Versatile Mage: Thunderstorm

Chapter 16 Getting rich suddenly
Zhan Kong was stunned by this sudden news. Even after they walked out of the cave and returned to the open space, his blood was still boiling.

"Boss, we have finished the inventory."

At this time, Luo Yunbo, who was in charge of the statistics, stepped forward, his calm and steady face showing a slight shock.

"The materials of the one-eyed demon wolf are worth eight million, and there are two pieces of strange bones and five pieces of strange claws, which are worth about two million."

Strange bones and strange claws are rare materials left behind after the death of demons. They are the only choice for making magic tools and magic weapons. Even the strange bones produced by the most common slave-level demon, the one-eyed demon wolf, have a market price of hundreds of thousands.

Due to the scarcity of exotic bones, most of them are refined by blacksmiths using materials from demons. This is why the corpse of the One-eyed Demon Wolf is so valuable.

"Two Bone Spike Wolf corpses, one of which has a missing skull and is severely damaged. The total value is 10 million."

"As for the two mutated Bone Spike Wolf corpses, according to our usual purchase price, we'll offer 14 million each."

The Bone Spike Wolf has a body of steel and sharp claws. It is the best choice for all kinds of magic-slaying and magic-shielding tools. It is a more popular type among the general-level monsters. The market price is not cheap. What's more, these two Bone Spike Wolfs have been advanced to the general level for some time and are very powerful, so they are sold at a high price.

The more precious mutants, regardless of whether they are good or bad, will have their market price doubled, and this standard has gradually become an unspoken price between the military and hunters.

"So this batch of demon materials is worth a total of 48 million."

Even though this data was calculated by himself, Luo Yunbo still couldn't help but gasp.

Forty-eight million! Even if all his allowances and benefits as a military wizard and his income from hunting monsters were put together, it wouldn't be that much!

Although he was envious, Luo Yunbo did not feel jealous. Since the other person had the ability to hunt down general-level monsters, he was naturally qualified to get more rewards.

only……

"Boss, taking out such a large sum of money at once will put a lot of pressure on our finances!"

Seeing Li Yu gradually approaching from behind, Luo Yunbo lowered his voice and responded to Zhan Kong.

Bo City is just an ordinary small city. There are not many military mages stationed there, and the financial allocation is not generous. The working capital used to purchase demon materials on a daily basis is only about 10 million, and this is already the standard for three months.

They knew it was a big order, but they didn’t expect it to be this big!
Now that's great, today's load is comparable to their entire year's load.

"piece of cake."

Zhankong waved his hand.
"Submit the specific statistics and detailed reports, and I will be responsible for submitting the report to the higher-ups to apply for funding."

"Yes."

"This kid is really lucky!"

After Luo Yunbo left, Zhankong once again recalled the scene he had seen in the underground cave, and looked back carefully at the rocky mountain.

Who could have imagined that such an ordinary place actually had a small magic stone mine hidden underneath!

According to the law, any magical resources discovered and successfully obtained by a magician outside the An Realm belong to the discoverer, and the same applies to magic stone veins.

The purpose of all this is to allow the magic resources outside the An Realm to flow into the city as quickly as possible and be converted into combat power.

The reserves of this magic stone vein are not rich. According to Zhan Kong's calculations, only about 100,000 standard magic stones can be mined. A standard magic stone is worth hundreds to thousands. The price of rare magic stones such as lightning magic stones is expensive, up to thousands. This vein belongs to earth magic stones, which are slightly cheaper, but also have a unit price of 500 to 600. A hundred thousand pieces together can bring in tens of millions of dollars in revenue.

More importantly, although this vein is small, the quality of the magic stone is not bad. It is very likely to produce high-quality earth-type guiding stones. The price of one stone is tens of thousands. Even if the number is small, it is probably worth nearly ten million.
The total harvest from this time is definitely a windfall for Li Yu, a rookie who has just entered the path of magic.

Out of caution, Li Yu and Zhan Kong decided to keep the news of the magic stone mine secret for the time being. After all, this batch of demon materials was already a considerable fortune, enough to cover all of Li Yu's training expenses before he reached a high level. There was no need to risk being coveted by others by exposing the news of owning the magic stone mine.

