Six Hundred Spirit Stones!

Yang Genshuo arrived at Cheng Bo's lab again.

This time it was daytime, and Cheng Bo was noticeably more cautious.

After putting on protective gear for him, he signed a few documents before leading him into the lab.

"What's up, Dao Ye? Why so professional today?"

"Can't you see all these colleagues outside? And a few professors with joint projects. The stuff you brought me is mysterious as hell—gotta be careful."

Cheng Bo, who usually acted carefree and crude, was meticulous in his own field. Secrecy had to be maintained.

"Come on, take a look at this First Generation New Hybrid Rice. Honestly, I didn't expect to finish it so fast—less than ten days. It's mostly because of the Original Cultivation Soil you brought back. The growth rate is incredible!"

Of course it was incredible. Before collecting that Spirit Soil, he had specially summoned Spirit Rain to soak it through, raising the Spiritual Energy Concentration to 2 points.

Yang Genshuo could see the Hybrid Spirit Rice seeds in the small petri dishes had already sprouted tender shoots, bursting with vigorous vitality.

"Good, good, good. As expected of Dao Ye. What are the features of this First Generation New Hybrid Rice?"

Cheng Bo rubbed the bridge of his nose.

"I crossed this batch of seeds with excellent, high-yield, reproducible rice seeds. Theoretically, the yield should at least double."

"But to maintain this First Generation New Hybrid Rice, you'll need to increase fertilizer by about 50% compared to before, or the soil nutrients will deplete. Otherwise, the land will be useless after two years."

Yang Genshuo took a small bag of seeds.

"Alright, I understand. I'll take this back and try it out. Also, help me cross that New Wheat with a high-yield variety too."

Cheng Bo shook his head helplessly. "I'll do my best, but when it comes to hybrid wheat, the ceiling isn't as high as hybrid rice. You need to manage your expectations."

"Oh, and if it's convenient, I'd like to visit the field over the next year to record planting, growth, and harvest data. It'll help with improving the second-generation rice."

Yang Genshuo: "That might not be convenient, but I'll tell you how it performs."

One day in reality meant a whole year in the game—sowing to harvest, all covered.

"Alright then. When the lab's empty tonight, I'll work overtime on the hybrid wheat cultivation. Oh, and if you could get me more of that soil, I've observed some special radiation slowly dissipating—"

"No problem!"

What Yang Genshuo admired most was Dao Ye's professional dedication, but looking around the lab environment, he frowned.

'Security's too low. And with other projects and colleagues around... if only he had his own lab.'

He entertained the thought for a moment but didn't voice it.

One step at a time. He couldn't just make such a boundaryless request to his brother yet.

Back home, Yang Genshuo looked at the Cultivation World screen.

"Three days here flew by, and three years have passed in the game."

Not quite a world of change, but plenty had shifted.

These years had been a period of steady development for the Yang Family. Yang Genshuo skimmed through the major events of the past three years:

[Year Seven: Yang Shi breaks through to Body Tempering Stage 9, qi surging! Jiang Xiaobai breaks through to Fetal Breath Stage 5! When Qingshi Marketplace opens, Yang Shi entrusts Bai Heyu with 120 Packs of Grain-abstinence Biscuits, inquiring about becoming a Spirit Cuisine supplier for Xuan Bao Town.]

[Tribute: 1000 Jin of Spirit Wheat. Rewarded with several Fine Sweets.]

[Year Eight: Bai Heyu brings good news. After a trial tasting, Xuan Bao Town is willing to tentatively list the 'Grain-abstinence Biscuit' product, offering a supply price of 1 Spirit Stone for 5 Packs. After negotiation, the initial purchase is set at 3000 Packs for next year.]

[Obtained 40 Low-grade Spirit Stones. Under the Old Ancestor's guidance, Yang Shi exchanges them at the marketplace for 800 Jin of Spirit Wheat.]

[Tribute: 1800 Jin of Spirit Wheat. Rewarded with 3000 Packs of Grain-abstinence Biscuits.]

[Year Nine: Huzi's talent 'Mediocre Talent' kicks in, growing rapidly with immense strength. He also breaks through to Body Tempering Stage 9, strength rivaling Yang Shi! Jiang Xiaobai breaks through to Fetal Breath Stage 6! Spirit Beast Little Fire breaks through to Fetal Breath Stage 6.]

