OFR – Chapter 10 Go to Taobao

Wang Yuwei being scolded by fans until she cried, though indirectly related to Mu Bai, was completely unknown to him.

After finishing his meal outside, Mu Bai took a shower at the bathhouse and returned home to observe the orchids and cacti in the magical space.

He found that the orchid, which was near death, had regained vitality in just a short time, with its flowers gleaming. This relieved Mu Bai’s anxiety; he had been worried about being unable to keep the orchid alive, but it seemed he had worried needlessly.

After observing the plants for a while, Mu Bai checked the time and found it was only a little past seven in the evening.

Unable to sleep, he idly opened QQ on his phone and glanced through the messages. Apart from some system notifications, there were only messages from QQ groups, which he quickly skimmed before logging out.

After logging out of QQ, Mu Bai logged onto Taobao. Since the magical space nurtured plants quickly, they would be ready by tomorrow, so he decided to see if he could buy some valuable plant seedlings online.

After all, the more valuable the plants he nurtured, the more profit he would make, a fact Mu Bai was well aware of.

Moreover, he also thought about the future possibility of upgrading the magical space and selling unsold plants from the real world online, thereby establishing a sales channel for the future.

“Well, let’s start by searching for bonsai plants.”

Mu Bai opened the Taobao app on his phone and began searching for bonsai plants.

After the search, he saw various plants such as green radishes, money trees, gardenias, crabapple flowers, and rosewood.

Mu Bai carefully checked each shop selling these plants and found that the prices were very cheap, ranging from a few yuan to tens of yuan, with very few priced over a hundred yuan.

It was evident that these were all common varieties; although they might become more valuable after being nurtured in the magical farm, they wouldn’t be significantly more valuable.

What Mu Bai wanted were some rare varieties, so he didn’t purchase these common ones and continued searching. This time, he applied a price filter, setting the range from 100 yuan to 2000 yuan.

This was a price range Mu Bai could afford.

After setting the price filter, he saw some bonsai plants labeled as precious and high-end.

“Hmm? This rosewood looks good.” Mu Bai saw a beautiful picture of a rosewood plant and clicked to enter the shop.

After carefully observing the shop, he found that most of the rosewood plants sold here were small-leaved rosewood trees.

Mu Bai’s grandfather had once said that rosewood was a wood often used by ancient emperors, so it was often referred to as “imperial wood” in the market!

Unlike other trees, rosewood trees took five years to form a growth ring, and it took eight hundred years to mature. Therefore, unless it was artificially grown or artificially cultivated rosewood, normally grown rosewood was very expensive. Most rosewood would sell for over 1500 yuan per kilogram.

So if a mature rosewood tree could be nurtured, producing over a thousand kilograms of rosewood, Mu Bai would make a huge profit.

However, considering the current time flow rate of the magical farm, which was only ten times faster than reality, even if he wanted to nurture a mature rosewood tree, it would take decades. Mu Bai couldn’t afford to wait, so he decided to nurture some fast-growing plants first.

But Mu Bai still bookmarked the shop and planned to come back to purchase the rosewood tree after upgrading the farm and increasing the time flow rate.

Mu Bai continued to search for other bonsai plants and quickly noticed a shop specializing in butterfly orchids.

Butterfly orchids, Mu Bai knew, were relatively valuable orchids. Ordinary butterfly orchids were priced at two to three hundred yuan, while superior ones could cost thousands. Top-quality butterfly orchids started at ten thousand yuan.

So he decided to buy a butterfly orchid first and nurture it again in the magical farm to see how much profit it would bring.

Mu Bai started to contact the shopkeeper.

Mu Bai: Hello, are you there?

This was a very professional online shop, so the response came quickly.

Shopkeeper: Yes, I’m here. How can I help you?

Mu Bai: I want to buy two butterfly orchids. Do you have any recommendations?

Shopkeeper: Haha, you’ve come to the right place. Our shop specializes in selling butterfly orchids and has been in business for five years. What price range are you looking for? We have ordinary butterfly orchids with seven flowers or less, superior butterfly orchids with seven to fourteen flowers, and extreme-quality ones with one plant, but our boss doesn’t sell those.

Mu Bai: How much for a six-flower ordinary butterfly orchid?

Mu Bai didn’t inquire about the price of superior butterfly orchids. Although the better the plants nurtured in the magical farm, the higher their value would be, his finances were limited.

After giving Wang Yuwei over five thousand yuan in gifts, he had only about ten thousand yuan left in his bank account. He needed to do a lot with this ten thousand yuan, so he had to be frugal.

“Four hundred yuan for a six-flower butterfly orchid. If you want two, it’s seven hundred yuan. If you like it, you can come back often; there are discounts for the second purchase.”

The shopkeeper replied.

Mu Bai continued, “Okay, I’ll take two six-flower butterfly orchids. I’m in Nanjing City. How long will it take for the delivery? If the orchids are damaged during shipping, can I return them?”

“The delivery should take about one to two days to Nanjing City. Usually, they won’t be damaged during shipping. Make sure to inspect the goods in front of the delivery person. If they are damaged, take photos, and you can return them unconditionally.”

Mu Bai heard the shopkeeper’s assurance and felt relieved.

After all, he was afraid of spending seven hundred yuan only to receive two dead butterfly orchids. That would be a huge loss.

After confirming the delivery time and safety, Mu Bai directly placed an order for two six-flower butterfly orchids in the shop and filled in his address.

After completing these tasks, Mu Bai checked the time and found it was a little after eight in the evening. Feeling a bit sleepy, he took off his clothes and got into bed, ready to sleep.

Mu Bai didn’t turn off the small table lamp on the table before sleeping because the basement was already very dark and damp, and without light, it would feel oppressively dark. Moreover, the light from the small table lamp was not too bright, so it wasn’t glaring.

Mu Bai soon fell into a deep sleep, and the night passed without incident.