Chapter 13: The Black Spotted Tiger Mantis!
In the antique flower and bird market in Shangjing City, Yang Yu walked casually. The streets are narrow, and they are lined with shops next to each other, and most of them are quite cluttered.
There aren't too many visitors here, but there are quite a few.
At least this small street is thousands of meters away, and there are no pedestrians on the streets, although it is not crowded, but there is no shortage of people.
This is the pet area.
With the development of modernization, the material conditions have gradually increased, and many citizens will raise some pets such as cats, dogs, birds, and fish. If there is a pet, there is a market, and naturally there is consumption.
Those who come to the pet area buy pets are relatively few, and most of them come to buy pet rations.
Of course, although it is a pet area, there are no less than 100 storefronts on a whole street, and there are always some individual strange things in it...... And at this moment, Yang Yu walked into a store called 'Five Poisons', and the appearance and decoration were extremely strange!
The entire entrance of the shop was decorated in the shape of a huge skull, as if it were about to be eaten by a man, and the exterior walls were painted as red as blood.
With such a strange and terrifying faΓ§ade, except for Yang Yu, passers-by avoided this store from afar.
Crunch - Yang Yu pushed open the dilapidated wooden door and walked into the store.
As soon as he entered the shop, Yang Yu immediately smelled a strange smell in his nose, which was mixed with rancid stench, as if it was mixed with the feces of countless poisonous insects and ants.
At this moment, there are iron shelves on both sides of the store, and those iron shelves are also isolated and imprisoned with high-strength barbed wire, so that ordinary citizens will explode at a glance of terrifying poisonous insects!
This is a shop that specializes in selling poisonous insects and poisons, and all kinds of xenomorph insects!
At the end of the aisle, an old man dressed in a dirty vintage trench coat with a handful of white goatee sat behind a shabby desk.
Although his face was old, almost seventy or eighty years old, the old man's spirit was surprisingly good!
Even in Yang Yu's induction, the blood qi in his body was stronger than that of ordinary ordinary people!
Obviously, this old man is not a fuel-efficient lamp!
However, in Yang Yu's current opinion, this old man is just stronger than ordinary people, and he should belong to the Lian family...... It's okay to easily deal with three or four strong men, but no matter how many people there are, there is no way, and there is no way to resist in the face of modern weapons.
Hearing the movement of the door of the store, the old man also raised his head from behind the dilapidated desk, and he saw Yang Yu at a glance.
"Huh? Are you again? The old man was shocked, there were very few customers in his shop, and it was very rare for the same customer to come in twice in just over half a month.
The last time Yang Yu came over to buy a batch of poisonous insects and ant beasts, the old man was also surprised.
It is rare for people to buy a large number of poisonous insects and poisons at once.
Therefore, the old man was particularly impressed by Yang Yu, so much so that he still recognized it at a glance after half a month!
Yang Yu nodded: "The old man of the store has good eyesight, since you still remember me, then we will make a long story short." The kind of black-veined mantis I bought from you last time was good, and I'm very satisfied. I'll need some more if I still have stock. β
Yang Yu's giant mantis beast was made using the mantis purchased in this store, and now that his strength has broken through, he wants to form a team of giant mantis beasts, so he naturally has to come over to replenish some inventory.
This is also the reason why Yang Yu walked into this strange shop for the first time after he came to the Flower and Bird Antique Market in Shangjing City, and he didn't look at the antique area!
"Black spotted tiger mantis?" The old man frowned: "This is a rare thing, and it is extremely wild, fierce, and highly poisonous!" Young man, what do you want so many black spotted tiger mantis for? β
"That's not what you should ask, I'm naturally useful." Yang Yu said expressionlessly: "Let's make a price." β
"This ......" the old man hesitated: "In this case, I have no reason to drive the guests out when I open the door to do business." I do have the black spotted tiger mantis here, but this kind of mantis is very rare, and it is mainly caught and shipped back from abroad...... There aren't many of them, and I have ten left. You can trade now if you want. β
"Ten?" Yang Yu frowned.
