elite and Bronze was a huge chasm, and to get across it was to rise to a higher level. From the looks of it now, it was indeed true. The prowess of a Bronze fey was utterly superior to an Elite fey.

"Young Brother, my Crowned Fire Salamander is nurtured to a rather good condition, right?" When Yang Mingkai was speaking, he didn't forget to pat on the Crowned Fire Salamander's neck, as he was obviously satisfied with his fey partner.

The Crowned Fire Salamander was aggressive in nature and sinister in appearance, especially the layers of wrinkles on the bright red crown, making it abnormally strange. However, after seeing its owner interacting with it, the Crowned Fire Salamander looked pleased and used its head to rub against Yang Mingkai's shoulder.

No matter the situation, the relationship of a spirit qi professional and the contracted fey was that of best friends.

Lin Yuan would be very envious if he saw this scene in the past, but he wasn't envious now. He subtly touched the copper bracelet on his right wrist and felt warmth in his heart. Lin Yuan also had his own contracted fey now.

Morbius, Genius, and Chimey were Lin Yuan's contracted feys. He was no longer an ordinary person who couldn't contract feys and sense spirit qi.

"Big Brother Yang, your Crowned Fire Salamander's awakened exclusive skill, Fiery Poison, is rather good. It effectively enhances the Crowned Fire Salamander's attack method." Lin Yuan praised.

Lin Yuan's statement surprised Yang Mingkai. "Young Brother, how did you know that my Crowned Fire Salamander awakened the Fiery Poison skill?"

Yang Mingkai didn't recall mentioning his spirit beast's skill to Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan pointed at the Crowned Fire Salamander's bright red crown and said, "An average Crowned Fire Salamander's crown wouldn't be so bright and massive. Only Crowned Fire Salamanders that awakened the Fierce Fire or Fiery Poison skills would have such a crown. In addition, when Big Brother Yang interacts with your Crowned Fire Salamander, you avoid its mouth. That is how I deduced that its awakened skill is Fiery Poison."

After Lin Yuan's explanation, Yang Mingkai immediately understood and exclaimed, "I didn't expect Young Brother to possess such professional knowledge at such a young age that only Fey Observers have!"

Yang Mingkai was thinking in his heart that Lin Yuan was truly incredible.

Chapter 19: Creation Master Behind the Scenes

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Fey Observer was a lifestyle occupation, and they were capable of observing, differentiating, and analyzing feys. As such, they could deduce lots of information concerning feys.

Lifestyle occupations, like the knowledgeable Fey Observers, were always respected.

Lin Yuan, who could immediately identify a Bronze fey's exclusive skill, left a deep impression in Yang Mingkai. In his eyes, this feat made Lin Yuan an incredible figure.

Lin Yuan shook his hand and said, "Big Brother Yang, we better go now. Otherwise, the Crowned Fire Salamander that you summoned will continue to affect the surrounding low-grade feys."

Yang Mingkai looked around along with Lin Yuan and realized that the stall owner beside him was already looking at him with unpleasant eyes.

Yang Mingkai let out an embarrassed smile and quickly asked Lin Yuan to ride on the back of the Crowned Fire Salamander. As for the three spirit storage boxes that contained the Web-Spraying Spiders and the Sharp Rock Bull, the Crowned Fire Salamander's tail pulled them in tow.

After Lin Yuan pointed out the direction, Yang Mingkai urged the Crowned Fire Salamander, which responded by galloping rapidly.

When Lin Yuan had been riding the Thick-Hoofed Donkey earlier, he could only feel a refreshing breeze. Unsurprisingly, the running Crowned Fire Salamander was ultrafast, far beyond what the Thick-Hoofed Donkey could do.

The billowing and howling gales blew against Lin Yuan's body and gave him a pressuring feeling. After all, Lin Yuan wasn't a D-rank spirit qi professional yet.

Had it not been for Yang Mingkai intentionally blocking the gales for Lin Yuan, the latter would have fallen off the back of the Crowned Fire Salamander.

The journey's strong gales didn't just disperse Lin Yuan's mental exhaustion, but they also stirred up Lin Yuan's heart.

Galloping in the wind and riding on feys was a life that a man should live!

After reaching the alley where Lin Yuan resided, Yang Mingkai withdrew the Crowned Fire Salamander. It wasn't that the alley didn't allow riding feys... It was too narrow. It was impossible for the Crowned Fire Salamander, whose legs pushed outward, to move in it.

Lin Yuan jumped off the Crowned Fire Salamander's back, and the wind disheveled his hair. This added to Lin Yuan's handsome looks a wild nature too.

Yang Mingkai said, "The Crowned Fire Salamander generates rather intense air currents when it's running. Are you okay?"

Lin Yuan shook his head and replied, "I have to thank Big Brother Yang. This is my first time riding on the back of a Bronze fey. It was truly satisfying!"

Yang Mingkai laughed heartily and said, "Riding on the Crowned Fire Salamander isn't considered satisfying. When you take a ride on a flying fey and smell the thin air in the high altitudes, while looking down at the ground, that is satisfying!"

Lin Yuan led the way, and they arrived at the store entrance swiftly. When he opened the door, Lin Yuan didn't hear Chimey or Genius calling out. He could guess that those two fellows were still sleeping.

Fortunately, Lin Yuan had not forgotten to close the second floor's door before leaving, or else he might have woken up Genius and Chimey when opening the store's door.

Yang Mingkai entered the store, and Lin Yuan poured two cups of water.

"Big Brother Yang, I don't have any beverages here. I can only offer you water, and this is for you."

After giving the cup of water to Yang Mingkai, Lin Yuan gulped down his cup's content.

Although Yang Mingkai received the water cup, he didn't take a sip. It wasn't that Yang Mingkai wasn't thirsty... He was simply flabbergasted by the rows of Elite Usneas on the racks of this small store.

The rows of Usneas were all pleasantly long, had firm vines, and the leaves were all very crowded together. Water beads also suspended on the large leaves.

Just the Elite Usneas' appearance betrayed their Normal and Elite quality. It had to be known that Usneas were Elite in terms of grade and quality met the criteria for cloning.

This was already beyond Yang Mingkai's expectations. The 20+ pots of Elite/Elite Usneas was a shocking spectacle, and one would hardly trade them.

Compared to these Elite Usneas, the three pots of Elite Jasmine Lilies looked average.

When Lin Yuan saw how Yang Mingkai was staring at the Usneas, as though he wanted to approach and scrutinize them, Lin Yuan immediately offered. "Big Brother Yang, why don't you get closer to check them carefully? Before these pots of Usneas evolved, they had great foundations. I always bury energy ores in the soil, so their roots are very well-developed."

Yang Mingkai went closer to the rack along with Lin Yuan and touched the Usneas' leaves. He realized that the leaves had a thick and fleshy texture, indicating that the ample water content in them.

Yang Mingkai plucked off one of the leaves, and when he broke the leaf's stem, plenty of sap flowed out. At the same time, he observed the roots, which from just their appearance alone looked strong.

Soon, he recalled what Lin Yuan had said earlier and was convinced. These Elite Usneas were superior among the Elite Usneas.

After checking the 20+ pots of Elite Usneas, their grade no longer surprised Yang Mingkai. He was now wondering about their astonishing origins instead.

These Elite Usneas are well-nurtured, and their conditions are unbelievable. It looks as though a Creation Master tended to them recently...

Naturally, Yang Mingkai didn't think that Lin Yuan was a Creation Master, as Creation Masters were the Radiance Federation's most respectable occupation.

Even the lowest-ranked Creation Master could open a spacious store in Redbud City's core area. Countless combat-class spirit qi professionals would think of methods to build a good relationship with Creation Masters.

If Lin Yuan was really a Creation Master, he wouldn't be cowering in this little store. Therefore, it meant that a Creation Master was backing this store.

Yang Mingkai had been working hard to operate the fey breeding base for many years but hadn't been able to form a relationship with any Creation Master. Otherwise, the epic-quality Sharp Rock Bull would have long reached bronze-grade. Ch𝒆êck out l𝒂t𝒆st 𝒏𝒐v𝒆l𝒔 on nov𝒆l/bin.c𝒐m

It wasn't like he hadn't thought of methods to seek a Creation Master's help. Unfortunately, he didn't have the bargaining chips to invite a Creation Master.

Even if one had Federation and Radiance dollars, it was still insufficient to invite a Creation Master to enter their door. In order to invite a Creation Master, one would need to possess the Creation Master's most preferred spiritual ingredient and use it as a bargaining chip to set the appointment.

Spiritual ingredients were hard to find, and Yang Mingkai was unable to obtain any. When Yang Mingkai thought that Lin Yuan had the backing of a Creation Master, he involuntarily wanted to try building a relationship with the Creation Master through Lin Yuan.

However, Yang Mingkai didn't know how to make such a suggestion.

When Lin Yuan noticed that Yang Mingkai was observing the Usneas for a long time without speaking, he asked, "Big Brother Yang, are you satisfied with these Usneas?"

Yang Mingkai immediately returned to his senses and responded after hearing Lin Yuan's voice, "Satisfied, very satisfied. These Elite Usneas are far beyond my expectations. I wonder if Brother Lin has more of these Elite Usneas?"

Chapter 20: A Huge Business

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Yang Mingkai had suddenly become reserved and even changed the way he addressed Lin Yuan, so the latter involuntarily said, "Big Brother Yang, you are my senior, just call me Young Brother."

While listening to Lin Yuan, Yang Mingkai observed his frank expression. Yang Mingkai was a forthright and straightforward person, so he patted on Lin Yuan's shoulder and said, "Haha, I also feel comfortable calling you Young Brother."

Lin Yuan chuckled. "Big Brother Yang, you said you wanted more Elite Usneas. I do have them, but I wonder how many more pots you need."

Lin Yuan had already planned to stay at home to increase his spirit qi occupation rank to D-rank after delivering the fey to Chu Ci. Therefore, he was definitely going to evolve plenty of feys.

It was about time to produce more Elite Usneas.

Yang Mingkai carefully extended one finger. "Over 70 pots, adding to a total of 100 pots. Does Young Brother think it is possible?"

Before Lin Yuan could talk, Yang Mingkai quickly supplemented another statement. "Young Brother, your Elite Usneas are of Elite quality. If you sell them on the Star Web, you can get around 30,000 Federation dollars per pot. I cannot allow Young Brother to suffer a loss, so I'll add 3,000 Federation dollars for each pot. Do you think 33,000 Federation dollars for each pot is acceptable?"

Yang Mingkai immediately offered the highest price in his mind. In fact, the price was a little lower than the high transaction prices on the Star Web. However, Yang Mingkai offered a reasonable price, which was the average price for Elite/Elite Usneas.

Yang Mingkai was going to open another fey breeding base, and that would require considerable expenditure.

,000 Federation dollars for each of the 100 pots was already the highest price that Yang Mingkai could offer.

Lin Yuan pondered for a moment and felt that the offer was reasonable. If he had to sell them on the Star Web, he would need to waste a lot of effort. Also, instead of wasting his time, he would be able to evolve more pots of Usneas.

"Big Brother Yang, your price is acceptable. However, if you need 100 pots of Usneas, you might have to give me seven days before you can collect them."

Lin Yuan would need two days to visit Chu Ci's school and return. He required slightly more than an hour to evolve each pot of Usnea. After deducting the 20+ pots of Usneas that were already available, Lin Yuan would need around 70+ hours to evolve the rest.

Thus, Lin Yuan could only have them around seven days at the earliest.

"Seven days?"

Yang Mingkai was even more confident that a Creation Master was backing Lin Yuan. In addition, Lin Yuan seemed to have an extremely close relationship with the Creation Master. Otherwise, it was impossible to deliver such a huge order.

Seven days was simply too fast. Under normal circumstances, other suppliers would find it impossible to deliver even if they were given two months.

It was definitely a divine method!

Lin Yuan nodded as seven days was already his limit. Lin Yuan thought that Yang Mingkai felt it was rather slow, but Yang Mingkai actually felt it was too fast.

At that moment, the second floor's door was gently opened before it was carefully closed again. A small figure rushed down the stairs quickly and pounced into Lin Yuan's embrace.

After a "meow", it held Lin Yuan's hand and said, "Yuan, Chimey is still sleeping. Chimey is a lazy bum. Genius is already awake, Genius is diligent."

Lin Yuan reached out to gently scratch Genius' nose. Genius let out a sneeze with a 'meoow' before sitting obediently in Lin Yuan's embrace while feeling content.

When Genius had come to this home, it had been rather afraid of strangers. But now, Genius was already used to it.

Housekeeping beasts were feys that each federation citizen possessed, and Yang Mingkai wasn't an exception either. However, Yang Mingkai's housekeeping beast had perished during the alien insects' invasion.

"Young Brother, your housekeeping beast is brilliant. This is the first time I see such a beautiful housekeeping beast."

When Genius heard Yang Mingkai's comment, it took a glance at Yang Mingkai before burying its head into Lin Yuan's chest fondly.

"I feel that Genius is also the most incredible and cutest Hundred Questions Beast!" While speaking, Lin Yuan rubbed Genius' silverish grey fur, which was a form of approval and acknowledgment.

When Genius had been brought there, it had just been a small abandoned fellow with a messy fur that no one wanted. Despite that, Genius broke the norm for Hundred Questions Beasts and became the first Normal Hundred Questions Beasts in history.

Moreover, this was just the starting point and not the ending point. As Genius' contractor and partner, whenever someone praised Genius, Lin Yuan felt proud of Genius.

Subsequently, Lin Yuan and Yang Mingkai conducted the trade, a total of 23 pots of Elite/Elite Usneas for 759,000 Federation dollars.

After deducting the 350,000 Federation dollars for the Elite Web-Spraying Spiders and Sharp Rock Bull, Yang Mingkai used the Star Web account to transfer 409,000 Federation dollars to Lin Yuan. Vissit n𝒐velbin.c𝒐m for 𝒏ew 𝒏ovels

Yang Mingkai originally wanted to transfer the deposit for the remaining 77 pots of Usneas to Lin Yuan, which was 10% of the cost, but Lin Yuan rejected the idea.

Lin Yuan stated that the money for the remaining Usneas would be settled together when Yang Mingkai returned to collect the goods.

After adding the 20,000 Federation dollars that Lin Yuan already had in his Star Web account, he now had 429,000 Federation dollars. This was an amount of wealth that Lin Yuan wouldn't dare to imagine that he would possess.

Lin Yuan helped Yang Mingkai shift the Usneas from the rack onto the back of the Crowned Fire Salamander, waiting in the alley. After sending off Yang Mingkai, Lin Yuan immediately returned to the store.

Lin Yuan had a very tight schedule, and he had to heal this Elite/Epic Sharp Rock Bull. After healing the Sharp Rock Bull, he would need to rush to Chu Ci's school.

Lin Yuan had money now and would only be earning more money in the future. Money would no longer be a problem for their family. Hence, Lin Yuan was planning to rent a Bronze avian fey. This way, he would be able to cut down the seven-hour journey into a one-hour trip.

Lin Yuan approached Ostrich Logistics' spirit storage box and released the severely injured Sharp Rock Bull that was lying in it. When the Sharp Rock Bull was released, it immediately occupied most of Lin Yuan's store space.

This Sharp Rock Bull was only a calf, and its size wasn't even two meters, which meant that it was about two years old.

An adult Sharp Rock Bull's size would be at least 2,5 meters in length.

However, this Sharp Rock Bull had two shattered horns, and its body had tiny wounds that would shock anyone.

Lin Yuan was looking at the Sharp Rock Bull while it was also looking at him. The Sharp Rock Bull was apparently a little nervous and was waving its head while feeling uneasy.

Lin Yuan carefully placed his hand on the Sharp Rock Bull's broken horn and slowly transferred his spirit qi to the Sharp Rock Bull.

When the Sharp Rock Bull felt the spirit qi, it slowly let down its guard. An Elite fey was rather spiritual and could feel Lin Yuan's friendly intent, so it lay there obediently.

While Lin Yuan was rapidly absorbing spirit qi, he was also rapidly injecting it into the Sharp Rock Bull.

Ten minutes later, the tiny wounds on the Sharp Rock Bull had gradually recovered due to Lin Yuan's channeled spirit qi.

After an hour or so, the Sharp Rock Bull continued to lay there in a weak state. All of a sudden, it let out an extremely painful 'mooing' sound.

Chapter 21: Evolving Back to Ancestry Line

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

The Sharp Rock Bull was trembling as it endured, but even it couldn't withstand such immense pain.

Lin Yuan felt a considerable pushing force against the hand that was touching the broken horn. Lin Yuan swayed a little, and the pair of horns on the Sharp Rock Bull fell off. Immediately after, a new pair of horns grew out on its head.

Lin Yuan placed his hand back on the little horns before channeling his spirit qi at full force.

When the sky was starting to turn dark, the Sharp Rock Bull's horns recovered, and they only stopped growing when they reached over one foot in length.

It took nearly seven hours, but Lin Yuan finally healed the severely injured Sharp Rock Bull. Suppose the severely injured Sharp Rock Bull was worth 200,000 Federation dollars. In that case, the current healthy Elite/Epic Sharp Rock Bull could be easily sold on the Star Web for 1,5 Radiance dollars, or 1,500,000 Federation dollars.

This was also why Creation Masters were so respected.

Lin Yuan was still channeling spirit qi into the Sharp Rock Bull as he could feel an obstacle in the dark. As long as he continued channeling his spirit qi, he would be able to smash the obstacle. This Sharp Rock Bull would then undergo a qualitative change.

Lin Yuan was ecstatic as this should be the obstacle blocking Elite feys from becoming Bronze ones.

Lin Yuan increased his spirit qi's release speed to smash the obstacle with full strength. Finally, half an hour later, the obstacle was pulverized to dust.

At that moment, Lin Yuan saw the Sharp Rock Bull, which was originally lying down, suddenly stand upright. Its body was emitting creaking and cracking sounds as its bones were shifting. In less than two minutes, the Sharp Rock Bull's appearance changed drastically.

Had it not been for Lin Yuan witnessing it, he probably wouldn't recognize the fey in front of him as the Sharp Rock Bull of just a few moments ago.

Lin Yuan activated True Data to check on the Sharp Rock Bull's situation. No, it shouldn't be called a Sharp Rock Bull anymore. It should be called Sharp Iron Horn Bull.

The Sharp Rock Bull, which was originally two meters in length, had already transformed into a Sharp Iron Horn Bull that was nearly three meters in length. The Sharp Iron Horn Bull's greatest change wasn't in its size, but the horns on its head.

The Sharp Rock Bull actually had a small horn on its nose, but it was only 2,5cm in size. Therefore, it had been useless.

However, the Sharp Iron Horn Bull's nose horn was now one meter long. It no longer had its smooth curves, and it was razor-sharp with multiple angles. Each of the angles was sharp like a blade.

The two horns on the head, which were originally around 30cm in length, were now one meter long too.

The horns weren't straight and were more like a bull's horns, curved and meant for charging. They were heavy and filled with power, as though they were made to penetrate the enemy.

Lin Yuan was certain that this Sharp Rock Bull's evolution into the Sharp Iron Horn Bull was in the ancestry line's direction, enhancing its physical capability.

Lin Yuan had actually witnessed the process of an Elite fey evolving into a Bronze one. He had witnessed the metamorphosis of life.

While feeling the metamorphosis of life from where he stood, he felt his spirit getting enlightened. It was a kind of uplifting feeling that could only be felt when creating life.

It was the same as seeking the legendary chapter of the book that contained the meaning of life.

After the Sharp Rock Bull evolved, there were three exclusive skills to choose from due to its Epic quality.

[Scaled Skin]: The skin develops a layer of scaled armor-like skin that has a similar composition to the skin.

[Trudge]: Stamina can be reserved when sprinting.

[Pain Absorption]: When receiving damage, absorb a portion of the damage and turn it into vitality. Ch𝒆êck out l𝒂t𝒆st 𝒏𝒐v𝒆l𝒔 on nov𝒆l/bin.c𝒐m

After reading through the three exclusive skills, Lin Yuan fell deep in thought.

Among the three skills, two of them were rather good. The Sharp Iron Horn Bull was a defense-type fey, so Trudge was obviously useless.

Scaled Skin was an exclusive skill that allowed the Sharp Iron Horn Bull's current iron-like skin to develop a layer of thicker scaled armor. The scaled armor would also have the same properties of the Sharp Iron Horn Bull's skin, enhancing its defensive capability.

At the same time, when the Sharp Iron Horn Bull was charging, if the scaled armor scraped on the target, its sharp edges would also injure the enemy.

The other exclusive skill, Pain Absorption, was rather interesting. When receiving damage, it allowed a portion of the damage to be absorbed and used to recover.

It was something that an iron fool would wish for, a skill that was even more extreme and complementing.

After a short conflict, Lin Yuan chose Pain Absorption.

Pain Absorption could be effectively used with the skill Sacrifice. The Scaled Skin might produce an additional layer of skin armor, but if the enemy could slice open the Sharp Iron Horn Bull's original skin, then the scaled armor would naturally be sliced open too. Hence, after a quick comparison, Pain Absorption was definitely superior.

When Lin Yuan chose the exclusive skill, Pain Absorption, the Sharp Iron Horn Bull's evolution was finally completed. The normal-grade and elite-grade learned skills would also undergo slight changes.

[Fey Name]: Sharp Iron Horn Bull

[Fey Species]: Horned species/Bull species

[Fey Grade]: Bronze (1/10)

[Fey Type]: Metal

[Fey Quality]: Normal

Abilities:

[Rock Horn]: Apply a layer of metal on the horns and enhance the nose horn's metallic properties. Disregard injuries and smash into the enemy with full strength.

[Sacrifice]: When the contractor is injured, automatically split the damage with the contractor.

Exclusive Skill:

[Pain Absorption]: When receiving damage, absorb a portion of the damage and turn it into vitality.

Lin Yuan couldn't be more satisfied with the Sharp Iron Horn Bull before him. However, the more Lin Yuan observed the Sharp Iron Horn Bull, the more he felt it was like a power offense-type fey that had a defensive layer of skin.

Be it the abilities or the exclusive skill, they were all very good combinations for the Sharp Iron Horn Bull. For it to be Chu Ci's first fey, it was simply as fitting as it could be.

But for a girl to contract a Sharp Iron Horn Bull, it was rather strange, just like the Beauty and the Beast.

However, this Sharp Iron Horn Bull was already the best defense-type fey that Lin Yuan could obtain with his current abilities.

After evolving the Sharp Iron Horn Bull, Lin Yuan felt that the increase of spiritual power in his body was the same as evolving 30 pots of Elite Usneas.

Lin Yuan concluded that evolving high-grade feys would allow his spiritual power to increase more. It was fortunate that the Sharp Rock Bull was an Elite X fey. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for Lin Yuan to evolve it to bronze-grade in such a short period.

When looking at the dark blue and hazy sky, Lin Yuan immediately arranged for Bronze air transportation with his mobile phone. While waiting for the avian fey to arrive, Lin Yuan prepared dinner for Genius and Chimey. At the same time, he also fed the Sharp Iron Horn Bull with some Usnea vines.

He then stored the Bronze Sharp Iron Horn Bull in the bronze-grade spirit storage box. Soon enough, a Bronze avian fey arrived at the alley.

Lin Yuan grabbed onto the spirit storage box and bade farewell to Genius and Chimey, which had been chirping non-stop after waking up. He then boarded on the avian fey.

While riding the Bronze Black-Winged Windfalcon in the night, he flew toward Chu Ci's school.

Chapter 22: Moon Empress

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

"Three portions of Hyssop Sprouts, one portion of Deep Sea Ebony, and one portion of Platinum Beast's essence blood."

A woman dressed in moonlight-colored long robes swayed a crystal bottle in her hand while giving instructions with her pleasant voice.

An emerald-colored bird with four feathers, which were like vines and leaves, was flying around. It was using its beak to accurately take the portions and put them in the crystal bottle.

Not far away from the woman in the moonlight robes were a man and a woman. The man had a dignified look, while the woman looked heroic.

The two of them were using their spirit qi to conceal their presence as they were afraid they might disturb the woman that was adjusting the medicine concoction.

Their bodies' spirit qi was emitting a vague, mysterious, and runic aura. It indicated that the two of them were king-class experts that had comprehended the Willpower Runes from a certain mountain, river, ocean, or sky.

However, the two king-class experts were looking at this woman with extreme respect.

The woman in the moonlight robes was using her spirit qi to vibrate the concoction. The medicinal smell was flowing out of the bottle, and the refreshing plant fragrance was like the smell of grass being split open after a rain. It truly gladdened the heart.

When the concoction was mixed with the three portions of Hyssop Sprouts that the Vine Bird brought, it emitted a fragrance as though a giant tree instantly grew out from the place where the grass had been sliced open.

The giant tree started to get surrounded by greenery, forming a primitive forest.

As the woman in the moonlight robes poured the dark red Platinum Beast's blood inside, the fragrance suddenly exploded with intense and horrifying prowess. It felt just like ferocious beasts prowling in the depths of the primitive forest and waiting to strike at the prey.

The two king-class experts' foreheads were covered with perspiration as they felt rather nervous due to the prowling beasts' threatening presence.

The woman in the moonlight robes constantly injected her spiritual power into the crystal bottle. The spirit qi had stirred and fused the emerald-colored concoction and the dark red beast blood into an amber color, which was sparkling and limpid.

After stirring for around ten minutes, the woman stopped.

She picked up the Deep Sea Ebony and smelled it as though she was trying to determine the Deep Sea Ebony's age. Subsequently, she used her spiritual power to crush the Deep Sea Ebony into dust and poured it into the amber fluid.

As soon as the Deep Sea Ebony was mixed into the amber fluid, it turned dark green.

The primitive forest that was originally prowling with beasts suddenly acted out a part of history that was over 2,000,000 years ago, as there was heavy rain that would only appear during the Carnian period.

The primitive forest was instantly flooded and turned into a deep sea. The beasts in the forest that were waiting to strike had all turned into swelling corpses.

The two king-class experts first felt their legs getting tangled by layers of water plants before their necks were also tangled. It felt like they were going to be sealed in this dark green, deep sea for eternity.

At that moment, the woman in the moonlight robes started to stir the fluid with her spirit qi. Every time she moved, it would be like a reincarnation cycle.

Those beasts in the sea that were already dead had suddenly revived, while those tangling water plants had also released their grip, turning back into the plants that lived between the reef.

Light and darkness, new life and decay... Whenever the woman moved her hands, the two polar opposites would switch.

Finally, the dark green medicinal fluid was stirred by the spiritual power and turned into an emerald green color with a sparkling luster.

At the instant the fluid turned sparkling, the suffocating deep sea, the water plants, and the beasts vanished.

There was only the sound and serenity of 'the falling sunset when a solitary duck was flying when the limpid autumn waters were the same color as the sky'.

At that moment, the two king-class experts took a deep breath and withdrew the spirit qi protecting their bodies.

The dignified man quickly went over and asked, "Moon Empress, thank you for the hard work! I wonder if... this concoction is completed?"

The woman in the moonlight robes lifted her head and emitted an aura that was like the moon's splendor.

"Summon your fey, Si Kong." VịSit no(v)3lb/!n.c𝒐m for new 𝒏ov𝒆l𝒔

The dignified middle-aged man responded by immediately summoning his fey, which was a giant tiger beast.

The woman in the moonlight robes shook her wrist, and the emerald fluid turned into a streak of fragrance. It entered the giant tiger's body through the nostrils.

Subsequently, the giant tiger fey's body started cracking as though it was experiencing a new life.

The woman in the moonlight robes nodded and said, "Its quality has evolved from Epic to Legend. As long as you fuse the Willpower Runes that you comprehended with the fey, it can evolve into the Fantasy Breed."

Si Kong was overjoyed by the statement and quickly bowed. "Moon Empress, if you need my assistance in the future, just inform me! I will not cower and risk my life to complete your request!"

The woman in the moonlight robes shook her hand and said, "You don't have to risk your life. You already helped This Empress to find a pair of dragon beast eyes. Consider this your reward."

After hearing the Moon Empress' reply, the dignified man quickly cupped his fist again and said, "Si Kong is willing to serve the Moon Empress with loyalty."

At that moment, the giant tiger fey completed its evolution and quietly awakened. When it felt its changes, it let out an invigorated growl. All of a sudden, its voice was stuck in the throat. The tiger beast then lay down sullenly.

A small rabbit on the table pulled a finger-sized carrot out of a jade flower pot. Some red crystal-like sand was also pulled out.

The small rabbit looked at the sand with dislike before kicking the sand off the table and leisurely nibbling the carrot.

The Green Vine Bird that was preparing the ingredients earlier habitually and quickly picked up the red crystal sand grains on the ground and placed them back into the jade flower pot.

The giant tiger fey had stopped growling because the little rabbit had taken a casual glance at it when it had been pulling the carrot.

The Moon Empress carried the little rabbit and said to Si Kong, "The Creation Master exams have always been conducted rank by rank since it started. After each successful attempt at the promotion exams, Creation Masters will need to wait for three years before participating in the promotion exams. How can we pick out any Creation Masters with true talents like this? Si Kong, inform the Creation Master Association that if anyone passes the Creation Master exam within two hours, they can choose to bypass the three lifestyle occupations' promotion exams and immediately attempt for the Rank 2 Creation Master exam."

