Chapter 277: Mount Cultivation Family
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The old Zhangtou's home was not difficult to find, because at a distance of more than ten meters, Mu Tian heard the neighing of various animals, and when he arrived at the place, he found that in a small courtyard with a single courtyard on the side of the road, there were more than a dozen various mounts tethered to his home.
Of these ten mounts, most of them are horses, but in addition to this, there are two tigers, a bison, and a cheetah tethered inside, and just by looking at their appearance, they know that these are some very good mounts.
"Looks like it's definitely here!" Mu Tian smiled and said, the person who can raise so many mounts at home must be the one who has the orange mount egg...... Even if he wasn't, he must have known where the mount egg was.
Mu Tian knocked lightly on the door of the room, but unfortunately no one answered. Mu Tian knocked hard again, and only then did a somewhat irritable voice come out and say, "Knock what knock!" Today the old man is in a bad mood and is no longer doing business! β
"Sure enough, it's a grumpy guy!" Mu Tian smiled bitterly, but the other party was willing to answer, so Mu Tian shouted in a very kind voice, "In Xia Mutian, I want to buy a good mount, I hope Mr. Zhang can take time out of his busy schedule to see him!" β
Mu Tian thought that after saying his name, he would be able to get a solemn reception, after all, his reputation is now very famous in the entire Pingyang City, and if he doesn't cover his face a little, he is afraid that he won't even be able to walk in Pingyang City, so Mu Tian believes that when he reports his name, this old man will definitely come out to greet him.
As a result, the truth slapped Mu Tian hard, and there was no response in the room, as if Mu Tian's words were treated as farts.
This made Mu Tian very unhappy, just as Mu Tian was about to find a way to force his way in, a surprised voice sounded in Mu Tian, "Lord Mu Tian, why are you here?" β
"It's you!" Mu Tian turned his head and looked at it, and he was also very surprised, because the young man who was talking behind him was the young man who gave him the green task in the racecourse.
"Your name is Zhang Chi, right? I haven't thanked you yet! Mu Tian gratitatively grabbed Zhang Chi's hand and said, Zhang Chi was suddenly flattered, and he couldn't even say anything for a while, until the impatient voice of the old Zhang Tou came from inside the room and said, "What are the little rabbit cubs grinding outside, come in and take care of these beasts when you get home, don't talk to some idlers outside!" β
"Hehe......" Zhang Chi smiled awkwardly, and said to Mu Tian with some guilt, "Lord Mutian, don't mind, my grandfather is this temper, he usually likes to drink in addition to taking care of the mount, when you participated in the strongest newcomer battle that day, grandpa and his old man were drunk like mud, and he didn't see your strong strength and the glory of our Pingyang City at all, if he didn't drink that day, he must not have this attitude!" β
"It's okay, old man, it's normal to have a little temper. I won't say anything false to you, to tell you the truth, I'm not very satisfied with this red rabbit horse, I heard that your grandfather has a good mount and mount eggs here, so I want to buy it, I don't know if it's convenient or not! Mu Tian said sincerely.
"Convenient! Naturally, it is convenient, Lord Mu Tian can come to my house, I am not in a hurry to be excited, Lord Mu Tian please go inside! Zhang Chi shuddered and opened the gate, warmly welcomed Mu Tian into the yard, and then pointed to the dozen or so mounts tied in the yard and said, "My adult mounts that can be sold are all here, which one can be taken by adults, just take it away, you're welcome!" β
"How does this work...... I haven't counted the money for this red rabbit horse yet...... I'm not short of money, you can sell me as much as you want, and if you don't take money, I'll turn around and leave, and I don't want your mount! Mu Tian said with a smile.
"Your Excellency!" Zhang Chi looked at Mu Tian with emotion.
"Okay, tell me now, which of these dozen mounts is the fastest?" Mu Tian asked with a smile.
"The fastest is of course this Cheetah Commander!" Zhang Chi pointed to the only leopard among the dozen mounts and said, "This cheetah commander is a blue mount with a maximum speed of 120!" β
β120οΌβ Mu Tian's eyes were happy, and when the vendor just said that Mu Tian thought how difficult it was to get a mount with a speed of more than a hundred, he couldn't imagine that he could find a mount with a speed of 120 so easily, and it was a blue mount.
"That's what I want!" Mu Tian blurted out.
