Lie flat and start from spirit beasts

Elder Bai's injuries were all healed without leaving any sequelae. He even improved his cultivation to a great level as a blessing in disguise.

Everyone in Chu Jitang was discussing this matter.

They all lamented Elder Bai's strength and luck.

Elder Bai was actually full of doubts about this. One second, he was still in pain, and the next second, there were no scars at all.

As for the improvement of cultivation, he didn't have much doubt.

After so many years of accumulation, it is only a matter of time before your cultivation improves.

It is estimated that this time of breaking and then standing, putting oneself to death and then living again, provides an opportunity for improvement.

He has returned to Chujitang, but he has to go to the ranch to eat and rest every night.

When others asked him why, he just said he wanted to get married.

Because of him, Xiao Lengyue was guessed to be his relative.

What's outrageous is that he is simply said to be his illegitimate son.

Elder Bai didn't care much.

It’s a little trivial matter, but you don’t care what others think?

Xiao Lengyue explained the reason to others at first, but later she became numb because no one believed her even after she explained it.

Xiao Lengyue was not familiar with the place in Lingshi and had no relatives or friends, but because of this unexpected incident, she had the most solid backing.

As the deacon elder of Chuji Hall, Elder Bai is a completely capable person in Lingshi.

However, what makes Xiao Lengyue happy is that the settlement of the Yun Family Ranch has finally been completed. In view of the special nature of the Leng Family Ranch, they were given a total of 20 million taels of silver.

In fact, after careful calculation, the Yun family did not suffer at all.

The grass and animals in the Leng family ranch have all been upgraded by Lu Yao.

The grass seeds produced in the future and the small animals born in the new year will also be of the same level.

From now on, they no longer need to spend a tael of silver, and they have a stable supply of special quality goods. The longer they go, the more profits they will make.

Xiao Lengyue immediately took out 500 taels of silver and gave it back to Elder Bai. He also took out 20,000 taels of silver and gave it to the owner of the intermediary shop.

Lu Yao looked at the twenty or so ordinary little spirit beasts with a headache.

How many points do I need to spend to upgrade them all to special qualities?

…

Life is back on track. In addition to teaching the little spirit beasts various life skills, Cheng Dongyu also has an additional task, which is to seize the time to practice every day.

Fortunately, almost all of the spiritual beasts he trained in You County have become disciples, and he can just give them some guidance.

The days were very fulfilling.

Time flows like water.

In the blink of an eye, Xiao Lengyue has been in Chu Jitang for more than half a year.

Under the careful guidance of Elder Bai and Zheng Zhongdi, his combat skills have improved greatly.

Lu Yao worked hard to cultivate special 5 ascending elephants and iron-clawed ostriches, and gave them to Xiao Lengyue one after another.

After Zheng Zhong carefully inspected it, he also gave a good evaluation.

These two spiritual beasts are of good quality and have high cultivation levels. They have reached the stage of becoming gods, but they lack a little practical experience.

Xiao Lengyue has now signed contracts with four spiritual beasts, namely Lu Yao, Xiao Jin, Xiao Que and Xiao Kaitai.

As a beast master in the transformation stage, you can sign up to three more spirit beasts, and then in the entry stage, you can sign up to three more, which will reach the upper limit.

In the past, his spirit beasts were mostly dexterous, so it would be very appropriate to sign two large and ferocious spirit beasts this time.

Zheng Zhong nodded, and Xiao Lengyue signed two of them, one was called Little Elephant, and the other was called Little Ostrich.

Lu Yao grinned, this child is so real that one can tell the type of spirit beast from his name.

Elder Bai would come back to the ranch with Xiao Lengyue every day, and sometimes he would bring Zheng Zhong with him.

Lu Yao and Cheng Dongyu gradually accepted them both.

There are also Tian Liangchen and Li Yan who like to come over and play when they have nothing to do.

In addition, Yun Ruyan and Yun Rumeng will come often.

Lu Yao was naturally very happy and would always hang around Yun Ruyan.

Yun Rumeng seems to have gradually developed some friendship for Cheng Dongyu, but Cheng Dongyu is just a fool and is completely unaware.

The ranch is now running well, and the Gray Leaf Grass business has signed an exclusive supply contract with the Yun family.

