flstandardbreds Chapter 158 Soul-Eating Rat
Chapter 158 Soul-Eating Rat
As the space expanded more than ten times again, reaching more than 7,200 acres, the number of living creatures that could be supported increased dramatically.
The needs of plants are easy to meet. Just sow some seeds and let them grow freely in the general area.
However, the rate at which animals reproduce cannot keep up with the expansion of space.
The seven six-eyed demon spiders that I purchased earlier will only lay eggs after they grow into adults at the sixth level of Qi Refining.
When ordinary wild beasts become monsters, their reproduction rate will be greatly reduced.
After the duck demon hatched the first batch of second-generation demon beasts, there was no movement for the past three years.
Taibai is almost at the stage of building his foundation, and it will be even more difficult to produce offspring after building his foundation.
This is also the truth of heaven and earth, and it is rarely defied. If a powerful demon beast or cultivator gave birth to offspring so easily, it would disrupt the already fragile balance of the immortal world.
Chen Yu has been living in the market town, where it is difficult for him to come into contact with ordinary animals, so he has to look around to see if there are any monsters for sale.
After wandering around for another half a month, I finally heard a cultivator say that a rare monster, the Soul-Devouring Rat, was for sale ahead.
However, there was already a crowd of people here, and he had to use some tricks to squeeze in.
There was nothing else on the stall, just a small cage.
The cage was made of the bones of an unknown monster, about three feet long and wide, with a cold metallic glow.
Among them were twelve rat-like monsters of various sizes, making ear-piercing squeaking sounds.
The intelligence of the monsters is not inferior to that of human cultivators, but no one is interested in communicating with them.
The eyes of the Soul Devouring Rats were bloodshot, their expressions full of hatred and madness, but there was a hint of fear in the corners of their eyes, revealing their uneasiness about their own fate.
The stall owners were three independent cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining, and they were fairly well-known in the market town.
They are well-known for their daring and fighting spirit, and it is said that they once escaped from the clutches of a foundation-building demon.
Of course, everyone is well aware of the credibility of this statement.
Many great monsters have the habit of sleeping. Some of them advance while sleeping, while others die in their dreams.
What’s even worse is that a disaster struck unexpectedly, and other monks took the opportunity to kill the monster and take the treasure.
Most of these three independent cultivators had passed by the place where the great demon was sleeping, and they used it as a source of bragging.
But the dozen or so soul-eating rats in front of him are the real raw materials for storage bags.
The demon rat fur needed to refine the storage bag comes from the spirit-devouring rat.
Even though the largest one in the cage is less than a foot long including its tail, its cultivation level is only at the fifth level of Qi Refining.
The stomach can hold up to seven or eight cubic feet of stuff, and there is not much change in appearance.
The art of weapon refining has been passed down from generation to generation, but Chen Yu has never heard of anyone who has figured out the art of space.
It is recorded in the "Outline of Equipment Refining" that as long as they are sewn together using a special method, a storage bag of sufficient size can be combined.
However, the Soul-Eating Rats are social monsters, with a litter containing at least dozens and sometimes hundreds of individuals.
The largest group should be the ones under the command of a Foundation Establishment Stage demon rat in the depths of Lei Yangze. It is said that there are more than 400 of them, and ordinary Foundation Establishment Stage masters dare not provoke them.
One was at the ninth level of Qi Refining, two were at the eighth level of Qi Refining, and they captured twelve Soul-Eating Rats. It could be said that they took a huge risk.
When Chen Yu arrived, many cultivators were already bidding.
In the innermost part, all the weapon refiners from the market town came here in person, all wanting the fur of the demon rat.
About four Spirit-Eating Rats can be used to refine a standard storage bag, which is worth more than two hundred spirit stones.
Storage bags are considered a luxury item in the world of immortal cultivation. They have little effect on combat power, but they are an outward manifestation of a cultivator's financial strength.
Moreover, if you take a storage bag with you when you go out, you can collect many monster materials, which greatly improves the efficiency of accumulating resources for cultivation.
Seeing their excitement, Chen Yu also tried to quote: "Nine spirit stones, plus twenty broken spirit stones."
The cultivation levels of the demon rats vary, so we start selling them from the second level of Qi Refining.
Chen Yu had a very accurate eye for spiritual objects and he immediately offered a price that was what everyone expected.
If the price is lower, you can raise it. If the price is higher, there is still profit, but it is not cost-effective in the long run.
In this case, naturally some people will be unwilling.
The owner of the weapon refinery at the other end of the market town is also a first-class, mid-grade weapon refiner.
He said sarcastically, "The storage bag is at least a first-class magic weapon. Don't waste it if you buy it back, Brother Chen.
I have lived for so long, and I think it is better for monks like me not to aim too high."
Colleagues are all enemies. We cannot fight in the market, but it is okay to be sarcastic to each other.
Chen Yu smiled faintly: "The storage bag is indeed a first-grade upper-grade magic weapon, but it is easier to refine than an ordinary mid-grade magic weapon.
Could it be that fellow Taoist is not skilled enough and has forgotten this?
Oh, maybe the sir is getting old and confused and no longer knows how to refine magical instruments.
Moreover, Chen had some insights recently, and he may be able to reach the threshold of the first-class upper grade in his lifetime."
This weapon refiner is over 130 years old this year. He took anti-aging pills in the past, which is why he maintains this middle-aged appearance.
Because of his limited talent, he stopped at the middle level of the first rank and had not moved forward for decades.
Chen Yu's words just hit his sore spot.
This weapon refiner has an entire family of immortal cultivators backing him up outside, but Chen Yu was hiding in the market town and could do nothing about it.
After getting embarrassed, the weapon refiner immediately shut up, and the next round of bidding began on the other side.
Chen Yu bought six, including the demon rat at the fifth level of Qi Refining.
He thought that this number was enough for reproduction, so he deliberately added some water in the middle.
He would have to stay in the market town for a long time and would not leave until he broke through to the next great realm. He could not afford to offend all the weapon refiners in the market town.
The other three weapon refiners were given the remaining six Soul Devouring Rats. Although they were not enough to refine a storage bag, it was still a pleasant surprise.
Equipment refining workshops have their own channels for materials, but they want to purchase extra ones just because this demon rat is rare.
Chen Yu paid a total of 129 spirit stones and obtained six demon rats, one male and five females.
Their cultivation levels range from the second to the fifth level of Qi Refining, and they can form a small clan in the space.
He was very satisfied and took the demon rat back home in the small cage given by the stall owner.
After entering the space, Chen Yu set up a set of second-grade superior trap array as usual.
The Monster Encyclopedia introduces that the Soul-Eating Rat has great destructive power, and people are afraid that it will dig holes everywhere in space and destroy spiritual medicines.
The soul-eating rat is extremely greedy and likes to gnaw on spiritual objects for no reason, so it can only be kept in captivity.
Fortunately, they don't often fight with each other, so there's no need to divide them into compartments. And with one male and five females, male rats are the strongest combination, so they should be very affectionate.
This trap uses spirit stones as its power source, and can also autonomously absorb the rich spiritual energy in the space as a supplement. It is impossible for a cultivator who is not in the middle stage of foundation building to break it.
It is a waste of talent to use it to imprison demon rats at the fifth level of Qi Refining or below.
Although there are precedents of becoming a great demon in the foundation-building stage, it is not known when that will happen.