71: Chapter 71: The Market Sensation Caused by the Mutant Spirit Herb.

High above the sky, Lin Yunfei rubbed his swollen temples, feeling a splitting headache.

"There is still a very long way to go before my Divine Kingdom achieves laissez-faire management. At this stage, I can only add flour when there is too much water, and add water when there is too much flour."

These tens of thousands of dependents, plus the one thousand Azure Dragon Guardss who were undergoing inhuman torture in the Dragon Transformation Pool and urgently needed a massive replenishment of energy, consumed an astronomical figure every single day that ordinary people could hardly imagine.

Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Yunfei immediately opened the Creator Mark and connected his spirit to the [Creator Mall] of the academy.

"I must introduce a batch of carnivorous species that can adapt to harsh environments and have amazing reproductive capabilities as soon as possible to re-establish the ecological chain of the Divine Kingdom!"

On the mall's light screen, a dazzling array of species illustrations flashed by swiftly.

Lin Yunfei first cast his gaze towards the cheapest "Tier 1 Fierce Beast" area.

[Armored Wildboar]: Tier 1 creature, strong reproductive power, firm meat. Price: 10 faith points/pair.

[Wind-Blade Wolf]: Tier 1 creature, gregarious, short growth cycle. Price: 15 faith points/pair.

Looking at these species, Lin Yunfei could only shake his head helplessly.

No!

If it were the ordinary mortal-grade Divine Kingdom of the past, these Tier 1 creatures would definitely be the best rations. But now, his Calamity Divine Kingdom was filled with the destructive laws of xuanming heavy water and the overbearing aura of the Ancient Blood Demon.

The moment these frail Tier 1 fierce beasts were thrown in, they probably wouldn't even survive half an hour before their internal organs were crushed by the ubiquitous heavy water laws in the air, or driven crazy and bursting to death by the Ancient Blood Demon's aura.

What's more, even if they managed to survive by luck, given the terrifying appetite of the Azure Dragon Guardss right now, swallowing an Armored Wildboar in one breath wouldn't even make them burp, and the reproduction speed simply couldn't keep up with the consumption speed!

"It seems I can only introduce Tier 2 ferocious beasts."

Lin Yunfei gritted his teeth and adjusted the mall's filtering criteria to "Tier 2 creature".

The light screen flickered, and a brand-new illustration popped out.

[Earth-Shattering Rhinoceros]: Tier 2 lower-grade ferocious beast, huge in size like a small mountain, vigorous in vital energy and blood, thick-skinned, and tenacious in vitality. Price: 10,000 faith points/pair.

[Lava Giant Monitor Lizard]: Tier 2 middle-grade ferocious beast, adaptable to extremely harsh environments, omnivorous, with meat containing violent fire-attribute energy. Price: 30,000 faith points/pair.

Seeing this long string of zeros, Lin Yunfei gasped a breath of cold air.

Too expensive!

His current faith points had already been mostly consumed previously when upgrading the Divine Kingdom, purchasing the Star Mineral Vein, and various early-stage resources.

If he only bought a dozen pairs, he could barely afford it. But throwing ten pairs of Earth-Shattering Rhinoceros into the vast Divine Kingdom wouldn't even splash a ripple, and it would be completely impossible to form a stable ecological cycle.

To completely solve the problem, he needed to purchase at least a thousand pairs of Tier 2 ferocious beasts in one breath so that they could quickly form a scale under ten times time acceleration!

"With such a big gap in faith points, where can I get so much money?"

Lin Yunfei was troubled for a moment.

His gaze scanned back and forth within the Divine Kingdom, trying to find resources that could be monetized.

Star Mineral Vein? No, that is the equipment foundation for the Azure Dragon Guardss in the future, and not a single piece can be touched.

xuanming heavy water? Even more so, this is the legal foundation of the Divine Kingdom, selling it is equivalent to cutting off one's own arms.

After searching around, Lin Yunfei's gaze finally landed on the Private Herb Garden at the back of the Divine Kingdom.

"The azure dragon fruit certainly cannot be sold; that is a priceless treasure."

"However, what about these weeds?"

His gaze locked onto those clumps of wildly growing ordinary spirit herbs on the periphery of the herb garden.

