The Fourth Elder had been busy, and even though people from the Tai Chu Holy Land had arrived, he had no time to greet them.
Su Luo first made a pot of tea. After searching everywhere for the Fourth Elder and asking the servants, she went to the cultivation room. "Fourth Grandfather, I've come to see you. Are you still busy?"
"Su girl is here!"
The Fourth Elder was delighted. He glanced back at Su Luo and said with a smile while still busy, "Sit down first. Fourth Grandfather isn't finished yet. Have the people from the Tai Chu Holy Land arrived? This batch of spirit beast eggs is about to be handed over, and they need to be checked carefully."
Su Luo brought the tea over and placed it in front of the Fourth Elder. "Even if you're busy, you need to rest. Fourth Grandfather, have some tea, don't get too tired. Huh... are these the spirit beast eggs to be sold to the Tai Chu Holy Land?"
She saw the large incubation boxes in front of her, containing eggs of different colors and sizes.
These spirit pet eggs were laid by spirit beasts personally cultivated by the Fourth Elder, and they were carefully selected. They were placed in a formation built with piled-up gems, and the surface of the eggshells had a faint spiritual glow. Even before the spirit pets hatched, one could feel the rich life force within.
"Su girl, is this the first time you've seen them?"
The Fourth Elder drank a few sips of tea with great satisfaction, showing a bit of childlike pride in front of Su Luo. "These spirit pet eggs, once hatched and raised from a young age, will never betray their master. They are much better than those captured in the wild. Whether sold to the Tai Chu Holy Land or other forces, they earn several hundred million for the sect annually."
After a few words of praise, Su Luo pulled the Fourth Elder to sit aside and told him what had happened.
The Fourth Elder's expression changed. "What? They actually demanded a price reduction? Are they out of their minds?"
"I work hard every day, day and night, putting in so much effort! Every spirit beast egg here is a masterpiece, and the price is already very low. They still want me to lower the price? Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Su Luo quickly said, "Fourth Grandfather, don't be anxious. Of course, we won't sell them cheaply."
"Hmph, I'd rather not sell them than lower the price. If word gets out, others will think that Qing Xu Tian sells inferior goods, ruining my reputation."
The Fourth Elder was so angry he was blowing his beard and glaring. The people from the Tai Chu Holy Land were truly detestable.
He hadn't gone today, or he would have had a good talk with them.
"Exactly! The spirit beasts cultivated by Fourth Grandfather are the best. Not only should we not lower the price, but we should also increase it. Regardless of whether senior brother can persuade the Saintess in these few days, we cannot let them look down on us. This is giving them a taste of their own medicine."
"Su girl, well said!"
The Fourth Elder clapped his hands, but then quickly reacted, "Alas, raising the price is probably difficult..."
Qing Xu Tian had always valued its reputation and could not act unscrupulously like other small forces.
Furthermore, spirit beast eggs were not exclusive to Qing Xu Tian. Many other forces had dedicated personnel to cultivate them. Qing Xu Tian was an old brand, and its spirit beast eggs were indeed a bit better than those from other forces, but not by much.
A slight price increase would be meaningless and could even be used against them, potentially causing forces that had been trading with Qing Xu Tian to leave, resulting in more loss than gain.
When the Fourth Elder voiced his concerns, Su Luo blinked and said, "Fourth Grandfather, if our spirit beast eggs are of exceptionally good quality, far surpassing those cultivated by other forces, wouldn't raising the price be justified?"
"That's true, but..."
The Fourth Elder hesitated. He knew the situation of the spirit beasts he personally cultivated.
Su Luo didn't say more and began to carefully examine these spirit beast eggs.
Privately, however, she activated her Divine Eye Mirror to secretly examine the differences and details of each spirit beast egg.
After a general scan, Su Luo found that most of these spirit beast eggs were around the fourth or fifth tier, mainly Red Sky Mountain Eagles, Green Spirit Snakes, Iron Bone Lizards, and Purple Gold Pythons.
Among them, the ten most precious eggs were even sixth-tier Flaming Birds and Golden Griffins, which were extremely difficult to cultivate.
