Beast Tamer: I can extract blood

As a genius valued by Yunyan, Chen Jiuge received the best treatment among everyone.

"This is your room. There is a large spirit-gathering array set up inside. If you want to cultivate, you can adjust the concentration of spiritual energy according to your own needs."

"As for daily necessities such as food, maids will take care of them for you!"

The manor's steward, Yun Congyi, was a servant born into the Yun family. He possessed a high level of cultivation, at least level five, so despite being a servant, he maintained a respectful and composed demeanor.

"Thank you!"

"Is there anything else you need, Miss Yun?"

Although Yunyan offered such good treatment because of his talent and had certain ulterior motives, Chen Jiuge still needed to demonstrate his value appropriately and strive for even greater benefits.

"some!"

"The young lady specifically instructed that since you were previously a Vajra of Dark Star, even if you were only a Vajra in a small third-level city, you are still a person of Dark Star!"

"The young lady said you have two choices. The first is that she will send you to the Dark Star headquarters, where Dark Star will train you based on your talent!"

"The second option is to become the young lady's subordinate and receive training!"

Chen Jiuge frowned slightly. Of the two choices Yun Congyi had mentioned, it seemed that he could only choose the first one.

I was able to come to Twilight City thanks to Yunyan's influence. When the mountain city was in turmoil, it was Yunyan who sent people to save me. If I had chosen the first option, not to mention anything else, at least in other people's eyes I would be an ungrateful ingrate!
Although money is the primary commodity in the Twilight Realm, reputation is still very important. At least when making transactions, people prefer someone who is loyal and righteous to someone who is ungrateful!

"The young lady said that whatever choice you make, she will respect it. Even if you choose the first option, the young lady will still receive Dark Star's reward and won't suffer any significant loss!"

"I understand, I choose the second one!"

Chen Jiuge finally managed to say it.

Upon hearing Chen Jiuge's choice, Yun Congyi revealed a barely perceptible smile. As expected, the young lady's judgment was excellent!

"In that case, this is your task for the time being!"

Chen Jiuge took the technologically advanced device that resembled a watch and looked it over with some curiosity.

Yun Congyi explained, "Twilight City is different, or rather, every city is different. Compared to other cities, the city gathers the civilizations of various small worlds. No matter what kind of item it is, it will be absorbed and then grow stronger!"

"This item is called the Mechanical Heart. It is mainly used to monitor one's own cultivation, communication, and shopping on the Spirit Network!"

"After you pledge your allegiance with your blood, you will see the task that the young lady has assigned you!"

"It's amazing!"

"If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave now!"

"Thank you!"

The room's layout was somewhat similar to the modern world of her previous life. Lying on the soft bed, Chen Jiuge's face showed a hint of relaxation.

"The heart of a machine, shopping—truly, the end of science is theology!"

"Tick!"

Crimson blood dripped onto the surface of the mechanical heart, the sound of gears turning emanated from within, and a projection appeared in front of Chen Jiuge.

"As expected, you chose the second one!"

Yunyan's graceful figure appeared before Chen Jiuge.

"I don't have much time. You can study the Mechanical Heart on your own. If you don't understand anything, you can ask Congyi."

"The task I'm leaving you with is very simple: to cultivate ferocious beasts. I've already given the orders. A ferocious beast shop will be opened in the next few days. You just need to focus on cultivating the ferocious beasts."

"The necessary resources will be taken care of from the beginning!"

"Don't hide your abilities. If you want to climb up in the Underworld, earn more wealth, and gain more status, then you have to fight for it. Although I, Yunyan, am not a big shot, protecting you in the Twilight City is nothing."

"The stronger your abilities, the more you will gain!"

"Keep it up, don't let me down!"

Looking at the dimming projection, Chen Jiuge knew that this was not a real-time conversation, but a fragment stored by Yunyan.

"It's getting more and more like a cyberpunk game!"

"Money?"

Clutching the mechanical heart tightly in his hand, Chen Jiuge knew that the Twilight Realm's operating mode was completely different from the previous Heavenly Realm and True Realm. To obtain more, one needed money!

During his three days at the manor, Chen Jiuge truly enjoyed the benefits afforded to the powerful families of the Twilight Realm.

The Spirit Gathering Array, which allows for arbitrary adjustment of spiritual energy concentration, directly increased Chen Jiuge's cultivation efficiency tenfold!
The food delivered every day was high-grade ferocious beast meat, which further accelerated Chen Jiuge's cultivation speed.

It used to take at least three years to break through from level three to level four, but now it may only take three months.

"It's a pity I can't cultivate forever!"

