Beast Tamer: I can extract blood

This golden ant has extraordinary talent. In addition to its golden armor, the green spot on its forehead contains strong vitality and can stimulate the growth of various spiritual plants.

The interaction of metal and wood elements, two completely opposing innate abilities, with the same ferocious beast is indeed quite strange.

"Show me your supernatural power!"

Compared to other ferocious beasts, this golden ant is quite intelligent; at least it can understand human speech. However, the ferocity of the beasts still exists, and generally they will not obediently listen to orders.

"Cuck!"

The rain frog swiftly drew the long knife from its back. The golden ant shuddered, its two tentacles on its forehead carefully blocking the knife and pushing it slightly.

"Alright, rain frog, stop scaring him!"

"Don't pretend you don't understand. Hurry up, or you know what will happen if I'm not satisfied!"

"quack"

The rain frog croaked obediently.

Shivering, the golden ant moved slightly away from the rain frog, its large golden head facing the weeds on the ground, its two antennae slightly erect, and a visible green vitality emanating from the green mark on its forehead.

"Wow"

After several dozen breaths, a sapling—no, a grass sapling—appeared in front of Chen Jiuge.

"The effect is quite amazing!"

However, after careful inspection, Chen Jiuge was somewhat disappointed. The grass-tree that had been forced to grow had not become a spiritual plant; it was just a normal weed with a little bit of spiritual energy inside.

"That makes sense. If weeds could really be transformed into first-tier spiritual plants, then it wouldn't be my turn!"

"Nevertheless, this golden ant still has a very good prospect!"

Chaos Pearls can be cultivated with special abilities. Currently, Golden Ants cannot transform their weeds into Tier 1 spiritual plants, but this may not be impossible after cultivation.

"The Holy Fruit!"

Chen Jiuge's lips twitched. The Holy Spirit Fruit was a level seven spiritual fruit, and its value was at least 300,000 coins per fruit. This price was somewhat beyond Chen Jiuge's acceptable range.

"A level seven spiritual fruit, can this thing be digested?"

"Fine, let's just treat it as an experiment!"

Although the Holy Spirit Fruit is precious, that's only relatively speaking. At least for Tianguang Manor, it's nothing. After telling Yun Congyi about this request, a quarter of an hour later, a spiritual fruit that looked just like a baby appeared in Chen Jiuge's hand.

"They really are rich and powerful!"

"However, Miss Yun is a trustworthy person!"

Chen Jiuge understood that Yun Congyi's decision to give him the Holy Spirit Fruit without asking why was due to Yun Yan's instructions, which touched Yun Yan's heart.

"Unfortunately, the Yun family has too big an appetite!"

Chen Jiuge is a figure of importance in the Heavenly Realm, the True Realm, and the Heavenly Gift Realm, and he understands the Yun family's actions to some extent.

From the private meeting between the Seventh Master of the Yun family and himself, Chen Jiuge knew that the Yun family had big ambitions. Chongwu and Gong Guang were nominally protecting him, but they also had the idea of ​​keeping an eye on him. At least if he developed a new beast-taming formula, he would be the first to receive the news.

"I wonder if Miss Yun can withstand it!"

Yunyan directly asked her to hand over the Darkblood Beast's ancestral recipe to Master Yun Qi, probably for the sake of the family's resources, since the initial stage of starting a business is the most difficult.

"Perhaps I can cultivate some ordinary beast-taming techniques to test their attitude!"

With the Beast King Pill in hand, Chen Jiuge's cultivation was going smoothly, and with the addition of Mei Niang, whom he met at the Four Seasons Heavenly Pavilion, Chen Jiuge didn't plan to leave the Heavenly Light Manor for the foreseeable future.

"Nonsence!"

Lie Guang shook the blood off his arm, looked at the silver mechanical arm that had been burned through several large holes, and said with a hint of despair, "My synthetic skin! Do you know how expensive it is!"

"Captain, didn't the head steward say that all expenses incurred during working hours would be reimbursed?"

"That's just repair; it's depreciated, so its value still drops!"

Looking at the scratches on his prosthetic arm, Lie Guang felt a pang of heartache. This prosthetic arm was the result of all his income for the next thirty years. Every scratch was like cutting flesh from Lie Guang's body.
The team member gave an awkward smile, unsure of what to say.

At least in his heart, he felt that he was already very fortunate to have such an opportunity, as he was originally just an ordinary person. Rather than living a life of mere survival, he would rather have a spectacular life.

"Alright, clean up and go back. Even though what these people packed was just some junk, it's still worth some money."

"But who exactly are these people? Don't they know this is Yun family territory? Dressed in rags, they're probably those money-grubbing guys from the outer circle. It seems they're just testing the waters."

"Sir, the enemy is defeated!"

