As a lord, I was forced to farm

Chapter 922 Trading
However, her furrowed brows quickly calmed down.

Such incidents are commonplace. Many beast guilds, including large beast markets affiliated with the Purple Cloud Palace, have people doing this. If she were to intervene in every case she encountered, it would never end.

So even though she was angry, she tried to calm herself down and pretended not to have seen it.

"Ran, I saw you were taken away by a veterinarian just now. Did they try to persuade you to buy those sick animals?" Zhou Yixiao knew her friend wasn't the kind of person who would be easily fooled, but she still couldn't help but worry.

"He's just a petty person, no need to take him to heart."

The Xue family, grandfather and grandson, were waiting for Jiang Ran not far away, leading dozens of blue Kui oxen and fierce eagles.

When Zhou Yixiao saw it, her eyes widened slightly, and her clear, bright eyes revealed surprise. "Aran, your vision is indeed unique, and you are very lucky. How come I didn't see that there were such strong Qingkui Oxen and Ningmang Eagles?"

When asked how Jiang Ran managed to acquire these spirit beasts for only four million, they were even happier for her.

The Golden Gathering venue was vast. Although she had purchased dozens of spirit beasts, it was a pity she hadn't seen them all, as it was a rare treat. Bringing so many spirit beasts was a bit conspicuous, but fortunately, while Jiang Ran hadn't assigned anyone other than Bat-Gollian, who could hide in the shadows, to closely follow her, she did have guards waiting at a safe distance.

Summon a guard and have him lead Xue Yinghui and her grandson Xue Yan with their spirit beast to Qushui Tower.

Jiang Ran and Zhou Yixiao continued browsing, and the latter selected several rare spirit beasts.

Jiang Ran then turned her gaze and spotted several familiar forces, one of which was the Da Ce Province, which monopolized the Wind Spirit Horse in the Cloud Sorrow Land.

The Wind Spirit Horse is an excellent spirit horse, and its beastly form from Da Ce is surrounded by many people.

After strolling around all morning, the two finally emerged from the Golden Gathering. As they approached Qushui Tower, Zhou Yixiao and Jiang Ran parted ways and entered the tower one after the other.

Xue Yinghui and her grandson Xue Yan had been waiting in the guest tea room of Qushui Tower for quite some time.

The magnificent surroundings and the handsome servants made the two of them somewhat reserved; they hadn't expected the people who bought and sold their spirit beasts to be so wealthy and powerful.

Jiang Ran changed her clothes and removed her disguise before meeting the grandfather and grandson.

Xue Yinghui whispered to her grandson, "What a beautiful little girl! I've lived for over a hundred years and I've never seen such a beautiful little girl before."

"Grandma, keep your voice down, what if someone hears us?" Xue Yan blushed. Grandma, really, couldn't she tone down that staring look? This isn't their grassland.

The two didn't recognize Jiang Ran as the person who bought their spirit beast until she spoke, at which point they stared in surprise.

"you you……"

"I did a little disguise," Jiang Ran said with a smile.

The two of them still hadn't realized it; the outfit was just too natural, it was practically like two different people.

They exchanged a few pleasantries.

It was mainly Jiang Ran who was asking the questions, and the two grandmothers and grandsons answered honestly in murmurs.

Xue Yan handed Jiang Ran a yellowed handbook.

Jiang Ran opened it and saw that it described the habits of the Azure Kui Ox and the Ferocious Eagle, and even the names of each spirit beast.

These two, grandfather and grandson, are truly very simple and honest.

Jiang Ran asked them where they came from, and only then did she learn that they had traveled a long way from the distant Yunshan region. She was somewhat surprised, "That must have taken half a month to get here."

The journey is long and there are many magical beasts. Although this old man is strong and judging from his aura, he has several powerful spirit beasts under contract, it must be very difficult for him to protect so many spirit beasts.

"I'm used to it." Xue Yan scratched his head.

They were a nomadic people, keeping flocks of eagles and herds of cattle, and had no fixed dwellings.

This time, the clan had too many eagles and cattle, and the clan was out of money, so the grandfather and grandson came to Mingxiao City, the busiest place this year, to sell dozens of Qingkui cattle and Ningmang eagles.

Jiang Ran also learned that their nomadic tribe actually raised tens of thousands of spirit beasts, so she wanted to order more Qingkui oxen and Ningmang eagles from them.

The two never expected that their first day of business would be so successful, and the first day they did would be with a big customer. There was money to be made, and there was no reason to refuse.

The thought of bringing this news back to their clansmen and seeing their happy smiles made the grandfather and grandson grin foolishly.

Jiang Ran also said, "We also need the dung of the Qingkui ox. When you go back, you can collect the dung and name your price."

That's strange, there are actually people who need the dung of the Qingkui ox.

Xue Yinghui and her grandson exchanged a glance. "It's just some excrement, what use is it, what's it worth... But you do need it, mainly because transporting it here is a bit of a hassle..."

Although there are storage bags and spatial rings, spatial magical artifacts are expensive and don't hold much cow dung.

But Jiang Ran was determined to have it.

The dung from the Qingkui ox is specially treated and has an extremely strong ability to improve the soil. If it can help produce more demon spirits in the territory and cultivate more high-level demon spirits sooner, it is worth paying more spirit crystals.

Seeing Jiang Ran's resolute attitude, the grandfather and grandson thought that at worst, when it came time to hand over the spirit beast, they would let the Qingkui ox carry its own excrement... So after careful consideration, they offered a price of three spirit crystals per load (one load is approximately equal to one hundred catties).

The grandfather and grandson may not be able to visit Mingxiao City again for another six months.

Jiang Ran ordered a thousand Qingkui oxen, three hundred fierce eagles, and a certain amount of cow dung.

Because they needed more spirit beasts this time, the grandfather and grandson offered a much cheaper price: 30,000 spirit crystals for a strong, mature Qingkui ox and 74,000 spirit crystals for a ferocious eagle.

After making a soul contract, Jiang Ran paid a deposit of 200,000 spirit crystals and exchanged communication stone codes with the grandfather and grandson, waiting for their next meeting.

Jiang Nancheng was the happiest person to deliver dozens of spirit beasts to Dasu.

Recently, he and Li Yiniu have been cultivating the land on Juguan Island. Now, the most important trees in Biquan Bay—the Yunze mulberry tree and the Shengwen cotton tree—have been transplanted to the island.

With the incredibly strong Qing Kui ox, land reclamation will be much faster.

……

Meanwhile, the long-awaited power competition has finally begun.

Meanwhile, Su Hong's disciples, who had been in seclusion for a long time, also emerged from the mountain one by one.

Su Hong's commander-in-chief ink-wash cavalry uniform reappeared at the power competition after five years.

The first day was the debut of all the major factions, and also a chaotic elimination round.

"People from Gongqing Academy have arrived!"

"This white robe with cloud patterns, as white as snow, immediately made me feel the cold of the North!"

Amidst the clamor, those powerful forces seemed to automatically exude a deterrent aura.

The disciples of Mindao walked through the crowded and noisy crowd. They kept their eyes straight ahead and followed a straight path. The invisible pressure made some of the weaker disciples unable to breathe, and the crowd automatically parted to make way for them.