Immortality: Raising an Ant Queen to Cultivate by increasing stat points - Chapter 376

Chapter 376: Chapter 368 Buying Slave Girls, Black Market_2

Qin Niu inquired of his wife.

He was especially happy to hear that his concubine had made some progress in cultivating the “Dragon Elephant Art.”

“It seems I don’t have any talent for cultivation, I’ve tried to cultivate many times, but I always fail to grasp the essentials,” said Wang Wanyan with some frustration.

“Don’t worry, I’ll take the time to explore with you, and if that doesn’t work, we can switch to another cultivation technique. Your talent for cultivation shouldn’t be poor, at most it’s just that this cultivation technique doesn’t suit you,” said Qin Niu.

Such words could only be spoken by Qin Niu.

A high-level cultivation technique worth five thousand taels of silver money wasn’t something that could be easily replaced.

Even for a local noble family like the Yan Family, being able to accumulate one was quite impressive.

The He Family, an old prestigious family in the area, had also accumulated only one.

Qin Niu, through guile and force, had amassed a huge fortune and many cultivation techniques, and indeed had the ability to change them.

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After eating, he told Xiao Qing to stay at home to protect Tang Caixian while he went into the city with Wang Wanyan.

Now that Elder Mei had been dealt with, and the poison Gu in his body had been neutralized, he no longer had any concerns about going into the city.

“I’ll change my clothes!”

Like the majority of women, Wang Wanyan definitely wanted to dress up a bit before going out.

Especially when going into the city.

For ordinary people, going to the city was a significant event.

It was only because she had married Qin Niu, and her status had risen, that going into the city had become a common occurrence.

After all, Qin Niu had a very high status in the city; he could kill people in the street without being punished.

While Wang Wanyan was dressing up, Qin Niu took the opportunity to run up to the storeroom roof to check on the bee colony.

The War Bees had gathered Ice Lotus pollen to make honey, and Qin Niu was very eager for them to make it soon.

On closer inspection, he found that they had brewed all the Ice Lotus pollen into a special new royal platform.

Maybe because the Ice Lotus pollen emitted a terrifying cold air which ordinary bees couldn’t withstand, the War Bees built a new royal platform not far from their hive.

The production was still ongoing.

The quantity wasn’t much.

After all, there were only so many War Bees, and they could only gather honey once a day.

At this pace, it would be good if they could seal off those honeycombs within a month.

He leaped down from the top of the storeroom, landing steadily on the ground of the courtyard.

The Green Ox was carrying his large basket on its back.

It kept chewing its cud.

The Green Ox was a lazy ox, spending its days eating or sleeping, hardly ever doing any work.

But the manure it produced was valuable.

Qin Niu had conducted many experiments, using the manure to fertilize medicinal herbs, which caused the herbs to grow wildly, with thick stems, large leaves, and lush growth.

Because he knew its fertilizer was valuable, Qin Niu used it on the medicinal herbs and Strange Vines planted in the backyard, and carried the excess to the fields to be composted.

He had piled up quite a lot, ready for use at any time.

Now that he was the most powerful man in the area, not to mention a pile of fertilizer in the fields, even if he dropped a piece of silver money there, no one would dare to pick it up.

The days when Wang Haikun would frequently rob him were long gone.

At that moment, he seemed to sense something, feeling an abnormal fluctuation inside the Insect Bag.

Upon checking, he discovered that the Green Demon Bee that had pupated had successfully emerged.

It had just broken out of the pupa; its wings were still wet and clumped together.

It shook its wings like an ordinary bee, vibrating its body to speed up the shedding of its old skin.

“That’s great, it has finally reached the stage of emerging. In future battles, I’ll have one more powerful method at my disposal,” Qin Niu thought with joy and anticipation.

As the pets he raised continued to evolve and their varieties became increasingly diverse, his strength grew substantially.

His methods for dealing with strong enemies also multiplied.

This was a very good thing.

In these chaotic times, only great strength could protect the woman he loved, protect himself, and prevent others from bullying him.

“Husband, is this outfit okay for going into the city?”

Wang Wanyan had already changed into her clothes and done her makeup.

Now that she was a married woman, she followed the rules and instead of letting her hair hang loosely behind her as before, she had it tied up on the top of her head and secured with a jade hairpin.

With her hair neatly piled high, her slender neck, her enchanting beauty, and her graceful figure, she looked like a fairy descending to the mortal world.

