Chronicles of Ascension: The Path to Immortality

Perhaps because it had not been occupied for a long time, his house was covered with dust and spider webs.

"The conditions in my humble house are difficult, please forgive me." Zhang Xuan said embarrassedly.

Zhang Miaoke smiled and said, "The elders are heroes who welcome back the ancestors. The elders of our eight clans admire us very much. I will ask my great grandfather to find you a new house later."

"That... that's not necessary. What's the matter with you, Miss Miaoke? Just tell me."

"It's like this. Great grandfather heard that you have always wanted to take back the spiritual fields of your ancestors, but now there are no spiritual fields to be divided in the clan library, so great grandfather is willing to take out 200 acres of first-level middle-grade spiritual fields..."

"Give me 200 acres of spiritual fields for free?!" Zhang Xuan was shocked, wondering how the eight elders suddenly became so sensible.

Zhang Miaoke smiled shyly and said, "That's not the case. Great grandfather said he wanted to use these 200 acres of first-level middle-grade spiritual fields to exchange for the Jiuding Lake in your hands."

"Oh, so you want to exchange my lake." Zhang Xuan suddenly realized.

"No!" Zhang Xuan refused directly.

"Why?" Zhang Miaoke looked at him with a pair of bright eyes. "200 mu of first-grade medium-grade spiritual fields can harvest 200,000 kilograms of first-grade medium-grade spiritual grains a year, equivalent to 100,000 spiritual stones. Excluding the costs of spiritual manure, labor, protective arrays, and spiritual grains paid to the clan treasury, a net profit of 50,000 spiritual stones can be made in a year."

"Really? As far as I know, the income of Linghu is not small. I don't know how many people are jealous of the various water-attributed spiritual objects harvested." Zhang Xuan stroked his chin and calculated.

"Linghu can indeed produce various rare water-attributed spiritual objects, but the output is extremely low. The most important income of Linghu is the income from stepping on pearls. The spiritual clams that produce pearls are cruel by nature and live in the depths of the lake. The probability of pearl divers surviving for a year is less than 30%."

"What? Less than 30%?" Zhang Xuan was shocked.

No wonder the pearl divers and hunting teams under Jiuhu Bridge always recruit the most people. The consumption is too high.

"Yes, stepping on pearls is against the will of heaven. I don't know how many Zhang family members have died in the mouth of spiritual clams, and the owner of the lake needs to use a large part of the income to compensate these victims." Zhang Xuan felt like a deflated ball after hearing this. He originally planned to settle the neighbors in Miao Street when he got Jiuding Lake, so that they could have a legitimate job. But when he heard Zhang Miaoke say that the probability of pearl divers surviving for a year was less than 30%, he began to worry again. "For a lake, the income from stepping on pearls can generally be 50,000 spiritual stones a year, but a large amount of pensions must be paid, and the salary of pearl divers is also very high. After removing these costs, the annual income is only 10,000 spiritual stones." "But I heard that the income from the lake is not only stepping on pearls, but also spiritual fish and spiritual shrimps, and the income from the nine-child spiritual lotus on the lake is not low." "The elders are indeed knowledgeable. Then Miaoke will help you calculate the annual income of these things." Zhang Miaoke counted them one by one, counting on her fingers. "Spirit fish, spirit shrimp and other aquatic spirit beasts have delicious meat and abundant spiritual energy, which is more than five times the value of ordinary monster meat. However, raising spirit fish and spirit shrimp also requires costs. Monster meat needs to be regularly fed. This investment alone costs 30,000 spirit stones a year."

"30,000 spirit stones?" Zhang Xuan was shocked again, "Spirit fish and spirit shrimp are natural creatures, why do we need to feed monster meat regularly?"

"It's okay not to feed monster meat, the output is only 30% of the original, and the Nine-Child Spirit Lotus can't be planted."

"What does this have to do with the Nine-Child Spirit Lotus?"

"Think about it, if these spirit fish and spirit shrimp don't have monster meat to eat, what will they eat?"