"This ...... My lord, please forgive me for asking you one more question, do you want to buy a mount for a long distance, or just to ride within the city limits of Binh Duong City? Zhang Chi raised his head and asked.
"I'm going to Luoyang City, it should be a long trip!" Mu Tian said with a smile.
"Then you can't buy this Cheetah Commander!" Hearing Mu Tian say this, Zhang Chi immediately shook his head and said.
"Why?" Mu Tian's expression froze.
"Because this cheetah commander is fast, but it is extremely physically demanding, it can only be used for four hours a day 24 hours, and after four hours, it must be put to rest, otherwise it will not be able to run at all, and maybe it will die of exhaustion!" Zhang Chi said.
"It's only four hours in a day!" Hearing what he said at that time, Mu Tian understood that this cheetah commander had no chance with him.
"Is there a mount that's faster, and can last at least 12 hours a day?" Mu Tian asked
"Being able to run 12 hours a day is something that few other breeds of mounts can achieve except horses and oxen, but the speed of the ox is so slow that only the horse meets your requirements...... But Lord Mutian, I work in the horse farm, I know the horses in the horse farm very well, no matter how good my horse is, none of them can be better than the red rabbit horse. If you're not satisfied with the speed of the Red Rabbit Horse, then there is no mount here that will satisfy you in terms of speed! Zhang Chi said with a wry smile.
"It's embarrassing...... Mu Tian smiled awkwardly, and then said, "By the way, I have a question in my heart, since you have so many mounts in your family, why do you have to go to the horse farm to work?" Wouldn't it be nice to take care of the mount at home? β
"Oh, it was my grandfather who asked me to go, and my grandfather said that this is how he came back then...... It's grandpa's birthday in a few days, and I want to put ...... too."
Before he could finish speaking, the back door of the house suddenly opened, and a drunken old man staggered out of the room, scolding as he went, "You little rabbit, who let you let people in without my permission?" Kick this guy out of here, I said I'm in a bad mood today, and I won't sell any mounts! β
"Grandpa! This is the hero of our Pingyang City, the hero who won the strongest rookie battle championship that we have never won in 100 years for Pingyang City, grandpa, you can't be rude to Lord Mutian like this! Zhang Chi hurriedly said.
"champions, the players in this world, especially those player masters, are all shameless scum, treacherous and vicious. If you don't get rid of this guy, you little rabbit, then grandpa will do it himself! The old man said drunkenly, and copied a horse fork from the wall, and was ready to drive people away.
"Grandpa, you can't do this, you can't do this to Lord Mutian, Lord Mutian is a hero, and he is the hero that his grandson admires the most!" Zhang Chi begged bitterly, but his grandfather was unmoved, and he insisted on driving Mu Tian away.
Seeing this scene, Mu Tian's eyes rolled, and then he patted Zhang Chi's shoulder with a disdainful expression and said, "Little brother, forget it, I'll just leave, anyway, I see that all the mounts here are garbage, not even a decent mount, what good mounts can this bad old man have, it's all rubbish!" β
"My lord......" Zhang Chi's face darkened, and when Mu Tian said this, Zhang Chi's heart was very painful, and he felt as uncomfortable as being slapped hard.
"What do you say! You little bastard, you dare to say that my mounts here are all rubbish, you stop me, come into the house with me, I'll show you what the best mounts are! The old man scolded and said, and walked straight into the house, while Mu Tian made a grimace at Zhang Chi, who was still a little dazed, made a victory gesture, and then followed Zhang Chi into the house.
After entering the house, I found that there was a hole in the house, the house was divided into many separate compartments, and there was a small mount living in each compartment.
"These ...... Are these all mounts......" Mu Tian said in surprise.
"Of course it's all mounts...... But it's not a mount either...... Because none of these mounts can be ridden right now! Zhang Chi explained with a wry smile.
"Why?"
"Because none of these mounts are yet adults!" Zhang Chi said, "After the mount hatches from the egg, it needs to go through the juvenile stage, and only after it grows to maturity can it be used as a mount for players, and the job of our mount breeder is to carefully cultivate the mount from the time it is still an egg, until it is cultivated until they reach adulthood...... Do you know, Lord Mutian, in fact, before the mount reaches adulthood, the attributes of the mount are not fixed, and only the mount that has undergone the most careful care can have the best attributes and sell at the best price, this is the job of our mount breeder! β
"Mount Breeder! You are a life career! Mu Tian nodded, this profession Mu Tian had heard of, it was a profession that specialized in cultivating mounts...... The other settings of the Shenmu Continent are exactly the same as those of online games, all kinds of rough and simple, but the setting of the mount is extraordinarily detailed, and a special mount breeder is also needed to cultivate the mount from the mount egg.
