Chapter 122: Chapter 122: Pigs, Cows, and Sheep, Where Are You Going?

"You sure know how to hide! Where were you just now?"

Chen Mo held his chopsticks in one hand while continuously tapping Kang’s head with his sword scabbard in the other. Yet, even this couldn’t stop its desperate pecking.

Thinking about it now, this Spirit Chicken, Kang, really seemed somewhat special. It knew which parts of the Pentagonal Heavy Lizard were edible and which were not, and it could even sense the arrival of powerful enemies in advance! No wonder. It had been staying perfectly fine in the kitchen, but just when the food he had been looking forward to for so long was finally ready, the chicken had vanished without a trace!

"CLUCK, CLUCK! CLUCK!"

"Eat, eat, eat, that’s all you know! I don’t see you being of any use," Chen Mo grumbled. "Oh, wait, you can help lay eggs."

Nowadays, all the hens Chen Mo raised had begun incubating their eggs. By the time spring arrived next year, a new batch of chicks would be born. He just wondered when the Spirit Pigs and Spirit Sheep would arrive.

After eating and drinking his fill, Chen Mo shooed away the freeloading Kang. He warned it that it must take charge of guarding the house from now on; if anyone else broke in, he would stew it.

Returning to the Training Room, he resumed his dull and monotonous cultivation routine.

Whenever he grew tired of Meditation, he would take out the Setting Sun Sword Technique and Flying Sword Yun Qing to practice a few moves. If he was still exhausted, he would flip through the Seven Miles Killing Array. Guaranteed, within a few breaths, he would fall asleep instantly.

Time passed day by day.

His experience bar, steady as a rock, increased bit by bit in an orderly fashion. There were no surprises and no accidents, much less any sudden epiphanies or ascensions to immortality. Everything was earned through tedious sweat and hard work.

The snow outside began to melt, and his house no longer looked out of place. He wondered what Song Yunxi was busy with. Perhaps he was processing seeds, or maybe he was indulging himself every day at the Fragrance Pavilion?

Then, on this particular day, Meng Ke finally arrived with his men, choosing to visit in person!

"KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!"

A series of crisp knocks jolted Chen Mo awake from his Meditation. He got up and opened the door. The visitor was none other than the Steward of the Spirit Bird Station—Meng Ke!

"Brother Meng!"

"How is it? Were you getting impatient?" Meng Ke’s voice was exceedingly hearty, carrying a demeanor unique to middle-aged men.

"Has the Spiritual Ox been weaned?" Chen Mo raised an eyebrow, asking with a hint of excitement.

"More than that! Come take a look!"

As he spoke, he led him out of the house. A horse-drawn flatbed cart was parked in the courtyard outside. On the cart sat a custom-built metal cage packed with leftover straw from the rice harvest.

Chen Mo stepped closer to take a look. One, two, three... a total of six Spirit Pigs, each the size of a human head, were huddled together for warmth. On the other side, four small lambs that could barely stand were trembling, leaning against the iron bars to support their bodies. Right in the center, a calf standing half as tall as a man stood majestically, looking like the absolute king of the cage!

"They’re all here?" Chen Mo was in a good mood. Pigs, cattle, and sheep—he had them all at once!

"I have to say, Brother Chen, your luck is quite good! A Spirit Pig just happened to give birth to a litter of over ten piglets. The other side couldn’t raise so many at once, so I brought half of them over for you to pick and choose. See if there are any suitable ones."

Chen Mo stepped forward and picked up the piglets one by one to inspect them. Their dark, round eyes stared straight back at him. They were very spirited.

"None of them are sick, right?"

"How could they be? You must be joking with me!"

"There’s a total of six Spirit Pigs, four Spirit Sheep, and one Spiritual Ox here, right?"

Hearing this question, Meng Ke felt an inexplicable sense of excitement. Could it be that he wanted to buy all of them? But on second thought, all these added together wouldn’t be cheap! Even if he was Song Yunxi’s friend, it shouldn’t be to this extent!

