Chapter 87
: The Chicken and the Egg... (Please continue reading)
I hesitated for a moment.
Undeterred, Ning Cheng asked, "Junior Brother Li, how about five thousand five hundred low-grade spirit stones?..."
"This price is high even in the 'Three Mountains Market.' If you don't believe me, Junior Brother, you can ask at other stalls that buy and sell demonic beasts."
She paused, then said with a sincere expression:
"I bought my junior brother's fire rat not to make a profit, but because I wanted to keep it as a pet."
"It is said that fire raccoons are difficult to raise. The annual molting season is a hurdle. Each time they shed their fur, the new fur they grow will be more effective. However, the molting season is also becoming more difficult. If there is any mistake, they will die."
"I don't expect to keep it for long. As long as I can gather enough spirit fur to sew a 'Fireproof Robe' before the Fire Rat dies, it won't be a loss..."
"Fat hair removal..."
Li Changsheng was taken aback for a moment, then his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Senior Sister Ning, do you mean that the spirit hair used to make the Fire-resistant Robe is the spirit hair shed by the Fire-resistant Rat every year, and that we have to slaughter and skin it?"
"Naturally, it is spirit hair."
Ning Cheng nodded and said, "Although slaughtering and skinning are more effective, it's too extravagant. How much fur does a 'Fire Rat' even have?"
"If you want to sew a robe."
"At least several dozen 'fire raccoons' will be needed."
"Even if there were that many fire raccoons, let alone their scarcity, no one would be willing to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs..."
Towards the end.
As if remembering something, she quickly fell silent and asked, "Junior Brother Li, you..."
"Thank you for your explanation, Senior Sister Ning."
"I have a lot of free time, and I'm thinking of giving it a try..."
Once Ning Cheng confirmed his suspicions, Li Changsheng immediately abandoned the idea of selling the "fire rats," just as she had said, one should not do something that kills the goose that lays the golden eggs.
They didn't give Ning Cheng a chance to speak.
They hurriedly stuffed the listless fire rat back into the wooden cage.
Turning around, he looked at Ning Cheng, who was speechless and regretted telling him, but he didn't feel embarrassed and shamelessly asked:
"Senior Sister Ning, do you know how much the spirit fur of the 'Fire Rat' is sold?"
Just as Ning Cheng was about to say something, a thought suddenly occurred to her, and her smile returned as she said with a grin:
"Junior Brother Li, if you promise to sell me the 'Fire Raccoon' spirit fur at market price in the future, I'll tell you."
"Can."
Li Changsheng wanted to sell it anyway, so there was no reason for him to disagree.
Ning Cheng's smile deepened, and after a moment's thought, she said:
"After the 'Fire Rat' advances to the mid-grade first rank and awakens the innate spell 'Fire Robe,' the spirit hair shed in the first year is worth three hundred low-grade spirit stones per ounce."
"Wait until the following year."
"The 'Fire Rat' will have a deep red ring appear on its shed spirit fur, and its price is one tael and three hundred and fifty low-grade spirit stones."
"With each additional year and each additional deep red ring, the price of spirit hair increases by fifty low-grade spirit stones."
She paused for a moment, then said:
"If the 'Fire Rat' survives ten molting cycles, it will break through to the first-tier superior grade. The spirit fur shed the following year will no longer be a deep red ring, but will be imbued with 'Fire-resistant Marks' that amplify fire-attribute spells and resist them."
"These spiritual hairs."
"One tael costs three thousand low-grade spirit stones."
"And at this stage..."
"Fire-racers still shed their fur every year, but only every ten years does a qualitative change occur, during which a second 'fire-raced stripe' grows from the shed fur."
"As for the price, I don't know either..."
Ning Cheng shook her head slightly, then said with eyes full of longing:
"Legend has it that the 'Fire-Washed Robe,' a spirit artifact of the highest grade, is woven from the spirit fur of a first-tier superior 'Fire-Washed Rat,' which has undergone nine qualitative changes and is imprinted with nine 'Fire-Washed Patterns.'"
"One or two spirit hairs, three hundred low-grade spirit stones. The price increases by fifty low-grade spirit stones each time it molts!..."
Li Changsheng's eyes grew brighter.
This isn't a monster, it's clearly a goose that lays golden eggs!
