The two cars had just entered Tianchang City when they encountered a roadblock. Someone immediately stopped their vehicles, but this situation was not unique to Li Yi and his team; other vehicles were treated the same.
"Vehicles coming from the danger zone, the Ruined District, stop over to the side, undergo inspection, and at the same time, clean up the bodies of Fierce Beasts and Extraordinary Creatures. These cannot be brought into Tianchang City and must be dealt with on the spot," a staff member loudly instructed while gesturing.
Li Yi looked out the car window.
He saw many company employees along the roadside, collecting the bodies of Fierce Beasts, and some people were checking Cultivators. Even vehicles that had come out of the danger zone faced thorough searches to ensure nothing suspicious remained.
Everyone got out of the car, and immediately two staff members approached them.
"Are the Fierce Beasts in the car killed by you? Are you choosing to turn them in or to sell them?" one staff member immediately asked.
Cheng Pingfang seemed to act as the team leader. He immediately replied, "This time, we’ve hunted a total of twelve Fierce Beasts. Each person turns one in, and we’ll sell the rest."
"Good, give me your names and identification information, and I’ll arrange for someone to tally them up right away," the staff member said. After speaking, he called over a team of people. Soon, several cultivators from the Spirit Medium Realm came over. After the team leader inspected and confirmed there were no issues, they swiftly unloaded the Fierce Beasts’ bodies from the car and transferred them to another vehicle for direct removal.
"Cheng Pingfang, turning in one Fierce Beast successful."
"Fang Hang, turning in one Fierce Beast successful."
"Lv Jue, turning in one Fierce Beast successful."
The staff member was holding a dedicated tablet, scanning faces, registering information, and recording the Fierce Beasts they had turned in.
"Eh, you’re an external combatant from the Bureau... Li Yi?" The information that popped up when the staff member scanned Li Yi surprised him, and he immediately said, "External combatants don’t need to turn in Fierce Beasts, sorry, it’s my mistake. I apologize to you."
"It’s fine," Li Yi was a bit puzzled, then looked beside him.
Lv Jue came over and whispered, "Li Yi, the investigators and external combatants from the Bureau have recently suffered heavy losses... The higher-ups extend special care to them."
"I see," Li Yi nodded, somewhat understanding.
After the staff member had registered all the information, he immediately said, "Five people, collecting five Fierce Beasts, the information has been confirmed. The value of each Fierce Beast will be assessed by a specialized assessor. After the assessment is complete, the money will be transferred to the bank account under your names, remember to check."
Having finished, the two staff members quickly left, moving alongside several other vehicles to continue their work.
"It seems pretty good, getting money after turning in Fierce Beasts. Hunting Fierce Beasts is still a pretty good business," Li Yi remarked.
"You’re right, now strong Cultivators have turned the hunting of Fierce Beasts and Extraordinary Creatures into a business. After they finish hunting, there are special people who will collect them, and the collected Fierce Beasts and Extraordinary Creatures are sold to some companies, as well as people who have not met their hunting quotas," Zhao Xiaoxiao said as she came over. "I don’t have enough money to afford a Fierce Beast, so I have to risk entering the danger zone to complete the hunting task."
"How much is a Fierce Beast now?" Li Yi asked.
"The Bureau might recycle it for about five million, but if you’re going to buy one, then it’s more expensive, at least ten million to start. Also, the quota for Fierce Beasts is in high demand, they’re being traded at high prices now, and there can even be a difference of a couple million from morning to afternoon," Zhao Xiaoxiao said somewhat helplessly.
"However, the price of Fierce Beasts is something we Cultivators can still afford if we grit our teeth, but Extraordinary Creatures are different, starting from the hundreds of millions... Fortunately, we haven’t awakened our Spiritual Sense yet. Once we have, we’ll have to turn in an Extraordinary Creature to complete the task," Lv Jue said, clicking his tongue.
Li Yi’s eyelids twitched, "Those with Spiritual Sense have to turn in an Extraordinary Creature? That difficulty seems a bit high."
He still remembered when Yang Yilong and Qin Qing teamed up to hunt an Extraordinary Creature and nearly encountered trouble; the strength of Extraordinary Creatures was generally much greater than that of masters with Spiritual Sense.
"Yeah, but the stronger the Cultivator, the greater the price they must pay. Otherwise, how can we maintain stability? With great power comes great responsibility, right? It can’t be just us risking our lives while the masters stay safe. That would be so unfair. Plus, Fierce Beasts are less harmful, Extraordinary Creatures are more dangerous, so of course, we must prioritize dealing with Extraordinary Creatures," Lv Jue explained.
Li Yi, upon hearing this, nodded in agreement.
The stronger the Cultivator, the greater the responsibility they must bear. If powerful Cultivators avoided their duties, how could stability be maintained?
As the two were talking,
a few people approached, "Excuse us, are you Cultivators returning from the danger zone after hunting Fierce Beasts? Hello, we’re from a Fierce Beast recycling company. Are you interested in selling the Fierce Beasts you’ve hunted? We offer very competitive prices and guarantee you won’t lose out. Here’s my business card."
"Li Yi, let me talk to them; I’m more familiar with this side of things," Zhao Xiaoxiao volunteered.
The other Cultivators remained silent, knowing the surplus Fierce Beasts were Li Yi’s spoils; they had no right to deal with them, so whether to sell or not was up to Li Yi’s decision.