Chapter 919 - 919 37 The True Foundation of the Clans

Chapter 919: Chapter 37 The True Foundation of the Clan’s Development and Expansion! (Request for Monthly Tickets)_2 Chapter 919: Chapter 37 The True Foundation of the Clan’s Development and Expansion! (Request for Monthly Tickets)_2 The woman from the Immortal Court gave the pudgy shopkeeper a cold look. “What’s the lowest you can go? You should know the consequences of cheating me.”

She had plenty of money, but she wasn’t foolish.

The pudgy shopkeeper’s face turned pale as he kept wiping sweat from his brow. “Eighty percent off is the lowest I can go. That would be forty-seven thousand two hundred Immortal Crystals in total, rounded down to forty-seven thousand.”

“No more than thirty thousand!” Lan Wanyi raised her hand and said, “Our wolf cubs are still small and can’t eat that much.”

“Grand Aunt, who bargains like this?” the pudgy shopkeeper said with a wry smile. “At most, I can knock off another thousand.”

“Thirty-one thousand, that’s the absolute limit.”

“Forty-five thousand, I really can’t go any lower.”

“Lici, let’s just forget it. When your master returns, we can send them back to East Qian Country together. I can also take the opportunity to try the cuisine of East Qian Country. We can bring back the Immortal sister’s goods as well, free of charge.”

“Forty thousand, that’s really the lowest we can go. We’re not just earning the shipping fee, we also have to pay insurance for the wolf cubs, right? If anything happens, our Yao family is fully liable.”

“Thirty-two thousand… you did deceive the Immortal sister just now.”

Lan Wanyi argued tenaciously.

Soon, Wang Licui also joined the haggling fray, claiming that her little wolves were so well-behaved and quiet that they won’t fuss over just any food.

After half an hour of intense bargaining, they finally settled on a price of thirty-six thousand Immortal Crystals.

Indeed, while transporting and caring for Spirit Beasts was costly, charging five times the price of one wolf for five wolves was a bit excessive.

In the end, the woman from the Immortal Court swiftly paid the shipping fee. The price was likely quite low.

After settling on the price, there were a series of standard procedures to follow.

The Immortal Court lady’s items were relatively simple to handle, only requiring a check of the variety and quantity before boxing them up. However, Wang Licui’s wolf cubs were more troublesome as they needed a professional Beast Tamer to evaluate and record their age, aptitude, strength, physical appearance, and health status before the cubs could be handed over to the Beast Tamer employed by Yao’s Air Transport to be sent to the Yunqiao Flying Boat.

Registering aptitude and appearance was to prevent the young Spirit Beasts from being secretly swapped by the staff during transport, and it was also a way to be responsible to the customers. Checking for health conditions aimed to ensure that only healthy Spirit Beasts were sent on the Yunqiao Flying Boats, because if any issues arose en route, the blame would fall on Yao’s Air Transport.

Wang Licui was somewhat reluctant to hand over the five wolf cubs to the Beast Tamer.

After all, she had raised them for thirty years and had grown quite attached to them. The sudden separation was a bit hard for her to adjust to.

“When you get back home, you must listen to the family, understand? Fourth Uncle Shouzhe won’t spoil you like I do, so you must be smart and know whom you can provoke and whom you cannot,” Wang Licui fondly patted each of the fluffy wolf cubs’ heads, giving them a litany of advice, regardless of whether they understood.

As she spoke, she took out a piece of paper and a pen, quickly drew a rough sketch, and pointed at two figures on the drawing to advise the wolf cubs, “See this? This is Fourth Uncle Shouzhe. He’s a fearsome Demonic King, and if you get caught misbehaving, he’ll make you read books. Next to him is your Fourth Aunt; she’s usually very gentle, but if you make her angry, you’re done for.”

The five nearly grown wolf cubs sat obediently on the ground, glancing at Wang Licui and then at her drawing, their five pairs of blue eyes blinking, uncertain if they understood.

Lan Wanyi, standing nearby, clicked her tongue in wonder.

My, my, to be caught and made to read books—sister Lici’s family sounds terribly frightening.

And with that scribble that Lici sister drew, who could recognize who it’s supposed to be from that picture? Let alone the five confused wolf cubs, even she couldn’t manage it.

After a good while of incessant chatter, Wang Licui finally let go of the five wolf cubs with reluctance and watched them being taken away by the Beast Tamer, each with a beast ring.

However, Wang Licui wasn’t of a sentimental nature; her emotions came quickly and left just as fast.

Once the cargo had been shipped.

The three beauties, one adult and two young ones, left Yao’s Air Transport in high spirits and headed straight to the food street.

The pudgy shopkeeper waved goodbye to the three beauties, then turned back to wipe away the cold sweat and chuckled, “The young lady thinks she can outwit me? Just one Beast Tamer is enough to easily handle five wolf cubs—this is a huge profit.”

Unfortunately, the shopkeeper’s joy came too soon.

Little did he know that these wolf cubs had been pampered by Wang Licui for years and had become completely domesticated.

He could never have foreseen how much of a psychological shadow this shipment would cast on everyone aboard the Yunqiao Flying Boat, a shadow that lasted for many years as crew members would get headaches at the sight of wolf cubs.

A major loss.

…

As for the future, naturally no one could say for sure. But at least for now, both the shopkeeper and the three ladies were very happy.

The food street was full of incredible delicacies, and the Immortal Court lady didn’t hesitate to let the two girls eat their fill.

It was a rare treat for the young ladies to be given free rein to eat as much as they liked, even after an elder learned about their appetites. Wang Licui and Lan Wanyi were thrilled, merrily eating their way from one end of the street to the other.

The Frost Moon Immortal Dynasty’s livestock industry was highly developed, and many local delicacies made use of Spirit Meat and Spirit Vegetables. Although typically of lower grade, the prices were by no means cheap.