Yun Congyi nodded slightly: "Very good, can you tell where these people come from?"

"I can't tell, but most of their prosthetic bodies are worthless or secondhand. They must be from the outer circle," Lie Guang said, shaking his head.

"The outer circle? Looks like pawns. But what can some people in the outer circle possibly find out?"

"The Chen family? Or the Yue family?"

In the entire Twilight City, only these two families are involved with ferocious beasts, and even the Yue family is not involved much.

"By the way, Lie Guang, how did your trip with Elder Chen go?" Yun Congyi changed the subject.

"Master Chen? He seems quite nice. Mr. Chen is very generous and doesn't seem aloof or difficult to get along with," Lie Guang said truthfully.

"Heh, it seems a trip to the Four Seasons Pavilion has won you over as the captain of the armed squad!"

"That's not true. Head Steward, you know me. I'm just an ordinary person. It's thanks to your appreciation that I have this opportunity to change my life."

“Because I’m an ordinary person, I can feel that attitude even more,” Lie Guang said earnestly.

"You have a point."

Yun Cong pointed upwards, then whispered, "The master is very satisfied with Elder Chen. In order to prevent any accidents from happening to Elder Chen, I plan to transfer your squad to Elder Chen's side to protect his safety!"

"Huh? Wasn't that what happened before?" Lie Guang asked, somewhat puzzled. Wasn't he protecting Chen Gongfeng's safety before?

"Can temporary workers and permanent staff be the same? From now on, your team will be specifically responsible for the safety of Elder Chen. If Elder Chen has any needs, try your best to meet them. Of course, if there are any special needs, you need to let me know," Yun Congyi said calmly.

"Isn't this surveillance?"

Although he was somewhat puzzled, Lie Guang wasn't stupid, and of course he wouldn't say such things to his face: "I understand!"

"Okay, go ahead and report for duty tomorrow. I've already notified Elder Chen!"

"Yes!" Watching Lie Guang leave, a glint of light flashed in Yun Cong's eyes: "Holy Spirit Fruit, it's incredible that a slightly special golden ant can cultivate spiritual plants with the Holy Spirit Fruit. No wonder Seventh Master specifically bypassed the eldest young lady to give me this order."

Yun Congyi was a servant of the Yun family, so naturally he had to obey the orders of the Seventh Master of the Yun family. Moreover, Yun Yan and the Seventh Master of the Yun family were a community of interests, so she would not refuse the Seventh Master of the Yun family's orders.

兽院
After a week of special cultivation, the golden ants are now completely different.

The golden armor on his body was exceptionally thick and had extremely strong defensive capabilities. The green mark on his forehead had also been enlarged, and the patterns on it had become more complex.

"biu"

A mouthful of dark green saliva was spat on the ground by the golden ant, and a lucky weed was transformed into a first-tier spiritual plant.

"Even though I bred it myself, it's still quite incredible!"

Chen Jiuge looked at the scene before him, a strange glint in his eyes. After repeated cultivation, the golden ants' ability to nurture spiritual plants had increased many times over.

Despite its golden appearance, the Golden Ant has actually lost most of its metallic properties. Apart from its passive talent of Golden Armor, it is now more like a living ant.

"However, this small change actually caught the attention of a big shot like the Seventh Master of the Yun family. It seems I underestimated my own abilities and value!"

"Sir, Lie Guang has arrived!" Chong Wu said as he entered from outside.

"Let Lie Guang come in alone. We're all acquaintances, there's no need to stop him!"

"Row!"

"Greetings, Your Excellency!"

"Don't call me 'sir,' it's not like we're meeting for the first time. Besides, I'm just like you, a subordinate of Miss Yun. Moreover, your cultivation is much higher than mine!" Chen Jiuge said, supporting Lie Guang's arms.

"no the same!"

Lie Guang shook his head and said, "My cultivation level is not what those who have truly cultivated can achieve. Anyone can do it as long as they are willing to spend money and sacrifice their own flesh!"

"Since you are so kind, sir, then I will address you as 'Sir' just like Chongwu Gongfeng!"

"Row!"

Chen Jiuge nodded slightly, but he didn't quite agree with the first half of Lie Guang's statement. He thought that cybernetic modification seemed to have a low barrier to entry, as long as you had money and were willing to give up physical pleasure.

However, in reality, the requirements are very high. First of all, there is the body's rejection reaction. Someone like Lieguang, who can modify his entire body, can be considered a genius in the profession of prosthetics!

As the prosthetic body adapts better and mental strength increases, and with the subsequent modification of internal organs, strength can be further enhanced.

Otherwise, Lie Guang wouldn't have been chosen to protect Chen Jiuge; only geniuses deserve such special treatment!