Although he didn't weigh the two large "fire rats," given their thick fur, they must weigh at least half a pound, or at least two or three ounces.
In other words.
The two large "Fire Rat" can bring him at least a thousand low-grade spirit stones every year.
Wait until the six little ones grow up.
The two adults will continue to have offspring...
For an instant.
Li Changsheng couldn't help but fall into the beautiful vision of the chicken and the egg.
"When we get back, we'll open a stable! We'll raise 'fire raccoons'!..."
Ning Cheng glanced at Li Changsheng, whose eyes had brightened slightly, pursed her lips, and thought to herself with a smile:
"Fire raccoons are delicate and difficult to raise."
"I hope that when I die, Junior Brother Li won't regret it..."
soon.
Ning Cheng then thought of another question that puzzled her.
How could the "Fire Raccoon," which has extremely demanding environmental requirements, appear in the "Cloud and Mist Swamp"?...
He hesitated for a few moments.
She didn't think much of it, assuming it had migrated from elsewhere.
Li Changsheng didn't linger and sold the mid-grade demonic beast "Wolverine" to Ning Cheng for 1,500 yuan.
Just a few words.
They left the stall filled with joy and a large sum of money.
I bought some simple food.
Li Changsheng, along with Ya Ya, Wa Tianjiao, and Da Congming, walked towards the parking lot with the "Smooth Sailing" flag hanging not far away, while plotting how to spend the huge sum of money in his arms.
Purchase a spell?
With the "Wood Insect Puppet" and "Minor Cloud Rain Technique" spells, I feel that they are sufficient for the time being, and there is no need to cultivate other spells.
I thought about it.
His mind gradually turned to building the "animal pen".
There are many conditions required to develop "paddy fields".
Building a "animal pen" would not be easy.
"I'll ask Uncle Liu for advice when I get back..."
Having made up his mind, Li Changsheng picked up the wooden cage and checked the condition of the fire raccoons inside with some unease. After confirming that their condition was the same as that of the "bee queen," he immediately felt relieved.
I remembered Ning Cheng saying that "fire raccoons" are not easy to raise.
He reached out and tapped the "Fire Rat" on the head, staring intently at it.
[Target: Female Fire Raccoon]
[Attribute: Fire]
[Cultivation Level: Mid-Grade 11 (1%)]
[Bloodline: Fire Raccoon "Medium Grade"]
[Talented Spell: Fire-Resistant Clothes]
Quality: ★
[Status: Lethargic]
Compared to "mother bee".
The Fire Rat's information panel is much simpler.
"Only one-star quality...?"
Li Changsheng shook his head inwardly, his gaze falling on the talent spell section, and a strange piece of information flooded into his mind.
Fire-resistant clothing.
A mid-tier passive fire-attribute spell for physical body use.
Its effect is to absorb fire-elemental spiritual energy and strengthen one's own hair.
If we only look at the effectiveness.
It can only be described as being very proper and orderly.
It's not even as good as Frog Prodigy's "steel bones".
However, if we combine the fire raccoon's shedding of fur with the characteristic of its fur undergoing transformation, then its value becomes completely different.
Li Changsheng suppressed his thoughts and focused his gaze on the cultivation level column.
next moment.
A message flooded my mind.
[Cultivation Requirements: 1 tael of Yellow Sprout Spirit Rice (daily), 1 tael of Fire-attribute Spirit Beast Meat (daily), 1 Crimson Flame Crystal (daily), 1 leaf of Soul-Capturing Wood Immortal Spirit Seed (half a month).]
Information has been obtained.
Li Changsheng quickly did some mental calculations.
Leaving aside the leaves of the "Soul-Capturing Wood" fairy-like seed.
Cultivating "Fire Rat" requires more than 36 catties of Yellow Sprout Spirit Rice a year, which is equivalent to 36 low-grade spirit stones.
Meat of a fire-attribute spirit beast.
He had once heard Uncle Liu say that the cheapest price was less than one low-grade spirit stone per pound.
Crimson Flame Crystal is a low-grade spirit ore, mostly used for polishing the runes of low-grade magical artifacts. One crystal contains ten fragments of spirit ore.
The overall conversion is as follows.
It takes about 110 low-grade spirit stones to raise a "Fire Rat" for a year.
