Chapter 235: Grow Big and Strong!

Water Blue Star, Nierbo.

A manager's office in the Industrial Zone of Jiade City.

At this moment, a booming voice was ringing out in the office:

"Manager Huang! Who do you think you're looking down on!"

"With just this little bit of beef, if word got out, others would think I, Dong, couldn't afford to eat meat!"

"At the very least, you have to bring out a hundred pounds or so!"

Manager Huang, wearing a black suit, wore a bitter smile at this; although he had obtained this lucrative position because he was a trusted aide of Huang Zong.

His actual power regarding the distribution rights for those goods nourished by Spirit Qi was truly not very great.

Furthermore, Manager Huang was very clear that he didn't know how many people were eyeing his position.

Even though this loud-voiced Dong before him could be considered his old client.

It was absolutely forbidden to break the rules.

After all, when he arrived, Huang Zong had already said that there were quite a few others with the same status of Registered Disciple as him.

Moreover, this matter involving items of Spirit Qi was merely a small node in the layout of their unfathomable master.

If he were to ruin the big picture because of a private matter, he wouldn't need that master to take action; he would cripple himself with his own hands!

"Be content; if it weren't for you being assigned to the distributor in your city, you wouldn't even be able to buy these meats you have now."

After Manager Huang gave a bitter smile, he thought for a moment, suddenly thought of something, and began to offer the other party advice:

"Right, you can go to these few big cities and wait."

"Perhaps there will be sales events held in these big cities; if you arrange for people to rush to buy, you might be able to purchase some."

After Manager Huang offered advice and provided some inside information, he then sent the other party away.

And then, Manager Huang, who was planning to get off work, suddenly received a phone call.

The instant he heard the voice, his spirit was immediately roused; he hurriedly nodded to acknowledge and then became busy once again.

In the breeding area located near the factory zone.

Huang Zong put down the phone, then looked toward a room with eyes burning with intensity.

The breeding building he was located in had a total of sixteen floors, and every floor was a large-scale, fully modernized breeding area.

It only required very few personnel to raise a large amount of livestock or poultry.

Although because the time was short, most of the details were still being explored.

Some regulations and such had still been established first.

The most important of these was the classification of the livestock and poultry in the breeding area.

Then, different standards of breeding were carried out according to quality.

In the breeding area, the top-grade livestock and poultry even ate feed that came from grains, or even vegetables and fruits, nourished by Spirit Qi.

And if these things were placed outside, even the big tycoons wouldn't be able to eat and drink them freely.

However, besides the top grade, there was also a type of variant above this!

Once a variant appeared, the person in charge present at the time had to be notified to arrive, and then after all data was recorded, the person in charge would personally take it away to make other arrangements.

Before this, even the breeders were not allowed to approach the room where the variant was located.

The reason Huang Zong had rushed over to this building today was because this breeding building, which they, the Registered Disciples, were responsible for, had produced a variant today.

It could be considered a fierce venting of his anger, winning glory for their Burial Ground.

During these few times he had gone to the Burial Ground to listen to instructions, he had heard Shu Daoren mutter several times that a king among chickens had appeared in a chicken farm over in Ouluoba.

That variant was a rooster; after receiving enough nutrition and Spirit Qi nourishment, its height exceeded one meter, and its weight was close to thirty or forty kilograms.

Its greatest use at present was for breeding.

It was said that the eggs produced from this not only tasted better and had higher nutritional value, but also possessed the effect of greatly replenishing one's vital energy.

The top-grade eggs among the eggs were now no longer in circulation; they were all collected and offered up to the transcendent forces.

It was rumored that Ouluoba had received support because of this, and had built several more breeding locations.

As the person in charge, Huang Zong recorded the whole process, opened the door, and saw a little white pig arranged in a separate room.

This was a young piglet; according to the records, it was born in the breeding farm, and its father was the big boar recognized as the most expensive in all the surrounding villages.

It had five siblings, and this piglet had nothing unusual about it at first.

Until one week later, a breeder suddenly discovered one day that this piglet had become abnormal; whenever it came to fighting for food or anything, no other pigs dared to snatch it.

This made the breeder notice it, and they silently increased their attention in their heart.

Afterward, this little white pig became increasingly miraculous, and even shortly before, after it fell asleep, a faint red light emerged from its body.

