Twenty-one days later, Low Mountain Courtyard.
Chen Mu crouched before the small ridge of farmland beneath the western wall, gazing delightedly at the lush green seedlings, each as long as an index finger.
He held a fist-sized wooden ladle, evenly sprinkling the specially prepared well water from the wooden bucket beside him around the seedlings.
"It finally worked." Chen Mu's face was full of smiles.
The well water had been mixed with fertilizer from Hundred Herbs Pavilion, then left beside the White Jade Disk for five and a half hours.
After repeated experiments, he had found that well water treated this way was most beneficial to the growth of Eggplant Night Grass.
"Out of thirty seeds, twenty-six seedlings survived after cultivation and transplanting."
"Even those old hands in Bingchen District can't be much better than this. Heh heh..."
As he stood at the edge of the field admiring the Eggplant Night Grass seedlings and calculating how much they could fetch once mature, two familiar figures entered the Five Ghosts Yin Soul's field of vision.
"Why did they come here out of nowhere?"
"And they're carrying Mutant Beast meat..." Chen Mu narrowed his eyes.
"Chen Xiao, I got hold of some Black Phosphorus Bream Meat at the dock, but I don't know how to prepare it, so I had no choice but to trouble you." Shang Huan's plump face was wreathed in smiles.
Just fish?
"Leave it to me." He wanted to see what this fatty was up to.
He carried the watermelon-sized chunk of Black Phosphorus Bream Meat to the stove and began preparing it.
"This shell is pretty tough." Chen Mu tapped the dark scales, producing a clanging sound. They were even as hard as blades.
The fish flesh was similarly dense and tough, though its fishy odor