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Chapter 50 Jade Swordfish
Chapter 50 Jade Swordfish
In the Immortal Alliance, gold is not valuable; a single spirit stone can buy hundreds or even thousands of kilograms of gold. What is truly expensive is coral stone.
Purple coral is dark purple in color, with a surface covered with fine wavy patterns. It has a cool touch and is mostly found on the seabed of the deep sea. It is a first-order aquatic material.
Long-term consumption by water-type spirit beasts can promote metabolism, nourish bones, and shorten the growth cycle, hence the high price.
A one-pound piece of coral stone is priced at one spirit coin on the official website of the Immortal Alliance, and a water-type spirit beast cub needs to consume at least three pieces of coral stone a day to accelerate its growth.
Following this logic, Golden Egg's monthly food expenses would be 90 spirit coins, equivalent to half a year's salary for his parents, something ordinary cultivators simply couldn't afford.
Therefore, most cultivators would choose Blue Coral Gravel as a substitute.
Blue coral gravel is inexpensive; purchasing a thousand catties only costs one low-grade spirit stone.
However, this kind of unranked stone is far less effective than the purple coral stone. It can neither nourish the body of aquatic spirit beasts nor shorten their growth cycle; it can only barely fill their stomachs.
"Eat more." Chen Beiwu stuffed half a pound of gold and two pieces of coral into the golden egg's mouth.
Geniuses deserve the treatment of geniuses; how can a mere piece of coral be enough for a golden egg to develop?
"Gurgle."
Guided by Chen Beiwu's divine sense, the golden egg activated its innate spiritual technique, the Absorption of the Sea, and its scales emitted a faint golden light.
Soon, a quarter of an hour had passed.
As the spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged within the cave, the golden egg's belly swelled high, while its body grew slowly by half a foot at a visible rate.
"Not bad, your cultivation has increased for another year." Chen Beiwu nodded slightly.
The spirit stones he spent did not disappear, but were transformed into the cultivation of the golden egg.
That's the power of spending money!
If he made the golden egg eat blue coral every meal, not only would it not improve its cultivation, but the latter would probably be hungry every day.
The next morning.
Chen Beiwu opened his eyes, ending his night of cultivation, and returned to the Immortal Alliance.
He took out his phone and bought a train ticket online to An Yi County.
It takes two hours to travel by train from Pingchen Township to Anyi County via a transfer station.
Because An'yi County is not in Yunlong Prefecture, but in the southern part of Wuyan Prefecture, it is a well-known spiritual material planting base in Tianyan County, producing a large number of semi-wild spiritual materials such as Ganoderma lucidum, Dendrobium nobile, and Dendrobium chrysanthum.
After boarding the train, to pass the time, Chen Beiwu took out his phone and started browsing through the Xianmeng website for some obscure cultivation techniques that no one else was interested in.
These miscellaneous cultivation techniques would be considered rare even in the ancient, primitive era.
However, during the Immortal Alliance era, these miscellaneous cultivation techniques, which could not be practiced alongside the same beasts, were practically worthless, and no cultivator was willing to practice them.
After carefully selecting five relatively common Five Elements cultivation techniques, Chen Beiwu suddenly heard the sound of high heels.
"tread!"
"tread!"
"tread!"
As the sound drew closer, a tall, mature figure suddenly came into Chen Beiwu's view.
She had a slender waist, wore a navy blue suit skirt, with her ID pinned to her collar, light beige stockings, and 5cm matte black high heels.
This is the scent of ebony.
Chen Beiwu's eyes flickered slightly, meeting the gaze of a pair of phoenix eyes with slightly upturned corners.
"Excuse me, could you move aside?" She smiled, revealing her shallow dimples.
Chen Beiwu silently got up and gave up his seat, watching her sit next to him. He then sat down and continued browsing the miscellaneous cultivation techniques on the Immortal Alliance's official website.
"Buzz!" The phone rang.
"Understood, I'll be there this afternoon."
