Chapter 307: The Predicament Of The Extraordinary Breeder!
Patiently wait for the brother and sister to hurriedly finish gnawing the remaining half bucket of fried chicken. The two with excellent teeth didn’t leave even the bones, just a few simple rounds of chewing turned them into powder effortlessly, without wasting a single bit.
Seeing the two obediently and politely wipe their mouths and hands with paper towels, then reveal satisfied expressions, Yuan Zhu finally said: “Now take me to see your results.”
The petite and delicate little girl immediately jumped down from the chair, taking the lead: “This way!”
The tall and burly Yuan Tiao then honestly stood up, following behind his sister, providing protection.
The first place visited was several rooms on the first floor.
Since Yuan Zhu had successively cleared out the Haunted House, the objects that massively consumed Shadow Power disappeared. Now the shadow eggplant vines inside the rooms received more Shadow Spiritual Energy nourishment. With excess nutrients, their growth was naturally thriving, with large amounts of lush black leaves naturally draping along the walls and roof, even bearing fruit again.
The little girl pointed at the shadow tomatoes, each one a circle larger than a thumb knuckle, and said: “This can’t be eaten, it tastes both bitter and sour, with strong toxicity (pollution). But it can be refined and absorbed via Anti-Law. I think it can be selected as the main ingredient to develop a basic cultivation supplement targeted at Shadow Species.”
Ever since being recruited by Yuan Zhu to change fate and becoming the Animal Husbandry Village administrator. Yuan Tang no longer toiled for a livelihood, no longer strained to raise spirit insects for tribute; instead, she devoted massive energy to Corpse Seed, Herbal Medicine, and Alchemy, aiming to master a skill.
Although she still knew nothing about true Alchemy (‘furnace’ not yet formed), her Insect System Pharmacology, Underground Herbal Medicine, and Spirit Medicine Planting and Preparation were all quite good, with solid fundamentals.
She could truly use prepared medicinal herbs, dispense according to prescriptions, and make slight adjustments based on the patient’s condition. Besides basic decoctions; she could also grind herbs into powder and mix them, supplemented by True Qi dense refinement to activate medicinal properties, producing low-pollution pills.
This technique was far inferior to Alchemy, but not mortal means either, gradually entering the shallows of Extraordinary Potionology. Just like Nie Yin, with a mortal body, producing extraordinary runes/tattoos through engraving methods.
To improve learning efficiency, the little girl comprehended the ultimate skill of ‘Shennong tasting a hundred herbs.’ She frequently tested on herself, eating highly toxic polluted medicinal herbs raw, personally experiencing the medicinal properties and toxicity of different herbs to deepen her learning impressions.
Fortunately, her meridians were all open, at Human Rank Great Perfection. With a body protected by thick True Qi, she never lacked cultivation pills or antidote pills. As long as it didn’t kill her, she ate vigorously, with her pharmacology reserves skyrocketing.
Ever since ascending to the Upper Realm (Present World), she was full of curiosity about everything around her, like a country bumpkin arriving in a big city, thinking everything is good stuff and wanting to taste it all, not worrying about her own life at all.
Firstly, she truly had a big heart, raised poor eating garbage, not seeing any issue. During studies in the Animal Husbandry Village, she experienced near-death multiple times more. Even her brain was nearly accustomed, and her body developed considerable pollution resistance from eating.
Secondly, like mortals first arriving at the Heavenly Court, feeling the Immortal Realm is unattainable. Any roadside grass, leaf, or ant is immortal grass or spirit beast, eating it extends life and cures all diseases.
The brother and sister also had this ‘Upper Realm filter,’ thinking the Upper Realm is full of superiors, everywhere heavenly materials and earthly treasures. Air fresh, water sources clean, no miasma pollution… So Yuan Tang boldly opened her mouth, stuffing anything into it, even obviously heavily polluted Shadow Tomatoes.
In the end, amid ‘bleh bleh bleh~,’ she really tasted a bit of spirit medicine flavor. This item counts as pollution rations for the Shadow System, and even after massive consumption, can pollute and twist a goblin’s brain, mutating into Brain Eggplant CPU.
Now, Yuan Tang, bored in the Haunted House with nothing to do, had set her sights on the only easily obtainable Shadow Eggplant Fruit, planning to do something to prove her value.
Yuan Zhu encouraged: “Good idea, but don’t rush. After you go to the Frog Factory and meet the teacher (senior student) I’ve arranged for you, learn more present world’s medical knowledge from her. Alchemy and potion-making require massive combinations of different medicinal herbs. This isn’t Insect City, no so many familiar insect medicines. Still need to master local medicinal herbs first before researching.”
