11 Chapter 11: The Storm Pigs Can't Finish Them

"That's nothing, the exciting part is yet to come." Finding it rare to meet someone who was clueless, the vendor was extremely excited to brag and exaggerate. 

"The Birmingham Family was given the title of St. Birmingham because of the credit they deserved for reporting. They are now the lords of St. Lan City." 

Zhou Kun asked, "But what does this have to do with the abundance of dragon fruit? Could the church have let the dragon fruits fall into the hands of ordinary vendors so easily?" 

The vendor looked at Zhou Kun like he was looking at a country bumpkin. He thought, 'Seems like this little brother is really clueless.' 

"In fact, neither the church nor the two major families of Lan City had expected the cultivation of dragon fruit to be more complicated than they thought." 

He continued, "Perhaps, the adventurer did not tell the truth, or the environment of the Flame Dragon's lair is just too special. During the initial cultivation of the dragon fruits, the fruits produced were not rich in life elements. Only the golden dragon fruit that grew on one of the numerous dragon fruit trees contained rich elements of life, while the remaining ordinary dragon fruits contained too little elements of life. They were too scarce for anything to be extracted." 

After hearing the words of the vendor, Zhou Kun instantly understood that the dragon fruits that were abundant were the ordinary ones that the vendor was referring to.

"However, many people are curious about what the dragon fruit that triggered the Holy War looks like. After all, we can't afford a golden dragon fruit. By being able to eat an ordinary dragon fruit with the elements of life, you can be considered to have tasted delicacies." 

"I didn't expect an insignificant dragon fruit to have such a story."

"Actually, the dragon fruit really brought about benefits for everyone. Basically, with the availability of a new way to obtain elements of life, the price of healing potions and blessing potions sold by the church is now lower by half, though they're still costly."

After hearing all that, Zhou Kun couldn't help but let out a little sigh. He didn't expect that so many matters would arise from just a box of dragon fruits that he had brought. 

It seemed that he couldn't proceed with the dragon fruit business. If anyone were to find out that he was the adventurer who brought the dragon fruit, he would definitely be unable to leave alive. 

Recalling that he still had a stored-value card in his pocket, which contained 100 Dragon Crystals, he felt that he had to think about what he could buy back. If all else failed, he would exchange them for gold and bring it back with him. 

He had just figured out the currency there. The old man, Luke, whom he had met last time didn't rip him off. 100 Dragon Crystals was considered a huge sum of money. 

"Hey… where are you going? Do you not want your stall anymore?" the vendor asked while staring at Zhou Kun's back view as he was leaving. 

"You can have it." 

The vendor did not expect to make such an unexpected gain. He happily packed up and took Zhou Kun's stall away. 

After hearing from the vendor that the dragon fruits were harvested from the Birmingham Family's manor, Zhou Kun followed the route that he had found out from the vendor in a bid to take a look at the golden dragon fruit. 

"Move faster, pour them all in here!" Zhou Kun arrived at the Birmingham Family's manor and saw several servants dumping a large amount of dragon fruit at the door.

A group of them came in a hurry and left soon after pouring out the dragon fruits.

Zhou Kun subconsciously looked at the pile of dragon fruits in front of him. As a fruit wholesaler, he subconsciously began to judge and evaluate the dragon fruits. 

Generally speaking, when choosing white-fleshed dragon fruit, one should choose those that were succulent and fleshy in the middle. The best ones would have green scales all around the dragon fruit. The greener the scales, the fresher the fruit.

The pile of dragon fruits in front of him almost met all those conditions.

That was not all. Zhou Kun could also smell the strong fragrance of dragon fruit.

Generally, only fruits that were very ripe would emit such a delicate fragrance.

Zhou Kun looked around and realized that there was no one. Hence, he couldn't help but grab a dragon fruit from the and took a bite out of it. 

All of a sudden, a refreshing fragrance filled Zhou Kun's mouth, and the unique sweetness of dragon fruit made him raise his brows. 

They could be considered the best dragon fruit that Zhou Kun had ever tasted. It was not only sweet and delicious, but it was also without a hint of sourness.

Dragon fruits were not that sweet, to begin with, and generally speaking, people who enjoyed eating dragon fruit were mostly obsessed with its refreshing taste. However, most white-fleshed dragon fruit would taste rather sour near the peel. However, the dragon fruit in Zhou Kun's hand was sweet throughout. 

Delicious!

"Move aside, don't block the way!" 

The voice that came from behind Zhou Kun gave him a great shock, causing him to almost choke on the dragon fruit. After all, it wouldn't be good for him to get caught sneaking a bite of dragon fruit.

"I'm sorry, but this dragon fruit is really so fresh and fragrant. I couldn't help but take one. Should I pay you for it?" Zhou Kun quickly apologized.

"Go ahead and eat! Anyway, the Storm Pigs in the manor can't finish them," the person said as he waved his hand indifferently, motioning for Zhou Kun to continue eating.

Zhou Kun almost choked again and he thought, 'Such delicious dragon fruits are actually used to feed pigs?'

!!! 

This was such a waste! 

Wait, since the dragon fruits here were so delicious and cheap, why don't I bring some back?

That idea popped up in Zhou Kun's mind all of a sudden. 

"Brother, I want to discuss a business deal with you."

"Business deal? What business deal?" 

"What are you going to do with this batch of dragon fruit?" 

"Wait for someone to come and bring it to the farm to feed the Storm Pigs." 

"I'd like to purchase these dragon fruits, what do you think?"

"Little brother, you look pretty young. Are you thinking of making a fortune from dragon fruit because you see them being sold at stalls everywhere in the city? In two days, you probably won't want these dragon fruits even if they're given to you for free." 

"Um..." 

The leader ignored Zhou Kun and instead yelled at the people behind, "Forget it, don't disturb me while I'm working. Those behind, unload the goods as soon as possible. There are still plenty in the manor waiting for us to deal with!"

"Brother, wait, I really want to buy these dragon fruits."

"To tell you the truth, even if you want to buy them, we can't sell them to you. These dragon fruits belong to the St. Birmingham Family. The butler gave us the task to bring the excess dragon fruits to the farm and feed them to the Storm Pigs. If you want to do business, you still have to talk to the butler. "

The leader gave Zhou Kun some directions, and Zhou Kun followed his instructions, after which he found the butler of the St. Birmingham Family.

George was just one of the butlers in charge of the shops belonging to the Birmingham Family. However, he was lucky enough to have been arranged to handle the sale of golden dragon fruit. 

In addition to the tasks assigned by the church on a regular basis, the St. Birmingham Family had a batch of golden dragon fruit that they could earn plenty of money from. They would be sold according to the pricing given by the church, which was fixed at one Dragon Crystal per dragon fruit. 

When George heard that Zhou Kun was going to buy dragon fruit, he was happy at first. To be honest, golden dragon fruits could not even be bought with money. 

One Dragon Crystal could be used to purchase good quality life potions from the church. The results would be better than the golden dragon fruit. 

Therefore, the golden dragon fruit was pointless compared to the potions. Only very few alchemists would come back to purchase them occasionally.

"How much are the golden dragon fruits at the entrance of the manor sold for?" 

George suspected that the person in front of him was teasing him. The dragon fruits at the entrance of the manor were used to feed the Storm Pigs. Why would anyone want to buy them? 

"Leave, leave, don't mess around if you do not intend to purchase them."