Lord of the Magical Beasts

The next night, the townspeople saw a large notice placed outside the Evening Primrose Bar. The bar was purchasing the Blood Essences of Magical Beasts for a high price, over a hundred Black Crystal Coins per bottle. The higher the level of the Magical Beast, the more they would pay, with no upper limit! Other than that, the bar was also buying Essence Crystals of Magical Beasts and various other crystals at a good price!

“Oh Yiblis, I have heard of people buying the Essence Crystals of Magical Beasts, but I have never seen someone who would buy the Blood Essences of Magical Beasts. What is going on?” A bearded hunter shook his head as he read the notice, unable to understand why anyone would want those particular crystals.

After staring at the bearded hunter, a hunter carrying a bow and arrow said, “Why do you care what Sir Yang wants the Blood Essences of Magical Beasts for? As long as he says he wants them, then we shall gather them for him in the forest. What’s more, he is offering such a high price!”

“That’s right. We could buy enough food for the winter if we sell him a few bottles of Blood Essence!”

“You’re right. We have to hurry home and make preparations. Even if we are unable to capture Magical Beasts, the reward for picking up a few Dark Fire Crystals in the forest is not too bad either!”

“Haha, wouldn’t it be better if we captured a Magical Beast and harvested a bottle of blood from it to sell every day?” Seeing the excited hunters, an unemployed lad was also raring to go.

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Slowly, the number of townspeople gathering to look at the notice increased. In the end, even a few troops and adventurers crowded over to see what was causing the commotion. Even though they did not understand the rationale behind Yang Ling’s actions, the townspeople were still rather happy. Winter was upon them. If they didn’t earn more money to purchase provisions, it would be hard for them to get through the cold months.

“Sir, a hundred Black Crystal Coins for a bottle, isn’t that price a little high?”

Murbaqi stood on the second level of the Evening Primrose Bar, watching the excited townspeople going home in preparation to hunt Magical Beasts. He had a worried look on his face. He did not understand why Yang Ling wanted to purchase such a large amount of Magical Beast Blood Essence. In his eyes, the useless Magical Beast Blood Essence was not even worth one crystal coin, much less a hundred Black Crystal Coins.

Taking a sip of the rich Raphael Red Wine, Yang Ling smiled. “It’s not expensive, not expensive at all. It’s better to have more, be it the Essence Crystals or Blood Essence of Magical Beasts, or even the various other crystals!”

Ever since he moved into Wissen Castle, Yang Ling had decided to go all out. He intended to set up a giant Spirit Gathering Spell Formation within the inner areas of the castle in order to accelerate the speed of his cultivation. Under normal circumstances, various high grade crystals were the most optimal materials needed for the spell formation. But since he could not gather them in such a short span of time, he had to use the Essence Crystals of various Magical Beasts as replacements.

In addition to the Spirit Gathering Spell Formation, Yang Ling also wanted to create various Wizard Amulets. Until he advanced to the level of Earth Wizard, Wizard Amulets would be the best offensive and defensive weapons in his arsenal. After repeated experimentation, Yang Ling found that the Blood Essences of Magical Beasts were the optimal items for drawing amulets. The higher the level of the Magical Beast, the more powerful the Wizard Amulet.

Time was money, and efficiency was of utmost importance!

After finding the riches that the Anca family had accumulated over the years, Yang Ling no longer saw money as a problem. The most important thing to him now was rapidly improving his abilities in order to deal with any revenge attempts by the survivors of the Anca family. On this continent where the strong survived, the best course of action was to improve his abilities. Of course, he could also sell the Wizard Amulets after he succeeded in making them. He was guaranteed profits.

“Murbaqi, inform me if there is any good news!” After giving some instructions, Yang Ling left with large steps. He wanted to think about the Spirit Gathering Spell Formation and the Wizard Amulets.

Wissen Castle occupied a wide area. Yang Ling intended to first set up a Spirit Gathering Spell Formation in his living quarters before expanding it to cover the entire castle when he gathered enough ingredients. He believed that at that point, even Sofia and Casey’s training would yield doubled results, much less his own.

Money could get people to do anything. That night, there were many people who brought the items he wanted in exchange for coins. Some troops even worked together and used spells to freeze the corpses of the Magical Beasts to avoid wasting even a drop of blood. Of course, these were all low level Magical Beasts. Without enough confidence, no one would dare hunt in the deeper parts of Terras Forest.