However, these gray-leaf grasses are of special grade 4, and the prices in Lingshi are high, so a pound can be sold for one hundred taels of silver.

The money earned from these gray-leaf grasses alone is enough to maintain the operation of the ranch.

As for Lu Yao's plan to rent out spiritual beasts, it is still in preparation.

There are many spiritual animals of this type in the pasture, including chickens, piglets, rabbits, puppies, calves, ponies, elephants, peacocks and ostriches.

After nearly half a year of hard work, Lu Yao finally upgraded all the spirit beasts to special qualities.

A few adult spirit beasts were left behind to look after the home and do breeding work, and the other little spirit beasts were all trained to become assistants in daily life.

Lu Yao counted them and found that there were about 100 in total.

Because I was familiar with Elder Bai, the relevant procedures were handled smoothly.

Everyone in Chu Jitang now knows that Elder Bai has a close relationship with Xiao Lengyue.

Elder Bai also knew about this matter.

He still doesn't know how these spiritual beasts appeared.

He helped select the first batch of animals, so he had some impression of them.

He was very sure that they were just ordinary animals, definitely not spiritual beasts.

But when these animals turned into spiritual beasts one after another, he had to mutter.

Xiao Lengyue knew that she couldn't hide it, so she told him that Lu Yao was an ancient divine beast.

Elder Bai digested the news for a long time before he finally understood it.

Things that I couldn't figure out before are now explained.

No wonder it never practices, but its cultivation has improved rapidly; no wonder he knows god-level teleportation and powerful skills; no wonder its spiritual power can cure all stubborn diseases...

Lu Yao glanced at him sideways, don't worship brother, brother is a legend.

…

Lu Yao believes that he can start the spirit beast car business first.

And use this as a breakthrough to slowly develop other types of rental spirit beasts.

Cheng Dongyu got in touch with the owner of the previous agency store.

Naturally, the owner still remembered them, and after hearing their purpose, he happily expressed that he was willing to rent the spirit beast car for a month to try out the effect.

If there is no problem, he is willing to sign a long-term rental contract and even help them introduce customers with similar needs.

Lu Yao waved his little paw and got a one-month trial period for free!

The shop owner signed the contract and left a deposit, and happily took away the two spiritual beast horses.

During the rental period, the customer is responsible for the feeding and care of the spirit animal.

If any damage is caused during return, the owner has the right to claim compensation.

This clause is an important clause in the contract.

However, Lu Yao is actually not too worried. If he dares to deliberately harm the spirit beast, Chu Jitang will punish him first.

And he can cure it, as long as he doesn't die, he can just level up.

…

A month later, the shop owner returned the spirit animal horse early. Cheng Dongyu checked it carefully and found that there was no problem.

The shop owner asked to sign a long-term contract immediately and just rent these two horses.

With the spirit beast, it would be much easier for him to take his clients out.

Moreover, the price of renting a spirit beast is not expensive, only one hundred thousand taels of silver per year.

If the spirit beast falls ill during the journey, you can come over and replace it with a new one at any time as long as you are not responsible for improper use.

Each of the two spirit beasts can be rented for one year for a total of only 200,000 taels of silver.

It is much more convenient than buying two spiritual beasts, taking care of them and feeding them every day, and then going to Chuji Hall to go through complicated procedures.

He also publicized this good thing, and many shop owners like him who were in need of spirit beast cars were planning to come over and take a look in the past few days.

The shop owner happily signed the contract, paid the money, picked up the two horses and planned to leave.

Cheng Dongyu pulled him and smiled at him and said: "I'm not satisfied with the store. In fact, we have other types of spirit beasts for rent here. Do you need them? As usual, the first month's trial period is free."

Xu Li cupped her hands and said with a smile: "If that's the case, that's fine. I have some farmland at home recently and I don't have time to take care of it. I wonder if you have any spiritual beasts in the agricultural field?"

"Of course there are, I'll help you choose two good ones."

The first job Cheng Dongyu taught was farm work. The little chickens and colorful rabbits were very good at all kinds of farm work.

Now he doesn't have to worry about planting and harvesting gray leaf grass in the pasture.