"Oh, stinky boy, you show me, this is the best blue mount in Pingyang City" three-headed ostrich ", it can not only ride and fight, but also the three heads have three different attributes of the spiritual attack, this "three-headed ostrich" is an extremely rare mount that can be used for auxiliary battles, the entire Pingyang City wants to find out my unique "three-headed ostrich" out, it is completely impossible! Lao Zhangtou said proudly.
There is no need to explain this, Mu Tian also knows it. For mounts, it doesn't really matter what the color is, what matters is whether the mount has four important attributes.
The first attribute is mounted combat, that is, it can allow the player to fight in the mounted state, so that the player can fight in a high-speed moving state, and the help for the battle can be imagined, 90% of the mounts in the world are not equipped with the ability to ride and fight.
The second attribute is the secondary combat, as the name suggests, when the player is fighting, the mount can also attack, just like summoning beasts and pets...... Although the combat ability of the mount is definitely not as good as that of summoned beasts and pets, it must be earned if it can have an extra damage, but this attribute is even rarer, and it is a one-in-a-hundred ability for the mount.
The third attribute is the flight attitude, which is better understood, which means that this mount can fly, not to mention more, just this flying word, it is worth 10,000 gold leaves, and the flying mount of the Shenmu Continent can be counted with two palms, which is too rare!
"What's the matter, boy, you're scared, but this is just for you to see, I will never sell it to you, this mount is what I plan to use for my grandson's daughter-in-law!" The old man said with a smile.
"Grandpa......" Zhang Chi's face turned red.
"Haha, marry a beautiful daughter-in-law with a bucket waist and lips as thick as soap, come back, my old Zhang's granddaughter-in-law must be the most beautiful granddaughter-in-law on the whole street!" Seeing his grandson's shy expression, Lao Zhangtou smiled even more happily, and Zhang Chi couldn't wait to find a hole to get into.
"Huh...... That's beautiful...... Hehe......" Just imagining the granddaughter-in-law described by Lao Zhangtou, Mu Tian felt a shudder, and then he pointed to the "three-headed ostrich" and then asked, "I don't know how fast this mount is?" β
"This ......" Lao Zhangtou was stunned for a moment when asked, and subconsciously replied, "This three-headed ostrich is not yet an adult, how do I know how fast it can be when it becomes an adult......"
"Lord Mu Tian, this three-headed ostrich was carefully bred and raised by me, I dare to assure you that when he reaches adulthood, he will be able to have at least 75 speeds and run for eight hours a day!" Lao Zhang didn't answer the question, but Zhang Chi rushed to answer.
"That's right...... That's it...... That'......," the old man babbled.
"No, it's still too slow, isn't there a faster one here?" Mu Tian asked with a frown.
"It's still slow...... "Zhang Chi scratched his head with some embarrassment, "It's fast, yes, yes, but the endurance is not as good as this three-headed ostrich, purely in terms of speed and endurance, this three-headed ostrich is indeed the best!" β
"Nonsense, what is there no better thing in our family than this, you come with me, I must let this stinky boy see today, what is called the king of mounts!" Old Zhang Tou was vetoed by Mu Tian again, and his heart was furious, so in the helplessness of Zhang Chi's face, he took Mu Tian to the room a few more steps, and finally opened the innermost room, revealing a little wolf with bared teeth inside.
"The purple mount is a swift wolf, with a speed of at least 150 when he is an adult, and he can have at least ten hours of stamina, how about it, this little guy always meets your requirements! Let your eyes be opened! Lao Zhangtou said triumphantly.
"Good! This is good! Mu Tian's eyes were about to release lasers, and he looked at the fierce wolf for a long time at the door excitedly, and said, "I want this one, I bought it for as much as I wanted!" β
"You're dreaming, don't sell!" Lao Zhangtou waved his hand disdainfully.
"I'll double the price!" Mu Tian said proudly, to be reasonable, money is really not worth much to Mu Tian.
