Lu PingAn's "little shop" was doing quite well.
But its best-selling product was not the Water Shuttle that had vaguely begun to make a name for itself.
"Another pot of Sun Flowers. Can you throw in an extra pot of soil?"
Its best-selling item was unexpectedly Lu PingAn's "academic achievement," the Sacred Fire Sun Flower from the Silent Mountain Range.
For now, Lu PingAn only offered two relatively low-tier varieties of Sun Fire, ranging from Tier 1 to Tier 3. One was the "Sun Fire (Tulip Hybrid)," which normally nurtured Sacred Fire, while the other was the Sun Fruit Tree (Dragon Fruit Hybrid), capable of producing Sun Fruit.
"Sorry, dear, but soil here is more expensive than gold. How about you buy some more soil, and I'll give you a pot of flowers?"
However, the clerk politely refused this customer outright.
This was clearly no normal world. When most cities were Floating Islands or coral zones, land, sand, stone, and soil suitable for growing plants were all incredibly precious.
That was the true reason crops here were absurdly expensive. After all, "soil resources" were always limited, while what Lu PingAn sold was even more valuable: fertile soil.
"Tsk, this soil really is good. Forget Tier 2 magical plants—even Tier 3 magical plants might be able to survive in it."
Most magical plants were extremely picky and had strict environmental requirements. But if there was one universal need, it was their endless demand for soil fertility.
Fertile cultivation plots for magical plants were expensive resources even on Earth, necessities for every Gardener's advancement. Even the Gardener advancement ritual of "growing magical plants" required a patch of fertile polluted land.
Soil in this world was limited to begin with, let alone fertile land suitable for magical plants. If someone truly needed it,