Under this red light, all the peers around it calmed down, and when the breeder went down to check, they would also suddenly feel a sense of fear because their naked eyes came into contact with the red light.

Those who could be breeders had all undergone professional training; after immediately realizing that this little white pig was extraordinary, the breeder, who cherished this high-paying job, hurriedly chose to report it.

"Well done, this little white pig is indeed a variant!"

After Huang Zong saw this little white pig, his heart immediately skipped a beat, he who was already at the early stage of Qi Refining.

Clearly, the other party was just a little fellow born not long ago.

It actually gave him the illusion that he had encountered an ancient fierce beast.

Is this the variant among animals that the master mentioned?

Equivalent to a Spirit Body among humans!

Sigh, it is hateful that my Huang family has few descendants, and not one among my relatives and friends has a Spirit Body.

Huang Zong thought this and took a deep breath, just having held the little white pig in his arms.

He suddenly felt an extra figure behind him.

Huang Zong hurriedly turned his head, and then immediately revealed a humble, smiling face:

"Master, why have you come over?"

Su Ping, dressed as Shu Daoren, nodded slightly in response, his gaze turning to the little white pig in the other's arms:

"Naturally, it is because I sensed the variant in your arms."

"Large-scale breeding of livestock and poultry is indeed full of promise!"

"As the quantity goes up, the possibility of variants appearing also increases accordingly."

"Furthermore, perhaps because of the long-term lack of Spirit Qi, the changes produced after being stimulated are also more intense."

Su Ping reached out and took the little white pig from Huang Zong's hands.

As someone at the Golden Core stage, he gently tapped the center of its brow.

He actually extracted the Divine Soul of the little white pig.

In the eyes of Huang Zong and the breeder behind him, it was undoubtedly that Shu Daoren, draped in a black robe, let out a sinister laugh and, with a grab of his large hand, forcibly pulled the soul of that little white pig right out of its body.

If he could extract it from a little white pig, he could naturally extract it from a human.

It was even possible that extracting human souls was the correct way to use this move.

Looking at the panicked and distorted expression on the phantom of the little white pig's Divine Soul.

Huang Zong and the breeder both silently swallowed their saliva, their eyes filled with both fear and excitement and expectation.

Su Ping did not care about the psychological activities of these people.

He observed the Divine Soul of this little white pig.

After recalling the various beast-taming data of the Cultivation World in his mind.

He roughly judged what grade of Spirit Beast this little white pig was equivalent to.

It was about the same as the overlord among chickens that appeared last time, and could be considered a seedling of a high-grade Spirit Beast.

If cultivated well, it could fully serve as a stud pig in the future, raising the quality of pork in this world by a notch!

Additionally, given this little white pig's Special Constitution and grade, perhaps he could go and acquire a Demon Core or two?

After coming into contact with the Ten Directions Sect and obtaining more intelligence, Su Ping learned of a specialty of the Ten Thousand Mountains: Demon Cores.

Those Demon Cores, which could only be produced by Demon Beasts at the Foundation Establishment Yuanyuan stage or even the Golden Core stage, were one of their sources of power.

They were also one of the best spoils of war from the Ten Thousand Mountains all along.

Since knowing the function of Demon Cores, there had been no lack of Cultivators throughout history who wanted to utilize them.

Currently, the most common method was to use Demon Beast Demon Cores to replace a Cultivator's Golden Core, thereby allowing a Foundation Establishment Cultivator the possibility of exerting Golden Core strength.

It was just that the success rate of doing this was very low, and even if one succeeded by luck, because of reasons like rejection and backlash, not only would the path of the Dao be completely ruined, but one's lifespan would also be shortened as a result.

Using them for Spirit Beasts was also a path, but without a Special Constitution, they were similarly prone to exploding and dying, and the sequelae were severe.

If he got his hands on them, he could help these little guys fuse with them.

Then use a Purification Potion to resolve the side effects and severe sequelae.

Perhaps he could add one or two more instant combat powers!

Whether it was the Cultivation World or Water Blue Star.

Having more high-level combat power could always save a lot of trouble.

Therefore, before exploring that Secret Realm in Mu Zi Yu, perhaps he could go to Zhenshou Xiancheng to take a look and incidentally acquire some Demon Cores?

After thinking for a while, Su Ping stuffed the Divine Soul of the little white pig back in.

And incidentally implanted a Blood Chain into its body as well.