Looking at his stunningly beautiful wife, Qin Niu felt immense satisfaction and was very happy.

“You look very beautiful, let’s go!”

“Hehe, you always know how to make me happy!”

She laughed joyfully, took out a white handkerchief and covered her face with it, hiding half of it.

Even so, her innate beauty could hardly be concealed.

Just by looking at her forehead and brows, one could tell that she was an extremely beautiful woman.

After they left the courtyard, Qin Niu went to the home of Wang Furen and led the carriage out.

This carriage was taken last time they robbed the He Family.

Along with the horse pulling the carriage, the Sweaty Precious Horse, which was also grabbed in the same raid.

Later, he directly gave it to Wang Furen.

Today, they had to enter the city, but it was not suitable for Wang Wanyan to walk, so Qin Niu served as her coachman.

Green Ox was running wildly behind the carriage.

With the convenience of the carriage, it was not long before the two arrived at Black Tiger City.

When entering the city, Wang Wanyan experienced what it felt like to be a wealthy lady. No need to pay an entrance fee, no need for inspection, no need to queue.

Qin Niu just showed his identity token, and the city guards immediately lifted the horse barrier, allowing the carriage to enter through the green channel.

“Wan Yan, do you need to buy two new outfits?”

“No need, no need, I have more than enough clothes,” she repeatedly declined.

“Then let’s go buy some maid servants first! If two aren’t enough, we’ll buy four, it won’t cost much anyway.”

“Aren’t two enough? That’s plenty! Having two more people in the house means two more mouths to feed, and there will be expenses for their food, clothing, and living,” she said.

Wang Wanyan exuded thriftiness in everything she did.

Having a thrifty wife was indeed a stroke of luck.

Buying maid servants usually didn’t cost much silver money, but the subsequent expenses could be considerable.

Because once you buy someone, you have to provide for their food, clothing, and shelter.

More enlightened masters sometimes gave them pocket money every now and then, to encourage them to work more diligently.

The servants bought privately belonged to the master, who could almost control their life and death.

Many perverted male masters would abuse young and pretty maid servants. They could also beat and scold them as punishment.

Servants belonged to the lowest class of society, with no basic human rights at all.

However, some servants in large families, if they did well, could be much more overbearing than ordinary civilians.

Relying on their master’s favoritism, they would bully others using their master’s influence.

Such domineering servants would often swagger through the streets, and generally, no one dared to provoke them.

“Alright, let’s buy two first, and if that’s not enough, we can buy more later,” he said.

Qin Niu drove the carriage straight to the black market in the north of the city.

There was a chaotic and disordered market.

Various items, including slaves, could be purchased there.

If you wanted to buy normal maid servants or servant girls, you could generally only get those who were either too young or too old, or whose appearances were plain.

Because the ones who were beautiful were snatched up early by the brothels.

The owners of the dozen or so brothels in the city would stroll through the black market daily, and as soon as they found young girls who could earn big money for the brothels, they would buy them without hesitation.

Qin Niu stopped the carriage outside the black market.

After paying five wen money for the parking fee, someone specialised took care of it.

Usually, the local thugs did this job.

“Let’s go, let’s go inside!”

After storing the carriage, Qin Niu held Wang Wanyan’s hand and walked together into the black market.

Green Ox followed closely behind him.

The black market was very sensitive to the market trends because some underground transactions were dealt with there.

For instance, if the land prices recently started to plummet, the black market would definitely show this sign half a month in advance.

Many stall owners wore masks and loose clothing, as they clearly didn’t want to be recognized.

There were few hawkers calling out.

Instead, they would display their goods on the stalls, and some, to save trouble, would write the prices so customers could pick for themselves.

Shortly after entering the black market, Qin Niu was attracted by a product on a stall.

It was a dark red soft armor, suitable for both men and women.

“Blood Silkworm Soft Armor, forty thousand silver money,” they declared.

The price was frightening.

Even for a top family like the Fang Family of Black Tiger City, to take out forty thousand silver money in cash would likely be difficult.

Because the price was so expensive, there was no one lingering in front of the stall.

People with forty thousand silver money wouldn’t buy just a piece of soft armor.

They could use it to buy elixirs, cultivation techniques, which were more worthwhile.

After all, equipment was just an external possession.

“May I take a look at it?”

Qin Niu approached the stall and asked indifferently.