Astral Gods

Chapter 48 Learning to Price Food with the Force

"No problem." The leader of the hundred tribes took a pomegranate seed from the spider silk pouch on his carapace and handed it to the Green Bamboo Armor King: "This is a gem pomegranate seed. Just put it into Zishan's life pouch."

The Green Bamboo Armor King did not accept the seeds, but said somewhat embarrassedly, "Chief of the Hundred Tribes, do you have any Gem Pomegranates produced by the life-seeds of the Zerg warriors? I would like to buy some."

Upon hearing the Green Bamboo King's tactful way of expressing himself, the leaders of the Hundred Tribes immediately understood that the other party did not entirely trust the quality and effects of the gem pomegranate they had described.

It was somewhat displeased, but didn't show it outwardly. Instead, it rummaged through its carapace and took out a gem pomegranate about the size of a dragon fruit from a large spider silk bag: "King Green Bamboo Armor, this is a gem pomegranate produced in the territory of a mountain lord-level warrior. Each gem pomegranate contains 500-700 seeds. One gem pomegranate sells for 150 raw stones. The shell, pulp, and seeds are all edible, making it quite affordable."

A single gem pomegranate tree can only produce seventy or eighty pomegranates in total, the exact number depending on the Zerg warriors' training; it takes two years to produce one batch.

King Qingzhujia took the pomegranate and examined it. Then he raised his paw and cut it open. After cutting the pomegranate open, the flesh inside had a crystal-clear texture.

It picked out a few pomegranate seeds and fed them to the little warriors on its head. It also ate a few itself. All the Zerg warriors were very sensitive to Force food. They could basically determine the specific effects of any Force food they had seen or eaten.

After tasting it, it found that what the leader of the Hundred Tribes said was true; the effect of this gem pomegranate was indeed biased towards crust crystallization.

Then it silently calculated that a single gem pomegranate costs 150 raw stones, so 80 fruits would be worth 12000 raw stones. Even if it only produces one every two years, the average annual output would still be 6000 raw stones.

It was unclear about the situation of the Zerg warriors on the Thousand Trees Continent, but on Banana Island, most of the Mountain Lord-level Zerg warriors produced an average of about 1000 Primogems per plant per year.

Zerg warriors from certain tribes have a higher average annual yield from their Life Seeds, around 1200 to 1500 Originium. This isn't to say that Zerg warriors from certain tribes are special; it's just that they have elders providing them with Force food during the early and middle stages. This allows them to seek out large trees as Life Seeds even in the early stages, resulting in a significantly higher overall yield from the accumulation of numerous Life Seeds.

The yield of one of these gem pomegranate seed plants is equivalent to the profit of six seed plants from an ordinary mountain lord-level insectoid warrior. It excels in quality, yield, and value, making it an absolutely top-tier tree species.

King Qingzhujia took the pomegranate seed, a gemstone, from the claws of the hundred tribal leaders and handed it to Zishan: "Quickly put it into your life sac and nurture it into a life seed."

The yew tree took the pomegranate seed and placed it into its life sac to nurture it. With the special ability of the Zerg warrior, the life sac began to continuously infuse the seed with Force, transforming it into a Force plant.

Having received the benefits, the Green Bamboo Armor King couldn't very well refuse. It waved its large paw and said, "Chiefs of the Hundred Tribes, give me three hundred of these gem pomegranates. I want my tribe's warriors to have a taste."

"good,"

"Is there a pomegranate, a gem bestowed by God?"

"Yes, we do, but the price is a bit high, 10000 raw stones each."

"What? The price is so high?"

Upon hearing the price, even the Green Bamboo Armor King's claws trembled slightly. Most divinely bestowed primal force foods are priced at around 40-50 times that of similar primal force foods, depending on their quality and effects.

To increase the price further, the effect would have to be truly top-tier, such as the comprehensive physical enhancement, strength enhancement, or shell enhancement that are essential for Zerg warriors.

A rough calculation shows that they are almost seventy times more expensive than ordinary gemstone pomegranates.

"It's alright," the leader of the Hundred Tribes explained. "A single gem pomegranate contains at least 500 seeds. Each seed, with a 50-fold increase in value, is worth 7500 raw stones, not to mention the shell and pulp."

King Qingzhujia was speechless. Most of the primal energy of primal food is concentrated in the seed. Pomegranate seeds are plentiful, and the pulp and shell account for at most 5%-8% of the primal energy. The pulp is not easy to preserve and is not easy to sell. Usually, the insects eat it themselves.

The Flame Spider was indeed greedy, wishing it could sell even the silk bags containing Force food for the price of God-given Force food.

Qingzhu Jiawang: "Do you have Qinghun kiwi seeds?"

"There is a little, but not much. It costs three raw stones per stone, so I can sell you three thousand stones."

"Okay, I'll take them all. Leader of the Hundred Divisions, I need a large quantity. Can you sell me more next year?"

The number of Qinghun kiwi seeds sounds like a lot, but each seed is only the size of a sesame seed. Three thousand seeds can be packed into a small spider silk bag. In terms of weight, it is not even as heavy as a gem pomegranate. It can only be said that the price is indeed expensive.

