3 Years Later

The newly made compressed biscuits were still 200g per bag. As Yang Genshuo requested, nothing was printed on them except the name.

From 50 jin of Spirit Wheat, plus other ingredients, a total of 150 packs of New Compressed Biscuits were produced.

Yang Genshuo opened one pack. In appearance, it was no different from the old compressed biscuits.

But when he smelled it, the wheat fragrance was noticeably stronger.

"Let's have a taste."

After chewing a few bites, a rich wheat aroma exploded in his mouth. He washed it down with several gulps of water, and then his highly efficient stomach began to work!

There was a surge of energy!

"A very clear sensation... Is this spiritual energy?"

When Yang Genshuo ate Spirit Rice, he never felt any "energy" sensation. But after biting off half a piece of compressed biscuit, he did!

After waiting a moment, Yang Genshuo summarized:

"The energy density is very high. I was only 70% full from the spicy hotpot earlier, but now I feel completely stuffed."

Over the next two hours, Yang Genshuo took a dose of [Blood Supplementing Qi Boosting Powder] and clumsily practiced the "Traceless Sword Technique" with a tree branch.

His stomach still felt very full.

"It works!"

This new compressed biscuit made from Spirit Wheat not only had the property of increasing spiritual power after consumption, but its satiety was also greatly improved.

"If before, eating one compressed biscuit could keep me from getting hungry for a day without working, now one can last at least two days."

"A First-grade Grain-abstinence Pill can only last three days."

At this moment, time in the game accelerated, and it arrived at the time for the Ancestral Worship Ceremony.

[Your descendant Yang Shi has successfully completed this year's Ancestral Worship Ceremony]

[Incense Value +10]

[You have received offerings from Yang Family members: 50 jin of Spirit Rice.]

[Will you bestow rewards upon the Yang Family Descendants?]

Yang Genshuo bestowed all the remaining 149 packs of Grain-abstinence Biscuits.

After Yang Shi learned their purpose, he was overjoyed!

"Thank you, Old Ancestor. I will definitely sell these Grain-abstinence Biscuits at a good price!"

"Do your best."

Yang Genshuo had just done the math. 50 jin of Spirit Wheat could make 150 packs of Grain-abstinence Biscuits.

That meant each jin of Spirit Wheat could make 3 packs of Grain-abstinence Biscuits.

20 jin of Spirit Wheat sold for only 1 Low-grade Spirit Stone, enough to make 60 packs of Grain-abstinence Biscuits.

Even if sold at 1 Low-grade Spirit Stone for 2 packs, or even 3 packs, the profit margin was still dozens of times over.

As long as this stuff could be sold, it would be a massive profit.

The Yang Family would never lack Spirit Stones again!

"This wave... we're really about to take off."

With Spirit Stones, Yang Shi could buy a large number of good things at the Rogue Cultivator Market. Bai Heyu might look down on them, but the current Yang Family desperately needed them.

"Father~ Father~"

Looking at the little one in the courtyard babbling and calling for Yang Shi, Yang Genshuo's heart softened.

"This child, Yang Fu, is truly clever."

Being able to speak at a hundred days old—what a prodigy.

Too bad he's a fallen prodigy.

"Damn useless talent. I wonder who he inherited it from." After a moment's thought, Yang Genshuo cursed, "Fuck that [Laugh-Cry++]!"

It was most likely Yang Shi's bipolar talent that affected this child.

Look at Jiang Xiaobai's talent—when it passed to his child, it evolved into the Heaven-grade [Innate Root of Wisdom].

In the game, aside from managing the 4 mu of Spirit Fields and 1 Spirit Tree, the Yang Family didn't have much else to do.

Yang Shi and Huzi practiced martial arts. Jiang Xiaobai diligently cast spells, alternating between [Spirit Rain Technique] and [All Things Grow], occasionally using [Fertile Soil Technique].

Little Yang Fu was looked after by a wet nurse during the day and slept with Yang Shi and Jiang Xiaobai at night. For some reason, there was always a sound of wind blowing from under the covers.

Little Fire played by Jiang Xiaobai's side every day, eating [Lava Fruits], and its cultivation steadily improved.

Unfortunately, the Iron Spine Azure Wolf's cultivation hadn't budged, and its strength remained stagnant. It was usually lazy, eating only some meat each day before lying at the teahouse entrance to bask in the sun.

Yang Shi didn't know the reason and planned to ask a senior beast tamer at the market this year.

With nothing happening nearby, and because he had to raise little Yang Fu, Yang Shi shelved many risky decisions. He didn't even pay much attention to the Xiang Family for now.

The entire family entered a peaceful development phase, quietly waiting for the market to open.

Yang Genshuo had been watching for a month, and it was truly boring.

In all of Qingshi County, there wasn't a single Character Card he hadn't seen!

The occasional [Incense] he obtained was all saved up, waiting to gather 200 to bestow upon Jiang Xiaobai's second child.

"Perfect, tomorrow I'll send the remaining 1000 jin of Spirit Wheat to Hongfeng Food Factory for processing."

But Yang Genshuo frowned slightly.

"I need to get some cash. Last time, the machine startup fee was borrowed from Dao Ye, and Xu Mengqi treated me to malatang."

"Damn, that Dao Ye hasn't sent any word lately, like he's dead."

He made a call, and Dao Ye said the experiment was at a critical stage before hanging up.

Dao Ye wasn't at the temple, and he wasn't begging him to go to the clubhouse anymore—that meant he was deep in research.

It had always been like this over the years.