Si Kong memorized the Moon Empress' instructions before asking, "Moon Empress, what about the promotion exam for Rank 3 Creation Master? Can they also choose to directly promote after passing the Rank 2 exam?"

"It is only allowed for promotion from Rank 1 to Rank 2."

The Moon Empress picked up the crystal bottle again after speaking in preparation to concoct another medicinal fluid. She was hinting for them to leave.

Si Kong stored the fey, whose quality had just evolved to Legend, before bowing and quickly attending to the task requested by the Moon Empress.

At that moment, the female king-class expert that was emitting a heroic aura finally spoke. "Moon Empress, do you feel that there haven't been enough outstanding young individuals among the federation's Creation Masters during the past few years? Therefore, you wish to make a change?"

The Moon Empress shook her head and said, "This is merely This Empress' personal matter. The Bamboo Monarch and the Chef Supreme have already taken in disciples. This Empress must not fall behind those two old things."

The heroic lady was shocked by the reply. The Moon Empress is actually planning to accept a disciple. This is shocking news!

As one of the Radiance Federation's three Rank 5 Creation Masters, becoming the Moon Empress' disciple was the same as ascending to heaven.

However, it was unknown which city the Moon Empress' disciple would be from. If that disciple came from Redbud City, as the Redbud City governor, she would definitely receive plenty of rewards from the Moon Empress.

"Ling Xiao, do you know that the Xia Region under your Redbud City has a new Class-1 dimensional rift?"

The heroic lady immediately replied, "Ling Xiao has already received the Redbud Guards' report. Does Moon Empress have any instructions?"

The heroic lady felt a little suspicious. Why would an influential person like the Moon Empress mention a mere Class-1 dimensional rift?

"This Empress heard that the dimensional rifts have been unstable lately. It is probably due to the arrival of the dimensional wave. During each dimensional wave, the dimensional rifts with alien insects are always the most dangerous. Your Redbud City has the most Insect Dimensional Rifts. Send more guards to the Insect Dimensional Rifts' entrances to prevent them from threatening the lives of the nearby citizens during the dimensional wave."

After receiving the Moon Empress' instructions, Ling Xiao quickly replied, "Moon Empress, you don't have to worry. As Redbud City's governor, as long as Ling Xiao is around, Ling Xiao shall be Redbud City's pillar."

The Moon Empress nodded and said to Ling Xiao, "Si Kong's task might need a period of time before it takes effect. Why don't you return to Redbud City and apply the new rules of the Creation Master exam for Redbud City's Creation Master Association first?"

"Ling Xiao acknowledges the order!"

After speaking, Ling Xiao felt rather astonished in her heart. The Moon Empress had emphasized on the Creation Master exam's problem twice. It seemed like the Moon Empress was really determined to accept a disciple.

...

At that moment, Lin Yuan was still riding on the Black-Winged Windfalcon and looking down at the mountains and the vast land.

Chapter 23: Willpower Runes

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

The Black-Winged Windfalcon wasn't considered fast among the Bronze avian feys. However, it had a very flat back, and the feathers on its back were very thick.

Therefore, the Black-Winged Windfalcon was rather popular among the Bronze avian feys.

This trip's travel fee was nearly half of the store's normal revenue, 2,000 Federation dollars. If Lin Yuan weren't in a hurry, he wouldn't be willing to spend like this.

"Young lad, if you are used to the feeling of flying in the sky, I will let the Black-Winged Windfalcon fly a little higher. When at the altitude of the clouds, the air current is relatively calm, and the speed can be faster."

The Black-Winged Windfalcon's pilot knew that Lin Yuan was riding an avian fey for the first time and was nice enough not to let the Black-Winged Windfalcon travel in the high altitudes immediately.

The air in the high altitudes was thinner. Thus, those who had never ridden on avian feys before might suffer a temporary lack of oxygen due to the sudden change of altitude and faint.

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "Alright then! I am ready!"

Lin Yuan's expression turned pale as he spoke. When looking at the ground, which was dozens of meters away, and the blurry figures of people in the street at night, Lin Yuan felt a little acrophobic. Fortunately, the acrophobic feeling wasn't too intense, and he was able to endure it.

The pilot gave the command for the Black-Winged Windfalcon to ascend toward the clouds. When ascending, the Black-Winged Windfalcon erected the feathers on its back to help Lin Yuan block off the oncoming air currents.

Soon enough, the Black-Winged Windfalcon reached the level of the clouds and stabilized its flight.

The air above the clouds was indeed thinner, but it wasn't scorching hot. When Lin Yuan inhaled the refreshing cold wind, he felt a sense of urgency due to the lack of oxygen that made his lungs tingle.

Lin Yuan circulated his spirit qi, and the sense of urgency quickly vanished. He looked around the surroundings and noticed bundles of clouds nearby that felt like they could be touched.

Lin Yuan reached out. It was unknown whether it was due to grabbing the clouds or feeling unsatisfied in the clouds, but Lin Yuan actually looked down and was surprised.

When riding in the clouds, the acrophobic feeling vanished and was replaced by extreme spaciousness and clarity.

The rivers looked like jade belts, while the mountains were vast and towering. At the places where the mountains intersected, they looked just like the land's spine. They had been like this since the beginning of time and were like the land's eternal veins and arteries.

At that moment, Lin Yuan could see a damaged mountain range from afar. A few months back, two Gold beasts had caused this scale of destruction.

The flames from the Gold fire-type fey had incinerated the plants on the mountain. After being scorched by the flames, this should be a barren mountain. However, after months of rain, there was now a thin layer of greenery.

Lin Yuan suddenly felt a surge of enlightenment in his heart.

Below the green mountain is Mother Earth...

Mother Earth bestowed vitality to the green mountain, while the green mountain returned the favor by providing lustrous greenery...

The green mountain is the manifestation of Mother Earth's vitality, and it's a type of vitality that even surging flames couldn't eliminate...

Lin Yuan looked down at the green mountain and felt it was particularly clear in his eyes. It felt as though the green mountain's willpower was like the chilling cold air in the high altitudes and was easily absorbed into Lin Yuan's lungs.

In the depths of Lin Yuan's mind, there was a sudden surge in spiritual energy, and a verdant mountain was erected in the spiritual world.

When Lin Yuan's weak spiritual energy was fused into the mountain, the mountain instantly transformed into a green rune. The rune was filled with the veins of mountains and immense vitality.

As the rune danced around Lin Yuan's spiritual energy, it felt as though it was nourishing Lin Yuan's spiritual energy. Lin Yuan felt his mind in a state of clarity.

When looking back at the green mountain range, it was another scenery. Due to this clear and sudden understanding of the mountains, Lin Yuan nearly bit off his tongue.

This, this, this... I just comprehended a kind of mountain willpower. Furthermore, the mountain willpower already formed a rune!

If some of the experts learned of Lin Yuan's situation, they would probably be seething with anger. In order to produce a Fantasy Breed, a Bronze fey's quality would need to have reached Legend.

Afterward, the contractor would need to comprehend a Willpower Rune and fuse it with the Bronze/Legend fey. From there, the fey would comprehend the spiritual willpower, and a transformation would happen, turning the fey into a Fantasy Breed.

Although a legend-quality fey was extremely hard to find, with the aid of a Creation Master and dedication in nurturing, there was a possibility.

However, a Willpower Rune from the mountains, rivers, oceans, and skies could only be observed and comprehended by the spirit qi professionals.

Plenty of spirit qi professionals were stuck without the Willpower Runes. Even if they possessed legend-quality feys, they wouldn't be able to evolve them into the Fantasy Breed.

This was the first time Lin Yuan was riding an avian fey and looking down at the mountains and vast land. Yet he actually comprehended a type of Willpower Rune from the mountains. Lin Yuan was truly amazed.

When a person was unlucky, they might have stuffed teeth when drinking cool water. Or when they poured a glass of water, the pot might break off from the handle and smash on their feet.

But when a person was lucky, they would be able to get the grand prize by opening a single bottle.

Ever since I started feeling the spirit qi's presence, my great luck has been constantly around.

Evolving feys' quality to Legend is just a matter of time for me. Now that I comprehended a Willpower Rune, I will be able to obtain a Fantasy Breed.

However, the Willpower Rune's attribute must be complementing the fey in order for it to be effective.

If one comprehended a Willpower Rune from the land, they could still use it on an aquatic fey to evolve it into a Fantasy Breed.

When evolving into the Fantasy Breed, the second exclusive skill would be related to the land due to the Willpower Rune's attribute. It would be useless for the fey. It wouldn't just be wasting a Willpower Rune, but it would also be wasting the legend-quality fey's talent.

Therefore, Lin Yuan would need to consider the first fey that he was going to use Morbius' Spirit Lock skill on, as he would need to complement it with the Willpower Rune comprehended from the mountain.

Time passed quickly, and just as Lin Yuan returned to his senses from his spiritual world, the Black-Winged Windfalcon was already preparing to land in the light-illuminated city. 𝒩eew updates 𝒂t n𝒐vel/bi𝒏.com

The city that they were landing at was none other than Redbud City's main city.

The Black-Winged Windfalcon was going to land directly at the entrance of the Redbud Intermediate Spirit Qi Academy.

Lin Yuan carried the spirit storage box containing the Sharp Iron Horn Bull and alighted the Black-Winged Windfalcon. He then immediately made a call to Chu Ci.

Lin Yuan had a very special aura, just like the grass after the rain, which was particularly clean.

Now that Lin Yuan's body had recovered, his originally good looks were no longer as pale. He was rosy and filled with energy. As such, many of the female students that were returning to the academy after their meals and walks were looking at Lin Yuan.

At that moment, Lin Yuan's phone call connected.

When Lin Yuan made the call, he was rather angry when thinking of how Chu Ci had wanted to contract a Gray Beetle without telling him.

However, when he heard Chu Ci immediately apologizing and talking hesitantly, Lin Yuan's anger was immediately dismissed.

His mouth revealed a happy, helpless, and also pampering smile. "Where are you now? I am at your academy's entrance."

While he was speaking, Lin Yuan heard a familiar voice from the other end of the phone. The voice belonged to the irascible Teacher Bao.

"Chu Ci, your teacher is only so capable. Just take this Elite Yellow-Spotted Hound. Otherwise, if you don't have a fey when you register tomorrow, you will immediately fail in your live combat class."

Chapter 24: Change

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

When Lin Yuan heard Teacher Bao's voice on the phone, he was rather doubtful at first, but he immediately understood and felt very grateful.

Teacher Bao might not have a good temper, but he was a great teacher and contributed to his students.

When Teacher Bao learned that Chu Ci was talking with Lin Yuan, he immediately snatched her phone and yelled out, "Didn't I tell you the situation yesterday? Why are you only here now? Are you not concerned about Chu Ci's academics?!"

Teacher Bao suddenly recalled something, causing his words to get stuck in his throat. He had read her file and knew about her family situation. How could he blame a boy for doing his best to support his young sister to school? How could he blame the boy for not being capable enough to bring a good fey for his younger sister?

When Lin Yuan heard the irascible Teacher Bao's voice, he quickly said, "Teacher Bao, thank you for your kindness toward Chu Ci. I have prepared a fey for Chu Ci. I am at the academy's entrance now. But I am not a student and cannot enter the premises. Could you ask Chu Ci to meet me at the entrance?"

After Lin Yuan finished talking, Teacher Bao immediately responded, "Wait at the entrance for a moment. I will bring Chu Ci to pick you up. By then, you need to help me persuade Chu Ci."

Before handing the mobile phone back to Chu Ci, Teacher Bao had already ended the phone call. He was truly a resolute and straightforward teacher.

However, Lin Yuan felt it was rather strange.

Why did Teacher Bao's attitude toward me suddenly turn better?

Lin Yuan didn't know that Teacher Bao's change in attitude was due to his understanding of their family situation. If Lin Yuan knew of this, he would probably let out an awkward smile.

When other children had been enjoying their innocent childhood in the embrace of their parents, he had had no choice but to be independent and care for his younger sister.

They had suffered in the cold, they had been starved, they had been seriously ill, but they had still survived stubbornly until now. They had never taken advantage of others, nor had they ever accepted charity from others. They might be poor, but they had self-respect, self-love, and never stopped improving themselves.

Lin Yuan had never been self-abased about his situation, nor he ever felt that Chu Ci had to be self-abased either. They had always been righteous and honest. They had never done anything that they should be ashamed of, even though their path had been difficult.

Lin Yuan waited by the entrance. When the female students noticed that he wasn't going to leave for the moment, they gathered their courage, approached Lin Yuan quietly, and asked for Lin Yuan's Star Web account.

Lin Yuan felt rather exhausted when dealing with them. Fortunately, after rejecting a few of them, no one else asked for his Star Web account. Well, some of them kept looking at him constantly.

Lin Yuan heaved a sigh of relief because of this.

After a short moment, a beautiful figure rushed toward the Redbud Spirit Qi Intermediate Academy entrance. The beautiful figure originally wanted to jump into Lin Yuan's embrace, but she seemingly recalled something and timidly stood in front of him when she got closer.

She then spoke in a pitiful tone. "Big Brother, I was wrong! I shouldn't have attempted to form a contract with the Gray Beetle."

Lin Yuan couldn't help but ridicule inside his heart. If this lass didn't make a mistake, how could she possibly call me Big Brother? Normally, she would definitely be calling Lin Yuan every time.

"Do you think I am just angry about this!? This decision impacts your future! Not only did you not discuss with me about your first fey, but you weren't even planning to tell me about forming a contract!?"

Lin Yuan was very stern when speaking. However, he noticed that Chu Ci's eyes were turning red, so he softened his tone.

At that moment, Teacher Bao's voice echoed. "Chu Ci, why were you running so fast? Why didn't you wait for your teacher! Your teacher isn't some combat-class professional."

Teacher Bao was a Spiritual Ingredient Analyst and was the one that taught the Spiritual Ingredient class. He had been chasing after Chu Ci, so he was rather exhausted.

Lin Yuan quickly took a step forward and greeted Teacher Bao. Upd𝒂ted chapters 𝒐n n𝒐

Teacher Bao took a glance at Lin Yuan and immediately regretted how severe his tone was when talking on the phone. Upon looking at Lin Yuan's clean and tidy clothes, which had already faded due to overwashing, he could tell that this youth had been very thrifty in his lifestyle.

"You are Chu Ci's elder brother, right? How are you? I've been a homeroom teacher for many years, but Chu Ci is the most talented student I've ever taught. She is very diligent and takes her studies seriously.

"As such, the matter of picking her first fey must not be neglected. It is best if her first fey is an Elite one. If it is a Normal fey, the time required for it to become Elite will certainly waste Chu Ci's potential."

Teacher Bao's tone was not as domineering after meeting Lin Yuan. He was carefully explaining Chu Ci's situation and also emphasizing on the importance of the first fey.

Evidently, Teacher Bao had a plan. If Lin Yuan had brought a Normal fey for Chu Ci, Teacher Bao would give Chu Ci the Yellow-Spotted Hound he had purchased with his own money.

The Yellow-Spotted Hound might not be considered outstanding among the Elite defense-type feys, but it wouldn't waste too much of Chu Ci's talent.

Lin Yuan seldom visited Chu Ci's school, and this was the first time he heard a teacher praising his sister before him. Lin Yuan felt involuntarily proud of his younger sister.

Chu Ci was secretly tugging at the corner of Lin Yuan's clothes and blinking her eyes at him.

She was well-aware of their financial situation. Although Lin Yuan might have brought a Normal fey, she didn't wish to accept Teacher Bao's Elite fey.

Given Lin Yuan's temperament, Chu Ci knew that if she accepted Teacher Bao's Yellow-Spotted, her brother would surely use the shortest period of time to gather the money required to buy an Elite Yellow-Spotted Hound and repay Teacher Bao.

Chu Ci hadn't informed Lin Yuan about her decision to contract a Gray Beetle because she hadn't wanted Lin Yuan to suffer. It was the same right now.

Lin Yuan lifted the spirit storage box and placed it in front of Teacher Bao.

"Teacher Bao, I am grateful for your help. I have brought a rather good fey to Chu Ci. I wonder if there is a suitable place for Chu Ci to form the contract with this fey?"

After listening to Lin Yuan's response, Teacher Bao immediately wanted to ask what that fey's grade was.

However, when he recalled they were still before the academy's entrance, he said, "It just so happens that the deadline for students to report their first fey ends tonight. Go to my office then! Once Chu Ci is done with the contract, I will report it for her."

Lin Yuan looked at Chu Ci and placed the spirit storage box in her hands. "The fey you will form a contract with is in here. Hold the box first and get close to it."

Soon, the massive spirit storage box was gently hovering over Chu Ci's hand. The spirit storage box might not have any weight, but Chu Ci felt that it was heavy and crucial when holding it.

At the same time, Teacher Bao's eyes were also looking closely at the spirit storage box.

Chapter 25: Qualification for Radiance Hundred

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

The more Teacher Bao observed the spirit storage box, the more increasingly strange it felt. All of a sudden, his irises contracted as he recognized the marking at the side of the spirit storage box.

It's a bronze-grade spirit storage box!

Originally, Teacher Bao had wanted to mention the Yellow-Spotted Hound, but he held back. Although he didn't know if this spirit storage box contained a Bronze fey, he believed it was definitely better than the Yellow-Spotted Hound.

After all, the amount needed to purchase a single Ostrich Logistics bronze-grade spirit storage box was enough to buy three Yellow-Spotted Hounds.

As they walked inside the campus, Lin Yuan suddenly felt relaxed after seeing all the young and vibrant smiling faces. At the same time, Lin Yuan felt very glad that he had chosen to support Chu Ci to attend school instead of managing the fey store with him.

Once they entered Teacher Bao's office, Lin Yuan saw a cage that contained a healthy Yellow-Spotted Hound. Evidently, Teacher Bao was planning to give it to Chu Ci.

Lin Yuan didn't know how to thank Teacher Bao. Although he might have enough money in his Star Web account to purchase dozens of Yellow-Spotted Hounds, kindness couldn't be measured by money, especially the kind that didn't seek repayment.

Teacher Bao sat in the office chair and said to Lin Yuan, "I didn't expect you to actually prepare such a good fey after telling you to do so."

Teacher Bao looked at Lin Yuan and lamented. If this bronze-grade spirit storage box really contains a Bronze fey, even if it is a regular Bronze defense-type fey, it isn't something that I can obtain.

I wonder how a youth like him was able to obtain something this great...

Teacher Bao found the thought of Chu Ci wasting her talent unbearable previously, but he was feeling heartbroken for Lin Yuan now.

Teacher Bao's words left Chu Ci rather confused. She, who had been holding this spirit storage box, didn't know what was inside, so how could Teacher Bao know?

Lin Yuan noticed Chu Ci's confused expression and said, "Chu Ci, bring out your first fey and form a contract."

Chu Ci dismissed her doubts and placed her hand on the spirit storage box's lock. After injecting her spirit qi and opening the spirit storage box, a majestic ink-colored iron bull appeared. Its head was equipped with abnormally sharp horns.

Chu Ci involuntarily let out a gasp.

Teacher Bao also dropped the pen he was holding and exclaimed, "It is actually a Bronze Sharp Iron Horn Bull! Furthermore, this Sharp Iron Horn Bull's appearance seems to be distinctively in the ancestry line.

"The nose horn at the front is actually so long! The quality of this Sharp Iron Horn Bull is definitely top-notch among the Bronze defense-type feys.

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Once Teacher Bao stopped talking, the Sharp Iron Horn Bull let out a moo and knocked its hind hooves against the ground.

Lin Yuan looked at Teacher Bao with an incredulous expression. A Bronze fey's spirituality allowed it to sense what the humans surrounding it were thinking. Teacher Bao's reaction after seeing the Sharp Iron Horn Bull was to put a price on its nose horn. It truly agitated the bull.

Teacher Bao picked up the dropped pen and laughed in embarrassment. "It's my old habit. It is a Spiritual Ingredient Analyst's occupational habit. Haha."

Chu Ci was staring blankly at the Sharp Iron Horn Bull, while tears were flowing her cheeks.

Lin Yuan stepped forward to wipe off Chu Ci's tears and asked, "What are you crying for?"

Lin Yuan was a rather reserved person and didn't know how to express his emotions or console others.

Chu Ci looked at Lin Yuan and asked, "Lin Yuan! Did you sell our store!?"

Chu Ci might not know this Sharp Iron Horn Bull's value, but based on Teacher Bao's reaction and the fey's appearance, she could tell it was not cheap.

Teacher Bao left his office and closed the door for Lin Yuan and Chu Ci.

Lin Yuan rubbed Chu Ci's head and said, "Hurry up and form a contract with it. Teacher Bao still has to report it later. Do not increase Teacher Bao's workload. When we go out for dinner later, we will talk more."

Lin Yuan circulated his spirit qi while talking.

Chu Ci exclaimed in joy, "Lin Yuan, you can feel spirit qi! Then your body..."

Lin Yuan put on a warm smile. "I am fine now."

Chu Ci's tears were quietly flowing down earlier, but now, she couldn't help it and started to wail. She was crying and laughing at the same time.

Upon seeing the panicked Lin Yuan, Chu Ci said, "Let me cry for a moment. These are tears of joy."

Chu Ci cried for five minutes. During these five minutes, the tears were the saltiest, but Chu Ci was enjoying the happiest five minutes.

After forming the contract with the Sharp Iron Horn Bull, Chu Ci stored it inside her spiritual storage box.

When Teacher Bao noticed that the commotion was over, he opened the door and just happened to see the scene of Chu Ci forming the contract.

He said in an emotional tone, "Chu Ci's talent is already top-notch. Now that she is starting with a superior Bronze Sharp Iron Horn Bull, Chu Ci might have the chance to participate in the Redbud Hundred's selection during the year-end."

When Teacher Bao mentioned the Redbud Hundred, Lin Yuan couldn't help but ask, "Aren't only third-year students eligible to participate in the Redbud Hundred? Chu Ci is only a first-year!"

Teacher Bao looked at Chu Ci with limitless expectations and said, "The Redbud Hundred's selection involves picking out 100 young individuals from Redbud City and giving them the qualification to participate in the Radiance Hundred.

"In order to qualify for 80 of those spots, one has to go through actual combat. As for the remaining 20 spots, they are for seeded participants. As for the criteria, it's their potential and talents.

"Chu Ci is entirely capable of striving for those 20 spots. If Chu Ci succeeds, she will obtain the education resources Redbud City sponsors to our Redbud Intermediate Spirit Qi Academy. She would then be able to develop even better. However, all this is still depending on Chu Ci's hard work."

Chu Ci nodded with determination. She was naturally going to do her best and strive for it. Otherwise, she would be letting down Lin Yuan's contribution.

Lin Yuan didn't really care about the sponsorship of resources. With him around, every time Chu Ci returned home during the holidays, he would be able to improve her contracted fey.

Furthermore, he would nurture all of Chu Ci's future contracted feys, so she wouldn't need to rely on others for resources.

Lin Yuan was more concerned about the academy's atmosphere and environment. To be competing against similar-aged individuals in this place was actually a type of growth.

Such growth might be displayed with one's strength, but it was more a growth in spirit.

Lin Yuan wanted to bring Chu Ci out for a meal, so she requested to take a break.

Teacher Bao immediately approved Chu Ci's request.

Chapter 26: You Shall Be the One

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Lin Yuan and Chu Ci left the Redbud Intermediate Spirit Qi Academy, and they spoke about his situation in detail while walking.

"My body is fine now, and the store is also doing well. I am preparing to participate in the Creation Master exam soon."

Lin Yuan summarized the situation and his plans. He didn't wish to hide his participation in the Creation Master exam from Chu Ci.

Creation Masters were akin to celebrities of the pre-Spirit Qi Awakening era. They would be introduced on the Star Web, so it was impossible to conceal it. He might as well tell Chu Ci and let her have peace of mind.

Chu Ci looked at Lin Yuan and felt that he had changed significantly. Of course, the changes had to do with his physical appearance, as Lin Yuan's heart was still the same.

Lin Yuan might have said that things were relatively good recently, but Chu Ci knew that he would always mention the good news and not the bad news. Therefore, she was still a little worried.

"Lin Yuan, that Sharp Iron Horn Bull must be very expensive, right?"

Lin Yuan laughed mischievously and took out his Star Web Card while speaking. "I now have the talent of a Creation Master and have earned some money. We have money now! Later on, I will transfer 100,000 Federation dollars to your Star Web Card. If you need any resources in school, just buy them. The Sharp Iron Horn Bull needs a large number of energy ores. We will purchase those strong and tough metals too."

When Lin Yuan was speaking, he was genuinely happy. It wasn't because they were rich now. He could finally provide a great cultivating environment for Chu Ci. The feeling was truly carefree.

Chu Ci nodded obediently and didn't object. From the tender age of six, when Lin Yuan was eight years old, he had been supporting her and their store. They were each other's closest family members in this world.

Chu Ci always had a certain reliance on Lin Yuan, and it was a feeling that originated from their bloodline and kinship.

At that moment, a stall owner in the street called out loudly, "Chinese cornbread! Four for 1 Federation dollar! Come here, come now!"

When Chu Ci heard the stall owner's sales pitch, she laughed and said to her brother, "Lin Yuan, I want to eat Chinese cornbread."

Lin Yuan looked at the stall and said, "Haven't you always wanted to eat hotpot? If you eat Chinese cornbread now, your stomach won't digest fast enough for you to finish your hotpot."

Chu Ci took a look at the cornbread and let out a sweet smile. "I want both cornbread and hotpot!"

Lin Yuan went to purchase cornbread helplessly. Chu Ci looked at his back and felt as though time had suddenly returned to several years ago.

Back then, she had been severely ill, and her condition had been getting worse. Lin Yuan had gone to look for a Healer to treat her, but the treatment had cost too much. As a result, the two of them had to eat cornbread for half a month.

Back then, whenever they ate cornbread, they would feel it was coarse, hard to swallow, and very plain. Now that everything was better, Chu Ci couldn't help but think of their past when seeing the cornbread.

"What are you thinking? Here is your cornbread, but don't eat too much. Otherwise, when we are eating hotpot, you can only watch me eat!"

"Big Brother, I know already!"

Chu Ci chewed on the cornbread. Although its taste was still the same as she remembered, Chu Ci could feel a hint of sweetness. It was unknown if they had added some sugar in the cornbread or if the cornbread actually had a unique taste in her heart.

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After eating the hotpot, Lin Yuan sent Chu Ci back to the academy.

There was always reluctance when parting, but their lives would continue getting better.

Lin Yuan didn't ride on an aviant fey to return home. Instead, he had chosen to ride a Thick-Hoofed Donkey Car. Lin Yuan wasn't trying to save money, but he wished to see the mountain from the ground this time.

At the same time, he was going to make a plan for his future.

Lin Yuan no longer planned to open the fey store at home. It wasn't because he didn't wish to operate it, but he was planning to open a store on the Star Web. If he wanted to sell feys, he could just sell them on the Star Web.

He would arrange for Genius to memorize the primary books related to the Scholar, Fey Observer, and Spiritual Ingredient Analyst occupations after his return. He would then directly participate in the Creation Master exam.

Once he passed the Creation Master exam, he could authenticate himself on the Star Web and receive jobs for custom-made feys.

Spirit qi professionals would ultimately have to strengthen themselves in order to progress. Lin Yuan was also considered a spirit qi professional now. Therefore, after becoming a Creation Master, apart from increasing his spirit qi by evolving feys, he would only accept jobs like custom-made orders.

Under normal circumstances, he would need to continue increasing his fey's grade. Now that he had a Willpower Rune, he wondered if he could increase a Bronze fey's quality to Legend and nurture a Bronze Fantasy Breed.

When a fey transformed into a Fantasy Breed at a lower grade, it meant that the fey had greater potential.

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It was daybreak, and soon the morning sun's redness soaked the entire mountain range. At the same time, the Thick-Hoofed Donkey Car delivered Lin Yuan back to the Xia Region.

Lin Yuan had a breezy journey. He didn't walk back home immediately and instead headed to the fey marketplace to purchase 150 pots of Usneas that weren't even normal-grade. He then asked the stall owner to deliver them to his store.

After making this bulk purchase of Usneas, Lin Yuan didn't plan to purchase any more feys from the marketplace. He was planning to purchase feys from the Star Web. Although the prices of feys were slightly higher on the Star Web due to the transportation fees, it had the advantage of being safe.

Before Lin Yuan became a Creation Master, he didn't wish to expose his fey-evolving ability.

After evolving all these 150 pots of Normal Usneas to Elite, Lin Yuan reckoned that his spirit qi would reach a D-rank spirit qi professional's standard. By then, he would be a true spirit qi professional that had a rank.

Lin Yuan was already at the entrance of his store, but he suddenly had a thought.

Morbius' Spirit Lock exclusive skill is due to my compatibility with healing-type, support-type, and plant-type. Therefore, I can only use the Spirit Lock on those types of feys.

