Chapter 356: The Legend of the Magical Beast Mountain!
"Hmm?" Upon hearing this, Yun Yun's beautiful brows slightly furrowed, and a hint of surprise flashed across her autumn-like, clear eyes.
"You want to find the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King?" It must be said that a woman's intuition was very sharp, especially for beautiful women. Jiang Lin didn't say anything, but Yun Yun had already guessed something that Hai Bodong didn't even know.
"What do you need it for? If you're thinking of hunting it, I would suggest against it. The Magical Beast Mountain has some unknown secrets, and strong individuals at the sixth level don't easily provoke each other. It's an unwritten understanding. My master once said, there are even stronger, mysterious beings within the Magical Beast Mountain." Yun Yun, assuming that Jiang Lin was preparing to cause trouble for the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, subconsciously began to explain.
In most people's minds, there was only one king in the Magical Beast Mountain, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King. However, as a sect with a certain heritage like Yun Lan Sect, they clearly knew some of the deeper secrets of the Magical Beast Mountain.
"So, the rumors were true?" Hai Bodong, a wandering cultivator, said with a hint of surprise in his eyes.
"Rumors?" Jiang Lin instinctively looked at Hai Bodong. He himself had never heard of any legends regarding the Magical Beast Mountain, or rather, there were some legends that the Refining Guild hadn't even compiled.
"Actually, it's not much of a secret." Seeing that Jiang Lin was interested, Hai Bodong directly explained, "This is a rumor that only exists among the Dou Huang. A long time ago, a very powerful Dou Huang, relying on his extraordinary strength, ventured deep into the Magical Beast Mountain for an expedition. When others finally saw him again, he was already badly injured, his meridians shattered and his mind lost. It's said that he encountered an even more terrifying existence deep in the Magical Beast Mountain."
"Although the authenticity of this rumor is still up for debate, Dou Huang in the Gama Empire are indeed very cautious about venturing into the Magical Beast Mountain. Perhaps to other Dou Wang, the Magical Beast Mountain is a treasure land, but for Dou Huang, it's very dangerous."
"It's not that dangerous," Yun Yun shook her head, dismissing Hai Bodong's hearsay. "My master once said that there are some mysterious powerful beings in the Magical Beast Mountain, most likely Beastmen. Traditionally, Beastmen are more common in the southern regions of the continent, but they are also present within the Magical Beast Mountain. After all, even in the Gama Empire, there are Serpentmen and Lupus Clans, who are former Beast Domain races. So, it's normal to have some powerful Beastmen in the Magical Beast Mountain."
"These Beastmen and human strong beings have reached some unspoken understanding, which is that high-level beings are not allowed to kill low-level foreign races at will. For example, if I were to go to the Magical Beast Mountain and hunt a Fifth-Grade Beast, nothing would happen. But if I were to slaughter seven or eight Fifth-Grade Beasts in one go, I might attract attention. If I were to hunt a Sixth-Grade Beast, the moment the battle starts, strong, hidden beings would already have their eyes on me."
"Similarly, high-level Beasts are also not allowed to come down from the mountains and slaughter humans in human gathering places. These are unwritten rules."
Jiang Lin suddenly spoke up, "This unwritten rule exists because humans and Beastmen fought in the Gama Empire, and this understanding, similar to the 'King not opposing General' principle, was formed. The Refining Guild has some records of this."
The Refining Guild, for a particular region, was like a historical library, where various major events could be found in backup records.
Perhaps, the Refining Guild didn't initially have the habit of 'keeping history,' but many refiners, while organizing refining books, would occasionally record certain events. Over time, this habit of recording major events gradually became a tradition.
Perhaps in the future, "This matter is also recorded in the Refining Guild" would become one of Jiang Lin's signature phrases to impress others.
"However, don't worry, I don't intend to directly become enemies with the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King. On the contrary, I want to discuss something with that Lion King." Jiang Lin suddenly remembered Gu He. He clearly remembered that Gu He had a Transformation Pill. At the time, Gu He wanted to use the Transformation Pill to make a deal with Queen Medusa, but the deal failed in the end.
Of course, if Jiang Lin were to speak about it, Gu He might have a few screws loose. Queen Medusa, being a 'half-beast,' didn't need the Transformation Pill as much as other Beasts did. After all, half-beasts were essentially halfway transformed Beasts!
Half-beasts didn't live as long as Beasts, but they cultivated faster! The perfect effect of the Transformation Pill for Beasts was to increase both their lifespan and cultivation speed. However, for half-beasts, taking the Transformation Pill would increase their cultivation speed, but not as significantly as for Beasts, and their lifespan wouldn't increase either. This resulted in the Transformation Pill being only half as enticing to Queen Medusa.
But, even though Gu He wasn't very skilled, Jiang Lin could still integrate the resources.
Of course, Jiang Lin didn't necessarily plan to give the Transformation Pill to the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King; he was just using it as leverage for himself.
As for whether Gu He would trade the rare Transformation Pill, there was no need to worry, because Jiang Lin still had a big trump card—the Crystal Core.
With proper handling, Jiang Lin could use a middleman to profit from it, using the 'helping to refine Crystal Cores' method to get what he wanted from the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.
"I want to make a deal with the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King. I'll bring two Dou Huang with me to guarantee safety. Of course, the rewards will be very generous. If we manage to establish a good relationship with the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, you will have the opportunity to get some of my new technical weapons in the future." The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King was indeed very strong, and Hai Bodong would likely not be able to handle it alone, so Jiang Lin needed to bring Yun Yun for backup to feel secure.
Even if something unexpected happened, Yun Yun could quickly take Jiang Lin away, leaving Hai Bodong to feed the lion.
Hai Bodong: ???
Jiang Lin's offer to Yun Yun and others was quite generous. However, the only unfortunate thing was that the wind and ice powers of Yun Yun and Hai Bodong coincidentally overlapped with Jiang Lin's needs.
Hmm... when Jiang Lin thought of his teacher being a lightning-type Dou Qi user, he sighed.
Well, Jiang Lin didn't want to face such situations, but there was nothing he could do. He would have to deal with it and help those Dou Huang who were closer to him.
At least, these people around him who wanted Crystal Cores would only be able to get the second batch of wind, ice, and lightning-type Crystal Cores.
Currently, Jiang Lin had figured out how many types of Crystal Cores he would need in the future. Apart from the Five Elements, the remaining ones were Wind, Ice, Lightning, Darkness, and possibly Light.
Jiang Lin had found records of Dark-type Dou Qi, so logically, there should be Light as well, but he had never heard of it, so he couldn't be certain.
But...
Based on logical reasoning, the ultimate form for Jiang Lin would be ten levels, ten types, and ten cores.
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