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Chapter 67: Chapter 67: Qingfeng Crane
[Tiger Power] Golden Flame Feathered Tiger: "I’m going to secretly cultivate hard, then dazzle everyone with my prowess, Tiger Lord’s assault, rawr rawr!"
[Maturity: 3%]
Li Quanqing stroked the little tiger cub, it was warm and fluffy, very comfortable to the touch.
"Rawr rawr!"
This little tiger opened its black and gold pupils, bit his finger with its tiny tiger teeth, and its two round, fluffy ears swiveled around, emanating an aura of Tiger Power.
"I’ll take this one!"
Li Quanqing happily paid with spirit stones, cradling the Golden Flame Tiger cub in his arms; it was so adorable and charming.
The shop owner was responsible too, giving him a Jade Scroll that outlined the experience of raising a Golden Flame Feathered Tiger.
"Senior, where shall we go now?"
The youth, leading a big green ox, left the shop with eager anticipation.
Li Quanqing glanced at the sky and saw the sun setting in the west, the orange-red clouds spreading across the horizon, making the entire Mountain Shifting Cloud Boat seem like it was sailing through a sea of fire,
extraordinarily splendid.
"Let’s stop here for today, take me to the Green Jade Li Family’s gathering point."
Li Quanqing, petting the gradually changing shades of the kitty, had no more desire to wander.
"Okay, senior!"
The lake ripples gleamed, the Li Family had specially rented a large section of high-grade cave mansions by the lake, provided for their clan members to reside in.
The pure spiritual energy mixed with the mist hit his face, and Li Quanqing didn’t expect to find a large lake aboard the Mountain Shifting Cloud Boat.
The Yun Family had transformed this treasure ship into a moving Immortal City fortress!
"Quanqing big brother, good to see you!"
"Good evening, Clan Brother Quanqing!"
As Li Quanqing walked through this area, many people greeted him; he was quite a celebrity within the clan.
He went to the canteen, it was just mealtime: "A bowl of Demon Beast milk, sweeter version, thank you."
The milky-white beast milk was served up, clearly freshly simmered, still steaming.
"Drink up."
He placed the Golden Flame Tiger on the table, the large bowl in front of it bigger than the cub’s entire body, reflecting the tiger cub’s bewildered eyes.
Driven by instinctive hunger, the Golden Flame Tiger took a tentative lick, and the warm, sweet beast milk flowed into its mouth.
Rawr rawr! My family, this stuff is so good to roar about, rawr!
Truly exhilarating for the tiger!
The Golden Flame Tiger’s front paws clutched the rim of the bowl, hind legs supporting its body, trying to stand wobbly, almost burying its head in the bowl.
Its tiny, pink tongue lapped up the milk greedily, splashing milk everywhere, dripping down its whiskers, almost becoming a patchy-faced kitty.
"Little cousin, where did you kidnap this adorable kitten from?"
A gentle and fluid laugh arose; it was Li Quanshu who had walked over, wearing a water-blue fairy feather dress, her bright eyes and watery gaze seemed capable of speaking.
"Sister apprentice, I have to correct you, this is a Tiger Demon, not a kitten."
Li Quanqing spoke earnestly, although he also felt this spiritual beast resembled a kitty a bit more.
"Ah yes, yes, you’re absolutely right."
Li Quanshu propped up her chin nonchalantly, her round and pert nose even had a bit of baby fat: "When did you arrive? I couldn’t find you earlier."
"I was delayed by some cultivation matters, just got here today, what’s up?"
Li Quanqing’s fingertips surged with mana, manipulating the spilled beast milk on the table to rise up and fall back into the bowl.
The creator of the Water Control Skill probably never imagined that someone had cultivated this spell to a Divine level.
To actually use it to feed a kitty?!!
"It’s nothing important, I just wanted to give you a gift."
The girl gathered a strand of hair that fell beside her ear, winked playfully, and smiled radiantly, enchanting and lively.
