Heyang did not pay the spirit stones immediately, because he wanted to inspect it personally first.
He did not damage the Tiger-Man's corpse. He merely used various medicinal liquids, long needles, and special magical artifacts to examine the Nascent Soul corpse.
Only after probing it for more than an hour did he stop, looking strangely at Jia Shuiqing.
"This Nascent Soul seems to have... Self-Destructed its divine soul?"
"True Person, you have sharp eyes!" Jia Shuiqing gave him a thumbs-up. "We originally wanted to soul-search it. What a pity."
"Soul-searching a Tiger-Human Nascent Soul..." Heyang True Person's lips twitched, but he said nothing.
Soul-searching members of the Tiger-Human Clan was extremely difficult. One needed to be at least a major realm higher for it to have any chance of succeeding.
More importantly, to soul-search one... one had to capture a Tiger-Human Nascent Soul alive, right? No matter the race, once one reached the Nascent Soul Realm, they were easier to defeat than kill. Capturing one alive was even more difficult.
The origins of this group... were probably even more terrifying than he had imagined. No wonder Yan Xuemin had not given him a detailed introduction.
Heyang did not think the four people before him had been the ones to act, but there was no doubt that powerful figures stood behind them.
Even if that faction had declined, it was still not someone he could casually provoke.
He stated bluntly, "At least for now, I don't see any problem. But I can only produce three thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones out of the seven thousand."
Before Jia Shuiqing could speak, Yan Xuemin said decisively, "The Yan Family guarantees the remaining High-Grade Spirit Stones!"
Even if the Yan Family sold everything they owned, gathering four thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones would not be easy.