The tribal chief hesitated, saying, "Let's talk about it next year. This stuff sells very well; many large tribes on the mainland need it. I'll try to get you as much as possible."

Seeing the two Zerg warriors talking about things that had nothing to do with him, Zishan felt bored.

The yew spread its elytra, its membranous wings fluttering slightly, eager to take flight: "Green Bamboo King, may I go play?"

"Go, go find Purple Plum, and don't fly around aimlessly."

"good!"

Now that the yew has advanced to the intermediate level, it is much larger than before and is no longer easily harmed. In this trading square, the Green Bamboo Armor King is confident that it will not be harmed in any way.

Lord Purple Plum was not far away, and Yew spread its wings and flew towards it, landing on its head.

At this moment, Lord Purple Plum was teaching Purple Locust and Purple Artemisia how to identify Force Foods and how to determine their prices. When they saw the Yew Fir flying over, they caught up with them and started teaching them together.

"The three of you have now been promoted to intermediate warriors, especially Zihuai and Ziai. In another year or two, you will be promoted to advanced warriors, and then you will be able to go out and manage your own territories."

Therefore, I will teach you about the prices and pricing methods of various Force foods.

Your teacher, Ze Hui, is a Flame Spider Merchant. He knows a lot about these inside stories of trading, but he's in it for the money; he won't teach you these things.

As it spoke, it picked up a few loquat seeds: "We Zerg warriors are very sensitive to the Force and the Force; it is our talent."

We can tell how much primal force and primal energy is in the primal food produced by a life seed with a single scan of our mental energy.

Even if you don't know its specific effects, just tasting it will give you the same results.

It divided the loquat seed in its paw and handed one to each of the yews: "What do you think the purpose of this loquat seed is? How many raw stones is it worth?"

The three little ones are not illiterate. The Lord of Zehui Mountain taught them for more than a year and a half, and with the help of inherited memories, it can be said that they are more knowledgeable than most Zerg warriors.

The three children took the loquat seed, scanned it with their mental energy, and after a rough assessment, began to quote prices: "This loquat seed contains 1 unit of Origin Force, with an Origin Force power-to-content ratio of approximately 1:1.3. Its Origin Force effect should be sharpening of metals. The price should be 2.3 Origin Stones per seed; it's a standard high-level Origin Force food!"

Zi Ai then spoke up: "Brother, isn't that wrong? Your judgment on the primal energy content of loquat seeds is correct, but the primal energy should be 1.32 primal energy units. The higher the primal energy, the higher the quality. Even 0.02 primal energy units should not be underestimated. The price should be 2.3-2.5 primal stones per seed."

Upon hearing the two young warriors' offers for Force-elemental food, Lord Zili did not respond immediately. Instead, he looked at Zishan and asked, "Zishan, what do you think?"

After pondering for a moment, Zishan said, "I don't think the value of Force food should be judged in this way. If a fixed price is quoted based solely on quality, then the Flame Spider traveling merchants will not make any profit."

Besides its enhancement effects and uses, the target consumer of a Force food is also important. If this Force food is sold to a Zerg warrior who does not have metal-type talents, it will probably be worthless.

"But if you sell it to a Zerg warrior with metal-based talents, especially one who needs high attack power, you could easily get three Originium per stone. Lord Purple Plum, am I right?"

Lord Zili twitched its antennae. Although Zishan evolved more slowly than its two older brothers, it awakened its spiritual consciousness earlier and thought more deeply.

Compared to other rhinoceros beetle warriors in the tribe, it is much smarter. Even disregarding the function of its life sac, it is a little warrior worth training.

"As Yew said, to evaluate the value of a Force food, in addition to looking at its Force properties, we also need to look at the demand of the Zerg warriors who buy it."

Purple Locust, Purple Artemisia, you haven't considered the value of primal energy to Zerg warriors; your offer is a bit too low.

Yew, you considered the value of the primal energy in the primal food, but you didn't consider the benefits to the impoverished Zerg warrior territories.

For most Zerg warriors, if the premium on Force Food exceeds 10% to 15%, it means that for every ten Life Spawns produced and traded, the profit from one or two Life Spawns will be lost for nothing.

Most high-level warrior territories only produce about twenty Life Seeds in total, and each Life Seed is extremely precious; ordinary Force food is not worth the high price they pay.

"After all, there are many common life forms of the Zerg warriors, and the Force food they produce is of all kinds, so it is easy to find cheaper alternatives."

Lord Zili twirled a loquat seed and said, "For example, this loquat seed would be just right to sell for 2.5 raw stones per seed."

Then it picked up a few more camphor seeds and asked the young soldier for a price quote...

Lord Zili stayed at the trading square for more than half a month, not only selling the tribe's Force food, but also teaching the young warriors how to price Force food.

However, this kind of thing cannot be done overnight. The most important thing is that they rely on themselves to judge the value of the original force food little by little through long-term contact and consumption, so that they can not lose out in transactions, or even gain some advantage.

There's no moral or ethical issue with doing this; the Zerg society doesn't have that concept. They simply want to have more resources to evolve.

After studying here for half a month, Lord Zili sent the three little ones back to his territory.