Celestial Beast Taming

Chapter 216: Chapter 141: The Sun Wheel Thorns’s Change

Tang Yan’s craftsmanship was impressive. The pastries were not only exquisitely shaped but also delicious.

The date paste and yam cakes, walnut shortbread, lychee crisps, and milk-nut soft tarts were so well-made their flavors could rival those from the chefs at the Daytime Food Shop.

Zhong Yi sampled a few of the pastries and drank half a cup of tea. It was bitter on the first sip, but a sweet aftertaste followed immediately.

He looked at Fu Hongning and Tang Yan, who were still thanking him profusely, and said,

"There’s no need to be so courteous."

"If it weren’t for me, Vice President Fu’s two Guardian Beasts wouldn’t have been injured."

"Also, Vice President Fu, I won’t be taking those Exotic Beasts you prepared for me."

"These Exotic Beasts can produce resources steadily. It’s better for the Zhenchong Commerce Association to keep and raise them."

Zhong Yi could tell that the Insect-type Mutant Beasts Fu Hongning had shown him were all meticulously selected.

These resource-producing types of Exotic Beasts often command the highest prices.

Zhong Yi didn’t reject the Exotic Beasts out of courtesy to Fu Hongning.

It was because he genuinely had no interest in these particular Insect-type Mutant Beasts.

These Insect-type Mutant Beasts didn’t have much potential for Evolution, and the value of the resources they produced was far inferior to the Drunken Dragon Jade from a Dragon-Brewed Immortal Mink.

They also required a dedicated Creator to watch over and raise them.

Assigning a Creator to raise these Exotic Beasts would be a waste. It would be better to have them work with Wu Qing to concoct Elemental Activation Potions.

When Fu Hongning saw that Zhong Yi was uninterested in the three Insect-type Mutant Beasts he had painstakingly selected,

he didn’t press the issue of gifting them to Zhong Yi.

Fu Hongning recalled some information he had gathered earlier and asked Zhong Yi in a very deferential tone,

"Lord Zhong Yi, I was wondering... that Four-finger Peak Creator, Zhao Kai, who was recently certified at the Craftsmen’s Guild here in Starlight City—is he one of your men?"

Lately, whenever Zhao Kai had free time, he would head to the Craftsmen’s Guild to aggressively recruit Craftsman Apprentices.

The sudden appearance of a Four-finger Peak Creator in Starlight City had naturally drawn the attention of all the major powers.

Zhong Yi nodded at once.

"That’s right. Zhao Kai is indeed one of my people. He lives at my estate."

"Vice President Fu, do you need something from Brother Zhao?"

Fu Hongning quickly shook his head, then asked tentatively,

"Lord Zhong Yi, Zhao Kai is preparing to sell Iron-Eating Insects in bulk at the Craftsmen’s Guild."

"I was hoping you might let Zhao Kai sell these Iron-Eating Insects to our Zhenchong Commerce Association instead."

"One-year-old Iron-Eating Insects go for around 250,000 Federation Coins on the market, while adults can sell for as much as 600,000."

"Our Zhenchong Commerce Association is willing to offer 300,000 Federation Coins for the one-year-olds and 650,000 for each adult."

"To be frank, the Zhenchong Commerce Association’s growth has hit a bottleneck in recent years."

"In other Heroic Cities, there are powers that specialize in raising and selling Insect Guardian Beasts."

"We at the Zhenchong Commerce Association need to find a new specialty to help us grow and break through our current bottleneck."

Fu Hongning spoke with great sincerity, not beating around the bush with Zhong Yi.

He laid out his thoughts and the Zhenchong Commerce Association’s predicament plainly.

At that moment, Fu Hongning’s tone was less like the head of a major power and more like someone seeking consultation and advice from Zhong Yi.

’Zhao Kai has been using the Potion formula I gave him to continuously cultivate Iron-Eating Insects with the Craftsman Apprentices he recruited.’

’Thanks to the Potion formula I provided, the hatching rate for the Iron-Eating Insect Eggs is extremely high.’

’As a result, Zhao Kai has already hatched seven or eight hundred Juvenile Stage Iron-Eating Insects.’

Under normal circumstances, Iron-Eating Insects are only sold after they reach one year of age.

Insects younger than a year don’t yet have the Ability to consume steel and secrete refined iron.

But neither Zhong Yi nor Zhao Kai planned to raise these newly hatched Iron-Eating Insects for a year before selling.

What Zhao Kai intended to sell in bulk at the Craftsmen’s Guild weren’t the market-standard one-year-old or adult Iron-Eating Insects.

Instead, he planned to sell these newly hatched, Juvenile Stage individuals.

"Vice President Fu, I do intend to sell Iron-Eating Insects, but you may have misunderstood. I plan to sell the ones that have just hatched from their Insect Eggs."

"The buyers will have to raise them themselves after purchase."

"These Juvenile Stage Iron-Eating Insects that I’m selling have all undergone a preliminary screening. I’ve already kept the more outstanding and robust individuals for myself."

"If you’re interested, I can sell them to the Zhenchong Commerce Association for 100,000 Federation Coins apiece."

No one typically sells Juvenile Stage Iron-Eating Insects on the market, as the newly hatched ones don’t fetch a good price.

It only takes a year of raising them, plus about seventy to eighty thousand Federation Coins’ worth of materials, to easily get them to one year of age.

Once hatched, Iron-Eating Insects rarely die prematurely.

Selling them right after they hatch seemed like a bit of a waste.

Zhong Yi, however, didn’t care!

With the Potion that accelerated the hatching of Iron-Eating Insects, Zhong Yi had a better plan than raising the hatchlings to one year old or adulthood before selling them.

It was far more profitable to acquire adult Iron-Eating Insects with eggs and simply sell the Juvenile Stage hatchlings in bulk.

This was the optimal way for him to make money from the Iron-Eating Insects.

Right after an Iron-Eating Insect hatches, you can tell which ones have greater potential for cultivation based on their size and the depth of the patterns on their carapaces.

Zhong Yi planned to do his best to raise the Iron-Eating Insects with the most potential into Silver-Eating Insects and Gold-Eating Insects.

Once an Iron-Eating Insect undergoes Evolution into a Silver-Eating Insect, it loses its ability to reproduce.

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