Rewards

Lin Hai then stirred with a thought and sent a message to Hai Bodong, who was handling business at the Miteer Auction House.

A short while later, Hai Bodong hurried over and bowed respectfully. "My lord, you called for me?"

"Mm." Lin Hai gave a slight nod. "The Haiye organization currently has thirty official members. Immediately compile a list of each member's spiritual energy attribute and report it to me."

Hai Bodong's heart stirred, and he agreed without hesitation. "Yes! I'll see to it right away!" He immediately sent word through special channels. In less than the time it took an incense stick to burn, a list detailing the thirty members and their spiritual energy attributes was presented to Lin Hai.

Lin Hai scanned the list, already making plans in his mind.

First, he took out a small cold-jade bottle. The seal at its mouth was lifted, and a frigid, domineering chill containing immense energy instantly swept out. Even Hai Bodong, already at the peak of the Spirit Emperor Realm, couldn't help shivering, though his eyes blazed with fervor.

"This is the reward I promised you: a drop of the life essence blood of that Eighth-Rank Polar Ice Ape. Refine it carefully. It will greatly benefit you in breaking through to the Spirit Sect Realm and in your cultivation afterward." Lin Hai flicked the jade bottle toward Hai Bodong.

Hai Bodong caught it with both hands, overcome with emotion. It was so cold that it stung to the touch, yet he could feel the ice-attributed spiritual energy within him stir with unprecedented vigor and longing.

He bowed deeply, his voice thick with emotion. "Thank you for this generous gift, my lord! I, Hai Bodong, will not let you down!" With this drop of an Eighth-Rank Magical Beast's blood essence, he was absolutely confident he could break through the peak Spirit Emperor bottleneck in a short time!

"What about that girl, Yaoye?" Lin Hai asked.

"My lord, Princess Yaoye is waiting in the side hall," Hai Bodong replied hurriedly.

Back when Lin Hai had ordered him to compile the list of attributes, he had already notified Yaoye, who had met up with him in Wutan City.

"Have her come over."

Soon, Yaoye strode in, clad in military attire and carrying herself with a dashing air. She knelt on one knee before Lin Hai. "Yaoye pays her respects, my lord!"

Lin Hai looked toward the rear mountain beyond the window. "That sixth-rank Earth-Splitting Black Turtle has good defenses, and its earth attribute complements your spiritual energy to some degree. As promised, I'll give it to you as a mount. Go to the beast pen on the rear mountain. I've already ordered it not to resist. You need only form an equal soul contract with it."

At his words, disbelief and wild delight flooded Yaoye's pretty face!

A sixth-rank Magical Beast mount! Such a thing was the stuff of legend throughout the entire Jia Ma Empire!

She suppressed her excitement, her voice firm. "Thank you for your generous reward, my lord! I won't let this beast's talents go to waste!" She bowed once more, then hurried toward the rear mountain, eager but still composed, her heart already surging like a storm-tossed sea.

After Yaoye left, Lin Hai turned to Hai Bodong, following the list he had just compiled. "Wait here a moment." With that, he vanished, reappearing the next instant at the beast pen on the rear mountain, where eight sixth-rank Magical Beasts with different attributes were confined.

Without pausing, he struck like lightning, pressing a hand precisely against each beast's forehead.

Based on the number of members with each attribute listed, he drew three to four drops of life essence blood from each sixth-rank Magical Beast.

The process was undoubtedly agonizing for the beasts, but under Lin Hai's unfathomable pressure, they didn't dare even whimper. They could only tremble and endure it.

Soon, more than a dozen small jade bottles of different colors, each brimming with energy, filled Lin Hai's hands.

He returned to the quiet room and handed the bottles to Hai Bodong.

"These are sixth-rank Magical Beast blood essences for the members of the Haiye organization. Distribute them according to each member's attribute. You'll supervise them and make sure they refine the blood essences properly and improve their strength."

Hai Bodong looked at the dozen or so bottles in his hands, sensing that the energy within was more than five times as potent and pure as the fifth-rank Magical Beast blood essence he had once obtained at great effort. Lin Hai's generosity had left him almost numb with shock.

He put them away solemnly. "Rest assured, my lord! I'll take care of it! The Haiye organization's strength will rise by an entire tier!"

"Mm." Lin Hai nodded in satisfaction. "Continue searching with all your might for news of Heavenly Flames. You may go."

"Yes!" Hai Bodong bowed and withdrew, filled with drive and awe.

After arranging these rewards, Lin Hai's gaze fell once more on the jade case holding the Origin of Nine Profound Golden Lightning and the Life-Generating Lightning Fruit. His eyes were profound.

"The Yao Clan... It's time to pay them a visit." He murmured to himself. His figure slowly merged into space. His next step was to head straight for one of the secluded Emperor Clans, the Yao Clan Space, famed across the continent for its alchemy!