"Fourth Grandfather, this is..."
Looking at the spirit pet egg in front of Su Luo, the Fourth Elder said, "This is the egg of a sixth-tier spirit bird, the Flaming Bird. Upon hatching, it already possesses the strength of an ordinary fourth-tier demonic beast. After a few years, when it grows up, it will be an excellent spirit pet and one of the best-selling spirit pet eggs from Qing Xu Tian."
Su Luo said mysteriously, "Fourth Grandfather, I have a way to improve the quality of this spirit pet egg."
The Fourth Elder was stunned. "Su girl, what did you say?"
Su Luo repeated herself and then said, "Fourth Grandfather, I saw it in an ancient book..."
"Senior brother mentioned it, didn't he? Before coming to Qing Xu Tian, we went to the Hao Tian Great Emperor's palace on the way. This ancient book was actually written by the Hao Tian Great Emperor himself. It records many of the Great Emperor's affairs, including how to cultivate spirit beasts, various details, and key points."
"You have the cultivation manual of the Hao Tian Great Emperor?"
The Fourth Elder was both surprised and delighted. "This is truly wonderful. Su girl, quickly show it to Fourth Grandfather!"
Hao Tian Great Emperor was renowned throughout the Xuan Huang Continent. Even though he was rumored to have fallen tens of thousands of years ago, countless cultivators still admired him, and the Fourth Elder was no exception.
Su Luo said with some difficulty, "Fourth Grandfather, it's not that I don't want to show it to you, but..."
"Ah, sorry, Su girl, Fourth Grandfather doesn't want to take your things..."
"No, no, Fourth Grandfather, you misunderstood."
Su Luo quickly took out the Hao Tian Great Emperor's diary from her storage ring and casually flipped open a page to show the Fourth Elder. "It's like this, the Great Emperor's language was unrestrained, full of coarse words. Even senior brother couldn't stand it. I was afraid it would offend your eyes."
The Fourth Elder wasn't concerned about Su Luo's words.
He casually glanced at it and indeed saw pages filled with "Damn," "Old man," "brat"... He chuckled and said, "Su girl, Fourth Grandfather understands what you mean. It's fine. Just tell Fourth Grandfather what to do. I'm too lazy to read it anyway."
Su Luo secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, she had kept the Hao Tian Great Emperor's diary, otherwise, it would have been difficult to explain how she knew.
It would also be convenient in the future. No matter what she did, she could attribute it to the Hao Tian Great Emperor. This was an excellent excuse.
"Fourth Grandfather, while these spirit pet eggs haven't hatched yet, as long as this is done, their quality can be further improved. The hatched Flaming Bird will definitely be much more powerful than ordinary ones." Su Luo converted the information displayed by the Divine Eye Mirror into a suitable explanation and told it to him.
"I don't understand the specific operations, I can only tell you the method. Fourth Grandfather, you'll have to work hard." Su Luo looked at the Fourth Elder apologetically, completely ignoring the truth that she actually wanted to be lazy.
Fourth Grandfather was so capable, of course, she didn't need to do it herself!
"Good! Let's try it..."
The Fourth Elder's heart ignited with excitement.
Let's try the cultivation method of the Hao Tian Great Emperor. If successful, it would not only bring him great prestige but also bring immense wealth to Qing Xu Tian.
"Su girl, you watch Fourth Grandfather from the side. If I make any mistakes in the operation, you remind me."
Thus, the old and young began their experiment.
It took two hours for the Fourth Elder to set up the new cultivation formation. He also practiced spiritual power control for a while. When he felt he was ready, he began to engrave formation patterns on the surface of the watermelon-sized Flaming Bird egg with his spiritual power.
By the time this was done, it was already evening.
Su Luo and the Fourth Elder had forgotten to eat. They directly called an outer disciple and had him perform the blood recognition ritual for the spirit pet egg.
A moment later, the eggshell began to crack continuously, and as it was about to hatch, all three of them became nervous.
Suddenly, a burst of flames emerged from the cracks in the eggshell.