Chen Jiuge left the room somewhat reluctantly. The first batch of ferocious beasts purchased by Yun Congyi had arrived, and Chen Jiuge had to demonstrate his talent and ability, otherwise he might not be able to enjoy this treatment again.

The manor here is called Skylight.

Besides its essential function as a residence, Tianguang Manor is primarily used for cultivation, and naturally, it also has a dedicated area for taming beasts.

"This is the Beast Academy. As per the young lady's instructions, I have completed the purchase of the first batch of ferocious beasts. Since your cultivation level is not high, the ferocious beasts I purchased are all at the third level of cultivation, and of course, they are all extremely rare species."

"The Hundred Beasts Pavilion is almost ready to open, and it should be able to officially open for business in about half a month."

"The Hundred Beasts Pavilion? So that means I only have half a month left?" Chen Jiuge frowned slightly. The time was too short. If the newly opened Hundred Beasts Pavilion relied solely on his own production, half a month wouldn't be enough, let alone half a month!
Yun Congyi explained, "Yes, half a month, but the main goods are still the more popular ferocious beasts in the city. Of course, in this way, the Hundred Beasts Pavilion is not very competitive."

"So the ferocious beasts I raise are very important?"

Yun Congyi nodded slightly and said, "It's very important. Based on the materials provided by the young lady and the situation of your two beasts, the ferocious beasts you are raising are different from the normal raising methods. They belong to the relatively rare ancestral raising method."

"Atavism?"

Hearing Chen Jiuge's question, Yun Congyi continued, "There are three main ways that beast tamers in the entire Twilight Realm raise ferocious beasts."

"First, strengthen the cultivation by using a large amount of spiritual materials, spiritual minerals, and special pills to enhance the ferocious beast in one or more aspects. This is also the most common cultivation method!"

"Secondly, there's talent enhancement. Every level four beast tamer awakens their own nurturing ability, but not every talent can enhance ferocious beasts. Relatively speaking, the price will be higher, and the nurtured ferocious beasts will have greater potential!"

"Third, there is mechanical enhancement. This breeding method is somewhat different. It mainly uses a lot of mechanical modification, with mechanics as the main force." "Fourth, biological enhancement, which integrates the genes of other organisms to make up for the shortcomings and enhance the advantages. It can greatly improve the combat power and potential of ferocious beasts. It's just that the appearance of the ferocious beasts is a bit ugly. It is a relatively cost-effective method."

"Fifth, ancestral cultivation, which stimulates the bloodline of the ferocious beast, awakens its own innate supernatural abilities, and even bloodline inheritance. This is the most advanced cultivation method. Although the strength of the ferocious beasts cultivated using this method does not improve quickly, their potential is the greatest, and it is also the most favored by the high-ranking figures!"

"I see!" Chen Jiuge suddenly realized.

The Yuan Dan that I refined using the power of the Chaos Pearl was indeed mainly designed to activate the bloodline abilities of the ferocious beasts. It would not only not harm the beasts, but would also greatly enhance their bloodline potential.

The only downside is that the growth in strength is too slow. If you want to grow faster, you have to spend a lot of money, which is a high-end way to play!

"This is the ferocious beast you need to raise!"

Yun Congyi pointed to the ferocious beasts in the beast courtyard.

Dark red muscles were exposed, and dark blue tendons throbbed within them, making it look quite ferocious.

Chen Jiuge had seen a lot in his life, but at this moment he felt his sanity level dropping drastically.

"What is this?" The ferocious beast in front of me is so ugly. Even if it is strong, will it have a market?
Even though the world is different, our aesthetic sense remains the same.

Yun Congyi explained, "The Darkblood Beast possesses an extremely strong physique. Among all known level-three ferocious beasts, the Darkblood Beast's physical body ranks among the top one hundred, but that's not the key point!"

"The key point is that the Darkblood Beast is a degenerate bloodline of another high-level ferocious beast, the Darkblood Dragon!"

"A degenerated bloodline of the Darkblood Dragon?" Chen Jiuge was stunned. The Darkblood Beast in front of him had no dragon-like appearance whatsoever. Instead of resembling a dragon descendant, it looked more like a gorilla.

"Although it's unbelievable, it's the truth. Darkblood Beasts are the degenerated bloodline of Darkblood Dragons!" Yun Congyi said with some helplessness.

"There are a total of three hundred Darkblood Beasts. Your task is to cultivate them to revert to their ancestral form within half a month!"

"Your future position and compensation will be assessed based on the strength of the Darkblood Beasts you cultivate, as well as the resources consumed by each Darkblood Beast."

"I understand!"

