Private Property: Red Sand Continent!

The Red Tail Scorpion Beast gripped the egg tightly with its two large pincers, then carefully used the grooves in its pincers to hold it in place.

"My son, sob sob sob sob! I will protect you from now on!"

Since it was a father and son reunited, Yang Shan did not make a sound to disturb them.

The Red Tail Scorpion Beast quickly recovered as well:

"Blade Sovereign, you have kept your promise and earned the friendship of the magical beasts of the Red Sand Continent. Please follow me!"

The Red Tail Scorpion Beast's attitude wasn't as good as it is now.

But when the Red Tail Scorpion Beast saw the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor being trampled under Yang Shan's feet, it understood that Yang Shan Red Tail Scorpion Beast the strength to kill it!

Humans still have some sense of social etiquette, but in the Magical Beast Realm, it's truly the law of the jungle, where the strong rule.

The Red Tail Scorpion Beast must show a good attitude.

Yang Shan originally intended to use Red Sand Continent to farm monsters.

But now that he has gained the friendship of the Lord of the Red Sand Continent, Yang Shan naturally has other ideas.

Deserts are naturally good places for the production of minerals, and as a rare oasis in the desert, Red Sand Continent clearly possesses considerable Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy.

Therefore, many special and precious casting materials can be produced in the Red Sand Continent.

Yang Shan has the undisputed number one weapon refiner in the entire server, Master Old Man Tie Yang, under his command.

Array Inscriptionist also need some casting materials and wood to make array magic weapons.

Yang Shan wants to make Red Sand Continent an important source of materials for the company!

As long as he helps the Serpent-People tribe protect the Spirit Stone Mine, he will be a great hero of the Serpent-People tribe! At that time, Yang Shan only needs to say hello to Medusa Queen, Medusa Queen will even be willing to send troops to help Yang Shan protect Red Sand Continent! Booking up a leveling area is something only a playboy like Wang Tianhao would do.

Yang Shan intends to make Red Sand Continent his "private property"! Of course, this is on the premise that the Red Tail Scorpion Beast is willing to obey.

Yang Shan followed the Red Tail Scorpion Beast to the core area of the Red Sand Continent and entered a mysterious cave.

After passing through the narrow passage, Yang Shan came to a large basement with an area of 500 square meters!

Most monsters in the desert can dig holes, so it's not surprising that they could dig such a large basement.

The key thing is that there are about forty strange dark red crystals on the floor of this basement! Especially the one in the very center, which is obviously much larger and also faintly emits a red light.

[Red Sand Essence Ore] (Special Refining Item): Red sand is an extremely high-quality casting material. Adding a small amount during the refining process can increase the success rate of refining.

Red Sand Essence Ore is a unique mineral that grows in regions where red sand is abundant. It absorbs the essence of Red Sand Essence Ore sand and has a very special casting effect.

If you incorporate it into finished equipment, there is a certain chance that the equipment's grade will be increased by one level!

Limitations: This effect can only be applied to mid-grade spirit artifacts, and the same piece of equipment can only be successfully upgraded once.

Yang Shan's eyes widened in amazement! He quickly sent a screenshot of the introduction to Tie Yang.

Tie Yang replied almost instantly, "Holy crap!"

The fact that even an Old Man Tie Yang could utter these two words speaks volumes about their preciousness.

Yang Shan: "Old Man Tie Yang, is this thing very valuable?"

Tie Yang: "President Yang, where did you get this? Holy crap, I've seen this in books before. It's a dream item for advanced weapon refiners!"

Tie Yang sent many messages to Yang Shan, and it was clear that Tie Yang was genuinely shocked, his heart pounding.

In short, if a weapon refiner successfully upgrades equipment using Red Sand Essence Ore, they will receive double the experience points for the finished product! What does that mean? Tie Yang currently only has a certain degree of confidence in refining Low-Grade Spirit Artifact with Purple Word Seal.

