Earning Three Low-Grade Spirit Stones

Zhang Wan sold off portions of the Hemi, red fruit, and earth fruit.

He had originally planned to keep some of the remaining plants to make fertilizer and save on spirit fertilizer.

However, the others offered too high a price, and Zhang Wan couldn't resist selling all the plants left after harvesting the fruit.

The essence of these pseudo spirit plants was in the fruit they bore. The remaining plants contained virtually no spiritual energy, but they had good capacity for bearing spiritual energy.

They could be used to make low-grade talisman paper and low-grade talisman ink.

They could also be used to feed spirit beasts.

They had many uses.

Most of the people who bought plants from Zhang Wan were Postnatal students from the academy. They wanted the plants to make low-grade talisman paper and low-grade talisman ink for practicing drawing talismans.

Talismans drawn with such paper and ink were extremely weak and wouldn't be of much use in martial artist combat.

However, they were very cost-effective for practicing drawing talismans.

This low-grade talisman paper and ink were cheap to produce, making them perfect for practice. Once they mastered the skill of drawing talismans, they could switch to high-quality talisman paper and ink.

Using high-quality talisman paper and ink from the start would be prohibitively expensive, directly crushing the hopes of martial artists below Postnatal fourth or fifth cultivation levels learning talismans.

The cost was not something ordinary Postnatal first or second-level martial artists could afford.

After selling these pseudo spirit plants, Zhang Wan earned three low-grade spirit stones.

Although this hadn't yet covered his costs for purchasing pseudo spirit plant seeds, spirit plant seeds, and spirit fertilizer, he still had more than half of the seeds and fertilizer left. Especially since the spirit plants were still growing, and most of the pseudo spirit plant fruit was still in his possession, he could still recoup his costs with these three low-grade spirit stones.

Mastering a cultivation skill was indeed profitable!

Of course, Zhang Wan knew that most martial artists just starting to learn the Spirit Planter heritage wouldn't have such high returns. Mastering the techniques within the heritage took time.

Zhang Wan relied on EXP to instantly master the techniques, which others couldn't do so quickly.

Although Zhang Wan only used the Vitality Catalysis Technique on the pseudo spirit plants in the spirit land, combined with other methods from the heritage, the quality and yield of the pseudo spirit plants he cultivated were much higher than those of other novice Spirit Planters.

Naturally, his profits were higher.

After the sale, Zhang Wan carried four large bags of pseudo-spiritual items back to his small courtyard.

Two bags were Hemi, one bag was earth fruit, and one bag was red fruit, each weighing around fifty kilograms.

The earth fruit and red fruit required further processing to be preserved long-term, while the Hemi did not; it could be stored for four to five months anywhere.

Of course, it wouldn't last that long.

These remaining pseudo-spiritual items were for eating.

For the needs of a Postnatal martial artist, these two hundred kilograms of pseudo-spiritual items, combined with those Zhang Wan secretly cultivated using the Extreme Cultivation Method, could last about two months.

Adding in the spirit meals provided by the exclusive cafeteria, these harvested pseudo-spiritual items could last for almost three months!

Once he finished the current harvest of pseudo-spiritual items, it would be time for the next harvest, creating a seamless transition.

After moving them back to his courtyard and processing them, Zhang Wan was happy looking at his full harvest.

Finally, he could eat and drink to his heart's content.

Although the exclusive cafeteria provided one serving of spirit meal made from pseudo-spiritual items for each person daily, how could that satisfy the needs and appetites of Postnatal martial artists?

The mortal students at the academy trained intensely every day and consumed several times the food of ordinary adults. They, as Postnatal martial artists, needed even more energy to improve their cultivation!

While pseudo-spiritual items provided far more nutrition than ordinary food, one serving was still far from enough for Postnatal martial artists.

Not to mention that Zhang Wan also shared part of his midday portion with his second sister and third brother.

Now, with this harvest, he could obtain sufficient pseudo-spiritual items for cultivation every day.

"Speaking of which, Zhao Qixin, Yu Shui, and Xu Hui also bought some pseudo-spiritual items from me just now."

However, Zhao Qixin and Yu Shui only bought a small amount, seemingly to try the taste and prepare them as snacks.

These two had deep backgrounds and lacked no cultivation resources. Forget pseudo-spiritual items; they could obtain even low-grade Postnatal spirit items from their elders at home.

When they met earlier, Zhang Wan noticed that both of them had improved their cultivation, reaching the peak of Postnatal first level. It wouldn't be surprising if they broke through to Postnatal second level anytime.

As for Xu Hui, he was still at the mid-stage of Postnatal first level.

With similar talent, the gap in cultivation resources began to widen significantly.

"However, Xu Hui bought a lot of pseudo-spiritual items from me. With his talent and increasingly diligent attitude, it won't be long before he cultivates to the late stage of Postnatal first level."

"Once he breaks through, I can break through too," Zhang Wan said with a smile.

Xu Hui's increased diligence, spurred by the rapid growth of Zhao Qixin and Yu Shui, was beneficial to him.

The faster the people ahead of him grew, the less attention his own growth would attract.

In the evening, Zhang Lingshu and Zhang Yan, feeling a craving, wanted to try the taste of earth fruit, red fruit, and Hemi, but Zhang Wan refused.

It wasn't that he was unwilling.

It was that pseudo-spiritual items were too potent for them.

The spirit meals he gave them at noon still required further refining to digest. If they ate more pseudo-spiritual items, they wouldn't be able to sleep tonight; their energy would be so high they couldn't fall asleep.

This would be detrimental to their growth.

Zhang Yan in particular.

Zhang Wan had observed that both he and Zhang Lingshu had average potential, neither particularly good. Zhang Yan's martial path talent was even worse, only slightly better than that of rotten wood.

This translated into his cultivation, where even after consuming the same amount of spirit meal made from pseudo spirit plants, Zhang Yan's efficiency in digestion and absorption was lower.

Every day, Zhang Yan had to train until very late to digest the spirit meal in his stomach.

He couldn't handle eating any more.

This current situation was the best for both of them.

After harvesting the pseudo spirit plants grown in the spirit land, Zhang Wan didn't immediately replant.

Instead, he tidied up the spirit land and bought some ordinary fertilizer to spread in the field to enrich the soil.

Although it wasn't strictly necessary since he hadn't used the Extreme Cultivation Method on the pseudo spirit plants grown in the spirit land, thus not depleting the soil's fertility much.

However, doing so would make the next batch of pseudo spirit plants grow more vigorously and yield more.

With such benefits, Zhang Wan was naturally willing to spend a bit more time and invest a bit more cost.

Besides the spirit land and the pseudo spirit plants grown in his room, the five Postnatal low-grade spirit plants he was growing on the wooden frame were also doing well.

But they were still a long way from maturing.

The growth period for Postnatal low-grade spirit plants was much longer than for pseudo spirit plants.

Later, seeing that Zhang Lingshu and Zhang Yan were also showing some interest in planting, Zhang Wan thought about it and then took several clay pots, placing them by the wall, and planted Hemi, red fruit, and earth fruit in them.

Zhang Lingshu and Zhang Yan had continuous martial and literary classes during the day, so they didn't have time to help in the spirit land. However, they could manage to tend to a few pseudo spirit plants in the courtyard.