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Chapter 211 Cultivating the Ghost Scorpion (Bonus Chapter 44 for Monthly Tickets)

Chen Miao's first search naturally turned to the kind of emperor scorpion that Suo Kun had previously raised.

A quick search reveals they exist, but sales are generally poor.

Most importantly, the price is not low!
A scorpion costs at least a hundred dollars.

Chen Miao didn't want just one or two; one or two wouldn't be enough to cultivate a Ghost Scorpion.

As mentioned before, there are three levels of Ghost Scorpion: Ghost Mark, Ghost Face, and Ghost Fiend.

However, these are the Ghost Scorpions after successful cultivation. To reach the lowest level of Ghost Pattern Scorpion, you must first cultivate a suitable scorpion.

To advance to the Ghost Fiend level, a Ghost Scorpion needs certain aptitude, so early training is generally very important.

Raising ordinary scorpions is not difficult. First, make a scorpion poison, then pour the poison into a container such as an earthenware jar or pot, and then put in forty-nine scorpions, letting them fight each other under the influence of the poison.

A day later, when the fighting ends, only one scorpion will remain.

This scorpion is only in its first stage.

The scorpions from the first stage can be used to cultivate into Ghost Scorpions, but that's the limit; it's not worthwhile to cultivate them further.

The second stage involves forty-nine scorpions from the first stage fighting each other, with the one remaining becoming the scorpion for the second stage.

Theoretically, scorpions at this stage can be cultivated into Ghost Scorpions, but the probability is very small, and the vast majority can only stop at Ghost Face Scorpions.

After the second phase, there is a third phase.

That is, you need to use 49 second-stage scorpions to get one third-stage scorpion.

The third stage is the end, because going any further would consume too many scorpions.

Generally speaking, unless you are specifically looking for a Ghost Scorpion, raising the scorpion to the second stage is sufficient, as it offers the best value for money.

It takes 2401 scorpions to raise a scorpion to the second stage, and nearly 12 scorpions to raise a scorpion to the third stage!

The price Chen Miao saw for Emperor Scorpions was one hundred each.

Regardless of whether the price of 100 yuan is accurate, even if we use 100 yuan as an example, it would cost 240,000 yuan to raise a second-stage scorpion.

This is only one!
Thinking about it this way, the batch of Ghost-Patterned Scorpions that Sokun trained before should have only gone through the first stage.

Nevertheless, judging from the number of scorpions in that batch, there must have been at least a thousand.

One thousand Ghost Scorpions, converted to Emperor Scorpions, is forty-nine thousand, or 490 million!
That's at least!
If Sokun can spend so much money to raise those Ghost Pattern Scorpions, then the Ghost Face Scorpion in his hand probably couldn't have been cultivated with just 24 in the second stage.

I'm afraid that's the third stage!

24x49 = 1176
Therefore, Sokun spent nearly 20 million on those ghost-patterned scorpions alone!

It's surprising how Chen Miao calculated that even if he sold the Tianmen Funeral Home, he still wouldn't be able to get Suo Kun's batch of scorpions.

This only covers the cost in terms of money; time also has a cost!

If Chen Miao only has one jar, it would take one day to raise a first-stage ghost scorpion, fifty days to raise a second-stage scorpion, and nearly seven years to raise a third-stage scorpion!

Sokun couldn't possibly do that, so the most likely scenario is that Sokun has a place for cultivating ghost scorpions, with many jars for cultivating ghost scorpions, which can be cultivated simultaneously.

Chen Miao didn't have a proper space; at most, he could only make forty-nine jars.

One jar can cultivate one first-stage scorpion per day, so forty-nine jars will produce forty-nine first-stage scorpions.

Then put these forty-nine first-stage scorpions in a jar, and you will get a second-stage scorpion the next day!

Even if Chen Miao wanted to cultivate a scorpion to the third stage, it would only take about fifty days.

