Beastmaster: I don’t want to be a breeder!

A king-level Dragon King's palace is typically grand and imposing, while a Crystal Dragon's palace emphasizes aesthetics.

The Crystal Palace before me was exceptionally beautiful, ethereal and otherworldly.

Li Cunxu guessed that the Crystal Palace in front of him probably belonged to a Crystal Dragon.

Crystal Dragons are generally friendly to humans, and with luck, one might even obtain some of their treasures. Li Cunxu decided to venture inside.

Approaching the Crystal Palace, Li Cunxu saw that it was filled with transparent, shimmering Crystal Shrimp Soldiers.

Li Cunxu felt a pang of desire for these Crystal Shrimp Soldiers.

Crystal Shrimp Soldiers can condense ordinary water into ordinary (non-attribute) spiritual energy crystals.

Spiritual energy crystals can be used to temporarily replenish spiritual energy during battles.

Ordinary (non-attribute) spiritual energy crystals are a universal remedy; other attribute-based pets can absorb them, although converting them into corresponding attribute-based spiritual energy will consume some of the crystal's energy.

To avoid consuming the spiritual energy of the crystal, one needs to absorb crystals of the corresponding attribute. For example, a fire-attribute pet absorbs fire-attribute spiritual energy crystals, a water-attribute pet absorbs water-attribute spiritual energy crystals, and so on...

Obtaining spiritual energy crystals of other attributes is simple: just give a Crystal Shrimp Soldier a spirit core of the corresponding level, and it can evolve into a pet of that attribute.

For example, using a Black Iron-level fire-attribute spirit core on a Black Iron-level Crystal Shrimp Soldier will evolve it into a Fire Crystal Shrimp Soldier.

Using a Gold-level water-attribute spirit core on a Gold-level Crystal Shrimp Soldier will evolve it into a Water Crystal Shrimp Soldier.

Besides producing spiritual energy crystals, Crystal Shrimp Soldiers also venture out to pick up treasures.

In terms of picking up treasures, Crystal Shrimp Soldiers are also remarkably skilled.

They possess the divine skill of [Crystal Concealment], a type of stealth technique.

Crystal Concealment can only be seen through if the observer is two major levels higher than the user and possesses insight-type skills.

In other words, if a Overlord-level pet uses Crystal Concealment, a King-level pet cannot see through it. Only a Sovereign King-level pet, one major level higher than King-level, and possessing insight-type skills, can find the person concealed by Crystal Concealment.

If a Crystal Shrimp General evolves from the Crystal Shrimp Soldiers and builds a Crystal Teleportation Pool, then all the Crystal Shrimp Soldiers can learn the divine escape skill of [Crystal Teleportation].

No matter how far away they are, they can rely on Crystal Teleportation to return to the Crystal Palace, where the teleportation point is set.

The cost is that the farther the distance, the more spiritual energy crystals the teleportation point consumes.

In addition, they have a mysterious sense for treasures.

Li Cunxu now understood why there were no treasures in the treasure chests in the sunken ship; they had all been taken away by the Crystal Shrimp Soldiers.

"However, why didn't the Crystal Shrimp Soldiers take away the Azure Seed Gourd?"

Li Cunxu looked down at the Azure Seed Gourd in his hand, puzzled.

The Azure Seed Gourd was undoubtedly a treasure, and a top-grade one at that. Logically, the Crystal Shrimp Soldiers shouldn't have missed such a treasure, right?

Li Cunxu pondered for a long time, unable to figure out why, so he stopped thinking about it.

In fact, the reason was simple: the previous generation of Azure Seed Gourd produced an Azure Haze Gourd. The Azure Haze Gourd would produce a type of Azure Haze Qi, which could cause treasures and divine objects to conceal themselves, becoming like ordinary objects, so that even the most skilled appraiser couldn't see through them.

The owner of the Azure Haze Gourd died, and the Azure Haze Gourd, having lost its owner, reverted back to its seed form. But before reverting to seed form, there was still some Azure Haze Qi within the Azure Haze Gourd. This Azure Haze Qi clung to the Azure Seed Gourd, preventing the Crystal Shrimp Soldiers from sensing that the Azure Seed Gourd was a treasure.

