Volume Two: Naked Primitive Accumulation of Capital - A Deadly Mission (Part One)

"Bi'er, up!" A Spirit-Accumulating Pill flew high into the air. The enormous Jadewater Qilin roared but refused to budge from the ground. Only when the pill fell did she "reluctantly" open her mouth and graciously accept it. Luo Qian laughed and scolded her. "You sly thing. You knew it would land right in your mouth, so you wouldn't move."

The Jadewater Qilin rubbed her big head affectionately against Luo Qian and gave a coaxing little growl.

In the distance, Zhao Xihe arrived without a sound. Luo Qian hurriedly stuffed a handful of Spirit-Accumulating Pills into the Jadewater Qilin's huge mouth. "Bi'er, candy. Eat slowly. I'm going to see Old Zhao."

Zhao Xihe watched the Jadewater Qilin swallow the handful of Spirit-Accumulating Pills like an ox trampling peonies, and his heart ached a little. "Xiao Qian, if you keep spoiling her like this, I'm afraid she'll refuse to eat anything I give her if it's even a little worse." Luo Qian grinned. The Jadewater Qilin seemed to understand her master and gave a displeased growl. Zhao Xihe seized on it at once. "See? See? She's even learned to talk back." Luo Qian laughed. "Elder Zhao, that's not talking back. That's a protest. People have rights, and beasts have rights too..."

Luo Qian took out the beast egg and grew serious. "Elder Zhao, you're an expert on Immortal Beasts. Could you tell me what kind of egg this is?" Zhao Xihe's expression turned grave. He took the egg and examined it carefully. Then he said, "Come with me."

Cradling the egg with great care, he entered his cave residence, passed through four maze-like corridors, and opened a heavy stone door. Inside the Secret Chamber beyond it, enormous stone cabinets held beast eggs of every kind. He placed the egg on a white