Qi Ping clicked to confirm the search, and immediately, information on spirit beasts with a talent for comprehension was displayed.
“There are quite a few!”
Qi Ping roughly counted, and there were about thirty or forty of them.
Although that was fewer than the number of spiritual tree seeds, it was still a considerable amount.
You have to understand, it’s not easy to find even a few spirit beasts with comprehension talent within the Qingyuan Sect. And yet, a direct search on the Mysterious Black Market turned up nearly forty of them!
“It’s probably because the Mysterious Black Market includes spirit beasts from several surrounding large domains. Otherwise, the Qingtian Domain alone shouldn’t have this many spirit beasts with such outstanding comprehension talent.”
Among all types of spirit beasts, those with comprehension talent are extremely rare, belonging to a very uncommon category.
“However, there aren’t many third-grade bloodline spirit beasts, only about five…”
These five spirit beasts were the Star-Moon Twin Beasts, the Heavenly Sound Dream Nightingale, the Vengeful Spirit Chang Tiger, the Three-Colored Deer, and the Heart-Eating Rat.
But not all of these five were available for Qi Ping to choose from.
First, the Vengeful Spirit Chang Tiger, a third-grade intermediate spirit beast, had to be ruled out. Let alone forming a contract with such a creature, it would be considered good luck if it wasn’t rejected by a Druid.
Secondly, the Heart-Eating Rat was already at the late second-grade stage. Not only was it expensive, but Qi Ping might not even be able to successfully contract such a spirit beast with mature intelligence.
So, the ones truly available for Qi Ping to choose from were the Star-Moon Twin Beasts, the Heavenly Sound Dream Nightingale, and the Three-Colored Deer.
Among these three, the one that excited Qi Ping the most was the Star-Moon Twin Beasts!
The Star-Moon Twin Beasts are a rare type of spirit serpent, classified as third-grade intermediate. Besides possessing extremely high comprehension talent, they also have the talent of One Body, Two Souls!
Two souls share a single consciousness, yet they can control two bodies simultaneously, like a left hand and a right hand.
Of the two souls, the Moon Soul is the primary, and the Star Soul is the secondary, possessing all sorts of mystical abilities.
Moreover, Star-Moon Twin Beasts often have very high intelligence. Among many mature third-grade spirit beasts, the Star-Moon Twin is notoriously difficult to deal with.
“Isn’t this exactly the soul-splitting talent I’ve been looking for?”
The moment Qi Ping saw the Star-Moon Twin Beasts, his heart was filled with excitement.
If he could acquire the One Body, Two Souls talent, he could start planning to create a avatar.
Furthermore, the Star-Moon Twin Beasts have both Star and Moon attributes, which perfectly complements the Lunar Radiance Tree and Stellarwood that Qi Ping wanted to buy.
“But it’s way too expensive…”
[Third-grade Intermediate Star-Moon Twin Beast Cub… Price: One Hundred Twenty-Eight Thousand Spirit Stones + Twelve Thousand Eight Hundred Black Market Points]
Qi Ping couldn’t afford it even if he spent all of his current one hundred thousand spirit stones!
“I’ll have to wait on the Star-Moon Twin Beasts…”
As excited as he was, his means fell short of his desires!
He could scrape together a bit more for the spirit stones by selling some things, but there was no solution for the black market points. In the short term, Qi Ping absolutely would not take on any more Mysterious Black Market missions.
Although he had [Natural Perception] to help him avoid danger and seek good fortune, Qi Ping still didn’t want to take the risk. It’s not about fearing the odds, but fearing the one-in-a-million chance!
“Fortunately, I can manage to get the Three-Colored Deer and the Heavenly Sound Dream Nightingale if I put some thought into it.”
[Third-grade Low Three-Colored Deer Price: Fifty-Eight Thousand Spirit Stones + Five Thousand Eight Hundred Black Market Points]
[Third-grade Low Heavenly Sound Dream Nightingale Price: Fifty-Three Thousand Spirit Stones + Five Thousand Three Hundred Black Market Points]
“The Three-Colored Deer… the Heavenly Sound Dream Nightingale…”
With only these two options left, Qi Ping couldn’t help but feel a bit torn.