She took out seven or eight rice-white bird eggs, with light blue patterns twirling on their surfaces, like a gentle breeze swirling, giving a sense of lightness and agility.
"Are these Demon Beast eggs?"
Li Quanqing was surprised and picked up one of the eggs to take a closer look.
These must be some sort of bird eggs, a size smaller than a palm, smooth and pure white, quite lightweight, containing a tumultuous vitality within.
"You like collecting all kinds of strange and quirky Demon Beast cubs, I saw these and conveniently bought them."
Li Quanshu spoke very naturally, "These are eggs of a Qingfeng Crane, consider them a gift to celebrate your becoming the master of Fish-Dragon Island."
"So they’re Qingfeng Cranes!"
Li Quanqing immediately became interested.
These were Spiritual Beasts that originated from the Central Divine Continent, quite common, rumored that there was one for every person there.
Whenever a Cultivator travels, they would have a white crane accompanying them, its call melodious and crisp, graceful in form, its feathers pure white, exuding an air of Immortal Qi, carefree and at ease.
Later, with the great development of the East Sea, many Qingfeng Cranes also migrated here, considered one of the most common and popular flying mounts.
"I heard from the owner that these Qingfeng Cranes are of the purest Central State bloodline, ancient and noble."
"Their parents have nurtured and laid a batch of crane eggs during their return journey on the Mountain Shifting Cloud Boat, and now they’re nearing hatching."
Li Quanshu’s lips parted slightly, clearly having put in quite some effort.
"Thanks, I really like this gift."
Li Quanqing carefully stored the crane eggs, pondering whether to give a gift in return.
"Ao ao!"
Just then, the Golden Flame Tiger happened to have polished off its Beast Milk, belly round and full.
Like an orange-golden fluffy ball, it sprawled lazily there, even its burps were fragrant with milk.
"How come all the Spiritual Beasts I raise are such gluttons!"
Li Quanqing found it amusing, and Li Quanshu beside him also revealed a delighted smile.
They walked side by side, ready to return to their room for cultivation and meditation.
Li Quanshu told him that although the things in those stores were fine, the most precious treasures were still those from the auctions held by the Yun Family.
That was the essence of the Carefree Conference.
Small auctions were held almost daily, while large auctions were held once every ten days.
Surely aiming to drain all the Spirit Stones from the Loose Cultivators within thousands of miles.
Li Quanqing found this very interesting.
In the next few days, he visited the Spiritual Beast markets of several regions, but unfortunately, the results were not as hoped, with high prices all around.
After all, transported across a million miles of sea, they were commodities in short supply.
Li Quanqing felt it was better to hunt Demon Beasts himself and raise a few cubs for better value for money.
A few days later, it was time for a big auction, so he wrapped himself in a black robe to cover his whole body and walked into the grand auction house.
The venue was huge, enough to accommodate ten thousand people, spacious and boisterous with noise, a sea of heads in view.
There were no private boxes, no other messy stuff, a fair competition where the highest bidder wins.
Li Quanqing casually found a seat and sat down, circulating the Ice Soul Pearl, an aura of "keep away" emanating from his body.
On the auction stage, items were being presented like a flowing stream, with bids being called out occasionally and not a few items failing to sell.
The auction was ongoing every moment, day and night, some Cultivators had been sitting there for nearly a month.
Finally, a beautiful woman in a bright red dress stepped onto the auction stage and bowed to everyone, alerting the crowd to be more attentive.
"The third session of the Carefree Conference is now open. Please, honored guests, prepare your Spirit Stones in your Storage Bags and do not bid rashly~"
The first auction item began to display, actually a withered yellow large leaf, presented on a red silk tray, the leaf surface filled with tiny, fly-sized golden Talismanic Script.
"Foundation Establishment Cultivation Technique ’Withered Leaf Meditation Technique,’ starting bid 2,500 low-grade Spirit Stones, each increase in bid must not be less than one hundred Spirit Stones."
Li Quanqing’s eyes lit up, unexpected that it started with such a high-level treasure, immediately looking forward to it.
