Lu Ping looked in the direction of the voice. It was a shop that sold spirit pets of the monster race.
Lu Ping secretly cursed. The Western Wilderness was a situation where the monster race was strong and the humans were weak. The human race only had one large force, the Western Wilderness Temple, while the monster race had three royal clans. Although the tiger clan was now a real tiger that had fallen, the Koi clan was actually considered half a royal clan in the Western Wilderness. Under such circumstances, the owner of the shop still dared to open a monster pet shop in a human town that was not very strong in terms of protection. This meant that either the owner of the shop was stupid, or he had an extremely strong background that allowed him to ignore the threat from the monster race of the Western Wilderness.
Of course, in Lu Ping's view, it was obvious that the latter possibility was almost all.
Lu Ping looked at the place where the voice came from. Near the door frame of the shop, in a three-foot high spirit cage made of high-grade spiritual materials, a small sand fox was anxiously roaring at Lu Ping.
It was this little guy. Lu Ping did not expect that he would not be eaten by Mara, but instead be captured and sold to the monster pet shop!
The little sand fox in the cage was actually the Blood Condensation little fox called Tu Chun that Lu Ping had caught when he first entered the Western Wilderness Prairie. He also learned about the situation at the source of the river from the little sand fox.
Lu Ping looked at the little sand fox with interest. Lu Ping could see the hope, anxiety, and even a trace of despair in the little sand fox's eyes.
The little sand fox had helped him before, so he should save it. However, the Western Wilderness Prairie had long been Mara's world. The fox clan was probably trapped in Qingqiu Mountain and could not even protect themselves. Even if he redeemed his freedom from the upper bunk, where could he go?
Lu Ping walked forward, and immediately a servant in the late Blood Condensation Realm came out from the upper bunk. He said happily, "Senior, are there any monster pets you like? Please feel free to choose, our shop will definitely give you a fair price."
Lu Ping saw that the servant was clever, so he directly threw a mid-grade spirit stone and said, "Let's go to your shop and see if we can find a suitable one!" When the manservant saw Lu Ping's generous rewards, he smiled happily and said, "Senior, please bring the small ones. Our shop may be small, but we have a wide variety of goods. Other than the three royal clans of the West Barren Grassland, we have almost everything you need from the monster clans."
Lu Ping shouted and inadvertently glanced at the Forbidden Spirit Cage that held the sand fox. He said, "You sure talk big. Lead the way and introduce them to me one by one!"
Lu Ping followed the manservant around the shop and listened to the manservant's introductions. Sure enough, a sparrow may be small, but it had all the essentials. There were already seven to ten types of high-grade monsters in the shop. Naturally, there were even more mid-grade and low-grade monsters, all of them in the Blood Condensation Realm.
This trip lasted for four hours, but Lu Ping only listened and didn't buy anything. Fortunately, the manservant was patient. With a mid-grade spirit stone as a reward, even if the deal didn't go through, he would still be able to make a profit.
Lu Ping still wanted to continue and asked, "Why aren't there any monsters with higher cultivation? Could it be that I can't afford the spirit stone?"
The servant smiled apologetically and said, "I dare not hide it from Senior, it is not that there are no Core Forging monsters in our shop. It is just that after these monsters advance to the Core Forging stage, it is extremely difficult to tame them. Only some special methods can be used. In addition, the town's defense is simple, so if Senior wants to buy Core Forging monsters, then you can only go to Western Wilderness City."
Western Wilderness City was the largest human cultivator settlement in the Western Wilderness, and it was also the location of the Western Wilderness Temple. It seemed that this shop dared to openly sell monsters of the prairie, so it must have the support of the Western Wilderness Temple.
Lu Ping walked towards the door in a somewhat dejected manner. It seemed that he was a little disappointed that he did not find a suitable spirit pet. However, just as Lu Ping was about to step out of the door, his eyes inadvertently saw the Forbidden Spirit Cage placed in front of the shop. Suddenly, as if he had just recognized the cage, he turned around and asked the servant with a smile, "This, is this the Forbidden Spirit Cage?"
"Senior's eyes are like a torch. This is the Forbidden Spirit Cage that can imprison the cultivation of monsters."
"Oh, that means the fox inside should also be a high-rank demon beast, right? But what's going on with this tiger monster? Is it possible that there is a high-grade tiger monster in the Western Wilderness Prairie? "
"Senior must be joking." The servant quickly explained, "In the Western Wilderness Prairie, except for the Hanging Eyes White Forehead Tiger Clan, the rest of the tiger clan are all low-grade monsters. Few of them are capable, so of course, they are not qualified to enter the Forbidden Spirit Cage. It's just that when we caught this sand fox, this baby tiger happened to be beside us, so we caught it together. However, we didn't expect that this little sand fox would insist on staying with this baby tiger. Along the way, this little sand fox also took good care of this baby tiger, but this baby tiger seemed to be very careful and didn't dare to overstep. It followed behind this sand fox and never caused any trouble."
Seeing that Lu Ping was interested in listening, the servant continued to say, "It's strange. There have always been a fox assuming the majesty of a tiger, but what I've seen these days is the opposite. It's a tiger assuming the majesty of a fox!"
