Fey Evolution Merchant (Web Novel)

Frigid was rather obstinate. Lin Yuan knew that he had affected it mentally by limiting its evolution all this time. As a result, Frigid felt that it was not important to him.

Lin Yuan would use this opportunity to explain himself to Frigid.

"In the past, I didn't allow you to evolve because the level of strange water I had access to was too low. But now that we're in the Sky Beyond the Clouds, its natural environment produces extremely high-quality strange water.

"If you evolve now, the independent sea you transform into will be able to absorb even more attributes. Dark Blue is grown up now. Once you transform into the independent sea, you will be able to work with Dark Blue and help each other."

As obstinate as Frigid was, it knew that Lin Yuan was doing this in its best interests.

Frigid was not the type to be ungratefully ignorant!

Frigid had always been on good terms with Dark Blue. In the beginning, Lin Yuan kept both of them in the same body of water.

The mermaid bloodline was attractive to the sea demon bloodline. Hence, Frigid felt naturally close to Dark Blue.

Now, there were many mermaids living in the Spirit Lock spatial zone, and Frigid was very happy living there.

Once it was able to transform into the independent sea, the mermaids would be able to live in its body!

But as of now, Lin Yuan was still in no rush to evolve Frigid into the independent sea. He would continue to allow Frigid to absorb even more water-elemental attributes.

It went without saying that there was a limit to the number of attributes it could control.

It was only when it could no longer absorb any more water-elemental attributes into its body and doing so would harm its body that Frigid would be ready to transform into the independent sea!

Lin Yuan gave the strange water that contained special attributes to Frigid so it could absorb them.

Rather than evolving Frigid, Lin Yuan was more interested in evolving the Cold Season Poisonous Fishes.

The Cold Season Poisonous Fishes had yet to show signs of further evolution ever since they evolved into a school of fish.

As Frigid's Poisonous Magic, the Cold Season Poisonous Fishes were linked to the strength of Frigid's bloodline. Once its bloodline evolved, the Cold Season Poisonous Fishes would definitely evolve further!

As fast as Sky Sea was, North of the Lonely River was so large that they were still some distance away from the King Blood Jackals' territory.

Lin Yuan felt that he needed to nurture some feys that could travel rapidly to cross this barren land. It would be best if these feys could ferry a large number of people.

Otherwise, it would take an extremely long time to relocate all the villages!

However, Lin Yuan still had no idea where to find such feys.

It was clear that the lifeforms he brought from the main world to the Sky Beyond the Clouds would not be enough.

Lin Yuan needed to speed up his exploration of the Sky Beyond the Clouds to discover new feys.

…

Fan Lou had already met with Ink Thorn as Lin Yuan's representative.

At Fan Lou's level, he did not have the right to meet with Ink Thorn, the Dark Pufferfish's leader.

Yet, Ink Thorn was treating Fan Lou like he was a valued guest.

Once again, Fan Lou felt the benefits of being by Lin Yuan's side.

When had he ever been as distinguished as this?

"Lord Ink Thorn, Lord Lin Yuan has asked you to provide me with 500,000 Honor Absent dollars. You are to go with me to speak to the Bloodians so that the Bloodians will begin paying attention to me and taking me seriously. I'm sure that, with your partnership with the Bloodians, this won't be difficult to achieve."

Ink Thorn deserved to be addressed in such a way by Fan Lou. Even if the Dark Pufferfish were already under Lin Yuan's control, the power they wielded was undeniable.

But for Fan Lou to address him as 'Lord', followed by Lin Yuan in the same manner, Ink Thorn could not accept being addressed in such a way!

He was terrified that news of his inappropriate behavior would reach Lin Yuan and displease him. Even if Lin Yuan could act as though he did not care about this, his two servants would not be able to let it slide!

From Ink Thorn's interactions with Lin Yuan, he could tell how protective his two servants were of his reputation and authority.

Ink Thorn knew that Fan Lou said this because he was trying to take the initiative and handle matters.

It was indeed necessary for Ink Thorn to try and get on the good side of Fan Lou, Lin Yuan's aide. However, he could not bear to address Fan Lou as 'Lord'.

"If this is Lord Lin Yuan's request, 500,000 Honor Absent dollars won't be a problem. It is fate that has brought us together. I am very willing to offer 200,000 Honor Absent dollars as a token of our budding friendship!"

Ink Thorn was not concerned about Fan Lou lying to him. If Lin Yuan had any other instructions in the future, he would deliver them to him directly.