However, if Tie Yang uses the Red Sand Essence Ore to upgrade a mid-grade spiritual weapon with Golden Word Seal to a high-grade one, the experience points Tie Yang gains will be equivalent to double the experience points gained from personally crafting a Top Grade Spirit Artifact with Golden Word Seal! If resources are sufficient, Tie Yang could even strive to become Seventh Grade Refiner in a short period of time! Just then, the Red Tail Scorpion Beast brought Yang Shan to the largest crystal in the very center.

Yang Shan continued to send screenshots to Tie Yang:

"Can you use this now?"

[Red Marrow Crystal] (Special Refining Item; Rare)

If Red Sand Essence Ore is the coveted forging material for weapon refiners, then Red Marrow Crystal will surely drive them mad, because Red Marrow Crystal is the highest crystal produced in the Red Sand Essence Ore nurturing ground. Its energy can even bring out the power of spirit weapons to the extreme! Restrictions: It can only be used on Top Grade Spirit Artifact, cannot break the limits of spirit weapons, and can only be successfully upgraded once for the same equipment.

Tie Yang: "President Yang, tell me honestly, did you kill some seventh-grade high-level weapon refiner? Or Eighth-Tier weapon refiner? Otherwise, how could you have such a good thing?"

Yang Shan: "Just tell me if you can use it now!"

Yang Shan is even more anxious than Tie Yang now.

His Blood Roar Blade and Scarlet Spirit Cloak are both "Exclusive Customization"! If he encounters a Top Grade Spirit Artifact Golden Word Seal in the future, but its special effects are not as good as the Blood Roar Blade, should he replace it or not? Replacing it will result in a higher stat, while keeping it will result in stronger special effects.

With this Red Sand Essence Ore and the even more effective Red Marrow Crystal, Yang Shan will not need to think about changing his equipment for the foreseeable future!

The next equipment grade after a spirit weapon is called a "spiritual weapon".

However, at this stage, it is absolutely impossible for spirit weapons to fall into the hands of players, not even through "special production"! The related opportunities are probably not available in the current version! But Yang Shan knows that in the classification of spirit weapons, there are actually more than three levels. "Upper, middle and lower".

There are also a very small number of top-tier equipment items called "Supreme Spirit Artifact"! What exactly is Supreme Spirit Artifact?

Roughly equivalent to Top Grade Spirit Artifact called "Five-Colored Word Seal"!

The Supreme Spirit Artifact can basically be considered the strongest equipment before version 3.0! Tie Yang: "President Yang, even if I can use this Red Marrow Crystal now, I have no confidence that I can successfully upgrade the equipment, but if I become Seventh Grade Refiner, I definitely can!"

Yang Shan: "Just hearing that is enough! Wait for my good news!"

After speaking, Yang Shan glanced at the Red Tail Scorpion Beast.

The Red Tail Scorpion Beast was filled with fear. Yang Shan's gaze reminded it of the previous master of the Red Sand Continent hundreds of years ago.

That was also a Red Tail Scorpion Beast, but a female.

It was originally just a promising Red Sand Poison Scorpion, which caught the eye of the old Red Tail Scorpion Beast because of its handsome appearance.

Those were ten years that I don't want to look back on.

It outlived the old Red Tail Scorpion Beast and, with the old Red Tail Scorpion Beast's support, successfully evolved over ten years, thus becoming the new overlord of the Red Sand Continent.

Yang Shan: "Red Scorpion!"

The Red Tail Scorpion Beast retreated to the wall. "Blade Sovereign, what... what are you going to do?"

Yang Shan: "How long does it take to nurture one of these Red Marrow Crystal?"

Red Tail Scorpion Beast: "This Red Marrow Crystal is extremely rare. Even though the Crimson Sand Mine here is very large, it still takes a year to nurture one crystal."

A year in the game is roughly equivalent to two and a half months in real life.

Yang Shan: "What about the Red Sand Essence Ore?"