"Is this the golden ant that you brought back from the Twilight Merchant Guild last time, sir?" Lie Guang asked with some surprise, looking at the golden ant whose appearance hadn't changed much, but whose aura had changed drastically.

"Well, you've come at the perfect time. I recently started researching another kind of ferocious beast and have made some progress. Since you're here, please pass it on to the head steward for me!"

"Ah, why doesn't the gentleman deliver it himself?" Lie Guang asked, somewhat puzzled.

"No, no, this ferocious beast is different from the Darkblood Beast. It doesn't have a fixed formula. We can only say that we have a temporary finished product. It will still take a lot of time to research the formula!" Chen Jiuge shook his head repeatedly.

"I see, then I'll do it!"

"That'll be troublesome!"

Chen Jiuge has recently been researching the Green Light Scorpion, a scorpion with a greenish hue that is highly venomous but also has healing properties, depending on how it is used.

Chen Jiuge's main goal in cultivating the Blue Light Scorpion was to amplify its healing effects and weaken its toxicity. However, unfortunately, the Blue Light Scorpion is both a poison and a medicine; once its toxicity is reduced, the therapeutic effect will also decrease.

Therefore, Chen Jiuge had to abandon the initial cultivation direction and choose to increase the venom production of the Blue Light Scorpion, but the effect was not significant, only increasing it by about 30%.

"Although the effect is mediocre, for a faction, a ferocious beast that can continuously produce resources is more important!"

"It's just that the Azure Scorpion's rank is a bit low. I wonder if those important figures would even consider it!"

The Azure Scorpion is a level four ferocious beast. Since arriving in Twilight City, the cultivators he has encountered are either level six or level seven, making Chen Jiuge feel that level four cultivators are just easy targets.

"Phew, whatever, it's just an experiment anyway, whether it works or not doesn't matter much. But the Azure Scorpion is not really suitable for sale in the Hundred Beasts Pavilion, so it was a bit of a miscalculation."

After giving Lie Guang a general overview of the specifics of the Azure Light Scorpion and letting him witness firsthand the scorpion's venom production, Chen Jiuge instructed him to report to Yun Congyi.

"You mean, it was Congyi who specifically sent you to report to me?" Yun Congyi asked again to confirm.

"Yes, Mr. Chen said that the Azure Light Scorpion cultivated this time is different from the Dark Blood Beast. It only slightly increases the venom production of the Azure Light Scorpion, and its value is far less than that of the Dark Blood Beast's ancestral return. That's why he had his subordinate deliver the message!" Lie Guang explained.

"Is that so? Mr. Chen, you're too kind!"

"what do you think?"

After reading the details of the report brought by Lie Guang, Yun did not immediately express his opinion.

"Ah I?"

Lie Guang scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly: "Manager, you know I was just an ordinary person before. A level four Azure Light Scorpion is very common for someone like you, but it is something that is very difficult for me to come into contact with."

Yun Cong chuckled, "I never expected someone with thick eyebrows and big eyes like you to be such a flatterer, and in such a unique way at that!"

"Okay, go down!"

Yun Congyi kept rubbing the armrest of the grand master's chair, a glint of shrewdness flashing in his eyes.

"Is the Blue-Light Scorpion's venom production increased? Is this a cover-up, or is this all they can do?"

"Never mind, that's not important. What's important is whether I should report to the young lady, or Seventh Master, or perhaps both of them?"

Reporting to the young lady has the advantage of gaining her trust and becoming her confidant. However, the young lady's foundation is unstable. Don't be fooled by the presence of the Blood Dragon in the Hundred Beasts Pavilion. Although it seems very prosperous, Yun Congyi knows that the income of the Hundred Beasts Pavilion alone can only barely keep the Skylight Manor running.

Moreover, judging from some small details, the young lady doesn't really value the Hundred Beasts Pavilion; it's just a passing fancy, giving Chen Jiuge a chance to shine.

"If I report this to Seventh Master, Miss will probably lose her trust!"

Yun Cong sighed inwardly. Although he had seen many such things when he was in the Yun family, he still found it difficult to make a decision when it really came down to it!

As for reporting to both at the same time, such a wishful thinking would only please neither side and should be kept separate!

"Seventh Master, I hope you won't discard me after you've served your purpose!"

In the end, Yun Congyi decided to report to Seventh Master. As a servant born into the family, reporting to Seventh Master was a way of showing loyalty to the Yun family. As for the eldest young lady, although she was also a member of the Yun family and even a favored member, she was not as important as Seventh Master. This was a mature and prudent choice.
However, while Yun Congyi was sending a secret message to Seventh Master, Chen Jiuge was also sending a message to Yunyan.

Yun Congyi probably couldn't understand how someone from a small town could have the young lady's contact information!
In the Underworld, one's origins and background are just as important as wealth; they have nothing to do with talent! (End of Chapter)