Destiny Beast Taming

Chapter 142 The Changes of the Sun-Shaped Thorns!

Tang Yan's cooking skills are quite good; these tea snacks are not only exquisitely presented but also taste delicious.

The taste of their jujube and yam cake, walnut shortbread, lychee shortbread, milk and nut soft cheese, and other tea snacks is now comparable to that of the chefs at the Day Food Workshop.

Zhongyi tried a few tea snacks and drank half a cup of tea that was bitter at first but immediately had a sweet aftertaste.

He looked at Fu Hongning and Tang Yan, who were still thanking him repeatedly.

"You don't need to be so polite."

"If it weren't for me, Chairman Fu's two beasts wouldn't have been injured."

"Also, I don't need those exotic beasts that Chairman Fu prepared for me."

"These exotic beasts can reliably produce resources, so the Rare Insect Merchant Guild can keep them and cultivate them themselves."

Zhong Yi could tell that the insect-like beasts that Fu Hongning had just shown him were all carefully prepared.

Resource-producing beasts like these often command the highest prices among all the beasts in the world.

Zhong Yi didn't want these exotic beasts, not because she wanted to be polite to Fu Hongning.

It was because Zhongyi didn't really like these insect-like creatures.

These insect-like beasts don't have much evolutionary potential, and the value of the resources they produce is far less than that of the Drunken Dragon Jade produced by the Dragon Brew Immortal Sable.

They also need to be supervised and trained by specialized creators.

Instead of assigning creators to cultivate these kinds of exotic beasts, it would be better to have them follow Wu Qing to prepare elemental activation potions.

Fu Hongning noticed that Zhong Yi was not interested in the three insect-like creatures that he had carefully selected.

He then stopped mentioning giving these strange beasts to Zhongyi.

Fu Hongning recalled the information he had gathered earlier and asked Zhong Yi in a very respectful tone.

"Lord Zhongyi, is Zhao Kai, the four-fingered peak creator recently certified by the Creator Guild in our Starry City, one of your men?"

During this period of free time, Zhao Kai would go to the Creator Guild to recruit Creator Apprentices on a large scale.

The sudden appearance of a peak four-fingered Creator in Star City naturally attracted the attention of various major forces.

Zhong Yi nodded in agreement.

"That's right, Zhao Kai is indeed one of my men, and he usually lives in my residence."

"Is there something you need from Chairman Fu to see Brother Zhao?"

Upon hearing this, Fu Hongning quickly shook his head and then tentatively asked.

"Lord Zhongyi Zhao Kai is preparing to sell iron-eating insects in bulk through the Creator Guild."

"I wonder if you could allow Zhao Kai to trade these iron-eating insects with our Rare Insect Chamber of Commerce?"

"A one-year-old iron-eating worm has a market price of around 25 federal dollars, while an adult iron-eating worm can sell for up to 60 federal dollars."

"Our Rare Insect Chamber of Commerce can offer 30 Federal Dollars for a one-year-old iron-eating worm, and up to 65 Federal Dollars for an adult iron-eating worm."

"To be honest, the development of the Rare Insect Chamber of Commerce has hit a bottleneck in recent years."

"In other majestic cities, there are forces whose main function is to cultivate and sell insect-type beasts."

"Our Rare Insect Chamber of Commerce needs to find a new function that can help our influence grow and break through the current bottlenecks."

Fu Hongning spoke very sincerely, without beating around the bush with Zhong Yi.

He directly explained his thoughts and the predicament of the Rare Insect Chamber of Commerce.

At this moment, Fu Hongning's attitude when talking to Zhong Yi was not like that of a powerful person in charge, but rather like that he was seeking advice and guidance from Zhong Yi.

With the potion recipe he had given them, Zhao Kai and the apprentice creators who had been brought under the demon's control had been cultivating iron-eating worms.

Because of the medicine formula provided by Zhongyi, the hatching rate of the iron-eating insect eggs is extremely high.

This resulted in Zhao Kai hatching seven or eight hundred juvenile iron-eating insects.

Iron-eating worms typically need to reach their first instar, meaning they must live for a full year, before they can be sold.

Because iron-eating insects that are less than one year old do not yet have the ability to devour steel and secrete refined iron.

Neither Zhongyi nor Zhao Kai planned to raise these newly hatched iron-eating insects for a year before selling them.

What Zhao Kai wanted to sell in bulk at the Creator Guild were not the first-year-old iron-eating worms and adult iron-eating worms that were supplied to the market.

Rather, they are these newly hatched juvenile individuals.

"President Fu, I do indeed intend to sell iron-eating worms, but you may have misunderstood. What I want to sell are those iron-eating worms that have just hatched from the eggs."

"After purchasing these iron-eating insects, the buyer needs to raise them themselves."

