Chapter 64: The Unlucky Strange Beast

  "What do you think of Xi Lang?" Zhao Xue asked in a soft voice.

  "Go take a look!" Guo Fei nodded, and immediately transformed into an axe cavalryman. He used the horse's virtual shadow in the soldier symbol space to test it out. As long as the soldier symbol space accepted it, his combat strength would quickly increase.

  Guo Fei had experience with this before, during his time in Hei Yu, when his own mount, the Void Shadow Horse, had absorbed the blood of a Blood Qilin, greatly increasing its abilities and allowing it to communicate with him telepathically. If he could find a suitable beast that could accept the energy infusion from his military symbol, then he might be able to choose one; otherwise, it would be impossible.

  Because if it wasn't for the axe-wielding cavalry entering his body, Guo Fei from another world wouldn't even know how to ride a horse, let alone go to battle. Therefore, he must combine with a mount that shares his intentions.

  The boss listened and led the two back into the corridor, along a fork in the road to an iron cage, where another wolf was, its body size similar to the previous one, but it had obviously lost its ferocity, looking at people with a warm and unusual gaze, I don't know how these people tamed them, there must be some secret method.

  "Adult, this riding beast has been tamed, but it still needs to be nurtured with emotions in the future. First, let it eat its fill; secondly, interact with it frequently and train it; thirdly, truly care for it. Beasts also have feelings, although we've used secret methods to tame it, subsequent nurturing is also very important." The boss looked at Guo Fei who was staring intently at the wolf, thinking he had taken a liking to it, and explained beside him.

  "This wolf is not for me!" Guo Fei shook his head, he had just tried it out and the virtual shadow energy in his own martial symbol space couldn't be infused into this wolf's body at all, obviously it couldn't be accepted by the martial symbol, so naturally he didn't want it.

  "Miss County Master, what do you think?" The old man looked at Zhao Xue and said.

  "Guo Fei, think carefully, this is currently the best rideable beast." Zhao Xue said looking at Guo Fei.

  "Let's take another look!" Guo Fei shook his head firmly and said.

  "Is there a tamed ride beast?" Zhao Xue asked the boss in a soft voice.

  "There are only two five-colored deer and three white rhinoceros left." The boss said with some disappointment. Such rare animals were extremely expensive, ordinary people couldn't afford them, and it wasn't easy to find a suitable buyer.

  "Go take a look!" Guo Fei said with some disappointment.

  The boss led the two people through a dimly lit corridor, walking forward.

  "Huh!" Guo Fei let out a low hum, and in the space of the military seal, the shadowy horses of the axe cavalry suddenly brightened, startling Guo Fei. He immediately stopped and walked towards another fork in the road.

  "What's wrong?" The boss looked at Guo Fei and saw that he hadn't followed him, but instead went towards another passageway, and suddenly asked in surprise.

  "What is this place?" Guo Fei looked up to see an iron gate with a lock on it, and through the bars, he could make out that inside was also a dark passageway.

  "Adults, there are some ferocious beasts here that cannot be tamed and are locked up. They are usually fed with food. If the energy of their blood meets the standard for making talismans, they will be sold to the talisman makers. However, the requirements for talismans are extremely high, and these beasts generally do not meet them, so they just wait for death here." The boss explained.

  "May I go in and take a look?" asked Guo Fei with a smile.

  "There are some ferocious beasts inside, not yet tamed, I'm afraid they won't satisfy the adults. What if they were to hurt the young lady, I wouldn't be able to bear the consequences." The boss said in a deep voice.

  "It doesn't matter if I'm here! Open the door!" Guo Fei said with a faint smile.

  "Open the door!" Zhao Xue also nodded and said.

  The boss called out to the beastmaster on duty in the corridor, and soon two tall and large men, fully wrapped in armor, came over and opened the iron gate.

  Kuo Fei walked in, the dark passageway had cells on both sides, each cell held a fierce beast, all of which were covered in blood, apparently having suffered greatly. However, when they looked at people, they didn't seem like tame wolves, their eyes contained warmth, and their gaze flashed with a bloodthirsty light, all of them growling softly.

  In the third grid on the left, Guo Fei found what he was looking for. The virtual shadow in the military symbol space pointed to it from afar.

  This was a very strange beast, with the body resembling a majestic lion, its entire body covered in long, light golden fur, but its two ears were like those of a rabbit, and it differed from lions. Its entire body was bloody, clearly having suffered greatly. However, this beast was different from other beasts, either standing upright or lying on the ground with an intimidating posture. The beast curled up its body, extremely quiet, only occasionally opening its eyes to glance at the three people, revealing a glimmer of sharp light, appearing extremely extraordinary.