I had already decided to form a contract with a healing-type fey a long time ago. The Spirit Lock exclusive skill only allows the use of the fey's basic ability. It's also the ability that will be obtained by the fey at normal-grade.

There was an awkward matter about healing-type feys' normal-grade ability... Most of them didn't possess healing abilities, just like the Clear Pond Carp that Lin Yuan had encountered previously. It might be a healing-type fey, but its basic ability was to use the fins to deal physical damage. Thus, such feys were unsuitable for Spirit Lock.

As for the basic abilities that could heal, the most clear-cut ability would be Jasmine Lily's Heal.

Lin Yuan immediately decided that the first fey to use Morbius' Spirit Lock on was simply going to be Jasmine Lily.

Therefore, Lin Yuan returned to the fey marketplace, and purposely picked a Normal I/Normal Jasmine Lily.

He was preparing to use Spirit Lock on this pot of Jasmine Lily after going home.

When Lin Yuan returned home, Genius and Chimey immediately pounced at him. Lin Yuan seldom went outdoors in the past because of his body condition. Hence, it was rare for him to leave Genius and Chimey. Lin Yuan had been out for an entire night, so Genius and Chimey were especially clingy toward him now.

Their reliance and caring feelings made Lin Yuan feel warm.

Chapter 27: Morbius' Evolution

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Soon, the stall owner from before carried a cart of Usneas into Lin Yuan's store.

Lin Yuan's store was nearly filled with the 150 pots of Usneas. As such, Lin Yuan immediately evolved one pot of Usnea into normal-grade and subsequently into elite-grade.

He put it high on the rack and said to Chimey, "Chimey, in the future, that pot of Elite Usnea will be your food. When you reach the grade of Elite, I will prepare a Bronze Usnea for you."

Chimey flew happily to its Usnea and started singing a song.

A delicacy like the Elite Usnea was something that Chimey had a chance to eat during the past two days. Of course, Chimey was the most delighted because this pot of Elite Usnea was something that Lin Yuan had specially prepared for it.

Lin Yuan took another bowl and placed some energy biscuits inside. These energy biscuits were meant for omnivorous feys, and they contained low-grade spiritual ingredients that were rich with nutrients. In other words, they weren't cheap.

Naturally, Lin Yuan couldn't afford them in the past, but things were different now. As such, Lin Yuan changed Genius' diet too.

Genius lowered its head and smelled the energy biscuits in the bowl. Its eyes lit up, and it started to chew on the energy biscuits with its small teeth in a very carefree manner.

After preparing the food for Genius and Chimey, Lin Yuan went upstairs to shower. Subsequently, he was preparing to use Spirit Lock on the Jasmine Lily. Afterward, he would also be considered a combat-class spirit qi professional and a rare Healer.

Healers were very respected among the combat-class spirit qi occupations, and it wasn't because they were rare.

Healers might be considered a combat-class occupation, but they were mainly important for their healing abilities and didn't have outstanding combat capabilities.

As a combat-class professional, Healers would also need to form teams with other combat-class professionals. They would need to fight in Star Web Tournaments or receive guild missions. All those places required them to be in danger.

Healers weren't able to protect themselves, so they had to rely on their teammates. The teammates would ensure the safety of healing-type spirit qi professionals, while the latter would nurture the entire team back to health. This was the main reason why Healers were respected.

Of course, Lin Yuan didn't need to worry. His compatibility direction wasn't just to the healing-type but also toward the support-type.

The definition of a support-type was rather vague. When support-type spirit qi professionals contracted some specific support-type feys, they would provide control-type abilities or weaken-type abilities.

These abilities' damage value was already negligible, but everything had its advantages and disadvantages. Support-type spirit qi professionals that specialized in amplifications were more popular among the combat-class spirit qi professionals.

As Morbius' grade increased, Lin Yuan would be able to use Spirit Lock on more feys. Therefore, Lin Yuan would be able to choose the combination of healing and support abilities.

They might be basic abilities, but as the feys evolved, their basic abilities would also be continuously enhanced, strengthening their effects.

When the spirit-locked feys reached bronze-grade and obtained their exclusive skill, it would also enhance the basic abilities. In addition, Lin Yuan didn't think that basic abilities would be inferior.

Since he had the ability to evolve feys, before they reached bronze-grade, they would surely reach epic-quality. He was only able to use the spirit-locked feys' basic abilities, so he didn't need to consider too much about the characteristics. He simply needed to choose based on the advantages of the basic abilities.

Lin Yuan would only need to choose the future spirit-locked feys based on their types to have a better ability combination.

This was something that the other healing-type and support-type spirit qi professionals couldn't compare with him. Lin Yuan believed that he would definitely become an outstanding healing-type and support-type spirit qi professional.

Lin Yuan looked at the frail Normal I/Normal Jasmine Lily in his hand. He gently rubbed the Jasmine Lily's leaf while thinking that this was going to be his first spirit-locked fey.

This is just the beginning.

Lin Yuan used his spiritual energy to communicate with Morbius that was on his right wrist and activated the exclusive skill, Spirit Lock.

Lin Yuan felt his spiritual energy connecting deeply with Morbius, while the latter released spiritual energy toward Lin Yuan's choice and formed the contract with the Jasmine Lily.

Soon, Spirit Lock was completed.

Lin Yuan felt that Morbius' released spiritual energy was the spiritual energy he had used to form Morbius' contract. As for the spiritual energy that he possessed right now, there wasn't any consumption.

This meant that when Morbius used Spirit Lock, Lin Yuan would only need to use the spiritual energy to communicate with Morbius and wouldn't need to use his own spiritual energy.

Lin Yuan always thought that he would need to reserve some spiritual energy to form the contract before using Spirit Lock.

With that step skipped, Lin Yuan felt ecstatic. 𝒩eew updates 𝒂t n𝒐vel/bi𝒏.com

This means that I can still form a contract with another fey that only requires a small amount of spiritual energy. It doesn't matter if the fey isn't even normal-grade. After all, I can nurture it like how I nurture Genius and Chimey.

Lin Yuan's mind raced with thoughts again.

I am compatible with healing-type, support-type, and plant-type feys. Jasmine Lily is a healing-type and support-type fey, so I can now nurture another plant-type and combat-type fey. That way, I will be able to protect myself even if I am in the wilderness.

However, all the choices had to go through careful consideration.

After Morbius used Spirit Lock successfully, Morbius' attributes changed.

Lin Yuan immediately channeled spirit qi into the spirit-locked Jasmine Lily.

After over an hour, the Normal I/Normal Jasmine Lily had reached Elite I/Elite.

Presently, the Jasmine Lily's leaves were plump and tender green. The distinct layers of green made a person's mood better just by looking at them.

At that moment, Lin Yuan checked on Morbius' attributes.

[Fey Name]: Morbius

[Fey Species]: ?

[Fey Grade]: Elite (1/10)

[Fey Type]: Spatial/Mystery

[Fey Quality]: Elite

Abilities:

[True Data]: All complicated information that is invisible to the eye is turned into data. Information that is turned into data might contain truth that cannot be distinguished on the surface.

[Calm Mind]: Passive ability. Effects of Calm Mind can be improved according to the fey's grade. Calm Mind can stabilize the mind and has a certain probability of resisting negative conditions.

Exclusive Skill:

[Spirit Lock]: Morbius' spatial zone can be used to nurture feys. The initial grade of the fey that Morbius' spatial zone can nurture must not be higher than Morbius' grade. Morbius isn't able to increase its grade by itself, so its grade will be increased along with the fey's grade that it nurtures. At the same time, Morbius can obtain the initial ability of the fey that it nurtures. However, Morbius will not obtain abilities when its grade increases. Whenever Morbius increases a grade, it will be able to nurture one more fey. Morbius' method of growth will remain unchanged.

[Normal Spirit Lock]

Jasmine Lily: Elite (1/10), Quality: Elite

Ability: Heal – Recover open wounds.

When the Jasmine Lily evolved in grade, Morbius had also reached Elite I/Elite. In addition, the Elite Morbius' Spirit Lock spatial zone transformed.

Lin Yuan held the Jasmine Lily, entered the Spirit Lock spatial zone, and noticed that the spatial zone, which was originally 40 square meters, had expanded. It was twice the size, at least 80 square meters now.

Chapter 28: Trade Completed

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At that moment, Lin Yuan suddenly heard an unfamiliar and cold, but very amiable voice.

"Yuan, I am finally able to communicate with you after I became Elite!"

The voice echoed in Lin Yuan's mind, and he quickly reacted. This voice came from his first contracted fey, Morbius.

Lin Yuan was overjoyed now that Morbius could converse with him. Feys were always the spirit qi professionals' closest partners. The previous time Lin Yuan could sense Morbius, the latter was so weak that it could only transmit fuzzy thoughts.

Lin Yuan had been thinking of a method to strengthen Morbius' consciousness. He never expected that this problem would suddenly be resolved with Morbius' grade advancement.

"Moby, you were still so weak last time. Have you completely recovered now?"

A cold voice replied, "I can only maintain this state for half an hour a day. Now that I have recovered, I wish to tell you about the function of the Spirit Lock's spatial zone."

When Lin Yuan heard that Morbius could only maintain this state for half an hour a day, he was even more determined to quickly evolve the Elite Jasmine Lily to Bronze.

By then, Morbius' condition would certainly improve.

Humans could feel their fey's thoughts, and it was the same for the feys. Morbius' originally cold voice carried tinges of warmth now.

"Yuan, this Spirit Lock spatial zone is like a small-scale dimensional zone. You can modify this spatial zone as you wish and store feys. It is just like a secret base."

Lin Yuan continued the conversation with Morbius. After Morbius explained the Spirit Lock spatial zone's function, they started to have a casual conversation.

Morbius had transmigrated to this world along with Lin Yuan. When Lin Yuan had been born, Morbius already existed. They were just like twin brothers.

Lin Yuan and Morbius started to talk about anything they could, and just as they were enjoying the conversation, the time limit ran up. Morbius fell into a state where it could only transmit simple thoughts.

When I evolve over 150 pots of these Usneas into elite-grade, I will become a D-rank spirit qi professional and be able to channel spirit qi faster. By then, I will have the capability to evolve Elite feys into Bronze ones.

Lin Yuan didn't exit from the Spirit Lock spatial zone, and instead, he placed the Jasmine Lily by the poolside in the spatial zone. Immediately after, he dug out a piece of inferior energy ore from the Jasmine Lily's pot and threw it into the pool.

Lin Yuan realized that the inferior energy ore quickly vanished into the pool, and its spirit qi fused into the pool.

The limpid pool gradually emitted the spirit qi into the Spirit Lock spatial zone.

Originally, the Spirit Lock spatial zone didn't have any spirit qi and wasn't suitable to store fey within. However, if Lin Yuan was able to obtain a huge batch of energy ores and tossed them into the pool, it would only be a matter of time before the spirit qi within the spatial zone would be many times more concentrated as compared to the outside world.

Just by putting the feys into the Spirit Lock spatial zone, the feys would be able to evolve much faster than the outside world.

With concentrated spirit qi, I wonder how fast my spirit qi channeling speed would be as compared to the outside world.

Naturally, everything would need to be supported with a massive amount of Federation dollars because even the lowest grade of energy ores weren't cheap.

Lin Yuan previously felt that he had already earned quite a lot of Federation dollars, but it seemed like he would need much more from the looks of it now. On the path of making money, Lin Yuan still had a long road ahead.

After exiting the Spirit Lock spatial zone, Lin Yuan started to evolve the Usneas.

For the next few days, apart from eating, sleeping, and conversing with Morbius for half an hour a day, Lin Yuan would be evolving the 150 pots of Usneas.

On the seventh day, which was the day agreed upon with Yang Mingkai, Lin Yuan was barely able to evolve 100 pots of Usneas to elite-grade.

At that moment, Lin Yuan felt that the spirit qi storage in his body was going to reach the next rank. After reaching the next rank, Lin Yuan's spirit qi would be able to achieve a breakthrough. It would transform his thin and gaseous spirit qi, into concentrated and misty spirit qi.

By then, he would become a D-rank spirit qi professional.

During the seven days, Yang Mingkai had been handling the matters to set up the fey breeding base. Yang Mingkai had to rent the building for his fey breeding base. After all, he didn't have enough money to build a fey breeding base.

When renting a fey breeding base, all of the facilities would be available for use. Presently, Yang Mingkai was just waiting for Lin Yuan to deliver the 70+ pots of Elite Usneas.

After obtaining the Elite Usneas, Yang Mingkai could start to split and breed them.

Yang Mingkai might have kept Lin Yuan's phone number, but he didn't dare to call and pester him. This was a huge order, so a Creation Master must certainly be behind the scenes.

He had already reached an agreement with Lin Yuan, so if he called him halfway, it would show that he didn't trust Lin Yuan. If the task wasn't completed yet, it would also give Lin Yuan pressure.

Therefore, on the seventh day, Yang Mingkai hesitantly visited Lin Yuan's small store and knocked on the door.

Lin Yuan opened the door and instantly dazzled Yang Mingkai with the rows of Elite Usneas. All of the Elite Usneas were emitting an aura of Federation dollars, and it made Yang Mingkai gulp down his saliva.

"Big Brother Yang, the Elite Usneas are all here. Back then, you said you wanted 76 pots of Usneas. You can just pick 76 pots from the 100 pots here."

When Yang Mingkai entered, he felt that the pots of Usneas were much more than what he had requested. Upon hearing that there were 100 pots, he couldn't hold back and laughed.

"Young Brother, have you found any buyers for your remaining 24 pots?"

Yang Mingkai immediately felt that he had said something wrong. How could there be no buyers for Elite Usneas?

However, Yang Mingkai was really eager to purchase all 100 pots of Usneas. By then, with over 120 pots of Elite Usneas, he could simply nurture more Usneas during the early stages of his breeding base.

There was always a lack of supply for Usneas, and he simply had to accumulate them slowly, allowing the snowball to roll bigger.

Lin Yuan was planning to list the remaining Elite Usneas on the Star Web and set up a fey store after Yang Mingkai took the Usneas that he needed. FiNd 𝒖pd𝒂tes on n(𝒐)/v𝒆l𝒃𝒊n.c𝒐m

Lin Yuan had already applied to open a fey store, and it had been approved yesterday.

However, there were no goods on Lin Yuan's Star Web store now.

Since Yang Mingkai wanted all 100 pots of Elite Usneas, it would save Lin Yuan the trouble of listing them on the Star Web.

"Big Brother Yang, if you want them, I will sell them to you at the price we agreed upon previously."

Yang Mingkai was overjoyed and truly appreciated Lin Yuan.

Yang Mingkai already had a very good impression of Lin Yuan. If Lin Yuan showed some intention of becoming sworn brothers with him, he would immediately pull Lin Yuan and conduct the ceremony to become sworn brothers.

Looking at Yang Mingkai's happy expression, Lin Yuan took another glance at the 100 pots of Elite Usneas and felt that the Creation Master occupation was truly great.

Chapter 29: Breaking Through to Become a D-Rank Spirit Qi Professional

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After carefully securing the 100 Usnea pots on his Crowned Fire Salamander, Yang Mingkai left immediately.

In this transaction, Lin Yuan obtained 3.3 Radiance dollars, which was equivalent to 3,300,000 Federation dollars.

The money that Lin Yuan had earned previously made him understand that his ability to evolve feys was a money-making method. The 3.3 Radiance dollars made Lin Yuan realize that money was no longer an obstacle for him.

What I need to do now isn't to think of how to earn more money—it is how to turn this wealth into my strength.

It was fine to evolve low-grade feys, but a huge amount of resources would be required when evolving them to the higher grades.

Take the Spirit Lock spatial zone for example. If Lin Yuan wanted to modify it, he would need countless resources.

Lin Yuan found it necessary to become a hoarder mouse that would accumulate resources frenziedly. He would then be able to experience the joy of a hoarder mouse.

After another two days, when Lin Yuan had evolved 34 pots of Usneas into elite-grade, he suddenly felt the massive amount of gaseous spirit qi in his body being compressed. It was so intensively compressed that it turned into a streak of misty spirit qi.

My streak of mist-like spirit qi is extremely concentrated right now. It feels like it will turn into liquid if it is concentrated any further. If the misty spirit qi can turn into liquid spirit qi, then I will be reaching the entrance of a C-rank spirit qi professional.

Lin Yuan picked up another pot of Elite Usnea. Soon, he realized that after becoming a D-rank spirit qi professional, he didn't even need ten minutes to evolve a Normal Usnea into an Elite one. It cut down the time by at least six times.

At that moment, Lin Yuan heard two gentle sounds from his body. He looked down and noticed the two sounds were actually coming from Genius and Chimey.

During the past few days that he had been evolving the Usneas, Genius and Chimey would always be leaning on him. The Normal Genius and Chimey had actually broken through the limits and became Elite!

Lin Yuan checked on Chimey and Genius' data and was rather surprised after reading their elite-grade abilities.

[Fey Name]: Hundred Questions Beast

[Fey Species]: Cat species/Intelligent Cat species

[Fey Grade]: Elite (1/10)

[Fey Type]: Spiritual

[Fey Quality]: Elite

Abilities:

[Precise Memory]: When memorizing something, every single detail can be memorized with precision.

[Knowledge Analysis]: Can conduct a diverse initial analysis of the memory's knowledge.

Knowledge Analysis allowed Genius' memorized knowledge to go through a systematic integration. Genius could then integrate and analyze it with the existing knowledge. This was an ability that really surprised Lin Yuan.

Even a high-ranked Scholar wouldn't be able to accurately memorize the information on 100 books, let alone conduct overall analysis of the details.

This elite-grade ability could allow Genius to become a Sage, a walking knowledge database, and a Data Analysis Master. Lin Yuan felt that Genius now truly lived up to the name that he had given to it back then.

At that moment, the evolved Genius suddenly said, "Yuan, I can memorize even more things now."

While speaking, Genius was jumping around on Lin Yuan's thighs, happily tilting its little head and asking to be praised.

Lin Yuan rubbed the fur on Genius' head and asked, "Genius, how much can you memorize now?"

Genius' size didn't change after reaching elite-grade, but the silverish gray fur's surface was now thicker and had luster.

Genius tilted its head and quickly replied, "Yuan, my memory was about one energy biscuit previously. Now, it is as many as five energy biscuits!"

After hearing Genius' comparison, Lin Yuan felt a little heartache and rubbed Genius' chin.

Genius immediately started purring with enjoyment.

The best food that this greedy little cat had eaten before was red braised meat. Thus, it would use red braised meat to make comparisons. Now that the energy biscuits had become the best food it had eaten, Genius changed the quantity comparison from red braised meat to energy biscuits. F0lloww new 𝒄hapters at nov/(e)

The increase in Genius' memory had truly shocked Lin Yuan.

In the beginning, Genius had the memory storage of three to five books. After reaching normal-grade, it had gained a memory storage of 100 books. Now that it reached elite-grade, its memory capacity had increased to 500 books.

It wasn't even possible for an ordinary person to read 500 books, let alone memorize all 500 books.

Previously when Lin Yuan had asked Genius to study the books, he had needed to make a selection. Currently, he could simply ask Genius to memorize all the primary books on the Scholar, Fey Observer, and Spiritual Ingredient Analyst occupations.

In fact, he could even ask Genius to learn other knowledge in advance.

Lin Yuan had already been overjoyed with the Hundred Questions Beast's evolution to normal-grade. Now that it broke through and became an Elite Hundred Questions Beast, it brought Lin Yuan a pleasant surprise again.

Lin Yuan had to admit that the evolved Hundred Questions Beast was more like a perfect housekeeping beast.

The dazzled Chimey, which had also evolved, woke up.

[Fey Name]: Sound Bird

[Fey Species]: Corvidae species/Kingfisher species

[Fey Grade]: Elite (2/10)

[Fey Type]: Sound/Qi

[Fey Quality]: Elite

Abilities:

[Sound Thrust]: Fire a sharp spike that is formed by sound at a designated target.

[Turbulence]: The flap of the wings emits a consistently fast and random flow of air current.

Just as Chimey was preparing to fly toward Lin Yuan's ear, it extended and wings and noticed its feathers. Chimey immediately chirped with surprise.

Perhaps due to its failure to evolve into a Songstress Bird, Chimey always had a special preference toward the color of blue as all Songstress Birds had blue feathers.

Presently, Chimey's feathers had already transformed from green to blue.

However, Chimey's appearance was completely different from a Songstress Bird.

Firstly, Chimey was still the size of half a palm, and its size didn't transform because of its progress in grade. Instead, it got even more delicate and refined. The blue feathers weren't a deep blue color like the Songstress Birds—it was more like the azure sky blue in the skies of a sunny day.

It was an azure blue that would attract anyone's eyes in a single glance.

The azure blue feathers on Chimey had faint patterns, and their color was slightly lighter. Lin Yuan wasn't able to see anything at first and merely felt that they were like cloud patterns.

One had to look out for markings after a fey's evolution. They wouldn't develop a unique trait for no reason and disappear by the next evolution. Therefore, the specialty and function of the cloud pattern would only be clearer after reaching bronze-grade.

Chapter 30: Dawn

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Chimey was now absurdly exquisite. Its appearance should be in the top ranks even among the Elite avian feys.

Chimey looked at its blue feathers and stared blankly for a long time before it jumped onto Lin Yuan's ear and started singing happily.

Chimey's singing voice had also changed. Chimey's singing voice was at the concert hall's standard in the past. But now, its singing voice was just like the song of the legendary Thorn Birds1.

Every change of tune was like a praise toward life, the clear humming of a siren, an ode of the sun and moon in the universe.

This was an ability to make use of the singing voice to the extremity.

This was perhaps Chimey's unique talent as a Sound Bird, as it was the only Elite Sound Bird in history.

As compared to the singing, Lin Yuan paid more attention to Chimey's type.

Chimey wasn't just purely sound-type after reaching elite-grade, as it had a dual-type of sound and qi now.

Lin Yuan had been rather worried that Chimey might continue down the sound-type path, and it would only make the path narrower.

Now that it had evolved into the sound and qi types, it would definitely expand the spaciousness of Chimey's future path.

Lin Yuan walked to the entrance and took out the wooden board that was previously used to test Chimey's attack power. He said, "Chimey, use the ability, Turbulence."

When Chimey received Lin Yuan's command, it immediately flapped its wings, and a small surge of energy shot out of its small body. It produced a turbulent flow of air that expanded out of Chimey's body.

Immediately after, Chimey controlled Turbulence and smashed it at the one-centimeter-thick wooden board.

The wooden board let out a 'buzzing' sound as though something sharp was scraping it. The turbulent flow of air was constantly shrinking the size of the wooden board.

When it was finally shrunk by a third of the size, the wooden board's edges were already turned into wooden shavings because of Turbulence.

Chimey's elite-grade attack power was far beyond its normal-grade attack power.

Lin Yuan looked at Chimey with approval and took out a metal board that was used for the racks. He walked into the courtyard and placed the metal board on the ground.

"Chimey, use Turbulence again and attack this metal board."

It was the same as before, but the metal board was only letting out 'clunking' sounds after getting hit by Turbulence. There wasn't any damage.

At that moment, Chimey let out a clear chirp, and a small hole was pierced open in the metal board.

Turbulence then found its target and rushed toward that small hole frenziedly.

The metal board was quickly ripped apart by Turbulence. By the time Turbulence ended, Lin Yuan looked at the destroyed metal board and gave Chimey a thumbs up.

The combination of Sound Thrust and Turbulence was surprisingly good.

Sound Thrust was just like a hidden weapon that could sneak an attack, while Turbulence was mainly for consistent damage and control effects.

When Chimey executed Turbulence, it would first flow around Chimey's body, which also allowed to be used as a method of defense. It could help Chimey to block attacks that it couldn't dodge in time.

After getting praised by Lin Yuan, it flew around the courtyard happily before landing on Genius' head and hopping around. It looked as though it was telling Genius how great it was.

Genius' and Chimey's evolutions had given Lin Yuan more confidence.

All of a sudden, Lin Yuan recalled something and said silently, "Not good!"

For this entire time, he had totally forgotten about the two Web-Spraying Spiders. The two Web-Spraying Spiders should still be alive, right!?

Lin Yuan rushed back into the house, opened up the two elite-grade spirit storage boxes, and found them lying there motionlessly.

Lin Yuan had the thought to heal a dead horse as though it was still a living horse1. He placed one hand on each of the Web-Spraying Spiders and transferred the spirit qi.

A few minutes later, the two Web-Spraying Spiders moved their legs slightly. Lin Yuan was finally relieved to see that they weren't dead.

However, if he was another moment late, they might have perished.

Lin Yuan wasn't in a hurry to evolve the grade of the two Web-Spraying Spiders. Instead, he cut off a few of the Elite Usneas' vines and fed them to the Web-Spraying Spiders.

The Web-Spraying Spiders were omnivorous. They might not enjoy eating Usnea vines, but the rich nutrients in them were definitely the best for replenishing the Web-Spraying Spiders' stamina.

The two Web-Spraying Spiders ate five Usnea vines before recovering their strength. When they recovered, Lin Yuan started to evolve them from Elite X/Flawless to Bronze/Normal.

Lin Yuan was planning to evolve them to bronze-grade before putting them on the Star Web for sale. He wasn't planning to increase their quality to Epic.

Even if they evolved with epic-quality, they would merely be able to choose a better exclusive skill after reaching bronze-grade. However, the time and cost invested wouldn't be proportionate.

Normally, a Creation Master would only push an Elite fey's quality to Epic when it was a custom order.

After reaching epic-quality, the customer would bring back the fey and gamble on whether any of the three exclusive skills was what they wanted.

Even if an Elite fey's quality was Epic when they reached bronze-grade, there might not be an incredible exclusive skill among the three exclusive skills.

As compared to feys reaching bronze-grade with flawless-quality, the chances were merely three times better.

Two hours later, the two Web-Spraying Spiders let out terrifying roars before evolving to bronze-grade. They took on an entirely different appearance as compared to before.

One of the Web-Spraying Spiders' hind legs grew longer, and its abdomen grew bigger. The two hind legs that grew longer were also known as the weaving legs. This Web-Spraying Spider's evolution direction was toward spirituality variant. Its size didn't become bigger, but the ability to spray and weave webs became better. The exclusive skill was Adhesive Spider Web. It enhanced the spider web's adhesiveness and gave a better control ability.

The other Web-Spraying Spider's size grew by two times, and its originally brownish yellow color had some faint green colors. The evolution direction was obviously toward the ancestry line. This Web-Spraying Spider awakened the exclusive skill, Violent Venom. It gave a strong venom to the body and also the spider webs. It was a rather good exclusive skill, and even though it didn't increase the control power, it increased the poison-type's lethality.

Lin Yuan nodded with satisfaction as these two Web-Spraying Spiders should be able to sell for a good price on the Star Web. The exclusive skills of these two Web-Spraying Spiders might not be top-notch, but they were above average.

Lin Yuan managed to evolve two similar Web-Spraying Spiders to bronze-grade. He finally understood why people would say that the diversification of attributes would increase after reaching bronze-grade.

A different evolution direction and a different exclusive skill would create a significant difference between the same feys.

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The evolutions of the two Web-Spraying Spiders made Lin Yuan experience and understand the significance of life.

The sunlight from outside the window came inside the small fey store and shone on Lin Yuan's face. It plated Lin Yuan's body with a layer of warm light.

The ray of light on Lin Yuan made the two newly evolved Web-Spraying Spiders feel that it was the dawn.

Chapter 31: Star Web Store

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

The dawn might only be a faint ray of light at daybreak and the outline behind the mountain. However, in the eyes of the two Web-Spraying Spiders, this faint light of dawn was the redemption of life.

The hands that were placed on their backs were constantly channeling spirit qi and pulling them back from the doors of hell.

However, the Web-Spraying Spiders didn't know that the dawn in their eyes would soon sell them on the Star Web store.

In fact, when Creation Masters evolved feys and sold them, it was to search for a new contractor for the feys.

Spirit qi professionals and feys would always mutually benefit from each other.

Spirit qi professionals would think of all methods to nurture their feys. When the feys were stronger, they would be able to enhance the spirit qi professionals' combat capabilities.

Lin Yuan had already used the Star Web Card to log into the Star Web. Lin Yuan always liked to visit those fey websites to acquire more knowledge on how to nurture feys.

For websites like fey ones, they were still maintained in the same appearance before the Spirit Qi Awakening. The Star Web was different as it was the same as a second world for humans.

By using the Star Web Card to enter the Star Web, it was just like entering a brand new world of network.

Lin Yuan seldom visited the Star Web, so his Star Web account didn't have anything else apart from his name, age, and basic information of his identity.

Lin Yuan didn't immediately fill up all the personal information, like his spirit qi rank, contracted feys, or interests and hobbies. Instead, he entered the Star Web store that he had applied for and just gotten approved.

In order to apply for the store, the application fee had cost Lin Yuan 100,000 Federation dollars, and he felt the pinch.

The store didn't have a name yet, so Lin Yuan conveniently changed the store's name to Purchase With No Loss Fey Store.

After changing the name, Lin Yuan immediately confirmed it with convenient procedures. Lin Yuan couldn't help but nod with satisfaction.

