Published: February 12, 2025
Two people walked through the devastated Ten Thousand Beast Manor. Although it was already night, many people were still busy cleaning up the aftermath of the battles from the day.
There were also individuals with strange auras continuously returning from outside the manor, each holding tools specifically designed for battle beasts, and some were even leading battle beasts back.
Clearly, they were the Beast Masters here, chasing after the escaped battle beasts. However, the results seemed less than satisfactory; amongst the groups of ten, often only one or two Beast Masters returned leading a battle beast, while most groups returned empty-handed.
Seeing this, Li Daqian felt a bit despondent.
The manor had not been completely destroyed, but it was significantly damaged, especially the carefully cultivated battle beasts—many had been killed or had escaped, resulting in substantial losses.
These were the essence of Ten Thousand Beast Manor, and it would take a long time to restore it to its previous scale.
After this incident, the ranking in the national district would undoubtedly drop significantly.
Fortunately, after selling the corpse of a ninth-level life form, Li Daqian managed to regain some wealth, not only gathering a complete set of blue equipment for himself but also acquiring over forty grade 8 magic crystals, as well as a dozen various professional and skill scrolls, along with other good items.
His personal strength had actually improved quite a lot due to this incident.
From another perspective, if Li Zhi Chong hadn’t been severely injured and unconscious, the losses this time would have been somewhat acceptable; they just needed some time to recover.
“Li Zhuangzhu didn’t come to take a walk with me, did you?” Ye Zhongming said as he strolled beside Li Daqian.
With a hearty laugh, Li Daqian replied, “The most important thing is to express my gratitude. If it weren’t for the strong support from Cloud Summit, I can’t even imagine how dire the situation would have been.”
Xia Bai had killed Nine Dragons and captured Nine Treasures, Ye Zhongming had slain Jin Zhongyuan and severely injured Pamek, captured Guan Cheng Village, and even the red dress guard had taken down a high-ranking traitorous Beast Master and his battle beast team.
One could say that it was the presence of Cloud Summit and Ye Zhongming that changed the balance of power among them. In the end, it was also because Ye Zhongming held a powerful weapon that Alamos and Jannadrah had to bow down and retreat without any gains.
Li Daqian’s gratitude was sincere.
“Li Laodi, when you leave, pick some battle beasts from my beast pen as a token of my appreciation,” Li Daqian said earnestly. Upon seeing that Ye Zhongming was about to say something, he quickly added, “Please don’t decline. The battle beasts in the beast pen aren’t very high in level. I’m the one who should worry about being rejected by you given the beasts under your red dress guard.”
Ye Zhongming nodded. He knew that things were not that simple; Li Daqian would not seek him out just for that.
Sure enough, after finishing that topic, Li Daqian began to get to the main point.
“Earlier, when we were underground, which part were you interested in buying, Ye Laodi?”
Ye Zhongming squinted, not expecting Li Daqian to approach him about this.
Noticing Ye Zhongming’s expression, Li Daqian sighed inwardly, realizing that great heroes emerge from youth, and continued, “I assume Ye Laodi has figured out the secret of how I was able to kill that mantis seize.”
This time, Ye Zhongming truly felt unsettled. He had thought he could figure it out without being discovered, but he didn’t expect Li Daqian to state it outright.
“I wasn’t sure before; it was just a suspicion. But Ye Laodi, do you know what feeling you gave me when you sold those ninth-level materials today?” Li Daqian stroked his chin and said, “To hold on to it.”
“You were controlling your bidding… even when your offers seemed reasonable to others.”