After spending a few days in the mountain range, Lin Hao's cultivation advanced, reaching the peak realm, and it wouldn't be long before he could break through to the fourth level.
Half an hour later, Lin Hao rode his horse into Liuyun City. There was a pawnshop ahead, specializing in collecting these materials.
As he walked into the pawnshop, a middle-aged man immediately stood up, but upon seeing the large package behind Lin Hao, he sat back down with no interest.
Without much thought, the large package behind the young man must contain wild animal furs. If it were a ferocious beast, one would have to bring the entire beast for sale, as only the whole beast has the most value. Moreover, seeing Lin Hao alone, the possibility of him hunting a ferocious beast was almost zero.
"Hello, I'm here to trade," Lin Hao said, placing the large package on the counter. At the same time, a woman in white walked over and began to organize Lin Hao's package.
"Qiuer, you can take a look," the middle-aged man said, closing his eyes indifferently, not believing that Lin Hao had anything good to sell.
Every day, disciples from the four major families come to trade, but most of the materials are from wild animals. The pawnshop is only interested in ferocious beasts, and they only symbolically accept wild animal materials, often at the lowest price.
As the woman in white opened the package, she frowned, showing a hint of annoyance, muttering, "Wild animal materials again..."
"Price it at the lowest," the middle-aged man said leisurely.
Hearing this, Lin Hao was taken aback and asked, "Why the lowest price and not the highest?"
"Ha ha... We have plenty of wild animal materials here. Why would we talk about the highest price? How about I buy it from you instead?" the woman in white said, displeased.
"If you're going to say that, you might as well refuse to buy wild animal materials," Lin Hao frowned. As a customer, it was hard to accept the shop's attitude.
"Hmph... Do you think we want wild animal materials? In Liuyun City, most of the commercial activities are monopolized by the Bai family of the First Heaven. They have their own business rules. The pawnshop is not allowed to refuse wild animal materials, or you would all starve to death! If you starve to death, how can the Bai family collect tributes from the four major families?" The woman in white gave Lin Hao no good face, as if disciples like Lin Hao were being supported by them.
Lin Hao didn't want to waste words with her. He came to the pawnshop to sell materials, not to argue about these meaningless topics.
"Give me a price," Lin Hao said.
"Ten thousand taels of silver," the woman in white said without hesitation.
"Only ten thousand... That's too little," Lin Hao shook his head, thinking he could at least get several thousand taels of silver.
"Only ten thousand. To be honest, that's the lowest price. If you don't want to sell, it's fine. We don't really want to buy it either," the woman in white said, unwilling to waste words.
"How can I get a higher price?" Lin Hao was unwilling to sell the materials for just ten thousand taels.
Before the woman could speak, the middle-aged man inside the counter said, "If you can hunt a ferocious beast and sell it together, I'll give you the highest price. Not only will the ferocious beast be at the highest price, but the wild animal materials will also be tripled, to thirty thousand taels of silver."
"Father, do you think a martial artist like him can hunt a ferocious beast?" the woman in white huffed.
Hearing this, the middle-aged man pursed his lips and said nothing.
Lin Hao didn't pay attention to their conversation. He still had two ferocious beasts, the White-Bearded Gorilla and the Ghost-Faced Red Ape, hidden in the Tianrang Mountains. The latter, in particular, was an elite among ordinary ferocious beasts, with a higher price.
"Then I..." Lin Hao began, but several men and women walked into the pawnshop.
These men and women were carrying a 'Red-Eyed Black Bear,' which had been dead for some time, also an ordinary ferocious beast.
"Ordinary ferocious beast, 'Red-Eyed Black Bear,' for trade," one of the women said.
At this moment, even the middle-aged man inside the counter hurried out.
"Good... Indeed, it's an ordinary ferocious beast, 'Red-Eyed Black Bear'!" The middle-aged man inspected it and nodded repeatedly.
On the other side, the woman who was about to trade with Lin Hao no longer paid attention to him, as ferocious beasts were what they were interested in.
Seeing this, Lin Hao also went over. He wanted to know how much an ordinary ferocious beast could sell for, as he was unfamiliar with the market and feared being cheated by the pawnshop.
"Lin Hao?" Suddenly, one of the men turned around and stared at Lin Hao in surprise.
"Lin Bai, did you hunt an ordinary ferocious beast?" Lin Hao noticed that these men and women were all Lin family disciples, and the one speaking was Lin Bai.
"Yes, we just returned from the Tianrang Mountains. Our luck was pretty good, and with our numbers, we managed to hunt a 'Red-Eyed Black Bear'," Lin Bai nodded and smiled.
At this moment, Lin Yan'er also turned around, glanced at Lin Hao, and then looked at the opened package behind him, with a cold and disdainful expression.
"Brother Lin Bai, Sister Yan'er, you guys are really amazing. You brought back two ordinary ferocious beasts in a month. I wonder when you'll hunt a 'Ghost-Faced Red Lion'," the woman in white said sweetly to Lin Hao and Lin Yan'er.
"Qiuer, the 'Ghost-Faced Red Lion' is an elite among ordinary ferocious beasts, very powerful and hard to capture... But wait a bit longer, I'll have Brother Wu Xin hunt one for you," Lin Yan'er said softly.
