Chapter 125: Chapter 95: Evil Blood Sect: Rotting Blood Corpse (Part 2)
Zhong Yi’s Soul Base was of the Life Attribute, so Guardian Beasts like the Dragon-Speaking Mink could live comfortably and safely within it.
At this point, Shen Xuan had long since lost any interest in reading. He watched the entire evolution of the four Dragon-Speaking Minks at Zhong Yi’s hands.
Shen Xuan found the evolution of Guardian Beasts to be utterly marvelous and felt a genuine joy at the Dragon-Speaking Minks’ bloodline transformation.
Shen Xuan suddenly recalled what Wen Tao had told him earlier today when they were inspecting his Soul Base.
His Soul Strength was very high, and his Soul Sensitivity far surpassed that of an ordinary person, meeting the threshold to become a Creator.
With eyes full of anticipation, Shen Xuan couldn’t help but tell Zhong Yi his desire to become a Creator.
Zhong Yi, who had been sitting on the chair looking somewhat fatigued, heard this and spoke to Shen Xuan in a very serious tone.
"Becoming a Creator is no easy feat. You have to endure great hardship and spend a lot of time practicing how to concoct potions."
"Ah Xuan, if you’re truly interested in being a Creator and want to become one, I’m willing to support you."
"You can start by learning from Brother Zhao. As a Four-finger Peak Creator, he’s more than qualified to teach you."
Even though Shen Xuan’s status had undergone an earth-shattering change, he was still in the habit of cautiously presenting his own thoughts and requests each time.
This wasn’t because his previous environment had fostered a timid personality.
Rather, it was because Shen Xuan was terrified of being disliked by the most important person in his heart.
Now, Zhong Yi was unconditionally supporting his idea and was even willing to have Zhao Kai teach him.
This made Shen Xuan’s heart burn with warmth.
"Young Master, even if I become a Creator, I will definitely not neglect improving my own strength."
Hearing this, Zhong Yi thought to himself, ’It was a good thing Shen Xuan took the Soul-Catching Gu Mother’s insect eggs.’
If Shen Xuan wanted to become a Creator, the Soul-Catching Gu Mother’s insect eggs could be of great help to him.
When Zhong Yi had just been nurturing the four Dragon-Speaking Minks, he hadn’t thought about using the Flowing Soul Soil behind Shen Xuan’s back.
For one thing, Shen Xuan’s Soul Base had already been parasitized by the Soul-Catching Gu Mother’s insect eggs, so he could be controlled by Zhong Yi.
For another, even if Zhong Yi couldn’t control Shen Xuan, he was still willing to trust him as a person.
Besides, Shen Xuan wasn’t a Creator. Even if a real Creator were here, they would likely find it difficult to comprehend Zhong Yi’s methods.
Before going to sleep, Zhong Yi checked the two Storage Pouches he had obtained from the Deceitful Moon Tower, which were filled with Mortal Beast Tier and Extraordinary Tier Demon Remains.
The Life and Soul Energy contained within the Demon Remains in these two Storage Pouches had already been almost completely absorbed by the Soul-Controlling Flower.
Zhong Yi discovered that the amount of Flowing Soul Soil required to strengthen each Guardian Beast was different.
Some Guardian Beasts consumed a huge amount of Flowing Soul Soil during their bloodline evolution.
Nurturing these four Dragon-Brewed Immortal Minks, each one had basically used up nearly thirty milliliters of Zhong Yi’s Flowing Soul Soil.
Of the over five hundred milliliters of Flowing Soul Soil that Zhong Yi had painstakingly accumulated, less than one hundred fifty milliliters now remained.
Zhong Yi still needed a large quantity of Demon or Guardian Beast Remains for the Soul-Controlling Flower to absorb.
This would allow the Soul-Controlling Flower to produce a Soul Taming Seed as soon as possible, and its roots would yield more Flowing Soul Soil.
Zhong Yi decided to contact Chen Yin, the Deceit Holder with the Deceitful Moon Badge, first thing tomorrow morning and ask her to help him get some more Demon Remains.
In the short term, other than going to Chen Yin, Zhong Yi couldn’t think of any other way to obtain a large quantity of Demon Remains.
However, Zhong Yi didn’t plan to rely on Chen Yin for Demon Remains forever.
Suddenly, an idea struck Zhong Yi. The Evolution Shop was located at the border of the Upper and Lower City Districts, and he was about to move to the Central District.
