Starting with summoning the succubus

“Qi Lin…”

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Half an hour later.

Qi Lin and Elena walked out of the clothing store, carrying several more bags.

"Om-"

Qi Lin snapped his fingers, and all the dozens of bags floated up into the air, hovering behind him.

Object manipulation, though a minor form of magic, is quite practical in everyday life.

"There's nothing else I want to buy."

Elena looked around at the dazzling array of clothing stores and quickly fixed her gaze on a men's suit store. "Qi Lin, let's go buy your clothes."

"I'm not interested in this. I have enough clothes to wear with two or three outfits... um."

Just as Qi Lin finished speaking, he seemed to suddenly remember something and turned to look at the men's suit store. "I want to buy a gift for Teacher Feng and Teacher Ye. After all, they provided a lot of help when we first joined Class One. Now that we have some spare money, we should express our gratitude."

"Okay."

Irene nodded, pointed to the suit shop, and smiled, "How about we each get a suit?"

"The problem is, I don't know their shoe sizes," Qi Lin said helplessly.

"I know."

Elena tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said, "During the last magic practice class, I overheard Elsie and Heri from the performance club chatting. They were talking about applying for club funding from the school to buy costumes for competition performances. They also mentioned that Teacher Feng and Teacher Ye would be making cameo appearances, so they would need to buy costumes for them as well. Then Elsie asked Heri if she knew the two teachers' sizes, and Heri told her. I heard everything clearly at the time, and I still remember it now."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go."

Qi Lin took Irene's hand and walked directly into the men's suit store.

Based on the size Irene remembered, he bought a set of high-end suits of the same style but different colors for Feng Shaoyuan and Ye Sen, spending a total of 4 yuan. Even though the two were second- or third-tier superhumans, suits of this price were still considered a very good gift.

The clothing purchase is now complete.

But the shopping spree isn't over yet.

After buying the suit, Qi Lin took Elena to the mobile phone store on the third floor of the mall and spent another 3 yuan to buy two of the latest "Atlan-Honor 7" mobile phones, one for him and one for Elena, completely replacing their old no-name brand phones.

Let's get back to the "Atlant-Honor 7" phone.

Atlanta is a major city in the Federation, and there is a technology company in the city with the same name, Atlanta Corporation.

Qi Lin's newly purchased "Atlan-Honor 7" phone is a product of this company, and its quality and reputation are top-notch, with high-end specifications.

but,

Most importantly, only high-spec phones at this price point can maintain a good network signal even in areas with chaotic energy levels!

Qi Lin had already inquired about it. The beast hunting training camp in Hanhai City would be held on a luxurious giant cruise ship. Due to the influence of the various facilities of the training camp, the cruise ship area was filled with a large amount of chaotic magic, battle qi, and other extraordinary energies.

In that environment, the signal of a regular mobile phone is extremely poor, and it is almost impossible to access the Internet.

Therefore, in order to ensure their internet access needs, Qi Lin and Elena also had to buy a new high-spec phone; otherwise, they wouldn't be able to receive messages or study materials sent by the instructors in the training camp in the group chat, which would be very troublesome.

"Qi Lin, what are we doing next? Going to a hotel to sleep?"

"No, I want to buy some more things."

"Oh? What else do you need to buy?"

"The Otherworldly Insect Queen!"

Chapter 98 The Otherworldly Market, The Black Blood Spider Queen [Seeking First Subscription!] (3/12)

Dawn City has a legal market for selling otherworldly creatures, called "Otherworldly Visitors," located in the southern part of the city.

This market is essentially a commercial street, except that all the shops on this street sell otherworldly creatures, and they operate legally with proper business licenses.

Qi Lin had inquired with Ye Sen beforehand and learned that Ye Sen bought his bioluminescent worms from here.

then,

As the cold evening wind blew, Qi Lin, holding Elena's hand, walked through the snow-covered ground from the distance into this otherworldly commercial street.

They temporarily stored all the things they had just bought at the clothing mall in the temporary storage lockers at the entrance of the street, and then, feeling light and free, officially entered the city center to stroll around.

It's already quite late, but the place is still very lively.

Pedestrians came and went on the street, and shop owners kept shouting their wares.

Shops on both sides of the street displayed a large number of goods in the most conspicuous positions at their entrances.

These items are mostly cages of varying sizes, containing all sorts of otherworldly creatures, including three-headed flaming hounds, slimy creatures covered in tentacles, giant birds with fiery wings, unicorns with wings on their backs, and so on—a bizarre array of creatures.

Speaking of otherworldly creatures, there are more than just beasts.

Humans are not a species unique to Earth; human races exist in many other worlds.

However, due to differences in the world environment and supernatural energy, some human races in other worlds gradually moved in a different direction from the humans of Earth during their long life evolution. They underwent changes at the genetic level, gained different supernatural abilities, and had different appearances, becoming another kind of humanoid creature.

These humanoid beings are defined as "subhumans" by the Blue Star Federation.

According to the definition of the Blue Star Federation, cat people, dragon people, minotaurs, elves, and the like all belong to the category of demi-human races.

However, this definition may not apply in their own world.

For example, most elves, who consider themselves noble, would not admit to having any relationship with humans, let alone use the somewhat inferior term "demi-human."

Yes, an elf.

