Chapter 67 A Bountiful Harvest

Yang Lie and the others gradually turned into small black dots in the sky. Chen Moxuan said:

"Don't touch these storage bags yet. Everyone, cut up the monster meat first. When the two junior brothers' spirit-finding rats return, let them sniff around to see if anything is on them."

Although he didn't think the other party would tamper with the storage bag, he never hesitated to assume the worst about others, and being cautious was one of the reasons he became the captain.

Not long after, the golden-brown spirit-seeking rat emerged from the bushes, carrying a red ginseng the size of a carrot in its mouth.

It placed the ginseng at its master's feet and squeaked as if seeking praise.

"Well done."

Ji An took out a Spirit Feeding Pill and threw it out. The Spirit-Seeking Rat leaped up and swallowed it in one gulp.

He then ordered the spirit-seeking rat to check if there was anything wrong with the storage bag, and the beast scurried over in a flash.

The Spirit-Feeding Pill, prepared using a secret method, can purify the bloodline of the Spirit-Seeking Rat. Although the effect is slow, with the accumulation over time, the spirituality of the tamed beast will inevitably increase day by day.

Jiang Qiuyue glanced at it and smiled:

"It's a blood-nourishing ginseng. Judging by its size, it should be over ten years old. It's one of the main ingredients in the Nourishing Essence Pill and can be sold for over ten spirit stones."

"Very good. Junior Brother Tian's Spirit-Seeking Rats seem to have lost their ability to find spiritual herbs."

Searching for medicinal herbs is a very time-consuming task. Except for certain periods when medicinal herbs blend into their surroundings, they can easily be missed if you don't look carefully.

In addition, when searching for medicinal herbs, one is likely to encounter various snake-like monsters and various insect-like creatures, which greatly affects the efficiency of the search.

Chu He egged them on:

"What my senior sister said is wrong. Maybe it never existed in the first place, so there's no question of losing it."

Tian Yulei scratched his head and said weakly:

"Perhaps my Beast Taming Spirit-Seeking Rat bloodline is too small, so it is more inclined to fight, but it can still find spiritual herbs."

He didn't know why the spirit-seeking rats he raised became increasingly dull and foolish, more ferocious than intelligent.

After receiving feedback from the spirit-seeking rat, Ji An turned around and said:

"Captain, the storage bag is fine."

As he spoke, he took a few steps forward and used his object manipulation technique to grab three storage bags and toss them to Chen Moxuan.

"Boss, let Junior Brother Ji take the Spirit-Seeking Rats to search for spiritual herbs. Maybe there will be other surprises."

Jiang Qiuyue said that this is the territory of the ape demon. By nature, the ape demon will drive away other demons in its territory. Now is the perfect time to find spiritual herbs.

“Okay, you and Junior Brother Ji can go together. We’ll search together once we’ve filled these storage bags.”

Just then, a brownish-yellow spirit-seeking rat emerged from an unknown corner, carrying a fist-sized ground beetle in its mouth.

When Jiang Qiuyue saw this, she laughed so hard she almost fell over:

"Junior brother, the earth beetle seems to be a low-grade spirit insect, right? By the way, it's an earth-type spirit insect, which is very attractive to earth-type demon beasts."

Tian Yulei's face immediately darkened, and he kicked the beast away.

How embarrassing!

The team searched Cangyun Ridge extensively and found only eight usable medicinal herbs.

The value of medicinal herbs is greatly reduced if they are not mature enough, so no one picked immature medicinal herbs.

If it were a rogue cultivator, they would probably scramble the ground wherever they went.

Chen Moxuan drew a simple map, marking the approximate locations of the uncollected spiritual herbs, which he would keep for future use.

After the team returned to Moyashan Market and rented a cave, Ji An fed the spirit-seeking rat a spirit-feeding pill, ordered it to take good care of the creature, and then went to sleep.

When hunting monsters, one must remain vigilant and never let one's guard down.

Although there was a sealing array protecting us at night, and people took turns keeping watch, we still didn't dare to sleep soundly.

Many carnivorous monsters roam at night, especially wolf monsters, which always appear in packs. If you are surrounded, it is very dangerous.

When Ji An woke up again, it was already the afternoon of the next day.

The others had already woken up, and this time the trip was shorter than usual, making it easier for them.

The team worked in groups of two or three, taking their spoils to a shop to sell, and they finally finished by dusk.

The group finally met at Zuixianju, where they booked only a regular room this time.

After ordering the food and drinks, Chen Moxuan spoke:

"Junior Brother Ji is truly our lucky star. He has already made a huge harvest on his first time hunting demons with everyone."

Let's first calculate the profits from this operation, and then settle the personal expenses at the end.

"Junior Brother Ji, Qiuyue, and I sold seventy-five Jade Spirit Fruits, each worth eight spirit stones, for a total of 600 spirit stones."

Two blood-replenishing ginseng plants, each worth 15 spirit stones, yielded 30 spirit stones. Everything was sold, for a total of 862 spirit stones.

"Hehe," Tian Yulei chuckled twice, a glistening drop of liquid trickling from the corner of his mouth.

He quickly wiped away the drool, coughed twice to cover his embarrassment, and slowly said:

"We sell animal hides, animal meat, and demonic beast blood here. All the animal hides and blood essence were sold, and we obtained 96 spirit stones."

I've searched every restaurant in the market town. There are still seventy or eighty catties of beast meat left. I sold it for 47 spirit stones, for a total of 143 spirit stones.

"A total of 1005 spirit stones. It took seven days to go there and back. The profit exceeded 1000. I would be laughing in my dreams."

Jiang Qiuyue's eyes shone like stars. In the past, each of them earned a net income of about fifty spirit stones per month, which was completely different from what they had been doing before.

"Don't laugh yet, let's calculate the costs."

Chen Moxuan pretended to be serious, but he couldn't suppress the smile on his face:

"Junior Brother Ji, how many water curtain talismans did you use when you stopped the Ape King?"

Six.

"What about the others? Did they use any talismans from their private reserves?"

Chu He and Tian Yulei both shook their heads:

"No."

Jiang Qiuyue said, "I used a Cold Wind Talisman."

Chen Moxuan nodded:

"I also did not use any personal talismans, but instead used Qiuyue's Cold Wind Talisman for 50 spirit crystals."

Junior Brother Ji received twenty mid-grade Gengjin talismans and six Water Curtain talismans. These powerful Gengjin talismans are worth 55 spirit crystals each, so Junior Brother Ji received a total of 14 spirit stones in compensation.

Neither of you have any objections?

“No objection,” Ji An shook his head, this price was more favorable than selling to Wei Songnian.

"I don't have any either," Jiang Qiuyue said quietly.

"Was the water curtain talisman we bought last time made by Junior Brother Ji?"

"Very likely!"

Chen Moxuan laughed:

"Alright, let's talk about the talismans later, let's divide the crystals!"

There are 990 spirit stones left. As usual, we'll keep 30 spirit stones as the team's common funds.

Junior Brother Ji made a great contribution to this operation and will receive an extra 10 spirit stones.

The remaining amount will be divided equally among everyone, 190 spirit stones each. If there are no objections, I will begin distributing it.

Everyone laughed and said, "No objections, let's divide it!"

Ji An put the 214 spirit stones into his storage bag, feeling somewhat pleased with himself.

You can exchange 3,000 spirit stones for contribution points, which can then be exchanged for Foundation Establishment Pills. If you find the right method, you can obtain enough spirit stones in one or two years.

After the spirit stones were distributed, the food and wine were served one after another, and everyone raised their glasses to drink together.

(End of this chapter)