“Even the gluttonous beasts might not eat as much as you do!”
Lin Yi’s mouth hung wide open.
He simply couldn't comprehend it.
Two hundred catties in total, how did that tiny dragon's belly manage to fit it all?!
“Awoo~”
The young dragon, full and content, roared towards the sky, a human-like joy evident in its eyes.
It paid no attention to the lord with a face full of black lines beside it.
It only felt that after eating its fill, it should go to its nest to sleep.
It then trotted on its short legs, waddling towards Crystal Mountain.
However, having just been born, it lacked the ability to fly, so it could only stare blankly at the wide, flat mountain.
After flapping its wings diligently and confirming it truly couldn't get up.
It then reluctantly lay at the foot of the mountain, slowly closing its eyes.
“This thing, it won't eat me into poverty, will it?”
Lin Yi repeatedly opened the Guang Long Nest panel, hesitating whether to recruit two more.
Having witnessed the hatchling's appetite.
His previously calculated daily income was probably now a big question mark.
And this was merely its young dragon form.
Once they entered adolescence, youth... adulthood...
Wouldn't he even have to purchase flesh from the exchange to feed them?
“No money...”
Lin Yi once again felt his money-making ability couldn't keep up with his development.
“Big boss, do you want this kind of soil?”
Just then.
A message from Hao Xingren came through.
Lin Yi opened the content in confusion.
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【Soil Stained with Magic】
Type: Magic Material
Uses: Alchemy, planting, spellcasting.
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“Isn’t this the material needed for the Fertile Field blueprint?”
Lin Yi’s spirits lifted.
According to the blueprint's requirements.
One mu of fertile field only required a small amount of magic soil and a little magic core powder.
At the current market.
Even vegetarian food could still sell for sky-high prices!
“I’ll take all you have.” Lin Yi replied.
Hao Xingren: “I found about a ton in total, and half of it hasn’t been mined yet, so I probably can only give it to you tomorrow.”
A ton?
Lin Yi's eyelids twitched, good heavens!
If he remembered correctly, this stuff seemed quite rare.
He thought the other party would only have dozens or a hundred catties, never expecting so much.
Thinking of this.
He quickly searched the exchange for prices.
Fortunately, while magic earth was indeed rare, its price wasn't astronomically high.
The average selling price for one catty of magic earth was 100 gold, slightly cheaper than sandalwood.
But even so.
The price of one ton of magic earth converted to 2000 purple crystal coins!
If Lin Yi wanted to buy it, all the money in his hand would be spent, and he would have to use other things to offset the debt.
Lin Yi thought for a moment and asked, “How much in total?”
Hao Xingren immediately replied, “Oh, big boss, saying such things is too formal, talking about money hurts feelings.”
Lin Yi's heart stirred, and he immediately understood the other party's meaning: “Did something happen?”
Hao Xingren: “Hehe, there is indeed something I want to trouble the big boss with.”
“Tell me what it is first.”
Lin Yi didn't agree immediately; for the other party to use a ton of magic earth as compensation, this matter was definitely not something that could be easily resolved.
“I’ll get straight to the point, little brother.”
Hao Xingren continued sending messages: “I took on a hidden quest that requires hunting a group of high-level magical beasts and obtaining their corpses for decomposition.”
“If the big boss can help me collect the materials, not only will this batch of magic earth be given to you, but you can also choose half of the magic cores decomposed from the magical beasts later.”
Lin Yi frowned slightly upon seeing this; he couldn't even find magical beasts himself now, so how could he help Hao Xingren complete a hidden quest?
It seemed he had guessed his thoughts.
Hao Xingren immediately sent an item message: “【Hunter’s Bait (Quest Item)】Type: Quest Item, Effect: After use, a pack of Frost Crystal Wolves will come to the usage location, drawn by the scent. Description: You had best possess strength to match them, including a Wolf King.”
Seeing the item's content, Lin Yi knew why the other party had sought him out.
At this stage, if there was any lord who could deal with a magical beast cluster.
Besides himself, it seemed there really wasn't a second person.
“What level are these wolves?” Lin Yi asked.
Hao Xingren was stunned for several minutes upon hearing this, and after a moment, he asked somewhat uncertainly: “Uh, big boss, forgive my presumptuous question… You haven’t even flipped through your theoretical identification textbook, have you?”
Lin Yi's old face immediately flushed red, feeling as if he had asked a very foolish question.
Fortunately, Hao Xingren was sensible enough not to press further, and sent another message: “I’ve put a Monster Compendium on the exchange, and the trade target has already been specified… Frost Crystal Wolves are a pack-dwelling second-tier magical beast, and the Wolf King’s strength is generally third-tier.”
“If big boss you can handle it, I’ll put the item on the exchange as well.”
So they were just small fries of two or three tiers.
Lin Yi naturally had full confidence and replied: “Alright, put it up. After it’s done, I’ll give you the stuff.”
Soon, he found the two items specified for him to purchase on the exchange.
The Hunter’s Bait was a somewhat foul-smelling piece of rotting meat. Its use was simple: light it, and after about 10 minutes, the quest monsters would be attracted.
However, what interested Lin Yi most was the thick Monster Compendium in his hand.
“This thing really solves an urgent problem.”
Licking his lips, Lin Yi opened the book's table of contents, and quickly found what he wanted to search for there—Dragons!
Lin Yi still had no idea how many dragons to raise in his heart.
The shortage of meat resources was one aspect.
Most importantly, according to his understanding from memory, the growth cycle of dragons was very long.
If they couldn't form effective combat power in a short time after recruitment, the resources invested in the early stage would basically be wasted.
Lin Yi read carefully for more than 10 minutes before slowly closing the pages and falling into thought.
Blue Star lords had never raised dragons, nor had they even seen them with their own eyes.
The limited information was all intelligence collected from other races during the years of fighting with Blue Star's capital and other races.
Dragon growth time could be fast or slow, mainly depending on the breeding method.
Given a large and stable supply of beast meat, dragons could enter their youth in a very short time.
After that, in addition to ensuring meat, a territory rune called the Time Catalysis Domain was also needed.
As the name suggests.
This kind of rune could accelerate the passage of time in the territory, thereby achieving strategic effects in many aspects such as development and troop production.
Among high-level lords, the Time Catalysis Rune was almost a must-have for everyone, only differing in the effect of the time catalysis speed multiplier.
And to obtain this kind of rune.
Technological development must be carried out in the territory's Institute.
“Institute construction also requires magic cores.”
Lin Yi thought for a moment and immediately summoned the Scarlet Tassel Spearman unit led by Xiang Yi.
With Hao Xingren’s divine assistance.
After dealing with this pack of wolves, not only could the fertile fields be cultivated, but the extra magic cores could also be used to build the Institute.
“We can start.”
Lin Yi stood on the watchtower, looking down at the front. The gentle breeze from high in the sky brought him a hint of coolness.
Outside the territory wall.
Wang Tiezhu solemnly placed the rotting meat on a pile of dry firewood, then extended a torch.
The firewood pile was ignited, sparks crackling with the wood.
The rotting meat, exposed to high temperatures, seemed to come alive, thumping like a heart.
Immediately after.
A long wolf howl echoed from afar.