"They’re all here. Would you like to take your pick, Brother Chen?"

"Six Spirit Pigs for two hundred and forty taels, four Spirit Sheep for one hundred and twenty taels, and one Spiritual Ox for sixty taels. That makes a total of four hundred and twenty taels of Spiritual Sand, right?" Chen Mo asked again.

"You want all of them?" Meng Ke grew slightly agitated.

"Since you pushed them all the way here, Brother Meng, how could I have the nerve to make you push them back?" Chen Mo smiled. "Since I’m buying so many at once, how about a discount?"

"What’s your offer?"

"Two Low Grade Spirit Stones!"

Meng Ke immediately revealed a bitter smile. "Brother, you’re making a joke out of me!"

He could indeed earn quite a bit by reselling these young Spiritual Beasts, but this kind of bargaining didn’t seem like how one did business! Who slashed more than half the price in one go?

"Then you name a price!"

Ask for a sky-high price and negotiate down to earth. Three or four Low Grade Spirit Stones was not a small sum. If he couldn’t raise them to maturity and they died, he would be the one suffering the loss in the end.

"I’ll round it down for you. How about that?"

"Brother Meng, that shows no sincerity at all."

Seeing Chen Mo put on a stern face and considering that he would still be doing business with him in the future, Meng Ke gritted his teeth. "Three Low Grade Spirit Stones, plus forty taels of Spiritual Sand."

Chen Mo calculated for a moment before nodding.

"Deal!"

Cash on the barrelhead. Payment was made, and the goods were delivered.

In the end, Chen Mo even kept the large flatbed cart, claiming it as a complimentary gift. However, it was merely a mortal item and wasn’t worth much anyway, so Meng Ke easily agreed to the costless favor.

Opening the iron bars, Chen Mo carried out a Spirit Piglet.

At this moment, Kang popped up from out of nowhere, poking its head out to peek into the cage. The Spirit Piglets, having only recently opened their eyes, didn’t react much. But this sight thoroughly startled the half-man-tall Spiritual Ox! It instantly started thrashing around wildly inside the cage.

Seeing this, Chen Mo thought, "This is bad!" He quickly stepped forward and restrained the Spiritual Ox. If he let it continue like this, the piglets in the cage would likely be trampled to death!

Channeling Spiritual Qi to his fingertips, he immediately cast the Vitality Technique, beginning to comb its hair, massage it, and soothe its emotions. Finally, the Spiritual Ox gradually calmed down, and Chen Mo delivered a swift kick to Kang’s backside!

"Stay away! If you scare them, I’ll butcher you."

"CLUCK... CLUCK, CLUCK..."

After soothing the Spiritual Ox’s emotions, Chen Mo settled it into the cowshed. He then repeated the process, using the Vitality Technique combined with Sturdy to effortlessly subdue the four Spirit Sheep before locking them in the sheep pen.

As for the six Spirit Piglets? Chen Mo purposely scooped up a large pile of straw and placed it in the corner of the pigpen. Even with the Silence Array maintaining a constant temperature, they still needed to be cared for meticulously. This was their most fragile period.

Having settled the new members of the household, Chen Mo ordered Kang to fetch some Successor Rice Valley to give the little guys a simple feeding.

Looking at it now, he had to admit that the Vitality Technique was truly a good thing. At the very least, after being massaged, the Spiritual Beasts quickly accepted Chen Mo’s presence and didn’t refuse to eat because of the change in environment.

"You’re in charge of looking after these little ones from now on, understand?" Chen Mo assigned Kang another task.

Of course, counting on it entirely was unrealistic. It could only act as a messenger at best; if anything happened, he would still have to handle it himself!

Initially, he only had the Spirit Chickens. Now, he had a Spiritual Ox, Spirit Pigs, and Spirit Sheep. From this moment on, Chen Mo could finally be considered a true Spirit Nurturer!

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