Astral Cockroach

Banbu recognized it at a glance; it was indeed nutritional fluid.

The entire street was lined with stalls set up by the Mantis Blade Tribe warriors, all selling food. Not only nutritional fluid, but also sweet blocks, savory blocks, energy drinks, and various fruits and canned meats to adjust the flavor of daily meals.

Red Bean Mountain Master led Banbu to a stall set up by their Red Bean Mountain Range Mantis Blade warriors.

"Banbu, look, this thing is especially good. It feels particularly comfortable after eating it."

Red Bean Mountain Master was holding a metal cylinder filled with nutritional fluid.

He began to demonstrate.

Pressing the button at the bottom, a suction nozzle slowly extended from the top of the metal cylinder. Red Bean Mountain Master tilted his head, put the suction nozzle to his mouth, dripped a drop, smacked his lips, and said, "It doesn't taste like much, but it feels very comfortable after drinking it."

After speaking, he handed the nutritional fluid to Banbu, saying, "Mountain Master Banbu, have a taste!"

Banbu reached out a claw to take it, glanced at the mark on the cylinder: TOM-A8.

It wasn't the series he needed.

The function of nutritional fluid is to supplement special nutritional substances related to the Force Gene, corresponding to the cultivation system.

Banbu needed the D series corresponding to metal enhancement or the G series corresponding to flame enhancement.

The A series corresponds to the soul and is extremely expensive.

Since it was free, and eating it would definitely be harmless, Banbu wasn't polite. He took it, put it in his mouth, and sucked it all down in one gulp, emptying the nutritional fluid.

As soon as it entered his stomach, it was immediately absorbed, making him feel warm and comfortable all over, and his spirits refreshed.

Red Bean Mountain Master was stunned, wondering, "Is this the correct way to consume it?" Something felt off.

Then, he enthusiastically asked, "Mountain Master Banbu, how is it?"

"It's alright," Banbu replied, his gaze shifting to other goods.

The stall managed by the Red Bean Mountain Range warriors was quite large, with boxes of nutritional fluid neatly arranged, hundreds more behind them.

Banbu expanded his mental power, scanning and carefully distinguishing. It turned out that there were 10 boxes of each type of nutritional fluid!

The Mantis Blade Kingdom must have acquired an entire cold storage of nutritional fluid!

These were all good things!

If he could get a large batch back, the physical condition of the Limu Peak members could be adjusted to the best, and everyone could grow rapidly with peace of mind.

"How are these things sold?" Banbu asked, while simultaneously using his metal ability to levitate a TOM-D3 nutritional fluid that resonated with him. He grabbed it, opened it, tilted his head, and drank it all in one gulp, his antennae twitching as he said:

"It doesn't taste like anything, but it is quite comfortable."

"Our Mantis Blade Tribe has repeatedly tried it and confirmed that this thing is beneficial to the growth of insect warriors," Red Bean Mountain Master tapped his antennae lightly, pointing to the A, B, D, and G series respectively, and said, "Mountain Master Banbu, you can use all four types."

Red Bean Mountain Master then pointed to the D series corresponding to metal and the G series corresponding to fire, saying, "These two types are most suitable for you. Look carefully, there are symbols similar to those on Force foods."

Unsurprisingly, the Mantis Blade Tribe had already opened the cold storage, obtained the nutritional fluid, conducted many experiments, figured out the general uses of the items, and then put them up for sale.

It seemed unlikely that he would find any great bargains.

"I can see that," Banbu replied, slightly disappointed. He asked again, "What's the price?"

Red Bean Mountain Master said, "The single price is 20 Origin Stones, and a box of 50 costs 800 Origin Stones with a discount."

Banbu calculated silently in his mind, roughly knowing the situation.

The Mantis Blade Tribe slightly underestimated the value of the nutritional fluid. They probably wholesaled it to the tribal warriors for 10 Origin Stones per bottle and 500 Origin Stones per box at the bottom price.

Red Bean Mountain Master was quoting 20 Origin Stones as usual, leaving a lot of room for bargaining.

"Mountain Master Banbu, isn't this price very favorable?"

"Too expensive! Is this thing more helpful for growth than Force food?"

"Mountain Master Banbu, this is different. The help this thing provides for growth and Force food are two different types, each with its own advantages, and should not be compared together."

"It's still not worth 20 Origin Stones."

"I can give you a discount! Buy a whole box, 50 bottles, for 800 Origin Stones."

