Chapter 116 Two-in-One
Fu Le didn't keep any of the 1,000 tons of rice and flour he had stockpiled.
As for the medicine that was about to expire, it was completely useless here. Fu Le only realized this after he received their external injury ointment.
Her herbal ointment takes several minutes to heal wounds, even very minor ones, but other people's ointments disappear in seconds after application.
Shocked, Fu Le lost his sense of superiority for the first time.
With medicine like that, what else is there to say? She's the real country bumpkin.
"This ointment is very expensive and produced in small quantities. The formula contains the blood of more than a hundred kinds of beasts, as well as the hearts of some rare beasts," Third Master explained, trying to suppress his pride as he saw Fu Le was stunned.
“I want all the medicines you have,” Fu Le said, his eyes shining. “I’ll trade this for them.” He then pulled out a kiwi fruit and a bowl of various kinds of fruit.
Judging from the fact that the food they served to their guests consisted only of ordinary wild fruits, it was clear that fruit was scarce here. She also had all sorts of fruit tree seeds and cultivation methods. I don't believe they weren't crazy.
"What is this?" Jiang Ye stood up and took the Qiqi Fruit from Fu Le's hand. His fingertips were cold and soft, like holding a water ball.
“It’s a kind of fruit that can instantly replenish your energy when you eat it, and it tastes great,” Fu Le said with a smile. “Just bite a hole in it and suck out the juice inside.”
As soon as Fu Le finished speaking, Master Jiang took a bite out of the kiwi fruit, splashing some juice onto the people next to him.
"Hiss..." Jiang Ye swallowed mouthful after mouthful of liquid, his eyes almost bulging out of their sockets. He swallowed mouthful after mouthful until only two pieces of skin remained. As the liquid entered his body, Jiang Ye felt a sense of lightness throughout his body. Not only was the energy he had consumed today instantly replenished, but he also felt a sense of fullness.
The next second, "How many do you have? I want them all!!!" Jiang Ye's complexion visibly turned rosy and beautiful.
In an instant, everyone who had witnessed it gathered around, their expressions excited, their eyes red, looking at Fu Le as if he were their savior!
The Forgotten Land is not truly forgotten. It provides humanity with an inexhaustible supply of medical resources, but the people do not have a great need for these resources because they rarely get sick. The medicines here can easily cure them, and they are inexpensive and of good quality. What they fear most is the lack of energy in their bodies.
The body's energy is converted from food, but the rate of conversion from food is far slower than the absorption rate of the formation. People with poor digestion often die instantly. If there were a drug that could instantly replenish a person's bodily functions, then such instant depletion and death would never happen again. How could they not go crazy for it? A single fruit is a chance to live!
What Fu Le wanted, whether it was ointment or powder, the White Dragon Merchant Guild could easily remake in a short time even if they cleared it all out. But the Qiqi Fruit, which could instantly restore functions, was unprecedented, and every one used was one less available.
When their physical functions are insufficient to supply the array, they can use the Qiqi Fruit to instantly repair the deficiencies in their bodies. It should be noted that as they age, their physical functions are constantly declining, but the array's supply is required every day and will never decrease because of their age. If the energy they replenish through eating is not converted and supplied in time, they will be instantly drained and die. This is also why none of them have ever lived past sixty years old.
Sixty years old is the lifespan limit for the upper class of the Forgotten Lands, while the lifespan of ordinary people will not exceed forty.
Fu Le exchanged 20,000 Qiqi Fruits for 10 tons of the same type of external wound ointment, which was the entire ointment stock of the White Dragon Merchant Guild. Apart from Master Jiang and Master San, the ointment held by other merchant guilds (at this gathering, apart from Master San and Master Jiang who were from the White Dragon Merchant Guild, everyone else was a representative from another merchant guild; all the merchant guilds from the Forgotten Land were present) were also exchanged for Qiqi Fruits. Therefore, this external wound ointment was completely cleared out overnight, all stored in huge animal bone barrels, each barrel holding one ton, a total of ten barrels. Their internal injury treatment powder was also extremely effective. Fu Le plundered the reserves of all the merchant guilds, more than 50 tons, and also gave them 2,000 bolts of cloth from flawed silkworm beasts.
Fu Le exchanged other supplies for 1,000 tons of dried seafood, 1,000 tons of fresh seafood, 100,000 tons of freshly slaughtered animal meat, 500 tons of animal blood, 1,000 tons of animal milk, and 100 tons of honey. These were all uniquely sourced foods that provided a massive amount of energy to the body, which explains why everyone was able to survive despite absorbing energy every day.
