Chapter 114: Ten Thousand Taels of Silver!
The bamboo tube was a vibrant green, as if it had just been cut.
Near the node, there was a circle of bright yellow beeswax.
Liu Changping’s face was full of joy. He carefully held the bamboo tube and opened the lid made from the node, confirming once again—it was indeed Demon Bee Honey!
Of superior quality!
“Young Brother Chu, may I have a taste?” Liu Changping asked.
“Of course.” Chu Liang nodded.
With permission granted, Liu Changping smiled broadly and took out a golden spoon, slowly scooping a small spoonful from the bamboo tube.
Under the sunlight, the Demon Bee Honey in the spoon was crystal clear, like flowing crystal, fragrant and dazzling, instantly attracting everyone’s attention.
A breeze blew, and the scent of various flowers and fruits wafted out, spreading and refreshing everyone.
Even the workers of the Blue Flower Merchant Guild who were unloading goods stopped and looked at the spoonful of Demon Bee Honey.
“Is that honey?”
“It smells so good. Just a whiff of it makes me feel warm all over.”
“What kind of honey is this powerful? Just smelling it is so invigorating. I wish I could have a taste.”
The fragrance of the honey permeated the air, and everyone’s eyes lit up, staring at the golden spoonful of Demon Bee Honey, their mouths watering without them realizing it.
Many of the Qin Family members were also staring intently. They were wealthy and had seen many good things, even if they hadn’t tasted them, but they had never seen such extraordinary honey.
What exactly was it?
They were both curious and surprised, all guessing.
Only Qin Zhong had a grave expression, saying uncertainly, “Is it Demon Bee Honey?”
Qin Yu nodded gently. “It is Demon Bee Honey. When I was eighteen, my father bought a small jar for me from the prefectural city.”
“This Chu Liang actually managed to get so much Demon Bee Honey. How is he so lucky?” Qin Zhong attributed it to luck. He didn’t believe that Chu Liang had the strength and courage to attack a bee demon’s nest.
Bee demon nests were all located in the deep mountains, and each nest contained a large number of terrifying bee demons.
Once surrounded, even Skin Tempering Realm experts would be terrified.
And those below the Skin Tempering Realm, being surrounded was a nine-deaths-one-life situation!
Moreover, just entering the deep mountains didn’t guarantee finding a bee demon nest. If one’s luck was bad, they might search for more than half a year without finding one, and instead get lost in the mountains, eventually dying under a demon beast attack.
“This Chu Liang must have encountered a special situation.” Qin Zhong guessed. If the environment around the hive became dangerous, the bee queen would abandon the hive and lead the swarm away to find a new location to build a nest.
If one was lucky enough, there was a small chance of encountering such a situation.
“Luck?”
Qin Yu’s willow-like brows moved slightly, her beautiful eyes focused, and she said softly, “Uncle Zhong, don’t attribute everything to luck. Sufficient strength can also achieve this.”
“Eldest Miss, you’re overestimating this Chu Liang.”
Qin Zhong replied. He had the strength of Five Strands of Qi and Blood, and even he wouldn’t dare to stay alone in the deep mountains for too long, let alone Chu Liang?
Combining the rumors in the county town, he judged that Chu Liang had at most the strength of Three Strands of Qi and Blood.
With that level of strength, if not for good luck, how could he have obtained so much Demon Bee Honey?
At this moment, in the alley.
Liu Changping had already put the golden spoon in his mouth and tasted it carefully.
After a while, the surprise on his face grew even more intense, and he said, “Young Brother Chu, the quality of your Demon Bee Honey is truly high! The bee queen of that hive must be close to ranking!”
“Yes, more or less.”
Chu Liang thought about it. That bee queen was indeed a demon beast at the peak of Five Strands of Qi and Blood.
Liu Changping said excitedly, “Brother Chu, you must sell this Demon Bee Honey to me. We can negotiate the price!”
“Manager Liu, I only want ranked demon beast meat,” Chu Liang expressed his wish.
“This…”
“You can’t get it?”
Chu Liang asked. If he couldn’t get it, he planned to go to the black market in the prefectural city.
Things that couldn’t be bought openly could mostly be found in the black market.
Liu Changping gritted his teeth and said, “Young Brother Chu, you should know the price of ordinary demon beast meat is one tael of silver per jin.”
“Yes, I know.”
“But the price of ranked demon beast meat is much higher, ten times more, at least ten taels of silver per jin. And many suppliers only accept bartering, equivalent exchange.”
Liu Changping talked about the value of ranked demon beast meat.
Even low-rank demon beast meat was ten times the price of ordinary demon beast meat.
And the value of mid-rank and high-rank demon beast meat was even harder to estimate, basically impossible to buy with silver, only exchangeable with treasures.
Chu Liang nodded slightly and said, “I only need low-rank demon beast meat now, and I need a large quantity. Manager Liu, can you get it?”
“I can! Brother Chu, wait for me for one hour!” Liu Changping made a guarantee, his tone firm.
He was really eager for this Demon Bee Honey. This thing was extremely precious, replenishing blood and nourishing the face. Just one bamboo tube of Demon Bee Honey was worth five thousand silver taels.
If it was given as a gift, especially to a woman, the effect would be even better than those gifts worth tens of thousands of silver taels!
Liu Changping asked again, “Brother Chu, how much low-rank demon beast meat do you want?”
“One thousand jin, can you get it?”
“I can!”
One thousand jin, if converted to silver, that would be ten thousand taels of silver!
It sounded like a lot.
But Liu Changping still felt it wasn’t enough, after all, the value of two bamboo tubes of Demon Bee Honey exceeded ten thousand taels.
And Chu Liang’s large package contained a full twenty bamboo tubes!
“Brother Chu, do you need anything else?” Liu Changping couldn’t help but ask, “Ranked weapons and armor, various pills, rare flowers and herbs, mounts, beauties from the Western Regions, barbarian women from the Southwest, even demon beast cubs, as long as you want it, I can find a way to get it!”
“I don’t need those for now.”
Chu Liang calmly shook his head. He wasn’t interested in beauties from the Western Regions or anything like that.
As for weapons, armor, and pills, as long as he had enough demon beast blood and flesh, he could evolve them all.
Liu Changping was inevitably disappointed. It seemed he could only get two bamboo tubes of Demon Bee Honey.
But Chu Liang added, “I only need this much for now. I will need more in the future, and I will have to trouble Manager Liu then.”
Hearing this, Liu Changping’s spirits lifted, and he said with a smile, “Of course! Of course! Brother Chu, whatever you need in the future, just come to me, and I will definitely arrange it for you!”
“Good.”
Thus, the agreement was reached.
Liu Changping instructed one of his subordinates to hurry up with the unloading.
And he himself hurried out of the alley to find the suppliers of demon beast meat.
Chu Liang sat on the carriage, waiting quietly.
The members of the Qin Family stared at the bamboo tubes, all somewhat stunned.
Both the value of the Demon Bee Honey and the quantity Chu Liang possessed left them speechless with shock.
A rough calculation showed that the total value of Chu Liang’s large package was at least one hundred thousand taels of silver!
All the goods the Qin Family was transporting this time were not worth that much combined!