Instead of closing the Evolution Shop, why not arrange for someone to stay there and purchase large quantities of Demon and Guardian Beast remains?
In any case, as Zhong Yi nurtured more resource-producing Guardian Beasts in the future, he would have plenty of money to spend.
In fact, purely from a price perspective, Demon Remains were much cheaper than Guardian Beast Remains.
Demon Remains were generally inedible, and the materials they yielded were far fewer than those from Guardian Beast Remains.
The wholesale price for Guardian Beast Remains of a given tier was anywhere from 10 to 14 times more expensive than that of Demon Remains of the same tier.
To the Soul-Controlling Flower, there was no difference between the Life and Soul Energy contained within Guardian Beast Remains and Demon Remains.
The reason Zhong Yi chose to acquire Guardian Beast Remains in large quantities was because he now had the idea of forming his own faction.
If one wanted to build a faction, it was necessary to stockpile large amounts of various resources.
These Low Tier basic materials from Guardian Beasts were something Creators could often use.
It was much cheaper to buy Guardian Beast Remains, have Hong Ji absorb them, and then separate the materials than it was to purchase the materials individually.
After all, separating and organizing materials also required significant labor costs.
Another, more important point was that if Hong Ji only absorbed Demon Remains, her material acquisition would be too monotonous.
Only by absorbing a variety of materials and cleverly combining them could Hong Ji’s performance in battle reach the next level.
As the night deepened, Lan Po began to feed on the dreams of everyone asleep in the Evolution Shop.
With their dreams absorbed by Lan Po, the sleepers were free from the disturbance of dreams and could rest more soundly.
「Under the bright moonlight, a merchant guild in Starlight City’s Lower City District was open for business as usual.」
This merchant guild wasn’t like others that only operated during the day.
A guild like this, open twenty-four hours a day with an extremely comprehensive range of products, was very popular with Adventurers.
Beneath this merchant guild was an Earth Palace far larger than the main guild hall above.
Three people were seated in the main hall of this Earth Palace.
From their appearances, none of the three were young.
Even if they tried their best to maintain a youthful appearance, they all carried an unconcealable aura of twilight.
At this moment, the two people sitting in the lower seats had expressions of extreme delight.
"Big Brother, your Deceit Beast has finally broken through the Fantasy Tier and advanced to the Mythical Tier!"
"And during its advancement to the Mythical Tier, you even managed to raise the Deceit Beast’s Quality to Platinum, just as you wished!"
"Now that you’ve broken through, Big Brother, our good days are finally here!"
The person in the head seat stroked the inch-long beard on his chin, his expression one of both pleasure and satisfaction as he spoke.
"My Deceit Beast’s breakthrough to the Mythical Tier is largely thanks to the help of you two."
"We three siblings have kept our identities hidden all this time for the sole purpose of turning those two into fodder for my Deceit Beast."
"My Deceit Beast devoured those two’s Fantasy Tier Peak Deceit Beasts. It would be against all reason if it didn’t advance to the Mythical Tier after that."
"From now on, the Evil Blood Sect is ours. You two should have finished taking over the businesses under those two, right?"
The woman with a long, gruesome scar on her neck, who was sitting in a lower seat, spoke with unconcealed delight.
"Big Brother, I’ve finished taking everything over. It wasn’t entirely smooth, but I dealt with all resistance swiftly and decisively."
"As for those under Wu Kecun and Yang Rupei who refused to believe they died in an accident, Liao Peng didn’t hold back. They’ve all been purged."
The rather burly man sitting beside the woman chimed in.
"Big Brother, Wu Kecun and Yang Rupei’s subordinates were quite capable. It took a lot of effort to get rid of them."
"However, my Deceit Beast’s Origin was somewhat damaged, and we lost quite a few of our own people."
At this point, the burly man paused for a moment before continuing with some resentment in his voice.
"Big Brother, Liao Min and I are far less talented than you. And unlike Liao Min, I’m not good at management. I can only handle the fighting and killing."
"I know it’s not my place to offer opinions, but now that we three siblings control the great Evil Blood Sect, I don’t think we need to keep hiding and being so cautious like before."
"Someone from the Purifying Moon Sect approached us. They said there’s a Rule Deceit Embryo in Starlight City."
"She said if we help her, she’ll give us the Rule Deceit Embryo after it’s done."
"Big Brother, if you absorb this Rule Deceit Embryo, wouldn’t that give your Deceit Beast, the Rotting Blood Corpse, a chance to grasp the Power of Rules and advance even further?"
