Two Realms Shuttle Gate: Don t Call Me a Demon!

Chapter 96: Chapter 12: Livestock Farm (2nd Update)

He shook his head and had the Yin Soul continue attacking.

As the attack went on, one of the Yin Souls weakened, its soul body becoming ashen and insubstantial like smoke—seemingly about to disperse into nothingness. It had been scorched by Su Jie’s soul.

“Hmm, the quantity is too few,” he muttered. “If there were dozens or hundreds more, perhaps they could truly display their power.”

Making his judgment, as a Cultivator, Su Jie’s soul was unlike that of ordinary people—it was as impervious as fortified gold, certainly not something a Yin Soul or two could tear apart.

Yin Souls could be lethal to ordinary people, but achieving that effect on a Cultivator was not so simple, and one or two Yin Souls were not very effective.

“Human resources are limited, and the range of the Soul Summoning Banner is also limited. Even if placed in a hospital, the number of souls harvested each day wouldn’t be substantial unless I decided to become a thug and kill people to generate souls.”

Su Jie’s gaze flickered. Although he was the only Cultivator on Blue Star, he had his own moral boundaries.

And if he recklessly killed people to extract souls, he risked exposing himself to various governments.

It’s often said, “If you often walk by the river, you are bound to get your shoes wet.”

With Su Jie’s current strength, if he were to be discovered, facing modern weaponry, he would definitely be no match.

“Fortunately, killing to extract souls is not part of my plan. There are plenty of other ways to cultivate Yin Souls,” he reflected.

After storing the Soul Summoning Banner in the Storage Bag and acquiring valuable experimental data, Su Jie felt even more confident about his plans.

He stood up, shot each corpse in the forehead to make sure they were dead, and then called Jieke Security to take care of the bodies. He was ready to proceed with the next experiment.

………..

Two days later.

In the suburbs of Mande City, Su Jie stepped out of the car and looked at the farm before him, his lips twitching slightly.

“Why not buy a larger farm? There’s still so much cash in the account,” he said.

His tone somewhat helpless, the scale of the farm from the outside did not meet his needs.

“This farm outputs 1,500 pigs, 800 sheep, and over 300 cows annually. This is already the largest farm locally. It’s not that I didn’t want to buy a bigger one; we just can’t spend all our money!” Liu Yingying explained, feeling aggrieved. After all, the Mande Region was still quite undeveloped. Although average incomes had significantly increased after Jieke Company’s arrival, they could not compare with those in developed countries, hence the low consumption of meat.

“It’s a city with a population of several hundred thousand, right? Is this little farming enough to feed them?” Su Jie asked, not knowing where to begin his criticism. This level of farming was barely on par with the township-level farms in Hua Country, and its annual output was just enough for a larger town at most.

“Eating meat in every meal would definitely not be possible,” Liu Yingying added fearfully.

Worried Su Jie wouldn’t understand, Yingying even pulled out a stack of documents to explain.

“In Mande, as in the entirety of Chan Country, the livestock industry is very underdeveloped. Large-scale farming enterprises are rare, with most farming based around individual families, many of which raise a few livestock or poultry.

According to data officially released by Chan Country, there are currently about 1.2 million water buffalo, 1.6 million sheep, and 4.2 million pigs within the country. Compared to Chan Country’s tens of millions of people, meat consumption is very limited.

To give a comparison, considering pigs—which are raised the most—Hua Country consumes 900 million pigs a year, with an average person eating almost half a pig a year.

In Chan Country, ten people together consume less than one pig per year,” Yingying explained, laying out the data.

Presenting the statistics and documents, Su Jie looked over the surveys about Chan Country, and eventually had to acknowledge the facts.

Limited by factors such as population, demand, and price, it was extremely difficult to develop large-scale livestock farming in Chan Country.

“Alright, if it’s smaller then it’s smaller—let’s just make do for now.”

Su Jie knew this was a tough ask and instructed, “Look for other farms, don’t limit yourself to within Chan Country. Our domestic and international farms, especially those big companies specializing in livestock, we can negotiate with them too.”

“I understand, I’ll have the company start with the research first.”

Liu Yingying agreed and then accompanied Su Jie into the farm.

There was a distinct smell on the farm, causing Liu Yingying to cover her nose and put on a mask.

The manager had been waiting for a long time and hurriedly greeted them as they got out of the car.

“Mr. Liu, please follow me, the smell inside might be a bit strong.”

The manager’s face bore a flattering smile. Having received the acquisition proposal the day before, he couldn’t resist the lure of Jieke Company’s substantial offer for more than a few minutes.

“Lead the way, let’s have a good look around the farm.”

Su Jie gestured with his hand, and the manager bowed to invite them in.

The farm was similar to what Su Jie had seen outside. Although it was the largest in the Mande Region, it was particularly crude on the inside.

As for the environment and sanitation, let alone mentioning those. In Hua Country, it would be the kind where they would be fined heavily.

“Our country’s livestock industry isn’t doing well, especially our large-scale farming. We need to buy processed feed, unlike family farms that can use a bit of pig grass, leftover food to sustain themselves. If swine fever hits, losing many at once, the government doesn’t provide subsidies. Before Jieke Company came along, the Mande United Army was still charging us all sorts of taxes…”

While introducing the farm, the manager also complained about past operational difficulties.

As they walked and talked, they visited pigs, sheep, cattle, chicken cages and so on, with the manager quite proud that his was the largest farm in the Mande Region.

However, in Su Jie’s view, what the manager called large-scale farming was nothing more than township level, nowhere near the large-scale companies he knew of that processed millions of animals annually.

“This here is our slaughterhouse. The livestock that are led out daily are slaughtered here, then transported by van to town to be sold to vendors.”

As they walked, Su Jie and his group arrived at the slaughterhouse.

Several plump pigs were led into the slaughter room. The butcher, sharpening his knife briskly, deftly inserted the slaughtering knife into the vital parts of the plump pigs.

Accompanied by resounding squeals of pigs, as they struggled desperately, the butcher, with some assistants pressing down, efficiently completed the slaughter.

The manager cheerfully described the process, while Liu Yingying disliked such scenes.

Only Su Jie could see that a soul light point flew towards him, entering the Soul Summoning Banner in his embrace.

“I haven’t been back to the company for a long time. Now that we have our farm, let’s celebrate today. Manager, please have someone butcher the pigs and sheep, distribute some meat to the employees of Jieke Company.”

Su Jie casually mentioned this to the manager while watching.

“Ah, right, right. I’ll have the butcher get to it immediately.”

Upon hearing this, the manager thought internally of the extravagant spending but dared not delay, quickly instructing the butcher to catch sheep and kill pigs.

“Yingying, go let the staff know to collect the meat soon. You don’t need to stay here,”

Noticing that Liu Yingying did not enjoy the bloody scene, Su Jie asked her to leave first, while he eagerly continued his visit, watching the slaughtering and conducting his own Soul Banner experiment.