Red Tail Scorpion Beast: "Each month, we can produce ten to twenty of these, which are excellent cultivation materials for our race."

Yang Shan grinned maliciously:

"Red Scorpion, do you know that in order to cultivate, the prerequisite is to survive?"

Red Tail Scorpion Beast: "Blade Sovereign, I sense killing intent emanating from you. Aren't we supposed to be partners?"

Yang Shan: "Yes, but if I give you the egg and you give me the Red Marrow Crystal, our cooperation is over!"

Red Tail Scorpion Beast: "Red Sand Essence Ore Red Sand Essence Ore is indeed an excellent cultivation material for our race, but that doesn't mean our race can't cultivate without it!"

Yang Shan then grinned:

"Very good, Red Scorpion. A wise person knows when to yield. It seems you have a bright future!"

The Red Tail Scorpion Beast is now terrified.

The "big shot" in front of me is someone who can kill the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor!

How could he, Little Red Scorpion, possibly afford to offend him? Yang Shan coughed twice:

"Red Scorpion, seeing as you're so sensible, I'll discuss cooperation with you again!"

In the Dou Qi Continent, there are only three reliable foundations of trust:

Favorability, Blood Pact, Soul Pact! Blood Pact is for monsters, while Soul Pact is for humans.

Blood Pact Magical Beast, as a character development system that players can access in the current version, has extremely strict restrictions.

A player can only have one Blood Pact Magical Beast.

To change it, you must cancel the previous Blood Pact Magical Beast, and this action will cause the monster that has lost its blood pact to drop in level significantly.

Yang Shan would certainly not give this precious spot to the Red Tail Scorpion Beast.

Therefore, discussing cooperation is a more prudent approach.

Yang Shan: "The Red Marrow Crystal were my reward, along with these Red Sand Essence Ore."

Red Tail Scorpion Beast: "It's yours! It's yours! As long as you don't come to the Red Sand Continent again, I'll give you everything!"

Yang Shan feigned displeasure:

"What are you saying? Do I look like the kind of person who is insatiable?"

The Red Tail Scorpion Beast trembled its scorpion tail uneasily.

"Blade Sovereign, give me a quick death! What do you want?"

Yang Shan: "You know Medusa Queen, right?"

Red Tail Scorpion Beast: "I know, she has always wanted to take over Red Sand Continent."

Yang Shan: "It won't be long before Medusa Queen breaks through to the Dou Zong! I can help you protect Crimson Red Sand Continent Red Sand Continent, allowing you to continue to comfortably be its master! Of course, in exchange, you will have to hand over Red Marrow Crystal and Red Sand Essence Ore produced in the future to me!"

The Red Tail Scorpion Beast fell silent.

Yang Shan knew that the Red Tail Scorpion Beast needed some time to sort things out.

It has clearly seen the situation it is in now, Yang Shan believes it will make the right choice.

The Red Tail Scorpion Beast tentatively asked:

"Medusa Queen really about to break through to the Dou Zong?"

Yang Shan: "Why would I, the dignified Blade Sovereign, need to lie to you?"

Red Tail Scorpion Beast: "If, if Medusa Queen really breaks through to the Dou Zong, I am willing to accept your protection and provide you with Red Sand Essence Ore!"

"A smart choice!"

Yang Shan smiled and said:

"You're just lucky to have met me! I have a lot of influence; even Medusa has broken through to the Dou Zong, would have to treat me with utmost respect!"

The Red Tail Scorpion Beast did not reply. It felt extremely aggrieved, but it dared not speak out, for it was afraid of dying.

It could only watch as Yang Shan took away all the Red Marrow Crystal and all the Red Sand Essence Ore!

There are a total of thirty-seven pieces of Red Sand Essence Ore.

Yang Shan looked at the Red Tail Scorpion Beast again.

The Red Tail Scorpion Beast, startled, quickly said, "No, I didn't keep anything."

