Saying goodbye to the two teachers, Qian Er wandered around the school for a long while, revisiting the old grounds.
Revisiting the old grounds, the change in status brought about different feelings. Walking on campus again, Qian Er felt a different kind of novelty.
A gentle power protected him, a power filled with kindness. This was from Senior Xiaoyue.
He wandered around until the afternoon, when a ray of setting sun fell, and Qian Er prepared to leave.
"Ready to go?"
The old principal's voice sounded from behind the moment he turned around.
"Yes, I'm ready to go."
Qian Er said with a smile. He had to go back and digest the great benefits he obtained from defeating Void Heaven Crane.
"The year-end assessment is about to begin in two days. Won't you come and take a look?"
The old principal had a faint smile on his face.
"No, no... but I can add some prizes."
Qian Er originally wanted to leave directly, but suddenly turned back.
"Hmm? What prizes?"
The old principal was stunned by Qian Er's sudden change of topic.
"After all, it's the assessment for my junior brothers and sisters. As a senior, I have to show my support."
As he spoke, Qian Er took out two giant eggs from his space backpack.
"These are two quasi-king-level Void Heaven Crane cubs. Although they haven't hatched yet and I don't know their specific aptitude, they are likely to be golden. How about using these two eggs as rewards for the first and second place in the assessment?"
As he spoke, Qian Er handed the two giant eggs to the old principal.
"Hey, the flying-type students will go crazy. This is a Void Heaven Crane."
The old principal sighed, but a smile identical to Qian Er's appeared on his face. He also wanted to see what those guys would look like when they knew the reward was two golden-aptitude Void Heaven Cranes.
"Okay, it's settled then."
After saying goodbye to the old principal, Qian Er jumped onto the back of Frost Radiance Bone Dragon.
The Balance Beast flew into the sky, its massive size causing bursts of exclamations.
With Frost Radiance Bone Dragon's current speed, it only took two hours to fly from the Imperial Academy to Stele City.
At this time, the main force of Stele City had just returned. The task of guarding the gate where the demigod opportunity was located to prevent the Void Heaven Crane from counterattacking had now been handed over to other troops.
The figure of Frost Radiance Bone Dragon was ostentatious, and it was noticed by countless people along the way. Those Beast Masters in Stele City who participated in the war against the Void Heaven Crane looked at the figure of Frost Radiance Bone Dragon with fanaticism in their eyes.
They knew very well that Qian Er was back to distribute money.
Qian Er had never been careless when it came to distributing money.
"All Beast Masters who participated in the war against the Void Heaven Crane, whether on the front lines or behind the scenes, gather in the central square."
In the next moment, everyone heard Qian Er's voice. Immediately, the faces of these Beast Masters turned ecstatic.
"Quick, quick, go to the central square!"
"If you're not enthusiastic about distributing money, there's something wrong with your thinking."
"The King has never let anyone down in this regard."
"Ah? Brother, is our King always so generous?"
"Are you new here? You'll get used to it in the future."
"It's a pity, I didn't grab a spot on the front lines."
A group of ravenous dark-type Beast Masters walked into the central square with laughter and chatter. It was already crowded with people, and Qian Er was standing on the high platform, the huge Frost Radiance Bone Dragon lying prone behind him.
"Everyone, I won't say any nonsense. Let's directly reward according to merit."
Looking at the dense crowd below, Qian Er didn't say anything and directly opened several space backpacks.
Instantly, a strong bloody smell soared into the sky. Countless Void Heaven Crane corpses, with their souls sealed, were casually dumped on the ground, almost covering the high platform. And this was only a portion of the Void Heaven Crane corpses harvested in this war.
If they were all released, this square couldn't hold them.
The square was silent the moment those Void Heaven Crane corpses were thrown out. Most of the Beast Masters' eyes were red, and only their heavy breathing could be heard in the square.
Qian Er had now mastered a method to identify dark-type Beast Masters without even looking.
This wasn't over yet. Qian Er opened another space backpack. This time, what was released was a shelf filled with Void Heaven Crane eggs. The shelf was divided into several layers, with only one on the top layer, which was the direct descendant of the Void Heaven Crane elder. The layers below were, in descending order, true king-level Void Heaven Crane cubs, quasi-king-level, and garrison-level. Below garrison-level, the divisions weren't so clear, and they were mixed together in a disorderly manner.
"This time, according to your merits, you can choose to exchange for Void Heaven Crane corpses or Void Heaven Crane eggs. Dark-type Beast Masters can exchange separately for souls, flesh, and bones."
After speaking, Qian Er directly beckoned to the side. The quartermaster who had accompanied him earlier trotted up and nodded and bowed to Qian Er.
"Bring a few people to be responsible for recording. It doesn't matter if you can't exchange everything at once. These resources and Void Heaven Crane cubs will be preserved for a long time, until they are all exchanged. During this period, they can always be exchanged for Stele City merits."
The quartermaster's hands were trembling as he looked in disbelief at the Void Heaven Crane egg placed at the highest point on the shelf. That was the direct descendant of a clan's foundation, and it was just placed there like that. It was so dreamlike that it was unbelievable.
"Did you understand?!"
Seeing that the quartermaster hadn't responded, Qian Er frowned and asked in a louder voice.
In an instant, the quartermaster trembled, and his whole body straightened up.
"Yes... yes! I heard!"
"Okay, I'll leave this to you. The city lord has already marked the prices. Just sell them according to the prices."
Before returning, Qian Er had notified City Lord Zhang, who was already asleep. He was woken up by a phone call from Qian Er and discussed pricing with the think tank overnight.
The price couldn't be too high, because too high would not have the effect of cultivating a team, and it couldn't be too low, because too low would cultivate a spoiled heart, and they would complain about the King if the price increased in the future.
In order to set the price at a suitable level, they could be said to have racked their brains, and only then did they set a reasonable price before Qian Er returned.
And predictably, this kind of thing would definitely happen in the future, so the merit system had to be retained.
Returning to the royal mansion, Qian Er left the Nightmare Mirage Flower to guard it, then threw all the beasts into the doomsday world to let them develop on their own, while he went to find his Little Six.
In the royal mansion's breeding room, Ms. Qiu was wearing special shadow contact gloves and carefully massaging the shadow monster's belly.
This little guy ate too much at night and was lying on the small bed groaning.
"Ms. Qiu, how is the shadow monster?"
Qian Er pushed the door open and asked.
"Your Majesty, the shadow monster's aptitude is very good, extraordinarily good. Normal shadow monsters have an average infancy of one year and five months. Only after passing this infancy can they have preliminary combat power, and this shadow monster will probably pass its infancy during this time."
Hearing the movement, Ms. Qiu looked up, her face full of amazement.
The aptitude of this shadow monster was higher than she had ever seen, reflected in all aspects, whether it was physical strength, nutrient and energy absorption, or affinity for shadows and souls, it was overwhelmingly strong.
It was so strong that it didn't look like a shadow monster, but some kind of higher creature wearing a shadow monster's skin.