[Bai Heyu visits again, exchanging 600 Low-grade Spirit Stones for 3000 Packs of Grain-abstinence Biscuits. Yang Shi offers him a red envelope of 100 Low-grade Spirit Stones. Bai Heyu declines with a smile, saying he doesn't lack these spirit stones.]

[Obtained 600 Low-grade Spirit Stones.]

Over these three years, the overall strength of the Yang Family members steadily rose, and they successfully became Spirit Cuisine suppliers of Grain-abstinence Biscuits to the Xuan Shi Sect, earning their first pot of gold.

Yang Genshuo also reached a long-term agreement with the Hongfeng Food Factory. The assembly line ran daily, ensuring fresh Grain-abstinence Biscuits would be delivered every day.

Now, the time had come near the end of the Qingshi Marketplace session.

Yang Genshuo manifested a Divine Manifestation.

"Buy up all the Spirit Wheat at the Rogue Cultivator Market!"

The current output of Grain-abstinence Biscuits was still far too low!

The Hongfeng Food Factory's assembly line had plenty of spare capacity, and supplying just 3000 Packs of Grain-abstinence Biscuits a year to a sect as massive as the Xuan Shi Sect was nowhere near enough.

Once they accepted the product, annual orders could easily increase tenfold.

After all, this stuff was cheap, filling cultivation rations—a high-frequency consumable.

Especially after Bai Heyu's words this year, Yang Genshuo was even more convinced this product had huge potential!

"These Grain-abstinence Biscuits aren't just needed by people in seclusion. They're even more important for Inner Disciples like us who frequently leave the sect for missions. Spending months outside, facing unknown environments—having a ready-to-eat Spirit Cuisine you can open and eat on the spot is extremely, extremely important!"

"A single Grain-abstinence Pill costs 2 Low-grade Spirit Stones. On one mission, you'd eat through dozens of spirit stones. Many thrifty disciples choose to cook for themselves in the wild."

Emergency field rations for wilderness expeditions!

This market is far bigger than the rations during closed-door cultivation—once market recognition is gained, orders will pour in endlessly.

For now, just blindly ramping up production is the way to go. Even if it doesn't sell immediately, this stuff can be stored for several years without spoiling, plenty of time to offload it.

Yang Shi received orders to sweep the market, but it was a real pity. The 600 Low-grade Spirit Stones weren't even spent.

After clearing out the Spirit Wheat from over 500 Rogue Cultivator stalls, he only gathered less than 2,000 jin.

He spent just 100 Low-grade Spirit Stones.

"Still not enough."

But Rogue Cultivators are inherently unstable—few have their own spirit fields, and even if they do, they keep enough for themselves and only sell a portion, so the quantities are small.

"Counting the roughly 1,000 jin of Spirit Wheat I produced this year, that's only 3,000 jin total, enough to make 9,000 packs of Grain-abstinence Biscuits."

"Now that I have Hybrid Spirit Rice seeds today, I can reduce one mu of Spirit Rice planting and switch it to Spirit Wheat. Next year, that'll add about 500 jin more Spirit Wheat output."

"Acquiring from Rogue Cultivators is still too little. I'll have to reclaim more spirit fields myself."

Jiang Xiaobai's strength has broken through to the sixth layer of Fetal Breath, and managing 4 mu of spirit fields is already a breeze.

Aside from the spirit fields, there's one thing Yang Genshuo can't figure out—it's been three years, why isn't there any movement in Jiang Xiaobai's belly?

He sneaks glances now and then, and the frequency isn't low either.

Plus, with the backing of modern science, Yang Shi always strikes precisely during the fertile window.

"Strange. Could that legendary rule be true?"

"The best contraceptive method is... trying to conceive?"

But there's no use in Yang Genshuo fretting over this—he can only let nature take its course.

Little Yang Fu is three years old now, already learning to read and write, exceptionally bright, the darling of the entire Yang Family.

After Yang Shi finished sweeping the market, while wandering through the Marketplace, he stumbled upon a rare Grade 2 Pill.

The Dragon Tiger Golden Elixir.

One more chapter coming up.