I Can Reap Qi Fortune from Players-Chapter 397 - 194: Scaly Gate Crisis

In reality, regardless of the pricing choice for species selection, it is actually a loss.

A few hundred million magic coins, is that just a joke?

Therefore, resurrection is a losing business.

But the actual value is not calculated like this.

They helped me forge high-tier divine weapons, sold for tens of millions, hundreds of millions... the little money I gave was simply laughable.

So, extracting a profit of several hundred million magic coins to build the species is also appropriate.

This is an investment in the basic construction of the manor.

Charging 50 magic coins is merely to encourage their brick-moving desires and maintain the currency system of the "game".

Soon.

Two players chose resurrection.

Ning Zheng instructed Assistant Ai to implant the souls into the child bodies split from these two meat vats.

With a swish.

Out of the two meat vats crawled out small three-headed qilins and Yungui Castle turtles, both extremely powerful, born with the Great Perfection of the Five-Body Realm.

Most divine beasts are born with Great Perfection of the Five-Body Realm.

However.

They have form without godliness, lacking significant growth potential, with severe side effects.

If the meat vats could reproduce asexually, splitting out truly strong and potential offspring, then divine beasts would not have low fertility rates.

"Why aren’t they wearing clothes?"

"Turtles and qilins, what kind of clothes would they wear?"

"Honestly, I think they’re awesome."

"Indeed, they’re cool."

"Looking at the corpse it seemed ordinary, but seeing it now, this charm, this aesthetic, simply amazing! The planner’s aesthetic sense is definitely online."

"Can it be my mount?"

Everyone discussed animatedly.

The qilin and turtle also raised their heads proudly, feeling good about themselves.

Experiencing not being human for the first time, the perspective of walking on the ground was quite novel.

Even the turtle started trying to eat dirt, "Yum yum, it’s really tasty."

We can eat dirt again?

The qilin, hearing this, couldn’t help but start gnawing on dirt as well, but quickly spat it out.

Night Mad Cultivator laughed nearby: "The turtle is Earth series, eating dirt is normal, but why would a Fire series get munching on it?"

"I suggest, come to our blacksmith shop and try eating flames," Daojiu seriously proposed.

With laughter around them, Ning Zheng took a closer look, secretly frowning.

The forms of the qilin and turtle are clearly not suitable for brick-moving.

Just initial species, now landing just to try them out.

They will definitely not become mainstream.

We need to wait to throw them into the Yin Yang Creation Furnace to synthesize a new species.

Of course, we won’t let them synthesize while alive, it’s the soulless body splitted from the meat vat that will be synthesized.

Once a suitable new demon beast is synthesized, they will be allowed to land into that body.

Everyone understands this rationale.

So we only experimented with two, to feel the transition species.

"We can start synthesizing now." Jiucai Rong tried to manipulate the meat vat, splitting two child bodies.

The two small husks split out, carried by someone to the Yin Yang Creation Furnace.

"First, let’s try human + beast." Night Mad Cultivator suggested, "The synthesis formula of qilin + human, it should succeed, but probably be standard."

After this period of fusion research, they discovered that the human race is a universal fusion species.

It can synthesize with anything, a jack-of-all-trades.

Mythical legends say dragons are naturally lustful.

Dragons can breed with any species.

But now we see, the truly extraordinary ones are humans.

Humans can breed with anything.

"Humans are just like this animal." Night Mad Cultivator snarked: "They can get aroused by anything, tires, crocodiles, wasp nests, exhaust pipes... this game is quite true to life."

Others nearby also made jokes.

"Then let’s try human + wasp nest someday."

"Human + exhaust pipe, there’ll definitely be a gun barrel transformed person."

...

As everyone chatted, a mysterious patterned egg appeared from the Yin Yang Creation Furnace.

Quickly it was tossed into the prepared Spirit Plant Liquid pool nearby, absorbing energy, ready to hatch.

Soon, a little baby qilin appeared, a scale-armored sub-human species, with two cute little horns atop its head, and its hands covered with thin, soft scales.

Everyone’s eyes sparkled instantly, so cute.

They’ve collected a previous illustrated guide of qilin-human hybrids, and the current outcome is not much different.

"It’s a success."

"Estimate the turtle will be similar."

Everyone was ecstatic, eyes filled with excitement.

A new species has emerged!

Although it’s a generic base species, many still want to land on it and try it fresh.

Some lament that this species is a public template, and no patent fee is charged.

In the future, they will spend money on research and development, creating a new race, and when everyone can log in as the race they’ve crafted, they’ll reap patent fees madly, which is a real profit.

Many people are already dreaming of a beautiful future.

...

Afternoon.

The human-turtle combination appeared, but it was rather ugly, resembling a humanoid Squirtle.

The shell on its back was also soft and not very useful. It was estimated that the shell would take a few months to harden completely and years to provide defense.

This was like a burden to them.