Yang Shan slowly walked up to the Red Tail Scorpion Beast and took out a Emperor Extreme Pill from his Storage Ring:

"Here, take this."

Red Tail Scorpion Beast: "Such a rich medicinal fragrance! What kind of pill is this?"

Yang Shan: "The Emperor Extreme Pill!"

Ultimately, elixirs are simply combinations and enhancements of the effects of medicinal herbs, and the herbs themselves have effects on both humans and magical beasts.

Otherwise, Zi Yan wouldn't be munching on the spiritual plant every day.

Therefore, elixirs are equally effective against magical beasts!

The Red Tail Scorpion Beast may not be very knowledgeable, but it still knows about the famous Emperor Extreme Pill.

"Oh! It's actually the Emperor Extreme Pill! Blade Sovereign, do you know any powerful alchemy masters?"

The shameless Yang Shan answered quite frankly:

"Yes, he can barely be considered Seven-Rank Alchemist!"

After all, he had attracted pill lightning when he refined the Break Sect Pill before, so he could barely be considered a seventh-grade pill. This description is not wrong!

Yang Shan said:

"Since we've agreed to cooperate, I have to give you some compensation. I can provide you with high-quality pills regularly to greatly increase your clan's strength! If you have the ability to reach the Peak Sixth Tier... Medusa Queen only started her secluded cultivation breakthrough after consuming my Break Sect Pill!"

The Red Tail Scorpion Beast is far inferior to Medusa Queen.

But Yang Shan used Medusa Queen as an example for the Red Tail Scorpion Beast, which gave the Red Tail Scorpion Beast a concrete "benchmark"! Perhaps one day, the Red Tail Scorpion Beast can be just like Medusa Queen! This is a very grand and promising prospect!

The Red Tail Scorpion Beast nearly climaxed. "Blade Sovereign, I never expected you to be so righteous!"

What Yang Shan wanted the Red Tail Scorpion Beast Red Tail Scorpion Beast realize was that he could have killed it, but he didn't, only wanting some "external possessions".

Now they've even brought out extremely precious elixirs as a reward.

[Ding! Player, please note that your words and actions have earned you the deepest respect and trust from the Red Tail Scorpion Beast. Red Tail Scorpion Beast's favorability +30, current favorability: 55!]

The previous 25 points of favorability were obtained when Yang Shan brought back the Red Tail Scorpion Egg.

55 points of favorability is enough to establish a very reliable long-term partnership.

Moreover, Yang Shan has absolute control over this collaboration.

The Red Tail Scorpion Beast essentially works for Yang Shan, protecting the mineral resources of the entire Red Sand Continent.

All Yang Shan gave in return was some pills.

Although these elixirs are very valuable.

But compared to the continuous supply of minerals, the profits are at least thirty to fifty times greater, if not tenfold!

Just take that Red Sand Essence Ore.

If Yang Shan were to simply spread the word that he had a way to upgrade a mid-grade spiritual weapon to Top Grade Spirit Artifact, countless wealthy players would come running with their bank cards, shouting:

"Take the card away! Take the card away!"

Yang Shan chatted with the Red Tail Scorpion Beast for a long time and promised that next time he came, as long as the Red Tail Scorpion Beast brought out enough precious minerals, he could also supply the Red Tail Scorpion Beast with Dou Ling Pill to enhance the strength of the Red Sand Poison Scorpion Clan!

The Red Tail Scorpion Beast personally escorted Yang Shan to the border of the Red Sand Continent. Yang Shan waved his hand and said, "Go back, no need to see me off."

The Red Tail Scorpion Beast respectfully said:

"Very well, then please take care on your journey, Lord Zhenjun. If you need anything, please feel free to come to me. I will definitely help you with your worries!"

Judging from the change in how the Red Tail Scorpion Beast addressed Yang Shan, Red Sand Continent will truly become Yang Shan's "private property" from now on!