The next day, early in the morning.
Li Mu planted the six bags of Spirit Seeds he bought yesterday into the Spirit Field, cast the Clear Wind Rain Summoning Skill, then fertilized and weeded the Cui Ling Fruit Seedlings. After finishing the farm work, he flew on his sword to Qing'an Town.
The Spirit Shepherd Workshop, located on the south side of Qing'an Town, is the main industry of the Zhang Family, a Foundation Establishment clan. They raised various Spirit Birds and Spirit Beasts, also engaging in the acquisition of Demon Beast corpses, slaughtering, and hide processing, among other activities.
"Come and see! Black Feathered Eagle's Spirit Egg is on sale. If cultivated properly, it can advance to a Tier Two Spirit Bird."
"Top grade Fire Feather, full of Spiritual Energy, can be refined into Spirit Fan magical treasures, on sale!"
"Tier One top-grade Spirit Deer meat, only five Lower Spirit Stones per pound, while stocks last."
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Li Mu walked to the south area of Qing'an Town. The street was filled with pedestrians, stalls, mostly hunters with their prey, meat merchants trading to Demon Beast meat, hide stalls trading in beast hides, …, various shouts echoed, making for quite a lively scene.
[Black Feathered Eagle Egg]
[Grade: Mortal-level Fierce Bird]
[Attributes: Carnivorous, Dynamic Vision]
[Male juvenile with a hint of Profound Iron Eagle bloodline, dislikes: rainy days, characteristics: quick reaction, ferocious temperament, difficult to tame, often consumes high-grade meat, with a certain chance to advance to Tier One Demon Bird.]
Li Mu paused in front of the stall selling Black Feathered Eagle Eggs, staring at the eagle egg in the stall owner's hands. His Innate Divine Power - Recognition of Ten Thousand Spirits activated, quickly displaying detailed information about the eagle egg in a virtual frame.
"Young man, want an eagle egg! Just three hundred Lower Spirit Stones, and you can raise a Tier One Spirit Bird. There's a high chance it can advance to Tier Two in the future. Its parents' parents had Tier One peak strength, …." The stall owner looked at Li Mu, speaking fluently to promote and introduce.
Hehe! Sounds so tempting.
Li Mu said nothing and turned away.
Along the way, Li Mu saw many Demon Beast cubs, Demonic Foxes, Demon Apes, …, but none were particularly special.
Living alone in Little Liang Mountain was too lonely. Li Mu planned to raise a few Spirit Beasts for company, but the quality of the young beasts brought out by merchants was too poor, and the prices were not cheap.
Li Mu wandered around the market, unable to find a suitable target, so he gave up and walked straight to Zhang Family's Spirit Shepherd Workshop.
"Hello, Boss Zhang, I have a batch of Wind Spirit Grass to sell, about four thousand pounds. Does your Spirit Shepherd Workshop buy them?" Li Mu walked into the Zhang Family's Spirit Ranch and approached the owner to inquire.
"Hmm! How's the quality of the Wind Spirit Grass? Did you bring any samples?" Zhang Shouquan, who was keeping accounts, looked up at Li Mu.
"I brought it! I brought it!" Li Mu quickly untied the cloth bag from his back, revealing a bundle of vibrant green, highly spiritual Wind Spirit Grass.
Zhang Shouquan pinched a piece of Wind Spirit Grass, bit it in his mouth, then spat it out.
"The quality is okay, I'll give you eighty pounds of Lower Spirit Stones per pound, will you sell it?" Zhang Shouquan looked at Li Mu and asked.
"I'll sell it. Can you send someone to come and fetch the goods from my place?" Li Mu nodded excitedly.
The market price for Wind Spirit Grass is one hundred pounds per Lower Spirit Stone. The Zhang Family's Spirit Shepherd Workshop does business fairly. This batch of Wind Spirit Grass was meticulously cared for and cultivated by Li Mu, of excellent quality.
"No problem, where is it? I'll send someone with you." Zhang Shouquan nodded.
"Little Liang Mountain, I plan to grow another batch of Wind Spirit Grass, about twenty thousand pounds. I'll sell it to your workshop then." Li Mu happily introduced.
"Alright, if the quality is stable, we'll continue buying at this price. If it's too poor, we can only give one hundred pounds per Lower Spirit Stone." Zhang Shouquan reminded.
"Understood. Does your workshop sell young Pasture Birds? There's a lot of open space in the mountains, I plan to buy some Spirit Chickens, and raise meat beasts for personal consumption." Li Mu knowingly nodded and then asked.
"Yes! What do you want to raise?" Zhang Liquan asked with a smile, then turned and called into the workshop, "Bai Ping, come out for a moment."