Cheng Dongyu picked a small chicken and a small colorful rabbit and gave them to Xu Li.

Xu Li asked thoughtfully: "Master Cheng, your ranch will focus on the spiritual beast leasing business in the future?"

Cheng Dongyu nodded, that was indeed his current plan.

"My surname is Xu, and my last name is Li. I have a suggestion here. I don't know whether I should talk about it or not?"

"Boss Xu, please speak."

"Your spirit beasts are all excellent. If you start this business, there will naturally be broad market prospects. However, not many people know about it now, and there is no publicity. I am afraid it will take a long time to open up the situation.

You know, my store is an intermediary and I still have some connections. If you are willing to hand over the publicity rights to me, I guarantee that within three months, this business will explode."

Xu Li was speaking from the bottom of his heart. He was really optimistic about this industry.

To be honest, not everyone can manage this industry.

First of all, it is difficult to deal with so many spiritual beasts; secondly, the procedures of Chu Jitang are not easy to handle; finally, with such a low rental price, not every boss can make a profit.

Cheng Dongyu looked at Lu Yao over his shoulder.

This is the eldest brother's business, and only the eldest brother has the decision-making power.

Lu Yao thought for a while and unfolded the note to Xu Li: "Cooperation is okay, but many rules must be explained clearly in advance. Let's be villains first and then gentlemen."

Xu Li was shocked, it was actually this little spiritual beast that was in charge?

But this is none of his business, what he cares about is this business.

"It's natural. Every line of work has its own rules. In our line of work, we just write things down in black and white and act according to the rules."

Lu Yao nodded and signaled Cheng Dongyu to continue talking to him.

Cheng Dongyu welcomed him into the living area with a smile and asked the spirit beast standing next to him to make a pot of tea.

"Mr. Cheng, can they actually understand what you mean?"

Xu Li asked in surprise.

Cheng Dongyu nodded and explained with a smile: "Actually, they can't understand my words, but they have been specially trained before so that they can understand our lip language."

This is naturally something Lu Yao tinkered with.

If the communication problem is not solved, renting out will also be a problem.

As for how the spirit beasts understand lip reading, there is no need to ask. If you ask, Lu Yao exchanges it in the system.

Xu Li's eyes were bright. If just now he had only predicted that this business would be popular, but now he was very sure that this business would become popular.

Lu Yao unfolded the small note again: "Spirit beasts and horses are the cheapest. Spirit beasts with communication abilities and special skills are more expensive."

Xu Li responded quickly: "It's natural. Different categories have different prices. Now can you tell me in detail, what types of spiritual beasts do you have?"

Lu Yao nodded.

Cheng Dongyu took over the conversation with a smile and said: "We currently have more than a hundred spirit beasts, which are roughly divided into several types:

The first type is a single type.

For example, the spirit beast that Boss Xu rented today was used to drive cars. This kind of spirit beast does not have the ability to communicate and only masters a basic skill; therefore, it is the lowest in price.

The second type is the professional type.

For example, the spirit beasts you mentioned today can do farm work. In addition, we also have spirit beasts here that can do carpentry, and spirit beasts that can cook and make tea in the kitchen. Such spirit beasts have basic communication skills.

Ability to understand simple instructions from customers.

As for the third type, it is the composite type.

This kind of spirit beast is good at various jobs and has perfect communication skills. Not only can they read the lips of customers, but they can also communicate with them like my big brother."

When Cheng Dongyu finished speaking, the little colorful rabbit just returned from making tea.

It jumped up and down and served them tea respectively, and then stood aside obediently, waiting for instructions.

"Xiao Shi, what is the kitchen preparing for dinner today?"

Cheng Dongyu asked.

Little Ten blinked its beautiful colorful eyes, and then began to rummage for notes in a small bag under its neck.

After a moment, it unfolded: "The kitchen is preparing to make fried pork with bamboo shoots, pan-fried small fish fillets, and..."

This colorful rabbit named Xiao Shi communicates very smoothly and naturally with Cheng Dongyu, without any problems at all.

Xu Li rubbed her eyes, somewhat doubting that she had seen it wrong.

Are the IQs and expressive abilities of spirit beasts so high now?

So, are those stupid spiritual beasts in my house really considered spiritual beasts?

…