"good…"
Undeterred, Ning Cheng asked, "Junior Brother Li, how about five thousand five hundred low-grade spirit stones?..."
"This price is high even in the 'Three Mountains Market.' If you don't believe me, Junior Brother, you can ask at other stalls that buy and sell demonic beasts."
She paused, then said with a sincere expression:
"I bought my junior brother's fire rat not to make a profit, but because I wanted to keep it as a pet."
"It is said that fire raccoons are difficult to raise. The annual molting season is a hurdle. Each time they shed their fur, the new fur they grow will be more effective. However, the molting season is also becoming more difficult. If there is any mistake, they will die."
"I don't expect to keep it for long. As long as I can gather enough spirit fur to sew a 'Fireproof Robe' before the Fire Rat dies, it won't be a loss..."
"Fat hair removal..."
Li Changsheng was taken aback for a moment, then his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Senior Sister Ning, do you mean that the spirit hair used to make the Fire-resistant Robe is the spirit hair shed by the Fire-resistant Rat every year, and that we have to slaughter and skin it?"
"Naturally, it is spirit hair."
Ning Cheng nodded and said, "Although slaughtering and skinning are more effective, it's too extravagant. How much fur does a 'Fire Rat' even have?"
"If you want to sew a robe."
"At least several dozen 'fire raccoons' will be needed."
"Even if there were that many fire raccoons, let alone their scarcity, no one would be willing to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs..."
Towards the end.
As if remembering something, she quickly fell silent and asked, "Junior Brother Li, you..."
"Thank you for your explanation, Senior Sister Ning."
"I have a lot of free time, and I'm thinking of giving it a try..."
Once Ning Cheng confirmed his suspicions, Li Changsheng immediately abandoned the idea of selling the "fire rats," just as she had said, one should not do something that kills the goose that lays the golden eggs.
They didn't give Ning Cheng a chance to speak.
They hurriedly stuffed the listless fire rat back into the wooden cage.
Turning around, he looked at Ning Cheng, who was speechless and regretted telling him, but he didn't feel embarrassed and shamelessly asked:
"Senior Sister Ning, do you know how much the spirit fur of the 'Fire Rat' is sold?"
Just as Ning Cheng was about to say something, a thought suddenly occurred to her, and her smile returned as she said with a grin:
"Junior Brother Li, if you promise to sell me the 'Fire Raccoon' spirit fur at market price in the future, I'll tell you."
"Can."
Li Changsheng wanted to sell it anyway, so there was no reason for him to disagree.
Ning Cheng's smile deepened, and after a moment's thought, she said:
"After the 'Fire Rat' advances to the mid-grade first rank and awakens the innate spell 'Fire Robe,' the spirit hair shed in the first year is worth three hundred low-grade spirit stones per ounce."
"Wait until the following year."
"The 'Fire Rat' will have a deep red ring appear on its shed spirit fur, and its price is one tael and three hundred and fifty low-grade spirit stones."
"With each additional year and each additional deep red ring, the price of spirit hair increases by fifty low-grade spirit stones."
She paused for a moment, then said:
"If the 'Fire Rat' survives ten molting cycles, it will break through to the first-tier superior grade. The spirit fur shed the following year will no longer be a deep red ring, but will be imbued with 'Fire-resistant Marks' that amplify fire-attribute spells and resist them."
"These spiritual hairs."
"One tael costs three thousand low-grade spirit stones."
"And at this stage..."
"Fire-racers still shed their fur every year, but only every ten years does a qualitative change occur, during which a second 'fire-raced stripe' grows from the shed fur."
"As for the price, I don't know either..."
Ning Cheng shook her head slightly, then said with eyes full of longing:
"Legend has it that the 'Fire-Washed Robe,' a spirit artifact of the highest grade, is woven from the spirit fur of a first-tier superior 'Fire-Washed Rat,' which has undergone nine qualitative changes and is imprinted with nine 'Fire-Washed Patterns.'"
"One or two spirit hairs, three hundred low-grade spirit stones. The price increases by fifty low-grade spirit stones each time it molts!..."
Li Changsheng's eyes grew brighter.
This isn't a monster, it's clearly a goose that lays golden eggs!
