Generally speaking, Pet Beast breeding bases all relied on a single business model.
That was selling newly born Pet Beasts.
Forest Wolves were considered a fairly combat-capable and well-liked type of Pet Beast.
Their Elite-peak racial potential wasn't particularly high, but for ordinary people, it was already quite respectable.
However, this was not a path Su Ping wanted to take.
Although this was precisely what his family business had always done, because of the Myriad Spirits Codex, Su Ping wanted to properly raise the Pet Beasts born at home himself.
On one hand, once he had invested genuine emotion into them, selling them off felt hard to bear.
On the other hand, he wanted to raise the Forest Wolf Codex level as quickly as possible.
Between selling Pet Beasts for money and the world-origin rewards from the Forest Wolf Codex, Su Ping knew perfectly well which was more important.
After all, making money didn't rely on just one method.
Since that was the case, there was only one option left.
At present, Su Ping's greatest trump card was the perfected Heart of Wood potion formula.
Only this could bring him a large sum of money in a short period of time.
Of course, Su Ping wasn't foolish enough to directly sell the potion itself.
Although Dragon Country had excellent public security and both the Beast Tamer Association and the Breeder Association had issued countless ironclad bans regarding coercion and robbery—making such incidents unlikely to happen openly—
The problem was that magic potions were far too easily replicated, making them highly conspicuous.
After all, this was a precious potion with a 100% chance to awaken the Heart of Wood skill.
If he brought this to the Breeder Association competition, he could at the very least secure a top-five position and make Woodheart famous nationwide in one stroke.
However, it was still too early for that.
Su Ping preferred to quietly rake in profits.
So instead of selling potions, he would offer boarding, cultivation, and training services.
On the surface, the result was the same—Forest Wolves would obtain the rare skill Heart of Wood.
But by adding a buffer and raising the entry threshold slightly, he could significantly reduce unnecessary attention.
One set of Heart of Wood potion materials cost only 200,000 yuan.
But to wealthy Beast Tamers who had contracted Forest Wolves?
Let alone two million—three or four million yuan would be paid without a blink.
This was truly a business with outrageous profit margins.
No wonder those senior breeders and master breeders certified by the Breeder Association all possessed wealth beyond imagination.
Major corporations and conglomerates scrambled to support them.
Once a new potion or cultivation method was developed, profits multiplied tenfold or even dozens of times—who wouldn't be tempted?
With that thought, determination flashed through Su Ping's eyes.
No matter the era, money was the most crucial thing in Beast Taming.
With money, he could rapidly cultivate all twenty-plus Forest Wolves at Woodheart, raise their intimacy levels, and speed up the leveling of the Forest Wolf Codex.
With money, he could buy other basic Pet Beast species to light up new Codex entries and obtain additional rewards.
He could even purchase incomplete potion formulas for other Pet Beasts, perfect them with Codex experience, and further enhance his cultivation capabilities.
And eventually—
He could even help Xiao Qing and the other Forest Wolves evolve.
To do any of this, money was indispensable.
And under the current circumstances, if he wanted to make money quickly, there was only this one channel available.
As for selling the massive plot of land rented out to the neighboring facility?
Su Ping never even considered it.
This was left behind by his grandfather.
Even his unreliable father had never entertained such thoughts—so naturally, Su Ping wouldn't either.
With that decided, Su Ping took out his phone, ate his meal, and dialed a number.
Linzhou City Center.
Inside an office building, a middle-aged man sat behind a desk.
He had the typical build of a man his age. Although his slightly bloated face suggested that he'd been quite handsome in his youth, time had left its marks—along with a shiny bald spot.
He was Li Senlin, chief editor of Lin City Pet Beast Express.
As the editor-in-chief of Linzhou's largest Pet Beast network and print media outlet, Li Senlin was always busy.
Still, when his private phone rang, he glanced at it.
As expected—it was his troublesome son: Li Shu.
"Hello, Dad."
"What is it now?" Li Senlin snapped. "Did your Pine Seed smash another flowerpot?"
"Dad! Pine Seed is very well-behaved now! Besides, your pot was clearly too small."
"Enough nonsense. Get to the point."
Li Senlin sounded irritable. There was no helping it—the final advertising slot for this week was still vacant. With the rise of mechanical Pet Beasts and online self-media, local media outlets had been declining for years.
"Dad, this is serious business! I'm bringing you a client today!"
Li Senlin froze.
Business? From this kid?
He looked suspiciously at his phone. It really was his son's number, and the voice was indeed Li Shu's.
This brat not causing trouble was already a blessing—bringing business?
"Heh heh, one of my classmates wants to place an ad with you. He's already sent the deposit to me."
…He really was bringing business?
Li Senlin raised an eyebrow.
"Your classmate? What kind of ad? Let me be clear—Lin City Pet Beast Express serves the entire Linzhou region and focuses on positive, uplifting Pet Beast news and advertisements.
Those sketchy ads about 'borrowing premium Pet Beasts for breeding' are absolutely not allowed!"
"It's not that kind of thing. My buddy Su Ping—he wants to advertise his family's Pet Beast breeding base."
"Su Ping?"
An image surfaced in Li Senlin's mind: a calm, handsome young man who didn't quite look like someone his age.
"Yes! Their family has a Forest Wolf breeding base near Spirit Creek River."
Forest Wolves?
A spark lit up in Li Senlin's eyes.
Although he was only barely an Elite-ranked Beast Tamer—and had failed the official Beast Tamer assessment due to age—he still wasn't a complete outsider.
His first Pet Beast had been a Forest Wolf. Even now, it remained one of his closest companions.
"Alright. Rare for you to have a reliable friend. What's the advertisement?"
"I've already sent it to you. Take a look. I'll hang up now—I still need to talk with Su Ping about gathering at his place in a few days."
The call ended.
Only then did Li Senlin open the message his son had sent earlier—and read the so-called advertisement.
Very quickly, his expression turned strange.
Woodheart Forest Wolf Breeding Base now offers Forest Wolf boarding, training, and cultivation services.
There is a chance to cultivate the rare Forest Wolf skill 'Heart of Wood' in a short period of time!
For inquiries, call: 138********
Or visit in person: Woodheart Forest Wolf Breeding Base, south of Spirit Creek River Station, Linzhou suburbs.
Li Senlin stared at the ad in silence for a long time.
Failing the Beast Tamer assessment had been his lifelong regret.
But as a Forest Wolf owner himself, he knew better than anyone just how powerful and rare the Heart of Wood skill truly was.
Yet how many Forest Wolf breeding bases existed across Jianghai Province?
Some were massive operations, famous nationwide!
Even those bases didn't dare advertise something like this.
Guess I was overthinking it.
Judging by his son's character, how reliable could his friends be?
The ad was eye-catching, sure—but would anyone really believe it?
Still, when Li Senlin glanced at the advertising fee that had been transferred along with the ad, he shook his head.
Ah well.
It was just an advertisement.
And it didn't even guarantee success—only a chance to awaken Heart of Wood.
Even if some trouble came of it, it had nothing to do with them.
With that thought, Li Senlin stopped overthinking and approved the ad.
On the other side, after chatting excitedly with Li Shu for quite a while, Su Ping finally put his phone down.
The last of his remaining money had been sent as advertising fees.
All he could do now was hope the ad's effect wouldn't disappoint him.
Glancing at the sky, now darkening with evening, Su Ping's spirits suddenly lifted.
Those three bottles of Heart of Wood potion should be fully cooled by now.
One bottle would be kept as backup—and as startup capital.
The remaining two?
They were for Little Dot and Xiao Qing to try.