"Brother Lin Wu Xin... I haven't seen him in a long time. His strength must have grown even more. Hunting a 'Ghost-Faced Red Lion' would be a piece of cake for him," the woman in white said with anticipation.
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"Lin Hao, how much did you sell your wild animal materials for?" Suddenly, Lin Yan'er looked at Lin Hao and pointed to the large package.
"Ten thousand taels," Lin Hao didn't hide it and spoke the truth.
"That's enough for you. If you want to go to the Tianrang Mountains again, you can go with us. We kill many wild animals, but the price is too low, so we don't want to waste time bringing them out. If you want to go, you don't have to do the hunting; you can just follow us and pick up the wild animal materials," Lin Yan'er said indifferently.
Hearing this, the other Lin family disciples all smiled at each other.
Lin Hao didn't say anything, still more concerned about the price of ordinary ferocious beasts.
In the end, the 'Red-Eyed Black Bear' sold for a total of 35,000 taels of silver. According to their contributions, Lin Yan'er and Lin Bai each received 10,000 taels, and the remaining 15,000 taels were divided among the other five Lin family disciples.
At this point, Lin Hao finally had a sense of the market. An ordinary ferocious beast could sell for 35,000 taels of silver, and the price of ferocious beasts was not fixed, depending on their strength and the amount of usable materials.
"Do you want to sell your materials? If you don't want to sell, we won't buy them," the woman in white frowned, seeing Lin Hao still there.
"Ha ha... Qiuer, give him a bit more silver. He's alone in the Tianrang Mountains, and it's not easy for him," Lin Yan'er said to the woman.
"This..." The woman in white hesitated, but since Lin Yan'er had spoken, she and the middle-aged man couldn't refuse. In the end, they symbolically added 300 taels of silver.
"Earlier, you said if I had a ferocious beast, the wild animal materials would be tripled, to 30,000 taels of silver. Is that still valid?" Lin Hao said before the woman could speak.
"Of course, but you have to be able to hunt a ferocious beast first!" the woman reminded.
"What if I have two ferocious beasts?" Lin Hao thought for a moment and asked.
This time, the middle-aged man spoke: "If you can hunt two ferocious beasts, I'll give you 70,000 taels of silver for your wild animal materials."
"Two ferocious beasts..." Lin Yan'er shook her head. "Lin Hao, don't say such things. You can't even hunt one ferocious beast."
"Let alone you, Lin Hao. If you can hunt a ferocious beast alone, I'll dare to hunt a demonic beast!" a Lin family youth sneered.
Lin Hao didn't look at Lin Yan'er and the others, but turned to the middle-aged man and said, "Alright, please wait for me for an hour. I'll go and get the ferocious beasts."
"What... Are you sure?" The middle-aged man didn't believe Lin Hao. Even elite outer disciples like Lin Yan'er and Lin Bai couldn't hunt a ferocious beast alone.
"Yes, I'm sure," Lin Hao nodded and turned to leave.
"Lin Hao, don't talk big. We'll wait for you for an hour. If you're fooling us, we'll beat you up!" a youth laughed.
Lin Yan'er also shook her head.
Only Lin Bai sighed. In the past, he, Lin Yan, and Lin Hao had a good relationship, but now Lin Yan'er looked down on Lin Hao because of Lin Wu Xin...
Lin Bai, who was infatuated with Lin Yan'er, couldn't say much.
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About an hour later, Lin Hao returned from the Tianrang Mountains, carrying a White-Bearded Gorilla on his left shoulder and a Ghost-Faced Red Lion on his right, walking steadily through Liuyun City.
"Who is that young man... carrying... ferocious beasts?"
Some martial artists in the city were drawn to Lin Hao.
"A White-Bearded Gorilla, and that is... an elite among ordinary ferocious beasts, a Ghost-Faced Red Lion!"
"At such a young age, he can hunt two ferocious beasts alone. Is he an inner disciple of the four major families, or one of the freaks from the Bai family of the First Heaven?"
"No... Judging by his attire, he should be an outer disciple of the Lin family!"
"An outer disciple of the Lin family? That's strange. I know all the top five outer disciples of the Lin family, and only the top five could hunt two ferocious beasts alone!"
"Who knows, maybe it's a newly risen disciple. Anyway, this young man is quite capable. I wasn't as brave as him when I was young."
The older generation of martial artists in the city couldn't help but marvel.
Lin Hao didn't find the two large ferocious beasts heavy. He had divine strength, and the round trip from the Tianrang Mountains took only an hour.
In the distance, Lin Wu and Lin Xin were walking side by side. Lin Wu was somewhat depressed, as they hadn't hunted a single ferocious beast in the mountains for several days, earning nothing.
Not long ago, he and Lin Xin had gone to look for the corpse of the White-Bearded Gorilla but found nothing after searching for a long time. It was likely that other wild animals or ferocious beasts had discovered and eaten the corpse.
In summary, they had exerted a lot of effort in the Tianrang Mountains for several days and faced the danger of death, but in the end, they returned empty-handed, which was quite disheartening.
Even if Lin Hao said he would give them 30% of the silver from the Ghost-Faced Red Lion, Lin Wu didn't believe it. How could money in hand be given to others? Even for fellow clan members, that wouldn't make sense.