But Chen Miao had no money!
One second-stage Emperor Scorpion is enough for Chen Miao, since he doesn't need to cultivate it into a Ghost Scorpion.

Chen Miao was still unsure whether he could obtain 2401 Emperor Scorpions.

Chen Miao decided to ask his friends first to see if anyone knew anything about Emperor Scorpions.

If you can't buy an Emperor Scorpion, you'll have to switch to other scorpions.

With that in mind, Chen Miao first sent a message and a red envelope in the "Funeral Services" app to inquire about relevant information. He then sent messages to Zhao Gongzi and Zhong Cai.

After thinking for a moment, he also sent a message to Xie Songde, the big boss, figuring that even if Xie Songde didn't know, he would have more information channels.

Soon, he received a series of replies, none of which contained any information on this matter.

Xie Songde replied that he didn't know, but he was going to ask others.

Chen Miao wasn't disappointed, after all, most people wouldn't care about scorpions.

So Chen Miao also started contacting the owners of those online stores.

However, when the online shop owners heard that Chen Miao wanted such a large quantity, they all said that they were just playing around and couldn't give Chen Miao that many Emperor Scorpions.

Helpless, Chen Miao could only search for other scorpions, specifically the yellowish-brown scorpions most common in the Great Xia Dynasty.

There are quite a few people selling these. The prices vary depending on the size, with the most expensive being only ten yuan each, which Chen Miao can easily afford.

"In that case, we might as well grit our teeth and consider the third stage."

Just as Chen Miao was considering whether to buy a hundred to try, someone contacted him. It wasn't Xie Songde, but Yang Jiuhua!
Yang Jiuhua: What do you need scorpions for? To make medicinal wine?

Chen Miao: Pretty much. Do you know anyone who raises scorpions?

Yang Jiuhua: Hmm, during the live stream, I encountered a scorpion farm. It was quite large, but the location was far away. It took three or four hours to drive there from Lin'an City. Let me find out where it was.

Chen Miao: Okay, thanks.

Yang Jiuhua: You're welcome. By the way, is Luo Zhiyong working for you now?

Chen Miao: Yes, I know he asked you to write a eulogy. Would you like to take a position at my museum and write eulogies? You can also host events when you have free time. I'll pay you per event.

Yang Jiuhua: Haha, I don't need to be listed as a co-author. I'm doing pretty well with my live streams now, and I can earn some extra money by writing obituaries in my spare time.

Chen Miao paused for a moment after saying this.

He recalled the scene from Yang Jiuhua's last live stream, and after thinking about it, Chen Miao still felt that he should help if he could, since it wouldn't take much of his time.

Chen Miao: Aren't you afraid of running into someone who's really doing this?

Yang Jiuhua: I was a little scared at first, but now that it's been airing for so long, the scary part is over.

Chen Miao: If you don't mind, I have some protective items here, I'll send them to you.

Yang Jiuhua: Does your funeral home offer this service?

Chen Miao: Stop talking nonsense and send me the address.

Yang Jiuhua: Haha, thank you very much, Director Chen!

Soon, Yang Jiuhua sent over a location and delivery address.

The location is quite far from Lin'an City, closer to Shannan City, but it does not belong to Shannan City; it is located in the suburbs of a neighboring city.

The map didn't show what was there, so the owner probably didn't spend money advertising on the map.

As for Yang Jiuhua's delivery address, it was even further away.

Yang Jiuhua is already over a thousand kilometers away from Tianmen County.

"They really know how to make trouble."

Chen Miao placed an order for a courier to pick up the package, then found a piece of paper and wrote down the usage of the peach charm and the spirit-suppressing charm.

Then, a peach charm and a spirit-suppressing charm were wrapped together in paper.

But as he wrapped it up, Chen Miao folded two more ordinary spirit-suppressing triangular talismans and stuffed them inside.

"One is probably not enough, Yang Jiuhua. We're classmates, so this is all I can do for you. I hope you never have to use it."

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P.S.: Bonus chapter for monthly pass subscribers ends here~
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