Strongest Spirit Beast Master Family

His actual profit was only around two thousand gold coins, with the constant risk of unexpected incidents. To him, a third grade elixir was incredibly precious.

"Thank you," Lin Dan said, looking up with a complex expression at Blaze Regret.

"There's no need to thank me. You wanted my life, and I crippled your hand; that's only fair. You warned me earlier, and I gave you the pill; now we're even," Blaze Regret replied, shaking his head as he turned to walk away.

After today's transactions, Blaze Regret wouldn't have to worry about gold coins for quite some time.

"You're leaving?" Lin Dan asked, slightly surprised. Wasn't he supposed to wait for a quarter of an hour? Leaving now seemed like a subtle admission of defeat or an escape.

"I never said I would wait here for them," Blaze Regret replied with a faint smile, glancing back at Lin Dan.

Lin Dan's mouth twitched slightly as he silently critiqued Blaze Regret's audacity. Yet, it was precisely this kind of person who could survive in the long run. Recklessly showing off strength was the folly of a fool.

Turning his head, Lin Dan watched Blaze Regret's silhouette disappear around the corner. His eyes flickered rapidly before he finally clenched his teeth, swallowed the Hundred Healing Pill, and followed suit.

As Lin Dan departed, the other vendors were left astonished. What they didn't know was that Lin Dan would never again appear on this street.

"Sigh, these days are really hard to bear," one vendor lamented, looking at the pile of goods before him. Without setting up stalls here, there were no customers. They couldn't afford to rent proper shops, so they resorted to this method. Not only was the environment poor, but they also had to endure occasional bullying from people like Soul An.

"Rustle, rustle..."

With his face partially concealed by a black robe, Blaze Regret walked calmly forward, the soft rustle of his footsteps echoing through the quiet alley.

"Why are you following me?" Blaze Regret asked in an indifferent tone, his eyes fixed straight ahead.

"You're a third grade alchemist, aren't you?" Lin Dan hesitated for a moment before asking tentatively in a low voice.

"That's correct." Blaze Regret nodded slightly. Revealing his identity as a third grade alchemist posed no disadvantage to him. Unlike in Blood Stone Pass, there was no need to hide his value in this place.

"A third grade alchemist, indeed."

Upon hearing Blaze Regret's confirmation, Lin Dan's eyes flickered. In Snow Storm City, a third grade alchemist's status far surpassed that of a ninth level spirit Lord master like Soul Lin. Granting a favor could easily persuade a spirit master of the same level to act, explaining why Blaze Regret showed no fear of the Soul Family.

In this ancient city, there were over a hundred different factions, and the Soul Family was merely in the middle tier. Although Mut Kui of the Five Demon Halls was only a ninth level spirit Lord master, the gap between the eighth and ninth levels was not as simple as it might seem.

Typically, it would take years for someone to advance from an eighth level to a ninth level spirit Lord master, with a significant risk of failure. To break through to the Spirit King level, one had to rely on talent or luck. Some ninth level spirit Lord masters remained stuck at that level for life, unable to progress even a small step further.

Mut Kui, however, showed signs of breaking through to the Spirit King level, which allowed him to be considered a second rate force even in Snow Storm City.

"You don't intend to follow me, do you?"

Stopping in his tracks, Blaze Regret looked at Lin Dan with a faint smile. A seventh level spirit Imperial master seemed to lack the value needed for acceptance.

Lin Dan's eyes flickered slightly as he bit his lip and spoke with determination, "Actually, others only know that I'm an ice attribute spirit master, but I have a second attribute."

As he spoke, Lin Dan opened his palm, and a faint cyan summoning array was quickly sketched in the air. In an instant, a bat with long ears emerged from it, its wings vibrating with a peculiar humming sound.

"Sound attribute!" Blaze Regret's pupils contracted slightly, and for the first time, a ripple appeared in his calm heart.

Lin Dan was unexpectedly a dual source spirit Imperial master, with his second attribute being the extremely rare sound attribute! While Blaze Regret was still absorbing this revelation, two figures with somber expressions suddenly strode onto the street they had just left.

"Brother Yin, that's them!" Soul An gritted his teeth and pointed, but his expression changed abruptly when he realized that Blaze Regret's figure had already vanished.

Standing beside him was Soul Yin.

"Ran away, did he?"

Soul Yin sneered disdainfully. "Turns out he's just a coward. Daring to provoke someone from my Soul Family, he clearly doesn't understand the meaning of danger. I've given you my sound transmission mark. Over the next few days, keep watch around here. If you spot him, notify me immediately. I'll make sure he pays a price a hundred times worse than yours."

"Thank you, Brother Yin."

Soul An's eyes gleamed with sudden delight as he lowered his head with a cold smile. "Kid, you better hope I don't encounter you. Otherwise, you'll get a taste of how terrifying the true prodigy of the Soul Family can be."

The biting cold wind howled as it swept through, leaving the sky and streets painted in dull hues. Crystal clear ice hung from the branches, resembling blossoming clusters of silver flowers.

"My sound attributed spirit beast is called the Morning Sound Bat. It can passively listen to sounds within a thousand meter radius. Because of this, I've always kept my dual attribute spirit master identity a secret," Lin Dan said with a wry smile.

Gazing at the Morning Sound Bat, which was flicking its ears, Blaze Regret nodded silently.