Han Changjing shook his head and said, "I don't know, but I've seen how powerful the Fire Carp Beast is before, and I feel that the Fire Carp Beast will win. Ninth brother, do you want to buy a spirit beast? You can tease it when you're bored and relieve your fatigue."
Han Changming was somewhat tempted. He had more than 300 spirit stones in his storage bag, so buying a spirit beast was not a problem. After seeing others fighting beasts, he did become interested in spirit beasts.
"Okay, let's go take a look and buy a suitable spiritual beast."
Han Changjiong and Han Changming got up and left. Han Changjiong returned the token to the attendant and received forty spirit stones.
They came to a spacious and bright hall. There were many huge iron cages on the ground, containing various large spiritual beasts.
A giant blue dog with two heads, a giant golden eagle with two pairs of wings, a giant tiger with three eyes, and a scorpion with two tails.
These are all first-level spiritual beasts. Behind the long bluestone counter, there are more than a dozen huge iron cages containing second-level spiritual beasts.
Han Changjiong walked to the counter and said to a green-shirted attendant, "I want to buy a first-level spiritual beast. Let me see the catalog."
The green-shirted attendant took out a thick book and handed it to Han Changjiong, who then handed it to Han Changming.
Han Changming looked through the books carefully and found that there were many spiritual beasts recorded in the books.
The giant-toothed rabbit is a first-level low-grade spiritual beast. It runs very fast and can cast fire spells. It is sold for one hundred spiritual stones.
The Wind-Chasing Leopard is a first-rank low-grade spiritual beast. It runs extremely fast and can cast phoenix spells. It is priced at one hundred and thirty spiritual stones.
The Earth-Shaking Rhino is a first-rank low-grade spirit beast with rough skin and thick flesh. It knows the Stoneskin Technique and is sold for one hundred and fifty spirit stones.
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Han Changming watched for half an hour and still felt unsatisfied.
To be honest, he was interested in several kinds of spirit beasts, but these spirit beasts were too expensive. The cheapest one cost one hundred spirit stones, but Han Changming didn't like them.
Suddenly, a look of joy appeared in Han Changming's eyes.
The alligator turtle beast is good at earth-related spells, has thick skin and flesh, and a high-level alligator turtle beast can easily bite through the enemy's defensive shield. It is priced at one hundred and eighty spirit stones.
The last time he encountered the evil cultivator, if he had an earth-attributed spirit beast to help him, he would not have been in such a mess.
"Can this alligator turtle beast be cheaper?" Han Changming said, pointing at the book.
There is a picture in the classics, which shows a huge yellow turtle biting a huge green tiger. It looks a bit bloody.
"There are spirit beast eggs, each costing thirty spirit stones. It takes at least a year and a half to hatch a spirit beast egg, which is quite time-consuming. In addition, the spirit beast egg needs to be placed on a spirit vein during the hatching process, or a small nest needs to be built with spirit stones, and the spirit beast egg needs to be placed on it to hatch. The more abundant the spirit energy, the shorter the hatching time."
Han Changming smiled and nodded: "I want two alligator turtle beast eggs."
Two spirit eggs only cost sixty spirit stones, which is much cheaper than hatching alligator turtles.
The green-shirted attendant brought two oval white spiritual eggs, which emitted faint spiritual fluctuations.
After Han Changjiong checked and confirmed that everything was correct, Han Changming happily paid sixty spirit stones and spent another fifty spirit stones to buy a three-foot-long spirit beast bag.
Returning to the Lingfu Pavilion, Han Changming took out thirty spirit stones, piled them up, and placed the two spirit beast eggs on the pile of spirit stones.
He bit his finger and used his blood to draw two mysterious blood-colored runes on the spirit beast egg.
The two spirit beast eggs emitted a faint spiritual light, and the blood-colored runes disappeared.
According to the green-shirted attendant, the spirit beast egg needs to absorb enough spiritual energy before it can hatch.
Han Changming placed the spirit gathering stone in the pile of spirit stones. The spiritual energy contained in the spirit gathering stone is equivalent to that of a top-grade spirit stone, which should be able to shorten the hatching time of spirit beast eggs.
He took out the talisman pen, cinnabar and talisman paper and began to refine the talisman.
A day passed quickly, and Han Changming had been refining talismans in the house.
His success rate in refining first-grade low-grade talismans has now reached 40%, and the success rate in refining first-grade mid-grade talismans is close to 30%. The talisman pen in his hand is just a first-grade low-grade magic weapon. If the grade of the talisman pen is too low, it will also affect the success rate of the talisman.
The next day, after breakfast, Han Changming left the Lingfu Pavilion. He planned to buy a good talisman pen.
He went straight to the Divine Weapon Pavilion, which had many kinds of magical instruments, including talisman pens, but the prices were a bit expensive.
A first-grade superior talisman pen costs three hundred spirit stones, and a first-grade mid-grade talisman pen costs two hundred spirit stones. Han Changming just spent more than one hundred spirit stones yesterday, and has less than two hundred spirit stones left.
After thinking it over again and again, he decided to go to the square where the casual cultivators set up stalls to see if he could find a talisman pen.
If not, he would go and borrow a few dozen spirit stones from Han Changjiong.
Not long after, he arrived at the square where independent cultivators set up stalls and started strolling around.
There were many kinds of goods on the stalls, but most of them were ordinary stuff. Han Changming walked and looked, but did not see any talisman pens for sale.
After a cup of tea, he stopped in front of a small stall.
There were some monster materials on the stall. Next to a wooden box full of clam pearls, there was a light green talisman pen, which was covered with a faint green light. It was a first-grade top-quality magic weapon.
The stall owner is a middle-aged man in his thirties, with the cultivation level of the fourth level of Qi Refining.
Han Changming squatted down, picked up a clam pearl, and asked casually, "How much is the clam pearl?"
Clam pearls come from the bodies of clam monsters and can be used to refine weapons and elixirs. However, the wooden box contains only first-level clam pearls, which are not rare, and the shapes of these clam pearls are irregular, which greatly reduces their suitability for refining elixirs or weapons.
"Five spirit stones for one, buy ten and get one free, buy fifty and get ten free."
Han Changming picked up a few clam pearls at random, looked at them, put them down, picked up the talisman pen, and asked, "How much is this talisman pen?"
"Fellow Daoist, you have good eyes. This talisman pen was used by a second-level talisman maker. The original price is three hundred spirit stones. If you like it, you can take it for two hundred and eighty spirit stones."
"Two hundred and eighty? I don't know how many times this talisman pen of yours has changed hands. The price is one hundred spirit stones." Han Changming bargained.
This was what Han Changjing taught him. When buying things from independent cultivators, try to bargain the price down as much as possible. Independent cultivators don't have much patience to set up stalls to sell goods and are eager to sell their goods in exchange for spirit stones to go out to sea.
After some bargaining, the middle-aged man insisted on two hundred spirit stones and refused to give up.
"Two hundred is two hundred. I'll give you a few water shield talismans to pay for it. Also, give me five clam pearls."
The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment and agreed.
Han Changming checked the talisman pen and after confirming that there was no problem, he happily paid the spirit stones and five water shield talismans, and left with the talisman pen and five clam beads.
After returning to his residence, Han Changming hurriedly prepared the talisman pen.
This talisman pen is called Xuanqing Pen. It is made of fifty-year-old Xuanqing bamboo as the main ingredient, plus the whiskers of a three-tailed civet cat and a variety of other materials.
After refining the talisman pen, Han Changming couldn't wait to take out the talisman-making tools and began to refine the talisman.
Not long after, a pale yellow rune appeared on the rune paper, followed by the second, the third...