Fire Spirit Chicken Economics

Ye Tian's technique was extremely practiced.

He set up a Bamboo Rack on either side of the charcoal fire.

He placed the previously skewered Fire Spirit Chickens on it to grill, turning them continuously.

Before long,

golden droplets of oil fell onto the charcoal, sizzling loudly.

A fragrant aroma wafted from the Fire Spirit Chickens.

Fire Spirit Chickens were a type of spirit beast. Unlike ordinary domestic chickens, they could absorb Soul Power, and their meat was exceptionally delicious while also being highly beneficial to the body.

When ordinary people ate them, they could replenish physical deficiencies and strengthen their bodies.

If soul masters consumed Fire Spirit Chickens over a long period, they could even increase their Soul Power.

The Fire Spirit Chickens at the farm, however, had been specially bred and selectively cultivated by Ye Tian. Their effects were ten times greater than those of wild Fire Spirit Chickens in nature.

Furthermore, because the free-range Fire Spirit Chickens on the farm faced no competition from the wild and grew up carefree, their meat was even more delicious.

That was precisely why a five-pound farm-raised Fire Spirit Chicken sold for as much as two hundred Gold Soul Coins on the market.

Even at such a high price, soul masters still rushed to buy them.

"Brother, you wouldn't raise Fire Spirit Chickens for no reason. Is this another one of your money-making tricks?"

Hu Liena stared at the Fire Spirit Chickens, licked her lips, and asked curiously.

Before Ye Tian could speak, Li Jiuchuan smiled and said, "Miss Na Na, you guessed right. The Li Family and Young Master Ye Tian have a business transporting Fire Spirit Chickens.

"Whenever a Li Family cargo ship carrying Fire Spirit Chickens nears the port, people swarm over like mad, crowding together to snatch them up. Most of them are soul masters, too."

Hearing this, Hu Liena's eyes widened. She looked at the Fire Spirit Chickens, her small face filled with astonishment.

Ye Tian truly had an incredible business sense.

Even a tiny Fire Spirit Chicken could become a best-selling product in his hands.

Hu Liena grabbed Ye Tian's lapel and gave it a shake. "Brother, just how many Fire Spirit Chickens are there on the farm?"

"You'll have to ask Old Chen about that. He manages the farm."

Chen Jian, standing behind them, chuckled upon hearing this. He raised one finger and said with a grin, "Not many. A hundred thousand."

Hiss!

Hu Liena sucked in a sharp breath, feeling as though she could barely breathe.

She looked reverently toward the mountainside of Butterfly Farm. Did that mean the entire mountain was covered in Fire Spirit Chickens?

Wasn't that breeding scale far too terrifying?

"What about the price?" Hu Liena suddenly thought of a crucial question.

Li Jiuchuan answered, "Two hundred Gold Soul Coins, I think? Fire Spirit Chicken is a standard meal for the Li Family's soul masters. I shouldn't be mistaken about the price."

Hu Liena was stunned. Counting on her fingers, she could not process the enormous figure behind it all.

It took her quite a while to calculate it.

Didn't that mean the Fire Spirit Chickens alone were worth more than twenty million Gold Soul Coins?

Good heavens!

What an astronomical number!

One had to know that Spirit Hall's annual military budget was only about that much!

To provide such an enormous military budget, even Pope Palace had to live frugally.

Yet Ye Tian only needed to casually sell some chickens from a farm to match Spirit Hall's annual military expenditures!

At that moment, she even wanted to persuade her teacher to change careers and have Spirit Hall buy chicks and raise chickens instead!

Why be a soul master? Raising chickens made far more money.

It was enough to make anyone green with envy!

No wonder Ye Tian had looked so calm and indifferent when he previously said selling pickled vegetables could earn him a million Gold Soul Coins.

So a million Gold Soul Coins was nothing to him. Even tens of millions of Gold Soul Coins were merely a drop in the bucket in Ye Tian's eyes.

Suppressing the shock in her heart, Hu Liena asked, "Is there anything special about these Fire Spirit Chickens? Why do they sell for so much?"

She truly could not understand it.

If pickled vegetables could be explained by their rarity,

then Fire Spirit Chickens clearly could not be explained that way.

