Chapter 114: Chapter 102: Majestic in All Directions! Young Empress~ (4000)

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“Ancestor, theoretically, the lifespan of Tier Three Fierce Beasts is quite long, with many living over two hundred years.” Wang Shouzhe was somewhat skeptical about this matter, “How can you be certain that this is Huaahaa’s mother?”

His biggest fear was that the family would invest heavily in this Fire Element Spirit Vein, only to find that the big tiger wasn’t actually dead. If its lair was discovered occupied, it would undoubtedly be a troublesome situation.

A mature Tier Three tiger-like ferocious beast possesses considerable intelligence and combat power.

“Look at this, Shouzhe. The posture of these tiger bones suggests they were crouched in the Fire Pool, and the left leg bone, ribs have multiple fractures, with two vertebrae in the spine shattered.” Ancestor Longyan calmly explained, “One can infer it suffered injuries from battle, failed to recover from its heavy injuries, and when its vitality was about to extinguish, deliberately entered the Fire Pool to incinerate itself.”

“Moreover, from its pelvic cavity, we can see that it is a mature female tiger, and the pelvis is in an open state, clearly it recently gave birth shortly before dying.” Ancestor Longyan concluded, “And with the Fire Pool’s temperature not being low, if this had happened long ago, the bones wouldn’t remain so intact.”

Wang Shouzhe remarked, Ancestor is indeed Ancestor, having gone to the Academy and seen the world, truly knowledgeable and experienced.

“Awooo awooo.” The little tiger Huaahaa seemed quite spiritedly aware of this matter too, lying in Wang Lici’s embrace, looking rather dispirited.

“Ancestor, it’s so pitiful. She died right after giving birth to Huaahaa.” Wang Lici sighed, “I’ve decided, I must treat Huaahaa well.”

“Awooo awooo.” Huaahaa’s spirit revived quite a bit, rubbing its head against her a few times.

“How about this, I’ll reduce your debt by two hundred, no, one hundred Qian Gold.” Wang Lici generously said, “From today on, you only owe me seven hundred Qian Gold.”

Awooo awooo, Huaahaa gratefully and coyly acted spoiled.

Wang Shouzhe, however, felt something was amiss. Uh, wait, wasn’t it just six hundred Qian Gold that Huaahaa owed before!?

Alright then. Wang Shouzhe realized this illiterate little tiger might never pay off Qian Gold in its lifetime.

“Ancestor, Vermilion Fruit is a relatively rare Spirit Seed Spirit Fruit, our family’s Spirit Fruit Atlas doesn’t have any records of it.” Wang Shouzhe curiously asked, “I wonder when another Vermilion Fruit will be produced?”

“A mature Vermilion Fruit is worth about twelve to fifteen thousand Qian Gold.” Ancestor Longyan said, “In this Middle-Grade Fire Spiritual Vein, which suits its growth, about once every hundred years a Vermilion Fruit can be produced.”

It actually costs more than ten thousand!

Wang Shouzhe gazed eerily at Wang Lici, this troublesome girl’s life is indeed lucky, having tasted Heavenly and Earthly Treasures worth over ten thousand while only at Qi Refining Realm second level. This could be exchanged into over a thousand Minor Primordial Cultivation Pills, enough for siblings to nibble on as candies.

“Fourth Uncle, Fourth Uncle!” Upon hearing this price, Wang Lici’s legs trembled, directly collapsing into Wang Shouzhe’s embrace, regretting so much that her intestines turned green, her face pale as she whimpered, “Had I known that wretched fruit was so valuable, I wouldn’t have eaten it.”

“It’s alright, it’s alright, you ate it.” Seeing her like this, Wang Shouzhe felt a bit sympathetic too, soothing her head as he said, “This was your own opportunity, it belongs to you. Besides, didn’t you also add a valuable piece of land and Vermilion Fruit heritage to the family? This time, you made a great contribution to the family.”

“That’s good, just now Fourth Uncle’s gaze was so terrifying.” Wang Lici recovered, said with relief, “I really feared Fourth Uncle would sell me off.”

Wang Shouzhe’s face darkened, this troublesome girl, anyone you sell her to would be a pitfall.

Too lazy to pay her more attention.

Wang Shouzhe pondered, “If relying on the output from this Vermilion Fruit Spirit Tree, it may seem impressive, but combined, it’s only over a hundred Qian Gold a year. This piece of Fire Element feng shui treasure land still needs careful planning to strive for more short-term profits.”

“Fourth Uncle, Fourth Uncle, why not plant another Vermilion Fruit Tree? This fruit is quite tasty.” Wang Lici said, taking out a pigeon-egg-sized fruit kernel from her body, it glistening transparently like crimson jade, casually emitting Fire Element Spiritual Power.

“That’s not bad.” Wang Shouzhe took the Vermilion Fruit kernel, praised, “You’ve got a head now, even knowing to keep the kernel, if you’re lucky, you can plant another.”

Vermilion Fruit Trees of course are not too many, if one could gradually develop to scale production of Vermilion Fruit, then the Wang Family would be prosperous.

“Initially I wanted to crack open the shell to eat the kernel inside, but it wouldn’t crack.” Wang Lici honestly replied.

Wang Shouzhe cold sweat, this troublesome girl truly is always thinking about eating. Fortunately, she couldn’t crack it open, otherwise this kernel would be wasted. Presumably, the Vermilion Fruit kernel could also be sold for quite a bit of money.

“Shouzhe, if we want to fully utilize this treasure land, we must build a Spirit Gathering Array.” Wang Xiaohan said nearby, “Look at this Fire Element Spirit Vein, its spiritual power is distributed very evenly, scattered and chaotic, dispersing particularly quickly. With the Spirit Gathering Array, the Fire Element Spiritual Power can be gathered together, distributed evenly, and thus develop the Fire Element Spirit Field. Grow some fire-element economic crops, this way it can produce the fastest results.”

Unexplored wild spirit veins are mostly so chaotic, many spirit plants are wildgrown, scarce in number and with little output.

Originally, in this world, there were no spirit fields.

Spirit Fields are merely a human invention to fully utilize a spirit vein and maximize its economic benefits. With Spirit Fields, humans bid farewell to the awkward situation of purely gathering Spiritual Objects in the wild.