"These juvenile iron-eating insects that are being sold have all undergone preliminary screening; the better and stronger individuals have been kept by me."

"If you need them, I can sell them to the Rare Insect Association for 100,000 yuan each."

Jawed iron-eating insects are generally not sold in the market, as newly hatched iron-eating insects do not fetch a good price.

With just one year of training and materials worth 70,000 to 80,000 Federal Dollars, it is easy to raise a baby to its first age.

Once hatched, iron-eating insects generally do not die easily.

Selling newly hatched iron-eating insects is a real waste.

But Zhongyi didn't care!

With this agent that promotes the hatching of iron-eating insects, people prefer to raise these newly hatched iron-eating insects to their first instar or adulthood before selling them.

It would be better to buy adult iron-eating insects with eggs and sell them in bulk, focusing on the juvenile stage.

This is the best way for Zhongyi to make money by eating iron bugs.

When iron-eating insects have just hatched, you can tell which ones are more valuable for breeding by their size and the depth of the patterns on their carapace.

Those iron-eating insects with breeding potential will be cultivated into silver-eating insects and gold-eating insects as much as possible.

Once iron-eating worms evolve into silver-eating worms, they lose their ability to reproduce.

All silver-eating and gold-eating insects evolved from ordinary iron-eating insects.

This is precisely why the prices of silver-eating worms and gold-eating worms remain high, with gold-eating worms being regarded as a top-tier resource.

If silver-eating insects and gold-eating insects can lay eggs, even if the reproduction rate of the eggs is very low.

The price difference between mithril and refined mithril produced by silver-eating worms will not be 10 to 15 times.

The price difference between refined gold produced by refined gold and gold-eating insects is as high as nearly twenty times.

If the Rare Insect Merchants Association could purchase large quantities of juvenile iron-eating insects, it would save them the trouble of finding buyers for these juvenile iron-eating insects.

Upon hearing this, Fu Hongning's heart skipped a beat.

What!

Zhong Yi was actually willing to sell those newly hatched iron-eating insects, and at a price of 100,000 Alliance Coins.

Compared to a one-year-old iron-eating worm, it takes a year to raise, but saves half the price.

The Rare Insect Chamber of Commerce has never lacked time in its efforts to develop new functions.

Rather, it's about whether they have the necessary foundation to support this function!

Fu Hongning was initially somewhat skeptical about the Zhenchong Chamber of Commerce's path of selling refined metals.

It is feared that the current resources of the Rare Insect Chamber of Commerce are insufficient to purchase enough iron-eating insects from outside sources to support this function.

But Zhongyi's words gave Fu Hongning a glimmer of hope.

"Lord Zhongyi, how many juvenile iron-eating insects can you sell?"

When he asked those questions, Fu Hongning held his breath, his words revealing both trepidation and anticipation.

Zhong Yi smiled and said.

"This time we should be able to trade seven or eight hundred juvenile iron-eating insects."

Zhong Yi's words instantly dimmed the expectation in Fu Hongning's eyes.

Seven or eight hundred iron-eating insects might be a lot for those shops.

However, for a long-established force like the Rare Insect Chamber of Commerce, especially when they want to use iron-eating insects to support a function.

These seven or eight hundred iron-eating insects are simply not enough.

Just as Fu Hongning was about to speak, Zhong Yi continued.

"For a long time to come, Zhao Kai will carefully hatch iron-eating insects."

"About once a month, a batch of juvenile iron-eating insects will be sold."

"Conservatively estimated, we can sell 3000 to 5000 iron-eating worm larvae each month."

"If the rare insect trade association needs it in the future, we can increase the production."

Zhong Yi's words made Fu Hongning realize that Zhong Yi must have a way to increase the hatching success rate of iron-eating insect eggs.

Zhong Yi did not deliberately avoid mentioning this matter when he was doing business with Fu Hongning.

Zhong Yi is now a healing-type chosen one, and the entire New Xia Federation is Zhong Yi's support.

Zhong Yi had no reason to be afraid that she was being targeted because she controlled a highly valuable resource production channel.

Zhongyi now has the confidence to negotiate cooperation with any force.

"Lord Zhongyi, I would like to order 20 juvenile iron-eating insects in a short period of time."

"I'll give you a deposit of three billion federal dollars first. Give me two months to raise the rest, and I'll be able to prepare it for you."

The offer for the juvenile iron-eating insects was too tempting for Fu Hongning.

Even if the refined metal business doesn't work out, raising these juvenile iron-eating insects to adulthood and then selling them can still generate huge profits for the Rare Insect Merchants Association.

With the technology and experience possessed by the Rare Insect Chamber of Commerce, these juvenile iron-eating insects can be easily cultivated into adults.