Lin Yuan had given him, Mantis Age, Hunting Tracks, and the rest of the paper that they could use for communication. This made it extremely easy for them to communicate with each other.

Even if Lin Yuan did not issue orders to him directly, Ink Thorn could ask Lin Yuan about this interaction with Fan Lou. The more they communicated, the better their relationship would become!

It was clear that Fan Lou, who was trying to put on airs and keep him in check, was nothing more than a petty, trivial figure.

Fan Lou's behavior told Ink Thorn everything about the kind of person he was.

With such a person, money was enough for them to establish a relationship.

Ink Thorn did not hope that Fan Lou would speak favorably of him to Lin Yuan. It would be enough as long as he did not try to harm the Dark Pufferfish!

If Fan Lou wanted to maintain a stable relationship with the Bloodians, he would also need to rely on the Dark Pufferfish.

Fan Lou had no thoughts of obtaining extra resources from Ink Thorn. Still, he could not be happier if Ink Thorn was willing to voluntarily provide him with more resources.

"Your Excellency, I can tell that you are easy to get along with. I hope that we will have a happy partnership going forward! I will be sure to tell Lord Lin Yuan about the Dark Pufferfish's contributions. Later, please send a Dark Pufferfish expert to put on a show with me in front of the Forbidden Wolf Team."

Fan Lou's new way of addressing him meant that Fan Lou wanted to curry favor with him.

But the moment that Fan Lou mentioned the Forbidden Wolf Team, a flash of disdain caused Ink Thorn to frown.

Ink Thorn was unaware of Fan Lou's situation and saw him as another member of the Chaos Wind Demon Wolves.

Compared to the Chaos Wind Demon Wolves, Fan Lou's Chaos Wind Demon Wolf bloodline was relatively faint. It was an enormous blessing for someone like him to be employed by his species.

But not only was Fan Lou not looking out for his species, but he was taking such an attitude toward them.

This caused Ink Thorn to feel sickened by Fan Lou.

Someone like Fan Lou would not only bring any benefits to his species but could even lead them to their doom. If ever the opportunity arose, he would not hesitate to toss aside the Chaos Wind Demon Wolves and use them as his springboard.

Ink Thorn forcefully concealed his revulsion of Fan Lou.

Ink Thorn could tell that Fan Lou was a sensitive person. If he displayed his aversion, Fan Lou would definitely pick up on it.

If that happened, his previous gestures of building an amicable relationship with him would be for naught!

"That goes without saying. I will tell the member who received you to maintain contact with you. The two of you can discuss the details of what you're going to do."

Ink Thorn put all thoughts of strengthening his relationship with Fan Lou out of his mind and left the Dark Pufferfish's palace.

He was going to accept Hunting Tracks' invitation to a joint discussion on the management and organization of the entire Lonely River.

If Lin Yuan had not taken control of the Lonely River and the Four Species Overlords, he, Hunting Tracks, Mantis Age, and the rest would never gather together like this to work for a common cause.

Fan Lou did not know that his actions had already greatly put off Ink Thorn.

Frankly, even if Fan Lou knew, he would not care.

He and Ink Thorn belonged to different worlds, and Ink Thorn would never be able to understand him!

If Ink Thorn had started out in life in the same lowly position he did, with a bloodline that was virtually worthless, Ink Thorn would never be able to attain his current status.

Suddenly, Kong Huan came to Fan Lou's mind.

Fan Lou and Kong Huan could be considered old friends.

When he had been her subordinate, he would spend every day in fear and walking on eggshells.

Both he and Kong Huan had joined Lin Yuan at the same time. But now, he was the one meeting with Lin Yuan in the East Universe.

Meanwhile, Kong Huan had gone to the North Universe. How was she doing now? It was unlikely that she was having an easier time than he was.

Even with Fan Lou's limited experience and knowledge, he could guess that a powerful species like the Snow-Covered Foxes would never act too kindly toward a new dependent species.

Even if the Alluring Fox bloodline was extremely attractive to fox-species lifeforms, there were other powerful fox species in the East Universe.

The Evil Flaming Tail Foxes did not flourish in the East Universe the same way that the Snow-Covered Foxes did, but they had made it onto the top 100 of the East Universe's Species Ranking numerous times in the past.

The Evil Flaming Tail Foxes had interacted with the Alluring Foxes in the past and had been extremely friendly to them but had not offered them any benefits.