……

"Are you coming with us?"

It was already night when the military magician finished the inventory, so everyone decided to set up camp and rest.

The next morning, everyone was packing up the camp quickly. Zhan Kong looked at Li Yu who was also packing his luggage and asked, "Then I'd better obey your command."

Wouldn’t you be a fool if you don’t take a ready-made ride?
Although this experience did not achieve the expected results, it did yield some small gains. It is too late to find the demon's lair again. It would be better to return early and improve my cultivation.

Since he had to leave, it would be much safer and easier for him to follow an experienced military magician than to go alone.

As for Li Yu's request to join the group, no one except Zhan Kong had any objection. With such a strong person traveling together, the journey back would obviously be much safer.

As they were carrying a large amount of demon materials, their speed of travel was slowed down. The journey that would have taken only two days at full speed took four or five days to complete. When they arrived at the destination, the ghost wolf beasts that served as mounts almost collapsed from exhaustion on the spot. Then the tired people were picked up by the military mage of the post station who had been notified in advance and driven back to the Xuefeng Mountain Post Station.

The sudden movement of dozens of military mages could not be concealed from the magic hunters who had been hanging around in the small village for many years. Zhan Kong and others had no intention of hiding it, so in just half a day, the news that the military mages had obtained a large amount of demon materials spread throughout the entire small village.

But the hunters did not have many bad intentions. They knew their own worth well. The things of the military mage were not what they were qualified to covet. A few days later, the matter of the monster materials was forgotten by the hunting mages along with various versions of bragging and nonsense, and no one knew the in-depth news.

Li Yu didn't care about the follow-up of the materials. On the day he returned to Bo City, he went straight to the hall of the Hunter Alliance.

That afternoon, the wizard hunters in the hall witnessed with their own eyes a young wizard with an ordinary face and a tall stature appear in front of the counter with an expressionless face and an oversized backpack as tall as a person.

"I am submitting a reward, the reward number is 01007310052, please accept it."

The counter waiter stared blankly at the white bones behind the man that were taller than a human being. It took him a long time to come back to his senses. He took Li Yu to a room in the alliance and respectfully brewed a cup of tea for him.

"Feather Dust Hunter, take a break. The Alliance's appraiser will be here in ten minutes."

"Thank you."

Li Yu nodded, picked up the teacup and took a sip. Due to his limited knowledge of tea, he could only sigh in his heart.
"Delicious."

Li Yu didn't have to wait long before a middle-aged man in simple clothes and with an anxious look walked in.
"Hello, Hunter Yuchen. I am an appraiser of the Bocheng branch of the Hunter Alliance. My surname is Bai and my given name is Zhou."

"Hakushu?"

Li Yu repeated it, the corners of his mouth twitching involuntarily, Baizhou, Baizhou?
Bai Zhou was obviously not surprised by Li Yu's reaction. At this moment, his eyes were already firmly attracted by the objects Li Yu brought.

"Yuchen Hunter, shall we start the identification now?"

"please!"

After getting permission, Baizhou took out the bone-spurred wolf skull from his backpack and carefully placed it on the black blanket that had been laid out in the identification room. He took out the tools that had been prepared in advance and gently tapped on the bones, occasionally stroking them gently with his calloused hands. His focused and affectionate expression made Li Yu, a layman, feel his scalp tingling.

"It's perfect! It's absolutely perfect!"

From beginning to end, Bai Zhou's praises never ceased until half an hour later, when he stopped and sat in front of Li Yu with a happy look on his face.
"Hunter Yuchen, after my appraisal, I have confirmed that the Bone Spike Wolf skull and One-eyed Demon Wolf materials you brought are of extremely high quality and fully meet the bounty requirements."

"Thank you very much."

Li Yu simply nodded and prepared to leave.

"Hey wait!"

Li Yu turned around.

"Is there a problem?"

Baizhou caught up with a smile on his face.
"This is my business card. If Yuchen Hunter has any demon materials that need to be identified, please feel free to contact me."

"Of course, if there is anything that Yuchen Hunter is not convenient to handle, I can also do my best to help."

Li Yu accepted the business card.
"Thank you."

(End of this chapter)