Global Beast Mastery: Only I Can See the Hints

"I received information that at this private auction, someone wants to exchange some ice element alchemy materials for [Wind Dew]. I have plenty of orange quality alchemy materials here, so feel free to exchange them later," Ezra said casually as he and Charles found a seat.

Upon hearing Ezra's words, Charles nodded and then spoke, "Ice element alchemy materials, huh? Teacher, I still have some [Ice Spirit Flowers] on me. They should be enough to exchange for [Wind Dew]."

"That's fine," Ezra replied. "This is a storage item. It contains some alchemy materials I've collected, as well as forging materials and quite a few decent quality miracle drugs. Take it." Ezra casually pulled out a white bracelet from his pocket and tossed it to Charles.

Charles instinctively caught it. The bracelet seemed to be a storage item, similar to a [Jet Ring]. However, instead of opening the bracelet to check its contents, he looked at Ezra.

"There are also some of my cultivation notes in there. If you have time, take a look. I'll be leaving Genosha Calivia soon to go somewhere, and I won't have much time to come back," Ezra said slowly.

He had always felt a sense of guilt toward Charles. Although Charles was his disciple, Ezra had been so busy that he hadn't had much time to teach him. Fortunately, Charles was a true genius, and his strength had been improving steadily.

After becoming a Level 9 Beast Master, Ezra would have to go to the Abyssal Great Wall. Level 9 Beast Masters from the Ethereal Grove rarely appeared in the outside world because they had to stay at the Abyssal Great Wall most of the time, guarding it and ensuring the safety of the Ethereal Grove.

"Stop staring. Open it and have a look. I don't need to introduce each item inside, right?" Ezra urged.

Charles nodded, then began to examine the items inside. The information prompts in front of him displayed details of the various alchemy materials, forging materials, and miracle drugs:

[Advanced Auxiliary Cultivation Miracle Drug (orange quality): This is a type of cultivation aid. After use, it greatly increases the Beast Master's cultivation speed for half a month!]

[Supreme Detoxification Miracle Drug (orange quality): This can eliminate most forms of poisoning, and when consumed, it can prevent poisoning as well, with no side effects!]

[Body Limitation Liberation Elixir (orange quality): A special potion that removes physical limitations for a short time, boosting strength by 1.5 to 3 times. Only usable by Beast Masters of Level 6 and below. After the effect wears off, the user will fall into a state of exhaustion for three hours.]

[Frenzied Blood Rage Elixir (gold quality): A miracle drug made from the blood of rare legendary quality mystical beasts, it has unimaginable effects. It boosts the user's physical attributes five times for one hour, unleashing all potential.

Warning: The Frenzied Blood Rage Elixir is extremely dangerous. The longer the user fights, the more damage it does to the body. After fighting for an hour at full strength, the user will die. Also, the higher the user's Beast Master level, the less effective it is.]

[The Platinum Stone (orange quality): A highly difficult to forge metal material. It can be added to armor to enhance its defensive capabilities and reduce the force of enemy attacks.]

[Red Flame Stone (gold quality): A top tier fire element metal forging material that greatly enhances a weapon or armor's ability to absorb, conduct, and withstand fire element energy.]

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Charles focused his attention on the gold quality Frenzied Blood Rage Elixir, feeling a bit surprised. This miracle drug offered a significant power boost for Beast Masters, increasing physical attributes by five times!

Especially for someone like Charles, whose physical strength was already formidable, the enhancement effect was almost unimaginable. However, the side effects were clear it would result in death after fighting at full strength for an hour.

The Frenzied Blood Rage Elixir could serve as a last ditch trump card, something to be used only in the most desperate situations.

That said, if it were used, and the user paid attention to the time, it might not cause significant problems. A burst of power to eliminate the enemy quickly could even be done without any major negative consequences.

Charles noticed that there were ten bottles of Advanced Auxiliary Cultivation Miracle Drug, five bottles of Supreme Detoxification Miracle Drug, three bottles of Body Limitation Liberation Elixir, and one bottle of Frenzied Blood Rage Elixir. Along with the numerous orange quality forging and alchemy materials, he couldn't even begin to estimate the value of all the items in the bracelet.

If other Beast Masters found out about this, they would surely be envious!