Yuan Tang had Shadow Tomato Fruit in hand, but no other suitable auxiliary ingredients; developing a potion was pure fantasy.
Soon, in the first floor bedroom and living room, they saw Eggplant Essence Sacs placed neatly one by one. Now they no longer hung upside down from the ceiling or embedded in walls, looking much neater, with higher erosion transformation efficiency.
After reaching the second floor, no Eggplant Goblins were visible anywhere, each bedroom reasonably arranged, not crowded.
Either a pair of healthy goblins who accepted official Extreme Warrior modifications, mixed with another pair of Sword Immortal Goblin reserves, in a four-person bedroom; or five half-blood orc brothers sharing the largest bedroom.
Additionally, in the adjacent bedroom were six Holy Knight Goblin reserves’ shared room. Pushing open the next room door, it was slightly crowded inside. In the empty room, ten hammocks woven from shadow eggplant vines were hung.
The little girl explained that this room housed 10 Shadow Goblin Strongmen transformed from ‘sickly frail old goblins.’
Except for the last batch, who had long lived in the Disease Garden. While freely breathing and exhaling intensified disease pollution to worsen conditions, also countering with internal Holy Flasks to maintain rational balance, further accelerating the ‘holy seal material’ gestation in Distorted Eyeballs.
The other experimental subjects all concentrated on the second floor, where living space was obviously more spacious.
The two official Extreme Goblin Warriors were Nie Yin’s food prepared for the uniform; the two Sword Immortals were Yuan Zhu’s assigned mission.
The five orc half-bloods need no mention; the six Holy Knight Goblins were now testing on themselves, pioneering and perfecting Yuan Zhu’s Holy Light Breathing Technique.
As for the final 10 newly cultivated Shadow Cattle and Horses laborers, they were regarded as the first batch of contestants + actors prepared for the Goblin Performance (Championship).
Yuan Zhu counted on his fingers: excluding the three giants he had in mind (Frog Killer Girl, little girl, younger brother), excluding his younger brother who sent money weekly. He actually had 25 mouths to feed under him now?!
Before this, though he had over two digits of Shadow Eggplant Essences + two digits of Shadow Magic Worms + four Eggplant Head Ghost Companions to cultivate, he never spent a single cent!
Because he only needed to exploit the Haunted House’s daily fixed output of Shadow Spiritual Energy, freeloading pollution crops from the Disease Garden, to sustain their (Ghost Companions’) survival needs.
Ghost Companions don’t need proper eating; supplementing Shadow Spiritual Energy and Power of Pollution (fuel) allows survival and even growth. As for Eggplant Essences being living things needing food. But ‘eggplant parasitism’ gives them partial plant traits; in dormancy, Shadow Eggplants guarantee minimal life maintenance.
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But now, everything was different!
Power Path cultivation aims at tempering demonic muscles, requiring massive energy intake far exceeding normal people daily. As long as it doesn’t burst, stuff to the brink of death!
This time, Yuan Zhu first experienced the taste of ‘raising employees.’
Half-blood orcs were already far larger than normal, able to eat and shit a lot, appetite 3 times a normal adult. After becoming Extreme Strongmen, appetite surged over 3 times, one eating 10 adults’ worth. Five orcs daily produce 50 person-portions of food waste!
Next, the two young healthy goblin strongmen, clearly so small, hitting one like hitting a dog. Yet appetite reached 4 times a normal adult! Two make 8 person-portions.
Yuan Zhu complained a lot about this, but understood that the more a goblin could eat, the more it proved the gold content and success of Nie Yin’s surgical modifications. Appetite also represented this Goblin Strongman’s aptitude and potential. Being able to eat is a blessing.
As for the worst Shadow Eggplant Essence Cattle and Horses laborers, original daily food cost 0, fully powered by internal ‘parasitic shadow eggplants.’ But after training with orcs, internal ‘parasitic eggplants’ were squeezed, cut off, and rejected by Shadow Muscles.
Sweeping into 007 plant person state, back to rice buckets, food intake exploded to 3 times adult amount, another 30 person-portions.
The final two Sword Immortal reserves had low appetite, not yet accepting Sword Cultivator modifications, in learning training phase; together, appetite 3 times adult amount.
The final six Holy Knight Goblin reserves, having completed Flask Essence Pillar Power modifications, burned life slightly daily, and under Yuan Tiao’s drilling performed massive physical training, appetite also huge, each not below Shadow Cattle and Horses laborers, also three times each.
Only the 10 Seal Casting raw materials pastured in the Disease Garden had the ultimate goal of maximally elevating Extraordinary Disease Pollution concentration. Thus they ignored feeding, letting them eat disease pollution in the garden to accelerate mutation; while Holy Flasks slowed cultivation, repeatedly tugging and tormenting to elevate pollution quality.
