Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 67 Bad News

Because of Liu Shiyun's departure, there were only Zhou Jiasheng, the shopkeeper, and Zhou Chun, the waiter in Lingshouzhai, and Zhou Chun could no longer take some time off like before.

However, because the business in the store has been taken away too much by the Spirit Beast Pavilion recently, there are fewer things to do in the store, so he is not very busy.

This also made him not know whether to laugh or cry.

"Well, let's walk around a bit more. If I can't find a way to win back some customers, I'm afraid there's no need for me to stay in this shop!"

Thinking of his sixteenth uncle Zhou Jiasheng who was frowning every day, Zhou Chun felt that he had to do something.

Many shops in this market do not even have a clerk, and are supported by only a shopkeeper.

If Lingshouzhai also fell to that level, it would really be a disappointment to clan leader Zhou Daoyi's high hopes.

As a result, Zhou Chun often went out to investigate market demand and look for new business opportunities. He even disguised himself and entered the Spirit Beast Pavilion several times to investigate the situation.

But business opportunities are not so easy to find, especially when the product cannot be easily imitated by others.

During the period of more than a month, Zhou Chun came into contact with more than 600 monks, but he still failed to find a feasible solution.

At this time, the plan of Qinglian Temple opening its doors to recruit disciples also came to fruition.

Of the three people sent by the Zhou family, only the thirteen-year-old Zhou Zhengcen was able to join the Qinglian Temple.

Liu Shiyun, whom Zhou Chun had not been very optimistic about before, unexpectedly succeeded in becoming an admission into the Qinglian Temple.

After learning the news, Zhou Chun was surprised, but he also hurriedly passed the news to Liu Qingshan who was doing "reform through labor" in the market town.

As expected, after learning that his daughter had successfully enrolled in the Qinglian Temple, a major immortal cultivation sect, Liu Qingshan was immediately overwhelmed with excitement and held his hand to thank him repeatedly, saying, "Thank you so much, Brother Zhou. Thank you so much, Brother Zhou. When my daughter comes back from the mountain in the future, I will definitely set up a banquet at the Tianxian Building to thank Brother Zhou for his kindness!"

Tianxianlou is the best restaurant in Hongyafang City. All the food and wine there are cooked and brewed with spiritual materials that contain spiritual power. It is simply not a place that ordinary Qi Refining cultivators can afford.

Setting up a banquet there, even if it was of the lowest standard, would cost at least hundreds of Ling coins.

A casual cultivator like Liu Qingshan may not be able to earn that many spirit coins in a year.

This shows how grateful he is to Zhou Chun at this time.

However, Zhou Chun's mind was now full of thoughts on how to increase the sales of Lingshouzhai. He just responded with a few polite words and returned to the shop.

But what Zhou Chun never expected was that before he could think of a way to increase Lingshouzhai's turnover, bad news came from the Zhou family.

It turned out that Zhou Mingshan, the eldest elder of the Zhou family, had exhausted his lifespan and passed away!

The Zhou family now has only four Foundation Establishment cultivators. The departure of the Great Elder Zhou Mingshan has had a huge impact on the Zhou family.

In particular, 80% of the various elixirs previously produced by the Zhou family were made by this great elder.

Now that Zhou Mingshan, the great elder who has reached the late foundation building stage, is gone, the output of Zhou family’s elixirs will probably be greatly reduced in the future.

"It's really like when it rains it pours, when it pours, when it pours, when it pours, it pours!"

Inside the Spirit Beast House, Zhou Chun and Zhou Jiasheng both had ugly expressions on their faces and were in extremely depressed moods.

Both of them could foresee that the supply of [Beast Spirit Pills] and other elixirs from the family to the store would be greatly reduced in the future. This would have an even greater impact on the store's turnover than the current decrease in the number of customers.

If the rival Spirit Beast Pavilion publicizes this matter again, the consequences will be even more unpredictable.

After sitting in the store for an unknown amount of time, just when Zhou Chun was thinking about going out for some fresh air, someone came outside the store.

"Welcome, distinguished guest. May I ask..."

When Zhou Chun heard the footsteps coming in, he wanted to smile and greet them as a conditioned reflex, but when he saw the person coming, he paused.

He then nodded slightly and said, "So it's Brother Luo, are you here to deliver monster meat to me again today?"

The monk who came into the store was an old man with a pockmarked face who was over fifty years old.

The old man with the pockmarked face is named Luo Guangshun, who has reached the eighth level of Qi Refining. He is one of the monks who supplies monster meat to Zhou Chun every month.

This person is a casual cultivator, and he has been working in the world of immortal cultivation for decades. Apart from anything else, his ability to read people's expressions is naturally not bad.

At this time, he saw that Zhou Jiasheng, the shopkeeper behind the counter, looked unhappy, and that Zhou Chun, who always greeted him with a smile, did not smile at all, so he knew that he had come at the wrong time. But now that he was here, he could only bite the bullet and say, "That's right, Brother Zhou, can you come in and have a chat?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun couldn't help but glance at the shopkeeper Zhou Jiasheng.

