Chapter 91: Beast Companion (1/2)

”A Clouded Tiger cub.”

Cai Ping proudly showed off the first item at the auction. It was a newly born monster that they had somehow captured and brought to the auction.

'What is the point of selling a cub? Why not just capture an adult and sell them. Is this for some rich people's amusement? It certainly can't be for the ingredients or even the meat.' he wondered.

”As many of you may know, a Clouded Tiger has an almost guaranteed chance to reach the True realms, and even a very little chance of reaching the Saint realms.”

”The cub is 4 weeks old and perfectly healthy. We have checked and found him to have no physical problems as well. We will start the bid at 5 common spirit stones, with 10 gold of minimum increment.”

”510 gold”

”520 gold”

530 gold”

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The auction house suddenly started thundering with the sound of the numerous bid. Cai Ping's smile got wider each time she heard a bit. She would get about 2% of the revenue from each of these sales, so the more it sold for, the richer she got.

Within the first 20 seconds, the bid had crossed 10 spirit stones. Alex got surprised seeing this. This behavior was completely different from what he had expected. He thought only a few people would bid for the cub; but seeing so many people bid for it, he realized his idea of what the cub was used for must be mistaken.

Ma Rong looked at his interested eyes and got a little surprised. ”Do you want the cub?” she asked him.

Alex was startled as he was focused on the happenings below. He looked towards his master and said, ”No, master. I was just curious why so many people would want a tiger cub and not just get an adult tiger?”

”Of course, that's because they want to raise the cub themselves. A monster trained from birth is so much easier to make a companion out of than a normal adult monster.” She said to him explaining why so many people were bidding for the cub.

”A companion? What's that? Do you make friends with monsters? Why would you?” he got so very confused hearing his master's explanation. They only brought forth more questions than answers.

Ma Rong suddenly remembered how much common knowledge her disciple was lacking. She laughed a little to herself and started explaining.

”Beast companions are an important aspect of a cultivator's life. Cultivators can make a bond with a beast and control them. They can make the beasts fight for them, or just have them as a friend through their journey as a cultivator. Overall, the beasts can help you in a lot of places.”

”That cub right there is a newborn monster. Those are somewhat rare to come by. A young monster is very naive and gullible, so after a few weeks or months of getting treated well by the other party, they happily bond to them. That is why the people down there are so excited to bid for it. ”