Chapter 99

In the blink of an eye, five days had passed.

As Su Jing had anticipated, after the promotion by Old Liu and Peng Ming, the crickets quickly became a hot seller.

It was said that the crickets sold by Su Jing had completely disrupted the cricket-fighting industry, leaving other crickets with no place to compete. As a result, it was impossible for the "Su Family" crickets not to become popular. In just five days, forty crickets were sold. However, as the sales volume increased, the value of the crickets began to depreciate. Initially, they sold for tens of thousands, but later, they could only fetch a few thousand each. After the split, Su Jing made a profit of 2.1 million yuan.

Out of the fifty mandarin fish, Su Jing eliminated twenty and sold them. Although these twenty were considered inferior among the remaining fifty, they still had excellent qualities, being one in ten thousand. They sold at a very high price, bringing in a profit of 3 million yuan.

In addition, the pet park, fishing grounds, online seafood store, and the Bright Goddess butterflies all performed well, generating revenues of 1 million, 1.6 million, 2.4 million, and 2.5 million yuan, respectively. The total income was 12.6 million yuan. Adding this to the previous balance in his account, Su Jing now had a total of 27.6 million yuan.

Su Jing thought that it was about time to hire an architect to design a building. Mr. He's younger son was a talented architect, and he could ask him about it during the birthday banquet. Although the amount of money was far from enough to meet Su Jing's requirements for the building, it was sufficient for the initial construction. With this rate of earning, he could build and earn simultaneously.

One morning, Su Jing, as usual, went to feed all the pets. However, as soon as he entered the backyard, he was stunned. In the backyard, cats, dogs, parrots, golden eagles, fighting wolves, and others were all gathered around the carnivorous vine, looking hungry. The carnivorous vine had three flowers, each delicate and bright red, emitting a tempting fragrance that made one's mouth water.

The carnivorous vine extended its flowering vine in front of the cats and dogs, showing off. Occasionally, a cat or dog would try to bite the flower, but the vine would wrap around them with its vine and tap their heads, causing them to yelp in pain. The carnivorous vine was now very strong; even an adult human would find it impossible to break free, let alone a cat or dog.

"Vine, you finally bloomed," Su Jing said with a smile as he walked over quickly.

"Ah ya ya," the carnivorous vine called excitedly, proudly extending a flower to Su Jing.

"Smells so good," Su Jing's eyes lit up. The fragrance of the flower was different from ordinary flowers; it was more like a delicious dish, making one's mouth water and wanting to take a bite. No wonder the cats and dogs were attracted.

"Almost forgot the carnivorous vine's nature—hunting," Su Jing guessed. The fragrance of the flower was surely used to lure animals. The scent would attract animals, and then, when they tried to eat, the vine would suddenly attack, pulling them underground to be converted into nutrients. It was a perfect strategy. However, the carnivorous vine, after being trained by Su Jing, no longer hunted.

"Ah ya ya," the carnivorous vine waved the flower in front of Su Jing's mouth.

"Are you giving it to me to eat?" Su Jing guessed the carnivorous vine's intention.

"Ah ya ya," the carnivorous vine agreed.

"Is it safe to eat?" Su Jing hesitated, plucking the flower. Although the flower was fragrant and appetizing, it was unknown whether it was safe to eat. Su Jing trusted that the carnivorous vine had no ill intentions, but it might not know if its flowers were toxic. What was a treasure to it could be a poison to him.

"Let's experiment first," Su Jing tore off a small piece of the flower, about the size of a fingernail, and placed it in one of the cricket boxes. The fragrance clearly had an effect on the crickets, which quickly ate the flower piece. Then, they became extremely excited, as if they had hyperactivity, moving rapidly and energetically, their speed seemingly increased. After about ten minutes, they calmed down and returned to normal, with no apparent side effects.

"Seems safe, let's try it," Su Jing put the flower in his mouth. The flower was so tender that it melted in his mouth. After a few chews, it tasted like a delicious nectar, and when he swallowed it, it felt as if he had eaten a hundred mint candies. A refreshing sensation rushed to his brain, making the world seem clearer, and his eyes felt unusually bright.

"This feeling is amazing!" Su Jing finally understood why the crickets became so excited. In such a delightful state, it was hard not to be excited.

"Hey, what's happening?" Su Jing saw a fly flying by, a very ordinary fly. However, this time, he almost saw the frequency of the fly's wing beats. The fly flying in front of him seemed to be in slow motion. Since eating the meat of magical beasts and awakening as a mentalist, Su Jing's reaction time had been much faster than that of ordinary people, but it had never been this exaggerated.

"Whoosh" Su Jing suddenly extended his hand, moving as fast as lightning, and accurately caught the fly's wing in mid-air. What seemed like a miraculous feat to ordinary people was now effortless for him.

After about ten minutes, this state gradually disappeared. Su Jing felt no side effects, clearly indicating that this was different from a stimulant. What surprised him even more was that the liquid mental energy in his mind seemed to have increased slightly.

"This flower not only boosts reaction speed in the short term but also enhances mental potential. It's truly a treasure," Su Jing was overjoyed. He had been looking forward to the carnivorous vine blooming, but he hadn't expected such a miraculous effect. He wondered if this was a common effect of carnivorous vines or if it was due to the vine growing on magical beast meat.

"Vine, can you give me the other two flowers?" Su Jing approached the carnivorous vine.

"Ah ya ya," the carnivorous vine quickly hid the two flowers in its vines, looking unwilling. Its tone seemed to blame Su Jing for being too greedy, giving one flower and asking for two more.

"Then, can I have one? One for me and one for you, okay?" Su Jing now seemed like a cunning uncle trying to deceive a little girl.

"Ah ya ya," the carnivorous vine suddenly extended a vine without flowers or buds, placing it in front of Su Jing. After so long, Su Jing understood that this was the vine's way of asking for magical beast meat.

"Your meaning... is to trade with magical beast meat?" Su Jing was taken aback.

"Ah ya ya," the carnivorous vine called happily.

"..." Su Jing was speechless. The carnivorous vine had learned to be smart and understood the concept of trading. Of course, if Su Jing wanted to take the flowers by force, it would be easy, but in his eyes, the carnivorous vine was like a child, and he couldn't bring himself to take things from a child. Besides, if the carnivorous vine became unhappy, it might not let the other buds bloom.

"Alright, let's trade," Su Jing traded a small piece of magical beast meat for one flower. The carnivorous vine refused to trade the other flower, so Su Jing didn't eat the one he traded for immediately. Instead, he kept it, planning to save it for emergencies.