One-Eyed Snake
The reason Third Heaven Palace did mpt detail how to deal with celestial flames in the jade slips they distributed was self-explanatory. Thus, Mu Yu contemplated dropping by Pill Cauldron Sect for a Taishi sky purple pill to study.
“I have some spirit replenishment pills here you can have,” stated Mu Yu, passing a vial to Xuan Zhengtang.
“Sp-spirit replenishment pills? How do you have so many? Ar-are you sure you want to give all of these to us?”
“Yeah. I don’t have any use for them now,” answered Mu Yu, referring to it being unable to replenish much of a Body Synthesis Realm cultivator’s spiritual energy.
“Th-th-”
“Not enough? I have more here,” responded Mu Yu, passing over another vial containing over twenty pills.
“N-no, that was not what I meant. Th-this one cannot take something so valuable for nothing.”
“I just think you’re good people and wanted to lend a hand,” replied Mu Yu, putting the second vial away.
“This one has nothing to repay you with. Therefore, please accept a grateful bow.”
“Don’t worry about it. Go do what you have to do with the level six fiend beasts and then buy a Taishi purple sky pill. I want to see how it works.”
“As you wish, Master Yu.”
“… Master Yu, are you, perhaps, a disciple of Pill Cauldron Sect?” inquired Xuan Sitong, containing her delight.
“No. My friend from there gave me some pills as a gift.”
Friends with a level five alchemist or higher? I’m glad we didn’t upset him. I’m glad living a life of principles has saved Hanyu, thought Xuan Zhengtang.
“Shifu! Shifu!” Xuan Chihan cried, pelting in. “We have two customers, troublemakers to be accurate.”
“What do you mean?” questioned Xuan Zhengtang, contracting his brows.
“The two of brought a level four tornado tiger in, yet they insist it is a level five fire tiger. When I tried to explain to them that they were wrong, they vandalised our store. I have no means of stopping them as they are Spirit Severing Realm cultivators.”
“How can someone mistake two fiend beasts so distinctly different?”
“You don’t need to think so hard. They’re deliberately starting a fuss,” Mu Yu interjected.
“I shall go and chase them out,” stated Xuan Zhengtang.
“I’ll go with you,” Mu Yu expressed.
Unsurprisingly, there were four Spirit Severing Realm cultivators among others. It did not take a genius to realise it was a premeditated scheme.
“Hello, this one is Mystic Beast Store’s proprietor, Xuan Zhengtang.” Thanks to Mu Yu’s presence behind him giving him a confident boost, Xuan Zhengtang requested, “May he examine the level five fire tiger you wish to sell?”
“Perfect timing. Your clerk needs to be re-educated. He claims my level five fire tiger is a level four tornado tiger. Don’t you make the same mistake,” threatened the one-eyed customer who lost his eye to a fiend beast.
“It is an honour to be at your service, One-Eyed Snake,” replied Xuan Zhaengtang.
In the fiend-hunter profession, One-Eyed Snake, the leader of One-Eyed Brotherhood, a group numbering hundreds of fiend beast hunters, made a name for himself with his countless kills. Hunters joined his group for the privilege to take their catches straight to Beast-Taming Hall and sell for negotiable prices.
“Spare me the drivel. We’re here to do business with you, so you better open your eyes wide.”
“Please rest assured. Please give this one a moment to examine your goods.”
The, now one-eyed, red, tiger fiend beast bathing in its blood took up ten metres of the counter. One-eyed Snake dug out its left eye as he did with all of his catches in spite of the loss it incurred when selling his as revenge against a purple-cloud snake that blinded his left eye.
Unfortunately, Xuan Zhengtang found the fiend beast’s core was missing. That was fairly normal as fiend souls could be sold as a separate part. At the same time, its absence could work in the favour of sellers as the swindler who duped Beast-Taming Hall did last time. Besides being able to distinguish between fiend beasts’ levels based on their fiend soul, nevertheless, one could also distinguish them based on their fur. A level four tornado tiger had a whirlpool-like pattern on its chest, hence the name. One-Eyed Snake, however, deliberately damaged the fiend beast’s chest so that Xuan Zhengtang had no way of using its fur pattern as a means of identification.
“What do you see, Mr. Xuan? This is a legitimate level five tiger. The market price for it is approximately 25,000 spirit stones. Don’t get it wrong,” One-Eyed Snake threatened again whilst wearing a wry smile.
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