Lin Ke looked thoughtful after hearing Xiao Li's words.
A queen bee?
He had one!
Wasn't Lin Can exactly that?
But he certainly couldn't sell Lin Can. That would be no different from selling his own soul.
What hadn't occurred to Lin Ke before, however, was that since the Stinger Hawk Moths retained many bee traits, could he induce one to become a queen bee?
After all, a queen bee was essentially a large female worker bee capable of reproduction.
It was the influence of various factors that made a queen bee what she was.
But Lin Can was currently underground in the Green Mulberry Garden. He would ask her once he returned.
"I'm not selling any for the time being," Lin Ke said with a smile.
He hadn't committed to selling, nor had he ruled it out.
He hadn't said he had one, nor had he said he didn't.
Everything remained undecided.
"Mm." Xiao Li understood what Lin Ke meant. "Then I'll go back and give them that answer."
"Oh, there's one more thing. What about your Amethyst Longhorn Beetles?"
Xiao Li took a sip of tea. "Your Amethyst Longhorn Beetles really made their debut at the Sect Grand Tournament. Plenty of people have been asking us about them, too."
"Amethyst Longhorn Beetles?" Lin Ke had already considered that and replied, "I can sell those, but the price may be higher than before."
Last time, the Stinger Hawk Moths had sold for 228 spirit stones each, and Lin Can only needed about one Insect Gel to produce one.
Each Amethyst Longhorn Beetle required sixteen Insect Gels, yet only fetched around 350 spirit stones.
A little over a hundred extra spirit stones, at the cost of fifteen extra Insect Gels.
In terms of cost-effectiveness, the Stinger Hawk Moths were a