  "What's this animal called?" Guo Fei looked down and indeed didn't recognize it, thought of saying it was a lion but felt it wasn't, so he asked the boss.

  "This beast has caused us a huge loss." The boss sighed and continued: "This beast is a rare species from the heavens, called the Golden Fur Roar. We bought it back for 800,000 gold coins, which isn't expensive considering its quality. When it arrived, five demon hunters brought it back using 'Beast Storage Talismans', and it was already in this state, curled up. We thought it was starving, so we fed it some food, but it wouldn't eat unless the food was placed right next to its mouth. Later, we tried every method to get it to stand up - whether it was tempting it with food, whipping it, or scaring it with fire - but it remained motionless, leaving us helpless. We've had no choice but to leave it here for half a year now, and it's still in this state."

  Guo Fei didn't quite believe what his boss said, guessing that the price wouldn't be so high. These people were all swindlers, but he did believe what was said afterwards. However, Guo Fei had no idea what a "Storage Beast Token" was.

  Guo Fei approached the iron cage and carefully observed, instantly shooting out a faint shadow of a horse from his palm, which merged into the body of the beast. A faint light flashed, and the people behind didn't notice at all.

  The beast struggled slightly, and its eyes suddenly opened to look at Guo Fei. The shadow entered its body, and instantly Guo Fei and it had a mind-connected feeling. After about half an hour, he understood its situation.

  Guo Fei learned a lot about wild beasts and demonic beasts from Hu Xiaoyue. Strictly speaking, the difference between demonic beasts and wild beasts lies in whether they have awakened to intelligence or not. By absorbing the essence of heaven and earth, day and night, into their bodies, as their physical energy becomes denser, the excess true qi supports the meridians inside their bodies, starting to circulate through them autonomously, and with just a single thread of true qi being circulated, they are considered demonic beasts.

  So, the first place where energy overflows in the blood is very important. For example, the first overflow of true energy from the Fox tribe often concentrates on the meridians on the surface of the body, and later generated true energy will gather here, taking this as the starting point to continuously open up the meridians throughout the body. Once the superficial meridians are opened, transformation can occur, but the internal dan Tian and other parts are severely congested, making it impossible to condense into a demon core within the dan Tian. Although transformation occurs, there is very little true energy stored, and combat effectiveness is poor.

  But ferocious beasts and alien beasts are often the opposite, with a sturdy exterior and difficult-to-penetrate meridians, but their internal organs are easier to penetrate. As a result, the true energy produced is first lifted from the internal meridians, the dantian qihai is opened early, and the stored energy is abundant, making their attacking power strong.

  But this golden retriever was unlucky, the first place where it produced true energy was inside the dan Tian qi Hai, but at that time, the outside of the dan Tian was closed. The true energy supported the dan Tian, just like an airbag. The true energy continuously gathered inside, supporting the dan Tian, but it didn't have the ability to break through the blocked meridians outside the dan Tian qi Hai hole. As the true energy gathered, it would burst at any time.

  For the alien beast that already had a bit of spiritual intelligence, at this moment it instinctively curled up and remained motionless, afraid that even the slightest movement would cause its internal elixir field to burst and take its life away. However, despite this, the essence of the sun and moon in the heavens was still slowly gathering within its body, forming a true energy that surged and overflowed from its elixir field. Therefore, even if it were caught and whipped, it did not dare to move.

  "This Golden Hair is mine!" Guo Fei suddenly had a brilliant idea and said to his boss.

  "Sir, you came with the young lady. Although I'd like to make this deal, I don't dare deceive you. This beast can't be tamed even with our secret methods, and it would be useless if you bought it back. Moreover, its value is not low, so don't waste your money. The city's sorcerers have also come to see it, but the energy contained in its blood is not enough to make a talisman, and it hasn't reached the level of a demon beast yet. It has no value." He looked at the young lady again, then at Guo Fei.

  "Boss, stop playing around and give me a price. The young lady will pay for it anyway!" Guo Fei smiled slightly, knowing that the man had seen his determination to buy the golden retriever and was intentionally raising the price.

  "We'll just take the cost price, 100,000 gold coins then?" The boss narrowed his eyes and looked at the young lady.

  "Guo Fei, have you thought this through? This Golden Retriever is a useless waste, how can it participate in the competition if we take it back?" Zhao Xue asked with some confusion.

  "I want this beast!" Guo Fei nodded and said in a low voice.

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