Chapter 2: The Greyhound
Wu You quickly skimmed through the information that emerged from the "Foreign Object Chronicle".
When I looked up, it turned out to be a stall selling puppies in the town.
What is sold in this stall is not an ordinary country dog.
The stall owner's name is Zhang Quan, who was a hunter in the mountains and forests outside the town in the early years, and has the ability to raise civet dogs.
When he was young, he relied on the help of his spirit dog and often hunted wild beasts in the mountains.
Now that he is getting older, he no longer goes into the mountains to hunt. Instead, he opened a kennel in the countryside to breed puppies and sell them in the town.
Although the greyhounds are also brute beasts, they do not understand human nature. But he was very faithful to the Lord. After being trained, they can understand the simple instructions of the keeper and complete certain tasks.
Whether it is the rich young master in the town or the hunter who runs the mountain, they all want to raise a few.
In the surrounding towns and even county seats, people often come to Zhang Quan's kennel to buy dogs.
In order to cultivate civet dogs, Zhang Quan had to go to the Wu family's nursery every year to buy medicinal materials. Therefore, he had a good relationship with Wu You's father before his death.
"Wu family boy, do you want to buy a dog, is there a match?"
"Yes, Uncle Zhang, I'll pick it up first."
Seeing Wu You staring at his stall, Zhang Quan also spoke.
"Your family's few acres of land, now you can take care of it alone, are you busy?"
"If my uncle introduces you to a mother-in-law, the kind who can work in the field, I can help you share some of the burden."
"My dad just left a few years ago, and now I don't think about getting a wife."
Wu You smiled awkwardly and declined Zhang Quan's kindness.
"I'm busy alone, and I can do it."
"I just can't stay there all day long, for fear that something will sneak into the field and spoil the medicinal herbs."
"No, come over to your side, I plan to buy a dog to go back, and I will take care of my home."
Wu You chatted while looking at the few civet dog cubs tied to thin iron chains on the stall.
Several messages of greyhounds appear in the "Foreign Body" one after another, and the content is almost the same when compared and observed.
There was only one piece of information that caught Wu You's attention.
[Name: Greyhound (Brute Beast)]
[Grade: First Order Lower Grade]
【Talent:Sense of Smell】
【Skill: Tearing】
【Enlightenment Success Rate: Medium】
[Introduction: The low-level brute beast cubs who have been successfully trained by humans have inherited a trace of demon blood, and have stronger potential compared to their peers. 】
"Uncle Zhang, how do you sell this dog?"
Wu You pointed to one of them.
After watching for a long time, the success rate of these puppies is either extremely low or low, and only this one is medium.
And according to the introduction, there is still demon bloodline in this spirit dog, perhaps this is why it is different.
"Good eye, boy."
"Don't look at this dog is thin and small, in a litter of pups, it is the most aura."
"Go back and feed it well for a few years, a martial artist who has completed the refining body, I'm afraid it won't be able to please it."
"If an outsider comes to buy it, I can't sell it if it's less than twenty taels of silver."
"We have a good relationship, I'll give you a discount. Give me ten taels of silver, and you will quietly take it back, but don't tell outsiders. ”
Hearing that a dog cub was going to sell for ten taels of silver, Wu You secretly calculated it in his heart.
For the poor families in the town, they may not earn ten taels of silver in a whole year. If it is converted into the currency of the previous life, it is at least worth thirty or forty thousand yuan.
But people in cultivation, whether they are cultivating the Tao or practicing martial arts, are all businesses that spend money like flowing water.
Just like a few years ago, Wu You's father hired a martial arts hall to teach and come to the house to guide martial arts, and he only needed to come for ten days and eight days a month, and he had to spend five taels of silver.
This is still Wu You's own medicine garden, so he doesn't need to spend money to buy medicinal materials and supplements. Otherwise, the cost of practicing martial arts in a month will have to be doubled several times.
In this way, it doesn't seem to be so expensive to spend tens of thousands of dollars to buy a pup.
In the previous life, some pet dogs in expensive points were more than this price.
took out ten taels of silver from his arms to pay the bill, and Wu You took the cub handed over by Zhang Quan with both hands.
The cubs have snow-white hair on their bodies and gray on their backs. It looks a bit like a wolf, and a bit like a husky from a previous life.
"I'll just name you Erha."
"After you go to my house, don't tear down your house."
Wu You touched the head of the dog cub and gave the dog a name.
"What the hell is this name, I think it's still good to be prosperous."
Zhang Quan muttered, complaining about the dog he raised.
Although among the brothers, Erha seems to be the smallest. But Wu You held it in his arms and found that this dog was not light, at least a dozen catties in weight.
According to Zhang Quan, this litter of dogs was born less than two months ago, and it was not long after weaning. If it is well fed, it can grow to at least 200 catties when it becomes an adult.
Holding the puppy, Wu You no longer wandered around. Instead, he walked straight to another shop in town.
The shopkeeper's surname is Zheng, and like Zhang Quan, he is one of the few people in the town who can raise brute beasts.
But the brute beast raised by Boss Zheng, Wu You did not plan to buy it at home for cultivation.
Because the brute beast raised by Boss Zheng is a wild boar.
The store that opened is a pork shop.
As a first-order low-grade brute beast, wild boar is a common meat for martial artists, and eating it can replenish qi and blood, which is helpful for martial arts cultivation.
Therefore, the business of Boss Zheng's shop is also very prosperous.
But compared to normal days, there seem to be more people who come to buy meat today. Wu You queued up for a long time, but it was not his turn.
"What day is today, why do every family come to buy meat?"
Wu You hugged the dog, stood outside the butcher shop, and casually chatted with the little brother in line in front of him.
"No matter what day it is, we ordinary people can't afford to eat wild boar. It was bought for the customers in the store. ”
"Didn't you notice that there have been more outsiders in the town in the past two days?"
"It's all for the treasures of our Taoyuan Town."
The little brother in line said with a mysterious face.
"I see, it's the secret realm of Taoyuan that is about to be opened."
Speaking of this, Wu You also reflected why there were so many people on the street today.
Taoyuan Secret Realm is opened once every ten years, and the opening entrance is uncertain, but it will basically be within a radius of dozens of miles near Taoyuan Town.
Even this Taoyuan Town is named after the Taoyuan Secret Realm.
Enter the secret realm and have a chance to get the fairy fruit peach. It is a treasure that is effective for both martial arts masters and Dao Sect real people.
Therefore, every time before the secret realm is opened, a large number of outsiders will gather in Taoyuan Town.
"Brother Zheng, help me cut five catties of fine meat and hand it out, I will hold the dog in my arms, and I will not enter the store."
Finally finished lining up, and a piece of pork wrapped in lotus leaves and tied with hemp rope was handed to Wu You.
Wu You held the pork in one hand and the dog in the other, and returned to his home next to the medicine field on the outskirts of the town.
Along the way, Erha stared at Wu Youzhong's pork, his tongue sticking out, and saliva flowed onto Wu You's arm.
"It's really a stupid dog, and I don't know if I'll become smarter after turning on my intelligence."
When he returned home, he tied up the dog, put the meat in a pot and boiled it, and picked a few herbs called Huoxuegen from the medicine field and threw them into the pot to cook together.
"Hey, it would be nice if there was a means of alchemy, so it would be a bit low to put it in a pot and stew it around."
Wu You said, and took out a pot of broth from the pot.
"With this pot of Qi Nourishing and Blood Replenishing Soup, the blood qi consumed by the Enlightenment Enhancement should be able to be replenished."
"Erha, come here, I'll give you a creation!"
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