Making it a guardian Spirit Beast just like the black flood dragon Ao Li.

"I am taking it away."

"Additionally... twelve more breeding sites can be added."

"The region should still be in the East."

"As for the specific locations, you all can discuss it and report to me."

After Su Ping finished speaking, he disappeared from the room while holding the little white pig with satisfaction.

After a slight shock, Huang Zong felt a burst of wild joy in his heart immediately.

Twelve breeding sites!

Now that the Spirit Qi nourishment plan had yielded results.

Huang Zong was very certain that those local investors were likely wishing they could build breeding buildings on the spot that were no lower than the current sixteen stories.

Huang Zong ran back to his office in high spirits.

Then he held a video conference and informed the others of the news.

In a sense, Huang Zong was already considered the leader, so he naturally had a few more rights to choose locations.

After dividing up the tasks.

Huang Zong suddenly remembered Zhang Ping'an, the Master's little disciple.

Although the other party only focused on cultivation and did not like to participate in these business matters.

Huang Zong still made a call and expressed that they, as senior brothers, all valued the junior brother's opinion.

As for the other junior sister, Huang Zong also wanted to build a rapport.

It was just that the granddaughter of the witch, except for appearing when visiting relatives, seemed to be cultivating the way of Talismans in Maigu Shan.

Although the Master did not say it.

They, as Registered Disciples, had long understood that unlike themselves, she was the real deal, a seed for cultivation!

Unable to reach her, Huang Zong still made a grand gesture and sent a portion of the Spirit Qi nourishing supplies to the old witch, which could be considered building a good connection!

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Eastern Ancient Kingdom.

Zhang Ping'an somewhat regretted running home to visit his parents.

Having heard of his return, Zhang Ping'an enjoyed local VIP treatment the moment he stepped off the plane.

He truly experienced what it meant to return home in glory!

Most of the people accompanying him could claim some sort of connection to the Zhang Family.

Zhang Ping'an recognized some of them.

But he had only heard the names of most of them.

It was fortunate that his memory had greatly increased after his cultivation success; otherwise, these people would likely all be strangers in Zhang Ping'an's eyes.

Then, Zhang Ping'an was stunned to discover that to welcome him back, some chamber of commerce organization had actually thrown a large-scale banquet for him.

Then there were celebrities and famous song and dance troupes performing.

Never mind his hometown.

It was likely that half the Eastern Ancient Kingdom or more knew that at this very moment, he, Zhang Ping'an, had returned home in glory!

And after experiencing top-tier VIP treatment while feeling like a wooden puppet.

Late at night, in the home that was finally a familiar environment.

Zhang Ping'an, along with his parents and the elders of the family, met with the local bigwigs and representatives of the chamber of commerce.

Zhang Ping'an also understood the little schemes in these people's hearts.

They hoped that he, the junior fellow apprentice of Huang Zong and the others, could help the people of his hometown and let them build a breeding site here.

Zhang Ping'an was a bit confused at first; he didn't care about these things, so he didn't quite understand why there had to be such a big display and why they attached so much importance to it.

After a careful understanding of the situation.

Zhang Ping'an was no fool, and he quickly understood.

He was secretly shocked, not expecting that during this period, the importance of these breeding sites had far exceeded his imagination.

He had originally thought, isn't it just raising livestock and poultry to do some experiments?

The quality of these things was far worse than what his master provided, and they were barely better than nothing for improving his own cultivation.

Yet he had overlooked that no matter how inferior these things were, they had been nourished by Spirit Qi and were extraordinary items that could benefit ordinary people after being consumed!

Although, truthfully speaking, the effects were not as mysterious as what was spread on the internet.

For many patients who felt better as soon as they ate it, the effect of autosuggestion and self-hypnosis accounted for the majority.

But there were definitely positive effects, which already crushed those drugs and health supplements that only had a five or six percent chance of working!

It was rumored that several relevant giants had already begun to study plans to add related raw materials to new products.

Their only obstacle was that they could not get a stable supply.

The small amount they managed to get with great difficulty was not even enough for their own high-level executives to distribute!

It could be said that with the current output, the market had always been in a state of severe supply shortage.

In such a general environment, once such a breeding site was established, it would be no exaggeration to say that a money-printing machine had been built.

Even if most of the profits were taken away, it could still increase local popularity and drive economic development.