Even at 10 each, 200 juvenile iron-eating insects would cost 20 billion federal dollars.

This allowed Zhong Yi to clearly see the foundation of the Rare Insect Merchant Guild, a long-established power.

Fu Hongning took out these 200 billion Federal Currency without affecting the normal operation of the Rare Insect Chamber of Commerce.

Even so, Zhong Yi still felt that Fu Hongning was very decisive.

"20 is no small sum, yet Chairman Fu was able to raise the funds in just two months."

"I will also try to deliver 3 juvenile iron-eating insects within two months."

"The remaining iron-eating worms will all be traded within six months."

If you want to breed larval iron-eating insects, all you need to do is buy adult iron-eating insects with eggs.

The Creator Guild can purchase large quantities of these adult iron-eating insects carrying eggs.

However, Zhao Kai will have to work hard for the next six months to cultivate so many iron-eating insect larvae.

It just so happens that Zhao Kai has recently been planning to continue expanding his recruitment of Creator Apprentices.

The money earned from selling iron-eating insects will be used to train the apprentice creators recruited by Zhao Kai and Wu Qing.

And stockpiling various materials needed for preparing medicines.

In this world, to strengthen your beast tamers, especially high-level beast tamers, you'll need potions concocted by a creator.

Creators are the primary productive force within the Beast Tamer group.

Zhongyi is willing to invest a lot of resources to build her own team of creators.

Upon hearing Zhong Yi's words, Fu Hongning once again thanked Zhong Yi with great excitement.

Then, the 50 billion federal dollars were directly transferred to Zhongyi's account.

After finalizing the cooperation with Fu Hongning, Zhong Yi did not stay at the Rare Insect Chamber of Commerce for long.

He set off back to his residence, intending to check on the growth of the Sunwheel Thorn and the Thorn Hunting Sparrow. The Sunwheel Thorn had absorbed sunlight for more than a day, and he wondered if it had increased by one or two small levels.

From the first level of the mortal beast rank, to the second or third level of the mortal beast rank.

At this rate of advancement, Sunwheel Thorns will be able to advance to the Transcendent rank in less than a month.

After Zhong Yi left, Fu Wei couldn't help but speak up.

"Dad, this is 50 billion federal dollars."

"You just transferred it like that? Aren't you afraid there will be problems with the subsequent transactions?"

"Didn't you always tell me to avoid settling payments upfront when collaborating with others?"

"That's what my mom said before!"

Fu Hongning turned and silently looked at Fu Wei for a long while, then sighed deeply.

He secretly thought to himself that he really couldn't entrust the affairs of the Rare Insect Chamber of Commerce to his youngest son, Fu Wei.

Instead, the eldest daughter should be given the responsibility of managing it as much as possible.

Given Fu Wei's exceptional talent as a beast tamer, let him pursue that path from now on.

If it weren't for the fact that his eldest daughter had gone to Beihan City to develop the market, Zhong Yi Fu Hongning probably wouldn't have chosen Fu Wei for this meeting.

Fu Hongning was too lazy to explain to Fu Wei, while Tang Yan sighed and said something.

"Lord Zhongyi took the initiative to help your father and healed both of his beasts."

"Just the 50 billion Federal Credits alone can heal your father's two beasts, which is already a profit for our family."

"Do you think a healing-type chosen one with an SSS potential rating would need to deceive someone who helped them for 50 billion?"

"Even you, among your classmates, know the importance of saving face. Zhongyi, with his adult status, definitely considers things more than you do."

"Alright, go to Starlight Academy now."

"Over the next few months, try your best to find a team with an average potential rating of A+ to join before the end of the semester."

"If you get an A in three out of five subjects in your final exams, I'll promise to buy you a villa in the central city area with a floor area of ​​700 to 800 square meters."

"This will make it convenient for you to host gatherings with friends on the weekend!"

Zhong Yi was unaware of the incident that occurred within the Rare Insect Merchant Guild after she left.

At this moment, his gaze was completely drawn to the wildly growing sun-ring thorns.

Zhongyi had just planted the sun thorns at the base of the ironthorn frame the night before last.

At that time, the longest thorn of the Sun Wheel Thorn was only three or four meters long.

However, the shortest thorn in the original Sun Wheel Thorn has now grown to tens of meters long.

He climbed up several connected iron thorny wooden frames nearby, each thorn thicker than Zhongyi's waist.

The golden sun pattern on it gleams in the sunlight.

Looking at the end of one of the thorns, it was growing longer and longer at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In addition to the original thorns of the Sun-wheel Thorn, many tender thorns have also grown from the rhizome of the Sun-wheel Thorn.

The growth rate of these young thorns is much more noticeable than that of those that have already grown to tens of meters in length.