73: Chapter 73 was barely acceptable, and a cooperation was reached.

"It's too little." Bai Xuan felt he could still raise the price a bit more.

"Four thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, plus eighty Mid-Grade Spirit Stones. This is our final offer."

The captain gritted his teeth and closed his eyes, offering the highest price directly.

"It's barely acceptable." Bai Xuan agreed, putting on a reluctant act.

Four thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones equaled 400,000 evolution points, and eighty Mid-Grade Spirit Stones equaled 80,000 evolution points. For a Tier 2 martial artist, Mid-Grade Spirit Stones were extremely important, and their value was naturally higher—far higher than the market price.

This was also true for Bai Xuan. evolution points were only on the surface; there was also the absorption of spiritual energy to raise his own level, which helped him much more than Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

Five hundred milliliters of blood was like a single drop of blood from a small accidental skin scratch for Bai Xuan. Feathers were even less of an issue; he could just pluck one at random, as it was harmless. Naturally, Bai Xuan wouldn't give away his specialized feathers; ordinary ones would suffice.

"Pleasure doing business with you." The captain was overjoyed and instinctively reached out his palm, wanting to shake hands with Bai Xuan, only realizing it was inappropriate after extending his hand.

After all, Bai Xuan was a fierce beast and didn't understand human etiquette. It would be disastrous if he viewed this as a provocation. Furthermore, Bai Xuan had no palms and couldn't shake hands.

Just as the captain was about to explain, Bai Xuan extended his wing, placing the tip of his feather onto the captain's palm for a symbolic handshake: "Pleasure doing business with you."

The captain nodded with a smile: "I hope there will be another opportunity to cooperate."

It was a bit cold; that was the captain's current feeling. His palm felt as if it were resting on an ice cube, making him shiver.

"So, when will the spirit stones be delivered?" Bai Xuan asked.

Payment upon delivery would prevent any trickery and was better for both sides.

"I will send someone to deliver them right away; they will arrive in an hour at most."

After saying this, the captain ran toward the helicopter, preparing to inform his superiors and then send someone to deliver the spirit stones.

Spirit stones were extremely valuable now—hard currency—and gold wasn't even worth mentioning in front of them.

Cheng Kunwei, Chen Jue, and the Bear Country Soldiers were stunned. This intelligence was simply too high! He even knew how to bargain and was incredibly shrewd, refusing to hand over the goods immediately, waiting until the spirit stones arrived instead.

"Mr. Bai, I have a question I would like to ask you."

Unable to suppress his curiosity, Cheng Kunwei stepped forward without permission to interact with Bai Xuan.

"Kunwei, stop messing around." Although Chen Jue felt Bai Xuan was quite easy to talk to, fierce beasts were temperamental, so it was better to be cautious.

"I'm in a good mood today, so go ahead and ask." Bai Xuan didn't feel offended and replied unhurriedly.

"It's just… how did you evolve so quickly?"

Curiosity drove Cheng Kunwei to want to ask clearly; if he could get some pointers based on experience, that would be even better.

"Naturally, it's resources and talent. What is there to ask about that?" Bai Xuan responded nonchalantly. Naturally, he wouldn't tell the truth; the matter of the system was for him to know alone.

"I see. Thank you for telling me." Cheng Kunwei thanked him politely, but had many inner thoughts: Isn't that just nonsense?

Cheng Kunwei didn't believe Bai Xuan's words. Even with the highest talent, it was impossible to grow this fast. Other fierce beasts or martial artists had only just reached Tier 3, yet this guy had already stepped into Tier 4. Who would believe it was just talent? There must be some opportunity or treasure involved.

"Please forgive the intrusion." Chen Jue pulled Cheng Kunwei back to his original spot, intending to report him to his superiors after returning.

This wasn't just being irresponsible with his own life; it was endangering the entire group. If such a person wasn't properly reprimanded and taught a lesson, he wouldn't understand the consequences.

Being a maverick—they wouldn't dare trust their backs to such a teammate; it was too disrespectful of others' lives.

The other Soldiers didn't look at Cheng Kunwei kindly either, feeling very dissatisfied with his actions, but due to the relations between the two countries, they didn't say much.

After a while, the Bear Country Officer finished discussing and came before Bai Xuan: "Hello, respected Eagle King. We are willing to offer four thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones plus fifty Mid-Grade Spirit Stones as compensation. Please, Eagle King, help us resolve the matters in the Siberia Region."

"Too little. Still not enough."

The Bear Country Officer hesitated for a moment before raising the price: "Five thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones plus fifty Mid-Grade Spirit Stones. This is our final offer."

Bear Country territory did indeed have many spirit stone resources, but two-thirds were controlled by fierce beasts. They wanted to control the Siberia Region in order to obtain more spirit stones during future Aura Tides.

After all, spirit stones were hard currency now. If there were no fierce beasts, Bear Country, with its large land area and abundant spiritual resources, combined with a small population, could cultivate many martial artists if distributed evenly.

However, due to the harsh environment, the military couldn't be deployed to all major regions, which led to this situation. There was no helping it; the recovery of spiritual energy had come too suddenly. If they had known earlier, they would have certainly increased military spending, deployed everywhere, and controlled the number of fierce beasts from the very beginning.

"The sincerity is still not enough. You know, for such a large area, I will have to expend quite a bit of effort and time to complete it. So, either add a bit more or reduce the area."

Bai Xuan shook his head slightly. If Bai Xuan were to handle the Siberia Region, he could earn spirit stone resources, but who would complain about having more resources? If he could earn more, he naturally should.

"We will add one thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones to the previous offer and reduce the area by one-third. This is the final price we can offer."

The Bear Country Officer sighed helplessly. For the sake of the big picture, they had to control the situation in the Siberia Region as soon as possible.

They had originally thought it would be resolved quickly, but they hadn't expected the number of fierce beasts to increase so fast. The speed of killing hadn't kept up with the speed of reproduction. They had miscalculated and underestimated the strength of the fierce beasts.

Reproduction rate was also one of the weapons fierce beasts used to contend with humans.

Coupled with the fact that the region had a harsh environment, was vast, and the fierce beasts were scattered and often raided areas where humans lived, large-scale bombing was too expensive and ineffective. Furthermore, having already missed the opportunity, they were forced to come and cooperate with Bai Xuan.

With Bai Xuan's terrifying strength and his ability to communicate without barriers as a fellow fierce beast, it should be easy to accomplish. They would also be able to free up time to improve their martial artists and invest manpower and resources into spiritual weapons.

"I'll take a small loss and agree to it."

The price reached Bai Xuan's expectations, so Bai Xuan agreed.

Subjugating the fierce beasts of the Siberia Region and placing them at the border to guard it was also quite good. The fierce beasts could also develop without having to constantly fight humans, which would otherwise result in a large number of fierce beasts losing their lives.

There were pros and cons, but overall, the pros outweighed the cons for both sides.