Chapter 556 Partner Store
Queen Li Jia got up, put on her pajamas and leaned against the head of the bed.
"Now the people of the former Tang Dynasty have completely adapted to the modern life, and the people of the former Ming Empire have also adapted to their new identities, so overall there are no major problems in the country."
"Well, good, I'm glad you're alright. Now I've successfully broken through, and my overall combat power has increased by at least 50% compared to before. I won't be going out recently, and I will stay at home and do my best to refine weapons, armor, equipment, and elixirs. I will try to solve the shortage of weapons, armor, equipment, and elixirs as soon as possible."
Over the past year or so, both the Great Wilderness Empire and the Ming Empire have been researching and creating weapons, protective equipment, and elixirs.
It’s a pity that I still haven’t been successful.
No matter whether it was forged by hand or produced by machines, the weapons and armor produced could only reach blue quality at best.
It seems that these blue-quality weapons and armor equipment are sufficient, but the cost of making them is too high.
At least gold-quality resource materials must be used to create blue-quality weapons and armor equipment.
In this case, it would be impossible to quickly solve the shortage of weapons and protective equipment by manual forging or machine production.
Therefore, now weapons, protective equipment, and elixirs still have to be refined by Wang Lang using the Shennong Ding.
Just when Wang Lang wanted to continue speaking, he was interrupted by Queen Li Jia.
"Don't interrupt me, I haven't finished what I just said."
"There are no major problems with the Lizardmen, the Magical Beasts, or our Great Wilderness Empire. However, a very important event has occurred in the Daming Empire."
"Oh, what's the matter?"
Looking at the extremely serious Queen Li Jia, Wang Lang also became serious.
At this time, he had a vague feeling that something big was about to happen.
"That's right. About five or six days after you started your retreat, almost overnight, numerous companion stores selling exotic beast companions appeared in the Ming Empire."
"All the exotic beasts sold in these partner stores are above the 5,000-year level. Some are 10,000, 30,000, and even 50,000 years old. And the number of exotic beast partners they sell is extremely large, as if they are inexhaustible."
"In just over a month, all the cultivators in the Ming Empire who originally had no suitable exotic beast companions now have their desired exotic beast companions."
"How can this be?"
Wang Lang was extremely shocked. He really couldn't believe that what Queen Li Jia said was true.
"Impossible, how is this possible? There are already more than 20 million cultivators in the Ming Empire, and there are no suitable exotic beast companions among them. At least more than 90% of them have no suitable exotic beast companions. How is it possible that 10 or 20 million powerful exotic beast companions appear in such a short period of time?"
"Husband, we also find it hard to believe this matter. But it is indeed true. If you don't believe it, ask Xin'er."
As she spoke, Queen Li Jia pouted at Zhou Kexin who was lying on Wang Lang's left.
Wang Lang, still in a state of extreme shock, turned to look at Zhou Kexin beside him.
At this time, Zhou Kexin had already spoken.
"Brother, what the Queen said is correct. This is indeed the situation in the Ming Empire now. However, the prices of powerful beast companions above 30,000 years old are still relatively expensive. Therefore, most people buy beast companions of 5,000, 8,000 or 10,000 years old."
After hearing what Zhou Kexin said, Wang Lang finally believed it completely.
There was really no need for Queen Li Jia and Zhou Kexin to joke with me about this kind of thing.
"Incredible, it's really incredible."
"Has the Queen found out the origins of those exotic beast companions?"
At this time, Queen Li Jia took the phone from the small table next to her, turned it on and handed it to Wang Lang. Then, she started talking.
"Take a look, these are some photos and videos from the Internet."
"We have arranged for people to investigate the origins of those exotic beast companions. But we didn't find much. However, Minister Ma and Minister Wang have some doubts, saying that those exotic beast companions are likely to have been created through cloning technology."
"Clone, clone?"
While repeating the word "clone", Wang Lang carefully looked at the photos and videos on his mobile phone.
There are many photos and videos, and the exotic beasts in them are also diverse. There are 5,000 years old, 8,000 years old, 10,000 years old, 13,000 years old, 18,000 years old, 30,000 years old, 50,000 years old, and even a lot of evolved beasts.
Moreover, these exotic beast companions are all the most powerful ones in each level.
The appearance and overall size of these exotic beast companions are similar to those of the exotic beasts and magical beasts in the original Shanhai Dahuang world and the Ming Empire.
The more Wang Lang looked, the more frightened he became. There were simply too many of these exotic beast companions.
In some photos and videos about the partner store, you can clearly see that there are mini statues of various powerful exotic companions placed inside. This shows that these powerful exotic companions are all sold in the store!
At this time, Queen Li Jia spoke.
"The cultivation strength and the magical skills of the exotic beast companions sold in the companion shop are exactly the same as those of the exotic beast companions we normally subdue. However, they are also different."
"The first difference is the IQ you often talk about. The powerful alien companions we have subjugated have extremely high IQs and are very smart. It is no problem to say that they are similar to humans."
"But the exotic companions sold in the companion shop are different. It's not that their IQ is very low, but their overall performance is relatively, relatively, yes, childish."
After a slight pause, Queen Li Jia continued speaking.
"Yes, they are childish. Although the strength of those beast companions is also very strong, their appearance and personality are relatively childish. It feels like they are powerful beasts in their infancy."
"However, these beast companions are still very capable of learning. From this aspect, we can also see that those beast companions are indeed like the infants of normal beasts."
Seeing that Wang Lang had not spoken, Queen Li Jia continued speaking.
"Another difference is the emblem on their chest. Although the size of these emblems is no different from that of normal exotic beasts, the golden hair or golden scales growing inside them are much lighter in color than the golden hair and golden scales of normal exotic beasts."
“So, it’s still easy to distinguish.”
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