Chapter 149: Chapter 119: Exotic Beast Information; Preservation Warehouse Acquired
’I could try making Arrowheads for Bows and Arrows from the Hu Ya and Wolf Fangs. They might work as weapons to pierce the defenses of creatures like the Wild Boar King and the Ghost-faced Spider.’
After laying everything out, he paused for a mont, a little dazed.
’In that case, there isn’t much left to sell, is there?’
He glanced at the ti. If he kept processing everything now, it would likely take until midnight, and his family would worry.
He cleaned himself up, deciding to finish sorting everything else tomorrow.
He left the Wilderness World and returned ho.
「The night passed peacefully.」
After waking and washing up, he had breakfast and left for the Inner Mountain Pass.
Once back in the Wilderness World, Cheng Zongyang first checked the day’s fish acquisition notice.
He then called over Ma San, who was studying the Geomagnetic Stone, and had him collect the two types of fish for the day. They totaled 350 fish, which would earn him 350 Points.
He needed to start processing the Exotic Beast carcasses.
Ti passed quickly, and soon it was noon.
By the ti noon arrived, Cheng Zongyang had finished butchering the four Exotic Beast carcasses, and Ma San had caught all 350 fish.
Cheng Zongyang shook his head slightly, looking at the pile of various butchered parts by the door.
It was too much work; he didn’t have enough help.
Still, he’d finally gotten it done.
Next, he set the at aside. The Exotic Beast Flesh didn’t sell for many Points on its own. It was better to keep it for himself and his family, as eating it could improve their Physique.
He planned to sell the Tiger Hide and Wolf Hide, as he had no use for them.
The four Hu Ya, four Wolf Fangs, the Wild Boar King’s pair of tusks, and the Ghost-faced Spider King’s pair of chelicerae and eight walking legs were all gathered together.
All of these could be crafted into weapons, but he wanted to get them appraised first to see if the marketplace would buy them.
If it bought them, that would an they were graded items.
He had also removed so of the spider’s carapace. He planned to use it to make so Armor to protect vital areas like his heart, chest, or back. He might even try to make a helt.
However, that would require a skilled craftsman. Chen Kaishan, the artisan from the city, was gone, and he didn’t know who else to ask. He’d have to save it for now.
The Tiger Whip, Wolf Whip, Pig Whip, Tiger Bone, and Wolf Bone could all be used for dicine or steeped in wine. The Ghost-faced Spider Venom Sac was also useful. He wasn’t selling any of it.
After taking a final inventory, he found there was only a small portion left that he could sell.
He took the Tiger Hide and Wolf Hide into the cabin to sell them.
The marketplace cabin offered 100 and 80 Points for them, respectively.
Seeing the prices, Cheng Zongyang knew this was just like the cabin’s usual tricks. He glanced at the general quest board and then his personal quest list.
There was a long-term quest to collect Tiger Hides for 100 Points each, provided they had over 98% integrity.
This ant the cabin’s offer was the sa as the quest reward.
After so thought, he decided to sell it. The only things he could do with it were make clothes or use it as a decoration, neither of which was necessary.
The Wolf King hide was only worth eighty Points... Oh well.
And so, his Points increased by 180.
His Points total reached 1300.
He now had nearly enough Points to buy the Preservation Warehouse. After all, he still had 40 Ghost-faced Spider eggs.
However, after a mont’s thought, he decided to keep three to see if he could raise them himself.
He exchanged the other 37 for 370 Points.
Next, he sold all the other unwanted parts from the four Exotic Beasts.
They only fetched a price of 100 Points.
Cheng Zongyang sold them with a sigh of resignation. He had no use for the scraps anyway.
Points: 1770
’An inco of a thousand Points from this harvest. Not bad.’
Cheng Zongyang was quite satisfied.
After all, he had kept most of the good stuff. All told, the value of the items he’d held back was considerable.
Only then did he open the day’s item shop.
The first three slots had refreshed with new items, while the fourth slot still held the Preservation Warehouse. He decided to buy that first.
He used the Three-Fold Coupon and selected the Preservation Warehouse for purchase. A prompt imdiately popped up:
[Universal Three-Fold Coupon has been used. This item can be purchased for only 1500 Points. Do you wish to purchase?]
"Yes."
The next mont, a square model of a house appeared on the counter.
According to the item’s description, if he placed it on the ground and left it untouched, a full-sized house would automatically appear in ten seconds. The only catch was that once enlarged, it could not be shrunk back down.
Points: 270
Setting the model aside, Cheng Zongyang looked at the first three slots to see what new items had appeared for the day.
The first item was fruit, the second was choy sum seeds, and the third was 110 pounds of iron ingots.
Their total value was a re 22 Points.