"If you don't sell it ten times, don't think about it, you won't be able to buy this swift wolf in your life!" Lao Zhangtou sneered, and then closed the door again, and the little wolf who knew that Mu Tian was drooling disappeared in front of Mu Tian again.
"Brother, tell your grandfather, I really want to buy this mount!" Mu Tian was helpless, so he could only discuss with Zhang Chi.
"My lord, you misunderstood my grandfather, it's not that he doesn't want to sell it to you, he really can't sell it to you!" Zhang Chi said with a wry smile.
"Why?" Mu Tian was even more puzzled.
"Didn't you see that? This swift wolf is still a little wolf at all, he is not yet an adult, the rule of our mount breeder is that we will never sell underage mounts, otherwise these underage mounts will be handed over to the owners who do not know how to cultivate mounts, that is harming this mount, maybe if you raise it, you will die! Zhang Chi said with his head down.
"Forehead......" Mu Tian stopped talking, he really doesn't know how to raise mounts!
"And how long will it take for this swift wolf to mature?" Mu Tian asked persistently.
"Well, like Grandpa said, you can't wait for this swift wolf to reach adulthood, because it will take at least 42.5 years!" Zhang Chi bowed his head and said.
βhat fuckοΌβ Hearing Zhang Chi's words, Mu Tian's eyes almost popped out like this.
"Lord Mu Tian, the poisonous beast state of this swift and fierce wolf is an elite template poisonous beast of level 50, and its mount egg is also a purple mount egg, according to the rules of the mount, the more powerful the mount, the longer it takes to cultivate. In fact, 40 years is still a short time, do you know how many years ago this swift wolf hatched, and how many years ago his pet eggs were purchased? β
"How many years ago?" Mu Tian asked stupidly.
"This swift wolf hatched five years ago, but his mount egg was purchased 50 years ago, when my grandfather was still a young man in his 20s like me, and this mount egg was purchased by my grandfather at that time from a high-level player for 2,000 gold leaves...... If this swift wolf is cultivated maturely, it can be sold for at least 20,000 gold leaves at a high price, and the reason why 2,000 gold leaves will buy back the mount eggs is because the cultivation time adds up to 90 years, except for those of us who have cultivated mounts for generations, who has the energy and effort to spend 90 years cultivating a mount! Zhang Chi said with an extremely complicated expression.
"Spend 90 years breeding a mount!" I have to admit that when Mu Tian heard this, the whole person was deeply shocked, does a person's life have 90 years? Mu Tian couldn't be sure at all, but it took 90 years to cultivate a mount, which was longer than those nobodies who grew into crowned players in the Divine Wood Continent.
Later, through a long chat with Zhang Chi, Mu Tiancai learned that the cultivation time of mounts follows the most basic principle, that is, the stronger the mount, the more time it needs to be cultivated and consumed.
Most of the mount merchants and merchants in the Shenmu Continent, even those weak white and green mounts, it takes about a year to hatch from mount eggs to young beasts, and then grow from young beasts to mature stages, and cultivating mounts has always been a long and time-consuming task.
And those low-level mounts are basically cultivated by the horse farms officially built by various cities in the Shenmu Continent, and those who really cultivate some powerful mounts are often families like themselves who have been passed down from generation to generation with the goal of being a mount breeder.
The mounts cultivated by families like them are often mounts that require at least three years of cultivation period, and it often takes one or two years for a qualified mount to be cultivated and sold on the market.
And a mount like the Swift Wolf, which requires a full 90-year cultivation period, requires the hard work of three or even four generations of a mount family...... This swift wolf was acquired in the era of Zhang Chi's grandfather, and Zhang Chi's grandfather and father cultivated it for 50 years before it finally broke out of its shell.
When this swift wolf really matures, I'm afraid Zhang Chi will start to be a grandfather...... Anyway, this old man will never see the day when the fierce wolf matures, isn't this the effort of four generations.
The only thing that is comforting is that the longer the mount is cultivated, the longer the lifespan, for example, the 90-year-old Swift Wolf will have a lifespan of at least about 200 years, which is the time it can be used for players for 200 years...... Although the lifespan of a player is certainly not 200 years, it can also be passed on to his children and grandchildren, and among those top player families, there are often one or two top mounts, and these mounts are left by their ancestors.
