Chapter 16: Young Eagle Hatching(1/2)
"By the way, I almost forgot, how much do they need to eat?"
Ye Mo quickly asked the little green fox.
"A newborn baby spirit eagle eats about a pound of spiritual food every day, either monster meat, spiritual grain, or spiritual beans. Spiritual grain is different from mortal grain. Not only is it rich in spiritual energy, but the nutrients it provides are no worse than meat.
Most spirit beasts eat spirit grains. Different spirit beasts eat different amounts of spirit beans. Smaller ones generally eat less. But monsters with huge bodies like the demon eagle eat quite a lot.
As the young spiritual eagle grows, its food intake will gradually increase. The adult third-level spiritual eagle has a huge body and consumes about ten kilograms of spiritual food every day, which is almost ten times that of an ordinary monk in the Qi training period.
As for whether it can break through the bloodline restrictions and grow into a stronger demon bird, it depends on their bloodline talent. Generally speaking, the low-level demon eagle race can only grow into a third-level demon beast at the highest, so it is difficult to break through."
Ali said quickly.
Ye Mo was stunned when he heard this, with a bitter look on his face.
A newborn baby spirit eagle must prepare one pound of spirit beans a day, and after reaching the third level, it will consume ten pounds of spirit food a day.
You must know that the market price of a pound of Linggu is about the same as one Lingshi, ranging from half a piece to one or two pieces.
And because the spirit grain takes up a lot of space, the storage bag space is very small, and it cannot hold many kilograms of spirit grain. It is usually transported by sea ship, and the freight is expensive.
In addition, ships transporting goods must be wary of pirates and evil cultivators, and monks are required to escort the supplies, which is also a huge expense.
When the nine new city lords of Qingyun Immortal Academy brought a large ship loaded with various goods, it was Jindan monk Kuang Zhen who personally escorted it over with some foundation-building monks.
Otherwise, monks like them in the Qi-training period would not dare to walk on the vast sea with a large amount of supplies, which would easily attract the prying eyes of pirates and evil cultivators.
Kuang Zhen and his party did not leave until the small teleportation arrays in each fairy village were built and each fairy village was placed under the protection of Qingyun Lord's fairy city.
Precisely because sea freight is expensive and there is a shortage of food in the Aolai sea area, the price of Linggu is always on the high side.
After the three-headed spiritual eagle reaches adulthood, its daily consumption is thirty kilograms of spiritual grain, which is equivalent to thirty spiritual stones. In one month, it consumes a full nine hundred spiritual stones.
"Raising a spirit beast consumes so much? Can you feed it a little less? How many kilograms per day?"
Ye Mo was a little unsure and looked at the little green fox.
"Yes, but if the spirit beasts are not fed enough, they will be hungry and not close to their masters. Don't blame Ali for not reminding them. If the closeness is too low, they may even betray and run away and find food by themselves."
Ali rolled her eyes lazily.
Ye Mo was speechless for a moment.
All right
The spiritual beasts that are not fed enough will actually defect and become more difficult to serve than the old man.
Such a huge burden cannot be afforded by ordinary people. Even the slightly poorer Xiaoxian Village may not be able to support it.
What's more, Ye Mo, the newly created Xiaoxian Village, doesn't even have any income. The only small amount of income from spiritual stones is still supported by the spiritual fields of the Ancient Painting Fairy Village.
Ye Mo originally thought that when these three young eagles grew up, laid eagle eggs and continued to hatch, his eagle riders would be able to quickly expand.
Now it seems that this idea is too natural.
Just raising these three spiritual eagles is already a huge burden.
Ye Mo quit the ancient painting scroll a little depressed and left the attic, wondering if there should be more spiritual fields in the village to avoid running out of spiritual valleys in the future.
"Lord City Lord!"
In the fairy village, all warriors who see Ye Mo will greet him respectfully.
Ye Mo suppressed the depression in his heart and nodded in response. Unknowingly, he came to Lingzhifang in the village.
Mo Ling is in charge here.
Huang Yi has never studied in the fairy academy, but she has a very good relationship with Mo Ling. She also learns from Mo Ling to plant spiritual fields here and learn a profession to support herself.
"Lord City Lord, why are you here?"
A female warrior in the workshop who was sorting out various elixirs and grain seeds saw Ye Mo appearing at the door and immediately ran over. He was one of Mo Ling's chosen assistants.
"Well, where's Mo Ling?"
Ye Mo nodded and asked.
"City Lord, Master Mo and Master Huang went out early in the morning. Gao Jian and his immortal guards had completely cleaned up the island. It is now very safe. Even the venomous snakes and ferocious beasts are almost gone.
