Chapter 74: The Dark Ancestral Hall (Middle)

  As they approached closer, even the city gate guards were startled.

  A team of guards in black armor walked over with a 'clanging' sound, and when they saw Ye Han and the enormous golden-haired creature behind him that looked like a small mountain, with emerald green horns on its head, looking extremely divine and powerful, the 'Golden Qilin', they couldn't help but pause for a moment.

  Especially the leader of the first team of armor guards, his pupils suddenly contracted.

  In the northern border, lions, tigers, leopards, wolves, and even mammoths are already extremely high-level ferocious magical beasts. They are the best assistants raised by major mercenary groups and warriors, not only loyal but also with extraordinary combat power, far more trustworthy than humans.

  However, these magical beasts must be cultivated from an early age, personally domesticated and raised to adulthood in order to have a connection as close as blood ties. Otherwise, they are difficult to tame and even if adult magical beasts are temporarily tamed, there is still the possibility of them counterattacking, which would be a loss.

  However, among the major mountain ranges, the most difficult prey to capture for the young monsters are experienced hunters who must personally lead the team during the monster breeding season, combining the best of the various mercenary groups. But this is also an extremely dangerous behavior, as the breeding monsters are extremely protective of their young and can fight to the death for their children, bringing huge casualties to the behavior of hunting young monsters in the mountains, often with only half coming back alive.

  The gains are also huge, the more ferocious and higher-level the beast cub is, the higher the price will be. Among them, high-end beast cubs like lions, tigers, and leopards have already been speculated to sky-high prices on the black market. Therefore, more people flock to it, even if they take great risks, they still want to go into the mountains to try their luck.

  Those who are lucky will turn over a new leaf, while those who are unlucky may lose their lives there, with no one to ask about it.

  However, even in the ancient city of Fengyuan, such a historic and culturally rich city, it is rare to see young cubs like "Pi Xiu" being auctioned off, and each time it happens, it causes a huge sensation.

  Only two kinds of people can afford to raise a ferocious creature like the 'Qilin'. One is the wealthy and influential 'giant gatekeeper' with a strong background or power, and the other is an even more terrifying figure who can tame such a beast. Neither of these types of people are someone that the city guards can afford to provoke.

  So when facing Ye Han's attitude, it also became more respectful.

  After that, things were no longer so complicated. Ye Han completed the procedures for entering the city gate, paid the entrance fee, and under the complex gaze of the crowd, entered Fengyuan Ancient City.

  Originally, according to the order he came in, it wasn't that easy for him to enter the city. However, the intimidating power of the 'Qilin' was too great earlier, and the city gate guards secretly suspected that he might be a son of a powerful tribe from the Meng Alliance. Little did they know, this young Minotaur was actually a spiritual master beyond the 9th level, otherwise, they would have been even more frightened.

  But anyway, under the special treatment of the city gate guards, others did not dare to have any doubts, and Ye Han easily let him into the city.

  When entering the city gate, Ye Han was still muttering in his heart, "This Fengyuan Ancient City is indeed Fengyuan Ancient City. I didn't expect the efficiency of handling affairs to be so high, and it's been reviewed so quickly."

  However, he looked at the city gate guards, one by one in black armor, with a proud and steady breath, obviously with a very solid foundation of Dou Qi. Especially the small team leader who led the team, had a faint aura of evil spirit on his body, obviously having experienced war and killed people before.

  This ancient city has been standing for so many years, it really has its own unique aspects.

  Ye Han sighed to himself, after entering the city, he also knew that his 'Golden Light Qilin' was indeed too eye-catching, so he didn't plan to stay either. Today, the transmission array from Fengyuan Ancient City to Bimon Alliance's territory had already stopped, and could only think of a way tomorrow.

  So he found a large hotel nearby and checked in. The shopkeeper was startled to see him leading a 'Qilin' (a mythical creature), but after Ye Han promised to pay double, the shopkeeper suddenly became enthusiastic and welcomed him warmly.

  However, this made the dozen or so horses in the hotel's stables miserable. Overnight, they were frightened to the point of trembling with fear, only daring to huddle together at the edge of the stable, letting out terrified low whinnies. Meanwhile, 'Golden Light' had taken over the best spot in the entire stable without any courtesy, casting a disdainful glance at those horses that were scared witless, snorting two white plumes from its nostrils before comfortably lying down on the soft hay, closing its eyes.

  In his heart he's probably still thinking, "What a bunch of horses!"

  The night passed in the horse stable with more than a dozen horses trembling with fear, and on the second day, under the service of the store owner, they swallowed a whole cow skeleton. With their hunger and thirst satisfied, 'Jin Guang Pi Xiu' followed Ye Han to the transmission array of Fengyuan Ancient City.

  It's worth mentioning that they even offer a purchasing service here, as long as you give the money to the shopkeeper, they can help you book a time for the teleportation array for the next day. They handed Ye Han a wooden plaque with an anti-counterfeit certificate engraved on it, which was the voucher for using the teleportation array the next day, but they would charge an additional 20% handling fee.

  It seems that this store is also connected to the Fengyuan Ancient City government, which manages the transmission array, and they share the benefits. Otherwise, it would not be possible to get such a good ranking. However, Ye Han doesn't care much about these things. The income from his 'Heart Gate' in the Chaotic City, as well as the extortion money from the seven dark overlords, are enough to satisfy all his needs, whether it's gold coins or crystal stones.

  Wealth or benefits are just tools for him to grow up more smoothly, and it's not necessary to be a miser.

  So being able to use his insignificant wealth to achieve a smoother journey than the Mongol Alliance's purpose, Ye Han was still very pleased.