In the end, Zhang Chi also said that in larger cities, there are mount cultivation families with a longer history, and some of them even take three or four hundred years to cultivate mature mounts, which is the effort of more than ten generations, and as for the life span of mounts, it has reached the level of thousands of years.
"Hey, the world of this game looks exactly like the real game world in every way, but why is it so realistic when it comes to mounts?" Hearing Zhang Chi say this, Mu Tian's heart couldn't help but feel a wave, the Shenmu Continent sometimes looks a little ridiculous, but sometimes it is so shocking, spending 90 or even hundreds of years cultivating a mount, this is something that Mu Tian himself will never do.
"Oh, and one more thing, I heard from the vendor who introduced me that you still have an orange pet egg in your house, right?" Mu Tian asked curiously.
"Yes!" Mu Tian thought that Zhang Chi would cover it up, but he didn't expect Zhang Chi to admit it quite simply.
"Hey, you promised a little too simply, aren't you afraid that I will see money?" Mu Tian said with a smile
"This is nothing new, the whole circle of people know that I have an orange mount egg, but no one has ever had the idea of beating this orange mount egg, because this orange mount egg is a mount egg that our Zhang family has been cultivating since 100 years ago, this mount egg is inseparable from our Zhang family, whoever snatches it will not be able to hatch this mount egg, even if we put the mount egg at the gate, no one will take it!" Zhang Chi said with a smile.
"100 years! You've been cultivating this mount egg for 100 years!! Mu Tian was shocked, 100 years is enough, and more importantly, after 100 years of cultivation, this is still an egg.
"Yes!" The corners of his mouth showed a wry smile and said, "100 years is just the beginning, the grandfather who bought this mount egg said that this mount egg is estimated to be 300 years for the egg and 300 years for the young, that is to say, it will take 600 years to be able to cultivate from the mount egg to a mature mount." β
Mu Tian: "......"
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"Lord Mutian, I'm sorry, I'm here for you today, we really don't have a mature mount here that meets your needs, and the red rabbit horse in your hand is actually the most suitable mount for you at present!" Zhang Chi said after sending Mu Tian to the door.
"Okay......" Mu Tian smiled bitterly and shook his head, he was originally aiming for the orange mount egg, but now it seems that he has no chance with himself, there are still 500 years left in the cultivation period, Mu Tian is the grandson of your grandson's grandson's grandson's grandson's grandson...... 's grandson came to look forward to it.
"And! You have been working in the racecourse for three years before you have a chance to do a green task, I must not ask you for this opportunity in vain, you must accept these 200 gold leaves, otherwise you will make my conscience uneasy and make me lose sleep all night long, do you understand? Mu Tian forcibly took out 200 gold leaves from his space pocket to give them to Zhang Chi, but Zhang Chi couldn't shirk it, so he could only accept it.
However, when digging out the gold leaves, Mu Tian suddenly found that there was a small "VIP7 Daily Random Props Gift Pack" in his space pocket, which was a small gift package that Mu Tian could get every day after becoming VIP7, this was the second small gift package that Mu Tian got, and Mu Tian opened a worthless mahogany leaf in the last small gift package, which made Mu Tian sigh that Lilith was really as stingy as ever.
I don't know what can be opened in this second pack.
So Mu Tian easily opened the second "VIP7 Daily Random Props Gift Package"
"System: Congratulations to the player Mu Tian for opening the VIP7 daily random prop gift package and obtaining 1 mount growth acceleration fruit."
"Oh, it turned out to be the growth acceleration fruit of the mount, it seems that there is this thing in the new products on the shelves of the krypton gold store, one for ten thousand diamonds, it is much more valuable than mahogany leaves...... Mu Tian subconsciously pondered in his heart, "Hmm...... Wait a minute...... Mount Growth Fruit......"
Mu Tian suddenly licked his lips, and then asked Zhang Chi, "Brother Zhang Chi, have you heard of the Mount Growth Acceleration Fruit?" β
"I've heard of it, I heard that only the only mount in the world can bear fruit on the Divine Tree, and the annual output is only 300, I heard that each mount growth acceleration fruit contains the magical power that can accelerate the growth of the mount, and one can accelerate the growth time of a year, but this thing has been monopolized by the mount families and nobles in the state city, and we, the ordinary mount cultivation family, have not even seen what this mount growth acceleration fruit looks like!" Zhang Chi pursed his lips and said with a longing expression.