"Forest Fox Breeding Farm, a fully modernized large-scale fox breeding farm, with years of experience, has established a breeding system for Fire Foxes, White Foxes, Profound Foxes, and Finnish Arctic Foxes, currently with a stock of up to four hundred thousand..."
"Annual profit rate exceeds forty million, integrating breeding and sustainable development, welcoming businessmen from all sectors to purchase raw materials or finished products during the harvest season..."
On the car's GPS map, the ultimate destination for Ah Qing and others, [Fox Kingdom Paradise], is directly marked with a large fox breeding icon.
Ah Qing was quite startled by this, quickly covering the little fox's eyes and ears, and began searching about Fox Kingdom Paradise on Qiandu. Three years ago, it really was a large fox breeding farm.
But according to the introductions on Qiandu and MusicNote, the general manager of the Forest Fox Breeding Farm later seemed to have embraced Buddhism, so he directly transformed the farm into a tourist attraction, applying for national-level breeding and research certificates, bringing various kinds of foxes from around the world to the [Fox Kingdom] for research.
The main research directions are breeding and habits, along with promoting fox protection knowledge and content.
Ah Qing's destination was correct, maybe it was just that the car's GPS map hadn't been updated, using an old map, which is why it marked the breeding farm on [Fox Kingdom].
"So should we still go?" Mo Yiqing, sitting in the driver's seat, asked with a puzzled face.
"We should be able to go, right? I saw from MusicNote's introduction that the Forest Fox Breeding Farm has transformed, and the farm owner is now devoted to fox protection with the money they've made....."
Ah Qing thought for a moment, then said, "Let's go over there and see the situation? If it's really scary, we'll leave bad reviews on their MusicNote little shop."
"Alright," Mo Yiqing nodded in agreement after consulting with everyone else.
"Annual revenue of forty million, Buddhism, transformation....." Ansheng had a strange expression on his face: "Large-scale breeding, with a peak of four hundred thousand foxes in the base....."
"As per An's experience in society, it's possible that the boss of the breeding base is not actually a Buddhist."
"The biggest possibility is that those West Coast-accented Arctic Fox 'bros' in the breeding base, armed with guns, pointed at the boss's head and asked him to play the Arctic Fox 'bro's Sony console games...."
Upon hearing about the Forest Fox Breeding Farm, Ansheng had a strange feeling in his heart.
The buffs there were almost fully stacked.
Four hundred thousand foxes in large-scale breeding, and right next door is a fox fur processing factory.
The fox breeding cycle isn't short, among that many foxes, having one Spirit Beast emerge seems quite understandable.
Of course, Ansheng wasn't clear about the specifics.
He just felt something was off, so he naturally made a guess.
Otherwise.
Ansheng found it hard to understand what could possibly cause a company with an annual revenue of over forty million to suddenly transform into a tourist attraction and observation institute, just because the owner suddenly embraced Buddhism?
It would be one thing for the owner to suddenly become Buddhist, but surely not all shareholders would convert too, right?
If they all became Buddhists, surely the local county wouldn't just let a big taxpayer escape, right?
"Ah Qing..."
"When we visit, be careful not to casually play with An's tail, otherwise, it might dent my Master Fox's fierce bandit image..."
"They better have a Guardian Level fox, otherwise, An guarantees that before we check out..."
"Every single fox has to address me as 'master'!"
When idle, Ansheng likes to sneak a peek in the WeiXin group [Furry Gathering].
The more he knows about Spirit Beasts, the more he understands a profound truth.
The hierarchy in Spirit Beast society is like conjugate equations of parent and child.
If you don't act as the other's parent, they'll turn around and assert dominance over you.
"Huh? Xiaolan, are you of age yet?"
"Ah Qing, what did the little fox say?"
"He said he wants to bite the back of the other little fox's neck, to boost his own little fox macho spirit."
"Cool..."
......
The drive was less than thirty kilometers, and without passing through the sleepless city's tourist area, it took them just over twenty minutes to smoothly arrive in front of a hotel.
The hotel was less than fifteen stories tall, but it was very long, taking a few minutes to walk from one end of the street to the other.
And on the hotel, hung a sign reading [Xi'an Forest Fox Kingdom Hotel].
Mo Yiqing glanced at the sign, walked straight to the front desk, and asked:
"I'd like to book a suite. Oh, by the way, I've heard you have a fox leather processing factory here, right?"
The front desk receptionist initially greeted him with a professional smile, but her expression changed immediately when Mo Yiqing mentioned the fox leather factory, quickly saying, "Shh, shh, shh, customer, we don't talk about those things here!"
"What was then was then, now is now....."
"We are now a Fox Research Institute, no longer dealing with any fox-related products, only a collection of forest elves and fluffy little cuties."
"Is it really necessary to even ask?" Mo Yiqing murmured to Ah Qing, Lingren, and Tang You beside him, seeing the receptionist's changed expression.
The receptionist, handling Mo Yiqing's check-in with his ID card, spoke with a wry smile:
"Sir, you may not know, we used to deal in foxes, but suddenly one day, the boss woke up and said he wasn't doing it anymore, dismantling all the leather factories and farms within a month."
"Later, we found out the boss had suddenly embraced Buddhism and didn't want to be involved with anything involving killing."
"Now, he becomes irritable at the mention of fox leather. Just last month, he even attacked a customer who asked about fox leather products...."
"The boss is still in detention," the receptionist added with a wry smile, "six bottles of imported liquor, he smashed them on the guy's head, very frightening."
"Although this shouldn't be said, the boss's wife instructed us to explain clearly to customers inquiring about fox leather products, to prevent any conflict at the hotel...."
"That's good...."
Hearing the receptionist's words, Ah Qing didn't feel scared; instead, she breathed a sigh of relief and took the little fox out of her backpack, placing it on the counter.
"Phew... if you were still in the fox leather business here, I wouldn't dare let Xiaolan pop his head out to breathe, fearing you might snatch him away," Ah Qing said happily.
"Whoa! Xiabei Subspecies·Albino Red Fox!"
Seeing Ah Qing take the fox out of her backpack, the receptionist casually glanced at it. Since converting to tourism, they had occasional fox enthusiasts visiting.
Visitors bringing foxes along weren't rare, but upon seeing Ah Qing's fox clearly, the receptionist's eyes widened as she exclaimed "Whoa!" and gasped:
"It's a bona fide National Class II, miss!"
"National Class II!?"
Mo Yiqing, Lingren, and Tang You, dumbfounded, looked at Ah Qing and then at Xiaolan on the table with disbelief.
"Is it really a Household Guardian?" Tang You whispered, gazing at the little fox, "No wonder it's so strong...."