Lin Yuan still remembered an advertisement in his previous life. "Purchase with no loss, purchase with no fraud, to see the items that are truly worth the price, enter the house to take a look."

Now that my store is called Purchase With No Loss Fey Store, the name immediately demonstrates this store's conscience and sincerity. Awesome!

Genius was seated on Lin Yuan's thighs and looking at Lin Yuan while tilting its head.

Genius didn't know why the radiant smile on Lin Yuan's face made him look like a silly kid.

A newly approved Star Web store was still a Class 1 Star Web store. It might be a Class 1 one, but the size of the store wasn't small.

Lin Yuan might feel the pinch after spending 100,000 Federation dollars, but he was feeling a little better now.

Lin Yuan's actual fey store was only around 80 square meters, including both the first and second floors. But this store on the Star Web was at least 200 square meters, and it was already two times as big.

In the Star Web, a Class 1 store that was newly approved would be an empty house with a standard size of 200 square meters. Lin Yuan's current store was nothing but an empty shell apart from the four clear and white walls. In order to decorate the store, he would need to purchase the decorations in the Star Web.

The Star Web was a world that was entirely made up of data, but these data really existed.

Lin Yuan used the Star Web Card to scan the Elite Usneas and the two Web-Spraying Spiders into data before listing them onto the store to sell.

The Elite Usneas and the two Web-Spraying Spiders were turned into data, and their virtual images appeared in Lin Yuan's store.

In terms of appearance, they were entirely the same when they were in the actual world. Lin Yuan couldn't help but lament at how amazing the Star Web was.

At that moment, the Star Web notified and asked Lin Yuan if he wished to change his Star Web account's name.

If he didn't change it, the default name of the store owner should be the actual name.

Lin Yuan immediately cursed in his heart. Isn't the Star Web account name the same as a web name?

Lin Yuan immediately changed his name into Deep Mountain Elder Lin.

The name Deep Mountain Elder Lin was actually the meaning of his actual name, Lin Yuan1.

In the virtual world, it was better to change one's name when setting up a store.

Lin Yuan's store had just opened, so he didn't think that anyone would be coming in soon. Therefore, he looked for a bookstore in the Star Web Community.

When walking into the Star Web Community, Lin Yuan had his eyes opened.

As he was in the Star Web, apart from some special decorations, most of them were real scanned items.

Inside the community, one could see high-ranked spirit qi professionals riding all sorts of feys and inviting eyes of envy.

It was very rare to see Bronze feys and above in the Xia Region, but in the Star Web Community, Lin Yuan could already see several Silver feys.

He could even see the figures of Gold feys occasionally.

Spirit qi professionals who possessed Gold feys would normally be B-rank.

B-rank spirit qi professionals were considered the core strength of the Radiance Federation.

Lin Yuan walked into a book store and noticed there weren't any owners. The storekeeper was an AI robot.

AI robots were sold on the Star Web. Those with lesser functions would be around 40,000 Federation dollars. Those with better functions would be around 80,000 Federation dollars.

They had a warranty of five years.

After some calculations, the robots with lesser functions would be around 8,000 Federation dollars per year and around 600 Federation dollars per month.

Those with better functions would be around 16,000 Federation dollars per year and around 1,300 federation dollars per month. It was considered to be very affordable.

AI robots could only handle simple jobs. For bookstores where the items' prices were fixed, an AI robot could easily fill in the role.

For fey stores, like spiritual ingredient stores that required communication with customers to conduct business, the AI robots wouldn't be sufficient. In that case, one could hire a storekeeper from the Star Web, but the price would be several times more expensive than AI robots.

There were plenty of people who could take up part-time jobs in the Star Web or even full-time jobs.

However, hiring a storekeeper had its pros and cons. There were certain aspects when a storekeeper wasn't as reliable as an AI robot.

The robot assisted Lin Yuan, and he quickly purchased all the books he required.

After the purchase, Lin Yuan had to sign a confidentiality contract and promise that the purchased books wouldn't be given to others apart from direct relatives.

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Lin Yuan involuntarily sighed. No matter the time and place, the saying of 'Knowledge is wealth' remains unchanged.

There were a total of 327 books that were tested for primary Scholars, Fey Observers, and Spiritual Ingredient Analysts. Lin Yuan purchased all of them.

After making the purchase, Lin Yuan just had to wait for Ostrich Logistics to deliver the 327 books' information chips. He could then allow Genius to memorize the contents of the books.

By then, I can go participate in the Creation Master exam.

Chapter 32: First Customer

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Earlier on, when Lin Yuan had entered the bookstore, he had felt that the renovations were rather classical and stylish. While thinking of his own store, Lin Yuan headed to the Star Web's furniture and decoration store.

After visiting a few furniture and decoration stores, Lin Yuan made a firm decision not to buy any furniture. This furniture and decoration store sold items that were at least ten times more expensive than the other stores.

He took a look at a white wooden chair that had a price of 5,500 Federation dollars.

Lin Yuan decided not to buy anything. He felt that his little store just had to sell things, while furniture and decorations weren't necessary.

However, Lin Yuan still planned to purchase an AI robot for automatic selling. The selling price for Elite Usneas and similar feys were all fixed, and Lin Yuan wasn't planning to give any chance for negotiations. It was better to set a fixed selling price.

As for other superior feys, when Lin Yuan wasn't in the store, those interested parties could just leave a message with the AI robot. When Lin Yuan came online, they could then converse.

AI robots might not be great, but the store was only starting, and Lin Yuan could easily handle the business. Furthermore, hiring a reliable storekeeper wasn't an easy task, and it was dependent on fate.

Lin Yuan returned to his store, and just as he was preparing to purchase an AI robot, he realized there was a customer in the store.

There was a young girl wearing denim clothes but wearing a bumblebee hat. She was bending over and carefully observing the two Web-Spraying Spiders in the store.

She would look at one of them and switch over to the other from time to time. She was pursing her lips as though she wasn't satisfied.

Since there was business, Lin Yuan quickly went over and asked, "I wonder if you fancy any of the two Web-Spraying Spiders?"

It was unknown when this girl had arrived, but it seemed like she had been waiting for some time.

After hearing Lin Yuan's question, she said to Lin Yuan, "Are you the store owner? Your store actually doesn't even have an AI robot! I could only wait here foolishly, not knowing when you would return!"

Lin Yuan let out an apologetic smile and said, "My small store just opened today. I didn't have time to prepare an AI robot."

The girl looked as though she understood and said, "No wonder. I have been looking for a store that is selling Bronze spider feys recently, but I only found your store today. For a silly store name like Purchase With No Loss, if I saw it previously, it would be impossible for me not to enter."

Lin Yuan's smile immediately froze and couldn't help twitching.

While looking at this bumblebee-hat-wearing girl, who was around his younger sister's age, why did he feel that this unruly child was asking for a beating?

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The girl felt that she had said something wrong, so she stuck out her tongue and said, "Uncle, what is the price for these two spiders? Don't set a price that is too expensive! Your store's name is called Purchase With No Loss!"

Lin Yuan was normally addressed as Young Brother and Little Brother. This was actually the first time he was addressed as an Uncle. However, thinking that this was the store's first customer and he must provide a smiling service, he endured and said, "The smaller Web-Spraying Spider with long weaving legs awakened the exclusive skill, Adhesive Spider Web. The bigger greenish Web-Spraying Spider awakened the exclusive skill, Violent Venom."

When Lin Yuan said Violent Venom, the young girl let out an 'ahhh' and consciously moved back.

Without anything to lean back on, the girl immediately sat her buttocks on the ground. It just so happened that her bumblebee hat dropped down.

Lin Yuan subconsciously wanted to help and pull up the girl, but when he saw the top of the girl's head, he immediately slipped out the words, "Braised egg!"

"AHHH!"

As compared to her fall earlier, she shouted even louder.

The girl immediately picked up the bumblebee hat and wore it on her head. After wearing it tightly, she said, "This is an injury by a Ghost Shadow Bristled Spider and the aftereffects of the treatment. It will be fine after a few months, and it is not some braised egg!"

When looking at the girl's angry expression, Lin Yuan involuntarily rubbed the back of his head. He was rather apologetic, but he silently thought in his mind, I really didn't mean it when I exclaimed 'braised egg'. But all the irritation after being told that the store's name is silly and being addressed as an uncle has been wiped out.

After hearing the Ghost Shadow Bristled Spider's mention, Lin Yuan felt that he had heard of someone being bitten by a Ghost Shadow Bristled Spider1, but he couldn't remember.

Since this girl had received treatment even after getting stung by a Ghost Shadow Bristled Spider, it meant a Healer with a Gold healing-type fey had treated her as soon as she had been stung.

The girl turned around and ignored Lin Yuan as she continued to observe the two Bronze Web-Spraying Spiders.

Lin Yuan saw the situation and immediately asked, "Do you like spider feys?"

The girl responded by jumping up as though she was stung on her injured spot again. "I hate spider feys the most. Who would like a big and hairy bug?"

While speaking, the girl's mouth sunk down as she added another statement, "But my innate compatibility range is pointing toward spider feys."

Lin Yuan first felt that it was rather comical that a person who hated spider feys was actually compatible with them.

Immediately after, Lin Yuan was shocked by this girl's innate talent.

Spider feys were also considered arachnids, and it was a classification that was extremely diverse among insects.

Most of the combat-class feys would have the shadows of an arachnid.

If this girl was compatible with spider-species, it meant that she had plenty of choices when contracting a fey and her direction of development was very extensive.

After taking a closer look at the two Web-Spraying Spiders, the girl shook her head and said to Lin Yuan, "This won't do. I want to contract with a spider fey that has a strong control ability. The exclusive skills of these two Web-Spraying Spiders are still a little weak. It will be best if I can order Elite/Epic Web-Spraying Spiders. I will surely roll out the exclusive skill, Transparent Spider Web!"

After hearing the girl's words, Lin Yuan clicked his tongue silently.

The Transparent Spider Web was an extremely rare exclusive skill. It was a skill that wasn't good when used by itself, but it might produce an unexpected result when used in combination with other feys.

However, in order to roll for a specific skill, it wasn't possible with just one or two epic-quality Web-Spraying Spiders. If one didn't have good luck, it might need up to around 10 or 20 spiders.

Just as the girl was walking outside, Lin Yuan pondered for a moment before speaking. "Do you wish to make custom orders for epic-quality Web-Spraying Spiders? I have a method! How many do you need?"

The girl immediately turned around and looked at Lin Yuan warily and said, "Uncle, do you think I am innocent, cute, and easy to deceive? Or do you think you look good, and I will believe you?"

Chapter 33: Spirit-Siphon Goldfish

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Same-species feys, even if they were Elite/Epic ones, their price would be more than two times higher than a Bronze fey.

To Lin Yuan, evolving an Elite fey's quality to Epic would require much more time than evolving an Elite/Flawless fey to Bronze/Normal.

No regular Creation Master could achieve pushing an Elite fey's quality to Epic. At least, it was impossible for Rank 1 Creation Masters.

Lin Yuan looked at the girl with the braised-egged head with an annoyed expression and shook his hand. "Hurry up and leave! Go to the other shops and take a look. You might find a Web-Spraying Spider that you want."

Lin Yuan had already turned around and was preparing to purchase an AI robot, but he was held back by the girl.

The girl blinked her big eyes, and when her bumblebee hat was swaying around, it did look like a little bumblebee. "Uncle, why don't we add each other as Star Web friends?"

Lin Yuan looked at the girl with the braised-egged head and said, "There isn't a need. If you wish to buy something from the store, you can just come back."

"Uncle, you aren't angry, right? Take a look at your store. It doesn't have a single piece of furniture and decoration. I have already been deceived so much that I am afraid. It is fine to occasionally be wary, right!?"

Upon looking at the girl's crafty eyes, Lin Yuan cursed in his heart, You would get deceived? It will be good enough if you don't go and deceive others!

However, this time, Lin Yuan directly handed his Star Web name card to the girl. The girl also directly handed her Star Web name card to Lin Yuan in return.

When Lin Yuan was looking at the girl's name card, he heard a burst of laughter from the side. "Hahaha, Deep Mountain Elder Lin! What a silly name!"

Lin Yuan read the name on the girl's Star Web name card—it was Stream in the Cloud.

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"No! I said Stream in the Cloud."

"No, I just heard you saying that I am a fool."

In the end, Lin Yuan signed a contract with the girl, who had the Star Web name Stream in the Cloud.

Stream in the Cloud would pay 2 Radiance dollars for each Elite/Epic Web-Spraying Spider. She then immediately put down an order for five of them.

While signing the contract, Lin Yuan watched the girl swipe the Star Web Card without hesitation, causing him to lament in his heart. Wealth truly gives a person confidence.

When signing a contract on the Star Web to order feys, there wasn't any deposit, as it had to be paid in full.

Therefore, Stream in the Cloud didn't hesitate and immediately paid the cost of 10 Radiance dollars.

Of course, if Lin Yuan wasn't able to prepare the feys stated on the contract, then he would need to pay the penalty fee. At the same time, the credibility of Purchase With No Loss Fey Store would drop greatly.

A store with low credibility would naturally have bad business. When the credibility fell to a certain extent, the store might have its rights taken away.

After sending off Stream in the Cloud, Lin Yuan purchased an AI robot that had a better function. Once he set the Elite/Elite Usneas' price, Lin Yuan went out to visit other fey stores.

He would need to purchase five Elite Web-Spraying Spiders. The best option was to purchase Elite X/Flawless Web-Spraying Spiders. Lin Yuan would only have to evolve them to epic-quality afterward.

Elite X/Flawless Web-Spraying Spiders weren't considered rare. Therefore, Lin Yuan got them easily for around 200,000 Federation dollars each. It cost Lin Yuan a total of 1 Radiance dollar for these five Web-Spraying Spiders.

The books, AI robot, and the five Elite X/Flawless Web-Spraying Spiders immediately reduced half of the funds on his hand.

He didn't even have time to warm up the 3.3 Radiance dollars that he had just earned this morning and had already spent them.

Presently, Lin Yuan was only left with 2.4 Radiance dollars. He couldn't help but sigh. "Money is something that will be used up so quickly!"

Since Lin Yuan had purchased the five Elite/Flawless Web-Spraying Spiders, he searched for Star Web stores. This time, he was very serious and careful with his selection.

Lin Yuan was looking for an Elite fey to use Morbius' Spirit Lock on. Only after evolving both the spirit-locked Normal and Elite feys to Bronze, Morbius would then be able to reach bronze-grade too.

Lin Yuan already had a plan for the Elite fey to use Spirit Lock on. However, the choice was truly a challenge for Lin Yuan. He had chosen a support-type fey that no one would basically choose—the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish.

No one picked the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish, not because it didn't have a good ability. On the contrary, the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish's basic ability was one of the most popular abilities among the support-type feys, Spirit Injection.

Spirit Injection allowed the spirit qi professionals to quickly replenish their used up spirit qi in battle.

The Spirit-Siphon Goldfish had such a favorable basic ability, but no one would pick it because it would only absorb pure spirit qi. It would reject most of the spirit qi produced by spiritual ingredients.

Furthermore, the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish required a huge amount of spirit qi in order to evolve. It would need 10 times more spirit qi than other feys of the same grade.

These factors made the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish a fey that Creation Masters didn't like.

Due to the difficulty of evolving it, no one would pick the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish as their own contracted fey.

Even though the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish wasn't a great choice, its price wasn't low at all. When a Spirit-Siphon Goldfish swam, it would release spirit qi into the environment.

The higher the grade of the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish, the more spirit qi would be released. This made the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish become a superior fey that could support spirit qi professionals to absorb spirit qi.

There were plenty of stores on the Star Web selling Spirit-Siphon Goldfish, but most of them would be selling Normal Spirit-Siphon Goldfish. There were basically no stores selling Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish.

Lin Yuan finally chose a Class 3 store as it didn't just have Spirit-Siphon Goldfish, but it also sold spiritual ingredients.

It just so happened that Lin Yuan could purchase all the things he needed in this store.

After entering the Class 3 store, Lin Yuan realized its size wasn't just big, it was close to 800 square meters!

After taking a glance, there were all sorts of spiritual ingredients and feys that were arranged neatly and orderly in the store. It made this 800 square meter store a little congested.

At that moment, Lin Yuan heard a gentle female voice that echoed beside his ear. "Let me bring you to what you want to buy. My staff members have the day off today, so please forgive me for any mistakes."

The woman let out a friendly smile while speaking, and subtly built a closer relationship.

Lin Yuan went straight to the point and said, "Boss, I wish to buy a Spirit-Siphon Goldfish from here."

"This way, please."

The middle-aged lady led the way at the front and swiftly brought Lin Yuan to a pond that was around six to seven square meters in size. The pond had Spirit-Siphon Goldfish that were in all sorts of colors, and they were swimming around smoothly and quickly.

Chapter 34: Thin Dragon-Species Bloodline

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

When Lin Yuan approached the pond, he felt that the spirit qi was much more concentrated.

The middle-aged lady pointed at the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish inside the pond and said, "The smaller ones in the pond are all normal-grade. That reddish goldfish, which is twice as big as the other Spirit-Siphon Goldfish, is elite-grade."

Lin Yuan asked curiously, "Boss, what are the prices for Normal and Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish, respectively?"

The middle-aged lady chuckled and said, "You don't have to keep calling me Boss. I should only be slightly older than you. Just call me Big Sister Xin.

"Normal Spirit-Siphon Goldfish, regardless of subspecies, cost 0.5 Radiance dollar each. The Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish costs 5 Radiance dollars."

Lin Yuan already knew that the Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish would be expensive, but after hearing it cost 5 Radiance dollars, he couldn't help but be surprised.

Zhou Jiaxin noticed Lin Yuan's surprised expression and explained, "I have already quoted a very reasonable price for the Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish, and that is due to its poor subspecies. If it was a superior subspecies, the price would be at least 7 Radiance dollars. The other places sell Normal Spirit-Siphon Goldfish of different subspecies with different prices too. But at my place, I sell them for the same price. Most of the time, people would pick them based on their looks. Not many Creation Masters are willing to take the task of evolving these feys."

Lin Yuan nodded in response.

The Spirit-Siphon Goldfish was actually the commonly-called goldfish before the Spirit Qi Awakening. The Telescope, Ranchu, Lionchu, Ryukin, Butterfly Telescope, and so on were all subspecies of the goldfish, and they were all called Spirit-Siphon Goldfish.

The different subspecies of Spirit-Siphon Goldfish didn't have a great difference at normal-grade and elite-grade, but their evolution direction would be different after reaching bronze-grade.

For this time, Lin Yuan wanted to purchase a Telescope Spirit-Siphon Goldfish. It was said that if the Telescope subspecies evolved toward the ancestry line, it might activate the thin dragon-species bloodline.

That would be the same as jumping through the dragon gate. However, the possibility of it happening was minute.

Previously, a high-ranked Creation Master had nurtured a Telescope Spirit-Siphon Goldfish to bronze-grade, and it had evolved toward the ancestry line, awakening the dragon-species bloodline.

The Spirit-Siphon Goldfish that had awakened the dragon-species bloodline had immediately been placed in the Star Web's Rare Lifeform Pavilion for an auction and sold for an astronomical price.

Lin Yuan wanted to attempt and see if he could activate the dragon-species bloodline within the Telescope Spirit-Siphon Goldfish at bronze-grade. In fact, even if he couldn't activate the bloodline, it wouldn't be bad either. The Spirit-Siphon Goldfish's basic ability was already incredible enough.

Lin Yuan wanted to purchase a Spirit-Siphon Goldfish and experiment to see how long he would need to evolve it. He would then see if the Spirit Lock spatial zone, which had concentrated spirit qi, could allow the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish to evolve at a speed that was several times faster.

If his Spirit Lock spatial zone was able to evolve the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish faster, then his store could focus on selling Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish. Such a store would have a reputation that would spread swiftly.

Of course, all of this would have to wait until Lin Yuan finished the order for the five Web-Spraying Spiders.

After all, Lin Yuan didn't have enough capital to purchase Spirit-Siphon Goldfish right now.

Lin Yuan picked a black and healthy Normal I/Normal Telescope Goldfish from the pond. He was planning to purchase some energy ores with the rest of the money to enhance and check the limits of the spirit qi concentration in his Spirit Lock spatial zone.

Lin Yuan purchased the inferior energy ores from Zhou Jiaxin at the price of 500 Federation dollars for each catty. He purchased a total of 2,000 catties, leaving him with just 0.9 Radiance dollars.

Lin Yuan didn't spare the 0.9 Radiance dollars either and purchased some Butterfly Shells.

The Butterfly Shell Beast was a kind of deep-sea fey, and Butterfly Shells were made by polishing and grinding the Butterfly Shell Beast's shell. There were all sorts of patterns and shapes.

The Butterfly Shell Beast had plenty of different colored shells, which didn't have a big difference in price.

Lin Yuan chose the yellow ginkgo-leaf-shaped Butterfly Shells. After delicate polishing and grinding, the Butterfly Shell was shining with pearl-like luster.

These Butterfly Shells were mainly used as fodder for the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish. As spiritual ingredients, the Butterfly Shells had a slight effect of awakening a water-type fey's bloodline.

Also, when these golden-yellow ginkgo-leaf-shaped Butterfly Shells were placed at the bottom of the Spirit Lock spatial zone's pool, they gave off a serene deep autumn scenery. It was spectacular.

Lin Yuan spent his 0.9 Radiance dollars and bought a bunch of Butterfly Shells. There were roughly over 100 Butterfly Shells, and they should be enough to feed the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish for three to five months.

Lin Yuan hoped that the Spirit Lock spatial zone could enhance the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish's growth. It wasn't difficult for him to increase the grade of the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish because he could purify the spirit qi in the air before channeling it into the fey's body. This method would allow a fey to absorb the spirit qi directly, so the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish wouldn't reject it.

The time required to evolve a Spirit-Siphon Goldfish was actually ten times longer than other feys. Evolving the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish was actually not good for him. When evolving feys, Lin Yuan also wanted to increase his strength. He didn't wish to nurture the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish and not be able to increase the speed of spirit qi absorption.

Zhou Jiaxin didn't expect her store to suddenly receive such a huge order. Therefore, she asked Lin Yuan, "You are purchasing so many inferior energy ores to nurture a huge number of low-grade feys, right?"

Lin Yuan didn't nod or shake his head. He smiled and said, "Big Sister Xin, I require quite a bit of energy ores for my daily operations."

Zhou Jiaxin looked at Lin Yuan, feeling that he was emitting a plant's refreshing presence after rain and made her feel indescribably closer.

Zhou Jiaxin immediately sent a request to add Lin Yuan's Star Web account.

"Let's add each other to the friend list. If you need anything else next time, you just have to tell me directly. If the store doesn't have the spiritual ingredient, I can help you to get them with the proper price."

Lin Yuan gladly agreed. Most of the spiritual ingredient stores would sell mostly low-grade or mid-grade goods. Even if the store owner had high-grade spiritual ingredients, it wouldn't be displayed in the store.

All spirit qi professionals would think of all methods to evolve feys, so some of the rarer spiritual ingredients would never have sufficient supply.

After adding Zhou Jiaxin's Star Web account, it would save Lin Yuan plenty of trouble. If he needed anything, he would just make a direct order. Discover 𝒏ew chapters at novelbi𝒏.co𝒎

This Class 3 store's spiritual ingredients might not be the cheapest, but their quality was all of a certain standard.

"I might have to purchase more energy ores and Butterfly Shells from Big Sister Xin next time. I might even purchase a few more Spirit-Siphon Goldfish."

"Will you still need the same inferior energy ores next time?"

Lin Yuan nodded. The higher the grade of the energy ores, the purer the spirit qi contained within. It would be easier to channel the spirit qi out of the energy ores for the feys to absorb.

However, the Spirit Lock spatial zone's spirit pool could dissolve the inferior energy ores into spirit qi. Since that was the case, inferior energy ores were naturally more worth it.

Zhou Jiaxin noted it down but was rather surprised in her heart. Inferior energy ores could only be used to nurture Normal and Elite feys. How big must the fey breeding base be to need such a huge amount of low-grade energy ores?

Chapter 35: Clash of Sequences

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

If it was really a large-scale fey breeding base, then it would certainly require a significant amount of spiritual ingredients. Gett your 𝒇avorite 𝒏ovels at no/v/e/lb𝒊

If I can secure this customer, I will have an additional steady flow of orders.

While thinking like that, Zhou Jiaxin spoke to Lin Yuan eagerly. "As long as you tell me in advance, I will be able to prepare the goods in half an hour. Ostrich Logistics will deliver it to your place within a few hours. That's right! If you have any good feys, you can sell them to me too. Or you can also purchase some severely injured feys from me. Those feys are still alive, and I can guarantee the freshness of the spiritual ingredients."

When Lin Yuan heard the words 'severely injured', his eyes lit up. Doesn't this mean that I have a chance to pick up great hidden goods again?

Lin Yuan didn't plan to sell feys to Zhou Jiaxin, as he was going to use the superior feys to increase his store's reputation.

When Zhou Jiaxin saw Lin Yuan's shining eyes, she couldn't help smiling. "Today is the 6th of September. On the 27th of September, there will be a batch of severely injured feys arriving in the store. By then, you can come over to take a look. Those feys have all been vetted by a Class 2 Creation Master, and the Class 2 Creation Master couldn't save them. It is basically impossible for them to recover."

Zhou Jiaxin spoke very clearly and was trying to dismiss Lin Yuan's thought of finding some great feys that were missed out. Lin Yuan understood Zhou Jiaxin's intention too.

A Class 2 Creation Master might not be able to heal the injured feys, but it doesn't mean that I cannot heal them.

For Zhou Jiaxin's store, even if the fey was severely injured, it shouldn't be any higher than gold-grade and would at least be a Silver fey.

To heal such feys, a Class 3 Creation Master would need to be hired, and the price was already higher than Silver feys.

Therefore, when Class 2 Creation Masters couldn't heal such feys, they were basically sentenced to death.

The Class 2 Creation Master would use simple methods to maintain the feys' lives to guarantee the freshness of the spiritual ingredients.

Instead of saying that Zhou Jiaxin was selling severely injured feys, it would be better to say she was selling extremely fresh spiritual ingredients.

Lin Yuan was currently a D-rank spirit qi professional, and he wasn't confident in healing a severely injured Silver fey immediately. However, he was certain that the channeling of spirit qi would constantly make the Silver fey better. After a period of time, it would be possible to heal it.

"Then, I shall revisit the store on the 27th. Big Sister Xin, I have been here for quite some time now. Why don't I see any customers coming into the store?"

Lin Yuan's question didn't have any meaning to hint that Zhou Jiaxin's store had a lack of customers. It was a genuine question.

For a Class 3 store that had great credibility, it should be constantly filled with customers. Thus, why was it so quiet today?

Zhou Jiaxin pointed at the poster on the wall of her store and said, "There is a tournament at the Starry Tower's Brilliance Celestial Stairway. It just so happens that two Sequence members are dueling. Everyone went to watch the duel. My staff members requested for half a day off to watch the duel too."

Zhou Jiaxin saw Lin Yuan blinking his eyes and didn't think that there was someone who didn't know of such a huge event in the Star Web.

Sequence member?

The only known Sequence in the Radiance Federation was the Radiance Hundred. The rankings of the Radiance Hundred were in sequence from 1 to 100.

The Radiance Hundred Sequence members were the young generation of the federation, and most of them had an age gap that wasn't more than 10 years.

Every year, ten of the Hundred Sequence members would retire, and ten new members would fill the ranks.

There were two types of scenarios when the Radiance Hundred were retired. The first type was if their rankings were from the 91st to the 100th. They would be automatically eliminated from the Radiance Hundred Sequence, and new members would replace them.

The other type was when they remained in the Radiance Hundred for ten years and would retire with glory. This method of retirement was filled with honor.

This would definitely increase the competitive spirit between the Radiance Hundred Sequence.

No matter when or how intense the competition was, the Radiance Hundred would be the most dazzling stars in the Radiance Federation's young generation. At the same time, they would also develop into the Radiance Federation's new pillars.

It was unexpected for two Sequence members to actually duel with each other in the Starry Tower's Brilliance Celestial Stairway.

No wonder the Star Web's streets are empty. Everyone has gone to watch the duel between the Sequence members.

Lin Yuan immediately settled the bill, and he took 4,000 Federation dollars out of his remaining 90,000 to purchase a ticket.

However, after purchasing the ticket, Lin Yuan realized that the duel had already started for nearly ten minutes. A duel between two Sequence members on the Brilliance Celestial Stairway was rather rare, especially when these two Sequence members were individuals with great popularity.

That's why this duel had already gone through a large scale advertising on the Star Web for a long time.

Both the indoor and outdoor tickets had already been sold out, so Lin Yuan hat to spend 4,000 Federation dollars to purchase a tall-platform ticket.

There was no limit to the sale of tall-platform tickets, so anyone who wanted the duel could purchase them and stand on the tall platform to watch.

However, the view was utterly inferior to the outdoor tickets, let alone the indoor tickets.

Star Web, Celestial Stairway Duel Ground, tall platform...