Also, the townspeople had spread the news far and wide, even getting their friends and relatives to search for Dark Flame Crystals and various other crystals. Even though the quality was not very high, they could still be used.

That night, the old butler Murbaqi spent close to five hundred Purple Crystal Coins just to purchase the Blood Essence of Magical Beasts. He felt the pinch. But Yang Ling did not mind that. A few hundred crystal coins were nothing compared to the Anca family’s alarming amount of riches.

The townspeople were elated after successfully obtaining the crystal coins. They had not expected to really be able to sell the Magical Beast Blood Essences. Troops and adventurers who were not on missions for the time being banded together to hunt. After they collected their crystal coins, they either went to the dwarf weapons shop to get weapons fitted for them or drank at the Evening Primrose Bar. In the end, the crystal coins still ended up in Yang Ling’s hands.

After three days of preparation, Yang Ling decided to set up a small scale Big Dipper Spirit Gathering Spell Formation in his yard. Yang Ling sorted out the various Essence Crystals of the Magical Beasts and buried them in the respective positions of the Big Dipper. In order to enhance the effect, he even buried all of the Essence Crystals he obtained from the Nine-headed Snake Monster.

According to the stele, the Big Dipper Formation was the most commonly used Spirit Gathering Formation, its size varying. If the formation was large, it would need upward of 400 million high grade crystals. A smaller one usually only required a few hundred crystals.

Even though Yang Ling knew that Essence Crystals of Magical Beasts could to some extent take the place of crystals, he was not sure how effective they would be. Thus, he decided to bury all eight hundred of the Magical Beast Essence Crystals he had. He buried one of the Essence Crystals of the Nine-headed Snake Monster in each of the seven spell points required in the Big Dipper.

Compared to a low level Magical Beast like the Twin-headed Deer, the Essence Crystal of the Nine-headed Snake Monster harbored a massive amount of energy. Yang Ling believed that even if the effects of the spell formation were less than desirable after he set it up, he would still be able to match the speed of cultivation he had when he was in the Terras Forest. This would save him the time of traveling to the Terras Forest every time he wanted to train.

After setting up the spell formation, Yang Ling checked it several times. It paid to be cautious. Who knew what accidents might occur if he made a mistake. He did not want to be like the chemist Nobel, injuring himself every time he conducted experiments with explosives. Sitting cross-legged under the moonlight, Yang Ling took in a deep breath as he infused all of the Wizard Power in his body into the spell points of the Big Dipper Formation. Without the activation of Wizard Power, the Big Dipper Spirit Gathering Formation was merely an empty shell.

Even though he knew that there were people spying on him from far away, Yang Ling did not really mind. On this continent, only he possessed this unique Wizard Power. If someone else tried to forcefully activate the spell formation using Magical Energy or Battle Energy, they would only face the terrifying devouring force of the Spirit Gathering Formation. Even a Magical Tutor would not be able to avoid it.

Yang Ling had just infused his Wizard Power when the Big Dipper Spirit Gathering Formation let out a light hum. The spell formation then radiated a circle of rainbow-colored light, manically absorbing the spirit energy in the surroundings. The trees in the yard swayed despite there being no wind.

Calm your senses and empty your mind!

After successfully activating the spell formation, Yang Ling was elated when he felt the thick spirit energy in the surroundings. He immediately started his training, devouring the spirit energy, which seemed to have become tangible. In the fog, it felt as though the sky full of stars was releasing bolts of pure, ice cold energy.

“Teacher, what is going on? Is this another way of using the Snake Demon Blood Staff?” Standing on a faraway hill, Maryse looked at the black-robed elder beside her, confused.

“No, this is not the Dark Energy released by the Snake Demon Blood Staff!” Opening his eyes, the black-robed elder shook his head and said slowly, “Powerful. Even my detection spell is unable to penetrate it. Maryse, that young man is not simple. You must not act recklessly!”

Hearing her teacher say this, Maryse’s interest in Yang Ling grew. She had never seen her teacher admire a young man this much. He had only said that it was decent that she was able to go from an apprentice to a Great Spellcaster in a mere ten years. She did not understand where Yang Ling came from to have such a mysterious ability.

At the same time, on a giant stone in the northwest area of Wissen Town, a white-haired elder slowly opened his eyes. He looked in Yang Ling’s direction in disbelief. The Knight of the Divine Palace Clause and veiled Spellcaster Michelle were standing respectfully behind him, silent. Around the giant stone were a group of ferocious, heavily armored warriors and spellcasters in white robes.