Chapter 747: Cut Losses Promptly! Boiled and Eaten Is the Most Practical!

Under the captain's orders, two mercenaries carried a wooden barrel to fetch water.

The other mercenaries all slipped into the forest to gather firewood.

After a while, the barrel filled with water was brought to Su Yang's side.

Piles of dry firewood were stacked behind Su Yang.

Su Yang said nothing, so they dared not stop.

When the dry firewood ran out, the mercenaries simply chopped down trees, used fire-type ferocious beasts to roast them dry, then split them into firewood and piled it behind Su Yang.

They voiced no complaints.

As long as they didn't speak out of turn.

Seeing the firewood piled up to the height of a story, Su Yang said, "Enough!"

The mercenary team finally stopped.

They stood beside Su Yang, too afraid to move, the atmosphere growing heavy.

The Gold-Rank Beast Tamer, serving as mercenary captain, stared at the ferocious beast egg in the pot and made small talk: "My lord, are you boiling eggs?"

"Mm."

"I think it should be cooked by now!"

The Gold-Rank Beast Tamer remembered that when they first arrived, Su Yang had already been boiling it for some time.

Now, with all this dry firewood they'd gathered, at least an hour had passed.

No matter what kind of egg, an hour of boiling should make it ready!

"Not yet!" Su Yang shook his head. "It must be boiled until the shell's color fades—that's when it's cooked!"

The Gold-Rank Beast Tamer exclaimed in surprise: "I've never heard of boiling an egg until it fades!"

Su Yang replied calmly: "This ferocious beast egg has King-Rank growth potential—it's special, unlike other King-Rank beast eggs."

Hearing Su Yang's words, several mercenaries widened their eyes, staring in disbelief at the pale green ferocious beast egg bubbling in the boiling water.

Special… King-Rank growth potential ferocious beast egg?

It was being boiled!

They occasionally boiled Black-Iron-Rank beast eggs, but King-Rank beast eggs… they couldn't even imagine!

How extravagant was this!

These Beast Tamers always considered themselves superior.

Yet even if they risked their lives daily, toiling their whole lives, the money they earned couldn't match Su Yang's meal expense.

They didn't doubt Su Yang's words.

Their city lord truly had the strength and right to eat a King-Rank growth potential beast egg.

They stood for over ten minutes, with some even volunteering to add more firewood and pour water into the pot.

Su Yang glanced at the sky—the moon had already appeared.

He reached into the Void Wandering Spirit's body, pulled out three Platinum-Rank ferocious beast cores, and handed them to the Gold-Rank Beast Tamer: "This is your payment. It's late—go home."

"Thank you, my lord!"

The Gold-Rank mercenary said eagerly.

The other mercenaries also looked thrilled.

They hadn't expected Su Yang wasn't conscripting them—he was paying them.

And the payment was this much!

They'd hit the jackpot today!

After thanking Su Yang, the mercenaries left quickly.

After the mercenary captain walked far away, he turned back to glance at Su Yang once more.

In the darkness, the firelight glowed red across Su Yang's bandages.

Su Yang picked up a dry stick and placed it on the fire.

He knew the news of him boiling an egg today would spread through Mount Dajiao soon.

When that happened, even if the Treasures Pavilion grew curious about this egg that could kill… Su Yang could simply tell them he'd eaten it.

That was a single idle move.

It might help. It might not.

It didn't matter.

"Master, the two souls inside the egg are begging for mercy!"

"Hmm."

Su Yang glanced at the Twin Sons' egg—though it had used the Life Pulse skill, its growth potential had still dropped to King-Rank High-Grade, and it now teetered on the brink of collapse and death…

The Seven-Colored Illusionary Butterfly asked: "Shall we spare them?"

"I don't know."

Su Yang kept adding fire.