"Nine-Child Spirit Lotus."

"That's right," Zhang Miaoke nodded, looking at Zhang Xuan as if he was a child. The teacher had a gratified expression, "In fact, spiritual fish and spiritual shrimp do not make spiritual stones. The spiritual stones sold for spiritual fish and spiritual shrimp each year are only 30,000 yuan a year. The main source of spiritual stones is the Nine-Child Spiritual Lotus."

"I said that such a big lake must make more than that."

"But clan leader, do you know how long it takes for the Nine-Child Spiritual Lotus to mature?"

"How long?"

"Ninety years."

"What? It takes so long? Then I see that there are several lakes that grow this kind of Nine-Child Spiritual Lotus."

"Those are all planted by strong branches, and they are all inherited. They are meant to be left for future generations to pick. For a clan elder like you who wants to accumulate wealth quickly, I don't think you will spend 90 years growing the Nine-Child Spiritual Lotus, right?" Zhang Miaoke said with her big eyes fluttering.

At this time, Zhang Xuan frowned and stared at the innocent-looking girl in front of him, wishing to exchange the token of Jiuding Lake with her immediately.

"How could there be such a talent among the eight clan elders? Just a few words almost made me give up Jiuding Lake." Zhang Xuan thought to himself.

"Do the clan elders agree to the exchange?" Zhang Miaoke asked with open arms.

"Since the big lake has little profit, how could the eight clan elders do a loss-making business to acquire my Jiuding Lake? Don't tell me that it is a reward for me to bring back the remains of the ancestors. Give me a reasonable reason."

Zhang Miaoke sighed and said with a mature look: "It doesn't matter to tell the ten clan elders. Next to Jiuding Lake is my Sanbao Lake. My great grandfather wants to completely connect the two lakes."

"Why do you want to completely connect the two lakes?" Zhang Xuan was confused again.

Zhang Miaoke pondered for a moment and said: "Sanbao Lake and Jiuding Lake were originally not connected, and the water level of Jiuding Lake is higher than that of Sanbao Lake. There are nine spiritual eyes around Jiuding Lake. Once the connection is opened, the water of Jiuding Lake will flow into Sanbao Lake, and then 150 acres of first-level medium-quality spiritual fields will appear around Jiuding Lake."

"150 acres of spiritual fields?" Zhang Xuan thought quickly in his mind, "How do you think about this? I will pay a sum of spiritual stones to the eight clan elders, so that I can drain the water of Jiuding Lake into your Sanbao Lake?"

After hearing this, Zhang Miaoke immediately shook his head like a rattle: "No, no, if the water of Jiuding Lake is poured into Sanbao Lake, the water level of Sanbao Lake will rise, and it will submerge many of my family's properties around Sanbao Lake."

"How many properties? I will compensate according to the price." Zhang Xuan said.

Zhang Miaoke said with a bitter face: "Not only these properties, but also connecting the two lakes will alarm the terrifying existence in the lake."

"Aren't the Nine Great Lakes in our Zhangjiaji, our private property? How come there are terrifying existences in them?"

"Of course, otherwise why do you think the death rate of pearl divers is so high every year?"

"Is there a second-level spiritual beast in the deep water of the lake?"

Zhang Miaoke nodded and said: "Yes, to be precise, it is a second-level spiritual clam. Most of the first-level spiritual clams are under the protection of the second-level spiritual clams."

"Second-level spiritual clams? That is comparable to the existence of the foundation-building ancestors."

"In the water, the foundation-building ancestors are three points weaker than these second-level spiritual clams. Fortunately, these second-level spiritual clams are all hidden in the deep water of the lake and generally do not float up."

"Oh, that's it." Zhang Xuan nodded slightly.

"Then the elders agree to the exchange?"

"This... This matter is of great importance. I still need to think about it."

"Okay, Miaoke will wait for the elders' reply at any time."

After speaking, Zhang Miaoke jumped up and left.