Those [Hemostatic Grass] that were originally only palm-sized were now over half a person tall, with jagged dark red patterns on the edges of the leaves, exuding a rich bloody smell.

Those [Qi-Returning Orchids] had petals turning into a deep ice-blue, and the surrounding air was chillingly cold.

In Lin Yunfei's eyes, although these things had mutated, their foundation was after all just ordinary Tier 1 spirit herbs. This was like pickles in a golden bowl; in essence, they were still pickles, at most with medicinal effects several times stronger than ordinary ones.

"Can't care so much anymore, treat it as a dead horse as a live horse doctor. Hang these mutated weeds on the trading hall and see if I can exchange them for some meal money."

Thinking of this, with a thought in Lin Yunfei's mind, he directly uprooted the thousands of mutated [Hemostatic Grass] and [Qi-Returning Orchids] on the periphery of the herb garden, packed them, and put them into the Creator space.

Afterwards, he clicked on the internal [Trading Hall] module of the academy.

This is a massive platform where all freshmen, senior upperclassmen, and even some external chamber of commerce stations conduct material exchanges.

Lin Yunfei checked the market price. Ordinary Tier 1 Hemostatic Grass only sold for 3 to 5 faith points each.

To sell them off quickly, he directly opened an anonymous stall, divided this batch of mutated spirit herbs into ten big gift packages, each containing one hundred plants, and hung them up.

When pricing, he hesitated slightly.

"They have absorbed Tier 2 calamity laws anyway; isn't it reasonable to sell them a bit more expensive?"

Therefore, in the starting price column, he tentatively entered "1000 faith points/package", and without setting a buyout price, directly chose the bidding mode with a time limit of one hour.

In the product description, he casually typed a line of text:

"A batch of Tier 1 mutated spirit herbs, tainted with unknown destructive laws and violent blood qi, average foundation, purchase with caution."

After finishing all this, Lin Yunfei rubbed his hands, stared nervously at the screen, praying that some non-money-caring sucker would buy them away. Even if he could only exchange them for tens of thousands of faith points, it would be enough for him to buy a few Earth-Shattering Rhinoceros for emergency use.

However.

Lin Yunfei definitely underestimated what the two high-level attributes of "Calamity" and "Blood Demon" meant to the outside world!

Creator Academy, Trading Hall virtual space.

At this moment, it was the peak trading period, and countless data streams intertwined here, representing massive transactions being concluded.

Tiannan Chamber of Commerce is a large financial conglomerate branch stationed in the academy, specializing in acquiring various rare materials.

Old Zhao, the chief appraiser of the chamber of commerce, was listlessly flipping through the list in the low-grade material area at this moment.

"Today's students really dare to hang any junk up. A Tier 1 Gut-Wrenching Grass dares to sell for a thousand points? Are they crazy for money?"

Old Zhao yawned, preparing to close the light screen to drink a cup of tea.

Suddenly, his peripheral vision caught sight of a newly refreshed anonymous stall.

[Commodity: Tier 1 Mutated Spirit Herb Gift Package]

[Starting Price: 1000 faith points]

"Tier 1 mutated spirit herb? Starting price one thousand? Another ignorant freshman."

Old Zhao sneered and casually clicked on the detailed data scanning chart of the item. He wanted to see what kind of bizarre thing this so-called mutated spirit herb was.

But.

Just as the beam of the appraisal instrument swept across the data model of that dark red [Hemostatic Grass], the detection light screen in front of Old Zhao suddenly flashed with a dazzling red light!

[Warning! High concentration of ancient life origin detected!]

[Warning! Unknown destructive law fluctuation detected, law grade evaluation: extremely high!]

"Clatter!"

The teacup in Old Zhao's hand instantly slipped and smashed to pieces on the ground. Scalding tea splashed onto his instep, but he seemed completely unaware.

He rushed to the light screen like a madman, zooming in on the data chart of the Hemostatic Grass several times with trembling hands.

"These dark red patterns, this unbelievably violent vitality! Could this be the aura of the legendary Ancient Blood Demon?!"

Old Zhao's breathing instantly became extremely heavy, his eyes staring fixedly at the screen, as if they were about to drip blood.

He hurriedly clicked on the ice-blue [Qi-Returning Orchid].

"Hiss, this ultimate heavy water law that seems capable of freezing the soul! There's no mistake! This thing definitely contains some trace law power!"

