After saying this, he braced himself on the ground with his arm, touched the jade pendant at his waist, and three hundred source spirit stones appeared on the street.

Chu Qinhui carefully counted the stones and then put them into the jade pendant at his waist.

In the short time that had passed, the young man from the Shen family seemed to have finally recovered. He struggled to his feet, his eyes filled with resentment as he glared at the "Dawn Pure Soul Beast" inside the shop.

"We come from the Shen family, a powerful clan of the eighth rank in Zhiyao County. Isn't your behavior a bit excessive?"

"Too much? If you have any complaints, have your clan leader come to Yaoxin Hall to find me."

Sun Chunchen walked out from the medicine hall next door, took two or three steps to the young man from the Shen family, and kicked him to the ground again.

The little follower of the Shen family, who had just stood up, hurriedly helped him up from the ground. Looking at Sun Chunchen's cold and hard face, he didn't dare to say a word and quickly slunk away.

The second master of the Fu family, from another group, seemed to know that the man in front of him was no ordinary person. He straightened up, cupped his hands in greeting to Sun Chunchen, and had the people around him carefully carry the cage containing the rabbit away.

The "Dawn Pure Soul Beast" withdrew the white light scattered on the floor of the shop, glanced at Sun Chunchen, and casually walked to the chair behind the counter to lie down and rest.

The remaining customers in the store, now free to move around, no longer wanted to watch the commotion and left the store one after another, pretending to be casual.

Suddenly, the store became empty again.

Chu Qinhui did not stop these customers from leaving. The store had a total of sixteen source beasts, and today they had already sold three "Flying Rabbits," four "Leaf-winged Insects," and two "Multi-eyed Poisonous Insects."

In addition, one of each of the store's prized "Moon-Worshipping Rabbit" and "Medicinal Powder-Eared Rabbit" was sold, for a total of eleven. The store still has three "Flying Rabbits" and two "Multi-Eyed Poisonous Insects" left.

Even if there aren't many customers for the time being, it doesn't matter.

Upon entering the shop, Sun Chunchen waved to Chu Qinhui, and only spoke after Chu Qinhui approached:

"Xiao Hui, it's time to pay protection money."

Chu Qinhui wore a wry smile, then took out twenty-one Source Spirit Stones and fifty Source Pattern Stones from the jade pendant.

This was a "protection fee" of five percent of the transaction amount that his father had promised to give Sun Chunchen before he opened the shop.

Sun Chunchen put away the Source Spirit Stones and Source Pattern Stones with satisfaction. "Give me the ones from the first day, and you can leave the rest to the steward."

"Okay, okay."

In the afternoon, after the commotion in the store had subsided for quite some time, customers began to return.

And then another group of unusual customers arrived, who noticed that the cages for the "Moon-Worshipping Rabbit" and the "Medicinal Fragrance Powder-Eared Rabbit" were empty.

The sign above also read "Sold Out." The woman in the lead quickly turned around and went to the counter, asking:

"We're from the Li family in Zhiyao County. Shopkeeper, do you really not have any other Moon-Worshipping Rabbits or Herbal Powder-Eared Rabbits left in your shop?"

Although the woman in front of him was anxious, she wasn't bad-tempered, so Chu Qinhui smiled and replied, "I'm sorry, we don't have any for the time being."

The woman looked disappointed. "So, shopkeeper, do you accept reservations here? We'd like to reserve the Moon Worshiping Rabbit and the Herbal Powder Ear Rabbit."

"This woman is quite intelligent," Chu Qinhui silently remarked, then slowly shook his head.

"Sorry, we don't know how long it will take to breed the next Moon-Worshipping Rabbit and the Herbal Powder-Eared Rabbit, so we are not accepting pre-orders at the moment."

Thinking of the lively "Moon-Worshipping Rabbits" in the yard, Chu Qinhui unconsciously clenched his teeth. Seeing the woman's eagerness in front of him, he suddenly understood what his ancestor Chu meant by "hunger marketing."