Ignoring the conversation of the woman sitting next to him, Chen Beiwu finished selecting the last cultivation technique, closed his eyes, and gradually let his mind go blank.
Soon, the train arrived at the station, and Chen Beiwu got off and found a hotel near Anyi County to stay in.
……
At the entrance of Yiyuzhai in Biyuanfang Market.
"Senior, here is the Phoenix Yellow Dendrobium you requested."
Upon seeing the familiar figure, Wanwan's eyes lit up. She ran forward and took out a burlap sack from her storage bag.
Chen Beiwu's heart skipped a beat as he scanned the area with his divine sense.
Inside the burlap sack, high-quality Dendrobium nobile was piled up like cabbages, emitting a delicate fragrance.
He reached out and snapped off the stem of a Dendrobium nobile, then slowly pulled it apart, the strands stretching over a foot long.
This quality of Phoenix Yellow Dendrobium could easily be called Dragon Head Dendrobium in the Immortal Alliance.
"Very good, here is the final payment." Chen Beiwu nodded in satisfaction and tossed out three spirit stones.
"Thank you very much, senior." Wanwan happily accepted the spirit stone, then tentatively asked, "Do you still need Phoenix Yellow Dendrobium?"
Chen Beiwu put the sack into his storage bag and said in a relaxed tone, "I'll contact you again if I need anything."
Upon hearing this, Wanwan was overjoyed.
If Chen Beiwu could place a few more orders, she could gather enough spirit stones to buy the middle chapter of the Water Transformation Technique.
"Senior, would you like to visit Lingyu Zhai?" she asked warmly.
What is a strange fish?
Unlike ordinary river fish, fish with unusual characteristics are called "exotic fish".
There are many kinds of exotic fish, which can be roughly divided into two types.
One type has an extremely sweet and delicious flavor, which is very popular among gourmets, but the price is relatively average.
It has extraordinary effects, can help cultivators practice Qi, and is very expensive.
Chen Beiwu nodded and did not refuse.
Earning spirit stones solely through Phoenix Yellow Pearls is too slow; he wants to add another way to monetize his wealth.
As Wanwan stepped into Yiyuzhai, a faint fragrance of osmanthus wafted towards her, completely devoid of the fishy stench that one would expect from a fish market.
Chen Beiwu turned his head and saw that there were dozens of fish of different colors swimming in the glass fish tanks on both sides of the shop.
"The fish in the left-hand aquarium are all delicious fish species, and there are many varieties."
"The fish on the right are a rare species that can help cultivators with water-elemental roots improve their Qi Refining cultivation, so they are relatively rare and more expensive," Wanwan explained.
Chen Beiwu glanced to the right and found that the strange fish were common species in the Immortal Alliance. He wouldn't make much of a profit, so buying them would be a waste of time.
Just then, a strange fish in the left-hand fish tank came into Chen Beiwu's view.
It was an adult jade scale fish about two feet long. Its dorsal and caudal fins were semi-transparent, and its whole body was covered with silvery-white scales. From a distance, it looked like a crystal-clear jade sword.
[Species]: Jade Swordfish
Price: 20 spirit stones (per strip)
[Description]: It has an extremely fresh and delicious flavor, and is a rare delicacy.
Chen Beiwu was slightly taken aback when he saw the price tag in the notes of Yiyuzhai.
It's so cheap! This is the first time he's ever seen jade swordfish sold by the piece.
The Jade Swordfish is known as the Jade Scale Fish in the Immortal Alliance and belongs to the first-tier spiritual creature.
Because it is difficult to raise, it has an extremely fresh taste and is a delicacy that gourmets absolutely cannot miss. Its price is so outrageous that even Chen Beiwu has heard of it.
It's no exaggeration to say that a wild Jade Scale Fish would be worth at least 100 low-grade spirit stones per pound in the Immortal Alliance.
Some top-quality specimens can even sell for 300 spirit stones per kilogram, making them nearly as valuable as second-tier spirit items. Even ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators can't afford them.
"Pack this up for me, I want it alive," Chen Beiwu said without hesitation.
(End of this chapter)