If the Evil Flaming Tail Foxes had protected the Alluring Foxes, Feng Qing would never have dared to cause trouble for the Alluring Foxes.

Fan Lou did not know how much stronger Kong Huan's ability to mesmerize fox-species lifeforms became after her bloodline evolved.

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Kong Huan had encountered significant hurdles since relocating the Alluring Foxes to the North Universe.

But ever since she gained the protection of one of the Snow-Covered Fox leaders, she gained a platform of development.

Kong Huan knew that by coming to the North Universe, the Alluring Foxes had lost all of their roots in the East Universe. Roots were the most important part of any development.

Apart from laying down their roots, she also needed to build a good relationship with the Snow-Covered Foxes' other dependent species.

The Snow-Covered Foxes were adept at management, and almost every member had extremely strong business capabilities. Moreover, the Snow-Covered Foxes' bloodline characteristics stood out from that of other fox species.

As the Alluring Foxes continued expanding their business subsidiaries, Kong Huan remained prudent throughout the developments. She gave more than half of the profits to the leader whose protection she was under.

Normally, according to the rules for dependent species, Kong Huan only needed to give up 20% to 30% of her profits. But she had exceeded that quota because she wanted to improve the leader's impression of her.

It was not at all easy to curry favor with a Snow-Covered Fox leader.

Moreover, Kong Huan did not dare to give the resources that Lin Yuan had given her to the other Alluring Foxes. She was afraid that the news might leak. Hence, she did not give them to the Snow-Covered Fox leader either!

This was because she could not explain how she came into possession of resources of such a level.

Kong Huan used her own means to gain the favor of a Snow-Covered Fox leader, and he assigned a large territory to the Alluring Foxes where they would be able to develop freely.

This was a giant honor and reward to the Alluring Foxes.

More importantly, this reward was proof to the other dependent species that the Alluring Foxes were important to this Snow-Covered Fox leader. Regardless of how displeased the other dependent species were with the Alluring Foxes, they would never dare to touch them.

The leaders of many dependent species tried the same method that Kong Huan used but failed to achieve the same level of success.

While interacting with the Snow-Covered Fox leader, Kong Huan learned how to leverage her Alluring Bone bloodline appropriately to please the leader.

Kong Huan was doing a good job of leading the Alluring Foxes, but she still yearned for Lin Yuan to get in contact with her. Even a few morsels of information about him would be fine as well.

When she found out that Lin Yuan possessed the Alluring Soul bloodline, she began seeing him as her spiritual leader!

There was no question that relying on this Snow-Covered Fox leader was not a sustainable way of improving the Alluring Foxes' development.

Unless she evolved her bloodline again, she would be nothing more than a toy to this leader.

This Snow-Covered Fox leader had a fair number of female fox-species lifeforms by his side. At best, she was a new and shiny toy who did not have anything that allowed her to stand out.

Lin Yuan was the only one who would be able to help the Alluring Foxes to transform.

Regardless, until Lin Yuan got in contact with her, she would continue leading the Alluring Foxes in developing stably!

The Snow-Covered Foxes had too many species, and their internal strife was brutal. They also continued to recruit other fox species from the other universes.

Every once in a while, a dependent species would be destroyed. They either offended the leader whose protection they were under, were punished by other leaders, or fell to the internal competition among the dependent species.

Kong Huan felt rather melancholy.

If she had known that joining the Snow-Covered Foxes would eventually lead to such an outcome, would she have made the same choice?

In spite of her lamentation, Kong Huan did not feel any pity. Rather, she would join in the sabotage of the weaker fox species because this was the only way she could increase the supply of resources that the Alluring Foxes needed for survival.

…

Ink Thorn carefully instructed the Dark Pufferfish who would be putting on the act with Fan Lou. He emphasized doing his best to work with Fan Lou so as not to give Fan Lou anything that he could complain to Lin Yuan about.

Although the Dark Pufferfish, Mantis Stone Crabs, Shadow-Hunting Stingrays, and Hidden Fog Turtles would no longer cause large commotions in the Lonely River, their rivalry was more intense than ever.

All of them had the Thoughts Letter Paper, meaning they all had the chance to interact with Lin Yuan.

On the surface, everything appeared calm. But beneath the surface, they were trying to undermine each other.

The current situation of the Four Species Overlords sharing equal power would not persist forever. Eventually, one species would receive a reward from Lin Yuan and gain the opportunity to lead the pack.