Chapter 1732: Delicious Ingredients, Warp Beast Bone Futures

Feisu Chinese.

Of course, the most critical point is that Xia Duo cannot stay here forever; since it cannot be brought back to the Main Plane, there is not much point in buying it.

Xia Duo skipped over that bottle of 【Nightmare Blood】 and looked at the most abundant item on the stall—Warp Beast Meat. Just as he was about to ask, the stall owner he had just commanded to go buy the Solidification Scroll returned, panting heavily as he handed over a few items:

"My lord, two Solidification Scrolls, and 200 Gold Coins in change."

"Mm, thank you."

Xia Duo casually took the scrolls and first used one on the Farmer Plowing Map. It was indeed as he had thought: this so-called solidification spell was actually a simplified 【True Illusion】, or rather, an 【Entity Illusion】.

It also applied a Constant Technique, allowing the picture frame to be preserved for a long time after leaving the Ether Overlap Region.

These pictures were essentially illusions, only able to exist in physical form within the special environment of the Ether Plane; leaving this place required converting the illusion into an entity and fixing it.

As for that 【Nightmare Blood】, it was clearly a real existence, though such an existence could only exist within the Ether Plane.

Of course, Xia Duo also thought that perhaps this special existence could be converted and brought back to the Main Plane, but he did not have the time to stay here and experiment slowly.

He felt that since this thing could appear on Bali's stall, others would have some as well, more or less. If there really was a need for it, it would not be too late to come and acquire it then.

For now, he really could not see what this thing was useful for.

After solidifying the other picture of the Dark Forest Tower, Xia Duo continued to ask Bali: "Compared to ordinary meat from the Main Plane, does this Warp Beast Meat have any special characteristics?"

"Uh—" Bali's expression was a bit strange. "Compared to meat from the Main Plane, the texture of the Warp Beast is more tender and the taste is more delicious. Does that count as a special characteristic?"

"It counts!"

Xia Duo had not expected such an unexpected surprise. He had originally thought this meat might be used for making potions or something similar; he had not expected it to be sold as food.

This immediately piqued his interest, and he asked again: "Have you eaten this kind of meat?"

"Of course I have. Almost everyone on this street has eaten it. Although Warp Beast Meat has a relatively long shelf life, lasting about three or four days, a single Warp Beast can yield one or two hundred pounds of fresh meat. My lord, look, who on this street doesn't have some Warp Beast Meat for sale? With so many people selling it, it's inevitable that some won't be sold in time, so we can only eat it ourselves."

After finishing, Bali seemed to think of the deliciousness of the Warp Beast Meat and subconsciously swallowed his saliva. Only after noticing Xia Duo watching him did he hurriedly ask:

"Would you like some, my lord?"

"What is the price?"

"Everything on my stall was just collected from Adventurers yesterday; it's very fresh! For all of this, my lord, just give me 10 Gold Coins and take it all!"

"Only 10 Gold Coins?"

Xia Duo glanced at the snow-white meat on the stall, which formed a sharp contrast with the blue-black blood. He roughly estimated that there were at least twenty or thirty pounds here, and it was actually selling for only 10 Gold Coins.

If he were willing to haggle or find an Adventurer team for regular supply, he could even get a lower price.

As expected, things that don't involve Magic don't sell for high prices!

But this was a bargain for him. If this meat was truly as delicious as Bali claimed, more so than common meats in the Main Plane, he might purchase it long-term.

Aiwa is currently in Seventon, and he has a Dimensional Bag connected to a public space, so it would be very convenient to come and purchase ingredients from time to time.

Even, if Xia Duo were willing, he could have the Arcane Union send him goods regularly, though the price would likely not be what he hoped to see.

"Fine, I'll take these!"

Xia Duo tossed out ten Gold Coins and collected all the Warp Beast Meat on the stall. Once he returned, he would personally try out suitable cooking methods.

However, he was not prepared to release these cooking methods for the time being. After all, the Territory could not yet stably obtain Warp Beast Meat; if word got out and the price of the meat rose, he would be the one suffering the loss.

"Is there any story behind these Warp Beast bones? Are they ingredients? Or Magic Items?"

"My lord, these Warp Beast bones can indeed be used to make soup, but—" At this point, Bali suddenly became shifty, lowered his voice, and asked Xia Duo:

"My lord, can you cast a Soundproof Barrier?"

"Oh? What is so secretive?"

Xia Duo casually set up a Soundproof Barrier, shrouding the two of them within it. Bali looked around in confusion; at this moment, he could still hear the sounds around him.

"Rest assured, they cannot hear us speaking."

"I didn't expect it to be a one-way Soundproof Barrier. My lord is truly worthy of being a lord!"

Bali offered a small compliment. Seeing that Xia Duo was somewhat impatient, he hurriedly stopped and continued: "Someone once heard from a Mage lord of the Seven Towers that these Warp Beast bones could be used to craft Magic Items, though this claim has not yet been acknowledged by the Seven Towers."

"However, some Adventurers have already discovered that these bones can trigger a Micro Protective Field or a Psychic Illusion with just a little processing, even if they have been boiled for soup!"

"So—"

"Very few people know this news now. This is definitely the best time to acquire Warp Beast bones. Some people have already started hoarding them, just waiting to find more suitable utilization methods in the future, and then release them to make a huge profit."

Huh—

Xia Duo's heart stirred. It wasn't that he wanted to make a huge profit from this; in fact, even if these bone futures earned a lot, it might not compare to mass-producing Magic Items.

His focus was actually on the Warp Beast itself. Due to the special environment of the Ether Overlap Region, the Warp Beast's core Phase Warp ability could not be used here at all. This was the main reason why ordinary people (Adventurer teams) could hunt Warp Beasts in large numbers.

If more are hunted in the future, or if an industry even develops—no, it should already be close to an industry now. This is only Base No. 3, and there is already so much Warp Beast Meat.

Could it be that those Warp Beasts are stupid? Knowing that people are crazily trapping them here, why don't they avoid it?

Although Warp Beasts do not have high Wisdom, they certainly possess beastly instincts. The reason for the current situation must be that the Adventurers, or rather the Seven Towers, have mastered a way to lure them!

If they aren't killed immediately, but kept and raised for a while, or even allowed to breed in a pasture, isn't that just an industry!

In this way, in the near future, Warp Beast bones will surely show a trend of flooding the market.

Bali just said that with simple processing, even soup-boiled bones can trigger a Micro Protective Field or a Psychic Illusion.

Although this conclusion remains to be verified, Xia Duo could basically judge that even if there were elements of exaggeration, the truthful part was certainly not small.

At the very least, the fact that the bones can trigger spells with a low threshold should be true. As for how low the threshold is, and whether all bones can trigger them indiscriminately, it will require actual verification to know.

But Xia Duo could already foresee a scene—

In the future, perhaps before the Tower of Time can popularize mass-produced Magic Items, Warp Beast bone products will be popularized first.

"Perhaps in the future, these bones will even become an important strategic resource!"

Thinking of this, Xia Duo immediately decided to acquire some bones. Besides making soup, he could also study why they were so special!

He had a faint premonition that this would be a major discovery!