He shook his head slightly. It wasn’t the first ti the shop had refreshed with mostly useless items.
He picked up the model of the Preservation Warehouse and walked outside.
The current layout outside, facing the main cabin, was [Living Quarters - Warehouse - Cabin] from left to right.
The living quarters were Ma San’s residence, which had originally been another small warehouse.
Now, since the Preservation Warehouse also had powerful, nearly invincible defensive capabilities, he planned to place it on the right side. This would create a [Cabin - House - Preservation Warehouse] layout, keeping things consolidated and allowing the warehouse to protect the new house.
That’s right—he planned to build a new house in the middle.
This building wouldn’t just be for living; it would be a two- or even three-story structure for handling business and other work.
In the future, when he used Soul Crystal Stones to create more helpers, they would have a place to live, work, and hold etings.
After asuring out the distances and leaving enough space, Cheng Zongyang placed the model in the center of the designated spot.
This way, as it expanded outward in all directions, it would end up in the planned location.
Ten seconds later, the model transford, instantly expanding into a wooden house ten ters in length, width, and height.
It was positioned perfectly within the planned area.
"My lord, what is this?" Ma San’s face was filled with shock. ’It can just grow like that? Is this another one of those legendary Immortal techniques?’
Cheng Zongyang smiled. "This is a Preservation Warehouse. Whether it’s fish, at, or vegetables, it will keep them perfectly fresh. They’ll co out in the exact sa condition they went in. From now on, we can store the at and dicinal Materials from the cabin in here.
"Oh, and can you plan out the interior? I want to build three levels of shelving inside so we can organize everything. For example, the first level for at, the second for fruits and vegetables, and the Third Level for dicinal Materials."
Ma San replied at once, "My lord, that will take so ti."
Cheng Zongyang nodded. "There’s no rush. I’ll get you three more people in a little while, so you’ll have helpers."
Ma San smiled. "That would be wonderful. With helpers, the construction will go much faster."
Cheng Zongyang nodded, gave a few more instructions, and then went to the cattle pen. He rubbed Seven Herbs Powder onto the two water buffalo calves. He planned to head back in the afternoon and would only let them out when he was close to his destination.
He and Ma San then began felling suitable trees to be used for the new house and the warehouse interior.
As evening approached, Cheng Zongyang left the Wilderness World. He waited until he was almost at the Inner Mountain Pass before releasing the two black ox calves.
When Cheng Zongyang returned leading two young calves, everyone at the Inner Mountain Pass was stunned.
"Son, where... where on earth did you get these?"
"Are those... oxen?"
"Wait a minute. These oxen look a bit different, don’t they? They don’t look like the water buffaloes the Jin Family used to have."
"Are they black oxen?"
But no matter what they were, no one had ever heard of oxen living in the mountains.
Cheng Zongyang knew what they were all thinking. After calming everyone down, he explained:
"I found them in a valley deep within the Inner Mountain. I figured we needed oxen to plow the fields, so I managed to catch two of them. The rest got away."
The elders all looked at each other, not quite sure whether to believe him.
But the two black oxen were right there in front of them, so they had no choice but to believe. Besides, they looked different from the water buffaloes and yellow cattle they were used to seeing.
They clearly weren’t dosticated.
"Excellent, excellent." The Old Man was overjoyed, carefully stroking the black calf’s back, his face beaming with a huge smile. "With these oxen, we can raise them for a few months, and they’ll be ready for the spring planting. Yang’Er, you’ve done a wonderful job."
"That’s right! Once they’re grown, they can have calves of their own. We’ll never be short of oxen again."
"Zongyang is so capable. Now we have pigs, chickens, oxen, vegetable gardens, and farmland. Things are getting better and better," his aunt said joyfully to Mrs. Zhou of the Cheng Family.
For farming families, there was no greater joy than seeing their household’s assets grow more substantial and abundant.
Mrs. Zhou of the Cheng Family was grinning from ear to ear. She was even happier hearing her son praised than she would have been receiving praise for herself or her husband.
"Quickly, quickly, build a pen for them! Hansong, Hanchang, it’s getting late, so hurry up! Yang’Er went through great trouble to bring these two oxen back, so we have to take good care of them. The future of our fields depends on them and their offspring," the Old Man ordered, speaking with a sense of urgency.
For farrs who had spent their entire lives scraping a living from the soil, an ox was a lifeline. Back in the village, families who owned an ox often treated it better than their own sons.
Seeing how happy everyone was, Cheng Zongyang felt happy too.
Just as his aunt had said, the Inner Mountain Pass was becoming more and more established, and life was getting better and better.
Once they could produce enough grain to be self-sufficient, then things would have truly turned around.
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