The two immortal masters took people to various parts of the spiritual island to look for wild elixirs, spiritual grains, spiritual beans and other crops. They have harvested a lot in the past few days, and they have all been transplanted into the spiritual fields in the village."
The female warrior explained, pointing to the spiritual field behind Lingzhi Square.
There are a total of 500 acres of spiritual fields in the valley, and only a dozen acres have been cultivated now. There are still ten warriors using black iron hoes and plows to cultivate the land every day.
Ye Mo came to the spiritual field cultivated by Lingzhifang and looked at a small patch of elixir, spiritual grain and other plants.
These are precious seeds.
The next large-scale planting in Xiancun will be based on the hope that they will bear fruit.
"When can these wild spiritual grains and spiritual beans be harvested in large quantities?"
Ye Mo thought for a moment and asked.
"Wild spiritual grains and spiritual beans are annual spiritual plants. The number of seeds is insufficient in the first year, and the planting area will not be large. If you want to plant a large amount, you will have to wait at least two years."
The female warrior speaks.
Ye Mo nodded lightly.
It will take one or two years for Ye's Immortal Village to harvest the first batch of spiritual grains. And the number of spiritual grains will not be too large, because there is a serious shortage of monks who know the spiritual rain technique in the village. Without the spiritual nourishment of the spiritual rain technique, the spiritual grains will not grow.
Can't get up.
"It seems that we can no longer expect the village to produce spiritual grain in the next year or two."
Ye Mo thought secretly.
We can only use the one acre of spiritual fields in Guhuaxian Village to feed these three young spiritual eagles. Fortunately, they have not yet grown up and their appetites are still small. They can be full with only one kilogram of spiritual grain.
The one acre of spiritual fields in Guhuaxian Village is more than enough to feed them.
Ye Mo quickly calculated in his mind.
In addition to feeding the three young spiritual eagles, more than half of the spiritual valley is left.
Ye Mo finally felt relieved.
You won't be able to lose spirit stones for a while, and of course, you won't be able to earn any spirit stones. Ye's Fairy Village has three more spirit eagles that can soar in the sky, which must be very powerful.
The next day.
Ye Mo entered the Ancient Painting Fairy Village again and wanted to see the hatching of the little fire crows.
The little fire crow suddenly flew over and surrounded him, calling.
"Master, the eagle eggs are breaking out. Little Fire Crow wants you to come over quickly."
Ali quickly said excitedly.
"What, it hatched in just one day?"
Ye Mo was astonished, and immediately became happy. He hurriedly came to the big tree behind the hut, jumped up to the treetop, and found three eagle eggs in the crow's nest.
When a spirit animal is born, it will have a natural affinity for the first person it sees.
Ye Mo still understands the common sense of this tame beast.
Three golden eagle eggs are cracking, shaking gently and making a "clicking" sound, as if they will break out of the shell at any time.
The fire crow croaked at Ye Mo.
The three golden eggs shook more and more violently.
Under Ye Mo's nervous gaze, the cracks on the surface of an eagle egg went from fine to thick, and finally broke completely.
A bare little head of the young eagle came out, and its sharp beak tapped the egg shell. The young eagle struggled to drill out of the egg shell, and it took a lot of effort to get out.
It looked up and saw Ye Mo, with doubts in its little eyes. It tilted its head and looked at it for a while, then leaned over, made a cheerful squawking sound, and bowed its head towards Ye Mo.
"I was born as big as a palm"
Ye Mo stretched out his hand to caress the little guy and said with a smile.
“The sound is really ugly and the appearance is ugly.”
Ali said with a smile.
The young eagle made out with Ye Mo for a while, then turned around and ate all the eggshells into his stomach. His whole body seemed to be glowing with a faint golden light, and he became stronger.
It circled the other two golden eagle eggs that had not broken their shells, walked around the crow's nest a few times, and squawked a few times. It was very curious and felt a familiar smell inside. It even wanted to stretch out its mouth to peck, but was stopped.
Ye Mo grabbed it.
"Little guy, don't be naughty. It's yours inside. It will come out soon."
Ye Mo said with a smile on his face, regardless of whether the young eagle could understand it or not.
Not long after, the other two young eagles also emerged from their shells, and the crow's nest suddenly became full of chirping noises.
Ye Mo spent half an hour playing with these three young eagles and cultivating intimacy.
The young spirit eagles are still very weak. The main thing in the early stage is to cultivate intimacy with the spirit beasts. This step is very critical. It determines whether they will recognize their master in the future, obey his orders, and be tamed smoothly.
To be continued...