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Chapter 67: The Power of a Single Word
Early the next morning, at the Purple Dendrobium Chamber of Commerce building.
Chen Ziping walked into the office, his face radiant.
"Good morning, Supervisor Chen." The beautiful receptionist passing by greeted him and asked curiously, "I heard you recently bought a spirit beast?"
"Just a low-grade first tier spirit beast. Nothing worth mentioning."
Chen Ziping smiled and took a lively, adorable-looking Contract beast resembling a squirrel out of his pocket.
"A two-year-old Pine-Rhyme Mouse. Its tail looks like an ink-dyed pinecone, and it can improve the quality of medicinal ingredients. It sells for fifteen hundred Spirit Origin on the Immortal Alliance Official Website. But my older cousin has connections, so I could get it for just eight hundred and eighty-eight."
"So cute!"
"That tail looks powerful."
"With a Pine-Rhyme Mouse as his Contract beast, Supervisor Chen might even break through to the ninth layer of Qi Refining someday."
The chamber employees in the office were all knowledgeable mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators who frequently discussed companion beasts.
But the spirit beasts sold on the Immortal Alliance Official Website were far too expensive. Their fixed salaries alone could never cover the cost.
So even though they knew the information on spirit beasts like the backs of their hands, they could only look at pictures to satisfy their cravings.
Now that they had a rare chance to observe a spirit beast up close, they immediately crowded around.
"Nothing special, nothing special." Chen Ziping waved a hand and sat down at his workstation, thoroughly pleased.
Clearly, his subordinates' flattery had put him in an excellent mood.
Opening the Q Pet messaging app, Chen Ziping frowned. He turned toward a nearby subordinate and asked discontentedly, "Didn't you send that online seller a letter yesterday?"
"I did.