Old Zhao had worked in the chamber of commerce for half his life; how sharp was his vision.

At a glance, he saw the true value of these spirit herbs!

The Tier 1 foundation didn't matter at all; what mattered was the trace of law power contained within them!

In the alchemy world, there are many top-grade pills of Tier 2 or even Tier 3 that are extremely difficult to refine due to conflicting medicinal properties. But if spirit herbs containing such destructive laws could be added as a neutralizer, the success rate would increase exponentially!

Moreover, spirit herbs stained with the Ancient Blood Demon's aura are absolute divine objects for refining 'Violent Potions'!

"Priceless treasure! This is definitely a priceless treasure that can only be met by chance and cannot be sought!"

"Which prodigal son actually sold such a divine object as Tier 1 junk?! And his mother's starting price is one thousand?"

Old Zhao reacted abruptly, cold sweat instantly soaking his back.

He knew that once this kind of thing was exposed, it would definitely cause a crazy scramble across the entire trading hall!

"Buy! At all costs, buy them all!"

Old Zhao frantically entered numbers into the bidding column.

The original starting price of 1,000 faith points was directly raised by him to "100,000 faith points"!

However, before he could even heave a sigh of relief.

The numbers on the light screen suddenly jumped.

[Ding! Your bid has been surpassed, current price: 150,000 faith points!]

Old Zhao's expression changed, and he cursed loudly: "Damn it! Those bastards from Wanbao Pavilion who smell the scent have also discovered it!"

At the same time, the high-level area of the entire trading hall completely exploded!

Not only major chambers of commerce, but even some senior upperclassmen who were in seclusion trying to break through to the Tier 3 Divine Kingdom rushed out of seclusion one after another after receiving prompts from their exclusive intelligence systems, rushing into the bidding seats with bloodshot eyes!

"200,000!"

"350,000!"

"500,000! Tiannan Chamber of Commerce wants them all, everyone give me some face!"

"Give your grandfather face! This is top-grade material containing the Ancient Blood Demon's aura! I bid 800,000!"

The ten "mutated spirit herb gift packages" that were originally ignored skyrocketed frantically like a spaceship entering interstellar space at a heart-pounding speed!

On the other side.

Inside the Calamity Divine Kingdom, Lin Yunfei was dazedly staring at the sky listlessly.

"I don't even know if they can be sold. If they fail to auction, at worst I'll go think of other wa..."

"Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!"

Before he finished speaking, his Creator Mark suddenly erupted with a series of frantic, urgent prompt sounds.

Lin Yunfei was startled and quickly clicked open the light screen.

The next second, he stood there as if petrified, dumbfounded as he looked at the picture in the trading hall.

The bidding numbers below the ten gift packages he had listed were refreshing frantically at a speed of dozens of times per second.

From the initial one thousand.

To 1.5 million now?!

Moreover, this was just the price of one gift package! Ten gift packages meant 15 million!

Furthermore, the numbers were still soaring without any intention of stopping!

Looking at the major chamber of commerce representatives and senior bigwigs on the public screen who were cursing each other to snatch these "weeds" or even threatening to fight in reality, Lin Yunfei swallowed a mouthful of saliva, feeling his brain struggling to process it.

"This... these people are crazy, right?"

"I fucking just wanted to exchange some money to buy two pigs!"

In less than half an hour.

The auction officially ended.

After an extremely fierce battle of money, the ten mutated spirit herb gift packages were completely carved up by the three most powerful large chambers of commerce.

The final total transaction amount settled on a figure that made Lin Yunfei feel dizzy.

Twenty-eight million faith points!!!

[Ding! Your anonymous auction has ended. After deducting a 1% platform service fee, 27,720,000 faith points have been credited to your account!]

Listening to the system's wonderful prompt sound and looking at the dazzling long string of numbers in his account balance, Lin Yunfei took a deep breath, suppressing the wildly beating heart in his chest.

With this huge sum of money, not only could he buy thousands of pairs of Earth-Shattering Rhinoceros, but he could even build a luxurious, ultra-large Tier 2 ecosystem for the entire Divine Kingdom!

With a wave of his hand, Lin Yunfei looked towards the Tier 2 species area of the mall with magnificent ambition!