Who didn't know how to raise chickens?

Any random farmer might have a few chickens at home.

And Fire Spirit Chickens were not some rare breed, either.

Wild Fire Spirit Chickens could be found in many forests.

Hearing Hu Liena's question, Li Jiuchuan revealed a surprised expression. "Na Na, don't tell me you don't know that Fire Spirit Chicken meat can help soul masters cultivate?"

"What?"

For a moment, Hu Liena's mind could not wrap itself around the idea.

Fire Spirit Chicken meat could help with cultivation?

As soon as those words were spoken, even Bibi Dong on the other side was somewhat surprised.

On Douluo Continent, any Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that could aid cultivation were, without exception, exceedingly difficult to obtain and exceptionally rare.

Fire Spirit Chickens, however, were the complete opposite.

They were utterly commonplace, with habits and growth cycles similar to ordinary chickens.

She simply could not connect Fire Spirit Chickens with the concept of aiding cultivation.

Seeing Na Na's shocked expression, Li Jiuchuan was a little puzzled and explained,

"This is something everyone throughout the Coastal Area knows. Otherwise, Fire Spirit Chickens would not sell so well."

Her expression shifted slightly as she asked, "Since you are Ye Tian's sister, how could you not know about this?"

Ye Tian leisurely turned the Fire Spirit Chicken in his hands to heat it evenly as he explained,

"My sister and Nana Meimei used to be Maids in Spirit City. They only returned recently, so they know very little about this."

"I see."

Li Jiuchuan suddenly understood.

She then glanced at Hu Liena with a hint of envy.

Na Na was so lucky. By chance, she had become Ye Tian's sister's disciple and gained the right to remain by Ye Tian's side.

As for herself, she could only watch from afar.

She did not even have the right to be friends with him. At most, they could be considered acquaintances.

Li Jiuchuan lowered her eyes, unable to stop a trace of disappointment from appearing on her face.

But she quickly concealed it again.

No matter what, she was merely an outsider.

Besides, before this, she had only learned of Ye Tian's capabilities from her grandfather.

This was also her first time meeting Ye Tian.

In a sense, was this not another kind of being smitten by looks?

At that thought, Li Jiuchuan could not help smiling.

So she, too, was a frivolous person.

Seeing that the Fire Spirit Chickens were nearly done, Ye Tian took out numerous little bottles and jars from his robe and sprinkled some seasonings over them.

The heat, seasonings, and oil all worked together on the Fire Spirit Chickens. At once, an alluring fragrance different from the aroma of Fire Spirit Chicken meat drifted over.

It made everyone unable to resist focusing their gaze on the Fire Spirit Chickens.

Hu Liena beside him fell silent, her Kazi Lan Big Eyes gazing longingly at the Fire Spirit Chickens.

She was nearly drooling.

She nudged Ye Tian beside her and tentatively asked, "Why don't you let me have a taste and see whether they're done?"

Hearing that, Ye Tian cast Hu Liena a smiling glance. "If I let you have one taste, I'm afraid you'll swallow the entire chicken."

"That's not true." Hu Liena puffed out her cheeks and wiped her palm on her lapel, her gaze drifting about.

Ye Tian continued turning the Fire Spirit Chickens. "Don't worry, there'll be some for you."

Fifteen minutes later.

The two Fire Spirit Chickens on the grill were finally done. Their golden-brown skin and tantalizing aroma could be smelled even dozens of meters away.

"It smells so good." Hu Liena rested her chin on her hand and stared eagerly at them. She wanted to dig in, yet felt that she should maintain a ladylike manner in front of Li Jiuchuan.

As a guest, Li Jiuchuan maintained excellent etiquette and simply stood smiling beside Ye Tian.

The only person unaffected by the delicious food was Bibi Dong.

Her expression was calm as she looked into the distance, her thoughts clearly not on the Fire Spirit Chickens.

Instead, she was considering the resistance she would face in transferring Spirit Hall officials to posts in other regions.

With such large-scale transfers to different locations, chaos was inevitable.

It would likely be difficult to get past Great Enshrinement Qian Daoliu.

Bibi Dong revealed a resolute expression. Her jade-like hand slowly clenched as her determination gradually hardened. No matter what, she would carry it out!