  Arrived at the transmission array 'headquarters' located in the north of the city, there were already many people here, most of whom were either wealthy or powerful individuals who were not easy to mess with. After all, the price of transmitting once was 100 low-grade crystal stones, which was already extremely expensive even for ordinary warriors.

  When Ye Han arrived, he immediately attracted the attention of many people. After all, the 'Golden Light Qilin' by his side was too eye-catching. Ye Han had expected this effect, but seeing it still made him a bit embarrassed.

  "Whoa, Pixiu?! Brother, I'm Haruchi, a Beastkin merchant. How about we make a deal..."

  At this time, a big fat man squeezed out of the crowd with great difficulty, his round body and two eyes almost closed into a line, clearly with a sly merchant's appearance.

  He walked up to Ye Han with a smile and said.

  "How about 500 low-grade crystal stones each time? I have a green-haired lion and three white wolves, all of which are high-ranking magical beasts. How's your Qilin body? Can it be bred? For just 500 low-grade crystal stones, I'll let you breed with this Qilin. What do you say, will you take the deal?"

  When he heard this, not only did Ye Han become stunned, but the originally lazy and bored 'Golden Qilin' that was lying on him suddenly stood up, its fur standing on end as it glared at the fat man with bared teeth, revealing its white gums. It looked like if Ye Han wasn't by its side, it would have pounced over and torn this damned fatty into shreds.

  It's a super-stage demon beast beyond the 9th stage, although not as intelligent as humans, it also has wisdom and can tell good from bad. How dare this fatty insult it like this? Let it go mate with those inferior creatures? As a mountain king, even if it wants to mate, shouldn't it find some better quality ones like Qiong Qi or Xi Wangmu? What's the point of bringing these things here? The 'Golden Light Qiong Qi' felt severely insulted and its self-esteem was badly hurt, it was so angry that it wanted to tear this fatty with a smug face apart.

  At the same time, Jin Guang Bixi was also worried and looked at his master, his whole face wrinkled into a ball, thinking in his heart, "If my master really wants to sell me for those 500 crystal stones, what should I do...?"

  He was entangled on this side, and Ye Han finally understood the intention of this fat man on that side, and suddenly he couldn't help but laugh and cry.

  Looking at the chubby "Harqi" in front of him with a sincere gaze, he smiled bitterly and said, "The key to this matter is not me, you ask it first if it agrees or not."

  Hachi was taken aback, only then realizing who the "it" in Ye Han's words referred to. He hastily turned his gaze to the golden Qilin beside him and found that this enormous beast, as large as a small mountain, was staring at him with an ill-intentioned expression, letting out low, menacing growls from its throat, as if it might pounce on him and tear him apart at any moment. Hachi's heart skipped a beat in fright.

  If I say one more word, I'm afraid my 300-400 pound body will be left here. Haruchi swallowed hard and wiped the sweat from his forehead with a big hand, still not giving up. While dodging the fierce gaze of Jinguang Pishen, he laboriously pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Ye Han with a startle under Jinguang Pishen's low growl.

  "Remember, my name is Haruchi. The price we agreed on earlier remains unchanged. If you change your mind, come find me at the Imperial Auction House in the capital of the Byzantine Empire, 'Koro Castle'. Remember, remember..."

  He was still panting and hadn't finished speaking when the golden Qilin opened its mouth wide and let out a loud roar, as if it was about to pounce. The fat man was so scared that he looked like he had been spun around hundreds of times, letting out a miserable cry as he ran away with his pants down, his excess flesh jiggling wildly, causing the onlookers to burst into laughter.

  It's hard for him being so fat, yet he can run so fast!

  Only Ye Han stood still, looking at the high-end and atmospheric black business card with gold powder inlaid on its surface, with a pattern of a very peculiar large-scale building on it. His eyebrows moved slightly, and he muttered to himself: "Byzantine Empire, Imperial Auction House?!"

  He was thinking, when suddenly he heard a burst of noise, someone in front of him let out an exclamation, and the crowd scattered in all directions, instantly exposing Ye Han, who was carrying the "Golden Light Qilin", to the center. He suddenly felt several heart-pounding forces, and abruptly lifted his head up.

  Suddenly, three or four extraordinary-looking individuals with their own unique auras appeared, surrounding a white-clad youth of sixteen or seventeen years old as if they were his guards. They openly released an intimidating aura that was frightening to behold. The combined auras of the group formed a domain that protected the youth at its center, making him seem like an emperor surrounded by stars.

  The first glance at the young man, dressed in white, with a jade pendant at his waist, exuded an aura of nobility that was hard to describe, as if he were born with the blessings of heaven and earth. Anyone who saw him would understand at once that this young man was no ordinary person, as if he were destined to be superior to others from birth.

  Just as Ye Han saw him, the young man's gaze also turned over, but he wasn't looking at Ye Han, rather it was at the Golden Light Qilin beside him, which still had lingering anger from the fat guy wanting to use it for breeding.

  "Hehe, big dog, big dog, I want a big yellow dog..."

  That white-clothed youth's eyes were wide with wonder, a thread of saliva trickling from the corner of his mouth as he pointed at the 'Golden Light Qilin' beside Ye Han and said in a silly tone.

  "Big dog? Big yellow dog?!"

  Ye Han furrowed his brow, "Such a brilliant person, is actually an idiot?!"

  The golden Qilin, who had just felt insulted because the object of its mating was too lowly, heard at this time that someone still called it "big yellow dog", and suddenly felt that its dignity had been insulted for the second time. "A gentleman can be killed but not humiliated", a dog also has dignity, no, a Qilin also has dignity. The fire burst out in an instant, and it could no longer be suppressed. Suddenly, it raised its head and let out a mournful howl...

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