After the introductions were finished, Yun Congyi left. As the head steward of Tianguang Manor, Yun Congyi was very busy. If Chen Jiuge hadn't been specially instructed by Yunyan, Yun Congyi would never have personally received her, let alone used a respectful title.

"Then let's get started!"

Chen Jiuge's Mechanical Heart has already added Yun Congyi as a friend. If he needs any spiritual materials, he only needs to send a message and someone will deliver them to him, which is quite convenient.

Considering that Chen Jiuge's cultivation level was not high, these Dark Blood Beasts were isolated separately.

"Rain Frog, Xuan Tan, control this Darkblood Beast!"

"Roar!"

Despite its strong physique, the Darkblood Beast was powerless against the two level-four ferocious beasts, who had already gone a long way down the path of ancestor reversion. It was quickly pinned to the ground and unable to move.

"Dragon Blood, Dragon Extinction Grass"

Sensing the information transmitted back by the Chaos Pearl, Chen Jiuge frowned slightly and said, "It really is a dragon descendant, that's unbelievable!"

“While cultivating dragon offspring isn’t difficult, the spiritual materials required for it are rather expensive!”

The most important elements in cultivating Darkblood Beasts are Dragon Blood and Dragon Extinction Grass. These two spiritual items are incompatible. Dragon Blood is the essence of a true dragon, while Dragon Extinction Grass weakens or even eliminates the effects of Dragon Blood.

"So, the two clash, using the bodies of ferocious beasts as the battlefield, to forcibly activate the hidden Dark Blood Dragon bloodline of the Dark Blood Beast?"

This operation is difficult for ordinary beast tamers. If they are not careful, the effects of the two medicines will conflict, causing the Dark Blood Beast to explode and die. However, it is not a difficult task for Chen Jiuge.

"Let's treat this as practice for the first time. Level 4 dragon blood and level 4 dragon-slaying grass will be enough!"

After sending the necessary main materials and other auxiliary materials to Yun Congyi, less than a quarter of an hour later, a cultivator with a large portion of his body modified with prosthetics delivered the spiritual materials.

Five portions?

"Is this giving me five chances?" Chen Jiuge was a little surprised. Was this a bit too generous? Although Dark Blood Beasts were precious, because of their appearance, one was only worth about 10,000 coins.

However, the total value of the spiritual items he needed was enough to buy an ordinary level four ferocious beast with 100,000 coins.

"Perhaps the consumption habits in the main city are different from those in the mountain city!"

Clearing his mind of distractions, Chen Jiuge began refining his first Yuan Dan.

Because the main ingredient was a level four spiritual item, Chen Jiuge's refining speed was not fast. Even with the help of the Chaos Pearl, it still took several hours.

"call!"

He exhaled a breath of stale air, looked at the dark red Yuan Dan in his hand, and a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes: "Dragon blood is domineering, and the dragon blood in the Twilight Realm seems to be even more powerful than before!"

"Let's see how it goes!"

As the Yuan Dan was fed to the irritable Darkblood Beast, an invisible dragon's might rose from its body.

"It actually activated the Darkblood Dragon's bloodline directly. It seems the Darkblood Beast has a high concentration of dragon blood!"

"Roar!"

"hold head high!"

With each roar, the Darkblood Beast's voice grew ever closer to the Dragon's Roar.

"click"

A violent grinding sound rang out, and the Darkblood Beast, which resembled a gorilla, gradually transformed into a dragon shape like a lump of clay. In just a quarter of an hour, a dark red four-clawed, one-horned dragon appeared in front of Chen Jiuge.

"Peak of level three, still a little short of level four, but with a maximum of three Yuan Pills, it can break through to level four. If the bloodline concentration is higher, it can even evolve into a five-clawed blood dragon."

"Brush brush"

I scanned it with the Mechanical Heart and it showed an astonishing price—180,000 coins!

This is the scanning function of the Mechanical Heart, which can scan out the specific value of an item. In other words, this level 3 four-legged blood dragon is worth as much as 180,000 coins.

"However, value is one thing, but price is another. After all, the time a beast tamer spends to raise a ferocious beast, the beast's appearance, and the rarity of its bloodline will all affect the value of the Blood Dragon to a certain extent."

"Alright, let's show this blood dragon to Yun Congyi first!"

After forwarding the specific information obtained from the scan to Yun Congyi, Chen Jiuge immediately began cultivating the next Blood Dragon.

Upon receiving the news, Yun Congyi looked at the transformed Blood Flood Dragon with some surprise and said, "So fast! It seems to have been a one-time success. I wonder if it was luck or skill!" (End of Chapter)