Although he didn't weigh the two large "fire rats," given their thick fur, they must weigh at least half a pound, or at least two or three ounces.
In other words.
The two large "Fire Rat" can bring him at least a thousand low-grade spirit stones every year.
Wait until the six little ones grow up.
The two adults will continue to have offspring...
For an instant.
Li Changsheng couldn't help but fall into the beautiful vision of the chicken and the egg.
"When we get back, we'll open a stable! We'll raise 'fire raccoons'!..."
Ning Cheng glanced at Li Changsheng, whose eyes had brightened slightly, pursed her lips, and thought to herself with a smile:
"Fire raccoons are delicate and difficult to raise."
"I hope that when I die, Junior Brother Li won't regret it..."
soon.
Ning Cheng then thought of another question that puzzled her.
How could the "Fire Raccoon," which has extremely demanding environmental requirements, appear in the "Cloud and Mist Swamp"?...
He hesitated for a few moments.
She didn't think much of it, assuming it had migrated from elsewhere.
Li Changsheng didn't linger and sold the mid-grade demonic beast "Wolverine" to Ning Cheng for 1,500 yuan.
Just a few words.
They left the stall filled with joy and a large sum of money.
I bought some simple food.
Li Changsheng, along with Ya Ya, Wa Tianjiao, and Da Congming, walked towards the parking lot with the "Smooth Sailing" flag hanging not far away, while plotting how to spend the huge sum of money in his arms.
Purchase a spell?
With the "Wood Insect Puppet" and "Minor Cloud Rain Technique" spells, I feel that they are sufficient for the time being, and there is no need to cultivate other spells.
I thought about it.
His mind gradually turned to building the "animal pen".
There are many conditions required to develop "paddy fields".
Building a "animal pen" would not be easy.
"I'll ask Uncle Liu for advice when I get back..."
Having made up his mind, Li Changsheng picked up the wooden cage and checked the condition of the fire raccoons inside with some unease. After confirming that their condition was the same as that of the "bee queen," he immediately felt relieved.
I remembered Ning Cheng saying that "fire raccoons" are not easy to raise.
He reached out and tapped the "Fire Rat" on the head, staring intently at it.
[Target: Female Fire Raccoon]
[Attribute: Fire]
[Cultivation Level: Mid-Grade 11 (1%)]
[Bloodline: Fire Raccoon "Medium Grade"]
[Talented Spell: Fire-Resistant Clothes]
Quality: ★
[Status: Lethargic]
Compared to "mother bee".
The Fire Rat's information panel is much simpler.
"Only one-star quality...?"
Li Changsheng shook his head inwardly, his gaze falling on the talent spell section, and a strange piece of information flooded into his mind.
Fire-resistant clothing.
A mid-tier passive fire-attribute spell for physical body use.
Its effect is to absorb fire-elemental spiritual energy and strengthen one's own hair.
If we only look at the effectiveness.
It can only be described as being very proper and orderly.
It's not even as good as Frog Prodigy's "steel bones".
However, if we combine the fire raccoon's shedding of fur with the characteristic of its fur undergoing transformation, then its value becomes completely different.
Li Changsheng suppressed his thoughts and focused his gaze on the cultivation level column.
next moment.
A message flooded my mind.
[Cultivation Requirements: 1 tael of Yellow Sprout Spirit Rice (daily), 1 tael of Fire-attribute Spirit Beast Meat (daily), 1 Crimson Flame Crystal (daily), 1 leaf of Soul-Capturing Wood Immortal Spirit Seed (half a month).]
Information has been obtained.
Li Changsheng quickly did some mental calculations.
Leaving aside the leaves of the "Soul-Capturing Wood" fairy-like seed.
Cultivating "Fire Rat" requires more than 36 catties of Yellow Sprout Spirit Rice a year, which is equivalent to 36 low-grade spirit stones.
Meat of a fire-attribute spirit beast.
He had once heard Uncle Liu say that the cheapest price was less than one low-grade spirit stone per pound.
Crimson Flame Crystal is a low-grade spirit ore, mostly used for polishing the runes of low-grade magical artifacts. One crystal contains ten fragments of spirit ore.
The overall conversion is as follows.
It takes about 110 low-grade spirit stones to raise a "Fire Rat" for a year.
"good…"