[Ding!]
[+ 10,000 Farm Points.]
A crisp System Notification jingled in his head, and Jiang He could not help inhaling sharply as he stared at the ginseng in his hand!
Huge!
Thick!
He had assumed that the ginseng he planted would be eighteen centimeters long, but it was only after he pulled it out that he realized that it was much thicker than he imagined. At twenty-four centimeters, it was thicker than a child's arm.
The top part of the ginseng resembled a plump, white boy, while long, dense roots grew out of its buttocks.
Jiang He focused his gaze, and a bunch of data appeared before his eyes —
[Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ginseng]
[A spirit ginseng that grows over ten thousand years. It possesses mystical effects.]
After the simple explanation, it was the introduction of the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ginseng's effects.
[Effect: Calms the mind, improves intelligence, greatly replenishes Yuan Qi, improves immunity, slows aging, resists fatigue, protects the liver, and detoxifies …]
The Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ginseng had many effects, and Jiang He's interest was piqued by the lengthy description of around eighty words.
"The Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ginseng … interesting."
"This thing is clearly a mutated ginseng seed that grew after a few days of cultivation, but the evaluation given by the system is that it has grown for ten thousand years …" Picking up a spirit ginseng, Zhang Xuan wiped it on his clothes.
Crunch.
Jiang He took a big bite of the ginseng and chewed slowly.
"Hmm, this tastes quite good."
"Sweet, crispy … there's even a faint fruity taste …"
After a few more bites …
Jiang He's eyes lit up.
He could clearly feel the concentrated Yuan Qi contained in the spirit ginseng that rapidly replenished his Immortal Yuan Strength. Most importantly, the spirit ginseng had other effects as well.
He was invigorated after a few bites.
"Calms the mind … this thing seems to be able to restore spirit and heal mental injuries. As for replenishing Yuan Qi, it must be restoring Immortal Yuan Strength."
"The amount of Yuan Qi contained in one mouthful of the spirit ginseng is equal to three immortal crystals, and the Yuan Qi replenishment alone would be worth more than a thousand immortal crystals."
As for improving immunity …
He did not feel much for the time being.
Literally speaking, it would strengthen the human body's resistance against viruses. In other words, eating the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ginseng would protect against poison, and eating more would make one immune to all poisons.
Slowing down aging …
"Since the word 'anti-aging' is used, could it also have the effect of increasing one's lifespan?"
"In addition, it also protects the liver and detoxifies the body … Looks like it can detoxify the body. It just so happens that I'm already at the Golden Celestial stage now. Detoxifying products like cucumbers don't have much effect on me anymore. I'll just have to use the 10,000-year-old Spirit Ginseng in the future."
Jiang He estimated that the true value of a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ginseng would not be less than ten thousand immortal crystals.
Ten thousand Immortal Crystals were enough to buy two High Grade Immortal Weapons.
The Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ginseng was grown from the mutated ginseng seeds he bought from an old man at the Lingzhou City Farmer's Market. There weren't many of them, and he only managed to plant a few thousand of them. Each of them cost ten thousand Farm Points, and he didn't have a hundred million yet.
After plucking out the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ginseng one by one, Jiang He picked out one that looked better and plucked off its leaves and roots. Then, he had Dumbo get a plastic bag and put the ginseng inside.
Then, he took out a few boxes of Brain and Kidney Pills and planted them one by one.
After sprinkling the Living Soil of the Nine Heavens, watering it and burying it, several tender leaves grew out of the ground in no time at all.
"There's still over two hours before the Brain and Kidney Pills ripen … I should plant more immortal crystals while I'm at it."
Jiang He was very hardworking.
Instead of resting, he summoned Dumbo and Trumbo and began to dig a hole for farming.
Right now, Jiang He had millions of immortal crystals left. He had calculated that if he planted all of them, he would earn enough Farm Points to improve his cultivation up to Grand Luo.
"I could slow down my ascension for now, or it would be awkward if I have cultivation without the combat ability to match it."
"When I accumulate enough Farm Points, I could directly ascend and improve my cultivation technique at the same time, improving my combat ability so that I wouldn't be at the bottom of Grand Luo."
Jiang He was very clear about his own position.
He was merely a newbie Golden Immortal who had cultivated for less than a year … his talent in cultivation was poor, and he could only improve himself through hard work in farming.
Moreover, which one of those Grand Luo was not an ancient monster who had lived for tens of thousands of years, or even hundreds of thousands of years?
That was why he could not afford to slack for even half a minute.
Now that Dumbo and Trumbo were so powerful, they could use their earth-type powers much more freely. As such, the cat and dog simply stood where they were, and wherever their eyes looked, a small crater would appear.
Jiang He took out hundreds of immortal crystals with a nonchalant grasp, and with a wave of his hand, each immortal crystal dropped into the hole Dumbo and Trumbo had dug with unerring accuracy.
Behind them, the Seven Bottle Gourd Brothers were bouncing around, each holding a shovel conjured from Yuan Qi as they began to fill the hole.
The nine Wise Rock Monkeys were scratching their ears and cheeks in frustration, unsure of what to do.
Jiang He could not help laughing and took out dozens of thousands of immortal crystals to distribute to the nine Wise Rock Monkeys, saying, "You guys will be planting the immortal crystals from now on. Remember, you can only plant one immortal crystal per hole, and don't plant more."
After all …
He had planted the nine Wise Rock Monkeys as well.
He should not favor one and discriminate against the other. Why could he not share some of the joy of farming with the nine monkeys?
The nine monkeys bounced around in delight after receiving the immortal crystals. Working together with Dumbo, Trumbo, and the Seven Bottle Gourd Brothers, they planted the immortal crystals quickly, and planted ten thousand immortal crystals in no time at all.