Qi Lin had never seen those beautiful creatures with pointed ears in person.

When he goes to Hanhai City next month, he might have a chance to meet a few. After all, Hanhai City is a big city, and it is backed by the Hanhai Sea. It is a well-known tourist attraction in the entire Federation, and it often attracts tourists from other worlds.

The Blue Star Federation has allies with many elven worlds, so elves are one of the more common races among travelers from other worlds.

"..."

Qi Lin led Elena on a leisurely stroll through the market, looking here and there, for more than half an hour.

Finally, they ended their stroll and headed to the shop where Ye Sen had bought the bioluminescent worms.

This treehouse-style shop has a sign with three characters.

【Insect Home】

In the entire otherworld market, this shop sells the most and the best insects, making it the undisputed king of insect sales. Ye Sen praised this shop highly, saying that if you want to buy insects in Dawn City, just come here, there's no need to compare prices at other shops.

"Hey, buddy!"

Seeing Qi Lin stop in front of the door, the bald shopkeeper waved and greeted him warmly: "What do you want to buy? Come in and have a look. Come, come, these otherworldly insects, you have to get up close to see them clearly!"

Qi Lin then went inside with Elena.

"So many bugs, they smell so good!"

After entering the room, Elena looked at the dazzling array of cultivation chambers on the surrounding shelves, and at the insect nests and insects inside, and couldn't help but wipe her mouth.

To the little succubus, these otherworldly insects were no different from chickens, ducks, cows, and sheep—they were all food. In fact, the high purity of magic contained within some of these insects was far more appealing to her than ordinary beef and mutton.

Simply put, it's just one word.

Fragrant!

"Forehead……"

Upon hearing this, the bald boss's expression stiffened slightly before he regained his composure and forced a dry laugh, "Indeed, many customers say it's good, and we have a lot of repeat customers... Hmm?"

At this moment, the bald boss looked at Qi Lin, sized him up, and then asked hesitantly, "Hey, young man, you look familiar. You wouldn't happen to be Qi Lin from the news, would you? The one who shook hands with the mayor?"

"it's me."

Qi Lin nodded slightly.

"Hey, interesting." The bald shopkeeper chuckled. "Alright, since you're going to represent Dawn City at the Vast Ocean Beast Hunting Training Camp, I'll give you a 10% discount on the insects and feed in the shop. Feel free to browse around and buy whatever you like."

"Thank you."

Upon hearing this, Qi Lin couldn't help but smile, and then got down to the real business of his trip: "Boss, actually I'm here to buy an Otherworldly Queen. I only have one requirement: her reproductive ability must be strong enough, like the Noctiluca scintillans, able to lay eggs every day, and with a high egg production rate. Based on this standard alone, do you have any better Otherworldly insects here?"

"Noctiluca scintillans? Oh, you mean Ivicentreinte scintillans?"

The bald boss raised an eyebrow and then asked in surprise, "Are you sure you're only using the daily egg production as the standard? What about the larval growth time and cultivation conditions? You know, many otherworldly queens seem to have a considerable daily egg production, but in reality, the larval growth period is very long, and it's easy to lose money raising them."

"This one……"

Qi Lin thought for a moment and said, "Let me give you an example. The larvae inside the eggs of the Noctiluca scintillans already have a basic body and a small amount of magic power, right? Boss, just calculate based on this standard of eggs. As for the growth time and such, you don't need to worry about it at all."

"First, the daily egg production must be high. Second, the newly laid eggs must possess a basic physical body and magical power. That's the two criteria, right?"

The boss repeated Qi Lin's requirements, then began to ponder: "By this standard, the reproductive capacity of the Avicent Leinster bug is already among the highest tier of zero-level bugs. To surpass its reproductive capacity..."

They lay eggs every day, and the newborn eggs must possess a basic body and magical power...

"Oh, I've got it! Blackblood Spider!"

Thinking of this, the shopkeeper smiled and looked at Qi Lin, "I have a kind of otherworldly insect race here called Black Blood Spider. The queen is a first-tier peak extraordinary creature. Just ten male Black Blood Spiders are enough to make the queen lay five thousand spiderlings a day! That's about five times more than the egg production of the Night Light Bug! After all, the Night Light Bug's egg production is at most a thousand or so per day."

Five thousand a day?!

Qi Lin was shocked, "That powerful? Really?!"

"Indeed, it's quite powerful for a first-tier character."

The bald shopkeeper nodded, then, as if remembering something, chuckled and said, "But, among the higher-level Zerg, this amount of eggs is nothing. I've heard that those powerful seventh or eighth-level Zerg queens, if they go all out, can create tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of Zerg soldiers in a single night... Cough, I digress. Anyway, young man, what do you think? Want to buy?"

"Is that 'Black Blood Spider' the one that lays the most eggs here every day?" Qi Lin asked.

“Yes,” the shopkeeper nodded. “And looking across the entire Dawn City, you won’t find a first-tier insect that reproduces more prolifically anywhere else.”

"So, how much?"

Qi Lin finally asked the most crucial question.

"Black Blood Spider Queen, one million each," the shopkeeper laughed.

"One million?" Qi Lin was stunned. "A first-tier queen insect, you dare to sell it for one million? Why don't you just rob someone?!"

"Hey, young man, that's not how it works."