Inside the Celestial Stairway Duel Ground, cheers and yells constantly echoed, creating a vibrant atmosphere.

When the passionate soundwaves hit the tall platform, Lin Yuan got a shock.

Lin Yuan looked around the tall platform and saw a bumblebee hat from afar. Its owner's head was shaking as she watched the duel.

It seemed like Stream in the Cloud had immediately come here to watch the duel after leaving his store.

There was still an empty space beside the girl. Lin Yuan walked over and heard her yelling loudly, "White Devil Lordress, do your best! Unknown Flame Lordress, you will surely win!"

When Lin Yuan heard Stream in the Cloud's passionate cheers, he didn't feel anything at first. But after listening to the entire cheer, he looked at the excited Stream in the Cloud in astonishment. He couldn't help but ask, "Who exactly are you cheering for? This is the first time I see someone cheering for both sides in a duel!"

Stream in the Cloud heard someone teasing her and turned around to see that it was Lin Yuan. When she noticed it was a familiar person, she revealed a smile, but it was immediately followed by a 'mind your own business' look.

"Deep Mountain Elder Lin, both White Devil Lordress and Unknown Flame Lordress are my idols. I will be happy no matter who wins!"

It seemed like Stream in the Cloud was a fanatical follower.

The clamor from the live venue was filled with plenty of people doing their best to yell and cheer. The atmosphere had already affected Lin Yuan and caused a blood-boiling feeling.

"Deep Mountain Elder Lin, who do you support more? White Devil Lordress or Unknown Flame Lordress?" Stream in the Cloud looked at Lin Yuan with curiosity.

Lin Yuan was startled by the question. Before this, he had been a busy person who barely managed to survive by struggling. His weak spiritual energy would make him dizzy after a short browse of the old-modeled mobile phone. Therefore, Lin Yuan wasn't very familiar with these two Sequence members and naturally didn't know who to support.

Individuals who could enter the Radiance Hundred Sequence were all future guardians of the Radiance Federation.

Lin Yuan said, "I support both of them just like you."

Stream in the Cloud's eyes lit up. Under such circumstances, supporters of the same side would definitely have a closer relationship. As such, Stream in the Cloud suddenly initiated the conversation and continuously talked to Lin Yuan.

"White Devil Lordress might be Sequence #18 while Unknown Flame Lordress is Sequence #47, but I feel that Unknown Flame Lordress has a better chance to win. Unknown Flame Lordress is a power offense-type spirit qi professional, while White Devil Lordress is a healing-type spirit qi professional."

Chapter 36: Disaster Swallowtail Butterfly

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Lin Yuan might not know the Radiance Hundred Sequence's members, but he knew that the rankings were based on their potential and strength.

For a person to be ranked Sequence #18, it meant outstanding strength and potential. Even though, Sequence $18, White Devil was a Healer without many attack methods.

Lin Yuan took a closer look at the battleground and could see that White Devil was a young lady in long white robes and had graceful black hair.

At that moment, she was standing there calmly and holding a long scepter.

At the front end of the scepter was a birdcage, but it didn't contain a bird. Instead, it contained a beautiful emerald jade-like butterfly. It was constantly emitting a green glow and healing the two Gold feys that were defending the young lady at the front.

In this Celestial Stairway Dueling Ground, two famous analysts from the Star Web were commentating on the duel with intense tones and explaining the duel's situation.

Lin Yuan's eyes were totally attracted by the four feys that appeared in the battleground. All four feys were gold-grade, two were healing-type, and they belonged to White Devil.

When resisting damage, they were also conducting appropriate counterattacks.

The healing-type fey might have mostly healing abilities, but when a fey reached gold-grade, even a healing-type fey would have considerable combat power.

The other two were both Lava Bears, violent and power offense-type feys.

One of the Lava Bears had reddish purple fur, and when it mauled with its bear claws, it emitted paint-like reddish-purple flames that were like paint. The paint would stick onto the surface of the target and burn. It was just like a liquid flame, and it would corrode and burn anything it touched.

The other Lava Bear had a bigger size, and its fur was bright red. Every time it attacked, the fur would burn with blazing flames. When the flames burst out of the body, they would immediately explode.

The two Lava Bears' attacks gave a hard time to the two plant- and healing-type feys.

Unknown Flame's red pelt armor would also respond according to the two Lava Bears' attacks on the battleground. She looked at White Devil, who was losing ground, and said, "Daisy, this battle of attrition has been going on for around 10 minutes. The spirit qi in your body is almost exhausted, right?"

While speaking, Unknown Flame was still rather cautious as she gave a signal to the Lava Bears. The two Lava Bears immediately attacked at the Fusang1 Snow Tree that was struggling to stand.

With the addition of two different destructive fire skills, the two Lava Bears' power severely injured the Fusang Snow Tree, which was weak against fire.

This opened up a gap in White Devil's frontal defense line. White Devil's forehead was filled with perspiration, but she still said calmly, "The difference between #18 and #47 isn't as simple as you imagine."

After speaking, White Devil pointed at the severely injured Fusang Snow Tree and yelled, "Use Snow Chill!"

In a split moment, the battleground was enveloped in a layer of frost.

Subsequently, she pointed at the Ice Soul Grass, which was struggling to defend, and shouted, "Extreme Cold Block!"

The frost layer that was on the battleground instantly dispersed and all the cold intent formed a pair of massive ice crystals.

The two ice crystals sealed up the two Lava Bears in the midst of their battle stances!

The two healing-type feys didn't possess powerful attacks, but when they coordinated their abilities, they were able to seal two power offense-type feys.

Unknown Flame leaped backward and looked at White Devil while smirking. "Your Ice Soul Grass and Fusang Snow Tree are unable to fight. Once my two Lava Bears break out of the ice, the outcome of the battle might not be according to our rankings."

"Don't forget that I am a Healer!"

White Devil raised the scepter in her hand, and the emerald green butterfly in the birdcage started to radiate lustrous green light.

"Revival Swallowtail Butterfly! Use Wings of Revival!"

At that moment, the Revival Swallowtail Butterfly was enveloped in green light, and all of the power was gathered in the two wings. Subsequently, two green and hazy images of butterfly wings flew to the severely injured Fusang Snow Tree and Ice Soul Grass.

All of a sudden, the Fusang Snow Tree and the Ice Soul Grass were like the new sprouts that had been in a drought. They rapidly recovered their injuries.

Their injuries might not be fully recovered, but they were combat-ready.

Unknown Flame thought it wasn't good and raised her hand. In an instant, a flaming whirlwind appeared above Unknown Flame's head and caused the surrounding air to become scorching hot.

Boom!

A giant bear, the height of seven meters, smashed at the Fusang Snow Tree and Ice Soul Grass, which had just recovered.

The sudden attack didn't allow the Fusang Snow Tree and Ice Soul Grass to dodge in time as they were struck. It was highly possible that the Fusang Snow Tree and the Ice Soul Grass would be severely injured and unable to continue fighting.

White Devil looked at Unknown Flame and said, "I didn't expect your Flowing Flame Giant Bear to actually reach platinum-grade! However, this duel's outcome is still going to be the same."

White Devil plunged the scepter into the ground and channeled all her spiritual power into the Revival Swallowtail Butterfly before opening the door of the birdcage.

When the Revival Swallowtail Butterfly flew out of the birdcage, White Devil's black hair instantly turned snow white. The Revival Swallowtail Butterfly, which was originally emerald green and filled with vitality, became dark red and gave off a destructive presence.

The dark red Revival Swallowtail Butterfly flapped its wings and looked as though its body was a flower that scattered. Then, it split into countless miniature dark red butterflies.

These miniature butterflies were just like bullets that shot at the flame-blazing Flowing Flame Giant Bear. The strong burning whirlwind was unable to hinder the dark red Revival Swallowtail Butterflies' speed.

The dark red Revival Swallowtail Butterflies dove into the Flowing Flame Giant Bear's body and flew out without resistance. They produced a bloody flower as though it was a bright red rose that had just blossomed. This bright red rose blossomed and immediately extinguished the flames on the Flowing Flame Giant Bear.

Remarkably beautiful butterflies were flying around in a dance as though it was a rain of flowers.

One big and two smaller bear feys were lying on the ground. It was the same as declaring White Devil the victor.

Unknown Flame stared blankly at the fallen Flowing Flame Giant Bear and looked up to give White Devil a thumbs up.

"I didn't expect your Revival Swallowtail Butterfly to actually evolve into a Gold Fantasy Breed. I have lost this duel fair and square."

White Devil might have a pale face, but she was still calm. "When the Revival Swallowtail Butterfly evolved into a Fantasy Breed, it obtained another name—Disaster Swallowtail Butterfly."

The cheers in the Celestial Stairway Dueling Ground didn't stop even for a split moment. When White Devil threw her arm over Unknown Flame's shoulder and raised her hand into the sky, a unified cheer echoed, shaking everyone's hearts.

Stream in the Cloud grabbed onto Lin Yuan's clothes excitedly and shouted, "White Devil Lordress is too cool! Unknown Flame Lordress might have lost, but she is indeed worthy of her power to control bears. She is also overwhelmingly cool!"

Lin Yuan ignored the excited Stream in the Cloud.

Presently, Lin Yuan's heart was also resonating with indescribable excitement. The warm blood in his heart was like a fountain, and Lin Yuan felt like screaming out.

All of a sudden, Lin Yuan heard the analyst announcing.

"White Devil Lordress, Daisy, defeated Unknown Flame Lordress, Anna. One Star of Celestial Stairway Glory shall be rewarded."

Daisy and Anna, huh?

Lin Yuan lamented softly.

Daisy, Sequence #18: White Devil

Anna, Sequence #47: Unknown Flame

Lin Yuan finally found out the true names of Sequence #18 White Devil and Sequence #47 Unknown Flame.

Is this the top-class combat power of the Radiance Federation's young generation?

Gold Fantasy Breed, Platinum fey...

All these were things that he could only look forward to, hopefully. Gett your 𝒇avorite 𝒏ovels at no/v/e/lb𝒊

However, in the not so distant future, Lin Yuan also wanted to chase this radiant light.

I might have been born as a spot of light on the duckweed, but I will also be able to gather into a vast river of stars. I will catch up one step at a time until I reach the pinnacle of brilliance!

Chapter 37: Changes to the Spirit Lock Spatial Zone

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Lin Yuan left the Star Web and returned to his little store. His mind focused on the duel between the Radiance Hundred Sequence members.

This duel allowed Lin Yuan to find out about the standard of the Radiance Federation's young generation. At the same time, Lin Yuan also had a deeper understanding as to what a Fantasy Breed was.

A Gold Fantasy Breed, healing-type fey was actually able to overwhelm and defeat a Platinum combat-class fey.

Lin Yuan had also obtained a Willpower Rune, and it was still floating around Lin Yuan's spiritual zone with spiritual energy.

The floating Willpower Rune formed a mountain pattern, and it was reenacting the rebirth of plants after a great destruction. It emitted a feeling of boundless vitality from a green mountain.

This Willpower Rune was very suitable for healing-type feys, and as of now, Lin Yuan's only healing-type fey was the Jasmine Lily.

It was unknown what the Jasmine Lily would transform into when its quality reached Legend, and it fused with this Willpower Rune to become a Fantasy Breed.

Not long after returning to the little store, Lin Yuan evolved the remaining pots of Usneas to elite-grade.

At that moment, apart from the contracted feys, Lin Yuan didn't have other feys to evolve.

The book microchips, the five Elite X/Flawless Web-Spraying Spiders, the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish, the energy ores, and the Butterfly Shells that he had purchased on the Star Web had yet to arrive.

Seeing that his house had nearly no food ingredients, Lin Yuan carried Genius and Chimey out.

Genius stood on Lin Yuan's shoulder while Chimey stood on Genius' little head. Chimey was chirping out loudly and was in a great mood.

Lin Yuan smiled at Genius and Chimey while saying, "Genius, Chimey, I will bring the two of you out for shopping. Let's go."

When Lin Yuan was previously maintaining the store, it wasn't earning much money. Even if it earned some money, Lin Yuan would save them up for Chu Ci's future school fees.

Apart from purchasing goods, Lin Yuan didn't have many chances to bring Genius and Chimey out for a shopping trip.

Now that Lin Yuan had money, he naturally wouldn't be as thrifty as before.

On this trip, apart from the purchase of fruits and vegetables, the rest of the Federation dollars were used to purchase the daily necessities.

Of course, Lin Yuan didn't need much of any daily necessities, and most of them were actually for Genius and Chimey.

Lin Yuan had already purchased several bags of energy biscuits that were suitable for elite-grade omnivorous feys. He had also purchased some consumable spiritual ingredients for Chimey that could enhance its feathers' durability.

After pushing a whole stack of daily necessities back home, someone knocked on the door of the store.

Lin Yuan opened the door to see a man wearing the Ostrich Logistics' uniform. He had put down several spirit storage boxes on the ground.

"I am Ostrich Logistics Courier No.75457. I have delivered this sir's goods that were purchased on the Star Web on time. Please sign for them here."

Lin Yuan quickly signed. All the things that he had purchased from the Star Web had already arrived.

"Thank you."

After obtaining Lin Yuan's signature and ensuring that the items were correct, the courier left.

Lin Yuan couldn't help but be amazed at the efficiency of Ostrich Logistics. It was truly living up to its reputation.

As long as it was within the Radiance Federation, Ostrich Logistics would be able to deliver the goods within three hours.

After signing for the goods, Lin Yuan shifted the spirit storage boxes into the house and started off by taking out the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish.

When Lin Yuan took the Normal I/Normal Spirit-Siphon Goldfish out of the spirit storage box, it was very frail. It felt as though Lin Yuan would take this little fellow's life with just a light grip.

The Spirit-Siphon Goldfish struggled lightly in Lin Yuan's hand. The two protruding black eyes on its head looked very silly and cute.

Lin Yuan immediately used Morbius' exclusive skill, Spirit Lock, to turn the Telescope Spirit-Siphon Goldfish into Morbius' Elite spirit-locked fey.

Subsequently, Lin Yuan started to evolve the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish. When the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish reached elite-grade, Lin Yuan took a glance at the time.

It took me over one hour to evolve the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish. Furthermore, the growth of spiritual power in my body is exactly the same as the growth when I evolved a pot of Usnea to elite-grade.

The difficulty of evolving the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish was truly living up to its notorious fame.

It was no wonder the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish was an unpopular fey among Creation Masters.

After the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish reached elite-grade, it became more than two times bigger than before. The scales on its body weren't as mottled, and it became smooth like satin. It felt just like a layer of black silk wrapping on the body. The tail had bloomed like a half-opened umbrella. The two massive eyes on the head didn't change, but there was a layer of faint golden scales around the eyes. The golden scales might be weaved together with the black scales, but it was rather prominent when observing it closely.

The Telescope Spirit-Siphon Goldfish was considered a famous subspecies. If Lin Yuan were to put this Spirit-Siphon Goldfish to sell on the Star Web store, he would easily earn 8 Radiance dollars.

After evolving the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish, Lin Yuan entered the Spirit Lock spatial zone and poured the 2,000 catties worth of inferior energy ores from the spirit storage box into the spirit pool.

The inferior energy ores immediately disintegrated inside the spirit pool and turned into spirit qi that was released into the Spirit Lock spatial zone.

Lin Yuan was constantly pouring the inferior energy ores into the pool, and when he poured in around 1,700 catties, the spirit pool didn't continue disintegrating the inferior energy ores.

Lin Yuan knew that this was the spirit qi's concentration limit in the Spirit Lock spatial zone.

When making a comparison, Lin Yuan realized that the spirit qi concentration in the Spirit Lock spatial zone was around five times more than the outside world. Fị𝒏dd 𝒏ew upd𝒂t𝒆s on n(o)v/e/l𝒃

Lin Yuan was extremely satisfied as the Spirit Lock spatial zone would constantly be upgraded when Morbius evolved. By then, the spirit qi concentration would only become denser.

As for the remaining 300 catties of energy ores that were poured into the spirit pool, Lin Yuan didn't bother. Be it the Jasmine Lily or the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish, they would be rapidly using up the spirit qi within the Spirit-Lock spatial zone.

Once the spirit qi concentration in the spatial zone was reduced, the spirit pool would automatically disintegrate the remaining energy ores for replenishment.

Lin Yuan placed the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish into the Spirit Pool, and it immediately swam around with content.

At that moment, Lin Yuan could feel the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish gradually absorbing the spirit qi in the spatial zone.

Lin Yuan compared and analyzed the speed of him evolving the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish personally and the speed of the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish absorbing the pure spirit qi in the spatial zone automatically.

If the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish was to evolve from normal-grade to elite-grade in this Spirit Lock spatial zone, it would need about ten days.

Of course, the precondition was to have a constant supply of energy ores within these ten days.

After calculating the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish's growth speed in the Spirit Lock spatial zone, Lin Yuan decided the direction of the Star Web store's development. He was going to rely on selling Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish to build his reputation.

If a huge quantity of Elite- Spirit-Siphon Goldfish, which were highly demanded, were to appear in the Purchase With No Loss Fey Store, it would probably cause his store's reputation to soar.

Lin Yuan then scattered the Butterfly Shells at the bottom of the Spirit Pool.

When the Butterfly Shells entered the water and landed on top of the white energy ores, they looked like scattered ginkgo leaves in autumn. It was an especially beautiful scenery.

The Spirit-Siphon Goldfish immediately bit one of the Butterfly Shells and consumed it, gradually absorbing its energy.

The Butterfly Shells would have more or less some effects to awaken the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish's bloodline.

However, the effects weren't significant.

Lin Yuan thought that if he could obtain the blood of a dragon-species fey before the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish's quality reached Epic, it would increase its chances of awakening the rare dragon-species bloodline greatly.

Chapter 38: Sparrow Voice Loli Goddess

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

A dragon fey's blood was considered a precious spiritual ingredient, and the prices were naturally extremely high.

Most of the dragon feys were above gold-grade.

If the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish reached bronze-grade and awakened the rare dragon-species bloodline, it wouldn't be considered a dragon-species fey unless the bloodline concentration reached a certain standard.

From this point, it was obvious that the dragon-species fey's blood was very hard to obtain.

Rare spiritual ingredients, such as a dragon fey's fresh blood, were all sold by the drop.

Lin Yuan didn't really understand the dragon-species feys' price, but it was fortunate that he had added Zhou Jiaxin on the Star Web as a friend. By then, he just had to ask Zhou Jiaxin.

He might not know how much a dragon-species fey's blood cost, but it was certainly very expensive.

Lin Yuan wanted to earn more money and prepare the amount needed to purchase the dragon-species blood in advance.

He was going to set a small target to earn 100,000,000 Federation dollars, which was also 100 Radiance dollars.

The spirit qi concentration inside the Spirit Lock spatial zone was five times more concentrated than outside.

Lin Yuan circulated the spirit qi and realized that even though the circulation speed didn't change, the efficiency increased to around five times the speed due to the concentrated spirit passing through his body. This discovery left Lin Yuan pleasantly surprised.

Lin Yuan quickly took an Elite X/Flawless Web-Spraying Spiders out of the spirit storage box and placed it inside the Spirit Lock spatial zone. He then rapidly channeled the spirit qi to enhance the Web-Spraying Spider.

When Lin Yuan was enhancing Web-Spraying Spider, he could feel a boundary inside the Web-Spraying Spider's body. The boundary felt like it could be shattered if Lin Yuan charged into it a few times with spirit qi.

However, Lin Yuan didn't do so. If he broke through the boundary, the Web-Spraying Spider would evolve from elite-grade to bronze-grade with flawless-quality. That wasn't what Lin Yuan wanted.

Lin Yuan didn't use the spirit qi to smash through the boundary, but instead constantly poured the spirit qi into the Web-Spraying Spider's body. He allowed the Web-Spraying Spider to absorb as much spirit qi as possible to enhance its quality.

After a certain period of time, the Web-Spraying Spider's quality reached Epic, so Lin Yuan stopped channeling the spirit qi. He looked at the time and realized that it took him over two hours to break through Flawless to Epic.

Had he not been enhancing the Web-Spraying Spider in the Spirit Lock spatial zone, he would probably have needed to spend over a dozen hours. Furthermore, this speed was because he had progressed into a D-rank spirit qi professional.

The results stated that it was much harder to increase the quality of a fey than to evolve it. Furthermore, this was just enhancing it from Flawless to Epic. How much more time and effort would be required to enhance them from Epic to Legend?

Lin Yuan suddenly realized that the spirit qi concentration in the Spirit Lock spatial zone was no longer five times more concentrated than outside.

He looked at the Spirit Pool and realized that the 300 catties of inferior energy ores at the bottom of the Spirit Pool had already vanished. They had been used up when Lin Yuan increased Web-Spraying Spider's quality.

Lin Yuan made a calculation by using the number of inferior energy ores used. In order to enhance one Elite X/Flawless Web-Spraying Spider to Elite X/Epic, it would need 700 catties of inferior energy ores.

It was around 0.35 Radiance dollars according to the purchase price of the materials. There was a certain price to pay to make use of the increased speed of enhancement and evolution in the Spirit-Lock spatial zone.

However, the price to pay was nearly negligible when comparing it with the speed. The biggest problem that Lin Yuan had right now was the lack of funds. Without enough funds, he wouldn't be able to purchase more inferior energy ores, and it was rather vexing for Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan brought the Elite X/Epic Web-Spraying Spider out of the Spirit Lock spatial zone and didn't continue to enhance the four remaining Web-Spraying Spiders.

Instead, he made the preparations for Genius to memorize the books on the primary rank of Scholar, Fey Observer, and Spiritual Ingredient Analyst.

The Hundred Questions Beast required time to memorize new knowledge, but it was rather fast. To memorize 300 over books it would only require around 20 days.

When it was time for Lin Yuan to visit Zhou Jiaxin's store to look for hidden goods, Genius would have already memorized the needed knowledge. Afterward, Lin Yuan could take the exam for the Creation Master occupation.

Once he passed the exam to become a Creation Master, he would be like a flood dragon entering the sea or a peacock returning to the forest. His future path would be headed for the sky, and it would be particularly spacious.

Lin Yuan applied for a Star Web account for Genius and entered the book microchips into Genius' Star Web account.

Genius then sat there, obediently to study carefully. It had always been passionate about studying.

Lin Yuan logged into the Star Web and entered his small store. He suddenly noticed that all the pots of Usneas had been completely reserved.

Lin Yuan was rather surprised that all the Elite/Elite Usneas would be sold out in such a short period of time. Also, numerous people had actually left messages saying that they wanted to order more Elite Usneas.

It seemed like there wasn't a need to worry about the hot-selling items, no matter the timing.

It was different from other feys, which might also be great, but due to the limited demand, they might not be able to sell out quickly.

Lin Yuan didn't reply to these messages as he was planning to only use Bronze Usneas for the next sale. Lin Yuan was preparing to break through from a D-rank spirit qi professional into a C-rank spirit qi professional.

After becoming a C-rank spirit qi professional, I will be able to evolve feys to bronze-grade with a much faster speed.

Lin Yuan knew that he was able to evolve feys to bronze-grade, but he felt a little unmotivated if he had to increase the quality of a Bronze fey.

Only after becoming a C-rank spirit qi professional, Lin Yuan would be able to increase the Bronze fey's quality to Legend and allow it to transform into the Fantasy Breed.

Lin Yuan hadn't set a fixed price for the two other Web-Spraying Spiders so that the ones that were willing to purchase them would leave the price with the AI robot. The prices offered were actually more than what he expected.

Three individuals had made an offer for the Web-Spraying Spider with the Adhesive Spider Web skill, and the highest offer was 1.1 Radiance dollars.

As for the other Web-Spraying Spider that had awakened the Violent Venom skill, only one person had made an offer, and the price was 1.3 Radiance dollars.

The bids weren't considered high, but if Lin Yuan was willing to wait, it wouldn't be a problem to sell the Bronze Web-Spraying Spiders for 2.7 Radiance dollars. FiNd 𝒖pd𝒂tes on n(𝒐)/v𝒆l𝒃𝒊n.c𝒐m

However, Lin Yuan didn't have the choice to wait. He immediately responded to the two individuals who had offered the highest price and sold the two Bronze Web-Spraying Spiders.

Immediately after, he used his store's name to contact Ostrich Logistics and make the delivery.

Newly opened stores on the Star Web could sign a contract with Ostrich Logistics for them to arrange and deliver the goods. However, for each item that Ostrich Logistics delivered, they would take a commission based on the goods' price.

Ostrich Logistics took a rather high commission, but they were fast and safe. If something happened, they would compensate for the losses. It was also why so many individuals were willing to choose Ostrich Logistics.

Now that the two Web-Spraying Spiders and the Elite Usneas had been sold, Lin Yuan's financial crisis was immediately resolved.

...

Chimey was chirping and singing. After singing for quite some time, it felt rather bored. When it saw Lin Yuan and Genius busy using the Star Web, Chimey's eyes flickered before it jumped onto Genius' head.

It chirped and said, "Genius, Genius, do you think my singing is nice?"

"It is nice! And it is getting better!"

Genius didn't know why Chimey was asking this question, as Chimey was normally very shy.

"Genius, can you secretly apply for a Star Web account for me? I want to start a live stream!"

After speaking, it let out two chirps and took a glance at its azure blue feathers, and said confidently, "I want to become an attractive host with a beautiful voice! My name shall be Sparrow Voice Loli Goddess!"

"But you are a bird!"

When looking at Genius' silly expression, Chimey felt it was the smarter of the duo. "You can just help me put on a GIF, right?!"

Chimey felt that it was the prettiest and most clever Sound Bird with the best singing voice right now.

Chapter 39: Ah Neng

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Chimey would be singing at home whenever it didn't have anything to do. Lin Yuan was already used to Chimey's singing, its routine activity at home.

Therefore, Lin Yuan wasn't paying attention to Chimey when it was singing seriously.

After Genius reached elite-grade, most of its capabilities were already comparable with humans. In fact, its memory was several times better than humans. Soon, Chimey successfully became a beautiful host with an amazing voice with Genius' help.

At that moment, a cute GIF of a loli was blocking half the screen, and Chimey was singing behind the GIF.

When a host just started their channel, it was normal not to have many viewers—one or two occasional people would pass by and quickly exit the channel.

However, Chimey's singing was just like that phoenix's clear chirping on the Kun Mountain and the rustling leaves of the purple bamboo forest. It sounded interesting and appealing, even mellower than the morning dew that dripped down from the pandan leaves.

Therefore, Chimey's live streaming room became a 'Cave of the Silken Web1' where one couldn't escape after entering.

Those who entered had no thoughts of leaving.

"Wow! How can there be such a nice voice in this world!? It is a fairy singing!"

"Little Sister, why are you using a GIF to block your face? Shouldn't a beautiful host be showing their face?"

"Could this song be Little Sister's original song? I have searched for the lyrics on the Star Web but couldn't find any match!"

Each of the viewers that entered the room couldn't help but start to praise Chimey like a violent storm. There was even a generous viewer that instantly rewarded Chimey with 500 Federation dollars!

These people had been blasting messages for a long time but realized that the host didn't reply to them. They actually felt that the host had a unique personality, so they turned into dogs that continued to lick and shower the host with praises.

The current circumstances were mainly due to Chimey's great singing that was simply too amazing.

Chimey might be calm on the surface, but its heart was already racing. Chimey wanted to send a message for the viewers to praise it more, but it didn't know how to reply, and Genius was diligently studying the books Lin Yuan had arranged.

Chimey had no choice but to pretend that it didn't see the messages and continued singing. After Chimey was tired from singing, it casually switched off the live stream.

However, Chimey didn't know that when it had been singing earlier, one of the viewers had actually recorded the live stream and posted it on the Star Web.

The name 'Sparrow Voice Loli Goddess' spread like wildfire. It was like a spark in the plains during autumn that turned into a raging prairie fire.

A short moment later, a knocking sound echoed in Lin Yuan's store.

When Lin Yuan opened the door, he saw a 1,7-meter tall girl. She was wearing the Ostrich Logistics' uniform and had short dark-red hair. It was a cool hairstyle, but it was particularly bashful on this girl's face.

"Hello. Are you the store owner for Purchase With No Loss, Mister Deep Mountain Elder Lin?" Ch𝒆êck out l𝒂t𝒆st 𝒏𝒐v𝒆l𝒔 on nov𝒆l/bin.c𝒐m

When speaking, the girl was silently clenching her hands as she was rather nervous, and her tone sounded a little shaky.

Upon noticing the Ostrich Logistics' uniform on the girl, Lin Yuan knew that she was here to pick up the goods. He immediately replied, "That's right. It is me. You should be here to pick up the goods, right?"

Lin Yuan's acknowledgment allowed the girl with the short dark-red short heave a sigh of relief. She let out a shy laugh and said, "I am the newcomer Courier No.3451. My name is Ah Neng. According to your contract, I shall be Purchase With No Loss Store's dedicated courier."

Lin Yuan felt that Ah Neng was very cute when he saw her actually place her fist at her chest to encourage herself.

"Then, I shall trouble you from now on, Miss Ah Neng."