Ezra also offered a reminder, "Be cautious. The wealth you carry is enough to tempt an average Level 8 Beast Master to take action. Even Level 9 Beast Masters would be tempted."

Charles understood the value of these items. Moreover, he had many other treasures, such as orange quality weapons, items, and the gold quality Substitute Mask for the Ten Person Council, among others.

"By the way, I haven't gone over the metal material collection list that Giant Bellamy gave me yesterday for upgrading the Black Gold Long Knife. Maybe I can find some of those materials at this private auction." Charles quickly took out the material collection list Bellamy had given him from his Jet Ring.

This was crucial to determining whether the Black Gold Long Knife could be upgraded from orange quality to gold quality!

A gold quality long knife would allow Charles to experience a qualitative leap in strength, especially considering that the Black Gold Long Knife was the most suitable weapon for strengthening!

Once his strength reached Level 5 Beast Master, armed with the upgraded gold quality Black Gold Long Knife, he might even be able to challenge an ordinary Level 7 Beast Master in a life or death battle.

Thinking of this, Charles quickly glanced at the material collection list, scanning through it. He noticed that the Red Flame Stone of gold quality, which Ezra had given him, was exactly listed on the material list that Giant Bellamy had provided.

"Let me see... Besides the Red Flame Stone, there's also Cold Gold, Local Stone, ..."

The material list from Giant Bellamy contained ten different materials, each corresponding to one of the ten elemental energies: metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, lightning, ice, light, poison, and dark. Since he had already found the Red Flame Stone for the fire element, that left the remaining nine materials corresponding to the other elemental energies.

"This is a bit challenging... The materials required are all gold quality, without exception. It looks like it'll take some time." Charles muttered.

However, the greater the difficulty in collecting the materials, the more powerful the Black Gold Long Knife would be after its quality was upgraded to gold. In an instant, Charles imagined what it would be like once he became a Level 5 Beast Master, wielding the Black Gold Knife Glow infused with six different elemental energies. How much power would it have?

And what about the Black Gold Knife Glow with even more elemental energies?

Charles took a deep breath to calm himself, as at that moment, the auction host had already taken the microphone and begun speaking.

Soon, the private auction officially started.

The first to present was an elderly man who looked quite old. He took out a purple quality pair of boxing gloves and claimed that they were a special weapon for a dual attribute Beast Master specializing in both lightning and poison. However, since he himself was not a dual attribute Beast Master, he wanted to exchange the gloves.

Charles briefly examined the gloves and found that, indeed, the purple quality boxing gloves weren't bad. They increased attack speed and had a slight paralyzing effect on attacks.

Unfortunately, the quality was too low only purple quality. Charles wasn't interested at all. Nowadays, only orange quality weapons would catch his attention, and only gold quality weapons and equipment could truly make him interested. His standards were already quite high.

After that, a few orange quality weapons and equipment appeared from time to time, but Charles wasn't too interested. He just glanced at them briefly before looking around.

He noticed something strange: whenever a new item appeared at the auction, Calista's gaze would unintentionally sweep over to him, almost as if she was checking whether he was interested in the item.

Charles furrowed his brows slightly. He thought back and realized that during their previous encounters with Calista, there hadn't been any friction or conflicts. Perhaps she was simply curious about what he was interested in.

"Aren't you just annoyed with me, trying to drive up the price and compete with me?" A thought flashed through Charles' mind, but it quickly disappeared.

As time passed, Charles finally heard what he had been waiting for: Wind Dew.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what I have here is Wind Dew. Not only is it an orange quality alchemy material, but it can also be used to enhance the flying speed of wind type mystical beasts. I've read in ancient texts that Wind Dew can even help high quality mystical beasts with their ascension."

"This material isn't very useful to me, so I would like to exchange it for some suitable orange quality fire or ice type alchemy materials."

The person briefly explained their request, which was exactly as Ezra had informed them.

Charles was about to speak up and make the exchange, but then he remembered the way Calista had been acting earlier. So, he hesitated and waited a moment before making his move.

From his observation, Calista didn't seem to be interested in the Wind Dew at all. She simply glanced at Charles.

Just as the person holding the Wind Dew thought that no one was interested in his item and began to return to his seat with a disappointed expression, Charles suddenly spoke up:

"I have some suitable orange quality ice type alchemy materials, and I'd like to exchange them for the Wind Dew."