Aside from a small amount for her own consumption, she planned to process most of these supplies into energy bars and send them to the army at a 10% profit. With this in mind, Fu Le immediately realized the quantity was insufficient.
so……
"I'll give you another 20,000 Qiqi Fruits in exchange for 10 million tons of fresh meat, or dried seafood, or even beast blood. Just combine them, and 10 million tons will do." Fu Le made his request again. With the giant beasts they raised, each weighing over a ton, gathering the necessary resources wasn't difficult; the challenge lay in slaughtering them. (Throughout the Forgotten Land, there are thousands of caves used to raise meat-producing beasts for energy. The people here need to eat more than ten meals a day just to survive.)
To all business representatives: !!! There are too many!!
"Change it!! But we need time." Jiang Ye's eyes shone brightly, full of vigor.
They also need to report to those in power.
"Okay, how long will it take?"
Thirty days!
"Can!"
"If you can continue to produce your medicine powder, I will continue to need it. I will be staying here for a hundred days, so you have plenty of time to make up the difference."
"Great!" Everyone beamed with joy.
Because collecting supplies takes time, almost every person in charge rushed back to retrieve the supplies they had exchanged as soon as the negotiations ended, fearing that if they were too slow, Fu Le would run away.
The Qiqi Fruit is a matter of life and death. Of the 40,000 Qiqi Fruits, Bai Long got the lion's share. The remaining fruits for the other families were less than 2,000 each. If they had been any slower, the other party might have changed their minds, and they would have lost everything.
As the host, the White Dragon Merchant Guild naturally had no such concerns. After the discussion, they set out a meal and then had lunch with one of the representatives left behind by each of the other guilds to keep watch.
On the huge dining table, apart from meat, there were some mediocre wild fruits and milk wine. Fu Le generously took two buckets of strawberries from the base, as well as bananas, apples, and pears.
The leaders: !!!
"It's so delicious! I want more!!"
"Mine, this is mine! Don't take it, or I'll beat you to death!!"
"Don't grab me! It's rotten!! Ah!! I'm going to kill you!!"
...
Fu Le, holding the meat platter, looked on innocently as everyone fought fiercely over the fruit, spilling juice all over the table.
"Strawberries, do you have any more?" Guan Ya's voice rang in my ears.
Fu Le picked up a napkin to wipe his mouth and said, "We're out of strawberries. Do you want any other fruit?" In the Ice Age, fruit was the most abundant food item among the supplies.
"Yes!" A smile spread across Guan Ya's lips.
Guan Ya was in charge of the caravan's maritime business. What he had most of was seafood, as well as various kinds of pearls, precious corals, and jade-like shells. Apart from seafood, everything else was based on his personal preferences. He would take anything he liked when he came across it.
He took them out for Fu Le, intending to use them as a bonus in the transaction since she was a girl and might like pretty things. He never expected that these items would bring him huge profits.
Fu Le gave Guan Ya a ton of oranges, pomelos, bananas, dragon fruit, and other common fruits, and Guan Ya directly traded them for dried seafood at a ratio of one to three.
"You have quite a lot of goods." More than thirty tons, all stored in the interdimensional space and carried with you.
They looked so poor on the ship, with patches on the boat; you can't judge a book by its cover.
“What my people and I accumulated together is all in my hands,” Guan Ya smiled. “These little things are for you as a souvenir.” Guan Ya took out a bulging cloth bag and handed it to Fu Le.
"What?" Fu Le took it and stared in disbelief. It was full of pearls the size of a fist, some even bigger than a fist, nearly two in total, all in various colors, basically covering the full spectrum of red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple.
Good heavens...
Fu Le couldn't help but marvel inwardly.
"These all came out of clam shells?"
Seeing Fu Le's happy expression, Guan Ya knew she had made the right choice. Sure enough, girls all have the same taste. She smiled and nodded, "Once they're fished out, they don't want to throw them away. They just put them in a container, it's not tiring, and they won't go out of their way to fish them out. These are usually for children to play with."
Fu Le: ...
They're kicking pearls around like a ball!
“Miss Fu, do you like pearl balls? If so, we have some that we can give to you.” A representative from another chamber of commerce stepped forward and said.
"If you have any, I'll take them all. Fruit, please."