"Does this mean that Mister Deep Mountain Elder Lin agrees for me to be the dedicated courier for Purchase With No Loss Store and will not change me?"

Ah Neng was pleasantly surprised as she smiled and revealed her two tiger teeth. It looked as though she had encountered a great thing.

At that moment, Lin Yuan recalled that the contract with Ostrich Logistics mentioned the service to apply for a change of dedicated courier.

Upon seeing Ah Neng's expression, Lin Yuan could imagine that Ah Neng had been switched out more than once.

After Lin Yuan gave the affirmative nod, Ah Neng immediately yelled out, "Yeah!"

Subsequently, she circulated her spiritual energy and summoned two of her contracted feys.

Lin Yuan didn't expect a young-looking girl like her to actually possess Gold and Silver feys.

"I am very formidable! Super aggressive! That's why there will be no problem with the goods as long as you hand them to me! If there are any accidents, I will use my Bullet Rain to extinguish the enemies with pain!"

Ah Neng was afraid that Lin Yuan might not be at ease and was doing her best to prove her strength.

Upon seeing the two feys Lin Yuan knew that she was a spirit qi professional with high potential that Ostrich Logistics had nurtured. However, he couldn't understand why she would become his dedicated courier.

Gold Armor-Piercing Insect.

Silver Canister Shot Insect.

These two feys' attacks would be just like a concentrated rain of bullets that had extreme lethality.

It seemed like Ah Neng wasn't as bashful as she seemed, and deep down inside, she was a person that worshiped violence.

Ah Neng happily packaged the goods that had to be delivered for Lin Yuan and said, "This might be my first task, but I can guarantee that I will deliver all of them safely within two hours. I will not even need the three hours stated in the contract."

She then left cheerfully.

Surprisingly, just as Ah Neng left, Lin Yuan saw a few pieces of paper dropping on the ground. He quickly picked them up and chased after Ah Neng while calling out to her. He then handed over the courier lists that had dropped on the ground.

Ah Neng was originally in a great mood, but after seeing the courier lists Lin Yuan handed over, her face immediately turned red. She ran off like a little rabbit immediately after receiving the courier lists.

Lin Yuan couldn't help but criticize in his heart. He felt that newcomers were definitely not as reliable.

After returning home, Lin Yuan realized that he had already received 3.9 Radiance dollars within two hours. This amount was for the sale of the Elite Usneas and the two Bronze Web-Spraying Spiders.

Lin Yuan immediately felt invigorated with the 3.9 Radiance dollars, so he logged into the Star Web to contact Zhou Jiaxin.

Deep Mountain Elder Lin: "Big Sister Xin, I wish to order another 4,000 catties of inferior energy ores! And three Butterfly Telescope Spirit-Siphon Goldfish of random colors."

Within a few minutes, Lin Yuan spent the money that he had just earned. He was left with merely 0.4 Radiance dollars.

Lin Yuan would need 1,000 Federation dollars for three months' expenses, and he would still have some spare in the past.

However, now, Lin Yuan felt that it was irresistible to spend Radiance dollars. He didn't know if it was because of his confidence or that he was stronger for him to actually have such thoughts.

Zhou Jiaxin: "You still need 4,000 catties of inferior energy ores? I have the stock. If you need them, I will send them to you immediately. As for the three Normal Spirit-Siphon Goldfish, I remember there are three rather good-looking Butterfly Telescope Spirit-Siphon Goldfish in the pond. I will fish them up for you."

Chapter 40: The Importance of Connections

Zhou Jiaxin quickly saw the order and responded to Lin Yuan.

However, she couldn't understand why this customer of hers would need so many inferior energy ores for.

Deep Mountain Elder Lin: "Then I shall thank Big Sister Xin! Does Big Sister Xin have any dragon blood?"

Zhou Jiaxin pondered for a long time before replying to Lin Yuan: "I do have some stock of dragon blood. I wonder how much you need?"

Lin Yuan had been searching on the Star Web and hadn't been able to find any store selling dragon blood. He vaguely felt that it was impossible to purchase spiritual ingredients with just money and would need better connections.

Deep Mountain Elder Lin: "Big Sister Xin, what is the price for dragon blood now?"

Zhou Jiaxin: "The price of gold-grade dragon blood is 80 Radiance dollars for one drop. The price of platinum-grade dragon blood is 2,000 Radiance dollars for a drop."

Zhou Jiaxin had already made a decision in her heart to build a good relationship with Lin Yuan. One of the factors was due to her good impression of Lin Yuan during the day. Another factor was because of Lin Yuan's purchasing power.

Lin Yuan had only visited the store for the first day and had already spent 5 Radiance dollars in a few hours. Such a customer was definitely worth tying down.

Lin Yuan had already given a higher estimation for the price of dragon blood, but he didn't think that it would actually be so expensive.

If a single drop of platinum-grade dragon blood cost 2,000 radiance dollars, Lin Yuan didn't dare to imagine the price of a Platinum dragon fey.

In order to activate the rare dragon bloodline in the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish's bodies when they reached bronze-grade, gold-grade dragon blood might already be enough. If he was lucky, a single drop of the dragon blood would do the trick, but it would be more conservative in preparing three drops.

In regards to his own feys' evolutions, Lin Yuan wanted to be properly prepared for everything.

When Zhou Jiaxin noticed that Lin Yuan didn't reply for a long time, she immediately sent another message.

Zhou Jiaxin: "The price I offered to you might be higher than the lowest price in the market, but I can ensure that the concentration of the dragon blood hasn't been diluted at all."

When Lin Yuan saw Zhou Jiaxin's message, he couldn't help but have a better impression of her.

When purchasing spiritual ingredients, the terrifying thing was to guarantee the spiritual ingredient's quality. If the spiritual ingredient's quality didn't reach a certain standard, when a Creation Master was evolving a fey, it might cause the evolution to fail or an incomplete evolution.

If it was a failed evolution, the process could be restarted. But if it was an incomplete evolution, then certain aspects of the fey would definitely be weakened after the evolution.

Evolution was a gift to life and the most creative process of natural selection in the natural world. Thus, evolutions were never reversible.

It was why the quality of spiritual ingredients played a huge role.

Deep Mountain Elder Lin: "Big Sister Xin, I might order a batch of Normal Spirit-Siphon Goldfish from your store in the next few days. I want the Butterfly Telescope subspecies. As for the dragon blood, we will make a deal when I visit your store on the 27th."

Zhou Jiaxin: "Don't you worry. I will pick out all the Normal Butterfly Telescope Spirit-Siphon Goldfish for you. I guarantee that all of them are great-looking."

When reading that Lin Yuan was preparing to make so many orders, Zhou Jiaxin was delighted. In her heart, she felt that it was the correct decision to build a good relationship with Lin Yuan.

Now that Lin Yuan learned the dragon blood's price, he started to calculate in his heart. The gold-grade dragon blood's price was 80 Radiance dollars for a drop, and Lin Yuan required three drops. It meant that Lin Yuan would need to prepare at least 240 Radiance dollars.

240 Radiance dollars wasn't a small sum for Lin Yuan, but it wasn't an astronomical amount that he couldn't collect.

Therefore, Lin Yuan made a plan to earn money.

...

After receiving the goods from Zhou Jiaxin, Lin Yuan would enter the Spirit-Lock spatial zone and enhance the four remaining Elite X/Flawless Web-Spraying Spiders.

As for the three Normal Spirit-Siphon Goldfish, Lin Yuan was going to place them in the spirit pool in the spatial zone. Ch𝒆êck out l𝒂t𝒆st 𝒏𝒐v𝒆l𝒔 on nov𝒆l/bin.c𝒐m

Lin Yuan had chosen Butterfly Telescope goldfish because this was the best-selling subspecies among all the Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish.

The tea-colored Butterfly Telescope Spirit-Siphon Goldfish were swimming around cheerfully in the spirit pool, and they looked delighted.

It was obvious that the high concentration of spirit qi in the Spirit Lock spatial zone was the best living environment for the Normal Spirit-Siphon Goldfish.

The three Spirit-Siphon Goldfish were just like amber-colored camellias blooming in the depths of the spirit pool. Along with the spirit-locked Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish, the four Spirit-Siphon Goldfish gave off a poetry-like feeling to this spirit pool.

In the beginning, the three Normal and one Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish were living together nicely in the spirit pool. However, when the three Normal Butterfly Telescope Spirit-Siphon Goldfish wanted to eat the Butterfly Shells, the Elite Telescope Spirit-Siphon Goldfish attacked them.

It started to brandish its tail in the water and lash at the three Normal Butterfly Telescope goldfish.

Although the tail lash's power might not be great and humans wouldn't feel anything, when it lashed on the three obviously smaller Butterfly Telescope goldfish, the trio was sent tumbling in the spirit pool. They tumbled for three rounds before gradually stopping.

After a few attacks, even though the three Normal Butterfly Telescope goldfish felt that the Butterfly Shells could benefit them, they still didn't dare to take a bite.

Lin Yuan burst out in laughter. It was fortunate that this Elite goldfish could protect the Butterfly Shells. Otherwise, he would need to think of a method to isolate the three Butterfly Telescope goldfish.

These three tea-colored Butterfly Telescope goldfish would be able to reach elite-grade within five days. Lin Yuan was planning to put them on sale in the Star Web store when they reached elite-grade, setting a price of 8 Radiance dollars.

Therefore, letting these three Butterfly Telescope goldfish eat the Butterfly Shells would be just a waste.

However, Lin Yuan was rather surprised. These four Spirit-Siphon Goldfish had been living together in the pond at Zhou Jiaxin's store previously. However, after Lin Yuan's spirit-locked goldfish reached elite-grade, it actually attacked its previous companions because of resources.

Lin Yuan realized that this wasn't just the process of natural selection. It was also the survival of the fittest.

It made Lin Yuan understand why strong individuals would grow stronger while weak individuals would have a hard time rising up.

The Elite Telescope Spirit-Siphon Goldfish swam around the spirit pool willfully while the three Butterfly Telescope Spirit-Siphon Goldfish would gather and cower in a corner. They didn't dare to swim toward the center of the spirit pool at all.

Lin Yuan could vaguely feel that even though the spirit pool no longer had any energy ores, there was still a trace of spirit qi constantly pouring into the Spirit Lock spatial zone.

This was the great effect of breeding Spirit-Siphon Goldfish in the Spirit-Lock spatial zone.

However, the speed of spirit qi being released from the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish and its consumption speed was truly disproportionate.

During this period of time, Lin Yuan had constantly been pouring the 4,000 catties of inferior energy ores into the spirit pool.

For the next two days, Lin Yuan finally enhanced the five Elite X/Flawless Web-Spraying Spiders to Elite X/Epic.

Lin Yuan let out a relaxed breath and stood up to stretch his body. "It is time to hand these custom feys to that braised egg head, Stream in the Cloud."

Chapter 41: A Surprising Customer

Lin Yuan entered his Star Web store and realized that there were actually two individuals in an intense quarrel beside the AI robot.

Lin Yuan was a little baffled as all of the items in the store had already been sold. What exactly was the duo's objective? Why were they quarreling?

At that moment, Lin Yuan heard a rather strange and unique voice. "A woman is fundamentally weak. Those who become mothers would become strong-willed. This Big Sister is very noble, are you even fit to speak with this Big Sister like this?"

The woman placed a hand on her waist, and it seemed like that she was extremely enraged.

In the next instant, Lin Yuan heard an abnormally calm voice. "I have prayed to Buddha, and Buddha said that you shouldn't think of snatching from me no matter what—"

Before the calm voice could finish talking, the enraged woman immediately followed up. "Why didn't the Buddha ask you to toss your bone ashes? Previously, you and I entered together, but you said that you are in a hurry, so I allowed you to order first. But you actually ordered all of the Elite Usneas! Shameless!"

"Buddha said—"

"Don't tell me what the Buddha is saying! Do you think you are karma!? Since I helped you, you should return the favor! You aren't going to return the favor, and I have to help you again!? I have helped you previously, but you actually reprimanded me! Let's see if I will stab you!"

"Buddha said I didn't reprimand you, when did I—"

"Stop all this nonsense! If you are unhappy, add me as a Star Web friend, and we will arrange for a meeting in real life. See if I will really stab you!"

"Buddha said..."

Lin Yuan gasped in amazement. This violent-tempered woman was actually able to quarrel with a person that was more inclined to Buddhism than Buddha himself.

At the same time, the violent-tempered woman was going to be enraged to death.

Before the violent-tempered woman was about to make a move, Lin Yuan quickly stopped them.

"Why are the two of you quarreling in my store!? I have nothing on sale in my store now. Come back again once there are goods to sell."

After speaking, Lin Yuan minded his own business and displayed the five Elite X/Epic Web-Spraying Spiders in the Star Web store.

Lin Yuan then heard two gasps.

These were five Elite X/Epic Web-Spraying Spiders, so it was no wonder the duo was astonished.

Elite X/Epic feys represented a kind of foundation. For five to appear together, it meant that a Creation Master backed this little store.

There were plenty of stores in the Star Web, but ones that were supported and backed by Creation Masters were rare. Only large stores were qualified to be supported by Creation Masters.

However, no one expected an unknown Class 1 store to be backed by a Creation Master.

When Lin Yuan heard the duo mentioning his Web-Spraying Spiders, he informed them, "These are custom-ordered feys. They are not for sale."

After hearing that these were custom-ordered feys, the duo looked at Lin Yuan with even more respect.

In order to enhance Elite feys to epic-quality, one would need to be a Class 2 Creation Master.

A Class 1 Creation Master could accomplish it, but they would need to use a large number of spiritual ingredients to do so. It was fine for Class 1 Creation Masters to increase the grade, but to enhance the quality, Class 1 Creation Masters had a much lower efficiency and speed.

In order to enhance five feys to epic-quality at once, it was only possible for a Class 2 Creation Master.

Class 1 Creation Masters were already limited in numbers—among every 30 Class 1 Creation Masters, only one of them would achieve in becoming a Class 2 Creation Master. It was truly the cream of the crop.

Since a Class 2 Creation Master was overseeing the place, it was a must to curry favor with the one in charge.

"I wonder what kind of spiritual ingredients are required to make a custom order in this store?"

When he heard the duo's questions, Lin Yuan realized that these two hadn't read the custom order rules that he had written on the AI robot's information board.

"The store is currently accepting Radiance dollars for custom-ordered feys. The price will be based on the required custom-ordered fey."

The duo felt it was unbelievable, and they subsequently became ecstatic.

There is actually no need for spiritual ingredients!? And the only requirement is Radiance dollars? Since when did Creation Masters' standard of making custom-ordered feys Creation Masters become so low?

"May I ask if I can custom order feys now?"

Lin Yuan shook his head. Fị𝒏dd 𝒏ew upd𝒂t𝒆s on n(o)v/e/l𝒃

He had signed a custom-order contract with Stream in the Cloud, which stated that the contract would only end after producing the exclusive skill, Transparent Spider Web.

The first phase was to produce five custom-ordered feys.

If all 15 choices of exclusive skills from these five Web-Spraying Spiders didn't contain the Transparent Spider Web, Stream in the Cloud would continue to make custom orders of Elite/Epic Web-Spraying Spiders from him.

Moreover, Lin Yuan was planning to achieve a significant progression for his feys' grade and quality before visiting Zhou Jiaxin's store on the 27th. He wanted to enhance Genius, Chimey, the spirit-locked Jasmine Lily, and the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish to elite-grade and epic-quality first.

As such, Lin Yuan wasn't planning to accept any custom orders during this period of time.

As for the money to purchase the gold-grade dragon blood, he would constantly be producing Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish in the Spirit Lock spatial zone during these 20+ days.

He would be able to nurture four batches of Spirit-Siphon Goldfish. By then, he would have enough after selling all of the Elite goldfish.

"I will only be accepting custom orders next month."

The duo revealed delighted expressions and nodded after hearing Lin Yuan's response.

When they recalled the objective of their visits, they quickly asked Lin Yuan, "I wonder if you still have any Elite Usneas?"

So far, the duo seemed to be in sync as they would always be saying the same thing, just with different mouths.

They didn't expect the other party to dare mention about the Elite Usneas. Unsurprisingly, they were immediately enraged and about to start bickering again.

Lin Yuan had a headache and immediately stopped them. "If I am selling anything else, I will not be selling any more Elite Usneas."

The two individuals were disappointed, but they didn't expect Lin Yuan to turn the topic around.

"I might not be selling Elite Usneas, but the store will sell Bronze Usneas and Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish in the future. You are welcome to make reservations."

Lin Yuan's objective was to earn Radiance dollars quickly. If he wanted to increase his strength, the expenditure of Radiance dollars would be the same as a river's water flowing straight into the sea.

Therefore, Lin Yuan didn't mind putting on an advertisement for his store.

One should know that the clothes one wore in the real world would be materialized in the Star Web. The two individuals' clothes were spiritual ones, meaning Weavers, the lifestyle-class spirit qi occupation, had produced them.

Thus, it was logical to assume that their spending capability would be of a certain standard.

When they heard Lin Yuan's statement, their jaws nearly dropped to the ground. At the same time, they started to suspect their lives.

Bronze Usneas?

Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish?

These feys were rarely available in the Star Web!

One might occasionally discover Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish in Star Web stores, however, no one would be silly enough to sell Bronze Usneas in their store.

One could frequently buy a Bronze Usnea's vines from high-class stores on the Star Web, and a batch of 5,000 vines was worth 1 Radiance dollar.

A Bronze Usnea would need merely one and half a year to produce 5,000 vines. Therefore, a Bronze Usnea was equivalent to a hen that would automatically produce Radiance dollars.

If a person was able to buy a Bronze Usnea, it was the same as purchasing a house, and selling the vines would be the same as receiving rent.

The Bronze Usnea would remain the same, and the vines produced on a daily basis would serve as pure profit!

"Young Brother, may I ask about the price of the Bronze Usneas and the Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish?"

Lin Yuan had already set a price long ago.

"The Bronze Usneas' price is 5 Radiance dollars. As for the Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish, they will all be of the Butterfly Telescope subspecies. Their price is 8 Radiance dollars."

Then, Lin Yuan supplemented with another statement. "By then, the buying process will still be the snap up scheme—first come, first served. But if you quarrel in here again, you will enter the store's blacklist and will never be able to buy any fey from here again."

Chapter 42: Revival Soil

As Lin Yuan stated this, he was thinking of setting a rule for his store. It wouldn't be that kind of rule that was so rigid as the old saying, "If there are no rules, there will not be a proper perimeter..." Điscover n𝒆w chapt𝒆rs 𝒐n n0𝒗e(l)bi𝒏.com

However, Lin Yuan just didn't wish to handle such pointless conflicts. If someone was to fight in his store, it wouldn't be great for his store's reputation or development.

The violent-tempered woman and the Buddhism-inclined person expressed that they would closely monitor Lin Yuan's store for the next two days. If there were any new items for sale, they would snatch them up.

The Buddhism-inclined person left, but the violent-tempered woman stayed behind. She stood in place, unwilling to leave.

Lin Yuan took a glance and understood that this violent-tempered woman had something to say but didn't know how to say it.

Lin Yuan took the initiative and asked, "If you have anything, you can ask me directly. But this store doesn't have anything to sell right now."

After hesitating for a long time, the violent tempered woman asked carefully, "May I know if this store is able to heal feys with severely injured roots?"

Lin Yuan thought that it would be something else. He was naturally able to heal a severely injured fey. However, he was still a D-rank spirit qi professional, and the fey that he would be healing couldn't be higher than silver-grade.

If the fey was above silver-grade, Lin Yuan's healing session would be several times longer, and it would be extremely slow.

Currently, Lin Yuan was only confident in healing a Bronze fey swiftly.

"The store is indeed able to heal severely injured feys, but only ones below Silver. The store isn't going to accept jobs to heal Silver feys and above."

As soon as Lin Yuan ended the statement, the violent-tempered person suddenly yelled out with tears, "My daughter's fey is finally going to be saved! It is finally going to be rescued!"

The moment the violent-tempered woman teared up, Lin Yuan involuntarily recalled the words she had uttered when he had just arrived at the store.

"A woman is fundamentally weak. Those who become mothers would become strong-willed."

However, no matter how strong-willed a mother was, she would always be gentle and fragile when facing her children.

After crying for a period of time, the violent-tempered woman continued to say, "It is a Bronze fey. My daughter's Bronze fey had been at the previous dimensional rift's vicinity to train. The flames of a Horn Demon burned its root."

Lin Yuan's heart sank when he heard the two words, 'Horn Demon'.

The Horn Demon was a monster from the Demon Dimensional Rift. It had a body of a barbaric bull, and it was extremely strong.

While charging its giant horns would attack the target. When the horns struck at the target, they would automatically ignite and activate the Burning Charge. The attack's damage was truly dreadful.

No matter how powerful a regular flame was, it wouldn't damage the roots of a fey. However, the Horn Demon's flames had a withering effect.

The withering effect was unexpectedly lethal against plant-type feys, and the Horn Demon's Burning Charge would only injure plant-type feys' roots.

"Then make an appointment in advance. In October, bring your daughter and her fey to the store. I will diagnose it before arranging for the treatment."

After Lin Yuan agreed, the violent-tempered woman finally relaxed, and she constantly thanked him.

"Owner, what are the fees for the treatment? I am afraid that I do not have enough money now. But don't you worry, I will definitely gather enough money by next month!"

Lin Yuan pondered for a moment and gave the price.

"I don't need Radiance dollars. You just need to find me a bag of Revival Soil."

Only Class 2 Creation Masters could achieve in healing a Bronze fey's damaged roots.

The best methods for Creation Masters to earn money were evolving feys and enhancing their quality. In order to heal a fey's damaged roots, the Creation Master would have to use spiritual ingredients to assist in the recuperation. It would be wasting time and experience.

At the same time, it might not be a 100% recovery.

Thus, it was very hard to hire a top-class Creation Master to heal a fey's damaged roots without any special connections.

A fey contract couldn't be changed, and if the fey's roots were damaged, it would be the same as damaging the potential of a spirit qi professional.

As such, Creation Masters didn't just create hope for evolution, but they also created hope for rescue.

The Revival Soil was a supporting ingredient that Lin Yuan was planning to use to nurture and enhance the Jasmine Lily's quality to Legend when it was bronze-grade. Such ingredients were extremely hard to find, and it required planning right now.

The violent-tempered woman desperately thanked Lin Yuan upon hearing his request. He had given the most compassionate price by requesting for a bag of Revival Soil.

Had she looked for another Class 2 Creation Master and offered this price, they would not even let her step through their door.

Lin Yuan offered this price because he could effortlessly heal the fey's damaged root. It was even easier than to increase the fey's quality.

Spiritual ingredients like the Revival Soil had the same status as Bronze Usneas and were extremely hard to find.

Before this, Lin Yuan had already asked if Zhou Jiaxin had any Revival Soil, and unfortunately, she didn't. Hence, Lin Yuan wanted to see if this violent-tempered woman could obtain it.

It would be best if she could. If she couldn't obtain it, Lin Yuan would change the price to Radiance dollars and wouldn't leave them for dead.

The violent-tempered woman gritted her teeth and guaranteed that she would obtain a bag of Revival Soil. She then repeatedly thanked Lin Yuan, making him feel a little embarrassed.

Suddenly, Lin Yuan thought that he could add the service of healing feys' damaged roots within his private custom jobs. It would definitely allow him to receive plenty of rare ingredients that no amount of Radiance dollars could buy.

While thinking like this, Lin Yuan let out a sigh.

I am not just lacking Radiance dollars. I also lack all sorts of rare ingredients.

For the Jasmine Lily's quality to reach Legend, he would need a portion of Revival Soil, two Mahogany Tree Cores, and 1L of Grasswood Fountain Water.

Presently, it could be considered that he had obtained the Revival Soil.

The Grasswood Fountain Water was something that could be bought with a huge amount of Radiance dollars. However, Lin Yuan was still witless on how to obtain the two Mahogany Tree Cores.

The Mahogany Tree Cores were treasures that were qualified to enter the Rare Lifeform Pavilion.

It seems like my grand plan of earning money is still far from enough.

When the violent-tempered woman walked out of Lin Yuan's store, she noticed that the short and fat Buddhism-inclined person who had angered her was standing at the entrance of the store.

The violent-tempered woman immediately wiped off the tears on her face.

The short Buddhism-inclined fatty had obviously heard the conversation in the store and wanted to console the violent-tempered woman.

"Buddha said—"

When the violent tempered woman heard the words "Buddha said", she gave a glare and yelled, "Buddha said that all things have consequences, and your retribution is me!"

Once Lin Yuan's peace and quiet returned, he sent the message to Stream in the Cloud on the Star Web.

Deep Mountain Elder Lin: "The five Elite/Epic Web-Spraying Spiders are in the store now. Come over and take a look."

Stream in the Cloud: "What? Uncle, you have already obtained five Elite/Epic Web-Spraying Spiders so quickly!? You aren't cheating me, right?"

Deep Mountain Elder Lin: "You are so clever, who would dare to cheat you? Hurry up and come over so that I can deliver the goods to you."

Lin Yuan urgently needed to sell the five Elite/Epic Web-Spraying Spiders for 10 Radiance dollars. Once he received the money, he would then have the capital to nurture Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish.

Otherwise, Lin Yuan's current wealth wasn't enough to even purchase one Normal Spirit-Siphon Goldfish, let alone nurturing anything.

Stream in the Cloud: "I understand, Uncle. I will be there right away!"

Stream in the Cloud quickly arrived at Lin Yuan's store, and when she saw the five Elite/Epic Web-Spraying Spiders, she clicked her tongue in amazement and said, "I didn't think that you would actually be so fast! I am uber-lucky, and I will definitely be able to produce the Transparent Spider Web from these five Web-Spraying Spiders. Hurry up and deliver them to me!"

Previously, it was Lin Yuan who had been anxious. However, he didn't expect Stream in the Cloud to be even more anxious than him after seeing the Web-Spraying Spiders. She was already asking him to expedite the delivery!

Chapter 43: Make Itself Better for Consumption

Lin Yuan suddenly chuckled upon seeing Stream in the Cloud's excited expression and her shaking bumblebee hat.

Naturally, Lin Yuan's chuckle infuriated Stream in the Cloud.

"You are not allowed to laugh at this young lady's hair! I didn't want to be injured by the Ghost Shadow Bristled Spider either!"

As she spoke, Stream in the Cloud took off her bumblebee hat and pointed at her head. "Take a closer look at my hair! They are about to grow out fully!"

Lin Yuan felt that Stream in the Cloud wasn't really a smart person.

After logging out of the Star Web, Lin Yuan immediately contacted Ah Neng to make a delivery.

Just like the last time, Ah Neng arrived quickly and helped Lin Yuan to store the five Elite/Epic Web-Spraying Spiders into the spirit storage boxes.

Lin Yuan praised Ah Neng for her quick and efficient work.

"Your previous delivery of goods was amazing. You delivered everything within two hours. I shall give you a 'Like'!"

Lin Yuan knew that newcomers would always need some encouragement. It might be a simple statement of encouragement or very ordinary words, but it would subconsciously bring joy and delight for the other person.

As expected, Ah Neng's face immediately revealed a shy smile, but it was glowing with vigor and high spirits.

"Thank you, Mister Lin. I will continue to work hard!"

For the past few days, Lin Yuan had been playing the game of rolling a snowball.

The Spirit Lock spatial zone's spirit pool was nurturing batches of Spirit-Siphon Goldfish, and simultaneously Lin Yuan started to put Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish on the Star Web store for sale.

Lin Yuan did think about setting a purchase limit and for each individual who visited the store to only purchase one Spirit-Siphon Goldfish. However, after deep contemplation, Lin Yuan rejected the idea.

The price he set for the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish wasn't exactly low, and it was a realistic market price. Due to the same subspecies of Butterfly Telescope, Lin Yuan actually set the price slightly higher than the market price.

Things that were rare would be expensive. Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish were rare feys, and a store would seldom sell them. It was needless to say about the Butterfly Telescope—a subspecies that had the best appearance among the Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish.

Therefore, whenever Spirit-Siphon Goldfish appeared in his store, they would be immediately snatched up.

Lin Yuan was thinking to leave it be since he wasn't making a loss. At the same time, such a selling method would actually increase the buyers' competitive spirit.

Lin Yuan had purchased another 30 pots of Usneas. This time, he wasn't going to sell them after evolving them to elite-grade. He was going to evolve the Usneas all the way to bronze-grade. Điscover n𝒆w chapt𝒆rs 𝒐n n0𝒗e(l)bi𝒏.com

It had to be known that the evolution path of Bronze Usneas was truly bizarre.

All other feys would enhance their survival or combat capabilities, but the Usnea would think of all methods to make itself better for consumption. It was no wonder they were known as herbivorous feys' super energy food.

This effort for trying to make itself better for consumption was truly worthy for all production-type feys to study from...

As a production-type fey, the Usnea was definitely very successful.

If it awakened the exclusive skill 'Thick Fibres' at bronze-grade, it would increase the digestion speed for herbivorous feys. It allowed the herbivorous feys to absorb the energy from the Usneas quickly and increase consumption speed. It would certainly be subtly increasing the speed of evolution.