The Azure Haze Qi of the Azure Haze Gourd was incredibly powerful; its ability to make treasures and divine objects conceal themselves was forced, meaning that on the battlefield, the Azure Haze Qi could nullify the enemy's weapons and tools. The person who possessed the Azure Haze Gourd should have made a name for himself, but unfortunately, his luck was poor. On his first voyage, he strayed into the Great Mist Sky Whale's blockade of mist.

Thus, the Azure Haze Gourd never had the chance to make a dazzling debut in the eyes of the public before it was gone.

"Crystal Shrimp Soldiers are both printing machines (spiritual energy crystals) and treasure hunters. Whoever owns them is destined to be rich."

"However, I most likely won't be able to subdue them."

Crystal Shrimp Soldiers have an owner; their owner is the master of this Crystal Palace, the Crystal Dragon.

Li Cunxu collected his greedy saliva.

Li Cunxu seeing the Crystal Shrimp Soldiers also meant that the Crystal Shrimp Soldiers had seen him.

The Crystal Shrimp Soldiers, with their large pincers, held crystal lances and swam aggressively towards Li Cunxu.

Li Cunxu summoned several large water balls to control them.

The five patrolling Crystal Shrimp Soldiers were only Bronze-level. It was incredibly easy for Li Cunxu to control them with water balls imbued with the Gold-level power of Little Soft.

To see the Crystal Dragon, the Crystal Shrimp Soldiers patrolling the periphery were a pitfall.

One must never kill the Crystal Shrimp Soldiers, otherwise, one would form a deadly feud with the Crystal Dragon.

This pitfall had once trapped countless players.

Meeting the Crystal Dragon also had pitfalls: don't start a conflict with the Crystal Dragon, or kill the Crystal Dragon.

If a conflict arises, the Crystal Dragon is a support-type pet with very weak combat abilities. It might not be able to defeat you, but it can call for reinforcements, summoning a bunch of dragons to gang up on you.

The Crystal Dragon is a wealthy woman in the Dragon Realm, and her method of summoning dragons is very special: she scatters crystals and treasures, and immediately a large group of dragons will come. If the treasures are plentiful enough, she can even summon dragons above the King level.

Killing the Crystal Dragon will result in a special Dragon Resentment Curse, a Crystal Dragon Resentment Curse unique to the Crystal Dragon clan. Those marked with the Crystal Dragon Resentment Curse will have other Crystal Dragons scatter many treasures to hunt you down, which is equivalent to being placed on the Dragon Clan's wanted list.

He encountered many Crystal Shrimp Soldiers along the way, all of whom were controlled by water balls. Their strength was too low, the highest being only Silver-level; how could Silver-level stop him?

Walking all the way to the palace, Li Cunxu was a little disappointed, not seeing any Crystal Diamond Crabs.

Crystal Diamond Crabs and Crystal Shrimp Soldiers are both pets under the Crystal Dragon.

It seemed that the Crystal Dragon of the Crystal Palace was doing a bit poorly, not even having any Crystal Diamond Crabs. He had wanted to find the Crystal Dragon to exchange for some Crystal Diamonds from the Crystal Diamond Crabs.

Crystal Diamond Crabs and Crystal Shrimp Soldiers are both printing machines of the same nature, one printing spiritual energy crystals, and the other printing crystal diamonds.

Crystal diamonds are good things; eating them can increase potential.

Of course, there is also a small prerequisite: being able to digest the crystal diamonds.

Crystal diamonds are essentially mineral polymers. Ordinary earth-attribute pets can digest them, and besides earth-attribute pets, there are also pets with strong digestive abilities that can digest them.

Stepping over the crystal steps, Li Cunxu saw a majestic Crystal Shrimp General, Ao Qian, wielding a large crystal lance, leading a group of Silver-level Crystal Shrimp Soldiers charging fiercely.

Li Cunxu frowned. He had already stepped into the palace, so why hadn't the palace owner come out yet?

Crystal Dragons are a species with obsessive cleanliness throughout the entire group. Logically, disliking him for dirtying the palace, it should have come out to drive him out of the palace.

Li Cunxu thought of a possibility: could it be that the Crystal Dragon wasn't home?