Immortality and Cultivation: I Have Three Times the Lifespan

Chapter 60 The Effects of Fertility Enhancement

This statement is reasonable. It is common for intermediate and advanced fishermen to study feed formulation, and they can afford the losses from failures.

Manager Sun nodded and didn't ask any more questions: "Alright, take a look."

He turned around and took out more than a dozen different jade boxes and cloth bags from the medicine cabinet behind him, opening them one by one.

"Here, these are the seeds of the Heart-Clearing Grass, a first-grade low-level medicine, used to calm the mind and soothe the spirit. One bag contains one hundred seeds, and they cost two spirit stones."

"Blood-Coagulating Flower seedlings, medicinal materials for healing, one seedling per year, five seedlings per group, ten spirit stones."

"The tuber of the Earth Root Vine can be used as medicine or as a low-grade spiritual food. A small piece with buds costs three spirit stones..."

Evening primrose seeds...

"Polygonatum..."

Manager Sun knew them all like the back of his hand, listing the names, medicinal effects, and prices of various low-level spiritual plant seedlings one by one.

Yang Changsheng listened attentively, and combined this with his planned experimental objectives, intending to test the reaction speed of different types of spiritual plants to vitality, their maximum lifespan, and so on.

He carefully selected seven of the most representative and relatively inexpensive seedlings, including different types such as seeds, seedlings, and tubers.

It cost a total of thirty-five low-grade spirit stones.

Yang Changsheng felt a pang of guilt as his cash reserves dwindled significantly, but he didn't show it on his face.

He carefully put the seedlings away, then changed the subject and tentatively asked:

"Manager Sun, I have another question. How does your esteemed establishment dispose of the waste pills produced each month during the refining process?"

Manager Sun paused in his abacus work, then looked up and carefully examined Yang Changsheng:

"Waste pills? What do you need those for? Pills accumulate toxins and cause chaotic spiritual energy. They are harmful and useless to cultivators. In the past, the waste pills of my Hundred Herbs Pavilion were collected and regularly sold at low prices to a few workshops that made spirit beast feed or spirit field fertilizer."

These are not secrets; you can find out with a little inquiry, so there's no need to hide them.

"To be honest, shopkeeper, while researching feed formulations, I discovered that certain types of waste pills, if processed using special methods to remove some of the toxins, retain a trace of medicinal power that seems to have a negligible but remarkable effect on promoting the growth of certain low-level aquatic creatures or spirit insects. However, I'm struggling to find a stable and large-scale source to verify this..."

Yang Changsheng gave an "I knew it" look and began to explain.

He paused, then his tone became even more sincere: "So I'd like to purchase these waste pills from your esteemed establishment. The price will be the same as what you sell to the workshop, or even slightly higher. This will both validate my idea and help your establishment dispose of these 'waste materials.' What do you think…?"

Manager Sun stroked his beard and pondered for a moment.

Waste pills are indeed a burden, but getting rid of them can earn you some spirit stones, so why not?

The young man who frequents this place seems quite clever; doing him a favor doesn't seem like a problem.

Baicao Pavilion has its own alchemists, and although the amount of waste pills produced each month is not particularly large, it is still considerable.

We just disposed of a batch a few days ago, and there's probably still some left in the warehouse...

"Hmm..." Manager Sun pondered for a moment and slowly nodded.

"Very well, considering your sincere dedication to your research, the storeroom currently contains mainly mid-grade and low-grade first-tier marrow cleansing pills, along with a few other healing and qi-restoring pills, totaling about eighty pills. As usual, the price will be... twenty-eight low-grade spirit stones for you. However, please remember, discarded pills are dangerous; handle them with extreme care!"

"Eighty useless pills for only twenty-eight spirit stones!"

Yang Changsheng was overjoyed, for this was exactly the stable source of production he needed.

He suppressed his excitement and quickly thanked him, "Thank you so much, Manager Sun! I'll pay the twenty-eight spirit stones right away."

Manager Sun accepted the spirit stones and instructed his assistant to fetch a heavy, rough earthenware jar from the storeroom. Inside were those discarded pills of various shapes, dull colors, and mixed auras.

As Yang Changsheng walked out of the Hundred Herbs Pavilion, touching the storage bag containing the pottery jar and seedlings, he felt as if the items in his arms were incredibly heavy.

Thirty-five plus twenty-eight, the spirit stones that I just received and hadn't even had a chance to warm up were spent again, totaling fifty-five!

With the remaining spirit stones dwindling to single digits again, and with two storage bags and magical artifacts yet to be sold, the pressure has not lessened but has intensified due to the investment.

But this time, his eyes shone with hope.

These scrap materials are the levers that unlock wealth!

Returning to No. 9527 Tingchao Lane, the restrictions were closed, isolating the inside from the outside.

Yang Changsheng did not immediately touch the jar of waste pills. Instead, he took out the seven kinds of spiritual plant seedlings he had purchased and cleared a small open space in the corner of the workshop.

A thin layer of soil was added, and a simple miniature medicinal herb garden was carefully set up using a wooden frame.

It doesn't require a spirit-gathering array, and the fertilizer is unique.

He fetched some clean water, closed his eyes, concentrated, and communicated with the golden ancient tree imprint in his sea of ​​consciousness.

A wisp of pale golden energy, finer than a strand of hair yet containing astonishing life essence, was slowly guided out and carefully integrated into the water.

In an instant, the ordinary bowl of water seemed to be infused with a soul, exuding an indescribable freshness and vitality.

"Test the effects first, and determine the specific data." Yang Changsheng's eyes were focused, as if he were conducting the most precise experiment.

He poured the life-giving liquid, according to different concentrations and dosages, onto seven different spiritual plant seedlings planted in the soil, and made detailed marks and records.

A day has passed.

Two days have passed.

He observed closely.

Under the nourishment of the life-giving water, the changes in those seedlings were clearly visible.

The tender shoots of the Qingxin grass unfold at a speed visible to the naked eye, several times faster than natural growth!

The leaves of the blood-clotting flower seedlings are thicker, and a faint glow appears in the veins.

The buds of the ground vine quickly broke through the skin and sprouted emerald green tendrils...

The results are remarkable!

But Yang Changsheng frowned slightly. He could clearly feel that each time he guided that wisp of life force into the water, it would consume the life force reserves accumulated by the ancient tree mark.

Although the mark can slowly draw energy from the void to recover, this recovery speed... seems unable to keep up with his large-scale, continuous demand.

The demand for the elixir is far greater than that for the previous Jade Crystal Rice Seeds.

"Watering once a day increases the medicinal properties over a year..."

Yang Changsheng recalled his previous ideas, but after two days of actual testing and sensory depletion.

"This ratio is probably too optimistic. Given the recovery speed of the ancient tree's mark, if we exert all our vitality every day, it may only be able to support the medicinal power equivalent to several months of natural growth. Moreover, it must be done in small quantities and in multiple varieties. If we concentrate on stimulating the growth of a single tree, the consumption will be greater and the mark will recover more slowly."

This result prompted him to quickly adjust his plans.

The elixir has great potential, but due to the current speed of mark recovery, it is more like a long-term, steady investment that cannot provide a large turnover of spirit stones in the short term.

Moreover, the issue of sales channels for the high-aged medicinal herbs that have been created also needs to be considered in the long term.

"Therefore, the most cost-effective and fastest way to recoup spirit stones right now is still through the purification of waste pills!"

Yang Changsheng's gaze finally fell on the pottery jar containing eighty waste pills.