Beast Taming: I'm Really Not a Cultivation Master

Chapter 222: Chapter 201: It’s Done Just Like That?

Inside the archives on the top floor of the White Castle at the Sky Realm Cultivation Base, Li Qian held a thick stack of paper documents.

Staring at the documents and recalling the prompt in his mind, he couldn’t help but mutter to himself, ”I never expected that what I thought was total nonsense would actually yield something useful.”

Of course, it was also possible he was just making a creative leap. The documents themselves might still be worthless trash; it was just that a specific piece of information within had given him some Inspiration Value.

’But as for what this piece of information is... I’ll have to think about it some more.’

As he thought, Li Qian already had a fairly clear idea of where to look.

’It shouldn’t be too hard to figure this out!’

After all, Li Qian hadn’t read that many documents just now.

With a little recollection, he could quickly pinpoint it.

”Lie Kongzuo, Lie Kongzuo...” He held the documents and muttered to himself as he tried to recall the details.

Lie Kongzuo was the sovereign of the Wind and Space Elements, its Potential reaching the Saint Spirit Level.

Moreover, it was said to be one of the most powerful among all Saint Spirit Level Pet Beasts!

He pondered, his brow furrowed. ’The Storm Eagle’s attribute is Wind Element. Theoretically, it should retain that attribute after it evolves.’

This wasn’t a hard and fast rule, but exceptions were extremely rare under normal circumstances.

’But the Sky Escape Eagle’s only attribute is the Space Element...’

Li Qian continued to think as he recalled the information. ’So where’s the Wind Element? Why did it disappear?’

’Could it be one of those extremely rare special cases?’

After a moment of thought yielded no answers, Li Qian shook his head, deciding not to dwell on it.

”Forget it, forget it. No need to rush. I’ll take it one step at a time.”

He said, comforting himself, ”Anyway, the mission progress is already at 99%. I just need a little more Inspiration Value to finish it.”

”If I keep thinking along these lines, it shouldn’t take long to complete this mission.”

At this thought, he smiled and put the documents back where he found them.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to continue, but he could hear footsteps approaching.

The newcomer was probably Shi Gui Fang.

There was no rush to read through all the paper documents here.

Now that he was at the Sky Realm Cultivation Base, he would have all the time in the world to look through them.

As the footsteps grew closer, a familiar, petite figure soon appeared in the doorway.

The newcomer was none other than Shi Gui Fang.

Shi Gui Fang returned to the archives on the top floor of the White Castle, holding two documents in her hands.

She looked at Li Qian with a smile and said, ”Cultivator Li, the contracts are drafted. Could you take a look and see if anything needs to be amended?”

As she spoke, she walked over to Li Qian’s side and handed him the documents.

Li Qian’s brow furrowed imperceptibly.

He’d had this feeling before.

Something was off about this petite young woman’s attitude.

It wasn’t that she was malicious or cold, but that she was overly enthusiastic, overly courteous.

She was so polite it was unnatural.

’Something this strange must mean trouble!’

’This woman must be after something.’

’Could it be... she’s fallen for my good looks?’

With this thought, Li Qian silently raised his guard.

’A guy’s got to protect himself when he’s out and about.’

Li Qian was still somewhat confident in his own looks.

He wouldn’t go so far as to call himself handsome and debonair, but describing himself as ”decently good-looking” wouldn’t be a problem.

Warily, Li Qian took the contracts from the petite woman and began to read.

”Hm?” After only a few minutes, he couldn’t help but frown.

”What’s wrong?”

Seeing Li Qian’s reaction, Shi Gui Fang immediately asked, ”Is there a problem with the contract? Or perhaps... you’re not satisfied with the terms?”

”No!”

After a moment’s thought, Li Qian decided to voice his confusion. ”I just don’t quite understand...”

He paused, then continued, ”Boss Shi, to be honest, the terms you’re offering are... surprisingly good.”

As he spoke, he fixed his gaze on Shi Gui Fang, awaiting her response.

Hearing this, the smile on the petite woman’s face didn’t falter.

”I just recently took over the Sky Realm Cultivation Base.”

She looked at Li Qian and began to explain, ”The fact that I was able to buy this Cultivation Base wasn’t just due to my personal desire to do so; it also had to do with the facility’s current situation.”

”Before I took it over, this Cultivation Base was almost on the verge of bankruptcy.”

Shi Gui Fang stated frankly, ”Due to long-term mismanagement, the Cultivation Base was facing severe problems.”

”Failing to produce results was only part of the problem. On top of that, the base was significantly behind on paying its employees.”

”Of course, that was the very first problem I solved after taking over.”

”I also took this opportunity to fire a few slackers who clearly had no interest in working.”

”However, problems like these don’t develop overnight. Thanks to the previous owner’s disastrous management, the Sky Realm Cultivation Base’s reputation within Zhonghai City’s entire Breeder circle... well, if it’s not completely infamous, it’s not far off.”

At this, a wry smile appeared on her face. ”So, for the Sky Realm Cultivation Base, paying a little extra is nothing if it means we can recruit outstanding Breeders.”

Li Qian listened to Shi Gui Fang’s explanation and nodded slightly.

’So it wasn’t just about paying more, it was a public display of value—a classic case of ”paying a fortune for horse bones.”’

’All for the sake of reputation.’

Although the petite woman before him hadn’t been so blunt, Li Qian understood her intentions perfectly.