"Half-step Cryptic Spirit State?"
This indeed made Qin Shi a little surprised.
He glanced at the purple pattern on the signboard and couldn't help but suck in a cold breath. Half-step Cryptic Spirit State was indeed stronger than the Luo family.
In the Rainbow Cloud City, excluding the old demons who lived in seclusion, the strongest one was Wei Bing of the Wei Clan. However, he was still killed by Qin Shi.
Qin Shi didn't pursue the matter after remembering the Ziyun Sect. After all, this had nothing to do with him. He wouldn't be staying in Fallen Phoenix City for long anyway. It was fine as long as he didn't offend the Ziyun Sect.
Of course, he was curious about the name of the Ziyun Sect's sect leader. "Haha, Purple Potato?
I can't believe someone named it that way. "
"Hehe, it's funny, isn't it?"
Shi Lan laughed and said sweetly, "When I first came to Fallen Phoenix City, I laughed for a few days because of this. I thought the Ziyun Sect's sect leader was a moldy sweet potato."
"A purple sweet potato is not ripe!"
Qin Shi shook his head with a wry smile. He agreed with the saying that everything was possible in this world.
The two quickly passed through the empty market and arrived at the relay station of Fallen Phoenix City.
The relay station of Fallen Phoenix City was at the southern corner of the city. There was a fence along the city wall.
There was a special barrier on the fence and it covered a large area. The roars of livestock could be heard from time to time.
"Let's go. I hope there are bird-type dire beasts to rent."
Glancing at the fence, Qin Shi pulled Shi Lan to the entrance of the relay station. The door was locked. He raised his hand and knocked three times politely.
Because it was too early, the owner of the relay station was woken up by the knocking. He yelled with displeasure, "Who is it? Wait, can't you let me sleep so early in the morning?"
After a while, the owner of the relay station opened the door. It was a slightly plump man in his thirties or forties. He had angry brows and a thick beard on both sides of his face, making him look especially fierce.
Glancing at the fat owner, Qin Shi was certain that the owner of the relay station was a miser from his clothes.
Because the clothes he was wearing were full of patches. Who knew how many years ago he bought them? They were so shrunken that they couldn't hide his bulging beer belly.
"What are you two doing?"
Letting out a yawn, the inn owner leaned his fat body against the door frame and asked drowsily.
"Boss, I'm here to rent desolate beasts."
"Desolate beast?
Not today! "
Hearing this, the fat boss raised his head with sleepy eyes, glanced at him through his squinted eyes, and responded coldly.
"Not renting?"
Stunned, Qin Shi wanted to say something again, but the fat owner had already stood up, pushed Qin Shi and Shi Lan away, and was about to close the door.
"Hey hey hey!
What kind of attitude is that? "
Beside him, Shi Lan pouted angrily. She blocked the fat boss and shouted, "This is the first time I've seen someone do business like you. You opened a relay station and didn't rent desolate beasts. You're going to close down!"
"I said I'm not renting, so I'm not renting. Today, the Purple Cloud Sect will wrap up the Desolate Beast Fist. Don't disturb my rest. Scram!" The fat boss pushed the two of them away impatiently and was about to close the door.
"You've packed it?"
Qin Shi's eyes narrowed and hurriedly said, "Boss, you're doing business for money, right?
Tell me, how much spiritual jade did the Purple Cloud Sect give you?
I'll pay double the price, just one. "
"What did you say?
Double? "
The fat boss, who was about to close the door, paused and looked at Qin Shi up and down suspiciously. His voice was filled with disdain, "You?
Do you know how many spiritual stones the Purple Cloud Sect gave you? "
"Hehe, I don't care how much he paid. I'll give you double the price!"
Qin Shi replied proudly. He then reached into his sleeve and took out hundreds of spiritual stones from his space ring, "Are these enough?"
"Gulp …" Seeing the hundreds of spiritual stones, the fat boss immediately perked up and no longer felt sleepy. He licked his chapped lips greedily and said, "You, you're serious?"
"Of course," Qin Shi answered firmly.
He could accurately grasp the mind of a miser.
As the saying went, money makes the world go round. This fat boss was the standard example of a miser.
However, what Qin Shi cared about the least now was money. He only wanted to return to the ancient city as soon as possible.
The fat boss rolled his eyes and after struggling for a while, he said fiercely, "Alright, I'll make an exception. As long as it's not a bird-type dire beast, I'll rent it to you!"
Frowning, Qin Shi asked, "Boss, why can't I rent a bird-type dire beast?"
The boss hesitated for a while and said, "To be honest, my little friend, I only have three Nine-cloud White Cranes in this small place. There aren't many of them like normal dire beasts. If I rent them to you, the Purple Cloud Sect will notice them immediately."
Understanding the truth, Qin Shi shook his head, "However, I just have to rent a bird-type dire beast. Boss, what do you think I should do?"
"You want to rent a bird-type dire beast?"
The boss exclaimed in shock and was suddenly put in a difficult position. In the end, he said helplessly, "My little friend, I'm afraid that won't do. The bird-type dire beast is reserved for the Purple Cloud Sect's sect leader. I don't dare to make a decision on my own."
"It's just one. How can he rent three of them?"
Even so, the fat boss refused to disagree. "No, this really won't do. If I offend the Purple Cloud Sect, I can forget about opening this relay station in Fallen Phoenix City!"
"Three times the spiritual stones!"
"What … what did you say?"
"I said, rent it to me. I'll pay three times the price!" Qin Shi laughed.
