Chapter 275: Chapter 275

"What about endurance?" Xiaoyao asked.

"Endurance is slightly lacking, but it's still pretty good," the assistant replied.

"Then forget it. I'm looking for one with good endurance, speed is secondary," Xiaoyao shook his head and replied.

The assistant helped Xiaoyao select a horse with decent endurance, but Xiaoyao still didn't seem satisfied and continued looking at others. This gradually wore away the assistant's patience until it exploded.

"If you can't afford it, don't make excuses. If you want to buy something, go buy a sick horse, those are cheap. Maybe it'll suddenly get better and you'll make a profit." The assistant's tone was very contemptuous. He had just selected many horses, going from expensive to cheaper, even selecting the cheapest ones, but Xiaoyao still hadn't said yes. This made his original attitude begin to change.

Xiaoyao didn't mind the other's contempt and said with a smile, "There are sick horses? Then take me to see them."

"You really want to buy a sick horse? Let me tell you, eight or nine out of ten sick horses can't be cured. Otherwise we wouldn't have thrown them in there. Even if you spend money trying to cure them, it's impossible, you can only rely on luck, but luck is hard to say," the assistant said. Although he looked down on Xiaoyao, he still gave a warning, showing he was actually a decent person.

"It's fine. I'm just looking. If there's nothing suitable, I won't choose one," Xiaoyao replied with a smile.

The assistant thought for a moment and said, "Alright then, follow me. But don't blame me if you regret it later."

"Don't worry, I'm just a passerby. Even if I regret it, I can't possibly come back to find you." Xiaoyao chuckled.

"That's true." The assistant nodded. Since Xiaoyao had said this, he didn't care anymore and led Xiaoyao to the area where the sick horses were kept.

Arriving at the sick horse area, Xiaoyao discovered that this place didn't just have sick horses but also other sick mounts. A shop of this small county town's scale couldn't possibly categorize things in such detail. Besides, these sick mounts all belonged to one category, sick mounts.

Looking inside, Xiaoyao found there were actually very few horses, because veterinarians were very familiar with horses' conditions, unlike monster beasts. Therefore, horses had a high cure rate, while monster beasts were different, they were rarer and more complex.

Xiaoyao originally had no interest in these monster beasts because they were more troublesome to feed and less practical than horses. However, this wasn't entirely true, some monster beasts were also simple to feed and could eat grass.

Monster beasts were also divided into herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores like Chi Chi.

Generally, people who could afford monster beasts didn't care what the beasts ate. Because of this, monster beast mounts were usually chosen not based on food consumption but on performance, they would catch the ones with the best performance. Follow current novels on novel⟡fire.net

However, there were always exceptions, and there was one right before Xiaoyao's eyes. This type of monster beast was called a Cloud-Carrying Beast. The word "carry" meant it could carry many things, while "cloud" referred to their snow-white fur covering their entire bodies.

This Cloud-Carrying Beast was quite large, about the size of an elephant, and looked rather like a long-haired lap dog, though with some differences. Overall, it had a rather honest and cute appearance, perhaps because they were herbivores. Of course, they didn't just eat grass, they could eat other plants as well.

This Cloud-Carrying Beast wasn't very fast, but it wasn't too slow either, sufficient for Xiaoyao. Most importantly, this Cloud-Carrying Beast could carry many things, which Xiaoyao really liked.

But what Xiaoyao liked even more was that the Cloud-Carrying Beast's back was very comfortable, even lying down to sleep on it wouldn't be a problem.

"I'll take this one." Xiaoyao said, pointing at the Cloud-Carrying Beast.

"Ah, customer, this Cloud-Carrying Beast has quite an appetite. Even without illness, raising it requires considering your wallet. Don't think you can get a bargain just because it's placed here." The assistant was very surprised by Xiaoyao's choice and immediately gave him a warning.

"It's fine. No matter how much it eats, it can't possibly eat more than my little glutton. I had no problem raising that little glutton, let alone this one." Xiaoyao said indifferently.

He had already considered this problem. Previously, he didn't want monster beast mounts because he felt they were picky eaters requiring good food and drink. But this Cloud-Carrying Beast was different, he just needed to stop and let it eat some grass and other tree branches and leaves without finding other food. It wasn't very difficult to serve.

There was another point, this Cloud-Carrying Beast had a very interesting characteristic: they could eat their fill once and then not eat for several days, making it even more convenient.

"You have money to raise it?" After hearing Xiaoyao's words, the assistant understood that Xiaoyao might not be someone without money. Had he been wrong to bring him to these places?

"Of course, I have some spare money," Xiaoyao replied.

"..." Indeed. Should he raise the price now? But this was a sick Cloud-Carrying Beast. Even as a mount, few people wanted such beasts, so the price itself wasn't high.

