Folk customs begin with the entire funeral procession

Chapter 212 Breeding Base
Chen Miao used navigation to check the location of the scorpion breeding base.

It takes five hours to drive there, and a whole day is gone just like that.

I definitely can't go today; I'll have to go very early tomorrow.

After making the arrangements, Chen Miao prepared to settle things at the museum.

He first made a round of all the key places in the museum to make sure that everything was normal while he was away, before returning to his office.

Chen Miao turned on his computer, pulled up the guest information from the museum over the past few days, and began drafting the eulogy.

In two hours, Chen Miao finished compiling all the eulogies for the next three days and sent them to Luo Zhiyong to prevent him from wasting any more time buying scorpions.

Chen Miao felt a little embarrassed when he saw Luo Zhiyong's reply of "Received".

He then informed the other party that he was already recruiting an emcee.

Chen Miao also went to check on Shi Manman's place, and everything was normal.

The only memorial tablet in the museum is also kept by Shi Manman. It's a good thing she didn't bring it with her, otherwise Shi Manman would have had nothing to use.

After finishing everything he needed to do, Chen Miao started drawing talismans again.

This time, I drew a regular spirit-suppressing talisman.

Speaking of which, the place where Chen Miao's ordinary spirit-suppressing talismans are being used the most is not in supernatural events, but in giving them away!
Ever since Chen Miao had the idea of ​​expanding his business, he would give acquaintances a peach charm or a spirit-suppressing charm whenever he met them.

He wanted to tone it down, but the thought of what those familiar faces would look like if they encountered a supernatural event made it hard for Chen Miao to stand idly by.

After all, ordinary spirit-suppressing talismans and one or two peach talismans are nothing to him now.

Chen Miao stopped drawing at 11 p.m., put away the three spirit-suppressing talismans, and began practicing the Extreme Yin Body Refining Technique.

During his cultivation, Chen Miao took the time while posing to ponder the matter of the nine orifices.

Because of the Yin lines, Chen Miao's need for the Yinqiao acupoint under his tongue suddenly increased.

Chen Miao felt that the matter of Yin patterns needed to be taken seriously, so the cultivation of the Nine Apertures could not proceed as planned.

Currently, Chen Miao has developed the Yin Bridge and Yin-Yang Eyes, and is cultivating the Yin Aperture of the Heavenly Spirit on the top of his head. After the Yin Aperture of the Heavenly Spirit, there should be the Ghost Vein on the little finger of his right hand.

After that, there are the navel Yin Well, the left foot ghost gate, the spine Yin Shu, the perineum life and death point, and the heart Yin Cave.

After thinking it over, Chen Miao decided to give up on the Ghost Vein, Yin Well, Ghost Gate, and Yin Pivot for now.

After the incident with Lao Gui, Chen Miao felt that the two key points—the Heart Yin Cave's ability to restore the body and the Huiyin Life and Death Point's ability to eliminate the body's weaknesses—might need to be addressed earlier.

Having more survival skills is quite important for Chen Miao right now.

Therefore, after cultivating the Heavenly Spirit Yin Aperture, Chen Miao planned to cultivate the Yin Cave and the Life and Death Aperture before returning to cultivating the Yin Bridge.

However, using the Yin Bridge to enhance the "Six Techniques of Descending Truth" to resolve the Yin marks is definitely not something that can be accomplished in a short time.

That's why Chen Miao didn't give up on developing all the other skills.

Having made up his mind, Chen Miao once again devoted himself to cultivation.

At five o'clock in the morning, Chen Miao got up as usual.

After the time when the yang energy was rising had passed, Chen Miao packed up and left Tianmen Funeral Home at six o'clock.

After driving for a while, Chen Miao arrived at his destination at 10:30.

Looking at the breeding farm located at the foot of the mountain, Chen Miao's eyes lit up slightly.

After parking his car outside the farm, Chen Miao walked towards the farm's gatehouse.

After explaining his purpose, Chen Miao waited outside while also observing the area.

It's probably because they're raising toxic animals that this place is far from the city center, at least farther than the Tianmen Funeral Home.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. If the scorpion were to escape and sting someone, things would be even more complicated.

As for the size of this breeding base, it should only cover an area of ​​one or two acres, which is smaller than the area of ​​Tianmen Funeral Home.

It doesn't look big, but it should be enough for raising scorpions.

Just as Chen Miao was observing, someone walked over. "Hello, I'm Shi Lang, the owner here."

Chen Miao reached out his hand.

"Hello Mr. Shi, my surname is Chen. I'd like to buy some scorpions."

Shi Lang shook hands with Chen Miao, glanced at Chen Miao, and looked somewhat hesitant.

His farm is not usually sold to the public. Judging from Chen Miao's young appearance, could it be that he's just buying dozens or hundreds of them for fun?
Shi Lang said whatever came to mind, otherwise they would have argued later.

Chen Miao didn't mind Shi Lang's directness.

"This time, I will purchase at least 2,500 scorpions."

Upon hearing this, Shi Lang led Chen Miao into the base.

"The scorpions I have here are mainly East Asian pincers scorpions, which have high medicinal value. They are the small, yellowish-brown scorpions that we usually see. There are also some small numbers of pet scorpions, which are kept as pets because of their appearance."

"I can help remove the stinger from the scorpion's tail."

Which one do you want?

Chen Miao followed Shi Lang into the room, glanced around, and asked, "Do you have any Emperor Scorpions?"

"Yes, but not many, only a little over three hundred left."

Chen Miao raised an eyebrow.

"Only left? There were many before?"

Shi Lang smiled upon hearing this.

“Indeed, I have a big client who comes to purchase several times a year. Every time the adult emperor scorpions are bred, that big client buys them.”

"I've made quite a bit of money, so for the past two years I've focused my pet scorpion efforts on Emperor Scorpions, and haven't really raised any other pet scorpions."

Chen Miao's heart stirred. In the past two years, a large number of Emperor Scorpions had appeared, and they were not too far from Lin'an City.

It seems we can guess who that person is.

Soon, Chen Miao was taken to the breeding room where the Emperor Scorpion was located.

"There are over three hundred adults and over a thousand immature ones, but I still have to reserve some for that big customer, so I can only sell you two hundred at most."

Chen Miao looked at the large black scorpions crawling around inside and sighed inwardly.

Now, even if he wanted to buy the Emperor Scorpion, he couldn't.

Shaking his head, Chen Miao said, "Then forget it. Take me to see the kind of scorpion that's most numerous."

Shi Lang wasn't disappointed, after all, he still had that big client.

Soon, the two arrived at the breeding area where the East Asian pincers scorpion was located.

As soon as you go inside, the temperature rises considerably.

The room was filled with rows of transparent boxes, each containing a scorpion nest created from sand, tiles, and tree bark to simulate its natural habitat.

Through the glass, Chen Miao could clearly observe the scorpions.

“The breeding cycle of East Asian pincers scorpions is relatively long, so I make a lot of nests. I have a total of 350 nests here, of which 100 are for breeding and the remaining 250 are for juveniles and adult scorpions.”

“Young scorpions are generally not sold. Each adult scorpion nest contains less than 500 scorpions. The price varies depending on the size of the scorpion, with larger ones being more expensive.”

Chen Miao followed Shi Lang to the location of the scorpion's nest.

"If you want more than two thousand, I can give you a price."

"Male scorpions under five centimeters are one yuan each, male scorpions between five and seven centimeters are two yuan each, male scorpions over eight centimeters are three yuan each, and female scorpions are one yuan extra."

Chen Miao glanced at the scorpions turning over in their nest and asked, "How many are over eight centimeters long?"

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(End of this chapter)