Adding up like this, Yuan Zhu now faced supplying food for 109 adults every day upon opening his eyes!
And so many eating and shitting rice buckets created not even a cent of revenue for him, yet he had to keep pouring into this bottomless pit.
Even so, that wasn’t the most terrifying part.
Since this bunch of rice bucket beasts were all cultivated toward ‘extraordinaries,’ simply providing satiating ‘food’ was far from enough!
Take the acknowledged cheapest, most stable Power Path: just eating full and supplementing enough carbs only maintains physical consumption.
Since wanting to build muscle, enhance and excavate demonic muscle potential, besides necessary protein, vitamins… must intake the most critical ‘extraordinary pollution,’ the Frog System Pollution Body Tempering Fluid purified by professional institutions!
Force Path cultivation, Body Tempering Fluid must never stop. Initial entry stage ‘diluted Body Tempering Fluid’ injections stimulate muscle mutation; then after entry, increase Body Tempering Fluid dosage, using Frog System Pollution beyond muscle tolerance limits to push muscle fibers to new extremes, excavating stronger potential.
Thereafter, constant cultivation, constant injections, constant nutrient intake, constant tempering of the physical body to excavate potential… until the final limit, Muscle Demonicization 100%. Half-step peak Great Perfection; to go further requires Muscle Fiber Synthesis, namely 1st Turn, also called 2 (2 to the power of 1).
During this, Basic Body Tempering Fluid consumption is a huge number. Yuan Zhu had five orc half-bloods, two goblin strongmen, ten shadow goblin cattle and horses… The medicine gap so large, he could only accelerate Frog Factory onto the right track, relying on Nie Yin’s manual extraction of Body Tempering Fluid Ingredients to save cultivation costs!
Now knowing why no one cultivates Goblin Strongmen and attempts animal performances, Goblin Hegemony? Even with the inspiration and creativity, can’t withstand such money waste.
With so much Body Tempering Fluid, why waste on goblins? Go cultivate some desperate poor people, in minutes pull out an extraordinary startup group, go rob gold shops and banks in other cities, isn’t that better?!
Even so, Power Path is the most cost-effective. Though breaking muscle limits wastes a sum of Body Tempering Fluid, and consumption higher as realm deepens.
But! Frog system strongmen’s muscles, no matter reinforced to what level, even if stopping medicine, even if no longer exercising to maintain physical strength, even if muscles atrophy, body fat, no longer at peak.
The ‘muscle fiber demonicization degree’ won’t change, but is permanently recorded by the body. E.g., demonicized to 80%, even if degenerating to fat otaku weakling, muscle fibers still at 80%, pollution resistance won’t disappear.
Even just rousing up again, eating madly and drinking fiercely, crazy exercising, soon back to 80% peak. As for cultivating extraordinaries under other systems, the invested cultivation materials and pollution resources necessarily far exceed the cheapest Frog System!
Yuan Zhu couldn’t even afford Frog-type Goblins, hurriedly running to Rain Courtyard to buy frog seedlings, precisely to exploit himself and exploit Nie Yin, illegally self-refine Body Tempering Fluid.
As for Holy Knight Goblins’ consumption, Yuan Zhu still provided Holy Grails, saving massive Holy Light System consumption. Plus a Disease Garden as fuel. Shadow cattle and horses strongmen supplemented extraordinary consumption via Haunted House self-produced Shadow Spiritual Energy.
No matter which ‘experimental group,’ he minimized cultivation fees as much as possible. Even so, per Snake Snake’s calculations, his daily extra expenditures soared to 170 yuan.
Seems not much, but rephrasing: feeding this group of useless lords for a month, expenditures easily break 5000 yuan! And they produce no revenue or returns.
Most outrageous, like the two siblings, they were all black households! No identity! Can’t see light! Can’t go out working to earn money for him. Once detected by Security Bureau, not just fines, goblins and cattle horses confiscated, also face ‘illegal rearing (holding) polluted species’ charges…
If caught illegally holding orcs, great, face heavy crime charges of illegal imprisonment and enslavement of intelligent life!
“Hard, really too hard!”
At this moment, he especially felt his created Eggplant Essence was this century’s greatest invention! No eating no drinking, zero cost input, 007 output!
Pity, if a goblin had Eggplant Essence’s cheapness and thriftiness, it would miss out on Labor Goblin’s hardworking endurance, great strength efficiency, tough durability.
But if having Labor Goblin’s ‘muscle modification,’ then face crazy feed consumption, frequent drug injections dilemma.