The exclusive skill 'Grayish Green Leaves' might make the Usnea's appearance unpleasant, but it would actually increase chlorophyll's content in the leaves. The chlorophyll increase subsequently increased the Usnea vines' nutritional value.

All of the Usnea's exclusive skills were basically to make itself better for consumption or how to grow more vines to increase the vine production.

In an exaggerated way, it felt as if the Usneas were telling all living things—"I am a food producer, and I am delicious! As such, you all have to take care of me and treat me well! Nurture me meticulously!"

When Lin Yuan evolved Usneas, he didn't really pay attention to the Usneas' quality as he would be concentrated on making the Usneas break through to bronze-grade.

When an Elite Usnea broke through to bronze-grade, it felt as though Mother Nature had been meticulously caring for it for more than ten years. The leaves would grow by over twice in size, the vines would be longer, and the closer to the tip of the vine, the bigger the leaves.

The leaves at the top portion would be especially fresh and tender as they didn't have time to grow into new leaves, making them particularly soft.

Lin Yuan held the leaves at the bottom portion and immediately felt that the weight of the leaves was rather heavy. The vines that suspended down wouldn't be as greenish as before and would have a layer of wood-like shell.

After using strength to break the outer shell, it would immediately ooze out with a richer and more nutritious sap.

Lin Yuan always felt a magnificent scale of life evolution whenever he observed a fey transforming through evolution.

Lin Yuan looked at the Bronze Usnea and asked Genius, "Genius, if you had a choice, would you choose to evolve to become more delicious to escape danger?"

Genius purred and looked at Lin Yuan with a confused expression. Before it was going to recite the information on the Usnea's evolution it had memorized from the books, Lin Yuan added, "If it were me, I would evolve myself and make myself nastier, as nasty as possible."

Genius turned its head to the side and looked at the handsome young man doubtfully. Am I too smart? Causing me to look at Yuan and still feel that Yuan isn't very clever?

As Genius was deep in thoughts, it was unaware that Chimey, which thought it was the smartest one, was singing with delight.

Chimey watched as tens of thousands of fans appeared in its streaming room after just a few days, and it felt as though it was only its path to the pinnacle of birdlife.

The screen was constantly flooded with the words 'Sparrow Voice Loli Goddess'.

After being busy for the past few days, Lin Yuan felt like going out for a walk by himself.

In my previous life, I couldn't even stay in the house for a day. Why am I becoming more like a nerd in this life?

After waking around the alleys twice, Lin Yuan decided to purchase a new set of clothes in the mall. He then sat in a restaurant in the mall and ordered a set meal.

The set meal consisted of red braised meat, barbecued fish pieces, and a portion of rice.

For a meat lover like Lin Yuan, vegetables had never been in his range of choices.

After taking a bite of the red braised meat and the barbecued fish, Lin Yuan felt that the set meal here wasn't as nice as Uncle Li's cooking.

I wonder how the treatment for Uncle Li's leg is? How long will Auntie Zhang and Uncle Li go for this time? Last year, it seemed like they were gone for three months before returning.

The mall was playing the news. Most of the news outlets were reporting about the duels in the Star Web's Celestial Stairway and some of the incidents in the real world.

Lin Yuan listened to the news while eating his set meal. He felt as though he had broken free from the busy days and was enjoying the rare serenity.

This contented sensation made Lin Yuan feel very comfortable. It was also this contented sensation that wiped out the fatigue that had accumulated from days of endless work.

However, all of a sudden, a news report made Lin Yuan's hand freeze.

Chapter 44: Spirit Guards

As the news was playing, the large screen in the mall also displayed a video with diagrams that corresponded with the broadcast.

"The Radiance Federation's Creation Master Association will be conducting a change for the Creation Master exam."

"Anyone who can complete the Class 1 Creation Master exam within two hours will be exempted from the exams for three lifestyle-class occupations. They will be able to immediately enter the Class 2 Creation Master exam." Follow the latest novels 𝒐𝒏 n𝒐

"The current measures have yet to be fully generalized, and it will only be conducted under the supervision of Lordress Ling Xiao in Redbud City. The rest of the regions will be implemented with the measures concurrently."

Although this was totally outside of Lin Yuan's expectation, it was certainly great news for him.

Previously, I was only planning to become a Class 1 Creation Master. If I am able to complete the exam to become a Class 1 Creation Master within two hours, can I directly promote and become a class 2 Creation Master?

For the three lifestyle-class occupations, be it the Scholar, Fey Observer, or Spiritual Ingredient Analyst, the knowledge content for Class 2 was entirely different from Class 1 content.

Even with Genius' help, Lin Yuan would need to spend a huge effort and a lot of time to prepare.

Presently, there was an opportunity to be exempted from taking the promotion exams for those three lifestyle-class occupations and taking a shortcut to becoming a Class 2 Creation Master. No matter what, Lin Yuan was going to strive for it.

Before Lin Yuan could think more into it, another news report, which Lin Yuan wouldn't normally care about, made him frown.

"Recently investigations from the Federation states that the dimensional rifts will be entering the active period in half a year."

"During the active period, the dimensional rift will erupt with alien beast waves. Therefore, the Radiance Federation will be entering a war preparation state from now on. We advise the Federation's citizens to also make preparations in advance and do not panic."

"The Federation will be mobilizing Spirit Guards during the active period to assist defending against the alien beast waves."

Ever since Lin Yuan had arrived in this world, his sentience had been intact and clear. Even when he had an infant, his thoughts weren't like an infant's. Thus, he remembered everything that had happened from his infancy and onward.

'Active period of dimensional rift' were words that stung Lin Yuan deep inside. As for the reason they stung... Lin Yuan had lost his parents of this life in such an incident, and he had to struggle to survive with his younger sister.

Lin Yuan clenched his hands tightly when he saw the crest that suddenly appeared on the mall's large screen. He had seen these crests before, and two of them were sitting inside his little store.

These were the rare few remnants his parents had left behind. It was only now that Lin Yuan realized they were the Spirit Guards' insignia.

Lin Yuan suddenly felt rather regretful as he truly knew too little about this world. He had only logged into the Star Web recently too.

If he had tried to understand more of this world and that his parents' deaths were inevitable, he may also have found out how they had perished.

Lin Yuan's thoughts return back to that rainy and pitch-black night. A dimensional rift had appeared at the Xia Region's outskirts, and countless alien beasts rushed out of it.

The dimensional rift had opened up without any prior signs. At that time, his parents, who looked just like ordinary people, immediately sprinted toward the direction of the dimensional rift, and... they never returned afterward.

After eating his meal, Lin Yuan carried his heavy thoughts and returned home.

He logged into the Star Web and carefully checked the information on the dimensional rift that had erupted ten years ago, as well as on the Spirit Guards.

Fortunately, the Star Web had records on the dimensional rift that had opened up in the Xia Region's outskirts. It was a Subterranean Dimensional Rift, and a massive number of subterranean lifeforms invaded the Xia Region. In addition, there were a Class 4 and a Class 5 alien beast among them.

Class 4 alien beasts were equivalent to Platinum feys, while Class 5 alien beasts were equivalent to Diamond feys.

Lin Yuan had already witnessed a Platinum Flowing Flame Giant Bear's prowess, so it was imaginable how much more destructive power a Diamond fey possessed.

Lin Yuan read until the end. The article clearly stated the Spirit Guard members that had successfully defended the Xia Region. They had also wiped out Subterranean Dimensional Rift's beast waves and sealed up the rift.

At that moment, Lin Yuan read another crucial point that caused his irises to contract.

The Class 4 alien beast that had appeared from the Subterranean Dimensional Rift was the Marsh Dragon Musca. As for the Class 5 alien beast that hadn't appeared at the beginning of the beast wave, it was stated to be the Bone Rotting Filarial Worm.

Lin Yuan immediately recalled Uncle Li's leg injury.

Back when he had used True Data to check on Uncle Li's leg injury, it stated that it was inflicted with Bone Gangrene. The Bone Rotting Filarial Worm would only use Bone Gangrene when it was going to sacrifice itself to take its enemy with it.

One could imagine how terrifying a Class 5 alien beast's sacrificial attack would be.

After pondering for some time, Lin Yuan suddenly pinpointed some clues and realized something.

From the looks of the situation, his parents should be members of the Spirit Guards. Lin Yuan felt his heart getting stuffy and urgently wished for Auntie Zhang and Uncle Li to return quickly. He wanted to ask what exactly had happened.

Lin Yuan lay on the table for a long time before checking the information on the Spirit Guards carefully.

He knew that this world was humongous. There were famous mountains, long rivers, massive lakes, and raging seas. Mountains and forests stretched across the lands. To the south of the federation was the Magma Zone, to the north was the Icebound Polar Region, to the west was the Desolate Desert, and to the east was the Mud Wetlands.

In this massive world were countless feys, and naturally, there were good and bad ones.

The Radiance Federation had a simple method to determine if the feys were good or bad. Those that were friendly toward humans and didn't destroy nature were good, while those that attacked humans and destroyed the environment were bad.

The Spirit Guards were individuals that protected the Radiance Federation in all parts of the world and dealt with feys. They would eradicate bad-natured feys below platinum-grade lighting fast and make thorough preparation to deal with those above platinum-grade.

After reading about the Spirit Guards and understanding how they contributed to the Radiance Federation with their strength, Lin Yuan felt he had a deeper understanding of his parents.

In his eyes, his ordinary-looking parents were actually the unnamed heroes of this world.

"Spirit Guards."

Lin Yuan spoke of the words silently before returning to his room. Then, he took something out of the nightstand. It was a large box that contained two smaller red boxes.

Lin Yuan's eyes felt sore when he opened and looked at the two small red boxes. They contained all the milk teeth that he and Chu Ci had dropped when they were young. Their parents had carefully collected them and stored them in the boxes.

Their parents had told them they would bury the teeth when Lin Yuan and Chu Ci were ten years old in order to live a comfortable life. Unfortunately, after that night, they could no longer bury all the meticulously collected teeth in the soil...

Lin Yuan carefully picked up the two crests by the side of the boxes. While holding the two crests, they felt surprisingly light, but they somehow suppressed Lin Yuan's strength and made his hands shake.

At that moment, Lin Yuan looked through the window and noticed that the lights' of the house opposite his store had suddenly lit up. At the same time, someone knocked on the door of his little store.

Despite the case, Lin Yuan knew that the person knocking on the door wasn't Auntie Zhang. If it was Auntie Zhang, he would probably have heard her unique and friendly voice from far away.

Who else could it be that is knocking at this time?

Chapter 45: Source Seed

The knocking sound constantly echoed. It had a steady rhythm that wasn't too gentle nor too harsh. However, Lin Yuan's heart was in disarray.

It wasn't Auntie Zhang or Uncle Li that had lit up their house's lights. At the same time, someone was knocking on his door.

Although Radiance Federation's public security might be great and Lin Yuan had never heard of any cruel incidents, he still hid a razor-sharp knife—the one that he would use to cut off the Usnea vines—in his sleeve.

He also called out to Chimey softly and asked it to stand on his shoulder. He then walked toward the entrance and prepared to open the door.

Before opening the door, Lin Yuan said softly, "Chimey, when I open the door later, and if I step back, it doesn't matter what is at the entrance. You just have to execute Turbulence and Sound Thrust at the door."

Upon receiving Lin Yuan's command, Chimey became vigilant. It looked as though it was preparing to activate the attack as soon as Lin Yuan moved.

There were cases of people knocking on Lin Yuan's door in the night, but it was unknown why he felt particularly nervous on this night.

He finally learned about his parents' identities, and Auntie Zhang's house was lit up on the same day. All of these coincidences made Lin Yuan's senses abnormally sensitive.

The knocking sound suddenly changed. Previously, it was a rhythmic sound that was neither gentle nor harsh. The knocking sound was slightly heavier now, and it stopped after two 'knock, knock'.

Lin Yuan frowned as he noticed that there wasn't just one person outside the door. There were at least two individuals.

After opening the door, Lin Yuan spotted a man and a woman standing around one meter away from the door.

The man looked like he was slightly over 30, while the woman looked a little younger.

The man noticed Lin Yuan's tensed hand, which was gripping the hidden knife tightly in his sleeve.

The woman's expression didn't change, but the 30-year-old man chuckled and said, "Young man, don't be nervous. I just want to ask about the name of your parents."

The 30-year-old man asked again, "Are your mother and father Chu Yan and Lin Jian?"

Lin Yuan took a deep look at the man and the woman before nodding and replying, "Yes. May I ask what is the matter?"

When they heard his answer, Lin Yuan felt that the duo was looking at him differently. Their gaze became gentler and more amiable.

The silent woman handed a letter to Lin Yuan. "Your Auntie Zhang wrote this letter," she said.

"Read the letter first. After you finish, there is something else for you," she added.

Lin Yuan opened the letter, and two things fell out.

One of them was a piece of cloth.

Lin Yuan opened up the cloth and felt that it was rather dirty. It was stained with grayish-black dirt, and there were actually two red-colored and rather ugly smiley faces.

Lin Yuan didn't know what to do with it, so he put it down and proceeded with reading the letter.

Soon, Lin Yuan's eyes turned red, and a bean-sized tear dropped on the letter, mottling the ink on the paper.

One drop, two drops, three drops...

Lin Yuan could no longer see the letter's content clearly.

After his parents' death, Lin Yuan had never cried as he must stay strong to support the store and Chu Ci's hope. Follow the latest novels 𝒐𝒏 n𝒐

But now, thousands of emotions surged into his heart as the peaceful bliss of his childhood floated in front of his eyes.

The commandment that stated a man's tears shouldn't drop so easily had been broken.

Lin Yuan kept the letter and used his hands to wipe his eyes. Now that Lin Yuan was looking at that strange cloth, he felt that it was the warmest thing in this world.

During the alien beast wave, his young parents had been severely injured, and at the crucial moment, they had torn off a piece of cloth and drawn two smiley faces with their fresh blood before death.

It was unknown what the smiley faces signified. Nonetheless, Lin Yuan looked at the smiley faces and could imagine his parents' faces, which would always be smiling no matter what.

The smiling faces might be expectations, concern, or an instinctive action that was carried out subconsciously.

Lin Yuan solemnly folded the cloth and put it close to him. He then said to the duo that had been waiting silently for him to read the letter, "Thank you."

The man immediately got closer and patted Lin Yuan's shoulder. "What is there to thank? A person of your age can just call me Uncle Dong. Later on, I will leave behind my contact information. If you have any issues, you just have to look for me."

Uncle Dong was a chatterbox and pulled Lin Yuan closer before starting to inquire about his life.

In regards to this sudden concern, Lin Yuan rubbed the back of his head and felt a little exhausted when dealing with it.

All of a sudden, the woman coughed lightly, and Uncle Dong immediately stopped talking. He then turned around in embarrassment.

"Lin Yuan, this is a gift from your Uncle Li."

Lin Yuan received the box and thanked her. The woman immediately shook her hand and said gently, "Just call me Auntie Su."

Lin Yuan nodded and greeted her appropriately.

At that moment, Uncle Dong was so shocked that his jaws nearly dropped. "Old Su, I didn't think that you were a person with feelings!" he exclaimed.

Before he could finish, he received a cold glare and didn't dare to continue speaking.

When Auntie Su noticed that Lin Yuan was going to keep the box, she said, "Open the box now and take a look inside. I will tell you what it is. It is something very precious."

Lin Yuan responded by opening the box and saw a sphere, which was the size of a big toe, embedded in the center of the box.

Lin Yuan picked up the sphere and took a closer look but wasn't able to identify it. However, from its appearance, it looked like a dried-up plant's seed.

"It was exchanged for the merits of your father, mother, Auntie Zhang, and Uncle Li. It is a Source Seed."

Lin Yuan felt a lashing pain in his heart first before a trace of warmth replaced it. "Auntie Su, what is a Source Seed?" he asked.

Auntie Su didn't explain immediately. Instead, she asked Lin Yuan, "Do you know how dimensional rifts are sealed?"

Lin Yuan shook his head.

"A dimensional rift may produce an alien beast wave, but it is also a treasure trove. This Source Seed was extracted from a Class 2 dimensional rift. The opening of a dimensional rift produces source-type items. If one extracts the Source Seed, the dimensional rift will lose its ability to produce source-type items and close. There are all sorts of source-type items, and the Source Seed in your hand is one of them."

Lin Yuan observed the Source Seed but couldn't find anything special. It looked just like a piece of hardened lump that was dark green in color.

"This Source Seed is very suitable for you. You cannot sense spirit qi and have weak spiritual energy, so you cannot form contracts with feys. This Source Seed only requires fresh blood to nurture it. In other words, it can form contracts with humans without the need for spirit qi and spiritual energy."

Finally, Lin Yuan learned about the Source Seed's function!

Chapter 46: A Pack of Wolves Hunting

Su Jin explained further upon seeing that Lin Yuan understood.

"The Source Seed's evolution is different from regular feys. It is equivalent to a seed that you can mold as you wish. By feeding it, nurturing it, and guiding it, you can be certain of the Source Seed's ability and evolution direction. I advise you to nurture the Source Seed into a healing-type fey as it will be useful for your condition."

Lin Yuan had a good grasp of the Source Seed's function now.

Simply put, this Source Seed was like an empty canvas. The Source Seed's owner could create willfully on the canvas and decide the Source Seed's evolution form, type, and ability.

Lin Yuan wasn't planning to nurture the Source Seed into a healing-type fey. On the contrary, he was planning to nurture it into a pure combat-class plant-type fey. That way, he would be able to protect himself at any time and place.

In terms of combat, Lin Yuan had this insistence that he had to possess combat capabilities no matter what. Otherwise, if he became a pure Healer, he wouldn't be confident in protecting his life.

Su Jin and Dong Hai gave Lin Yuan their contact information and told Lin Yuan to call them if there was any problem.

Lin Yuan nodded in agreement out of courtesy. Based on Lin Yuan's personality, he would never seek help from others unless it was absolutely necessary.

However, their kind intentions were something that Lin Yuan would remember in his heart.

Auntie Su then took out another box and handed it to Lin Yuan. "This is my personal gift."

Lin Yuan opened it and saw that it was filled with Radiance dollars. It was unknown how many there were in the stack, but it was at least 100.

Before Lin Yuan could say anything, Uncle Dong spoke unhappily. "Hey! Su Jin, didn't we say we will give it together? Why did you give it first without telling me?"

He walked in front of Lin Yuan and took out a box smilingly. "Little Yuan, I also have a gift for you. Be it nurturing the Source Seed or supporting your younger sister at school, money is needed. Don't you save on it. Your Auntie Su and I will be giving you Radiance dollars every now and then."

He then stuffed the box into Lin Yuan's hand.

Lin Yuan received it at first before he seriously latched the two boxes and returned them to Su Jin and Dong Hai.

"Auntie Su, Uncle Dong, I cannot accept the money."

Lin Yuan didn't explain much and just stood still with a smile. His eyes were filled with determination and sincerity.

Dong Hai got anxious in response and tried to persuade him. "Little Yuan, keep them, be good."

"I feel that I cannot accept them."

"I don't need you to feel, I just need me to feel it is okay!"

Lin Yuan suddenly didn't know what to say. Why did this Uncle suddenly become so slippery[1]?

Oil Alert!

As Lin Yuan was speaking, Su Jin had been looking at his eyes.

Su Jin was a member of the Spirit Guards that had seen life and death. She suddenly felt that this youth's eyes were actually clear, sincere, and genuine. From these eyes, she understood that no matter what they said today, Lin Yuan wouldn't accept the money.

"Dong Hai, enough! It is fine if Little Yuan doesn't want it."

She then took back to the two boxes from Lin Yuan. She kept one box to herself and tossed the other box to Dong Hai.

She didn't forget to say to Dong Hai, "Don't speak another word tonight."

Dong Hai felt wronged and closed his mouth in embarrassment.

Lin Yuan realized that Dong Hai's temperament became very straightforward and wasn't as slippery as before.

It seems like Auntie Su is an expert in eliminating oil!

Su Jin suddenly changed the topic and said to Lin Yuan, "This time, a Class 1 dimensional rift appeared in Xia Region. It is connected with an insect world. As for now, there are still numerous alien insects in the rift's vicinity. I can bring you along to see a Spirit Guard's work. Do you wish to go?"

Lin Yuan immediately agreed and said firmly, "Let's go!"

Dimensional rift, insect world, all these were things that Lin Yuan had never come in contact with before. However, it was inevitable to encounter these things in this world, so now that there was a chance, Lin Yuan naturally wanted to go.

Moreover, Lin Yuan wanted to understand more about the Spirit Guards' work. It would also allow him to understand his parents' experiences as they had also been members of the Spirit Guards.

Perhaps, there would be a day when Lin Yuan would venture into dimensional rifts alone.

There wasn't a need to talk about the distant future. According to the news, the dimensional rifts would become active in another half a year, and alien beast waves would start to surge out from the dimensional rifts. By then, it would be something that he had to face.

Now that someone was offering to let him understand things in advance, it was truly a great chance.

Su Jin looked at Lin Yuan with approval and said to Dong Hai, "Later on, you will clear the alien insects. I will protect Little Yuan."

Dong Hai's eyes immediately lit up, and he quickly nodded.

Instead of acting as a bodyguard, fighting and clearing the alien insects was more fitting to Dong Hai's style.

Su Jin circulated her spiritual energy and summoned her fey.

A snow-white avian with a wingspan of ten meters and thick and soft feathers, which were pure white, appeared in the air. The talons under the body had a dazzling metallic luster.

The avian's head was slightly different from regular birds. Regular birds had a smaller head, but Su Jin's contracted fey's head was close to a third of the body.

Lin Yuan used True Data to check on this fey's information.

[Fey Name]: Silk Feather Snowy Owl

[Fey Species]: Conceal Feather genus/Snowy Owl subspecies

[Fey Grade]: Platinum (8/10)

[Fey Type]: Qi/Ice

[Fey Quality]: Flawless

Abilities:

[Feather Assault]: Use the wings to activate an extremely fast flap. At the same time, shoot out razor-sharp side feathers from the wings.

[Feather Shield]: Use the body's thick feathers to put on a damage defense.

[Snow Feather Thrust]: When shooting out cold-attribute feathers, the feathers will condense ice and execute a scattering attack.

[Snow Walk]: The extremely cold air currents form a snow avalanche on the surface of the ground to execute a snowstorm and ice burying attack.

[Protection of Snow]: Summon the power of extreme cold and condense hard ice to protect multiple targets and also to increase the resistance toward ice and snow.

Exclusive Skill:

[Rapid Cold]: Increase affinity with ice and frost, allowing all ice-type abilities to have the Rapid Cold effect.

The Silk Feather Snowy Owl was a flying and defense-type fey. But just by looking at the Silk Feather Snowy Owl's talons, Lin Yuan knew that its attack power would definitely be extraordinary.

After reaching platinum-grade, without the abilities and skill, the fey's physical body would already possess powerful damage output.

Su Jin's Silk Feather Snowy Owl's exclusive skill and nurture method was leaning toward offense.

It allowed this defense-type fey to have extraordinary defense and also outstanding offensive power.

When the Silk Feather Snowy Owl appeared, Chimey was frightened, and Lin Yuan quickly comforted it. After comforting Chimey, Lin Yuan left Chimey at home.

Lin Yuan didn't want to bring along Genius and Chimey as it wouldn't just be dangerous for them. At the same time, their extraordinary traits might be detected by Su Jin and Dong Hai. It wasn't something that Lin Yuan wanted.

When Chimey evolved to bronze-grade, it wouldn't matter if Chimey evolved into the ancestry line or had a spiritual variation. Its looks would definitely undergo an extreme change. By then, people would no longer treat it as a Sound Bird.

Under Su Jin's instructions, Lin Yuan climbed at the Silk Feather Snowy Owl's back.

This was the first time Lin Yuan was observing a Platinum fey from such a close distance, and it was also his first time riding on a Platinum flying fey.

He had to admit that the Silk Feather Snowy Owl was so cozy that it was absurd. When stepping on the Silk Feather Snowy Owl's back, Lin Yuan felt he was stepping on a bed weaved with goose feathers. It was an absolute enjoyment.

When the Silk Feather Snowy Owl was flying in the sky, it was just like a floating cloud.

In just a short moment, it flew out of the Xia Region and arrived at the vicinity of the dimensional rift.

As soon as Lin Yuan got off the Silk Feather Snowy Owl's back, he could hear faint sounds from all sorts of alien insects on this black night. It felt just like the insatiable butcher that was hidden in the dark.

At that moment, a part of uniformed personnel approached them. Su Jin handed her credentials and her crest. The uniformed personnel immediately saluted and left to patrol other places.

By looking at the outfit of these people, Lin Yuan immediately recognized them as the Redbud City's famous Redbud Guards.

It was said that each Redbud Guard possessed a Gold fey, and they were considered the core strength of the Redbud City.

He didn't expect so many Redbud Guards to be in the vicinity of the Class 1 dimensional rift. As of now, Lin Yuan already encountered more than three platoons.

Seeing Lin Yuan's confused expression, Su Jin patiently explained, "The Class 1 dimensional rift is connected to an insect world. It might only be Class 1, but the danger level isn't inferior to a Class 2 dimensional rift. The alien insects have strong reproductive abilities and can also evolve by eating their enemies. Their growth rate is extremely fast, so it is very hard to deal with them."

All of a sudden, Lin Yuan heard a frail sound from behind, and he immediately saw Dong Hai brandishing his fist at the back.

An alien insect collapsed on the ground due to Dong Hai's fist, and the poisonous fluid in its body was spraying out. It was obvious that it wouldn't be able to survive.

Dong Hai was extremely stern and serious as he informed, "We are almost reaching the dimensional rift. By then, Little Yuan will be able to see exactly how dangerous this dimensional rift is."

Soon enough, Lin Yuan looked at the front and could see a black and red crack that stretched across nearly half the place.

Inside the crack, he was able to vaguely see a wonderful world. From time to time, there would be some alien insects falling out of the crack.

It was such a shocking sight that caused Lin Yuan's irises to contract.

From the looks of it, around 100 alien insects would be falling out of the dimensional rift at every moment.

It was unending and felt as though they were being forced out.

At that moment, Dong Hai shouted to the front, "Spirit Guard Dong Hai is requesting to lift the restriction on the dimensional rift to conduct a fundamental clean up!"

An individual flew over immediately after Dong Hai's statement. After checking the credentials, the person started to give orders to the Redbud Guards that were guarding the dimensional rift's vicinity.

Subsequently, Lin Yuan noticed a layer of faint obstruction under the dimensional rift had suddenly vanished. The dimensional rift felt as though it had ruptured, and all sorts of alien insects were rapidly gushing out.

Su Jin stayed beside Lin Yuan and was constantly describing and explaining the knowledge in regards to the dimensional rift.

"Little Yuan, there might be numerous alien insects bursting out of the dimensional rift, but most of these alien insects are elite-grade, and only the minority are bronze-grade. There are basically just a few silver-grade."

Lin Yuan said with shock, "Even if that is the case, it will also take a long time to clean up, right?"

Lin Yuan had never witnessed such situations, and it was even more shocking than those scenes in sci-fi films.

Lin Yuan could hear Dong Hai speaking. "Little Yuan, I alone am enough to handle this small situation."

This statement made Lin Yuan feel that Dong Hai was emitting that indescribable aura again, as though he had drunk down big bowls of oil.

Dong Hai snapped his fingers, and a Platinum fey appeared under his feet. It was a giant azure-blue wolf that was emitting a faint purple glow.

Dong Hai extended his hands and brandished them as though he was a conductor and yelled out, "Seek and hunt my wolves!" Ch𝒆êck out l𝒂t𝒆st 𝒏𝒐v𝒆l𝒔 on nov𝒆l/bin.c𝒐m

The azure-blue giant wolf suddenly flashed, and Lin Yuan realized there were countless wolves that revolved around him.

The pack of wolves sprinted at the alien insects and started a hunting spree.

Lin Yuan took a glance at the azure-blue giant wolf with True Data, and his irises contracted.

[Fey Name]: Hidden Shadow Dire Wolf

[Fey Species]: Dire Wolf species/Canis genus

[Fey Grade]: Platinum (10/10)

[Fey Type]: Dark

[Fey Quality]: Epic

Abilities:

[Tear]: Use its fangs to tear up the prey and inflict penetrative damage.

[Claw Attack]: Use its sharp claws to sweep at the enemy and also rip the target's flesh.

[Terror Howl]: Let out a horrifying howl that terrorizes the enemy and lowers the enemy's defense capability.

[Hidden Dark Wave]: The wolf's mouth emits an extremely destructive dark wave that is lethal within a short range.

[Shadows of Myriad Wolf]: Possess the energy to produce clones. Produce shadow wolf clones that are weaker than the actual grade. The number of wolf shadows is determined by the energy allocation.

Exclusive Skill:

[Energy Extraction]: During the hunt, rapidly absorb energy from the prey to replenish energy.

The Hidden Shadow Dire Wolf was nurtured into an utterly superior fey. The exclusive skill and abilities had the perfect combination.

The clone wolf pack was able to hunt the alien insect to extract the energy and continue to split into more clones, forming a cycle that was to counter low-grade prey.