"Right now, the yield from 4 mu of Spirit Fields is too low. Even with Jiang Xiaobai working so hard, the average output is only about 500 jin of Spirit Food per mu. I need to improve the rice seeds."

He trusted Dao Ye's skill and believed he wouldn't let him down.

"I need to get money. Sell some kidney pills?"

This stuff wasn't something you could just sell and have people come buying. How hard it was to build trust between people—any handsome guy working in northern Myanmar knew that.

"I'll have to ask Young Master Zhao for help again."

He wasn't asking Young Master Zhao for more money—after all, the Bentley in the yard had already covered his medicine fees. Yang Genshuo mainly valued integrity in business.

"But people in Young Master Zhao's circle definitely have needs too!"

Yang Genshuo called and said he planned to sell a few of his ancestral [Gu Jing Hui Yuan Pills] for some cash. Without a second word, Young Master Zhao sent him his father's phone number.

"He needs it more than me, godfather. Why didn't you say you had extra pills earlier? I was too scared to tell him, afraid he'd be jealous of my prowess."

"Good heavens, the Zhao family tradition really runs in the blood!"

"Harm! It's just too much money causing trouble. But I just got a few new girlfriends, and my card's overdrawn. I'll have the old man drop some gold for you."

"Awesome!"

Yang Genshuo felt it was pretty interesting to know a unique rich second-generation like Zhao Tianci.

As soon as Yang Genshuo called Zhao Dalong, a trembling voice came through.

"Divine Doctor! Is what my son said true?"

"Uh, if he told you about the [Gu Jing Hui Yuan Pill], the kidney-tonifying medicine, then yes."

"I knew some things in novels were real! There really are Divine Doctors like you hiding in the city! You don't know, I've been looking for you for years!"

"I'm selling this pill for 500,000 each, four pills per course. That should basically cure kidney deficiency. But this is just a tonic, and it can only be taken here at my place. Let me be clear first."

"Understood! The formula of a Divine Doctor's family—how could it be let out? I'm already on the plane."

"You're pretty efficient."

Zhao Dalong didn't say it, but Yang Genshuo knew it was a private jet!

"Damn, these rich bastards. Do private jets have those flight attendants with personal service like in the movies?"

"Truly damnable!"

"I'll get one myself someday."

He briefly looked up the Zhao Corporation online—a Fortune Global 500 company spanning multiple industries. Zhao Dalong was a name on China's rich list.

But when he met him, this 50-year-old man at the peak of his career, a man even Shimen City officials had to treat with respect when they came, walked in with a dignified, imposing face, jogged all the way into the yard, tightly grasped Yang Genshuo's hand, and showed immense respect!

"I don't know what you young people like, so I had my assistant buy some digital tech products. Divine Doctor, keep whatever you like and throw away whatever you don't."

Behind him, several bodyguards in suits and sunglasses carried large and small bags into the yard, piling up half of it.

Yang Genshuo swept his eyes over them.

DJI drone, 4090 PC, LG monitor, Sony camera, PS5, VR equipment, flagship phones from different brands—gifts that even a hardware forum veteran couldn't find fault with.

A rough calculation put it at several hundred thousand.

"CEO Zhao, you're too kind."

"Just useless things. As long as the Divine Doctor likes them."

Yang Genshuo didn't refuse much. He only felt that the Zhao father and son weren't simple.

He didn't think he had revealed too many flaws, but the other party seemed to already know he wasn't ordinary. And they were very certain, investing with unusual decisiveness.

He took out a [Gu Jing Hui Yuan Pill] and gave it to Zhao Dalong. After taking it, feeling the surge of youthful vigor in an old man, Zhao Dalong repeatedly exclaimed how miraculous it was.

"Brother Yang is truly an extraordinary man! If there's ever anything the Zhao family can help with in the future, just say the word. I still have some small influence domestically."

"Good. Come back next week for another pill."

Yang Genshuo got the 500,000 and directly called Xu Mengqi in the middle of the night to place an order, asking her to arrange for the 1000 jin of Spirit Wheat to be transported to Hongfeng Food Factory and processed into Grain-abstinence Biscuits.

This batch was large, and more ingredients needed to be purchased, so the price went up slightly—40,000 for the startup fee.

If Yang Genshuo could keep the assembly line running continuously, the machine costs would plummet, but as things stood, he could only do it batch by batch.

Xu Mengqi got a call from Yang Genshuo late at night. She was pretty happy at first, thinking there might be some nighttime activity, but it turned out to be business. She kicked her little pink feet under the covers in frustration.

Yang Genshuo looked at the yard full of electronics and felt a flicker of interest. He swapped out his own screen for a bigger one and set up a PS5. He'd been buried in work for years after graduating and never got to properly enjoy this dream of his youth.

Now he finally had the time. He fired up a few rounds of Horizon and had a blast.

The next day, Lin Yue arrived with her little bag to cook. When she saw the yard packed with gifts, her mouth fell open in surprise.

"Take whatever you like, it's the Boss's employee benefits."

"Oh!"

Lin Yue didn't understand why the Boss had bought so much stuff, but seeing it made her happy. It meant the Boss must have made more money, so she could keep working for him.

Hopefully for a lifetime!

Eyes crinkling into a smile, Lin Yue fished a Blender out of the pile of electronics and skipped off to the kitchen to make Yang Genshuo some soy milk and rice paste.

A faint warmth stirred in Yang Genshuo's heart.

Time flowed by in a relaxed atmosphere.

Three days later.

Dao Ye called.

"Shuo Ge! The first-generation hybrid rice seeds have been cultivated!"