Which one should he choose?
The Heavenly Sound Dream Nightingale is a very rare type of sonic spirit beast, possessing powerful soul talents, sonic-based soul talents, and comprehension talent.
The area-of-effect damage of its sonic soul talent is extremely powerful, and its single-target attacks are no slouch either. In terms of combat ability, it’s definitely among the best of its level. Plus, it’s agile and fast, making it a very suitable spirit beast for auxiliary combat.
The Three-Colored Deer, on the other hand, has a trace of the divine beast Nine-Colored Deer’s bloodline, giving it a very clear path for advancement, making it a spirit beast with high potential.
However, the Three-Colored Deer’s combat abilities aren’t as good as the Heavenly Sound Dream Nightingale’s.
Its soul talent is also somewhat lower, but its comprehension talent is higher than the Dream Nightingale’s.
Besides that, the Three-Colored Deer’s main talents are its Wood-type talent and its healing talent.
The Three-Colored Deer’s Wood-type talent, besides being suitable for cultivating wood-attributed spiritual energy, also grants it a high healing ability, which is its signature talent.
After considering for a while, Qi Ping quickly made a decision.
“I’ll go with the Three-Colored Deer!”
“The soul, comprehension, and wood-type talents are all very useful to me. I’ve already gathered metal and fire talents, so getting a wood-type talent would be great too. And if it’s comprehension talent, even better! The Three-Colored Deer’s comprehension is among the best for its level!”
Once he decided, Qi Ping didn’t hesitate and immediately started the purchase!
“Three-Colored Deer: fifty-eight thousand spirit stones, Spiritual Vein Essence: thirty-two thousand spirit stones, Blazing Sunwood: thirteen thousand spirit stones…”
“That adds up to one hundred three thousand spirit stones + ten thousand three hundred black market points… which is just about enough.”
Qi Ping decided to wait a bit on the Lunar Radiance Tree, Stellarwood, and Dark Iron Tree.
He figured it wouldn’t be too late to sell his current loot to the Mysterious Black Market first and then buy those three spiritual tree seeds.
Because after his analysis, Qi Ping felt that the Three-Colored Deer was a perfect fit for him. He needed to secure it immediately, in case he missed the opportunity.
While those three spiritual trees were also very suitable for Qi Ping, they were much more replaceable. Choosing other spiritual trees wouldn’t make a huge difference. But Qi Ping estimated he might not encounter another Three-Colored Deer for ten years.
There might only be this single one in the entire surrounding domains!
So Qi Ping decided he had to snap it up right away!
Thus, Qi Ping immediately entered his purchase information into the token.
[Purchase: Third-grade Low Three-Colored Deer, Third-grade Intermediate Blazing Sunwood Seed, First-grade Low Spiritual Vein Essence!]
After entering his purchase request with his spiritual power, Qi Ping waited for a while, and then the token responded with a delivery time.
[Arriving in three days]
The Mysterious Black Market didn’t suspect Qi Ping of making a false purchase request, because anyone who dared to do so either had to compensate heavily or ended up in a miserable state.
After receiving the reply, Qi Ping began his preparations.
This was his first transaction with the Mysterious Black Market. Although the organization had a certain reputation, Qi Ping wasn’t about to let his guard down.
So, having all his bees seal off and monitor the area was standard procedure. And Qi Ping would activate [Natural Perception] at regular intervals.
The loot and spirit stones that Qi Ping had scattered and hidden were also being systematically transported here…
And so, three days passed with the surface appearing calm while things were bustling behind the scenes.
As the agreed upon delivery time approached, the familiar box puppet appeared again, though Qi Ping couldn’t be sure if it was the same one as last time.
Only after his bees and [Natural Perception] both confirmed there was no danger did Qi Ping reveal himself in the form of the middle-aged man from last time.
The box puppet didn’t waste any time with pleasantries. It directly took out the three items Qi Ping had ordered: the Three-Colored Deer cub, the Blazing Sunwood seed, and the Spiritual Vein Essence.
