Chapter 656: Plans for Expansion

A fourth-tier Puppet Beast is indeed very precious, possessing Golden Core Stage combat power.

Perhaps within the entire Tai Nan Chamber of Commerce, it might only be considered a mid-to-upper-tier treasure, but for a station like Dongying City, it is top-tier.

Moreover, he had some thoughts in his mind; if a Golden Core-level combatant could be brought back to the family, it could serve as a foundation for the family.

Their Li Family is a family of the Tai Nan Chamber of Commerce, and under normal circumstances, it is difficult for them to face any great danger; after all, anyone who knows of their Li Family will have some misgivings.

If they were truly in danger, it would likely mean the Tai Nan Chamber of Commerce itself was in danger.

But regardless, if he could secure this fourth-tier Puppet Beast, it would be a supplement to the family's strength.

"Li Daoyou, may I make a small request?"

Li Ke looked at Su Fan and said earnestly.

"Haha! Given the relationship between you and me, Li Daoyou, just say whatever request you have."

Hearing this, Su Fan's heart stirred, guessing that this person likely had some ideas about this fourth-tier puppet.

However, he did not care; it was all the same to him who he gave it to.

"Li Daoyou, I wonder if you could sell this fourth-tier Puppet Beast to me?"

"So that is what you wanted, Li Daoyou. No problem."

Hearing this, Su Fan secretly thought, "As expected," but he agreed immediately—a speed so fast that it caught Li Ke off guard.

"Li Daoyou, you... are you serious?"

"Haha! Naturally, I am serious. Given our relationship, since you want it, Li Daoyou, it makes no difference to whom I sell it. I believe you will give me a fair price."

"That goes without saying."

Hearing this, Li Ke's anxious heart immediately settled.

"Regarding the price, I certainly won't let you suffer a loss, Li Daoyou."

"Haha!"

Su Fan burst into laughter upon hearing this.

It was indeed true; Li Ke did not disappoint him.

In the end, the other party secured this Puppet Beast for one million Low-grade Spirit Stones.

The price of a Puppet Beast is naturally much higher than that of a magic tool of the same level.

A typical fourth-tier low-grade magic tool costs only about 100,000 Spirit Stones, while this fourth-tier Puppet Beast reached a full million.

Of course, Su Fan knew that this price was definitely a premium, and a significant one at that.

According to his original estimation, it would have been good if this Puppet Beast could sell for 600,000 or 700,000.

But he did not know that such a fourth-tier Puppet Beast, comparable to Golden Core-level combat power, was a rare item in Nanhuang Zhou itself.

For many families, it serves as a top-tier foundation and trump card.

Therefore, one million was not considered expensive; after all, gaining a Golden Core-level combatant often plays a significant role.

One million Spirit Stones is indeed very expensive, but consider that every time the major top-tier chambers of commerce hold an auction, the price for an Outer Pill required for Golden Core formation also reaches this price, or sometimes even higher.

And even if you obtain the Outer Pill required for Golden Core formation, you are not guaranteed to succeed.

Buying this Puppet Beast immediately equates to possessing a Golden Core-level combatant, even though it lacks potential and its maximum strength is only at the Golden Core Third Layer.

Compared to a cultivator who can truly break through to the Golden Core Stage, it is still infinitely inferior.

But if you calculate it, the vast majority of families would fight over this Puppet Beast.

Both sides were happy; for Li Ke's family, one million was a large sum, but it would not break their foundation.

The Li Family has a history of two or three thousand years and has produced dozens of Purple Mansion cultivators; at its peak, it had seven Purple Mansion cultivators.

Even now, they possess the strength of one Golden Core and four Purple Mansion cultivators, and it only took them one month to raise the million Spirit Stones.

Su Fan did not know exactly how much of a price the Li Family had paid.

After receiving the Spirit Stones, only 200,000 remained, but for Su Fan, he used the remaining 200,000 to buy more materials.

For Su Fan, refining a fourth-tier Puppet Beast is not very difficult, but it does require quite a few materials.

At the same time, the time spent is also significant.

He does not have much energy to refine more right now.

After all, this thing consumes more mental energy than refining magic tools.

Furthermore, the family already has that fifth-tier Mechanical Puppet Beast, which is enough.

There are quite a few second-tier Puppet Beasts remaining.

A second-tier Puppet Beast is worth about 10,000 Spirit Stones, as it is comparable to Foundation Establishment Stage combat power, while the cost is roughly around 5,000.

Su Fan had previously refined over twenty of them; theoretically, the Su Family's Foundation Establishment Stage combat power already exceeded one hundred.

Of course, if you count the alliance, it is probably not much weaker than the Yunyang Sect.

Moreover, the Su Family only needs to guard the Liuyun Mountain Range, so once Jinguang successfully undergoes the tribulation and becomes a Golden Core cultivator, then even without Su Fan, the Liuyun Mountain Range will be absolutely safe during this Beast Tide.

And once the Beast Tide is over, the Su Family's strength can be further improved, especially since someone proposed attacking a Spiritual Land to the southwest of the Liuyun Mountain Range after the Beast Tide.

That is also a place with a Spirit Vein similar to the Liuyun Mountain Range, and it is also a third-tier Spirit Vein.

It is eight thousand miles away from the Liuyun Mountain Range in a straight line.

This distance is still a bit far; if Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators were to provide support, it would take more than a day of flying at full speed.

But this is obviously impossible.

Fortunately, Su Fan is prepared to have Li Ke raise a few sets of Teleportation Arrays for him.

A Teleportation Array for a distance of eight thousand miles costs about 80,000.

Once a Teleportation Array is set up and connected to the Liuyun Mountain Range, even if they encounter danger, support will arrive very quickly.

The benefits of a Teleportation Array are very obvious; the entire Zheng Guo only has one Teleportation Array, which is the one the Yunyang Sect uses to teleport to the Qiyang Mountain Range.

However, that has nothing to do with the Su Family.

Once this Beast Tide ends, the strength of the Su Family, counting Su Fan himself, will certainly surpass the Yunyang Sect; with Su Fan, a powerful force whose combat strength is comparable to the Nascent Soul Peak, the Yunyang Sect has absolutely no chance of winning.

However, Su Fan does not intend to have the Su Family annex the Yunyang Sect for the time being.

After all, the Yunyang Sect has not lost any standing in terms of righteousness over these years; rashly annexing the Yunyang Sect would only leave the Su Family with a bad reputation.

Instead, the Su Family can continue to expand, expanding in the direction of the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Of course, the greatest threat to Zheng Guo right now is none other than the Poison Dragon Swamp, which is a fifth-rank Poison Flood Dragon that commands the demon tribes within a radius of a million li.

However, the Poison Flood Dragon naturally would not take action personally to deal with the areas surrounding Zheng Guo; it is always some of its subordinate fourth-rank demon beasts that are dispatched.

Its primary targets are places like Wu Guo.

The strength of the Poison Flood Dragon is said to have reached the Nascent Soul Eighth Layer, and it has six Demon Kings under its command; because of the geographical location, Wu Guo and the three great nations of Nanhuang Zhou can do nothing about them.