Jiang He was leaning on his cane chair beneath the Old Tea Tree of Enlightenment, while Boa was blowing on him with a palm-leaf fan.
Beside him.
Sora plucked a bunch of grapes from a mutated grape tree transplanted at a corner of the farm, washed them, and peeled them for Jiang He.
Eating the grapes.
Jiang He could not help sighing as he watched Dumbo and the others who had just finished planting. "What a shame. I have to take care of these plants myself to earn Farm Points. Otherwise, I could have left all the precious immortal crystals to Dumbo and the others to take care of them, and I could just sit back and enjoy the fruits of their labor, earning Farm Points even if I sleep."
About two hours later, the boxes of Brain and Kidney Tonic Pills were finally ready.
Many fingernail-sized pellets were hanging on the branches of the oddly-shaped trees.
Jiang He walked up and plucked one of the pellets.
[Ding!]
[+ 1000 Farm Points]
[Strengthened Head and Kidney Pills]
[Effect: Strengthens the brain and strengthens the kidneys.]
The brief description of the Head and Kidney Pills was very simple and crude: Strengthens the brain and strengthens the kidneys.
Jiang He could not help chuckling, and raised his hand to pluck all the Head and Kidney Pills.
He had harvested six hundred pills from six trees.
Then, he found a plastic bag, took out ten pills and put them inside.
Taking the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ginseng he had prepared before, Jiang He said, "Dumbo, Trumbo, I'm going to Jingdu City for a bit. You two stay at home, and contact me through the communications jade charm if anything happens."
…
Jingdu City.
Beside Wang Hou's bed in Wang Hou's training room, Elder Lin sighed and shook his head, before walking to a corner.
"How is Minister Wang, Doctor Zhou?"
"His spirit was too damaged, and his Martial Yuan Spirit was hurt." Doctor Zhou glanced at Wang Hou who was sleeping soundly on the bed, and lowered his voice, saying, "It's up to Minister Wang to recover now. I just hope that his foundation would not be damaged after he recovers."
Frowning, Elder Lin then asked, "Wasn't Jiang He here?"
"Mister Jiang did come. He asked about the situation, before saying that he would prepare the medicine and deliver it in the afternoon." Doctor Zhou flashed a pained smile, saying, "Still … Mister Jiang might not have a solution for Minister Wang's condition."
As they chatted, Secretary Zhou came in from outside as well.
With Wang Hou down, all matters of the Martial Arts Department (MAD), big or small, fell onto Secretary Zhou's shoulders. That was not a big deal, since Wang Hou did not have much control over the MAD before he fell. He usually only made decisions on important matters, leaving everything else to Secretary Zhou.
And yet …
No matter how busy he was, Secretary Zhou felt that he had a backbone as long as Wang Hou was around. Now that Wang Hou had fallen, there were many things he did not know how to handle.
It was especially so for requests for help from foreign countries, which were pouring in like snowflakes.
The immortal sects in the country did have many elites.
However, Secretary Zhou could not mobilize these experts.
Most importantly, those immortal sects were not interested in foreign affairs at all.
Secretary Zhou had revealed the matter to a Heavenly Immortal of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, and that Heavenly Immortal appeared to be gloating at the time, laughing and saying that it was better to destroy a bunch of barbarians.
As a matter of fact, Secretary Zhou did have the same idea, but that was one thing — he could not do it.
Even if many foreign countries and regions were destroyed, there were still over two billion people. If the Ape King was allowed to rampage, it would not take long before everything outside of the Hua Nation would become a playground for Ferals.
"Whatever. Who would care about foreign affairs now that Minister Wang is bedridden?"
Secretary Zhou chuckled bitterly.
That was when there was a knock on the door. Jiang He pushed it open and entered, and could not help smiling when he saw Elder Lin. "Elder Lin, you're here too? By the way, where's Three Blades Lin? Why haven't I seen him lately? "
"Mister Jiang."
Elder Lin offered Jiang He a fist-palm salute before saying, "Three Blades has made some progress in his cultivation recently, and is currently cultivating in seclusion to ascend to Void-tier."
As a matter of fact, it was not just Three Blades Lin — there were countless martial artists in the Hua Nation who had ascended in martial arts recently. One reason was related to the second Revival of Qi, and the other was that Wang Hou had taken that crucial step in martial arts, triggering the Dao of the world to make cultivation easier for martial artists.
After some small talk, Jiang He took out two plastic bags from his Void Storage with a turn of his hand.
The plastic bags were a gift from a supermarket, and the words' Lingzhou City Renren Supermarket 'were printed on them.
One of the plastic bags contained ten Strengthened Head and Kidney Pills, while the other contained the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ginseng.
Jiang He handed both plastic bags to Doctor Zhou, saying, "Doctor Zhou, I've prepared the medicine … oh, and the instructions."
Jiang He searched his own pockets and took out an instruction manual.
It was the one that came with the box when he bought the Strengthened Head and Kidney Pills, and Jiang He kept it so that Wang Hou wouldn't use the wrong medicine.
Doctor Zhou took the instruction manual, and could not help being left dumbstruck after a glance.
He skimmed through the manual and quickly finished reading it. Then, he took out an Enhanced Brain and Kidney Pill from the plastic bag and sniffed it …
He was an old Chinese medicine doctor who had practiced medicine for many years, and he could identify the medicinal ingredients for a simple medicine like the Strengthened Head and Kidney Pills with a sniff.
As for the other plastic bag …
He did not open it.
His expression became even weirder when he looked through the bag.
A carrot?
Such a huge carrot?
Jiang He then said, "By the way, Doctor Zhou, there's ginseng in the bag. It might be useful for Minister Wang's injuries, so you could use it to make soup for him."
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