The Crimson Flame Fox kept letting out shrill cries, its claws scratching restlessly.
Under Ye Jingcheng's command, it could not step forward on its own, yet it wore an utterly pitiful look, its sky-blue eyes brimming with grievance.
The sight gave Ye Jingcheng a headache.
But out of responsibility toward the Crimson Flame Fox, Ye Jingcheng shut it inside the room and entered the inner courtyard alone. There had recently been fewer spirit beasts in the inner courtyard.
First, more cultivators were buying them. Second, the family cultivators had been making fewer trips into the Taihang Mountain Range.
At that moment, Ye Jingli was also tending to the Azure-Scaled Python.
"Jingcheng, look—what do you think of this meteor hammer artifact on its tail?" Ye Jingli asked eagerly, introducing it to Ye Jingcheng.
At some point, a string of tiny chains had appeared around the Azure-Scaled Python's tail, suspending a fist-sized meteor hammer that looked somewhat like a mundane weapon.
The only difference was that it merely needed spiritual energy to activate it. With the Azure-Scaled Python's naturally immense strength, one smash of that tail might be enough to shatter an ordinary cultivator's spiritual shield.
"As expected of Sixth Brother. Impressive!" Ye Jingcheng praised. He rather approved of Ye Jingli's ingenious ideas.
The Azure-Scaled Python was now clad in spiked armor with a meteor hammer hanging from its tail. If it truly fought alongside Ye Jingli, its strength would be difficult to fathom.
"Still, Jingcheng, you're the one who knows how to appreciate it. I asked Eldest Uncle, and he said I was wasting resources!" Ye Jingli suddenly remembered something and pulled a long face.
Clearly, Ye Jingcheng was not the first person he had shown it off to.
That said, artifacts made specifically for spirit beasts really did consume a