Days passed, and in the blink of an eye, three years went by.
Li Yu threw himself into his feverish research and completely lost track of time. That was, until... Zhong Qiao came before him with a bitter expression.
"Great Elder, every blood-bearing creature within a hundred thousand li has already been sampled. If you still need blood samples, then we can only go to war."
The Golden Roar Tribe's territory, together with the Blood Axe Tribe territory occupied by the Golden Roar Tribe, covered a vast area of a hundred thousand li.
Over the past three years, to satisfy Golden Bell Old Devil's research needs, the entire Golden Roar Tribe had mobilized to gather all manner of blood samples.
They had worked themselves to death for three years. By now, unless they entered the territories of other tribes, there were no more creatures left to draw blood from.
In a place like the Western Desert, entering another tribe's territory without an invitation was tantamount to declaring war.
Starting a tribal war just to collect blood was... far too unreasonable, wasn't it?
"Is that so?"
Li Yu raised his head from beneath his black cloak, glanced at Zhong Qiao, and nodded. "The blood samples are sufficient for now, so stop."
"Thank you, Great Elder!"
Zhong Qiao heaved a huge sigh of relief. For the past three years, gathering blood samples for Li Yu had truly been miserable!
"You have rendered merit by collecting bloodline samples for me, so I shall give you a reward."
As he spoke, Li Yu took out a jade talisman and tossed it into Zhong Qiao's hands. "Take this token and find Jin Zhu'er. Have her take you to choose an exotic beast."
"An exotic beast? One cultivated by the Great Elder?"
Zhong Qiao was overjoyed.