This Hidden Shadow Dire Wolf was truly a killing machine meant to deal with low-grade alien insects.

The Hidden Shadow Dire Wolf allowed Lin Yuan to have new knowledge on the evolution direction, exclusive skill, and abilities. It was the same as opening the door to a new world.

Under the moon, the battle between the wolf pack and the alien insects was like an extremely beautiful flower of massacre that was blooming.

However, Lin Yuan shook his head as he watched. Dong Hai, who was like a music conductor, revealed a handsome and charming man's expression. Especially the moment when Dong Hai spread out his arms, Lin Yuan's mind flashed with the words: A leap of apocalypse![2].

Immediately after, Lin Yuan noticed an oil field that was as far as the horizon that had suddenly appeared!

Chapter 47: Red Thorn

Under the chilly moonlight, a massacre commenced. Soon, the giant wolf that exuded a purple luster slaughtered all the alien insects.

After the massacre, Dong Hai, Su Jin, and Lin Yuan departed, leaving behind a ground filled with insect corpses for the Redbud Guards to clean up.

At that moment, an unassuming black crow was standing on a tree branch quietly and watching the insect corpses scattered throughout the ground.

The crow's eyes betrayed its ruthlessness and viciousness, as well as traces of disdain.

After standing quietly for a moment, the black crow flew straight for the dimensional rift with a burst of speed.

...

When Lin Yuan returned, he realized he had obtained another Willpower Rune.

Aren't Willpower Runes very difficult to obtain? Why does it seem like I am able to obtain them easily? Is it because I am too smart? Lin Yuan ridiculed in his heart.

Lin Yuan comprehended this Willpower Rune while witnessing the alien insects getting slaughtered. The slaughterfest represented destruction, but it brought hope to Xia Region's people.

Destruction and hope were always contradicting or intersecting with each other. However, in different circumstances, hope and destruction had a different significance.

This Willpower Rune represented hope that was released during the massacre, and it was a true offense-type rune.

As for the Source Seed, Lin Yuan didn't use it immediately after returning. Instead, he spent quite a fair amount of money on the Star Web to purchase Source Seed-related books.

Unfortunately, he realized that all those books were only giving simple introductions. They introduced the Source Seed as a kind of source-type item but only briefly mentioned its usage.

There might be plenty of active dimensional rifts and many dimensional rifts that had been sealed and destroyed, but among all sorts of source-type items, there were only two Source Seeds had ever been obtained.

The owner of the other Source Seed mentioned that one drop of fresh blood was enough to form a contract with the Source Seed. Afterward, they should bury the Source Seed in energy ores and just wait quietly for it to germinate.

Not long after, because the person who had obtained the Source Seed had only been an ordinary person, he had perished during a calamitous Class 3 dimensional rift.

As such, the research on Source Seeds had reached an end. The research result determined that Source Seeds were considered weaker among the source-type items.

Otherwise, no matter how many merits and contributions Lin Yuan's parents, Uncle Li, or Auntie Zhang had wouldn't matter. It would be impossible for them to exchange for the only remaining Source Seed.

After reading all the books on Source Seeds, Lin Yuan had a greater understanding of his Source Seed.

Concurrently, Lin Yuan also decided to form a contract with the Source Seed. He took out the wrinkly Source Seed and observed it, feeling that it was nothing special.

While observing the ordinary-looking Source Seed, Lin Yuan suddenly caught a glimpse of four hearts that were boiling with warmth.

Lin Yuan made a cut on his finger and squeezed out a drop of fresh blood. The drop landed on the Source Seed, and he noticed that the seed absorbed it at breakneck speed. At the same time, he realized that the bloodline contract between him and the Source Seed had already formed!

Since the contract was formed, Lin Yuan decided to stop the bleeding. However, before he could do that, another drop of blood fell on the Source Seed.

Just as Lin Yuan was preparing to wipe off the blood, he discovered that the Source Seed had completely absorbed the drop of blood.

Surprisingly, Lin Yuan felt that his connection with the Source Seed had deepened. Thus, he simply allowed his blood to drip onto the Source Seed.

After six drops of blood, Lin Yuan could vaguely feel the Source Seed's emotional state. It was now emitting a desire for its contractor's blood.

Naturally, Lin Yuan that the Source Seed-related books he had purchased on the Star Web had discrepancies. Logically speaking, the books' authors must have taken reference from the previous contractor's experience of dripping one drop of blood on the Source Seed and the fact that he had sensed that his connection had stopped.

Lin Yuan could sense the Source Seed's desire. Thus, he bit on his hand, opening up the wound, and a surging flow of blood bespattered the Source Seed, which fearlessly absorbed the blood.

After one minute of continuous blood loss, and when Lin Yuan felt a spell of dizziness, the Source Seed finally stopped its wanton absorption.

Lin Yuan swiftly used his Jasmine Lily to heal himself. The Jasmine Lily's Heal ability might not be able to immediately heal Lin Yuan's wound, but in just a few seconds, the bleeding had stopped.

An Elite X Jasmine Lily was already considered a full-fledged healing-type fey.

Lin Yuan took a closer look at the Source Seed and noticed that it was gradually shedding off the hard scab on its surface. The layer of hard scab was now soft and dark red in color.

The dark-red scab was withdrawn inside the Source Seed, and its front grew out soft sprouts that were around 3cm in height.

At that moment, Lin Yuan could clearly feel that the Source Seed was waiting for his instruction to decide on its evolution direction and form.

Lin Yuan had already made a plan regarding the Source Seed's evolution direction, so he immediately instructed, "You will follow the carnivorous plants' path, and your two soft sprouts will grow into a mouth!"

Lin Yuan would first nurture the Source Seed into a predator plant and then evolve it toward the other directions.

After receiving Lin Yuan's instructions, the Source Seed's soft sprouts went through a drastic transformation and turned into two cylinder-shaped stems that were 40cm in height.

The stem's center was like a stomach sack, and when Lin Yuan touched it, it felt like it was hollow. The top of the stems were two red-colored multiflora roses.

Lin Yuan took a closer look at the flowers. Although they might be like simple multiflora roses, their petals had sharp barbs. The moment the petals were rolled open, a saw-toothed mouth appeared.

Lin Yuan never expected that a single command would allow the Source Seed to evolve a completed predator organ. Truth be told, it seemed like the Source Seed was as weak as stated in the books. However, Lin Yuan felt that the Source Seed was exceptionally strong, and it wasn't even at normal-grade yet!

In addition, Lin Yuan even speculated that a Normal offense-type fey, such as the Gray Fur Hound, wouldn't be the Source Seed's match and would become its food source instead. Follow the latest novels 𝒐𝒏 n𝒐

Lin Yuan channeled the spirit qi into the Source Seed, but it didn't absorb the channeled spirit qi to his surprise.

It seemed like the information was correct, and the only method to evolve the Source Seed was through energy absorption.

As a combat-class plant, Lin Yuan wasn't going to allow the Source Seed to be absorbing energy from the soil as the main source of energy. If the plant was too reliant on the soil, it would suffer more restrictions in combat.

Currently, the Source Seed could consume food to increase its energy and allow itself to evolve. As such, it didn't have to rely on its roots to absorb energy.

Lin Yuan was planning to make the roots undergo a different transformation. He wouldn't forbid the roots to absorb energy from the soil. He would make the roots less reliant on absorbing energy from the soil and turn it into a method instead.

For example, he would allow the Source Seed to instantly absorb the soil's energy to recuperate its body or enhance the roots' defensive ability.

Of course, these were all ideas that Lin Yuan had just thought of. As for the exact evolution path, Lin Yuan would make a careful decision after evolving it to bronze-grade and choosing its exclusive skill.

Lin Yuan looked at the Source Seed and decided to give it a name—Red Thorn!

Chapter 48: Mouth of Relinquish

From now on, Lin Yuan would need to supply food to Red Thorn as he did for Genius and Chimey.

Lin Yuan had already come to a decision about Red Thorn food supply. What else could be more suitable than the alien insects as a food source for Red Thorn?

The alien insects had hard shells, while their flesh had corrosive properties.

If these alien insects were used to feed Red Thorn, they would increase Red Thorn's digestive ability and allow Red Thorn's predator organs to produce a potent corrosive fluid in order to digest them.

The alien insects were products of the dimensional rift and insect world. They weren't available in this world.

On the Star Web, the carcasses of alien insects were sold as spiritual ingredients. Lin Yuan immediately went to purchase insect carcasses for Red Thorn to see how many of them it had to digest before reaching normal-grade.

After entering his Star Web store, Lin Yuan noticed that plenty of people were waiting inside. There were many new faces, but Lin Yuan didn't feel strange toward their intentions as they were all waiting for him. They probably wanted to order Bronze Usneas and Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish.

These people were actually willing to increase the price to make orders with him, but Lin Yuan rejected all of them without exception.

When operating a small store, especially a small fey store on the Star Web, apart from the selling feys, the store would be accepting private orders. Each private order would be different from the previous one, so the price would be different. However, as far as the store's normal fey were concerned, Lin Yuan chose to treat everyone fairly.

Lin Yuan hadn't known how to operate a store in his previous life. He had accumulated all the knowledge for operating a store in this life by watching how his parents acted.

Enthusiasm and perseverance were required when opening a store. Lin Yuan had already inherited the enthusiasm and perseverance traits and wouldn't change so easily.

"Owner, I wish to order 30 pots of Bronze Usneas at a price higher than the market price."

"Owner, I wish to order 100 Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish from you. I wonder if we can have a discussion."

Lin Yuan was rather tempted after hearing the offers, but he firmly rejected them.

"When the store brings new merchandise, you are all welcomed to snatch them."

After sending these people away with a smile, Lin Yuan sighed.

Due to the increase in transactions on the Star Web, there would always be new customers, and the usefulness of the AI robot would start to decrease. Lin Yuan really wanted to hire a staff member for his Star Web store.

After the passage of a dozen days or so, Lin Yuan's store was no longer unknown as in the beginning. He had constantly been selling feys that were rarely available on the Star Web. As such, his store had been categorized by the Star Web as a Premium Goods Store. FOlloow 𝒏ewest stories at n𝒐(v)

Naturally, since his store carried the Premium Goods Store title, it received yet another boost in popularity. Nonetheless, with more people visiting due to its reputation, Lin Yuan's supply of goods was not enough for the demand.

Many Star Web stores were trying to think of methods to sell their goods, but Lin Yuan's store would only have available stock for ten minutes before selling out.

During this period of time, the Bronze Usneas and Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish had brought Lin Yuan a profit of 400 Radiance dollars. In other words, Lin Yuan had already accumulated enough money to purchase three drops of gold-grade dragon blood.

There were still a few days before the 27th, and Lin Yuan would definitely be able to earn more Radiance dollars during this period of time. He would then have the capital to purchase the great feys that people might miss out on.

In Lin Yuan's case, who was urgently trying to increase his strength, no amount of Radiance dollars was enough to spend.

Lin Yuan only had one Willpower Rune in the past, and he was already under great pressure. He was in a hurry to help his Jasmine Lily increase its quality to Legend at bronze-grade. From there, he would enhance it into a Fantasy Breed.

Now that he had another Willpower Rune, Lin Yuan was already thinking of upgrading Red Thorn to become a Fantasy Breed at bronze-grade too.

Red Thorn wasn't a regular fey that Lin Yuan could channel his spirit qi to evolve it and enhance its quality. Red Thorn would require the full support of resources, making it a sweet burden.

Just as Lin Yuan was preparing to contact Zhou Jiaxin, he saw a message from a friend. He took a glance and couldn't help but lament.

Stream in the Cloud is really not an uber lucky person. She even said she would definitely be able to roll out the Transparent Spider Web.

To think about it, how can a person who got bitten by a Ghost Shadow Bristled Spider be uber lucky?

As such, Lin Yuan had to continue preparing five more Elite X/Epic Web-Spraying Spiders for the Stream in the Cloud. It wasn't a problem for Lin Yuan as he considered an easy task to complete.

After replying to the Stream in the Cloud, Lin Yuan contacted Zhou Jiaxin.

Deep Mountain Elder Lin: "Big Sister Xin, do you have any alien insect carcasses for sale?"

Zhou Jiaxin: "I do have low-grade alien insect carcasses and quite the collection at that. Do you need them? If you don't need too many, I can send them to you as a gift."

Zhou Jiaxin was rather surprised and didn't know why Lin Yuan wanted to purchase alien insect carcasses. Although the alien insect carcasses' prices weren't considered low, Zhou Jiaxin was willing to gift them because she wanted to build a better relationship with Lin Yuan.

This was also considered a method to enhance the relationship with customers.

Another factor was the recent dimensional rifts opening in various places; the alien insect carcasses' prices had plummeted.

Since the alien insect carcasses' prices had declined, Zhou Jiaxin didn't mind giving away three or four of them.

Deep Mountain Elder Lin: "Big Sister Xin, there is no need for the gift. I will need a huge quantity of alien insect carcasses in the future. This time, I will need 100. I will also need another 10,000 catties of inferior energy ores, half a catty of Butterfly Shells, 40 Normal Spirit-Siphon Goldfish, and five Elite X/Flawless Web-Spraying Spiders."

Lin Yuan decided to just purchase everything from Zhou Jiaxin's store. After purchasing so many spiritual ingredients and feys from Zhou Jiaxin's store, he didn't have to worry about the quality.

Zhou Jiaxin didn't expect Lin Yuan to purchase so many goods in one go. She found the constant increase of Lin Yuan's purchasing power truly delightful. At the same time, she already treated Lin Yuan as her VIP customer and would open up all spiritual ingredients and resources from the store to Lin Yuan.

As a Class 3 store owner, Zhou Jiaxin had plenty of collections. Those precious spiritual ingredients and feys were all resources to build ties with customers. As such, Zhou Jiaxin had been cautiously using them.

However, Zhou Jiaxin was going to be extremely generous in offering her resources to Lin Yuan in the future. Of course, the precondition was that Lin Yuan could afford them.

After logging out of the Star Web, Lin Yuan quickly received Zhou Jiaxin's goods. The 100 alien insect carcasses were stored in Ostrich Logistics spirit storage boxes, so there wasn't a need to worry they might rot.

Lin Yuan tossed the alien insect carcasses to Red Thorn.

Red Thorn probed and sensed the alien insect carcasses' taste before the two red flowers opened up and formed a red basin mouth that could fit a basketball. It then gobbled up two of the alien insect carcasses.

Red Thorn's digestion speed of the alien insect carcasses was surprisingly fast, and it took just five to six minutes to disintegrate them.

Lin Yuan continued to feed Red Thorn until the 80th carcass. When Red Thorn finished digesting the 80th alien insect carcass, it stopped eating.

Its body started to shiver violently as it evolved and produced other body structures.

At that moment, Lin Yuan checked on Red Thorn's normal-grade ability, and his irises shrunk as it was the Mouth of Relinquish!

Chapter 49: Thousand Questions Beast

Red Thorn's body was shivering with increased intensity. As it shivered, thorns started to grow out of Red Thorn's body. There were around ten thorns, around one and a half meters, with sharp spikes covering them.

The spikes weren't ordinary spikes as they curved in a reverse direction. If this thorn pierced into the flesh, a slight pull of the vine would rip off the flesh.

While looking at Red Thorn's normal-grade state, Lin Yuan couldn't help but get amazed by Red Thorn's offensive capability.

Red Thorn's evolution felt as though it was meant for combat, but the evolution had yet to complete.

At the center of Red Thorn, there was a fruit-shaped part that suddenly grew out. It was light red in color and around half a meter in height. As compared to the two digestive organs by the side, the fruit-shaped part was taller and much more robust.

The two digestive organs that Red Thorn produced previously were gradually integrating with the fruit-shaped part. Red Thorn's evolution stopped here.

Lin Yuan checked on Red Thorn's True Data.

[Fey Name]: Red Thorn (Predator Plant)

[Fey Species]: Rafflesia genus/Vine subspecies

[Fey Grade]: Normal

[Fey Type]: Source

[Fey Quality]: Elite

Abilities: UppTodat𝒆d fr𝒐m nô/v/e/lb(i)n.c(o)/m

[Mouth of Relinquish]: Secrete vigorous digestive fluids with powerful corrosive properties, allowing a faster speed to absorb the energy in the food.

Red Thorn looked rather sinister and fearsome right now, however, Lin Yuan paid more attention to the newly grown fruit-shaped part as it was a new organ.

This new organ was precisely due to the Red Thorn's normal-grade ability, Mouth of Relinquish.

Red Thorn's digestive organs could only be described as complete before, but they were considered perfect right now.

A single command from Lin Yuan had allowed Red Thorn to evolve into a nearly perfect route at the normal-grade. The newly grown organ was a digestive smelter. It allowed the digestive organs to dissolve the alien insect carcasses with extreme speed and also secrete large amounts of plant corrosive fluid.

The corrosive plant fluid wasn't just able to help with the digestion of food, but the two multiflora flowers could also spat it out as an attack.

Lin Yuan followed up quickly and continued to feed the alien insect carcasses. He noticed the Mouth of Relinquish had opened up multiple crevices that were filled with sharp teeth.

Lin Yuan tossed ten insect carcasses into the Mouth of Relinquish, and it merely wriggled a few times before crushing all the insect carcasses.

Due to the digestive fluids that were even more powerful than acid, it took just a few minutes to digest everything.

Lin Yuan was shocked by Red Thorn's digestion speed.

However, he wasn't hesitant and immediately ordered another 3,000 alien insect carcasses from Zhou Jiaxin's Star Web store. Lin Yuan was planning to constantly feed Red Thorn and for it to digest the alien insect carcasses to quickly reach elite-grade.

Apart from listing up the new goods on the Star Web, Lin Yuan would be purchasing resources during this period. At the same time, he helped Stream in the Cloud to finish the custom orders.

For the rest of the time, Lin Yuan had constantly been enhancing the Jasmine Lily, Spirit-Siphon Goldfish, Genius, and Chimey.

It had to be known that regarding the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish, Lin Yuan truly had a love-hate relationship with it.

But as his spirit-locked fey, Lin Yuan didn't have any choice and had to be patient as he increased the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish's grade and quality. As for the other Spirit-Siphon Goldfish, Lin Yuan didn't have the time to bother with them.

However, due to the Spirit Lock spatial zone's ample spirit qi, the Normal Spirit-Siphon Goldfish in the spirit pool were all evolving rather quickly.

Naturally, evolving the Normal Spirit-Siphon Goldfish to elite-grade brought the main bulk of revenue for Lin Yuan.

Days passed by, and Lin Yuan continued to operate Purchase With No Loss Fey Store. The small financial snowball had been constantly pushed by Lin Yuan and started to accumulate more snow, producing great rewards.

At that moment, Chimey and Genius were cuddling with Lin Yuan. Under Lin Yuan's nourishment and channeled spirit qi, they were already Elite X/Epic feys.

When Lin Yuan circulated the spirit qi to break through the limits in Genius and Chimey's bodies, the two of them simultaneously evolved to bronze-grade.

Genius' body emitted the sound of intense bone formations, and it was meowing and purring as though it was experiencing extreme pain.

The evolution to bronze-grade was considered a metamorphosis for any fey, and naturally, Genius was no exception. However, as a Hundred Questions Beast, Genius' foundation was much weaker than regular feys. Therefore, the evolution to bronze-grade was even more intense for Genius.

In a few short minutes, Genius' fur had been withering and falling off layer by layer and growing new fur layer by layer. When Genius had reached elite-grade, it had already been the size of an adult domestic cat. Now that it evolved to bronze-grade, Genius actually shrunk by more than two times. Genius now had the size that was the same as the time before any evolution.

Genius' fur had constantly been transforming, and after a period of time, it finally stopped. Genius' fur was completely white right now. But it wasn't white like the snow, but more like white nephrite that was sparkling and moist looking.

Genius opened its eyes, and Lin Yuan noticed that its eyes were like amber and felt they were absurdly quick-witted.

After waking up, Genius looked at its transformation and licked its little paws happily. All of a sudden, Genius looked at its tail and let out an alarmed meow.

Lin Yuan looked over and noticed that Genius' tail had transformed from one into three. When Lin Yuan used True Data to check on Genius' attributes, he noticed that Genius' name had changed from a Hundred Questions Beast to a Thousand Questions Beast.

Genius was still panicking because of its three tails. It used its little paw to grasp the tails and shook them back and forth. It made Genius' quick-witted eyes lit up.

Since Genius evolved to bronze-grade with Epic quality, three exclusive skills appeared, and Lin Yuan had to make a choice.

Lin Yuan carried Genius and discovered that its fur was ridiculously silky and soft. When Genius sensed that it had shrunk in size, it scuttled onto Lin Yuan's shoulder and sat on its favorite spot.

Lin Yuan read Genius' three exclusive skills and started to ponder.

[Dust Avoidance]: All dust will be repelled, and the environment will be free of dust.

[Tool Transformation]: Capable of transforming into a tool for the contractor to use.

[Deepened Pain]: After attacking the target, it will cause the target to feel pain. Make use of the spiritual energy to decide and increase the pain.

The three exclusive skills made Lin Yuan frown.

Dust Avoidance was an exclusive skill that was like a smart vacuum cleaner and was very fitting for a housekeeping beast. If the Dust Avoidance skill was used in appropriate situations, it could be used to deal with and counter feys with Sandy Soil abilities.

However, Genius wasn't an offense-type fey, so the effects in battle would be very limited.

Chapter 50: Streamcloud Azure Bird

Deepened Pain was also an exclusive skill of the same category. It was considered an elite combat-class exclusive skill that had horrific lethality in combat. But for Genius, it was obviously useless.

Genius' physical body might obtain offensive capabilities as it continued to evolve, but it was unrealistic if Genius had to injure feys of the same grade.

Genius was all in all a housekeeping or domestic fey.

As for the Tool Transformation skill, Lin Yuan also had a headache. It was a skill that people would either love or hate.

Only gamblers would prefer to use Tool Transformation as entertainment. According to different fey species, the Tool Transformation would be slightly different.

However, it still couldn't lower the unpredictability of Tool Transformation.

A huge and burly man had once picked the Tool Transformation skill for his fey, and the fey transformed into... a colorful and beautiful little hand-held fan. The scene had been so 'beautiful' that people couldn't bear watching.

A delicate and petite little girl's fey had also awakened Tool Transformation, and it transformed into... a large steel hammer. It had angered the little girl so much that she could only wipe her tears and couldn't even cry out loud.

If Tool Transformation gave out a weapon, it was rather good. But if it was a defense item, it was horrendous.

Spirit qi clothes might be expensive now, but it was still possible to purchase them. If a fey transformed into a defense item, it was the same as losing a reliable helper in combat. But if they didn't use the exclusive skill, it was the same as the fey having one less exclusive skill.

Furthermore, there were successful cases of Tool Transformation, and such cases were rather common.

Since it was a matter with regards to one's fey, and there was only one chance, who would dare to take the risk?

For people whose feys evolved with Flawless quality, they didn't have a chance. Now that Lin Yuan had three choices, he wasn't really willing to take the risk.

However, the two other exclusive skills were truly useless for Genius, and it wasn't going to help to have them.

Finally, Lin Yuan steeled his heart and decided to take the risk. If he made this bet, there was a possibility that a motorcycle might turn into a sports car, and if he failed, the motorcycle would turn into a bicycle at worst.

As compared to the two other exclusive skills, the difference wasn't that much.

Once Lin Yuan chose Tool Transformation, Genius let out a meow, and its body glowed and started to transform. Subsequently, it transformed into a classic white-framed pair of glasses. The glasses had amber-like decorations and looked just like Genius.

When having a fey with Tool Transformation, there would certainly be an additional effect for the contractor. After wearing the glasses, Lin Yuan felt that his mind had obtained knowledge that he couldn't understand previously.

This knowledge was mostly for primary rank Scholar, Fey Observer, and Spiritual Ingredient Analyst.

Lin Yuan immediately understood. It seemed like when he wore the glasses, he could actually share the knowledge that Genius had learned.

When Lin Yuan moved the glasses, he realized that the glasses had a second form. There was a switch at the back of the ear, which immediately turned the glasses into a white mask with amber patterns. Lin Yuan felt it was refreshing as Genius reverted to its original appearance after transforming twice.

When Genius evolved from a Hundred Questions Beast to a Thousand Questions Beast, it was such a complete transformation that Lin Yuan would never have expected.

If Genius wasn't able to use Tool Transformation and turn into a pair of glasses, Lin Yuan felt that it would be rather awkward to bring Genius into the exams for the lifestyle-class occupations.

After checking on Genius' attributes after evolving to bronze-grade, Lin Yuan nodded.

[Fey Name]: Thousand Questions Beast

[Fey Species]: Spirit Cat species/Intelligent Cat species

[Fey Grade]: Bronze (1/10)

[Fey Type]: Spiritual

[Fey Quality]: Normal

Abilities:

[Precise Memory]: When memorizing something, every single detail can be memorized with precision.

[Knowledge Analysis]: Can conduct a diverse initial analysis of the memory's knowledge.

Exclusive Skill:

[Tool Transformation]: Capable of transforming into a tool for the contractor to use.

After Genius' evolution, Chimey had also completed its evolution.

The azure blue feathers on Chimey looked to have a layered effect like the different tones of blue in the clear blue sky. Its size didn't have an obvious change, but as compared to before, it looked more exquisite.

The cloud patterns that weren't as distinct previously were now very distinct. The cloud patterns were clear, and the color had a metallic luster, just like a blue color from an artwork using the cloisonné.

Chimey's fey name was no longer Sound Bird. Instead, it was called Streamcloud Azure Bird now.

As for Chimey's exclusive skill, Lin Yuan was very decisive.

[Oily Feather]: The feathers secrete oil and can help to repel damage effectively.

[Clear Sky]: After a chirp, the clouds will disperse and clear up the sky.

[Wind Loan]: When flying, reduces stamina consumption and borrows the power of air currents effectively.

Lin Yuan didn't hesitate after checking the three exclusive skills and immediately picked Clear Sky. It was an exclusive skill that Lin Yuan had never heard of. The effects of Clear Sky sounded like a water evasion ability, but if one was to exaggerate it, it was also able to change the weather.

Most importantly, after using Clear Sky, Chimey would be facing the sun directly. Would Chimey be able to make use of the exclusive skill, Clear Sky, to comprehend the mysteriousness of the scorching sun? It might allow Chimey to have an opportunity to advance toward a higher bloodline.

Lin Yuan checked on Chimey's True Data.

[Fey Name]: Streamcloud Azure Bird

[Fey Species]: Corvidae species/Azure Bird species 𝒩ewW 𝒏ovels upd𝒂tes on nov/𝒆l/b(i)𝒏.com

[Fey Grade]: Bronze (1/10)

[Fey Type]: Sound/Qi

[Fey Quality]: Normal

Abilities:

[Sound Thrust]: Fire a sharp spike that is formed by sound at a designated target.

[Turbulence]: The flap of the wings emits a consistently fast and random flow of air current.

Exclusive Skill:

[Clear Sky]: After a chirp, the clouds will disperse and clear up the sky.

From the information displayed on True Data, Chimey's basic ability had also obtained a slight upgrade. It was now capable of being a combat-class fey.

Chimey and Genius' evolutions to bronze-grade were all toward spiritual variations. Their sizes didn't get bigger, but they became comprehensive.

Lin Yuan had also evolved the Jasmine Lily from Elite X/Epic to Bronze/Normal.

Among the three exclusive skills, Lin Yuan repeatedly considered and finally picked the skill, Recovery Imprint.

After picking Recovery Imprint, an imprint that was just like the Jasmine Lily appeared on Lin Yuan's forehead. He could feel that the imprint was constantly storing the healing energy released by the Jasmine Lily.

This imprint was just like a lock that would seal all of the healing energy that was constantly released from the Jasmine Lily. When Lin Yuan opened up the lock, all of the accumulated healing energy would be immediately released.

The Jasmine Lily's basic ability, Heal, had also changed after reaching bronze-grade. It wasn't a single target healing ability anymore. Depending on the spirit qi and the contractor's target, it could heal multiple targets until the contractor's spirit qi was fully exhausted.

The change of the ability was also one of the reasons why Lin Yuan had chosen Recovery Imprint as the exclusive skill. When releasing the healing energy accumulated in the Recovery Imprint, Lin Yuan didn't have to exhaust his own spiritual power.

As for the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish, it was now already Elite VII/Epic. The Spirit-Siphon Goldfish's evolution speed had forcefully imbued Lin Yuan with patience.

In addition, Lin Yuan still required the gold-grade dragon blood to incite the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish's ancestry bloodline, so he wasn't in a hurry.

Lin Yuan's strength had undergone a qualitative leap.

Red Thorn was still rapidly digesting the alien insect carcasses and evolving toward elite-grade. Lin Yuan believed that Red Thorn would soon evolve to elite-grade and even bronze-grade with a massive amount of resources. By then, Lin Yuan's combat strength would increase significantly.

Lin Yuan was in a hurry to increase his strength as he wanted to climb the Star Tower in the Star Web.

Lin Yuan had already brought Chimey and Genius into the Star Web, and now, they were heading for the Star Tower.