If he priced it too high and the customer didn't want it, what then? Being able to sell this one was actually profitable. Originally, this Cloud-Carrying Beast was just waiting to die. No one had any solution, and keeping it might not keep it alive, it was just wasting feed.

Fine, he'd price it a bit higher than an ordinary horse. Best to sell it if possible.

"Three taels of silver."

"Three taels?" Xiaoyao was stunned and asked.

"Is three taels too expensive? Then I'll make it cheaper, two taels and eight qian. Can't go any lower." the assistant said through gritted teeth, apparently thinking Xiaoyao found three taels too expensive.

Actually, Xiaoyao thought three taels was very cheap. Although ordinary people would need to work a year to save that much, it was still great value. Ordinary horses cost this much too, let alone a monster beast. If it weren't sick, it probably couldn't be this price, it would cost dozens of times more.

"Good, it's settled then. Here's three taels of silver, please make change." Xiaoyao said with a smile. Since the person was giving him a discount, there was no reason not to take it. He wasn't like those wealthy people who would wave their hand and say "keep the change."

"You really want it? Alright, I'll get your change." The assistant took the money and ran to the front to settle accounts, as if afraid Xiaoyao would change his mind.

"Boss, boss. I sold that sick Cloud-Carrying Beast." the assistant said excitedly to the boss when he reached the front.

After hearing this, the boss's eyes lit up and he quickly asked, "Sold it? Who bought it? How much?"

"Two taels and eight qian. A young man who didn't look like he had money, but seems to have some," the assistant said, handing over the three taels of silver. "Here's three taels, give him two qian change."

"Good. Whether he has money or not doesn't matter. That Cloud-Carrying Beast was a burden, selling it is great." the boss nodded and gave the assistant the change.

"Mm, he seems to want to try his luck, but I believe his luck won't be that good," the assistant said, taking the silver.

"Even if his luck is good, it's none of our business. That Cloud-Carrying Beast has cost me dearly. Getting rid of it is best, if it weren't herbivorous, I would have slaughtered it long ago." the boss said indifferently. As long as he could get rid of this burden, he didn't mind losing a bit, as long as it wasn't a total loss.

Then the boss seemed a bit worried and instructed, "Quickly send that young man away to prevent any changes."

"Got it." the assistant nodded, then immediately ran to give Xiaoyao his money and promptly send him away.

Xiaoyao also wanted to leave early, afraid the other party would change their mind again. He rode the Cloud-Carrying Beast and left. Although the Cloud-Carrying Beast was sick, it wasn't so bad it couldn't walk, otherwise would Xiaoyao have to carry it away?

After sending Xiaoyao away, both the boss and assistant seemed very happy, thinking Xiaoyao was somewhat of a sucker for buying such a sick Cloud-Carrying Beast.

You think this illness is so easy to cure? If it were easy, I wouldn't have sold it to you so cheaply.

They were wrong about one thing, the illness wasn't easy to cure, but Xiaoyao could treat it. Otherwise, why would he buy it? He wasn't really a sucker.

Xiaoyao's medical skills weren't just for treating people, he could also treat other animals and monster beasts. Moreover, even without medical skills, his Divine Farmer True Qi alone could cure this Cloud-Carrying Beast. Although it wouldn't be as fast as using medicine together, it wouldn't take very long either.

If the boss and assistant knew this, they would definitely regret selling this Cloud-Carrying Beast to Xiaoyao so cheaply. No matter how ordinary this Cloud-Carrying Beast was, it was still worth over a hundred taels of silver.

"With such long fur, I'll call you Mao Mao. Mao Mao, eat these medicines, then we'll set off." Xiaoyao took out a handful of pills and put them into the mouth of the Cloud-Carrying Beast he called Mao Mao.

For ordinary people, one or two pills would be enough, but for a monster beast of Mao Mao's size, this was clearly insufficient, so the dosage had to be increased.

Not only did the pills need to be increased, but the Divine Farmer True Qi also needed to be increased. So when Xiaoyao sat on Mao Mao, he began circulating his energy to heal its injuries. During this process, Mao Mao didn't need to stop and could walk directly, so it didn't delay the journey. This was also why Xiaoyao chose Mao Mao.

After two or three days of treatment, Mao Mao's condition had mostly recovered. Now it was walking briskly, from slow walking at the beginning to quick running now, its speed had improved at least threefold.

At this moment, a fast horse galloped past Xiaoyao...

Cough, cough, this was very normal. Even if a Cloud-Carrying Beast unleashed its speed to the limit, it couldn't outrun a fast horse, at most it could match the speed of an ordinary horse.

After getting Mao Mao, Xiaoyao seemed to have become somewhat lazy. Sometimes he would even eat and drink on top, and except for relieving himself, he wouldn't come down for entire days, having Mao Mao carry him everywhere.