The woman smiled gently. "We don't mind waiting a little longer. Here are one hundred spirit stones as a deposit. We only ask that the next Moon Worshiping Rabbit and the Herbal Fragrance Powder Ear Rabbit be reserved for our Li family first, okay?"

Please have the shopkeeper relay these words to your boss.

As she spoke, the woman secretly took out a spirit stone and handed it to Chu Qinhui, clearly treating him as a messenger.

Chu Qinhui was stunned for a moment before he reacted, accepted the spirit stone the woman handed him, and said in a pretentious manner:

"Seeing Miss Li's sincerity, I'll go ask the owner behind her."

As he spoke, Chu Qinhui walked out of the medicine and animal shop and turned to enter the Yaoxintang shop.

When the manager of Yaoxintang saw Chu Qinhui arrive, he quickly stood up to greet him, "Young Master Chu, are you looking for our boss?"

Chu Qinhui waved his hand, "No, I just want to borrow your tea room to have some hot tea and rest for a while."

The shopkeeper, unsuspecting, called over an apprentice and had him take Chu Qinhui to the tea room.

About fifteen minutes later, Chu Qinhui came out of the tea room, thanked the shopkeeper, and returned to the medicine and animal shop.

Upon seeing Chu Qinhui return, Miss Li, who was resting in the rest area, quickly got up to greet him, her eyes filled with anticipation.

Chu Qinhui cupped his hands in greeting to her, "The Li family is showing great sincerity. Our boss has agreed to your proposal to reserve the source beast. This is the contract. If Miss Li agrees, please sign it."

Miss Li and Li Menglan picked up the contract and examined it carefully. It stated the deposit that the Li family needed to pay and that the medicine and beast shop would provide the source beast to the Li family within three years.

Three years is not a short time, but when Li Menglan saw this, she smiled. When she saw it, she thought there would be no specific time limit.

Three years is nothing to these aristocratic families. The important thing is that the Li family will be the second family in the entire county, after the Huo family, to buy such a source beast.

"There's no problem."

Li Menglan took out a small seal from her jade hairpin and pressed it onto two identical contracts.

After carefully putting away the contract, Li Menglan didn't even glance at the other source beasts in the shop before leaving the medicine and beast shop with the three people behind her.

The news that the Li family had signed a reservation contract with the veterinary medicine shop somehow got out.

In the following days, even without new source beasts being added, the store still became lively.

Representatives from the town's prestigious eighth-rank families, the Fu and Shen families, arrived one after another, wanting to imitate the Li family and sign a pre-arranged contract.

Even some rogue spiritual cultivators and contract masters from the town came to inquire about how to make a reservation.

Chu Qinhui accepts all comers. As long as they can accept the long waiting time and can afford a 30% deposit, he will sign a contract with them.

The contract with the Fu family stipulates a term of 4 years, while the contract with the Shen family stipulates a term of 5 years.

Although Chu Qinhui did not intend for them to wait that long, he wrote it this way to create the illusion for others that the conditions for the evolution of these two source beasts were difficult, so that they would feel that it was worth the price.

Having only paid a few contracts, Chu Qinhui felt inexplicably uneasy looking at the nearly thousand more source spirit stones he had received.

As expected, people can't earn money beyond their own understanding. Just a month ago, the Chu family patriarch had to hunt outside the boundary to earn source stones. Now, it's like the Chu family is making money while lying down, incredibly easy.

However, Chu Qinhui was only excited for a short while before realizing that they had just happened to run into Sun Chunchen, who was able to provide them with protection. If it weren't for Sun Chunchen standing in front of them...

It's likely that the Chu family will be targeted by the seventh and eighth-rank aristocratic families in the county town on the second day of the auction, and it's hard to say what their situation will be then.

Making money is not enough; the most important thing is to focus on improving our own capabilities.

Not long after acquiring the Source Stone, Chu Qinhui went to the Treasure Pavilion to purchase many spiritual materials, as well as other items that could enhance the family's strength.

A few days after the shop returned to normal, on a night when no one was paying attention, he quietly returned to his family with many of the spiritual items he had bought.

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