"It's a little less."
"Less?" The look of surprise in the old man's eyes flickered for a moment.
"How much do you need?"
Yang Yu said: "At least seventeen or eighteen." β
The old man shook his head and said, "There is no way to do it in a short time, and the next batch of goods has not been shipped back." Originally, this kind of thing is not easy to sell. If you still want it, you can come over next month, and there should be new goods by then. β
"A month's delay is too long." Yang Yu vetoed and asked, "Apart from your shop, is there any other store nearby that sells this black-spotted tiger mantis?" β
"Nope." The old man looked proud.
"Don't say it's nearby, I'm afraid you won't be able to find a second one in the entire Shangjing City...... I did this for a special reason. Moreover, many of these poisonous insects are extremely rare species, and even belong to the unique mutant species in the world. If you want to go somewhere else to buy, it's almost as good as going out of Shangjing City to try your luck. β
Seeing that what the old man said was conclusive, and the fluctuation of the other party's breath in the life soul induction has been stable, it doesn't look like a bluff, and Yang Yu doesn't say more.
He just nodded and said, "Ten is ten, let's make an offer." β
The old man raised his eyebrows, stretched out one hand, and repeatedly gestured three times after opening his five fingers.
"One thousand and fifty-one."
"Ten will only charge you 15,000 yuan, this time it will be a small discount for you, we are a small business, and there will be no big discounts."
The last time Yang Yu came to buy the Black Spotted Tiger Mantis, the transaction price was one thousand six, and this time it was indeed a little cheaper, and Yang Yu didn't say much about it. He doesn't have much money on him now, and he can save a little better.
Each one saves 100 yuan, and 10 pieces down to 1,000 yuan is also saved.
The money was barely enough for him to eat.
After negotiating the price, there were no twists and turns, and the old man also led Yang Yu to the innermost area of the third row of shelves...... There's a special box with ten black spotted tiger mantis in isolation!
The black spotted tiger mantis is extremely ferocious, and even if it lives together, it will kill each other until one party swallows the other completely, so keeping them completely isolated.
"Everything is here, as a one-time purchase of all the discounts, I will also give you this breeding box." The old man stretched out his hand with a smile, took a stack of red and gorgeous tickets from Yang Yu's hand, and did not stop while taking them, and the old man smiled even more.
The business of his shop is not good, and it is rare to have a big business, so he is naturally very happy.
Soon, the money was counted.
Yang Yu also opened the breeding box where the ten black-spotted tiger mantis were held and carried it in his hand.
This breeding box is not small, at least it weighs hundreds of pounds, at this moment Yang Yu is lifting a weight in his hand as if he is just carrying a feather in his hand, this strange picture makes the old man's pupils shrink!
"Do you need a car to take you back?" The old man took two steps back silently, and his eyes were aimed at the breeding box in Yang Yu's hand.
"No need."
Yang Yu saw the old man's vigilance, he turned around and left with the box.
When he walked to the door, Yang Yu stopped.
"That's right."
"Are there any females among these black-spotted tiger mantis you sold me?" Yang Yu asked.
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The old man was speechless, and only replied after a moment: "Of course there is, but young man, why are you asking this?" If you want to artificially breed and artificially breed the black spotted tiger mantis, I advise you to give up. I've tried this kind of thing a long time ago, and it's impossible to succeed! β
"These little brutes are so ruthless."
"In captivity, the female mantis will eat the larvae directly even if she is lucky enough to reproduce."
"Really?" Yang Yu smiled mysteriously.
"Then thank you for reminding me." After finishing speaking, Yang Yu walked out of the gate and disappeared into the bustling flow of people outside the door.
PS: Thank you for the tips of the two book friends of "Cold Declaration" and "Night Owl Solitaire"!