Lu Ping listened and chuckled. His eyes occasionally glanced at the tiger monster, but there was no trace of a smile in his eyes. Instead, there were a few strange green lights flashing from time to time. The so-called "self-concealment of divine objects" was an almost instinctive magical power adopted for fear that they would be destroyed and killed prematurely before they fully grew up. However, this kind of secret skill was mostly mastered by the top-grade monster clan. Just like when Samling had not yet transformed, if he was not very familiar with the Green Sea Snake, how could he recognize that the three snake monsters raised by Lu Ping were actually Green Sea Snakes?
Of course, Lu Ping would not expose him. Instead, he asked, "The fox clan is smart, and the sand fox is the main bloodline of the Green Hill Fox clan. Although this sand fox is not as good as the top-grade monster clan, its intelligence and dexterity have always been not bad. I'll reluctantly buy this little sand fox as a boy to serve me."
When the servant heard this, he knew that the business could be done. He hurriedly said, "Senior is wise. These years, in the cultivation world, it has gradually become a trend to use the demon pets of the fox clan as serving boys. The reason is that the wisdom of the fox clan has always been no less than that of the top-grade monster clan. After training, they are used to having good eyesight, so the price …"
Lu Ping glanced at the servant and said, "The price is not a problem, but I'm not a fool. If you dare to ask for an exorbitant price, I won't make trouble for this shop, but I have a 90% chance of making trouble for you!"
When the servant was glanced at by Lu Ping, he felt as if his body was suddenly pierced by tens of thousands of sword lights. His heart trembled for no reason. When he heard what Lu Ping said, his face turned red and white. Finally, he forced himself to calm down and laughed dryly, "Senior, you must be joking. How would I dare to do that? Besides, our shop has strict rules and has never suppressed our customers. It's just that this sand fox is a bit special. It's not that no one valued this sand fox before, but when this sand fox was sold, it insisted on bringing along this young tiger who is obviously a low-grade monster clan. Otherwise, it would rather die than submit, so …"
Lu Ping looked at the small tiger hiding behind the sand fox. Not only was it as skinny as a stick, it also seemed to have no guts. It had been hiding behind the sand fox all along. It seemed that the saying of "a tiger flaunts the power of a fox" was true.
Lu Ping looked at the sand fox and then at the young tiger. He seemed to have suddenly changed from exuberant interest to melancholy. Obviously, he was weighing whether it was worthwhile to bring along a low-grade monster clan as a burden.
The servant was already a little discouraged. The previous customers had all given up because of this, and it seemed that this one would not be an exception. Unlike the Human Clan, the Demon Clan was usually not flexible when it came to certain things, even if the intelligence of this sand fox was no less than that of a top-grade monster clan. Since this sand fox insisted on staying with this low-grade young tiger, it was impossible for other cultivators to abandon the young tiger after buying it. This would definitely cause discord between the sand fox and the cultivator, and it would be impossible to subdue it in the future.
And if one really wanted to cultivate it, a low-grade monster was undoubtedly a bottomless pit. Even if they used several times the amount of pills and spirit stones, they might not be able to get much effect.
Unexpectedly, Lu Ping seemed to like this sand fox very much. After hesitating for a while, he finally made up his mind and said, "Alright, how many spirit stones? I will buy both of them."
The servant was overjoyed and said, "In that case, Senior can just pay one thousand mid-grade spirit stones. After all, this sand fox is considered a race with a high status in the West Wilderness Grasslands. It is also a mid-stage Blood Condensation cultivator."
Lu Ping nodded and said, "That's reasonable!"
With that said, he flipped his wrist and threw out ten high-grade spirit stones. When the servant saw that they were actually high-grade spirit stones, he was immediately overjoyed. Although the Central Plains did not value high-grade spirit stones as much as the North Sea, when it was possible to pay with mid-grade spirit stones, they would never use high-grade spirit stones to pay.
Along with the ten high-grade spirit stones, there were three mid-grade spirit stones. Lu Ping said, "These three are for you. Just open the Forbidden Spirit Cage."
After Lu Ping entered the shop, the little sand fox no longer roared. When Lu Ping negotiated the price, it became a little excited. When the servant opened the Forbidden Spirit Cage, before the servant could catch it, it jumped out first and circled around Lu Ping, scaring the servant.
Lu Ping smiled and stretched out his palm. A golden door appeared and swallowed the little sand fox. Then, Lu Ping raised his head and looked at the skinny tiger slowly walking out of the Forbidden Spirit Cage as if it was strolling.
"This guy, does he really think he is the White Forehead Tiger King!"
The servant laughed and scolded, but Lu Ping did not comment. Suddenly, he looked behind him and the golden door appeared again. Before the tiger could react, it was swallowed directly.
"Wait!"
An urgent cry was heard. A ray of light flew directly towards Lu Ping, ignoring the stares of the cultivators in the town.
Seeing that Lu Ping did not notice and kept the tiger, the voice in the ray of light came again, "How dare you!"
Lu Ping's expression turned cold. With a cold snort, the ray of light that was flying towards Lu Ping dissipated. A woman suddenly staggered out of the ray of light. When she looked at Lu Ping again, there was a trace of fear on her pale face.
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