Could you suddenly become smarter? It's not easy to fool you?

Banbu estimated that this set of words was taught by the Mantis Blade Tribe elders.

Banbu turned his head and looked at other goods.

"Sweet blocks" and "Savory blocks" should be called "Military Compressed Nutritional Blocks." Each block is 2.5 cm long, 1.5 cm wide, and 0.8 cm thick, packed in the cheapest hydrogen-gold square box. There are two layers, each layer containing 25 blocks, with 50 blocks in a box. The grayish-white ones are savory, and the ones with a red line are sweet, so they are respectively referred to as "Savory blocks" and "Sweet blocks."

Military compressed nutritional blocks supplement carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, and all the conventional nutrients needed for daily life activities and growth of carbon-based life forms.

Energy drinks are purely for replenishing physical strength.

Banbu picked up a savory compressed biscuit, tasted it, and spat it out directly, then picked up a sweet compressed biscuit again.

The cold storage should not have had its energy supply interrupted, it was well preserved, and the taste was good.

Banbu asked, "How are these things sold?"

Red Bean Mountain Master said, "Regular food, the only feature is that eating two can make you full, very cheap, 5 Origin Stones a box, buy a box of sweet, get a box of savory for free."

Insects are indeed sweet tooths, their physique determines that they should not eat salty food.

Banbu picked up a can of energy drink, pulled the ring, drank it all in one gulp, and said, "This tastes okay, how is it sold?"

Red Bean Mountain Master said, "This is also ordinary food, all water, sweet, very delicious, quickly replenishes physical strength, the price is cheap, 1 Origin Stone a can, 1 box is 20 cans...Can't be cheaper."

Banbu shook his antennae and looked at the nutritional fluid again, saying, "Red Bean Mountain Master, only this thing has a little practical value!"

"Our Mantis Blade Kingdom has personally verified by several Mantis Kings and determined that it has great value," Red Bean Mountain Master corrected, tentatively asking, "Mountain Master Banbu, if you buy more, I'll give you a discount?"

"I can consider selling a little more," Banbu tentatively asked, "The more the cheaper?"

"That's right!" Red Bean Mountain Master asked, "How much do you need?"

Banbu asked, "Let's start with 1,000 boxes?"

"..." Red Bean Mountain Master stalled, hesitated for a while before reluctantly saying, "This...Isn't that too much? Mountain Master Banbu, how will you move it back?"

Banbu thought for a while and asked, "Doesn't your Mantis Blade Tribe consider delivering goods to the mountain? You can pay a certain amount of freight."

Red Bean Mountain Master was still embarrassed, and said, "Then I, I'll go ask Princess Yuanbai."

"Then let's go together," Banbu shook the silk bag, and the 18 Force crystals inside collided with each other, making a crisp and beautiful sound.

"I originally planned to go to Princess Yuanbai after visiting the market, I need to buy a large batch of high-quality Force food."

"Okay! Okay! Okay!" Red Bean Mountain Master heard the sound of Force crystals colliding, fascinated for a while, nodded his antennae vigorously, and sighed inwardly: This is a rich insect!

...

Princess Yuanbai knew that Banbu was a rich master, and was still surprised when she heard that he wanted to purchase a full 1,000 boxes of nutritional fluid.

Even if you have money, you shouldn't squander it like this?

However, the refrigerated warehouse of the Luan-K704 spaceship contains food for more than three thousand crew members for nearly a thousand years. The goods are piled up like mountains, the quantity is sufficient, and the worry is how to sell the nutritional fluid at a high price. The so-called "limited sale" is just a gimmick to raise prices.

A thousand boxes? Not too much.

After some bargaining, Banbu purchased at a price of 650 Origin Stones per box, including freight. The Mantis Blade Kingdom had to send warriors to deliver the goods to his door.

In addition, he purchased Force food worth 1.15 million Origin Stones in one go. He couldn't use it all for the time being, but he could store it in the refrigerated storage on the top of Limu Peak, and it would soon come in handy.

There were also 5,000 scattered Origin Stones he brought, all used to buy sweet blocks and energy drinks, which he took along the way, stored, ate as snacks at ordinary times, or used as novelty to entertain guests.

The Mantis Blade Tribe sent a full 500 high-level warriors and 10 Mountain Master-level warriors to transport the goods. Banbu didn't stay any longer, followed them together, and returned to Limu Peak in advance.