"Really?! Sure!! Miss Fu, please give us some time, we'll go and get the goods right away."
"Me too, me too!!"
Mr. Jiang also came over and said with a smile, "Our Chamber of Commerce can also provide them. I wonder if Miss Fu still has any Qiqi fruit?"
"Purple pearls, taken internally, can remove impurities from the body, achieving a cleansing effect and whitening the skin." Fu Le examined the effects of various colored pearls one by one; they were all similar, but the effects were definitely undeniable. For ordinary people, they were absolutely good things. She could use them to make energy bars and beauty products, or other prepared medicines.
"I'll take as many as you have, in the form of fruit. The price will be based on size..." Fu Le quoted a price, and the other party tried to negotiate it down. In the end, they agreed on a 1:3 exchange rate based on weight.
"If possible, I hope that you can collect and prepare medicine as much as possible in the next three months. I have 30,000 Qiqi Fruits left, which I am willing to exchange for medicine with you."
Everyone: !!!
"We're fine, we'll do our best!"
Both parties reached a satisfactory result in this negotiation. Everyone left with smiles on their faces. They agreed that for the next transaction, they could go directly to Cave 17 to find her for a one-on-one transaction.
When they arrived, only An Sheng accompanied them; when they left, Guan Ya was with them.
Guan Ya offered to give it to Fu Le, and Fu Le didn't refuse. It was perfect timing, as she hadn't yet given him anything in return.
After leaving Poison Barrier Ridge and returning to the cave, Fu Le directly invited Guan Ya to his home. An Sheng knew that Guan Ya was Fu Le's savior, so he tactfully took his leave and returned to the cave.
Once inside, Fu Le took out a one-liter bottle of stone essence.
Guan Ya roughly understood that Fu Le meant to repay a debt of gratitude, but this...
Looking at the milky white liquid in the glass bottle that Fu Le handed over, Guan Ya took it and asked, "Is this water?"
"One drop of stone essence is equivalent to the effect of one kiwi fruit."
As soon as he finished speaking, Guan Ya froze, his gaze fixed on the glass bottle, his fingers tightening instinctively, gripping the bottle tightly.
One drop contains all the benefits of kiwi fruit?!
"Really?!?" Guan Ya's voice trembled. She never expected that Fu Le would give her something so precious so casually.
"Do you want some Qiqi fruit? I can trade you ten thousand for it privately," Fu Le said with a smile.
Guan Ya: ...
He couldn't describe his feelings at that moment; he just felt like crying. Whether it was the Stone Essence or the Qiqi Fruit, these were sacred items for prolonging life. What did he do to deserve such a reward? Just because he saved someone's life, they gave him such a heavy reward. The Qiqi Fruit alone could allow him to live for another forty years. If he used it sparingly, he might really be able to live to be a hundred years old like the people of Xingcheng.
In addition to the essence of the stone, he can also ensure the safety of his family members' lives.
'Bang!' Guan Ya knelt down on one knee, placing his hands in front of his chest, performing the highest level of etiquette.
Fu Le was caught off guard by his reaction and was hit squarely.
Fu Le: ...
"Get up! I didn't do anything, just a normal transaction. Get up now, or I won't give it to you!!" His rude and aggressive manner made him look like a bully.
Upon hearing this, Guan Ya stood up with red eyes, "Even if I gave you everything in my ring space, it wouldn't be enough to trade for your 10,000 Qiqi Fruits. I need time to search for supplies."
“As I said, I’ll be staying here for more than three months. You have plenty of time to collect as many as you want. I’ll keep these 10,000 for you.”
"Thank you. Here are the supplies in my ring." Guan Ya handed over a dark green ring. "You can erase my traces by dripping blood on it. You've cultivated internal energy, haven't you? You can see the supplies inside by using your internal energy to penetrate it."
Fu Le: Isn't this kind of "recognizing a master" too casual? It makes it easy for your base to be raided!
He took it and did as instructed. After circulating his energy to penetrate the contents, he saw a mountain of seafood piled up inside, both wet and dry, along with countless colorful seashells, some beautiful stones from the sea, a mountain of cut meat, dried meat jerky, countless buckets of beast blood, and beast milk, all contained in huge bone barrels, each three or four meters high, almost filling the entire space to the brim.
If she puts this harvest into production when she gets back, it should be enough to last her for twenty years.
“Thirty thousand cubic meters, that’s my largest spacecraft,” Guan Ya said. “I’m leaving now, see you later.”
"good."
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