activa-t Chapter 124 Monsters?
Chapter 124 Monsters?
Xu Zhiwen's eyes showed a thoughtful expression.
An ordinary person, upon suddenly meeting such a high-ranking official as the county magistrate, would inevitably appear reserved, apprehensive, and fearful.
Chen Dao's behavior just now was completely different from these states. When facing Xu Zhiwen, the county magistrate, Chen Dao's expression was very calm, without the slightest unease or restraint on his face. When he spoke, he was also very organized and did not show any awkwardness.
This shows that... Chen Dao is either ignorant and fearless, or he has enough confidence.
Based on Li Hu's attitude towards Chen Dao, Xu Zhiwen felt that it was most likely the latter!
"Not bad!"
Li Hu nodded and said, "I wonder if the magistrate has noticed the animal that looks like a cat and a bear on Young Friend Chen's shoulder?"
Xu Zhiwen nodded; he had naturally also seen the round-faced little creature on Chen Dao's shoulder.
“Since he began practicing martial arts, Li has had an extremely keen sense of danger, and this intuition has saved his life several times.”
Li Hu slowly said, "When I first met Young Friend Chen, the cat-like creature on his shoulder gave me an extremely dangerous feeling. Now I am a seventh-rank martial artist, and my strength has improved a lot since the last time I met Young Friend Chen, but I still... feel danger!"
"You mean..."
Xu Zhiwen's eyes flickered: "That cat-like animal, is it a demon beast?"
Ordinary wild beasts, even large insects or bears, are unlikely to pose a threat to a seventh-rank martial artist. The only animals that can give Li Hu a sense of danger are demonic beasts!
"I don't know!"
Li Hu shook his head and said, "Regardless of whether it's a demonic beast or not, that cat-like animal is definitely not weak! Moreover, young friend Chen is also a martial artist, something the county magistrate should have noticed?"
"Ok!"
Xu Zhiwen nodded. Chen Dao walked with the stride of a dragon and the gait of a tiger, his whole body brimming with vitality, and his complexion was rosy even in the cold winter. These were all external characteristics of a martial artist. Not only Chen Dao, but also the towering man standing behind Chen Dao was also a martial artist.
“Young friend Chen is a martial artist himself, and he also has a powerful pet. Doesn’t the county magistrate think that bringing young friend Chen onto our ship would only bring us benefits and no harm?” Li Hu retorted.
Xu Zhiwen nodded thoughtfully. Just as Li Hu said, if Chen Dao had no connection with the Yuan or Fang families, winning him over would indeed be more beneficial to their side.
After all... Chen Dao is not only mysterious and powerful, but also...
Xu Zhiwen glanced at the chicken coop on the ground. From the conversation between Chen Dao and Li Hu, it was clear that this wasn't the first time the two had traded blood-feathered chickens, which meant...
Chen Dao can reliably supply Blood Feather Chickens, and Blood Feather Chickens are far more effective for martial artists than medicinal herbs. This means that with Blood Feather Chickens, more martial artists can be trained at a lower cost!
At that moment, Xu Zhiwen suddenly thought of Zhang He!
Although Zhang He was a refugee before, he was quite capable, and after the massacre of the Zhu family, his loyalty to Xu Zhiwen was also considerable. If Zhang He could be trained into a martial artist...
"Master, County Magistrate, Zhang He has come to visit!"
As soon as Xu Zhiwen spoke, Zhang He arrived. Just as Xu Zhiwen was pondering, Wei Ge led Zhang He into the backyard of the martial arts school.
"Greetings, County Magistrate! Greetings, Master Li!"
Zhang He clasped his hands in a fist salute to the two men.
"Zhang He is here? Come and sit down!"
Li Hu didn't seem to have the aloofness of a big shot; he always had a smile on his face, no matter who he was facing.
He beckoned Zhang He to sit down next to him, then asked, "Isn't the yamen busy today?"
"There's nothing to be busy about. All the constables in the yamen are under Chief Constable Yuan's command. It's not my place to handle anything."
Zhang He glanced casually at the chicken coop on the ground, which contained the red-feathered chickens he had seen at the city gate earlier.
How sharp were Li Hu and Xu Zhiwen's eyes?
He immediately noticed Zhang He's gaze and asked, "What? You've seen this kind of chicken before?"
"I have indeed seen it!"
Zhang He nodded and said truthfully, "I just caught a glimpse of it at the North Gate."
That's it!
Li Hu and the other man suddenly realized what was going on, and then Xu Zhiwen said, "Master Li, what do you plan to do with this batch of Blood Feather Chickens?"
Xu Zhiwen had already set his sights on this batch of Blood Feather Chickens, planning to buy a portion and give it to Zhang He so that he could train Zhang He into a martial artist as soon as possible.
Li Hu thought for a moment and replied, "I plan to keep five for Yingzi to use for martial arts training, and sell the rest."
"How about you sell me some?" Xu Zhiwen asked.
"Of course it's no problem."
Li Hu readily replied, "The county magistrate can name as many as he desires."
"Let's start with five!"
"to make!"
Thus, the distribution of the 15 Bloodfeathered Chickens was completed. Li Hu kept five for Li Ying to use in martial arts training, Xu Zhiwen bought five at cost price of 20 taels each for Zhang He to use, and as for the remaining five...
Li Hu, on the other hand, planned to sell them to open up the market first.
After seeing Xu Zhiwen and Zhang He off, Li Hu called Han Meng to the backyard and instructed him, "Mengzi, go and inform the owners of Hanshan Boxing Gym and Batui Martial Arts Gym to come over. Tell them I have something good to share with them!"
"Yes!"
Han Meng left quickly.
Meanwhile, Chen Dao and Chen Da and others had arrived at the entrance of Yuan's Pharmacy.
After signaling Chen Da and the others to wait for him outside, Chen Dao led Chen Cheng into the pharmacy.
There weren't many people in the pharmacy. The shopkeeper was sitting behind the counter doing his abacus work. When he saw Chen Dao come in, a glint of light flashed in his eyes.
This young man was none other than Chen Dao, whom he had previously identified as a fat sheep.
"Shopkeeper, do you have cockscomb flowers, blood bamboo shoots, blood pine wood, or duck tongue grass for sale here?"
Chen Dao walked to the counter and asked.
To avoid arousing Chen Dao's suspicion, the shopkeeper didn't scrutinize Chen Dao for long before quickly looking away and taking out three kinds of medicinal herbs from the cabinet behind him and placing them on the counter: "Cockscomb flower, 5 taels of silver per flower; Blood pine wood, 5 taels of silver per tael; Blood bamboo shoot, 10 taels of silver per section; Duck tongue grass, 10 coins per stalk. How much do you need?"
So expensive?
Chen Dao was secretly surprised. For Xiao Yuan to advance to the Blood Claw Red Panda stage, it would take at least seven days of feeding with blood bamboo shoots, which would cost 70 taels of silver.
To evolve a Bloodclaw Chicken into an Iron Feather Chicken, it also requires feeding it cockscomb flowers for seven days, which costs 35 taels of silver to raise an Iron Feather Chicken.
This cost made Chen Dao secretly groan. Even if he used all the money from selling 15 Blood Feather Chickens to buy medicinal herbs, he could only raise less than 10 Iron Feather Chickens!
The shopkeeper looked up at Chen Dao, seemingly able to read his mind: "Cockscomb flower, blood pine wood, and blood bamboo shoots are all medicinal materials used by martial artists, so their prices are naturally not low."