novelraw Chapter 96: Sea Beast Breeding Base
Chapter 96: Sea Beast Breeding Base
Twenty days later, White Tree Shallows.
Beside the huge white tree, a small houseboat was docked.
Above the sea surface, a fierce chase was unfolding.
It was the Deepsea Water Spirits chasing after the Ghostfire Fish.
"Wakuwaku! (You can't escape!)"
Deepsea Water Spirit Number One, like a fierce great demon lord, suddenly swallowed ten Ghostfire Fish into its belly.
"Wakuwaku wakuwaku wakuwaku (You are just too weak!)"
"Wakuwaku wakuwaku wakuwaku! (With such strength, you still want to survive in the sea!)"
"Puzi, puzi!"
The Ghostfire Fish, lacking oil, tried to ignite itself to burn this bastard’s world and incinerate all creatures in it!However, as of yesterday, a hateful human hand had already plucked every last drop away from them.
"Waku waku waku! (Come on in!)"
With a slap, Deepsea Water Spirit Number One spit the Ghostfire Fish from its body into the floating net cage.
Then it jumped a bit and swam over to Chen Qi’s side, poking its head forward, seeking praise.
"Well done, Number One."
Chen Qi patted Deepsea Water Spirit Number One’s head.
Next, he climbed down from the Blackship Sea Dragon, stepped on the water spirit, and walked to the floating net cage.
"Breeding Ghostfire Fish is harder than I thought."
He readjusted the buoys and supports.
These days, besides running the restaurant and practicing basic meditation techniques, he had been building a sea beast breeding farm focused on the Ghostfire Fish.
The difficulty of sea beast breeding exceeded his expectations.
Although, thanks to his efforts, the Ghostfire Fish had already settled down comfortably.
No need to hunt or work; they could eat every day. That was just too good!
But once the Ghostfire Fish produced new Ghostfire Oil, they couldn’t help but cause destruction.
The offshore net cages he painstakingly built had suffered multiple severe attacks.
Also, breeding Ghostfire Fish required daily cleaning, feeding, and other work.
Fortunately, before crossing over, he was an outstanding Beast Tamer!
Though the Deepsea Water Spirits had no hands, their soft slime bodies could perform many intricate manipulations.
Their combat power wasn’t as strong as the dragons’, but they were max-level manual labor pets!
The strongest working pets!
And he had seven of them!
Finally, through his diligent training and guidance, all seven Deepsea Water Spirits had learned to feed the fish and clean the rooms.
Besides, they could handle taking Ghostfire Oil, fishing, chopping vegetables, stir-frying, and even massage.
They could master all these tasks, sometimes doing them better than humans.
Especially in massage and cleaning, the Deepsea Water Spirits had already surpassed eighty percent of humans!
The Deepsea Water Spirits bore a huge workload.
If it weren’t for them, managing the breeding farm alone would have been a disaster.
Chen Qi wiped the sweat from his forehead, stood up, and looked around at the sea beast breeding farm he had just built.
He had spent three thousand Shell Coins buying a twenty-meter-long floating net cage.
Besides that, he was also breeding Black Clams and Moonlight Fish.
Chen Qi estimated that, according to the production rate of Black Clams and Ghostfire Oil, in just about fifteen days, the sea beasts here could provide him with a harvest worth 1.5 million Shell Coins.
For a personal breeder, that was a huge sum!
Moreover, the feed cost for Ghostfire Oil was less than ten thousand.
The Deepsea Water Spirits didn’t need wages, so this income was practically pure profit!
The only troublesome point...
Chen Qi shook his head and sighed:
"The storage of Ghostfire Oil is too much."
The amount of Ghostfire Oil supplied by one breeder like him could cover the entire Moonstone City.
By himself, he had changed the Ghostfire Oil market in Moonstone City.
The once rare weapon coating, Ghostfire Oil, was no longer a scarce item in Moonstone City’s weapon shops.
The weapon merchants had already realized that the supply of Ghostfire Oil was overwhelming.
The price of Ghostfire Oil was continuously depreciating.
In just twenty days, the price had fallen by a whole fifth.
Therefore, Chen Qi had two ideas.
First, to run trade and sell Ghostfire Oil in other cities.
Second, to increase the demand for Ghostfire Oil, turning it into a hot-selling product.
In fact, as a weapon enchantment coating, Ghostfire Oil was not only highly practical but also visually appealing.
Hence, it had the potential to become a popular product.
It just lacked promotion.
But promoting Ghostfire Oil was difficult unless you were a celebrity like Pelu.
After finishing today’s work, Chen Qi took out today’s White Pigeon Times.
#Under the Dimensional Tide, New Forbidden Sea Areas You Must Know#
#The Three Heroes of the Imperial Capital All Gather at Witch Sea!#
#The Siren’s Song, an Illusion Above the Ocean#
#Navy’s First Expedition, Determined to Regain Control of Coastal Waters#
No big news. Due to Pelu’s failure to catch the Flower Witch recently, the sales of the White Pigeon Times had plummeted crazily.
Chen Qi scanned the "New Forbidden Sea Areas" section of the newspaper.
Among them, White Tree Shallows was prominently marked!
At first, he had thought that after the Black Rabbit’s incident, specialists would come investigate White Tree Shallows.
But on the contrary, after the Black Rabbit’s incident was reported in the newspaper,
White Tree Shallows became famous across the sea and was even classified as a dangerous zone’s dangerous zone.
No one dared to investigate it.
Now, many ships fishing Moonlight Fish at night took long detours, afraid of being caught by the Coastal Apex Predators.
In these days, Chen Qi hadn’t seen a single living person around the sea area near White Tree Shallows.
"That’s fine..."
Chen Qi gave a glance to the simple-minded Coastal Apex Predator.
If someone came here and saw these floating net cages and the feed boxes he had built, it would definitely cause a huge uproar.
Then, if adventurers showed up, it would be troublesome.
Chen Qi’s future plan was to transplant many sea beasts to White Tree Shallows and build it into a small base.
But transplantable captive sea beasts were rare and precious.
Hopefully no one would discover this place... Chen Qi packed up and returned to his small houseboat, checking the clock.
Six o’clock. The sky was already covered in layers of faint darkness.
At this time, it was almost time to open his stall.
The Coastal Apex Predator sensed something and suddenly rushed over.
"Goodbye, Coastal Apex Predator. Guard this place well."
Chen Qi fed the panting Coastal Apex Predator using Supernatural Bait.
Then he started the small houseboat and headed towards Moonstone City.
These days, he had been searching for clues about the Second-Rank Lamp Phase Profession Card or the Lamp Phase Rift.
But the clues he found were either snatched by others or false information.
Fortunately, relying on a free month of dinners, he had commissioned Pelu, who had a vast information network.
After mooching meals for ten days, Pelu finally promised to give him an answer tonight!
Hopefully, the information Pelu provided would be useful.
The engine roared loudly.
"Deepsea Water Spirits, let’s go, back to Moonstone City."
Chen Qi called out.
The Deepsea Water Spirits all boarded the small houseboat.