And according to the rules of the related industries built previously.

The city where the breeding site was located would receive a portion of the supply sales quota.

Just this point alone was enough to turn a city into a tourist city.

In addition, surrounding supporting industries and the like would naturally prioritize local employment.

This was why they attached such importance to it.

Zhang Ping'an pondered for a moment after understanding all the facts.

Knowing that it didn't really matter where it was set up, as the key to the breeding site was not the local environment, but the transcendent who set up the Array and the related transcendent materials.

Zhang Ping'an made a call to Huang Zong and helped his hometown out.

Afterwards, after leaving gifts, Zhang Ping'an left quietly once his parents had fallen asleep, ending this short and novel trip to visit relatives...

In the house of some Zhang Family relative.

An old woman with a mysterious look on her face placed a large pot of soup on the table.

Then, after opening the lid, she took a sniff of the aroma in the pot with a look of intoxication.

"Why are you boiling soup so late at night?"

An old man wearing pajamas walked out of the room and frowned.

"What do you know!"

"Inside here are the pork ribs brought by my dear grandson!"

"Smell this fragrance, tsk tsk tsk, it's just different!"

"What dear grandson? Oh, the one from your second brother's family?"

"I heard from Little Li that the spectacle was incredible!"

The old man muttered, and seeing the old woman start drinking the soup, he was also somewhat moved.

He was also a foodie, and this aroma was quite tempting to him as well.

So, after waiting for a while and finding that his wife was only concerned with drinking the soup herself, he couldn't help but snort coldly, took a bowl and chopsticks, and joined the battlefield.

"Hiss!"

"This soup is so fresh!"

"After this meat enters my mouth, why do I have a feeling that my whole body is so comfortable that I have goosebumps?"

As the old man ate these ribs, he suddenly remembered some gossip he had heard recently while playing chess and drinking tea with old friends.

It was just that he had always thought it was a marketing tactic by those businessmen to raise prices, and he had always been disdainful.

Now, after eating these ribs, he suddenly realized that those reports might be true.

And just as he had such a guess in his heart.

Suddenly, knock, knock, knock!

In the middle of the night, someone was actually knocking on the door!

They lived in an old residential complex, the security had always been good, and there was surveillance all around.

The old man stood up and went to look through the peephole, discovering a man in a suit with a kind expression.

Behind the man in the suit followed two other people.

One looked like a bodyguard.

The other one was the property manager from the residential complex.

Seeing someone he knew, the old man hesitated for a moment before opening the door.

Then he saw the business card of the man in the suit.

It was actually the assistant general manager of the largest local enterprise.

Then, the man in the suit suddenly caught a whiff of a fragrance.

His expression changed:

"Old gentleman, did you boil the things you received?"

"The things we received?"

"Oh, yes, just a catty of pork ribs, we boiled them all..."

Speaking of this, the old man looked at the bones on the table and said:

"Without realizing it, we seem to have finished eating them, only some soup is left."

As he said this, they at the door saw the old lady had already lifted the large pot and gulped down the last mouthful of rib soup.

Instantly, only the mung beans, lotus root, and other ingredients remained at the bottom of the pot.

The man in the suit lowered his eyelids, and after thinking for just one second, he looked at the old man again:

"It doesn't matter, it's fine that you ate it."

"Old gentleman, those bones and soup dregs you aren't eating... could you sell them to us?"

"Please rest assured, we are a conscientious enterprise, we will definitely offer a good price!"

The goal of the man in the suit was very obvious: it was for some of the local specialties Zhang Ping'an left behind after returning home.

These things were meat products, vegetables, fruits, and such that had been nourished by Spirit Qi.

Zhang Ping'an's parents couldn't keep it all to themselves, so after the banquet ended, they distributed some to relatives and friends.

Naturally, some people then started coveting these things.

Of course, they certainly wouldn't resort to robbery; who knew if that would bring big trouble upon themselves?

But paying to buy them, or exchanging them for other benefits—things based on mutual consent—that was always acceptable, right?

They were acting quietly in this manner, and even divided up regions among themselves to avoid vicious competition.

Yet, they hadn't expected that after returning home, the old lady of this household somehow thought: this is Immortal pork ribs, it has Immortal Qi!

If left too long, the Immortal Qi might dissipate, so she boiled it into soup overnight and drank it all down!