Chapter 521 - Chapter 521: Chapter 513 Picking Up a Bargain (1/2)

Chapter 521: Chapter 513 Picking Up a Bargain

Beast pet appraisal is similar to insect pet appraisal; they both have professional appraisers.

Qin Niu is fairly skilled at appraising insects, but when it comes to appraising beast species, he is basically a layman.

“I think these are quite good too, just buy a regular one for me,”

Xiao Qing took out two taels of silver and handed them over.

As Qin Niu’s maidservant, she received a monthly salary and occasionally received extra rewards. Her little treasury should have saved over a hundred taels of silver.

For the average person, this was already a considerable fortune.

“Xiao Qing, don’t rush to buy. Let’s look around some more,”

Qin Niu walked up to the rock mice that were kept separately, observing each one carefully.

Especially for the Rock-Biting Rat that was priced at eight thousand taels of silver, he looked at it with extra care.

After looking over all the Rock-Biting Rats, Qin Niu said to the shop assistant, “We’ll go back and think it over before coming back.”

“Certainly, our esteemed guests can come back to make a purchase whenever needed. All the beast pets in our shop are fairly priced and quality assured,”

The shop assistant could only agree.

It was evident, however, that the absence of a sale from the trio left him somewhat disappointed.

Of course, Qin Niu did not care about the shop assistant’s feelings.

The most expensive Rock-Biting Rat was priced at thirty-nine thousand taels and was known as the treasure of the shop. Its appraisal certificate stated that the Rock-Biting Rat had a strong Gold-Biting Rat bloodline. With proper nurturing, there was a high chance it would grow into a powerful Gold-Biting Rat in the future.

Although Qin Niu didn’t know how to appraise Gold Metal species, he had a genuine Gold Devouring Ant.

This was the only ant capable of surpassing the War Demon Ant in terms of bloodline rank.

When he was observing those rock mice, Qin Niu specifically had it investigate those potential Gold-Biting Rats. Because they all had the Gold-Biting attribute, it could sense the quality of each Gold-Biting Rat.

It would be more suitable to describe it as potential.

The more expensive the rock mice were, and the purer their bloodlines, the stronger the Gold Devouring Ant’s reaction was.

Since Qin Niu discovered that he could use the Gold Devouring Ant to pick out excellent rock mice, he naturally wouldn’t waste his money on an unreasonable purchase.

Walking out of the beast pet store with Xiao Qing and his wife, Wang Wanyan asked with some confusion, “My Lord, why didn’t you let Xiao Qing buy an ordinary rock mouse in this shop?”

“Don’t worry, we will definitely buy a rock mouse. But the rock mice in the store that have been appraised are either exorbitantly priced if high-quality, or not worth much if cheap. Since Xiao Qing wants to raise a pet, we should naturally help her buy a good one.

I prefer to spend the least amount of money to get the best merchandise.”

“Just now I tried my hand at appraising those special rock mice and managed to learn a thing or two.

We’ll look around at the street stalls and try to find a bargain,”

Qin Niu did not hide anything and shared his thoughts.

“Master, that’s a great idea! If we really manage to buy a rock mouse worth thousands of taels of silver for very little money, that would be a huge win,”

Xiao Qing clapped her hands in excitement and agreed.

“My Lord is incredibly clever. Just by looking, you learned how to assess rock mice. It’s truly admirable. Later, you should also help me pick out a fox with great potential, but for cheap, from the street stalls,”

Wang Wanyan never doubted Qin Niu’s abilities.

After all, she had witnessed his skills with her own eyes.

“Ha, look at how thrifty you are! I managed to learn how to appraise rock mice by coincidence. I don’t know how to appraise foxes, but if we observe carefully, I think there’s still a possibility of finding a bargain.”

All women are the same at heart; they love a good deal.

Wang Wanyan was naturally frugal and wanted to buy a fox to raise, but many foxes of good quality were expensive. She was reluctant to spend that much money.