Chapter 417: Golden-Pattern Fish and Pointed-Head Fish

Xu Meiniang and Zhao Liyu both replied: "Subordinate will keep the Master's instructions in mind!"

Lin Zhangqing nodded and continued: "That's good! If the cultivation resources in your hands are used up, remember to tell me, and I will give you some more at that time."

"Now, which one of you will tell me about the changes in the inner space over these few months."

The two looked at each other, and then Xu Meiniang spoke: "Master! I know this quite well; let me speak!"

Lin Zhangqing nodded, signaling her to continue.

Xu Meiniang organized her language and spoke: "After the Master left last time, the inner space soon began to continuously increase in area."

"After it continued for a period of time and stopped, after my detailed measurement, the inner space should now have an area of fifteen thousand eight hundred mu."

"And according to the Master's instructions, we tried our best to increase the land utilization rate here, so we not only planted many spirit medicines and spirit plants."

"We also scattered all the flower seeds we collected, so Master, besides the flower field, flowers and grasses can be seen in many places now."

"And most importantly, we expanded the planting area of the hundred-year Vermilion Fruit trees. Now, adding them all up, I estimate there are already about five hundred mu."

"Counting the Vermilion Fruit trees, big and small, there are already over three thousand! Now, every two or three days, there will be Vermilion Fruits ripening, ensuring a continuous supply."

"Also, the Vermilion Fruit wine that the Master ordered to be brewed is now about one hundred to two hundred jin."

"And the remaining hundred-year Vermilion Fruits have all been preserved in the storage room; there are about over one thousand four hundred of them."

Hearing this, Lin Zhangqing was truly very satisfied. Especially the five hundred mu of Vermilion Fruit forest, totaling over three thousand trees—just hearing it made him feel great!

So Lin Zhangqing was all smiles at this moment!

He couldn't help but nod and praise: "You have done very well, especially expanding the Vermilion Fruit trees to over five hundred mu."

"It quite meets our current needs. Truly not bad, you have done very well!"

"In the future, if you have any ideas that are beneficial to our development, you can tell me. If the implementation effect is good, I will give appropriate rewards!"

Now Lin Zhangqing had also advanced thirty-six Purple Crystal Scorpions. Although they were placed with Chen Ziya to protect her, they were still his spirit pets and had to be treated equally.

So the demand for hundred-year Vermilion Fruits had increased quite a bit. Xu Meiniang and Zhao Liyu had done this matter very much in line with Lin Zhangqing's wishes.

The two of them listened to what Lin Zhangqing said and agreed. At this time, Zhao Liyu spoke: "Master, the two strings of fish eggs you left last time."

"Two or three months ago, they hatched one after another. The two strings belong to different varieties, but I don't recognize either of these spirit fish."

"One kind has a relatively pointed head, so I named them Pointed-Head Fish; there are over two hundred and forty of them in total."

"The other kind of spirit fish has golden patterns on its scales, so I named them Golden-Pattern Fish; there are over one hundred and eighty of them."

"However, I don't know how to feed them, so I just harvested some alfalfa grass every once in a while, then cut it into pieces and sprinkled it down to feed them."

"Now, both kinds of fish are as big as a palm at their largest. Do you want to go over and take a look?" Hearing her say this, Lin Zhangqing truly wanted to go over and take a look, so he nodded, signaling Zhao Liyu to take him there.

Unexpectedly, it wasn't the pond he had made before, but in a relatively peripheral place.

He didn't know why the two of them had run so far and dug two separate large ponds.

At this time, Zhao Liyu might have seen Lin Zhangqing's thoughts, so she explained: "These spirit fish are not contracted after all, and I don't know if they will run out in the future."

"If they run out and harm the spirit medicines or spirit plants planted over there, that would be troublesome!"

"So we discussed it and finally chose this relatively distant place and dug these two ponds separately."

"Of course, this separate feeding also prevents the two kinds of spirit fish from attacking each other, avoiding unnecessary losses!"

Lin Zhangqing heard this, nodded, and praised: "Very good, you have considered it very thoroughly! However, I also don't know how to feed these spirit fish. I can only see if there is any opportunity to find relevant materials or books in the future."

The two of them were very happy to hear Lin Zhangqing's praise.

At this time, Zhao Liyu sprinkled some cut alfalfa grass fragments from her storage bag, and both ponds were sprinkled with some.

Subsequently, both kinds of spirit fish floated up to compete for this food. Lin Zhangqing observed both sides carefully and found that the two names Zhao Liyu gave were quite vivid.

But he discovered that both kinds of spirit fish had teeth. His heart stirred, and he couldn't help but ask: "Have you tried feeding them some demon beast meat?"

Xu Meiniang and Zhao Liyu looked at each other, and finally, Zhao Liyu spoke: "Master! We don't have much demon beast meat left."

"It has always been eaten by the two of us. And we are raising these spirit fish to eat them, right?"

"If we use demon beast meat to feed them, wouldn't it be a case of the loss outweighing the gain? Is the input cost too high?"

"And don't look at them now; their size isn't too big, but the alfalfa grass fragments they consume are constantly increasing."

"So I think demon beast meat is really unnecessary. Anyway, we have also expanded the planting of alfalfa grass by several hundred mu, which is completely enough to supply this place!"

Lin Zhangqing heard this and felt it made sense. However, thinking of the demon beast meat harvested over these few months, it had already filled several large storage bags.

And there were quite a few that Lin Zhangqing had discarded. So he took out a large piece of demon beast meat from a storage bag, cut off a portion, and threw some into both water ponds.

Sure enough, the spirit fish that were originally gnawing on alfalfa grass rushed toward the demon beast meat. In a short while, the demon beast meat thrown into both sides had completely disappeared.

Seeing this, the three of them knew that these spirit fish were definitely meat-eaters. Not raising them together at the beginning was indeed a wise decision.

After looking at the two kinds of spirit fish, Lin Zhangqing took them back to the courtyard.

He put the demon beast meat harvested over these few months and some materials that could be used for artifact refining into the storage room.

Many of the harvested materials had been given to Hu Yunna to practice with. Of course, he also kept some for himself, and the rest were all here.

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