After seeing that Zhou Jiasheng did not express anything, he nodded slightly and said softly: "Then Daoist Luo, please follow me."

After saying that, he took the person to the backyard of the store.

When they arrived at the backyard which ordinary guests were not allowed to enter, Luo Guang tactfully patted the storage bag on his waist without Zhou Chun asking, took out a sealed hardwood box from it, and opened the lid in front of Zhou Chun.

Inside the hardwood box, there were three strange silver-black fish ranging in length from five to seven feet. In order to keep these strange fish fresh, a lot of crushed ice was also placed in it.

"Hey, what kind of monster is this?"

Zhou Chun looked at the several strange fish in the wooden box, a look of suspicion flashed in his eyes, and he immediately stepped forward and picked up one to examine it.

This strange silver-black fish looks a bit like a catfish, with a mouth full of sharp teeth and no scales on its body. Its skin is as tough as rubber, and unwashed mucus can be seen in some places. In addition, its pectoral fins and dorsal fins are covered with serrated spines.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, be careful. This slime is poisonous. It will make your hands and feet numb, itchy and painful if you touch it."

At this moment, seeing that Zhou Chun seemed to be interested in the mucus on the strange fish and reached out to touch it, Luo Guangshun, who had suffered a loss, hurriedly reminded him.

"Is that so?"

Zhou Chun immediately withdrew his hand and put the strange fish back into the wooden box thoughtfully.

Then he looked at Luo Guangshun and asked, "Does Brother Luo know this strange fish?"

Hearing his words, Luo Guangshun smiled bitterly and sighed, "It seems that Fellow Daoist Zhou doesn't know what kind of monster this strange fish is!"

Then he shook his head and said, "Even a cultivator like Brother Zhou who is proficient in the art of taming beasts doesn't recognize this strange fish. How can a casual cultivator like me, Luo, recognize it?"

After saying that, there was no need for Zhou Chun to ask any more questions before he told the origin of the strange fish.

"These strange fish were caught by Luo from a deep mountain lake. They are naturally gifted with water-based magic such as water arrows and water bullets, and their combat power in the water is quite strong. Luo also spent a lot of effort to catch these three strange fish!"

After explaining the basic situation of the strange fish, Luo Guangshun looked at Zhou Chun expectantly and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, you are a fair man. What do you think is the appropriate value of this strange fish?"

When Zhou Chun heard what he said, he immediately understood his little plan.

He immediately waved his hands and said, "Brother Luo, there is no need to flatter me. I have not practiced for as long as you have. When facing an unfamiliar monster, I dare not say anything carelessly."

After saying that, he looked directly at the other party and said, "The transaction between Zhou and Fellow Daoist Luo is limited to the transaction of monster meat, so whether Fellow Daoist Luo gives Zhou the whole body of these strange fish or the remains, Zhou can only trade with Fellow Daoist according to the previously agreed price!"

He is rich, yes, but he is not stupid.

Perhaps some special value can be found in this unknown fish monster, but that is definitely not something he can do now, nor can it be done in a short time.

How could he offer Luo Guangshun a higher price to buy the monster's corpse because of this unknown reason?

Seeing that he was not fooled, Luo Guangshun was very disappointed. He could only sigh helplessly and said, "Well, I will leave two corpses of the strange fish to Brother Zhou, and I will take the remaining one to Tianxian Tower to have a look. Maybe they will be willing to give a good price for it!"

After saying that, he sold the two big monster fish corpses to Zhou Chun for four spirit coins, and then left the Spirit Beast House with the remaining small monster fish corpse.

After Luo Guangshun left, Zhou Chun also had some ideas in mind. He immediately froze the body of one of the strange fish, then scraped off the remaining mucus on the body of the remaining strange fish and put it in a bottle, and cut some fish skin to preserve it.

After that, they cut off a piece of fish of appropriate size, removed the turbid evil air from it with purifying spiritual water, and then cut it into several pieces. They fried, stir-fried, boiled or deep-fried it, and tried them all.

The final tasting results showed that the meat of this strange fish had nothing special in taste, and was even worse than many ordinary fish meats. It just had a little more spiritual power than ordinary fish meat.

This made Zhou Chun completely lose interest in eating the remaining fish meat, so he chopped it all into pieces and threw it to the Silver Electric Thunder Python as food.

Today, Baibai, the silver electric thunder python, is already over one year old, and his cultivation is about to be promoted.

And this was the case when Zhou Chun had never fed it any [Beast Spirit Pills].

It looks like even if a wild Silver Electric Thunder Python is not fed by anyone, it will most likely become a first-class, top-grade monster within ten years.

All I can say is that the bloodline of intermediate monsters is powerful!
(End of this chapter)