After the hunched old man heard the words of the youth with sinister eyebrows, he immediately replied, “Young Master, I’ll get it done immediately.”
Elder Niu thought for a while and tapped the ground a few times with his walking stick before turning to say, “Young Master, I heard that the Listening Heron Chamber of Commerce’s owner is extraordinarily talented.
“I wonder if you would like to take Listen under your command, Young Master. If you’re willing to reveal your identity to Listen, as long as he is not stupid and knows about the current situation, he certainly won’t refuse your recruitment.”
The youth with sinister eyebrows was admiring the boundless night outside the window at this moment.
Upon hearing Elder Niu’s words, he didn’t even turn his head. He raised his hand and replied, “This matter involves the plans of our third lineage. Even if Listen has extraordinary talents, it’s not worthwhile for me to reveal my identity.
“Moreover, he’s nothing more than a powerless person with an empty frame and is stubbornly resisting.”
Elder Niu stopped talking after hearing the youth’s words and exited the room. He summoned a black shadow with a wave of his hand and then disappeared into the night together with it.
The youth with sinister eyebrows had joy in his eyes, clearly in a good mood. He mumbled, “I wonder what price Father paid to get the support of the main family’s Second Young Master. With a connection to Second Young Master, the offshore coastal resources that our third lineage developed can finally be called proper!”
…
The night was coming to an end in Ascending Dragon City. At the entrance of Ascending Dragon City’s Creation Master Association, a woman wearing a Class 4 Creation Master’s retainer crest said rudely, “My teacher said that if you want to evolve your Iron Bone Iguana’s bloodline, you can’t succeed just by relying on those spiritual materials you brought to induce its dragon-species bloodline. At the very least, you’ll need a Gold Dragon’s Mouth Orchid flower.”
There was an evident trace of disappointment on the face of the man standing opposite to the woman.
But immediately afterward, his expression returned to normal, and he answered, “Thank you, Master Duan Li, for being willing to help nurture my Iron Bone Iguana. When I can find a Gold Dragon’s Mouth Orchid flower, I’ll come back to ask you to help enhance my fey.”
The woman with the Class 4 Creation Master’s retainer crest then said, “My teacher took your payment before and didn’t enhance your Iron Bone Iguana’s bloodline due to your lack of preparation of spiritual materials.
“So the next time you come to find him, you only need to prepare half of the payment as last time.”
A bitter smile appeared on the man’s face, and he thought, Although I have outstanding talents and an affinity toward lizard feys, I only have one main fey, a defense-type lizard fey, the Iron Bone Iguana.
I’ve already spent three years of savings to ask Master Duan Li to help me enhance my fey.
Even if I have to pay half of the last payment for Master Duan Li’s help, I will have to save up for at least a year and a half.
A defense-type spirit qi professional is a shield standing in front of the team. But given my Iron Bone Iguana’s strength, I simply can’t assume the duty of that.
Despite the bitter smile in his heart, he replied very respectfully, “Thank you for your generosity. Express my gratitude to Master Duan Li on my behalf.”
After saying that, the man was prepared to leave the Ascending Dragon City’s Creation Master Association.
The woman with the Class 4 Creation Master’s retainer crest thought for a moment and said, “It’s not only a matter of the bloodline for this Iron Bone Iguana of yours.
“Even if this Iron Bone Iguana’s dragon-species bloodline is stimulated with the Gold Dragon’s Mouth Orchid flower, it still wouldn’t be powerful.
“I heard from my teacher that the flesh bump on the side of this Iron Bone Iguana’s head belongs to a kind of mutation.”
The man hurriedly turned around and said nervously, “Didn’t Master Duan Li say before that this flesh bump won’t affect its health?
“And it’s been over ten years. This flesh bump has never changed much.”
Upon hearing that, the woman wearing the retainer crest didn’t care much about the urgency and impudence in the man’s words. She answered, “That’s why my teacher said it’s a mutation.”
The man also realized that he had been a little too agitated, but just as he wanted to apologize, the woman with the retainer crest said, “The flesh bump on the neck of your Iron Bone Iguana is a prototype of a nascent head.
“My teacher has tested this flesh bump and found that the attributes in it differ from the ones in the body. They’re fire attributes.
“If this flesh bump develops into a head, it can turn the Iron Bone Iguana from an earth-type into an earth-fire-type fey.
“You’re lucky. After the head grows out, the Iron Bone Iguana will turn into a powerful defense-type fey.”
After hearing this, the man revealed an ecstatic look on his face. However, he had some doubts as to why Master Duan Li hadn’t shared this piece of information about the flesh bump just now inside.
Before the man could be happy for a while, the woman with the retainer crest added, “However, if you want to develop this Iron Bone Iguana’s sarcoma into a head, you’ll need the elemental pearls produced by the fire-type Scorching Elemental Shellfish mutated from the Elemental Shellfish.”
The man’s heart sank after hearing that. He might be able to save the money with a few years of frugal efforts to get the Gold Dragon’s Mouth Orchid.
However, were the elemental pearls produced by the Elemental Shellfish something that he, an A-rank spirit qi professional with a Fantasy Breed fey that could barely be called a king-class expert and couldn’t even beat many non-king-class experts, could have delusions about?
The woman with the Class 4 Creation Master’s retainer crest said seriously, “The elemental pearls produced by the Scorching Elemental Shellfish are divided into many grades according to the purity of the elemental energy contained in them.
“My teacher said that the elemental pearls that are useful to this Iron Bone Iguana of yours must be of the highest grade—the heavenly maiden grade.
“The purity of the elemental energy in the heavenly-maiden-grade elemental pearls is 99% to 100%. My teacher couldn’t even get such elemental pearls.
“Moreover, you’ll need five heavenly-maiden-grade pearls containing the fire-element energy produced by the Scorching Elemental Shellfish for your Iron Bone Iguana to grow a second head.”
The man’s hope was squashed. He couldn’t afford to even ask Master Duan Li to enhance his fey once, let alone the heavenly-maiden-grade elemental pearls that even Master Duan Li couldn’t get.
The woman wearing the Class 4 Creation Master’s retainer crest looked at the man’s expression and added, “My teacher didn’t intend to say this to you, but I told you because, without the heavenly-maiden-grade elemental pearls for its metamorphosis, this Iron Bone Iguana’s growth has already reached the limit now.”