Although it’s very skilled at eating dirt, giving bonuses to daily tasks like brick moving and construction, its poor appearance led it to instant obscurity.

Many people chose the Qilin Child instead, mainly because this thing could actually spit fire, which was super fun.

A group of people were already having a blast, spraying fire at each other, starting a new shooting mode, thoroughly enjoying themselves.

Imaginative minds immediately started organizing CS, CF, preparing various messy explosive modes, planting bombs, detonating, a group counterattacking... their lively state reminded Ning Zheng of the early 2000s, when CS was popular in internet cafes, though he used to have no money to play and just watched others play.

The whole manor, in two hours of afternoon twilight, ushered in an unprecedented overhaul.

Corpses piled up like mountains.

One by one, adorable and dainty Qilin Children and Qilin Lolitas skipped out of the manor.

In the future, Money Children will still exist, but they have already become an eliminated race; nowadays, outsiders view the manor as the descendants of the Qilin Divine Beast.

"Will we grow up, or are we like dwarf Money Children?"

"We will grow, but as a demon beast species, we grow slower, and we’ll probably not live to see ourselves grow up."

"Indeed."

...

...

In Xinyi Continent City, The Shop.

Su Yuniang was still stationed there, training Gao, running the small shop, selling some Spirit Wine.

Although this shop industry isn’t making much money for them now, it’s an information hub and should have a sub-branch presence.

The Medical Fairy had already returned to Sword Casting Manor, participating in the dismemberment and making of meat barrels, researching new manor races.

At this moment, Jiucai Rong whispered to Embers:

"This period, we need to develop the Scaly Gate. A new Saint might also inspect the Nine-State; they might come to Xinyi Continent City. Our Scaly Gate could come as well."

The capital city is still moving.

Because the capital’s area is vast, rebuilding the ruins, moving again, and resettling might take about a week to rebuild the new capital.

They currently can’t enter the capital.

Waiting for Xin’e at Princess’s Mansion to land in the new capital, they can trigger new plots.

However.

Their group of Hairpin Ladies still ran daily to communicate with Princess Xin’e, waiting for the establishment of the new capital to blend into the Court.

Everyone is playing hide and seek in the new capital, seeing who’s more skillful.

So the current development focus is the Scaly Gate.

No matter how luxurious the capital is, it ultimately doesn’t belong to them; the Scaly Gate of the state city, however, is theirs.

Su Yuniang nodded: "Recently, the Scaly Gate has indeed become livelier, almost rebuilt."

Jiucai Rong said: "Fortunately, Dizzy has been in Xinyi Continent City for quite some time. Don’t know about the recent Xirong Divine Craftsman thing, but we can still keep it hidden a bit."

"However, if the Saint inspects Xinyi Continent City, I reckon they would come to the wall district."

Jiucai Rong said: "Don’t forget, this is the largest prison, holding many heavy criminals of the previous dynasty, like Gao, such a Holy Land Sect Leader."

Su Yuniang’s expression sank.

Indeed, this is Xinyi State’s first prison, holding many war criminals of the previous dynasty.

Now that the former dynasty’s Saints have emerged, won’t those criminals be released?

It’s estimated that the nine state cities’ nine wall prisons will welcome this Saint’s inspection of Nine-State, coming to select and rescue people!

Gao, presumably among them.

This is quite troublesome.

Gao is the mascot of our manor, after all.

Emotionally, of course, we wish for them to be rescued.

After all, we have a good relationship now, pampering Gao daily with various snacks.

But in terms of utility, if Gao leaves, we won’t have the Gundam Mecha to protect the manor.

Even the Magic Copper mine would vanish.

Because the Magic Copper mine exists because Gao’s head is suppressed!

Once Gao leaves, the manor’s mineral vein is directly drained.

"This is a bit annoying."

Jiucai Rong exhaled a breath, "Without mines, how would we forge weapons in the future? Why call it Sword Casting Manor?"

Magic Copper, a common vein for low-level magical artifacts, is no longer important to them now.

But black Magic Copper is still good material for crafting Embers Divine Artifacts.

"We need to see and adapt accordingly."

Jiucai Rong said: "I hope the Saint’s inspection of the Nine-State doesn’t first come to our Xinyi Continent City, but to other continents. We’ll observe their actions, see if they’re rescuing ancient criminals from each state’s prisons, then plan accordingly."

"Exactly."

Su Yuniang exhaled a breath, analyzing seriously:

"If the first trip is to Xinyi Continent City, it would bring disaster here, and assassins from across the world and black hands from various forces are waiting to encircle and kill the Saint’s Dharma Aspect, we in Xinyi Continent City would become collateral damage."

It might be better to go to other state cities first, let those people fight the Saint.

They’re not afraid of plot tasks, but this kind of assassination of the Saint plot, if it involves attacking our Scaly Gate, siege missions, it’s a bit too much.

If they do come, we need to enter tower defense mode.

Tutututu.

Beat those heartless enemies to death.