Little Moon's Strange Behavior

After hanging up the taxi sign, Zhang Xuan brought Little Moon to the imperial beast shopping center.

The familiars shopping center's stores would usually cooperate with some adventurer guilds. If the Adventurer's Guild accidentally discovered a related mine or item while completing a mission, they could exchange the information for the corresponding reward, which was relatively generous.

This was because a single Adventurer's Guild did not have the ability to guard this kind of information and items, nor did they have the ability to mine them. It was very likely that they would not be able to keep them even if they lost their lives. Therefore, exchanging them for rewards was the most cost-effective option.

Although the Adventurer's Guild was basically under the jurisdiction of the Beastmaster Association, it was an independent organization. This was evident in the fact that the Beastmaster Association wouldn't stand up for the Adventurer's Guild. Instead, they would take a cut of the guild's profits, as they provided the location, channels, and resources for the distribution of missions.

Then, there would be special people waiting in the lobby of the shopping center. Once they received confirmed information, if it was exclusive, they would immediately mobilize their forces to occupy the mine vein or resources.

If a lot of people got the exact information at the same time, they would start bidding. However, the money from the auction had nothing to do with the Adventurer's Guild that discovered the mine. They could only get the money for the information.

Usually, one could get up to a million yuan if they discovered a mine vein. However, judging by the size of the mine vein, it would not be more than ten million.

But after the bidding, even a mine that only cost millions as information fee could be sold for tens of millions or even tens of millions.

That wasn't all. The people who paid the cost could also make a lot of money. To give a simple example, the fist-sized earth spirit crystal that Zhang Xuan was looking at was a mid-grade mineral in the entire rare material store. Just this piece alone cost more than 30,000 yuan.

Mine veins were at least five or six miles long, which could generate a revenue of over 100 million yuan for a store. After these things were mined, they would be sold to the beastmasters at the bottom.

"Tsk." Zhang Xuan grabbed the earth spirit crystal and sized it up.

The earth spirit crystal was khaki in color, and the best quality one would be like a glass type of jade, crystal clear and without any impurities. Usually, one of those was equivalent to two, and the price would start from 50,000 yuan.

However, the hair-like mineral fiber impurities in the one in front of him were very obvious. Logically speaking, it shouldn't be able to sell for such a high price. Perhaps he could bargain for a lower price.

A mineral like earth spirit crystal had an irresistible attraction to familiars. Although it was only considered medium grade, the advantage was that there was no upper limit to the improvement it could provide to familiars. However, as the familiars grew and the number of earth spirit crystals used increased, the effects would also be reduced to a certain extent.

However, in theory, as long as it was used continuously, the familiar would be able to grow continuously.

But even a legendary-tier beastmaster wouldn't do that, because the price-performance ratio would decrease as time went on. There was no need to spend the same amount of money to achieve a lower effect…unless you had an endless supply of earth spirit crystals.

Unlike Zhang Xuan's hesitation, Little Moon wagged her tail excitedly when she saw the earth spirit crystal in his hand. Although her tail was drooping, the intensity of the shaking swept away the faint layer of dust on the ground.

Zhang Xuan was stunned. Who said wolves didn't know how to wag their tails?

"You want this?" Zhang Xuan placed the earth spirit crystal in front of Little Moon and asked.

The earth spirit crystals were indeed very useful to young ones, especially for ones like Little Moon, who had extremely low efficiency in training.

He still had about 60,000 coins on him, and the more he used, the less he would earn. The business of the cultivation center was too bad, and it couldn't generate any income for him at all. Although there were more people in the cultivation center now, they were basically all here for Little Moon. They were just there to watch the fun and not buy anything.

Even if Zhang Xuan was extremely serious about every client's request, prejudice was like an insurmountable mountain. No one was willing to put their familiars, which were like their lifeblood, in a broken cultivation center for training.

He gritted his teeth. 'You can't get a wolf without shoes. At most, I'll see if there are any part-time jobs in the future to support my expenses. As long as I pass the college entrance examination and go to a higher education institute, I won't be in such a short supply of familiar materials.'

However, just as he was struggling with his thoughts, Little Moon cried out excitedly, then bit his pants and pulled it out.

Zhang Xuan was puzzled. Do wolves know how to urge people to pay now? 

But after a while, Zhang Xuan realized that this wasn't the case. Although Little Moon was very excited, and this excitement came from the earth spirit crystal in his hand, the emotion in her eyes was not pure desire.

And her excitement... It was more like she had seen something familiar? Could it be... Does Little Moon know where to find earth spirit crystals?

This guess was confirmed by Little Moon's excited behavior after they left the store. It kept running to a place where there was no one and then turned back to look at Zhang Xuan. When it saw that there was someone, it moved to another place. Its eyes were filled with anxiety.

It seemed to be urging Zhang Xuan.

Earth spirit crystals could only be collected in the wild, and he had nothing but the fixed assets left by his parents. Whether it was in the house or the store, he knew everything valuable like the back of his hand.

Little Moon had been in this world for a long time, but she had never been to the wilderness. Thinking about this, Zhang Xuan was excited.

After some thought, he understood where Little Moon's excitement came from. Recently, to understand the information in the world of immortal cultivators, he would occasionally take her to travel there. She had obviously become familiar with his habits.

Therefore, what it wanted to say now was that it knew where to find earth spirit crystals, and it was in the world of immortal cultivation!

Zhang Xuan and Little Moon returned home. As he carried Little Moon, he heard the familiar chirping of birds. He had once again arrived at the outskirts of Yuan Wu City.

He quivered when he saw the scattered figures walking away with their backs facing him. It seemed that when he had money in the future, he would need to find a fixed place to travel. Otherwise, if he suddenly came and went, he would be in big trouble if he was discovered.

Before he returned, he would see if he could find a nearby cave and make do with it.

Seeing this familiar scene, Little Moon struggled to jump down from Zhang Xuan's arms and ran into the forest. From time to time, she would look back to see if Zhang Xuan had caught up.

"I'm following you." Zhang Xuan laughed helplessly. He had never entered this forest before, and it didn't really fit his personality.

But if there really were earth spirit crystals inside, even if there were only a few pieces, it would be enough for him to pass the time before the college entrance exam. 

The most pressing issue for him right now was the lack of resources. If he could solve this problem, everything would be relatively easier. At most, he would return to the beast world as soon as he encountered danger.

At the same time, he was secretly looking forward to seeing if Little Moon would be able to give him a surprise.