The fat boss winked and shook his head, "My little friend, this isn't a matter of money …"
"Four times!"
"My little friend, you're making things difficult for me!"
"Five times!"
"Little friend …"
"Six times!"
Qin Shi did not give the fat boss a chance to speak. As long as the fat boss did not nod, he would double the price, increasing it by six times in the blink of an eye.
The fat boss's forehead was full of cold sweat. The way he looked at Qin Shi had completely changed. A trace of awe and curiosity flashed across his eyes.
He did not understand how a young man who was not even in his early twenties could have such exaggerated wealth.
For this reason, he began to speculate about Qin Shi's background.
Obviously shaken, the fat boss lowered his head and struggled. However, he really did not dare to offend the Purple Cloud Sect. After all, no matter how much money he earned, he needed to be alive to spend it. In the end, he shook his head helplessly again, "My little friend, this really won't do. Don't make things difficult for me."
"Ten times!"
Clang!
All of a sudden, the fat boss's heart stopped beating. He looked at Qin Shi with a dumbfounded face, "Ten … Ten times?
My little friend, did you just say ten times? "
Qin Shi nodded confidently. Then, he turned his hand and took out a thousand superior-grade spiritual stones from his space ring. He pointed at the mountain of spiritual stones and said, "As long as you rent the birds to me, these thousand spiritual stones are yours."
Gulp …
Looking at the sparkling spiritual stones, the fat boss could not stop himself. His eyes were fixed on the small mountain of spiritual stones. He might not be able to earn so many spiritual stones in a year.
After all, the Purple Cloud Sect did not rent the dire beasts every day. Moreover, the price offered by the Purple Cloud Sect was tempting, but it was uncertain whether they would really pay the spiritual stones later on.
Seeing that there was a chance, Shi Lan seized the opportunity and used her beauty to seduce the fat boss again. Her voice was coquettish and her words were especially charming and charming. How many men would succumb to her?
Qin Shi was stunned, but he did not stop her.
He had to admit that Shi Lan's ability to fool people and her messy logical thinking was really not something that ordinary people could compete with. Listening to her bold and unconstrained words, Qin Shi even suspected that the two of them were in the same dimension.
Understand with reason, move with emotion, tempt with benefits, and starve with food.
Qin Shi and Shi Lan, on the other hand, played a real-life version of the Thirty-Six Stratagems for the fat boss.
"Phew …" Unable to resist the temptation of money and Shi Lan's deception, the fat boss let out a long sigh and finally made up his mind. Thinking that one bird should be fine, he nodded and said, "Okay!
Come in quickly! "
The two looked at each other and were overjoyed at the same time.
They followed the fat boss into the station. The smell inside was a bit pungent, and the place was filled with the excrement of dire beasts. It was very dirty.
Shi Lan couldn't help but cover her nose and hide behind Qin Shi.
There were fences in the station, and inside the fences were all kinds of dire beasts, ranging from ordinary horses to precious tigers and cheetahs. These dire beasts were very fast, and even a King Spirit Realm expert might not be able to match them.
One could understand the difference between a third-rank city and a second-rank city just by looking at the station. Even the horses in the ancient city were old and sickly.
There was a shed made of hay at the innermost part of the fence.
Inside the shed, there were three cranes with red crowns on their heads. They were the Nine Nether White Cranes that the fat boss had mentioned.
These three Nine Nether White Cranes were all Heaven Realm level 3 dire beasts. They were very docile birds, and their speed was surprisingly fast, reaching 200 kilometers per hour.
With the Nine Nether White Cranes, it would take them less than three days to return to the ancient city.
"Have a look. Are you satisfied?" The fat boss opened the door after leading the two to the straw shed.
Qin Shi scanned the straw hut with his mental power and sized up the three Nine Nether White Cranes. These three Nine Nether White Cranes were very healthy and had plump wings. He nodded in satisfaction.
"Not bad, they're high quality!" Qin Shi nodded in satisfaction.
"Of course, I spent ten years of my assets to get these three Nine Nether White Cranes from mercenaries." The fat boss nodded proudly when he mentioned the three cranes.
Qin Shi hesitated for a moment, but didn't say anything else.
He chose the youngest of the three Nine Nether White Cranes, "Boss, this one."
"You chose it?"
The fat boss was a little surprised.
Seeing the fat boss's surprise, Qin Shi didn't explain further.
But he naturally had his reasons for doing so.
This Nine Nether White Crane was still young. Although it was petite, it was surprisingly energetic. It might not be as fast as the other two, but it definitely had the most stamina.
It would take three days to get to the ancient city. It was not about explosive power, but endurance.
Therefore, it was difficult for the other two adult cranes to do it in one go. It was better to use this young crane.
After making his choice, the fat boss didn't ask much, but he was overjoyed. As if he was afraid that Qin Shi would go back on his word, he led the young Nine Nether White Crane out of the straw shed.
After that, the fat boss took out the Nine Nether White Crane's Beast Taming Ring and injected a trace of spirit energy into it.
When the spirit energy took shape, the young Nine Nether White Crane's enchantment faded.
This way, this Nine Nether White Crane would not be restricted by the enchantment of the Beast Taming Ring for half a month. When it arrived at the ancient city with Qin Shi and Qin Shi, it would fly back to Feng City.
Everything was ready. Qin Shi stroked the young Nine Nether White Crane and walked out of the station with satisfaction.
The fat boss sent the two to the door, feeling very happy.
A thousand high grade spirit stones, this was definitely his biggest harvest this year.
Whoosh!