Raising Ducks for Daily Rewards-Chapter 12: A new batch of Ducklings

"Quack! Quack!" the Spiritual Duck quacked Fengyu away when he approached it.

"Hey, I need to check this, move away." Fengyu didn’t accept it this time. Previously he knew it was just going to be a normal Spirited Egg, but this time, who knew if it was of a higher stage?

Seeing he didn’t budge, the duck kept quacking and flapping its wings slightly, trying to intimidate him.

"Quack! Stand up and go away! Shoo, shoo!" Zimu came from afar after seeing his frantic walk.

"Quack! Quack, quack!" the duck tried to argue.

"Quack! Come on, just shoo! Go eat a bit! I heard they’re eating all the feed, aren’t you hungry now?"

"Quack? Quack!!!" the duck finally rushed out when it heard its own food was in danger!

Zimu hopped forward and took the egg with its beak, giving it to Fengyu.

"Thank you." Fengyu then looked at the egg.

It was still warm, having just been laid.

But he could inspect it already –

"10-12% larger on the outside, and it has a strong spiritual power, maybe 30% higher than that of a normal duck egg!

If this egg was a duckling egg... is there a chance the born duckling would be of the spiritual stage?!"

But when he looked at it more, he shook his head.

Maybe if the male duck was also a Spiritual Duck, and even then, the duck would likely only be a high-quality Spirited Duck.

After all, the passage of bloodline among beasts was always extremely difficult.

"Though if I used the combination of my three spells, I might actually be lucky and grow a Spiritual Duck!

In that case, will it be a Wild Beast like these ducks or a spiritual beast?

Hmm..."

He was confused, was the category of beasts transmitted through bloodline?

If that was the case, then the offspring of one Wild Beast would always be a Wild Beast. Such a matter would be somewhat sad, considering they would forever be separated from intelligence...

Then again, if that wasn’t the case, then the offspring of Spiritual Beasts might become Wild Beasts, which would be a horrendous experience, especially if all Spiritual Beasts had the same attitude as Zimu.

’No, wait, if I think of bloodline like that of genes, then this stupidity of them will always be transmitted.

Even more, with generations of low-IQ, the beast would fully degenerate to a Wild Beast.

In that case, without outside interference, the beasts would always be like that...

And factually, beasts following instincts will have many more offspring than smart ones that consider their gains and losses.

Considering everything from this perspective, it makes sense why Wild Beasts are the majority of beasts in the wilderness, and why Spiritual Beasts have closer structures such as Clans, similar to Human Clans, but in their case, their clans encompass their whole sub-species.’

The more he thought about it, the more he understood beast factions.

At the same time, he still wanted to try it out and see whether it was possible to grow their offspring.

Even if they don’t reach the first stage, if their quality is higher, he might be able to sell them off for a higher profit!

And he also had to test and see whether using these Strands would always result in the beast becoming a Wild Beast.

...

"Here are your ten ducklings. If you need them more often, you can also make a monthly order and I will make sure to deliver them monthly!" 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

"Thank you for this! I will make sure to order your services if I need them!"

Fengyu went out and bought another batch of ducklings.

He had actually tried to make the Spirited and Spiritual Ducks mate, but the female duck looked down on the male duck, always kicking him away.

Zimu told him that even though it didn’t have his intelligence, it had a higher power, which made it reject weaker mates.

Considering this, he simply went out and got ten more.

Although the optimal number of ducks per acre was 10, that was considering the permanent number.

Ducklings were at most considered half a duck, and once they grew up, he could simply sell them.

That’s right, this batch of ducklings was all male –

He didn’t even think of selling his egg-laying ducks, so instead, he had to get these.

Fortunately they are cheaper, and when he asked around, he found out that the price for a whole duck in a butcher shop was at 10 spirit stones.

In that case, selling them for 8 or 9 stones wasn’t impossible!

"Zimu, you have to make sure the male duck doesn’t get too close to the female ducks. I have some ideas so I won’t sell it.

As for these ten ducklings, I will sell them after a month, so you can treat them as usual.

By the way, how is your math homework going?

I told you to draw clearly in the sandbox I built behind the hut."

"Quack! I’ve completed it! Aren’t I a smart duck?"

"Yes, you’re the smartest duck even!"

Fengyu deeply agreed. Even before learning anything, it was already quite smart. After learning math, it would occasionally calculate the benefits of raising ducks and would work even harder than him, shushing all ducks when he was casting spells, leading them in and out of the shack...

"Quack?"

"Quack!"

"Quack, quack."

"Quaaack!"

When he entered his field, the adult female ducks all quacked and came to him, asking him for food.

"Ay, is she eating all the feed again?

She eats as much as three or four ducks... then again, she’s also laying three eggs a day!"

That’s what Fengyu realised in the past few days!

The previous daily output of a duck was 0.5, now it’s 3!

This duck was giving him as much cultivation as six other ducks!

"Come on guys, I’ve already ordered more feed to be delivered.

Don’t act like you’re starving, just wait a bit and the new feed will come soon!"