"Coming! Coming!"
Just after he spoke, a young man about the same age as Li Mu rushed out from the inner hall.
"Uncle Third, why did you call me?" Zhang Baiping curiously asked Zhang Shouquan.
"Bai Ping, take this young brother to the pasture inside for him to choose some young beasts, and after he picks, accompany him to Little Liang Mountain to transport back a batch of Wind Spirit Grass. Eighty-one pounds per Lower Spirit Stone, deduct the young livestock he picks from this account." Zhang Shouquan arranged.
"Okay! Come with me." Zhang Baiping sized up Li Mu and warmly greeted him.
Li Mu nodded and followed Zhang Baiping out of the workshop and toward the adjacent Spirit Ranch.
Soon, the Zhang Family's Spirit Shepherd Workshop came into view for Li Mu, a large open area of over a dozen acres, with a dozen wooden sheds, where over a dozen Feeding Cultivators were diligently feeding the Spirit Shepherd and cleaning the ranch.
Colorful Spirit Chickens, Pearl Cranes, Red Spirit Deer, …, each shed housed a type of Spirit Livestock, none being ordinary.
"What kind of Spirit Livestock do you want to raise! Where will you raise them?" Zhang Baiping asked Li Mu.
"Any recommendations, which is easier to raise! I'll raise them on the mountain, next to the Spirit Field. Not too many, just enough to occasionally satisfy a craving." Li Mu replied with a smile.
"Raise Colorful Spirit Chickens! Trim their feathers and you can free range them, they'll find their own food, no need to manage them much. Male Colorful Spirit Chickens have strong territorial instincts and can act as a warning, but if they free range next to the Spirit Field, they might eat the Linggu. You should also raise a Spirit Dog and teach it to chase away the Colorful Spirit Chickens." Zhang Baiping nodded and recommended to Li Mu.
"Just in time, we have a Red Spirit female dog that just gave birth to a litter of puppies a month ago. We can spare you one, what do you think!" Zhang Baiping paused and looked at Li Mu.
"Can you take me to see them?" Li Mu asked eagerly.
Zhang Baiping nodded and led Li Mu to the back hall to see the puppies.
Soon, Li Mu saw a litter of puppies, surrounding a fully red-coated female dog, nursing, the puppies were already a month old, and the mother dog no longer willing to nurse, snapped at the puppies, causing them to howl anxiously.
[Red Shepherd Spirit Dog]
[Grade: Mortal-level Spirit Dog]
[Attributes: Carnivorous, Fire Spirit Affinity, Sharp Sense of Smell]
[A female Spirit Dog mixed from a Tier One Red-eyed Wolf and a Shepherd Spirit Dog, just gave birth to puppies, very protective, dislikes: felines, characteristics: loyal, intelligent, very trainable, highly vigilant.]
Li Mu stared at the mother dog; his Innate Divine Power - Recognition of Ten Thousand Spirits activated, immediately revealing its detailed information.
The mother dog, seeing a stranger approaching, became tense, warily watching Li Mu, baring its teeth and ready to attack.
"Xiaoqi, it's a guest, no hurting." Zhang Baiping hurriedly intervened to stop it.
The mother dog immediately restrained its aggression and obediently wagged its tail at Zhang Baiping at his feet.
"Look and see, which puppy do you like, pick one!" Zhang Baiping indicated to Li Mu.
"Brother Zhang, can I have this one?" Li Mu selected a red-furred puppy.
Among the five puppies playing, it overpowered the other four, looking fiercely cute.
"Uh! Sure, you have a good eye, but aren't you going to ask for the price?" Zhang Baiping chuckled, reminding.
"Oh right! Brother Zhang, name your price. Please show some mercy!" Li Mu rubbed his hands, embarrassed.
Zhang Baiping laughed heartily, seeing that Li Mu was a dog lover, offered it to him for 40 Lower Spirit Stones, almost as a gift.
Afterward, Zhang Baiping took Li Mu to pick out over a dozen Colorful Spirit Chicken chicks, and finally, they flew together on their swords to Little Liang Mountain.
Watching Zhang Baiping use a Storage Bag to pack and take away over three thousand pounds of Wind Spirit Grass, Li Mu was genuinely envious. As expected of a Foundation Establishment clan member, at a similar age, he already had a Storage Bag capable of holding several thousand pounds of items.
Moreover, Zhang Baiping was also at the Qi Refining Seventh Level Cultivation, unlike himself, who had raised his proficiency by absorbing Plant Spirits.
Without the proficiency panel, this golden finger, the difference between himself and him would be as vast as the heavens and the earth.